{"id":1185,"date":"2023-12-12T02:35:47","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T02:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/letslearn.beer\/?p=1185"},"modified":"2023-11-30T21:56:19","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T21:56:19","slug":"happy-surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/letslearn.beer\/es\/happy-surprise\/","title":{"rendered":"happy surprise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another step into the lighter side with a specifically Christmas beer.  Belgian, of course.  And more than 8%, so that&#8217;s one for the Christmas party.  I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve had the pleasure of Bocq before, although I might have just forgotten, since I don&#8217;t go for Belgian beers as a general habit.  I have definitely not tried Gauloise, even if I have had some other bit of brewing from them.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/letslearn.beer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PB240415-e1701381266417-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1201\" style=\"width:255px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/letslearn.beer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PB240415-e1701381266417-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/letslearn.beer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PB240415-e1701381266417-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/letslearn.beer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PB240415-e1701381266417-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/letslearn.beer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PB240415-e1701381266417-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/letslearn.beer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PB240415-e1701381266417-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/letslearn.beer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PB240415-e1701381266417.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Dark ruddy brown liquid and barely beige fluffy head, festive looking and smelling.  It has a very bright and cidery aroma, with hints of lemon and melon.  The look makes me expect cinnamon or ginger, but I can&#8217;t pick it out.  The taste is almost shockingly alcoholy, even knowing the strength of the beer ahead of time.  It has a sort of liquid metal feel to it, slippery and moveable, but with a noticeable heft.  Although there is a bit of a tang upfront, there isn&#8217;t the typical Belgian aftertaste, which I appreciate.  I expected a little more of a warming effect, either from the strength or from the psychological idea of a Christmas beer, but it turns out to be a light touch, just a joy for the palate without burying you.  As a final secret gift, there is cinnamon if you let the beer warm up a little more.  As seasonal beers go, it&#8217;s a triumph!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/letslearn.beer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PB240416-e1701381331716-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1200\" style=\"width:351px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/letslearn.beer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PB240416-e1701381331716-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/letslearn.beer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PB240416-e1701381331716-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/letslearn.beer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PB240416-e1701381331716-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/letslearn.beer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PB240416-e1701381331716-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/letslearn.beer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PB240416-e1701381331716-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/letslearn.beer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PB240416-e1701381331716.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Supplier: Labirratorium<br>Price: \u20ac2.85<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another step into the lighter side with a specifically Christmas beer. Belgian, of course. And more than 8%, so that&#8217;s one for the Christmas party. I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve had the pleasure of Bocq before, although I might have just forgotten, since I don&#8217;t go for Belgian beers as a general habit. I have definitely&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/letslearn.beer\/es\/happy-surprise\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Leer m\u00e1s &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">happy surprise<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[214],"tags":[21,216,314,291,307],"class_list":["post-1185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beer-review","tag-beer","tag-belgian-beer","tag-brasserie-du-bocq","tag-calenbeer","tag-christmas-ale"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/letslearn.beer\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/letslearn.beer\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/letslearn.beer\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letslearn.beer\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letslearn.beer\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1185"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/letslearn.beer\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1207,"href":"https:\/\/letslearn.beer\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1185\/revisions\/1207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/letslearn.beer\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letslearn.beer\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letslearn.beer\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}