Best Hefeweizen Podcasts (2024)

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Supplier Spotlight at Southside Cellar - Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 1:19:35

4d ago1:19:35

1:19:35

This week we welcomed the team from legendary Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, in house to chat all things Sierra Nevada. Nestled in Chico, California, the passion project of industry legend Ken Grossman quickly became and has continued to persist as the standard bearer in the industry for quality and consistency. Having Nick & Jordan in house to dis…

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Supplier Spotlight at Southside Cellar - Brewery Owner & Advanced Cicerone Collin Zreet 39:32

13d ago39:32

39:32

This week we welcomed beloved Local Brewery Owner & Advanced Cicerone Collin Zreet for a unique Belgian Beer Tasting and food pairing. This was the first ticketed tasting of it's kind and helluva time with fabled brews Cantillon Gueuze, Tilquin Quetsche, Trappist Westmalle Tripel, Brasserie de Blaugies La Vermontoise with assorted cheese, nut, & fr…

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Supplier Spotlight at Southside Cellar - Owner Brad Farbstein of Real Ale Brewing Co. 1:15:47

19d ago1:15:47

1:15:47

This week we welcomed the Owner Brad Farbstein of Real Ale Brewing Company, from Blanco, Texas. This one was rescheduled from the last spring and it was an absolute blast hanging out with the Texas OG from the Hill Country! It was a treat for the entire taproom to get the story from the man himself as Brad walked us through the early days of baseme…

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Supplier Spotlight at Southside Cellar - Chris Lewis & Matt Ellis of TUPPS Brewing 1:13:25

18d ago1:13:25

1:13:25

This week we welcomed Chris Lewis and Matt Ellis from TUPPS Brewing, McKinney, Texas. TUPPS has quickly grown into one of the biggest Craft Beer producers in the great state of Texas. With a beautiful new (and very large) brewery in McKinney, they've planted their flag in that area as THE go-to brand with a space that can execute a multitude of eve…

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Supplier Spotlight at Southside Cellar - Owner Seth Morgan of Denton County Brewing Co. 1:41:36

17d ago1:41:36

1:41:36

This week we welcomed the Owner Seth Morgan of Denton County Brewing Company, from up north in Denton, Texas. It was a treat to get Seth in house to chat his background and journey to opening a Craft Brewery in his beloved Denton. It was an interesting and what feels like what's an almost repetitive story of overcoming obstacles such as dealing wit…

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Supplier Spotlight at Southside Cellar - Owner Fritz Rahr of Rahr & Sons Brewing Company 1:37:53

1M ago1:37:53

1:37:53

This week we welcomed the OG, the Godfather of NTX brewing, the Local Legend, Owner & Founder Fritz Rahr of Rahr & Sons Brewing Company, right down the road here in Fort Worth, Texas. It was a great night for our Supplier Spotlight and certainly a great night at the Cellar. The place was packed with local brewers, OG Craft Beer nerds, and locals at…

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Supplier Spotlight at Southside Cellar - Caine Lackey and David Ersland of Founders Brewing 57:00

2M ago57:00

57:00

This week we welcomed Caine Lackey and David Ersland from Founders Brewing, Grand Rapids, Michigan. It was a pleasure to sit with the NTX team and chat the current state of Craft Beer in Texas from one of the nation's top breweries with wide distro. The guys were fantastic in laying out their approach to the modern Craft Beer landscape, particularl…

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Supplier Spotlight at Southside Cellar - JT Bartlett of Firestone Walker 59:19

2M ago59:19

59:19

This week we welcomed State Manager JT Bartlett of Firestone Walker Brewing Company, Paso Robles, California. As JT is now a FTW resident we've been lucky enough to get to know him well and when we get to sit and chat Firestone Walker in a public forum, it's a huge treat for everyone. As one of the sharpest young minds in Craft Beer, JT brings a di…

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Supplier Spotlight at Southside Cellar - Owner Dom Van Ausdall of False Idol Brewing 1:00:27

2M ago1:00:27

1:00:27

This week we welcomed Owner Dom Van Ausdall and Head Brewer Will Perry of False Idol Brewing of North Richland Hills, Texas. Ever since coming on the scene with ghost brew collaborations in the late teens, False Idol burst onto the DFW beer scene with sharp branding and a social media presence before opening. Brandon & Dom, both with backgrounds in…

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Supplier Spotlight at Southside Cellar - Harold Sherrell and Ryan Shramek of Big Country Organic Brewing Co. 1:18:37

