February 14th, 2023 - Unveiling Your Weird Uncle's Wicked Ideas

 

Hello and happy Tuesday rivet heads and hopheads!  The Meista here today rocking the hell out to a pairing of "Unveiling The Wicked", Exciter's 4th studio album and a Your Weird Uncle's Bad Ideas Double Dry Hopped Double India Pale Ale from Illuminated Brew Works!  Hell yeah!

Album Info:

• Artist: Exciter
• Title: "Unveiling The Wicked" 
• Recorded: 1985 and 1986 at Britannia Row Studios in London, England
• Release date: June 15th, 1986 (4th studio album by Exciter)
• Record company: Music For Nations / Combat Records
• Production: Guy Bidmead
• Album cover art: Mez Meredith
• Personnel: Dan Beehler (drums and lead vocals), Allan Johnson (bass and backing vocals), and Brian McPhee (guitars and backing vocals)
• Musical style: Heavy metal, speed metal, thrash metal
• Sound: 1980s speed metal at its finest, the sound on Exciter's "Unveiling The Wicked" is fiery fast, furious, and pure, high-octane thrashing metal!  With influence from fellow Canadians Anvil along with Judas Priest, Motorhead, and Raven, this is classic, straight-forward, in-your-face heavy metal fun!
• Major themes: Death, destruction, evil, violence, war, power, anger, heavy metal, terror, rebellion, etc.
• Tracks: 

1. "Break Down The Walls"
2. "Brainstorm"
3. "Die In The Night"
4. "(I Hate) School Rules"
5. "Shout It Out"
6. "Invasion / Waiting In the Dark"
7. "Living Evil"
8. "Live Fast, Die Young"
9. "Mission Destroy"
   

Brew Info:

• Brewery: Illuminated Brew Works (Chicago, Illinois)
• Website: https://www.ibw-chicago.com/
• Brew: Your Weird Uncle's Bad Ideas Double Dry Hopped Double India Pale Ale
• Style: Double India Pale Ale (DIPA) / New England DIPA / Imperial IPA
• Serving: 16 ounce can
• ABV: 8.0%
• Ingredients: Rakau, Mosaic, and Amarillo hops with strawberry and marshmallow flavoring
• Pour: The Your Weird Uncle's Bad Ideas pours the color of a fresh squeezed orange juice.  The very hazy brew displays a frothy and creamy, bright white, 2+ finger head with great retention and lots of sticky, sudsy lacing.
• Nose: The nose is a nice balance of big, citrusy, and tropical aromatic punch with sweeter malts, there are notes of Bazooka bubble gum, Creamsicle, strawberry jam, marshmallows, light mango, guava, wildflowers, cream, vanilla bean, and sweet caramel/toffee. 
• Taste: With loads of sweet and juicy citrus and tropical fruit flavors, Your Weird Uncle's Bad Ideas is characterized by notes of bubble gum, Smarties, Creamsicle, strawberry candy, orange juice, tangerine, marshmallow, vanilla, mango, melon, light pineapple, fresh cream, and a well-balanced and sweet malt backbone. 
• Mouthfeel: Full-bodied with moderate carbonation, the mouthfeel is crisp and juicy, yet creamy and smooth with a sweet and slightly boozy finish.

Overall pairing: The Your Weird Uncle's Bad Ideas is a sweet, punchy, aggressive brew that is totally crushable... perfect for the metal onslaught that is Exciter's kickass "Unveiling The Wicked"!  And how about the album cover art and can label match-up?  Perfect, right?  I can't think of anything better than a bold brew (or 2) to throw back whilst pumping your fist and banging your head to these bad asses!  'Nuff said!

Cheers and hails!!