Beer and Conversation with Pigweed and Crowhill

The boys drink and review Lord Maltimore, a Marzen from Key Brewing Company, then discuss the state of the election and their predictions. Pigweed starts off ripping Kamala as a phony with no talent and little brains. Crowhill says she's mean and vapid. She slept her way to the top and has no idea what she's doing. No one is voting for Harris. They're voting against Trump. Harris gets three groups...

The boys drink a shandy and talk about Indigenous People's Day. Pigweed suggests various ways to celebrate the holiday, observing some of the customs of the indigenous people. The boys review some of the negative aspects of indigenous cultures -- such as human sacrifice -- and point out how silly it is to measure people in the past by modern moral standards. If we're going to hold Columbus to mode...

The boys compare Crowhill's homebrewed dopplebock against Paulaner's Salvator, then discuss conspiracy theories. Pigweed found a chart that characterized conspiracy theories in ascending order of craziness, from actually true, to you have left the world of sanity. Pigweed and Crowhill go through a list and rank them from true to impossible. Some conspiracies actually happened, like the Tuskegee ex...

The boys drink and review Flannel Fest, a dunkel from Sam Adams, then wonder whether our electronic devices are spying on us. There are levels of spying. A pixel phone is always listening to you because it has to be ready to respond when you say "Okay Google." The question is not whether it's listening, but whether it's recording what you say. A lot of people their phones are spying on them becaus...

The boys discuss the origins of the Oktoberfest custom, then drink and review a couple Oktoberfest beers. They discuss and explain the differences between three different styles: Marzen, Oktoberfest, and Festbier. In Germany, only 6 breweries are allowed to brew authentic Oktoberfest beer. The boys drink an authentic Oktoberfest beer from Hacker-Pschorr and an American Oktoberfest beer from Sam Ad...

With special guest Longinus the boys drink and review a "cold IPA" by Jailbreak Brewing, then discuss a short novella. Crowhill starts with a brief bio of the author, then the boys review the structure and plot of the book. The book was written at a time when large numbers of the so-called intellectual elites were enamoured of communism. The novel starts on Mr. Jones' farm. He's not the best or ki...

P&C drink and review an English pale ale from Guilford Brewing, then discuss Matt Walsh's new comedy, "Am I Racist?" The movie is a combination of a documentary and a comedy -- if you consider Walsh's incredibly dry humor funny. It's often Office-style cringe humor. Walsh has a gift for allowing situations to get incredibly awkward and letting them play out. Here's the premise: Walsh goes on a...

The boys drink and review one of Pigweed's homebrews then discuss censorship (starting about 4:25 ). There seems to be an increase in censorship around the world. We seem to have lost our understanding of why free speech is important. P&C review. - In the sciences, if people can't bring up new ideas, you get stuck. You need a free marketplace of ideas. - Free speech acts as a restraint on gove...

The boys drink and review an IPA from Cigar City, then discuss the communist manifesto. With special guest Longinus, Pigweed and Crowhill review the famous manifesto, starting with a brief bio of Marx and Engels. In order to understand Marx and Engels, you have to think about the context -- the industrial revolution and the horrible circumstances of workers in those days. The boys start with givin...

The boys drink and review Troegs Graffiti Highway IPA, then discuss the movie "Her" and the idea of having a romantic, emotional relationship with AI. "Her" was made in 2013, but many of the concepts are still applicable today -- even more than they were in 2013! Joaquin Phoenix plays the lead character (Theodore Twombly), who decides to use a new AI-powered operating system, w...

The boys drink and review an English trappist ale, then discuss some strange news in the world of woke. It used to be that corporations were Republican, buttoned-up, and conservative. Recently, corporations are at the forefront of woke stupidity. About the time of Obama's presidency, there was a huge switch. The Democrats used to be the part of the poor and the working class. They were the par...

The boys drink and review Snakeden Saison by 7 Locks Brewing, then review their impressions of The Sound of Hope. The story starts in Possum Trot, Texas, when Donna Martin is grieving the death of her mother. She feels a calling from God to help some of the children in the foster care system. Her husband, Bishop Martin, reluctantly comes along, but then he decides they're not only going to ado...

The boys drink and review Founders Vanilla Porter, then discuss the slow-motion self-immolation of England as the island cowtows to woke nonsense. Why is this happening? How did the west get to a spot where we're so sold on multiculturalism that we excuse migrant crimes and crack down on the people who point them out? When a violent, disrespectful Syrian boy threatens to rape two young girls,...

