Movie And A Beer

On this episode of Movie And A Beer we discuss the movie Palm Springs, a 'Groundhog Day' trope stuck in the desert starring Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti as two nihilists hipsters stuck in a time loop while finding themselves.

We enjoyed a number of beers and selected a few that went well with the movie. Specifically a nice ale from local micro-brewery Away Days Brewing and an IPA from a variety pack (via Costco) by New Belgium Brewing, along with a hard kombucha from JuneShine. Give it a listen to hear more.  

On this most epic old school episode of Moive And A Beer, we watched the classic 1984 blockbuster Ghostbusters while enjoying three different scary but sweet beers. We discuss the finer points of proton packs and share our favorite memories and lines from the movie and participated in one of our favorite local podcasts with our youth correspondent Otto and his creation, Movie and a Snack. 

The beers gathered for this episode are from across the US. Starting with a neon green kettle sour from Tripping Animals Brewing (FL), followed by a chocolate wheat beer from Weldwerks Brewing (CO), and completing the menage-a-trois with a crazy sludgy fruit cheesecake smoothie/juice beer from Oakshire Brewing (OR). Give it a listen and hear our take on these beers and how they went with the movie. 

In this mid-life crisis episode of Movie And A Beer, we discuss the recently released film Nobody staring Bob Odenkirk of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul fame as Hutch Mansell, as a retired 'Auditor' that's now going through a crisis of his own making. While the film does have a lot of violence, it's only because it has to happen. 

We enjoyed a couple of local IPA's from Ft. George Brewing and Block 15 Brewing and had a bit of a fight-club approach to deciding which won the evening. Listen in as we discuss this 'everyday man's John Wick' approach to fighting and our approach to these beers. 

On this exceptional episode of Movie And A Beer, we review the 1996 classic Mars Attacks! and compare three IPA's while laughing away at the crazy antics of the aliens. Mars Attacks! is a spoof on the 1950's era Sci-Fi flick with cheesy special effects and lots of physical comedy to help tell a fun story. The film has a cornucopia of Hollywood elite making the best of the alien invasion trying to escape the impending doom.

We shifted our approach this time around for the beers and picked three IPA's from Elysian Brewing, Ecliptic Brewing, and Ninkasi Brewing that had 'space' related names to compare while watching. While some we had enjoyed two of the three before, there was a surprise among them. Listen in to hear more!

In honor of our 50th episode of Movie And A Beer, we watched and discuss the great beer-drinking film, Beerfest. This film is one of the many brought to you by The Broken Lizard comedy group so you know there's going to be plenty of jokes and laughs to go 'round. We empathized with the brothers as they gathered their team and trained to become some of the best beer guzzlers in the US. 

We enjoyed 4 different German beers while we chuckled our way through the film to include 2 Kolsch and 2 Pilsners. Listen in and hear our take on why these went well with the film, and how you might enjoy drinking your own 'boot' without getting a face full. 

On this episode of Movie And A Beer, we discuss the Oscar award-winning best picture Nomadland and enjoy a few beers while watching. This film depicts the population of people that live as 'nomads'. They roam the desert SW and midwest of the U.S. living out of their vehicles working part-time and seasonal jobs while enjoying a life free of the oppression of the mighty dollar. Most of them are of the baby boomer generation that either lost their careers, homes, and families during the great recession in 2008 or have chosen to live the nomad lifestyle.

The two beers we enjoyed during the film were a locally made American Adjunct Lager from Grains of Wrath Brewing and an imported red-bean, vanilla, and cocoa stout from Japas Cervejaria. Give the episode a listen to hear our thoughts on this beer and film

On this episode of Movie And A Beer, we enjoyed a blast from the past and watched the 1984 classic children's horror film, Gremlins. While you may remember Gizmo as a cute and cuddly Mogwai, his offspring are anything but. Listen in as we discuss the finer points of how not to feed, clean, and kill your pet Gremlins once they start multiplying. 

