{"id":7857,"date":"2016-08-24T10:48:03","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T14:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adamchandler.beer\/?p=3461"},"modified":"2016-08-24T10:48:03","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T14:48:03","slug":"review-rodenbach-alexander-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/08\/24\/review-rodenbach-alexander-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Review: Rodenbach Alexander (2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:4135,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/28666326036&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20190124150802\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/28666326036\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 07:30:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-11 15:39:49&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-18 21:12:35&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-27 19:23:34&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-19 08:03:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-05 22:32:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-18 01:58:42&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-25 09:10:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-05 22:39:53&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-05 22:39:53&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:4136,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/28414198660&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20190124150751\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/28414198660\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 07:30:06&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-16 06:51:25&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-25 05:30:39&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-25 09:10:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-05 22:39:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-05 22:39:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Rodenbach Alexander&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/28666326036\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  class=\"aligncenter pk-lazyload\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Rodenbach Alexander\"  width=\"427\"  height=\"640\"  border=\"0\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7720\/28666326036_343752f07b_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div title=\"3.9 out of 5.0\">3.9\/5<\/div>\n<p><strong><small>\u00a0AROMA\u00a0<\/small><big>8\/10<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0APPEARANCE\u00a0<\/small><big>4\/5<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0TASTE\u00a0<\/small><big>7\/10<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0PALATE\u00a0<\/small><big>4\/5<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0OVERALL\u00a0<\/small><big>16\/20<\/big><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Most recent batch. Paid $13.99 at local Co-Op. Dark red pour. 3 finger egg white head that faded to a single One finger. Smells great. Cereal, cherries, plum and wood. Hmm. This is pretty darn good. Cherry is sweeter than I expected. Juicy, tart. Very sour in the middle. Finish is cherry salad, vinegar, oak, wine and Brett. Nice mouthfeel fro, the bottle conditions. This will age very well I think. It\u2019s very sweet now but that\u2019s temporary.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Rodenbach Alexander&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/28414198660\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  class=\"aligncenter pk-lazyload\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Rodenbach Alexander\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"427\"  border=\"0\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8876\/28414198660_22fbf5b74e_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"3.9\/5 \u00a0AROMA\u00a08\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0APPEARANCE\u00a04\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0TASTE\u00a07\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0PALATE\u00a04\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0OVERALL\u00a016\/20 &nbsp; Most recent batch. Paid $13.99 at local Co-Op. Dark red pour. 3 finger egg white&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":"2016-08-31T00:03:49Z","apple_news_api_id":"571f081e-1682-49fc-9ec9-6825b53f6634","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-08-31T00:03:49Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AVx8IHhaCSfyeyWgltT9mNA","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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7857","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\/pb3IC4-22J","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7814,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/10\/28\/review-cigar-city-cherry-grove\/","url_meta":{"origin":7857,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 Review: Cigar City Cherry Grove","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"October 28, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"3.1\/5 Overall AROMA 7\/10 APPEARANCE 3\/5 TASTE 6\/10 PALATE 3\/5 OVERALL 12\/20 AdamChandler (3809) - Enfield, New Hampshire, USA - OCT 17, 2015 Bottle, acquired in a trade. reddish orange color. 1 finger thick creamy head with some big bubbles. 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