{"id":578,"date":"2012-08-29T15:36:51","date_gmt":"2012-08-29T15:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/beer\/?p=578"},"modified":"2012-08-29T15:36:51","modified_gmt":"2012-08-29T15:36:51","slug":"review-damnation-23-and-cascade-apricot-ale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2012\/08\/29\/review-damnation-23-and-cascade-apricot-ale\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Review: Damnation 23 and Cascade Apricot Ale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"View 'Russian River Damnation 23' on Flickr.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/44048128@N00\/7887746792\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8304\/7887746792_c81f4b80e4_z.jpg?resize=480%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Russian River Damnation 23\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; padding: 0px;\">\n<div style=\"display: inline; padding: 0px; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; color: #003366;\" title=\"3.4 out of 5.0\">3.4<\/div>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0AROMA\u00a0<\/small><big style=\"color: #999999;\">6\/10<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0APPEARANCE\u00a0<\/small><big style=\"color: #999999;\">5\/5<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0TASTE\u00a0<\/small><big style=\"color: #999999;\">6\/10<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0PALATE\u00a0<\/small><big style=\"color: #999999;\">4\/5<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0OVERALL\u00a0<\/small><big style=\"color: #999999;\">13\/20<\/big><\/strong><\/div>\n<p><small style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;\"><a style=\"color: #336699; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ratebeer.com\/user\/154569\/\">adamjackson\u00a0(612)<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Canaan, New Hampshire, USA &#8211; AUG 28, 2012<\/small><\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; padding: 20px 10px 0px 0px; line-height: 1.5;\">Batch 69 bottle at City Beer Store SF. Served in a small taster at fridge temp. Paid $18\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A &#8211; Hazy and dark orange. Decent head lacing and legs. Head gone instantly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>S &#8211; Smells like a belgian tripel. Woody and bready with some spices and candied sugar.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>T &#8211; Tastes like a Saison. Some dark fruits with peaches and apricots dominating. Lots more bready yeast. Some lemongrass finish?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>M &#8211; 40% carbonation. Medium body. Finish is very dry and sweet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>O &#8211; This is solid. Not was great as I expected.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a title=\"View 'Russian River Damnation 23' on Flickr.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/44048128@N00\/7887748894\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8301\/7887748894_2d5f6fd761_z.jpg?resize=480%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Russian River Damnation 23\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View 'Russian River Damnation 23' on Flickr.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/44048128@N00\/7887747604\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8443\/7887747604_43eeb7947f_z.jpg?resize=480%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Russian River Damnation 23\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View 'Cascade Apricot Ale' on Flickr.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/44048128@N00\/7887642042\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8302\/7887642042_1f4e341c47_z.jpg?resize=480%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Cascade Apricot Ale\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; padding: 0px;\">\n<div style=\"display: inline; padding: 0px; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; color: #003366;\" title=\"3.5 out of 5.0\">3.5<\/div>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0AROMA\u00a0<\/small><big style=\"color: #999999;\">3\/10<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0APPEARANCE\u00a0<\/small><big style=\"color: #999999;\">4\/5<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0TASTE\u00a0<\/small><big style=\"color: #999999;\">8\/10<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0PALATE\u00a0<\/small><big style=\"color: #999999;\">5\/5<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0OVERALL\u00a0<\/small><big style=\"color: #999999;\">15\/20<\/big><\/strong><\/div>\n<p><small style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;\"><a style=\"color: #336699; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ratebeer.com\/user\/154569\/\">adamjackson\u00a0(612)<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Canaan, New Hampshire, USA &#8211; AUG 28, 2012<\/small><\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; padding: 20px 10px 0px 0px; line-height: 1.5;\">\u201909 Vintage. Enjoyed in a very tall almost flute like glass. Beer served at fridge temp. Paid $25\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A &#8211; Deep burnt orange with half a finger head. No lacing or legs. Slightly cloudy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>S &#8211; Standard horsey gueuze scent. Not a lot of apricot on the nose. Peach is more like it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>T &#8211; Very sweet and tart up front. Ropey characters and more bitterness than expected. Middle is sweet and mellow with the finish being very fruity with apricot and white wine taste taking over.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>M &#8211; Very highly carbonated, light body\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>O &#8211; I can\u2019t tell if this is better due to age or not. Scent is weak but taste is very fruity and enjoyable.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a title=\"View 'Cascade Apricot Ale' on Flickr.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/44048128@N00\/7887746164\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8177\/7887746164_343aac4e50_z.jpg?resize=480%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Cascade Apricot Ale\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 3.4 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0AROMA\u00a06\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0APPEARANCE\u00a05\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0TASTE\u00a06\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0PALATE\u00a04\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0OVERALL\u00a013\/20 adamjackson\u00a0(612)\u00a0&#8211; Canaan, New Hampshire, USA &#8211; AUG 28, 2012 Batch 69 bottle at City Beer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2018-12-07T16:38:58Z","apple_news_api_id":"b5f8b665-5089-48ef-81d7-ea3896771fa9","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2018-12-07T16:39:02Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/Atfi2ZVCJSO-B1-o4lncfqQ","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_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-reviews","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-9k","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}