July 24th, 2026 - A Space Cowgirl in the Unicursal Dimension

 

Hey there evil-doers and hop freaks!  Happy Friday!  The Meista here pairing "Unicursal", the brilliant album by death metal band Nocturnus A.D. and a crisp, roasty, and bitting Space Cowgirl Coffee Blonde Ale from my friends at Fisher Brewing Company!  Hell yeah!  This pairing is dedicated to the memory of the late, great Mike Browning, who passed away earlier this month... so very much before his time.  My deepest and sincerest condolences to his family and friends.  

Album Info:

• Artist: Nocturnus A.D.
• Title: "Unicursal"
• Recorded: 2024 at New Constellation Studios in Orlando, Florida 
• Release date: May 17th, 2024 (2nd studio album by Nocturnus A.D.)
• Record company: Profound Lore Records 
• Production: Jarrett Pritchard
• Album cover art: Uwe Jarling (artwork) and Chimère Noire (design and layout)
• Personnel: Mike Browning (drums, djembe, percussion, and lead vocals), Demian Heftel (lead and rhythm guitars, dumbek, and synthesizers), Josh Holdren (keyboards, samples, and djembe), Belial Koblak (lead and rhythm guitars, synthesizers, djembe, ebow, and backing vocals), and Daniel Tucker (bass)
• Musical style: Technical death metal, progressive death metal
• Sound: With "Unicursal", Nocturnus A.D. incorporates keyboards, sound effects, and science fiction-themed lyrics into traditional death metal and continues the story and sound from the brilliant 1990 Nocturnus album "The Key" and the 2019 Nocturnus A.D. album "Paradox".  As with everything Browning created, "Unicursal" is a wonderfully nuanced journey of complexity, depth, intensity, and artistic integrity.  And it is heavy as hell!  Along with Browning's powerfully intense drumming, Heftel's and Koblak's fiery and intricate guitar work is otherworldly, Holdren creates an ethereal tapestry of soaring keys, and Tucker lays down some heavy-duty grooves!
• Major themes: A science fiction concept album continuing the original story about a cyborg that traveled back in time to destroy Christianity, themes on the album include Egyptian, Greek, and Jewish iconography and mythology, anti-religion, space and time travel, the occult, darkness, violence, survival, ritual, death, destruction, horror, planes of existence, etc.
• Tracks: 

1. "Intro"
2. "The Ascension Throne Of Osiris"
3. "CephaloGod"
4. "Mesolithic"
5. "Organism 46B"
6. "Mission Malkuth"
7. "Yesod, The Darkside Of The Moon"
8. "Hod, The Stellar Light"
9. "Netzach, The Fire Of Victory"
10. "Outro"

Brew Info:

• Brewery: Fisher Brewing Company (Salt Lake City, Utah)
• Website: http://www.fisherbeer.com//
• Brew: Space Cowgirl Coffee Blonde Ale
• Style: Coffee Blonde Ale 
• Serving: 25-ounce crowler can
• ABV: 5.0% 
• Ingredients: "Several pounds of ground coffee is used to achieve this--all from The Salt Lake Roasting Company.  This custom blend includes exotic beans from Honduras, Guatemala and Ethiopia."
• Pour: The Space Cowgirl pours a clear, golden-amber hue with an off-white head, half-finger head that dissipates to a thin ring with trace lacing.
• Nose: The nose is roasty, earthy, malty, toasty, and slightly hoppy.  There are aromas of rich, strong coffee beans, barley, hints of pine resin, and light caramel. 
• Taste: The taste of the Space Cowgirl follows the nose with lots of roasty, malty, hoppy, and earthy flavors.  There are notes of dark roasted coffee, crackery biscuit, toasted bread, black tea, light pine, and soft caramel.
• Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied and moderately carbonated, the mouthfeel is crisp, with a slightly bitter finish.

Overall pairing: The Space Cowgirl is a delightfully crisp, roasty, rich, and punchy brew... a great beer for crushing whilst raising your horns and banging your head to the ingenuity and ingenious sound and concepts of Nocturnus A.D.'s amazing "Unicursal"!

Cheers and hails!!  Rest in peace, Mr. Browning!

