The fear

 

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"(Don't Fear) The Reaper" is a song by American rock band Blue Öyster Cult from the band's 1976 album Agents of Fortune. The song, written and sung by lead guitarist Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser, deals with eternal love and the inevitability of death. Dharma wrote the song while picturing an early death for himself. Released as an edited single (omitting the slow building interlude in the original), the song is Blue Öyster Cult's highest chart success, reaching #7 in Cash Box and #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 in late 1976. Critical reception was positive and in December 2003 "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" was listed at number 405 on Rolling Stone's list of the top 500 songs of all time.[4] ... The song is about the inevitability of death and the foolishness of fearing it, and was written when Dharma was thinking about what would happen if he died at a young age.[5] Lyrics such as "Romeo and Juliet are together in eternity" have led many listeners to interpret the song to be about a murder-suicide pact, but Dharma says the song is about eternal love, rather than suicide.[6] He used Romeo and Juliet to describe a couple who wanted to be together in the afterlife.[7] He guessed that "40,000 men and women" died each day (from all causes), and the figure was used several times in the lyrics; but this number was about 100,000 too low.[8] ... "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" was written and sung by lead guitarist Buck Dharma and produced by David Lucas, Murray Krugman, and Sandy Pearlman.[9] The song's distinctive guitar riff is built on the "I-bVII-bVI" chord progression, in an A minor scale.[10] The riff was recorded with Krugman's Gibson ES-175 guitar, which was run through a Music Man 410 combo amplifier, and Dharma's vocals were captured with a Telefunken U47 tube microphone. The guitar solo and guitar rhythm sections were recorded in one take, while a four-track tape machine amplified them on the recording. Sound engineer Shelly Yakus remembers piecing together the separate vocals, guitar and rhythm section into a master track, with the overdubbing occurring in that order.[11] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(Don%27t_Fear)_The_Reaper)

Blue Öyster Cult... sometimes abbreviated BÖC or BOC) is an American rock band formed in Stony Brook, New York, in 1967, best known for the singles "(Don't Fear) The Reaper", "Burnin' for You", and "Godzilla". They have sold 25 million records worldwide, including seven million in the United States alone.[3] The band's music videos, especially "Burnin' for You", received heavy rotation on MTV when the music television network premiered in 1981, cementing the band's contribution to the development and success of the music video in modern popular culture....Blue Öyster Cult was formed in 1967 as Soft White Underbelly (a name the group would occasionally use in the 1970s and 1980s to play small club gigs around the United States and UK)[6] in a communal house at Stony Brook University on Long Island when rock critic Sandy Pearlman overheard a jam session consisting of fellow Stony Brook classmate Donald Roeser and his friends.[7] Pearlman offered to become the band's manager and creative partner, which the band agreed to.[7] The band's original lineup consisted of guitarist Roeser, drummer Albert Bouchard, keyboardist Allen Lanier, singers Jeff Kagel (aka Krishna Das) and Les Braunstein and bassist Andrew Winters.[8] In October 1967, the band made their debut performance as Steve Noonan's backing band at the Stony Brook University Gymnasium, a gig booked by Pearlman.[9] The band's name came from Winston Churchill's description of Italy as "the soft underbelly of the Axis."[9] Pearlman was important to the band – he was able to get them gigs and recording contracts with Elektra and Columbia, and he provided them with his poetry for use as lyrics for many of their songs, including "Astronomy". Writer Richard Meltzer, also a Stony Brook University student, provided the band with lyrics from their early days up through their most recent studio album. In 1968, the band moved in together at their first house in the Thomaston area of Great Neck, New York.[10] The band recorded an album's worth of material for Elektra Records in 1968. ... Blue Öyster Cult is a hard rock band, whose music has been described as heavy metal,[29] psychedelic rock, occult rock, biker boogie, acid rock,[30] and progressive rock.[31] They have also been recognized for helping pioneer genres such as stoner metal[32] and speed metal.[33] The band has also experimented with additional genres on specific albums. An example of this is Mirrors (1979). The band is influenced by artists such as Alice Cooper,[31] Grateful Dead, The Doors, Jefferson Airplane, MC5,[31] The Blues Project,[34] Jimi Hendrix,[35] and Black Sabbath.[31] While Blue Öyster Cult has been noted for heavy rock, they would often add their own tongue-in-cheek style.[31] Keeping with their image, the band would often include out-of-context fragments of Pearlman's The Soft Doctrines of Imaginos into their lyrics, giving their songs cryptic meanings.[31] Additionally, the band would keep a folder of Meltzer's and Pearlman's word associations to insert into their music.[36]....The name "Blue Öyster Cult" came from a 1960s poem written by manager Sandy Pearlman. It was part of his "Imaginos" poetry, later used more extensively on their album Imaginos (1988). Pearlman had also come up with the band's earlier name, "Soft White Underbelly", from a phrase used by Winston Churchill in describing Italy during World War II. In Pearlman's poetry, the "Blue Oyster Cult" was a group of aliens who had assembled secretly to guide Earth's history. "Initially, the band was not happy with the name, but settled for it, and went to work preparing to record their first release..."[37] In a 1976 interview published in the U.K. music magazine ZigZag, Pearlman told the story explaining the origin of the band's name was an anagram of "Cully Stout Beer". The addition of an umlaut was suggested by Allen Lanier, but rock critic Richard Meltzer claims to have suggested it just after Pearlman came up with the name, reportedly "because of the Wagnerian aspect of Metal".[38] Other bands later copied the practice of using umlauts or diacritic marks in their own band names, such as Motörhead, Mötley Crüe, Queensrÿche and parodied by Spın̈al Tap.[39] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_%C3%96yster_Cult)

