GWAR are getting within the espresso sport with the “Berserker Mode” roast, out there starting March tenth by way of Coterie Espresso Co. and Idea Cafes.
The brand new Bohab gasoline is a daring, medium roast that’s described as “savagely sticky in it’s muddy molassesness and foul-fruited sweet sweetness, an actual teeth-grinder roasted highest on the pyre,” per the again of the bag, which options GWAR’s iconic paintings.
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After all, the brand new craft espresso additionally has its origin story inside GWAR’s lore.
Because the band’s press launch tells it, “Blothar the Berserker — frontman of the best shock rock band within the historical past of the universe, GWAR — as soon as roamed the icy seas in a Viking longship. Misplaced and alone, he was lured by a inexperienced, split-tailed mermaid, her siren music calling him to the Indonesian archipelago. However his love was unrequited, and in his sorrow, Blothar wept like a 1000-pound child.”
“From his bitter tears,” the story continues, “espresso vegetation sprouted throughout the land of Java. And thus, Berserker Mode Espresso was born — a heady and highly effective drink, crafted to gasoline his rage earlier than battle. Historians might declare Viking berserkers have been jacked up on psychedelics, however GWAR is aware of the reality: it was espresso that drove them to insane battle-lust!”
Said Blothar himself: “The most effective a part of getting blackout drunk is Berserker Mode Espresso. Every sip is infused with the bitter sorrow of unrequited love and that nagging feeling that one thing actually bizarre occurred final evening. Berserker Mode Espresso is a savage brew match for shock rock royalty. I positive really feel just like the King on my throne after sucking down a pot.”
In actuality, Berserker Mode was roasted by Coterie Espresso Co. and might be ordered in 12 ounce allotments ($21.99) by way of Idea Cafes (pre-orders ship on March tenth). And if you end up a getting little too jacked on the brand new roast, you would possibly go the opposite course with a little bit of GWAR’s Bud of Gods CBD merchandise, out there by way of the Consequence store.
As for GWAR, the Scumdogs are set to embark on a run of fortieth anniversary exhibits in Might (get tickets right here). Followers may also catch Blothar at a meet-and-greet launch of Berserker Espresso at Park Ave CDs in Orlando, Florida this Sunday, March ninth (see the flyer beneath).
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