Good Beer Bad Movie Night

The long awaited episode 20 is out and what a fun adventure this episode is! We had two guests on that joined us remotely from New Jersey (home of The Toxic Avenger), BJ from "Average Joe Comic Show" and Ricky from Orange. BJ is Reuben's younger brother, and Ricky is one of his best friends, whose become friends with BJ over the years. Both our guests are HUGE superhero and comic book fans, so this seemed like the perfect episode to get them on board for. Unfortunately, Mike was super sick (not COVID, he got that later), so he wasn't his normal plucky and funny self, but the dude soldiered on and got it done! Besides getting into Troma Pictures we chatted about all sorts of things including magic mushrooms, ass wiping habits, and weed (as this was the very first edition of Good Weed Bad Movie Night). A fun thing we introduced in this episode was beer battles. We chose 4 specific types of beer from Melbourne while BJ matched those styles with beer made in New Jersey and drank them against each other to find out where the better beer lies. It's a totally opinionated thing that really means nothing, but we had a lot of fun doing it. Beers were purchased from Saint Bride and Craft Republic and were: - Sierra Nevada Pale Ale - Moon Dog Brewery & Run the Jewels No Save Point Hazy IPA - Czig Meister Brewing Deep Sea Series Calescent NEIPA - Sierra Nevada Hazy Little Thing Hazy IPA - La Sirene Brewing Funq IPA - Bolero Snort Brewery Orange Vanilla Bullsicle Milkshake IPA - Hope Brewery Imperial Lemon Lime Sour - Beach Haus Brewery Sunny Sour Kettle Sour Ale w/ Guava Plum & Tangerine - Dainton Brewery Twist & Stout Chocolate Pretzel Stout - Three 3's Brewing Raz Attacks Stout The weed that was had was: - Ice Cream Cake - Chocolate Banana - Reuben's Old Dusty Weed (2010 vintage)

We get real deep and emotional real fast on this one as it was recorded deep in the heart of our second (and longest) lockdown. We certainly touched on how doomed humanity is... We had a catch up lightning round where both of us commiserated about the difficulties of home schooling. Mike was watching a bunch of documentaries and struggled to deal with an overwhelming sense of gloom and doom. Reuben started the Lockdown recuperating from a minor surgery, then pitched a horror film, and helped Thy get the garden turned into a mini "urban farm." Our conversation continued on and got more light hearted as we progressed, and as it would turn out Mike's been successful at getting his Dad into craft beer! We both loved this movie, as it provided us with some much needed laugh therapy. As ridiculous and weird this movie is, it's actually quite well done. We picked this one because we are starting a double header of comic book movies and Reuben wanted to do this one based off a Manga from the mid 90's. The beers came from the amazing folks at Beer 360 and were delivered on the same day they were ordered! They were: - Founders Brewing Mas Agave Imperial Lime Gose - Westside Ale Works The Bridge NEIPA - 3 Ravens Brewery Creme Brulee Milkshake IPA - Moon Dog Brewery Timothy Tamothy Slamothy Chocolate Biscuit Milk Stout

About a week or two before we slid into our second lockdown we were able to wrap up our double header of family episodes we were lucky to be able to head on over to Mike's place and record with both our families together and watch "Cats." An uncompromised nightmarish vision with only a hint of a story and a strong sense uncanny valley from start to finish. Between Mike's partner, Thuy, looking up what the plot was and some notes from "Cats" Super-Fan, Simon-From-North Brunswick, we were able to parcel together some semblance of a story. Maybe if there was a 1/3 less singing and they replaced that with dialogue that explained the story and characters this would be slightly more watchable... The only reason Mike's kids wanted to watch this was to see Taylor Swift, whom Reuben has never heard any of her music let alone know what she looked like. We remarked on Jennifer Hudson's incredible performance and director, Tom Hooper's career. Beers were purchased from Mr. West in Footscray and were: - Mash Brewing Copycat AIPA - Dainton Brewery New Age IPA - Garage Project Cat's Pajamas - Sobah Beverages Finger Lime Cerveza - Dainton Brewery White Chocolate NEIPA - Yulli's Brews/Moon Dong Brewery Major Mac Spiced Fig & Coconut Milk Stout

