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New Music Blog Fozzy Sin And Bones

In this music blog, we are going to listen to the latest album from Fozzy and it is called Sin And Bones. Fozzy was founded in 1999 in Atlanta, Georgia. The band started out as a cover band, which their first two records were covers of classic hard rock and metal sings. Fozzy has five studio albums out with one live record to their short career. Lead singer and one founding member of this band is Chris Jericho, who is former WWE Superstar. He grew up in Canada listening to the classic hard rock and metal music and wanted to do a career in music. However, he had a love for wrestling, now he is doing both and is extremely successful. The other founding member of Fozzy is Rich Ward which is best known to be in the band from the late 1980’s called Stuck Mojo. Let us get into the music.

Spider In My Mouth

The song starts out with sound effects and samples. There is a little keyboard action to build up the start of the song and this record. A little kid starts singing. This song has a nice solid in your face music from the guitar and drums. Chris is singing really well which he has been growing into a really good singer. He is improving throughout his recording career. I love the lyrics. I love the chorus in this song. Nice touch from the drums towards the end of the song to put on the double bass. Great ending and great opening track to this record.

Sandpaper

Sandpaper is the first single from Sin And Bones. This song starts out like an old Jackyl song. It kind of has a feeling of a Jackyl song. I could see Jackyl doing a cover of this song or even write it. Lead singer M Shadows from Average Sevenfold is being featured in this song. I love the music. It fits the lyrics and solid bass playing on this song. Nice finish to the song.

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Blood Happens

Blood Happens has some nice drumming and solid guitar playing. Chris comes in with extremely great singing with great lyrics. There is a whole lot going on in this song. Rich plays a nice short guitar solo. There is some strong playing from the guitar, drums, and bass throughout this song. This is a great song and it is one of my favorite songs so far on this record. There is some great back up vocals on the song. Great finish to the song.

Inside My Head

I am loving the drums and the guitar work at the beginning of Inside My Head. Chris is pushing his singing to the next level. If I was classic hard rock or metal band looking for a lead singer, I would give Chris a call. I am also loving the lyrics. Chris has grown into a pretty good lyric writer. This is a pretty solid song. Here is another song I am loving off this record. Nice guitar solo towards the end of the song. Great ending to the song.

Sin And Bones

I love the fast pace on the title track of this record. It has great singing, drums, bass and guitar work. This is a nice driving song. Chris has written some nice lyrics once again. So far this is a great follow-up from their last great record. I am loving the guitar break towards the middle of the song. This song was quick and to the point. Sin and Bones lives up to being the title for the record. It also has a great ending.

A Passed Life

I am loving how they have put more focus on the drummer. The drums and the guitar are having a nice love affair at the beginning of this song. I am also loving how they are not just making fast songs. Fozzy is putting a nice mix between fast and slow pace songs. I am loving how Chris is singing on this song. There are some great lyrics here. There is also some great music writing throughout this song. I love the pick up in the pace towards the middle of the song. There is a sick guitar riff at that point. I am really enjoying this song. This is a what metal music is all about in this song. This brings all the elements that made me love hard rock and metal. There is also a great guitar solo towards the end of the song. Great finish to this song.

She’s My Addiction

I am loving the guitar work from the guitar players. I am loving the simple and to the point bass. There is a nice drum work and great pace to the song. I am loving the music and lyrics that Fozzy has put forth. This song gets to the point to the point. This is a great tune. There is a great guitar solo. Just like Sandpaper, I could see this song in Jackyl’s song list. Great ending to this song and nice touch on the outro guitar solo.

Shine Forever

Shine Forever has some nice heavy as hell guitar riffs. I am loving the drumming with the bass filling over the top. There is some great lyrics with a powerful meaning. Chris once again is singing his heart out on this song. Fozzy did a great job on this song. I can see this song being an underground hit. I am loving the ending of this song.

Dark Passenger

Dark Passenger starts out with a nice keyboard playing. Chris is hitting it on vocals with nice well place drums. I love the guitar riff on the main part of the song. I love how they keep using the keyboards which gives this band another element. It changes their sound that they have developed. I am loving the building up to the guitar solo. It is a very well written guitar solo. There is a great ending to this song.

Storm The Beaches

Storm The Beaches is the longest song on the record. There is spoken works with more keyboards. There is some powerful guitar riff and drums with bass backing up. I am loving the meaning and theme of the song but the lyrics are little weak at this point. It is powerful talking about D-Day and honoring the troops. I cannot complain about this one song. Fozzy has written an awesome set of songs for Sin And Bones. There is a great guitar solo towards the middle of the song. Fozzy has put forth an epic song to close out this great record. I am also loving the gun firing samples in the song. The lyrics are better towards the midpoint and the end of the song. I love the end of this song.

