When they aren’t making shaky business deals with billionaires or fighting for their startup’s survival, the five computer programmers in Silicon Valley are constantly drinking craft beer and smoking out of elaborate bongs. Hell, why shouldn’t they — it’s not like they’re working in some buttoned-up corporate office. Building their own company means living and working together in the same cramped and cluttered house (the so-called “Hacker Hostel”) with total freedom to get as drunk or high as they please. Look deeper into each episode, and you’ll notice frequent name-drops of real-life companies and people, sprinkled in by the show’s creators, Mike Judge, Alec Berg, Dave Krinsky, Michael Rotenberg and Tom Lassally. The show’s opening title sequence is packed with references to real Silicon Valley occurrences. Many of the show’s easter eggs are outspoken and obvious (references to Apple, Facebook or Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey), while others, like homages to favorite craft beer breweries and head shops, are harder to catch.
We binged all three seasons to bring you the best beers and bongs of the show, so you can party like a Silicon Valley programmer.
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Season 1, Episode 1
“Let’s just think different. Uh, don’t think different, that’s Apple. Umm, let’s just — let’s just do it. I know that’s Nike. Fuck it, I don’t know. Let’s make it happen.” — Richard