We really liked a couple of beers we had while watching Gizmo and his brothers destroy the small town of Kingston Falls (the set to Back to the Future). The first was a lager from Matchless Brewing and the second was a more solid pale ale from Rogue Brewing. Listen in on how and why these beers made our evening more pleasant. 

Part 2 of Movie And A Beer's discussion on Ted Lasso, a wonderful TV show about an American football coach who goes to London to coach a Premier League Football Club. We cover the second part of season 1 and discuss how great Jason Sudeikis' mustache is and how much we enjoyed the character development. 

The beers we enjoyed during the recap were a Pilsner from Wayfinder Brewing and a West Coast IPA from Little Beast Brewing. Both of these were purchased at the most excellent Bridgeport Beerhouse here in North Portland, check them out and support your local stores! Give the episode a listen to hear our reviews of the beers and what you might enjoy while binging Ted Lasso.

On this episode of Movie And A Beer, we discuss the first few episodes of the hit TV show Ted Lasso. The show stars Jason Sudeikis as the titular Ted Lasso, an American college football coach hired to take over the AFC Richmond (fake) English Soccer club. The series is 10 episodes long and we decided to break up the podcast into two parts as there's just so much to cover and we wanted to do it justices.

We were lucky enough to find a couple of Fullers English beers to enjoy during one of the binges and we discuss why we feel this beer matches up so well with a show about soccer and coaching.  Our thanks go out to local bottle shop 1856 for having these hard-to-find beers in stock!

On this funny episode of Movie And A Beer, we discuss the classic comedy Caddyshack and a couple of Leichtbiers (or lighter beers) we had while laughing along with this great film. We enjoyed the amazing actors telling the story of Danny Noonan, a struggling golf caddy at the Bushwood Country Club as he tries to raise money for his college education. 

The beers were selected based on their low ABV and can designs. The first beer from Lowercase Brewing could easily be confused with a Diet Tab as it's a close rendition to it. While the second one from Chapman Crafted Beer is more standard in the design but has a summery vibe. Listen in on why we picked these lagers and how they went with the film. 

On this new episode of Movie And A Beer, we're discussing the historical drama Judas and the Black Messiah that follows William O'Neal, a small time crook who makes a deal with the FBI to infiltrate the Chicago chapter of the Black Panther Party to gather intelligence activist and leader Fred Hampton. The film is long, amazing, eye-opening, unafraid, and unabashed in showing how the FBI and police were in the 1960s.

We had a couple of stouts from Lupulin Brewing and Pono Brewing to go along with this great film and one matched up a little better than the other did. Ultimately you should find something you will enjoy and not distract you from this intense movie experience. Listen to the episode to learn more.  

On this episode of Movie And A Beer we watched the recent Disney film, Raya and the Last Dragon, with our youth correspondent, Otto. He had a chance to try some really yummy sodas while we got to sip on a few beers. The film follows a young woman's journey to save her people and the last dragon. It really does a great job in representing the importance of trust and why we must learn to trust and respect each other or risk the consequences of our less humane ways. 

The two beers from Hopworks and Anderson Valley Brewing provided some great liquid support for the movie, however, we all agreed that just one of them won the day. Otto's sodas were on point also. Give the episode a listen to learn about the film and the refreshments we had. 

On this timey-wimey episode of Movie And A Beer, we talk about this crazy time travel over-engineered film from 2004, Primer. It's a story about a couple of friends that stumbled upon the link between gravity and time by accident during one of their garage experiments, and how they abuse the ability to travel back in time to try and fix what's broke. We drank a couple of experimental IPA's during the film which went pretty well considering that they were experiments and didn't take us back in time.  

The two experimental IPA's were both pretty good and lent to the viewing experience through exploring what IPA 'can' be. The first was a collaboration from Ecliptic and Wayfinder Brewing and the second was a sour IPA from Evil Twin Brewing. Give the episode a listen to learn more about them, and how broken your brain can get while trying to figure out time travel. 

