January 28th, 2023 - Death By Fuckin' Cerveza!

 

Hello and happy Saturday beer freaks and metal maniacs!  The Meista here today pairing metal monster Death Strike's kick-ass debut full-length album with a very crushable Fisher Cerveza Mexican Style Lager from my friends at Fisher Brewing Company!  Hell yeah!  This pairing goes out to my buddy Mike Morales... ¡salud! brother!

Album Info:

• Artist: Death Strike
• Title: "Fuckin' Death"
• Recorded: 1985 at Open Reel Productions in Lynwood, Illinois
• Release date: August 2nd, 1991 (1st full-length studio album by Death Strike)
• Record company: Nuclear Blast 
• Production: Frank Weber
• Album cover art: Michelle M. Basso (concept, layout, artwork) and Janet Reif (photography)
• Personnel: John Leprich (drums), Kirk Miller (guitars), Chris Mittleburn (guitars), and Paul Speckmann (bass and vocals)
• Musical style: Heavy metal, thrash metal with elements of death metal, black metal, and punk
• Sound: With influence from Venom and Motorhead, and full of piss and vinegar, Death Strike's sound is high-octane, in-your-face, classic heavy metal!  Fast-paced, fiery, raw, and guitar driven, the songs are heavy duty ass-kickers!  A great debut from a legendary and highly influential band!
• Major themes and subjects: Society, death, violence, evil, rebellion, anger, rage, politics, vengeance, darkness, hate, etc.
• Tracks: 

1. "The Truth"
2. "Mangled Dehumanization"
3. "Re-Entry And Destruction"
4. "Pay To Die"
5. "The Final Conflict"
6. "Man Killed America / Embryonic Misconceptions"
7. "Pervert"
8. "Remorseless Poison"

Brew Info:

• Brewery: Fisher Brewing Company (Salt Lake City, Utah) 
• Website: https://fisherbeer.com/
• Brew: Fisher Cerveza
• Style: Mexican Style Lager
• Serving: 16 ounce can
• ABV: 5.0%
• Pour: The Fisher Cerveza pours clear, golden yellow hue with a thin, yet frothy, bright white head with good retention and sudsy lacing.
• Nose: The nose is grainy, malty, and slightly sweet.  There are aromas of crackery and sweet biscuit, freshly baked bread, light corn, grassy hops, and soft caramel.
• Taste: Well-balanced, the taste of the Fisher Cerveza is malty, grainy, grassy, and slightly sweet.  There are notes of crackery biscuit, cereal grains, corn tortilla chips, a hint of lemon zest, light grassy hops, and soft caramel.
• Mouthfeel: Light to medium-bodied with good carbonation, the mouthfeel is very crisp and smooth with a clean, slightly sweet finish.

Overall pairing: The tasty, crushable character of Fisher's delicious Cerveza is a perfect foil for the guitar-driven, raw, heavy-duty metal juggernaut that is the mighty Death Strike!  Also, the album art and the can label look like they were made for each other!  'Nuff said! 

If you haven't done so already, make sure to check out my interview with Paul Speckman here: https://youtu.be/T96-Ltan4Kc 

Cheers!!  Hails!!