Ölbeat 143: Vaat Jailhouse Brew

Brewery: Vaat
Country: Estonia (brewed in Belgium)
Style: Imperial Stout
Abv: 9,1 %
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What about the beer?

Colour is black with a finger-thick dense beige head. Aroma has roasted malts, black coffee and brown sugar. Taste starts with strongly bittersweet roasted coffee. Charcoal roast takes over with sharply bitter coffee and dark chocolate notes. Towards the end heavy bitterness and gentle dryness rise. Aftertaste has malty bitterness and roasty dryness.

Damn delicious Imperial Stout with nothing but simply strong flavours. Heavy roast, thick malts, black coffee and untamed bitterness. Great brew that catches and incarcerates you with its grip.

Ölbeat

Don't think that Mr. Cash had this brew in his mind when he wrote this legendary jailhouse song. However this has the similar firm and strong grip as the beer does.

Johnny Cash: Folsom Prison Blues (YouTube)

This version from the 1968 live album At Folsom Prison (originally recorded in 1955), the song was written by Johnny Cash.

Ölbeat 142: Tanker Masinaôli

Brewery: Tanker
Country: Estonia
Style: India Black Ale
Abv: 6,6 %
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What about the beer?

Colour is black with an overwhelming light beige bubbly head. Aroma has lemon-grapefruit, roasted malts and rye. Taste hits first with heavily roasted bitterness. Charred bitter and strong grapefruit takes over. Near the finish the taste turns roasty, a bit piny and extra-dry. Aftertaste has roasty dryness with bitter grapefruit.

Super-hardcore India Black Ale. Untamed roast and grapefruit flavours crash together with huge force. The result is more than just the sum of separate flavours. Delicious beer.

Ölbeat

Heavy machine-themed black brew has to be paired with industrial dark-themed rock. No apologies, no explanations, just waiting for the mercy. Perfect.

Linkin Park: What I've Done (YouTube)

From the 2007 album Minutes to Midnight, the song was written by Linkin Park.

Ölbeat 141: Tanker/Van Moll Animal Instinct

Brewery: Tanker (Van Moll)
Country: Estonia (Netherlands) 
Style: India Pale Ale
Abv: 6,2 %
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What about the beer?

Colour is fuzzy golden orange with a small white head. Aroma has grapefruit, lemon and yeasty funk. Taste starts with yeasty fruity bitter sourness. Fresh softly sour lemon takes over with a funky hayish countryside flavour. Towards the end citrus turns to gently bitter and tart grapefruit with some pine. Aftertaste has bitter-sour grapefruit with dry pine.

Bruxellensis Truis clearly brings the sour-tartness here. It cuts the bitter edge smoothly, enhances the citrus flavours and adds some funky yeast to the picture. Wild and tasty.

Ölbeat

This one offered a bunch of options from Maroon 5 through Def Leppard and KISS to Blackie Lawless fucking like a beast. Boring. Wanted something actually untamed and aggressive. Well, we're close with this.

Disturbed: The Animal (YouTube)

From the 2010 album Asylum, the song was written by Dan Donegan, Mike Wengren and David Draiman.

Ölbeat 140: Ôllenaut Lumelausuja

Brewery: Õllenaut
Country: Estonia 
Style: Foreign Stout
Abv: 7,9 %
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What about the beer?

Colour is black with a tiny vanishing beige head. Aroma has sweet roasted malts, coffee and dark chocolate. Taste starts with roast and smooth bitterness. Roasted caramel and chocolate malts take over with a decent espresso note. Black coffee with little sugar and gentle bitterness comes through near the finish. Aftertaste has roasted malts and sweetish bitterness.

Excellent roasted stout with malts strongly in front. Sweet coffee and bitter flavours supporting the malty character. Really tasty brew.

Ölbeat

The song has literally nothing to do with its title. Probably chose this one because of the calm feeling it gives. Peaceful and harmonic describes also the 'snow whisperer' brew perfectly.

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Snow (Hey Oh) (YouTube)

From the 2006 album Stadium Arcadium, the song was written by Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Ölbeat 139: Pühaste Hôbevalge

Brewery: Pühaste
Country: Estonia
Style: Old Ale
Abv: 8,0 %
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What about the beer?

Colour is reddish brown with a 2-finger thick natural white head. Aroma has sweet malts, raisins and banana. Taste begins with sweet, gently bitter bite. Fruity caramel malts take over with some wooden raisin and cherry flavour. Oak-flavoured bitterness grows towards the finish. Aftertaste has oaky dryness and fruity bitterness.

The sherry oak chips give this old ale a distinctive aged flavour with raisins and cherries. The gently bitter hops fit perfectly together with the wooden character of the brew. Excellent malty and fruity matured beer.

Ölbeat

The beer's name is probably based on Estonian folklore, not quite sure what it means, though. The label picture shows an old white spirit in an oak tree. Also the beer style steered the song choice towards folk music. What I selected went pretty far from the brew's origins. 

Xavier Rudd: Follow the Sun (YouTube)

From the 2012 album Spirit Bird, the song was written by Xavier Rudd.