Flayed

9.6%  - IMPERIAL  OAT  IPA

Flayed is brewed with 5 Oat Varietals and Dry Hopped with Zythos, Pacifica and Azacca.

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Ripe Mango, Marmalade, Soft Coconut and Sweetgrass aromatics.  A massive base of Oat Varietals provide the mouthfeels foundation for Tangelo, Sugared Grapefruit, Segmented Mandarin, Sweet Tarts and Meyer Lemon balanced by a bitter hop finish.

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The Genetic Origin of Oats in its wild ancestral form can be traced back to the Fertile Crescent, the same region where the Assyrian Empire dominated rule.

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Ashurnasirpal II and his Son, Shalmaneser III, were ruthless military Conquerors who became infamous for their treatment of the conquered cities by Burning, Decapitating, Flaying their enemies alive and nailing their skin to the city walls - were their preferred methods.

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The rebelling city of Ki-Ka and their leader suffered one of the most merciless displays of such cruelty. After making the leader, Ahuni, Son of Adini, watch the decapitation of all his soldiers, he was Flayed alive, his skin pinned to the city wall before they proceeded to set the city ablaze with the women and children inside.

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          "300 of their warriors I cut down with the sword. A Pillar (tower) of heads I erected

           in front of the city... His cities I destroyed, devastated, I burned with fire."     

                                                                                                                                              - Ashurnasirpal II  *

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                   * Ancient records of Assyria and Babylonia

                     (C 1926 University of Chicago)

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Pairs well with :

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Aversions Crown -

" Scourge of Violence"