{"id":1879,"date":"2008-11-25T00:53:10","date_gmt":"2008-11-25T04:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chrismclaren.com\/blog\/?p=1879"},"modified":"2008-11-25T00:57:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-25T04:57:00","slug":"me-julio-day-8-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.chrismclaren.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/25\/me-julio-day-8-tragedy\/","title":{"rendered":"Me & Julio, Day 8: Tragedy"},"content":{"rendered":"

There was, as you may have noted, no Day 7. Last night I didn’t get to explore any of my stash, since I dined with a friend, and he provided me with samples of Dragonslayer Imperial Stout<\/a> from Middle Ages Brewing Company<\/a>, Saranac<\/a>‘s Black & Tan<\/a>, and Dogfish Head<\/a>‘s Palo Santo Marron<\/a>–it was kind of an east coast night, with two New York beers, and a Delware one. All three were quite good, and I would gladly drink any of them again, but my memory is no longer good enough to allow me to write up any details about them.<\/p>\n

\"TwistedTonight, though, I went back into the stock to do some more exploring. And tragedy struck.<\/p>\n

The name of the tragedy was Rip Tide Twisted Merciless Stout<\/a>, from Brew Dog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I was sucked in by the label text, I admit:<\/p>\n

Conceited, Lurking, Tormenting, under the cursed shadows and flow.<\/p>\n

Creaking, twisting, haunting, wherever it may go.<\/p>\n

Conspiring, plaguing, besetting, deep under an eerie sea.<\/p>\n

Trapping, captivating, bewitching, they have no chance to flee.<\/p>\n

The undercurrent’s intensity rises, you can’t evade this nightmare.<\/p>\n

Be valiant, be steadfast be ready, try another sip if you dare…. <\/p>\n

Serving Suggestion: Pour into a glass and enjoy with an air of aristocratic nonchalance. effortless.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yes, I was marketed to.<\/p>\n

However, all that beer had going for it was the label. I couldn’t even finish the first glass, much less the whole bottle. And this from a man who can drink warm, flat, Molson Stock Ale<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The less said about it, the better.<\/p>\n

\"DeepI washed that down with some Deep Enders Dark Porter<\/a> from the Anderson Valley Brewing Company<\/a>. This was cheating a bit, since unlike the others in the series, I have had this one before, and I knew that I liked it. I’m not crazy about it, but it’s a solid, dependable porter, and I wanted to have one reliable selection in stock just in case I hit a tragedy.<\/p>\n

And it was reliable. Quite good, quite filling, and could probably power a London street porter if necessary. I may bring a couple of these home with me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There was, as you may have noted, no Day 7. Last night I didn’t get to explore any of my stash, since I dined with a friend, and he provided me with samples of Dragonslayer Imperial Stout from Middle Ages Brewing Company, Saranac‘s Black & Tan, and Dogfish Head‘s Palo Santo Marron–it was kind of an east coast night, with… Read more →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_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":[6,7],"tags":[96,112,246,457],"class_list":["post-1879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food-and-drink","category-reviews","tag-booze","tag-disgusting","tag-drinking","tag-reviews","xfolkentry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5UQvw-uj","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.chrismclaren.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.chrismclaren.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.chrismclaren.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.chrismclaren.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.chrismclaren.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1879"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.chrismclaren.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1881,"href":"http:\/\/www.chrismclaren.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1879\/revisions\/1881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.chrismclaren.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.chrismclaren.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.chrismclaren.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}