Er zijn Tshirts van: https://www.teepublic.com/de/t-shirt/12864046-cully-stout-beer

Normaal zou ik hier een plaatje laten zien maar wellicht is er Copyright (R) dus dan maar een link naar Google: https://www.google.nl/search?q=Cully+Stout+Beer&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjD7MeGj-z2AhUK_7sIHasuBKgQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw

Maar fictief bier is niet waar het om gaat in dit blog. Er is vrees ik ook echt bier om iets over te vermelden: 

THE FEAR IMPERIAL PUMPKIN ALE 9.0% Spice-forward but not overly sweet, this monstrous 9% imperial pumpkin ale bares its fangs and bites back. (https://www.flyingdog.com/beers/fear/#)

The Fear Imperial Pumpkin Ale. ... Spice-forward but not overly sweet, this monstrous 9% imperial pumpkin ale bares its fangs and bites back. (https://beerconnoisseur.com/articles/flying-dog-brewerys-fear-imperial-pumpkin-ale-seasonal-returns)

Maryland- Pumpkin Ale- 9% ABV. Flying Dog takes the pumpkin ale style to greater heights with this ""imperialized"" interpretation of the style. Enjoy the malty goodness along with spices and autumn flavors. (https://www.totalwine.com/beer/specialty-styles/pumpkin-ale/flying-dog-the-fear-imperial-pumpkin-ale/p/117753126)

Pumpkin Ale was a forgotten element of American brewing heritage until craft brewers resurrected the notion in the 1980s by brewing fall seasonal pumpkin beers. The orange-amber color ranges from light to dark, and pumpkin and pumpkin pie aromas with flavors of nutmeg, cinnamon and distinct pumpkin in some examples are a hallmark. Brewers may use real pumpkin, pumpkin puree or other pumpkin flavoring, as well as spices to achieve their desired body and flavor. Today, pumpkin beers are mostly ales, while a few are lagers, and they’re a popular U.S. fall seasonal beer alongside Oktoberfest-style beers. (https://www.totalwine.com/beer-guide/specialty-hybrid-other-beer/pumpkin-ale)

