February 7th, 2021 - A Tower In Berlin Built On Pomegranate And Blackberry

 

Hey there metal heads and artisan brew lovers!  Happy Sunday!  Your pal the Meista here today going a little off my regular script with a very special pairing, a tasty and tart Berliner Weisse Style Sour Ale with Pomegranate & Blackberry from T.F. Brewing Company and a single song: "Tower", the brand new, mind-blowingly good new track by symphonic metal opera project Valcata.  Valcata is the brainchild of the amazingly talented composer and musician Oha Cade!

Album Info:

• Artist: Valcata
• Title: "Tower"
• Recorded: Produced completely online in New York and around the world in 2020
• Release date: Scheduled for release Friday, February 12th, 2020 
• Record company: Independent production
• Production: Oha Cade and Jacob Hansen (mixing and mastering) 
• Album cover art: Joshua McQuary
• Personnel: Oha Cade (synths), Hadi Kiani (vocals), Chris Kollias (bass), João Miguel (guitars), Joshua Morse (vocals), Jonas Schütz (drums), Angel Wolf-Black (vocals), and Nathaniel Wolkstein (strings)
• Musical style: Symphonic metal, power metal, progressive metal
• Sound: Like the debut album, The sound on "Tower" is big, bold, and bombastic with many intricate layers and mesmerizing melodies and harmonies.  The song is characterized by soaring vocals, guitars, and keys, and a highly intense symphonic metal sensibility.  With a wonderfully talented group of multinational musicians and singers, this is not song you play as "background" music; this is something of intense depth and beauty that demands your full attention!!
• Major themes: Continuing the storyline from "Valcata," the "Tower" is a epic sci-fi, with themes including a mysterious threat, death, self-reliance, fate, fear, etc. 
• Tracks:  
1. "Tower"

    Brew Info:

• Brewery: T.F. Brewing Company (Salt Lake City, Utah)
• Website: https://www.tfbrewing.com/ 
• Brew: Berliner Weisse Style Sour Ale with Pomegranate & Blackberry
• Style: Berliner Weisse
• Serving: 16 ounce can
• ABV: 4.0% 
• Pour: The Berliner Weisse Style Sour Ale with Pomegranate & Blackberry pours a hazy, bright pinkish orange-gold with a thin, bubbly, bright white head that dissipates quickly and leaves virtually no lacing.
• Nose: The nose is very fruity, tart, and sweet.  There are big aromas of pomegranates, freshly picked blackberries, blackberry jam, and raspberries with more subtle aromas of lemons, limes, tart cherry, mint, light wheat, and honey.
• Taste: The taste of the Berliner Weisse Style Sour Ale with Pomegranate & Blackberry follows the nose with lots of sweet and sour fruit flavors.  There are notes of fresh pomegranate juice, lime juice, lemon juice, blackberry puree, cherry juice, light mint, a hint of red wine vinegar, light biscuit, and sweet clover honey.
• Mouthfeel: Light-bodied and well-carbonated, the mouthfeel is very crisp, tart, and juicy with a slightly sweet and sour, yet clean finish.

Overall pairing: The T.F. Brewing Berliner Weisse Style Sour Ale with Pomegranate & Blackberry is bright, fruity, and tart brew... a great drinking companion and foil to the intense and bombastic complexities of "Tower", the new kick-ass single by Valcata!  Make sure to check out this great song at https://www.valcata.com/#shop-section! 

Cheers and hails!!