Metal and Beer
No Corporate Beer Reviews: Hilma
May 22, 2020 Nick Green
Hilma is an imperial IPA brewed with vanilla burger buns, french fries, and lactose. Or, in other words, all members of Aqua Teen Hunger Force represented in a pounder can.
No Corporate Beer Reviews: Special Hoperations (2020)
May 15, 2020 Nick Green
What the world needs now is an extra supply of toilet paper, not another West Coast IPA. But we will make an exception for the Special Hoperations collab from Fat Head and 3 Floyds.
Rescheduled Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly Dates Announced!
May 12, 2020 Albert Mudrian
Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly has been officially rescheduled for April 9-10, 2021 at Fillmore Philly! Tickets for the original 2020 festival dates will automatically be valid for the new dates.
No Corporate Beer Reviews: Kindred
May 6, 2020 Nick Green
Upland Brewing Company and Paradox Beer Company collaborate on what might be the world’s most complex brown ale
No Corporate Beer Reviews: Black Horsemen
May 1, 2020 Nick Green
The birth of Black Horsemen would soon be realized. The second coming of the Euro dark lager in disguise.
No Corporate Beer Reviews: Wild Tripelle
April 24, 2020 Nick Green
La Sirêne Brewing’s Wild Tripelle took a little while to make it across the Pacific Ocean. By the time this hit shelves last year, it was already aging.
No Corporate Beer Reviews: Mind Freeze
April 17, 2020 Nick Green
Oliver Brewing Co‘s Mind Freeze collab with Decibel faves Haunt is an instant DIPA classic.
No Corporate Beer Reviews: Future You Hates You
April 6, 2020 Nick Green
Future You Hates You – a collaboration between Adroit Theory and Cushwa – is a 13.5% ABV Imperial Stout designed for slow-sipping and maximum impact
The Decibel DIY Guide to Metal & Beer Fest: Home Edition
March 31, 2020 Aaron Salsbury
Your official resource for home-delivery and curbside pickup options from the breweries, and the streaming options for the bands, labels and radio stations of the postponed Metal & Beer Fest: Philly.
No Corporate Beer Reviews: Can-O-Bliss Double IPA
March 27, 2020 Nick Green
Oskar Blues might be on to something with this mid-coast IPA that marries the hoppy dankness of a West Coast IPA with the haziness and extreme drinkability of a New England IPA.
No Corporate Beer Reviews: El Chavo
March 17, 2020 Nick Green
Beers brewed with any sort of hot pepper can be a hard sell, but El Chavo is deceptively complex and surprisingly addictive.
Haunt + Oliver Brewing Beer Collaboration Announced for Decibel’s Metal & Beer Fest: Philly
March 11, 2020 Albert Mudrian
Mind Freeze is a 9% ABV double IPA brewed especially for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly next month!
Idle Hands + Broken Goblet Brewing Beer Collaboration Announced for Decibel’s Metal & Beer Fest: Philly
March 10, 2020 Albert Mudrian
Nightfall is a 11.1% ABV Russian Imperial Stout that brewed in conjunction with Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly next month!
No Corporate Beer Reviews: Funky Prowler
March 6, 2020 Nick Green
If Metallica’s “The Thing That Should Not Be” described a beer, it would be Funky Prowler.
Night Demon + Goldhorn Brewing Beer Collaboration Announced for Decibel’s Metal & Beer Fest: Philly
March 3, 2020 Albert Mudrian
The Darkness Remains is a 6.5% ABV Black IPA that will be poured Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly next month!
No Corporate Beer Reviews: Synopsis Dark Cherry Sour
February 28, 2020 Nick Green
Synopsis Dark Sour Cherry is fantastic and fun to drink, with ample amounts of cherry flavor. It’s also somewhat hard to describe.
Beer Emptiness Despair? An Important Metal & Beer Fest Ticket Update!
February 28, 2020 Albert Mudrian
Two-day “Metal & Beer” tickets are SOLD-OUT. Don’t despair: We’ve released 50 more single-day “Metal & Beer” tickets. Click here for updates on other ticket options.
Magic Circle + Cosmic Eye Brewing Beer Collaboration Announced for Decibel’s Metal & Beer Fest: Philly
February 25, 2020 Albert Mudrian
Hypnotized is a low-ABV, dry-hopped lager brewed exclusively for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly!
No Corporate Beer Reviews: Fudgie the Beer
February 21, 2020 Nick Green
You needn’t have been raised on Tom Carvel’s ice cream cakes to appreciate Fudgie the Beer, but it doesn’t hurt.
Napalm Death Dominate the Cover of Decibel’s Metal & Beer Fest Issue
February 20, 2020 Albert Mudrian
We have a limited number of advance copies of the April issue of Decibel, featuring an exclusive Satan flexi disc, available now. Don’t blow it.
Napalm Death + Wake Brewing Beer Collaboration Announced for Decibel’s Metal & Beer Fest: Philly
February 17, 2020 Albert Mudrian
Sink Fast… Let Go! is a proper Birmingham England-style ESB (Extra Special Bitter) brewed exclusively for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly!
Cloak, Bewitcher & More Announced for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly Afterparty
February 13, 2020 Emily Bellino
The party rages on with Cloak, Bewitcher, Zealot R.I.P. and Blame God at the official Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly afterparty!
Watch Pig Destroyer Rehearse ‘Prowler in the Yard,’ Discuss Metal & Beer Fest Special Set
February 12, 2020 Albert Mudrian
Decibel crashes Pig Destroyer‘s rehearsals for their special Prowler in the Yard set at Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly on April 4.
50 More Two-Day “Metal & Beer” Tickets Released for Metal & Beer Fest Philly!
February 11, 2020 Albert Mudrian
We sold out of the first 600 two-day passes on Friday, but we opened up 50 more last night. Don’t blow this second chance to indulge in pours from 20 breweries at Metal & Beer Fest Philly!
No Corporate Beer Reviews: La Socarrada
February 7, 2020 Nick Green
At least the imaginatively named brewery “Premium Beers from Spain” offers truth in advertising via their La Socarrada spiced beer.
No Corporate Beer Reviews: Superposition
January 31, 2020 Nick Green
Freethought’s Superposition almost smells too good to drink, but we are nothing if not professional and powered through JUST FOR YOU.
Satan to Release New Song “Twelve Infernal Lords” Via the Decibel Flexi Series!
January 31, 2020 Albert Mudrian
Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, Feb 3 to obtain this HIGHLY LIMITED flexi disc single featuring a brand new song from NWOBHM heroes Satan!
No Corporate Beer Reviews: IPA X
January 24, 2020 Nick Green
Ardent Craft Ales’ IPA X may be #2,729 to the uninitiated, but currently #1 in Decibel’s hearts and bellies.
Gimme Radio Become Official Radio Station of Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly
January 22, 2020 Albert Mudrian
Decibel proudly welcomes Gimme Radio to the 2020 Metal & Beer Fest: Philly party.
Dying Fetus, Ringworm and Genocide Pact Announced for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer PRE-FEST
January 17, 2020 Albert Mudrian
Get tickets NOW to see Dying Fetus, Ringworm and Genocide Pact demolish the Foundry in Philadelphia on Thursday, April 2 as part of the Metal & Beer Fest official PRE-FEST!