{"id":7814,"date":"2015-10-28T21:43:38","date_gmt":"2015-10-29T01:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adamchandler.beer\/?p=3023"},"modified":"2015-10-28T21:43:38","modified_gmt":"2015-10-29T01:43:38","slug":"review-cigar-city-cherry-grove","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/10\/28\/review-cigar-city-cherry-grove\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Review: Cigar City Cherry Grove"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:5787,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/22283771176&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251104153120\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/22283771176&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-05 01:55:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-14 03:01:28&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-21 03:16:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-08 21:57:35&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-05 11:40:36&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-17 18:44:31&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-22 09:12:32&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-03 00:04:32&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-03 00:04:32&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5788,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/22121792390&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251104153018\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/22121792390&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-17 18:44:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-03 00:04:32&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-03 00:04:32&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Cigar City Cherry Grove&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/22283771176\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  title=\"Cigar City Cherry Grove\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Cigar City Cherry Grove\"  width=\"427\"  height=\"640\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/684\/22283771176_4690c986ba_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3.1\/5 Overall<\/p>\n<p>AROMA 7\/10 APPEARANCE 3\/5 TASTE 6\/10 PALATE 3\/5 OVERALL 12\/20<\/p>\n<p>AdamChandler (3809) &#8211; Enfield, New Hampshire, USA &#8211; OCT 17, 2015<\/p>\n<p>Bottle, acquired in a trade. reddish orange color. 1 finger thick creamy head with some big bubbles. Lots of cherry aroma on the nose. that\u2019s really all I get. Very sour. Cherry is more fruity, more sour than just a regular cherry flavor. the finish is sulphur, herbs, a big malt backbone. Wouldn\u2019t have again. too sour.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Cigar City Cherry Grove&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/22121792390\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  title=\"Cigar City Cherry Grove\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Cigar City Cherry Grove\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"427\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/575\/22121792390_fca8d9b7d6_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"3.1\/5 Overall AROMA 7\/10 APPEARANCE 3\/5 TASTE 6\/10 PALATE 3\/5 OVERALL 12\/20 AdamChandler (3809) &#8211; Enfield, New Hampshire,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-03-17T02:03:57Z","apple_news_api_id":"d98c4dec-49d7-49e6-b1ba-119b54aae49b","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-03-17T02:03:57Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/A2YxN7EnXSeaxuhGbVKrkmw","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_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7814","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-reviews","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-222","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2974,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/09\/11\/review-biir-sweet-sour-red-series-2014\/","url_meta":{"origin":7814,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 Review: BIIR Sweet-Sour \/ Red Series 2014","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"September 11, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"2.3 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0AROMA\u00a05\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0APPEARANCE\u00a03\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0TASTE\u00a05\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0PALATE\u00a01\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0OVERALL\u00a09\/20 37.5CL Bottle picked up in Belgium. 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