Movie And A Beer

The Movie and a Beer is based in Portland Oregon and started in July 2019.

The purpose of this podcast is to provide you, the public with information about pairing movies, shows, and beers.

Within the last decade, many local theaters have added a variety of beers and alcoholic drinks available for purchase and consumption while you watch your movie. There is also the ever-increasing use of streaming or on-demand services to watch recent and older films at your location.

This provides you with an enhanced viewing experience but creates the challenge of 'what beer goes with this film?'.

Ultimately we want to share with you our experience with choosing a beer(s) to go with various films we have watched recently without plot spoilers (if possible) and our thoughts on the film(s). We invite you to listen in on our brief discussion of these movies or shows and explore the variety of ales and lagers to pair with your movie. 

In the process of selecting the beers, we hope to include locally available examples as well as commercially available and widely distributed beers as not everyone is here in Portland Oregon, aka Beervana.

Contact us if you have questions or suggestions for an episode: movieandabeer@gmail.com

Who are these guys?

	Dan Koperski - Home brewer, Certified Beer Judge, sci-fi movie fan, anime fan, and resident beer geek.  Dan's been around the Portland scene for about 30 years as both a consumer of local beers and a homebrewer of them. He's a certified beer judge that travels around the region supporting local and national competitions. He most importantly enjoys discussing beer with anyone that will listen. He's been reviewing beers on Untappd for over a decade and has his own beer blog over at www.foamology.org.
	Blake Hunt - Watcher of the Cornetto Trilogy. Master of both dungeons AND dragons, listener of podcasts. Blake moved to Portland from Norfolk, Virginia mid-2018. He has watched more movies than you and communicates mostly through movie quotes. Blake's love of storytelling has resulted in him running multiple D&D games. He has a website he occasionally updates at www.blakertonavenue.com.
	Bryan Richert – Professional television editor and film buff. Bryan relocated to the Portland area just a few years ago, after a 20 year career editing film and television in Los Angeles.  He loves hiking, biking, gaming and hanging out.  While you can easily get him to over-analyze a “film”, he’d much rather drink a few beers with a couple of friends and shoot the breeze while watching a “movie.”
	Aaron Gibbons – Traveler seeking knowledge and spicy food. While Aaron loves soccer and is a devout MLPS Loons fan, he does on occasion root for the local boys! He's from the land of cold and ice, holding much information and knowledge about all things Nordic.
	Randall Garcia - Photographer and father to a wonderful son. Randall enjoys all forms of art, still, moving, visual, auditory, and experiential. Occasionally he's been known to talk about movies with a finely educated approach and guaranteed opinion on how much Hollywood sucks.

 What gear do we use?

We are currently using the Behringer XENYX Q1202USB mixer with wired Sevenoak BY-M4C Professional Cardiod Lavalier Microphones. The episode editing is done using Audacity, a great free open source audio editing software tool.