Movie Tagline: Shoot first. Sightsee later.
The beer of choice for this pairing is a quadrupel from Brouwerij De Halve Maan in Bruges. A quadrupel, or quad, is a Belgian style ale with a deep, dark color and a rich malty palate. They are particularly strong beers; this one comes in at 11% ABV. It is a complex beer. It smells of candied fruits and toasted caramel, and tastes malty and robust. There is a lot going on with this beer, just as there is a lot going on in Martin McDonagh's directorial debut, In Bruges. The movie can be summed up rather easily. From IMDb: "Guilt-stricken after a job gone wrong, hitman Ray and his partner await orders from their ruthless boss in Bruges, Belgium, that last place in the world Ray wants to be." That all seems pretty straightforward. But the beauty of In Bruges lies in the nuanced performances of its three main actors and in how the story manages to be heartbreakingly sad, riotously funny, and genuinely moving throughout. And it does all this without feeling like disparate scenes pieced together. The movie melds all these tonal elements together into one cohesive and compelling story. A story with the breathtaking city of Bruges as its backdrop. So, it is not just the city of Bruges that links these two things together. They share a complexity and a craftsmanship that are both refreshingly unexpected and thoroughly welcomed. All in all, this beer and movie pairing works so well because you will be surprised and delighted by each of them in turn, over and over again.
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