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Hopothesis interview at Crafts and Drafts

2013-04-19T12:04:46Z

Behind every good beer there are some damn fine people to be found. We ran into plenty of them at Crafts and Drafts this past weekend in Milwaukee. What's better than good company with great beer? The answer is nothing and we dare you say otherwise (you'll be wrong). We were able to catch up with a few of our favorite breweries both new and old.

First up, is the brand new Hopothesis brewery based out of Chicago.

Oh yeah Crafts & Drafts

2013-04-14T16:29:37Z

The R&R brothers are reunited making Milwaukee the true center of the universe. Not only is the world a better place we are heading to Crafts & Drafts beer tasting thrown by the one and only Discount Liquor! One of our favorite places and would be the best if they had arcade cabinets. But I digress,

Here is the list handed down by the beer gods themselves.
3Floyds
Rye Da Tiger
Jinx Proof Lager

3 Sheeps
Ginger Chocolate Stout
Rebel Kent the First
Really Cool Waterslides
Cirque du Wit

Abita
Strawberry Harvest
Turbodog Brown Ale
Purple Haze Raspberry Wheat
Andy Gator Helles Dopplebock

Alaskan
Smoked Porter
Freeride APA

Ale Asylum
Bedlam! Trappist IPA
Sticky McDoogle Scotch Ale
Hopalicious
Madtown Nut Brown

Anheuser-Busch Inbev
Shocktop Apple
Hoegaarden
Becks Sapphire
Leffe Blonde
Leffe Bruin
Budweiser Black Crown

Bell's
Oberon
3rd Coast Old Ale
Double Cream Stout

Blue Moon
Rounder Belgian Pale Ale
Proximity w/ Sauvignon Blanc Grapes
Impulse w/ Cabernet Sauvignon Grapes

Brau Bros.
Moo Joos Milk Stout
Ivan the Terrible Imperial Stout

Capital
Capsized Imperial IPA
Lakehouse Summer Lager
Blonde Dopplebock
Mutiny IPA
Jacked Imperial Maibock

Central Waters
Bourbon Barrel Barley Wine
Peruvian Morning Coffee Stout
Hop Rise
Mudpuppy Porter

Founders
All Day IPA
Ould Curmudgeon
Porter

Furthermore
Fatty Boombalatty

Goose Island
Sophie
Matilda
Casimir
Golden Goddess

Gray's
Black Rose Black Ale
Busted Knuckle Irish Red Ale
Rock Hard Red

Great Lakes
Alchemy Hour Double IPA
Edmund Fitzgerald Porter

Guinness
Foreign Extra Stout
Black Lager

Hinterland
Luna Coffee Stout
Saison
White Cap
Templeton Rye Whiskey-Aged Ale

Hoppin' Frog
Karminator Imperial Dopplebock
Amager Chocolate Wheat Imperial Stout

Lagunitas
W.T.F.
Undercover Shutdown
Maximus
IPA

Lake Louie
Coon Rock Cream Ale
Warped Speed Scotch Ale

Lakefront
25th Anniversary Imperial Stout
Wisconsinite
CHAD Organic Barleywine
Fixed Gear

Left Hand
Nitro Stout
Fade to Black 2012 Black IPA

Leinenkugel's
Big Eddy Wee Heavy 2013
Big Eddy Double IPA 2013
Big Eddy Baltic Porter 2012
Big Eddy Russian Imperial Stout 2012
Big Eddy Russian Imperial Stout 2010
Canoe Paddler
Summer Shandy
Orange Shandy

Magner's
Original Irish Apple Cider
Pear Cider

Milwaukee Brewing Co.
Black Iron
Hop Happy
Louie's Resurrection
O-Gii

Moonlight Meadery
Desire
Kurt's Apple
Sensual
Wild

New Belgium
Dig
Shift
Lips of Faith Heavenly Feijoa

New Glarus Brewing Co.
Serendipity
Edel Pils
Totally Naked

Oskar Blues
Dale's Pale Ale
G'Knight
Ten Fidy
Mama's Little Yella Pils

O'So
Dank Imperial Red
Hop Whoopin' IPA
Night Train Porter
Memory Lane Pilsner
2 Growlers - Brewmaster's Secret Suprise

Pearl Street
DTB Brown Ale
Pale Ale
Oatmeal Stout
1 Mystery Growler

Potosi
Cave Ale Amber
Snake Hollow IPA
Gandy Dancer Porter

Sam Adams
New World Oak-Aged Triple
Double Agent IPL
Summer Ale

Sierra Nevada
Bigfoot Barleywine
Ruthless Rye
Torpedo IPA
30t Anniversary Grand Cru

Sixpoints
3 Bean
Diesel
Resin

Sprecher
Maibock
Doppelbock
Czar Brew Bourbon-Barrel Russian Imperial Stout
Commando Bourbon-Barrel Scotch Ale
Citra Bomb
Hard Root Beer

