Note that this is a vintage 2010 bottle, aged approximately 2 years! Cheers and prost to Sir Greg O'Leary for kindly picking up this cherished bottle for Goatsden!
Pours a pitch-black, with a thick head of fine dark tan carbonation. Lace is ornate, with a lovely, spider web/lattice design.
Nose consists mostly of dark fruit -- I get figs, raisins, and some bittersweet chocolate.
Taste is sweet at front of palate -- perhaps the honey infusion? What follows is a smooth mix of roasty malts and dark fruit, with a hint of chocolate, as inferred by the aroma.
The finish pulls up slightly sweet, again. This is a delicious brew, with a surprisingly sessionable character, despite the heavy alcohol presence. Nice!
While I sipped on this exquisite beer, I soaked in the audio experience. Miles Davis' original "Bitches Brew" double-album, released originally in 1970, is a renowned and heralded masterpiece of jazz-rock fusion. But stretching the boundaries of what was considered "jazz" was nothing new for the iconoclastic Davis, who risked all releasing this unclassifiable extended set.
Perhaps one of Davis' best-loved recordings, this album marks a point where Davis moves well beyond his jazz background and embraces sounds as disparate as funk, rock, and out-there world musics. The 27-minute title track throws down some seriously psychedelic grooves! "Spanish Key" rolls with a metronomic Krautrock-styled tempo, referencing legendary German experimenters Can. Or did they reference Miles Davis?
"BItches Brew", the album, is a landmark piece of work from a visionary artist unafraid to experiment. "Bitches Brew", the beer, is a delicious work from a brewery equally as unafraid to experiment and fuse genres and cultures. Kudos to both for a job well-done!
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