Reviews & Brews

It's been a hot minute folks since we bestowed an episode on ya, but let us tell you, it was worth the wait!!!!! In the spirit of the spooky season we invited our good friend and film producer Ethan Erwin to chat with us about his new horror/thriller film Orphan First Kill!! So sit back, grab yourself a cold pumpkin beer and let the terror begin!!!!! Happy Halloween!

Sitting here, sipping coffee trying to come up with a descriptor for this episode and it is just not happening. I mean how to you ultimately describe an episode where you talk about -this- movie? A movie so all over the place that they felt the need to include a multiversal version of our beloved characters with hot dogs for fingers? Best bet is to just get yourself a coldie, and chat about the pure joy and insanity that is one of our favorite movie of the year: Everything Everywhere All At One!

Howdy y'all! Been a minute since we've released an episode, and you can thank dear ol Uncle Covid for that delay but we've got another piping hot serving of shenanigans for you. This episode covers yet another movie with another take on Batman, conveniently called The Batman. With a runtime of almost 3 hours, we needed help so we brought in a Friend Of The Program that's been on a couple times now; our buddy Ben. So grab a coldie, don your most gothic cowl, and let's talk about Batman. Again.

At last, we've reached the end of our journey for the Coronetto Trilogy with Sean from A Glass Half Film. It's always a good time with Sean, and this episode is no different. Drinks were had, jokes were shared as we discuss Edgar Wright's genre-bending masterpiece while none of us had a Coronetto over the course of the 3 films / episodes. We blame you, Sean. So grab a coldie, and lets boo-boo this thing together!!!

Happy National Beer Day, everyone!!! We've got a special episode to help celebrate and it just so happens to be the head brewer of one of our personal favorite breweries: Fall Brewing. We count ourselves lucky getting to chat with Dan and learning more about Fall's approach to beer and their signature culture. Dan even brought gifts! Making it's 3rd (or is it the 4th?) appearance on the show is Brad's personal favorite of Fall's lineup: Let's Go IPA. And to round things out we also had another Fall staple: Plenty For All Pilsner, which has been on the show as well, because guys... Fall makes incredibly great beer and we enjoy it. So grab a coldie, and let's learn some things about beer and these North Park legends!

I guess at this point we should just become a Tom Hanks podcast, eh? This week we go back to the 80's for another Hanks gem: The Burbs. So if that sounds good to you; grab a coldie and let's chat about the inevitable hellish neighbors we've all experienced. Luckily we have Benny from 10 Barrel Brewing to guide us with their new and fantastic Mai Tai cocktail in a can to keep those pesky cannibals next door at bay.

Howdy, Folks! After a long sabbatical the R&B crew have found willing hosts to carry on our malevolent deeds of discussing beer and chatting movies. On this episode we possess and drink with Tom from Thorn Brewing while chatting about a flick that we'd been excited / forgotten about since ya know that whole global pandemic thing happened and it's release was delayed a couple years. Grab a coldie, and tune in while we take a stab at figuring out what exactly Antlers is trying to say.

A very large congratulations to our friends at Savagewood Brewing" for keeping their doors open for 4 years, and during a pandemic nonetheless!!! We asked friend and owner Darrell how we can help celebrate, to which he replied "let's do an episode on the only movie that has made Brad cry" - so yeah we're doing Best of the Best. But what episode would be complete without a beverage? And we're talking an ultra special beverage here, folks! Savagewood brewed in collaboration with Reviews & Brews to create "TOMMY NO!", a Red Rice Lager that highlights that even in defeat a man can achieve victory and honor but just chilling out and having a delicious coldie.

Random, right? What could possibly make us chat about a 31 year old Tom Hanks movie? You can blame our pals The Porters who own and operate Smog City Brewing for that one! Join us for an ultra-sized episode while we explore how crazy pertinent Joe's journey is to us modern day worker bees, and why this movie is so special to The Porters. The beverages for this one is Smog City's delightful Kelp Is On The Way, a west coast IPA that is part of their Community Impact Series (which we get great insight on in the episode), and Tropical Farmhouse, a Foudre-aged saison that blew us away. Grab a coldie, and let's get into some deeply expensive but life saving luggage talk!

