Musical Collaborations

The Twisted and Awesome GWAR Cans

Another in the line of metal inspired brews is Cigar City Brewing & GWAR’s Impaled Pale Ale. For those of you that don’t know, GWAR is a satirical metal band founded in Virginia in the 1980’s. They are pretty damn metal.

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Iron Maiden to Create Beer [VIDEO]

Who knew that Iron Maiden was a fan of traditional English cask beer? Now THAT’S metal! In conjunction with Robinson’s Brewery in the UK Iron Maiden has created Trooper Ale which should be available in May. There’s no official word Continue Reading →

Mikkeller Jams Out with Ring Them Bells

Mikkeller teams up with up-and-coming Danish band Ring Them Bells to bring you a coffee porter appropriately named Ring Them Bells. With the purchase of your bottle you receive a download code for their mp3, but unless you enjoy getting Continue Reading →

Posted in Cigar City Brewing, Coming Soon, Cool Stuff

The Twisted and Awesome GWAR Cans

Another in the line of metal inspired brews is Cigar City Brewing & GWAR’s Impaled Pale Ale. For those of you that don’t know, GWAR is a satirical metal band founded in Virginia in the 1980’s. They are pretty damn metal.

GWAR has teamed up with Tampa’s Cigar City Brewing for a new liquid track. Impaled Pale Ale will be brewed this summer, canned for the GWAR-B-Q festival in Richmond, Virginia this August. You knew damn well the artwork would be twisted, satirical, and awesome.

Style: Pale Ale
Availability: 16oz cans. GWAR B-Q Release only

5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News, Dogfish Head

Final Ingredient Selected for Dogfish American Beauty

After nearly 1500 submissions to Dogfish Head’s American Beauty contest (beer inspired by the Grateful Dead) a winner has been selected. The winner, Thomas Butler, shared the story of his first Dead concert involving his dad throwing him over the fence to skirt admission, wet t-shirt clad ladies, and shared ‘cigarettes’ as well as he and his father’s love of brewing beer. His ingredient suggestion? Granola.

Granola as it was a staple ingredient in many shared parking lot meals at Dead shows. Plus the components of granola make for a great addition to beer. In May, Thomas will join Sam and Grateful Dead audiovisual archivist David Lemieuxbrew a test batch of American Beauty with granola.

The production batch is expected to hit taps and shelves throughout Dogfish’s 27-state distribution network in October 2013.

Style: Imperial Pale Ale (w/ Granola)
Availability: 22oz bottles
Arrival: October 2013

9% ABV 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon

Metal Collaboration: Cigar City & GWAR

Another in the line of metal inspired brews is Cigar City Brewing & GWAR’s Impaled Pale Ale. For those of you that don’t know, GWAR is a satirical metal band founded in Virginia in the 1980’s. They are pretty damn metal.

Well hold on to your souls. GWAR has teamed up with Tampa’s Cigar City Brewing for a new liquid track. Impaled Pale Ale will be brewed this summer we’re told, and canned for the GWAR-B-Q festival in Richmond, Virginia this August. Tickets for that go on sale June 6th.

Hide yo kids, Hide Yo Wife…

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News

Iron Maiden to Create Beer [VIDEO]

Who knew that Iron Maiden was a fan of traditional English cask beer? Now THAT’S metal! In conjunction with Robinson’s Brewery in the UK Iron Maiden has created Trooper Ale which should be available in May. There’s no official word yet whether or not this will hit the US. Start crossing your fingers now.

“I’m a lifelong fan of traditional English ale; I thought I’d died and gone to heaven when we were asked to create our own beer. I have to say that I was very nervous — Robinsons are the only people I have had to audition for in 30 years. Their magic has been to create the alchemical wedding of flavor and texture that is Trooper. I love it.” – Bruce Dickinson, Iron Maiden lead singer

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in 3 Floyds Brewing, Surly Brewing

Three Floyds Metal Collab “Permanent Funeral” Debuts Next Month

Three Floyds Brewing (Munster, IN) will debut Permanent Funeral, a musical/metal collaboration with Pig Destroyer next month at the Craft Brewers Conference. Funeral is described as an aromatic pale ale. Surly and Three Floyds will feature it at the Pig Destroyer show in D.C. on March 29th.

The wolf inside this pale ale is trying to walk upright. This bright and aromatic beer was brewed with our friends in the band Pig Destroyer. 

Style: Pale Ale
Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft.
Arrival: Late March, 2013

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Mikkeller

Mikkeller Jams Out with Ring Them Bells

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Mikkeller teams up with up-and-coming Danish band Ring Them Bells to bring you a coffee porter appropriately named Ring Them Bells. With the purchase of your bottle you receive a download code for their mp3, but unless you enjoy getting Rick Rolled I would advise against attempting to redeem it. The label, which some have described as ‘creepy’, features artwork from Ring Them Bell’s first single.

P.S. Have you heard Ring Them Bells’s first single I Ride Alone? It’s definitely worth a listen!

Style: Imperial Porter (w/ Coffee) Availability: 9.4 oz bottles
Arrival: TBD

10% ABV

Read more: Mikkeller, Music Collaborations

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in 3 Floyds Brewing, Coming Soon

3 Floyds Rocks Out with Toxic Revolution Stout

3 Floyds Toxic Revolution

Brewers sure do love to collaborate with bands, and Three Floyds is no different. Their latest work-in-progress, Toxic Revolution, was co-brewed with metal band Municipal Waste. Three Floyds isn’t known to disappoint, and with a bad ass label like this you can be sure to expect something hardcore.

“This Stout Ale is the combined efforts of Municipal Waste and Three Floyds to create a black liquid wall of death in your mouth.”

Rock. On.

Style: Stout
Availability: 22oz bottles
Arrival: TBD

?? ABV

Read More: Three Floyds, Music Collaborations

by Reid Ramsay