Fresh Hop Cinema

One can dream of the day a Quentin Tarantino film is released with the hopes of catching it in all it's glory in a proper movie theater. Does "Once Upon A Time..." live up to this legendary expectation? Can a modest brown ale blow away two skeptical grown men? Can an imperial stout WITHOUT maple syrup live up to the reputation of the brewery whose maple beers define them in the mind of Jonny Summe...

What a week! We cover a lot on this episode. Catching up on Disney remakes (This week is the Lion King) has never been an easy task but perhaps the artistic vision of “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” will make up for it. Our conversation is lubricated by beers generously donated to the show by Trevor Maturo. The first is a wheat beer called “Gumballhead” from Three Floyds Brewing out of India...

This week we discuss the sophomore feature-length film by director Ari Aster (Hereditary). We also drink a beer from Portland called "Game On." It's an IPA with potential for greatness. We end the show with a beer from Westbrook celebrating the brewery's 7th anniversary. Episode Timeline: 0:00 - 14:59 "Game On" - FLICK PICKS - 15:00 - 18:38 Jonny; "Chef's Table" 18:39 - 22:07 Max; "Aziz Ansari Rig...

This week we cover (again) Marvel's latest with "Spider-Man: Far From Home." We also cover two beers (again). One is from Firestone circa 2018 called"Dark and Stormy." It's a Jamaican rum barrel aged ale clocking in at 11.1% abv. Our second beer was from Henhouse out of Santa Rosa and was called "Recurring Nightmare." It was a barrel aged blend of all their previous stouts. Episode Timeline: 0:00...

This week we dissect the film "Yesterday" by Danny Boyle. We drink some 4th of July adjacent beers with Heretic's "4th of Juicy" and Stone's "Enjoy By 7.4.19." Episode Timeline: 0:00 - 16:45 Intro & "4th of Juicy" - FLICK PICKS - 16:46 - 24:08 "Yardie" 25:00 - 43:07 "Yesterday (Spoiler Free) - DANGER ZONE - 43:08 - 1:03:53 "Enjoy by 7.4.19" 1:03:54 - 1:16:08 "Hot & Bothered" 1:16:08 - END "Yesterd...

Shoutout to friends of the show Cameron and Miyagi for supplying this week's beers. The first is a DIPA from Treehouse Brewing called "Very Green." It's the Imperial version of their renowned IPA "Green." Like it's smaller incarnation, it's brewed with Australian and American hops and clocks in at 8.3% abv. The second is a barrel-aged version of Deschutes' "Clack Butte Porter." We're drinking "Bla...

This week on the podcast we discuss "Shaft." It's the third(ish) film in a franchise about John Shaft Jr; an FBI cyber security expert, hellbent on uncovering the truth behind his best friend's untimely death. To do so, he needs an education that only his dad can provide. Absent throughout his childhood, the legendary John Shaft agrees to help his son navigate the heroin-infested underbelly of Har...

This week, our discussion of the latest (and final) installment into the X-Men franchise that brought us "First Class," "Days of Future Past," and rammed "Apocalypse" down our throats. "Dark Phoenix" chronicles the downward spiral of Jean Grey after she's hit by, what's thought to be a solar flare. As the power within her grows stronger, her ability to control it weakens and the rest of the X-Men...

This week on FHC. The discussion of "Brightburn" a nega-superhero story that basically imagines what would've happened if Superman had crashed onto Earth and used his powers for evil and also wore a stupid looking mask. We drink beers provided by our friend Cameron. The first is a hazy IPA from Silver Moon Brewing called "Simon Says." The second is a stout called Attempted Murder from Bombastic Br...

The tie has been broken! (Don't worry. We're covering "Brightburn" next week). THIS week we discuss Olivia Wilde's directorial debut with "Booksmart." We also drink a very special one-off from Sierra Nevada called Big Chico Kriek and yup- you guessed it. It's a Kriek style ale. We also drink a brewery-exclusive IPA from Berryessa called "Separation Anxiety." It's a 6.5% single hop beer featuring t...

We go off the rails this week as we discuss the third installment into the crazy assassin world of John Wick. Our conversation is lubricated by a couple beers from Toppling Goliath (donated by our friend John Wollam) and one from Fuller's from all the way across the Atlantic Ocean. The former is a Galaxy Dry-Hopped version of Pseudo Sue and the latter is Fuller's Vintage Ale from 2016. Episode Tim...

This week we cover a refreshingly adult romantic comedy called "Long Shot" starring Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen. It's raunchy, satirically political and extremely funny. We really enjoyed talking about IT and the beers we had. We kick of the show with a IIPA from Anchorage brewing called caged (donated to the podcast by Jared Schmidt) and a porter from Crux called PCT Porter." Episode Timeline:...

This week on the podcast we discuss a wonderful little film by the name of "Missing Link." It tells the story of Susan, a Sasquatch living in the Northwest hoping to find more of his kind. He enlists the help of world-famous (kind of) adventurer and mythical animal-seeker Sir Lionel Frost to take him to the legendary Shangri-La. We start the show with a gosé from Anderson Valley called "Framboise...