Here is current line up of Fozzy:

Chris Jericho – Lead Vocals
Rich Ward – Guitar, Back Up Vocals
Paul Di Leo – Bass
Frank Fontsere – Drums
Billy Grey – Guitar

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website: www.fozzyrock.com

Twitter: @fozzyrock

In the end, I really enjoyed this record. If you know me personally, you know I have been a huge fan of Chris Jericho in the ring and his music career. I know most of you know I am a huge metal fan. I feel this band is pushing their career forward. It is hard to believe the music that this band is putting out since this band was set up as a joke when they first came out. Fozzy is a band you need to keep an eye on from here on. Their last record, which was called Chasing The Grail, was a solid record from start to finish but the follow-up Sin and Bones is taking this band to the next level. I am hoping this band keeps on the pace they are going on right now. I highly recommend this band if you are a hard rock and metal fan. Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email: djweiser13@comcast.net

Twitter: @djweiser

New Beer Blog Kona Pipeline Porter

In this winter beer blog, we are going to take a look at the Kona Brewing Company and the beer is their winter seasonal called Pipeline Porter. Kona Brewing was founded in 1994 on the Big Island of Hawaii by Cameron Healy and Spoon Khalsa. They are brewing beer to fit the lifestyle of people who live on the island and the tourist that visit Hawaii. Their Longboard Lager is their flagship beer and is the top-selling craft beer in the state. Kona Brewing is being sold in twenty-eight states in the United States. They brew several brews like a pale ale, brown ale, golden ale, etc. Let us get into the beer.

This winter seasonal from Kona Brewing, which is called Pipeline Porter, has a black color without a head on the beer. The smell is a heavy coffee bean to the beer. The taste is a heavy coffee to a slight chocolate notes with a dry coffee bean aftertaste. The aftertaste is like eating whole coffee bean. It is a pretty drinkable beer.

Here is a description from the beer bottle:

Since 1994, Kona Brewing CO. has been committed to making handcrafted ales and lagers of uncompromised quality. We invite you to visit our Brewery and pubs whenever you visit Hawaii. Mahala! Pipeline Porter is full-bodied with a rich, smooth dark-roasted malt flavor. A selection of premium hops and 100% Hawaiian Kona Coffee complete this limited brew.

Here is a description from their website (www.konabrewingco.com):

Rich & Roasty

Pipeline Porter is smooth and dark with a distinctive roasty aroma and earthy complexity from its diverse blends of premium malted barley. This celebration of malt unites with freshly roasted 100% Kona coffee grown at Cornwell Estate on Hawaii’s Big Island, lending a unique roasted aroma and flavor. A delicate blend of hops rounds out this palate-pleasing brew.

Available Fall/Winter

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website: www.konabrewingco.com

Twitter: @konabrewingco

Aloha, this is a great beer. I was excited to hear that they are finally coming to Chicago and this is the first beer to land a shore. When I went to Hawaii on vacation, I was drinking a ton of Big Wave Golden Ale. This porter is smooth and taste is coffee and beer drinker can smelling it. It is not a drinkable beer but it is a beer that will last in your glass and frig for a while. I recommend this beer and get ready for rest of there beers being review here on this blog. Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email: djweiser13@comcast.net

Twitter: @djweiser

New Blog Kiss Monster

In this Music Monday Blog, we are going to get into the latest record from Kiss. This is their 20th record in their career and it is called Monster. This record is the follow-up record to Sonic Boom. Here is a little history of this legendary band. Kiss was founded in January 1973 in New York City. This band has went through several line up changes but still found some success. They have twenty studio records and ten live records, which they are best known for them. They were one of the first bands in 1970’s to push the live records as a trend. They have about thirteen greatest hits records. Kiss also has five box sets in the market. They had thirteen of their records from live and studio that went Gold in the United States. Kiss has also had thirteen of their records from live and studio that went Platinum in the United States. Kiss is pretty well-known for their live performance. They are also known for their make up and their character that they dress up for their stage act. Kiss was the first band to sell lunch boxes, action figures, etc. Kiss was their marketing machine to drive their fame. Kiss like most great bands are not in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Let us get into the music.

Hell Or Hallelujah

The opening track has a solid guitar work at the beginning of this song. This is a classic Kiss song. This song is a little be slower than the normal Kiss songs. The lyrics are really bad but the music is great. This is their first single from this record. There is a great guitar solo towards the end of the song from Tommy. This song finish pretty strong.

Wall Of Sound

I love the start of this song. There is solid playing from all the members in the band. Paul’s vocal has aged very well. Most lead singers in the later part of their career cannot sing their old songs and some of their newer ones. The lyrics are a little better on this song. This is so far my favorite song from “Monster.” The pace of this song is just right for Kiss. The ending is about average for the song.

Freak

I love the music on “Freak.” This is a great all around song but the lyrics are bad. I could hear this song on their first few records. There is a great guitar solo from Tommy. It has a pretty solid ending.

