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% 

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S4 E15: Visions of War

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 - Stout (Pastry) - 7.5% 12) 8 Wired - Mos Eisley Cantina - IPA - 7.2% 

S4 E14: Pete Gets Diabetes!

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 Marshmellow - Imperial Stout (Pastry) - 10.8% 10) Hop Nation - Jawbone Saltbush & Oyster - Stout (Oyster) - 6.3% 11) Tallboy & Moose - Nitro Moose Mousse - Stout (Milk) - 5.5% 

S4 E13: Tom‘s O Face!

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 - 5.9% 10)  Brewtal Brewers - Bloody Good Stout - Oatmeal Stout - 6.0% 

S4 E12: I Wrote the English Dictionary!

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% 

S4 E11: Game Over Man!

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% 

S4 E10: Isolating with Scarlett

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% 

S4 E9: Quarantined Doesn't Mean Sober!

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 - Oud Bruin Oak Leaf - Sour - 6.0% 4)  Hopsters Co-Op Brewery - The Cool Kids: Cashmere - NEIPA - 6.5%   Tom's beers this episode: 1)  Bodriggy Brewing Co. - Fuzzy Dance Explosion - Sour - 4.0% 2)  Deeds Brewing - Laurel Creek - Sour - 8.0% 3)  Big Shed Brewing Concern - Violet NoRegard - Milkshake IPA - 8.0% 4)  Ballistic Beer - Eclipse Hazy IPA - NEIPA - 6.1%

S4 E8: Lockdown Blues

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% 

S4 E7: Dan's Massive Lump

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% 

S4 E6: Tom's Tiny Little Sword

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% 

S4 E5: Low ABV, Low Intelligence

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 friendsfamily. 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% 

S4 E4: I Don't Care About Your Sister OR Your Boat!

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%

S4 E3: New 53

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!

S4 E2: Augmented "Appendages"

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% 

S4 E1: Sanctus Deeds on Wildflower Mountain

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