Beer and Conversation with Pigweed and Crowhill

Along with special guest Longinus, the boys drink and review Sam Adams' Just the Haze, a no-alcohol IPA, then review some short stories by Kurt Vonnegut. "The Foster Portfolio" has an investment advisor who finds a client who appears to be poor, but secretly has enormous wealth, which he has no interest in. It examines one man's struggles with his moral failings. "All the Ki...

Along with special guest Longinus, the boys review an Amber "non-alcoholic brew" from O'Douls, then discuss planned cities. Pigweed was curious who was secretly buying lots of land near Travis Air Force Base. The fear was it was the Chinese, but it turns out to be Silicon Valley millionaires and billionaires. They want to create an "ideal city" -- because they know best abo...

The boys drink and review a light copper near bear from Athletic Brewing, then discuss the GOP debates. The participants were Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy, Mike Pence, Nikki Haley, Tim Scott, Chris Christie, Doug Burgum, and Asa Hutchinson. The candidates are all so far behind Donald Trump at this point that it was almost like a debate to see who wanted to be Trump's VP, except that Chris Chr...

The boys drink and review Partake IPA, a no-alcohol beer, then discuss game theory. Game theory is an attempt to express the calculations that go on in a game as mathematics. It makes certain assumptions. 1. The game has to include multiple players 2. The players must interact with each other 3. There needs to be a reward 4. You assume the players act rationally 5. You assume the players act in th...

The boys drink and review a non-alcoholic black ale from Hairless Dog, then discuss cracks in the intersectional coalition. When the Democrats abandoned the working class as their primary consituency, they decided to try to create a coalition out of all the misfits and complainers. People who think they're "oppressed." They allegedly form a "coalition." All for one and all...

352 Pigweed quizzes Crowhill on the Bible The boys drink and review Penn's Best NA, then discuss non-alcoholic beers. How they're made, why anyone would want them, etc. Then Pigweed tries to stump Crowhill on some Bible trivia. Starting with the National Geographic's "50 Influential Figures of the Bible," then moving on to some internet Bible trivia, Pigweed tries to find the...

The boys drink and review Sam Adams' Wicked Easy Light and Hazy Session IPA, then discuss the Manhatten Project and the recent film, Oppenheimer. In 1938 some German physicists discovered nuclear fision, which could potentially become a chain reaction, which could potentially become a bomb. The Americans and the Brits were scared the Germans would make an atomic bomb first, so they worked toge...

The boys drink and review Guinness and port, then discuss some show updates. The boys suggested that if we rush into electric vehicles to make the world safer and better for the environment, perhaps we should ensure that EVs will do that. Of course they don't. And they're a serious fire hazard. It turns out Canada sucks even worse than the boys had suggested. They're making it easier a...

P&C review a Rye Pale Ale from Seven Locks Brewing, then discuss consciousness. Why does the brain produce the subjective experience of consciousness? Physical things have mass, energy, electric charge, etc., but we don't typically associate such attributes with physical things. It's even more troubling when we consider that it seems possible for a human being to be able to do everythi...

With special guest Longinus, the boys drink and review Everyday Amber, then discuss the development, history, and significance of the suburbs. Crowhill mentions his conflict between his preference for free-market solutions, and the reality that some level of governemnt planning is necessary for reasonable civil life. Longinus gives some historical context for cities and suburbs, and ties the big s...

With special guest Longinus, the boys drink and review Citrus Squall double golden ale from Dogfish Head brewery, then discuss several short stories by John Cheever. "The Chaste Clarissa" is about a young married woman who vacations on Martha's Vineyard and catches the eye of the local Cassanova. Try as he might, he can't break down her defenses, until the very end, when he disco...

The boys drink and review three malt liquors, then discuss Canada. It's a beautiful place with very nice people, but politically it's the worst country in the western world. Aside from Canada ruining our weather in Maryland with their forest fires, we've been hearing too many ultra woke stories from our neighbors to the north. There's the case of the father who was fined $30,000 fo...

