In Germany, Austria and Luxembourg exclusively at METAL & WINE, "No. 1 in Rock'n'Roll Drinks"!
The team of METAL & WINE has expanded the enjoyable portfolio of tasty' Rock'n'Roll- drinks by a specialty: Just in time for the Iron Maiden European tour, the drinkable premium beer TROOPER will be launched at the end of May 2013 together with the metal icons, at the same time METAL & WINE will take over the exclusive distribution of the beer for Germany, Austria and Luxembourg. The supply of the "fan troops" is thus secured!
None other than the charismatic singer Bruce Dickinson (THE! Bruce Dickinson) vouches for the quality of TROOPER. As fans of the traditional "Cask-Beer" Iron Maiden chose the small but fine private brewery "Robinsons Brewery" as partner - or was it the other way round? Because "Robinsons Brewery" also vets their partners very carefully and also placed a high value on the band's involvement in the creative process of the TROOPER recipe. At any rate, Mr. Dickinson seems to have convinced at the "casting" at the top of his voice... The family business from Stockport (near Manchester) celebrates its 175th anniversary this year and stands for absolute premium quality from honest craftsmanship. Their legendary "Old Tom Strong Ale" was even voted the best beer in the world in 2009!
When Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson taps the TROOPER ale himself (<link http: vimeo.com _blank>
with Robinson's brewmaster Martyn Weeks), you really get a hankering for a pint (or two?), so fresh and dark does the beer flow into the glass... The TROOPER ale impresses with strength, spiciness and an invigorating freshness with a subtle hint of lime on the finish. A superb quality ale bottled in a 500ml glass bottle or alternatively, for the summer festivals, in a 330ml PET variant. And three guesses which distinctive band mascot features on the "Eddiekett" of both bottle types... ;-)Not long now, and we too will finally be able to enjoy TROOPER - the countdown is on <link http: www.twitter.com ironmaidenbeer _blank>
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: TROOPER tweets the origin story "Hallowed Be Thy Grain!" from harvesting and processing the hops and barley "Run To The Mills" to malting "Beer Of The Dark" to fermenting ""The Number Of The Yeast" to bottling "The Ale That Men Do". - On 09 May was barrel tapping in Stockport and "Robinsons Brewery" had to put in whether the record-breaking TROOPER pre-orders from over 100 countries in the meantime even already 6-day weeks!Will the founders of the NWOBHM with their ale now also the pioneers in terms of NWOBA?!?? - Anyway: "Up The Irons!", the fan salute to Iron Maiden, may therefore now be happily translated as "High the Cups!"!
TROOPER can be ordered now from <link http: www.metal-and-wine.de _blank>www.metal-and-wine.com. If you're lucky, you'll catch one of the €5 vouchers at one of the Iron Maiden concerts, which will be handed out by the charming METAL & WINE staff on site!
ROCK & VINE
Honest, expressive, earthy, powerful and concentrated, seductive and muscular, with a fully structured body and a strong finish -- attributes that apply not only to excellent wines, but also to excellent rock music and its protagonists! Rock 'n' roll has meanwhile matured like good wine, and rock stars and their fans are usually not really averse to a noble drop either (even Motörhead veteran Lemmy Kilmister switched from hard whiskey to a light rosé - not least on the advice of his personal doctor).
For Michael Spreckelmeyer, a Düsseldorf wine trader and passionate rock fan, it was therefore obvious to combine his two passions. In autumn 2011, he started to distribute high-quality wines under the label of famous rock bands with the company METAL & WINE. And this with steadily growing success! The enjoyable portfolio ranges from Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones, KISS, The Police or Dieter Meier to AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Motörhead and Slayer. The consistently high-quality wines (among other things from 100% ecological-sustainable production) at METAL &. WINE bear such illustrious names as "Back In Black"-Shiraz (AC/DC), "Forty Licks"-Merlot (Rolling Stones), "ZinFire"-Zinfandel (KISS) or "Reign In Blood"-Cabernet Sauvignon (Slayer).
Partly the cuvees are inspired by the bands' music, partly the musicians themselves have a winery or participated in the wine creations. In the case of AC/DC, Grateful Dead or Slayer, the wine comes from their home regions. Spreckelmeyer's goal is to have a close relationship between the artists and their wines and above all that the musicians are strongly involved in the cultivation and development of the wines as vintners or "co-vintners". Sting's cuvée "Sister Moon" comes from his own Tuscan winery Il Palagio and even received an amazing 92 out of 100 points from "Weinpapst" Robert Parker!
Every rock fan who also wants to do something really good for the palate will find in the wines of METAL & WINE guaranteed the right accompaniment to his favorite music - if you prefer it more traditional, of course, the Motörhead-Vödka (on the Röcks) or the AC/DC, KISS, Iron Maiden and Motörhead beer is highly recommended, but well chilled!