3M ago1:18:37

1:18:37

This week we welcomed Harold Sherrell and Ryan Shramek from Big Country Organic Brewing Company in Pflugerville, TX. This week our friends from the Austin are were in house to discuss the brand, the brews, and the future of the brewery. This was a real treat as we got into the real "nerd stat" details of the difficulties of operating a certified or…

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Supplier Spotlight at Southside Cellar - Owner Michael Peticolas of Peticolas Brewing 1:23:42

3M ago1:23:42

1:23:42

This week we welcomed Owner Michael Peticolas of Peticolas Brewing, Dallas, TX. This was an absolute treat to have Michael in house, a real OG in the DFW Brew Scene. Peticolas opened for business proper in 2011 and has been a staple of quality in our market, all while maintaining his license as a practicing attorney, and being elected to the Board …

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Supplier Spotlight at Southside Cellar - Owner Matt Peterson of Equal Parts Brewing 1:08:33

3M ago1:08:33

1:08:33

This week we welcomed Owner Matt Peterson of Equal Parts Brewing out of Houston TX. Matt and Martina were in house from their team to chat all things Equal Parts and give us a clear picture of life at their beautiful facility in a Historic building outside downtown in the 2nd Ward. We absolutely love their brews, clean and refreshing, and cannot wa…

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Supplier Spotlight at Southside Cellar - Owner Matt Reynolds of Celestial Beerworks 38:47

4M ago38:47

38:47

This week we welcomed Matt Reynolds of Celestial Beerworks in Dallas, TX. After opening the doors in Oct of 2018, Matt and his team have solidified themselves as one of the best breweries in all of DFW with killer Hazy IPAs, fantastic events at the brewery, and wide array of other brews and collaborations. It was a pleasure to have him out to the C…

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Beer and B-Movies Episode 104: Tom Atkins Appreciation, with River to River from SingleSpeed Brewing 17:07

4M ago17:07

17:07

Episode 104 comes out this Saturday, and it's a special one. I want to celebrate the great B-Movie actor Tom Atkins, and I'm pairing it with River to River German Pilsner, provided by my friends at @singlespeedbrewingco. Tom has had a singularly wonderful career, and had been a big part of my movie viewing life, from The Fog, to Creepshow, Escape F…

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Beer and B Movies: Episode 103, The Big Heat, with Ruekeller Helles, from The Bruery 22:13

5M ago22:13

22:13

Episode 103: The Big Heat, with Ruekeller Helles, provided by Placentia's The Bruery. This is one tight, vicious little picture about a good cop pushed to the edge when gangsters blow up his life. Big thanks to The Bruery for giving me their Helles, a light, full flavored beer that pairs great with this intense, fantastic picture starring Glenn For…

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Ep. 102: Repo Man, with Shivaya Wild Ale, from Cellador Ales 47:07

5M ago47:07

47:07

Episode 102 drops today, and it's a blast. Repo Man, with Shivaya Dry Hopped wild ale, from @cellador_ales. Emilio Estevez gives one of my favorite performances as Otto, a nihilistic punk in mid 80s Los Angeles, who gets tangled up with salty repo man Bud, played by legend Harry Dean Stanton. Oh, and there's a '64 Chevy Malibu with highly radioacti…

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Episode 101: Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains, with R&D Vintage 2023 from New Glarus Brewing 1:01:11

6M ago1:01:11

1:01:11

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains, with R&D Vintage 2023, from New Glarus Brewing. Guest host Jane picked this 1982 picture starring Diane Lane as a young woman dealt a series of devastating, life altering blows in a short amount of time. She takes her sister and cousin on the road with a couple bands and creates a movement. There's some gr…

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Ep. 100: A look back, with Big Chef Barleywine,from Court Avenue Brewing 24:08

6M ago24:08

24:08

Beer and B-Movies reaches its 100th episode. I'll be covering a number of topics from the first 99 episodes, from favorite movies to forgettable, awful, and dumb movies. But I have to shout out all the breweries that have contributed their products to episodes. And for this one, I have the Big Chef, a barrel aged Barleywine, provided by the great f…

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Beer and B Movies Presents: The Evil Dead, With Marshall D's Hefeweizen, from Allerton Brewing Co. 22:32

7M ago22:32

22:32

Sam Raimi detonated onto the horror scene in 1981 with this grueling, wild picture, starring the man himself, Bruce Campbell. The premise is simple: five friends go to a remote cabin in the woods to "party down," and happen upon the Necronomicon and a tape recorder. They unwittingly call forth all sorts of nastiness, and all hell breaks loose, lite…