Here it is, the first ever all family episode! It took a lot to record this one since it was also our very first remotely recorded episode, complete with lots of technical difficulties and antsy children. Speaking of kids, we had some non-alchoholic beers and a mocktail for them to try. This was Mike's kids' first exposure to "Star Wars." It probably wasn't the best starting point for them... For Reuben's kids, they are "Star Wars" obsessed, so they were super keen to watch it, even though they knew the poor reputation it has. Due to the presence of the kids we made it all the way to the hour and 52 minute mark before we started swearing. While watching it, Reuben drew lots of comparisons to the original "Clone Wars" cartoon by Gendy Tartokovsky. We also chatted about our fun times at the water park, Funfields, racing each other on a waterslide dubbed, "The Kraken. We both happened to be eating roast duck dishes that weekend. Reuben had a humble brag about his smoked Peking duck he made while Thuy made a Vietnamese roast duck with rice porridge. After the film ended and the kids went to bed our chat continued. This was recorded just at the end of the first wave in Melbourne, so we had a good old Coronachat. We both predicted the second wave with absolute certainty (it hit us 6 weeks after recording). We also talk about China (future overlords, please don't arrest us...). Beers were purchased from the very friendly folks over at Mr. West. - Sobah Beverages Lemon Aspen Pilsner - Sobah Beverages Pepperberry IPA - Hop Nation Brewing Co. Site FP 2019 Wine Series Muscat Golden Sour Ale - Hop Nation Brewing Co. Site FP 2019 Wine Series Riesling Golden Sour Ale - Haand Brygerriet Dark Force Imperial Wheat Stout

Recorded back in early March when everyone thought the Coronavirus was some far off problem; we were getting excited for the release of Kong Vs Godzilla and had a kaiju double header. Shin Godzilla being the Godzilla half of it, and another edition of Good Beer GOOD Movie Night. Here we are joined by Reuben's "nephew" Henry-From-Sunshine, where we open his eyes to the world of craft beer. He also tells us about his adventures in New Zealand producing his first international music video for Ben Hazelwood's "Lay Me Down." We finally give Brandon and Corey-from-Houston(Reuben's cousin and wife) their long over due congratulations on their nuptials. We also congratulate Marcus-from-Kingsville on the birth of his daughter. We got some great listener responses from Pete from the American Good Beer Bad Movie Night where he teaches us what an actual farmhouse ale is. While the movie plays out we draw correlations to Neon Genesis Evengelion (the film shares the same director), discuss how Godzilla evolves like a Pokemon, and laugh at Japanese bureaucracy. Conversation also shifts towards urinals in the US vs Australia. Reuben's discovery of P.O.O.F. (Pride of our Footscary) Bar, and his sister, Uri-from-Boston's, quest for a bathroom on her last visit here. This obviously leads to the three of us trading off our gayest memories. We also discover a style of beer that Mike doesn't like. Beers were purchased from Mr. West, Bottle House, and the Thirsty Cafe and Bar and are as follows: - Kaiju Beer Paradise Pilsner - Kaiju Beer Krush Tropical Pale Ale - Kaiju Beer Main Squeeze Passion Fruit & Guava Ale - Garage Project Brewing Company Shin Rin Yoku - Tallboy & Moose Make Beer/Mr. West Snotgoblin Cryo IPA with Passion Fruit - Kaiju Beer Metamorphosis IPA - Kaiju Beer Aftermath Double IPA - Kaiju Beer Behemoth Double India Black Ale - Left Barrel Brewing Cerberus American Barelywine - Little Bang Brewing Company Galactapus Barleywine Big thanks to Reuben's other cousin, Barry-From-Tepusquet Canyon for fixing the audio on this one. The man's true wizard!