Back To The Stone Age

There is a nice bass and drum work at the beginning of the song. This is a nice driving music. I love the music. The lyrics once again is really bad. It has a classic Kiss sound. It is kind of sounds like “Love Gun” or “I Love It Loud.” Back To The Stone Age has a solid finish.

Shout Mercy

There is a nice guitar riff with a good backbone from the bass and drums. The lyrics are like classic Kiss lyrics. I love the music. Nice fitting guitar solo is well placed in the song. Shout Mercy has a great finish.

Long Way Down

This song, which is Long Way Down, is the second single released from Monster. It has a solid music with some good lyrics. There is more singing from Paul on this record then Gene. It just seems like it. There is a nice simple guitar solo and it is spot on in this song. There is also a nice ending to the song.

Eat Your Heart Out

There is a different pace of the song with just singing at the beginning of it. There is some great music. I love the guitar work. This song sounds like Poison, who is a band from the glam rock days in 1980’s. There has some thoughts that Poison has stolen music from Kiss. I am not saying that Kiss is stealing music from Poison but it sounds like it. Everything has been done in music. There is only a few notes in music so there will be songs and music that might sound like another song or music. In most cases, it might have one more note or one less that the general music ear might not pick up on it. Anyways, the lyrics on this song are just bad but the song has a great finish.

The Devil Is Me

This song has a nice guitar, bass, and drums. This is a nice in your face Kiss music. The lyrics are bad. There is a nice guitar break towards the middle of the song. The song went from good to boring. This song should be shorter. It is a Kiss ending.

Outta This World

There is a solid start to the song. It also has a nice pace to the song. It is a simple and to the point to the music. I am not a fan of the lyrics and this song is pretty boring. The guitar work and solo is perfect. This song just like some other songs towards the end of this record could be shorter. There is some nice drumming on this song. I could heard this song on one of their first few records.

All For The Love Of Rock And Roll

This song seems like it is too slow for Kiss. However, I am really enjoying the lyrics, I am also loving the theme of the lyrics. I hear a little country music influence in this song. It has a perfect ending and the song reached the point. The length of the song is perfect. It also has a perfect ending.

Take Me Down Below

I am loving the beginning of this song. Gene has the thunder bass kicking in this song. Take Me Down Below has great music. It is a classic Kiss song from the music and lyrics. I love the guitar solo. It kind stays in the low-end but hits the mid notes with some high-end. It is a party song from the music and the lyrics. It has a nice ending.

Last Chance

There is a nice bass line at the beginning of the song. This song has a nice fast pace to it. It reminds me of old Kiss. This is a classic Kiss song from the music and lyrics. There is some good back up vocals. I love the music. This song comes into your house to have breakfast and then just leaves you without food. It is gets to the point. There is a nice guitar solo in the middle of the song. Nice build up for the ending of the song. It is just right for the end of the record. Kiss leaves this record on a high note.

Here is the current line up for Kiss:

Gene Simmons – Bass guitar, vocals
Eric Singer – drums, vocals
Paul Stanley – rhythm guitar, vocals
Tommy Thayer – lead guitar, vocals

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website: www.kissonline.com

Twitter: @kissonline

In closing, I am not a huge Kiss fan but I do enjoy listening to their music. I am fan but not part of the Kiss Army. I was stun that they came out with a follow-up to Sonic Boom. I was also stun that they came out with Sonic Boom. Most older bands do not like to put out new music because their fan base do not care about the new music. I believe the only fans that care about the music is the hardcore ones or person that loves new music. I feel that Monster from Kiss was rush to be pull out for a reason to do a tour. The music on this record is classic Kiss and is really solid. They did a great job. I do not know if they took old riffs that they wrote back in the day. The lyrics I feel this band has run out of ideas. There are some gems on this record. I believe around those gems there are too many filler songs. What I mean by that, it is a song that is there to fill up the record to get it out to the market. There is nothing wrong doing that because some of those filler songs might become hits or just underground hit with hardcore fans. There are three songs that I do really love from this record and they are “Wall Of Sound,” Take Me Down Below,” and “Last Chance.” I just feel this record is a let down from Sonic Boom. I really enjoyed listening to Sonic Boom. If you are a hardcore fan of Kiss, check this record out and add it to your collection. If you are a general fan of Kiss or just a hard rock or metal fan, I would see if you can find a place to preview it before buying it. Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email: djweiser13@comcast.net

Twitter: @djweiser

New Music Blog Accept Stalingrad

In this music blog, we are going to get into the latest record from Accept which is called Stalingrad. Accept started back in the late 1960’s in Germany. They started picking up speed in 1976 as a professional band. Accept has went through several line up changes throughout the years. They have also split up a few times in their career. However, they have a wealth of music, Accept has put out thirteen studio albums including the one we will talk about here, which is Stalingrad. They have three live records and four greatest hits records. They also put out two EP’s. This band is best known for helping the speed metal era. The song that everyone knows from Accept is “Balls To The Wall.” The band reunion in 2009 with new lead singer, who is Mark Tornillo, from T.T. Quick. They put the “Blood Of The Nations” in 2010. This band is climbing up the charts here in the states. Let us get into the latest record, which is Stalingrad.

