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On the next episode of Sips suds and Smokes. Barbie and Oppenheimer were both released earlier this year. This unlikely combination of events created a weird effect known as barbenheimer. Reverend Mark, you came up with the concept of, uh, a barbenheimer episode. Please. Yep. You can blame me. Tell us why we're doing please. Please. Well, it has to do with kind, uh, of a mirroring of opposites. We are doing a barbenheimer mashup.

We're talking about two movies today, complete opposites, and we're talking about two beers each that some of us brought that are probably complete opposites. Yeah, for sure. We'll be right back after this breakup. Brought to you almost live from the dude in the basement studios. Why? Because that's where the good stuff is. It sits suds and smokes with your smoke and host the good old boy. Suds. Suds. Suds. It's time for more suds.

Welcome, everyone, to this suds, uh, segment, where we are always looking for the new and exciting ways to entertain you, our audience. Dave, keep all your clothes on, okay? Just please. It's a family friendly beer show. Okay, you know what? That would be neither new nor exciting. Wow. Right now on stage number eight, you love him. You may leave him, but he's here with all the things that you want to look at another stage, you have.

To use my stripper name Mosaic. Mosaic, your favorite hop should always be your stripper name. He's not new. He is not even entertaining, but he is exciting. Mike's stripper name is Nelson. Sovin, Reverend Mark, what's your strata? No. Um okay. Well, folks, we got the original band back together. I am one of your hosts, good old gal Juliana, and it is a pleasure. Joining me today at this special table today is good old boy Mike.

Hello, everybody. I, uh, decided, um, know, I could, uh, hang out with, you know, a nuclear weapon, and I'm like, sure, yeah, no problem. Yeah, I mean, Mike and Ken have a lot in common, especially in the front of their gosh. Reverend Mark. Hello. Greetings. How are you? Uh, what a momentous day it is. It is good old boy Dave. Hey. Now, I am officially on an episode. I know. Officially. I know more about something on this episode than Mike does, and it cannot be. Wow. Yeah. Wow. Yeah. Wow.

I had to sit through an hour and a half of Barbie movie, but to do it. But you know what? Okay, well, speaking of which, folks, I know you're dying to know what our theme is today. Pop quiz. What does a Barbie doll have in common with the father of the atomic bomb? Stage eight, where good old boy Davis. Wow. That was somewhat impressive. It hurt. Okay, well, up until a few months ago, it was probably nothing, but now they are both the subject of a major

motion picture. Barbie and Oppenheimer were both released earlier this year. This unlikely combination of events created a weird effect known as barbenheimer. Dump, dump, dump. Okay, well, ordinarily good old boy Dave would spew some knowledge about things like important stuff or semi important stuff. Stumble m over words. But today we brought in an expert in reading words on paper. No, it's just that I can deliver plausible BS in a convincing way that I'm going to pronounce all this. Really?

Dave does not have this. Let's see how much he pronounces correctly. Well, good old boy Mike, please hit us with some knowledge. Dave from Wikipedia. He said the loud part quiet and the quiet part correct. Barbenheimer is a cultural phenomenon that began before the simultaneous theatrical release of two blockbuster films, warner Brothers Pictures, uh, Barbie and Universal Pictures Oppenheimer on July 21 of 2023. In the United States and several other countries, the word is a

portmanteau of films titles. The strong contrast between Barbie and a fantasy comedy by Greta Gerwig about the fashion doll Barbie and Oppenheimer, an epic biographical thriller by Christopher Nolan about physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, scientific director of the Manhattan Project, prompted a comedic response from the Internet users, including memes and merchandise. Well, I know that's the pinnacle of cultural contribution. I'm a meme.