On this episode of Movie And A Beer we discuss the recently released Korean Netflix film, Space Sweepers which takes you on an amazing journey into low Earth orbit to save a young child from the evil grips of corporate greed. We explored a couple of beer and Soju pairings that really provided a great backdrop to the film. 

Soju is a traditional Korean alcoholic drink (lighter vodka-like) that can be traditionally made with rice or other fermentable grains or fruits and can have fruit or herbal adjuncts added. We paired up the standard and apple, pineapple, and herbal Soju with beers from Anders Valley, ForeLand Beer, and Level Brewing. Listen in to hear all about it!

On this episode of Movie And A Beer, we were joined by our youth correspondent Otto while to watch the classic 1979 James Bond film Moonraker starring Roger Moore. It takes the spy to some fantastic locations and then into the Earth's orbit towards the end of the movie. We picked a couple of local(ish) beers that have connections to space (by name alone) and Otto tried some strangely colored sodas. 

This was a fun episode as Otto got to share his thoughts on a variety of Jones Soda flavors (Orange, Cream Soda, Strawberry, and Watermellon) and we were pleased by the two IPA's from Ecliptic Brewing and Hop Valley Brewing. Give it a listen to learn more!

On this episode of Movie And A Beer we discuss the 1969 film The Castle of Fu Manchu which stars Christopher Lee as an evil master-mind trying to take over the world. We also had a couple of easy sipping beers along with this amazingly bad film. 

While we tried our best to make it through this film without feeling totally gross regarding the amount of exploitation and racism that it has, the IPA we had from Loowit Brewing and Pilsner from Wolf Tree Brewing truly helped us along.

On this episode of Movie And A Beer we review the Netflix film UNCORKED, then discuss the wide range of beers we had while viewing and note their differences. Uncorked follows a young man's journey to becoming a master sommelier while balancing his family's expectations to take over their BBQ joint in Memphis TN. 

We enjoyed a range of beer styles, doing tastings with our friends while we watched to include 3 different fruited sour red Flanders beers (Block15, Brasserie d'Achouffe, and Brouwerij Verhaeghe Vichte), a NE IPA (Matchless), and a couple of stouts (The Brewing Projek, Gigantic). Listen in to find out what made the cut!

On this episode of Movie And A Beer we watched the fantastic Pixar film Soul with our special youth correspondent, Otto. We enjoyed a blind taste test between a couple of soda pop rivals and then three amazing fruited sour beers. The film follows a music teacher who has a chance to play in a jazz band and learns that he needs to look at his life and perhaps find what his passion is beyond his desires. 

The three fruited sours we tried were 'out of the fridge' and from a wide range of breweries to include Untitled Art Brewing, Lumberbeard Brewing, and Eagle Park Brewing. Give a listen to hear why these sour beers worked so well with this animated classic. 

On this episode of Movie And A Beer we discuss The Shawshank Redemption, a gritty jail film that follows the lives of inmates in Shawshank Prison from the 40's-60's and two great collaboration beers we enjoyed with it. We wanted to bring in the new year with a film that inspires and brings hope to the lives of those less fortunate and this film hits it on the nose.

The collaboration beers were an IPA from Level Brewing/Old Town Brewing and an ESB Fortside Brewing/Beer Nerds. Listen to the episode to hear why these great beers went with the film and which characters we think would enjoy them the most.  

On this special Mini-sode of Movie And A Beer, we discuss the Mandalorian TV show season 2, episode 1 and a fabulous porter we sipped while watching. We enjoyed this introduction of the next season with a true western approach in the storytelling and direction. Just remember, you don't always have to eat the worm, sometimes you can blow it up!

The wonderful porter we had while watching the Mandalorian was brewed by Silver Moon Brewing out of Bend OR. This really nice fruited porter held our attention and helped bring to life the exciting scenes on the TV. Listen to the episode for further details and why it went so well with this episode.