Pixels & Pints

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

We take a deep dive into Army of the Dead, talk (again) about how the Horus Heresy ruined Warhammer 40k but that Pete loved the first novel in the series, and after talking about Dan getting screwed over by a boardgame campain on Kickstarter, Pete reports that he's just taken exactly the same risk with the Witcher game! Oh, and Dan spends most of the episode nursing a humungous bump on his forehead! Yay for workplace injuries! Beers reviewed this episode: 1)  Slow Lane Brewing - Botany Weisse Mango & Passionfruit - Sour - 3.4% 2)  Black Flag Brewing - Rage Against the Mainstream - Pale Ale - 6.0% 3)  Black Flag Brewing - Troublemakers! Hopeless Romantic - IIPA - 8.0% 4)  Bay Rd Brewing - White Russian - Stout - 7.0%

It's a megapowered flower-power super-duper bloody moon! And in support of Artemis, Diana, Hjúki and Bil (amongst others), we decided to semi-theme this episode by focusing on monsters, zombies and horror themed topics. Army of the Dead, IT Chapter 2 (and the Dark Tower), the Darksiders and Diablo games, Lovecraft Country, the list goes on (and was a lot easier to come up with an episode's-worth of content than Pete expected - we're dark mofo's apparently!) Beers reviewed this episode: 1)  Mismatch Brewing Co. - Strawberry Sour - Sour - 3.0% 2)  Batch Brewing Co. - Small Batch: Greg's Pumpkin Pie - Porter - 5.5% 3)  Bad Shepherd Brewing Co. - The Haze of Revan - Black NEIPA - 6.2% 4)  Deeds Brewing - The Second Horseman - Imperial Stout - 10.0%

Dan made it all the way to the recording this time! We cover GABS Sydney 2021, some video games we're playing (and waiting to play), Dan's childhood being raised by insane religious androids and try out both some alcoholic and non-alcoholic (well, ultra low) beers! Beers reviewed this episode: 1)  Yulli's Brews - Raff's Papaya - Pale Ale - 5.0% 2)  One Drop Brewing - Pine Trail - Low ABV Pale Ale - 0.5% 3)  Garage Project - Boss Level "Ultra IPA" - IIPA - 8.5% 4)  One Drop Brewing - Paradiso - Low ABV IPA - 0.5% 5)  Yulli's Brews - Dolly Aldrin "Watermelon & Mint" - Sour - 3.3% 6)  Cronulla Beer Co - Next Level XPA - Pale - 5.0% 7)  One Drop Brewing - Galactic - Low ABV Milk Stout - 0.5% 8)  Big Shed Brewing Co - BruChocs - Sour Stout - 6.0%

While Dan chucks a uey to race home, Pete and Tom get down and deep! From Michael Keaton returning as Batman to the new Flash movie, Pete's disappointment at yet another Marvel TV series, we blend some beers together and have a D&M about the connection between videos games and friends\family. Beers reviewed this episode: 1)  Dad & Dave's Brewing - Dragonfruit Sour - Sour - 3.5% 2)  One Drop Brewing - Dark Lager - Dark Lager - 5.2% 3a)  Urbanaut Brewing - Coconut Hazy IPA - NEIPA - 6.0% 3b)  Urbanaut Brewing - Queen Pinepple Sour - Sour - 4.0% 4)  Nomad Brewing Co. - Supersonic - Sonic Boom "Yuzu & Passionfruit DIPA" - Imperial IPA - 7.8%

Pete, Tom and Dan launch straight into a detailed analysis of Zack Snyder's Justice League before wrapping up WandaVision (hopefully for the last time!), we discuss the first episode of Falcon & Winter Soldier, Anthony Mackie as an actor generally, Dan obsesses about his beer-labelling OCD yet again!!!! before we quickly Black Adam, Shazam 2, and some horrendously bad movies on Netflix! Beers reviewed this episode: 1)  3 Ravens Brewery - Pina Colada Creamsicle - Sour - 3.5% 2)  3 Ravens Brewery - Cherry Creamsicle - Sour - 3.5% 3)  Batch Brewing - Small Batch Hazy Oat v1 - Pale - 4.6% 4)  Batch Brewing - Small Batch Hazy Oat v2 - Pale - 4.1% 5)  Moon Dog Brewing - No Save Point - NEIPA - 6.5%

Dan finally returns to join Tom and Pete and to finally give his opinion on Cyberpunk 2077 in person, before we launch into a range of topics from why PC game boxes are now empty to the future of the MCU post-WandaVision, discussion about Dan's severely damaged arm, what body parts we'd cybernetically enhance if given the choice and we actually talk about music for a change! Oh, and we try an unlabelled beer of unknown origin and live to regret it! Beers reviewed this episode: 1)  Willie the Boatman - New Years Red Solution - Flanders Red Ale - 5.8% 2)  Wolf of the Willows - S'Mores Man - Red Ale - 6.2% 3)  Deeds Brewing - Fortune & Glory - Double NEIPA - 8.0% 3.5)  Unknown Brewer - Horrible Band-Aid Beer - Brown Ale - ??% 4)  Moon Dog Brewing - Odgen Nash's Pash Rash - IIPA - 8.5% Shout out to Mikey Su, thanks for tuning in bro!