We finally got it, y'all! Our most anticipated movie for what feels like 10 years finally came out and boy oh boy do we have some things to chat about; from the epic visuals, to comparisons to the book, and what to expect from Big Daddy Villeneuve for Dune Part 2 - so if you want to keep it fresh just know we go deep into spoiler territory in both the books and movies! But you must not fear a new episode, for fear is the mind killer...

As spooky season continues, we finally got to see and chat about Halloween Kills. What did we think about it? Well… I think we spend some time about about Star Trek: The Next Generation if that's any indication. But either way, grab a coldie and let's slash our way through another Halloween sequel.

Greetings boys and ghouls! Today we will chat about the most divisive movie to come out in awhile: Malignant. A movie that is either super entertaining, or so stupid it will make your head spin so far around that you will start walking backwards. Honestly we still don't even know where we ended up on this debate, so grab a coldie and let's get to it!

Happy Friday, y'all! Whatcha got going on? Got a little time to kill? Then grab a coldie and lets talk about unnecessary sequels! It's not a secret we love part of of the Quiet Place universe (in fact you can listen to that episode!) but when there was a part 2 announced we were pretty hesitant about the necessity of a sequel to an otherwise perfect horror movie. Verdict? SPOILER: Turns out we were right. Luckily we got to spend some time with Tom with one of our favorites Thorn Brewing where we tasted a couple brews of theirs including the various tasty Michelada brews and the pretty cool reason they started to make them. Also tune in for the moment Tom absolutely schooled us with his horror movie flex. Yep, he's family now.

Not gonna lie, y'all! This is one humdinger special episode if there ever was one! It doesn't take much for us to wax poetic on how much we love The Nice Guys, but give us a couple coldies and we will go on an incredibly annoying tangent to tell you how it's one of the most underrated and under appreciated movies in the past 20 years. But that's not what makes this episode special, because we had Ethan Erwin who produced the damn thing on! So grab your beverage of choice, and listen to Ethan tell some deep behind the scenes stories and learn something about this glorious movie.

Gore, dick jokes, double-entendres, more gore, giant talking sharks, friendly little rats, poop jokes, giant kaiju space starfish, and John Cena. Yep that's pretty much our review for James Gunn's love letter to war exploitation movies of the 70's: The Suicide Squad. No one is safe from this review, so grab a coldie and lets do this thing while we talk about how David Dastmalchian needs to be in everything from here out.

Stand By Me seems like a random pick, right? But if there's anything you should know about us is that we will never refuse a chance to talk about our lord and savior Stephen King. Luckily our local hero Benny from 10 Barrel Brewing was up for the journey of what I'm sure we all did as kids: let's go see a dead body. Benny brought the 10 Barrel Pilsner that is just an exceptional brew; no frills, no gimmicks, just a crisp and refreshingly classic beverage that we thoroughly enjoyed. So grab a coldie, and join us as we talk about how weird it is to see Richard Dreyfus without a beard.

In yet another example of unnecessary origin stories that completely ruin your villain; Disney brought us the next iteration of "but you should feel bad for this misunderstood villain". Luckily the movie isn't 100% terrible, and suitable for us to discuss the fashionable Cruella. Before we got into that though, we met up with Savagewood Brewing and drank waaaaaaay too much of their unique and tasty brews to really list (and let's be honest I can't remember all the beers we tried). So grab a coldie, drape it in your best Dalmatian coozie, and lets have some fun.

Boy oh boy do we have a fun one for y'all this week! Our friends at Level Crossing are back to celebrate with their delicious beer, and the seminole classic Ghostbusters. Why Ghostbusters? Well, listen to the episode to find out the special significance not only to the nerds that run this podcast, but also to some truly brilliant brewers! Oh and yeah we should mention that whole new Ghostbuster movie that will come out.... some day? Anyway, this king-sized episode covers quite a bit: Beer, Being molested by ghosts, an encore (a R&B first!), Beer, experimental nuclear equipment, The Keymaster, and most importantly - BEER! How have you not started this episode already?! Grab a coldie, and lets summon some Sumerian Gods!

