Movie Tagline: Once in a lifetime you get a chance to do something different
Summertime is upon us once again. For all you tan, social, outdoorsy types, that means two things: beer and baseball. Luckily for you, the pasty, red-eyed, ghoulish folks here at Cinemarone have got the perfect pairing for the summer. We have the hilariously heartwarming, female empowering, Geena Davis starring, feel-good movie of 1992, A League of Their Own, paired up with the smooth, refreshing, peachy goodness that is O'Fallon Brewery's Wheach, or Peach Wheat Beer. A League of Their Own is a quintessential summer movie. It is arguably director Penny Marshall's best movie (the only real contender for that title would be Big, another Tom Hanks movie) and it must have seemed like a breath of fresh air in a year that saw such dark and/or heavy movies as Unforgiven, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Basic Instinct, Alien 3, The Crying Game, Candyman, Malcolm X, Bad Lieutenant (the original, not the Ridiculous Cage one), and A Few Good Men. To paraphrase: There's no bloody final shootout in baseball. There's no Ice Pick Killer in baseball. There's no surprise penis in baseball. You get the picture. But, in case you don't: There's no "We didn't land on Plymouth Rock, Plymouth Rock landed on us" in baseball. There's no "You can't handle the truth" in baseball. Okay, now that I've got that out of my system, let's continue. A League of Their Own tells the story of the first year of the AAGPBL, which came about because of World War II. With so many able-bodied men fighting in the war, there weren't enough of them left to put together a proper season of baseball. The obvious solution: the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. While the movie treats the idea of an all-women baseball league as something that took the unwashed masses a while to get used to, in reality the AAGPBL was a huge hit from the outset. But that's a minor difference that only helps to add another dimension to the story, so it's hard to fault the screenwriters for it. All in all, the movie is a fairly accurate depiction of the events as they took place. Many of the characters were either inspired by or directly based on real people. The women who played in the league were actually required to attend charm and beauty school. Tom Hanks is a notorious urinater. All of these things are real. And the Rockford Peaches, which the movie follows, are the inspiration for this pairing. Because nothing says summer like a peach. And there's no better peach beer than O'Fallon Wheach. Wheach is a smooth, clean wheat beer in its own right. The fresh peach flavor is an added bonus. It is a light and refreshing brew, with a moderate amount of carbonation, making it good for any occasion. But summer is when this one really shines. Its crisp, fruity flavor and low bitterness make this one so good on a hot day, especially when you are floating down the river sipping it out of a can. Or when you are watching the Rockford Peaches win people's hearts and minds as they climb to the top of the standings. If you love women's baseball, Wheach is the beer for you. Unless you're a Racine Belles fan, in which case you can go straight to hell.
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Movie Tagline: The story of an American family
Trout Slayer is a filtered wheat ale from Big Sky Brewing Company in Missoula, Montana. It is straw-colored and sessionable. It is everything you want from a Montana brewery. Also, if you're ever in Missoula, the taproom at the Big Sky Brewery gives out up to four FREE SAMPLES per person daily! Not sure if you can get that deal every single day, but it's still impressive. A River Runs Through It is a Robert Redford joint, a period drama based on a semi-autobiographical novella by noted American author Norman MacLean. It centers around two sons of a Presbyterian minister and their trials and tribulations growing up in and around Missoula in the early 20th Century. This pairing is fairly self-explanatory. Both Trout Slayer and A River Runs Through It are products of Montana. Both are (naturally) about trout fishing. No trout were harmed in the making of either (verifiable as far as the movie goes; not so much where the beer is concerned). Both are good at what they do, even if what they do is seem by some to be somewhat bland and unexciting. I don't know, that's it, I guess. Not much more to add to this one. It's all pretty straightforward. Drink Big Sky Trout Slayer with a buddy and you can pretend you're a pre-fame Brad Pitt and your buddy is that guy from Nightbreed (1990).* * Watch Nightbreed while drinking a New Holland Night Tripper. Bonus pairing! |
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