{"id":703,"date":"2009-01-27T00:02:38","date_gmt":"2009-01-26T11:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/?p=703"},"modified":"2011-03-02T15:15:39","modified_gmt":"2011-03-02T02:15:39","slug":"orkney-northern-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2009\/01\/27\/orkney-northern-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Orkney ‘Northern Light’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Orkney 'Northern Light'<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Verbatim:<\/strong> Another<\/a> beer from the island that gives me my beloved Highland Park whisky. This was a Christmas present to myself, and enjoyed on the occasion of a big family barbeque when my Aunt and Uncle were over from Canada. It’s bordering on midstrength \/ sessionable at 4.0%, and is a very appealing bright ambery gold with nice fine bubbles that make for an enduring smooth head. It’s only very subtly hopped on the nose and has a wonderfully fresh malt body to it. Loveliness, really.<\/p>\n

Afterthoughts, November 2010:<\/strong> No proper Diary<\/em> entry here, and even the photo was taken on a borrowed camera. Unaccountably, I hadn’t taken my bag with me out to the parents’ house. Habits are often very<\/em> useful; it takes some doing to find a workaround when you don’t follow them, sometimes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Verbatim: Another beer from the island that gives me my beloved Highland Park whisky. This was a Christmas present to myself, and enjoyed on the occasion of a big family barbeque when my Aunt and Uncle were over from Canada. It’s bordering on midstrength \/ sessionable at 4.0%, and is a very appealing bright ambery … Continue reading Orkney ‘Northern Light’<\/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":[19,28,29],"class_list":["post-703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diary","tag-scotland","tag-golden-ale","tag-facebookers"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":303,"url":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2007\/12\/10\/orkney-dark-island\/","url_meta":{"origin":703,"position":0},"title":"Orkney ‘Dark Island’","author":"Phil","date":"December 10, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Verbatim: Orkney Brewery Dark Island. 10\/12\/07, $6ish, 4.6%, 500ml. 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