Good evening! The Meista here tonight pairing a Spring Reign from Ninkasi Brewing Company and "Trying To Kiss The Sun" by RPWL!
Album Info:
- Artist: RPWL
- Title: "Trying To Kiss The Sun"
- Recorded: 2001 at Farmlands Studios
- Release date: July 2nd, 2002 (2nd studio album by RPWL)
- Record company: Tempus Fugit
- Production: Yogi Lang
- Album cover art: Stefan Wittmann
- Personnel: Stephan Ebner (bass), Yogi Lang (vocals and keyboards), Phil Paul Rissettio (drums), Karlheinz Wallner (guitars), and Andreas Wernthaler (keyboards)
- Musical style: Progressive rock
- Sound: Heavily influenced by Pink Floyd and the Beatles, RPWL's sound is ethereal, somewhat psychedelic, and rather mellow, but with complex song structure and melodies.
- Major themes: Isolation, life, sadness, relationships, humanity, states of mind, states of being etc.
- Tracks:
- "Trying To Kiss The Sun"
- "Waiting For A Smile"
- "I Don't Know (What It's Like)"
- "Sugar For The Ape"
- "Side By Side"
- "You"
- "Tell Me Why"
- "Believe Me"
- "Sunday Morning"
- "Home Again"
- Brewery: Ninkasi Brewing Company (Eugene, Oregon)
- Website: http://www.ninkasibrewing.com/
- Brew: Spring Reign
- Style: American Pale Ale (APA)
- Serving: 12 ounce bottle
- ABV: 6.0%
- IBUs: 38
- Ingredients: 2-Row Pale, Biscuit, and Kilned Amber malts, and Santiam, Simcoe, and Ahtanum hops
- Pour: It pours a very hazy golden-amber with 1-fnger, white foamy head with good retention and soapy lacing.
- Nose: The nose is toasty, bready, citrusy, and piney. There are aromas of toasted biscuit, grains, grassy hops, orange peel, light grapefruit, and light pine resin.
- Taste: The taste follows the nose... lots of bready, citrusy, and piney flavors. There are notes of toasted bread, sweet biscuit, toffee, light pine, grapefruit, orange, and tangerine.
- Mouthfeel: Light to medium-bodied with moderate carbonation, the mouthfeel very crisp, refreshing, and smooth with a clean, slightly bitter finish.
Prost!!
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