Alemerica the Brewtiful

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Welcome in, everybody, to the craft beer republic. Thanks for drinking. Thanks for joining. I am Greg. I'm being joined, but I don't know what the hell is. Is he pumping himself up? What are you doing? Like, frank the tank thing, old school. And you would go. I thought you're like pumping yourself up for a match or something. Yeah, same thing. Yeah, yeah, same, same. Yeah. Follow us, bros at craft beer Republican. Of course we weren't gonna do underscores.

I know, I. It made me laugh, so I said it. And never again, bro. I hate. I hate when people say bro. This is an off air conversation that we were having and how much we hate when people say bro. Flex me beer underscores in between aircraft. Lots to get to today. It's 3 July. As this releases 4 July weeks, we got some 4 July fun facts. Yeah, talk a little. Fourth fun fact, we've got a voicemail. We got some news and so much more. So let's stop wasting time and get right into it. I am drinking.

I think this actually ended up in my fridge, thanks to intern Brian. So thanks, intern Brian. Well, this is recover the pieces 100% Simcoe cryo IPA from institution beer company.

Ale company. Excuse me. Out near me in Camarillo, California. 6.8% 65 ip use ibus and a 385 on untapped. And they say absolutely nothing. And I am so excited. There's no son of a gun. But on the can, it does say the hops used are Simcoe pellets. Simcoe cryo malt was pale Maris otter, white wheat and caramel, and a California yeast strain. You really had me fooled. Pre show. When you were reading the description, you were like, oh, Mandy, this description. Fucking doozy lame.

I got you good, you fucker. What do we get on the schnoz? Schnoz is real light. Just a hint of like, that piney dank, but really, really, really light. I'm gonna dig in the old tongue jobber. It's working a little better this week. We need to teach you some things. That was like a kid's toy lawnmower that you pull. That was terrible. The bubbles that comes out of it. Yes. So it's definitely got a little bit that dankiness on the tongue as the nose had.

But it's really light, both in flavor and mouth feel. And I don't mean like pillowy light, but like, good carbonate. It's clearly a west. You can see it's clear and west colored and all that stuff, but really dances across the tongue quickly. Colored. It's west colored. That's a crayon, by the way. West, you know, it finishes nice and dry, so you kind of want to go back for more and. Yeah, there's just not a lot. It's simple. There's not a lot too. There's one fucking hop in it, so how.

How crazy could it be? You just get all Simcoe, little dank, not a lot of fruit on it. Easy to drink. Yeah, I rarely get that from Simcoe, too, so I. I get it. Yeah. So there you go. Um, have you done any research lately? Any. Any good spots you've been checking out? Any, um. I'm pretty terrible at that. I did go to the Eagle park anniversary party. Oh. Um, they had a, you know, big, big gathering every year.

They do it in their parking lot. And it's like an all day thing, too. It's like 12:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. so come anytime. It was like a six dollar ticket. Um, you know, just to give a little money to them. And kitchen was open, beers are open. They had vendor tents, they had live music all day. Um, the 7th anniversary IPA, and it was like seven different hops. And it was like a pound of each hop or.

I can't remember what they said, but, uh, you know, I heard they recently decided to add more hops to it. Um, so, yeah, I mean, it turned out to be a really good time. My butcher shop that I work for actually, uh, did their beer brats that they serve. Oh, nice. So they dropped off a twelve pack of their dunkle, and then we poured the twelve pack into

the liver. Bratwurst? Yeah, the bratwurst and one can went. Into the brats and the rest went into the crew. Right? I wish. That dunkle's fucking good. It is, like, super buttery. Oh, and so smooth. It is unreal, to tell you the truth. But, uh, the brats turned out great. Uh, my wife actually ended up having one and she said it was very, very good. Is she notoriously not a fan of beer? Not notorious is an understanding.

So the fact that she liked it, uh, it was great, but no, we actually brought the whole family up. Me, the kids, uh, the wife. And we didn't stay very long because I'm not going to keep my family around while I just drink beer. And they sure don't watch you. But, yeah, we did enough of the party to have a good time, and. Yeah, it was great. I love those guys. Yeah. Yeah. Shocker, right? I know. Who knew? You're never there. So weird. Yeah, we got there late too, so I missed some people.

I knew that we're going, but. But still, it was nice to just be a part of it, you know? Keep giving to a place I've given to for goshen years now. Yeah, that's cool. It's nice. It's good. They're still going. And I'm jelly. About those fucking brats, man. Yeah, they're delicious. When we made them at the shop too, we. You know, when you're making the brats, you usually have, like, a little bit of excess meat leftover that won't fill, like a whole batch. Oh, sure.