I'm a meme. So polygon described the two films as extreme opposites and variety. Called the phenomenon the movie event of the year. The simultaneous release was an instance of counter programming as a double release date approach. Discussion centered on the apostrophe wow. Of watching the films as a double

feature as well as what order. To watch them in a dartboard is not sufficient in a decision making tool includes instead of generating a rivalry, cast members of both responded by encouraging audience to watch the films on the same day. I think you should have watched them in the same room. Celebrity participants included simultaneous watching of Barbie and Oppenheimer. Yes, the ones on the front screen and the ones in the rear. So just take your pick. Uh, let's see, um cast members of both

responded. Celebrity participants included actor Tom Cruise, who purchased tickets to watch both, while his latest see he got ahead of me to watch both movies, uh, while his own film latest, uh, film, mission Impossible dead Reckoning part one, was still playing in theaters. Wow. That was a lot. That is you did okay. Yeah. You weren't great. She did okay.

Wow. What I think happened there is that someone was winning a game online where they could put in the most, uh, egregious choices of adjectives to embed in Wikipedia, where it would exceed the fifth grade mentality of people that read Wikipedia and to see if it would provoke a meme or merchandise. So there you go. That's what I think really happened, because nobody uses the word portmanteau or a. Positiveness yes. Right. Don't say that while you've had a lot of beard in your

hand. I wouldn't recommend that. Safety first, kids. That's right. Safety first. Yes. Good job, Mikey. Yeah. Okay, Reverend Mark, you came up with the concept of a Barbenheimer episode, please. Yep. You can blame me. Tell us why we're doing this, please.

Well, some of it has to do with, um, the fact that obviously we've already kind of gone over this cultural phenomenon that's just now recent history, but it has to do with kind, uh, of a mirroring of opposites in ways that I do find it to be on at least a cultural level.

Uh, to be kind of an interesting thing that I experienced this summer, because I have completely written off pain to go in a theater, I guess, even before COVID So the fact that both of these drew me in, and believe me, I've not been deplatformed, but I have not been replatformed. But you're open to it. He's open to a platform, folks. So I think part of it has to do with this is a contrast of opposites,

in a way. But both of these films are also about before and after narratives that cohere very beautifully in terms of what their. Lives became world impacting events. Yeah, sure. Um, no, I'm not buying that. See, this is what happens no, this is what happens when a people move out in the country and retire. Ah. They get bored and they come up with concepts like this. Mama, you want to go to the movies today? It was either that or a monster truck rally.

Wow. We could have incorporated that into this episode. You won't go fishing or you won't go to the movies. Oh, the know when he plows over Barbie. Oh, my gosh, that was so cool. The crusher. Also, this has to do with an existential crisis in both movies that is about what, um, do you do after the all sort of encompassing threat of death is leashed upon you? With Oppenheimer, of course. It's the story about the Manhattan Project and the

dropping of the bomb. With Barbie, it's about her contemplating, for the first time, uh, cellulose and death, which sends her away from Barbie world into the real world. Spoiler alert. You know, I was wondering where Dave was going to be using that. And I no longer have to wander. No, that was a tension breaker. Yes. I should have placed a bet with you, Julian. That's what I should have done. I missed that. Sorry. Yeah, sorry. To be continued. Okay. All right. Well, good old boy.

Dave, why don't you give us the ratings for this today? Can you do it in your favorite Ken voice? Uh, my voice is my favorite Ken voice. We'll be discussing and rating these beers with these suds ratings, plus our signature belching sounds. Here are those ratings. Now. One that sucks. Give me anything but a complete lack of Mommy or daddy parts. Two was that an EMP? Three ah. Uh, what a relief the atmosphere didn't completely burn away. Four a polyvinyl body should really not make that sound.

And five. Listen to that. Hang time. Give me another mojo dojo Casa house. Can't believe you fit that in under a minute. That's what she said. Yeah, but do you really want a, um, mojo dojo Casa house? There were too many horses. I'm sorry. Okay, fine. Oh, you're going to make me hit the button again. Go ahead, Dave. Do it. Do it. Spoiler alert. Uh. All right, we'll be back with some words in just a minute. Hopefully some beer. We'll end with that one because it's. A welcome back, everyone.

