November 3rd, 2021 - Live... In The Heart Of The City Of Gold

 

Good evening rockers, rollers, and artisan beer lovers!  Your rockin' drinkin' buddy the Meista here tonight pairing a tasty City Of Gold Pale Ale with El Dorado Hops from Proper Brewing Company and Whitesnake's kickass "Live... In The Heart Of The City", which is 41 years old today!  Holy shit, I'm old! 

Album Info:

• Artist: Whitesnake
• Title: "Live... In The Heart Of The City"
• Recorded: June 23rd and 24th, 1980 at the Hammersmith Odeon in London, England
• Release date: November 3rd, 1980 (1st live album by Whitesnake)
• Record company: Mirage / Atlantic Records
• Production: Martin Birch
• Album cover art: Jeff Cummins
• Personnel: David Coverdale (lead vocals), Jon Lord (keyboards), Bernie Marsden (guitars and backing vocals), Mick Moody (guitars and backing vocals), Neil Murray (bass), and Ian Paice (drums)
• Musical style: Hard rock, heavy blues rock
• Sound: This is straight-ahead hard rockin' early Whitesnake goodness!  Richly textured, aggressive as hell with sexually charged guitar work, bass work, and drumming... this is rock and roll as it is meant to be!
• Major themes: Sexuality, rock and roll, desire, the blues, love, loss, despair, etc.
• Tracks:   

1. "Come On"
2. "Sweet Talker"
3. "Walking In The Shadow Of The Blues"
4. "Love Hunter"
5. "Ain't Gonna No Love In The Heart Of The City"
6. "Fool For Your Loving"
7. "Take Me With You"

Brew Info:

• Brewery: Proper Brewing Company (Salt Lake City, Utah)
• Website: http://www.properbrewingco.com/ 
• Brew: City Of Gold Pale Ale with El Dorado Hops
• Style: American Pale Ale (APA)
• Serving: 16 ounce can
• ABV: 5.0%
• Ingredients: El Dorado, Centennial, and Summit hops; US 2-Row, US Vienna, UK Maris Otter, UK Caramalt, and UK Crystal 45 malts
• Pour: The City Of Gold Pale Ale pours a slightly hazy, golden orange hue with a frothy, half finger, bright white head with sticky and intricately layered and sustained lacing.
• Nose: The nose is chalk full of and biscuity malt.  There are hop-forward aromas of grapefruit rind, tangerine, light pine resin, crackery biscuit, and soft caramel.
• Taste: The taste is citrusy, floral, malty, and crackery.  There are notes of grapefruit, tangerine, light pine, herbal tea, sourdough bread, and soft caramel.
• Mouthfeel: Medium to full-bodied with moderate carbonation, the mouthfeel of the City Of Gold Pale Ale is crisp and juicy with a dry and slightly bitter finish.

Overall pairing: The Proper City Of Gold Pale Ale is a complex, bold, punchy, and very tasty brew... perfect for the hard-rockin' punch of Whitesnake's amazing "Live... In The Heart Of The City" album!  'Nuff said!

Raise your fists!!  Cheers rockers!!