The Hopfather

From Dude Night's segment of the Beer Safari promotional video, we present "The Hopfather."

In this episode, Senor Gonsorellie visits the Hopfather on the day of his daughter's wedding to present him with a bottle of Racer 5 IPA from Bear Republic Brewing Company, in hopes that he will give his blessing to the brewery so they can produce more of it without trouble from the Corleone family.

The Hopfather, wary of hoppy beers and IPAs in general, refuses to grant his blessing until Senor Gonsorellie tastes the beer first, and gives him reasons why he feels the beer is worthy of such a blessing.

Episode 17 - Halloween Beer Show

Happy Halloween! With Gonso AWOL, we're forced to do our Halloween show alone. In place of cool stuff like the "Horror Movie Quote Game", we taste two different pumpkin beers, along with Reaper's Ritual Ale, and some Chimay cheese. We also experiment with a hybrid pepper called the Habanero Suave, which contains almost no heat. Clarke introduces us to a new feature of Dude Night called "The Coronary Corner" with it's first installment, the pressed Cuban burger. We also review The Real Happy Hour's so-called Beer Show, recap Groucho, CHUD, and Rick's visit, and more.

Episode 17 recap:

• Where's Gonso?
• Stone Fest redux with Groucho, CHUD from The Beer Report and Rick from Big Foamy Head
• Slow Food Movement
• Mild Habanero tasting (Buy the seeds online from Renee's Gardens)
• Buffalo Bill's Brewing's Pumpkin Ale
• PumpkinHead from Shipyard Brewery
• TRHH's Beer Show
• A few words out about the beer podcast war
• Chimay cheese
• Hog Dawg Brewing's Saint Max Dubbel
• Reaper's Ritual Ale
• Russian River Brewing's taster will destroy you
• Hop Assaults
• Male Bathroom Etiquette
• The Coronary Corner: Pressed Cuban Burger (Don't do it. But if you must, here's the recipe.)

Listen to Episode 17 now.

The Beer Witch Project

Dude Night presents

The Beer Witch Project
(aka "Das Bier Hexe Projekt")

Directed by Clarke
Starring Gonso, Hog Dawg, and Clarke
Music by Chip Davis and Doubting Thomas
Produced by Gonso, Hog Dawg, and Clarke

Synopsis:
Three men enter the dense Pacific Coast Forest to investigate the legend of the Beer Witch, who was notorious for having the worst taste in beer ever. Those who disagreed with her poor taste were banished. What begins as an experiment in bad taste turns into a macabre nightmare.

Rated R for pervasive language (including 74 uses of the F-word), disturbing images, and bad taste in beer.

Running time 20:56

View it above, or download it to your desktop here.

Episode 16: The Bavarian Experience

We go on yet another trip to Bavaria as Gonso treats us to some authentic German Kolsch and Alt Bier. He explains what going to a German Kolsch pub is like. Then, we see how Clarkehead's Clarkeweizen stands up against another authentic German Hefeweizen - Schofferhofer.

We also find out how incredibly young Gonso was when he had his first beer (and his first fish sandwich). It's safe to say we're learning more and more about Gonso with each episode.

In this episode:

• Serving cultures at a German Kolsch brewery
• Currywurst mit Ketchup
• Reisdorf Kolsch
• Allegra Dusseldorf Alt
• Schofferhofer Hefeweizen
• Clarkeweizen
• Clarke's Mom's first and only beer experience
• How old were you when you had your first beer?
• How about your first fish sandwich?

Listen to Episode 16 here.