Hung, Drawn and Quartered

This opening song on this record has the nice classic Accept intro to Hung, Drawn and Quartered. This is some great speed metal music. Mark did not leave the last recording session from “Blood Of The Nations.” Mark has written some awesome lyrics. The guitar, drums, and bass work is hell of a job on this song. The production is nicely done from the producer. There is a nice guitar break and solo with a good ending. This is a great opening track.

Stalingrad

The second song has a strong driving intro to start of it. It also has a nice guitar and drum work. There is also a great guitar solo break in it. This song has powerful lyrics and singing from Mark. There is also nice well placed back up vocals. Mark has written some great lyrics. Nice touch on the snare drums and great guitar work towards the end of this song. Stalingrad has a strong ending.

Hellfire

I love the effect on the bass and nice touch on the drums and guitar working around the bass. There is a great break and then well written guitar riff. Mark has strong singing and great lyrics, which I love. This is a pretty nice driving song which is classic Accept. This is a great song all the way around. Accept is stronger than they have ever been. Wolf has an awesome guitar solo along with nice trade-off with the other guitarist. Hellfire has a nice strong finish. This is my favorite song on the record so far.

Flash To Bang Time

This song has heavy guitar and driving drums with well placed vocals from the lead singer. Mark is singing great with some well written lyrics. I love the guitar work on Flash To Bang Time. I wish you can hear the bass a little bit more throughout this record. I love the guitar solo and the ending of the song.

Shadow Soldiers

The beginning of Shadow Soldiers has a nice effect on one of the guitars along with nice acoustic guitar. It then snaps into a nice heavy guitar riff with a short guitar solo over the top of it. I love the pace of this song. Mark is singing great with a well placed melody. I love the theme of this song and nice touch on the back vocals. I believe this song is too long but still good. This song has a nice fitting ending.

Revolution

I love the drum work at the beginning of the song. Great touch on the fade in with the guitars and well written lyrics and singing from Mark. Revolution is a simple music and it hits the point of the song with perfect back up vocals in the song. The guitar work on this records is something else and I love the nice dueling guitar solo in this song. The ending is a complex ending to Revolution.

Against The World

Great beginning for the music. I love the lyrics on Against The World. Mark has always wrote some great lyrics. This is a nice driving song like most on this record. Nice guitar solo and I love the build up to the solo. Against The World has a great finish to the song.

Twist Of Fate

I love the guitar work in the beginning of the song. Mark is singing great in this song with some powerful lyrics. The guitarist wrote a nice main guitar riff. Twist of Fate has a nice slow to medium pace to the song, which gives the listener a different mood than the rest of the record. I love it and it is perfect. I love the build up to the end of the song and the guitar solo at the end. This is in your face ending. Nice touch on the fading out of the song.

The Quick And The Dead

I love the guitar work and drums at the beginning of the song. It has a nice pace to it. Mark is singing strong with some great lyrics. He has written a nice melody. The chorus is a little weak but the main part of the song is pretty strong. This is still pretty strong song. I am loving the dueling back and forth between the guitar players and bass player. I am hearing more bass in this song than the rest of the record which is great. The Quick And The Dead has a strong finish to it.

The Galley

There is an awesome spooky guitar riff with the drums. I love the main guitar riff. It is well written and perfect for the theme of the song. The Galley has a nice touch to bring the bass forward than pushing it to the back of the music. Mark is singing great and wrote some great lyrics. This song is too long and could be shorter. I love the acoustic and the slowing down of the song towards the end it. This song has a great finish and perfect way to end the record.

Current Line Up of Accept:

Mark Tornillo – Lead vocals
Wolf Hoffmann – Guitar
Herman Frank – Guitar
Peter Baltes – Bass guitar
Stefan Schwarzmann – Drums

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website: www.acceptworldwide.com

Twitter: @accepttheband

In closing, I really enjoyed this record. Accept has a great record and I believe they are getting stronger with age. Stalingrad brings back the good old days of speed metal in the 1980’s. Stalingrad is a classic Accept record. Any of these songs could have been on Breaker, Balls To The Walls, or Metal Heart. I really enjoyed the following songs Hellfire, Twist Of Fate, and Shadow Soldiers. If you were a fan of Accept back in the day, you will not be disappointed with this new line up and the music they are putting out now. You as a listener will be stun by Mark’s singing and lyric writing with the legendary guitar player. Congrats to Accept to have the balls to put out new music and writing great new music. Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email: djweiser13@comcast.net

Twitter: @djweiser

New Music Blog Jackyl Best In Show

In this music blog, we are going to get into the latest record from Jackyl. Jackyl was founded in 1990. Jackyl has seven studio record which is including the record in this post called Best In Show. They have two live records in their career and two greatest hits records. The band is best known for their song called “Lumberjack” that uses a chainsaw in the song. Let us get into the music.