Characteristics: Malty, spicy, toasty-sweet, light- to medium-bodied ABV range: 4-9% IBU: 10-65 Popular Pumpkin Ale-style beers: Dogfish Head Punkin Ale, Southern Tier Pumking, Brooklyn Post Road Pumpkin Ale, Weyerbacher Imperial Pumpkin Ale, Smuttynose Pumpkin Ale, Shipyard Pumpkinhead Ale, Buffalo Bill’s Pumpkin Ale, Heavy Seas The Great Pumpkin, Indian Wells Spicy Pumpkin Ale, Shock Top Pumpkin Wheat Serving Temperature: Cool, 46-54° Cheese Pairing Ideas: Asiago, Colby, Chèvre Food Pairing Ideas: Roast duck, lamb, turkey and stuffing, desserts including cookies and pumpkin pie (https://www.totalwine.com/beer-guide/specialty-hybrid-other-beer/pumpkin-ale)

FOR BEER NERDS 

MALTS CARABROWN, MIDNIGHT WHEAT, CHOCOLATE, VIENNA 

HOPS WARRIOR, WILLAMETTE YEAST AMERICAN ALE 

IBU 45 

SPECIAL 300 POUNDS OF PUMPKIN ADDED PER 50 BARRELS

(https://www.flyingdog.com/beers/fear/#)

Flying Dog offers us some great advice right on the bottle. In order to keep your fears from dominating you, we must embrace and conquer them. Not too shabby for beer bottle philosophy. How nice of them then, to include a little liquid courage with that nugget of wisdom…oh yeah, and those of you in the Maryland area maybe just ought to look into this weekend’s Halloween Smash and Bash party the brewery is throwing. It looks pretty damn cool. *Warning: We may have gotten carried away with the puns on this one* (https://greatpumpkinbeerreview.wordpress.com/2011/10/25/the-fear-imperial-pumpkin-ale-flying-dog-brewery/)

Dit zwarte bier heeft in het licht wat rode gloed. Het plopt bij openen en schenkt eenvoudig in. De geur is zoet van kerststol met peperkoek en kandij. Zo een Fries suikerbrood kruidkoek. De smaak heeft dat ook in zich. Kandij, sucade, en een bittertje. Ik ben niet zo een fan van pumpkin ale, maar dit is echt een lekker bier. De geur is goed, de smaak is goed en de afdronk is wat bitter, maar ook wel goed. Eigenlijk een extreem bier dat ontzettend goed bevalt!

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Why is there only one time of the year - as goblins, ghouls and ghosts frolic on front lawns - when we embrace THE FEAR? At all other times, THE FEAR dominates us, controls us and prevents us from greatness. What is there to THE FEAR? Disagreement? Criticism? Humiliation? Whatever THE FEAR is that consumes you, embrace it. Only then will the true artist in you rise up. Malts: Carabrown, Midnight Wheat, Chocolate, Vienna Hops: Warrior, Willamette Yeast: American Ale IBU: 45 Special: 300 pounds of pumpkin added per 50 barrels (https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/68/73433/)

by Singlefinpin from North Carolina Drinking this at one of my favorite tap rooms, Tapped Craft and Drafts in Greenville NC. Poured from a tap into a pint glass. Looks dark brown with a reddish tint, a tannish foamy head that dropped quickly to a thin cap. Smells cinnamon, pumpkin bread, allspice, nutmeg and chocolate. Taste follows the nose nicely with a nice malt backbone and alcohol on the back of my palate. Mouth feel is medium for the style. Overall a very complex Pumpkin Beer that I would definitely order again. Cheers! Nov 15, 2021 (https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/68/73433/)

by Franziskaner from Missouri Dark brown to light black in color. There's a fingernail of off-white on top. Light lacing is present. The aroma was difficult to seek out, but it's faint nutmeg. I'm tasting cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, and pumpkin pie spice. The mouth is heavily spice and the alcohol warms the throat Sep 13, 2021 (https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/68/73433/)

by rudiecantfail from Pennsylvania 12 ounce bottle poured into a tulip glass. Vintage 21G. L---Opaque brown with a tinge of orange. Fluffy off-white head faded slowly and left very nice lacing. S---Pumpkin pie spices as expected. Allspice, nutmeg, cinnamon, clove. T---This is where I hope I find more than just pumpkin spices. And there's a slight touch of pumpkin and caramel. F---Medium/full, maybe closer to full bodied. Light carbonation. O---A nice pumpkin beer. Nothing fancy, but rock solid. Sep 12, 2021 (https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/68/73433/)

