The Beer Pen Podcast

Podcast Vol.52 Braun's Appeal, Prince Signs and How To Get a Pit Bull To Stop Attacking

2012-01-29T21:05:21Z

Ron and Chad talk about Ryan Braun's appeal and Prince Fielder signing in Detroit and why you can't be mad at him for it. We talk about Aoki signing, Craig Counsell joining the front office and other contract news. We talk about Brewers On Deck event and Chad's experiences there in the past. We take credit for Seth McClung signing a minor league deal with the Brewers. At the end we attempt to do a quick year end review and talk about old women at the bar talking about auto erotic asphixiation. We also tell you how to get a pit bull to stop attacking you.

Enjoy.
Ronald

Year End Review Podcast Coming....

2012-01-19T02:11:49Z

Soon enough we will be recording our year end podcast, which by my account is only a month and a half late. We will recount the top stories of the year, our favorite moments, least favorite moments, favorite athletes and such. We want to hear what you have to say too.

1. Favorite Athlete
2. Favorite story of the year
3. Most hated story of the year
4. Most hated athlete of the year
5. Biggest disappointment of the year
6. Favorite Brewers blog
7. Favorite podcast

Any other comments you might have are appreciated. I hope we will record this podcast this weekend.

Thank you for reading/listening to us.
We hope this year brings more content than last year.
Ronald

Podcast Vol.51 Say It Ain't So Braun

2011-12-13T04:36:09Z

Ron and Bryan talk Ryan Braun and his failed test along with the Brewers moving on from Prince. We talk about the Aramis signing, the McGehee trade and Alex Gonzo SS signing. We talk ugly jerseys and read some twitter comments and an email. Enjoy.

Our Phone Number

2011-11-18T01:42:53Z

The Beer Pen Podcast has a phone number you can leave a message at. It can be about anything. What you think of the show, what topics you want us to talk about, a harrasing message, a stylist for Bryan and his long hair. It can be anything, but it will be fair game to be played on the podcast. The best message each month will get a fantastic prize sent to them.

This is our real voicemail number and number to call in and be live on the podcast. We will update Twitter when we record to call in live. @beerpenpodcast

1-715-629-9931

Thank you.
Ronald

Podcast Vol.50 The Seth McClung Interview

2011-11-10T20:37:38Z

Seth McClung was sport to do our first interview. He talked with Ron about his time in Milwaukee and a wide range of questions. He touched on this year's playoffs, the Cardinals/Brewers rivalry, the 08 playoff run, Big Red Baseball and coaching kids. We talked about much more, but to not ruin the surprise, please listen (and get your friends to listen).

A huge thanks to Seth for his time and his help with putting this together. He was a great sport and a very fun interview. You can check out his blog on OnMilwuakee (here) and check out his site for information on Big Red Baseball (www.bigredbball.com) . A hell of a guy all around, click the links for more info.

Thanks for checking it out.
Ronald

Podcast vol.49 Let The Offseason Fun Begin

2011-11-02T19:13:47Z

We talk about the offseason, arbitration, free agents and who we think will be on the team next year. Let the hot stove heat up.

Quick Movie Reviews: the sequel

2011-10-29T03:23:23Z

Sequels typically suck, so if this post follows that trend, don't bother with part three when it comes around. I have watched a few movies and some tv shows in the depression following the Brewers elimination from the playoffs. Add that up with the Cards being six outs away from winning the World Series and shit is about to hit the fan. So here it goes.

Red State (starring John Goodman, Michael Parks, directed by Kevin Smith) 3/5
It's about three high school boys who go on a internet dating service to try to find somebody they can all fuck. Things go bad from there. It revolves around a crazy Phelps like church family, and involves gun play amongst other things. It had it's moments, it was creepy at times, but ended up being another movie I built up in my mind too much prior to seeing it. I'm not saying it was bad, just not great. It was a good movie, just took a while to get going. If you like horror movies, I'd recommend it.

