Pixels & Pints

Loads of interesting pop-culture news this episode, and we actually talk about some boardgames for a change! Tom decides to randomly do a tech review, we cover the video games we're playing at the moment, and we have a MASSIVE chat about the latest installment in DC movies - The Batman. Beers reviewed this episode: One Drop Brewing Co - Strawberry & Hibiscus - Sour - 3.4% Humpback Brewery - First Calf Pale Ale - Pale Ale - 4.9% Bridge Road & Garage Project - Dark Harvest (2022) - Black IPA - 6.6% Ocean Reach Brewing - IPA - IPA - 6.4% Humpback Brewery - Melon Headed Amber - Amber Ale - 4.8% One Drop Brewing Co - Plum Sour - Berliner Weisse - 3.4% Bridge Road Brewers - Hazy Harvest (Fresh Hop IPA) - NEIPA - 6.0% Hawkers Beer - Alter Ego: West Talus - IPA - 6.5% One Drop Brewing Co - The Karnival - Gose - 7.4% Ocean Reach Brewing - Pale Ale - Pale Ale - 5% Hawkers Beer - Alter Ego: East Talus - NEIPA - 6.5% One Drop Brewing Co - Void - Dark Sour - 6.66%  

This episode we talk about the Witcher 4 announcement, absolutely destroy the steaming pile of crap that was The Matrix Resurrections, review Horizon Forbidden West and take a deep-dive into the film director Edgar Wright. Oh, and we drank craft beer... lots of craft beer!  Beers reviewed this episode: White Bay Beer - Morning Yearning - Coffee Porter - 6.8% Little Bang Brewing - Sol Era - Kriek - 5.8% Small Batch (Batch Brewing) - Lychee, Cranberry & Pomegranate - Sour - 5.6% Hawkers Beer - Bourbon Barrel Aged (2022) - White Stout - 6% Garage Project - Mecha Hop Singularity: Centennial - IPA - 6% Small Batch (Batch Brewing) - Orange, Honey & Thyme - Sour - 5.4% Small Batch (Batch Brewing) - Cherry Cola - Sour - 5% Moon Dog - Mosiacy Breaky Heart - IPA - 7% Yulli's Brews - 'Gretchen' Organic Honey Kolsch - Kolsch - 4.5% Yulli's Brews - Dad's Army: Chris's Barrel Aged Imperial Stout - Imperial Stout - 9.4% Small Batch (Batch Brewing) - Pineapple & Chilli - Gose - 5.1%

Returning to a more reasonably lengthed episode, Tom, Dan and Pete sit down to talk about the worst playstation collection trophies of all time. Beers reviewed this episode: Batch Brewing - Plum Salt Pepper Magik - Gose - 4.6% Akasha \ Reckless - NAS XPA - XPA - 4.2% Moon Dog - The Fresh Quinice of Bel-Air - Sour - 6% Hawkers (w\ Kissmeyer) - Juleøl - Munich Dunkel - 6% Deeds Brewing - Al Fresco - Italian Pilsner - 5.1% Sunday Road Brewing - Cryotherapy - NEIPA - 6.1% Akasha Brewing - Lime Zest Gose - Gose - 4.5% Stone & Wood \ Afrends - Crop Circles - Hazy Pale - 5% Co-Conspirators - The Mechanic - Oat Cream Pale - 5.5% One Drop Brewing - Double Mango Passionfruit Sorbet - Oat Cream Sour - 7.2% Deeds Brewing - Oat Whip - Oat Cream IIPA - 8%

You thought our podcasts were long up until now? Well, do we have a treat for you! 4hrs of birthday celebrations, where Dan, Tom and Pete sit down and spend some time with almost everyone who's ever been a guest on the show before! 5 interviews, one for each year we've been talking sh!t and drinking beer! Oh, and a lengthy but suprisingly in-depth chat towards the end about the evolution of FPS video games throughout our lives. Need we mention a massive 21 beers reviewed? Thankfully not in one sitting though, lol. We hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed recording it; and if you've been around for a while, a HUGE thanks for keeping us on the virtual air-waves for this long. Here's to the next 5 years! Skål! Beers reviewed this episode: Grifter Brewing Co. - Serpents Kiss – Pilsner – 4.9% Otherside Brewing Co. – Nelson Saison – Saison – 5.6% Mountain Culture - Sheer Liquid Wonderment – NEIPA – 6.9% Garage Project – Hazy Days (Mosaic, Azacca, Sabro, Idaho 7) - NEIPA – 5.8% Coastal Brewing Co – Shelly’s

