{"id":7692,"date":"2012-10-29T00:19:41","date_gmt":"2012-10-29T04:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/beer\/?p=974"},"modified":"2012-10-29T00:19:41","modified_gmt":"2012-10-29T04:19:41","slug":"epic-beer-tasting-early-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2012\/10\/29\/epic-beer-tasting-early-october\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Epic Beer Tasting, Early October"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:10512,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/44048128@N00\\\/8064802870&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20190111000007\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/44048128@N00\\\/8064802870\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-05 12:38:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-31 17:04:39&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-16 02:41:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-24 18:51:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-06 18:55:45&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 15:34:53&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-10 08:47:28&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-10 08:47:28&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:10513,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/untappd.com\\\/user\\\/benhughes&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250906071713\\\/https:\\\/\\\/untappd.com\\\/user\\\/benhughes&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-05 12:38:13&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-31 17:04:40&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-16 02:41:42&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-24 18:52:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-06 18:55:47&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 15:34:54&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-10 08:47:29&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-10 08:47:29&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>A few weeks ago, my friend Ben came to visit. He comes up every 2-3 months and we do&#8217;t do much just catch up, work on projects and watch some hilarious movies. Occasionally, we&#8217;ll do some tourist things but mostly it&#8217;s just Ben escaping to the cabin and we cook a lot of food and blast techno music all weekend.<\/p>\n<p>This time around, I told Ben I had way too many shelf-Belgian beers to clear out. So, for 5 days, we annihilated these bottles.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Epic Beer Tasting, Early October&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/44048128@N00\/8064802870\" 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=\"Epic Beer Tasting, Early October\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"480\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8038\/8064802870_7c3f7aba52_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was a lot of fun! Most of these are Belgian Strong Ales, Quads, Tripels and Trappist beer. You can add Ben on <a href=\"http:\/\/untappd.com\/user\/benhughes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Untappd<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A few weeks ago, my friend Ben came to visit. 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