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We revisit a couple movies we missed in 2018 on this week's episode. In addition to "Bad Times" Max discusses Debra Granik's "Leave No Trace" and Jonny follows up on last weeks conversation with his review of Dario Argento's 1977 "Suspiria." As always, this week's conversation is fueled by two craft beers. Our first is an IPA from Hermitage Brewing out of San Jose, California called "Citra" from their single hop series. The second, a barrel-aged version of Mikeller's Cocoa Shake. Episode Timeline: 0:00 - 13:21 Intro and "Citra" 12:22 - 20:48 "Leave No Trace" 20:49 - 29:25 "Suspiria" (1977) 30:20 - 47:03 "Bad Times at the El Royale" (Spoiler Free) 47:04 - 57:35 "Barrel-Aged Cocoa Shake" 57:36 - 1:02:48 Hot & Bothered 1:02:49 - END Bad Times (DANGER ZONE) Please rate/review us wherever you listen to this podcast.

This week on the podcast we discuss the long anticipated "If Beale Street Could Talk." Directed by Barry Jenkins (Moonlight) "IBSCT" tells the story of Tish and Fonny, a young couple in Harlem dealing with the repercussions of a false rape accusation and an unexpected pregnancy. We drink "Tooth & Tail," a double dry-hopped NE IPA resulting from a collaboration effort between Belching Beaver and Coronado Brewing. Our second beer is "Coffee Oatmeal Stout" which is, you guessed it, an oatmeal stout with coffee from Jackrabbit Brewing Co (Sacramento, CA) Episode Timeline: 0:00 - 8:31 Intro / 'Tooth & Tail' / Green Book Revisit 8:32 - 14:02 'Stan & Ollie' 14:03 - 24:30 Flick Picks; 'Raging Bull' 25:24 - 43:46 'If Beale Street Could Talk' (No Spoilers) 43:55 - 55:31 'Coffee Oatmeal Stout' 55:32 - 1:08:15 Hot & Bothered 1:08:16 - END 'If Beale Street Could Talk' (DANGER ZONE) Please leave us a rating and/or review on iTunes or wherever you listen to this gem of a podcast!

One of our most polarizing film discussions to date! What did YOU think of Green Book? Let us know! Beers of the Week: Beer 1: “Quarter Panel” Brewed by: Gilman Brewing Co (Berkely, CA) Style: West Coast IPA (ABV): 6.5% A modern West Coast style IPA. Light body, aggressive bittering. Massive tropical/dank/citrus aroma and flavors from huge late additions of Amarillo, Simcoe, and Mosaic hops. Beer 2: “Glitter and Gold” By Perennial Artisan Ales (St Louis, MO) Style: Saison/Farmhouse (ABV) 6.5% Glitter & Gold is a Midwest bière de miel brewed with Missouri wildflower honey, a good grip of spelt, and flaked oats. Soft and billowy, yet intensely floral. It's a toast to the wedding of our good friends, Chad and Ashley. Drink with ones you love. Bottle conditioned. Episode Timeline: 0:00 - 12:00 - Intro & "Quarter Panel" 12:01 - 26:16 - Flick Picks & "The Favourite" 27:00 - 44:06 - Green Book(No Spoilers) 44:20 - 52:35 - "Glitter and Gold" 52:36- 1:00:50 - Hot & Bothered 1:0

This week on the show we tackle one of the 2019 Oscar frontrunners with "Roma." We have highly anticipated the opportunity to sit and talk about this movie. Did all the buildup payoff? We also drink a fantastic coffee stout from Modern Times called "Membata" (Know what that's a reference to? Tweet me. *No cheating*) and an Old Ale collaboration between 21st Amendment, Stone, and Firestone Walker. Enjoy! We'd LOVE your feedback. Please don't hesitate to leave us a rating or review wherever you listen to this show!

Sexism, mansplaining, the EPIC Ruth Bader Ginsburg. All discussed while drinking IIIPAs and Barleywines! Beer 1: "Grain Man." It's a triple IPA from Local Craft Beer clocking in at a whopping and surprisingly refreshing 11.0%. Beer 2: "London Balling." A barrel-aged Barleywine coming in with a shattering 12.5 ABV. Enjoy1 We sure did.