Part 2 of the Cornetto Trilogy with our pal from across the pond Sean continues! Honestly there really isn't much to say about this episode, especially if you caught our love letter to Shaun of the Dead. Just know that we drink lots of beer and wax poetic about Hot Fuzz; a movie we all have seen probably 100 times.

AND WE'RE BACK! Summer vacation has started with Review & Brews, and while we nursed hangovers and caught up on movies, we've also recorded some episodes for your earholes. This episode is all about that FINISH HIM life. But don't tell your mom that you're watching rebooted Mortal Kombat with us, you might get grounded. We also brought along our friend Brent for this one, and man did he throw us for a loop for reasons that we recommend you scope our YouTube channel to see why that is. The beverage for this episode is an insanely potent DIPA from 8Bit Brewing called "Flawless Victory", and yeah it's like an uppercut that cuts your head off with a 9.2% ABV. So don your best gi, sharpen your blades, and lets throw fireballs at each other.

The great thing about doing this podcast is how we've made friends in a lot of places that do a lot of things. Nate Levi from Epic Brewing is one of those guys. We spent the afternoon chatting about his wisdom teeth removal and all the movies he watched while he was knocked out while drinking a trio of some pretty damn good brews: Super Epic Lager - a crushable the official beer of the summer, Armadillo Comet - an incredibly potent West Coast IIPA, and Tart 'N Hazy - a sour twinged hazy that will wake your tastebuds up. So grab a beverage, casually listen while we casually chat about movies, beer, and everything inbetween!

Adult men talking about cartoons! Adult men talking about cartoons! You have been properly warned! On this special episode we brought in our good friend and composer wizard Christopher Doucet to talk about the legacy of revolutionary animation company Pixar. 23 films is a lot to cover, but we do our best to get to the heart of what makes a Pixar movie their own, and how many times Cars 2 made Ken cry. So grab a coldie, grab your blankie, and lets get silly with this one!

Legend has it, a Reviews & Brews episode so drunk and so incoherent that it was banished from this realm never to be heard from again. The idea was to cover all of the Cornetto Trilogy with our friends from across the pond in a single episode, and before you knew it we had recorded 4 hours of material with a tidal wave of adult beverages. We were hungover for 2 days. And it was a train-wreck of an episode. Luckily Sean from A Glass Half Film agreed to re-record with us so we could fulfill our destiny, but this time we're breaking it up into parts like fancy lads. So ladies and jellyspoons, here is part one of the trilogy: Shaun of the Dead.

It's the rematch of the century! The last time these 2 heavyweights faced each other was back in '62! What's changed since then? Well, Godzilla can sense when he has a robot copy of himself, and Kong basically lives that "Truman Show" lifestyle. But do they have the stamina to fight and level a city? Sure if the humans let them, but who cares about the humans? So grab a coldie, and LET THEM FIGHT! As far the beverages for this episode: Ken rocked the BatSquatch from Rogue Ales while Brad took on the east coast legend Alien Church from Tired Hands Brewing . Both were monstrous in flavor, and helped us get through through this one!

As the list of guests on this show grow, we wanted more people from not only the beer industry to pop in, but the film industry as well. Turns out that Ken has a friend that has worked on some pretty prestigious films; so what do we do with someone of that calibre? Make them review Monster Hunter with us, because yeah, we're "smart". Since Ethan is currently residing in Hawaii, the beverage department needed something easily accessible to everyone, so we went with Bikini Blonde Lager from Maui Brewing Co that turned out to be an almost too easy to drink beverage. Trust us, you'll need a couple coldies for this episode!

So do you guys remember when Justice League came out and Superman had a weird face because Henry Cavil couldn’t shave his mustache? What if a movie could be made better just because of that? That’s right, baby, it’s tame to talk about the ultimate man-child neckbeard cut of any movie in existence: The Snyder Cut. Grab a coldie and join us while we navigate 4 hours of over-indulgence in a 4:3 ratio for some reason. The delicious beverage we chose for this nerd quest comes from Belching Beaver. We’ve been slacking on the Deftones collabs, so we caught up with the pale ale named after the album: Ohms.

