June 7th, 2024 - The Polarity of the Reality Surf

 

Hello and happy Friday evil-doers, metal maniacs, and hop lovers!  The Meista here today getting the weekend off to the right start with a pairing of a tasty and hoppy Reality Surf Pale Ale from my friends at Fisher Brewing Company and "Polarity" by the mighty Decrepit Birth!  Hell yeah!

Album Info:

• Artist: Decrepit Birth
• Title: "Polarity"
• Recorded: 2010 at Legion Recording Studio and Shark Bite Studios in California
• Release date: July 27th, 2010 (3rd full-length studio album by Decrepit Birth)
• Record company: Nuclear Blast
• Production: Decrepit Birth
• Album cover art: Dan Seagrave
• Personnel: Joel Horner (bass), KC Howard (drums), Bill Robinson (vocals), and Matt Sotelo (guitars, bass, keyboards, and programming)
• Guest musicians: Dan Eggers (guitars), Ty Oliver (guitars), and Lee Smith (drums)
• Musical style: Technical death metal
• Sound: Technically complex and brutally aggressive, yet emotive and thoughtful, the sound on "Polarity" blends experimental chord progressions, fierce blast beats, and crushing bass with thought-provoking and honest lyrics and passages.
• Major themes: Introspection, humanity, life, reality, states of mind, the passing of time, mortality and death, darkness, evolution, transcendence, etc.
• Tracks: 

1. "(A Departure Of The Sun) Ignite The Tesla Coil"
2. "Metatron"
3. "The Resonance"
4. "Polarity"
5. "Solar Impulse"
6. "Mirroring Dimensions"
7. "A Bried Odyssey In Time"
8. "The Quickening Of Time"
9. "Sea Of Memories"
10. "Symbiosis"
11. "Darkness Embrace"

Brew Info:

• Brewery: Fisher Brewing Company (Salt Lake City, Utah)
• Website: http://www.fisherbeer.com/
• Brew: Reality Surf
• Style: West Coast Pale Ale (APA)
• Serving: 32 ounce crowler can
• ABV: 5.0%
• IBUs: 25
• Ingredients: Galaxy and Cascade hops
• Pour: The Reality Surf pours a fairly clear, golden amber hue with a billowy and frothy, bright white, 2-finger head with great sustain and lots of sudsy, sticky, and layered lacing.
• Nose: The nose is characterized by citrusy, fruity, floral, earthy, and herbal hops, and more subtle sweeter malts.  There are aromas of grapefruit rind, lemon zest, tangerine, light mango, peach, herbal tea, pine resin, wildflowers, doughy bread, toasted malts, a hint of onion, and soft, sweet caramel/toffee.
• Taste: The taste of the Reality Surf is citrusy, slightly fruity, earthy, and herbal along with crackery maltiness.  There are notes of grapefruit juice, tangerine, light mango, pineapple, soft peach, light pine, black tea, crackery biscuit, and soft caramel/toffee.
• Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied with moderate carbonation, the mouthfeel is crisp, slightly bitter, yet smooth with a dry, bitter finish

Overall pairing: The inviting hoppy flavors and aromas of the delicious and very crushable Reality Surf Pale Ale from Fisher Brewing Company is great for a hot summer day with the mighty Decrepit Birth's "Polarity" cranked up!  Those complex hop flavors got great with the complexity and thoughtfulness of the intricate tracks.  'Nuff said!

Cheers and hails my friends... rock on!!