Best In Show

Best In Show starts with a classic guitar riff and Jesse singing over the top. Solid drums and bass is backing up the rest of the band. This is classic Jackyl from the music and the lyrics. This is a nice driving song and great opening track. There is a nice slow point in the song which is perfect for the pace before in the song and then picks back up.

Encore (It Makes Bic Dig Her)

I love the drums and then Jesse singing with the drums and then a nice simple bass line that comes in to the scene. The guitar is a classic Jackyl sound that made them famous. This song is the rest why I love this band and grew to love them. I love had they put the focus on the back bone of the band, which is bass and drums. This band knows what they are doing in their songs. This song has some well written lyrics. Great false ending and then they come back in for a great finish.

Screw Driver

Screw Driver starts out with a nice driving drum beat and a nice smooth and simple guitar. The bass is dancing in the back ground while singer’s singing with the moves of the music. The lyrics are something else that makes dream of some girl in the strip club. This song is rock and roll because it is all about sex in a rock and roll style.

Horns Up

Once again Horns Up starts up with drums, which there is nothing wrong with that. I love the beat that the drummer has set forth in the song and has an awesome bass line. This song makes me want to pick up my bass guitar again and start a band. This song sounds like something off their Push Comes To Shove record back in the 1990’s. Horns Up has everything going on which is nice singing, bass, drums, and solid guitar play. I am loving the music and the lyrics. I also love the trade-off on the guitar solos.

Golden Spookytooth

Golden Spookytooth starts out with a nice guitar riff and a simple bass with the drum beats. This is a calming song compare to the rest of the songs on the record. Jesse has a smooth and silk melody over the music. I love the short guitar solo before Jesse comes back in to the singing. I am not sure on how I feel on the lyrics but I love the music on this song.

Cover Of The Rolling Stones

This is a classic song from Bob Dylan. I have heard a ton of hard rock and metal bands doing a covers of this song. I have to say this has to be the best one with an honor to Queen in the back ground. Can you say We Are Champions? Yes, I can but it fits. They also move into the classic Queen and then back to Bob Dylan. Of course, it is not Jackyl without the chainsaw. They had the chainsaw doing melody from We are Champions. I love it!

Walk My Mile

The guitar has a slight overdrive but it is not over the top. I love how the guitar sounds at the beginning of the song. Jesse has a nice blues sound on his vocals and drums are simple but very powerful. Wow! This song has a ton of feeling going on in it. There is a ton of going on in this song. I love the lyrics. They have emotion, feeling, and a powerful meaning in them. Jesse is showing his soul in this song along with the rest of the band. This is my favorite song so far on this record. I love where they place the guitar solo and it is perfect for this powerful song.

Better Than Chicken

Better Than Chicken has a nice beginning and classic Jackyl lyrics. It has nice music and great singing from Jesse. This song is simple and to the point. Great party song! There is a great guitar solo towards the end of the song.

Don’t Lay Down On Me

Don’t Lay Down On Me has a nice acoustic guitar riff and singing over top of it from the singer. This is another song I could see on their Push Comes To Shove record. This is a nice thinking song on a cold winter day with a nice craft beer and a cigar. There is a nice guitar break that is awesome work. Nice touch on the finish of this song.

Eleven

I love the guitar riff at the beginning of this song. It follows with Jesse’s singing and then drums and bass does the same movement. This is a nice in your face song that will wake you up in the morning. I love bass movement behind the scenes. Thank god they got a producer that respects the low-end of the bands. They seem to ignore the bass player in most bands’ record. I am not talking about Jackyl. I am talking about other bands. This is a great song.

What I DO

What I DO starts with nice singing from Jesse and acoustic guitar. This song seems lower in volume to the rest of the record. It is like an unplugged song. I love the bass playing and simple drums. At first I thought the guitar solos were over the top but they fit towards the end of the solo. I just feel this song is lower in volume to the rest of the record.

Open Invitation

I love the beginning of the song. Talk about being in your face. This song shows the proud of Patriotic and proud to be part of the USA. I love talk samples throughout the song. I love the lyrics and meaning behind it. God Bless the United States of American!

It’s Tricky

It’s Tricky is a cover of a classic Run DMC with one of the members. It was one of their hits back in the day. It fits the hard rock and metal sound that Jackyl did to the song. I love it. Great cover guys.