And make sure to check out my interview with the late, great Mike Browning from five years back: https://youtu.be/Y7x53ZiW7bE 

July 23rd, 2026 - The PFamily Legion

 

Hello there metal maniacs, hellion, and craft beer freaks!  Your drinkin' buddy the Meista here this evening with a pairing of another amazing album for ya... the highly anticipated, debut, self-titled album by the mighty Lex Legion and a deliciously crisp and refreshing PFamily Pilsner from T.F. Brewing in collaboration with pFriem Family Brewers!  This pairing is dedicated to my good friend Jerm!  Cheers and hails, brother!

Album Info: 

• Artist: Lex Legion
• Title: "Lex Legion"
• Recorded: 2025 through early 2026 Sonic Train Studios in Varberg, Sweden, Studio Bohus in Kungälv, Sweden, Studio 1 in Oslo, Norway, and Images And Words Studios in Florida, United States
  Release date: June 12th, 2026 (1st studio album by Lex Legion)
• Record company: MNRK Heavy
• Production: Andy LaRocque
• Album cover art: 
• Personnel: Peter Blakk (guitars and keyboards), Mikkey Dee (drums), Andy LaRocque (guitars and keyboards), Hal Patino (bass), and Nils K. Rue (lead vocals)
• Musical style: Heavy metal with elements of progressive metal, theatrical gothic horror metal, and neoclassical metal
• Sound: This album is absolutely and perfectly fantastic!  It may be my favorite release thus far in 2026.  As it was in the King Diamond days, the dual guitar work of Blakk and LaRocque is otherworldly, while the rhythm section of Dee and Patino is a thunderous monster!  And as with his band Pagan's Mind, Rue's vocals absolutely soar!  At times, he channels King, but this is definitely the unique range and approach of Nils!
• Major themes: Death, darkness, sorrow, eternity, violence, mythology, ritual, etc.
• Tracks: 

1. "Sleep Eternally"
2. "Gypsy Tears"
3. "When The Stars Align"
4. "(I Am) The Resurrected"
5. "Lost Inside"
6. "Dreams Of Darkness"
7. "Saviours"
8. "Life Eternal"
9. "Far Away"

Brew Info:

• Brewery: T.F. Brewing (Salt Lake City, Utah) in collaboration with pFriem Family Brewers (Hood River, Oregon)
• Website: https://www.tfbrewing.com/ and http://www.pfriembeer.com/
• Brew: PFamily Pilsner
• Style: German style Pilsner
• Serving: 16 ounce can
• ABV: 5.0%
• Ingredients: Huel Melon, Halletau Blanc, and NZ Cascade hops
• Pour: The PFamily Pilsner pours a clear, bright golden yellow with a bright white, frothy, 1+ finger hear with great retention and lost of sticky, sudsy lacing.
• Nose: The nose is grainy, bready, toasty, and grassy.  There are aromas of toasted bread, summer grass, Pilsner malt, and lemon zest.
• Taste: The taste of the PFamily Pilsner follows the nose with lots of grainy, bready, and crisp, hoppy flavors.  There are notes of crackery biscuit, toasted sourdough bread, grassy hops.
• Mouthfeel: Light to medium in body and well-carbonated, the mouthfeel of the PFamily Pilsner is very crisp and with a clean, dry finish.

Overall pairing: How can you go wrong with a pairing of debut Lex Legion album and a crisp, crushable brew on a hot day?  Thus, today's pairing: Lex Legion's excellent debut album and a PFamily Pilsner from T.F. Brewing / pFriem Family Brewers!  It is like a pairing made in hell!  Those bright, crips notes just go so perfectly well with the exceptional musical delivery, while the more abrupt hoppy flavors go great with the fiery attack!  And the beer can label looks nice with the album cover!  'Nuff said! 

Skål and hails!!  

July 19th, 2026 - Mother Earth Drinks at the Rainforest Cafeteria

 

Greetings rockers, rollers, and craft beer fans!  Happy Sunday!  The Meista here today with a pairing of the wonderful sophomore album, "Mother Earth" by Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation and a Rainforest Cafeteria West Coast Style Pilsner from the fine folks at Ogden Beer Company in collaboration with Melvin Brewing Company!  Hell yeah!

