Beer and a Movie

After 8 years, 900 beers, and more movie debates than we can possibly count…this is it — the final episode of Beer and a Movie.

Our last film — the one we could not end without reviewing — is The Legend of Billie Jean: the definitive film review of this underrated masterpiece and our love letter to Corpus Christi, the city where BaaM was created. The takes on Billie Jean get surprisingly heated

For the beers, we keep it meaningful. We start with Martin House Brewing’s Peace Be the Journey — a toast to the 8-year journey we’ve all been on together. Then Joe pulls out something truly special: Barreled Souls Brewing's Honey Pot, a gift from Dave over a decade ago, saved for exactly the right moment.

And because it’s the last one, we lean into it. We talk about what Beer and a Movie might’ve looked like if COVID hadn’t changed everything, shout out the many recurring guests who became part of the fabric of the show, and take time to say a genuine thank you to everyone who listened, supported, and shared a beer with us along the way.

Carlos is here to help send us off the right way, and in a perfect bit of full-circle timing, Joe’s long-dreamed-of guest finally makes an appearance: Dave’s wife, Errin, with a surprise pop-in that feels like it was always meant to happen.

It’s the end — so we let it be. One last conversation, one last round, and the only way we knew how to go out.

PS: Fair is fair.

It's our 400th (and penultimate) episode!! So we floor it into the chaos with a full-blown In The Cage episode—the sacred, unhinged tradition where every pick is pure, uncut Nicolas Cage energy. And for a moment this big, you bring back family: Carlos Cooper returns—our one-time permanent co-host turned every-50-episode chaos agent—to ride shotgun one more time before the finale.

Three hosts. Three Cage movies. No brakes.

Joe comes in hot with Gone in 60 Seconds—chrome, speed, and that mythical Eleanor gliding through traffic like a fever dream. Carlos zag-picks with Joe—gritty, stripped down, and proof that Cage can burn just as slow as he explodes. And Dave…Dave chooses violence with USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage—a war story soaked in sweat, sharks, and sheer Cage intensity.

The beers match the moment: we kick things off with Martin House Brewing Company’s Roadhouse Coffee, roll into the heavy artillery with Firestone Walker Brewing Company’s Firestone XXI Anniversary Ale, and finish like kings with the Bourbon County Reserve Brand Blanton’s Stout (2021)—because if you’re going to do #400, you go big, bold, and a little unhinged.

It’s loud. It’s loose. It’s everything BaaM has been for 400 episodes—movies, beer, and just enough chaos to keep it dangerous.

One episode left. Let’s burn it down.

Only 3 BaaM episodes left, and now it’s getting classy…dangerous classy.

Local film enthusiast and cheerleader Heidi Hovda finally pulls up and programs a double feature straight outta the early-40s screwball playbook: The Philadelphia Story and Ball of Fire.

We start things proper—popping champagne alongside The Philadelphia Story like we’ve got Cary Grant money—and then slide into a 2024 Bourbon County Vanilla Rye Brand Stout in an attempt to compete with the heat of Ball of Fire.

Expect rapid-fire 40s slang, high society burns, and enough verbal gymnastics to make Jimmy Stewart stutter and Gary Cooper lean back and nod.

And make no mistake—Heidi brings the Barbara Stanwyck energy.

The real question: can Joe and Dave keep up? Or are they about to get left at the train station holding the luggage while Heidi runs the whole picture?

Three episodes left. No fillers. All killers.

With only 4 episodes left, Comedian Blake Trevino returns one last time taking the wheel to program a double feature that’s been living rent-free in his head every time he’s on the show: Grandma's Boy and Zorro, the Gay Blade.

For the first half, we lean all the way into chaos with Soul Sips THC 10mg Iced Tea—because if you’re diving into Grandma’s Boy, you might as well meet it on its level. It’s loose, it’s ridiculous, and the laughs hit a little differently when your drink is doing… extra credit.

Then we pivot hard. Like, silk cape and secret identity hard. Out comes David’s Magic Bag of Beer with a 2020 Bourbon County Kentucky Fog Stout—a rich, tea-infused beast that pairs surprisingly well with the offbeat, ahead-of-its-time weirdness of Zorro, the Gay Blade. Two teas, wildly different missions.

Blake brings the comedy brain, we bring the drinks, and somewhere in the middle we try to figure out why these two movies kept coming up—and why they actually make perfect sense together.

It’s stoner nonsense, swashbuckling absurdity, and drinks that range from “what is happening” to “oh wow, okay… that’s happening.”

Forget the Oscars…this is the real main event.

It’s The BaaMies! — our biggest Beer and a Movie episode of the year, where we wrap up everything that mattered in 2025: the best films, the worst disasters, standout performances, and of course… the beer.

And we didn’t come light.

For the first time ever, dream guest and Patron Saint of Beer for BaaM Daniel Benavidez brings his magic bag of beer — loaded with four incredible brews (and yeah… things may or may not get a little whiskey involved).

New Glarus Brewing Co.'s Strawberry Rhubarb
Jester King's Fēn Táo Blend Eleven (2025)
Jester King's Atrial Rubicite
Dogfish Head's Czech-Spresso

Dave and Joe break down their Top 5 Movies, Top 3 Beers, and everything in between in an episode that goes bigger, looser, and a little boozier than usual.

This isn’t awards season.
This is BaaMies season.