September 13th, 2025 - Let's Dance Nerdy

 

Hello and happy Saturday rockers, rollers, and craft beer lovers!  The Meista here paring David Bowie's 15th album "Let's Dance" and a tart and sweet Nerdy Dancing from Prairie Artisan Ales!

Album Info:

• Artist: David Bowie
• Title: "Let's Dance"
• Recorded: December 1982 
  Release date: April 14th, 1983 (15th studio album by David Bowie)
• Record company: EMI America Records
• Production: David Bowie and Nile Rodgers
• Album cover art: Derek Boshier (cover painting), Greg Gorman (photography), and Mick Haggerty (design)
• Personnel: David Bowie (lead vocals and horn arrangements) and Nile Rodgers (guitars and horn arrangements) with Robert Aaron (tenor saxophone), Bernard Edwards (bass on "Without You"), Steve Elson (baritone saxophone and flute), Sammy Figueroa (percussion), Mac Gollehon (trumpet), Omar Hakim (drums), Stan Harrison (tenor saxophone and flute), Carmine Rojas (bass), Robert Sabino (keyboards and piano), Frank Simms (backing vocals), George Simms (backing vocals), David Spinner (backing vocals), Tony Thompson (drums), and Stevie Ray Vaughn (lead guitar)
• Musical style: Pop, rock with elements of dance rock, new wave, "blue-eyed soul", and R&B
• Sound: A hugely successful commercial album, the approach on "Let's Dance" is high-energy, very upbeat, very poppy, and provides some really nice, playful grooves, harmonies, and melodies. The songs are catchy, distinctive, and wonderfully layered.  
• Major themes: Love, life, desire, dancing, bisexuality, the modern world, etc.
• Notes: This was the first album that Bowie only sang on and played no instruments.
• Tracks:  

1. "Modern Love"
2. "China Girl"
3. "Let's Dance"
4. "Without You"
5. "Ricochet"
6. "Criminal World" (Metro cover)
7. "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)"
8. "Shake It"

Brew Info:

• Brewery: Prairie Artisan Ales (Oklahoma)
• Website: https://prairieales.com/
• Brew: Nerdy Dancing
• Style: Fruited Sour Ale
• Serving: 12 ounce can
• ABV: 4.8%
• Ingredients: Sour ale brewed "with dorky rainbow candy"
• Pour: The Nerdy Dancing pours a very cloudy, muted baby poop-green hue with a frothy, but thin bright white head that quickly dissipates to a thin ring with little lacing.
• Nose: The nose is fruity, sweet, and rather tart.  There are aromas of freshly sliced guava and passion fruit, lemon juice and zest, sweet candy, and a hint of honey.
• Taste: The taste of the Nerdy Dancing follows the nose with juicy, fruity, tart, and sweet flavors.  There are notes of Nerds candy, lemon juice, cranberry juice, guava, passionfruit, a splash of honey, and very subtle graininess.
• Mouthfeel: Light to medium in body and well-carbonated, the mouthfeel is very tart and crisp, juicy and refreshing, yet smooth with a sweet, juicy and lip-puckering tart finish.

Overall pairing: The Nerdy Dancing is a bright, sweet, and crushable brew that works perfectly with the upbeat, poppy musical mastery of the late, great David Bowie!  Those complex fruit flavors really work well with the quintessential Bowie sound and visual presentation!

Cheers!!