We had to take the time machine back after we recorded this as this was techinically our first ever remote guest episode with Reuben's brother Elan from Fanwood and his other "Brother from another Mother (and Father)" Jonah from West Orange. This was recorded right on the cusp of Jonah becoming a Dad, and even before Elan's wife became pregnant with their daughter. Check out Elan's amazing instagram page, @HealhtyLivingMeltzers where he and his wife chronicle healthy meal options in fun and scientific ways. Jonah is an incredible writer. Check out his blog and if you'd like to read an awesome book check out "The Last Book Ever Written."

Jonah teaches about the meaning of the words "Gone Fishing" and we give Peter from Albion a shout out who taught Reuben about the song of the same name which opens this episode. We talk about Greek Weddings and give a congratulative shout out to Sotiris and Denise from the Truck on their recent nuptials. Our conversation goes from the usual film commentary to dealing with modern anxiety brought about by existential dread and somehow fit gaga pits, frats, and JJ Abrams in there as well. Despite Jonah's shitty audio, both he and Elan brought so much insight into the viewing experience.

The beers were purchanse at Carwny Cellars as well as a couple spots in New Jersey and were:

1A) Sixpoint Brewery Pilsner
B) Sapporo Premium Lager
C) Deeds Brewing Company Half Time Pale Ale
2) Allagash Brewing Company White Belgian Style Wheat Ale
3A) Little Bang Brewing Co. Bearded Fiction American Pale Ale
B) Extraomnes Zest Belgian Pale Ale
4A) Brix City Brewing DopeNose NEIPA
B) Mismatch Brewing Double Hazy IPA
5) Trappistes Rochefort 10
6A) Icarus Brewing Comapny King Arthur's Steed Imperial Coconut Porter
B) Bridge Road Brewers Robust Blatic Porter

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Here's our February episode coming to you 2 months late. Here we watched the 2018 Razzie winner for worst picture, "Holmes & Watson," and boy was it hard to get through. Thank goodness it was just shy of an hour and a half.

This was recorded while Australia was on fire and we spoke about how there's probably better places to send your money than to Celeste Barber's gigantic famous people fundraiser. We start this episode off with Reuben giving Mike a present. Once the movie was going we debated the pronunciation of Ralph Fiennes, discussed Will Ferril's hits and misses, John C Reilly's, inability to give a bad performance, Reuben's online chess matches with Jonah from Jersey City and Brian from Colorado, and how Jonah had made a "Holmes & Watson" spoof when he was in high school and how it was probably leagues better than this trash. Our discussion after the movie moved towards our children. How Reuben's kids have picked up on the word, F**k, due to the podcast and an instagram story from their uncle Elan from Jersey City. How Mike's kids have an irrational fear of dogs, but if one seems okay and the other freaks out they both end up freaking out, it's a twin thing. We also talk about "Star Wars" and the conclusion to the "Skywalker Saga" and how much Reuben's kids enjoyed the whole "Star Wars" Journey.

If you'd like to here about our takes on a good movie, "Dr. Sleep," then go check out the video review we did with Cassten from Mad Alice Productions here. Hopefully do more of these in thw future.

Before getting to Mike's to watch the movie we went to Bodriggy Brewing Company and had some awesome beers. Once we got back to Mikes we had 5 more good beers that was purchased from Mccopins in Abbotsford, The Western Craftery in Sunshine, and Bottle House in Balaclave and were:
1) Stomping Ground Brewing Co Gipps St Pale Ale
2) Deeds Brewing  and Tallboy & Moose Make Beer  All Work and No Play DDH Hazy Double IPA
3) Lindemans Brewery  Framboise Lambic
4) Prairie Artisan Ales Lil' Nap Sour Ale  
5) Your Mates Brewing Donnie Dark Ale

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For episode 15 we had a new guest on the show, Marcus from Kingsville. When we recorded this (pre-Corona, which we laughed off as some distant threat) Marcus was on the cusp of fatherhood, and Phill & Pemmy from Ascot Vale had their beautiful baby boy (you noticing a bit of pattern here?). Marcus is heaps smarter than both of us and raises the IQ of the show 10 fold just by being included. We marveled at his myraid global travels and incredible multilingual skills, and to hear more about him we have an interview of him up on the Mad Alice Production Patreon page (see bottom of description for the link).