Two indie films in a row on FHC?! Welcome back to Oscar Season. This week we recap the Golden Globes, talk favorite 2018 films, and discuss our thoughts on "Beautiful Boy" (Steve Carrell, Timothée Chalamet). In Hot & Bothered we name names of podcasts with terrible commercial transitions. We drink a nitro oatmeal stout called "Nutty Operator" from Altamont Beer Works (Livermore, CA) and a barrel-aged Old Ale called "Better Half" from Founders (Grand Rapids, MI). Episode Timeline: Intro & "Nutty Operator" - 0:00 - 8:52 Flick Picks - 8:53 - 20:46 "Beautiful Boy" (Spoiler Free) - 21:34 - 39:17 "Better Half" - 39:18 - 49:08 Hot & Bothered - 49:09 - 56:44 "Beautiful Boy" DANGER ZONE - 56:45 - END

This week we talk about "Mary Queen of Scots." We drink a deLISH gose by Westbrook that tastes like a mother effin key lime pie and a scotch-style ale from Moylan's. Enjoy! Please rate and review us on iTunes!

All Transformers movies are NOT created equal. "Bumblebee" is what happens when you ditch Michael Bay and build a story around a compelling character, add some wit, and wash it all in a big splash of 80's nostalgia. This week we drink a delicious IPA from Toppling Goliath called "Pompeii" and an imperial stout from TO ØL called "What the Fudge." Please rate and review us wherever you listen- unless you hate our show, in which case, don't. you. dare...

Woohoo! Merry Christmas everyone! What better way to celebrate than with what may be the greatest superhero movie of 2018?! We also drink a Christmas Ale from St Bernardus and a nitro brown ale with coconut and coffee from Modern times called "Bedrock." Enjoy and happy holidays!

This week on the podcast we cover the latest installment to the magical world of JK Rowling with Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. We drink a tasty ESB from Altamont and taste the newest from Sierra Nevada Brewing with the "Resilience Butte County Strong IPA."

This weeks on the podcast, we discuss the critically acclaimed "Widows." Does the movie stand up to the hype? We also drink two big fat imperial stouts. The first is "Double Chocolate Stout" from Rouge Ales and the second- "Expedition Stout" from Bell's. Episode Timeline: 0:00 - 11:37: Intro & Double Chocolate Stout 11:38 - 20:07: Hot & Bothered 20:42 - 38:35: Widows (No Spoilers) 39:10 - 46:55: Expedition Stout 46:56 - END: Widows (DANGER ZONE) Please rate and review us wherever you listen to this show!

This week on Fresh Hop Cinema, we enter a new age of podcast episodes with episode 101. We cover the sequel to 2012’s “Wreck It Ralph” with “Ralph Breaks the Internet. We also tackle two very different stouts. “The Patsy” is a coconut rye stout from Barley Forge Brewing Co out of Costa Mesa, CA and “Queen Anne” is a collaboration stout from Mason Ale Works and Humble Sea Brewing Co out of San Marcos and Santa Cruz respectively. Episode Timeline: 0:00 - 11:49 - Intro & “The Patsy” 11:50 - 20:53 - Hot & Bothered 21:56 - 38:06 - Ralph Breaks the Internet (Spoiler Free) 38:58 - 53:55 - “Queen Anne” 53:56 - END - Ralph Breaks the Internet (DANGER ZONE)

We've made to episode 100, everyone! After talking beer and film this week, we revisit some of our favorite moments from the last 50 episodes in a "Danger Zone Supercut." Episode Timeline: 0:00 - 15:52 - Intro & "Windsor Porter" **Ratings- Jonny: 8.2 Max: 8.5 15:53 - 23:19 - "Hot & Bothered" 24:06 - 44:36 - Robin Hood **Ratings: Jonny: 2 Max: 1 45:26 - END - DANGER ZONE SUPERCUT

After a week's hiatus due to the Camp Fire in Northern California, we're back! Tune in to hear our take on the film Bohemian Rhapsody and review "Fresh Hop Cine Haze," our namesake beer from Secret Trail Brewing Co and "Freddie Murkury" by Mikkeller. 0:00 - 9:31 - Intro + Fresh Hop CineHaze 9:31 - 18:24 - Hot & Bothered 19:13 - 36:23 - Bohemian Rhapsody (SPOILER FREE) 37:20 - 45:19 - Freddie Murkury 45:20 - END - Bohemian Rhapsody (DANGER ZONE)

