{"id":7643,"date":"2012-03-16T01:52:33","date_gmt":"2012-03-16T01:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/beer\/?p=18"},"modified":"2012-03-16T01:52:33","modified_gmt":"2012-03-16T01:52:33","slug":"todays-new-wave-of-so-called-beer-geek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2012\/03\/16\/todays-new-wave-of-so-called-beer-geek\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 &#8220;Today&#8217;s New Wave of So-Called &#8220;Beer Geek.&#8221;&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/38527325\">via &#8220;John Smith&#8221; on Vimeo<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/38527325?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/38527325\">Today&#8217;s New Wave of So-Called &#8220;Beer Geek.&#8221;<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/user10854696\">John Smith<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d hate to admit that I did this for the first few days of getting excited about craft beers. 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