The Mixed Six Podcast

We’re back for another episode! I found a bottle of Blanton’s bourbon and to celebrate my discovery, we recorded a new episode. Spencer even has a new food rating system! Back The Night Clerk zine! A modern horror RPG scenario from Ross Payton! We’re talking about a wide range of topics – check it out: Beer: Prairie Artisan Ale Stuf’t (2) Segment: Dissecting Our Fun (4) Sub-Topic: Ark Nova is…big…and good Beer: Brasserie Dunham Farbenku  gel Segment: Binge Binger Sub-Topic: What’s been your most recent binge addiction? Beer: Second Shift Brewing Spiritual Delight (4) Segment: Ready Player Drunk Sub-Topic: Tears of the Kingdom GOTY? Beer: El Segundo Brewing Steve Austin’s Broken Skull IPA (3) Segment: Sportsplainer Sub-Topic: There’s an incredibly deadly motorcycle race called the Isle of Man TT. Over a century old and over 260 people have been killed – not just racers but spectators as well. Where’s the line in allowing sports like this to continue? Beer: Tighthead Brewery Chilly Water IPA (2) Segment: Mixed Six Mock Draft Sub-Topic: Republican primary candidates and cars from the wacky racer genre (wacky racers, rat race, Mario cart; twisted metal, death race, etc) Beer: Prairie Artisan Ales Tiny Esses (1) Segment: Drunk Enough Sub-Topic: So what’s it been like to not monetize your drinking for the last year? In case you missed it, the entire Mixed Six catalogue is now mirrored on archive.org. All of the main episodes are here. All of the Patreon bonus episodes are here. All of the Hot Takes on Ice and other mini-episodes and specials are here. Join the Mixed Six Discord Server, now open to the public to discuss this episode and catch up with the community.

We’re back for a special reunion! The Flash was such a bad movie we had to get back together to talk about it. We’ll have a full episode Monday as well! I’m running a Backerkit campaign for The Night Clerk zine, a modern horror RPG scenario – 44 full color pages of architectural horror. In case you missed it, the entire Mixed Six catalogue is now mirrored on archive.org. All of the main episodes are here. All of the Patreon bonus episodes are here. All of the Hot Takes on Ice and other mini-episodes and specials are here. Join the Mixed Six Discord Server, now open to the public to discuss this episode and catch up with the community.  

Join the Mixed Six Discord Server, now open to the public! Over the course of this podcast’s run, I recorded a lot of sound tests, outtakes, and fun bits. On the Way to the Bar is a compilation of these bits. Enjoy and thank you for listening and supporting us over these last six years. This was originally going to be a Christmas gift for the Mixed Six community, but this serves as a fitting epilogue for the Mixed Six podcast. I loved making the podcast and I know whenever I reminisce about it, I’ll listen to this compilation. In the coming days, I’ll create an Archive.org mirror of all the episodes, both public and Patreon-exclusive podcasts, so if you missed any episodes, you can find them. I’ll leave the website and feed up as well. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart. Please join us on the Discord to catch up and share your favorite moments from the show.

This is the last episode of the Mixed Six. We plan to create a public archive of all of our episodes at some point in the near future and we’ll post a link here. Our Discord server is now public, so if you want to join the Mixed Six community, please hang out with us! Thank you so much for your support over the years. Check out Caleb’s Linktree for all of his current projects. Ross has started a newsletter so join that to keep up with our latest projects. Beer: Perennial Artisan Ales ESB English-Style Ale (2) Segment: Dissecting Our Fun Sub-Topic: The one and only: your favorite game of all time and why. Beer: Off Color Brewing Pumpkin Beer for Cafes Ale Brewed with Pumpkin Puree with Tea and Spices Added (2) Segment: Mixed Six Mock Draft Sub-Topic: Greg Bennett suggests, “Armchair Director / M6MD: Turns out we haven’t heard or seen anything about the Mario movie because Chris Pratt tore his vocal chords singing all 5,000 verses of “Just As I Am” at his church. Charles Martinet declined taking the role of Mario on principle at this rate. Recast the Mario movie, casting for Mario, Luigi, Peach, Daisy, Bowser, and the voice of DK’s grunts. One person may keep the original VA if they draft them.” Beer: Epic Brewing Now Serving Midnight Munchies Peanut Butter Stout (3) Segment: Ask Mixed Six Sub-Topic: James Burns asks, “Are you aging gracefully or fighting it every step of the way?” Beer: City Barrel Brewery RAD AF (4) Segment: We Make a Pair! Sub-Topic: Copper asks us to pair alcohol and RPGs! What’s the best game for beer drunk? And what’s the best game for alcohol/liquor drunk? Beer: Nova Easy Kombucha Peach Passion Fruit (1) Segment: Living with Humans Sub-Topic: Turtle asks “How do you like to handle being sick?” Go into a cave or be pampered by friends?” Beer: Nova Easy Kombucha Sexy Mojito (5) Segment: Drunk Enough Sub-Topic: In 6 years of this, what was your absolutely favorite moment? music is tracks 7-14 of https://chillhop.bandcamp.com/album/chillhop-essentials-fall-2022

EPISODE TIME! Toppling Goliath Brewing Berry Patch Fandango Kettle Sour Beer with Blueberries, Mulberries, Raspberries, and Raspberry Flavor (5): In need of much comfort, we’re Dissecting Our Fun with games that we limp towards in times of need. Falling Knife x Maplewood Convivio Italian Pilsner (5): The Armchair Director is spoiling Nope and how great Jordan Peele’s run has been. Mother’s Brewing Barrel Aged S’more Power To You Imperial Oatmeal Stout (4): The Mixed Six Mock Draft was asked to draft Disney characters into British Parliament position BEFORE the Queen died. We stiffen our upper lips and carry on. Main and Mill Brewing Getting Chummy Fruited Sour with Cherries and Hibiscus (1): You Ask Mix Six to disagree about movies. Can do! Flying Knife Verbal Tip Hazy India Pale Ale with Mosaic and Citra Hops (3): With the whole cast getting swole, we talk about gym equipment in This Was A Mistake. Julien Hard Cider Tiki Torch Habanero Pineapple Lime (4): Finally Drunk Enough, we try to talk about nostalgia before Spencer descends into a Proustian reverie about the Spice Girls. Music, Tracks 1-7: https://indievibes1.bandcamp.com/album/lofi-days

This is a preview of The Mixed Six Bonus Episode 101, where we discuss what classic kid toys should be brought back, to teach the next generation valuable life lessons. Enjoy! Listen to the full episode on our Patreon!

Caleb screwed up the delivery of the perfect rating system. All of you deserve to see the real thing here: (Part 3, Attempt One) Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business  (Part 2, Attempt Two) Universal Soldier II: The Return (Part 2, Attempt One) Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms  (Part 2, Attempt Three) Universal Soldier II: Regeneration (Part 3, Attempt Two and sequel to Part 2, Attempt Three) Universal Soldier III: Day of Reckoning  There. Thank god we fixed that. On with the show. Fat Orange Cat Welcome to Harga New England Style Double IPA (3): We’re Dissecting Our Fun with Land, Sea, Air — the game that makes giving up interesting. Melvin Mystic Tigers Sour Ale with Fruit (3): We’re Bringin It Back. This time, it’s toys in cereal boxes…but updated for wizened millennials because everything is. Mothers Brewing Company Wild Cobra Sour Ale with Grapefuit and Lime (4): Innervium is making venomous animals the hot new thing in 2023. Hoppin Frog D.or.i.s The Destroyer Double Imperial Stout (2): Ask Mixed Six has an expert for once as Spencer helps avoid common pitfalls in online marketing (aside from this podcast) Prairie Artisanal Ales Club Special – Club Special Inspired Hard Seltzer with Lemon, Lime and Lemon Lime Soda (2): Jukebox in Back doesn’t even know if Touchtunes makes sense in the post-grindset brain. Eureka Blushing Bramble Foeder Fermented Brett Beer with Fruits and Rose Hips (3): Finally Drunk Enough to reflexively insist we’ve always been sober, we talk about the hottest new trend in pandemic brainworms — the toxic positivity relapse. Music, Tracks 1-7: https://jazzhopcafe.bandcamp.com/album/midsummer-nights

