The next beer pick and the brilliant description is thanks to @beer.throughbrighteyes, who is brewery hopping till Good Beer Week 2023. Check out her Instagram and her website.
The next album pick is the second and final studio album from the late Amy Winehouse “Back To Black”. The album draws its inspiration from pop and soul music from the 1960’s; has been cited to have musical stylings of contemporary R&B, neo soul, reggae and classic R&B. With the help of Sharon Jones’ band “The Dap Kings”, and collaboration with producers Salaam Remi and Mark Ronson, to assist her on capturing the sounds from that time period while blending them with contemporary R&B and neo-soul music.
The amazing songwriting, emotive singing style as well the quality production is an absolutely brilliant musical masterpiece. After her first album “Frank”, there was no real suggestion that the music produced then would lead to the brilliant music that came from Amy on this album. It’s fair to say she had no great love for her debut album; when she said and i quote, “it isn’t shit”.
In the three years after her debut; something happened to her and from some of the lyrics in her songs; it wasn’t good. No one is begging you to go to rehab when you’re in good shape. This album still hits home emotionally, with Winehouse baring her soul and all the issues she has gone through for all to hear. This is a truly astonishing album, made during an era where a lot of pop music sadly has the mass produced, similar sounding feel to it.
Following with the theme of reminiscing and darkness, there’s not a beer more fitting than Stone & Wood’s “Stone Beer”. The 2021 Vintage release brings back ancient brewing techniques by placing wood fired stones in the kettle, bringing out caramel sweetness from the Voyager malt used, cut through by some chocolate and coffee notes, rounding out the whole beer as something you want to drink again and again. All brought to an abrupt halt when it runs dry and the next dark liquid isn’t brewed for another year with no two batches the same.
Much like an artist pours their heart into their album, a lot of love and passion goes into this beer.
The next album pick is the second and final studio album from the late Amy Winehouse “Back To Black”. The album draws its inspiration from pop and soul music from the 1960’s; has been cited to have musical stylings of contemporary R&B, neo soul, reggae and classic R&B. With the help of Sharon Jones’ band “The Dap Kings”, and collaboration with producers Salaam Remi and Mark Ronson, to assist her on capturing the sounds from that time period while blending them with contemporary R&B and neo-soul music.
The amazing songwriting, emotive singing style as well the quality production is an absolutely brilliant musical masterpiece. After her first album “Frank”, there was no real suggestion that the music produced then would lead to the brilliant music that came from Amy on this album. It’s fair to say she had no great love for her debut album; when she said and i quote, “it isn’t shit”.
In the three years after her debut; something happened to her and from some of the lyrics in her songs; it wasn’t good. No one is begging you to go to rehab when you’re in good shape. This album still hits home emotionally, with Winehouse baring her soul and all the issues she has gone through for all to hear. This is a truly astonishing album, made during an era where a lot of pop music sadly has the mass produced, similar sounding feel to it.
Following with the theme of reminiscing and darkness, there’s not a beer more fitting than Stone & Wood’s “Stone Beer”. The 2021 Vintage release brings back ancient brewing techniques by placing wood fired stones in the kettle, bringing out caramel sweetness from the Voyager malt used, cut through by some chocolate and coffee notes, rounding out the whole beer as something you want to drink again and again. All brought to an abrupt halt when it runs dry and the next dark liquid isn’t brewed for another year with no two batches the same.
Much like an artist pours their heart into their album, a lot of love and passion goes into this beer.
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