Just For Kicks (rappers, shoe enthusiasts, random black people) 2/5
This is a documentary I saw on Netflix instant. It was alright, killed an hour and a half of a boring day. It is all about shoes and how rap and basketball influenced shoe companies. It spends the most time on RUN-DMC and ADIDAS and Air Jordans. It is cool to see some of the amounts of money people will spend on shoes. It is also sad how much some people will spend on them while living in what looks like shitty apartments in NY. If you like rap and shoes, check it out, otherwise don't bother.

From Dusk Till Dawn (George Clooney, Quentin Tarantino, Juliette Lewis) 4/5
This isn't the first time I've seen this movie but it's been a while. Clooney and Tarantino are felons on their way to Mexico and need Lewis' family to help them across the border in their RV. When the get to Mexico they go to a titty bar and all hell breaks out as it turns out to be a vampire feast. I don't want to give away any more spoilers to this bad ass flick, but it is awesome. As a youngster, I liked it because of tits and gore.And as a much older man, I like it for the same reasons. My wife kept looking at me as if to ask, "Are you seriously watching this shit," and would then laugh at the campyness of it. It is on Instant now, so check it out.

Thor (Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins) 2/5
Thor gets banished to Earth(Midgard) from Asgard so he can learn humility and eventually take the throne from his father, Odin. Thor's brother Loki interferers and all hell breaks loose. While Thor is on Earth he meets a scientist, who trys to help him find himself.
Thor was a bad movie but not the worst I've ever seen. My brother said it was good and he was wrong, it had good parts but overall wasn't very good. I only watched it once and don't know if I'll ever watch it again. Part of me thinks I need to give it another shot, but I don't know if it's worth it. Some of the action parts were cool but all it did was get me excited for Avengers. I just hope Captain America is better than this was. If you are not into comics, don't bother.

That's it for now, the Cards are two outs away from being World Champs. I have to go find a bottle of pills to swallow.

Ronald

Advertising opportunities abound

2011-10-26T01:19:10Z

Advertising opportunities are abound at BrewCrew365.com and on the Beer Pen Podcast. Rates are very very reasonable. Hell I once traded a pie for some advertising. Which was amazing, thank you Backyard BBQ out of River Falls, WI. Anyways, we would love to help out with any advertising needs. Email us for rates, we'll figure them out.

Or if you would just like to donate to help us get some real recording equipment and stop using a Wal-Mart 5 dollar mic, send us an email and we'll give you a fat shout out.

Thank you for your continued support of the blog and podcast.
Ronald Roettger

Vol.48 Grading Each Brewer: 2011 Season

2011-10-23T22:22:00Z

Ron and Bryan are back and give out grades on each Brewers season, and also talk about Gadhafi's killing, and go 60 seconds on both the Badgers and Packers.

Vol.47 NLCS Part 1 and 2

2011-10-14T00:58:44Z

Ron and Bryan talk about the NLCS, especially game 3 and 4.

Vol.46 Our Brewers Playoff Roadtrip Experience

2011-10-03T14:20:29Z

Ron and Chad took the trip down to Milwaukee to watch the first two Brewers home playoff games. They tell of their weekend while driving back on I94, talking getting drunk, watching baseball and if Hooters should be called Butt-ers. We also talk playoff beards v. playoff

Podcast Vol.45 Holy Shizer, Back On a Winning Streak

2011-09-18T22:36:21Z

Caution: This one is very explicit at times.
Ron, Bryan and Andy talk about the Brewers winning streak, Mat Gamel's issues, and playoffs. Then the get way off topic talking about porn, how the video 2 girls 1 cup came about and other disgusting things. Ron gives out his number and we finish off the pod asking for your help with a upcoming game for the podcast.

Your guide to the Brewers slide.

2011-09-15T03:52:39Z

Just in case you are running out of excuses to blame the slump on, here is a refresher course. I'll go bulletpoint to save a lot of typing.

