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I feel like this upcoming beer is ripe for Em Sauter of Pints & Panels to do artwork on beers and streaming services….
Yup, Athletic Brewing the leader in the N/A beer space has teamed up with Netflix for an IPA. Makes one wonder what a Disney+ or Hulu beer would be and by what brewer.
Haven’t been on Netflix for awhile. Too busy catching up on shows on other streamers but they have recently announced an interesting beer series helmed by “Peaky Blinders” writer Steven Knight. Called House of Guinness (for now) it will tell the story of The Guinness Family. Yes, that one.
It “will be set in the 19th-century in both Dublin and New York, and will focus on the aftermath of the death of Benjamin Guinness, who is frequently credited with the brewery’s long-standing fame and success. The plot will follow Benjamin’s children Arthur, Edward, Anne, and Ben as they navigate the challenges of the business in the wake of their father’s passing.”
Boy, howdy doesn’t Netflix love a foreign potboiler series and the trailer for Oktoberfest: Beer & Blood delivers that in the trailer. If you like the steamy, the yelling, the period costumes and the occasional keg tapping then buckle in and get your closed captioning glasses ready.
Since most of us have been really hitting the Netflix hard in the last six months, it is good to get a backstage look at how Netflix became the 800-pound gorilla in the streaming war.
Land of the Giants quickly and effectively covers a lot of ground about the company. From how they toppled Blockbuster Video to winning Oscars and Emmys. Not all of what they do is great and I certainly would not want to work there.
To drink, look for beers with computer allusions. Megabytes from Mumford Brewing and 8-Bit Brewing is a good one. Or Wizards and Gargoyles (another collaboration) this time between Stone and Modern Times. Whatever you do, don’t buy any IP theft, unfunny labeled beer that has “and chill”.
I have never seen The League and was only mildly amused by That 70’s Show so my hopes are a bit low for this new Netflix comedy, Brews Brothers that starts today. Also lowering my expectation is that the title is Brews Brothers. Not much of reach on the ol’ title tree for that one. Who knows though, maybe the creators had a better title and Netflix marketing chose to go the easy route. Anyway, I will give it a go and if it is worth the time, I will write more about it.
In our (and my) rush to talk about new beers and new breweries, it is easy to forget the third places that have existed for years and really serve a vital role. The simple pub.
There is a scene in The Irish Pub where one of the owners of a traditional Irish pub states that you don’t need a psychiatrist if you can pop dish to pub and have a “chat” with the other regulars. There is truth to that.
This documentary on Netflix runs an hour and fifteen minutes and does a fair survey of pubs from big city Dublin to other corners and crannies of Ireland. Topics like, the Snug, music, economics, regulars and others get asked at each locale and you learn not only about the pubs and people but about the country too.
You could argue that this isn’t beer related or craft beers related. And you would be right. This is most certainly NOT about beer or whiskey but rather the people that serve it and consume it. The cinematography is well done. It is easy to photograph a pub exterior (which they do) but another thing to light the interior of a bar area that re-creates what it would look like if you were drinking there while seeing the person interviewed.
Check this doc out with a pint of Guinness in hand.