If you’re not backing the Patreon, check out what you’re missing with one of our class Patron Extras! Rare Barrel Creek: Golden Sour Aged in Oak Barrel with Balato and Montmorency Cherries (5): In Dissecting Our Fun, we’re tired of all these boardgame categories. It’s time for a new lexicon Silver Branch Brewing Co Beyond the Nome World Saison (3): The B-Hole hungers for One, so we’re throwing entire collections into its maw and seeing what’s regurgitated. Rare Barrel Brewing Passionate from Miles Away Golden Sour Beer aged in Oak Barrels with Pineapple and Passionfruit (4): In We Make Pair, we accept the law that says Saturday nights are alright for fighting. It’s time to schedule the rest of the week, along with sponsored beverages. Palmetto Brewing Company Idle Speed Slated Lime Lager (2): Flood Sale! Let’s hear it from the East Coast! Old Bakery Beer Co. Winter Gose Ale Brewed with Cranberry and Orange (3): Getting Lit(erature) is about the guilt of putting down a ‘meh’ book. 4 Hands Brewing Co Rockmelon Cantaloupe IPA (1): Owing not in small part to recording a double, we’re finally Drunk Enough to admit we may need a ritual of daily reset. Music, Tracks 22-28: https://effortlessaudio.bandcamp.com/album/smoke-mirrors-vol-2

The Plague Years done got us in dat dere quarintine ‘gain, y’all! Anyway, Birk still floats in the Zoom Zone of internet phone calls, so it’s another remote episode with our reality-exiled star expert. Vizzy Hard Seltzer Hint of Black Cherry and Lime with Antioxidant and Vitamin C (2): Caleb is Dissecting the Fun he thought he would have with Blood on the Clocktower, a very expensive psychological experiment from a Kickstarter backed in another world. (No Pun Included video referenced). Lift Bridge Brewing Farm Girl Golden Ale Brewed with Orange Peel (3): Ravenous to feed the B-Hole in One, we just indulge feeding it media properties for like…10 minutes or more. #Post1000norulz Side Project Fermier 2021 (5): In our renowned and much-chronicled segment Drink It Yourself, the panel of esteemed handy folk talk about very differing interpretation of the term DIY. Truly Watermelon Cucumber Margarita Style Hard Seltzer (2): Ask Mixed Six gives advice on the spontaneous depressurization of quitting your day job for creative self-employment.  Lift Bridge Brewing Fireside Flannel Brown Ale (3): As if literally beers uncountable had not yet aged the podcast, Living With Humans is about moments of OLD realization.  Torn Label  Monk and Honey (3): Finally Drunk Enough to admit we’re all hacks, we try to assuage some fears about originality in the creative arts. Music, tracks 1-7: https://mysistersfugazishirt.bandcamp.com/album/man-fears-the-darkness-and-so-he-scrapes-away-at-the-edges-of-it-with-fire

Covid has, yet again, thrown us into remote recording. We make the best of drinking by ourselves in the middle of the day by having a rip-roaring conversation. Firestone Walker’s Cali Squeeze Blood Orange Hefeweizen (5): We start Dissecting Our Fun with Trek 12, a legacy Roll-n-Write that teased our brains open at Moon City Con. Lift Bridge Brewing Co Fireside Flannel Brown Ale (1): Somebody mentioned video game music near the Jukebox in Back, and Producer Ross has some things to say. Stone Brewing Co. Enjoy by 42022 Hazy IPA (1): In Getting Lit(erature), we talk about the late trendiness of the “superman, but evil” trope. Boulevard Brewing Co Tropic Slam Tart Island Ale (5): Ask Mixed Six debates the questionable implications of gifting a game. Lift Bridge Brewing Co Berry Blonde (2): The Bringin It Back team has been tasked with the revival of pogs. Two Pitcher Brewing Nordic Jam Lager with Nordic Fruits (4): We’re Drunk Enough to call ourselves on our bullshit and discuss the cliche of pointing out cliches. https://chillhop.bandcamp.com/album/chillhop-essentials-summer-2022

We take a break from a life of BBQ-related crimes to bring you the latest episode. Keep your briquettes close and settle in for a listen. Boulevard Brewing Co.’s Dream Vision Orange Vanilla Ale (5): Caleb is Dissecting Our Fun with Citizen Sleeper, a dice-drafting RPG that runs itself of you. Coopertown Brewing Company Induction Summer Ale Limited Edition 2020 (3): Playing the Public domain is charged with redeeming perhaps the lamest vampire in history. Firestone Walker Cali Squeeze Tropical Hefeweizen (2): Remember when directors used to get their start in music videos? The Armchair Directors head to the Jukebox in Back and theorize a return to such bygone eras.  Prairie Artisan Ales Peanut Butter and Jelly Squeeze Sour Ale Blackberry, Blueberry, Boysenberry, Dry Roasted Peanuts, and Peanut Butter (2): Ask Mixed Six talks about the Boomer fixation on WWII and the continuing mutation of historical myth.  Perennial Artisan Ales Friendship Update IPA (3): The Binge Bingers watched Moon Knight and can’t help but wonder about “street-level” superhero stories that end in a kaiju fight. Goose Island Beer Co Neon Bear Hug IPA (4): Drunk Enough wants to understand why a personal code — actually upheld — feels so rare and wrong. Music, Tracks 8-14:  https://jazzhopcafe.bandcamp.com/album/jazzscape

Spencer, Producer Ross, and the trash golem that used to be Caleb are back podcasting again. Let’s hit it! Boulevard Brewing Co Sticky Bun Alert! Sticky Cinnamon Bun Ale (4): We’re Dissecting Our Fun with Horrified, a cryptid riff on the Arkham Horror style game with tantalizingly LESS features. Destihl Brewery Dosvidanya Bourbon Barrel-Aged Russian-Style Imperial Stout with Caco Nibs, Cinnamon, and Chiles (5): The Armchair Directors have hired Innervium to kill an entire concept in the mind of Hollywood producers. Diametric Brewing Company Tezcatlipoca Spiced Imperial Stout (4): Fire sale, bayyyyybbeeee! Torn Label Juice of Sappho IPA with Pomegranate and Spice (5): The High-pothosis needs to develop an objective measurement to judge the Ultimate Jack-off…Reacher or Ryan? Hoof Hearted Brewing $120 Nachos Triple India Pale Ale (4): Ironically, the Professional Drinkers consume YET ANOTHER IPA while doing a post-mortem on the dethroned Bitter King of Craft. Torn Label Brewing The Art of Mischief Pale Ale (1): Finally Drunk Enough, Caleb has gone feral and resolves to “get weird with it.” Tracks, 8-14: https://chillhop.bandcamp.com/album/chillhop-essentials-spring-2022

We’re back like the Spring…meaning we’ll stick around for a little bit before plunging you back into the icy winter of podcast withdrawal. Enjoy it while it lasts! Church Street Brewing As Above Sour Below Sour Hazy India Pale Ale with Tangerine and Key Lime (3): We’re Dissecting Our Fun with a decidedly unfun choice — of all the boardgames you hate, you have to play one? Which and why? Pipeworks Brewing NvU v. The Haze (2): Brad Pitt has made…the same film a dozen other people have made. The Armchair Directors discuss why Hollywood keeps going back to the “assassin hotel” Perennial Artisan Ales Daydreaming Witbier (4): Getting Lit(erature) is about the probably less-that-revolutionary Sanderson Kickstarter and what it means for the publishing industry. Torn Label QuadJillo Belgian Style Quad with Guajillo Peppers (2): Mixed Six Asks YOU — we need new segments ideas. Hit us with it. Perennial Artisan Ales Southside Blonde Ale (3): Some Binge Bingers are committed to shows far past the point of sanity. We try to decide which straw is the last straw in the world of streaming. Pipeworks Brewing Greetings from Unicorn Island Lactose, Guava, and Pineapple Ale (4): We’re finally Drunk Enough to be old, and it’s only getting worse. Tracks 1-7: https://jazzhopcafe.bandcamp.com/album/french-ch-teau

