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An Inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Foam?

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11 to 14

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An Inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Foam?

TGS Lager

Farm League Brewing

4.7% Alcohol

The Glorious Sons * lend their name to this Farm League Lager, and now you have what FL call The Rock N’ Roll Lager.  Perhaps I am being a bit pedantic here, but the Led Zeppelin song is “Rock and Roll”, Lou Reed is a live “Rock N Roll Animal” with his solo version song “Rock ‘n’ Roll”. Both Zeppelin and Lou Reed have been inducted into The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. There is rock and roll, rock n roll, rock ‘n’ roll and rock & roll, there is even rock-and-roll. But there is no rock n’ roll.

What’s with the apostrophe after the N? Maybe it’s Rock Not Roll? Rock Never Roll? What is the world coming to when you can just slap an apostrophe here, there and everywhere without regard for it’s purpose or it’s ultimate impact on the reader or society at large? Premediated improper punctation without prejudice.  Just to be clear here, Jenny’s life was saved by “rock and roll”.** They’ve got me so worked up I’m sounding like The Editor now.

NFL Season Opener. Rock and Roll!

In front of the big screen watching Dallas rock and roll all over the undersized Giants in a 40 to zip rout. All the while I am quaffing my Glorious Sons Lager. Great way to “kick-off” the NFL season, The big leagues with a  Farm League.Will this be a R&R hall of foam inductee tonight? A light golden clear brew with no head to punctuate the pour. A fresh mild malt aroma, it’s game time and it’s lager time!

It’s got an easy malt flavour with a bit of crisp. Goes great with a NY ass kickin’ by Dallas.  Now a bit of sweet has entered the game. A traditional middlin’ lager, easy on the taste buds. Sweet comes and goes but the crisp is steady Eddie.*** Standard operating procedure suds, good for the game or the dock or a rock and roll concert.

 

*Editor’s Comment: The Glorious Sons are a Kingston, Ontario based rock band formed in 2011. Twice Juno award winners for rock album of the year, they have had hits on both the Canadian and US charts. They are classified as alternative rock, or hard rock, or Southern rock, or heartland rock. Sounds like they are rock not roll, but they can certainly rock.

**Editor’s Comment: The song “Rock and Roll” was a 1969 release written by Lou Reed and performed by the Velvet Underground. “Then one fine morning, she heard a New York station, She didn't believe what she heard at all, She started dancing to that fine, fine music, You know, her life was saved by rock and roll.”

***Editor’s Comment: The term “steady Eddie” has come to mean a reliable person who can always be counted on to get the job done. The origins are with baseball hall of famer Eddie Murray who played from 1977 to 1997, first for the Baltimore Orioles and then a number of others teams later in his career.

Final Rating: Rockin' a 14 out of 20

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11 to 14

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1 Comment

  1. The Editor

    Double Trouble, Stevie Ray Vaughn’s band, did a great cover of the Led Zeppelin song “Rock and Roll” on their 2001 self-titled album. Guest players on the song included Sue Tedeschi on vocals with Kenny Wayne Sheperd and Charlie Sexton on guitar.

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