Well, you should have put that on the can. Here we are with the original band members, and we have a special treat for you today. Um, if you're just tuning in, we are doing a barbenheimer mashup. We're talking about two movies today, complete opposites. And we're talking about two beers each that some of us brought that are probably complete. Yeah, for sure. So, Reverend Mark, let's start off with you, since this was your grand idea. And, um,

what are you going to just start off with? Okay, since I, uh, saw the movies in sequence, starting with Barbie. We'll start with Barbie. All right, so the first one that I have to offer is a collaborative beer from Omnipolo and Evil Twin. It is, um, even more Bianca. A raspberry maple pancake. Royal treatment. I got it just for Mike. How appropriate. I'm already going to rate it a. I mean, if the color doesn't pull you in. Are, uh, you saying I'm disqualified?

It's a five off the rate beer, which it goes off the chart. It says it's a creamy, viscous, and patently pouring from a high, colorful can. The Raspberry maple pancake royal Treatment lasigosa settles with a very dark, neon crimson color with glow in the dark legging and a simple with a simple swirl leggings. I think it does taste like leggings. Uh, that somebody just took off after. Doing yoga, so I chose this for its symbolic as, uh, well as, um, gastronomical, um,

offering. Meaning that, uh, Bianca is Italian for white or. Blonde. She's very white. It's a white. I mean, especially the stereotypical white girl beer. That's what he's saying. Yes. Holy moly, dude. That's a lot that's sticky. That is a very viscous beer. Yeah. So I think the first word that was coming to mind is, uh, no more and the word puree because yeah, you hit it. The mouth fill on this is really jammy. It's very thick. You're right. It is like a puree.

Yeah. It's almost like this on pancakes. For sure. This is a smoothie. No, I would not ruin the pancakes as a dessert. Like as a slushy. I could see a slushy. Yeah. 100%. Yeah. This just needs to come with a fork and a knife. Pour this over Italian shaved ice. You got something going there. Maybe. Yeah. I think in the hallows of beers, uh, that I hate. I'm sorry. Uh, the hallows of raspberry, um,

infused beers. Um, and it just struck me, I know what we're having here in a little while, that we're actually having a couple of, uh, fruit infused things. But I think that, uh, most people that mouthfeel and will really catch up with people really quick because it's not like anything else. The lactose just really almost act like a thickening agent. I, uh, would almost say, um, but it is in balance. I will say that it's not too tart, it's not too sweet. Um, so it has that going for it.

Yeah. And it's 7% ABV. Uh, they didn't list the IBUs because I'm not sure that that even matters with this beer. No, because all the fruit obliterated everything. It's 7% ABV. I want to know how many tons of fruit they would put in this. That's what I would probably be asking. Right. All the fruit. Well, and of course, this is a collaborative beer, and I noticed, uh, it was sold as a single, not as a four pack. Probably a good idea. I couldn't even have half a can of this. There's no way.

Um, I'm not sure you could have half a glass of this. Yeah, I actually have a half glass of this, and I'm about halfway through that, and I'm going, okay. As someone who loves giving Mike the raspberry, I find this a little challenging. And Omnipolo, I think this goes along with their kind of mo. They make beers that are not for everybody or maybe anybody. Well, uh, and I think the combination of evil twin and omnipolo is a very like it makes sense.

All right, let's take a bunch of disgruntled Danish guys and let them muck around with some beers. Yeah, that's pretty good. And also, it kind of represents the Barbie world and not a beer that you would drink in the real world. Um, or maybe any. Was Omnipolo the beer that we did the, um, uh, abba show? Yes, that's what thought. Yeah. Yes. You should go back and listen to that episode, one of my favorite ones, because it is one of those highlight moments in our entire back catalog where

good old boy Dave sings Dancing Queen. So do not miss that. M. That's what I'm talking about, folks. Uh, I didn't think you'd reprise it, but thank you very that I like that you said that it's right in Omnipolo's wheelhouse, because, uh, the vast majority of their beers, there's nothing subtle about a lot of the style of beers they make. They're all the time just clubbing you over the head with whatever it is that they're making. And I, like, know it's like, please.

