The Beer & B Movies Podcast

This Saturday Kansas City Confidential, with Tank 7 Saison, from Boulevard Brewing Company. While not the most famous film noir, this tight, tough, well paced film is one of the most influential. Shady characters, frame jobs, and a clever heist help this classic hum along at a brisk pace. We chose a beer from legendary Kansas City brewery Boulevard both for the location and because the beer is a r...

This Saturday, Episode 27: Out of the Past, with Hopsmith Imperial IPA, from Potosi Brewery. One of the greatest entries in film noir Robert Mitchum heads an amazing cast in a tale of murder and revenge, with Jane Greer as one of the best femme fatale and an oily Kirk Douglas. We paired it with an outstanding Imperial IPA from a brewery that was once lost to the past, only to come back stronger th...

This episode: The Girl Can't Help it, with 310 Blonde Ale, from Santa Monica Brew Works. We took this musical comedy, remembered for Jayne Mansfield's outfits and as a showcase for early rock music legends, and paired it with a delicious blonde ale. Santa Monica Brew Works was generous enough to sponsor us. Thank you! It's our first musical, and our first intentional comedy, and the music numbers...

This Saturday we release Episode 25: Warlock Moon with Visions DDH Hazy IPA, from Offshoot Beer Co. This surreal, creepy, little seen 70s horror film gave us a lot to think and talk about. So did this wonderfully fruity, juicy beer. Join us. Thanks for listening! Check out our new  website SUBSCRIBE: to the show on  Apple Podcast   or  Google Play . You can also find us on  Stitcher ,  Spotify , a...

Carnival of Souls and drinking Loretta Belgian Dark Strong Ale, from Fieldwork Brewing Company . This dark, spooky 1962 film needed an appropriately dark, intense beer, and we found it in this fruity, malty beer. Join us. Thanks for listening! Check out our new website SUBSCRIBE: to the show on Apple Podcast   or Google Play . You can also find us on Stitcher , Spotify , and Listen Notes . Follow...

April Fool's Day with Triple 5, from New Glarus Brewing . An 80s horror film without gratuitous nudity or violence, and with a great twist ending, paired with a Belgian style Tripel from one of our favorite breweries. Join us. Thanks for listening! Check out our new website SUBSCRIBE: to the show in Apple Podcast . Subscribe with Google Play . You can also find us on Stitcher , Spotify , and Liste...

This Saturday we're talking 1963's Johnny Cool and sipping El Heffe pepper infused American Wheat from Banger Brewing in Las Vegas. It's a brutal tale of revenge and overly complicated schemes paired with a straight forward, delicious, peppery and refreshing wheat beer. Plus, two Sammy Davis Jr. songs! Join us. Follow us on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beer_and_b_movies/ Twitter: https://...

This Saturday, The Locket, with Belgian Tripel, from Project Barley. Is it a film noir, as it's often described? We dive into that, and into a wonderful beer from a favorite new brewery. One thing's for sure, this film has Robert Mitchum, who straight up rules. Join us.   Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beer_and_b_movies/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beerand_bmovies...

This Saturday, Devil's Express, with Ogden DIPA from Roosters Brewing Company. Starring Warhawk Tanzania as a martial arts expert fighting a demon running amok in the subway system of New York. This classic Northwest DIPA, with a solid malt profile and piney hops aroma and flavor was just the beer we needed to climb aboard the Devil's Express. Join us.   Follow Us: Instagram:  https://www.instagra...

The Seventh Victim, with Bokrijks Belgian Golden Ale, from Brouwerij Sterkens. A young woman goes in search of her missing sister and uncovers quite possibly the most unthreatening cult of devil worshippers in cinema history. And we drink a delicious Belgian beer from a brewery that's been around since 1651. It's an interesting film that tackles some taboo subjects for that time, and the beer is d...

Fred Olen Ray's 1980 shoestring budget picture concerns a meteor hitting a houseboat of partiers in a Florida swamp, turning them all into flesh eating zombies! We think. A lot of ins, a lot of outs with this one, but we're pretty sure that's what they were going for. All the gators are gone from the swamp, but people keep going gator hunting! It's a weird, wild picture, and we got a little deep i...

Ever wondered about the firebug racket? Trick question, of course you have, and we took a deep dive into this forgotten film noir about an undercover fire fighter battling crooks engaging in arson and insurance fraud! And what better beer to sip during this than the original Smoked Marzen from Schlenkerla. Join us this Saturday for the fireworks.   Follow us on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.co...

