July 19th, 2025 - Outside / Inside My Identity Crisis

 

Good afternoon and happy Saturday rockers, rollers, and craft beer fans! Your drinking buddy the Meista here today pairing "Outside Inside" by The Tubes and a crisp and delicious Identity Crisis American Hefeweizen from the fine folks at 2 Row Brewing Company!

Album Info:

• Artist: The Tubes
• Title: "Outside Inside"
• Recorded: 1982
• Release date: April 4th, 1983 (6th studio album by The Tubes)
• Record company: Capitol Records
• Production: David Foster, Prairie Prince, and Stacy Baird
• Album cover art: Ray Kohara (art direction), Jim McCrary (photography), and Prairie Prince (art direction)
• Personnel: Rick Anderson (bass), Michael Cotten (synthesizers), Mingo Lewis (percussion), Prairie Prince (drums), Bill Spooner (guitars and vocals), Roger Steen (guitars and vocals), Fee Waybill (lead vocals), and Vince Welnick (keyboards)
• Additional and guest musicians: Patti Austin (backing vocals), Bill Champlin (backing vocals), Martha Davis (backing vocals), Nathan East (bass), Chuck Findley (horns), David Foster (keyboards), Gary Grant (horns), Jay Graydon (keyboards), Gary Herbig (horns), Jerry Hey (horns), James Newton Howard (keyboards), Bobby Kimball (backing vocals), Steve Lukather (guitar), David Paich (keyboards), Steve Porcaro (keyboards), Bill Reichenbach Jr. (horns), Freddy Washington (bass), Maurice White (backing vocals), David Williams (guitar), and Larry Williams (horns) 
• Musical style: Rock, pop
• Sound: More radio-friendly than previous works and full of pop swagger, the sound on "Outside Inside" is upbeat, totally engaging, and fun as hell!
• Major themes: Life, love, desire, sex, , etc.
• Tracks: 

1. "She's A Beauty"
2. "No Not Again"
3. "Out Of The Business"
4. "The Monkey Time"
5. "Glass House"
6. "Wild Women Of Wongo"
7. "Tip Of My Tongue"
8. "Fantastic Delusion"
9. "Drums"
10. "Theme Park"
11. "Outside Lookin' Inside"

Brew Info:

• Brewery: 2 Row Brewing Company (Midvale, Utah)
• Website: https://2rowbrewing.com/
• Brew: Identity Crisis American Hefeweizen
• Style: Hefeweizen / American Wheat Ale
• Serving: 16 ounce can 
• ABV: 5.0%
• Ingredients: Malted wheat and American yeast
• Pour: The Identity Crisis pours a slightly hazy, pale straw-yellow hue with a bright white, frothy, thin, yet sustained head with soapy lacing.
• Nose: The nose is characterized by aromas of cracked wheat, freshly baked wheat bread, crackery biscuit, subtle fruit esters, a splash of honey, and light spices. 
• Taste: Following the nose, the taste of the Identity Crisis is bready, malty, and slightly sweet.  There are flavors of bready malts, biscuits, a hint of ripe banana, and light caramel.
• Mouthfeel: Light-bodied and well-carbonated, the mouthfeel is crisp and refreshing with a clean, crisp finish with very low bitterness. 

Overall pairing: Those bready and malty aromas and flavors of 2 Row's Identity Crisis American Hefeweizen are perfect for the rock and roll sensibilities of the wonderful "Outside Inside" album by The Tubes!  Classic American Hefeweizen flavors for that classic The Tubes sound... what could be better?

Cheers!!