Con: Everything got snowed out and we recorded online. Pro: Producer Ross and Maddy got married the next day. 2nd Pro: Noah from Thinking Too Hard About Anime is here! Boulevard Brewing Co.’s Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout & Barleywine Ale (4): Istanbul inspires a Dissecting Our Fun about managing movement. Perennial Artisan Ales Hommel Bier Belgian Style Pale Ale (4): The Jukebox in Back has a lot of responsibility tomorrow — it has to pick a song for the first dance. Thin Man Brewery Minkey Boodle Raspberry Sour Ale (4): In We’ll Never B’Author, the gang comes up with the hottest new coffee table books. 4 Hands Brewing Co Hard Seltzer Apricot Almond (2): It’s time to Ask Mixed Six to clean out the library. O’Fallon Dad’s Original Oatmeal Stout (4): In return of fan-favorite segments We Don’t Noah Anything, Spencer hath become weeb, but how shall he weeb harder? Walnut River Brewing Company Cone Deaf Kettle Soured India Pale Ale (4): Finally Drunk Enough, we consider throwing it all away and downsizing. Music, Tracks 8-14: https://jazzhopcafe.bandcamp.com/album/morning-coffee

Producer Ross and Maddy are getting married. That means they need food and, more importantly, presents from Leland….   Shared by Side Project’s Obscura America Stout with Vanilla (5): We Dissect the Fun of using board games to teach critical thinking skills.   Capital Brewery Maibock (2): The Binge Bingers have delved back into the Witcher. Torn Label Sea Trolls IPA (2): We’ll Never B’Author demanded a time story that made sense and…well, I don’t know what anyone expected. Capital Brewery Wisconsin Amber (1): Ask Mixed Six wants to know if it ever makes sense to form plans again. Capital Brewing Co Capital Supper Club (2): The Armchair Directors have to pick new directors for each trilogy of the Star Wars franchise. We can’t do worse! New Glarus Brewing Co. Moon Man No Coast Pale Ale (2): Finally Drunk Enough, Caleb confronts creeping old fart syndrome in 2022. Music, tracks 22-28: https://chillhop.bandcamp.com/album/chillhop-essentials-winter-2021

It’s a certain Producer Ross’s birthday, and Producer Maddy has finally landed on the beaches and annexed the studio. Join us for this historic occasion! Perennial Artisan Saison Des Reves (4): Caleb Dissects Our Fun with Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective and promises never to inflict it on anyone he doesn’t love. Broadway Brewery Perpetual Twilight Hazy IPA (4): Nerdsplainer covers how the Netflix Cowboy Bebop was always going to come to this, and why we should never invest meaning into this gag ever again. Garage Project Hellbender Barleywine (4): Living with Humans takes on the sociological function of a house-warming party i.e. a reason to take all this shit out of boxes. Torn Label Brewing HighTai India Pale Ale (4): Ask Mixed Six wants to know about the mechanics of gift giving. Perennial Artisan Ale Vacation Dad Dry-Hopped Summer Ale (4): The Mixed Six Mock Draft is poaching other sports to create the perfect curling team. Torn Label Brewing The Art of Mischief (2): Spencer wants to know what’s on the table for “socially acceptable fuck-around time.”

Max from Good Brews Bad Views joins us from inside Leland’s storage unit for another scintillating episode of the Mixed Six. Main and Mill Brewing Don’t Cross the Streams A Sour Ale Brewed with Toasted Marshmallow, Raspberries, and Lactose (2): Dissecting Our Fun wants to know when a game has been expanded enough. What’s the metric? New Glarus Totally Naked – a Beer (3): In the long-awaited return of Bringin’ it Back, we’re helping today’s youth by resurrecting a lost toy of the past.  Founder’s Brewing 2018 KBS (4): Broah wants to know the state of the ‘post’ pandemic Professional Drinking.  Capital Brewery Munich Dark Dunkel Lager (3): Ask Mixed Six wants to know how to access new media when your brain won’t focus. Off-Color Brewing Waddle Oktoberfest Lager (3): The Nerdsplainer’s tackle the nerdy obsession with plot holes and continuity. Spoiler alert: it was also a mistake.  2nd Shift Brewing Bridget: Brettanomyces, Tropical Fruit, and Oak (4): Finally Drunk Enough to think we should drink more, we plan the perfect brewery tour.  Tracks 22-28: https://chillhop.bandcamp.com/album/chillhop-essentials-fall-2021-2

We invite fan-favorite guest Birk to join us as we drink our one-thousandth beer.  Omnipollo Hilma Vanilla Burger Bun Crispy Fries Imperial India Pale Ale with Natural Flavors (2): Spencer wants to know what board game you pick for a first date. We Dissect the Fun of such a dangerous gambit.  Perennial Artisan Ales Saison de Lis Belgian Style Ale Brewed with Chamomile Flowers (3): Innervium is just recutting music into advertisements because we’re out of money. (Brewed and bottle by Rinkuskiai Birzai, Lithuania Crazy) Brewski Imperial Pilsner (1): COM Corner takes the marketing expert Spencer off the shelf to advise a listener on making a boardgame cafe.  Tactical Nuclear Penguin Imperial (1): Brownie gave us our 1000th beer…which isn’t a beer. Or consumable by humans. We try our best to approach the milestone with an air of aristocratic nonchalance.  Prairie Artisan Ale Sunday Service Hot Fudge Sundaee Inspired Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout w/ fudge, chocolate, vanilla, sprinkles, peanuts, and cherries (4): Mixed Six Mock Draft has 1000 beers to fuel our own podcast network. We start sending out contracts. Flying Dog Brewing’s Cream Team Cookies and Cream Milk Stout (2): You may now ask 1000 questions of MIXED SIX.  Music, Tracks 29-35: https://effortlessaudio.bandcamp.com/album/smoke-mirrors-vol-2

A lot going on in this episode, including the suicidal ideation of wanting to see people in person again. Join us! Rare Barrel Brewing’s Pinkish (5): We Dissect Our Fun with Roland Wright, A Roll-and-Write about making a Roll-and-Write as a man named Roland Wright. Rare Barrel’s One Long Wave – Golden Sour Beer Aged in Oak Barrels with Kiwi and Strawberry (4): In Living with Humans, we come up with 1001 uses for your failed business venture. Palmetto Brewing Company Amber Ale (2): The Sportsplainer gives us a breakdown of the latest in fantasy football. Palmetto Brewing Company Espresso Porter (4): FIRE SALE for the West Coast! Old Bakery Beer Co. Oh Yeah Fruit Punch Berliner-Style Weiss Beer (3): In Binge Binger, Spencer talks Caleb down off the ledge of Ted Lasso. Jailbreak Brewing Company Doubles: Double India Pale Ale (4): Finally Drunk Enough to dream of a Mixed Six Con. Music, tracks 15-21: https://effortlessaudio.bandcamp.com/album/smoke-mirrors-vol-2

Hey! Check out our what you’re missing on the Patreon! Melvin Eureka Night Visions Vanilla Latte (5): We were sent a copy of Mandala Stones and would really like to continue Dissecting Our Fun on such great games…especially when we didn’t have to pay for it! Ceylon Cinnamon Madagascar Nitro Barrel Aged Imperial Stout (4): For some reason, the fans of Cooking with Mixed Six want to riffle through our recipes.  Prairie Artisan Ales You Gotta Horchata Imperial Stout with Cinnamon, Vanilla, and Sugar (4): Ask Mixed Six wants to expand the real estate of some neglected side characters.  Stone Brewing Buenaventura Salt and Lime Lager (3): In Mixed Six Mock Draft, we’ve got to pick hobby game designers for a debate team. Hopefully, there’s some overlap in those nerdy Venn diagrams.  Torn Label Brewing Goldihops American Golden Ale (2): We Make a Pair serves the public health by providing themed alcoholic accompaniment for your vaccine.  2nd Shift Brewing in Collaboration with transient Artisan Ales Todd Man Out Lager Brewed with Oats, Pilsner Malt, Rye Malt, and Buckwheat (3): Finally Drunk Enough, we talk about the shifting pubic personas of our hosts. Tracks 2-8: https://vanillabeats.bandcamp.com/album/origin

