The phrase “Winter is Here” may send a chill through Game of Thrones fans’ heart as the Night King stares out from promos and trailers in advance of season 7. However, in HBO’s next partnership with Brewery Ommegang, “Winter is Here” denotes something much more delicious. For those of you who have drained your bottles […]
Continue reading →Arriving in stores, your front porch, or your very best dreams is the newest beer in the Game of Thrones series from Brewery Ommegang and HBO Global Licensing: Bend the Knee Golden Ale. “Pils malt, flaked oats, Saaz, Bravo, and Styrian Golding hops all work together to create a beer that’s equally as complex and […]
Continue reading →Game of Thrones’ Ommegang brews have long serenaded me with their siren song, the deep, gleaming bottles standing in rows of store shelves like delicious sentinels, waiting for me to rescue them from their retail prisons. Therefore it was with great jubilation that I tried the Valar Dohaeris/Valar Morghulis Gift Pack that was released this […]
Continue reading →Fellow Ommegang beer fans: exciting news! Hitting the shelves of your nearest friendly stores could be the newest addition to the lineup of Game of Thrones beverages, a tripel ale (!!!) inspired by Arya’s fraughtful journey through Braavos. Brewery Ommegang and HBO Global Licensing are introducing a new beer and bringing back a previous brew: Valar […]
Continue reading →Hello, fair readers of Watchers on the Wall! This is your final roundup of videos for the season. What do our Unsullied think? Book readers? What does the spectrum of viewpoints include? How about speculation for next season? Since none of us basically knows what’s going to happen, I for one am ready to board the […]
Continue reading →We made it! Episode 9! Hooray! Anecdotally, the bar I watch the show at regularly erupted in cheering and yells and this time it wasn’t just me. Were our video people as excited about this episode as us plebeians? Let’s see! So many thumbnails in which Jon is adorable despite his imprisoned mane. Ozzy Man, […]
Continue reading →Another week of Game of Thrones before the iconic Episode 9! We saw Brienne reunite with the other half of the Official Game of Thrones Ship in the flesh (unfortunately not Tormund), ish getting real in Meereen, Dany busting back on the scene, not LSH whomp-whomp, and more! This week’s videos! Ozzy Man
Continue reading →This was an interesting week for fans of the books, with new characterizations, confirmation that Sandor lives in the showverse (but isn’t gravedigging), Wun-Wun down for some Bolton asskicking, Margaery passing notes, and Ian McShane returning to an HBO show and not saying his [in]famous Deadwood word that is probably unprintable here. So what did […]
Continue reading →Welcome to another week of a collection of videos recapping and reflecting on Game of Thrones! I want to give a quick shoutout to the people I met at Balticon this past weekend, from the kind folks at History of Westeros and Radio Westeros, to our friend BryndenBFish and Hannah of Game of Owns (apologies to […]
Continue reading →As one of the last posts of the week dissecting Episode 5, there’s not much more I can say that hasn’t been delved into over the past few days. Luckily I have a slate of reviewers, commentators, and experts to provide insight on the show! See how our video offerings parse “The Door.” Because we […]
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