Pearl Jam Beer - Faithfull Ale

AZMerkinball
AZMerkinball Posts: 45
edited September 2011 in The Porch
This is awesome. I love Dogfish beers.

http://beernews.org/2011/09/dogfish-hea ... hfull-ale/

(Milton, DE) – Beer and music mesh in a way that can’t be understated. Look no further than the dozens of dual-themed beer and music festivals across the country. Or the mini-music venue that Lagunitas Brewing just built and opened. Or Sierra Nevada Brewing’s desire to take its Phish fest beer to a broader audience. Or Pabst Blue Ribbon’s rise as the official beer of hipsters.

And then there is Dogfish Head.

In early 2010, the brewery allied with Sony Legacy to produce a beer to commemorate the anniversary of famed jazz musician, Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew.

Earlier this year, the brewery worked with Sony Legacy to release a beer to commemorate the 100th birthday of bluesman, Robert Johnson, called Hellhound on My Ale.

With the release of Pearl Jam Twenty this week, the opportunity was all too ripe for the taking.

Though the name, Faithfull Ale, may lend a different tune, Dogfish Head has formed a partnership with Columbia Records (unconfirmed) to create a beer to go with Pearl Jam’s simultaneous record / dvd / book release. Columbia is the record label for the album and dvd. Faithfull is also the name of a song that appeared on Pearl Jam’s Yield in 1998.

Details on the beer’s release are non-existent at the moment but here’s the label copy:

Faithfull Ale is a celebration of Pearl Jam’s 20th anniversary and their seminal album Ten – In recognition of these milestones this Belgian-style golden ale is delicately hopped to 20 IBUs and fruit-forward from 10 incremental additions of black currants over the course of the one hour boil. 7% ABV.

The label indicates that Faithfull Ale will be packaged in 750ml bottles.

An obligatory word of caution: label approvals do not always lead to released beers…but 99% of the time, they do.

[Press time is approximately 1am EST here on the East Coast so no chance for comment from the brewery.]
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  • This is fucking awesome!! thank you for posting!! Drinking a Pearl Jam beer while listening to Pearl Jam?? how can that not be a good time?
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  • So no date of release yet? Only a us release of the beer? If so who can help me out getting a few bottles??
  • klusterfuk
    klusterfuk Posts: 1,411
    i gotta have some of those :mrgreen:
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  • There was a thread a long whiles back about fans discussing a specific beer for PJ20 and given the track record of Dogfish Head doing Bitches Brew and Hellhound on my Ale, we all secretly had hoped for them to do a PJ beer. Glad to see it worked out and will see the light of day.

    However, a Belgian Golden Ale with black currant.....I'd love to see how it measures up to Unibroue's Ephemere Cassis. (Delicious)

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  • pjsteelerfan
    pjsteelerfan Maryland Posts: 9,905
    Will this be available through 10C too? :lol:

    But seriously, I may have to drive up there if its not widely available
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  • afroannnie
    afroannnie Posts: 12,995
    I go to dogfish head every summer...I went to college near there so I've been a "faithfull" dogfish head supporter for many years. This gives me a prefect reason to make another trip! :D:D
    Show #13 was a lucky one for me....
  • F5AgainstOne
    F5AgainstOne New Hampshire, USA Posts: 1,462
    :D:D AWESOME!! :D:D

    I LOVE Dogfish Head beer.
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  • unlost dogs
    unlost dogs Greater Boston Posts: 12,553
    Oooooohhhhhh... me like, me like VERY much.

    I think this calls for a PJ party at the brewery on release day.
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  • While I would have preferred a crazy hoppy IPA, this is really effing cool! Love DFH and will go out of my way to get my hands on a few bottles of this.
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  • F5AgainstOne
    F5AgainstOne New Hampshire, USA Posts: 1,462
    Oooooohhhhhh... me like, me like VERY much.

    I think this calls for a PJ party at the brewery on release day.

    Maybe 10c can have a pre-sale for tix to that event.

    Get ready for a day of refreshing... beer? No, refreshing your browser.
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  • afroannnie
    afroannnie Posts: 12,995
    edited September 2011
    Oooooohhhhhh... me like, me like VERY much.

    I think this calls for a PJ party at the brewery on release day.

    I approve of this idea!! :D

    They have a tavern in Rehobeth too!That's where I usually go. Fun town...and there's a bookstore there that I would have to take you to!! ;)
    Post edited by afroannnie on
    Show #13 was a lucky one for me....
  • conman
    conman Posts: 7,493
    this is just awesome.
  • I can't believe this... I started that post and I emailed Dogfish Head several times about. Wow!
    "Mark it 20, Dude."
  • Wowza!!!

    Dogfish Head makes an amazingly delicious product :D

    Can't wait...hope this happens soon!!!
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  • afroannnie
    afroannnie Posts: 12,995
    Evensteven wrote:
    I can't believe this... I started that post and I emailed Dogfish Head several times about. Wow!

    Good job!! :thumbup:
    Show #13 was a lucky one for me....
  • 81
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  • sick! i have old empties of both the bitches brew and the hellhound on my ale on top of my fridge. the labels are great! i need to keeps ma collection rollin
    and fuck me if I say somethin you dont wanna hear, fuck me!
    and fuck me if you only hear what you wanna hear
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  • whispering hands
    whispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    afroannnie wrote:
    Evensteven wrote:
    I can't believe this... I started that post and I emailed Dogfish Head several times about. Wow!

    Good job!! :thumbup:
    And seeing as this MAY come to fruition, may I just say THANK YOU!! I will HAVE to have some for my collection.. come on now PJ BEER how cool is that!?!?
  • Age a bottle for PJ25!

    I've had black currants added to Guinness and that was OK. Excited either way.
    "Mark it 20, Dude."