Hello rockers, rollers, and artisan brew lovers! Happy Sunday! The Meista here with a pairing for ya with Pearl Jam's debut album "Ten" and a crisp and delicious MPS Pilsner from KettleHouse Brewing Company! Hell yeah!
Album Info:
- Artist: Pearl Jam
- Title: "Ten"
- Recorded: March 27th through April 26th, 1991 at London Bridge Studio in Seattle, Washington
Release date: August 27th, 1991 (1st studio album by Pearl Jam) - Record company: Epic Records
- Production: Rick Parashar and Pearl Jam
- Album cover art: Jeff Ament (art direction) Lance Mercer (photography), and Lisa Sparagano and Risa Zaitschek (design)
- Personnel: Jeff Ament (bass guitar backing vocals on "Why Go"), Stone Gossard (rhythm guitar and backing vocals on "Why Go), Dave Krusen (drums and timpani), Mike McCready (lead guitar), Eddie Vedder (lead and backing vocals)
- Additional musicians: Walter Gray (cello), Tim Palmer (fire extinguisher and pepper shaker on "Oceans"), and Rick Parashar (piano, organ, and percussion)
- Musical style: Grunge, alternative rock, hard rock, post punk
- Sound:
- Major themes: Depression, suicide, loss, loneliness, homelessness, murder, death, deception, etc.
- Tracks:
- "Once"
- "Even Flow"
- "Alive"
- "Why Go"
- "Black"
- "Jeremy"
- "Oceans"
- "Porch"
- "Garden"
- "Deep"
- "Release"
Brew Info:
- Brewery: KettleHouse Brewing Company (Missoula, Montana)
- Website: https://kettlehouse.com/
- Brew: MPS Pilsner
- Style: Pilsner
- Serving: 16 ounce can
- ABV: 5.2%
- IBUs: 28
- Pour: The MPS Pilsner pours a fairly clear, golden-yellow hue with a bright white, billowy, 1-finger head with good retention and lots of sticky, layered lacing.
- Nose: The nose is bready, slightly fruity, grassy, and floral. There are notes of cracked wheat, baked bread, light grassy hops, lemon zest, elderflower, and a hint of apple.
- Taste: As with the nose, the flavor is grainy, floral, grassy, and bready. There are notes of and grassy hops.
- Mouthfeel: Light to medium-bodied and well-carbonated, the mouthfeel of the MPS Pilsner is very crisp and smooth with a clean finish.
Overall pairing: The crisp, easy drinking, yet delicious flavors and aromas of the KettleHouse MPS Pilsner is a great foil to the complexity and darker tones of Pearl Jam's classic "Ten"! Those grassy and grainy notes go great with the harmonies and melodies! 'Nuff said!!
Cheers!!
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