{"id":76,"date":"2007-01-16T22:48:09","date_gmt":"2007-01-16T22:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spiderscripts.co.uk\/?p=76"},"modified":"2022-02-12T10:22:28","modified_gmt":"2022-02-12T10:22:28","slug":"beer-reviews-gordon-finest-scotch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peteandemma.co.uk\/blog\/?p=76","title":{"rendered":"Beer reviews: Gordon Finest Scotch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.spiderscripts.co.uk\/uploads\/Gordon.jpg\"class=\"alignright\"  title=\"Gordon Finest Scotch\" border=\"0\"><br \/>\nBeer name: <b>Gordon Finest Scotch<\/b><br \/>\nOrigin: <b>Genval, Belgium<\/b><br \/>\nBrewer: <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anthonymartin.be\/\" title=\"Anthony Martin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anthony Martin<\/a><\/b><br \/>\nAlc. Vol: <b>8.6%<\/b><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not really sure why this is a highland ale, as the label declares.  It is after all brewed in Belgium, and is definately european in strength.  A little research reveals that it originates in the &#8220;limpid highlands amond isolated  lochs and haunting Scottish castles.&#8221;  Believe what you will.  Setting aside the lying marketing ploy this is a very competent ale which I rather enjoyed drinking.<\/p>\n<p>The last three beers I&#8217;ve reviewed have all been fairly unique and distinctive, this one was not.  That lack of individuality isn&#8217;t necessarily a bad thing though, there is absolutely nothing wrong with the Gordon.  It has a dark brown ruby colour and a nice thick head on it which is extremely tasty.  The flavour is rich and warming, whilst still being a fairly light ale, making it a nice easy beer to drink.<\/p>\n<p>This is a beer that stands proud on it&#8217;s own, one to drink on a cold winters evening beside the fire (or radiator if you&#8217;re a student like me).  It&#8217;s also light enough that you could happily drink it with a meal, so a good all rounder.<\/p>\n<p>The Gordon is a very good ale, but it doesn&#8217;t really have that special spark which makes it stand out from the crowd, so it gets a very decent, but not exceptional four out of five.<\/p>\n<p>Rating: <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.spiderscripts.co.uk\/uploads\/beer4.png\" title=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beer name: Gordon Finest Scotch Origin: Genval, Belgium Brewer: Anthony Martin Alc. Vol: 8.6% I&#8217;m not really sure why this is a highland ale, as the label declares. It is after all brewed in Belgium, and is definately european in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/peteandemma.co.uk\/blog\/?p=76\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[73],"class_list":["post-76","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peteandemma.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peteandemma.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peteandemma.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peteandemma.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peteandemma.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/peteandemma.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":480,"href":"https:\/\/peteandemma.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76\/revisions\/480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peteandemma.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peteandemma.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peteandemma.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}