So then the guys put a couple patties together, and then we baked them off so we were able to taste it before giving the product away. Well, you gotta qc it too, right? You have to. Absolutely. So we were just noshin on some beer, brought patties the day they were made. They were fucking great. That's fucking amazing. Sounds delicious. Yeah. I'm a lucky guy, I tell you. You are a lucky guy. Sticking all those wieners in your mouth.

Understatement. Before I forget, top listening city of last week, New York City, New York. Oh, hey. Big ass first. Yeah. I was pleasantly surprised. Every time I think of New York, I think of a teenage mutant ninja Turtles in time.

Are they going to say pace picantes also? Nope. And it's the first level is Big Apple 03:00 a.m. it's right. And you know what I'm talking about. Oh, I absolutely do. You're a huge turtles guy. And it's like, slightly echoed the big app. Big Apple 03:00 a.m. yeah. And then you beat the fly guy. What's his name? I don't remember the fly guy. He was Baxter. Yeah. He was hardly in the show, but, like, a huge part of the video game. So weird. Well, level one, not a huge.

Yeah, but I mean, he's like the first boss. You gotta get through. You think somebody before they get back to your kane. I'll look it up. That tracks. He turns into the fly. Yeah. So makes New York City. Like Jeff Goldblum. Like Jeff Goldblum, yes, but not a. Jeff Goldblum show, so. No, not yet at least. I did a little research last week. Had to go up north to San Francisco for work. Did not get a chance to hit up a psycho bear but I was.

I was there for less than a day. Went up and back, same day, which was, oh, my God, that was fucking miserable. How treacherous is that? I didn't realize how bad it was going to be. Like, I had to leave my house at, like, 630. I didn't get back home till ten. It's like, ugh, that's horrible. It was. I. One out of ten do not recommend. But as we were leaving the job site, the. My, sort of. My boss person was like, hey, you want to get something to eat? And I was like, yeah, I got enough time.

And he's like, hey, you want, you know, chinese food? What do you feel? You know, San Francisco has a great Chinese, um, Chinatown. Sorry. Has a great Chinatown. And so if you want some chinese food, man, San Francisco is the place to go. But I was like, you know what? We did that last time. I think we're down the street from 21st Amendment. Are we? He was like, oh, yeah, we totally are. Like, let's go check out 21st amendment. I've never been to the brewery. Oh, okay.

So we went and, you know, had had a usage. Had a cobb salad, he had some chicken sandwich. Food was good. I had a, you know, they had the line of brew. Was it brew free or die or whatever? Their IPA series, and it's a whole series. It's West coast. They got a hazy. They got a cold ipa. They got a fruity fucking ballast point style IPA.

I had their hazy. The brew for your diet, hazy. It was. It was pretty, you know, pretty serviceable hazy. Pretty decent hazy. Not bad at all. But where I was disappointed was their tap list was just their core beers. You. Yeah, it's all shit. I mean, the hazy was the only one I had never had from their core. That's why I ordered it. I was like, that's it. You got, like, you got any hidden beers not on your menu or anything? Like, oh, no, this is our tap list. Like. Like, seven beers, or.

It was pretty short tap list for such a big brewery. What a huge bummer. Yeah. So I don't know if their other locations have more beers on tap or not, but that was surprisingly disappointing that their lack of diversity, like, half the. Menu, six beers on tap, or what? It was like, six or seven beers. I think half the menu was the brufree or die is, you know, the various ipas from the brief for your dice series.

And then they had, like, a lager, a seltzer, and, like, a mexican lager and something else. Like, it was real, just like, that's it, you guys? That's all you got? Oh, all right. What a bummer. Yeah. So it was a little disappointing there. I'm glad I got to go. It was a cool spot. It's in a cool neighborhood, and the food was good, but maybe the 21st. Amendment says you can only have six beers on tap. Yeah. Fourscore and six beer ago, our forefathers said no variety, so whatever.

Yeah. So I had a beer there, he had two beers there. Went to the airport. My flight got delayed. Now I was back at the Oakland airport, and if you remember, every time at Oakland airport, I'm always finding the Altamont beers. And so I went to my same spot that always has the Altamont cans, and they had a couple of new ones this time, so I had their new pale ale, and my flight got delayed, so then I had a second pale ale. Good for you. Yeah, I was like, I got time to kill.

So I had a couple of beers there, and then finally fucking flew home and got home super late. Good times. Good fucking time. That's the last time I do that. Like, next time, like, you guys gotta put me up overnight. This is right? Brutal. 4 July is coming up. Like we said, you do anything good for 4 July, you got kids that probably still like fireworks and.

Yeah. So this year is gonna be a little different because my new employment, we get off every single holiday, and that was different from my old employment. Oh, yeah. Grocery store. You're working everything every day except Christmas. I'm actually excited this year. No work. Be able to hit up the city parade. You know, the kids love free candy. When the veterans fire off, you know, the guns, they're gonna try and get some bullet casings or the shells that pop out. Oh, okay.

