Literary Fiction – Page 11 – The Drunk Guys Book Club Podcast

Milkman by Anna Burns (Booker Prize 2018)

Posted on March 5, 2019April 19, 2022 by Mike

This week, the Drunk Guys go off while discussing 2018 Booker winner Milkman by Anna Burns. They also explode with enthusiasm for this week’s beers, including: Birthday Bomb by Prairie Artisan Ales, Juice Bomb and Nelson Bomb by Sloop Brewing, Celtic Fury by DuClaw, Red Button by Barrier, and White Wine Barrel Ages Sour Wench by Ballast Point.

The Drunk Guys Book Club Podcast can be found on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Stitcher, PlayerFM, Overcast, and where ever fine podcasts can be found. We are also happy to announce being part of the Hopped Up Network of independent beer Podcasters. If you’re drunk enough to enjoy the Podcast, please give us a rating. To save time, just round up to five stars. Also, please follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest. There’s no excuse to miss another Drunk Guys episode, announcement, or typo!

Join us next week when we discuss another St. Patrick’s Day book, Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCort.

Check out the Top Five Fantasy Books and Series for Book Clubs. Maybe consider some sci-fi books and Drunk Guy approved discussion questions.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

Posted on January 8, 2019April 19, 2022 by Jimmy

This week, The Drunk Guys read Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita, and do a good amount of unadulterated beer drinking as well. We indulge in Goose Island’s very appropriately named Lolita, Industrial Arts’ Metric and Nailed It, Portsmouth Brewery’s Passionately Sour, Wet Dream and Hot Toddy-ish from Evil Twin Brewing, Summer Blonde from River Horse, and Platform Beer Company’s Safety Scissors.

The Drunk Guys Book Club Podcast can be found on on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, PlayerFM and where ever fine podcasts can be found. If you’re drunk enough to enjoy the Podcast, please give us a rating. To save time, just round up to five stars. Also, please follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Pinterest. There’s no excuse to miss another Drunk Guys episode, announcement, or typo!

Join us next week when we discuss JRR Tolkien’s translation of Beowulf.

It’s not too late to join our reading challenge – for help read how to read 100 books a year. Also, check out the Top Five Fantasy Books and Series for Book Clubs. Maybe consider some sci-fi books and Drunk Guy approved discussion questions.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

Posted on November 6, 2018April 19, 2022 by Jimmy

This week, the Drunk Guys get down in the trenches with Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front. While the French and Germans fire countless rounds at one another, Mike, Nate, and Jimmy have a few rounds of their own, including Brewdog’s Sink the Bismarck!, Ayinger Brewery’s Celebrator Dopplebock, Schofferhofer’s Grapefruit Hefewizen, Mikkeller NYC’s Big Baron, and Tannenzäpfle by Rothaus.

The Drunk Guys Book Club Podcast can be found on on Spotify, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, PlayerFM and where ever fine podcasts can be found. If you’re drunk enough to enjoy the Podcast, please give us a rating. To save time, just round up to five stars. Also, please follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Pinterest. There’s no excuse to miss another Drunk Guys episode, announcement, or typo!

Join us next week when we discuss Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling.

It’s not too late to join our reading challenge – for help read how to read 100 books a year. Also, check out the Top Five Fantasy Books and Series for Book Clubs. Maybe consider some sci-fi books and Drunk Guy approved discussion questions.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Posted on August 14, 2018April 19, 2022 by Mike

This week, the Drunk Guys Book Club Podcast reads The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. To atone for Hester’s sin, we drink a sinful number of beers, mostly New England IPAs, including: The Devil Made Me Do It, Hell on Wood, and Devil’s Milk (all by DuClaw), Wrench by Industrial Arts, Hazy Jane by Brewdog, Hazy Little Thing by Sierra Nevada, Built For This by Bronx Brewery, Windy Hill by Mikkeller, Jopen Coastal Gose, Righteous by Sixpoint.