You know, I would almost tie this beer with Oppenheimer because it's like they're mad scientists, know, doing stuff. Oh. I think that this is an exit strategy for people out of know, it's like, uh, cool. I guess I'm going to drink this and leave. I think little girls would use this beer to dye their Barbie's hair red. But they have such a cute logo with the smiley face. What's not to love? Well, didn't they put that on one of the atomic bombs? A big smiley face? I think they did, yeah.

Like I said, I don't think this is a beer that I hate, um, just because of the style, but, uh, I think that mouth fill thing is just a little too thick for me. That's the only thing I would have, uh, a bit of some caution about for everybody. I'm honestly a fan of it. I think it's cool for what it is. Yeah. And I think taking the pink can into the theater with you and just sipping on it very slowly right. It'd be fine. It would be fine. No one would know that berry all over my chair.

I mean, no one would question you ABV on it with the seven. Yeah. You better sip on it slowly. Yeah. I'm going to do the proper thing over here. As he talks about this, we need to rate and then he talks about a second beer. Okay, well, a what are we going to rate it? We're going to rate it a three. Okay, fine. But now, as a representation of Barbie of the Barbie movie, do you think it would fit? Do you think it would be something. That she would drink as an exit

strategy? Yes. No, I think it would be something she would drink because it's kind of sweet and it's kind of girly and. Needs more whipped cream. I mean, the only thing sweet and girly at this table is Mike, so I don't know that a Barbie would enjoy this beer. Um, do you think Ken would enjoy this beer? Not enough horses. Okay. Yeah, not enough horses. It's one of these beers that I would have enjoyed Kendall's take on. We'll have to, uh, see if we can find another can

to slide over know? Enjoy the whole can. Yeah. Kendall, please shotgun it. Well, Reverend Mark, I think this was an excellent choice for the M movie. Great start. Yeah. Great start to the episode. And I don't plan to see the movie again, and I don't plan to buy another can of this time soon. There you go. It serves its purpose, but it's not a bad no, it's not. I mean, once you get past the stickiness of it, I think it's great. What's your next beer, Mark? Wait, we didn't rate it, did we?

Yeah, we did. We gave it a three. Okay. Geez, I thought we just called the. Number out, that's all. Let's hear it, Mr. Executive Producer. All right, so shifting now to the Oppenheimer movie, of course, this one just fell out of the sky, so to speak.

Uh. Prairie Artesian the Bomb. Prairie Bomb. Yeah. It is an imperial stout, aged on espresso, beans, chocolate vanilla beans and ancho chili peppers. Something subtle about that. I wish I had to save some of the other beer to pour into this because I think they would work together, actually. And this actually, I usually wince just at the expression pastry, uh, stout, but this is actually an exception to that. Oh, totally. I would not put it in the pastry stout category.

This is a dear old friend. We used to drink this beer a lot and then I love all the variations of it. Yeah, sure. Ah, but you know how everything happens and different stouts and different beers come out and Prairie was here and then it was hard to find and stuff. And I really am glad to have this beer again. It's a nice reminder and it's still really good. Very much so.

Also, I thought this was a good pairing with the movie Oppenheimer because, uh, the bomb comes in a small twelve ounce, kind of not very tall bottle. It's kind of indiscreet and it has been described as a huge explosion of multiple flavors inside a little package. Yeah. Mike, look to that side. Oh, sorry. If you think about what was the first bomb that was dropped, called Little Boy.

Yeah, there you so but I'll tell you too, I think this beer so the Oppenheimer movie is about 3 hours long, and I think this is the kind of beer that you want to let it warm up and sip on over time. So I think if you're doing something for 3 hours, I think this is the kind of beer that you could let it warm up and change over that amount of time. So I think this is a great beer to pair with it. Uh, yeah, the thing that I really love about this beer is definitely the consistent quality

about this. I think thing that hit me first was that this is a high quality stout that we've gone back to probably more times than I would even begin to track. And I can't say that there are stouts that have maintained that very consistent quality over such a long period of time. Um, rasputin is one of those other what I would consider a reference standard stout, uh, that I think I often tend to probably put a

bomb right up against. Uh, that in the very small list of maybe five stouts that can really maintain something this good over time. Um, it's incredibly, uh, balanced. I, uh, always love the fact that, um, it's not overdone. They have several different versions of this. They have some that have been aged in a wide range of barrels. They have whiskey and rum and I, uh, want to say there was an amaro barrel one time or something like that. Yeah, no, that sounds right.

