Talking Cronenberg, drinking Kronenbourg

Take a listen to our chat with Lucas Mangum, author of Gods of the Dark Web.

We had a swell time with Lucas. We drank Kronenbourg beer and we talked Cronenberg movies, specifically the Fly. Miguel and Lucas fought about Rob Zombie while Zach and Andrew interrupted often.

Click here to listen. 

Body Horror reading list!

We're reading body horror so we met up to discuss what we were going to read and we came up with this list. So read along with us, friends.

The Troop by Nick Cutter
Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo
Guts by Chuck Palahniuk
The Monkey Treatment by George RR Martin
Uzumaki by Junji Ito
When Susurrus Stirs by Jeremy Robert Johnson
The Fly by George Langelaan
Spread by Justin Jordan and Kyle Strahm
The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker

We also interviewed Lucas Mangum for a special episode. We'll post that soon! Check out his latest book, Gods of the Dark Web. 

Sword & Sorcery Part I is live!

Hey! Our Sword & Sorcery Episode is live now so go listen to it. We're drinking Off With Your Red IPA by Rabbit Hole Brewing. We're eating Gushers. We're hoping your listening. Check it out. 

The Books & Beer Sword & Sorcery Beer List

We here at Books & Beer are dedicated to our craft. If you heard our cyberpunk episodes, you'll know what we mean. We go pretty hard on the books and we go pretty hard on the beer.

 

It's mead, okay. We bought our alcohol based largely on the artwork and the names. This looked pretty friggin' S&S to us and we had said we would have to drink mead for this episode. It's not that mead is mentioned in any of the stories but it's easy to imagine Kull or Conan drinking mead. Maybe I'm way off base. You tell me. Anyways, this is Thorin's Viking Mead. Check it out here.

 

Barleywine just seems to be something our main characters would drink, too. As you can tell, there's nothing to this, folks. We're just reading and getting cross-eyed. No big deal. Karbach is a Texas brewer of some repute here. Although they were purchased by Annheuser Busch last year, they are still making good craft beer and their F.U.N. series is a good measure for that. These beers are small batch and limited release. We walked straight up to this one and picked it up. Barleywine has an intense flavor and when considering that Sword & Sorcery is action-packed compared to what we've read so far, it seems like a good match. Read more about Nigel on Karbach's website.

 

There are a lot of arrogant bastards in Sword & Sorcery. Many times they are the hero. Most times they are the villain. There are a lot of arrogant bastards on Books & Beer. Andrew, Zach, and Miguel are their names. Arrogant Bastard is a very aggressive beer, known for being a palette killer. Read the very arrogant description on their website.

 

This was the last beer we chose. Getting bomber sized beers that are all very aggressive in flavor leaves us empty-handed for much of the recording session. Having a six pack on hand keeps the mind lubricated and the conversation lively. We only chose this because it had an axe on it and was a play on off with your head. It took us much longer to land on this one than the rest. We wanted Franzetta art. We settled for an axe. Read more here.

Sword and Sorcery Playlist

We salute you, fierce warriors one and all. Let's sheathe those swords and rock out to some music to soothe the savage Kull.





 Here's a list of some music that we've been listening to while reading some Sword & Sorcery for our next podcast. Take a listen and let us know what you think. Please feel free to comment or add some music you think would fit.

Spotify Sword and Sorcery Playlist

Sword & Sorcery reading list

Hey!

Catch up with us before we record our next episode. We're reading Sword & Sorcery books this month.

Here's our reading list. Our drinking list is coming soon!

The Shadow Kingdom by Robert E. Howard
Tower of the Elephant by Robert E. Howard
Black God's Kiss by C.L. Moore
Ill Met in Lanmahr by Fritz Leiber
Rat Queens by Kurtis J. Wiebe
The Autumnlands, Vol. 1: Tooth & Claw by Kurt Busiek
The Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski
Elric of Melnibone by Michael Moorcock 

Catch our past episodes:
Episode 1: Haunted House
Episode 2: Cyberpunk, Pt. I: Proto Cyberpunk
Episode 3: Cyberpunk, Pt. II: Cyberpunk