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In the pantheon of food-centric holidays, there are no days bigger than Thanksgiving. It’s the day when we all decide not to worry about calories whatsoever, pushing our bodies to the limits while gorging on more mashed potatoes, stuffing, green bean casserole, turkey, and gravy than any human possibly should. But you need to wash all of these foods down with something. Beer does the trick.

With all the care given to the food on this greatest of food holidays, are you really going to just grab whatever beer is hiding in the back of your refrigerator to wash it down? Barbarism. Why not pair each dish with a specific beer? Green bean casserole, macaroni and cheese, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and of course turkey, every dish deserves an accompanying beer. And you better believe I had some ideas about what should go with which. Keep scrolling to see them all.

Prost Dunkel and Green Bean Casserole

ABV: 5.6%

Average Price: $10.99 for a six-packTasting Notes:

Based on the dark lagers of Germany, Prost Dunkel is a 5.6% ABV malty, sweet, roasty, bready beer. It’s known for its nice mix of sweetness and bitterness. Bready, roasted malts, caramel, and dried fruits highlight the nose. Drinking it reveals raisins, bready malts, roasted malts, toffee, and fruit esters.

Why This Beer?

These varied flavors pair well with the salty, vegetal, crispy fried onion flavors of the green bean casserole. Because of this, it pairs well with the salty, savory, creamy flavor of green bean casserole. Don’t forget the crunchy fried onions on top.

Bottom Line:

You can pair many different beer types with green bean casserole, but I think a nice dark, malty, roasty dunkel is your best bet.

Anderson Valley Boont Amber Ale and Roasted Vegetables

ABV: 5.8%

Average Price: $10.99 for a six-pack

Tasting Notes:

Brewed since 1987, this year-round offering from the folks at California’s Anderson Valley Brewing Company features Pale 2-row and Crystal malts as well as Mt. Hood, Northern Brewer, Columbus, and Bravo hops. The nose is loaded with bready malts, toffee, fruit esters, and floral, herbal, slightly piney hops. The palate is roasted malts, freshly baked bread, caramel, dried fruits, and herbal, earthy hops.

Why This Beer?

Its caramel sweetness and herbal hoppy quality pair well with roasted carrots, Brussels sprouts, and other Thanksgiving vegetables.

Bottom Line:

Roasted vegetables were made to be paired with the sweet malty, slightly hoppy flavor of a well-made amber ale. One of the best for the challenge is Anderson Valley Boont.

Von Trapp Bohemian Pilsner and Sausage Stuffing

ABV: 5.4%

Average Price: $11.99 for a six-pack

Tasting Notes:

If you wanted to go simple here, you could easily grab the OG Pilsner Urquell and be totally happy with your choice. Or you could grab an American-made Bohemian-style pilsner filled with crisp, citrus, herbal, earthy, slightly spicy, dry flavors like Von Trapp Bohemian Style Pilsner. Classic pilsner aromas of lemongrass, sweet honey, crackery malts, and floral, herbal, earthy hops greet you before your first sip. Drinking it continues this trend with sweet malts, honey, wet grass, lemon, and herbal, slightly bitter hops.

Why This Beer?

Its light, easy-drinking flavor profile is a great complement to herbal, peppery, salty, sausage stuffing. The hops pair well with the spices, fat, and salt in the stuffing.

Bottom Line:

Sausage stuffing is salty, herbal, peppery, and spiced. It deserves a crisp, light beer to temper its over-the-top flavor, and this pilsner does just that.

Allagash River Trip and Macaroni and Cheese

ABV: 4.8%

Average Price: $13.99 for a four-pack of 16-ounce cans

Tasting Notes:

Allagash River Trip is a very unique beer. It’s labeled as a Belgian-style session ale, but it’s a flavorful, crisp pale ale that gets added flavor from the addition of coriander and dry-hopping. This light, summery beer begins with aromas of citrus peels, coriander, yeast, and sweet malts. This continues onto the palate, where light, tropical-fruit flavors meld with Belgian yeast, lemon peels, grapefruit, coriander, and herbal, earthy, subtly bitter, crisp hops.
Why This Beer?

