Nightmare – Blowing From a Gun

Nightmare Blowing From a Gun

Blowing from a Gun

10.5% DIPA Brewed with Indian Cane Sugar and Quintuple dry hopped with El Dorado, Calypso, Cashmere, Mosaic and Hull Melon hops.

Based off Russian war artist Vasily Vereshchagin’s painting “Suppression of the Indian revolt”.
The painting depicts the events that occurred during the Indian rebellion of 1857 against the extended rule of the British Crown. The original painting was allegedly bought by the British Crown where it has been assumed to have been destroyed (current whereabouts unknown).
Captured soldiers were strapped with the cannon mouth pinned between their shoulder blades or small of the back.
Ropes bound arms and legs to the wheels on either side. The cannon is then typically loaded with a blank cartridge. The few times grapeshot was used, it created extensive shrapnel including shards of flesh and bone of the deceased, resulting in bystanders deaths or injuries resulting in amputation of limbs.
This method was used as early as 1509, but was almost globally used from the 16th-20th century along with the Mughal empire. The British adopted this method and used it well into the 18th century. It has even been used in recent years by Kim Jong Un executing officials with anti aircraft guns.

“The prisoner is generally tied to a gun with the upper part of the small of his back resting against the muzzle. When the gun is fired, his head is seen to go straight up into the air some forty or fifty feet; the arms fly off right and left, high up in the air, and fall at, perhaps, a hundred yards distance; the legs drop to the ground beneath the muzzle of the gun; and the body is literally blown away altogether, not a vestige being seen.”
– George Carter Stent

“a sickening, offensive smell pervaded the air, a stench which only those who have been present at scenes such as these can realize — the pungent odour of burnt human flesh. The artillerymen had neglected putting up back-boards to their guns, so that, horrible to relate, at each discharge the recoil threw back pieces of burning flesh, bespattering the men and covering them with blood and calcined remains.”
– Charles John Griffiths

Apart from being an execution, it was intended to torture the victim into the afterlife, as all the remains could not be collected and a proper burial, according to Muslim and Hindu beliefs, could not be achieved.

After obliterating the torso, five shrapnel limbs remain = Dry hopped five times, Five different hops, 10.5%

Spicy wood, crisp orchard fruit, toasted coconut and watermelon aromatics that boldly carry over into flavor.
Slick mouthfeel and full body, finishes with back of the palate citrus bite. Balance of flavors with highlights of tropical fruit, blueberry skin, cane sugar sweetness and a warmth that builds.

Pairs well with:

Brand of Sacrifice – “The Branded”

Very hazy with light head retention, smells of mango, tangerine, honeydew, and subtle pine. The taste is crisp and bready up front with light citrus and melon along with flavors of sherry and cream underneath the full, but almost oily body. The finish is long and high in bitterness with citrus peel, resinous pine, floral, and herbal hop notes. Overall, this is a massive beer, in flavor, body, complexity, ABV, and artwork. Heavy on the hops, as is to be expected with a quintuple hopping, but they are all blended and balanced into perfect harmony.