{"id":3440,"date":"2016-07-31T08:57:50","date_gmt":"2016-07-31T12:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adamchandler.beer\/?p=3440"},"modified":"2016-07-31T08:57:50","modified_gmt":"2016-07-31T12:57:50","slug":"review-east-end-gratitude-bourbon-barrel-aged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/07\/31\/review-east-end-gratitude-bourbon-barrel-aged\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Review: East End Gratitude (Bourbon Barrel Aged)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:4232,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/28297618582&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20190116163005\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/28297618582\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 08:22:25&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-16 17:22:02&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-23 03:21:03&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-26 04:01:31&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-29 11:55:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-01 14:19:36&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-21 05:17:46&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-06 00:59:35&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-06 00:59:35&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;East End Brewing Company - Pittsburgh PA&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/28297618582\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  class=\"aligncenter pk-lazyload\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"East End Brewing Company - Pittsburgh PA\"  width=\"427\"  height=\"640\"  border=\"0\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8580\/28297618582_cd05db3074_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4.2\/5<\/p>\n<p>AROMA 8\/10 APPEARANCE 5\/5 TASTE 8\/10 PALATE 5\/5 OVERALL 16\/20<\/p>\n<p>2016 release, roughly a year in the barrel. looks cloudier than regular gratitude. a side by side to gratitude which is transluencet this is way more opaque. This aroma is insane!!!! it\u2019s like a vanilla bean sunday. it smells like a snickers bar or some stupid vanilla milkshake. I honestly can\u2019t explain it. gratitude on steroids guys. The flavor is just as good. it\u2019s honestly just a perfect barley-wine. so happy this is in 4-packs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"4.2\/5 AROMA 8\/10 APPEARANCE 5\/5 TASTE 8\/10 PALATE 5\/5 OVERALL 16\/20 2016 release, roughly a year in the&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":"2016-07-31T12:57:54Z","apple_news_api_id":"347df53c-0c38-49b8-b651-c5ad7d55f71e","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-07-31T12:57:54Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/ANH31PAw4Sbi2UcWtfVX3Hg","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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3440","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-Tu","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7826,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/12\/21\/review-stoneface-ris-bourbon-barrel-aged\/","url_meta":{"origin":3440,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 Review: Stoneface RIS &#8211; Bourbon Barrel Aged","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"December 21, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Overall 4.3\/5 AROMA 8\/10 APPEARANCE 5\/5 TASTE 8\/10 PALATE 5\/5 OVERALL 17\/20 AdamChandler (3930) - Enfield, New Hampshire, USA - DEC 5, 2015 This is a 500ML bottle shared by AirForceHops. 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