I don't know if they do that anywhere else. Probably do, but they get, like, the rifles, and they blast them off, like, every couple blocks of. And then the shells pop out of. The guns, and they throw as they're cocking the. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And so they're excited for that. Then we usually. We usually bring, like, donuts to the parade, too, or big donut people. All right. That's your hangover food. It is. It is. I haven't been hungover in a while. Haven't eaten it.

Um, but, yeah, donuts usually for 4 July parade. Hang out for a little bit after that, and then if it's nice out, we just head to the in laws and sit in the pool for, like, 3 hours. Sounds glorious. And then it's also, like, the way my birthday falls. It's three days after the fourth, right? So do the math. The 12th.

So with my wife's family, like when we get together on the 4 July, it's like my birthday celebration and 4 July celebration and my father in law's birthday celebration because he also falls in July. So it's like kind of a busy party. Yeah. But yeah, then you know, we go home, kind of relax for a little bit after dinner and usually get to fireworks about hour and a half before they go off just to get a good spot.

And you know, the kids bring games and you know, balls to throw around just to stay occupied and just grab a couple extra beaters, pop up a chair and funny enough, last year when we went to see the fireworks, we were uh, they get let off in the high school football practice field. Okay. So we go to my old high school, pop up a chair in the the lawn in front and we just start drinking beers. And how weird is it to drink beers at your old high school? Like on school property?

Yeah, it's fucking weird. Right? And nobody cares. Like, yeah either. You know, it's like it's. I've done that too for the 4 July and even, I mean technically you're not supposed to, so I'll put it in, in a water bottle or whatever. But I'm like, oh, like people don't care that I'm drinking beer on school property. I didn't even cozy him last year. I just. It's fucking Wisconsin. It's the 4 July. California's a little more stingy on that kind of stuff. Wow. Yeah, it's fucking weird.

Like oh, I'm just, just drinking beer at school. Yeah, it's a normal thing. Yeah, suck it mister Smith. Can't do anything about it now, right? So yeah, I actually really enjoy 4 July. It's actually one of my favorite days of the year. Just for how chill of a day it is. Really? Yeah, like just get a shit ton of sun, drink maybe a few more beers than usual. Um, thank the forefathers. You know we talked about last year. You're trying to work on that or last week?

I mean you're trying to work on that tan. Oh yeah. I'm Bronson up pretty good. Yeah, looking pretty crispy. Well, I didn't even say it on the show last week. I've gotten to the point now where I've been getting home from work and I will try to get all my adult chores done. Like night of or night before, I should say after work. So then when I get my hour lunch break at work. I fly home, strip down, lay out in the backyard for like 30 minutes, set my timer on my

phone. Yeah. It goes off and then I'm talking, like, hanging out in my undies in my backyard, just laying out of. And to get my drone out, timer goes off. Bam. Dress back up, drive to work. That is fantastic. I got to get. Got to get my vitamin A. Daily dose of vitamin D, right? I'll give you a daily dose of. Vitamin D. I was waiting for that setup. Is your wife at home when you do this? No, she works. She's probably think I'm a fucking idiot.

She's like this fucking guy back here running in the door, throwing his clothes off as he's fucking jogging through the kitchen. Well, there was one day, it was like two weeks ago. So we got. I told you, we had like the stretch, like five or 690 degree days in a row. So my wife starts googling, like, inflatable pools. Like just little pools we can get for the patio. Right, right. Just enough for the kids, enough for us.

So she found this one, and it's like a square shape and it has four seats, like, in each corner. So, like, you blow up the cushion, you blow up the backrest, and it's just like this chill little inflatable pool. Yeah. So one day on lunch, I just fucking put on my swimsuit, sat in the pool for 30 minutes. I forgot where she was when she had the kids. She comes home, I'm just like, hanging out in the little kiddie pool on my lunch break.

Oh, no big deal. No, just soaking it up. That's fucking amazing. Yeah, yeah. Don't mind me. Just a. Just above average buff guy, right. Tanning on my lunch break. Yeah, just do a little tannin. Do a little chilling off on the fellas down there and going back to work. Don't mind me. They was cool, let me tell you. I bet they were nice and cool. That's hilarious. Yeah, yeah. I'm just trying to live up the summer as much as possible. I dig it, man. That's the way to fucking do it.

We have a little kiddie pool, too, but. Too. But we don't have, like, a real backyard. We just have, like, a patio. Cause it's a townhome. Okay. And it just fits the patio if we move the furniture off to the side. Okay. So there have been really hot days where I set that thing up and I just sit out there with beer all day. And then, like, when it's time to eat, I'll go grab the. You know, meat or whatever. And I'm literally like, nuts to butts with the barbecue.

