{"id":3147,"date":"2015-12-04T16:55:33","date_gmt":"2015-12-04T20:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adamchandler.beer\/?p=3147"},"modified":"2015-12-04T16:55:33","modified_gmt":"2015-12-04T20:55:33","slug":"beer-porn-goose-island-bourbon-county-stout-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/12\/04\/beer-porn-goose-island-bourbon-county-stout-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Beer Porn: Goose Island Bourbon County Stout 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"View 'Goose Island Bourbon County Stout 2015' on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/23414227192\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  title=\"Goose Island Bourbon County Stout 2015\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Goose Island Bourbon County Stout 2015\"  width=\"427\"  height=\"640\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/589\/23414227192_763912f00e_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Very hot right now but will age quite well. This is the first of many bottles I\u2019ll be getting. Didn\u2019t try hard for variants this year. Happy with regular \u2018ol BCS. I hear these bottle openers go for $500 on eBay. Get at me! :) This opener was a gift from the brewmaster at Goose Island. I use it daily. Has a nice hand-feel to it but not worth what some nerds think it is worth. Bottle opener says x\/500. Very rare! 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This is the first of many bottles I\u2019ll be&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-03-17T01:58:37Z","apple_news_api_id":"31c9f694-b81b-49d8-8ce8-393a433ddbbe","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-03-17T01:58:37Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AMcn2lLgbSdiM6Dk6Qz3bvg","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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[165],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-beer-haul","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-OL","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":512,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2012\/07\/31\/review-goose-island-bourbon-county-stout-09-vintage-12-oz\/","url_meta":{"origin":3147,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 Review: Goose Island Bourbon County Stout (&#8217;09 Vintage 12 Oz)","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"July 31, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"4.5 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0AROMA\u00a010\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0APPEARANCE\u00a05\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0TASTE\u00a08\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0PALATE\u00a04\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0OVERALL\u00a018\/20 adamjackson\u00a0(500)\u00a0- Canaan, USA - JUL 30, 2012 Review #499. 2009 Vintage. 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