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This is for all the beer drinking Wilco fans. Lagunitas Brewing Company is naming their spring seasonal beer Wilco Tango Foxtrot Ale! I received an email from Lagunitas today and the beer will be bottled and kegged around March 1. It will be sold in both 22oz bottles and kegs throughout the US!!!!

 

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This is for all the beer drinking Wilco fans. Lagunitas Brewing Company is naming their spring seasonal beer Wilco Tango Foxtrot Ale! I received an email from Lagunitas today and the beer will be bottled and kegged around March 1. It will be sold in both 22oz bottles and kegs throughout the US!!!!

 

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I don't think Wilco Tango Foxtrot is a salute to Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. Wilco Tango Foxtrot = WTF

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I don't think Wilco Tango Foxtrot is a salute to Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. Wilco Tango Foxtrot = WTF

 

The phonetic alphabet uses the word "whiskey" for the letter W, so it's either a regulatory thing (can't imply that there's whiskey in a beer) or a sly nod to Wilco. It's probably a bit of both.

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You may or may not know about Lagunitas brewery's most recent limited edition brew, but you better go out and grab some while you can.

 

It is called;

 

Wilco Hotel Foxtrot

 

I had my first bottle last night and it is a wonderful brown ale, mellow, full bodied, rich, very delicious.

 

I have been waiting for it to arrive at my local Whole Foods (I asked as soon as I heard about it a few weeks ago) and yesterday it was finally on the shelves.

 

It is a limited edition, so don't wait, drink Wilco now!

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I bought 3 bottles. 1 to drink, 1 to have WILCO sign, and 1 for my garage display. Unfortunately, couldn't find a way to get it signed. Took a bottle to the Clearwater show just in case, but no go. :ohwell

 

But damn it is good stuff!

 

Bob

 

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From pitchfork...

 

If all those Wilco sandwiches are leaving you a little thirsty, we might have a solution: Lagunitas Brewing Company's new springtime beer, Wilco Tango Foxtrot. According to the Petaluma, California-based brewery, the imperial brown ale is "rich, smooth, dangerous, and chocolatey." Just like Wilco! (Well, at least the "rich" part, maybe.) Thanks to Brandon Burke for the heads up. But before you call your buddies over for a Yankee Hotel Foxtrot drinking party, keep in mind that Lagunitas claims Wilco (the band) did not inspire Wilco Tango Foxtrot (the beer). According to a spokeswoman, the title is derived from the same shortwave radio recording that originally inspired Wilco to call their album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, as well as the phrase "WTF". Though they also admitted the Lagunitas owner "has probably heard Wilco." Wilco, however, seem to think the beer is named after them.

 

In other news, I've now spilled some quasi-Wilco beer on my Sky Blue Sky t-shirt. Wilco napkins, where are you?*

 

 

 

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from Pitchfork...

According to a spokeswoman, the title is derived from the same shortwave radio recording that originally inspired Wilco to call their album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, as well as the phrase "WTF". Though they also admitted the Lagunitas owner "has probably heard Wilco." Wilco, however, seem to think the beer is named after them.

 

The Lagunitas spokesperson and owner are both lying and must believe we are all idiots . This beer that they put out was 100% named after Wilco (the band). If they had truly followed the ICAO alphabet/NATO phonetic alphabet, which assigns code words to the English alphabet, the name of the beer would have been "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot".

 

For Pitchfork to claim that the band the band 'seems to think 'the beer is named after them' is also idiotic and shows just how little these people running that organization really know. Isn't it about time they went out of business? Pitchfork please just go away.

 

And finally, I had a chance to drink one of these 22oz bottles of ale the other night. Yuck. I have nothing against hoppy, high alcohol beers, but this beer made me wince like I was taking a shot of cheap tequila with every swallow. I will go for a Dogfish Head 90 or 120 way before suffering through another one of these Lagunitas beers.

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That's Pitchfork printing what Lagunitas told them. I've seen it elsewhere, too. Chances are they didn't clear use of their name with the band ahead of time and are now doing a song and dance routine to make sure the band doesn't sue them. Considering the band appreciate tasty beverages, I highly doubt that would've happened, but that's what it seems like to me.

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