{"id":575,"date":"2008-11-09T00:01:39","date_gmt":"2008-11-08T11:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/?p=575"},"modified":"2011-10-20T00:24:08","modified_gmt":"2011-10-19T11:24:08","slug":"emersons-bookbinder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2008\/11\/09\/emersons-bookbinder\/","title":{"rendered":"Emerson’s ‘Bookbinder’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Emerson's 'Bookbinder'<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Verbatim:<\/strong> Emerson’s ‘Bookbinder’. With a book to read, naturally. Easily one of my favourites, again. (And I’ll have to get another one<\/a> to photograph, since we’ve just recently gotten in some neat branded Emerson’s glassware. The sacrifices I make.) A classic English-style bitter ale, at session strength. When people come to our bar and are disappointed to learn we don’t have Sassy Red, they leave having met the Bookbinder, and being Better People for it. It’s got assertive, but still mild, hoppiness and maltiness and is just the sort of all-around beery awesomeness that a person could drink until the Universe goes pfft. And I intend to.<\/p>\n

Afterthoughts, November 2010:<\/strong> The beer is still a favourite. And so is that book, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell<\/em><\/a>. That was George’s copy, which I borrowed and absolutely adored. It’s purest genius. And rather oddly and coincidentally, I just finally bought my own copy the day before posting this entry and writing this note. Peculiar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Verbatim: Emerson’s ‘Bookbinder’. With a book to read, naturally. Easily one of my favourites, again. (And I’ll have to get another one to photograph, since we’ve just recently gotten in some neat branded Emerson’s glassware. The sacrifices I make.) A classic English-style bitter ale, at session strength. When people come to our bar and are … Continue reading Emerson’s ‘Bookbinder’<\/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":[27,14,37,29,42],"class_list":["post-575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diary","tag-ale","tag-nz","tag-gateway","tag-facebookers","tag-sessionable"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":610,"url":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2008\/12\/05\/emersons-bookbinder-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":575,"position":0},"title":"Emerson’s ‘Bookbinder’, again","author":"Phil","date":"December 5, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Verbatim: Emerson's 'Bookbinder'. 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