Wowsers, how did our podcast hit 5 years already?! Well, we certainly aren't going to pass up an opportunity to celebrate, so while Tom is galivanting around the US we invite very special guest Ben Campbell from Bar 1989 to join us. We get down to business with an in-depth discussion on what goes into making amazing movies, and of course, we sample some of Australia's best brews while we do it!   Beers reviewed this episode: Hawkers Beer - Trop Tart - Sour - 5.5% Hop Nation Brewing - Freak of the Week – NEIPA – 6.5% Range Brewing - Raspberry Sour – Sour – 3.8% White Bary Beer - Groovy Rhythm – NEIPA – 6.7% Atomic - Hazy Sessions – New England Pale – 4.5% Slow Lane Brewing - Liquid Bread - Doppelbock - 8.5% Dainton Beer - Major Tom - Session IPA - 2.5% Garage Project - Primal Stream - Sour - 6.7%

Welcome to a whole new season! From PSVR2, reviews of Candy Man (the movie) and Battlestar Galactica Deadlock (the game) to Venom: Let There be Carnage, Deep Rock, Plauge Tale and Mafia 3, we also cover all the latest movie trailers before going deep into a debate about what makes an Open World style game great (as opposed to all the crap ones out there!) Join our Discord server! https://discord.gg/ShTvS82SbM Beers reviewed this episode: Mountain Goat - Rare Breed: Cherry Sour Ale - Sour - 6.0% Wayward Brewing - Hazy Mid – Pale Ale – 3.5% 8 Wired - Celery Salt Hippy – Gose – 4.0% Moon Dog Craft Brewery - Lemon Haze – NEIPA – 5.0% Stone & Wood - Jasper Ale – Red Ale – 5.4% Gweilo Beer - Rainbow Sherbet Sour – Sour – 4.5% Bacchus Brewing Co. - Peanut Brittle Gose – Gose – 4.7% Other Side Brewing - Belgian Amburana Ale – Belgian Brown Ale – 6.1% Bridge Road Brewers – Peach Sour w\ Elderflower – Gose – 4.3% 3 Ravens - Passionfruit Creamsicle – Sour – 3.5% Range Brewing – Sign of the Times – DIPA – 8.2% W

We had a plan for what we wanted to cover in this episode, but just like the year we spent the episode saying goodbye to, the plans went out the window really darn fast! So, join us for an epic (and I do mean off the wall drunken epic) monstrously long episode as we look back at the mess that was 2021! And, for the first time in what feels like a whole year, we recorded in person to boot! There's swearing, there's offensive language (it's just plain old offensive too!), there's pop culture discussion, and there's a crazy line-up of non-stop Imperial Stouts and Strong Ales! It's retrospective, it's slightly introspective, but darned if any of us really know what we talked about - we haven't had a chance to listen to it back yet, and we sure as hell don't remember the night! Join our Discord server! https://discord.gg/ShTvS82SbM Beers reviewed this episode: Moon Dog - Watchers on the Wall (White Choc) - Imperial White Ale - 9.0% Moon Dog - Breaker of Chains (Chilli & Vanilla) - Imperial Stout - 7.7% Mountai

In an episode plagued by technical issues (Tom's NBN just never seems to want to play nice; and Pete discovered that highly sensitive mic amp + crappy XLR cables = AM radio antenna...). But hey, here we are with our Christmas Episode! We discuss Witcher Season 2, a full and detailed review of the Dune movie, the latest video game awards, just a touch on Hawkeye so far, Cowboy Bebop, Star Wars Eclipse, and so very much more! Join our Discord server! https://discord.gg/ShTvS82SbM Beers reviewed this episode: Little Bang Brewing - Schwangberry - Sour - 3.0% Black Hops Brewing - East Coast Haze - Hazy Pale - 4.5% Westside Ale Works - Wild Cherry Ale - Sour - 5.0% Garage Project - Nope Rope - IPA - 7.6% Akasha Brewing - Mad Max - IPA - 6.0% Garage Project - Mecha-Hop Singularity: Citra - Hazy Pale - 6.0% Urbanaut Brewing - Tangelo Hazy IPA (Can 1) & Champagne IPA (Can 2) - NEIPA & Brut IPA - 6.2% & 7.5% Stockade Brew Co - Raspberry Burst - Sour - 3.5% Hawkers Beer - Into the Forest, I Go - Sour - 4.0%

