El-P, Killer Mike Stop By Goose Island To Help Brew Collaborative Beer

By Jon Graef in Food on Jun 18, 2013 6:10PM

Critically acclaimed rappers El-P and Killer Mike are known for their collaborative work on the former's excellent record, Cancer For Cure, and the latter's even better R.A.P. Music, both released last year. But now the two are extending their synergetic talents to areas outside of music: namely, a new beer made with Goose Island called "Run The Jewels," named after the duo's forthcoming new project that drops June 26.

The beer, a 5.4-percent alcohol, dry-hopped Belgian wheat ale, will debut exclusively at the Pitchfork Music Festival. El-P and Killer Mike both stopped by Goose Island to help make a batch of the brew, and pictures of the twosome making the beer cropped up on social media. It looks like an excellent time was had by all. (Wink wink, nudge nudge).

Says El-P: "smells like weed." Word.

Here's more of the social media love fest:

.@KillerMikeGTO is milling the grain with @therealelp for their @pitchforkfest collaboration beer, Run the Jewels! pic.twitter.com/cpKpmohRqE

— Goose Island (@GooseIsland) June 17, 2013

Big thanks and cheers to @therealelp and @KillerMikeGTO for coming up the brewery and making beer! @pitchforkfest pic.twitter.com/9vxEo3OIU0

— Goose Island (@GooseIsland) June 17, 2013

having a blast with @KillerMikeGTO and @GooseIsland making our @pitchforkfest beer. pic.twitter.com/DMcUdj6apL

— el-p (@therealelp) June 17, 2013