And now for something a little different! No movie this week because we simply had too much fun talking with The Porters who just so happen to run and operate Smog City Brewing Co. They bestowed 4 beers on us that took us on quite the journey: Infinite Wishes, a bourbon barrel-aged Stout that will knock you on your ass if you’re not careful; the delightful Little Bo Pils, the easiest Pilsner you’ve ever drank; Coffee Porter, the name says it all; and last but not least Solar Wind, a tasty IPA. So grab a coldie, and learn about one cool brewery and the power couple that runs it.

Ep 92 - Leprechaun by Reviews & Brews

YOU WILL TUNE INTO THIS EPISODE OR BE DESTROYED!!!! Nothing we could ever say can prepare you for what lies in store for those who watch Psycho Goreman. A movie that’s so bizarre that the R&B crew were divided on what to think about it. So we brought in help to clarify if we were watching a Power Rangers spin off, or just having good times with good brews. Nate from Epic Brewing joins us yet again for a dive into the cosmic unknown, and he brought the beverages. We tackled the lemon grass variant of their delicious sour series Oak & Orchard, the peanut butter stout delight that is Midnight Munchies, and the cosmically mind blowing Creamsicle IPA. Grab a coldie, and join us on the journey that determines if the Earth is annihilated.

Random, right? But seriously when you’ve already caught the most ransom movie pick ever (Previous episode Harry and the Hendersons with Grant from Mason Ale Works!) it only feels right to follow those vibes. To bring the vibes we brought in esteemed brewmaster and friend of the program Benny Shirley from 10 Barrel Brewing to take us on the journey of road and sky to become Almost Famous.

Where to even begin on this one… Well, let’s start that we agreed to do an episode on Harry & The Hendersons out of our respect and love of Mason Ale Works and co-founder Grant Tondro. Grant told us awhile ago that an absolute monster of a brew was being made at Mason Ale Works, and wanted us to celebrate the beast with us: The triple IPA that is “Harry & The Sendersons”. While we sipped on this behemoth brew, we dove into the nostalgia of the bigfoot movie and debated if it stood the test of time. Does it? Grab a coldie, and join in on the fun! Thanks again to Grant and the Mason Ale Works crew!

So we should have loved Tenet, right? RIGHT? Look, every genius has a misstep, Christopher Nolan is just lucky enough to be that one guy who can do some weird ass time thing to correct course. Grab a coldie, and let’s chat how a 3000 year old square puzzle with 5 words on it inspired another Nolan weird ass time thing that should have been better than it was. But first: In our quest to drink delicious beer our travels have brought us back to the lands of Salt Lake City and to the fantastic Level Crossing Brewing. If it wasn’t The DIPA Soul Rex they bestowed on us, it was the Rye IPA Suss It Out that made us fall in love with their brews. Check them out!

Folks, we’re gonna level with you here. The R&B crew did not particularly enjoy Wonder Woman ’84, and we spent more time on this episode talking about cool beer from around the world with our guest Nate Levi from Epic Brewing rather than talking about the movie. Sure, we give impressions on the movie! There are anecdotes about how an extra from the Cats movie stumbled onto the wrong set, or how one can have a gassed up jet just ready to go at a seconds notice for when you really need to fly like —right now—. All that stuff is in here, but don’t say we didn’t warn you when we really do spend more time talking about Epic’s delicious Bigger Badder Baptista, Grandma Van’s Candy Cane Stout, and the shockingly delightful cucumber lime lager Señor Pepino that Nate bestowed upon us. Grab a coldie, and let’s celebrate fanny packs together!

Tis the season to have some beverages! And beverages we shall have to toast the last R&B episode of the year. To mark this special occasion and festive time of year, we decided to have a good time by celebrating a classic holiday film with our favorite bundle of pure chaos: The Griswold Family. We even brought out our own chaotic family Ben & Ryan to revel in how Clark is still alive despite the things that constantly happen to him. A festive time deserves a festive beer, and this one is special! Another fantastic holiday beer from Utah comesRedrock Brewery and their “Griswold Holiday Ale”, a spiced, well balanced ale that will absolutely wreck you if you’re not careful with an 8.5% ABV. Thank you to all who tuned in this year, as well as a big thank you to anyone who begrudgingly came on the show to spend some time with a couple of drunks. May 2021 not be the dumpster fire that 2020 was!