Yep, maturity levels waned for the naming of this episode - it's our 69th after all! So, with Tom galivanting around for a wedding, Dan and I sit down for an intimate episode together. We get down and dirty on The Sinking City, Dan's first thoughts on the PS5 (now after FINALLY getting one!), and Pete spends almost the entire episode gushing over the new Wheel of Time series! Join our Discord server! https://discord.gg/ShTvS82SbM Beers reviewed this episode: Banks Brewing - Lookout Peach Gose - Gose - 3.0% Black Hops Brewing - Afterburner - Red IPA - 7.2% Otherside Brewing - Sabbath 2021 - Pastry Stout - 6.6% Capital Brewing - Rock Hopper - IPA - 6.1% Sydney Brewery - Czech 1-2 - Czech Pilsner - 5.0% Capital Brewing - Hang Loose Juice - NEIPA - 6.0%

All the Disney+ Day content, a massive review of the Guardian's of the Galaxy vdeo game, a metrix shit-tonne of movie reviews from Pete's couch, and an in-depth discussion on creating atmosphere and mood in video games - it's yet another MASSIVE lockdown episode!  Join our Discord server! https://discord.gg/ShTvS82SbM Beers reviewed this episode: One Drop Brewing - Hazy Pale Ale - Hazy Pale - 4.5% 3 Ravens - Jack - Hazy Pale Ale - 3.5% Nomad Brewing - Cucumber & Mint Pale - Pale - 4.9% 3 Ravens - Munin - IPL - 6.66% Banks Brewing - Juice Fit - NEIPA - 6.6% White Bay & Mountain Culture - Grandma's XO - IPA - 7.7% Stone & Wood - Dark Unicorn - Scotch Ale - 7.6% 3 Ravens - Hugin - Rauchbier - 5.0% One Drop Brewing - Oatmeal Stout - 4.5% Garage Project - F*ck You 2021 - Double NEIPA - 8.0% Slow Lane Brewing - Frozen Sea - Baltic Porter - 8.5% Old Wives Ales - Pacific NorthWest IPA - IPA - 6.3%

Another huge remote episode! Dan finally watches Free Guy so we take a deep-dive, Pete reviews Another Life, we review all the trailers and teasers from this year's DC Fandome (as disappointing as they were), and we end with an in-depth discussion of attaching RL events to video games you played while experiencing them. Oh, and since this was such an epic episode, we smashed through the longest list of review beers we've ever managed! Join our Discord server! https://discord.gg/ShTvS82SbM Beers reviewed this episode: Prancing Pony Brewery - Pony Lager - Lager - 4.5% Batch Brewing - Lupomax Hoppy Kolsch - Kölsch - 4.8% Little Bang Brewing - Guava SNEIPA - Sour NEIPA - 5.1% Hop Nation Brewing - Melbourne Fog - Hazy Pale - 4.8% Local Brewing Co. - Pacific Paradise - Pale Ale - 4.2% Currumbin Valley Brewing - Like Cream Soda - Sour - 4.6% Capital Brewing & Mountain Culture - West Coast NEIPA - NEIPA - 7% Co-conspirators Brewing - The Informant - NEIPA - 6% 3 Ravens - New World IPA - IPA - 5.8% Little Bang Bre

Big episode this fortnight, with a rundown of the newly announced Star Wars Bring Home the Bounty promotion, Tom's lockdown game lineup, Pete's thoughts on War of the Worlds Season 2, and a detailed and HUUUUUGE review of Days Gone. Oh, and Tom started a bit tipsy and things just went downhill from there!  Join our Discord server! https://discord.gg/ShTvS82SbM Beers reviewed this episode: Colonial Brewing Co - Bertie Apple Cider - Cider - 4.6% Boatrocker Brewing - Big Shot - Imp. Brown Ale - 8.5% Currumbin Valley Brewing - Blackcurrant Pastille - Sour - 5.8% Brewtal Brewers - Brisbane River Brown - Brown Ale - 6.5% Garage Project - Electric Dry Hop Acid Test - Sour - 4.2% Mountain Culture - Scenic Route - IPA - 4.4% Reckless Brewing - Double Cherry Sour - Sour - 6.0% Deep Creek - Zenith - NEIPA - 6.0% Mountain Culture - There Is No Hype, Only Zuul - IPA - 7.8% Dainton Brewing - Hip Hip Puree - Sour - 6.0% Mountain Culture - Staycation - NEIPA - 7.7% Co-Conspirators - The Double Butcher - Double Red IPA -

