Wychwood Wychcraft English Blonde Pale Ale

Witchcraft. This is something some Metal Fans (especially the Black Metal Legions) have at one time or another "toyed" with the idea with varying degrees of success. Sometimes, the results leave the fans looking more foolish than normal (think about the King of the Hill episode "The Witches of East Arlen" where Bobby was hanging out with a group of "wizards" and was almost made to drink dogs blood), lots of dead animals (this is what you call roadkill without the vehicle), or some dead people (which the fans were foolish enough to get caught in the act).

Sometimes, these acts of Witchcraft were inspired either by stories of long ago, places that are unintentionally Metal, or by a night of hard drinking.

Todays post focuses on that night of hard drinking, but no regular booze will do the job needed to inspire the witch inside Metal fans. This booze will leave us Riding the Broomstick. Introducing Wychwood Wychcraft English Blonde Pale Ale.

As indicated before, Wychwood Brewery selection in the name for this beverage is not by coincidence as Witches (the real ones) are known to live in forests.

The double take, just to be sure of the type of beverage we are consuming.

The beer is a weird blonde pale ale as typically it is supposed to be smooth, but has a minor but good abrasive aftertaste.

This explains the abrasive part of the beverage.

The company has so far batted 2 for 2, and if I'm not mistaken, it's almost as if witches are running the brewery...

When opened, you will descend upon those who wronged you with the might of Mannon.

Mannon's rage knows no limit.

At 4.5% alcohol content, this beer won't knock you quickly, but then again, it might be going after the backdoor approach, as most witches are known for attacking from behind (the astral wall that is).

On a Metal sidenote, the company currently has a giveaway promotion called Full Volume. What is up for grabs are 3 guitars, one of which is very Metal.

To wrap up this post with the current subject, the beers quality is definitely on the "average" side of things, meaning it is not bad, but nothing special or out of this world. Than again, maybe the brewery needs to scale back the bat whiskers, troll teeth, rats head, and maybe it will have a better beverage.