{"id":16602,"date":"2015-05-10T05:00:15","date_gmt":"2015-05-09T17:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/?p=16602"},"modified":"2026-02-07T11:11:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T22:11:17","slug":"beer-diary-podcast-s04e08","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2015\/05\/10\/beer-diary-podcast-s04e08\/","title":{"rendered":"Beer Diary Podcast s04e08: 2014 Year in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back at last for a traditionally-belated\u00a0&#8216;Year in Review&#8217; episode, George and I called in a few guests to help ponder what 2014 meant to us in beer, since we were both extra-busy in\u00a0<em>everything else<\/em>. \u00a0Now-recidivist Friends Of The Show Jono and Hadyn graciously took up the challenge and joined us in searching our\u00a0memories for the year&#8217;s highlights, disasters, themes and oddities \u2014 and, just for good measure, they also threw in bonus musings on professional wrestling and the sociology of Palmerston North.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: medium;\" title=\"Embed Player\" src=\"https:\/\/play.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/3543680\/height\/128\/theme\/modern\/size\/standard\/thumbnail\/no\/custom-color\/24890d\/time-start\/00:00:00\/playlist-height\/200\/direction\/backward\/download\/yes\/font-color\/FFFFFF\" width=\"100%\" height=\"128\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>As always,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/beerdiary\/BDP20s04e08.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a direct download is available<\/a>, there\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/beerdiary.libsyn.com\/rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a podcast-specific RSS feed<\/a>, and you should be able to get us\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/nz\/podcast\/the-beer-diary-podcast\/id438440794\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on iTunes<\/a>.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/GeorgeLanglands\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">George<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/Phil_Cook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">myself<\/a>\u00a0can also both be reached on Twitter, or you can leave comments here or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thebeerdiary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on Facebook<\/a>. You can also now point people at <a href=\"http:\/\/podcast.beerdiary.nz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">podcast.beerdiary.nz<\/a> and the show has <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/beerdiarypod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">its own Twitter handle<\/a>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0which you can use for feedback, suggestions and whatnot. Cheers!<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; padding: 0px 15px 0px 15px;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_16821\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16821\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gordon-McLauchlan-Lion-The-Story-of-Beer.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[16602]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16821\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2015\/05\/10\/beer-diary-podcast-s04e08\/gordon-mclauchlan-lion-the-story-of-beer\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gordon-McLauchlan-Lion-The-Story-of-Beer.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Phil Cook&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot G16&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1431234200&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Creative Commons\\nAttribution-NonCommercial 3.0 NZ&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.04&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Not a great book\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gordon-McLauchlan-Lion-The-Story-of-Beer-300x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gordon-McLauchlan-Lion-The-Story-of-Beer.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-16821 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gordon-McLauchlan-Lion-The-Story-of-Beer-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"'The Story of Beer' (on my coffee table, 10 May 2015)\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gordon-McLauchlan-Lion-The-Story-of-Beer-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gordon-McLauchlan-Lion-The-Story-of-Beer-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gordon-McLauchlan-Lion-The-Story-of-Beer.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16821\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not a great book<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"float: left; padding: 0px 15px 0px 15px;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_16822\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16822\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chillsner-Test-gear.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[16602]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16822\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2015\/05\/10\/beer-diary-podcast-s04e08\/chillsner-test-gear\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chillsner-Test-gear.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Phil Cook&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot G16&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1431140474&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Creative Commons\\nAttribution-NonCommercial 3.0 NZ&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.1&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Not a great gadget&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chillsner-Test-gear-300x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chillsner-Test-gear.