All of these flavors only heighten the appeal of rich, cheesy, indulgent macaroni and cheese. River Trip’s citrus, yeasty, hoppy flavors are a great complement to salty, cheesy, savory flavors of macaroni and cheese.

Bottom Line:

When you have a dish like macaroni and cheese, you need a lighter, citrus, slightly hoppy beer to cut through all that richness and cheese.

Devils Backbone Vienna Lager and Sweet Potato Casserole

ABV: 5.2%

Average Price: $9.99 for a six-pack

Tasting Notes:

One of the most popular Vienna-style lagers in America, Devils Backbone Vienna Lager is known for its semi-sweet, malty flavor profile featuring Northern Brewer and Saaz hops as well as Vienna, Pilsner, Dark Munich, and CaraAmber malts. A complex nose of toffee, caramel apples, bready malts, and slightly herbal, floral hops greets your nostrils before your first gulp. The palate is surprisingly sweet and malty, with butterscotch, bready malts, and light hop bitterness at the finish to tie everything together nicely.

Why This Beer?

It’s a semi-sweet sipper that pairs well with sweet potatoes and toasted marshmallows. The mix of sweet malts and crisp hops is a winner when paired with any type of sweet potato dish.

Bottom Line:

This is some sweet-on-sweet action and we can’t get enough of it. Sweet, malty, slightly bitter Vienna-style lagers (especially this one) pair well with toasted marshmallows and roasted sweet potatoes.

Pipeworks Lizard King Pale Ale and Buttery Mashed Potatoes

ABV: 6%

Average Price: $11.99 for a four-pack of 16-ounce cans

Tasting Notes:

Pipeworks Lizard King isn’t your average pale ale. This hop monster gets its tropical fruit, citrus, and earthy, dank pine flavor from the addition of bold flavorful Mosaic hops. Traditional pale ale aromas of tangerine, grapefruit, ripe pineapples, lemon zest, and herbal, dank pine highlight on the nose. This flavor profile continues on the palate with orange zest, tropical fruits, grapefruit, wet grass, and pine needles making an appearance.

Why This Beer?

These citrus-laden, bitter, crisp flavors are well-suited for cutting the heavy, salty, butter, fatty mashed potato flavors.

Bottom Line:

Sometimes you grab a beer with similar flavors to complement the food you’re eating. Other times, you sip a beer that’s perfect for tempering the salty, buttery flavors. This is that beer.

Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald and Smoked Turkey

ABV: 6%

Average Price: $9.99 for a six-pack

Tasting Notes:

Named for the freighter that sank in Lake Superior in 1975, Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald is a 6% ABV porter brewed with 2-row, Crystal 77, and Chocolate malts as well roasted barley, Northern Brewer, Willamette, and Cascade hops. The nose is all roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, and dried fruits. The palate continues this trend with more roasted malts, caramel, dark chocolate, and freshly brewed coffee. The finish is slightly bitter.

Why This Beer?

Those roasted, robust flavors should pair perfectly with smoked, savory, salty turkey. All that juicy, fatty, smoky meat needs a smokey, full-flavored beer to stand up to it, and Edmund Fitzgerald and bold and complex enough to do the trick.

Bottom Line:

Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald is a must-have for your Thanksgiving get-together. Its rich, robust, coffee and chocolate-centric flavor profile melds well with the rich, savory, smoky flavor of the turkey.