It was a pretty slow fortnight for news, so we got stuck into some interesting topics instead: Star Wars Visions, Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf, God of War (2018), and Days Gone all got solid and thorough reviews. We also lightly touch on Foundations (without spoilers) before jumping into a pretty in-depth look at modern Hollywood storytelling. Beers reviewed this episode: 1) Batch Brewing - Easy XPA - XPA - 5.0% 2) Stockade Brew Co - Wasabi Sumo - DIPA - 9.0% 3) Moon Dog - All Killer No Filler - New England Pale - 5.0% 4) Bright Brewery - Smoko Rauchbier - Rauchbier - 6.66% 5) Akasha Brewing - DDH IPA - IPA - 6.5% 6) Batch Brewing - Tropical Pipeline - Sour - 4.5% 7) Deep Creek Brewing - Bahama Mama - Berliner Weisse - 4.5% 8) White Bay Beer Co. - Hazy Kveik - Pale Ale - 5.7% 9) 3 Ravens - Eclipse Juicy - NEIPA - 6.0% 10) Range Brewing - The Floor is Lava - Red IPA - 7.1% 11) Batch & One Drop - Raspberry & Lime - Imperial Saison - 7.7% 12) Akasha Brewing - Blood Orange Gose - Gose - 4.2%

From the latest in pop-culture news, including the new PS5 update, BF2042 delays and Star Wars: Visions to a full review of the first 6 episodes of Marvel's What If...? and AC Valhalla's full DLC line-up. Trailer trash also discusses the newly released trailers for Hawkeye, Matrix Resurrections and Red Notice before we walk through the latest Playstation Showcase lineup of video game content hitting us soon. Beers reviewed this episode: 1) Moon Dog - Conga Lines Passionfruit... - Sour - 7.5% 2) Slipstream Brewing - Mocha Stout - Coffee Stout - 6.5% 3) Urbanaut Brewing - Strawberry Hazy IPA (Beer Blender) - NEIPA - 6.0% 4) Urbanaut Brewing - Cucumber + Mint Sour - Sour - 5.0% 5) Brewdog - Hazy Jane - NEIPA - 5.0% 6) Big Shed Brewing - Save the Date - Strong Ale - 6.8% 7) Bonehead Brewing - Red Hulk SMASH - Red IPA - 6.4% 8) Wayward Brewing - Irish Cream - Stout (Milk) - 7.0% 9) Ocean Reach Brewing - Frank Moses - Red Rye IPA - 6.5% 10) Garage Project - Snug - Irish Dry Stout - 5.3% 11) 8 Wired - Double Scoop -

One of our longest episodes ever!!! Covering News like the Peacemaker tv-series and how crap Red Hood's helmet looks in Titans S3, our Trailer Trash takes on a journey through Spiderman: No Way Home, Bond: No Time to Die, The Kings Man and numerous video game trailers, and we settle in to a couple of chunky Spotlight segments: the universe that is Dune; and video game protagonists who are really crap at their day job! Settle in folks, it's a long one, but boy is it jam-packed with a veritable deathclaw wellington's worth of content! Beers reviewed this episode: 1) Garage Project - Block Party: Waghorn A - NEIPA - 6.2% 2) Deeds Brewing - Pomona's Harvest - Sour - 7.7% 3) Bracket Brewing - Blackberry & Vanilla - Sour - 8.4% 4) Akasha Brewing - Water Buffalo - Brown Ale - 6.0% 5) Batch Brewing - Hazy Pale - New England Pale - 4.0% 6) Deeds Brewing - Knock on Wood - Pilsner - 5.9% 7) Moon Dog - Magic EyePA - American IPA - 7.0% 8) Batch Brewing - Beastie Boysenberry - Sour - 4.6% 9) Duncan's Brewing - Toasty

In another huge episode, we get down with a tonne of pop-culture news and upcoming releases, ranging from The Suicide Squad and Shang-Chi through to the latest Star Wars comic arc, a new Spawn movie, AC:V's and Ghost of Tsushima's new DLC, and way, way more. Oh, and we spend the last third of the episode going deeeeep on the new Amazon Prime Lord of the Rings TV series after they release the first promo shot. Beers reviewed this episode: 1)  Garage Project - Air Drop - Pilsner - 6.1% 2)  Yulli's Brews - Colin - Pale Ale - 5.0% 3)  Hopsters & Frenchies - The Cool Kids: Sequoia - Cascadian Dark Ale - 6.5% 4)  Slow Lane Brewing - Before Dawn - Munich Dunkel - 4.6% 5)  Mountain Culture Beer Co. - Nevermore - Schwarzbier - 4.8% 6)  Australian Brewery - Maple & Vanilla Robust Porter - Imperial Porter - 6.4% 7)  3 Ravens Brewery - Very Juicy - NEIPA 8)  Newstead Brewing Co. - The Doors of Perception - Sour - 5.3% 9)  Barossa Valley Brewing - Barrel Aged Blonde - 5

