January 1st, 2024 - Yeah Buoy!

 

Hello and happy New Year rockers, rollers, ravers, and craft brew freaks!  The Meista here today pairing a bold and punchy Double IPA from Buoy Beer Company and Def Leppard's very entertaining "Yeah!" covers album!

Album Info:

• Artist: Def Leppard
• Title: "Yeah!"
• Recorded: 2003 through 2006 
• Release date: May 23rd, 2006 (9th studio album by Def Leppard)
• Record company: Mercury Records / Island Records
• Production: Def Leppard and Ronan McHugh
• Album cover art:  t42design (artwork), Vartan (art direction on cover), and Joe Elliott (art direction on inner sleeve)
• Personnel: Rick Allen (drums and percussion), Vivian Campbell (guitars and backing vocals), Phil Collen (guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Stay with Me"), Joe Elliott (lead vocals and piano), and Rick Savage (bass and backing vocals)
• Additional musicians: Emm Gryner (backing vocals and piano on "The Golden Age Of Rock 'N' Roll"), Ian Hunter (spoken intro on "The Golden Age Of Rock 'N' Roll"), and Justin Hawkins (backing vocals on "Hell Raiser") 
• Musical style: Hard rock, heavy metal, power pop
• Sound: Energetic, totally rocking, and fun as hell, the sound on "Yeah!" is a vigorous and frenetic punch of the band's favorite and most influential tracks from the 1970s.  This album saw the band re-energized and is probably the best thing the have done since the early '80s. 
• Major themes: Rock and roll, rebellion, joy, honesty, love, loss, heartbreak, lust, desire, life, relationships, etc.
• Tracks: 

1. "20th Century Boy" (T. Rex cover)
2. "Rock On" (David Essex cover)
3. "Hanging On The Telephone" (The Nerves cover)
4. "Waterloo Sunset" (The Kinks cover)
5. "Hell Raiser" (Sweet cover)
6. "10538 Overture" (Electric Light Orchestra cover)
7. "Street Life" (Roxy Music cover)
8. "Drive-In Saturday" (David Bowie cover)
9. "Little Bit Of Love" (Free cover)
10. "The Golden Age Of Rock 'N' Roll" (Mott The Hoople cover)
11. "No Matter What" (Badfinger cover)
12. "He's Gonna Step On You Again" (John Kongos cover)
13. "Don't Believe A Word" (Thin Lizzy cover)
14. "Stay With Me" (Faces cover)
    

Brew Info:

• Brewery: Buoy Beer Company (Astoria, Oregon)
• Website: https://buoybeer.com/
• Brew: Double IPA
• Style: Double India Pale Ale (DIPA) / Imperial IPA (IIPA)
• Serving: 12 ounce can
• ABV: 8.7% 
• IBUs: 65
• Ingredients: Premium Pale and Munich malts with Centennial, Idaho 7, and Chinook hops
• Pour: The Buoy Double IPA pours a cloudy bronze amber color with a frothy, eggshell white 1-finger head with good retention and lacing.
• Nose: The nose is earthy, piney, and malty.  There are aromas of dank pine needles, wildflowers, herbal tea, grapefruit rind, orange zest, toasted barley, and burnt toffee.
• Taste: The taste of the Buoy Double IPA follows the nose with lots of zesty, punchy, hoppy, and malty flavors.  There are notes of pink grapefruit juice, tangerine, orange zest and pith, black tea, earthy pine resin, black pepper, and sweet caramel and burnt toffee.
• Mouthfeel: Full-bodied with moderate carbonation, the mouthfeel is thick and sticky, yet crisp with a dry, bittersweet and slightly boozy finish.

Overall pairing: The Double IPA from Buoy Beer Company is bold, punchy, yet crushable DIPA... perfect for the rock and roll sensibility and electrifying punch of Def Leppard's highly energetic and entertaining "Yeah!" record!  Those bittersweet hop notes go great with Elliot's vocals and the fiery guitars, while the malty backbone is right in line with the thunderous and heavy-duty rhythm section. 'Nuff said!

Cheers!!  Rock on!!