by PathofChaos from Maryland Appearance: Dark, murky brown with twisting shadows of red maple; like a forest lake steeped in autumn leaves. A wisp of cream-hued head retains well but only laces a bare inch, leaving short trail of dainty rings. Bouquet: The cold, night air over this forest lake is rife with earthy chocolate and Vienna malts. Sharp esters and bitter allspice lurk beneath its mirrored surface. Feel: A lush, full bodied wave followed by a cloud of fizz. Leaves a lingering blend of baking spice and alcohol warmth. Taste: Pungent Vienna lager, wielding a bitter, black cudgel of chocolate malts, bursts onto the scene. Its boozy breath is covered by a musky cologne of clove, cinnamon and nutmeg. For all its bulky strength, it has great poise: No astringent bite, no unpleasant tang, but no pumpkin either. Overall: Hits hard with flavors native to the darkest parts of autumn. Superior craftsmanship merited by the fact that none of the baking spices are overdone. Nov 29, 2020 (https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/68/73433/)

The Fear has bold pumpkin and spice flavor complimented by graham cracker and chocolate notes. About Flying Dog The Fear ABV: 9% IBU: 45 Style: Pumpkin / Yam Beer State/Region: Maryland Brewery: Flying Dog Brewery (https://www.beeruniversestore.com/product/flying-dog-the-fear/)

Name: The Fear Imperial Pumpkin Ale – Wild Dog Series Place of Origin / Brewer: Maryland, USA / Flying Dog Brewery Beer style / ABV%:  Imperial Pumpkin Ale / 9.0% Specialty Prep / Individuality:  Brewed with Chico Yeast, Warrior and Williamette hops, pumpkin puree, and a (perhaps not so) secret blend of spices, The Fear weighs as a gravity laden, complex pumpkin pie crust and chocolate note oriented brew. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Packaging: Part of Flying Dog’s “Wild Dog” series this bottle features a nightmare of a label pulsating with an ink blot canine that’s just screaming psychosis.  It’s just two steps away from a ‘Fear and Loathing Rorschach bat attack”.  I’m a little scared to drink this beer. – Tim Flying Dog’s artistry will always hold a place in any Hunter S. Thompson lover’s heart.  Ralph Steadman has a style of art that is mad and impressive and hard not to recognize.  More specifically however we have Flying Dog’s The Fear label and in the true fashion of fear you can’t really tell what it’s supposed to be, but you know it scares the shit out of you. – Brittney ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Color:  8

Don’t be fearful of this imperial ale’s deep dark color.  It pours lights-out opaque, like the darkest corner of the pumpkin patch.  With a blonde, toffee colored head at least two finger tall, you can’t beat it’s striking looks. – Rick

Black as sin with a hint of ruby when lit. Of course the light barely penetrates this ominous brew. The bone white head amplifies the effect nicely. – Mike

M- 7.5 / T- 8 / B- 8 / R- 8

 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Aroma:  7

The aroma screams roasted gourd and allspice and brother, they’re letting you know this is an imperial right up front because, believe me, you could get drunk just off the alcohol fragrance hovering in the air above the head. – Tim

Clove and allspice float adrift a sea hoppy goodness, and a strong insinuation of bitterness runs so deep, we might need an exorcist. It’s definitely intriguing. – Mike

This ale has a typical stout-like aroma, but there’s more to it than it first presents.  There are some spicy notes in there fighting for life amongst the smoky cloves that really dominate the bouquet. – Rick

M- 7.5 / T- 6 / B- 6 / R- 8 ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Mouth feel:  7.5

This ale explodes on the tongue right away with flavor.  It’s super poppy on the tongue letting it’s presence fully assimilate your taste buds, the whole time reminding you of it’s 9% ABV with a rabid bite. – Rick