Prince told the media this is most likely his last year in Milwaukee.
They waited to long to bring Weeks back, and are puscifying him now that he is back.
Yuni.
Casey.
K-Rod whining to the media about not closing games.
Our manager is stubborn and plays bad players despite the fact that they have sucked for a month straight.
Lawrie is killing it in Toronto, and this outing by Marcum proves the trade was a very bad idea.
The Brewers aren't getting attention now that the Packers are back.
Our draft picks waited too long to sign.
Miller Park Drunk doesn't post enough new stories on his site.
The Beer Pen Podcast doesn't get enough listeners (seriously download that shit).
Nyjer Morgan needs to stop the antics, they are a distraction.
All the "beast mode" antics have cursed the team.
Braun is too worried about a batting title.

All excuses I've heard or will be hearing about soon. Some of them real, some not. Please don't use more than two of these excuses in the same conversation though, the Brewers playoff chances depend on it (or at least my sanity does).

Thank you.
Ronald

Podcast Vol.44 Dying To Win a Game

2011-09-12T11:22:04Z

Ron, Bryan and Chad discuss Jerry Kill, the recent Brewers struggles and revisit our preseason predictions. Ron gives out his new Miller Lite "un-manly" commercial idea involving a bear attack.

Enjoy.

Podcast Vol.43 What's Your (magic) Number

2011-09-06T01:54:40Z

Ron, Bryan and Andy discuss September callups, postseason rosters and magic numbers. We discuss the rest of the season and briefly talk about the Badgers stomping of UNLV and the Packers signing Sitton to an extension.

Thanks for listening.
Ronald

Podcast Vol.42 Ribbon Boarding

2011-08-03T04:57:29Z

Ron and Chad come back after a couple of months off and discuss Tony La Russa's claims of the Crew cheating. We also talk trade deadlines, Randy Moss retiring, summer movies and have a few chuckles. Enjoy.

What kind of team are we?

2011-07-01T03:53:47Z

The Brewers are obviously bad on the road and pretty amazing at home, we have seen this and heard about it all year. It's getting old, but until they can consistently win on the road, we'll hear about it over and over. Aside from a complete lack of offense and abysmal starting pitching we aren't all that bad away from home. I got bored and looked back at all of our series' so far and here is who we have won and lost them against.

Series wins
Braves
Cubs
Pirates
Phillies
Astros
Padres
Pirates
Rockies
Giants
Nationals
Marlins
Cards
Twins

Series Losses
Reds
Nationals
Reds
Braves
Cards
Reds
Mets
Cubs
Red Sox
Rays
Yankees

What does this mean? We are very streaky. We all know this and looking at the list it is very apparent we don't have any clue what the team will do on any given series. We have beaten some great teams and got spanked by some bad ones. We also split a two game series with the Dodgers and Padres.

I was hoping to record a podcast prior to the Twins series this weekend but it's been 60 days since we last recorded and who knows if it will happen any time soon. Keep your fingers crossed, I have been cooking up some good games to play during the pods. It's just a matter of getting the time to do them. We will be at the Friday night game and Saturday night game, we will record and review our time over there.

Ronald

Quick Movie Reviews

2011-06-17T02:29:09Z

First off, let me apologize for the lack of new posts. Baseball is a lot easier to write about in the offseason when there is no baseball to watch. The Brewers have been playing pretty good lately, aside from the abortion in Chicago. They went into today tied for first place with the Cards, but Zack wasn't Zack and they lost. Another reason I haven't been posting is all the movie watching I've been doing thanks to Netflix. Plus the work, family and nice weather have kept me plenty busy. Here are some quick reviews of movies I've watched lately, including a quick summery (without spoilers) and my take on it.

Killers (starring Ashton Kutcher, Katherine Heigl, Tom Selleck) C-
It's about a guy who falls in love with a girl. They get married and he gets sucked back into his old life, he thought he had abandoned. It was pretty bad, but did have some kinda funny parts. It was a bad version of Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Neither "stars" were very good, but Tom Selleck's mustache made it worth watching.

Scorched (starring Alicia Silverstone, Woody Harrelson) D
A bunch of people work in a bank and it gets robbed. It becomes a "who dunnit" type of comedy. Calling it a comedy is kind of an insult to comedies. Silverstone was slightly better as Batgirl, if anybody gets the reference and I've finally seen a Harrelson movie I'd like to forget.

