{"id":666,"date":"2012-10-16T01:10:02","date_gmt":"2012-10-16T01:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/beer\/?p=666"},"modified":"2012-10-16T01:10:02","modified_gmt":"2012-10-16T01:10:02","slug":"review-lost-abbey-serpents-stout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2012\/10\/16\/review-lost-abbey-serpents-stout\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Review: Lost Abbey Serpents Stout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"View 'Lost Abbey Serpents Stout (2010)' on Flickr.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/44048128@N00\/8064689158\"><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\/8034\/8064689158_aabaeb100f_z.jpg?resize=480%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Lost Abbey Serpents Stout (2010)\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/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=\"3.8 out of 5.0\">3.8<\/div>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0AROMA\u00a0<\/small><big style=\"color: #999999;\">8\/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;\">8\/10<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0PALATE\u00a0<\/small><big style=\"color: #999999;\">1\/5<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0OVERALL\u00a0<\/small><big style=\"color: #999999;\">16\/20<\/big><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/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(732)<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Canaan, New Hampshire, USA &#8211; SEP 30, 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;\">Thanks Ryan for sending me this bottle way back in the day. Vintage 2010. Enjoyed in a snifter with some friends.A &#8211; Deep thick and very hearty black pour. 3 finger coffee color head that faded to a quarter finger almost instantly. Pitch black in the glass.S &#8211; Very roasty, very espresso beany and some chocolate.<\/p>\n<p>T &#8211; Lots of coffee up front. Loving the darker fruits and caramel in this. Hints of brown sugar and vanilla.<\/p>\n<p>M &#8211; Medium carbonation and heavy body<\/p>\n<p>O &#8211; Enjoyable stout shared with friends!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a title=\"View 'Lost Abbey Serpents Stout (2010)' on Flickr.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/44048128@N00\/8064683905\"><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\/8450\/8064683905_2348e2d6b1_z.jpg?resize=480%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Lost Abbey Serpents Stout (2010)\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"3.8 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0AROMA\u00a08\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0APPEARANCE\u00a05\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0TASTE\u00a08\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0PALATE\u00a01\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0OVERALL\u00a016\/20 &nbsp; adamjackson\u00a0(732)\u00a0&#8211; Canaan, New Hampshire, USA &#8211; SEP 30, 2012 Thanks Ryan for sending me this&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":"2018-12-07T16:43:30Z","apple_news_api_id":"62b715f6-610c-4cb1-90f5-482f99fc48ee","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2018-12-07T16:43:34Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AYrcV9mEMTLGQ9UgvmfxI7g","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-666","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-aK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3465,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/08\/12\/review-all-in-brewing-hustle-imperial-stout\/","url_meta":{"origin":666,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 Review: All In Brewing Hustle Imperial Stout","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"August 12, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"3.8\/5 AROMA\u00a06\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0APPEARANCE\u00a05\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0TASTE\u00a08\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0PALATE\u00a04\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0OVERALL\u00a015\/20 \u00a0 Tall bottle from, Angst. 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