Here is the current line up of Jackyl:

Jesse James Dupree – Lead vocals / Guitar / Chainsaw
Jeff Worley – Guitar
Roman Glick – Bass guitar
Chris Worley – Drums

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website: www.jackyl.com

Twitter: @jackyljesse

Closing, I really enjoyed this record just like all their records. This band has not put out a bad record. There are very few bands from the 1990’s that I enjoyed to listen to throughout their era and now. My favorite track is “Walk My Mile” and “Best In Show.” There is not more to say about this great record that it is a very great record. I highly recommend this record if you are a fan of this band or just love straight in your face rock and roll. Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email: djweiser13@comcast.net

Twitter: @djweiser

New Beer Blog Short’s Brew Bellaire Brown A Classic American Brown Ale

When in Michigan for Thanksgiving, we are going to sample out another beer from Short’s Brew. The beer is called Bellaire Brown A Classic American Brown Ale. If you read my earlier post on their India Pale Ale, you know the history of this young brewery. If you have not, please read the first part of that post. Let us get into the beer.

This American Brown Ale has a nice light brown color. It has a nice sweet malty smell to the beer. The taste is a sweet carbonation malty with a dry aftertaste. It is kind of drinkable beer.

Here is a descriation from their website (www.shortsbrewing.com):

Bellaire Brown

A full flavored brown ale that derives sweet caramel and toasted qualities from four different kinds of malt and specialty grains. Select hop varieties add enticing aroma to the nose and create a dry finish. This ale is so dark and rich, it’s hardly classifiable as brown, but is certainly considered a delicious masterpiece.

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website: www.shortsbrewing.com

Twitter: @shortsbrewing

Closing, just like the other beers, I have review. I really enjoy this beer too. This beer I would put in my line up like their India Pale Ale. Since I live in Chicago, I will have to enjoy this beer when I come back to Michigan. I love the smoothest to nice malty taste. I love the aftertaste and how easy this beer goes down your throat. This beer was very shocking good. This is one of the best American Brown Ale from a Michigan Craft Brewery. I highly recommend this beer. Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email: djweiser13@comcast.net

Twitter: @djweiser

New Blog Roit Immortal Soul

In this music blog, we are going to check out one of my favorite underground metal band called Riot. The last record from this great band out of Brooklyn, New York is called Immortal Soul, which is their fourteen studio album. Riot was formed in 1975 by the late great guitarist Mark Reale. They reach their peak a little bit in the early 1980’s but had a long successful career. The band went through so many line up changes but yet had a different sound in each of the eras which makes this band unique. Riot had fourteen studio albums, three live albums, one greatest hits, and one ep album that was only released in Japan. Let us get into the music.

Riot

Mark wrote a nice in your face guitar riff in this song. It is a pretty fast pace song. It has the classic sound from Thundersteel along with great singing. Mark also wrote a nice guitar solo, which he has been known for throughout the years. It is a well written song and great song opening song for this record.

Still Your Man

Still Your Man has a nice guitar and bass riffs throughout the song. There are hard-hitting and in your face drums. The singing is nice and fits the music along with great lyrics. This song finishes nicely. Nice job on this song!

Crawling

Crawling has a nice start to the song and I love how they did it. There is a nice heavy guitars with a great short solo at the beginning of the song. The singer has a nice vocal melody and great lyrics. I love the feeling and the sound of this song. There is a nice simple guitar solo towards the end of the song along with a great finish to it.

Wings Are For Angels

This song has a nice fast pace drums with a simple guitar riff to fill into the song. I believe his singing and voice does not fit with the music. I love the music. They did an excite job on it. The drummer is playing his ass off on this song. There is an awesome guitar solo and it has to be one of the best ones on this record. Wings Are For Angels has a nice ending with drums and guitar.

Fall Before Me

Fall Before Me has nice guitar and drum work along with a nice touch with the acoustic guitar. The music in this song is a great fit for this singer. He wrote some great lyrics. This song sounds like a rock anthems form the late 1970’s. I love it.

Sins Of The Father

Sins of the Father has a nice guitar at the beginning with drums. Tony Moore is singing very nice here with some great lyrics. So far this song is my favorite song on this record. I love the fact with all the line up changes they stayed true to their sound that they have created throughout the years.

Majestica

This is an intro song for the next song. It has great guitar riff that fits in the old 1980’s metal pop sound.

Immoral Soul

Majestica runs into a nice drums with guitar work in Immoral Soul. There is also a great bassline. Tony has written some great lyrics and is singing his ass off in this song. Mark of course wrote a great guitar solo. The band did a great job on the ending of this song.

Insanity

Insanity starts out with the singer and then the guitars enter with the drums and bass. In this song, everything is floating around the singer, which is change of pace from the rest of the songs on this record. This is a great song. This song is showing the finest work from Mark’s guitar work. Nice touch on the fading ending it fits the mood of the song.

