May 4th, 2019 - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull

Hello there rockers and craft beer lovers!  The Meista here today pairing "The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull" by Earth and a The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull from TRVE Brewing Company, "Denver's true heavy metal brewery"!

Album Info:

• Artist: Earth
• Title: "The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull"
• Recorded: 2007 at Avast/Aleph Studios
• Release date: February 26th, 2008 (5th full-length studio album by Earth)
• Record company: Southern Lord Records
• Production: Randall Dunn
• Album cover art: Arik Roper
• Personnel: Dylan Carson (guitars), Adrienne Davies (drums and percussion), Don McGreevy (bass guitar and double bass), and Steve Moore (acoustic grand piano, Hammond organ, and Wurlitzer electric piano
• Additional musicians: Milky Burgess (slide guitar on "Junkyard Priest") and Bill Frisell (electric guitar on tracks 1, 4, and 5) 
• Musical style: Stoner rock, drone rock, experimental rock, post rock
• Sound: Slow, monotonous, and dark, Earth's "The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull" is a wonderfully heavy album in the droning tradition.
• Major themes: With references to the Bible and Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian, themes on the album could include life, death, religion, isolation, etc.  As the tracks are all instrumentals, it is very open to interpretation. 
• Tracks:   

1. "Omens And Portents I: The Driver"
2. "Rise To Glory"
3. "Miami Morning Coming Down II (Shine)"
4. "Engine Of Ruin"
5. "Omens And Portents II: Carrion Crow"
6. "Hung From The Moon"
7. "The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull"
8. "Junkyard Priest"

Brew Info:

• Brewery: TRVE Brewing Company (Denver, Colorado) in collaboration with Finback
• Website: https://www.trvebrewing.com/
• Brew: The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull
• Style: Belgian Saison
• Serving: 12 ounce bottle
• ABV: 7.0%
• Pour: The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull pours a hazy golden-yellow with a 1-finger, billowy, bright white head that dissipates quickly and leaves a thin ring.
• Nose: The nose is floral, earthy, fruity, and sweet.  There are aromas of wild flowers, sage, fruit esthers, soft banana, lemon, honey, a hint of barnyard funk, and lilghtly toasted bread.
• Taste: The taste of The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull is citrusy, fruity, tart, and little spicy.  There are notes of lemon zest, lemon juice, grapefruit, light clove, honey, and a hint of black pepper in the finish. 
• Mouthfeel: Medium in body and well carbonated, The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull's mouthfeel is frothy, fizzy, crisp, and slightly tart, with a dry finish.

Overall pairing: Along with the obvious name reference, The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull from TRVE Brewing is a bright, fruity, and very crisp brew, which makes a great foil to the heavy stoner drone rock of Earth's "The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skulll"!  Nuff said!

Cheers and hails!!