P&C review Country Ride Pale Ale from RAR, then invite special guest Longinus to the show to discuss "celebration of life playlists." Longinus' playlist includes ... * A Love Supreme by John Coltrane * Sometime Ago/La Feista by Chick Corea * All Blues by Miles Davis * Song of Loving Kindness by Gary Bartz * Boogie Nights by Heatwave * September by Earth, Wind, and Fire * Brick Ho...

The boys drink and review 2 award-winning beers from Heavy Seas, then special guest Longinus joins them at the bar to review Pedro Paramo, a Mexican novella. This is part of the P&C "shortcut to the classics" series. Pedro Paramo is a confusing book. The structure, timing, the use of punctuation, who's speaking, and even whether people are alive or dead is never quite certain. Th...

Did the Democrats provoke the assassination attempt against Donald Trump with their over-the-top language? They repeatedly called him Hitler, a threat to democracy, a dictator, that this will be the last election, etc.? Did that inspire the Trump shooter? It's easy to imagine. Everyone has had the sophomoric argument about going back in time and killing Hitler before he took power. If you'...

P&C drink and review Crabtown Classic, a local Vienna Lager from Jailbreak Brewing, then discuss Julian Assange. The Assange case brings out the contrast between freedom of the press and national security. Assange had a libertarian streak and was suspicious of authority -- especially governmental authority. He believed information should be free, particularly when it exposes the misdeeds of go...

P&C drink and review a Pretzel Wheat Beer from Aldus Brewery, then discuss how "the left" has changed over the last few decades. In many areas, the left of the 60s and 70s has been turned on its head by the modern, woke left. The contrasts become clear when you think about the attitude towards ... * Authority and government * War * Drugs * Free speech * Multinational corporations * T...

The boys drink and review Phantasm Double IPA from Elder Pine brewery, then discuss all the other ways humanity might come to an end -- other than global warming. Here's a list of other ways the world might come to an end, starting with natural causes. * Asteroid Impact * Supervolcanic Eruption * Gamma-Ray Burst * Magnetic Pole Reversal * Global Pandemic * Solar Superflare * Going back into th...

The boys drink and review White Chocolate Dream Blonde Stout by Black Beauty Brewery, then (starting at 3:43) discuss the history of blacks and the GOP. The Republican Party (GOP) started with the explicit intention of stopping the spread of slavery in America. The first Republican president was Abraham Lincoln, who freed the slaves. Democrats have a horrible record on votes that affect black peop...

The boys drink and review St. Bernardus Ale, then discuss the obesity epidemic. Why is it that videos from the 1920s up to fairly recent times show mostly slim, fit people, but everybody at Walmart is fat? What has happened? According to Dr. Peter Attia, the standard American diet is a solution to a business and marketing problem, in four parts. 1. Quantity. Too many people were undernourished and...

The boys drink and review Hare Chaser Grapefruit IPA from Flying Dog brewery, then discuss the ignorance of most protesters. You would think that if a person is willing to take time off of school or work, jeopardize their education or job, or their future, to clash with police, to protest an injustice -- that they might know something about the topic! The Ben Franklin Players come on the show to i...

#1 -- (2:58) Is it even possible that the Secret Service is as incompetent as they were in Pennsylvania? The security failures were epic and strain credulity. Could competent, trained professionals be this bad? The boys review some of the emerging details and wonder what in the heck went wrong. Was the Secret Service complicit in the attempt, or were they impossibly incompetent? And what about the...

The boys drink and review Pigweed's Seal Team 6 -- a homebrewed Black IPA -- then discuss eugenics. Humans have been breeding animals and plants for a very long time. Most of the foods we eat are the result of thousands of years of careful breeding by farmers, and "man's best friend" was bred from wild dogs. Why shouldn't we do the same with humans? Sir Francis Galton, a cous...

The boys drink and review Crowhill's homemade gin, then give a broad overview of liquors. P&C discuss ... Fermentation vs. distillation The history of liquor Liquor vs. liquer and fortified wines What "proof" means White vs. colored liquors The main types of liquor - Vodka - Gin - Tequila - Rum - Whiskey (vs. whisky) - Brandy The science of getting drunk The science of hangovers...