{"id":3228,"date":"2016-01-26T17:05:40","date_gmt":"2016-01-26T21:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adamchandler.beer\/?p=3228"},"modified":"2016-01-26T17:05:40","modified_gmt":"2016-01-26T21:05:40","slug":"review-de-garde-imperial-cherry-marion-bu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/01\/26\/review-de-garde-imperial-cherry-marion-bu\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Review: De Garde Imperial Cherry Marion Bu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:5234,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/24276751525&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20190124232901\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/24276751525\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 13:24:36&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-23 00:22:53&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-27 13:42:31&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-01 14:19:35&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-06 05:06:30&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-20 23:21:02&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-24 00:53:00&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-27 12:19:48&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-03 13:47:36&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-03 13:47:36&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;De Garde Imperial Cherry Marion Bu&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/24276751525\" 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=\"De Garde Imperial Cherry Marion Bu\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"427\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1679\/24276751525_d48b6607df_z.jpg\" ><\/a><br \/>\n4\/5 Overall<br \/>\nAROMA 8\/10 APPEARANCE 5\/5 TASTE 7\/10 PALATE 4\/5 OVERALL 16\/20<\/p>\n<p>AdamChandler (4024) &#8211; Enfield, New Hampshire, USA &#8211; JAN 9, 2016<\/p>\n<p>750ML Bottle from Tom.<\/p>\n<p>A &#8211; Blood red pour, small 1 finger pink head that faded to a thin line. Certainly pinkish red in the light.<\/p>\n<p>S &#8211; A small sulphur aroma with cherry, pit and all with oak. Very similar to other Bu beers<\/p>\n<p>T &#8211; Well, this is an explosion of cherry but it\u2019s also an explosion of intense sour. Vinegar, acid, you taste every aspect of the beer but the cherry intensity is so rich and well\u2026intense that it\u2019s redeemable.<\/p>\n<p>M &#8211; mouthfeel is on point, good explosion that lingers with sweetness<\/p>\n<p>O &#8211; These are all pretty one dimensional but if you love cherry, juice it\u2019s neat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"4\/5 Overall AROMA 8\/10 APPEARANCE 5\/5 TASTE 7\/10 PALATE 4\/5 OVERALL 16\/20 AdamChandler (4024) &#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":"2016-03-17T01:54:24Z","apple_news_api_id":"400f8f64-4737-4455-81c4-8b6e2ce7587d","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-03-17T01:54:24Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AQA-PZEc3RFWBxItuLOdYfQ","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-3228","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-Q4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2277,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2014\/06\/24\/review-rodenbach-caractere-rouge\/","url_meta":{"origin":3228,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 Review: Rodenbach Caract\u00e8re Rouge","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"June 24, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 4.2 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0AROMA\u00a09\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0APPEARANCE\u00a04\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0TASTE\u00a08\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0PALATE\u00a05\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0OVERALL\u00a016\/20 AdamJackson\u00a0(2299)\u00a0- Enfield, New Hampshire, USA - JUN 17, 2014 Batch 2, enjoyed 4 ways at 45F in stemware.\u00a0A - Huge cork pop, no gush, Blood red pour, 1 finger head fizzes out to a small head.\u00a0S - The nose is fantastic. 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