Naked Ambition (starring a bunch of porn stars) DD
A celebrity photographer, Michael Grecco goes to Vegas to take pictures and make a documentary about the Adult Video Awards. Not a very good doc, and nothing to spank it too.

Sunshine Cleaning (starring Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Steve Zahn) B-
Strapped for cash a maid starts cleaning up murder and suicide scenes with her sister, and her crazy family is never out of the picture. Pretty good movie, funny stuff and a good story. I'd check it out, gets sappy towards the end, but it's kinda a chick flick.

Howard the Duck (starring a guy in a duck costume, Lea Thompson, Tim Robbins) C
Howard the Duck is taken from his duck planet and brought to earth, watch as he tries to figure out how and why is on Earth. I'm a sucker for comic book movies, especially Marvel movies. This is a campy movie from the 80s, which is also a plus. The only reason I'm giving it a decent grade is because of the duck boobs in the first five minutes or so.

Predators (starring Adrian Brody, Topher Grace, Danny Trejo) C
A bunch of people are taken from Earth and released on a planet where they are the game and the Predators are the hunters. If you go into it thinking it's going to be cheesy and gory. You won't be disappointed, it was a bad movie but entertaining off and on. The action was good but the story was lacking. Go figure. I liked it more than I let on to the wife, who hated it. She called it unrealistic, mainly because the Predators bled green ooze.

That's all for now, hope that helped you decide to watch or avoid that cluster of movies. I am now going to update my queue and watch Resident Evil Apocalypse. Wish me luck.

Ronald

A week later, I miss you Milwaukee...

2011-05-30T22:26:00Z

It's been a week since we were in Milwaukee to watch the Brewers sweep the Rockies, and as fun as it was I'm glad to be back home with the family. One weekend a summer I make my way down to Brew City to get away from everyday life and take in three games with the guys. This year was no different and we planned on making our biggest weekend yet, nine guys and a chick.

Friday morning came and we left my place in Baldwin at around 10 A.M. and made the long drive down I94. This was the first year we had to take two vehicles. A member our our crew decided to start drinking at nine in the morning so we made three more stops than usual as his small bladder couldn't contain itself. The drinking came back to haunt him and another guy in the form of a 200.50 dollar open container ticket after being pulled over for speeding. At least the driver wasn't drinking and got away with speeding. After the forty five minute delay from being pulled over, the two vehicles were back on track and almost to Milwaukee. We arrived at the same Super 8 (Wauwatosa) that we always stay at, checked in and headed to the stadium for some tailgating. The first night we packed 10 people into the mini van and headed to the game. The game started at seven and we got to the general parking lot at four when it opened. We always park in general parking, fuck preferred. I look at preferred parking as the lot for the yuppies, pussies and families. Grilling up 20+ brats on a small travel grill takes some talent and patience. They were tasty as were the Busch Lights. You can't go wrong with 30 beers for 15 dollars. The bean bags were tossed, most guys went in around a hour early. Four of us sat by the van and pounded a few more beers and headed in just in time to see the first pitch. What a hell of a first game for the weekend too, 14 inning game won by a Fielder walk off home run. Each time we got down, we would hit a homer to tie it up. First was McGehee, the Bet in the thirteenth, followed by Prince's game ending dinger. The only downfall to such a great game to be there for was the stopping of beer sales after the seventh inning. I was sober by the twelfth inning. The crowd wasn't real big to begin with and had really emptied out around the twelfth inning too. Bryan and myself decided to go down and get a better view on the rail, and heckle Davey Nelson. We were giving Davey and Craig shit about being up past their bedtime and other forgettable obscenities as the pre and post game show is taped right under our section in right field. The Prince Fielder bomb in the 14th inning went sailing over our heads and we were on Sportscenter's top plays dancing like idiots. After the game, we went back to the parking lot, re-heated a few brats, had a few beers and headed back to the hotel. Some of the guys stayed up and drank and hit a Perkins, but not this guy.