The Drunk Guys Book Club Podcast can be found on on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, PlayerFM and where ever fine podcasts can be found. If you’re drunk enough to enjoy the Podcast, please give us a rating. To save time, just round up to five stars. Also, please follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Pinterest. There’s no excuse to miss another Drunk Guys episode, announcement, or typo!

Join us next week when we read Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn.

It’s not too late to join our reading challenge – for help read how to read 100 books a year. Also, check out the Top Five Fantasy Books and Series for Book Clubs. Maybe consider some sci-fi books and Drunk Guy approved discussion questions.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Life of Pi by Yann Martel at Finback Brewery (Booker Prize 2002)

Posted on July 24, 2018April 19, 2022 by Mike

For Episode 54 of the Drunk Guys Book Club Podcast, the Drunk Mike, Nate, and Jimmy return to Finback Brewery and discuss Life of Pi by Yann Martel. Erik from Finback returns as Finback beer Sherpa while we drink a sea of beer, including: Floating Weightless, Finback IPA, Cat Love, Something Mosaic, Finite Element, Spirit of the Dead Watching. Thanks again to Erik and everyone at Finback Brewery for hosting us again.

The Drunk Guys Book Club Podcast can be found on on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, PlayerFM and where ever fine podcasts can be found. If you’re drunk enough to enjoy the Podcast, please give us a rating. To save time, just round up to five stars. Also, please follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Pinterest. There’s no excuse to miss another Drunk Guys episode, announcement, or typo!

Join us next week as we begin our journey through Middle Earth with The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien.

It’s not too late to join our reading challenge – for help read how to read 100 books a year. Also, check out the Top Five Fantasy Books and Series for Book Clubs. Maybe consider some sci-fi books and Drunk Guy approved discussion questions.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Moby Dick by Herman Melville at Finback Brewery

Posted on May 15, 2018April 19, 2022 by Mike

This week, the Drunk Guys Book Club Podcast takes their first voyage out of drunk Mike’s basement to Finback Brewery in Queens to drink and discuss Moby Dick by Herman Melville. Is this the greatest work of American Literature? Should anyone even read it? Why are there so many chapters about whale anatomy?

In this whale of an episode the Drunk Guys sample 14 delicious beers from Finback including: Summer Somewhere Hefeweizen, Swank Triple IPA, Oscillation 012 Double IPA, Nave Nave Mahana Imperial Stout, Harambe Imperial Stout (RIP), Starchild Sour Ale, Fly On IPA, Hand it Over IPA, Beachcomb-Over Sour Ale, DDH Chromoscope IPA, Spirit of the Dead Watching Imperial Stout, DDH Moss Double IPA, Telephone Lines Pilsner and Smooth Beats Miami Coconut IPA. Thank you to Erik and everyone at Finback.

The Drunk Guys Book Club Podcast can be found on on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, PlayerFM and where ever fine podcasts can be found. If you’re drunk enough to enjoy the Podcast, please give us a rating. To save time, just round up to five stars. Also, please follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Pinterest. There’s no excuse to miss another Drunk Guys episode, announcement, or typo!

Join us next week when we visit Mikkeller Brewery at Citi Field, Queens and discuss Shoeless Joe (Field of Dreams) by WP Kinsella.

It’s not too late to join our reading challenge – for help read how to read 100 books a year. Maybe consider some sci-fi books and Drunk Guy approved discussion questions.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

Posted on May 1, 2018April 19, 2022 by Mike

In Episode 42 of the Drunk Guys Book Club Podcast, the Drunk Guys tackle Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy. Is the Judge the Devil? Why is this book so violent? What is the meaning or message of this book, if any? To help us figure out these questions, we drink Hop Shot by Brewdog, Hellish Lager by Ithaca, Two Roads Road 2 Ruin, Baby Horse by 21st Amendment, Jerkface 9000 by Parallel 49, Jet Black Heart by Brewdog, Hatchet Job by KCBC, and Montauk Arrowhead Red Ale.

