#gruvis malt

[somejuansomewhere]

spooky fun tunes to listen to aside from Monster Mash

[erizo-schultz]

the only fix.

[thisischaosmagicmoogle]

sage francis - sea lion (gruvis malt)

[brewyork]

Five Thoughts from This Year’s Great American Beer Festival

Crowds prepare for the beginning of the first session of Great American Beer Festival in Denver on Thursday, October 3rd (Photo: Chris O’Leary)

The kegs have been kicked and they’ve packed up the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, but we’re still basking in the glow of another Great American Beer Festival. With breweries serving from nearly even state in the country (sorry, West Virginia), it’s easy to see what trends are taking shape in the beer industry at a festival this big. Here are some of our takeaways from this year’s festival.

Bravus Brewing pours on the GABF floor (Photo: Chris O’Leary)

1. Non-Alcoholic is taking hold.

The Non-Alcoholic Beer category in GABF’s competition was revived this year for the first time in 15 years, and while there were only 17 entries, it’s a sign that even the Brewers Association is acknowledging the increasing demand for NA beers. Four non-alcoholic beer companies were pouring on the festival floor, including Connecticut’s Athletic Brewing Co., Missouri’s WellBeing Brewing Company, Colorado’s Gruvi, and California’s Bravus Brewing Company, who took home two of the three medals in the Non-Alcoholic Beer category. Even Brooklyn Brewery poured their Special Effects, a hopped 0.5% malt beverage. With health-conscious consumers flocking to beers like Michelob Ultra, look for craft brewers to offer non-alcoholic and low-carb beers to appeal to these drinkers.

2. Welcome to the slow death of Pumpkin Beer.

If you enjoy a warm flannel and a cool pumpkin ale, we’re sorry to report that your beloved style is on the outs. We already knew this -- we’ve talked to retailers who saw their stock of fall seasonal pumpkin beer last well into mid-winter for the past couple of years -- but by the numbers, GABF demonstrated the style’s demise. Given that GABF occurs in the fall, we could spit and hit a pumpkin beer in years past, even when fewer breweries poured at the fest. This year, of the 800 breweries with booths, there were less than 20 pouring a pumpkin beer (New York’s own Great South Bay and Saranac were two of them). One theory? It might be that pumpkin beer drinkers with a sweet tooth have moved onto other styles, given the prevalence of pastry stouts and fruited sours. Those styles were very well-represented this year.

Taft’s Pils from Ohio’s Taft’s Brewing Company (Photo: Chris O’Leary)

3. Bring on the #CrispyBois.

Even if they think it’s only so the brewers at the festival can drink them, more and more breweries are bringing light, crisp lagers to GABF. Certainly, the skill set of craft brewers has improved from a decade ago, as has the patience of brewers to utilize tank space to lager beers, so we took almost two hours out of the Friday night session of the fest to exclusively drink lagers. Most of what we had was clean and well-executed, and there’s an increasing lineup of lager-focused breweries like Wayfinder Beer, Wibby Brewing, and Austin Beer Garden Brewery at the fest. Best of all, these beers appeal to a subset of beer drinkers at GABF who were simply there to follow around their beer geek friends. Even in this era of craft beer hitting the mainstream, we still occasionally hear, “do you have anything like a Coors Light?” Now more than ever, there’s an answer to that.

4. Hype Beasts might be worth the hype.

While plenty of well-deserving breweries have entered and won medals in past GABF competitions, breweries that have a cult following have been noticeably absent. And who can blame them? They don’t need a GABF medal to prove that they make good beer -- the line out the door speaks for itself. But this year, Weldwerks Brewing Co. in Greeley, Colorado, known for brewing some of the best Hazy IPAs in the country, put their money where their mouths are. They took home a silver medal in the Juicy or Hazy Pale Ale category and a gold medal in the Juicy or Hazy Imperial IPA category. We saw this last year when pastry stout darling Great Notion Brewing, who drew long lines at their again booth this year, won a silver in the Specialty Beer category for their Double Stack Breakfast Stout. When a brewery wins medals in the categories that put them on the map, it's a good sign that the beer might match the hype after all.

Sierra Nevada’s original brewhouse on display at GABF (Photo: Chris O’Leary)

5. The OGs still draw a crowd.

Sure, there were lots of rising stars pouring beer at GABF. But there were still plenty of well-established breweries that drew a crowd to their booths. Sierra Nevada, on the heels of their 40th anniversary, put their original brewhouse from 1979 on display. Dogfish Head’s Sam Calagione, fresh off his brewery’s merger with Boston Beer, poured for adoring fans (Sam Adams also brought out their newest Utopias, due out later this month, to a throng of beer drinkers). Brooklyn Brewery had a steady line at their booth deep into every session. The same goes for Colorado darlings New Belgium and Left Hand. There’s still a lot of respect for the breweries that brought people into the craft beer fold, and the fear that they’re getting the cold shoulder from the geekiest of beer geeks is unfounded.