Stevens Point
Whole Hog Bourbon Barleywine
Whole Hog Raspberry Saison
Nude Beach Summer Wheat
2012 Black Ale
Root Beer (Non-Alcoholic)

St. Stefanus
Blond
Grand Cru

Tallgrass
Vanilla Bean Buffalo Sweat
Velvet Rooster
Buffalo Swear Stout
Pub Ale

Tyranena
Benji's Smoked Imperial Porter
Shaggin' In The Woods

Worthington's
White Shield IPA
Red Shield Blonde

Additional Beers
Anderson Valley - Summer Solstice
Angry Orchard - Elderflower Apple Cider
Ciderboys - Peach Country Apple Cider
Destihl Strawberry Blonde
Flying Dog - Raging Bitch
Fox Barrel - Pear Naked
Fox Barrel - Ginger Blackcurrant Pear Cider
Hopothesis - IPA
Hornsby's - Amber Cider
JK Scrumpy - Northern Neighbor Cider
Lexington - Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale
New Holland - Imperial Hatter
North Coast - Scrimshaw
Ommegang - XV 15th Anniversary Ale
Redd's - Apple Ale
Rogue - Roguenbier Rye
Southern Tier - Backburner
Woodchuck - Summer Cider

Baltika 6 Porter
Blackthorn Cider
Blanche de Bruxelles
Bohemia Regent Dark
Brasserie d'Achouffe - McChouffe
Chapeau - Strawberry Lambic
Chapeau - Plum Lambic
Chernigivske Extra
Crabbie's Ginger Beer
Duvel - Golden Ale
Estimenet
Fuller's - ESB
Golden Pheasant
Gregorius - Austrian Trappist
Hertog Jan Grand Prestige 2009 & 2012
Hopfenstark -Saison Station 55
Kapuziner Hefe Weiss
Kronenbourg 1664 - Blanc
Liefmans - Goudenband
Lomza Honey
Nektar
Palm
Rodenbach - Grand Cru
St. Sebastian - Golden Ale
Thistly Cross Scottish Cider
Threakston - Old Peculier
Tusker
Weihenstephaner Korbinian
Westheimer Weizen

*Breath*

VIP Schedule
1:00 PM
Cantillon Lou Pepe Kriek 2009 - $3
Goose Island Bourbon County Cherry Rye - $2
Founders 15th Anniversary Bolt Cutter - $2
Central Waters 1515 - $2
3Fonteinen Oude Geuze Golden Blend - $3
Leinie's Big Eddy Baltic Porter w/ Licorice & Ghost Peppers - $1

2:30 PM
Double Cross Slovak Vodka - $3
Bell's Black Note - $1
3 Floyds In The Name of Suffering - $2
Viking Blod Mead - $2
Lakefront Wisconsinite aged w/ Peach Lambic - $1
Sierra Nevada Bourbon-Barrel Bigfoot Barleywine - $2

3:30 PM
Angel's Envy Bourbon - Exclusive Discount Liquor Blend - $3
Goose Island Bourbon County Stout - $1
Milwaukee Brewing Dopple Vision Bourbon Dopplebock - $1
Mikkeller Invasion Collaboration w/ Anchorage - $2
the Bruery Rueuze Sour Blonde Aged in Oak - $2
Lakefront CHAD aged in Kinnickinnic Whiskey Barrels - $1

4:30 PM
Central Waters Exodus - $2
Founders KBS - $2
Dark Horse Plead the 5th Imperial Stout - $1
Brau Bros. Rye Wyne Whiskey-Aged Barleywine - $2
O'So Brewing - Sour - $2
B Nektar Zombie Killer - $1

No fast-forwarding these credits.

Now time to get our drink on. And remember interviews will be coming!

Iconic franchises that could use a change

2013-01-15T13:24:26Z

I must confess that there's not a game I'm looking forward to more this year than the new Tomb Raider. That's high honors considering a new installment in the Gears series is fast approaching which revived my gaming career. Before I start to tear up, let's get on with another brilliant article.

Now that I'm through with "feelings" and shit, let's get into the true meaning of why I brought us here today. Humanizing and Ms. Croft and emphasizing this gaming generation's ability to capture the human spirit via story telling is the best thing that could have happened to a once proud franchise. In honor of a fully redesigned Lara Croft I'd like to name just two characters/franchises that deserve the same treatment and ask who readers would like to see redone.

Rum Filled Interview tonight!

2013-01-15T01:10:27Z

R&R will be sitting down to interview the producter of Razor Coast, Lou Agresta along with writer Greg A. Vaughan. Go run and get yourself some rum and join us for an hour long interview of Razor Coast!

Link will be posted in this post or you can find it on our YouTube channel.

Support this kickstarter and get all the awesome perks that you can because here at R&R we feel it is going to win awards!

