How did you guys come up with the idea for Beerfest?
PAUL SOTER: They sent us to Australia to promote Super Troopers. They had us do all sorts of crazy stuff. They sent us to a big beer fest. We got there and we were supposed to talk about our movie, but it turned into a chugging competition, which turned into arm wrestling, which it then got weird so they had to shuttle us out of there. We’re like, beer festivals are crazy, totally fucking crazy. It’s a funny world and it’s fun to put a bunch of people together, and everybody should get as drunk as they can, and compete in whatever there is to compete with. We were so tickled with the idea that we wondered, what if we were on some kind of beer drinking team and we competed against guys in other countries. STEVE LEMME: We loved being in Australia but it’s funny because nobody knew who we were. They were sending us around in our Super Troopers costumes, including an appearance at a tire store opening, and they would say, “These are the ‘Super Troopers’ and they’re from America.” People wo