So I'm just standing in the pool barbecuing. It's fantastic. There's no better way to barbecue. Yeah. Ankle deep in some water and tongs in one hand, spatula in the other. It's the way to do it. Beer in the cup holder in the pool. Yeah. Does the pool have a cup holder or. No, no, it does not. It's. It's literally like, because we needed to be small. It was the cheapest pool we could find. It doesn't even blow up. It's like the kind with a sort of hard side on it that, like, folds in on itself.

Okay, okay. But, you know, it's enough for the wife and I to sit out there with a couple beers and fucking barbecue. And we need to. So our pool has two cup, you know, it's got four seats, but two cup holders. So when we were filling it up the first day, I said, what the hell is this? I said, we got four seats, only two cup holders. And my oldest daughter goes, well, dad, it's like, it's for family. It's a family pool. So thinking on the COVID she's right. It's a mom and a dad and two kids.

Mm hmm. Kids aren't going to be drinking beers. Oh. So why do they need cup holders? That's true. Capri suns don't fit in those things. No, they do not. That's so funny. She gets it. She gets it. She's so smart. Yeah, smart kid. Oh, that's funny. Well, we, on the other hand, we try to hide for 4 July because the dog is fucking terrified of fireworks. That's right.

Yeah. We considered going somewhere, like finding a quiet place where, like, fire danger is way too high so people wouldn't light off fireworks. Cause it's one thing having the, like the, the professional show, because it goes for 20 minutes and it's over. But the fucking yahoos that, for a week. I can't stand the yahoo. Yeah. A week leading up and then a week after, they're just like, line one.

I think it was last year, maybe year before someone did it in our little alleyway that's behind our house. At least that's what it sounded like. Like we had all our windows open. I was like, oh, my God, that just came from our cars. Jesus. And I ran out, like, barefoot, hardly dressed. I was ready to fucking beat somebody. I was. You are lighting off fireworks near my car. I will ruin you. And I couldn't find anybody? I was. I was so pissed. I was ready for a fucking beatdown. Couldn't find him.

You had to go to the park, go be normal. It's the worst. It's like, if you want to do everything leading up to the big fireworks, fine. Yeah, that's fine. Once wherever you are watching the fireworks, whatever city, you know, they all do about the same time, dusk, as they call it, right? Which nobody still knows when Dusk actually is. Let me just tell you, like, 09:00, but then you get home and it's like 10 30, 11:00 people still shooting fireworks off like bunch of idiots.

And if you're one of those idiots, I'm sorry, but, you know, but fuck you. But some people have kids, some people have dogs. Yeah. Some people are up 3 hours past their bedtime already. Um. Just want to get some fucking sleep, right? Oh, it's so. It's like 1230. You're shooting shit. Oh, I want to beat you so hard. Not in a sexy way. No, not them. No. Anyways, yay. 4 July. So I look forward to it. You don't. That's. Yeah, I mean, you know, whatever. I feel bad that my dog is so freaked out.

We tried to drug him for the first time over New Year's. I didn't even know you could do that. Yeah, you give them, like, the doggy downers, the trez of, I don't know, Trazadal. Trazadone. One of the trazes. And the fireworks were so bad. We were at a friend's house for New Year's and they warned us. They're like, hey, the fireworks are a little rough up here. It's, you know, whatever. And so we talked to the vet, like, hey, can we get some doggy down? I was like, yeah. So we tried it.

We never tried it before. And all it did was make him equally scared and nervous.

Except he couldn't move his body. Oh, so he just shook? Yeah. So he, like, his limbs wouldn't. He was so fucking stoned. Like, he couldn't stand up, he couldn't walk or anything. So then I felt horrible. I'm like, he's still equally scared. He's just high and scared. Like, that's like the worst type of scared. Yeah. He could hardly lift his head. So, like, when we went to bed that night, he never sleeps in the bed with us.

I put him in the bed, I put him on me just to make sure, like, he was breathing because I didn't sleep that night. I was like, we fucking way overdrugged him. We only gave him one. They told us we'd give him one and a half. We only gave him one. And he could, like, hardly move. I was like, I don't fucking think so. We won't be doing that again. Fucking lightweight. Marty. Yeah, I remember my first beer.

So anyways, I don't know, I think this year we'll hang low, watch some, like, action movies real loud to kind of drown out the fireworks a little bit. And it's so funny. Explosions on tv. No fucking problem. Explosions outside. Ah, it's gotta be different for their ears because, you know, dogs. Yeah, maybe it's a pressure thing. Cause, like, the real explosions, I'm sure, cause a little bit of pressure on the ear or, like, a tv explosion, probably not so much, right?

Yeah, I think, like, the sound waves. Yeah, it's like the pressure from the sound waves. Right, right. Air displacement. So anyways, nerd shit. Not an audio show. Actually. It is not so poor anyways. Yeah. So we'll see. We'll see how it goes. Good times. I'm sure I'll have some delicious beverages that day, though. I think early in the day, we'll go dunk the fellas over at Nick and Nicole's house. Do anything fun, like, during the day. Like, you look forward to anything like that.

