In recent years strains and cultures of yeasts from Norway have started to get a lot of attention in the brewing world. Unlike other strains they ferment clean even at temperatures as high as 40°C! But can it make a good lager? Using a (sort of) traditional Munich Helles as a base and an isolated […]
Season 2 Round-Up
In this bumper episode, Chris and Cal look back on the last year, and recap the major plot points and discoveries.
4.15 – BLACK SABBATH (1963) and Control
This week’s film is the 1963 anthology film BLACK SABBATH. In the course of our reviews, we talk about the two very different versions of the film (Italian and American), before going on to discuss the idea of cinematographic and soundscape intimacy, and lead up to a focus on some thoughts about male control in […]
29 – Icecream Pale Ale
Ever wandered what happens when you take the massive fruit punch of a New England IPA and push it even further? If you’re adding actual fruit and other ingredients to boost that body into a creamy and sticky mess, you might be venturing towards an Icecream Pale Ale. Big in hops, fruit and body, this […]
S2E50 – Help LeBron Help Us Help LeBron Stop Bugs
In this, our season two finale, we meet some members of Hector’s former gang, catch up with a hard-boiled Daffy and get a cheeky surprise from a Toon Town resident.
4.14 – CURSE OF THE UNDEAD (1959) and Genre Fusion
This week’s film, in an enforced change to our programming, is the 1959 movie CURSE OF THE UNDEAD. After some initial reviews, we talk about the film’s use of some changes in the vampire genre to focus on ideas of ‘good versus evil’, before talking about why this meeting of the vampire genre and the […]
S2E49 – Help LeBron Help Us
As we move to the close of our second season (which is insane, by the way – two years!) we confirm some of our theories about cats, spot Foghorn’s way out of his Groundhog Day loop, and resolve to create an exhaustive criteria for telling the difference between mice and baby elephants.
28 – Imperial Milk Stout
For people who like their dark beers both very strong and very rich, the Imperial Milk Stout takes all the body of a powerful stout and cranks it up further with additions of lactose. Being an unfermentable sugar, the yeast leave the lactose alone during fermentation giving the beer an extra luxurious sweetness.
S2E48 – One Hundred
This is our one-hundredth episode so, as a celebration, we meticulously planned… absolutely nothing.
4.13 – RETURN OF THE VAMPIRE (1943) and Disease
This week’s film is the unofficial sequel to last time’s movie, RETURN OF THE VAMPIRE (1943). After some not-entirely favourable reviews, we talk about the creation of a cinematic trope or stereotype, developments in film technology, and the idea of vampirism as infection — or lycanthropy as mental illness.