Film & Whiskey
Film & Whiskey: The Ultimate Whiskey and Movie Review Podcast Lifelong friends Brad and Bob combine their love for movies and whiskey in this hilarious and insightful show. Each episode pairs a classic film with a new whiskey review, offering fresh takes for cinephiles, whiskey lovers, and fans of movie reviews alike. Whether you’re a seasoned whiskey drinker or just starting out, Film & Whiskey delivers expert analysis, witty banter, and plenty of laughs. Subscribe now for your go-to whiskey and movie review podcast that’s perfect for fans of great movies, good drinks, and better conversations.
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Film & Whiskey
Film & Whiskey: The Ultimate Whiskey and Movie Review Podcast
Lifelong friends Brad and Bob combine their love for movies and whiskey in this hilarious and insightful show. Each episode pairs a classic film with a new whiskey review, offering fresh takes for cinephiles, whiskey lovers, and fans of movie reviews alike.
Whether you’re a seasoned whiskey drinker or just starting out, Film & Whiskey delivers expert analysis, witty banter, and plenty of laughs. Subscribe now for your go-to whiskey and movie review podcast that’s perfect for fans of great movies, good drinks, and better conversations.
Recent Episodes
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Sept. 1, 2026
Buster Keaton's "The General" + Stillman's Sonder 10 Year Bourbon
Buster Keaton directed and starred in The General (1926), a Civil War train chase turning 100 this year. Bob came in expecting a polite "important silent film" rewatch and left raving about the audacity of it. The pour is Stillman's Sonder 10 Year Bourbon from Dancing Goat Distillery, MGP-distilled and finished in North American and Andean oak. For longer episodes and special bonus content, consider joining our Patreon for as little as $3/mo! Film & Whiskey Instagram Film & Whiskey Facebook
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Aug. 28, 2026
Episode 500: (500) Days of Podcast / Bardstown Bourbon Company Lochs of Jura
Bob and Brad celebrate 500 episodes of Film & Whiskey by looking back at seven years of movies, arguments, favorite discoveries, listener memories, infamous hot takes, and the community that somehow grew around their weekly conversations. They also mark the occasion with Bardstown Bourbon Company Lochs of Jura, a complex bourbon-and-rye blend finished for 32 months in casks previously used for Scotch from the Isle of Jura. For longer episodes and special bonus content, consider joining our Pat
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Aug. 18, 2026
Frankenstein (1931) & Bride of Frankenstein: A Double Feature + Sagamore Spirit Rye
Bob and Brad tackle the show's first double feature, watching James Whale's Frankenstein (1931) and Bride of Frankenstein (1935) back-to-back alongside Sagamore Spirit Bottled in Bond Rye, and end up split on nearly everything. On the original, Bob calls it a landmark rather than a great film and praising mainly its craft, while on the sequel Brad sees a campy cash grab that lampoons the first film. For longer episodes and special bonus content, consider joining our Patreon for as little as $3
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Aug. 11, 2026
King Kong (2005) Review / SHĀNG East + West Kentucky Blend
Bob and Brad revisit Peter Jackson’s King Kong (2005), over two decades after fourteen-year-old Bob called it “about as damn perfect of a movie as you can get.” They agree that the film’s final two hours remain extraordinary, but sharply divide over whether its first hour provides essential character development or desperately needs trimming. Along the way, they examine King Kong as distinctly American folklore, how Peter Jackson shifted audience sympathy from the Depression-era expedition to K
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Aug. 4, 2026
King Kong (1933) + SHĀNG Dàn Yǎ Whiskey: Season 11 Week 4
Bob and Brad revisit 1933's King Kong and find it isn't just a landmark, but the full- formed template of the adventure movie itself, right down to the Jurassic Park structural blueprint Spielberg would lift sixty years later. Plus, a genuinely strange whiskey pairing: SHĀNG Dàn Yǎ, a first-of-kind jiàngxiāng whiskey that takes sauce-aroma baijiu from China, redistills it, and ages the result in charred American oak. At 100 proof and $64.99, it splits the hosts harder than almost anything this
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July 28, 2026
The Wild Robot + Bernheim Wheat Whiskey with Lee Diaz: Season 11 Week 3