Despite the intense looking nature,  most of this dog is the bark, or rather more in the spirit of a blood curdling howl in the woods, with just a bit of nip when you actually realize it’s a cute little wolf pup. Ok, maybe that’s pushing it. But what I’m trying to say here is, this is mildly bodied at best. – Mike

M- 6.5 / T- 6 / B- 8 / R- 9.5 ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Tasting notes:  8 With deep molasses and huge roasted malts, they don’t call it “The Fear” for nothing.  This is agro beer.  It’s not pulling any punches, in fact it’s liable to clock you right between the eyes while you’re not even looking.  The sweetness here is masking a burnt sugar taste that handedly maintains the overall dominant assault that this beer is pushing. – Tim The Fear definitely does not fall into the sweet pumpkin pie beer category and in true Flying Dog fashion creates a category all it’s own.  The spices and subtle pumpkin pull create a seasonal beer setting but the not so subtle malt and alcohol break the mold. – Brittney There are some great hints of pumpkin spices lurking in the shadows of this full bodied imperial ale.  The smoky notes tend to stalk a touch of brown sugar as the ale navigates the tongue.  One of the stronger ales with a really bold taste, I can’t wait for a wide release of this brew. – Rick Surprisingly sweet to start, it fades nicely into a much stouter bitter brew, that impressively doesn’t hide the pumpkin too much, but rather keeps it just below the surface giving you a solid and challenging imperial up front, and your seasonal treat once you’ve proven yourself worthy. It leans a bit on the cinnamon and clove nature, but, I can’t imagine that anything else wouldn’t just blend right into the dryer aspect of this one. – Mike M- 7.5 / T- 7 / B- 7.5 / R- 9 ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Finish:  7 Crazy long finish and bitter as sin.  But neither of those things are necessarily bad here–I’ve got to assume that the guys behind this brew were basically daring people to drink it. – Tim This is going to sound strange, but I almost get a starchy pear finish, and the accompanying nearly parching dryness of the tongue that makes this a continual sipper by necessity. It’s definitely a statement among pumpkin brews, but I could see this getting old quickly. – Mike Finishes with lingering notes of clove, allspice and nutmeg but those are all cut short by a bitter brew and I mean that in the nicest way possible. – Brittney M- 5.5 / T- 6.5 / B- 7.5 / R- 8.5 ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Flavor balance:  6.5 –         Pumpkin to Spice balance: While it’s initial make-up seems to be of smoky cloves, it leans towards a gourd like flavor to really balance this great ale. – Rick For all it’s frights, The Fear kind of fails at it’s one big opportunity to scare people–the spice arena.  I’ve got a feeling that if there were any subtle spices in here they got creamed by the ABV. – Tim M – 6 / T- 5 / B- 7 / R- 8.5 –         Sweet / Dry balance: This one has all the textural characteristics of sweetness with the 9% bringing it back and creating a dry balance. – Brittney It’s way sweeter than it is dry but in a way that probably won’t endear itself to beer drinkers that are looking for a more saccharin brew.  But if you dig on the kind of complexities found in sugar that’s been caramelized just to point of blackness, then The Fear has a lot to offer. – Tim M- 4 / T- 6.5 / B- 7.5 / R- 9 –         Multiple Drinkability? Alcohol content be damned, I could really make a few of these disappear for good! – Rick I think one of these would be most enjoyable, before the novelty wore off. – Mike I tend to cut it short with the darker ones.  The body of this one could probably set me at two but The Fear would probably stop me there. – Brittney Not for the faint of heart it’s a 9% ABV and I promise you can taste every bit of pain it’s offering. I’m afraid if I drink more than one of these then those ink blot bats are going to attack! – Tim M- 4 / T- 3 / B- 6.5 / R- 8.5 ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Overall:  7.33 M- 6.50 / T- 6.42 / B- 7.33 / R- 8.58 (https://greatpumpkinbeerreview.wordpress.com/2011/10/25/the-fear-imperial-pumpkin-ale-flying-dog-brewery/)

Een heel verhaal, maar ik heb nog steeds de nasmaak van het bier in mijn mond. Dit is een degustatiebier om met vrienden bij het houtvuur en de kerstboom of ergens te drinken...