Iron Maiden has a beer! Or Iron Maiden Have a beer! I don’t know which tense is appropriate. Anyway, Robinsons in England has teamed up with Bruce Dickinson to create a beer with the might and majesty of all that is Iron Maiden. It’s called the Trooper, and it’s a sessionable bitter/ESB kind of beer. I do enjoy it quite a bit, it’s light yet has a full flavor. The only bummer is, since it’s shipped across via flaming chariot covered in skulls, it has import pricing, putting it up in line with crazier stouts and double IPAs. It has been on tap from time to time at the Up and Up, and kegs are much tastier than bottles. But if you haven’t had it, go get it!

And to commemorate that great beer, here is the song which helped name the beer. I now imagine during the Crimean War, British soldiers were drinking this after battles.