We're mixing it up for the new year, and releasing Ghostkeeper, the little known 1981 Canadian horror film, this Friday. Set on New Year's Eve, this features a trio of folks snowmobiling in the mountains, disrespecting and disregarding the locals and landing themselves in a bad spot. Is there a ghost? Sorta? There certainly is some keeping, though. To go with this film set in sub zero temps, we ch...

Fire up the hot rod and get ready to send up the squares. This Saturday we're talking all things High School Confidential, the 1958 teenage delinquent classic. And, to go with it, we went with a classic American style beer, American Lager, from Great Divide Brewing Company. Grab a beer and settle in for the ride. Join us. https://www.instagram.com/beer_and_b_movies/ https://twitter.com/beerand_bmo...

This Saturday, we're getting down and dirty with 1963's The Sadist, and quaffing Mischief, from The Bruery. Loosely based on Charles Starkweather's murder spree, this grim piece of work stars Arch Hall, Jr., son of B-Movie legend Arch Hall, Sr. and some amazing cinematography from future Oscar recipient Vilmos Zsigmond. This one's not to be missed. The Mischief flows on and off the screen. Join us...

Beware of toxic waste, because it will create awful, murderous mutations. That's the lesson from this Saturday's new episode The Being. Part Alien, part Jaws, part It's Alive, part #noir, all B-Movie, this one starts off with a bang and doesn't let up. We didn't let up, either, as we put down several Hop Diggity DIPAs from Mother Earth Brew Company. It's a weird movie and a fun beer, and we invite...

This Saturday we return with "The Baron of Arizona," from 1950, starring Vincent Price. Talk about a long con. Price plays James Reavis, a swindler whose latest scam is to lay claim to the entirety of Arizona. Loosely based on a true story, the real Reavis almost pulled it off! Imagine that, owning a whole state. Who mows the lawn? For this one we put down a growler of The Time is Ripe, a hazy apr...

We finish shOctober this Saturday in grand style, with 1963's "The Haunted Palace." Do you like H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, Vincent Price, Lon Chaney Jr. and Roger Corman? Well, this movie has all of them. It's a loose adaptation of Lovecraft's "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward," and is the first cinematic mention of Lovecraft's "Necronomicon," as well as Cthulhu and Yog Sothoth. And what bett...

"The House That Screamed," a 1969 Spanish horror film, show you don't have to be violent or gory to be scary. It crawls right under your skin and waits there until the disturbing end. While Spanish, it has the vibe of Italian giallo films. Tis the season, so we dive into Buffalo Bill's Pumpkin Ale for this one. Join us.

Want to know what a Hammer/Amicus vampire film would look like in the hands of the people who created Godzilla? Well, here it is, and we'll be cracking it open, along with several of Wingwalker Brewing's 'Erika the Hungry' Red Ale. Grab your favorite beer, preferably a Red Ale, and join us.

Get Ready for an Amicus Production and Robert Bloch tour de force in 1971's "The House That Dripped Blood." Strangulation. Check. Decapitation. Check. Incineration. Check. A House that drips blood. Nope. Ascot, Ingrid Pitt, Dr. Who, and Hammer fans will all find something to love in this flick. We drank Stellar Cellar Soured IPA a Cellador Ales and MacLeod Brewing Company collaboration. A perfect...

Get Ready for some spooky fun with Alan and his theater troupe in 1972's "Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things." There is some strange magic going on in this flick, so we drank Strange Magic from Moonraker Brewing Company from Auburn, California.

Are you ready to take on The Manhattan Corporation? Have you decided the gang you'll join? How about your nickname? Once you are prepared, grab Elysian Brewing Company's Dark O'the Moon Pumpkin Stout and join us in our discussion of 1990: The Bronx Warriors (1982).  

Open the throttle and prepare to be karate chopped because we're throwing down with Russ Meyer's out-there 1965 B-Movie classic - Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! It's tough, independent, buxom women in cool sports cars, versus a creepy old man and his simple minded son in a showdown in the desert. To get our heads right for this insanity, we got after it with Head in the Clouds Juicy DIPA from Santa...

Strap in and put your helmet on, we're having a deep discussion about 1978's Laserblast. And what beer could better withstand this intense thrill ride than New Holland's Dragon's Milk Reserve-Raspberry Hibiscus Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout.