Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Beer Hunter: End-of-September Update

All the hurricane-related chaos caused a definite slowdown in my quest to take down 30 beers at Alamo Drafthouse, but I can definitely see the finish line in sight now:

SEPTEMBER

  • pints of Stone IPA and Newcastle Ale during the season premiere of NBC's Heroes.
  • pints of Boddingtons and Bass during Burn After Reading (You'll hate practically every character in this movie, but you'll love what happens when they pursue only their own vain wants!)
  • pint of Blanche de Bruxelles during Eagle Eye (Ever wonder what would happen if we recruited HAL 9000 to join the War on Terror?)

AUGUST

  • pints of Dos XX and Ziegenbock during Pineapple Express (Is there humor to be mined from violent drug culture? The answer is a resounding yes, in a "better them than me" sort of way.)
  • pints of Paulaner Hefeweizen and Bud Light during Tropic Thunder (Downright hilarious -- just remember to check your Political Correctness at the door.)
  • pints of Stone Arrogant Bastard and Fat Tire during Death Race (Bad people. Cars. Boom. The End.)
  • pints of North Coast Scrimshaw Pils and Full Sail Pale Ale during Hamlet 2. (Something's being satirized here, but I'm not exactly sure what it was.)
  • pints of Saint Arnold Amber and Woodchuck Amber Cider during The Killing (Retrospective screening of the 1956 heist movie directed by Stanley Kubrick.)

JULY

  • a pint of Sam Adams Boston Lager during Hancock (It's better than the trailers suggest. Definitely another good look at the whole "superhero" thing)
  • pints of Harp and Sierra Nevada Pale Ale during Step Brothers (Will Farrell's antics do get funnier after a couple of drinks, but there's certainly nothing wrong with waiting for this one as a cheap DVD rental.)
  • bottle of Blue Moon during The Dark Knight (Excellent flick all around!)
Nineteen down . . . Eleven to go!

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