Metal and Beer
THE LOCUST, CURL UP AND DIE, BEWITCHER and RUDE Announced for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer PRE-FEST: Los Angeles on December 9!
September 20, 2021 Decibel Magazine
Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer PRE-FEST: Los Angeles tickets are just $30 in advance and on sale Friday, September 24 at 10am PT.
No Corporate Beer Reviews: Death By Coconut
September 17, 2021 Nick Green
Get ready for cooler temps with this 6.5% ABV Irish-style porter that produces a warming effect in your throat.
EXCLUSIVE: Pre-Order This Limited IMMOLATION “Metal & Beer Edition” Cassette Box Set RIGHT NOW!
September 17, 2021 Decibel Magazine
Get this hyper-limited edition of only 100 Immolation cassette Metal & Beer fest cassette box sets in Smoky Gray “Metal”-Colored shells, and in Translucent Yellow “Beer”-Colored shells.
No Corporate Beer Reviews: Kyoto Bakushu Matcha IPA
September 10, 2021 Nick Green
Kizakura has achieved a fine balance here with a beer that’s like a Japanese version of an Arnold Palmer, with a 50/50 split between matcha tea and IPA.
Full Brewery Lineup for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: L.A. Revealed! Tickets ON SALE NOW!
September 10, 2021 Decibel Magazine
We are proud to welcome California breweries Claremont Craft Ales, Societe, Ogopogo, Athletic & Ghost Town to a murders row of brewtality at Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Los Angeles!
Turning 20: The Making of Converge’s “Jane Doe”
September 3, 2021 J. Bennett
Celebrate the 20th anniversary of Converge‘s classic, Hall of Fame-inducted Jane Doe before the metallic hardcore legends perform it in its entirety at Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: LA on December 10.
No Corporate Beer Review: White
August 27, 2021 Nick Green
America’s only Trappist brewery, Spencer, has a new witbier with a long and storied history—albeit not a traditional Trappist brew.
COVID-19 Safety Protocol for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly
August 19, 2021 Decibel Magazine
Entrance to the festival will require proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test result within 72 hours of the event. Additionally, in accordance with current Philadelphia guidelines, masks will also be required.
Women of the Bevolution and the Fight Against Sexism in Craft Beer
August 17, 2021 Courtney Iseman
Women of the Bevolution founder Ash Eliot discusses ways the craft beer industry can make REAL positive changes for women in the workplace and the culture.
No Corporate Beer Reviews: Juxtapose
August 13, 2021 Nick Green
Finding balance with a Brett IPA is particularly difficult, but Four Winds Brewing’s Juxtapose hits all the right notes.
Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Los Angeles 2021 Tickets ON SALE NOW!
August 6, 2021 Decibel Magazine
All ticket options for Converge (performing all of Jane Doe) and Cave In (performing all of Until Your Heart Stops) plus Deadguy, Sacred Reich, Hate Eternal & more at Metal & Beer Fest LA are on sale now.
Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Los Angeles 2021 Announced, Full Lineup Revealed
August 2, 2021 Decibel Magazine
Special sets from Converge (performing all of Jane Doe) and Cave In (performing all of Until Your Heart Stops) plus Deadguy, Sacred Reich, Hate Eternal and Repulsion highlight Metal & Beer Fest’s LA return.
No Corporate Beer Reviews: Gherkin
July 30, 2021 Nick Green
Lost Boy Cider’s Gherkin is like a screening of Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo—you can find ways to enjoy this, but it means that you are totally dead inside.
No Corporate Beer Reviews: Pentagram
July 20, 2021 Nick Green
Surly Brewing Company’s Pentagram might just pack a bit too much sour power.
No Corporate Beer Reviews: Skillet Donut Stout
July 16, 2021 Nick Green
Burial Beer’s Skillet Donut Stout is low on donut flavor but high on coffee buzz.
No Corporate Beer Reviews: My Name is Fon
July 2, 2021 Nick Green
You’ll be saying the name of Asheville’s “other” craft brewery, DSSOLVR, when you try their hoppy ale My Name is Fon.
No Corporate Beer Reviews: Leveler
June 25, 2021 Nick Green
The Elder Pine x August Burns Red collab Leveler is red ale conceived like a West Coast IPA, with bold pine-y notes from the hops and an appealing bitterness that clings a bit to your palette.
LOW-TICKET ALERT: Under 200 Tickets Remain for Decibel’s Metal & Beer Fest Philly
June 21, 2021 Decibel Magazine
Tickets for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly are running low, like really low. Make your move now.
No Corporate Beer Reviews: Mad Ear
June 15, 2021 Nick Green
Get in now on Trinity’s Bière de Garde-style Mad Ear while it’s still kvlt.
No Corporate Beer Reviews: Loral Roberts
June 11, 2021 Nick Green
Tulsa brewery American Solera manages to make German Kŏlsch Loral Roberts shine despite being limited to strictly American ingredients.
No Corporate Beer Reviews: Black Miso
June 4, 2021 Nick Green
Japas Cervejaria’s Black Miso is a high-octane Russian Imperial Stout that incorporates a totally different type of fermentation: red miso paste.
No Corporate Beer Reviews: Puff Puff Fish (Venom Series)
May 28, 2021 Nick Green
Tripping Animals Brewing Co‘s Puff Puff Fish is light, airy and refreshing—a mid-range ABV sour that drinks like a session beer.
Important Metal & Beer Fest News: Updated Brewery Lineup, ‘Metal & Beer’ Ticket Option Sells Out For Both Days!
May 28, 2021 Decibel Magazine
Love City Brewing joins the brewery lineup of this year’s Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Philly at the Fillmore Philly on September 25-26, 2021.
Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest Philly 2021 Full Band and Brewery Lineups Announced!
May 25, 2021 Decibel Magazine
Metallic hardcore legends Deadguy will reunite at Metal & Beer Fest: Philly on September 25-26. Municipal Waste, Immolation, Blood Incantation, Eternal Champion, Imperial Triumphant and more also join the party.
No Corporate Beer Reviews: Morticia
May 21, 2021 Nick Green
Barrier Brewing’s Russian Imperial Stout Morticia won’t clear cobwebs — it’ll create ’em.
No Corporate Beer Reviews: Hitachnio Nest Anbai Ale
May 12, 2021 Nick Green
Kiuchi Brewery’s Hitachnio Nest Anbai Ale pays homage to the ancient German brewing tradition while championing ingredients that are distinctly Japanese.
No Corporate Beer Reviews: iStout Unchained
April 30, 2021 Nick Green
When does a stout nearly become a wine? When New Zealand’s 8 Wired takes three years to age the incredible iStout Unchained!
No Corporate Beer Reviews: A Dashing Rogue
April 23, 2021 Nick Green
Complex fruited sour A Dashing Rogue is the latest boundary-destroyer from Norway’s Haandbryggeriet.
No Corporate Beer Reviews: Salts
April 14, 2021 Nick Green
Black Narrows Brewing Co’s Salts states a pretty persuasive case for why sessionable wild ales might be the next big thing.
“200,” The Official Beer of Decibel’s 200th Issue Show Extremely Ex-Stream, Available for Pre-Order From Adroit Theory!
April 12, 2021 Albert Mudrian
Brewed in collaboration with Adroit Theory, 200 is limited-run Extremely Extreme Russian Imperial Stout that clocks in at a mind-altering 14% ABV!