Samuel Smith’s Organic Chocolate Stout and Pumpkin Pie

ABV: 5%

Average Price: $10.99 for a four-pack

Tasting Notes:

Someone might consider pairing sweet, spiced pumpkin pie with a similarly flavored pumpkin ale. I think this that’s a mistake — there is such a thing as overkill. Try pairing this dessert instead with a chocolate, roasted malty, robust stout. Specifically, Samuel Smith’s Organic Chocolate Stout. Chocolate, roasted coffee beans, roasted malts, and dried fruits are prevalent on the nose. These inviting aromas welcome you to a palate of cocoa powder, roasted malts, freshly brewed coffee, fudge, and dried fruits. The finish is a nice mix of bitterness and sweetness.

Why This Beer?

It’s like pairing your pumpkin pie with a nice, chocolatey, slightly bitter cup of coffee. What could be better than that?

Bottom Line:

Sure, you can pair your favorite gourd-based dessert with coffee, but wouldn’t you rather enjoy this chocolate, roasted malt, and coffee-filled beer instead? It’s lower in alcohol than most bold, chocolate-filled stouts anyway.

Indie music has grown to include so much. It’s not just music that is released on independent labels but speaks to an aesthetic that deviates from the norm and follows its own weirdo heart. It can come in the form of rock music, pop, or folk. In a sense, it says as much about the people that are drawn to it as it does about the people that make it.

Every week, Uproxx is rounding up the best new indie music from the past seven days. This week we got new music from Weyes Blood, Phoebe Bridgers, Fred Again.., Andy Shauf, and more.

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Weyes Blood — And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow

Weyes Blood makes music for people who want to transcend. Somehow she never misses. And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow is a stunning, sprawling dive into a new world. “Hearts Aglow” feels like slow-dancing on another planet; “Twin Flame” has the texture of an electrifying love. Every song soars with ambition and sincerity.

Phoebe Bridgers — “So Much Wine”

It’s the holiday season, which means we get new covers from Phoebe Bridgers that will break our hearts. “So Much Wine,” a Handsome Family cover, accomplishes this off the bat: “I had nothing to say on Christmas day / When you threw all your clothes in the snow / When you burnt your hair, and you knocked over chairs / I just tried to stay out of your way,” she sings.

Tennis — “One Night With The Valet”

In 2020, Swimmer, the latest Tennis album, was a bit overshadowed by the pandemic. But it was full of beautiful, timeless tracks like the enchanting “Need Your Love” or the mesmeric “Runner.” They just announced a new record for next year, Pollen, and previewed it with “One Night With The Valet.” It’s a breath of fresh air, swirling with beauty, atmospheric and sweet.

DIIV — “When You Sleep” (My Bloody Valentine Cover)

DIIV are paying their dues with this cover of My Bloody Valentine’s classic hit “When You Sleep,” which was performed live at Murmrr Theater in Brooklyn. Somehow they make the words decipherable, trading in heavy noise for lighter instrumentation. They bring a new sense of clarity to the song, making it their own.

Andy Shauf — “Wasted On You”

In “Wasted On You,” Andy Shauf opens the new song by asking, “What happens when they die? / Maybe eternal life.” His voice is soft and thoughtful against tame instrumentation, accompanied with a playful music video taking place in heaven in the clouds. The four-minute ballad is a reprieve, but it also has a subtle layer of darkness.

Maz — “Maybe Love”

“Maybe Love” by Maz is a skittish pop song, compelling with her ethereal, curious vocals and a sputtering rhythm. An unexpected, electrifying guitar solo halfway through jolts the listener into an even more intrigued state; at fewer than three minutes, “Maybe Love” doesn’t waste a single second.

The Wombats — “Dressed To Kill”

The Wombats are celebrating 15 years since their classic debut A Guide To Love, Loss & Desperation, which contains their timeless hit “Let’s Dance To Joy Division.” They haven’t lost any of their spark since then; their newest track “Dressed To Kill” is as ebullient and infectious as ever, determined and still dedicated to chaos: “Let’s have the best worst night / We’ve ever had in our lives,” sings bandleader Matthew Murphy.