Album Info:

• Artist: Within Temptation
• Title: "Mother Earth"
• Recorded: June through August 2000 at Studio RS29 in Waalwijk, Netherlands
  Release date: December 24th, 2000 / January 11th, 2019 (2nd studio album by Within Temptation)
• Record company: DSFA Records / Music On Vinyl
• Production: Oscar Holleman and Anthony van den Berg
• Album cover art: Fred van Diem and Ron Tetteroo
• Personnel: Sharon den Adel (vocals), Ivar de Graaf (drums), Michiel Papenhove (guitar), Jeroen van Veen (bass), Martijn Westerholt (keyboards), and Robert Westerholt (guitar, vocals on "Mother Earth", and spoken words on "The Promise")
• Additional musicians: Rene Dissel (fretless bass guitar on "Never-Ending Story"), Guus Eikens (synthesizer), Arjen Lucassen (guitar solo on "Dark Wings"), René Merkelbach (additional keyboards and orchestral arrangements), and Caspar De Jonge, Hans Cassa, Melissa 't Hart, Yvonne Rooda (choir)
• Musical style: Symphonic metal, progressive/goth metal, folk metal
• Sound: Bombastic, cinematic, and complex, the songs of "Mother Earth" are defining, not only of Within Temptation, but of symphonic metal as a whole.  Sharon states that Mother Earth was "a little bit older, a little bit more knowledgeable about how we wanted to sound, even then, of course you grow, so we had a better picture of how we wanted to sound. We didn't want to have the grunt vocals anymore. We felt like everyone was using that as a gimmick, and we didn't want to have it in our music anymore because of that...and also, we were very much enthralled by a movie at that time, Braveheart, which was very Celtic, and that's how our album became very Celtic because we were so in love with the soundtrack of the Braveheart movie. So inspired by that, the album came out that way...I still love that album very much...it came together in a very natural way. The songs were sometimes written in a day, it did take time to work it out more, the way it sounded in the end, but it was like the ideas and the whole concepts of certain songs were written mostly in one day, the chorus and the verses."
• Major themes: Gothic and mythological themes of fantasy, folklore, love, loss, death, darkness, good vs. evil, etc. 
• Tracks: 

1. "Mother Earth"
2. "Ice Queen"
3. "Our Farewell"
4. "Caged"
5. "The Promise"
6. "Never-Ending Story"
7. "Deceiver Of Fools"
8. "Intro"
9. "Dark Wings"
10. "In Perfect Harmony"
11. "Deceiver Of Fools" (live)
12. "Caged" (live)
13. "Candles" (live)
14. "Ice Queen" (live)

Brew Info:

• Brewery: Ogden Beer Company (Ogden, Utah), Melvin Brewing Company (Alpine, Wyoming)
• Website: http://www.ogdenbeercompany.com/  / http://www.melvinbrewing.com/ 
• Brew: Rainforest Cafeteria West Coast Style Pilsner
• Style: American Pilsner
• Serving: 12 ounce can
• ABV: 6.0%
• Pour: The Rainforest Cafeteria pours a clear, bright golden-yellow hue with a 2-finger, bright white, frothy head with great retention and lots of soapy, sudsy lacing.
• Nose: The nose is a characterized by grainy, malty, and slightly fruity aromas.  There are aromas of freshly cut hay, grapefruit rind, light lemon zest, light pine resin, grassy hops, lightly toasted white bread, Pilsner malt, light biscuit, and a hint of apple.
• Taste: Well-balanced, the Rainforest Cafeteria is a nice blend of bready, grainy, malty, and subtly fruity flavors.  There are notes of toasted white bread, crackery biscuit, lemon zest, floral, piney, and grassy hops, and a splash of honey.
• Mouthfeel: Light to medium in body and well-carbonated, the mouthfeel of the Rainforest Cafeteria is very crisp and hoppy, yet smooth with a dry, slightly bitter, but clean finish. 

Overall pairing: The Rainforest Cafeteria West Coast Style Pilsner from Ogden Beer Company / Melvin Brewing Company is the perfect brew to crush whilst listening to the ethereal, soaring, and beautifully dark and "ancient" sounds of Within Temptation's "Mother Earth"!

And make sure to check out my interview with Within Temptation guitarist Ruud Jolie here: https://youtu.be/qbD4PE3vvs4 

Proost... Gezondheid!!

July 18th, 2026 - The Essential "Taste" of Guinness

Good evenin' lads and lassies, rockers, rollers, and beer fans!  Your drinking buddy the Meista here pairing the brilliant self-titled debut album by Irish blues rock band Taste and a quintessential Guinness Draught Stout from Guinness Brewery!  Sláinte!

