This story was told last November, but it bears repeating as we can finally reveal “Growler in the Yard!”
Decibel loves a good metal and beer pun. Usually, they are the product of our Metal & Beer Fests (Blinded by Beer, Morbid Ales, The Grains that Bind Us), but when Trappist frontman Chris Dodge and I were brainstorming names for his Decibel craft beer column No Corporate Beer (celebrating its one-year anniversary this month), we tagged in Decibel art director Mike Wohlberg who dropped “Growler in the Yard” on both of us. Though it wasn’t perfect for the column, it was still brilliant enough that it needed to become a Trappist tune.
It’s a year later and not only does “Growler in the Yard” now exist as part of the Decibel Flexi Series, but it comes complete with a Wohlberg-illustrated cover homage to Pig Destroyer’s grind classic Prowler in the Yard on a beer-colored flexi picture disc. An extremely limited number of issues containing our 110th installment in the Decibel Flexi Series are available here. Don’t miss out. This is beautiful. This is…
