August 27th, 2017 - The Great Power Of The Farkin Wheaton Woot Stout

Buenos tardes!  The Meista here getting heavy and sludgy with "Gran Poder", the debut album by the Spanish doom metal outfit Orthodox and a Stone Farkin Wheaton Woot Stout from Stone Brewing Company!  This one goes out to my metal sista Stephanie!!  HAILS STEPH!!

Album Info:

• Artist: Orthodox
• Title: "Gran Poder"
• Recorded: 2005 in Sevilla, Spain
• Release date: September 18th, 2005 (1st album by Orthodox)
• Record company: Alone Records / Southern Lord Records
• Production: Orthodox
• Album cover art: Alonso Urbanos
• Personnel: Marco Serrato Gallardo (bass and vocals), Ricardo Jimenez Gómez (guitars), and Borja Diaz Vera (drums) 
• Musical style: Experimental doom metal, drone metal, sludge metal
• Sound: With heavy influence from Black Sabbath, the Melvins, and early Pink Floyd, Orthodox combines slow, thunderous, murky, and torpid rhythms with more avant-garde jazz-like experimentation.  
• Major themes: Religious folklore, life, death, mysticism, darkness, oppression, sin, etc.
• Tracks:   

1. "Geryon's Throne"
2. "Arrodillate Ante La Madera Y La Piedra"
3. "Oficio De Tinieblas"
4. "El Lamento Del Cabrón"
5. "Genocide" (Venom cover)

    Brew Info:

• Brewery: Stone Brewing Company (Escondido, California)
• Website: http://www.stonebrewing.com/
• Brew: Stone Farkin Wheaton Woot Stout
• Style: Imperial Stout 
• Serving: 22 ounce bottle
• ABV: 13.0% 
• IBUs: 65
• Ingredients: Brewed with pecans, wheat and rye, English Target hops, and aged in bourbon barrels.
• Pour: The Stone Farkin Wheaton Woot Stout pours a deep, dark, opaque brown (almost ink black) with red highlights and a creamy and frothy, 1+ finger, mocha head with great retention and chunky lacing.
• Nose: The nose is earthy, sweet, chocolaty, nutty, and .  There are aromas of chocolate covered nuts with dark roasted coffee, molasses, spices, vanilla bean, and bourbon.
• Taste: The taste of the Stone Farkin Wheaton Woot Stout is .  There are notes of bold bourbon-soaked/dark chocolate covered coffee beans, vanilla, burnt toffee, and candied pecans.
• Mouthfeel: Full-bodied with low carbonation, the mouthfeel is silky smooth, velvety, and very thick with a dry, slightly sweet, and dry finish.

Overall pairing: Those bold chocolaty, earthy, and rich flavors and aromas of Stone's Farkin Wheaton Woot Stout are perfect for the sludgy, muddy, and heavy doom metal style of Orthodox!

Salud!!  Hails!!