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Episode 98: Prophecy 54:03

7M ago54:03

54:03

Prophecy, John Frankenheimer's 1979 eco-horror about pollution from a logging company in Maine creating mutant plant and wildlife, and an ornery EPA doctor investigating. There's a giant, lumbering mutant bear named Katahdin causing all sorts of trouble, and unintentional comedy. I paired it with Czech Dark Dark Lager, provided by the wonderful peo…

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Beer and B Movies: Episode 97- I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle 1:10:54

8M ago1:10:54

1:10:54

The Beer & B-Movies Podcast returns with 1991's I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle, and four beers generously provided by my good friends at @threeweavers. This British comedy horror picture was picked by guest host Jon, and it's something else. A satanic cult is ambushed by some cross bow toting bikers, and in the ensuing melee a motorcycle is possesse…

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Beer and B Movies: Episode 96 - Black Christmas (1974) 1:02:30

11M ago1:02:30

1:02:30

In celebration of the season we're covering Bob Clark's 1974 #slasher Black Christmas. Before Halloween, this terrifying picture laid out the blueprint for the modern slasher (if slasher movies are your bag, check out episode 34 of our podcast, a slasher special). A sick, sick individual is prank calling a sorority, and murdering the inhabitants. I…

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Beer and B Movies: Episode 95 - The Big Combo (1955) 58:02

11M ago58:02

58:02

Episode 95 wraps up #noirvember. The Big Combo, paired up with Radiant Beauty West Coast IPA, which was given to us by the wonderful people at @greencheekbeer. Joseph Lewis directed this gritty picture, with legendary Cinematographer John Alton providing some classic #filmnoir shots. But is it a pure film noir? That's debatable, and debate we do. T…

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Beer and B Movies: Episode 94 - The Shanghai Gesture (1941) 51:41

12M ago51:41

51:41

We're starting #noirvember with episode 94, The Shanghai Gesture, Josef Von Sternberg's dreamlike tale of revenge from 1941. Known for its fantastic costumes, camerawork and performances, this was Sternberg's last directing job for a decade, until he made Macao (covered in episode 53). What are we pairing it with? East L.A. IPA, a crisp, sharp, pin…

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Beer and B Movies: Episode 93 - Possession Movie Special 1:17:55

12M ago1:17:55

1:17:55

Episode 93 is a special episode to close our a special month. We're chatting all about Possession Movies! From The Exorcist to Christine, to all sorts of other types of possessions, it's a circuitous conversation, and we have a great beer for the episode. Vice Black Currant Berliner Weisse, from the generous folks at @wildbarrelbrewing. Thanks for …

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Beer and B Movies: Episode 92 - Die, Monster, Die! (1965) 53:52

1y ago53:52

53:52

This Saturday! 1965's Die, Monster, Die!, with The Fog Knows Your Name Hazy IPA, given to us by Placentia's @junipermorganbrewing. Another adaptation of The Colour Out of Space, this finds Boris Karloff as the loony patriarch of a family cursed by a stone from outer space. The setting is changed from New England to England, and they slip a love int…

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Beer and B Movies: Episode 90 - The People Who Own the Dark (1976) 56:49

1y ago56:49

56:49

The People Who Own the Dark, with Tip the Cow Cocoa Espresso Stout from @singlespeedbrewingco. Episode 90s picture starts like it's going to be some Pier Paolo Pasolini picture. Various government agents, scientists and an adventurer and drug smuggler (played by Paul Naschy). They love their pleasures extreme, and use the Marquis de Sade as their g…

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Beer and B Movies: Episode 89 - The Killing (1956) 57:58

1y ago57:58

57:58

The Killing, Stanley Kubrick's tight, amazing film noir, is paired with beer the great folks at @hopsaintbrewingco gave us. Sterling Hayden plays Johnny Clay, fresh out of a five year stay in prison, and he's planning a new caper. Robbing a horse track of 2 million bucks. This picture set a new standard for crime movies that resonates today. To pai…

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Beer and B Movies: Episode 88 - Escape from New York (1981) 56:44

1y ago56:44

56:44

Episode 88 is a special one, folks. Escape From New York, with Rye So Dark Black IPA, kindly provided by @naughtypinebrewing. It's 1997, and due to an increase in crime, Manhattan has been walled off and turned into the country's largest prison. The president's plane has been hijacked and crashed into the prison. There's only one man who can get hi…

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Beer and B Movies: Episode 87 - The Caller (1987) 49:53

1y ago49:53

49:53

This Saturday is episode 87, The Caller, with Double Hopnosis Imperial IPA the good people at @firestonewalker_propagator provided. This Charles Band production sports a cast of two. No extras, nothing, just two people. It's a quirky little picture that's part murder mystery, part scifi. There's nothing quirky about the beer, though, it's straight …