Phantom Youth — “Stay And Run”

“Stay And Run” by Phantom Youth is a nice dose of disorientation. The song moves freely, interspersed with jittery sounds and hypnotic vocals. It makes time stop; all that exists is the boundless music.

Fred Again.., Romy — “Strong”

Fred Again.. is having a good year with the release of his new album Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9 2022). Now, he’s teamed up with Romy for this atmospheric earworm that’s buoyed forward by an infectious rhythm and stunning vocals, putting the listener in a trance.

King Isis — “4Leaf Clover”

King Isis is an up-and-coming artist whose new song “4Leaf Clover” is enough to convince a listener of her expertise. Her vocals are sincere and compelling as she sings vulnerably against the sparse chords of an acoustic guitar; her lyrics hit the sweet spot: “What’s the rush? / You do too much / Or not enough.”

Fred Again.. is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

50 Cent filed a lawsuit against plastic surgeon Angela Kogan and Perfection Plastic Surgery & MedSpa, after she used a photo taken of him in 2020 to promote… penis enhancement surgery. The rapper agreed to the photo believing Kogan was a fan rather, not suspecting it would be used for promotional reasons. He also claims he suffered emotional distress due to the image’s usage — and insinuation that 50 himself had the procedure.

Now, news has broke that 50 Cent is taking Kogan all the way to trial, slated for a Florida courtroom starting July 3, 2023. “Yeah my d*ck is a BIG DEAL,” he posted on Instagram, reacting to the trial. “Set for trial in July no enhancement necessary, these fools put them selves out of business. SMH.”

Making matters worse, The Shade Room published a piece listing 50 Cent as one of Kogan’s clients in August 2022. The article has since been deleted as the lawsuit was filed a month later.

Yet, in 50’s defense, his ex-girlfriend, Vivica A. Fox, slyly hinted at the fact that there would be no reason for him to get the surgery. The couple dated in 2003.

“Angela, you lying,” the actress said during an appearance on Fox Soul. “That’s all I’m going to say. if that’s one thing I know that’s true, he didn’t have to get no enhancement. He’s good!”

Only time will tell if the tensions between 50 Cent and Angela Kogan grow larger before the 2023 trial.

As Trevor Noah winds down his final days at The Daily Show (which has already included a headline-making interview with Barack Obama) the late night host hasn’t been shy about his desire to get back to his one true passion: Stand-up comedy. In fact, Noah already got a jump on his career pivot by dropping a brand new Netflix special, I Wish You Would.

While promoting his third special for the streamer, Noah recently opened up about his decision to leave The Daily Show, and it’s hard to not get the feeling that he’s tired of talking about politics. In fairness, Noah started his run on the show during the rise of Donald Trump, which begat a whirlwind administration followed by a global pandemic and an insurrection. That’ll wear a guy out. Via The Hollywood Reporter:

Stand-up has always been a wonderful outlet for me because The Daily Show exists in a hyper-political space. In my opinion, contrary to popular belief, I don’t think people should exist constantly in politics. I don’t think it’s healthy. I don’t think every conversation should lead with, “Who did you vote for?” Or, “Did you see what happened in Florida?” If you start conversations with politics, people have very few ways to connect because it’s one of the more divisive topics we have. In my humble opinion, that’s part of the problem in America: politics has become like sports and everyone is engaged in it, so there are fewer and fewer cultural touchpoints that people share now.

As Noah expanded on his love of stand-up, which he literally plans on doing until he dies on stage, the outgoing Daily Show host shared that he’s looking to a more nuanced approach to topics.

“I think we forget that we’re also having human experiences,” Noah said. “In my comedy, especially in this period of time, I want to share with an audience the idea that we can have more grace for each other and we can understand that people can make mistakes and good people can do bad things — and that doesn’t necessarily mean we have to define them as just bad or just good. I think life is a lot more nuanced and complicated.”

Trevor Noah: I Wish You Would is now available for streaming on Netflix.

