{"id":2544,"date":"2011-06-11T21:23:23","date_gmt":"2011-06-12T01:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/blog\/?p=2544"},"modified":"2011-06-11T21:23:23","modified_gmt":"2011-06-12T01:23:23","slug":"taste-with-your-brain-not-with-your-pen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/06\/11\/taste-with-your-brain-not-with-your-pen\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 &#8220;TASTE WITH YOUR BRAIN, NOT WITH YOUR PEN.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/americandrink.net\/post\/6388499842\/whiskytasting\">American Drink<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Overpriced barware and flavored vodkas aside, there aren\u2019t many drinking topics I find more off-putting than the far-flung and flowery language of tasting.<\/p>\n<p>Whether it\u2019s Bourbon or Bordeaux, nothing turns my curiosity into contempt like having to trudge through some gasbag\u2019s highbrow appraisal of a spirit\u2019s \u201cinitially buttery palate, transitioning into a smooth, fresh body of crisp hazelnut wafer, kissed with Oolong and wild lavender.\u201d Hey, Robert Frost. You gonna drink that thing or fuck it?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"American Drink: Overpriced barware and flavored vodkas aside, there aren\u2019t many drinking topics I find more off-putting than&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-linked","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-F2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3630,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2018\/01\/24\/alex-kidd-of-dont-drink-beer-on-good-beer-huntings-podcast\/","url_meta":{"origin":2544,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 Alex Kidd of Don&#8217;t Drink Beer on Good Beer Hunting&#8217;s Podcast","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"January 24, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/overcast.fm\/+B1TDijxIw\u00a0 Stop what you\u2019re doing and listen. 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