We succumb to so many sins, so quickly, in this episode. Hope you enjoy it half as much as we did! Prairie Artisan Ales Lemon Slice (4): We Dissect Our Fun with The Crew: the cheapest legacy game you’re ever going to fine. Church Street’s Church Street Pils: Pilsner with Yusu, Meyer Lemon And Lime Flavors (2): Spencer Sportsplains the endlessly fractal moments at the end of an NBA game. Off Color Brewing Beer for Golf Wit style Beer with Lemon and Black Tea Added (4): In We Make a Pair, Dante, Virgil, and the boys take a pubcrawl through hell. Evil Twin Brewing Lemon Meringue (5): Armchair Director Spencer walks us through a retrospective of the most normie movies in the aughts. Evil Twin Brewing What Our Age Lacks is Not Reflection, but IPA (3): Caleb does the parasocial thing too by trying to Nerdsplain is obsession with Cushvlog. Melvin Eureka Zim Sen Baltic Porter (3): As more of us go full-time creative, the questions about agony of influence or grist for the mill become more important that ever. Music, Tracks 15-21: https://chillhop.bandcamp.com/album/chillhop-essentials-summer-2021

We’re back with part 1 of another ill-advised double recording session. If you want to hear the drunker half, head on over to the Patreon. Until then, enjoy the continued and varied beer crimes of the Lone Star State. Angry Chair Brewing’s Untitled Art – Loaded French Toast Imperial Stout (2): Spencer bought and played an indie story-telling game! We have to Dissect This Fun, as it is obviously a historically significant mutation within the fun fossil record.  Sceptre Arts Brewing Chaos Magician Double Dry-Hopped IPA (4): It’s time to clean up the curriculum by throwing some high school classes into the B-hole. Prairie Artisan Ales Pink Guava Funk (3): In a rare Mock Draft/Armchair Director fusion, we cast the film version of Fae’s Anatomy, Caleb’s new game currently on Kickstarter.  Martin House Brewing Company Best Maid Spicy Pickle Beer (1): Honestly, we tried to do a Humanities Fight, but then we drank what was easily the worst beer we’ve ever had out of 928 taste tests so far.  Trimtab Brewing Open Sails Imperial Sour with Lemon Key Lime and Grapefruit (5): Ask Mixed Six considers the important question…if you could have an extra set of arms, would you take them? Spectre Arts Brewing Smile Grenade Double-IPA (3): Finally Drunk Enough, Caleb continues his long standing tradition of grossly misapplying economics terms with a discussion of Jevon’s Paradox. music, tracks 1-7: https://chillhop.bandcamp.com/album/chillhop-essentials-summer-2021

On the plus side, Baz and Birk are in town. Adding to our many joys, this is our first in person episode in over a year! But what boon could possibly wipe away the horror of food month’s return. The Ides of May are upon us!   *apologies for the lack of ratings in the notes. In my defense, I was separated from my sobriety. I’ll have to relisten to the episode when they are added to the list. Funkwerks Pineapple Guava Provincial: In Dissecting Our Fun, Caleb proposes an exciting new game genre to save society.  Melvin Velvet Rut Imperial Smoked Porter: The Honorable Judge Producer Ross has been given an insane fortune. Which of the hosts/guest should get it. We launch into our arguments.  Oskar Blue BA20 Vol 4 Zuccotto 202 Barrel-aged Series: VACCINE SALE Odell Brewing Barreled Treasure Coconut Chocolate Stout: The Mixed Six Mock Draft is given aging sitcom stars a chance in the only game left in town: marvel movies.  Off Color Brewing’s Well Fed Sheep: In Getting Lit(erature), we debate the morality of judging a book by its cover.  Pipeworks More Melon: Finally Drunk Enough to admit it, some of us are going to miss wearing a mask in certain social situations.   Music, Tracks: https://chillhop.bandcamp.com/album/chillhop-essentials-spring-2021

We’re back! The wall of our empties, like the list of our sins, grows forevermore. 4 Noses Brewing Company’s Double Dry Hopped Vanilla Velvet (1): In Dissecting Our Fun, we explore an exciting new parameter of the boardgaming personality — identifying your “Bill and Ted” game.  Pipeworks Brewing Company Cryo Citra Imperial India Pale Ale with Cryo Citra Hops (2): In This Was a Mistake, Caleb commits a mistake by springing a sneaky anniversary. Public House Cabra Loca Espresso Milk Stout (3): Living With Humans discusses what one should do when the decision has been made to NOT live with a specific human.  4 Noses Brewing Company’s Mandarina Velvet (2): In Ask Mixed Six, many of our fans now share a birthday. We start the great MX6 gift exchange. 2nd Shift Brewing Liquid Spiritual Delight Imperial Stout (4): Jukebox in Back is about selecting perhaps the most important anthem of our lives: what is the soundtrack to vaccine summer? Piney River Lizzie Twister Blackberry Session Sour (3): Finally Drunk Enough, we talk about being generally twitchy and the fidget devices that help us get through the day.  P.S. Our next episode is actually in person again! Expect sound quality to improve soon. Music, Tracks 14-19: https://chillhop.bandcamp.com/album/chillhop-essentials-spring-2021

Birk is back in this partially immune episode as we discuss mid-life crises, Easter candy, and finally destroying St. Patrick’s day, once and for all. 4 By 4 Brewing’s Tall Dark & Cordial–Chocolate Cherry Stout (2): In Dissecting Our Fun, we wonder about returning to 3+ player games after a year-and-a-half of forced abstinence.  Grimm Circle of Fifths Mixed Fermentation Farmhouse Ale with Spelt, Oats, and Rye (4): We Make a Pair with the finest foodstuffs we could find hidden under lawn waste by a bunny. Breckenridge Brewery Avalanche Amber Ale (3): FIRE SALE Toppling Goliath’s Mornin’ Latte–Imperial Coffee Milk Stout (4): The Jukebox in Back is playing golden oldies, but what does that actually mean? Bruery Terreux Saison Rue (2): In the return of perennial fan favorite, Holiday Annexation, we steal St. Patrick from Ireland and finally make the fully-Americanized version of the holiday we’ve been working on for decades.  Avery Brewing Hazyish IPA (1): Finally Drunk Enough, Caleb talks about whether or not to take it to heart when you’re accused of having a mid-life crisis.  Tracks 41-47: https://chillhop.bandcamp.com/album/chillhop-yearmix-2020

Producer Ross and Birk have finally launched the Patreon for Night Clerk Radio. Go check it out if you haven’t already. Caleb also has a LOT of announcements and a pretty big life-change coming up, so we spend the episode getting all our listeners caught up to speed. 