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Beer and B Movies: Episode 86 - Hard Ticket to Hawaii (1987) 1:11:43

1y ago1:11:43

1:11:43

Episode 86 is a doozy, folks. This Saturday it's Hard Ticket to Hawaii, with Blonde Fatale Belgian Style Blonde Ale kindly provided by the good people of @peacetreebrewing. Director Andy Sidaris was a B-Movie kingpin from the mid 80s to late 90s, with a stock company of actors pulled from Playboy and Penthouse. He also liked guns and ridiculous dea…

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Beer and B Movies: Episode 85 - Johnny Guitar (1954) 54:13

1+ y ago54:13

54:13

This Saturday it's 1954's Johnny Guitar, with three beers from @bhbc, procured by Jayson's dad. Joan Crawford is Vienna, a tough business woman with some advance knowledge about the railroad, so she sets up a casino in anticipation of cashing in in a year. Only problem is, the local ranchers, lead by Emma Small, don't want her kind around. It's a c…

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Beer and B Movies: Episode 84 - The Living Skeleton (1968) 1:10:23

1+ y ago1:10:23

1:10:23

The Living Skeleton, comes out this Saturday. This Japanese tokusatsu horror picture is a true mystery to us. Pirates slaughter an entire ship of passengers for gold, only to be hunted down by a ghost three years later. Or is it a ghost? The twin sister of one of the victims might be the killer, but is she even alive? There's a real dreamlike quali…

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Beer and B Movies: Episode 83 - Beach Party (1963) 57:48

1+ y ago57:48

57:48

It's summer, so for episode 83 we're going with 1963s Beach Party, with Suburban Foam Blonde Ale, a unique collaboration between @hermosabrewingco and @descendents. When summer break arrives, Frankie and Dee Dee head to the beach for sun, surfing and, in Frankie's case, a little something more. What they and their friends don't know is Professor Su…

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Beer and B Movies: Episode 82 - Let’s Scare Jessica To Death (1971) 57:14

1+ y ago57:14

57:14

Let's Scare Jessica to Death, paired with Bohemian Rapids Czech Pilsner, which the good people at @iowabrewingco gave us. A dreamlike horror tale from 1971, this picture is about a woman, recently hospitalized for an unexplained mental situation, who moves to a country farm with her husband and their friend. They encounter a free spirited hippie wh…

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Beer and B Movies: Episode 81 - Enter the Ninja (1981) 59:14

1+ y ago59:14

59:14

Episode 81 is stealthily creeping up on us. This Saturday, we're bringing the 1980s ninja sub genre to the podcast, with 1981s Enter the Ninja, paired up with Mediator Doppelbock, which the good people at @heaterallenbeer were kind enough to provide. Franco Nero stars as Cole, a white dude trained in the arts of the ninja, who helps his friends def…

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Beer and B Movies: Episode 80 - The Curse (1987) 1:05:19

1+ y ago1:05:19

1:05:19

This Saturday we're returning to the world of Lovecraft in episode 80, The Curse. Based on the classic story The Colour Out of Space, this picture tells the tale of a struggling family farm that is rocked when a strange object from space lands in a field one night. What at first seems like a godsend quickly turns into a living nightmare. To pair wi…

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Beer and B Movies: Episode 79 - Deathstalker (1983) 54:40

1+ y ago54:40

54:40

Folks, episode 79 comes out this Saturday! 1983s Deathstalker, with Candor Pastry Stout, generously provided by @courtavebrew. Check out Boris Vallejo's cover art. It's so cool. Back in the 80s, pre internet, this was click bait. You saw this at the video rental store and thought, Wow, this must be awesome. Then you rent it, watch it, and that scen…

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Beer and B Movies: Episode 78 - Trouble Man (1972) 57:37

1+ y ago57:37

57:37

Episode 78 this Saturday, Trouble Man, with Manhattan Beach Hazy IPA, which was kindly provided by our pals at @culturebrewingco_la. Mr. T is a neighborhood fixer. He's cool, smooth, dresses like a champ and takes no crap from nobody. When a couple of gangsters try to set him up, you can imagine how that goes for them. It also rocks a fantastic fil…

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Beer and B Movies: Episode 77 - He Walked by Night (1948) 47:42

1+ y ago47:42

47:42

This Saturday episode 77 crashes onto the podcast. 1948's He Walked by Night, with Tag Grapefruit Wheat from @lionbridgebrew. Is this a film noir, or a police procedural? We have our opinions about this gritty picture based on a true story. Richard Basehart is a nogoodnik cruising the streets of Los Angeles, burgling and killing, while the police u…

