Beer there. Drank that. Got the T-shirt.

The first thing I suppose I should admit is that I'm not really that much of a "big beer guy." Most years I could count the number of beers I've drank on one hand, and have fingers to spare.

Despite that, I decided to start collecting punches on my Beer Hunter journey in July, Along the way I saw a a bunch of movies and managed to order every kind of draft beer listed on the menu at both Houston-area Alamo Drafthouse locations.

Three months and 28 pints later, my server Karrie awarded me an Alamo Drafthouse Cinema T-Shirt and Beer Hunter mug tonight for my "efforts."

The final pint -- of the Drafthouse's own house Amber -- was consumed during tonight's Presidential debate. Heavy rains were interfering with the satellite TV reception and the partisan reactions from the audience were priceless as they watched the projectionist fail in repeated attempts to pull in any other channel aside from Fox News.

Worth Mentioning: The cinema used this "Barack Roll" YouTube video as a pre-show trailer to help promote the debate screenings. I don't care what your political stripes are -- this is funny!



Here's the final beer-by-beer tally:

OCTOBER

• Pints of Rogue Dead Guy and Young's Double Chocolate Stout during Obama-McCain Debate Number Two. (Either I lost count somewhere, or an Alamo staffer punched my Beer Hunter card twice more than necessary. Perhaps classic Florida balloting techniques were in effect.)
  
• Pints of Firehouse #4 and Flying Dog In Heat Wheat during Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist. (I took a gamble on this one and I ended up liking it. It does make being young and single in NYC look like fun.)
• Pints of Spaten Optimator and Spaten Premium during Body of Lies. (An espionage flick that struggles to make it above the "forgettable" line. )
• Pints of Dogfish 60 Minute IPA and Belhaven Scottish Ale during The Express. (See this movie. If you don't like it, your heart may be three sizes too small.)
• Pint of Drafthouse Amber during Obama-McCain Debate Number Three. (This will likely be remembered as "Joe the Plumber's debate.")
  

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!)

Mission accomplished!