Getting in there before the leap with an episode! In this fine piece of audio composition, we discuss all the important issues of the day: tea flavors, social engineering, and killing Rush Limbaugh. Stillwater’s Why Can’t IBU? 2020 Double Dry-Hopped Farmhouse Pale Ale (4): In Dissecting Our Fun, we muse on the ways increased access to 3d printing might change tabletop gaming. Maplewood Brewing Co. Fat Pug Oatmeal Milk Stout (4): It’s time for Battle Try! Challenged to combat, the hosts launch into the fray with their fiercest warrior’s bellow. Hoppin’ Frog King Gose Salted Caramel (1): In Armchair Director, two extremely normal people talk about what movies to watch online with your friends in quarantine. Crane Brewing’s Minette–Barrel-Aged Grisette-Style Ale Bottle Conditioned with Brettanomyces (4): Ask Mixed Six has been asked to name something. This always goes well. 4×4 Brewing Company Smooth Criminal Double Dry Hopped Double India Pale Ale (3): Living With Humans is about manipulating people for your own comfort with social engineering. Breckenridge Brewery Vanilla Porter (2): Finally Drunk Enough, Spencer and Producer Ross reminisce about snow days. Caleb, predictably, kills their nostalgic joys. Music, Tracks 22-27: https://chillhop.bandcamp.com/album/chillhop-yearmix-2020 and https://thecaretaker.bandcamp.com/track/a1-its-just-a-burning-memory

Howdy all, In this episode, we drink a bunch of blueberries and talk about the decay of empire. You know, typical ‘cracking open a cold one’ conversations.  Omnipollo Bianca Blueberry Maple Pancake Lassi Gose (1): Omnipollo continues to punish us in Dissecting Our Fun as Spencer lays out his thoughts on the “engine truncation” problem. Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project L’Brett d’ Blueberry Golden Sour Ale Aged in Oak Barrels with Washington Blueberries (5): In a temporary loss of reason, the listeners think we are physically fit enough to fight. In typical MX6 style, we make our violent outburst a musical instead in this Jukebox in Back.  Firestone Walker Brewing Company Luponic Distortion IPA Series (3): In This Was a Mistake, Caleb is done with centrist arguments from precedent, and you should be too.  Omnipollo Bianca Blueberry Maple Chocolate Peanut Butter Pancake Lassi Gose (1): I don’t know what we expected with this beer, but Ask Mixed Six repeats that mistake by allowing the podcast to pick an internet handle for one of the listeners. Prairie Artisan Ales Millennial Mansion Imperial Sour Ale with Orange Peel, Lemon Peel, Lime, Blueberry, Cherry, and Marshmallow Flavor (4): Using what is probably a repeat beer (sorry…pandemic), the Mixed Six Mock Draft staffs a coup with videogame characters. It’s just as effective. New Belgium Voodoo Ranger IPA (2): Finally Drunk Enough to cope, we talk about what we’ve been doing to keep things level in a post ⅙ world. Music, Tracks 15-20: https://chillhop.bandcamp.com/album/chillhop-essentials-winter-2020

Hell on Earth is here and now…but at least one year of it is about to be gone. We celebrate and commemorate things best left buried in our memories in this year’s MX6 Beer in Review! (Note: Owing to existence in hellworld, it has been impossible to track down re-ups of our Top 6 number 5’s of the year, so we shall be reviewing all new beers to cap out the solar cycle…we are just THAT eager to get out of this year, we are already on to the next.) Off Color Brewing Dino Smores–Imperial Marshmallow Stout (5): 2020 was all about taking one for the team, so Spencer tried an imperial s’mores stout. Speaking to jumping on grenades, this Dissecting Our Fun is about designing 2020, the board game. Bellwoods Brewery Grandma’s Boy Wild Ale Blend w/ Niagara Shiro Plums (5): The Professional Drinkers give out the coveted Brewery of the Year award. O’Fallon Wheach Peach Wheat Beer (1): In Armchair Director, we pick our favorite films of the year. Spoiler alert: they are ALL depressing.  Off Color Brewing Very, Very Far–Belgian Style Ale Mix Fermented with White Wine Yeast (2):  Resolutions, I guess? Bellwoods Brewery’s Farmageddon Barrel Aged Wild Ale with Niagara Montmorency and Morello Cherries (4): The Binge Bingers have had time to binge and binge and binge and so they have chosen the three shows that shall be binged, forever and ever more, amen. Kona Brewing – Kona Light Blonde Ale (2): Drunk Enough to reconsider the very premise, we discuss whether or not this year was anything worth remembering. Tracks 1-7: https://chillhop.bandcamp.com/album/chillhop-essentials-winter-2020

Welp, it’s Turkey time. If you’re not currently in a fist fight with your blighted elderly relatives, give our podcast a listen. Prairie Artisan Ales Seasick Crocodile (5): Caleb has played New York Zoo. He Dissects His Fun with Uwe Rosenburg’s latest. Stem Ciders A Salted Cucumber Apple Cider (4): In Sportsplainer, Joey asks how the copium is hitting with sports fans in 2020. Odell Brewing – Isolation Ale (3): We’re throwing presidents in the B-hole! Finally! Prairie Artisan Ales Key Lime Pie  (4): With it looking like Trump may finally leave office, Ask Mixed Six is about the single most absurd thing we can remember from the last four years of hell. Carlsberg Premium Danish Pilsner (2): In Mixed Six Mock Draft, Turtle wants us to pick school support staff from characters in crime scene investigation shows. Left Hand Brewing – Galactic Cowboy Imperial Stout (4): Finally Drunk Enough, we talk about activities we are glad the pandemic did away with. Music, Tracks 1-7: https://jazzhopcafe.bandcamp.com/album/midnight-cruise

As Birk exits California like the last son of a dying planet, we check in with our brother from another podcast before his transmitter gets out of range. Please enjoy what is likely the final episode of this podcast before Spencer divorces Caleb over cryptid-gate.   Loveland Aleworks Blackberry Lemon Bar Sour (5): Producer Ross likes Among Us. In Dissecting Our Fun, we talk about why he is alone and wrong.   Tool Brewing Mr. Orange 2019 Edition (3): In Mixed Six Mock Draft, we’ve got to paper the shelves of the trash canon with self-help books by sidekicks.   Boulevard Brewing Nutcracker Winter Warmer Ale (3): Ben Asked Mixed Six about their favorite cryptids. That was really the beginning of the end.   Boulevard Brewing and Rhinegeist-Crust Fall Peach Berry Pie Sour (4): We Make a Pair pairs alcohol with Halloween candy to get ready for all the Trick or Treating you ABSOLUTELY SHOULD NOT BE DOING.   Rockwell Beer Co. Stand By Hoppy Pilsner (4): Innervium has to sell the brain juice from Deep Blue Sea. If we can get three movies out of that franchise, we wring some profit from these shark brains.   Oskar Blues’ Mama’s Little Yella Pils (3): Finally Drunk Enough, we answer the ‘how to write’ question. Caleb’s answer is appreciated at levels commiserate with his other contributions.   Music, Tracks 1-7: https://chillhop.bandcamp.com/album/chillhop-essentials-fall-2020

Birk is back, and we’re finally brave enough to admit something: we’re tired of all those damn trees with their arboreal biomass above the ground! What are they trying to prove?! Show-offs…. Anyway, we talk about Gloomhaven, manners befitting a hootenanny, and Producer Daddy’s love of grasses. Haand Bryggeriet Odins Tipple Imperial Stout (4): In Dissecting Our Fun, Caleb begs his hosts to talk him out of buying baby Gloomhaven, aka Jaws of the Lion. Perhaps this was the wrong audience to ask. Strange Roots Goedenacht Farmhouse Ale Brewed with Apples, Orange Blossom Honey and Coriander (5): In Getting Lit(erature), we talk about books that need a sequel and sequels we never needed.  Spoetzl Brewery’s Shiner Weisse n Easy (4): In a return of a long-time fan favorite, we dive back in to Rise of the Manner Lords: the Ettiquetting. The Manner Lords solve the age old question: is it okay to volunteer for jug when forced to perform at a wedding hootenanny? Delirium Noel from Huyghe Brewery (3): Ask Mixed Six wanted to know about our exit strategies for when all this stuff going on in America turns out A-OK-aroonie, yessireebob. Prairie Artisan Ales Punch Sour Ale with Blackberry, Cherry, and Lime (2): In Living with Humans, we get our spouses pissed off at us for your entertainment. Urban Chestnut’s Big Shark Lemon Radler (3): Finally Drunk Enough, we discuss the value of seemingly frivolous, but equally dedicated, acts of self-improvement.  Music, Tracks 1-7: https://emapea.bandcamp.com/album/jazzy-tape

