{"id":1511,"date":"2025-08-02T17:59:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T17:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/letslearn.beer\/?p=1511"},"modified":"2025-07-22T17:42:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T17:42:58","slug":"not-fried","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/letslearn.beer\/es\/not-fried\/","title":{"rendered":"not fried"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had quite the selection before me at La Mundial.  I feel sorry for Lorien, who seemingly happily brought down all the examples of stout from the shelves and dug a few out of the fridge too.  I guess it&#8217;s his job and all, but there were people coming and going and it has to be a distraction to have a bunch of beer all lined up on the counter, waiting to go back to their proper places of display.  Anyway, I did see a few that looked like they should not be passed up.  Although it&#8217;s part of the ethos to do your best to consume locally, I just had the urge to be international this time.  I did of course buy a national beer, but the one I have now came from Scotland.  It&#8217;s Vault City&#8217;s Mini Mars.  This &#8220;stellar&#8221; stout is certainly going to be more of a dessert than a meal, or even than just a snack.  It might be mini, but these things have a way of punching above their weight, if they&#8217;re any good that is.<\/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\/2025\/07\/P7190605-scaled-e1753206075351-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1517\" style=\"width:401px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/letslearn.beer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/P7190605-scaled-e1753206075351-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/letslearn.beer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/P7190605-scaled-e1753206075351-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/letslearn.beer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/P7190605-scaled-e1753206075351-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/letslearn.beer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/P7190605-scaled-e1753206075351-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/letslearn.beer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/P7190605-scaled-e1753206075351-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/letslearn.beer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/P7190605-scaled-e1753206075351.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Powerfully pastry aroma, with the vanilla giving it a touch of cola.  There is a good head &#8211; for about 5 seconds and then it dissipates, also cola-like.  It&#8217;s still a good, dark brown color, though.  There&#8217;s also the chocolate and caramel notes that you would expect from its namesake.  Although it flows easily and doesn&#8217;t look like a thick beer, it definitely has a heavy feel.  The caramel is dominant in the first sip and leaves a stouty bitter aftertaste.  There&#8217;s a feeling of consuming something burned or at least caramelized, something that almost tastes like it should be crispy.  It leaves a little tickle on the tongue, again harking back to the cola with its fizz, but is otherwise smooth.  Even the &#8220;burned&#8221; taste is not very abrasive.  Although thick and mouthfilling, it&#8217;s a slippery and easy beer for drinking.  It is probably fortunate that it isn&#8217;t especially alcoholic, although the impression is one of a much stronger beer.  It&#8217;s a beer that shoots for the stars, and at least for me, it&#8217;s out of this world.<\/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\/2025\/07\/P7190606-scaled-e1753206126891-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1516\" style=\"width:368px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/letslearn.beer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/P7190606-scaled-e1753206126891-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/letslearn.beer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/P7190606-scaled-e1753206126891-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/letslearn.beer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/P7190606-scaled-e1753206126891-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/letslearn.beer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/P7190606-scaled-e1753206126891-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/letslearn.beer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/P7190606-scaled-e1753206126891-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/letslearn.beer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/P7190606-scaled-e1753206126891.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Supplier: La Mundial<br>Price: \u20ac7.10<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had quite the selection before me at La Mundial. I feel sorry for Lorien, who seemingly happily brought down all the examples of stout from the shelves and dug a few out of the fridge too. I guess it&#8217;s his job and all, but there were people coming and going and it has to&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/letslearn.beer\/es\/not-fried\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Leer m\u00e1s &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">not fried<\/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":[21,285,43,287],"class_list":["post-1511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beer-review","tag-beer","tag-scottish-beer","tag-stout","tag-vault-city-brewing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/letslearn.beer\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1511","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=1511"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/letslearn.beer\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1525,"href":"https:\/\/letslearn.beer\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1511\/revisions\/1525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/letslearn.beer\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letslearn.beer\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letslearn.beer\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}