{"id":1909,"date":"2009-12-29T18:57:21","date_gmt":"2009-12-29T23:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/12\/29\/now-drinking-5\/"},"modified":"2010-02-26T06:29:13","modified_gmt":"2010-02-26T11:29:13","slug":"now-drinking-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/12\/29\/now-drinking-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Now Drinking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When it is cold outside, I turn to stouts.  What better beverage to pass a cold winter\u2019s day?  First up is <a href=\"http:\/\/beeradvocate.com\/beer\/profile\/182\/1381\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/beeradvocate.com\/beer\/profile\/182\/1381', 'Yuengling Original Black &amp; Tan');\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Yuengling Original Black & Tan<\/em><\/a>, which is a nice \u201cevery day\u201d type of cold weather beer.  Nothing special mind you, but a nice dark blend with plenty of hints of deep malts and chocolate.  Technically this one may be a porter (so says the bottle), but most sites list it as a stout; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beerpal.com\/brain\/styles.htm\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.beerpal.com\/brain\/styles.htm', 'either way');\" target=\"_blank\">either way<\/a> works fine for me.  At $10.99 for a 12 pack, this Yuengling makes an easy way to pass the day.<\/p>\n<p>Next up is the main feature, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bellsbeer.com\/brands\/info\/5\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.bellsbeer.com\/brands\/info\/5', 'Bell\u2019s Kalamazoo Stout');\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Bell\u2019s Kalamazoo Stout<\/em><\/a>, which is completely delicious.  Besides, how can you not like something with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beerpal.com\/Bells-Kalamazoo-Stout-Beer\/4887\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.beerpal.com\/Bells-Kalamazoo-Stout-Beer\/4887\/', 'Kalamazoo');\" target=\"_blank\">Kalamazoo<\/a> in the name?  The label says \u201cstout brewed with brewers licorice\u201d \u2013 featuring a hearty serving of dark roasted coffee and chocolate malts flavors.  Very rich, and dare I say a full body stout.  Certainly to be enjoyed slowly, not rushed.<\/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>When it is cold outside, I turn to stouts. What better beverage to pass a cold winter\u2019s day? First up is Yuengling Original Black &#038; Tan, which is a nice \u201cevery day\u201d type of cold weather beer. Nothing special mind you, but a nice dark blend with plenty of hints of deep malts and chocolate. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/12\/29\/now-drinking-5\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Now Drinking<\/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-1909","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\/1909","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=1909"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2361,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1909\/revisions\/2361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}