[shitredditrocks]

Gruvis Malt - The Sticky

"The Sticky" by Gruvis Malt

posted in r/ListenToThis

[astonishinglysane]

Posting this myself because I could not find it on YouTube or any streaming service.  Here is another of my favorite Elliott Smith tributes.

Waving a glass voice, itching to break

I saw the future on a stage in the rain

Frail punch soldier, tired of fighting

Hard to watch the weather wash your heroes away

[expl0re-everything]

“Night after night it's possible to see, indeed it's impossible not to see; these faces, from which hope and joy and dignity and light have been draining so steadily and for so long that now there is nothing left but this assortment of indifferent, damaged masks. 

They belong to human beings who, after a lifetime of struggling to become one thing or another, have succeeded only in becoming the rough sketches of their species. Recognizable but empty. The bruised and wretched bodies and souls of the saddest people on earth: the people who no longer care.”

[emmieammoemily]

FINALLY, YOU HAVE COME TO ME.

[erizo-schultz]

been spending a lot of time with this album while I try and recover a bit. this is a pretty accurate representation of a fractured brain and an overactive heart, an amalgamation of anxieties and anger. I know I'm late on this, but thank you Gruvis Malt.

[thisischaosmagicmoogle]

Sage Francis - Inherited Scars (gruvis malt)

pain and hurt is relative.

[loveandsoundwaves-blog]

Gruvis Malt - The Sticky

This is a sadly forgotten band, but I still love jammin' to it.

-Boogie

[jrfreemanjr]

Watch @GavinCastleton! (Chameleon - looping with Ableton Live and VoiceLive Play)

[somejuansomewhere]

Since No One Bothered to Ask

·         1:A song you like with a color in the title – The Exact Color of Doubt - Liars

·         2:A song you like with a number in the title – 007 (Shanty Town) – Desmond Dekker

·         3:A song that reminds you of summertime – Summertime Loving, Loving in the Summer (Time) – Regular Show

·         4:A song that reminds you of someone you would rather forget about – Macho Man – Village People

·         5:A song that needs to be played LOUD – Oxygen - Swans

·         6:A song that makes you want to dance – Without You My Life would be Boring – The Knife

·         7:A song to drive to - Two Cocks Waving Wildly at Each Other Across a Vast Open Space, a Dark Icy Tundra – Lower Dens

·         8:A song about drugs or alcohol – The Drugs Don’t Work – The Verve

·         9:A song that makes you happy – French Mistake – Blazing Saddles Soundtrack

·         10:A song that makes you sad – Try – Dear and the Headlights

·         11:A song that you never get tired of – Tired of Sex - Weezer

·         12:A song from your preteen years – Half a Person – The Smiths

·         13:One of your favorite 80’s songs – The Devil Lives in My Husband’s Body - Pulsallama

·         14:A song that you would love played at your wedding – Sex Dwarf – Soft Cell

·         15:A song that is a cover by another artist – My Sharona – The Number Twelve Looks like You

·         16:One of your favorite classical songs – Minute Waltz - Chopin

·         17:A song that would sing a duet with on karaoke – You Made Me Gay Girl – Gravy Train!!!!

·         18:A song from the year that you were born – Party All the Time – Eddie Murphy

·         19:A song that makes you think about life – On the Sea – Beach House

·         20:A song that has many meanings to you – Murmurs – Hundred Waters

·         21:A favorite song with a person’s name in the title - Jordan Billie Pets the Wild Horses Mane – Blood Brothers

·         22:A song that moves you forward – Cha Cha Slide – DJ Casper

·         23:A song that you think everybody should listen to – Between the Buttons – Klaus Johann Grobe

·         24:A song by a band you wish were still together – The Sticky – Gruvis Malt

·         25:A song by an artist no longer living – Grace – Jeff Buckley

·         26:A song that makes you want to fall in love – I Like You, You’re Nice  - Blossom Dearie

·         27:A song that breaks your heart – The Last Goodbye – The Kills

·         28:A song by an artist with a voice that you love – My Ass is on Fire – Mr. Bungle

·         29:A song that you remember from your childhood – The Way -Fastball

·         30:A song that reminds you of yourself – Ladies and Gentlemen We are Floating in Space – Spiritualized

[erizo-schultz]

vulfpeck vibes

[emmieammoemily]

Gruvis Malt - What Ladder? (Rant Remix)

[gavincastleton]

I wrote this almost exactly 10 years ago.