Whiskey Man

Whiskey Man has a nice guitar intro. I love the lyrics but some parts of this song his vocals really does not fit with the music. The lyrics are sneak up in your face along with the singing. This is not greatest guitar solo but it fits in the song and music. Most bands get it. Not all songs need guitar solos or drum fills. Sometimes the most simple thing is the right thing.

Believe

Believe starts out with a nice angry guitar intro with the drums and bass. This is a well written song all the way around. Riot did a great job on this song. I love the time changes and the great finish to the song.

Echoes

Echoes has great guitar work from high to low. There is a nice flow with the lead vocals and nice touch on the back up vocals. This is my favorite song on this record along with Sins Of The Father. This song was a the perfect song to finish up a record and a great career. It is so sad because this band should have been bigger then what they were in the world of music.

Roit line up on this record:

Tony Moore – Lead Vocals
Mark Reale – Guitar
Mike Flyntz – Guitar
Don Van Stavern – Bass
Bobby Jarzombek – Drums

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website: www.riotsweb.com

Twitter: no twitter account

In closing, I really enjoyed this record and all their records throughout their career. When I discovered this great band, I had to pick up all their records. It is sad to see this be their last record but at least I have this great music to listen to rest of my days on this earth. I love how they stayed true to their 1970’s sound but yet pulled off their slight thrash metal days in the 1980’s. My two favorite songs on this record is Sins Of The Father and Echoes. I wish I would have seen this band play live along with several other bands. I did not get a chance to see them live. Go check this record out and let me know what you think. Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/

Cheers!

Bill Weiser

Email: djweiser13@comcast.net

Twitter: @djweiser

New Beer Blog Milwaukee Brewing Louie’s Demise Amber Ale

In this beer blog, we are going to take a look at the flagship beer, which is Louie’s Demise Amber ale, from Milwaukee Brewing Company. If you read my earlier blog on their Pull Chain, you know about this brewery. If you have not, please read the first part of that beer blog. Let us get into the beer.

This amber ale has a nice clear amber color with a semi white head on the beer. The smell is a little malty to it. It has a sweet malty carbonation taste without an aftertaste. This is easy drinking beer.

Here is a descriation from their website (www.mkebrewing.com):

Our flagship brand; this medium bodied amber ale starts with a rich malt flourish that’s kept in
perfect balance by a smooth hop finish. This MBC original is similar to a German style malt beers.

Jim McCabe (owner and founder) started as a homebrewer, brewing beer with his original partner in a farmhouse in Cedarburg. On the wall was a picture from the 19th century of several men drinking from dimple glasses, every time they would drink they would toast to these men. After looking into it, they found out they were at a distant relative’s wake. That distant relative was Louie, they decided that all this time they had been toasting to Louie’s Demise.

The next question they asked was how did Great Great Uncle Louie? Our friend Bruce was able to supply us with some of the answers we were looking for.

Sheboygan, 1886, Great Great Uncle Louie was cracked over the head with a glass and killed. For several years we speculated with our friends; why was Louie killed? Turns out, Louie had it coming, it was over a woman! He was picking a fight with another bar patron over his beautiful wife. After a scuffle moved outside, Louie was sent on his way bruised up. But, near closing time, he had returned. The fight escalated, and the man whacked Louie over his head with a glass. Legend has it, an onlooker pried the beer from Louie’s dying hands and toasted his lustful life.

After Bruce gave us the lowdown, he reluctantly told us it was his great great uncle that killed Louie.

I have been brewing the Louie’s recipe for 15 years now. Brewing this beer is like wearing a favorite shirt or old hat; it’s reliable and comfortable. I look forward to the rich and complex malt aromas that are released during the mash, you might also catch some caramel and earthy notes. A portion of the malt bill is honey malt from Garnbrinus Malting Co. It adds that sour and honey aroma to the ale. Since the malt is really the highlight of this brew we kept it simple on the hops and the yeast. The yeast strain we use produces a subtle dried fruit flavor. We changed the yeast strain about 12 years ago to cut down on the BU’s and the malt bill has changed very slightly since we started brewing it.

Here is a video from Youtube (www.youtube.com) and their website (www.mkebrewing.com):

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website: http://www.mkebrewing.com

Twitter: @mkebrewco

In the end, there are not too many amber ales that I can say I enjoy drinking day to day. This is one of my favorite beer from this brewery just like their Hoppy Happy India Pale Ale. There is not too Amber Ales I love in my market. For the ones, I had in my lifetime it is high on my list. I love malty and how easy it is to drink. This is great example of American Amber Ale and I recommend you trying this beer. Go get some and let me know what you think of it. Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email: djweiser13@comcast.net

Twitter: @djweiser

New Beer Blog Milwaukee Brewing Sasquash Ale

In this fall beer blog, we are going to take a look at Sasquash Porter Ale from Milwaukee Brewing. If you read my earlier blog on their Pull Chain, you are pretty much up to speed on this underrated craft brewery from Milwaukee. If you have not, please read the first part of that beer post. Let us get into this beer.