In this very special episode, we were given the honour of helping 1989 Arcade Bar (https://1989.com.au/) celebrate their 5th birthday via a live stream to their Facebook and Twitch accounts... and what an epic, slurry, rambunctious episode it is! Retro games, a full review of Masters of the Universe: Revelation, Doctor Who and a pretty deep dive into the backstory of Dune cut short only by just how absolutely inebriated we were after an epic 2+hr recording!  Beers reviewed this episode: 1)  Akasha Brewing Co. - Lupulin Fog - Imperial NEIPA - 8.5% 2)  Garage Project - Talk to the Hand 2021 - IPA - 7.2% 3)  Sauce Brewing Co - Strawberry Dreamshake - Milkshake IPA - 7.0% 4)  White Bay Beer Co. - Burst Brut Hoppy Sour - Sour - 5.5% 5)  Stockade Brew Co - Old Money (2019) - Imperial Stout - 13.5% 6)  One Drop Brewing - Cherry Red Riding Hood - Pastry Stout - 9.0%

Looks like lockdown's here to stay in Syd for the forseeable future... with our remote-recording quality slowly improving, we sit down with our ole' mate Ben to catch up after over a year's absence (kids will do that!) to get his thoughts on over a year of pop-cuture. We cover everything from WandaVision and SnyderCut to Cloverfield, the Loki series in entirety, Black Widow, A Quiet Place 2, Carnival Row and so much more! Beers reviewed this episode: 1)  Moon Dog Craft Brewery - Beer Can - Lager - 4.2% 2)  One Drop Brewing Co - Soursop & Indica - Berliner Weisse - 5.2% 3)  Urbanaut Brewing - Del Mar Pink Grapefruit - NEIPA - 6.0% 4)  Temple Brewing Co. - Hazy #4 - Double NEIPA - 7.6% 5)  BentSpoke Brewing Co - How's It Gozen? Cherry - Gose - 4.0% 6)  Range Brewing - Reflections - NEIPA - 7.0% 7)  Wayward Brewing - Island Life - Stout - 7.0%

Still locked down in Sydney, we thought we'd get organised for this episode and each grab a 2021 GABS beer pack so we can at least properly review beers this time. While we stumbled and slurred our way through 6 massive beers, we discuss Battlefield 2042, the new Tomorrow War movie, Henry Cavill's roots as we get closer to Witcher Season 2, the new Rachet & Clank game and a whole lot more in this monster 2hr+ episode. Beers reviewed this episode: 1)  Bright Brewery - Aviation Cocktail Sour - Sour - 5.1% 2)  Sea Legs Brewing - Sundae Imperial White Stout - White Stout - 7.6% 3)  Dainton Beer - Amplifier - Double NEIPA - 8.0% 4)  Urban Alley Brewery - Maple Banana Split Your Pants - Dunkelweizen - 7.2% 5)  Mountain Culture - Wanderlust - NEIPA - 7.0% 6)  Deeds Brewing - Cheat Code - Triple NEIPA - 10.0%

Well, Sydney has been plunged into another lockdown, and we're already a week behind on our regular recording, so we thought - bugger it, why let that stop us? The audio might be a touch muddier than usual, but we still manage to get through our thoughts on the new Loki series, whether UFOs are real (care of the US Government), and a whole host of discussion on the games just announced at 2021's E3 conference. One other change - obviously given we're stuck at home, we didn't review beers in the usual way. Instead, we each tried a few new brews, and briefly gave our thoughts on them. Pete's beers this episode: 1)  Wayward Brewing - Cashmere Cat - NEIPA - 6.3% 2)  Mountain Culture Beer Co. - Status Quo - New England Pale - 5.6% 3)  Garage Project - Give You All My Love  - NEIPA - 6.7% 4)  Garage Project - Hard Knocks - NEIPA - 7.6% Dan's beers this episode: 1)  Honey Rider - Easy Ale - Pale - 4.5% 2)  Garage Project - Boss Level - IIPA - 8.5% 3)  Brouwerij 't Verzet - O