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Nothingness x 56 Brewing: Hopslaughter
Hopslaughter is a limited-release collaboration beer between Minneapolis death metal band Nothingness and 56 Brewing, poured to celebrate the band's third full-length album, Godslaughter. It debuted at a release party in 56 Brewing's Barrel Room on Friday, October 2, 2026

Randall Wilburn
5 days ago4 min read


From Beer Authority to the Sunset Strip: Eddie's Dive Bar Nears the End of Its First USA Run
Iron Maiden's Eddie's Dive Bar pop-up crossed the Atlantic for the first time this September, landing at Beer Authority in Hell's Kitchen with a new Lagunitas-brewed Trooper West Coast IPA and the brand's first-ever paid "Beer Roadie."

Randall Wilburn
Sep 239 min read


Mastodon Unleashes Poisonous Weapons Hazy IPA with Crosstown Brewing
Beer of the week: A new Mastodon beer Hazy IPA based on the song "Poisonous Weapons" the thier 9th album " Marrow Deep".

Tim McShane
Sep 96 min read


Holy Goat Brewing Finds a “Rainbow in the Dark”
There are beer names that happen to sound metal, and then there are beers whose heavy-metal intentions are almost impossible to misunderstand. Dundee, Scotland’s Holy Goat Brewing has unveiled Rainbow in the Dark, a new 6.66% ABV release whose title points directly toward one of Ronnie James Dio’s most enduring songs. Holy Goat teased the beer publicly on August 29, 2026, pairing the unmistakable title with an equally unmistakable alcohol content: 6.66 percent. For a brewery

Randall Wilburn
Aug 314 min read


Doing Time, Drinking Well at Slowburn Co-Op Brewery
How does an American spend the Fourth of July in 2026, the 250th anniversary of the country's founding? Not with the usual hollow celebration via flag-waving, dog terrorizing explosions, and gluttonous consumption of food, but with the freedom to ignore it completely and go drink some damn good beer inside a decommissioned prison. That was the plan on Saturday, July 4th, one day after I'd spent a night working through The Zeppelin Bar and Left Hand Path downstairs, where I

Randall Wilburn
Aug 1813 min read


Camden Town: Metal, Punk and Independent Beer in London’s Loudest Neighborhood
The Black Heart, The Devonshire Arms, Werewolf Beer, and The Underground form a compact Camden circuit where visitors can move from locally brewed beer to a metal pub, an upstairs gig room and, finally, a full-volume Sunday-night show.

Randall Wilburn
Aug 136 min read


A Spectral Ghoul and some Scumbags...
An afternoon at Ghost Town's Beer Garden in Laurel — a Fermented Metal field report from 3506 MacArthur Blvd.

Randall Wilburn
May 85 min read
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