This porter has a nice jet black color with a semi white head on it. The smell is a heavy sweet potato. The taste is a little toffee and chocolate with some yam to pumpkin. The aftertaste is dry. There is no other way to explain it. It is kind of drinkable beer.

Here is a desecration from their website (www.mkebrewing.com):

This recipe was created by our Brewer Kurt. Along with 400 pounds of pumpkin and 300 sweet potato he used a variety of specialty malts to keep your taste buds on an adventurous ride with each sip. You’ll find the roasty flavors are well-balanced with pumpkin which gives it a very smooth character. Kurt also added pumpkin spice to this Porter to give it that amazing aroma and finish.

Although Wisconsin is not known for Sasquatch sightings like the North West, we do have one very famous incident.

In October 1968 a group of six hunters were out near Deltox Marsh in Waupaca County, although they saw the creature from different view points, they all agreed, it was tall, muscular and covered in short dark brown hair. What stopped them from shooting was how human-like the creature seemed.

That same November, the group of hunters plus 6 more were hunting for deer near Deltox Marsh. Lined up for a deer drive, one saw the creature and one by one the dozen men came to a halt. When the creature ran back into the woods, the hunters waited for him to return to the marsh, but it did not.

Sasquash started as a homebrew. I really wanted to create something that wasn’t like the other pumpkin beers on the market. Sasquash has a big, malty body that backs up all the spices.

This year we used about 700 pounds of pumpkin and sweet potato and adding them to the wort has to be my favorite part of this brew. Along with the obvious pumpkin smells, we’ll also get the cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg aromas from the spices. We added those spices because we really wanted it to taste like a pumpkin pie.

I love drinking this beer with spice cake, pumpkin pie and chocolate chip cookies.

Here is a video from Youtube (www.youtube.com) and their website (www.mkebrewing.com):

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website: http://www.mkebrewing.com

Twitter: @mkebrewco

In closing, this beer put a smile on my face from the smell to the aftertaste. I love the smell of yams and the taste of chocolate cover pumpkin with a touch of ginger and cinnamon with a dry punch for the finish. I love this beer and I cannot get enough of this beer. Most people cannot drink this beer all day but I can. I am always finding something new each sip from this pumpkin porter. There is a limited amount of cases here in Chicago area so make sure you get a six-pack. Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email: djweiser13@comcast.net

Twitter: @djweiser

New Beer Blog Milwaukee Brewing Love Rock Vienna Style Lager

In this beer blog, we are going to take a look at another beer from the Milwaukee Brewing Company. The beer is their Love Rock Vienna Style Lager. If you read my earlier on their Pull Chain Pale, you know the history of this brewery. If you have not read that blog, please read the first part of that blog. Let us get into the beer.

It has a hazel golden color without a head on the beer. There is really no smell to it. It has a slight malty with shunky taste with a nice crisp finish. It is extremely drinkable beer.

Here is a descriation from their website (www.mkebrewing.com):

Love Rock is a Vienna Style Lager. This type of lager beer has a subtle malt sweetness, balanced by the earthy tones of noble German Hallertauer hops.

The Rock is a story unique to Milwaukee and our freshwater coast. As part of the drinking water system for the city, the system draws from a big pipe in the Lake. The “intake” was marked by a big structure that was prominent off the Bradford Beach shoreline. Because of the privacy (in plain view!)the Rock was a popular lookout point for ambitious suitors. In the exciting free love days of the early ’70′s, a few ambitious Milwaukeeans paddled out to the Rock and memorialized the sentiment of the time.

The original version of Love Rock known as “Winter Lager” happens to be the second batch of beer brewer at our second street location, it was brewed on November 27th 2007. We have made a few adjustments to the recipe over the years, just to the body and to the color. The Love Rock is Milwaukee Brewing’s first year round production lager. The cold, long fermentation process that helps create such a smooth flavor. This recipe is pretty straight forward with the malts and two hop varieties. The Vienna style malt adds a nice toasty quality without overwhelming the beer. Our yeast guy tells us that this lager strain happens to be quite old. Many of the the major breweries in Milwaukee did, and still do, use this yeast. Love Rock is a refreshing and simple beer.

Here is a video from youtube (www.youtube.com) and their website (www.mkebrewing.com):

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website: http://www.mkebrewing.com

Twitter: @mkebrewco

In closing, I enjoy pretty much all beers from this brewery. This is not my favorite beer from this brewery but it is still a pretty good beer. If you enjoy craft lagers, you will need to check this beer out. I really enjoyed this beer but I will enjoy it if I cannot find something else. Go get some and let me know what you think of this craft lager. Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email: djweiser13@comcast.net

Twitter: @djweiser

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