Bottle from the brewery. Cloudy to milky brass, low offwhite head. Citrus and basil aroma. Medium full, light grain/mealy notes, porridge, herb and aromatic hops shine through in the end, good bitter backstop. Very nice dry-hopping, a bit too much muddled grain, yeast notes.

Tap at Crew. Light clove and vanilla dry aromatics Murky yellow, white lace Banana, fruit salad base, creamy mouthfeel, fruit and pithy bitterness, quite drinkable.

Bottle from the brewery. Red amber, light haze, low offwhite head. Berry-caramel nose, medium light sweet melanoidin body, redcurrant and sweet raspberry, sweet but not cloying, ok grassy and earthy hop finish. Pleasant enough.

Tap at crew. Clear golden, white lace. Light hayish malt, chewy grain, straw in the nose, light perfumed and grassy hop notes retronasal. Little resistance, but seems a lot more pleasant than other Trooper iterations I tried in the past.

Tap at Crew. Cloudy yellow, white foam. Citrus and lychee nose. Medium to light, lightly mealy mouthfeel. Pineapple spritz, a hint leafy retronasal. Fresh.

Golden colour with lasting head. Plenty of malt sweetness. Quite biscuity. Full mouthfeel, especially for a lager. Well rounded bitterness. Good job.

Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Dark yellow colour. Moderate malty and heavy hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate biter finish. Oily palate.

50cl can. A clear deep golden beer with a white head. Aroma of dry moderate citrusy hops, hints of resins, biscuit malt. Taste of biscuit and caramelized malt, hints of resinous hops, moderate bitterness. Easy to drink!

Schöne, trübe Farbe. Schaumentwicklung mau. Hopfig, fruchtig, aromatisch in der Nase. Schöne, eindeutig kaltgehopfte Hopfennote beim Trinken. Nicht zu extrem, nicht zu bitter, aber schön aromatisch. Fruchtig, leicht getreidig, leicht harzig. Weiche, sämige Konsistenz. Auch wenn ich musikalisch niemals ins progressive Lager wechseln werde, beim Bier kann ich geschmacklich diesem so genannten „Progressiv Lager“ durchaus viel abgewinnen. Wobei ich bei einem Iron Maien Bier eher ein kräftiges englisches Red Ale als repräsentativ sehen würde. Trotzdem: Ganz klar eines der besseren „music band related beers“. You'll take my life, but I'll take yours too You'll fire your musket, but I'll run you through So when you're waiting for the next attack You'd better stand, there's no turning back The bugle sounds, the charge begins But on this battlefield, no one wins The smell of acrid smoke and horses' breath As I plunge on into certain death The horse, he sweats with fear, we break to run The mighty roar of the Russian guns And as we race towards the human wall The screams of pain as my comrades fall We hurdle bodies that lay on the ground And the Russians fire another round We get so near, yet so far away We won't live to fight another day We get so close, near enough to fight When a Russian gets me in his sights He pulls the trigger and I feel the blow A burst of rounds take my horse below And as I lay there gazing at the sky My body's numb and my throat is dry And as I lay forgotten and alone Without a tear, I draw my parting groan

0,5 l can from Aldi Nord. 4-Pack for 4,49 €. Cloudy golden in the glass, one finger white head. Intensive citrus hop and resin on the nose. Taste starts also with citrus hop, resin, increasing malt and smooth grainy, balanced. Below average carbonated. Not bad.