Welcome to this week's Black Metal beer tasting!
Black Metal? Yes indeed, we have two ferocious beers. A hearty rye Stout from the sinister crew at Black Metal Brewing. Followed up by Sakura Twilight, hopefully named after the most deadly of ninja's, the dread Sakura Killers.
So an exhilarating mix of metal and danger! What a tasting this is going to be.
Many moons ago I was trained in the temples of the Sakura killers. I hope that this beer is not a coded message for my return. I had grown fond of not killing
So let's get metal.
I love metal it has to be said. Not aluminium or copper of course but real metal.
This leapt out of the shelves and into my hands and whispered black and terrible things to me over the screech of tortured guitars.
How could I refuse?
I swear to flippety jip though, I am starting to tire of beers that don't pour properly. Either that or the boom hands get everything a little excited. Yeah, let's go with that.
It's a frothy metal number. As black as one would expect. I can smell rye already!! Let's get tore in!!
Oops. Had to insert a little interlude there. So where were we?
It's a good beer, a solid beer in fact. Toasted malt and rye notes under all that froth. Nice body with a good bitter aftertaste. It is certainly one I would drink a lot of.
However, it doesn't have a particular wow factor to set it truly apart so despite its sheer black metalness it gets 7/10 booms!
Next is the beer of Ninjas everywhere...
First thing to notice is the danger danger... It's 11%!? Flaming Badgers chuffs, that could send a man to his neighbours wife!?
Anyway, forgive my tawdry lustings.
On with the beer.
Cherry and Chocolate eh? Does that mean it's going to taste like a black forest gateau? Cor, I hope so!
This one pours properly, indoor pour due to the failing Scottish light. Bloody Scotland and its light, what a pain in the arse. We spend half the year in stygian damp darkness. Meh.
Anyway, it looks a cracker. What say you, video man?
Oh man, it's lovely. It's like a chocolate bag full of black cats smeared in cherry jam. I love it, you can taste everything and it all comes together perfectly. Dark chocolate, cherries, barley and a slight hint of treacle makes this a sticky, tasty delight. 9/10 booms!!!
What an ending, suddenly my cold doesn't seem to be bothering me so much anymore. Maybe I am half pished? If so, then this is truly living!
Cheers everyone!
