January 13th, 2021 - The Dead Guy Says, "The Dwarves Must Die! And I'm Not Going To Salt Lake City!"

 

Good evening evil-doers!  Your crazy beer drinking rocker friend the Meista here with another great mid-week pairing for ya...a tasty Dead Guy Ale from Rogue Ales and "The Dwarves Must Die" by none other than the Dwarves!  

Album Info: 

• Artist: Dwarves
• Title: "The Dwarves Must Die"
• Recorded: 2004
• Release date: September 21st, 2004 (10th studio album released by the Dwarves)
• Record company: Sympathy for the Record Industry  / Greedy Records
• Production: Blag Dahlia, Eric Valentine, and Long Gone John aka John Edward Mermis
• Album cover art: Kii Arens (art direction), Michael Lavine (photography), Paint It Blag (art direction)
• Personnel: Blag Dahlia aka Paul Cafaro (vocals), He Who Cannot Be Named aka Peter Konicek (guitars), Tony Lombardo (bass), Rex Everything aka Nick Steven Oliveri (bass) 
• Additional musicians: DJ Marz (rapping), Josh Freese (drums), Dexter Holland (backing vocals), Nash Kato (backing vocals), Gary Owens (backing vocals), San Quin (rapping), and Spike Slawson (backing vocals)
• Musical style: Punk rock with elements of garage punk, alternative rock, metal, and rap
• Sound: With higher production quality than earlier albums, yet still as rowdy as ever, "The Dwarves Must Die" is fast and punchy with lots of great hooks and fist pumping fun! 
• Major themes: With their irreverent sense of humor, lyrical themes on the album include sex, violence, rebellion, insanity, drugs, etc. 
• Tracks:   

1. "Bleed On"
2. "FEFU"
3. "Salt Lake City"
4. "Dominator"
5. "Demented"
6. "Blast"
7. "Like You Want"
8. "Relentless"
9. "Massacre"
10. "Runaway No. 2"
11. "Go!"
12. "Another Classic"
13. "Christ On A Mic"
14. "Downey Junior"
15. "The Dwarves Must Die"

Brew Info:

• Brewery: Rogue Ales (Newport, Oregon)
• Website: http://www.rogue.com/
• Brew: Dead Guy Ale
• Style: Maibock / Helles Bock
• Serving: 12 ounce bottle
• ABV: 6.8%
• IBUs: 40
• Ingredients: 2-Row, C15, Munich, Rogue Farms Dare™, Risk™ Malts; Rogue Farms Revolution™ and Independent™ Hops; Free Range Coastal Water & Pacman Yeast.
• Pour: The Dead Guy Ale pours a wonderful, hazy, deep honey gold-amber with a frothy, 1-finger head.  
• Nose: The nose is sweet, fruity, biscuity, and caramelly from the malts, but there are definitely some nice earthy and floral hop notes as well.  There are aromas of apple, dark fruits (plum and raisin), toffee, and herbs.
• Taste: The flavor is definitely malty, but there's some really tasty hop complexity from the use of Rogue's own trademarked hops.  There are notes of freshly baked bread, toffee, sweet biscuit, apple, and bitter herbs.
• Mouthfeel: The mouthfeel is crisp and smooth with medium body and carbonation. There's a nice dry and slightly bitter finish as well. 

Overall pairing: The irreverent and feisty vibes of "The Dwarves Must Die" can only be accompanied by a brew with big, bold, and complex flavor!  I feel the Dead Guy Ale from Rogue Ales definitely fits that bill!  'Nuff said! 

You can order "The Dwarves Must Die" (and lots of other amazing albums) from my buddy Kevin at the Heavy Metal Shop: www.heavymetalshop.com!  And make sure you pick up a sixer of Dead Guy Ale for a very solid, very delicious Maibock/Helles German-style ale!

Cheers!!