{"id":227,"date":"2005-05-04T00:01:16","date_gmt":"2005-05-03T12:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/?p=227"},"modified":"2011-03-02T14:29:04","modified_gmt":"2011-03-02T01:29:04","slug":"badger-golden-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2005\/05\/04\/badger-golden-champion\/","title":{"rendered":"Badger ‘Golden Champion’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Diary entry #25, Badger 'Golden Champion'<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Verbatim:<\/strong> Badger Golden Champion. 500ml, $5, 5%, 4\/5\/05, with sausages + Firefly. I’m visiting these guys and shaking the hand of the man what makes their beer. Gold, indeed. Really tasty. Warm fruitiness. Peaches, quite a bit. It’s really good. [Brewed w\/ elderflower!]<\/p>\n

Afterthoughts, October 2010:<\/strong> A nice early example of what developed into a very fruitful little obsession with golden ale. It’s a helluva useful style; the lightness and refreshingness of a light lager, but with the depth of flavour of a good ale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Verbatim: Badger Golden Champion. 500ml, $5, 5%, 4\/5\/05, with sausages + Firefly. I’m visiting these guys and shaking the hand of the man what makes their beer. Gold, indeed. Really tasty. Warm fruitiness. Peaches, quite a bit. It’s really good. [Brewed w\/ elderflower!] Afterthoughts, October 2010: A nice early example of what developed into a … Continue reading Badger ‘Golden Champion’<\/span> →<\/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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[6,17,28],"class_list":["post-227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diary","tag-pages","tag-england","tag-golden-ale"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":231,"url":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2005\/05\/07\/badger-golden-glory\/","url_meta":{"origin":227,"position":0},"title":"Badger ‘Golden Glory’","author":"Phil","date":"May 7, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Verbatim: Badger Golden Glory. 500ml, $5, 4.5%, 7\/5\/05. 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