{"id":2974,"date":"2015-09-11T10:14:05","date_gmt":"2015-09-11T14:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adamchandler.beer\/?p=2974"},"modified":"2015-09-11T10:14:05","modified_gmt":"2015-09-11T14:14:05","slug":"review-biir-sweet-sour-red-series-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/09\/11\/review-biir-sweet-sour-red-series-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Review: BIIR Sweet-Sour \/ Red Series 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:6093,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/21135521579&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251104173040\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/21135521579&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-31 00:36:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-02 07:17:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 05:58:54&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-15 09:35:00&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-21 22:56:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-21 22:56:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6094,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/21311761912&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251104172922\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/21311761912&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-31 00:36:28&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 05:58:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 05:58:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6095,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/21311762262&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20190123045139\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/21311762262\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 17:06:49&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-31 00:36:28&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 05:59:00&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 05:59:00&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;BIIR Sweet-Sour \/ Red Series 2014&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/21135521579\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"BIIR Sweet-Sour \/ Red Series 2014\"  width=\"427\"  height=\"640\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5630\/21135521579_f7440bedf8_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div title=\"2.3 out of 5.0\"><strong>2.3<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0AROMA\u00a0<\/small><big>5\/10<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0APPEARANCE\u00a0<\/small><big>3\/5<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0TASTE\u00a0<\/small><big>5\/10<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0PALATE\u00a0<\/small><big>1\/5<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0OVERALL\u00a0<\/small><big>9\/20<\/big><\/strong><\/div>\n<div>37.5CL Bottle picked up in Belgium. I have a few of these so I\u2019ll grab a bottle ever few years after this initial rating. In the 3xxx\/3800 range of bottles. Quite a few of these. Very &#8220;limited&#8221; :) Enjoyed at 40F in stemmed wine-glass.<\/p>\n<p>A &#8211; No cork pop, actually no head unless I pour very vigorously. Appearance, dark reddish brown. Doesn\u2019t look very appealing on appearance alone.<\/p>\n<p>S &#8211; I get far more cherry aroma than raspberry. No tart or sour aroma at all. Some musty mold, oak, cheese and sweet cherry juice.<\/p>\n<p>T &#8211; There\u2019s a tart intensity on the sides of my mouth. Finish is just cherry juice with funk. At first, I do get a little bit of tart taste, more like a fruit salad than beer. I think all of the sour comes from raspberry. Copper, metal, tin taste in the middle to finish.<\/p>\n<p>M &#8211; non existent mouthfeel. Thin, oily.<\/p>\n<p>O &#8211; Unfortunately, I\u2019m very unimpressed by this beer. Will wait a few years to try the other bottle.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;BIIR Sweet-Sour \/ Red Series 2014&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/21311761912\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"BIIR Sweet-Sour \/ Red Series 2014\"  width=\"427\"  height=\"640\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5740\/21311761912_6e4d88af95_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;BIIR Sweet-Sour \/ Red Series 2014&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/21311762262\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"BIIR Sweet-Sour \/ Red Series 2014\"  width=\"427\"  height=\"640\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5711\/21311762262_8834f1127e_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2.3 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0AROMA\u00a05\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0APPEARANCE\u00a03\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0TASTE\u00a05\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0PALATE\u00a01\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0OVERALL\u00a09\/20 37.5CL Bottle picked up in Belgium. I have a few of these so I\u2019ll grab a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-03-17T02:06:20Z","apple_news_api_id":"72dfd37d-ef9b-491f-a34f-0f7e32506fa7","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-03-17T02:06:20Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/Act_Tfe-bSR-jTw9-MlBvpw","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_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}},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2974","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-reviews","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-LY","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2701,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/03\/25\/review-jackie-os-dark-apparition\/","url_meta":{"origin":2974,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 Review: Jackie-Os Dark Apparition","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"March 25, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Non 3.9 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0AROMA\u00a07\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0APPEARANCE\u00a04\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0TASTE\u00a07\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0PALATE\u00a04\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0OVERALL\u00a017\/20 \u00a0 Thanks Chris for sharing this 375ML bottle with us. 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