{"id":3013,"date":"2015-10-20T21:41:42","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T01:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adamchandler.beer\/?p=3013"},"modified":"2015-10-20T21:41:42","modified_gmt":"2015-10-21T01:41:42","slug":"review-green-benchcigar-city-backpack-pale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/10\/20\/review-green-benchcigar-city-backpack-pale\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Review: Green Bench\/Cigar City Backpack Pale"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:5846,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/21687097414&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251104161023\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/21687097414&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-27 20:42:16&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-01 21:42:07&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-06 12:54:32&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-10 13:29:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-13 13:32:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-17 05:14:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-26 03:23:17&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-29 18:08:10&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-02 07:35:03&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-06 09:12:45&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-11 04:16:22&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-16 18:34:56&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-05 18:18:00&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 18:37:38&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 18:37:38&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5847,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/22296899162&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251104160905\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/22296899162&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-27 20:42:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-02 23:59:21&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-06 12:54:32&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-10 13:29:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-26 03:23:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-05 18:18:03&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 18:37:38&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 18:37:38&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Green Bench\/Cigar City Backpack Pale&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/21687097414\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  title=\"Green Bench\/Cigar City Backpack Pale\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Green Bench\/Cigar City Backpack Pale\"  width=\"427\"  height=\"640\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/615\/21687097414_078b5e81da_z.jpg\" ><\/a><br \/>\n3.2 Overall<\/p>\n<p>AROMA 8\/10 APPEARANCE 4\/5 TASTE 6\/10 PALATE 4\/5 OVERALL 10\/20<br \/>\nAdamChandler (3809) &#8211; Enfield, New Hampshire, USA &#8211; OCT 17, 2015<br \/>\nDark gold, 1 finger head that\u2019s slightly yellowish. Smells like fresh cut grass. Very funky, brett forward, oak, lemon, no cheese really. smells like fresh salad. Up front, pretty darn good. Then some sweet strange old fruit taste comes in and lingers. Cheap candies and other weirdness. Shame. but it is a pretty bottle.<br \/>\n<a title=\"View &#039;Green Bench\/Cigar City Backpack Pale&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/22296899162\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  title=\"Green Bench\/Cigar City Backpack Pale\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Green Bench\/Cigar City Backpack Pale\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"427\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/650\/22296899162_baefd576aa_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"3.2 Overall AROMA 8\/10 APPEARANCE 4\/5 TASTE 6\/10 PALATE 4\/5 OVERALL 10\/20 AdamChandler (3809) &#8211; Enfield, New Hampshire,&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":"2016-03-17T02:04:19Z","apple_news_api_id":"75c0b032-7ff0-4623-9288-b78f46c0b3cf","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-03-17T02:04:19Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AdcCwMn_wRiOSiLePRsCzzw","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-3013","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-MB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7671,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2012\/06\/29\/review-three-for-the-price-of-one\/","url_meta":{"origin":3013,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 Review: Three for the price of one","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"June 29, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I had three beers on wednesday so decided to do a triple review instead of waste your previous screen pixels or RSS readers from space.\u00a0 Cigar City Cucumber Saison 2.9 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0AROMA\u00a04\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0APPEARANCE\u00a05\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0TASTE\u00a05\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0PALATE\u00a04\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0OVERALL\u00a011\/20 adamjackson\u00a0(393)\u00a0- Canaan, USA - JUN 27, 2012 Acquired this in a trade for some local beers. 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