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-16822 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chillsner-Test-gear-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Testing the 'Chillsner' (Golding's, 9 May 2015)\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chillsner-Test-gear-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chillsner-Test-gear-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chillsner-Test-gear.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16822\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not a great gadget<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"float: left; padding: 0px 15px 0px 15px;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_7309\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7309\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Quadruple-Dayum.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[16602]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7309\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/quadruple-dayum\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Quadruple-Dayum.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"641,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot G12&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1404583200&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;320&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The &amp;#8216;Quadruple Dayum&amp;#8217;\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;The &amp;#8216;Quadruple Dayum&amp;#8217;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The &amp;#8216;Quadruple Dayum&amp;#8217;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Quadruple-Dayum-240x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Quadruple-Dayum.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-7309 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Quadruple-Dayum-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"The 'Quadruple Dayum' (Cambridge Terrace, 5 July 2014)\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7309\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A great match<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>\u2014 Show notes:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>(1.30) In the guest chairs, two\u00a0returning Friends Of The Show: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonogaluszka\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jono Galsuzka<\/a>\u00a0(who joined us for <a href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2014\/01\/20\/beer-diary-podcast-s03e07\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">s03e07<\/a>)\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hadyngreen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hadyn Green<\/a>\u00a0(who first appeared a little earlier, in <a href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2013\/07\/12\/beer-diary-podcast-s03e03\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">s03e03<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>(2.10) Cracked&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/crackedpod\/2014-a-year-in-review-in-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Year in Review in Review&#8217; episode<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>(3.50) <strong>Beer of the Week #1<\/strong>:<strong> Townshend &#8216;Thunder Drum&#8217;<\/strong>, supplied by Hadyn. A gusher,\u00a0and properly weird. But not ruined.<\/li>\n<li>(8.10) <b>Blog of the Year: <a href=\"http:\/\/thebottleneck.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Bottleneck<\/a><\/b>, by\u00a0Dylan Jauslin. Again\u00a0\u2014\u00a0and (almost) unanimously. Posts cited: <a href=\"http:\/\/thebottleneck.net\/2014\/12\/15\/the-bottlenecks-top-20-beers-you-must-try-to-put-on-your-bucket-list-before-you-die\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">20 Beers&#8230;<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/thebottleneck.net\/2014\/03\/03\/recycling-bin-bingo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Recycling Bin Bingo<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/thebottleneck.net\/2015\/01\/27\/beer-review-epic-lupulingus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Epic Lupulingus&#8217; review<\/a>; . His <a href=\"http:\/\/thebottleneck.net\/2015\/01\/27\/beer-review-epic-lupulingus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Year in Review&#8217;<\/a> posts are great fun, too. Hadyn&#8217;s stuff from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fishhead.co.nz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fishhead<\/a>, sadly isn&#8217;t all put online. But if you can find the most-recent issue,\u00a0<em>this episode<\/em> gets a write-up. Nice.<\/li>\n<li>(16.40) An article on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.popsci.com\/article\/science\/malaysian-language-describes-smells-precisely-english-describes-colors\">Indigenous Malaysian words for smells.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(18.20)\u00a0<strong>Worst Beer Writer: Gordon McLauchlan<\/strong>, one of our absolute dinosaurs. But not in a good way.<\/li>\n<li>(22.00) <b>Beer of the Week #2: Emerson&#8217;s &#8216;Taieri George&#8217; 2011<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>(27.00)\u00a0<strong>Pleasant Surprise: Emerson&#8217;s, under Lion<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>(37.00)\u00a0<strong>Beer of the Week #3: Billy B&#8217;s Apple Stout<\/strong>, via our\u00a0comrades at <a href=\"http:\/\/aleofatime.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ale Of A Time,<\/a>\u00a0and from South Australia as I later get totally wrong.<\/li>\n<li>(40.40)\u00a0Pleasant Surprise (cont&#8217;d)<strong>:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Homebrewing\u00a0(at work)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>(44.50)\u00a0<strong>Unpleasant Surprise: <a href=\"http:\/\/corkcicle.com\/pages\/chillsner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Chillsner<\/a>\u2122\u00a0\u2014<\/strong>\u00a0an abject failure of design, which I did at least have fun testing; see below.