And, uh, I think, uh, the one that's, um, um, with chili is mexican chilies is definitely, uh, the one that really catches a lot of people's attention. I think they did one with Jalapenos, um, one time as well, I want to say. So, um, if you don't like this one, um, I would say try one of the other 15 different versions of Bomb that they put out. Christmas Bomb is probably the most popular version of this, and that one comes out around Christmas time through the holidays. It's a good beer.

It's definitely a jacked up version, and a good Mistletoe Bomb for sure. But today, the, um, thing that I really love about this is just, um, rock solid quality. Uh, this is something that I would tell any BJCP judge that is starting know, if you want to light up your, uh, palate to know what should a really good high, uh, scoring stout actually taste like, this would be one of a handful of beers I would pour for. How do you like the blend, Mike? I did, so I blended the omnipolo, um, here

and the Bomb together. Uh, we do that on the fly sometimes. I'm usually not the culprit. Uh, but I did this time. Um, it did not improve the, uh, omnipolo at all. Um, there's that. You know what, though? I did the same thing, and I think for this type of episode, it was especially the right thing to do. I agree. It fits the theme of what we're doing, which is, why would you go and see these two movies at the same time? Which is, why would you why would.

You drink these two beers together? I actually like the addition of the omnipolo to the Prairie Bomb. I don't think it makes the Prairie Bomb better, but I think it does add another dimension to it. I would describe it as it actually added something to the omnipolo and took away from the bomb, is the way I would describe. If you like the Prairie Bomb better, then definitely that's the way you're going to look at it. Yeah, I just poured a little bit of, um, the omnipolo kind of as a spritzer.

Yeah. What do you think? It's better going that way because you still got the, uh, Bomb as the foundation. Yeah. The bomb depth. You don't want to go too far. 100%. Yeah. I would say the proportions I chose right off was half and half of each. Ah, yeah, you don't want to do that. I'd say maybe 25, a lot less. The, uh, omnipolo, um, yeah, it's one of those things where if you want to tell somebody to say, really, if you haven't had a combination of chocolate and raspberry,

this is the way to pull it off with a beer. And, um, it's really interesting, but I don't recall that we've ever had a brewer that's actually blended that way and actually stuffed it in a can. I mean, I've seen them do that in a tap room setting where they'll actually pour them and combine them, but not actually jamming the two I think. That'S a fun thing for the listeners to do, too, though. Like, you should encourage people hanging out and you're trying different beers.

Think outside the box and just try a blend and see if it works. Think of a can of possibilities and. Call it a really bad idea. Yeah. Or it might be welcome to South Dakota, bianca Bomb. Why not? Sure. Yeah, why not? I think that this was a good choice as well, because, uh, there's a lot going on in the flavor of this. Yes. We've had this beer many times. I've enjoyed it and waxed poetic about it. But I think as it relates to the movie, I think, um,

that movie was a revelation to me. Not only in the sense that I was able to sit in a seat for three and a half hours straight without going to moving, getting up, going to the bathroom, or whatever, but there were so many layers to Oppenheimer as a person, you know what I mean? And we saw so many versions of him as he matured, um, that thought like, this is a good interpretation of that.

Yeah. And I think that with Oppenheimer, there's this struggle to get beyond the science to what is the long term legacy of what that team put together, whether that was worth doing. I think also science in general, but this in particular kind of raises the question that should be applied to most, uh, beers that are artfully done sometimes, and that is just because it can be done, should it be done? Yeah. Right. No, you're absolutely right. Pastry stout, anyone? Um, no, but yeah, that makes

absolute sense. Um, and that's a great interpretation of the movie, too, because they had it. All on theoretical level. Sure. But, uh, it's like, we want to concretize it, make it real. And do you always want to do that? Yeah. And then if you put it know, you got to have ramifications of that. Right. Okay. Well, the Prairie Bomb from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. We are going to rate a resounding five for that. Bravo.

