February 12th, 2025 - After The Fall From Grace... We Climax and Ride into the Night!

 

Hey there headbangers and hop freaks!  Happy Wednesday!  Your rockin' drinkin' buddy the Meista here tonight rocking the hell out to a pairing of a tasty Climax Horchata Vanilla & Cinnamon Cream Ale from the fine folks at Chappell Brewing Company and Savage Grace's kickass sophomore album, "After The Fall From Grace / Ride Into The Night"!  Hell yeah!

Album Info:

• Artist: Savage Grace
• Title: "After The Fall From Grace / Ride Into The Night"
• Recorded: 1986 at Wayne Cook Studios in Los Angeles, California and 1987 at West Hills Recording in Los Angeles, California
• Release date: "After The Fall From Grace": July 2nd, 1986 (2nd full-length studio album released by Savage Grace) and "Ride Into The Night": 1987 (2nd EP released by Savage Grace); compilation released February 18th, 2022
• Record company: Black Dragon Records / Hammerhead Records
• Production: Savage Grace
• Album cover art: Cory Brandon
• Personnel: Brian "Beast" East (bass), Chris Logue (lead guitars and vocals), Mark Marcum (drums), Mark "Chase" Marshall (lead guitars), and Derek Peace (bass)
• Musical style: Speed metal, heavy metal
• Sound: With high-caliber musicianship, strong songwriting, and excellent production, the sound on "After The Fall From Grace / Ride Into The Night" is pure, high-adrenaline, classic speed metal the way it should be!  The tracks are fast, furious, and fiery with some really stellar guitar work and vocal acrobatics! 
• Major themes: Freedom, anger, rebellion, power, crime, fear, violence, sin, betrayal, valor etc.
• Tracks: 

Disc 1: Remixed and Remastered

1. "Call To Arms"
2. "We Came, We Saw, We Conquered"
3. "After The Fall From Grace"
4. "Trial By Fire"
5. "Palestinia"
6. "Age Of Innocence"
7. "Flesh And Blood"
8. "Destination Uknown"
9. "Tales Of Mystery"
10. "Ride Into The Night"
11. "We March On"
12. "The Healing Hand"
13. "Burn" (Deep Purple cover)
14. "Mainline Lover"
15. "Bare Bottom Blues" (live)
16. "Such A Dirty Mind" (live)

Disc 2: Original Recording (No Remix, No Remaster)

1. "Call To Arms"
2. "We Came, We Saw, We Conquered"
3. "After The Fall From Grace"
4. "Trial By Fire"
5. "Palestinia"
6. "Age Of Innocence"
7. "Flesh And Blood"
8. "Destination Uknown"
9. "Tales Of Mystery"
10. "Ride Into The Night"
11. "We March On"
12. "The Healing Hand"
13. "Burn" (Deep Purple cover)
14. "Mainline Lover"
15. "Bare Bottom Blues" (live)
16. "Such A Dirty Mind" (live)

Brew Info:

• Brewery: Chappell Brewing (Salt Lake City, Utah)
• Website: https://chappell.beer/
• Brew: Climax Horchata Vanilla & Cinnamon Cream Ale
• Style: Cream Ale
• Serving: 16 ounce can
• ABV: 5.0%
• Pour: The Climax Horchata Vanilla & Cinnamon Cream Ale pours a lacing.
• Nose: The nose is spicy, and malty, and slightly sweet.  There are aromas of vanilla bean, fresh cream, cinnamon sticks, rice pudding, cracked wheat, light hops, and soft caramel.
• Taste: The taste of the Climax Horchata Vanilla & Cinnamon Cream Ale follows the nose with lots of spicy, malty, and sweet flavors along with more subtle maltiness.  There are notes of milk sugar, spicy cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, a hint of rice, crackery biscuit, and soft caramel/toffee.
• Mouthfeel: Light to medium-bodied and moderately carbonated, the mouthfeel of the Climax Horchata Vanilla & Cinnamon Cream Ale is very creamy and smooth, yet crisp with a dry, sweet and spicy finish.

Overall pairing: The Climax Horchata Vanilla & Cinnamon Cream Ale is a uniquely flavorful and crushable brew... perfect for banging your head and pumping your fists to the hard-rockin' punch of Savage Grace's absolute killer "After The Fall From Grace / Ride Into The Night" album!  'Nuff said!

Raise those horns!!  Cheers rockers!!