September 22nd, 2024 - A Lovedrive to Oktoberfest

 

Guten tag and happy Oktoberfest to you!  Your drinking pal the Meista here on this first official weekend of Oktoberfest pairing the Scorpions' wonderful album "Lovedrive" and a tasty Oktoberfest German-Style Lager from Mother Earth Brewing Company!  Oh yeah!


Album Info:

• Artist: Scorpions
• Title: "Lovedrive"
• Recorded: May through August 1978 at Dierks Studios in Stommeln, West Germany
  Release date: January 2nd, 1979 (6th studio album by the Scorpions)
• Record company: Mercury Records
• Production: Dieter Dierks
• Album cover art: Storm Thorgerson
• Personnel: Francis Buchholz (bass guitar and backing vocals), Matthias Jabs (lead guitars and backing vocals), Klaus Meine (lead vocals), Herman Rarebell (drums, percussion, and backing vocals), Michael Schenker (lead guitars and backing vocals), and Rudolf Schenker (rhythm guitars and backing vocals)
• Musical style: Hard rock, heavy metal
• Sound: Hard rocking goodness!  Songs like the title track, "Loving You Sunday Morning", "Is There Anyone There?", and "Holiday" are German heavy metal/hard rock precision!  This is that classic late '70s Scorpions sound (hard rockers and melodic ballads) that really defined the era!
• Major themes: Rock and roll, love, lust, sex, enjoying life, etc.
• Tracks:  

1. "Loving You Sunday Morning"
2. "Another Piece Of Meat"
3. "Always Somewhere"
4. "Coast To Coast"
5. "Can't Get Enough"
6. "Is There Anyone There?
7. "Lovedrive"
8. "Holiday"

Brew Info:

• Brewery: Mother Earth Brew Company (Vista, California)
• Website: http://motherearthbrewco.com/
• Brew: Oktoberfest German-Style Lager
• Style: Festbier / Märzen / German Lager
• Serving: 12 ounce can
• ABV: 5.0%
• IBUs: 24
• Ingredients: German Pilsner, Vienna, and Munich malts with Hallertau Mittelfruh and Tettnanger hops
• Pour: The Oktoberfest pours a clear, golden orange hue.
• Nose: The nose is grainy, bready, earthy, and floral.  There are aromas of toasted bread, cracked wheat, honey, and light, grassy hops.
• Taste: The taste of the Oktoberfest follows the nose with bready, grainy, malty, and earthy flavors.  There are notes of toasted white bread, earthy honey, crackery biscuit, light floral hops, and light caramel.
• Mouthfeel: Light to medium-bodied with moderate carbonation and low bitterness, the mouthfeel of the Oktoberfest is very crisp and smooth with a dry, crackery, and clean finish.

Overall pairing: The explosive, heavy duty rock and roll style of this album goes great with the easy drinking, flavorful, and very crushable Mother Earth Oktoberfest German-Style Lager!  Both the brew and "Lovedrive" are great for an evening of heavy rockin'!  But be careful... too much Oktoberfest and you are liable to have Lovecrash!  :)

Prost!!