RAZOR COAST KICKSTARTER

Critical Roots & Razor Coast

2013-01-11T21:09:32Z

As a designer myself I always look at a video game and can see the influences from my beloved tabletop hobbies, such as Gears of War and their Warhammer 40k aesthetics or how Skyrim is influenced from D&D. Hell, they have old TSR members working for them. To tie R&R into tabletop few months ago we started Rolling Live with OnAir gaming sessions, but we wanted to showcase the tabletop hobby a little more, so today R&R is announcing a new section called Critical Roots.
Being that my love for tabletop is so damn high, I will be pulling out all the stops and doing what I do the best, giving you an unfiltered view through a high ABV on the tabletop industry, it’s people, and most of all what is worth your valued time.

To start this column off with a black powder bang! myself, LazarusReturnz will be interviewing the Producer of Razor Coast and word has it Greg Vaughnn will be joining us in a tantalizing hour of pirate like discussion about Razor Coast and it’s rebirth from the ashes with Frog God Games help. So bring some rum and get those sexy questions ready to join us at www.refreshandreload.com or our YouTube Channel.

9:30 CST
Get ready for rum filed fun!

Cyberpunk 2077

2013-01-11T07:35:46Z

Flesh, metal, machine and bullets! I am so damn hyped for this game that it makes my body jump right out of my skin. Finally one of my favorite tabletop games of all time, Cyberpunk, is being produced by one of my favorite video game companies, CD Projekt Red the masterminds behind The Witcher. Seriously, the amount of awesome that shall be born out of this project may cause the earth to move and this is just a teaser. Get your Mr.Stud implant ready to go. For those that don't know what that is let R&R help you out, CLICK HERE.

Dudebro II

2012-12-02T20:05:13Z

I have not been happier to announce a game in some time. Today I bring to the club table...DUDEBRO II! This game is not only everything we wanted as children, but everything Duke Nukem Forever should have been. It is so awesome they even have the voice of Duke himself, Jon St. John. The trailer is below for your enjoyment. Before that happens I should give you the website, Grimoire Assembly Forge and a link to the song because I know you'll want it, THEME and the lyrics to this awesomeness.

Dudebro! I’m handy with my tools, yo!
Pabst Blue Ribbon is my favorite choice of booze, yo!
Pop my collar, oh you know it’s straight up dawg time
Smack you in the back of your head ’til you get Alzheim’s
Feared worldwide, fuck Osama Bin Laden
And I’m plotting I got the beard girls like
Heaven sent and descended from father Broseph
I got mad weed…dude! Let’s go and smoke this
Machine gun, now it’s time to fuck it up
Fuck a global warming summer, cuz instead I hummer truck it up
BOOYAH! Got no time for the kiddy shit
Blowing up helicopters like that muthafucka Fiddy Cent
But I don’t walk with a limp
Shit, I store weapons in my beard, man that shit is so pimp!

God this makes you want a beard with weapons in it. Maybe even store a six pack or two. Now to go hunt down the developer for a interview and some much needed beer!

How to play Skyrim

2012-12-01T13:43:11Z

We have a great video on how Skyrim is played. If you haven't seen this it is worth more than a watch or two. Hell if you don't play Skyrim exactly like this guy then you are playing a different game. Enjoy club memebers, enjoy.

Indie Game: The Movie

2012-11-13T01:50:00Z

Many of you may know I love game design. To me games are the complete version of art. I say this because the encompass everything art represents. Look at a great Indie game such as Braid, Meatboy, or Fez each one of them encompass story to graphics, emotion to action and then they are wrapped up in deep meaning and interactivity. These are just some of the reasons I love game design.
Yeah, yeah I know Lazarus is being all serious so I’ll shut up and tell the club to grab a beer and watch Indie Game: The Movie, which does exactly what I’m trying to say. What was that? What beer do you grab? Am I your keeper of beers....ok so I am.

Since it’s winter out here in Milwaukee I recommend MIssion’s Dark Seas Imperial Stout. This dark thick motor oil of a beer pours silent with an almost reddish brown head found floating above a dark sea before capsizing into Davy Jones Locker. The taste is god like with the flavors of rich milk chocolate, bitter chunks of coca in the background, as little tid bits of fruits, raisins and plum on the back. This beer is something that you will go back to again and again like a game you refuse to sell no matter how many times you have beat it.

Now go find yourself a Mission Beer and enjoy a brewery out of San Diego California that has won two national medals from the Great American Beer Festival.

Do yourself a favor and watch Indie Game: The Movie with a beer in hand and afterwards go download a new Indie Title from xbox live, steam or where ever you get your gaming fix. I know I’ll be playing some Castle Crashers for old time sake.

Video interview with Mark of the Ninja's lead designer Nels Anderson. Beers are mandatory.

2012-10-22T12:01:28Z

As we had promised, the google hang out interview with Nels Anderson is now up and ready to be viewed. It was a damn good time and we got a good idea of how Mark of the Ninja came to be. We also talk potential AAA titles, perhaps a mobile game or two from Klei Entertainment and why you should never get drunk off Corona. You can check R&R's written interview with Nels Anderson here and we thank him again taking some time out to sit down with us. You can find us on twitter @askrandr as well as our new G+ page. You can find Nels Anderson on twitter @nelsormensch and on G+ as well.