Iron Maiden Trooper

This is a 4.7% ABV beer inspired by Iron Maiden, developed by lead singer Bruce Dickinson, and brewed by Robinsons Brewery of Stockport, Cheshire, England. The song from which it takes its name, The Trooper, was inspired by the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava, in 1854, during the Crimean War.

The beer pours a gleaming and clear copper in color. There is over an inch of thick, semi-creamy foam that is off-white to very light tan in color. The beer pours with a perfect head. The aroma is grass, straw, lager-like funkiness, lightly fruity, jasmine tea, biscuits. The taste hits all the notes in the aroma, it is like the perfect meld of a lightly fruity and malty bitter with the funk, grass and bitterness of a really nice pilsner. The finish is fairly bitter, the mouthfeel medium, nicely carbonated. Everything about this beer is perfectly balanced from top to bottom, great look, great smell, great taste, great mouthfeel. I could drink a whole lot of this!