We’re back with a regular episode for your ears. In this feast for the…well, sense — just the one sense — we discuss Captains, share surprising media choices, and finally give a name to our previously most anonymous question-asker. Open Gate Brewery’s Guinness Over The Moon Milk Stout (2): Board game component upgrades may be the forbidden fun. We Dissect Our Fraught relationship with the commercial practice. Side Project Brewings Biere du Pays — Oak Aged Missouri Farmhouse Ale (5): Greg Bennett has asked us to throw some of the world’s less loved superhero films into the B-Hole. Sweet Water Brewing As Long As There Is Water Berliner Weisse with Acai Berry, Blackberry, and Raspberry (4): In a segment so good Spencer forgot how to do our show, we talk about media surprises we’ve discovered during quarantine. Side Project Brewing Reflections 8/28/2018 Wine Barrel Fermented Missouri Wild Ale (5): Our best listener Asks Mixed Six about how to deal with discontent with the people you depend on. Hitachino Nest Beer Lacto Sweet Stout (3): As the lawn/garage distanced hangout is the only social interaction a responsible drunk can hope for nowadays, Professional Drinkers recommend some beers you can hold in your hand while screaming at your friends over pathologically safe distances. Left Hand Brewing Nitro Milk Stout (2):  Finally Drunk Enough to try again, we talk about what we would have done differently in the show if provided a time machine. Music, Tracks 1-7:  https://2mellomakes.bandcamp.com/album/summer-in-silent-places

Yeah! We did it! It’s the acrostic numeric double entendre! The kids love that stuff. Deschutes Handup IPA (2): In Dissection Our Fun, we’ve finally gotten around to letting Spencer try Feast of Odin. He is understandably obsessed. PH Brewery LTD Crafty Radler Grapefruit & Tangerine (5): In B-Hole in One, we chuck tabletop RPGs into the transformative abyss and sees what comes out. John Boston’s The Point Pale Ale (2): It’s a FIRE SALE baybeeeeee! Well Bombardier Glorious English Premium Ale (2): In Humanities Fight, we talk about the value of predicting the future in academic contexts. Cigar City Brewing’s Margarita Gose (5): The Jukebox in Back is playing workout tunes. Sorry…tunz. Family Brewery Huyghe Delirium Red Belgian Ale with Cherry and Elderberries (2): Finally Drunk Enough, we talk about the danger of defining yourself by escapism. Music, Tracks 8-14: https://jazzhopcafe.bandcamp.com/album/coffee-beats

Food month is almost over. Hold on. JUST HOLD ON A LITTLE LONGER! Also, Baz is here.  Danke Chain Oktoberfest by West Sixth Brewing (2): Baz, Producer Ross, and Caleb have started running a King’s Dilemma campaign online. We let Spencer know what he’s missing with this RPG/boardgame fusion.  Sierra Nevada Hop Bullet Double IPA (3): In Armchair Director, we talk about the three blandest sequels we’ve ever seen.  Boulevard Brewing Cherry-Lime Radler (5): With a sociology major in the house, we have a Humanties Fight to talk about the goth subculture. Kronenbourg 1664 Blanc (4): In Ask Mixed Six, four dudes were asked to talk about the guilt of playing a problematic game. I guess we’ll try? Revolver Brewing Hop Device IPA Hazy IPA (2): Given Baz’s legendary Malort prank, we select trickster gods to teach his ass a lesson in Mixed Six Mock Draft. John Boston Summer Ale (3): Finally Drunk Enough to engage with reality, we talk about the worst possible arguments for reopening businesses “after” Covid. Music, Tracks 9-15:  https://chillhop.bandcamp.com/album/chillhop-essentials-summer-2020 

Producer Ross’s father gave him a box, then receded to wherever it is he lurks when not summoned. What could be inside has consumed our every waking thought and sleeping nightmare since we heard of the dark curio’s existence. In this episode, like Pandora, we defy the gods by opening it to see what man was not meant to see. We also talk about some other stuff, too, I guess. Brasserie Thirtie3 Extra Dry-hopped French Farmhouse Ale (2): In Dissecting Our Fun, we talk about the second attempt to expand the rich-universe of Portuguese tile-laying games with Azul: Summer Pavilion. Ciderboys Grand Mimosa Apple Orange Hard Cider (5): Alex asks the Professional Drinkers to lay down a roadmap to leading the uninitiated into the land of beer. Leaky Roof Meadery’s Caller (2): The nerds Nerdsplain a skill that Spencer will never need — how to pick a setting for an RPG. Brasserie D’Achouffe McChouffe Belgian Brown Beer (3):  Ask Mixed Six answers a question about the weirdness of parasocial podcast relationships. Lagunitas Pils Czech Style Pilsener (4): Not to be outdone, the Sportsplainer takes on a journey of what e-sports can expect in the wake of quarantine. The Citizen’s Brewery of Plzen’s Pilsner Urquell (1): Finally Drunk Enough, we try to explain the utter madness of US society to anyone not already drowning in it.

Having already lost the battle of sound quality to the necessity of recording remotely, we thought we would make up the difference and then some by adding a Birk back into the cast. Join us for the most relatable rating system ever and tons of fun conversation. Country Boy Brewing’s Nacho Bait Habanero Blonde Ale (4): In a time of shifting viewpoints, we talk about boardgames that have changed our perspective the most in Dissecting Our Fun. New Belgium La Folie Foeder Aged Sour Brown Ale (5): In Armchair Director, we rate the best “animals play a sport” movies. It’s a…it’s a short list. Brouwerij West Hitchhiking Ghosts IPA (4): In the Mixed Six Mock Draft, we’re giving politicians superpowers. What could go wrong? Falls City Hipster Repellant IPA (2): It’s a four-man FIRE SALE! 4 Hands Brewing Contact High Grapefruit Radler (3): In Humanities Fight, we discuss Birk’s attempts to become more “well read” in fiction…whatever the hell that means. [NOT A BEER] Gold Rush Cocktail (4):  Having run out of beers around the same time as the supply of fucks to give went dry, we’re Drunk Enough to hire a director for the inevitable Covid-19 movie. Music, Tracks 17-23:  https://chillhop.bandcamp.com/album/chillhop-essentials-spring-2020 P.S: Episode art is fan art done, yet again, by our friend David N. 

Something too large Something too dangerous Something too cool Something too plain Return from the Far Side of the World with a prize to prove yourself true or Death by Malort is the fate that will befall a Producer like you. Maplewood Morbidly Obese Pug Extra Fudge Imperial Chocolate Stout (5): In Dissecting Our Fun, Caleb struggles to calm his hype beast as the boardgame industry continues to shovel cocaine up its nose.  New Belgium Brewing L’ Terrore Dry Hopped American Sour Ale (5): The Mixed Six Mock Draft has to assemble a Rescuers Down Under-esque crew to help them survive in the Australian wilderness.  Pipeworks Brewing Co. Pineapple Guppy Pale Ale with Pineapple (3): Max sent us the Three Floyds graphic novel. I guess it’s a Getting Lit(erature) segment? Should of never gave them boys money, that’s for sure.  Decadent Ales Decadent Creamery Blackberry Sorbet Gose Style Ale with Blackberry (2): That’s a lot of uses of the word “Decadent,” but Ask Mixed Six has a lot of questions in this FIRE SALE. 4 Noses Brewing Company Raspberry Blonde Ale with Raspberries (4): The Honorable Judge Producer Ross judges the worst decision ever made by a fictional character. Pipeworks Brewing Co. Forest Fauna India Pale Ale with Centennial Hops, Simcoe Hops, and Spruce Tips (1): If the hosts have to record 80 episodes a week to make up for Producer Ross’s vacation, they’re Drunk Enough to demand an honest-to-god Arthurian Quest in tribute.  Music, Tracks 2-8: https://2mellomakes.bandcamp.com/album/superliminal-the-lo-fi-mix: 