Yeah. Like, we were talking to them. Like, we told them, like, we're gonna hang low this time. Cause I'm worried. But they're like, we'll come over early, so maybe we'll come over early, dunk the fellas, have an early barbecue. Nick has been so funny. Nick loves hot dogs. Big dick Nick loves hot dogs. Nicole does not eat hot dogs whatsoever. And last week when we was like, I really want some fucking hot dogs, I was like, let's do so for the July hot dogs. We'll come over, we'll dunk the fellas.

We'll leave around, like, 03:00 before the fireworks are 04:00. Whatever. And. And, uh, yeah, call it a day. Doesn't like hot dogs. Yeah, I mean, I don't like the fucking super cheap, gross hot dogs, but, like, give me a good. I'll be frank. And I am here for it. Three corndogs for dinner tonight. You didn't even warm them up. They're still frozen.

I ate them whole. No chewing. Watch out for those splinters, though. Yeah, good times. So anyways, yeah, we'll see. We'll see how it goes, how the fourth progresses. I'm hoping for the best. Same, same, same. So anyways, before we move on, one thing we got to mention.

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It's like, it's sort of a coffee, not replacement. You drink it with your coffee. Like, coffee alone. For me, I'm doing like, two, three, sometimes four cups in the morning. And when I get to that three, I'm like, mmm, maybe I'm doing too many coffees today. So try this after, like, one, and then I'll have one more.

I cap it at two, and I like, it doesn't, like, make you crazy or jittery or, you know, it's not like a red bull or anything like that by any stretch of the imagination, but I find that my coffee lasts longer. I'm not like, fuck, it's noon and I need more coffee or anything like that. I just. It just kind of keeps me status quo throughout the day, and I don't need any more coffee. I don't know. Yeah. So I've been on in a couple days now. Same two days.

Yeah. And I am immediately noticed how less scatterbrained I was. Like, the focus is real. Yeah. You know, it's like, like an all natural memory type deal. Like it, like a brain health type shot. Yeah. The flavor is actually pretty solid. I was kind of nervous on it. Remember I talked about this last time? I was like, look, it's kind of like Red Bull where either you really like it or you really don't like it. Right? I really like it. I don't mind it at all.

But it's like, I've seen people take, like, those healthy shots, right? They get, like, the ginger shots, wheatgrass, whatever. And they have to plug their nose. And, you know, even doing that, they still gag. This is about maybe takes half a second to drink. Yeah. One little shot. One little shot down the gullet. Get some of that matcha flavor. It's an ingredient in there. And pretty strong flavor. I enjoy it, actually. And it definitely keeps me, like, even keel, like, calm minded, focused.

I'm actually kind of shocked, to tell you the truth. Yeah, you didn't get to try it last time. Like, that's what I'm always. My favorite part is it's not like some big jolt of energy. You're not going to, like, run around like a cokehead for the rest of the day, but you get that just kind of even keeled, and it's like, all right, I'm feeling. I'm feeling good. I don't need more coffee or I don't need a Red Bull or anything like that. Feeling good. I'm focusing.

I'm doing my work, or, you know, getting my tanning in the pool going or whatever it is. Sometimes that takes some focus. So I was a bit skeptical on this. It actually kind of blew my magic mind. And in about a. See what you did there, I got nerdy on it. I looked into, like, what was in it that makes the caffeine last. I'm going to screw up this name royally, but it's the l theanine, apparently, that is supposed to make the coffee help last all day. Whatever. Okay. Nerdy stuff.

I also, you know me, I don't, I don't need carbs. I only drink my carbs. Right. There's no sugar in this thing, so I love that there's no sugar. Since I'm all low carb and stuff. It's all natural stuff, like you said. Source from the best suppliers they could find. It's keto friendly, nut free, vegan, paleo friendly, no sugar. Like I said, it's got that matcha in there. So anyways, if any of this sounds like something you're down for, if you use our code, you get a little discount.

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All right, before we move on to voicemail. Action. Let us find out what flex is drinking. In a world where craft beer is king, a world where muscles are bigger than gravity,

growlers so big only one tongue can guide us. One man. One tongue. One tongue jobber. In this world, we must find out. What is flex drinking. I wish I was recording video on that. I just like making you laugh. So I did not find the Hulk Hogan beer whilst recording the show, but I am a real ale american. Okay. Today and today only, Fleximus is drinking hot butcher for the world's ale, America the

beautiful. All right. How cool. That's actually pretty cool. Can I flag with the hops and. Say stars there, man? I did it simple, but it's artistic. So you drink an all Simcoe beer today. Simon cryo. My apologies. This is mosaic hopped american pale ale. Not even a hazy pale ale, Greg. Oh, just in american pale, you went. With the see through stuff for the hops of every man. Yeah, it worked. So there. Tasting notes on the can, which, again, I love. I love these hot butcher cans.