The first Let's Make It a Double chain of Season 11 closes with Bob's Pick, The Wild Robot, one of his favorite animated films of the last few years, and a first-time watch for guest and five-time co-host Lee Diaz of ReserveBar. The whiskey pairing is Heaven Hill's Bernheim Original Wheat Whiskey, a category the show has barely explored. The conversation about what The Wild Robot does spectacularly well and where it fumbles is one of the sharper animated-film breakdowns of the run so far. For l
July 24, 2026
Barleycorn Awards Spring 2026 Winners with Founder John McCarthy
Bob and Brad drop a guest episode with John McCarthy, founder of the John Barleycorn Society, to walk through the full Spring 2026 Barleycorn Awards, including the biggest upset of the season in both Best Bourbon and Best Spirit of Spring 2026. John explains how Barleycorn's remote-first judging format works, reveals every category winner from Chivas 18 to Uncle Nearest to Dogfish Head to Starlight, and gets Bob and Brad on record with their individual favorites from the samples they score, incl
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July 21, 2026
Big Hero 6: Bob's First-Time Watch + Green River Toasted Double Oak
Season 11 rolls into Week 2 with the second film in the season's first Let's Make It a Double chain, and it's a genuine rarity: Big Hero 6 is Bob's first-time watch, only the third film in F&W history that Bob is coming in cold on (Scott Pilgrim and Secondhand Lions are the other two). Pair that with a new limited release from Green River Distillery Select — an 8-year, 115.1-proof toasted double oak that lands squarely on opposite sides of Bob and Brad's palates — and the result is one of the we
July 19, 2026
The Odyssey (2026) Reaction: Nolan's Most Ambitious and Most Pessimistic Film Yet
Bob and Brad drop a bonus episode to react to Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey — Bob's seen it twice and lays out a full theory of late-period Nolan as a career-long meditation on deception scaling from the individual (Memento) to the civilizational (Oppenheimer, now this), landing at 8.5/10. Brad went on a friend's fifteen-minute-notice invitation the night before, having just reread the poem, and comes in at 7/10 — arguing Nolan strips the Odyssey of its color and intimacy in service of a theme
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July 14, 2026
The Incredibles (2004) + Bardstown Bourbon Company Mars: Season 11 Premiere & New Format Reveal
Season 11 begins, and Bob and Brad have finally cracked the format they've been chasing for ten seasons. The plan: 10 canon-level films across the year, each one kicking off a three-movie mini-program built by chaining "Let's Make It a Double" picks. They use the premiere to establish the rules, knock back a Bardstown Distillery Reserve release that lands at a rare 45/50 from both hosts, and make the unanimous case that The Incredibles is the best superhero movie ever made — full stop, not just
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About the Hosts
Bob Book
Host
Bob grew up watching movies of all kinds, mostly with his dad. In high school, he became a fully-fledged film nerd, making and watching films regularly. He's since cooled it on his dreams to be Spielberg, and instead loves to teach about and discuss film with anyone who will listen.
Brad Gee
Brad was also introduced to movies by his dad, but has a much different movie education: classic Hollywood and Westerns are right up his alley. Brad hasn't seen many of the films discussed on the podcast, and part of the fun is in hearing his unbiased take.
Recent Blog Posts
Aug. 11, 2026
SHANG East + West Kentucky Blend Review: A $46 Baijiu-Whiskey Experiment?
Updated: August 2026 The short answer: SHĀNG East + West Kentucky Blend is a 92-proof (46% ABV) blend of SHĀNG's jiàngxiāng whiskey (a sauce-aroma baijiu from China's Chìshuǐ River basin, redistilled and aged in American oak) with a proprietary red…
Aug. 11, 2026
SHĀNG Dàn Yǎ Review: Is This $65 Baijiu Whiskey Worth Trying?
Updated: August 2026 The short answer: SHĀNG Dàn Yǎ is a 100-proof, red-sorghum baijiu whiskey matured in charred American oak for one month to just under a year. A 500 mL bottle costs $64.99. Its floral, citrus, medicinal, and savory profile div…
July 28, 2026
Whiskey Review: Bernheim Original 7-Year Wheat Whiskey
The short answer: Bernheim Original 7-Year is Heaven Hill's flagship wheat whiskey, bottled at 90 proof with a mash bill of 51% wheat, 37% corn, and 12% barley. MSRP runs $30 to $35 for a 750 mL bottle. It's a pleasant, low-complexity introduction t…
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