Now that we’re so close for this god-forsaken, no good year to finally wrap up; it was time for a little brevity by talking about a movie that we’ve loved since the first viewing which has since become a sort of a yearly tradition around these parts. Every Thanksgiving, you mix yourself that special blend of vodka, coffee liqueur, and some cream, put on a bath robe, and commence the 109th time you’ve watched The Big Lebowski. To mark this special occasion we brought back someone who embodies The Dude’s energy, Benny from 10 Barrel Brewing came back to dive in and celebrate this movie with us. He also brought a really special märzen along with him that is truly "Cosmic". SO grab 2 beverages! That special cocktail The Dude enjoys, and a coldie, because they really tie the room together.

Welp, officially scarred for life. That shouldn’t come as a shock if you know anything about Possessor; a film made by the future of the Cronenberg family line that keeps it just as visceral and gory as his pops likes to do. To say there were mixed reactions to this movie is an understatement. Luckily for us we got a mid-review break from Jake who is from one of our favorite breweries Societe Brewing where he got us a little tipsy and a little off topic. So yes, we talk about Possessor, but we also talk about Star Wars and A League of Their Own. Seriously. Not gonna lie folks, this episode is all over the place! But grab a coldie, and have fun while the R&B crew picks Jake’s brain on the delicious beer Societe makes and wrap up with this wild ass movie.

2020 has had some solid surprises, most have been pretty terrible but surprises nonetheless! But Netflix making a solid horror film to close out the Halloween Season was quite the surprise. The other surprise was the years of therapy we will need from watching this rough but fresh take on the haunted house genre. Luckily we have friends that can help us grieve by drowning our sorrows! Uh, maybe not the best choice of words for this particular movie… The friend we brought along just so happens to be the owner of the infamous Mason Ale Works Grant Tondro. Most R&B faithful may know that when these guys show up in our neighborhood, we get drunk. Probably because they’re generous, and make extremely wonderful brews of which we got 3: Intergalactic Battle Mammoth, an extremely wild lager that matches its name; Jambi, the Mason Ale Works staple IPA; and Mosaic Revengeance, an IPA where the name really says it all.

We always like to do something special for the most celebrated time in the R&B camp, and this year we decided to talk about one of our favorite movies reserved for Halloween of all time: John Carpenter’s The Thing. Grab a coldie, and try to figure out which one of us is actually an alien underneath… But we’re not doing this alone! We brought in Ryan (again) and fellow movie aficionado Ben Smith to talk about the body horror masterpiece and how it inspired and changed movies since it’s debut. Of course no episode would be complete without a beverage in hand, well, 4 to be exact. Everyone brought something different with brews from Belching Beaver, Elysian, Fremont Brewing & Dogfish Head.

Long before there was little show called Stranger Things, The Duffer Brothers created a small scale film that borders being prophetic for the year 2020. A film all about being trapped indoors, worrying about Breathers, and just trying not to lose it on those around you. If you think you can handle it, then grab a beer, get out of your bunker, and let’s talk about Hidden. Speaking of beer, we had the head brewer Mo Katomski of ViewPoint Brewing give us the lowdown on 2 of the best beers we’ve had this year: Eddie Van Lager, a delicious and very fall feeling beer. Followed by Fairies Wear Boots, the staple ale with a crisp balance of Citra & Mosaic hops. Cheers!

We’ve got quite the episode for you this week, Casual Listeners. Before we get into the small town affair made inter-dimensional horror calamity because of those guys up at The Arrowhead Project; join us to learn about the brewery that got one of our own obsessed with craft beer. We’re joined by Nate & Jordan from Epic Brewing with a plethora of their fall beers. The whimsical Imperial Pumpkin Porter brought Brad back to winters back in Utah kicked things off, followed by the yet to be released canned version of the infamous Big Bad Baptist, and for dessert we had the raspberry variant of the Big Bad Baptist. To say we had a blast with these guys is an understatement. Oh! Also Ryan joined up. You know, the guy from the Back To The Future episode. But this time he talks about his first viewing of Stephen King’s The Mist.