Album Info:

• Artist: Taste
• Title: "Taste"
• Recorded: August 1968 at De Lane Lea Studios in London, England
• Release date: April 1969 (1st studio album by Taste)
• Record company: Polydor 
• Production: Tony Colton
• Album cover art: Paragon Publicity (design)
• Personnel: Rory Gallagher (guitars, vocals, saxophone, and harmonica), Richard "Charlie" McCracken (bass guitar), and John Wilson (drums)
• Musical style: Blues rock, hard rock, R&B
• Sound: Combining American blues and English/Irish rock and hard rock, Taste has a rich tone steeped in the stylings of Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry, and Eric Clapton with the hard rocking sensibility of bands like Thin Lizzy and Humble Pie.  
• Major themes: the blues, love desire, loss, etc.
• Tracks:  

1. "Blister On The Moon"
2. "Leavin' Blues"
3. "Sugar Mama" (traditional; arranged by Rory Gallagher)
4. "Hail"
5. "Born On The Wrong Side Of Time"
6. "Dual Carriageway Pain"
7. "Same Old Story"
8. "Catfish" (traditional; arranged by Rory Gallagher)
9. "I'm Moving On" (Hank Snow cover)

Brew Info:

• Brewery: Guinness Brewery (Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland)
• Website: https://www.guinness.com/en-us
• Brew: Guinness Draught Stout 
• Style: Irish Stout
• Serving: 16 ounce can
• ABV: 4.2%
• Ingredients: Malted and roasted barley, hops, yeast, nitrogen, and pure spring water from the Cooley Mountains of Dundalk
• Pour: The Guinness Draught Stout pours an opaque, very dark ruby red hue in a pint glass with a lumpy tan head that leaves intricate lacing.
• Nose: The nose of the Guinness Draught Stout is a mellow blend of dark roasted and toasted malts, soft caramel, cocoa, dark chocolate, and subtle dark roasted coffee notes.
• Taste: Like the nose, the taste is sweet, roasty, toasty, malty, and earthy.  There are robust notes of burnt toffee, dark chocolate, roasted malts, Walnuts, oak, rich coffee, and just a hint of smokiness.
• Mouthfeel: Full-bodied with low carbonation, the mouthfeel of the Guinness Draught Stout is creamy and silky smooth with a dry, semi-sweet finish.

Overall pairing: Brewed in Dublin, Ireland since 1759, the Guinness Draught Stout is the quintessential Irish brew and the quintessential stout.  I cannot think of anything better to be drinking with the bluesy rockin' goodness of Rory Gallagher's Taste!  Like Gallagher's indelible guitar tone, the Guinness Black Lager is smooth, rich, and very drinkable... absolutely perfect!  'Nuff said!

Sláinte... Guid forder!!  Rock on!! 

Statue of Rory Gallagher in Belfast, Northern Ireland
 (photo by me, April 2025)

July 18th, 2026 - Getting Existentially Disconnected with NZH-109

 

Hello and happy Saturday metal maniacs and craft brew lovers!  The Meista here today pairing "Existential Disconnect", the kick-ass sophomore album by the wonderful Kiwi death metal band Organectomy and a delicious and hoppy NZH-109 Pale Ale from the fine folks at Offset Bier Company!

Album Info:

• Artist: Organectomy
• Title: "Existential Disconnect"
• Recorded: 2019 at Demigod Recordings in Portugal
• Release date: June 21st, 2019 (2nd full-length studio album by Organectomy)
• Record company: Unique Leader Records
• Production: Organectomy
• Album cover art: Pedro Sena 
• Personnel: Tyler Jordan (bass and backing vocals), Sam McRobert (guitars), Ashton Moore (guitars), Alex Paul (lead vocals), and Levi Sheehan (drums)
• Guest musicians: Diogo Santana (vocals on "Catastrophic Intent") and Matt Way (vocals on "Unending Regrowth")
• Musical style: Death metal
• Sound: Characterized by brutal riffs, intricate time signatures, and aggressive vocals, the sound on "Existential Disconnect" is death metal perfection!  Organectomy wonderfully and artistically blends old school death metal with more modern slam elements!
• Major themes: Death, destruction, torment, darkness, gore, isolation, etc.
• Tracks: 

1. "Severed From Humanity"
2. "Existential Disconnect"
3. "Antithetical"
4. "No Solace in Ascendance"
   