Saturday came and started with a slight hangover. Not being able to sleep in, I was sure that my room mates wouldn't either. Seven o'clock rolled around and I woke Chad up looking for the tv remote, soon enough Bryan and Andy were up in the other rooms and looking for breakfast. We got almost everybody together and headed to the same Perkins some guys were at around five hours before. After a delicious breakfast we headed to the Brookfield mall. I didn't find anything I needed, but they did have some cool shit. We headed back to the hotel to figure out the rest of the day, but it started raining and put a damper on walking around down town and going to a brewery tour. We also decided against going to Braun's restaurant as we heard it was overpriced and not that great of food. I would still like to try it, I heard the same about Brett Favre's Steakhouse and I liked thought it was good food and decent prices. Maybe next year for Graffito, if it's still there. It was getting close to tailgating time and was still pouring so we decided on Hooters for lunch instead of grilling. Boobs, ass, wings, drinks and fish tacos hit the spot. Then it hit me, the food and drinks from the night before were bubbling up and ready to make a hasty exit. I tried my damdest to finish my last three wings before I went to shit my brains out, but could only get one of the three down. I cleared out my system in a timely fashion and went back out to finish my wings. We then headed to the parking lot to start drinking again and the sun came out. We didn't get rained on and met up with some chicks from our hometown that were down on a girls weekend. We had a few with them and headed into the game. We sat under Bernie's slide in left field in the "splash zone" and got sprayed a couple times. Another good game to watch, I'm glad we got to see Greinke and Marcum pitch. After the game we drank in the lot until it cleared out, we then headed back to the hotel to meet up and hit the bars. After a long drawn out ride and a driver in the women's car that couldn't keep up, the women ended up going back to their hotel and we went to the bar without their lame asses. It's too bad, they would've been fun to drink with but their driver ruined it. Oh, well. We walking down to Kips. It was surprisingly a full house. We hit up Kips every year, it's a great hole in the wall dive bar with cheap beer. Can't beat it if you don't want to shake your ass in the club. I got bored and went back to the hotel, Bryan came with and I ordered pizza and cheesy bread from Toppers. I don't know why, I ended up falling asleep twice before it showed up. I ate the cheesy bread, which was delicious and one piece of pizza before I passed out.

Sunday came and it was time to pack up the vehicles and get ready to go to the park. And what would a Sunday in Milwaukee be without some van troubles. Last year it was a flat tire, this year it was a dead battery, which we also had after the Friday night game. Friday night we traded a jump in the parking lot for a third of a bottle of Jack. The sun was out Sunday and I got toasted. We grilled up a bunch of burgers and headed into the game. We sat in the front row in right center field in the loge bleachers, right next to the Tundra Territory. It was another great game to watch as Wolf looked really good. We took our McGehee bobbleheads and headed out after the game was done. I always say I would never leave a game early, but after sitting in the worst parking lot traffic I've encountered Sunday, I can see why people do. We sat there for at least an hour before making our way to horrible traffic on I94. Traffic had just started clearing when an old lady in front of me locked up her brakes and I rear ended her. I was a couple of car lengths back and the ol' mini van just couldn't make the stop. At the last second I realized I was going to crush her, and avoided doing so by turning into the concrete barrier. I barely hit her and her car only had a small scratch and a loose bumper, but the van had a dented bumper, broken headlight cover, dented hood, quarter panel and my dignity. After filling out paperwork for forty five minutes, we were on our way again. A long drive home through the rain and we arrived back in Baldwin, safe-ish and ready to sleep in my own bed.

I miss you Milwaukee, but you are a mistress I can only handle once (maybe twice) a year.

Top Things I learned this year in Milwaukee.
1. No chicks allowed, sorry bro but won't happen again. I think it was Beyonce that said it best, " I don't want no drama, no no no drama."
2. Hooters is a great alternative to grilling out.
3. Kips never fails.
4. Planning a trip this big is a fucking headache.
5. Four dudes in one hotel room makes it impossible to find time to spank the monkey.

Ronald

Vol.41 Brewers April 2011 Review

2011-05-02T02:58:00Z

Ron and Chad discuss the first month of season for Milwuakee. It's the first time we go an entire episode without cussing (I think). Listen to Chad's heart break when Ron tries to bring up the Vikings draft flub.