Yeah. I think two very excellent choices, um, to represent the movie and the dichotomy between the two of them. Yeah. For sure. And stick around after the break, we'll actually get to talk about two other things. Are they on the opposite plane, or are they on the same plane? Is there a plane? Are they on an airplane? Yeah, someplace there's an airplane involved. Wait a second. I just thought there were dolls and bombs. All right. To be continued in just a minute.

Welcome back, everyone. This is a special episode. We're doing special things today for you, our listeners. Dave, stop holding my hand. I know you're special. Is that your hand? Oh, boy. We are special here. So today we're taking beers that represent Barbie the Movie and beers that represent Oppenheimer the movie. And we're doing a nice little mashup. And we're talking about. Both good old boy. Dave, you brought some beer. What would you like to talk about?

All right, so first for Oppenheimer, sticking with Reverend Mark's Bomb theme because, you know, why not? That's what the movie was about. I brought from Blackstone Brewing Company here in Nashville, Tennessee, Atom Bomb IPA. And atom bomb is a 7.2% um IPA with Centennial Cascade, Chinook and Simcoe. So if you're going to make an IPA, this is the four hops. You should probably work into your beer. I've always liked Adam Bomb. How could you not, right?

Well, the thing I remember is when this first came out and the timing characteristic and kind of what was going on, I remember actually talking with Ken a bit about some of the choices they were kind of rolling through with this recipe. And a lot of it was actually this was kind of in the middle of the I mean, if you have to think know, i, uh, love the hookup, um, with there's know, a race to see who can do know both in the movie as well know what's going on here with creating a

hot bomb. And the thing that I love about what Ken did is he actually chose not to create a hot bomb. He wanted to create a really good hot blend that was really know, with a broad range of flavors about it. And they had just started distributing in local grocery stores when this came out. And, uh, this was, I think, one of the very first releases that they had that you could get at the grocery store at the grocery stores, as opposed to just package stores.

And, um, I remember just how, uh, well balanced I really thought everything was. It actually has some hops that I don't particularly care for in general. Imagine that there's some things Mike doesn't like. Um, it really works. And I'm always very impressed when people just create great beer. It's no matter what it is. You've always hated chinook? Uh, that would be correct. Well, I like it related to Oppenheimer, because IPA is a beer known for

alpha acids. And Oppenheimer was a beer about alpha males. Um, whether they were nerds who were alpha with their brain power, or military guys who were alpha with their physical prowess and stuff, it felt like everything in this movie was a flex from one guy flexing on another. And so I think to me, this is really nice and well balanced IPA. But I do think the style represents the mentality of a lot of the people in that movie. HM mhm. That's an intellectual stretch for you, Dave.

Yeah, I actually got an intellectual strain. Your brain. Yeah. Just breathe. Relax. Uh, I may need to be carted off the field. What'd you think, Juliana? This is a classic. I mean, it's every so know, we put it in our fridge, it doesn't last mean I'm happy to say that it's. From our, um, um, and it rivals a lot of the other know, and I like your interpretation of how it represents the movie, too. I think that's pretty cool. Thank you. I know. Uh, but it's a fan favorite for me.

Yeah, I think the other beer they released at this time was, uh, Picnic, I think, uh, they released, um, the strawberry beer. Yeah. I do like a strawberry picnic. Yeah. That's a good summertime beer. Yeah. That's like a guilty pleasure for me. Along with the, um, one from Jackalope lovebird. Yeah. Lovebird. It'S. Cool. Tim, uh, make a contribution to the world. Stop making that. Shut it down. It's been a while since you've had this rubber, Mark. I bet it has. And it's fresh. It's, um, enticing.

