The Beer Sessions with Ash and Bloom
- Dev Team
- 07 Aug 2015
How often have you read interviews with bands and musicians when all the questions and topics of conversations are boring, and revolving around upcoming music, tours, concerts etc. Well, that’s about to change! We took local band Ash and Bloom beer tasting to Brux House and asked them to describe the beers using musical themes. If you ever want to taste the best beer in Hamilton and get an education from the brightest minds in beer, head to Brux House. The staff were so kind and wonderful, the beer was delicious and the food was fantastic!
The boys of Ash and Bloom had just come from the recording studio where they are recording some new material and are about to head back out west for a tour this fall. Their album; Let The Storm Come (available on iTunes) features beautiful songs like You Need More Than Love, and You Carry Me, catchy tunes like Heaven is a Ghost Town and This Town (Hamilton) for which you might have seen the video — it features some prominent Hamiltonians. (Check it out here).
The following are some of the beers at Brux House, described by Ash and Bloom.
LORRAINE
Amsterdam and Nickel Brook
James: “Its like Lacrimosa from Mozarts Requiem. A beautifully sad summer beer.”
Matt: “If my wife left me, and I wanted a beer that really gets me in that moment, it would be this one.”
12 MINUTES TO DESTINY
Flying Monkeys|
Matt: “Its like someone poured that 12 minutes ago; destiny in my mouth.”
James: “Tastes like its made from extract of Grateful Dead fans; flowers, berries, vines… and a little pungent
GOSE
Les Trois Mousquetaires
Matt: “Sophisticated and slightly salty, like sea water! If I were to kiss Rose Cousins (a Halifax ballader), this is what that kiss would taste like.”
James: “The nose has a bit of a sweet whisky excitement, and it tastes like tears.”
STARKE
Amsterdam Brewery
Matt: “Yeah, its German but its surprisingly smooth… just like David Hasselhoff.”
James: “Id compare it to Bachs fugues. Lots going on here.”
HENNEPIN
Ommegang Brewery
Matt: “Really, once you have a beer like this, so bold and high in alcohol, thats the end. You’re not gonna go from this to shots of Baileys. Its over. It feels like the big Amen Chorus from Handels Messiah. Theres some tension, but its mostly release. Grand, sweet release. Thats what Amen is all about.”
SPIRIT TREE DRY HOPPED CIDER
Spirit Tree
Matt: “This is Call Me Maybe. I thought I wouldn’t be in, but I tried, and was surprised by how sweet it was. And surprised how much I liked it. I didn’t want to like it, but I do.”
FUGUE
Amsterdam and Great Lakes Brewery
Matt: “Smells sweet, but then it bites you in a way you dont expect. Kinda like Mike Tyson.”
James: “Its like Fleetwood Macs Rumours Album — two distinct flavours. You can taste the hops and you can taste the wine. Together there is conflict but, they make a delicious beer. The ice wine is contractually obliged to stay with the beer, just like Fleetwood Mac.”
POMPOUS ASS
Great Lakes Brewery
Matt: “Creeds My Own Prison — I remember feeling like this album was super intense and heavy. And the album cover is edgy. But listening to it now, its pretty tame. The image is misleading. This beer is called Pompous Ass, but its a really approachable beer. And better than Creed.”
RODENBACH GRAND CRU
Brouwerij Rodenbach
James: “My desert island beer. This is like the Beatles for me. You can get into it right away, but then theres so much there, you discover new layers of depth the more you enjoy it.”
∫ “I dont think its the beer I would marry. But I would definitely date this beer for a long time.”
APHRODISIAQUE
Brasserie Dieu Du Ciel
Matt: “Heres my desert island beer. This is Marvin Gayes Sexual Healing — dark, smooth and makes me want to do things I wouldn’t normally do.
James: “…”
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