“Are you beer people or film people?” Dogfish Head Brewery founder Sam Calagione asked a small crowd at a mixer Saturday. After a resounding “both,” Calagione said “Yeah, I think they’re usually the same type of people.”

That fusion of cinematic splendor and bold brews is the premise behind Off-Centered Film Festival, an annual celebration hosted by the Alamo Drafthouse and Dogfish Head, that takes the brewery’s slogan, “Off-centered ales for off-centered people,” and makes it apply to films too.

Strange Brew Beer Party

This year’s festival opened with a beer party at Republic Square Park showing the Canadian slacker classic “The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew” on the Alamo’s signature inflatable Rolling Roadshow screen. Dogfish Head, as well as eight local breweries, were on hand to dish out some off-centered brews during the film.

Live Oak brewery surprised taste buds with its “Chipotle Liberation Ale,” where initial notes of citrus and hops soon gave way to a “burns so good” aftertaste. Ranger Creek certainly won the award for longest beer title with the unveiling of the “Port Barrel-Aged La Bestia Aimable Belgian-Style Dark Strong Ale,” a high alcohol content beer that was aged in a port barrel at a Texas Hill Country winery.

Before the screening, competitors faced off against Calagione himself in a jelly donut-eating contest. Spectators then sunk into their lounge chairs and sprawled out on their blankets to watch actors Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas’ beer-fueled hijinks on screen. After the film, the brewers came before the crowd to answer questions about their craft.

Wet Hot American Summer

Comedy enthusiasts gathered at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar Friday for a screening of the film “Wet Hot American Summer,” which takes place on the last day of camp at a fictional Jewish summer camp and was a critical and commercial flop when it was released in 2001. But the film has gone on to inspire a cult following.

Many consider the off-centered comedy to have been ahead of its time, a claim that may hold some clout considering its impressive roster of stars, including Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler, Bradly Cooper and Elizabeth Banks, who have all gone on to become comedy icons.

Guests, including the famous face of “Superbad,” star Michael Cera, packed in to the theater for a rare chance to see the film on the big screen.

One of the film’s stars, Joe Lo Truglio, most known for his role on the MTV sketch comedy show “The State” and bit roles in films like “Pineapple Express” and “Superbad” was on hand to introduce the film and participate in a Q&A with his former college roommate, Calagione.

The post-film dialogue was as off-centered as the festival itself and soon degenerated into a hilarious repartee of stories from the good old days, with highlights including brewing Dogfish Head’s first batch of beer, life on the set of Wet Hot American Summer and urinating into sports drink bottles.