The art, the tasting notes says I'm going to get some ripe citrus, some pleasant, dank and tropical fruit. It's 6% abv untapped, has it at a 396, which is super solid for american pale ale. Just a pale ale in general. I can one up you on this description in a bad way, I guess. Does it have a word on you? Mosaic hopped american pillow. Oh, yeah. Need a minute to catch your breath. That was a lot. So the aroma on this beer was like. It kind of blew my mind when I poured it out.

It was like guava juice with a little bit of passion fruit. You know how I feel about guava. Like, my mouth was watering, my whistle was wetland. Just drooling over just how it smelled. And I said, you know what? I don't want to taste this beer right away because I don't want it to disappoint me. And I was. I was fearful. I'm not gonna lie. Yeah, rightfully, I warm up the old tongue jabber. Ooh. Sounded a little bit of something like this. Oh, is that what it supposed to sound like?

Yeah, that's what it's supposed to sound like. So I dove in, like I'm gonna do again. Doing bong ribs. And it is that aroma immediately to the palate. Oh, my God. It is loads of fucking guava. Little bit of passion for it. None of this ripe citrus that they say, which I'm completely fine with. Yeah. Because you give guava all fucking day, and I'm a happy camper. Oh, I'm so jealous. There's some real delayed bitterness on this. And being an american pale ale, that's what you're looking for.

Mm hmm. Is just a little bit of that. This is pho nominal for a pale ale. Like, so good. You would absolutely love this beer. I already got a half chubb. I'm going to tell you. You were, like, immediately crossed my mind as I smelled the beer. Like, I wish he had this right now. I wish he had it, too. A 396 on untapped should be much higher if we're doing this. Come on, people. For what it is, it. This is unreal. You're like, I can see through it. I'm marking it down, right.

It's not a hazy, it's not a double, triple. Whatever. People are dumb. This is what you want out of, like, a classic pale ale. I love. I've. I'm so jealous. And they did it. Good job, hop butcher. Yeah, I told. I told you. I. Smelling this beer, tasting this beer, I said, this might be one of the best beers I've ever had. I did say that. You did say that. Off air, I said it. Yeah. And now on air, I said it. Well, very nice. Way to go. Way to be, like, all America with your good beers.

Yeah. You know, it just. It just so happened that I, you know, and I. I gotta tell you what my new favorite thing now is bringing my kids in to help me pick out beer. That's my new favorite thing, is your kids picking out your beer. It's like, uh. Cause there's gonna be some misses in there, right? So I wasn't prepared for the show, so then earlier today, I had to go out, get some beer, and I went to my kids, and I was like, hey, who wants to go help dad pick up some beer today?

I just think it's fun to be able to do that with your kids, and then not only for that, but then for everyone at, like, the local shop to just be, like, so understanding and, you know, like, they get it. Yeah. And then my kids leave with handfuls of Tootsie rolls. And the win win. It's a win win. It really is. I can't wait. Like, if you let your kids do this, like, every week for the next few months or whatever it is, I cannot wait to see how many glitter beers you end up with.

So they're really into these unicorns on beers. Oh, I'm sure. Two daughters. Come on. I'm waiting for some of the goofy shit to, you know, them for, like, to not let me let it pass through my fingertips. Yeah, there's a beer out here from 818 brewing. The. The name is escaping me, but the can art is care bears. Okay. They would love that. Yeah, it's great beer too, though. So not a miss, but yeah, I'm just excited for what's to come.

Well, I will continue. Take continuously. Take them now. Yeah, until, I would say school starts back up, because that's kind of why I have to take them now. Yeah, it makes sense. I have them all day, and hopefully we get a little piece of shit beer. Yeah, I can't wait. I've never been so excited for someone to drink shitty beer. Oh, man. Oh, good times. All right, we're running a little long. Let's. Let's check in with some voicemail here from our friend Fontana Jim.

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Please leave a message after the tone. Hey, you guys there? Misses B. Fontana Jim. I got maybe an unpopular opinion. Mix twelve packs from a brewery. I do like them. I really do enjoy when they throw some unique beer in. Maybe a little bit pissed off that they make me buy fucking twelve beers so I can have four of a new one or three of a new one. But that's not my hot take. My hot take is why the fuck are you throwing in your tired ass? Should be retired beer into your mixer. Twelve pack.

Yeah. Yeah. I'm looking at you, stone, with your bullshit stone ipa that's been around for a thousand years. Yeah, I'm also looking at you, Firestone Walker, with that bullshit Union Jack. I mean, Union Jack. Does anybody ever go to a bars of Union Jack on tap anywhere? Has anyone ever requested union fucking Jack? It tastes like a 1990 IPA. It's stale. It's old school, east coast. Yeah, there might be people that really like this stuff. I go fuck yourself, man. The world's moved on.