5. "Catastrophic Intent"
6. "The Agony Of Godhood"
7. "Unending Regrowth"
8. "Where Pantheons Lie I: Malfeasance"
9. "Where Pantheons Lie II: Conviction"
10. "Anguish In Lamina"
11. "The Infinite Witness"

Brew Info:

• Brewery: Offset Bier Company (Park City, Utah)
• Website: https://offsetbier.com/
• Brew: NZH-109 Pale Ale
• Style: Pale Ale 
• Serving: 16 ounce can
• ABV: 5.0%
• Ingredients: NZH-109 hops 
• Pour: The NZH-109 pours a murky, dull golden-yellow hue with a frothy, off-white, 2+ finger head with great sustain and lots and lots of sticky, intricate lacing. 
• Nose: The nose is tropically fruity, citrusy, and malty.  There are aromas of clementine oranges, lemon zest, nectarine, guava, kiwi, papaya, melon, lemongrass, light caramel, and crackery biscuit.
• Taste: The taste is like the nose: fruity, citrusy, hoppy, and slightly sweet.  There are notes of orange juice, pink grapefruit juice, lemon zest, lemon drop candy, kiwi, light pineapple, honeydew melon, fresh mango, and soft sweet toffee.
• Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied with moderate carbonation, the mouthfeel of the NZH-109 is very crisp and smooth with a clean, slightly bittersweet finish.

Overall pairing: The Offset NZH-109 Pale Ale is a bright, complex, fruity, and hoppy, yet very inviting brew... a great foil for the brutal and dark death metal stylings of the mighty Organectomy on their excellent "Existential Disconnect" album!  'Nuff said!

Cheers and hails!!

July 17th, 2026 - Concerning All That Was Promised

 

Hello and happy Friday metal maniacs and craft beer freaks!  The Meista here with another kick-ass pairing for ya... this evening I'm pairing the killer "All That Was Promised", the sophomore album by death metal monsters Hath and a hoppy and crushable Concerning Hops West Coast IPA from Proper Brewing Company!  Hell yeah!!  Apologies to my friend Peter Brown for taking so long to pair this phenomenal album... cheers brother!

Album Info:

• Artist: Hath
• Title: "All That Was Promised"
• Recorded: Early 2022 at AJ Viana Productions
• Release date: March 4th, 2022 (2nd full length album by Hath)
• Record company: Willowtip Records
• Production: AJ Viana and Hath 
• Album cover art: Adam Burke
• Personnel: Frank Albanese (guitars and vocals), Peter Brown (guitars), Greg Nottis (bass and vocals), and AJ Viana (drums)
• Musical style: Progressive blacked death metal
• Sound: It is progressive, complex, yet wonderfully aggressive and powerful, and a just a sheer joy to hear!  Albanese and Brown lay down riff after killer riff whilst Nottis and Viana bring the thunder!  If you love progressive and blackened death metal, and death metal in general, this album is for you! 
• Major themes: Darkness, death, evil, the occult, mythology, suffering, pain, violence, etc.
• Tracks: 

1. "The Million Violations"
2. "Kenosis"
3. "Lithopaedic"
4. "Iosis"
5. "Decollation"
6. "Death Complex"
7. "Casting Of The Self"
8. "All That Was Promised"
9. "Name Them Yet Build No Monument"

Brew Info:

• Brewery: Proper Brewing Company (Salt Lake City, Utah)
• Website: http://www.properbrewingco.com
• Brew: Concerning Hops West Coast IPA
• Style: West Cost Style India Pale Ale (IPA)
• Serving: 16 ounce can
• ABV: 5.0%
• IBUs: 45
• Pour: The Concerning Hops pours a clear, bright golden-yellow hue with a frothy and creamy, bright white, thin head that dissipates to a thin ring with light, soapy lacing.
• Nose: The nose of the Concerning Hops is very citrusy, dank, floral, earthy, herbal, and malty.  There are aromas of pine resin, wildflowers, cannabis, grapefruit rind, tangerine, lime, lemon zest, light pineapple, toasted caramel, and a hint of white pepper. 
• Taste: Like the nose, the taste of the Concerning Hops is citrusy, herbal, earthy, and malty.  There are notes of pink grapefruit juice, tangerine, earthy pine, flowery hops, biscuit, light caramel/toffee, and a little black pepper in the finish. 
• Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied and moderately carbonated, the mouthfeel is crisp and slightly bitter with a dry, fairly clean finish.