We’re back! We talk about counterfeit boardgames, staff a liquor store with fictional characters, and laud the democratic process because definitely working just fine. JUST. FINE. Public House Brewing’s Anthony’s Pacification Russian Imperial Stout (3): Counterfeit boardgames are becoming an issue. We Dissect the Counterfeit Fun. Marz Community Brewing Co. Jungle Boogie Pale Wheat Ale with Rooibos Tea (4): In Sportsplainer, Spencer gets to talk about the greatest moment of his life.  Great Divide Wood Werks Barrel Series Brown Rye Ale (4): The Mixed Six Mock Draft has to staff a booze shop with fake people. Who do we choose? #TeamCaleb Public Access Silent Rejoice Double Dry Hopped India Pale Ale (4): In Ask Mixed Six, Chris wants to know when we stared into the abyss and it stared back. 4 Hands Brewing Co. State Wide American Pale Ale with Raspberry (5): Because we are totally healthy people, We Make a Pair picks beer to go with breakfast. Pipeworks Brewing Co. Dark Dreams Baltic Porter (2): Finally Drunk Enough, Spencer wants to go to museum. Not a great idea, but here we are. Music, Tracks 1-7:  https://baechulgi.bandcamp.com/album/arrival-beat-tape 

We take time off from our fourth career as crime-fighters to record an episode and share it with you, the citizenry.  Boom Island Brewing Company Hoodoo Dubbel Bottle Conditioned Belgian-Style Ale (3): In Dissecting Our Fun, we discuss the oddly one-sided discussion between boardgames and RPGs.  Brau Brothers Brewing Co Bancreagie Peated Scotch Ale (4): Drunk on bad Scottish accent, Caleb tries to Nerdsplainer the world of Twitch streaming to a man unfamiliar with YouTube. Nightmare Brewing Flaying Imperial Oat India Pale Ale (2): Ask Mixed Six FIRE SALE! Lexington Brewing Company Kentucky Vanilla Barrel Cream Ale (2): Finally ready to just give up, the defeated podcast hosts ask The Honorable Judge Producer Ross to settle the Star Wars vs Star Trek debate.  Prairie Artisan Ales Pirate Noir Imperial Stout Aged in Jamaican Rum Barrels (5): Though completely understandable, we find it hard to suppress revulsion at the thought of unplugging from the news. In typical Drunk Enough fashion, we analyze our cognitive dissonance and resolve nothing. Music, Tracks 16-23:  https://chillhop.bandcamp.com/album/chillhop-essentials-winter-2019 

We did it. Six hundred beers. They should have sent a poet…and, like, some redundant livers or something. I don’t know; don’t listen to me. I’m drunk, OBVIOUSLY. Firestone Walker Brewing Company Bretta Blanc Wild Ale Fermented with White Grape Juice (5): In Dissecting Our Fun, Caleb presents the latest game hypothesis — theme’s best use is to make failure fun. Firestone Walker Brewing Company Violet Underground Cross-Atlantic Wild Ale Aged in Wine Barrels with Raspberries and Candied Violet Petals (5): It’s a Mixed Six FUSION. We’re combining Innervium and We’ll Never B’Author to sneak some native advertisement into a glut of nonsense no one has time to weed three drunks out of…the Hallmark Christmas Movie. Evil Twin Brewing A Man Who Doesn’t Love IPA Easily, Loves Too Much: Double Dry-Hopped IPA (2): In This Was a Mistake, we cover a perennial favorite of magazines and stand-up comedy alike by giving our advice for travelling. Evil Twin Brewing Island Bliss Malt Beverage with Natural Flavors (3): It’s a Holiday Fire SALE!!! Stillwater Artisanal’s Kung Pao Imperial Stout Brewing with Chili Powder, Ginger Powder, Sichuan Pepper, Sea Salt, and Peanut Extract (5): The Honorable Judge Producer Ross returns to adjudicate the reality TV show debate. Stillwater Artisinal’s Duck Sauce Double India Pale Ale Brewing with Apricot, Plum, Pineapple, Ginger, and Candi Syrup (4): Apropos of nothing, Drunk Enough is about the alarming scale of living. Music: Tracks 23-28

In this episode, we review the new Kickstarter hotness with Fantastic Factories, plan Producer Ross’s bachelor party, and try to combat our holiday scroogery. Three Floyds Brewing Gumballhead Wheat Beer (3): In Dissecting Our Fun, we’ve played that iconographic engine builder Fantastic Factory and loved it. New Holland Brewing Dragon’s Milk Raspberry Hibiscus Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout (4): Thanksgiving looms ahead. We help you make a beer shopping list for the big meal with We Make a Pair. Biere Artisanale La Sirene Praline Belgium Style Chocolate Stout (1): The Armchair Directors discuss the inherent contradiction of “Fuck the System” movies like the Joker. New Holland Brewing Dragon’s Milk Oatmeal Cookie Bourbon Barrel-Aged Stout with Cinnamon, Raisins, Brown Sugar, Oats, and Vanilla Extract (3): Fall is here…at least for the week or so climate change will allow the season to exist. We discuss what we’re most looking forward to in Ask Mixed Six. Batch Brewing Company Belgian Dark Stong Ale Antwerp’s Placebo One Year Port Barrel (3): In this Mixed Six Mock Draft, we take a blank check, anything-goes approach to planning one producer’s bachelor party. New Holland Brewing Dragon’s Milk Orange Chocolate Bourbon Barrel-Aged Stout with natural Flavors (4): Finally Drunk Enough, Caleb tries to confront his Millenially-induced holiday scroogery before it harms everyone’s fun. Music: Tracks 1-7 https://peterbark.bandcamp.com/album/solstice Track 3 https://toastedtomatoes.bandcamp.com/album/lofi-hip-hop-beats-to-organise-seize-means-to

Maddy is sadly returning to her home in the sea, and we thought it best to honor her time with us doing what she loves best: tagging along while we slavishly create more podcast content.  Thin Man Brewery Third Anniversary DDH Sour Ale (2):  Point Salad might be the simplest thing you play all year. It might also be the thing you play the most and the easiest buying decision you make all year in Dissecting Our Fun. Falls City Beer Good Times Ginger Lime Shandy (4): We do a Sportsplainer/Nerdsplainer fusion on the joint madness of sports and dice superstitions. Pohjala’s Rahe Imperial Gose-Style Ale with Sea Buckthorn, Vanilla, Salt, Coriander and Lactose (4): I’m surprised you’re reading this after hacking through that beer description. Anyway, we play We Make a Pair by throwing things into the transformative B-Hole. Weston Brewing Company Father Mescan Bog Myrtle Ale (3): It’s a Bog Myrtle Ale! It’s a Fire Sale Ask Mixed Six! Crowdpleasing like it’s our job! Thin Man Brewery Minkey Boodle Raspberry Sour Ale (4): Innervium has to name some sports stadiums. We can’t do worse than reality has here.  Resurgence Brewing Co. The Surge New England India Pale Ale (4):  Finally Drunk Enough, we create our family mottos and critique the idea of having a subtitle for your clan.  Music, Tracks 1-7:  https://pb-music.bandcamp.com/album/1-13 

Though GenCon is now over, we recorded bad decisions made just prior to leaving on our pilgrimage for the sake of the historical record. In this episode, we eschew beer on our beer podcast for cocktails made by long-time listener and friend Birk. Not going to lie…we drank a lot of booze for an hour-long podcast. Thankfully, we’ve been training for this moment for years. Click the drink name to get the recipe! Mezcal Paloma (4): It’s rare we have someone on the pod that isn’t already as obsessed with boardgames as the hosts. We Dissect Our Fun, or rather, Birk’s fun as he starts to get into the hobby. Gosling Sidecar (4): In this Jukebox in Box, Greg wants to know what four chubby bearded nerds like to dance to. Weird kink but okay. Plantation Pineapple Daiquiri (5): Binge Binger discusses the possible horror of revisiting your favorite childhood shows. Eastern Sour (5): Scott Asks Mixed Six about skill they excel at, yet never enjoy performing. Fat-Washed Old Fashioned (5): In This Was a Mistake, we beg — ABSOLUTELY BEG — people to stop recommending anime. Mezcal Margarita (4): Birk has a hell of a cool job, and he’s Drunk Enough to talk about how he’s not crazy about how media depicts it. Music, Tracks 8-14:  https://radiojuicy.bandcamp.com/album/dreams-from-the-shore