Back when we were planning for this episode to come out in March we wanted it to line up with the release of "Godzilla Vs. Kong," well that's been pushed to November, but our kaiju double header is here anyway. Starting off with the giant ape focused one, here. While the movie runs its course we comment on the lead actress' absurd costume choice (Mike won this round of where's booby the first time her breast accidentally fell out), how crazy the fact is that everyone in this universe speaks Cantonese, @thatkevinsmith, Google’s deep fake and deep dream, the "incredible" films coming out of Uganda by @isaacnabwana (who's films we will cover on this show at some point), drugged up panthers and animal exploitation in general (especially the exploitation of giant apes and kaiju), "Curb Your Enthusiasm," and The Shaw Brothers illustrious careers.

Another fact about Marcus is he has Celiac Disease, this means that we had to drink gluten free, which included 4 gluten free beers, 2 ciders, and 3 cocktails. The beers and ciders were from @mrwestbar in Footscay, @bottle_house in Balaclava, The Western Craftery in Sunshine, and a BWS in Braybrook. They drinks were:

1) @twobaysbeer Pale Ale
2) @toolbeer Repair Beer
3) Marcus' Jamieson Whiskey Sour
4) Two Bays Brewing Co IPA
5) @mikkellerbeer Space Race NEIPA
6) Mike's Hendrick's Gin Side Car
7) @rekorderligcider Premium Passionfruit Cider
8) @kaijubeer Golden Axe Crisp Apple Cider
9) Reuben's Twist on Double Happiness's Great Leap Foward using lychees with white rum instead of vodka   

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Recorded back in early March (2020) when everyone thought the Coronavirus was some far off problem; we were getting excited for the release of "Kong Vs Godzilla" and lined up a kaiju double header. "Shin Godzilla" being the Godzilla half of it, and another edition of #goodbeergoodmovienight

Here we are joined by Reuben’s "nephew" @henryh.com.au, where we open his eyes to the world of #craftbeer He also tells us about his adventures in New Zealand producing his first international music video for @benhazlewood’s "Lay Me Down." We finally give @h_town_joo and @cbmullins86 (Reuben's cousin and his wife) their long over due congratulations on their nuptials. We also congratulate Marcus-from-Kingsville on the birth of his daughter. We got some great listener responses from @50footbrewery (Pete from the American @goodbeerbadmovienight) where he teaches us what an actual farmhouse ale is.

While the movie plays out we draw correlations to "Neon Genesis Evangelion" (the film shares the same director), discuss how Godzilla evolves like a Pokemon, and laugh at Japanese bureaucracy. Conversation also shifts towards urinals in the US vs Australia. Reuben's discovery of @prideofourfootscray Bar, and his sister, @uri.meltzer’s, quest for a bathroom on her last visit here. This obviously leads to the three of us trading off our gayest memories. To top it all off, We also discover a style of beer that Mike doesn't like.

Beers were purchased from @mrwestbar @bottle_house and the @thewesterncraftery and were:

1)@kaijubeer Paradise Pils
2) Kaiju Beer Kaiju Krush Tropical Pale Ale
3) Kaiju Beer Main Squeeze Passion Guava Session Ale
4) @garageproject Shinrin Yoku Blended Cherry Blossom Sour w/ Sencha Green Tea
5) @tallboyandmoose  Snot Goblin Cryo IPA with Passion Fruit
6) Kaiju Beer Metamorphosis IPA
7) Kaiju Beer Aftermath Double IPA
8) Kaiju Beer Behemoth Double India Black Ale
9) @leftbarrelbrewing Cerberus American Barleywine
10) @littlebangbrewing Galactopus American Barleywine

Big thanks to Reuben's other cousin, @wavesofnoise for fixing the audio on this one. The man's a true wizard!

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Here it is, our Chanukah present to all of our dear listeners (Jewish and Non-Jewish alike) the first ever all family episode. It took a lot to record this one since it was also our very first remotely recorded episode, complete with lots of technical difficulties and antsy children. Speaking of kids, we had some non-alchoholic beers and a mocktail for them to try. This was Mike's kids' first exposure to Star Wars. It probably wasn't the best starting point for them... For Reuben's kids, they are Star Wars obsessed, so they were super keen to watch it, even though they knew the poor reputation it has. Due to the presence of the kids we made it all the way to the hour and 52 minute mark before we started swearing.