With Dan still struggling with a severely damaged arm, Tom and Pete kick off Season 4 with the return of the amazing Liam Pereira from Batch Brewing! Video games, PS5 hardware shortages (and the newly announced PS5VR), Cyberpunk 2077, WandaVision and a host of other nerdy topics are discussed with the same old utter lack of real knowledge. But hey, at least we're back!  Beers reviewed this episode: 1)  Sanctus Brewing Co. - Blueberry Crush - Sour - 4.5% 2)  Wildflower Brewing - Zibeero 2019 - Wild Ale - 6.6% 3)  Mountain Culture Beer Co. - Be Kind Rewind - NEIPA - 7.3% 4)  Deeds Brewing - Dkat Amarillo - IIPA - 8.5%

A very different episode, and one that almost didn't happen! The boys from Pixels & Pints link up via phone to bring you this COVID-safe short episode covering the PS5 and the few games we've started hammering through so far.   Whilst some craft beers were consumed and are discussed in the episode, none of them could be considered "reviewed" given only one of us drank each beer.    Huge thanks to all our listeners for all your support, Likes, Comments and mainly just for listening to a few ill-informed idiots talk crap about our favourite pop-culture in 2020. It's been a really odd year, but we've had a ball continuing our podcast journey, and we hope you enjoyed it too!

Off the back of one of our longest ever episodes, we bring you our first Special episode of the season - our pint-sized pocket episode! Dan and Pete review two solid examples of fan-films on YouTube (Star Wars and Assassin's Creed respectively), while we tackle a couple of awesome beers designed to showcase the brand new Aussie hops - Eclipse. Fan-films we discuss: 1)  BETRAYAL - Star Wars: Order 66 Short Film 2)  Assassin's Creed 3: Rebel Blades Beers reviewed this episode: 1)  Newstead Brewing Co - LUNA - Witbier - 4.8% 2)  Hop Nation Brewing Co - Ground Control - West-Coast IPA - 7.0%

In an almost 2 hour monster of an episode, Tom and Pete are joined by the very knowledgeable Liam Pereira from Batch Brewing! Discussing all things nerdy, from the technical intricacies of crafting quality beers through to a trip down memory lane for all three of us in our personal console gaming journeys, join us for this massive episode that Dan's gonna hate us for missing! Beers reviewed this episode: 1)  Bridge Road Brewers - Mayday Hills: Table - Table - 3.8% 2)  Dad & Dave's Brewing - Lil Hazy Pale Ale - Pale Ale - 4.6% 3)  Pirate Life Brewing - Dilmah Tee & Biccies - Brown Ale - 5.6% 4)  Mismatch & Track Brewing - Ever And a Day - Double IPA - 8.1% 5)  Hawkers Beer - Nick Feels Left Out - Triple IPA - 10.5%

We go waaaay off topic this episode! For a beer and pop-culture podcast, we end up spending way too long on the technology behind TVs and cars, but hey, if you've made it this far in the podcast series, you know we love a solid tangent! Beers reviewed this episode: 1)  Bad Shepherd Brewing Co - Piña Colada Sour - Sour - 4.0% 2)  Hop Nation Brewing Co - SITE FP Single Foedre Sour Blonde - Sour - 5.5% 3)  Beer Farm - Woolya Wah - Red Ale - 6.2% 4)  Garage Project - Pernicious Weed - Double IPA - 8.0%

War of the Worlds, the bungled PS5 pre-order process in Australia, the final wrap on Ghosts of Tsushima, No Man's Sky update not making a difference, and so very much more nutty goodness! Beers reviewed this episode: 1)  Batch Brewing Company - Small Batch: Aunty Hops - Sour - 4.7% 2)  Burnley Brewing - Blackcurrant Gose - Gose - 4.6% 3)  Mountain Culture Beer Co. - MSG - Milkshake IPA - 6.9% 4)  Wolf of the Willows - Kanelbulle - Brown Ale - 6.2%

We're back and crazy as ever! Bit of a chaotic release schedule, but you get that when the world's in a crazy crisis! Batman, video games, Pete's return to No Man's Sky, some awesome samurai action, it's a bit of a mixed bag this episode folks! Beers reviewed this episode: 1)  Ocean Reach Brewing - Peaches & Cream Sour - Sour - 4.8% 2)  Slow Lane Brewing - Botany Weisse - Berliner Weisse - 3.2% 3)  Sea Legs Brewing - Tropical Lager - Pale Lager - 4.3% 4)  Garage Project - Venusian Pale Ale - Pale Ale - 7.5%

Wowsers! So, we launch season 3, released a couple of episodes, and then the whole world got swiftly kicked in the fun-bag by COVID! Well, after Pete's moved house, and the lads have been hiding in their respective social-distancing caves, we've all decided we'll risk catching diseases (multiple!) to throw out our third Ep for the season. And while a hell of a lot has happened in-between, this episode is, predictably, almost exclusively about the recently announced Playstation 5 details. Massive thanks to Moon Dog and Robbie for the glorious amber refreshments - amaze-balls as always fellas! Beers reviewed this episode: 1)  Moon Dog Craft Brewery - Jean-Strawb Van Damme - Sour - 4.5% 2)  Moon Dog Craft Brewery - Ember's IPA - Red IPA - 7% 3)  Moon Dog Craft Brewery - Berry In the Crumble, the Mighty Crumble - Sour - 5.8% 4)  Moon Dog Craft Brewery - Moon Dog Lager - Lager - 4.5% 5)  One Drop Brewing Co - T-3020 IPA - American IPA - 7.2% Thanks as always to Justin Gonzales for the amaz

Another episode, another two hours of your life you'll never get back listening to a bunch of ill informed idiots talking about their favourite pop culture while drinking tasty amber beverages! Beers reviewed this episode: 1)  Anchorage Brewing Co - Anadromous - American Wild Ale - 8.5% 2)  The Bruery - Bakery: Cherry Pie - Stout - 10.2% 3)  8 Wired Brewing Co - Lamponi - Raspberry - Sour - 5% 4)  Deep Creek Brewing Co - Mahalo - Sour - 4.5% 5)  Level Beer - Chocolate Dynamite - Stout - 6% Thanks as always to Justin Gonzales for the amazing metal intro-outro. And of course our fans, we love you guys!