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Guitar World
Guitar World
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Phil Weller

“Discover the taste that embodies his raw energy and unparalleled creativity”: A new whiskey company has been launched in Dimebag Darrell’s name – but the wait for his guitars and amps continues

Dimebag Darrell and Blacktooth Beverages whiskeys.

Aside from an incendiary approach to metal guitar, an addiction to pinch harmonics and tones so gritty they could skin an elephant, Dimebag Darrell has been long associated with whiskey.

In particular, he loved a blacktooth cocktail – which is essentially a shot of whiskey (typically Crown Royal) with a drop of cola to give it a metal black color and help it go down easier. Its name comes from Megadeth’s Sweating Bullets. 

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