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The Deep Purple beer
More of the Purple trainspotting today, this time of the brewed variety. Empire Brewing Company from Syracuse, NY, is releasing their Deep Purple beer in bottles for “statewide sales” (New York state, presumably). Apparently there is no connection to the band, and the beer got its name from one of its main ingredients — Concord grapes (yup, Reinheitsgebot be damned). Said grapes give the brew a distinctly purplish hue. The beer itself is based on a pilsner and is described as “fruity, tart & dry, w/ a dark purple color & huge grape aroma”.
Thanks to Nigel Young and Eagle News Online for the info.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
Nice. Will look for it and add that to my Deep Purple Wine. In the picture above, sure would look cool with the BURN candles burning instead of those red ones.
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September 15th, 2016 at 02:38Need to get some of that it must be brilliant like the band
September 15th, 2016 at 04:09I have a bottle of Deep Purple wine. Got it 10yrs ago. It will never be opened.
September 15th, 2016 at 07:04Wouldn’t the words ‘Deep Purple’ be licensed or a trademark?
September 15th, 2016 at 07:20I’ll take mine with some cheese and pepperoni crackers, sounds yummy .
September 15th, 2016 at 10:43Hard to trademark given it is a descriptive phrase. If the beer is the right colour then the name applies. So while there would be passing off case to be made if a band toured as “Deep Purple” that would probably be all the protection you could get. Indeed I doubt that you would even extend to the whole of the music sphere – as it is the name of an existing song.
Iron Maiden do license Iron Maiden Beer which does have Eddie on the label. But I do not see why you could not launch an Iron Maiden Wine without reference to the band with a label featuring the torture device – and I do not mean Steve Harris.
If you made raincoats in a Lancashire seasidetown, you might call them Fleetwood Macs,but I would have though almost anyone else would be treading on thin ice using that name, as that comes from the names of the original rhythm section Mick Fleetwood and Bob Brunning.
September 15th, 2016 at 13:00Some of our usual suspects were in that establishment coming home from something DP related. I remember we discussed this Deep Purple stuff (On draught at that time) I had a sample at the bar. I remember it was definitely going to require an acquired taste. I never got past the sampler. I’ve had a few of a blueberry ale that is brewed in New Brunswick. They are actually quite good. It will be interesting to see what the bottled variety of the Deep Purple beer tastes like. Road trip Nick!? 😉
September 15th, 2016 at 15:03Too Funny. I will be looking for it out in California just to try it but I don’t think I will be a regular drinker. On a similar note years ago I found this place when I was just doing a search on Deep Purple so if you are looking for a nice Counter or Bar Top you may want to use Deep Purple Granite….
http://www.supremesurface.com/granitecolors/deeppurple.html
September 15th, 2016 at 16:25I hope it is not alcohol free, othewise it would be like meat-free meat 🙂
September 15th, 2016 at 16:36Come taste the beer.
September 15th, 2016 at 18:49Fruity, tart & dry….. I.G. perhaps?. Hmmmm…… Smiles to ya!
September 16th, 2016 at 05:49@4 I may be wrong but the name Deep Purple is protected by trademark. The Celosia Caracas version anyway.
September 16th, 2016 at 10:01Should be mandrake root beer.
September 18th, 2016 at 14:46Highway Star Ale?
September 21st, 2016 at 20:17funny
September 25th, 2016 at 08:29