When there isn’t a whole lot of interesting new movies out and you learn one of your friends has never seen The Last Crusade, you invite them onto your podcast to mock them publicly. But you also offer them a beverage - because that’s what gentlemen and friends do. Grab a coldie and join us while we chat with our friend Kyle on his impression of the 1989 classic tale of hunting the Holy Grail with your estranged dad. For beverages we got the hook up with 2 delicious brews from Burgeon Beer Co. First up was the Keep It Mosaic: a very crisp West Coast style IPA; followed by Sticky Fingers: A 100% Mosaic wet-hopped West Coast IPA knocked us on our buns!

Maybe one of the world’s most renowned and famous detectives can help figure out why we have to continually do episodes on Netflix Originals… Oh that’s right the apocalypse is still going on and all movies are postponed indefinitely! Good times, good times. Well anyway, probably not hard to deduce we’re going through Enola Holmes this week. Lucky for us though we brought friends along for the ride this time around and ended up getting schooled on beer knowledge and history from brewery and pub owner Tom Nickel. We’ve featured his brews from Nickel Beer Co before, but today was much more in-depth since we had The Boss himself to tell tidbits of his fascinating beer journey. The beverages he brought were “Good Show, Mr Olsen” an herbal but insanely delicious IPA, as well as “Overnight To Julian” a more crisp and light IPA gave us the strength to get through yet another Netflix movie.

When the world is still reeling from a global pandemic that has decimated the spirits and hearts of everyone, what better time for one of the most depressing movies ever made?! There’s really not that much we can say to prepare you for our dive in of The Devil All The Time, but you may need years of therapy afterwards because this one was ROUGH. The beverages for this soul crushing experience were the Funkin Nuts IPA and Hop Ottin IPA made by Anderson Valley, both were delightful and were the comfort we needed to get through this. Now if you don’t mind, it’s sleep-for-4-days-straight o’clock…

It’s not like we need an excuse to drink delicious beer, but this is a special episode that gives us an excuse to drink delicious beer - because we had the Brewmaster from 10 Barrel Brewing Co Benny Shirley. He educated us on his rise to power at the brewery, and gave insider tidbits on 2 of his tasty brews, Cali Love - the long time running champion IPA of 10 Barrel’s taproom, and Chela Vida - a Mexican style lager that was made and ready for long sessions on the beach. But no episode would be complete without mentioning Oscar Isaac’s Beard. Seriously, it’s so majestic you have to give it royal treatment. It’s also an excuse to chat a little about the hotly anticipated Dune trailer, and segue into another movie that stars The Beard: Ex Machina. This so-ahead-of-its-time sci-fi flick was the perfect excuse to really dive into Alex Garland’s masterpiece, and marvel at the power that rests within Oscar Isaac’s Beard. Grab a coldie, and lets get to it!

Prepare yourselves for an utmost excellent episode, my dudes! Not even a global pandemic could stop the return of the most triumphant of heroes; Bill & Ted! Bodacious times will be had as we cover the long awaited adventure that’s 25 years in the making. Grab a coldie, and hop to your nearest phone booth that’s actually a connection to the nexus of time itself, and let’s chat about Face The Music. An epic tale requires epic beverages, and to help us on that quest comes The Anderson Brewing Company with a most bountiful spread of brews! We started with the Boont Amber Ale, a robust and flavorful yet sessional beverage. Then came the spicy Fall Hornin’ Pumpkin Ale which set the bar for fall beers. And closing out this triumphant trio is the Poleeko Pale Ale which had us looking forward to more of their brews!