Some people might like driving model t's. Some people might like rear ending somebody and having that steering wheel call and punch up through their chest. That ain't me. That's dumb. Hi, Vanessa. See you guys later. Oh, yeah. And yeah, fuck you, dog. Oh, yeah, your mom. And Fontana gym. Aggressive, coming in hot. I will chime in here. I do like mixed variety. Twelve packs of. Not when you throw a belgian wit in there. Oh, that will make me not buy your mixed self packs there. Agreed.

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If you want to leave a voicemail, I am actually a hundred percent with Fontana Jim on this. I've been complaining for years about stone IPA being in, like, mixed packs or when they were sending them out to the, like, their influencers group to post on instagram. Um, it's like, hey, man, you've been around for 30 fucking years.

We all know what a stone IPA every dolls what it. We're not trying one now. If we don't have, um, union J. If you're trying to gateway somebody into craft beer, no, you're not gonna. You're not gonna give them. Hey, do you hate the enamel on your teeth? Do you hate being able to taste other things while you're drinking? Try this stone IPA. It's great. Never want to drink another beer again. Yeah, I am 100 with that. Yeah, Union Jack. Look, I like Union Jack better than stone IPA, but yeah, it's.

It's old and Firestone. A few years. Well, a few years, it will probably come close to ten years. But they retired pale 31, which was their core pale ale pal. 31 was delicious. And yet they kept Union Jack around like, you guys did the wrong thing. So, yeah, I'm. I'm 100% with Jim on this one. If you want us to try a multi pack and you want us to get hooked and come back looking for your brewery again, don't give us your stale ipas from 1996. Give us something new. Give us some. Some fun.

I don't know. Boom. Don't give us belgian wits. Yeah, don't give us. Nobody wants a belgian wit. Yeah. Hot dog water. That's a no for me. Dog. Hot dog water. In a bad way, though. The only good way is, like, limp Bizkit, right? Yeah, he's got a pair with a chocolate starfish. Mmm. Daddy. All right, let's. Let's knock some news out real quick. In a huge case of who gives a shit, Guinness has signed a four year agreement with the

Premier League. Shit. That's awesome. Yeah. Two things I don't care about. Guinness and soccer. I know Flex is a huge soccer fan. I'm gonna hold it. I like world soccer. I don't enjoy club very much, but. World soccer, I don't know what the Premier League is. I just know it's soccer related. It's. It's like english club soccer. No? Well, chip chip. Cheerio. Fuck off, Corona. Another case of who cares? Corona Sunbrews are rolling out regionally. What are those? Corona Sunbrew. Citrus Cerveza.

Is now available in several northeastern markets, including Bastin, Connecticut, Delaware,

New Jersey, Rhode Island, Philadelphia and New York City metro area. This bureau is officially unveiled earlier this year during Constellation brand's gold Network distributor meeting in Las Vegas. The corona line extension is brewed with real orange and lime juice and peels. Oh, don't tell me it's made with real orange and lime juice and peels. Real, not the fake peels. I don't believe it.

In an effort to appeal to younger, legal drinking age consumers who are seeking flavor forward offerings or seeking flavor, they're looking for flavor. Yeah, they're seeking beer that doesn't taste like corona. They should probably look at their recipe and try and fix that. Yeah, exactly. So once again, who cares, dumbass? Crowns and hops named Sam Adams brewing the american dream winner Crowns and Hops Brewing Company has been selected as the winner of the 13th annual Sam Adams brewing.

The dream brewing and business experience ship. So many words. The black woman and veteran owned Englewood, California based craft brewery will receive a support and mentorship from Boston Beer company leaders, including founder Jim Coke, Crowns and Gawk. Yeah, Crowns and Hopps will also have the opportunity to create a specialty beer with Boston Beers Brewing team and receive a trip to the Gabf festival in Denver. That's cool. Until they sell out. Until Boston beer buys them.

Crowns and hops was selected by a group of expert judges and by an audience vote during the crafting dreams beer bash in Boston a couple weeks ago. The company was among six finalists, including back unturned oh dear. What a terrible name. Yeah, back unturned. This one's the worst. Dakota Beer. D o k k a b I e r Dakobeer. Sounds German. Yeah. Dublin Corners, Kanzo Brewing and Providence Brewing.

In the announcement, Cock said that Crowns and Hops is a shiny example of the immense talent within the craft brewing industry. He continued, their infectious energy, dedication and passion for growth stood out to us. These qualities are vital to keeping the beating heart of the craft beer movement strong for many years to come.

Benny Ashburn and Tu Hunter's commitment to furthering the innovation and inclusivity of craft beer demonstrates the spirit and drive that will continue to invigorate our industry. Ashburn called the achievement a remarkable milestone for the business.

