April 24th, 2016 - Playing Dirty With A XXX Imperial Mild

The Meista is here today rocking out with a Evil Twin & Beavertown XXX Imperial Mild from Evil Twin Brewing and Girlschool's "Play Dirty"!

Album Info:

• Artist: Girlschool
• Title: "Play Dirty"
• Recorded: 1983
• Release date: November 8th, 1983 (4th studio album by Girlschool)009-02-03)
• Record company: Mercury Records
• Production: Noddy Holder and Jim Lea
• Album cover art: ?
• Personnel: Denise Dufort (drums), Kelly Johnson (lead guitar and vocals), Kim McAuliffe – rhythm guitar and vocals), and Gil Weston (bass and backing vocals)
• Additional musicians: Vicki Blue (backing vocals), Don Garbutt (keyboards and explosions), Mark Haircut (tambourine and backing vocals), Lemmy (backing vocals), and Paul Samson (handclaps and general noise)
• Musical style: Hard rock, heavy metal, glam rock
• Sound: A little softer and poppier than the band's previous albums, "Play Dirty" is still a solid hard rock album.  Dufort stated: "Play Dirty as it has a more mature sound to it and I think it sounds a bit like Def Leppard, also Jim Lea and Noddy Holder from Slade produced it".
• Major themes: Sex, rebellion, and rock and fucking roll!!
• Tracks:   

1. "Going Under"
2. "High 'N' Dry"
3. "Play Dirty"
4. "20th Century Boy"
5. "Breaking All the Rules"
6. "Burning In The Heat"
7. "Surrender"
8. "Rock Me Shock Me"
9. "Running For Cover"
10. "Breakout (Knob In The Media)"

Brew Info:

• Brewery: Evil Twin Brewing Company (Brooklyn, New York)
• Website: eviltwin.dk      
• Brew: Evil Twin & Beavertown XXX Imperial Mild
• Style: Extra Special / Strong Bitter (ESB) (but really it is more of a Barley Wine)
• Serving: 22 ounce bottle
• ABV: 9.5%
• Pour: Hazy caramel color with a white, thin, creamy head with light lacing around the edges. 
• Nose: The nose of the Evil Twin & Beavertown XXX Imperial Mild is sweet malts, spices, and fruit ester.  There are notes of caramel/toffee and biscuit upfront followed by citrus/earthy hops, orange peel, lemon zest, pear, peach, and pepper.
• Taste: The tastes is characterized by yeast, fruit, and spices.  There are notes of peach, pear, citrus, earthy pine, and spicy pepper as well as sweet caramel and biscuity cracker.
• Mouthfeel: Full-bodied with lower carbonation, the mouthfeel is thick, robust, and sticky with a spicy and sweet finish.

Overall pairing: The sweet and sticky elements of the Evil Twin & Beavertown XXX Imperial Mild work well with the overall more glammy and radio-friendly elements of Girlschool's "Play Dirty" while the higher ABV, solid malt backbone, and punchy flavors go well with the hard rockin' elements of the intensity and power that is and always will be the kick-ass gals in Girlschool!

Cheers!