December 20th, 2024 - 25 to Life for the Bin Chicken

 

Happy Friday hellions, rockers, and craft brew lovers!  Your pal the Meista is here getting the weekend off the right way with a pairing of the tasty and crushable Bin Chicken Aussie Mid Ale from Offset Bier Company and rocking out to "25 To Life", a killer live album by the mighty Australian hard rock outfit Rose Tattoo!  Hell yeah!

Album Info: 

• Artist: Rose Tattoo
• Title: "25 To Life"
• Recorded: 1999 at the Wacken Open Air Heavy Metal Festival in Wacken, Germany
  Release date: 2000 (1st live album by Rose Tattoo)
• Record company: SPV GmbH 
• Production: Rainer Hänsel
• Album cover art: ? 
• Personnel: Angry Anderson (lead vocals), Paul Demarco (drums), Steve King (bass and backing vocals), Rob Riley (guitar and backing vocals), and Pete Wells (slide guitar and backing vocals)
• Musical style: Hard rock, heavy blues rock, heavy metal 
• Sound: What I've always loved about this band since I first discovered them when I was a junior high school-aged kid is the straight-up, hard-core, old-school hard rockin' sound defined by Angry Anderson's broken glass and gravel vocals and the late, great Pete Wells' KILLER slide guitar work!  A 17-track double disc, "25 To Life" covers the entire career of the band (up to 2000 that is) and includes my all-time favorite of theirs, a 9+ minute version of "Nice Boys (Don't Play Rock 'N' Roll), one of the greatest hard rock songs ever recorded in my opinion... a Meista-defining song!!  Damn straight!  Other classic RT tunes include "Bad Boy For Love," "Butcher And Fast Eddie," "Rock 'N' Roll Outlaw," "Scarred For Life," "Remedy," "Juice On The Loose," and "Suicide City"!  This is definitely a "must own" album for any true rocker!!
• Major themes: Rebellion, rock and roll, fast living, violence, pain, aggression, wanderlust, etc.
• Tracks: 

1. "Outta This Place"
2. "Bad Boy For Love"
3. "Assault And Battery"
4. "Tramp"
5. "Butcher And Fast Eddie"
6. "Rock 'N' Roll Is King"
7. "Rock 'N' Roll Outlaw"
8. "We Can't Be Beaten"
9. "Astra Wally"
10. "Scarred For Life"
11. "Remedy"
12. "Juice On The Loose"
13. "Who's Got The Cash"
14. "One Of The Boys"
15. "Nice Boys (Don't Play Rock And Roll)"
16. "Manzil Madness"
17. "Suicide City"

Brew Info:

• Brewery: Offset Bier Company (Park City, Utah)
• Website: https://offsetbier.com/
• Brew: Bin Chicken Aussie Mid Ale
• Style: Australia Lager / English Ordinary Bitter
• Serving: 12 ounce can
• ABV: 3.8%
• Ingredients: Anchovy hops and Golden Promise malts
• Pour: The Bin Chicken Aussie Mid Ale pours a clear, golden-amber hue with a frothy, bright white, 1+ finger head with great retention and lots of sudsy, sticky lacing. 
• Nose: The nose is malty, grassy, floral, and grainy.  There are aromas of summer grass, wildflowers, hay, light lemon zest, crackery biscuit, and soft caramel.
• Taste: The taste is like the nose: crackery, malty, grainy, grassy, and slightly hoppy.  There are notes of floral hops, lemon zest, a hint of raspberry, crackery biscuit, minerals, and light caramel/toffee.
• Mouthfeel: Light-bodied with good carbonation, the mouthfeel of the Bin Chicken Aussie Mid Ale is very crisp and dry, yet smooth with a clean, slightly bitter finish.

Overall pairing: The Offset Bin Chicken Aussie Mid Ale is a very good offering of the style... a great, low ABV, crushable brew to pair with the aggressive, bluesy kick of Rose Tattoo!  Those grassy notes go great with the darker vibe, while the crushable maltiness is great for the overall rock and roll attack!  

Cheers and hails!!