Good evening and happy Saturday rockers, rollers, and craft brew fans! The Meista here tonight with another killer pairing for you... the brilliant "Counterparts" by the mighty Rush and a tasty, spicy, citrusy, and very crushable Rush Canadian Golden Ale from the fine folks at Henderson Brewing Company! Hell yeah!
Album Info:
- Artist: Rush
- Title: "Counterparts"
- Recorded: April through June 1993 at Le Studio in Morin-Heights, Quebec, Canada and McClear Pathé in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Release date: October 18, 1993 (15th studio album by Rush)
- Record company: Anthem Records
- Production: Peter Collins and Rush
- Album cover art: Hugh Syme
- Personnel: Geddy Lee (bass, synthesizer, and lead vocals), Alex Lifeson (electric and acoustic guitars), and Neil Peart (drums, cymbals, and electronic percussion)
- Additional musicians: Michael Kamen (orchestration and conducting on "Nobody's Hero") and John Webster (additional keyboards)
- Musical style: Progressive rock, hard rock, alternative rock
- Sound: With a more organic approach to their songwriting, musically complex, inventive, imaginative, and totally rocking, "Counterparts" is an amazing production that captures not only the brilliance of Rush's songwriting, but the vigor and intensity of these stellar musicians! It was a return to a more guitar-oriented, hard rock sound as well.
- Major themes: With more personal lyrics, themes on the album include life, loss, death, grief, relationships, humanity, heroism, love, anger, etc.
- Tracks:
- "Animate"
- "Stick It Out"
- "Cut To The Chase"
- "Nobody's Hero"
- "Between Sun & Moon"
- "Alien Shore"
- "The Speed Of Love"
- "Double Agent"
- "Leave That Thing Alone"
- "Cold Fire"
- "Everyday Glory"
Brew Info:
- Brewery: Henderson Brewing Company (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
- Website: https://shophendersonbrewing.com/collections/rush
- Brew: Rush Canadian Golden Ale
- Style: Rye Golden Ale
- Serving: 16 ounce can
- ABV: 5.5%
- Pour: The Rush Canadian Golden Ale pours a slightly hazy, golden yellow hue with a billowy, bright white, 1+ finger head with great retention and loads of intricate lacing.
- Nose: The nose is a wonderfully aromatic blend of earthy, spicy, and citrusy notes with more subtle floral and grassy characteristics. There are aromas of black tea, orange peel, pine resin, freshly baked rye bread, crackery grain, and light caramel.
- Taste: The taste of the Rush Golden Ale follows the nose with lots of tasty rye, piney, floral, malty, and citrusy flavors. There are notes of orange pith and peel, lemon zest, black tea, pine, rye bread and bread crust, black and white pepper, and light caramel/toffee.
- Mouthfeel: Light to medium-bodied and well carbonated, the mouthfeel of the Rush Golden Ale is very crisp, refreshing, and smooth with a dry, peppery, and somewhat bitter finish.
Overall pairing: Along with the very obvious reason for this pairing, the delicious, bright, spicy, earthy and invitingly crushable aromas and flavors of Henderson's Rush Canadian Golden Ale are perfect for the complex, yet heavy-duty rockin' hard rock of Rush's phenomenal "Counter Parts"! Those bright, crisp flavors go so very well with Lifeson's crunchy and soaring guitars, Peart's intricate drum patterns, complex, yet swinging bass lines, and Geddy's unique and powerful vocals!
Cheers!! Rock on!!
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