UK indie band Courteeners have made their own craft beer

Indie band Courteeners have joined forces with Camden Town Brewery to brew their own craft beer.

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St Jude Pils, originally made for the band’s upcoming anniversary show in Manchester and their Teenage Cancer Trust concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall last month, marks the 10th birthday of the band’s debut album of the same name.

The unfiltered lager will be available in a number of bars throughout Manchester including the Black Dog Ballroom, Crazy Pedro’s and Cane and Grain.

Frontman Liam Fray told MEN the band were looking for a creative way to mark the band’s latest milestone, settling on a hoppy lager, with “citrus and stone fruit aromas”.

“We were looking for a way to mark the 10 year anniversary of the release of St. Jude and thought it was at least worth raising a beer to celebrate the fact that we’re still here.

“We’re big fans of Camden and regularly enjoy a Camden Pale Ale so it was great to visit the brewery and get stuck in to create St Jude Pils.”

Jasper Cuppaidge, founder of Camden Town Brewery, said, “We’re massive Courteeners fans, so when we found out Courteeners were massive Camden fans, we thought why not get together and make a mega beer?”We’ll be celebrating the guys with St Jude Pils and look forward to fans being able to join us.”

The news comes less than a month after American heavy metal group Metallica announced plans to launch a whiskey brand, while back in January Iron Maiden also added another beer to its “Trooper” range, Light Brigade, produced by UK brewer Robinsons in support of military charity Help for Heroes.