<a href=\"#fn-yir2014-1\"><sup>1<\/sup><\/a><\/li>\n<li>(49.30)\u00a0<strong>2014, Year of the\u00a0<em>x<\/em>: Session<\/strong> (according to Beer Without Border&#8217;s &#8216;Beer Word Of The Year&#8217;);\u00a0or\u00a0<strong>Community<\/strong>; or\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oligopoly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oligopoly<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 &#8220;thanks&#8221; to the rise of the Asahi-Boundary-Founders-<em>Etc<\/em>. hydra (via clever positioning, and bastardry); or <strong>Attack of the (<\/strong><b>Pacific Ale) Clones<\/b> (with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brewsnews.com.au\/2015\/05\/trade-mark-stoush-looms-over-pacific-ale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a trademark shitfight on the horizon<\/a>); or of the\u00a0<strong>Wheat<\/strong> (slightly jumping the gun&#8230;); or of the <strong>Tin<\/strong> (as beer-in-cans goes mainstream).<\/li>\n<li>(1.15.40) <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Glossary of professional wrestling terms<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>(1.18.10)\u00a0<strong>Beer of the Week #4: Schneider Weisse &#8216;Tap X \u2014\u00a0Meine Porter Weisse<\/strong>, courtesy of Jono.<\/li>\n<li>(1.23.20)\u00a0<strong>Beer of the Year: Stone &amp; Wood &#8216;Pacific Ale&#8217;<\/strong> (again\u2014\u00a0plus its descendants and clones, and applause for the company); or\u00a0<strong>non-Hefe-non-Wit-Wheat<\/strong> (more generally); or <strong>Garage Project &#8216;Garagista&#8217;<\/strong>; or <strong>Yeastie Boys &#8216;White Noise&#8217;<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>(1.32.00)\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/entertainment\/arts\/67594849\/comic-artist-tim-gibson-dances-to-his-own-toon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A profile of Tim Gibson<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flyingwhities.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his website<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Gg7fIxbyAgk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hops On Pointe can-factory-ballet video<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>(1.35.50) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.underconsideration.com\/brandnew\/archives\/new_logo_identity_and_packaging_for_ballast_point_by_miresball.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Ballast Point re-brand \/ tightening-up<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>(1.40.30) <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Matthew_27:53\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matthew 27:53<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>(1.41.30) <strong>Useful Thing: Taking notes<\/strong>. Seconded, obviously.<\/li>\n<li>(1.42.00) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dish.co.nz\/drinks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dish Magazine&#8217;s Drinks section<\/a> (there doesn&#8217;t seem to be a handy catch-all spot for Alice&#8217;s columns, sadly). <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dish.co.nz\/drinks\/article\/2015\/3\/boysenberry-ice-cream-beer-float\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Boysenbeery float<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>(1.43.40) <strong>Beer of the Week #5: St. Bernard&#8217;s Jet<\/strong>. <a href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2011\/05\/19\/townshend-st-bernards-oatmeal-stout\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wayback at Malthouse<\/a>. My\u00a0Greater Elaborated Theory Of Session Beer is still undergoing beer-review.<\/li>\n<li>(1.46.00) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pledgeme.co.nz\/projects\/2098-manuka-magic-it-s-a-beauty-unique-kiwi-ale-production\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">One of Manuka Magic&#8217;s\u00a0<em>many<\/em> failed crowdfunding efforts<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>(1.46.20)\u00a0<strong>Glass of Beer of the Year: Probably-a-Tuatara-Pilsner <\/strong>(on the occasion of fatherhood); or <strong>Yeastie Boys &#8216;Minimatta&#8217;<\/strong> (post-run, dying); or\u00a0<strong>Garage Project &#8216;Beer&#8217;<\/strong> (with dirty-licious burgers); or <strong>Matutu &#8216;Mai&#8217;<\/strong> (on holiday in Rarotonga); or \u2014 among surprisingly good company in what I thought was a quiet year \u2014 <strong>Yeastie Boys &#8216;Gunnamatta&#8217;<\/strong> (a UK-brewed cask, on an excellent evening).<\/li>\n<li>(2.04.50) I hasten to add: people (i.e., George, Hadyn, and co.) were taking crotch-shots of their\u00a0<em>own<\/em> pants and beaming them to my phone.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a name=\"fn-yir2014-1\"><\/a><strong>1:<\/strong>\u00a0While writing up these notes, I gave the Chillsner a good test, and can report on its\u00a0spectacular crapness. It doesn&#8217;t fit all common bottlenecks (ParrotDog: no, Panhead: yes, Tuatara: yes-but-only-after-a-sickening-cram) and the uneven (and mysterious) ribbing makes it impossible to judge in advance. It displaces a good 10% of the beer; either an initial warm sip or a bunch of wastage. And even when cooled to minus nine, itself, it could only take two or three degress Celsius off a bottle \u2014 five degrees at <em>best<\/em>. The physics is just way off: it just doesn&#8217;t have the mass or the conductivity, and the water in beer (i.e., most of the stuff) is just too damn hard to shift in temperature.\u00a0(And if, as they might retreat to as last resort, it&#8217;s for keeping already-cold beer cold longer, then stubby-holders already exist.)