It’s rare we get to geek out with our favorite local con, but Rick Bagwell from 417 Gamers came by to give us a rundown on how a convention is built from the ground up. The man also has a fine nose for beer, so we predictably got along quite well. Moon City Con 2019 goes from Sept. 6-8th. Get your tickets here: https://www.mooncitycon.com Wolf’s Ridge Brewing Hefe & Wedge Fruited Hefeweizen: In Dissection Our Fun, we discuss the pop star effect and how a designer’s name motivates our board gaming decisions. American Trappist’s Spencer Trappist Imperial Stout: Rick Nerdsplains how to start your own gaming conventions and some of the lessons learned from Moon City Cons first year.  Mucky Duck I.F.O. Bourbon Barrel Oak Aged Ale: Since This Was a Mistake was the #1 vote getter and we find few things about board gaming a mistake, Spencer talks about what a consultant actually does and conditions in which businesses should look for other solutions.  Decadent Ale’s Coco Ecto Double-Dry Hopped India Pale Ale: Good Omens came out, so Mixed Six Mock Draft picks the four horsemen of the boardgame apocalypse. B. Nectar Limited Release #DragonsAreReal: In Ask Mixed Six, we discuss the age-old board gaming problem of introducing your group to great games with boring-ass themes.  Mucky Duck PLX IPA: Finally Drunk Enough to admit how trash he is, Caleb muses on the value of “solving a game” for optimal play versus the happy-go-lucky route that leads to his continual losing.  Tracks 16-22: https://chillhop.bandcamp.com/album/chillhop-essentials-summer-2019

Alamo Drafthouse was kind enough to let us crash the bar, talk with one of their resident experts (David), and generally geek out about movies. It was great! Give it a listen. Boulevard Brewing Smooth Fuzz: As long-time lovers of the concept of a movie party, we talk about how Alamo selects and programs celebrations of cult films from the past.  Tie and Timber’s Juicy Brewski IPA: In Armchair Director, we discuss what makes a good movie experience by picking our top three films to see in the theater.  Piney River’s Lizzy Twister Blackberry: With John Wick leading the way of the action movie renaissance, Mixed Mock Draft performs a seminal function in the new movement: stunt casting. We share our most counter-intuitive picks for actions heroes.  Boulevard Brewing Space Camper IPA: In This Was a Mistake, we bemoan an experience every film nerd has had. When is a time you screened a weird film for friends before realizing that they were the wrong audience? 4×4 Brewing Toats Magnates: In the spirit of the summer blockbuster, We Make a Pair provides a drink list for famous summer blockbusters of the past.  Lost Signal’s Smoked Pecan Porter: Arguably too Drunk Enough, we talk about how working in film changes your consumption of it.  Tracks 1-7: https://chillhop.bandcamp.com/album/chillhop-essentials-summer-2019

Hi y’all! We just got back from Origins 2019. While we were there, we had a chance to sit down with Patrick from Blue Peg, Pink Peg. We talked about the convention, our most exciting finds, and trends in the board gaming industry with one of it’s most established media personalities. Listen in to get a preview of what to expect in the tabletop market at Gencon and in the coming year. If you haven’t yet, check out Blue Peg, Pink Peg. You can find their podcast here and here. On Twitter, find Patrick @BluePegPinkPeg  Special thanks to Adam from Roleplaying Exchange for loaning us his recording equipment while we were out in the wild. Find Roleplaying Exchange on Patreon and here; on Twitter @RPExchange. Music: https://entrobeats.bandcamp.com/track/cherrybomb

The dark days of food month continue as the tyranny of Spencer’s rating systems continues. As the rebellion gathers strength to strike at the power that has stolen the podcast from the people, endure another episode until the glorious revolution throws off the yoke of this monstrous regime.  Golden Road Brewing Melon Cart Watermelon Wheat Ale with Honeydew and Cantaloupe: In Dissecting Our Fun, we discuss the considerations required to put together a boardgame playlist.  O’Dell Brewing Co’s Friek Raspberry and Cherry Sour Ale: In our new segment entitled Innervium, The Mixed Six disrupts the marketing space with a game-changing innovation: unpaid advertisement.  Left Hand Brewing Company’s Death Before Disco Porter: Laura B wants us to suggest a curriculum for superhero education. In Humanities Fight, we discuss what the problems inherent in the exercise reveal about our current education system.  Six Mile Bridge Bavarian Hefeweizen: It’s a lil’ fire sale in Ask Mixed Six. Piney River Brewing Black Walnut Wheat: Living With Humans discusses the phenomenon of Phantom Spouse Syndrome. Ska Brewing Company Grapefruit Rue B. Soho Lager: Finally Drunk Enough, we discuss the peculiarly temporary existential crisis that can be triggered by a bad hangover.  Music: tracks 18-24 of https://chillhop.bandcamp.com/album/chillhop-essentials-spring-2019

The new Patreon milestone is to have Alex Ross draw a portrait of Caleb. Hear us out. We know the idea is absurd and the result will be disgusting. But it will be funny. Funny enough that it’s worth what we presume will be a 50 grand plus commission fee, plus eye-hazard pay. That’s why we’ve launched a GoFundMe to… What…no? Fine then. Here’s your episode (skulks away) Fat Orange Cat’s F.O.C.Less Monster–N.E. IPA: In Dissecting Our Fun, we talk about Bunny Kingdom’s ability to make card drafting fun again. Crane Brewing Omar Porter: Jukebox in Back wants to know about ska music. No! Don’t go! Really, it was a request. Not making this up. Fat Orange Cat Severe Tire Damage – N.E. India Pale Ale: In We’ll Never B’Author, we draft the next big hit in the saturated YA dystopia/horse girl/battle royale genre. Due South Brewing Co Caramel Cream Ale:  A nameless stranger Asks Mixed Six about the effects of tabletop roleplaying on our professional lives. Fat Orange Cat’s Blood Orange Billy New England India Pale Ale: In this Humanities Fight, we try to take the magic of The Good Place (making ethics entertaining) and spread the love to other disciplines. Crane Brewing Company’s Raytown Common American Ale: Finally Drunk Enough to hope Missouri will stop trying to kill us, we look forward to Spring. 

Rob Stith from The Orpheus Protocol joins us again for a very special episode. Well, not very special in the “Saved by the Bell” sense. No one got addicted to caffeine pills or anything. Okay, more addicted to caffeine pills. You know…you know what? Let’s just get down to it. Lagunitas Willetized Coffee Stout: We bring back the Mixed Six Game Jam to cash in on that sweet, sweet battle royale money. Independence Brewing Company Austin Amber Beer: Jukebox in Back sees the crew make their dream concert line-up. Needless to say, these shows should probably be marketed to some very disparate demographics. Rhinegeist Bubbles Rose Ale: Getting Lit(erature) breaks down the standard fantasy setting with three nerds. Spencer is physically present. Crane Brewing’s Gooseberry Gose: Ask Mixed Six is about our favorite foods. It becomes clear that half the cast is made of international connoisseurs, while the other half were apparently raised by raccoons. Crane Brewing Small Ball Saison: In This Was a Mistake, we talk about how much we hate talk radio before sharing a collective anxiety attack because podcasting might not be any different. Austin Beerworks Pearl-Snap German-Style Pils: Finally Drunk Enough we revisit the Death of the Author, but does that include the Death of Proper Consumption? Is there a “right” way to listen to music? Read a book?