This week on the podcast we tackle the much-anticipated "Avengers: Endgame." It marks the 22nd installment of, and closing to, nearly a decade of predecessors. Does it live up to the hype? We kick of the show with a Farmhouse Ale from New Glarus brewing called "Spotted Cow" and finish out the Danger Zone with a barrel-aged Old Ale from Hair of the Dog called "Adam from the Wood." We also drink and...

Congratulations to Hellboy, the worst movie we've seen this year! Seriously guys, skip this movie- but don't skip this episode! Our conversation got SPICY. We kick things off with a Saison from Gilman called "Champ Rochaux" and enter into the Danger Zone with a beer we promised several weeks ago; a sour tripel called "Sour Monkey" from Victory Brewing. Episode Timeline: 0:00 - 10:45 Intro & "Champ...

This week on the podcast we dissect the recent Stephen King adaptation of "Pet Seminary" while drinking a West Coast IPA from Modern Times called "Booming Rollers" and an IPA from Sierra Nevada called "Hop Solo." Episode Timeline: 0:00 - 10:37 - Intro & "Booming Rollers" 10:38 - 23:39 - FLICK PICKS - "Shazam" 24:38 - 45:11 Pet Sematary (No Spoilers) DANGER ZONE 45:21 - 56:46 - "Hop Solo" 56:47 - 1...

This week on Fresh Hop Cinema, we tackle the latest film from controversial French director Gaspar Noé: "Climax." We kick of the show with a sour from The Bruery Terreux called "Wit the Funk" and enter the Danger Zone with a Russian Imperial Stout called "Dino S'mores." Episode Timeline: 0:00 - 6:36 “Wit the Funk” 6:37 - 12:25 Flick Picks & 
Home Brew Annoucment 13:24 - 27:20 “Climax” (No Spoilers...

This week on the podcast, we discuss the newest and arguably most cinematic take on humanity's first moon landing in Todd Douglas Miller's "Apollo 11." (Pro-Tip: See it in theaters if you can). We start off the show with a Sour Golden Ale from Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales called "Oro de Calabaza" and kick off the DANGER ZONE with a raspberry stout called "One Night Stand" from Zaftig Brewing Co. Epi...

This week we tackle the much-awaited sophomore film "Us" by writer/director Jordan Peele. We open the show with a Japanese style rice lager from Level Brewing called "Sweep the Leg." Entering the Danger Zone we open an Imperial IPA from Laurelwood called "Megafauna." Flick Picks: Jonny: "Marrowbone" Max: "Once" Please rate and review us on iTunes or wherever the heck you listen to this show.

This week we cover the much-anticipated arrival of Captain Marvel! This is the 21st installment to the Marvel Cinematic universe and is simultaneously far from the best and far from the worst. We drink a NE IPA from Fremont Brewing from Seattle called "Head Full of Dynomite" and a coffee stout from Three Magnets out of Olympia, WA called "Coffee Tompkins." Episode Timeline: 0:00 - 15:02 Intro & "H...

We discuss the British comedy "Fighting With My Family" and drink a IIPA from Fort George called "Skies of Wonder" and a Stout from 8-Wired called "iStout." Episode Timeline: 0:00 - 11:25 Intro & "Skies of Wonder" 12:36 - 23:18 Flick Picks -------------- "Behind the Curve" (2017) -------------- "Date Night" (2010) 23:47 - 44:35 "Fighting with My Family" (Spoiler Free) ---DANGER ZONE--- 44:48 - 52:...

We finally get to Alita: Battle Angel" after weeks of promising we would. Was it worth the wait? Find out! We drink an American Pilsner from Deschutes called "Da Shootz!" and a stout from Hoof Hearted called "Belloq." Episode Timeline: 0:00 - 9:54 Intro & "Da Shootz" 9:55 - 22:40 Flick Picks 23:14 - 41:25 "Alita" (No Spoilers) 41:34 - 51:45 "Belloq" 51:46 - 1:02:47 "Alita" (DANGER ZONE) 1:02:48 -...

We recap the 2019 Oscars. Have we mentioned that we haven't seen 'Vice'? Please leave us a rating on whatever app you're hearing our voices through. Bonus points for a review.

We revisit a couple movies we missed in 2018 on this week's episode. In addition to "Bad Times" Max discusses Debra Granik's "Leave No Trace" and Jonny follows up on last weeks conversation with his review of Dario Argento's 1977 "Suspiria." As always, this week's conversation is fueled by two craft beers. Our first is an IPA from Hermitage Brewing out of San Jose, California called "Citra" from t...

This week on the podcast we discuss the long anticipated "If Beale Street Could Talk." Directed by Barry Jenkins (Moonlight) "IBSCT" tells the story of Tish and Fonny, a young couple in Harlem dealing with the repercussions of a false rape accusation and an unexpected pregnancy. We drink "Tooth & Tail," a double dry-hopped NE IPA resulting from a collaboration effort between Belching Beaver and Co...