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Beer and B Movies: Episode 76 - Re-Animator (1985) 50:53

1+ y ago50:53

50:53

Stuart Gordon's over the top Lovecraft adaptation Re-Animator, with the delicious Black Lager, which was kindly provided by the friendly folks at @clockhousebrewing. What can we say that hasn't been said about this one. Herbert West is a slightly disturbed young medical student with one goal: bring the dead back from the point of no return. Nothing…

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Beer and B Movies: Episode 75 - Dead & Buried (1981) 1:15:14

1+ y ago1:15:14

1:15:14

Folks, episode 75 is a fun one. 1981's Dead and Buried, with Lights Out Black IPA, which our friends at @farfieldbeer in Lawndale gave us. A zombie/Lovecraftian picture set in the fictional Northeast town of Potters Bluff, it stars James Farentino as the local sheriff investigating some mysterious deaths. There's all manner of weirdness in this lit…

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Beer and B Movies: Episode 74 - The Junkman (1982) 52:55

1+ y ago52:55

52:55

Episode 74 is headed your way, pedal to the metal. 1982's The Junkman, with a couple beers generously provided by our Midwest friends at @potosibrewingco. H.B. Halicki, the action auteur who never met a car he didn't crash, basically plays himself, and gets hounded all over Central California by assassins in cars and planes. It's thin on plot, but …

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Beer and B Movies: Episode 73 - The Beast with Five Fingers (1946) 59:40

1+ y ago59:40

59:40

New episode this Saturday! 1946's eerie psychological horror picture The Beast With Five Fingers, paired up with a flight of three beers from the generous folks at @bhbc. Robert Alda, Andrea King and Peter Lorre star in this one about a piano maestro who dies, and the return of his severed hand for revenge from the grave. Or is it? It keeps you gue…

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Beer and B Movies: Episode 72 - The Blood on Satan’s Claw (1971) 49:58

2y ago49:58

49:58

Episode 71 drops this Saturday! 1971's The Blood on Satan's Claw, with a trio of beers provided by our friends at @portbrewing. It's 18th century rural England, and something monstrous has been tilled up in a field. Now, the local children have become a murderous band, collecting bodies and samples of Satan's Skin for their master. To pair with thi…

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Beer and B Movies: Episode 71 - Billy Jack (1971) 57:17

2y ago57:17

57:17

Billy Jack, episode 71, with The 4 Year Beer, from @foursilosbrewery. Tom Laughlin starred, directed and wrote, along with his wife Delores the story of Billy, a Vietnam vet who retreats back to his desert roots, trying to leave society behind, but drawn to protect a school for troubled youths. Billy's not much for diplomacy, preferring to let his …

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Beer and B Movies: Episode 70 - Beyond the Time Barrier (1960) 46:31

2y ago46:31

46:31

Episode 70 blasts off! Beyond the Time Barrier, with Vice Apricot Peach Berliner Weisse @wildbarrelbrewing kindly provided. This 1960 scifi adventure tells the story of a pilot who accidentally finds himself 64 years in the future, to 2024. Earth is a barren wasteland due to nuclear testing that destroyed the protective layer around the planet, all…

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Beer and B Movies: Episode 69 - The Saracen Blade (1954) 47:40

2y ago47:40

47:40

This week we're swinging into swashbuckling territory, with 1954's The Saracen Blade, and Toasted Coconut Porter that @jubeck_brewing generously provided. Episode 69 gives us Ricardo Montalban as Pietro, the swaggering hero, born a common man, who seeks nothing but revenge against those who've wronged him. Director William Castle, known more for gi…

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Beer and B Movies: Episode 68 - Q: The Winged Serpent (1982) 53:49

2y ago53:49

53:49

This Saturday, episode 68 drops, and it's a fun one. Q: The Winged Serpent, Larry Cohen's 1982 monster picture/police procedural, with Q barrel aged Stout, kindly provided by @ogopogobrewing. There's a monster flying around New York eating folks, and the only person who knows where it lives is a small time crook with less than zero scruples. Michae…

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Beer and B Movies: Episode 67 - Blue Sunshine (1978) 59:45

2y ago59:45

59:45

This week we wrap up October with another horror movie, 1978's weird, freaky Blue Sunshine, with Landlocked Blues Sour, a collaboration from @backpocketbrewing and @morebrewing, which the fine folks at @backpocketdbq were kind enough to provide. People are suddenly losing their hair and freaking out. And by freaking out, they savagely attack and mu…

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