November 10th, 2022 - A Hoptimum Edict From The Antichrist Elect

 

Hello head-bangers, craft brew freaks, and evil-doers! Your drinking buddy the Meista here getting heavy with "Edict Of The Antichrist Elect" by Perdition Temple and a bold, hoppy, and boozy Hoptimum Triple IPA from Sierra Nevada Brewing Company!  Hell yes!

Album Info: 

• Artist: Perdition Temple
• Title: "Edict Of The Antichrist Elect"
• Recorded: November 2009 through April 2010 at The Perdition Temple Extinction Hall in Tampa, Florida and Incorporated M Studios
• Release date: June 28th, 2010 (1st full-length studio album by Perdition Temple)
• Record company: Osmose Productions
• Production: Perdition Temple
• Album cover art: Chris Moyen
• Personnel: Gene Palubicki (guitars, bass, and vocals), and Warhead aka Terry Eleftheriou (drums)
• Musical style: Death metal with elements of black metal
• Sound: Heavy and aggressive as hell, with their 1st album, Perdition Temple lays down some of heavy-duty blackened death metal!  As with anything Palubicki writes, the album is filled with killer riffs, powerful rhythms, and infernal growls and though-provoking lyrics!  Absolutely stellar!
• Major themes: Death, the occult, evil, darkness, horror, violence, war, anti-religion, etc.
• Tracks: 

1. "Genocide Evocation"
2. "From This Darkness Of Flesh"
3. "In The Name Of The Newborn Tyrant"
4. "Lust Carnage"
5. "Testament To Annihilation"
6. "Plague Camp"
7. "Spearhead Of The Conquering"
8. "To Bleed At War"

Brew Info:

• Brewery: Sierra Nevada Brewing Company (Chico, California)
• Website: https://sierranevada.com/
• Brew:  Hoptimum Triple IPA 
• Style: Triple India Pale Ale (TIPA) / Imperial IPA (IIPA)
• Serving: 12 ounce bottle
• ABV: 11.0%
• IBUs: 75
• Ingredients: Carapils and 2-Row Pale malts, Amarillo, BRU-1, Pahto, and Simcoe hops, and ale yeast 
• Pour: The Hoptimum Triple IPA pours a fairly clear, golden orange-yellow hue with a frothy, eggshell white head with great retention and lots of sticky lacing.
• Nose: The nose is citrusy, fruity, malty, and boozy.  There are aromas of tangerine, pink grapefruit juice, pineapple, orange creamsicle, light bubble gum, sweet biscuit, pine resin, oak, sweet caramel/toffee, and booziness.
• Taste: The taste of the Hoptimum Triple IPA follows the nose with lots of citrusy, fruity, boozy, and malty flavors.  There are notes of pink grapefruit juice, tangerine, lemon zest, fresh pineapple, mango, sweet biscuit, and burnt toffee.
• Mouthfeel: Full-bodied and moderately carbonated, the mouthfeel is thick and sticky, yet dangerously crisp and refreshing with a boozy finish.

Overall pairing: With the more ambitious, complex, boozy, yet sweet and fruity flavors of Sierra Nevada's Hoptimum, it is a perfect companion to the darkness and infernal aggression of the kick-ass and wonderful "Edict Of The Antichrist Elect"!  I highly recommend the album and the beer!  'Nuff said!

Cheers!!  Hails!!

Make sure to check out my interview with Perdition Temple guitarist/vocalist Gene Palubicki here: https://youtu.be/Qtyx--uD8Ik and my interview with Perdition Temple drummer Ronnie Parmer here: https://youtu.be/jL_YsvXGGvA