Every journey has an end... Now we knew this one was going to be extremely long (much like the extended editions of the films) - but we didn’t anticipate it going as long as it did. Our friend Christopher Doucet joined us and provided insight and conversations that would make an elf look their actual age. So, we thought about you, Dear Listeners, and broke it up into 3 parts for convenience sake. This episode concludes our series our own little trilogy and focuses on Return of the King. You will need a pint or 2, so grab it and let’s start walking to Mordor! A long journey can work up quite the thirst, and our friends at Rip Current Brewing: “http://ripcurrentbrewing.com/beers” were willing to take the challenge on with 2 brews: Lupilin Lust, a fierce west coast style double IPA) and Corriente Negra, an amber Mexican lager.

Do you have the strength to continue on? Then press play and resume the journey of our Lord of the Rings special! Now we knew this one was going to be extremely long (much like the extended editions of the films) - but we didn’t anticipate it going as long as it did. Our friend Christopher Doucet joined us and provided insight and conversations that would make an elf look their actual age. So, we thought about you, Dear Listeners, and broke it up into 3 parts for convenience sake. This episode mainly covers The Two Towers, and you smart lembas bread eaters can probably figure out what the the final 3rd part covers. You will need a pint or 2, so grab it and let’s start walking to Mordor! A long journey can work up quite the thirst, and our friends at Rip Current Brewing were willing to take the challenge on with 2 brews: Lupilin Lust, a fierce west coast style double IPA) and Corriente Negra, an amber Mexican lager.

Check your virginity at the door, folks, because this is going to get crazy nerdy as Reviews, Brews, & Friends dives into The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Now we knew this one was going to be extremely long (much like the extended editions of the films) - but we didn’t anticipate it going as long as it did. Our friend Christopher Doucet joined us and provided insight and conversations that would make an elf look their actual age. So, we thought about you, Dear Listeners, and broke it up into 3 parts for convenience sake. This episode mainly covers The Fellowship of the Ring, and you smart lembas bread eaters can probably figure out what the other 2 parts cover. You will need a pint or 2, so grab it and let’s start walking to Mordor! A long journey can work up quite the thirst, and our friends at Rip Current Brewing were willing to take the challenge on with 2 brews: Lupilin Lust, a fierce west coast style double IPA) and Corriente Negra, an amber Mexican lager.

Oh boy. Where to even begin with this turd of a movie. How about… It’s soooooo bad that we forgot to rate it. Seriously. The one thing we should be doing every single episode, and we were so off balance from the stink of this terrible film (if you want to call it that) that we forgot the format of our own show. So I guess that’s a spoiler? But hey, it’s made by the guy that made “Bright” and “Suicide Squad” so maybe you shouldn’t be too surprised. Thank the old gods and the new for beer though! The only saving grace that got us through this one is the holy blessing that is Societe’s Good of the Public , a refreshing IPA that was literally made to be enjoyed in nature. Trust on this one, folks: You’re gonna need a coldie or 4 for the one, so grab it, and let’s do this thing!

And now for something kinda different! Welcome To Reviews, Brews, & Friends: Chapter 1! With everyone locked down and safely distanced, we decided to start inviting our friends to talk about their favorite movies for a change. New, old, classic, or guilty pleasure? Anything goes as our friends pick what we get to chat about. For this episode long time friend and web master Ryan came on to talk about the classic Back To The Future and it’s lasting legacy. Shenanigans absolutely ensued on this episode - brace yourself. But even with the new format, we drank some beer. Oh yes, we did! We all got to take part with Modern Times Orderville which is a San Diego staple that can be found in Utah. So grab a couple coldies and lets go back in time!

You know the movie pipeline is getting thin when a couple of drunks resort to reviewing a kids movie. Artemis Fowl didn’t necessarily come by choice, but it was almost like a beer-fueled destiny to be savagely ripped apart by the R&B crew. I guess that’s kind of a spoiler for this episode, but oh well! Grab a coldie or 4 because you’re going to need it while we chat about high tech faries and over-grown dwarfs that fart dirt. Yep, you read that correctly. Ken stayed somewhat responsibly buzzed with the San Diego classic .394 Pale Ale from Alesmith Brewing. Brad on the other hand went 3 sheets to the wind with a huge bomber of Ommegang Brewing’s Bend The Knee Golden Honey Ale from their Game of Thrones line of beers that he was saving for…. reasons?