I want to pick some up. And actually, where I live now, I think they have it out there as well. Cool. Not that far in the sticks. Wow. I like that. Oh, I think there's a rocking chair somewhere. All right, what do you guys want to rate this beer? Easily a four. So for Barbie. Thanks. I'll just keep the old bottle. So for Barbie, or what I am going to refer to as the Ken movie

oh, boy. Because I think the movie was really about, uh, marginalized males, uh, reclaiming their because I wouldn't know anything about wow. M. No. That's him. Uh, Davis Group therapy on Tuesdays or Thursdays. Now, both days I have to go twice a week for my court order. Yeah. So, um, I brought a, uh, woodcut number eight barley wine from Odell's brewery. I pulled it out of our cellar, I think. Is it from 2016 or 2014, to be exact.

This is a nine year old barley wine that I wanted to share with you guys because I think just, like, couldn't drive. Yes. Um, yes. Mike, we wanted to keep you here forever. Trust me, that was not the reason, actually. Reverend Mark. So this is when we all went to GABF together. Okay. And

we went to, uh, one of the this is one of the muled. And Reverend Mark gave this to us. Oh. This wasn't even one of the ones we bought. Well, he was there, and he purchased it for us because he went with us. Right. And I have the same bottle still at home. Yeah. Not the same. No, I know. Right. The same bottle. So you still have yours. Oh, wow. So next year we could drink yours. And it'll be and see if it's yeah. Mhm. Right. Because they'll be ten years old.

But I thought with the Ken revolt and everything of Masculinity coming out and everything, I thought, well, this might be a cool beer to try and tie to the Barbie, or as I say, Ken Moody. So we'll see how smooth it is. 10.2%. Yeah. From Odell Brewing in Colorado. Uh, now, back in 2014, reverend Mark said it was like a sticky, sweet caramel and coconut bread pudding with ample warmth. Huh. And you rated it a four. It is not sticky.

Uh, and I would say that that's right on cue for a really good barley wine, uh, for those characteristics. I think the thing that struck out to me at first is fruit. Um, I am really quite surprised how fruity, uh, this really is. Is this slightly tart to you? No, I don't think I get a tartness to it. I just get a woodiness. Maybe it's the wood. There's some sort of tannic. Or I get like, oaky woodiness.

I'm getting, like, sweet lemon sweet, um, uh, almost like a lemon cello kind, um, of overtone on this. Um, maybe ah, tangelos, uh, are also kind of sweet around. It, um, really very, uh, complex and amazing. I've actually been hitting my own seller a bit with some older stuff, and, um, the dogfish one hundred and twenty s I really find very interesting going back through. How far back have you gone? Um, I actually still have a full ten year

vertical of that, uh, in place. So I've been hitting some of the spare ones that I've had that are like eight, nine years old and some of the other older dogfish, uh, versions as well. There was somebody else's, uh, barley wine that I had that was probably around that same age. Like a bigfoot or something? No, it wasn't a bigfoot. Um, but the amount of fruit on this is really quite, uh, elegant, um, very complex. I really love this, um, what a huge treat, uh, to have this today and

well done. Odells, I know you probably have not gone back to any of the seller products that you made even ten years ago, and I think you're missing a great opportunity. This is a great example of well sellered beer. Can you imagine if they released it at this age? Like a nine year or ten year beer to come out? I mean, that would be pretty outstanding. What do you think, Reverend Mark? Yeah, I think it would go for maybe three decibels.

Yeah, it's lovely. And Odell to me, is one of the underrated breweries in know, in the scheme of I, like, I've always been a big fan, and this is just really yummy. I think we're going to rate this one, the woodcut number eight, a five. Super solid beer. Wow. Eight is a five. I'm going to fight you guys to lick the inside of that bottle at the end of the day. I know, right? No, if you can lick the inside of that bottle, we're not going to fight. That's impressive. I mean, that's quite depth.