\u00a0<a href=\"#tag-yir2014-1\">\u2191<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; padding: 0px 15px 0px 15px;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_16829\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16829\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chillsner-Stuck.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[16602]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16829\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2015\/05\/10\/beer-diary-podcast-s04e08\/chillsner-stuck\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chillsner-Stuck.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Phil Cook&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot G16&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1431108748&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Creative Commons\\nAttribution-NonCommercial 3.0 NZ&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Chillsner &amp;#8211; Stuck\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chillsner-Stuck-300x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chillsner-Stuck.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-16829 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chillsner-Stuck-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Testing the Chillsner (My house, 9 May 2015)\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chillsner-Stuck-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chillsner-Stuck-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chillsner-Stuck.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16829\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stuck<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"float: left; padding: 0px 15px 0px 15px;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_16828\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16828\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chillsner-Ribbed.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[16602]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16828\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2015\/05\/10\/beer-diary-podcast-s04e08\/chillsner-ribbed\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chillsner-Ribbed.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,562\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Phil Cook&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot G16&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1431140830&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Creative Commons\\nAttribution-NonCommercial 3.0 NZ&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.066666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Ribbed&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chillsner-Ribbed-300x169.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chillsner-Ribbed.jpg\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-16828\" src=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chillsner-Ribbed-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Testing the Chillsner (Golding's Free Dive, 9 May 2015)\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16828\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ribbed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"float: left; padding: 0px 15px 0px 15px;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_16827\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16827\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chillsner-Archimedes.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[16602]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16827\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2015\/05\/10\/beer-diary-podcast-s04e08\/chillsner-archimedes\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chillsner-Archimedes.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Phil Cook&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot G16&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1431139888&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Creative Commons\\nAttribution-NonCommercial 3.0 NZ&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Archimedes&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chillsner-Archimedes-300x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chillsner-Archimedes.jpg\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-16827\" src=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chillsner-Archimedes-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Testing the Chillsner (Golding's Free Dive, 9 May 2015)\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chillsner-Archimedes-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chillsner-Archimedes-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chillsner-Archimedes.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16827\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Archimedes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back at last for a traditionally-belated\u00a0&#8216;Year in Review&#8217; episode, George and I called in a few guests to help ponder what 2014 meant to us in beer, since we were both extra-busy in\u00a0everything else. \u00a0Now-recidivist Friends Of The Show Jono and Hadyn graciously took up the challenge and joined us in searching our\u00a0memories for the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2015\/05\/10\/beer-diary-podcast-s04e08\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Beer Diary Podcast s04e08: 2014 Year in Review<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\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,"_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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcast-episodes"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7520,"url":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2014\/09\/14\/beer-diary-podcast-s04e04\/","url_meta":{"origin":16602,"position":0},"title":"Beer Diary Podcast s04e04: Women &#038; 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