While watching it, Reuben drew lots of comparisons to the original Clone Wars cartoon by Gendy Tartakovsky. We also chatted about our fun times at the water park, Funfields , racing each other on a waterslide dubbed, The Kraken. We both happened to be eating roast duck dishes that weekend. Reuben had a humble brag about his smoked Peking duck he made while Thuy (Mike's other half) made a Vietnamese roast duck with rice porridge.

After the film ended and the kids went to bed our chat continued. This was recorded just at the end of the first COVID wave in Melbourne, so we had a good old coronachat. We both predicted the second wave with absolute certainty (it hit us 6 weeks after recording). We also talk about China (future overlords, please don't arrest us...).

Beer was purchased from the lovely folks at Mr. West and were:

1) Sobah Non-Alchoholic Beverages Lemon Aspen Pilsner
2) Sobah Non-Alchoholic Beverages Pepperberry IPA
3) Blue Milk Cocktail/Mocktail (Cocktail made with Cointreau and Hendricks Gin)
4A) Hop Nation Brewing Company Site FP Muscat Golden Sour Ale
4B) Hop Nation Brewing Company Site FP Riesling Golden Sour Ale
5) Haandbryggeriet Dark Force Imperial Wheat Stout

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About a week or two before we slid into our second lockdown we were able to wrap up our double header of family episodes we were lucky to be able to head on over to Mike's place and record with both our families together and watch "Cats." An uncompromised nightmarish vision with only a hint of a story and a strong sense of #uncannyvalley from start to finish. Between Mike's partner, Thuy from Keilor, looking up what the plot was and some notes from #catsthemovie Super-Fan, Simon from the Video Store, we were able to parse together some semblance of a story. Maybe if there was 1/3 less singing and they replaced that with dialogue that explained the story and characters this would be slightly more watchable...

The only reason Mike's kids wanted to watch this was to see Taylor Swift, whom Reuben had never heard any of her music let alone know what she looked like. We remarked on Jennifer Hudson's incredible performance and director, #tomhooper’s career.

Beers/Drinks were purchased from Mr. West in Footscray and were:
1) Mojito/Mock Mojito
2) Mash Brewing Copy Cat AIPA
3) Dainton Beer New Age IPA
4) Garage Project Cat's Pajamas Cream Ale
5) Sobah Craft Beer Finger Lime Cerveza
6) Dainton Beer Wonderland White Chocolate NEIPA
7) Moon Dog Craft Brewery & Yulli's Brews Major Mac Spiced Fig and Coconut Milk Stout

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We get real deep and emotional real fast on this one as it was recorded deep in the heart of our second (and longest) lockdown. We certainly touched on how doomed humanity is...

We had a catch up lightning round where both of us commiserated about the difficulties of home schooling. Mike was watching a bunch of documentaries and struggled to deal with an overwhelming sense of gloom and doom. Reuben started the Lockdown recuperating from a minor surgery, then pitched a horror film, and helped Thy get the garden turned into a mini "urban farm." Our conversation continued on and got more light hearted as we progressed, and as it would turn out Mike's been successful at getting his Dad into craft beer!

We both loved this movie, as it provided us with some much needed laugh therapy. As ridiculous and weird this movie is, it's actually quite well done. We picked this one because we are starting a double header of comic book movies and Reuben wanted to do this one based off a manga from the mid 90's.

The beers came from the amazing folks at Beer 360 and were delivered on the same day they were ordered! They were as follows:

1) Founders Brewing Co Mas Agave Imperial Gose
2) Beer topped margarita using the Mas Agave
3) Westside Ale Works The Bridge NEIPA
4) 3 Ravens Brewery Creme Brulee Milkshake IPA
5) Moon Dog BreweryTimothy Tamothy Slamothy Chocolate Bisquit Stout
6) Beer blend of the Creme Brulee Milkshake IPA and the Timothy Tamothy Slamothy Chocolate Bisquit Stout