The boys drink and review 41 Year Lapse American Pale Ale from Mobtown Brewery then discuss the presidential campaign of Vivek Ramaswamy. Vivek is a 2nd generation Indian with an impressive record of educational, personal, and professional accomplishments. P&C had previously reviewed Vivek's perspective on wokeness, and are pleased to see him on the stump for president. The boys spend some...

The boys drink and review Torpedo extra IPA, then discuss El Salvador and their new president, Nayib Bukele. El Salvador has been a basket case for decades. It was one of the most violent places on earth, corruption was rampant, and the drug cartels ran everything. Mr. Bukele started his political career in a small town, not far from the capitol, and quickly became very popular. But he didn't...

The boys drink and review Crispy Boy Vienna Lager from Black Flag brewing, then discuss some fantastic recent decisions from the Supreme Court. The cases involved affirmative action, freedom of religion, student debt, and freedom of speech. Affirmative action is blatantly unconstitutional. It was passed by a liberal court that knew it was bad law, but hoped it would be a temporary fix to race issu...

The boys drink and review 395 Rye from Checkerspot Brewing, then discuss the changing expectations in dating, courtship, and marriage. The traditional formula is first comes love, then comes marriage, then comes baby in a baby carriage. The new formula is something like first comes sex, then comes dating, then you move in together, then you get a dog, then maybe you finally get married. What happe...

The boys drink and review a kolsch, then discuss China's Belt and Road Initiative. They start with a quick review of the Persian Royal Road and the Silk Road, then bring things into the modern era with China's desire to control worlwide commerce. In the hopes it would lead China towards freedom, the west brought China into the modern world by giving them favored trading status. That pumped...

With special guest Longinus, Pigweed and Crowhill drink and review Pigweed's homebrewed version of Monument's Steady Eddie IPA, then discuss famous people who are from or have a strong connection with Baltimore, including ... John Aston Jada Pinkett Smith Barry Levitson David Hasselhoff Oprah started off in Baltimore Anna Farris Elmer Snowden Billie Holiday Michael Phelps Julie Bowen John...

With special guest Longinus, P&C drink and review Ruby Redbird, by Shiner, then discuss William Faulkner. They start with some brief biographical info on Faulkner, then discuss three of his most famous short stories. Two features that are common in all of Faulkner's work are (1) a lack of chronological time, and (2) concealing things from the reader. "A Rose for Emily" is a distu...

The boys drink and review Crowhill's latest homebrew concoction, then discuss the recent phenomenon of aliens moving from nerd world to mainstream. Why has this happened? Is there new evidence? Some videos have surfaced that allegedly show strange craft doing impossible things. The military seems to have changed its tune in their responses to these reports. Military aviators report regular con...

P&C drink and review Wexford Irish syle cream ale, then discuss the need for men to go into the trades, and one particular school that trains them. Our culture tends to look down on people who don't go to college, and on blue-collar work in general. But those are the guys who have practical knowledge and know how things work. Pigweed's son recently played a lacrosse game against a team...

The boys drink a Gold Rush cocktail, then discuss the Trump indictment. We clearly have a problem with classified documents in this country. Biden, Pence, Hillary, and Trump have all been found to behave recklessly with classified documents. There's no question Trump was very reckless. If Capt. Crowhill did any of this, she'd be in jail -- no question. Trump claims that he declassified all...

P&C drink and review Troeg's Hop Horizon IPA, then discuss the need for strong men. One side of the culture war wants to tell boys they're toxic, potential rapists, and the best they can do is sit quietly and not get in the girls' way, because the future is female. And if you won't sit quietly, we'll give you drugs to make sure you do. On the other side of the culture war,...

The boys drink and review Old Blarney Barley Wine, then discuss pride month. During pride month, everyone on the planet is invited -- or rather, compelled -- to celebrate the sexual proclivities of a small minority. "It's a month that vomits rainbows, glitter, and dildos," Pigweed says. Sexuality is usually considered a private thing. It seems odd for it to be a gaudy parade. Somethi...

The boys drink and review Proper ESB, then discuss a speech against wokeness by a famous and well-known personality. The mystery speaker said things like this. “The fight for equality and against discrimination [has turned] into an aggressive dogmatism on the brink of absurdity, when great authors of the past such as Shakespeare are no longer taught in schools and universities because they … did n...