{"id":1625,"date":"2009-08-15T22:30:52","date_gmt":"2009-08-16T03:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/08\/15\/now-drinking-a-new-favorite-abita-jockamo-ipa\/"},"modified":"2010-06-05T11:30:37","modified_gmt":"2010-06-05T16:30:37","slug":"now-drinking-a-new-favorite-abita-jockamo-ipa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/08\/15\/now-drinking-a-new-favorite-abita-jockamo-ipa\/","title":{"rendered":"Now drinking.  A new favorite.  Abita Jockamo IPA."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s installment introduces the Recycle Bin to a new delectable nectar of the gods that is right up there with, dare I say possibly (maybe) surpassing, the goodness of <em>Sweetwater 420<\/em>.  On the Friday drive home from work I ducked into the local brownbag package store [that would be Mr. B\u2019s] and picked up a six-pack of <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/beeradvocate.com\/beer\/profile\/3\/39390\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/beeradvocate.com\/beer\/profile\/3\/39390', 'Abita Jockamo IPA');\" target=\"new\">Abita Jockamo IPA<\/a><\/em><\/strong> and my taste buds rejoiced with the experience of this wonderful IPA.<\/p>\n<p>This IPA is really different from others I have tried \u2013 the blend of semi-sweet malts and not overly bitter hops provides a wonderful blend of drinkability.  The 6.50% ABV was surprising, so moderation is definitely in order.<\/p>\n<p>I am not sure if <em>Jockamo IPA<\/em> will replace <em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sweetwater_Brewing_Company\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sweetwater_Brewing_Company', 'Sweetwater 420');\" target=\"new\">Sweetwater 420<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sierranevada.com\/beers\/paleale.html\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.sierranevada.com\/beers\/paleale.html', 'Sierra Nevada Pale Ale');\" target=\"new\">Sierra Nevada Pale Ale<\/a><\/em>, or <em><a href=\"http:\/\/beeradvocate.com\/beer\/profile\/2372\/5948\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/beeradvocate.com\/beer\/profile\/2372\/5948\/', 'Terrapin Rye Pale Ale');\" target=\"new\">Terrapin Rye Pale Ale<\/a><\/em> as one of my Top 3 favorite beers; time will eventually tell the tale.  I am certain that <em>Jockamo IPA<\/em> will end up in my favorite\u2019s rotation, and show up during this upcoming season of Falcons tailgates.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s installment introduces the Recycle Bin to a new delectable nectar of the gods that is right up there with, dare I say possibly (maybe) surpassing, the goodness of Sweetwater 420. On the Friday drive home from work I ducked into the local brownbag package store [that would be Mr. B\u2019s] and picked up &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/08\/15\/now-drinking-a-new-favorite-abita-jockamo-ipa\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Now drinking.  A new favorite.  Abita Jockamo IPA.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[16],"class_list":["post-1625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-beer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1625"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2816,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1625\/revisions\/2816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}