Join us for a discussion of the first film by writer/director Jonah Hill. "Mid90s" explores ideas of masculinity, skate culture, and growing up. We drink beers from two breweries that we've never had the pleasure of trying before. Black Market Brewing from Temecula, CA created a FANTASTIC IIPA known simply as "The Orange Can." It won the gold medal this year for "Juicy or Hazy Imperial or Double IPA" at GABF. Melvin Brewing (originally from Jackson, WY)made a huge and flavorful IIPA called "2x4" that packs a punch at 10% ABV. Episode Timeline: Intro + "The Orange Can" - 0:00 - 18:10 "Hot & Bothered" - 18:11 - 30:02 "Mid90s" (Spoiler Free) - 30:32 - 53:38 "2x4" - 54:16 - 1:09:58 Mid90s (DANGER ZONE) 1:09:59 - END

This week we catch up with Hollywood's latest introspective Western in "The Sisters Brothers." Starring Joaquin Phoenix, John C Reilly, Riz Ahmed, and Jake Gyllenhall, this film tells the tale of two bounty hunter brothers (Phoenix, Reilly) on a mission to chase down a chemist (Ahmed) who has stolen a formula from their employer, a man called The Commodore. Can a one-dimensional character portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix carry this film OR will some hidden gem performances reveal themselves like gold in a river via unexpected on-screen talent? We drink a (accidentally far-too-old) IPA from Epic Brewing called "Spiral Jetty" and a tasty Golden Saison called "Melissa" from a brewery in Washington called Propolis. Episode Timeline: 4:00 - 13:55- "Spiral Jetty" 13:56 - 26:53- "Hot & Bothered" 27:42 - 46:35- "The Sisters Brother" (Spoiler Free) 47:07 - 1:01:46- "Melissa" 1:01:47 - END- "The Sisters Brothers" (DANGER ZONE) Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to this show.

This week on Fresh Hop Cinema we review of "A Star Is Born;" the fourth remake of a Hollywood tradition dating back to 1937. In this iteration, Bradley Cooper directs while costarring next to silver screen first-timer Lady Gaga. This film is a cautionary tale of fame and alcoholism, a telling of a star's rise in the modern music industry and ultimately a pendulum of romance and heartbreak. We drink a craft beer industry staple in "Jai Alai." This IPA from Cigar City Brewing is a 7.5% mouthful of citrusy goodness. To end the show, we discuss a beer from Birmingham brewery Trim Tab called "Breakfast Hero." It's an 8.5% imperial stout with ACTUAL doughnuts added to the mash! Too crazy OR just crazy enough to be delicious?! Episode Timeline: 0:00 - 26:14 "Jai Alai" & "Hot & Bothered" 27:14 - 43:23 "A Star Is Born" (Spoiler Free) 44:00 - END "Breakfast Hero" & "A Star Is Born" (SPOILERS)

What a week! We talk zombie virus outbreaks as we cover 2017's "Cargo." Starring Martin Freeman, the film explores what a father must endure when a massive virus has "wiped out" much of the human population. We drink a tasty IPA from Bearded Iris (TN) called "Homestyle" and a rich and robust stout called "Naval Gazer" from New Heights (TN). Episode Timeline: 0:00 - 14:47- Intro, "Homestyle," and "Hot & Bothered" 15:35 - 30:52 - "Cargo" (Spoiler Free) 31:30 - 45:20 - "Naval Gazer" 45:21 - END - Tangents and "Cargo" (DANGER ZONE) Hey. Hey YOU! Review us. It means a lot.

This was a crazy fun episode! Tune in for all the info you'll ever need on "White Boy Rick" and "Holy Hermit from Moonraker and "Err to Excess" from Breakside Brewing. 0:00 - 29:05: Intro, "Holy Hermit," and "Hot & Bothered" 29:53 -41:45: "White Boy Rick (Spoiler-Free) 42:29 - 50:12 - "Err to Excess" 50:13 - END - "White Boy Rick" (DANGER ZONE)

One of our most anticipated movies of the year this week; "Blindspotting." We drink a NE IPA from Lead Dog called "For Redding with Love" and a fruited porter from Latitude 33 called "Native Trails Black and Blue." Episode Timeline: 0:00 - 14:02- "For Redding with Love" 14:03 - 38:25- "Blindspotting" (Spoiler Free) 38:26 - 50:15- "Black and Blue" 50:16 - END - "Blindspotting" (DANGER ZONE) Review us on iTunes. Just do it.