{"id":7721,"date":"2013-08-31T08:42:54","date_gmt":"2013-08-31T12:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/beer\/?p=1710"},"modified":"2013-08-31T08:42:54","modified_gmt":"2013-08-31T12:42:54","slug":"reviews-forest-main-solaire-reserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2013\/08\/31\/reviews-forest-main-solaire-reserve\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Reviews: Forest &#038; Main Solaire Reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"View 'Forest &amp; Main Solaire Reserve' on Flickr.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/9612105711\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" alt=\"Forest &amp; Main Solaire Reserve\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3832\/9612105711_6ac2b8cae9_z.jpg?resize=480%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left; padding: 0px;\">\n<div style=\"display: inline; padding: 0px; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; color: #003366;\" title=\"3.2 out of 5.0\">3.2<\/div>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0AROMA\u00a0<\/small><big style=\"color: #999999;\">7\/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;\">5\/10<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0PALATE\u00a0<\/small><big style=\"color: #999999;\">3\/5<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0OVERALL<\/small><big style=\"color: #999999;\">13\/20<\/big><\/strong><\/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(1499)<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Canaan, New Hampshire, USA &#8211; AUG 28, 2013<\/small><\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left; padding: 20px 10px 0px 0px; line-height: 1.5;\">Bottle shared with Leighton. Enjoyed at 55F in stemware.A &#8211; Incredibly bright yellow 2 finger head. Tons of foam<\/p>\n<p>S &#8211; Smells grassy with some brett notes. Honey and wheat<\/p>\n<p>T &#8211; Rustic taste like mineral water and brett leather. Dry overall, lots of unmalted grain like chewing on a piece of wheat. very bitter throughout with a nice hop profile.<\/p>\n<p>M &#8211; Medium body, dry finish, hard to drink a lot of this due to the dryness<\/p>\n<p>O &#8211; I\u2019d say this is a good saison but 2 people couldn\u2019t finish the bottle. too bitter perhaps?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a title=\"View 'Forest &amp; Main Solaire Reserve' on Flickr.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/9615329444\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" alt=\"Forest &amp; Main Solaire Reserve\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5472\/9615329444_05b6e61b77_z.jpg?resize=480%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View 'Forest &amp; Main Solaire Reserve' on Flickr.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/9615323790\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" alt=\"Forest &amp; Main Solaire Reserve\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7418\/9615323790_78d52bece2_z.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View 'Forest &amp; Main Solaire Reserve' on Flickr.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/9612099571\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" alt=\"Forest &amp; Main Solaire Reserve\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2812\/9612099571_3f5b6cc199_z.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"3.2 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0AROMA\u00a07\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0APPEARANCE\u00a04\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0TASTE\u00a05\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0PALATE\u00a03\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0OVERALL13\/20 adamjackson\u00a0(1499)\u00a0&#8211; Canaan, New Hampshire, USA &#8211; AUG 28, 2013 Bottle shared with Leighton. 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