(Via The Hollywood Reporter)

Saweetie is one of the latest artists to offer her condolences to Migos rapper Takeoff after he was shot and killed by a stray bullet in Houston earlier this month.

After releasing her long-awaited EP, The Single Life, last week, Saweetie has been in straight promo mode. The Bay Area rapper had social media in an uproar, mulling over the men in her life, including her former romance with Migos rapper Quavo and her alleged hook-up with Lil Baby.

The rapper’s latest song off the six-track project, “Don’t Say Nothin,” is allegedly a response to Lil Baby, where she raps, ” Look at Twitter for what? What the f*ck! These big mouth-ass blogs and big mouth-ass n****s. Shut the f*ck up.”

However, despite the drama surrounding her and her romantic escapades, Saweetie decided to take a moment to address the passing of Migos rapper Takeoff, the former groupmate, and nephew of her ex-boyfriend Quavo.

In a recent interview, the rapper shared that everything felt “surreal.”

“I feel like the world stopped. He was a wonderful human being,” she said during an interview at Complex. “I mean wonderful, like hella dope. My heart, my condolences go to his family. It’s just really surreal. I feel like Hip Hop is in a really eerie state right now.

Rapper Iggy Azalea joins the long list of recording artists to sell her music catalog to a private company. The musician quickly rose to prominence in 2014 with No. 1 single “Fancy” featuring Charli XCX. However, after finding herself in controversy and becoming a mother, late last year announced plans to retire.

The Australian native is canceling her retirement and is now looking for a fresh new start in her music career. The first part of her plan was the sell her master recordings and publishing catalog to private Atlanta-based investment firm Domain Capital for an unspecified amount, but one that’s reported to be in the eight-figure range.

According to Billboard, the will include 100 percent of existing catalog, including songs “Fancy,” “Black Widow” featuring Rita Ora, and her slice of “Problem” by Ariana Grande. The second part of her resurgence plan is to build out her record label, Bad Dream, where she will serve as the face while retain full ownership of her masters. Publishing will be split with Sony Music due to their existing administration deal.

The rapper took to Twitter to clap back at a user that previously stating that her “catalog was worthless” with two emojis.

Charli XCX is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

The Sacramento Kings are the hottest team in the NBA right now, winners of six straight games which has vaulted them into fifth in the West at 9-6 on the season.

The catalyst for Sacramento’s run has been a red-hot offense, which was the concept on which this team was built. De’Aaron Fox is the engine, darting up and down the floor, with Domantas Sabonis serving as the balance to Fox’s speed in the halfcourt, able to dominate in the paint with strength and skill on the block. Around those two are shooters, like rookie Keegan Murray, veteran Harrison Barnes, and the biggest trade acquisition of the offseason for the Kings, Kevin Huerter.

Huerter arrived in Sacramento as a cap casualty in Atlanta, as the Hawks wanted to get out of the luxury tax after dealing for Dejounte Murray and shipped Huerter off to the Kings to accomplish that goal. Since arriving in Sacramento, Huerter has done nothing but knock down shots, averaging 16.6 points per game on 50 percent shooting, including a ridiculous 49.5 percent clip from three-point range on 7.4 attempts per game.

After facing the Kings last week and seeing Sacramento roll up 153 points, Kevin Durant took time on his podcast to breakdown why the Kings offense works so well and, specifically, called on fans to watch Kevin Huerter, who he likened to Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry with how he’s letting it fly early this season.

It’s a really interesting explanation of why the Kings offense is so tough to deal with, as Durant notes Sabonis’ presence means you can’t just switch constantly, or else risk getting buried in the post where they’re happy to go over and over if you give the big fella mismatches. As such, when you’re hedging and recovering, you get caught in rotation and that leaves shooters open, which they have in abundance. On top of the pick-and-roll dilemma, Huerter is far more than just a spot-up shooter now, and the way he can pressure a defense off handoffs and curling off screens only further stretches a defense to its limit.

