A new beer named in honor of Deep Purple drummer Ian Paice has been launched in the UK.
From April to June, Nottingham, England-based Castle Rock Brewery is offering up the Ian Paice Nottinghamian Celebration Ale.
The drink is part of a series of beers designed to celebrate the city's and county's heroes, heroines, leaders and celebrities. Four ales a year will bear the name, and highlight the significance, of a famous son or daughter who was either born in the city or county or who adopted it as their home.
The Ian Paice Nottinghamian Celebration Ale is described as a "dark bitter with a slight 'smoke on the water' character."
More information is available at CastleRockBrewery.co.uk.
Paice and Deep Purple have just released “NOW What?!,” their first album in seven years.
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