{"id":2831,"date":"2015-06-16T14:23:28","date_gmt":"2015-06-16T18:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/beer\/?p=2831"},"modified":"2015-06-16T14:23:28","modified_gmt":"2015-06-16T18:23:28","slug":"review-kuhnhenn-bourbon-barrel-french-toast-mead-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/06\/16\/review-kuhnhenn-bourbon-barrel-french-toast-mead-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Review: Kuhnhenn Bourbon Barrel French Toast Mead (2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"View 'Kuhnhenn Bourbon Barrel French Toast Mead' on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/18650539259\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5349\/18650539259_ca4a4261d7_z.jpg?resize=480%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kuhnhenn Bourbon Barrel French Toast Mead\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div title=\"4.2 out of 5.0\"><strong>4.2<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0AROMA\u00a0<\/small><big>9\/10<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0APPEARANCE\u00a0<\/small><big>4\/5<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0TASTE\u00a0<\/small><big>9\/10<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0PALATE\u00a0<\/small><big>4\/5<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0OVERALL\u00a0<\/small><big>16\/20<\/big><\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Thanks Brian for sharing the 2015 version of this.<\/p>\n<p>A &#8211; Very faint light yellow. a little bit of carbonation on the head\u2026super faint.<\/p>\n<p>S &#8211; Bourbon and cinnamon dominate the aroma. You smell booze.<\/p>\n<p>T &#8211; The taste is incredibly complex. I didn\u2019t think all of that flavor could be in one bottle. Maple, cinnamon sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, doughy malt and vanilla, bourbon, whiskey\u2026there\u2019s just so much in here.<\/p>\n<p>M &#8211; Not too thick, the sweetness comes in the middle and lingers for a very long time.<\/p>\n<p>O &#8211; This is a very interesting mead. Sweet but not cloying, could drink an entire bottle of this stuff!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"4.2 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0AROMA\u00a09\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0APPEARANCE\u00a04\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0TASTE\u00a09\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0PALATE\u00a04\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0OVERALL\u00a016\/20 Thanks Brian for sharing the 2015 version of this. A &#8211; Very faint light yellow. a&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":"2016-03-17T02:12:23Z","apple_news_api_id":"4581e1a5-f092-40c5-8f90-3cef7f5ad2ba","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-03-17T02:12:23Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/ARYHhpfCSQMWPkDzvf1rSug","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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-reviews","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-JF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7796,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/04\/30\/review-fremont-abominable-bourbon-barrel-coffee-cinnamon\/","url_meta":{"origin":2831,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 Review: Fremont Abominable &#8211; Bourbon Barrel Coffee Cinnamon","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"April 30, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"3.9 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0AROMA\u00a08\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0APPEARANCE\u00a04\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0TASTE\u00a07\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0PALATE\u00a04\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0OVERALL\u00a016\/20 Thanks BVC for sending! 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