Well, I look forward to Juliana's 14 choices. Well, okay, so I only have two choices. And since we're on the subject of oppenheimer, I'm going to start off with my zombie killer now. Okay? You're going to say to me, julie, this is from Bee Nectar. Why the heck would you even think about bringing something from B Nectar to Oppenheimer? This actually started off as a top secret experiment at Bee Nectar, which is based in Michigan. Okay. Um so it's Michigan

honey, cherries and apple cider. And this has gone on to won many awards through the years. I mean they started in 2011 with this cider. What year is this one? I um, think this is a 2015. Oh wow. So we have uh previously had this uh on another episode here at Sipsides and Smokes. I remember um, good Old boy

uh, Shay was uh on that episode. It's ah, the only time where I really thought that um, you know, soundtrack actually went really well and I was willing to pay the copyright infringement fine. Wow. And uh, I think it's called Sticky Situation I think is the name of that

episode. So we covered a lot of meads on that episode. Uh, and we covered. Um um kill all the golfers. I think we covered uh, this one. I think there were three others that zombies take Manhattan. Yeah, maybe so. Really always a great mead. I love. I mean, this is called zombie killer. And of know

it's somewhat appropriate. And also the fact that this started off as a top secret experiment at Bean Actor and then sort of exploded into like a viral um just I feel that it's something that kind of represents Oppenheimer because it's something that sort of ballooned in many ways. Like the layers of Mr. Oppenheimer ballooned over the and also I think that ciders can be very underrated alcoholic styles, you know what I mean? And not all ciders are created equal. I'm sorry I said meat earlier.

I meant to say cider. Or sizer. Yeah, or sizer in this case. Mhm. Well, is it a hard cider? They call it a hard cider. Yeah it is, but with honey it could be called a sizer. Sure. Uh, yeah, I think it's beautiful. No, I think it's got a great. It'S grown up, it's very mature and it's almost a very thoughtful kind of cider, if that makes any sense. Which is what the movie was great, but it was kind of up there at times where you have to think about it wasn't just a generic movie. Right.

There was a lot of thought that went into it. I think anybody could watch the first 2 hours of Oppenheimer, but you got to be a grown up to get through the third hour. Yeah. Um, I think for the side of the thing that uh is striking me today is it's kind of sneaky good. Um, like somebody slid something under the door and uh your palate is not um really uh ready for the onslaught of uh the wide variety of flavors that you'll get off this. I think probably the sneakiest part of this is the sugars.

Um, it's almost like somebody has slid something sweet kind of under my palate. And I actually like that sneakiness kind of about this. Um, whatever you think about ciders, you should go back and listen to the onslaught of other cider shows episodes we've done. Um, but the thing that I like about this one, this is a good cider for training wheels. It's not tart. It's not super sweet. It's not going to club you over the head. Um, but it's not just apple, right? We call it a baby cider.

Yeah. Um, I think this is a great thing, people going, I've never had a cider. You should serve them this all day long. That's what I love about it. It's very approachable. And what's the ABV on this is? Mhm. Very well, actually five and a half. It's very approachable. That's very approachable. Mike called it. All right. Okay. So we shall rate for this. The zombie killer. Yeah. Five. Yeah, we're going to rate it a five. Okay. Mike never. I did today. Okay, so let's talk about Barbie for a second

and what I went with Barbie. Okay. I went with the Shrams, the statement, which is a mellow, mel style. Um, it's 14% ABV with ballaton cherry. And, um, this is another thing from Michigan. And this is sophistication and say what you will about Barbie, just thinking that she's kind of brainless, but actually, by the end of the movie, she's got some. Sophistication, yeah. M. And I think this goes along with that. Super. Rate this well, we're going to rate the Shram statement a five. Wow.

Really great. Sorry we didn't have longer to talk about it. No, that's okay. Well, that's going to do it for today. I think this was a really cool experiment episode. Um, go to boy. Mike, thanks for being here. Hey, thanks for joining us today. Come back. Join, uh, us for another exciting episode of Sip, Suds, and Smokes. I'll ask you to keep on sipping. Reverend Mark, thank you so much for this idea, and thank you for being here today.

Thank all of you for running with it. Was the bomb good? A boy. Dave Mojo dojo Casa house. Of course. Sounds like a T shirt. This is good. A gal. Juliana, keep on chuggling and catch you next time. Wow, this is so good. So tasty. We hope you enjoyed this episode. If you're listening to us online, do yourself a favor and tap just tap it in the subscribe button. Give it a little tappy. Tap, tap, tap a roo.

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