For all the talk about “new media” and what it can provide, this is without a doubt the part where current players having podcasts is the best for fans. Durant can provide insight into the scouting process — where he jokes everyone looks great when they pass out the scouting sheet — as well as the issues a team can provide for gameplanning and execution. That insight is rare, and KD hopes more people tune in to watch the Kings so they can see a fun, young team in action — a rare take he shares with Charles Barkley.

Despite making two successful rock albums, Machine Gun Kelly still hasn’t earned the respect of his rock peers, but it doesn’t seem like the Cleveland rapper-turned-rockstar cares about it.

While accepting the award of Favorite Rock Artist at the 2022 American Music Awards, Machine Gun Kelly decided to address the accusation that he was a “tourist” in the rock community.

“There have been some people in the rock community who called me a ‘tourist,’ but they’re wrong: I’m a rocket man,” Kelly said as he raised his trophy gleefully. “We weren’t born on the moon, but we looked at it, and we were curious, and then we went there.”

Kelly noted that his last two rock albums, 2020’s Tickets To My Downfall and 2022’s Mainstream Sellout, were him “going to the moon.”

One of the loudest voices against the former rapper’s genre jump is allegedly Slipknot leader Corey Taylor. While he has not called out the “Emo Girl” singer by name, he did address people who flow in and out of genres during a recent interview.

“I [hate] the artists who failed in one genre and decided to go rock — and I think he knows who he is,” Taylor said in an interview with Loudwire. “But that’s another story.”

Kelly would later take aim at the band, referring to them as “old, weird dudes with masks.”

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

After soaring to new heights (literally) over the summer, the blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick will finally land on streaming services in time to force your extended family to watch it over the holidays and have the spirited Christmas debate: should Miles Teller have kept his mustache?

The second installment in the Top Gun franchise follows Tom Cruise as he picked up right where he left off over 35 years ago. The sequel racked up over $1 billion at the box office after being released on Memorial Day weekend after several year-long COVID delays. Cruise fought for the movie to get a theater release, which definitely worked in its favor as it became the highest-grossing movie of the year….so far!

The movie was available for VOD beginning in August, though Paramount wanted to wait a little bit longer for Cruise & Co to bring their talents to Paramount+, which obviously helped boost sales. Top Gun: Maverick will be available for streaming globally starting Thursday, December 22nd. Fans in South Korea and France will have to wait until 2023.

So after you and your family have that last slice of pecan pie and congregate in the living room for a fun holiday movie, feel free to recommend the new Christmas classic, Top Gun: Maverick. At least one person in the room will probably agree with you! Hey, if Die Hard can be a Christmas movie Top Gun deserves its moment, too.

(Via Deadline)

A fan of GloRilla’s recently received a nice surprise in the form of financial help via Facebook, according to screenshots shared online. “Aye can I borrow 400 until next week?” the fan first posted, tagging GloRilla’s personal page. “I’LL PAY BACK SUH #HELPASISTAOUT #CASHAPPME.”

The rapper quickly responded, asking “What’s it for ?”

“bills. Bday Sunday ..” replied the fan, complete with a hand emoji.

Still, given GloRilla’s growing status in the music scene, it seems she wasn’t fully convinced. “Where da proof,” she asked. While the replies appeared to have ended there, the fan and Glo must’ve communicated about evidence one-on-one.

Shortly after the posts, GloRilla sent $1,000 to help the fan out with bills and some additional birthday treats… The amount went far over the initially requested $400. “Stay blessed,” her caption read in the CashApp screenshot that the fan shared on social media.

GloRilla’s generosity has also strengthened her fan base’s positive perception of her, based on the replies of an Instagram repost. “I love her!!! Like she is really a good person with a strong background of faith and giving,” one fan commented.

Meanwhile, others opted for jokes and hoped to have some money help themselves. “Let me borrow some money too ? @glorillapimp probably can’t pay you back but just need a lil $1,000,” another wrote.