She added, Tio and I are excited that this opportunity will not only enhance our ability for continued impact locally, but also propel us toward the broader footprint we've always envisioned as we go deeper down the path of community building, culture, preservation and palette expansion through world class beer. We are proud to have Sam Adams in our corner. I think they got AI to write that. I know I would have. I know you would have. No question about that.

Hey, you remember about a year or so ago, those australian dudes that broke the record for

most pubs visited in 24 hours? Wasn't that like four months ago? Oh, it felt like a year ago. Maybe it was like four months ago. Hey, remember somewhere between four and twelve months ago we talked about that. Yeah. Anyways, what was it, 100 in a day? I think it ended up being 99, but yes. Anyways, some old man just broke their fucking record. Those old pansies, man. Drinks at 120 bars in 24 hours. And he did it by himself.

Unlike those little shits, a 69 year old retiree visited 120 pubs to order drinks in 24 hours, breaking against world record. David Clarkson, who was born in Britain, but lives in Australia for over 40 years, started his attempt with a drink at the Captain Cook Hotel in Sydney. He walked to 119 more establishments over the course of the following 24 hours. Bullshit. Ordered 120 establishments that close that you can walk to in 24 hours. I don't know, man.

Guinness World Records adjudicator Pete Fairburn joined Clarkson for the first four and final 4 hours of his attempt. Other witnesses accompanied Clarkson during the middle period of his pub crawl, collecting evidence for Fairburn to review. At the end of the day, his attempt came to an end at the succeed at the Sussex Garden bar, where he certified his record. He took the title from Australians Harry Cruz and Jake Loitering, who visited 99 pubs in 24 hours. What a man.

69. Dude, I still don't understand, like, no fucking way. That's a lot. Just the time commitment alone. 24 hours. So, like, how jacked up are you getting? Must be so jacked up before you even start. Yeah, I guess it's real because Guinness guys are with him. Well, he's only with him for like half a day. Not even half the day. Not even a third of the day, if you. Yeah, so as promised, we're end things off with some 4 July fun facts. I love fun facts. We'll see if this makes almost as.

Much as I love lists. Yeah, I don't think this one will piss you off, but hopefully it's fun with the facts.

Last year, Americans spent an estimated $15.8 billion for the 4 July consumers. That consumers spend a total of 9.5 billion on food and 4.02 billion on alcohol, which was mostly beer. Americans spend over 2 billion on Independence day. Fireworks. Fuck off. Stop lighting fireworks. Off at 1230. At night. Now I sound like a grandpa. You gotta stop running the buy one get one deals. Yeah. Or buy one get by free. Yeah. Please. Stop, stop, stop.

60% of Americans plan to purchase food for July 4, and 35% plan to purchase alcohol. More people need to purchase alcohol. The average adult spent $93 on food, including snacks, for Independence Day. Americans spend an estimated total of $73.125 million on hot dogs for July 4 celebration, purchasing approximately 150 million dogs. Do you know why, Coley? Because who doesn't like a fucking hot. I know she's unamerican. Just un american.

Statistics indicate that alcohol consumers ultimately spent an additional 1.02 billion, or 34.1% more than they had planned. 41% of Americans purchased alcoholic beverages for their 4 July celebrations last year. Only 41%. What's wrong with you? Hmm? 4 July celebrants purchased an estimated $2.5 billion in beer, cider, and flavored malt beverages. An estimated 61.3% of alcohol sales were beer, cider, and flavored malt beverages. Americans spent approximately $656 million on wine for 4 July.

Why would you drink wine? Interesting choice. Yeah. Not where. I mean, maybe white wine, but red coats didn't win. Yeah. You are not wrong. Consumers purchased $900 million in spirits for independence day. And from 2021 to 2022, total July 4, alcohol sales increased only 1.8%. So people spend a lot of money on 4 July. That's what I've learned. Lots of money coming through. Interesting. Exactly. That's it. That's all we've got. That's it. That's it, man. There's no more. No mas. Yes, total.

Hi, Vanessa. Hi, Vanessa. Hope everyone out there enjoys some, uh, some fireworks. Please stop scaring my dog. Keep fireworks till, like, before. 1030. Well, before the first. Like, just before the celebration. Yeah. Like, city celebration. Yeah. Once the city fireworks go off, once. The grand finale is done, just be done. Go to bed. Yeah. They're better at it than you are, trust me. Have a bonfire. That's cool. Yeah. Bonfires are way more fun, actually. Everybody loves bonfire.

That's my favorite thing to do at Nick and Nicole's house. They have a fire pit. We just sit out there and drink and set people on fire. People. I did light someone's foot on fire by accident one time. Well, to be continued. I was drunk. Yeah. TBC. To be continued. Find us on the socials at craft beer Republic.

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