Overall pairing: The very crushable, yet wonderfully complex, hoppy, and flavorful Concerning Hops from Proper Brewing makes a great companion to the aggressive death metal complexities of Hath's excellent "All That Was Promised" album!  The citrusy and earthy hop notes really pop when you've got Hath blasting from your speakers!  I highly recommend both the album and brew!  'Nuff said!

Cheers and hails!! 

July 12th, 2026 - Cryptopsy Vs. the Whalefishers

 

Greetings headbangers, evil-doers, and craft beer freaks!  Happy Sunday!  Your drinking buddy the Meista here rocking the hell out with a pairing of the kick-ass, self-titled death metal beast of an album by the mighty Cryptopsy and a tasty, juicy, and crisp Salt Lake Whalefishers Hazy IPA from the Roha Brewing Project!  Hell yeah!  Note: Apparently, the Salt Lake Whalefishers are a band from Salt Lake City, Utah and this beer is named for them... but I've never heard or heard of them, so I'm pairing Cryptopsy.  It's my page and I do whatever the hell I want!  Ha!

Album Info:

• Artist: Cryptopsy
• Title: "Cryptopsy"
• Recorded: 2012 at Garage Studio and Flo's studio in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Release date: September 11th, 2012 (6th album by Cryptopsy)
• Record company: Season of Mist / Defen Society / Revolution Harmony / Candlelight Records.
• Production: Christian Donaldson and Cryptopsy
• Album cover art: Mircea Gabriel Eftemie (design and artwork) and Flo Mounier (logo design) 
• Personnel: Christian Donaldson (guitars), Jon Levasseur (guitars), Matt McGachy (vocals), Flo Mounier (drums and backing vocals), and Olivier Pinard (bass)
• Musical style: Brutal death metal, technical death metal
• Sound: Aggressive, fiery fast, heavy as hell, and wonderfully brutal, the sound on "Cryptopsy" is classic Cryptopsy death metal, yet fresh and bold.  From the opening notes of "Two-Pound Torch" to the final notes of "Cleansing The Hosts", this album grabs you by the collar, slams you against the wall, and demands your full, unfettered attention!
• Major themes: Death, betrayal, alien visitors, racism, murder, evil, darkness, history, suffering, misery, insanity, violence, etc.
• Tracks: 

1. "Two-Pound Torch"
2. "Shag Harbour's Visitors"
3. "Red-Skinned Scapegoat"
4. "Damned Draft Dodgers"
5. "Amputated Enigma"
6. "The Golden Square Mile"
7. "Ominous"
8. "Cleansing The Hosts"

 Brew Info:

• Brewery: Roha Brewing Project (Salt Lake City, Utah)
• Website: https://rohabrewing.com/
• Brew: Salt Lake Whalefishers Hazy IPA
• Style: New England India Pale Ale (NEIPA) 
• Serving: 16 ounce can
• ABV: 7.4%
• Ingredients: Cascade, Citra, and Simcoe hops
• Pour: The Salt Lake Whalefishers Hazy IPA pours a very hazy, pale straw yellow hue with a billowy, bright white, 2+ finger head with great retention and lots of sudsy, soapy lacing.
• Nose: The nose is citrusy, fruity, malty, herbal, and somewhat dank.  There are aromas of grapefruit, tangerine, fresh squeezed orange juice, lime zest, freshly cut cantaloupe, pineapple, herbal tea, wildflowers, light-toasted malts, and soft caramel/toffee.
• Taste: Following the nose, the taste of the Salt Lake Whalefishers Hazy IPA is a well-balanced blend of pronounced juicy and citrusy hop flavors along with more subtle malty flavors.  There are notes of orange juice and pith, tangerine, a splash of pineapple, sweet cantaloupe, soft peach, pink grapefruit juice, light malts, and soft caramel/toffee.
• Mouthfeel: Medium to full-bodied and moderately carbonated, the mouthfeel is crisp, yet smooth with a dry, pillow soft finish.

Overall pairing: The Salt Lake Whalefishers Hazy IPA is a very crushable brew with lots of bright, citrusy, and juicy hop flavors, which makes it a great beer to throw back to the complex intensity of the fiery riffs, brutally growling vocals, and thunderous rhythm section on the mighty Cryptopsy's self-titled 6th album!  'Nuff said! 

Make sure to check out my interview with Cryptopsy vocalist Matt McGachy here: https://youtu.be/OVxRheCol7s 

Cheers and hails!!