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This was our first livestream episode broadcast on our Twitch. It was also Mike's birthday and he was pretty hungover. He was at a party the night before celebrating his birthday, his partner Thuy's birthday, and another friends, so yeah, he got smashed and we had to have a puke bucket on hand just in case. As you can see we watched 1997's "Steel" starring Shaq. We talk about the much better podcast, "Beer, Bourbon & A Movie," our philosophy on cooking, beer blends (refrencing Urbanaut in particular), and our old love of 90's NBA. We had lots of fun people chime in via the Twitch-stream like Reuben's Mom who also love craft beer, Taco-Tim who makes a banging hot sauce with his wife (Children of the Corn Tacos), and Pete from the American Good Beer Bad Movie Night who loves all thinks Godzilla. We also had the amazing help from Cassten from Mad Alice Productions to broadcast the episode chiming in from time to time.

The drinks we had were:
1) Coedo Brewery Shiro Hefeweizen
2) Mountain Culture Beer Pale Ale
3) Hargreaves Hill Brewing Company Sazarac Rye IPA
4) NY Style Sazarac (Made with Gospel Distillery's Solera Rye)
5) Blend of Sazarac with the Rye IPA
6) Founders Brewing Comapny Blushing Monk
7) Founders Brewing Company Kentucky Bourbon Breakfast Stout
8) Blend of Blushing Monk and the KBS

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The long awaited episode 20 is out and what a fun adventure this episode is! We had two guests on that joined us remotely from New Jersey (home of The Toxic Avenger), BJ from "Average Joe Comic Show" and Ricky from Orange. BJ is Reuben's younger brother, and Ricky is one of his best friends, whose become friends with BJ over the years. Both our guests are HUGE superhero and comic book fans, so this seemed like the perfect episode to get them on board for. Unfortunately, Mike was super sick (not COVID, he got that later), so he wasn't his normal plucky and funny self, but the dude soldiered on and got it done! Besides getting into Troma Pictures we chatted about all sorts of things including magic mushrooms, ass wiping habits, and weed (as this was the very first edition of Good Weed Bad Movie Night). A fun thing we introduced in this episode was beer battles. We chose 4 specific types of beer from Melbourne while BJ matched those styles with beer made in New Jersey and drank them against each other to find out where the better beer lies. It's a totally opinionated thing that really means nothing, but we had a lot of fun doing it. Beers were purchased from Saint Bride and Craft Republic and were: - Sierra Nevada Pale Ale - Moon Dog Brewery & Run the Jewels No Save Point Hazy IPA - Czig Meister Brewing Deep Sea Series Calescent NEIPA - Sierra Nevada Hazy Little Thing Hazy IPA - La Sirene Brewing Funq IPA - Bolero Snort Brewery Orange Vanilla Bullsicle Milkshake IPA - Hope Brewery Imperial Lemon Lime Sour - Beach Haus Brewery Sunny Sour Kettle Sour Ale w/ Guava Plum & Tangerine - Dainton Brewery Twist & Stout Chocolate Pretzel Stout - Three 3's Brewing Raz Attacks Stout The weed that was had was: - Ice Cream Cake - Chocolate Banana - Reuben's Old Dusty Weed (2010 vintage)

We get real deep and emotional real fast on this one as it was recorded deep in the heart of our second (and longest) lockdown. We certainly touched on how doomed humanity is...

We had a catch up lightning round where both of us commiserated about the difficulties of home schooling. Mike was watching a bunch of documentaries and struggled to deal with an overwhelming sense of gloom and doom. Reuben started the Lockdown recuperating from a minor surgery, then pitched a horror film, and helped Thy get the garden turned into a mini "urban farm." Our conversation continued on and got more light hearted as we progressed, and as it would turn out Mike's been successful at getting his Dad into craft beer!

We both loved this movie, as it provided us with some much needed laugh therapy. As ridiculous and weird this movie is, it's actually quite well done. We picked this one because we are starting a double header of comic book movies and Reuben wanted to do this one based off a Manga from the mid 90's.

The beers came from the amazing folks at Beer 360 and were delivered on the same day they were ordered! They were:

- Founders Brewing Mas Agave Imperial Lime Gose

- Westside Ale Works The Bridge NEIPA

- 3 Ravens Brewery Creme Brulee Milkshake IPA

- Moon Dog Brewery Timothy Tamothy Slamothy Chocolate Biscuit Milk Stout