The Drunk Guys Book Club Podcast can be found on on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, PlayerFM and where ever fine podcasts can be found. If you’re drunk enough to enjoy the Podcast, please give us a rating. To save time, just round up to five stars. Also, please follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Pinterest. There’s no excuse to miss another Drunk Guys episode, announcement, or typo!

Join us next week for our Mother’s Day episode when we read Room by Emma Donoghue.

It’s not too late to join our reading challenge – for help read how to read 100 books a year. Maybe consider some sci-fi books and Drunk Guy approved discussion questions.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Pulitzer Prize 1961)

Posted on April 24, 2018April 19, 2022 by Mike

For Episode 41 of the Drunk Guy Book Club Podcast, the Drunk Guys ponder Harper Lee’s perennial prize-winning classic, To Kill a Mockingbird. Is this book still worth reading? Is there a book more widely read? How can this book get you out of Jury Duty? Find out, and more! The drunk guys also ponder White Rascal by Avery, Yellow Belly by Omnipollo, Old Engine Oil by Harviestoun, Black by Mikkeller, and Where You Stand by Bronx Brewery.

The Drunk Guys Book Club Podcast can be found on on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, PlayerFM and where ever fine podcasts can be found. If you’re drunk enough to enjoy the Podcast, please give us a rating. To save time, just round up to five stars. Also, please follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Pinterest. There’s no excuse to miss another Drunk Guys episode, announcement, or typo!

Join us next week as we read Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy.

It’s not too late to join our reading challenge – for help read how to read 100 books a year. Maybe consider some sci-fi books and Drunk Guy approved discussion questions.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Posted on April 3, 2018April 19, 2022 by Mike

In episode 38 of the Drunk Guys Book Club Podcast, the Drunk Guys get deserted with only a fine selection of beers to keep them safe from the beastie as they discuss William Golding’s classic The Lord of the Flies. While discussing why this is a popular book for high schoolers, how realistic the plot is, and things to do with a conch, we drink some choice beers including Butternuts War Dance and Pork Slap, Eviltwin Lost Souls and Evil Twin It’s like I’m having the most beautiful IPA and the most terrible nightmare at once, Radiant Pig Junior IPA, Stillwater Nu-tropic, Decadent Ales Double Toasted Marshmallow.

The Drunk Guys Book Club Podcast can be found on on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, PlayerFM and where ever fine podcasts can be found. If you’re drunk enough to enjoy the Podcast, please give us a rating. To save time, just round up to five stars. Also, please follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Pinterest. There’s no excuse to miss another Drunk Guys episode, announcement, or typo!

Join us next week as we read Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk.

It’s not too late to join our reading challenge – for help read how to read 100 books a year. Maybe consider some sci-fi books and Drunk Guy approved discussion questions.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

Posted on March 21, 2018April 19, 2022 by Mike

In Episode 36 of the Drunk Guys Book Club Podcast, the Drunk Guys drink themselves into and out of a depression while reading John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath. While following the trials and tribulations of the Joad family, we drink enough beers to forget about the banks foreclosing on your farm, including Dogfish Head Noble Rot, Fulton Sweet Child of Vine, Barrier Brewing Co. Non-Cents, Barrier Brewing Co. Money IPA, Graft Wild Woods’ Grim Wilderness Vol 1, Boulevard Brewing’s Collaboration 7, and Cuvee Freddy by Brouwerij Alvinne.

The Drunk Guys Book Club Podcast can be found on on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, PlayerFM and where ever fine podcasts can be found. If you’re drunk enough to enjoy the Podcast, please give us a rating. To save time, just round up to five stars. Also, please follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Pinterest. There’s no excuse to miss another Drunk Guys episode, announcement, or typo!

Join us next week as we read Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card.

It’s not too late to join our reading challenge – for help read how to read 100 books a year. Maybe consider some sci-fi books and Drunk Guy approved discussion questions.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download