Beer So Cheap, You'll Taste the Savings

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Welcome in everybody. It's the craft beer republic. Thanks for drinking. Thanks for joining. I am Greg and I am being joined by the world champion of the Midwest. And that's Flex. What's up, big fella? Uh, happy. WrestleMania weekend, everybody. Yeah. Or or is WrestleMania hangover? That's ironic, because don't you? Not a wrestling show. Not a wrestling show. We'll see how long we can keep that going. Yeah. We'll try. Uh, and then joining us from the great white yonder. Is it snow a lot in Utah.

In the winter? More than here. Is that a racist joke? No, no, but I guess it works for Utah too. That's what I was thinking. No. No joke. It was a no joke. The great white people yonder. That's a good one. The funny part is,

I'm not white. Well, I'm. Yes. You're one of three in the entire state. Pacific Islander. Uh, she is the executive director of the Utah Brewers Guild, part of Beer Nerd Radio. The artist formerly known as Miss Tipsy Socks. Steph. What's happening? Hey, that was a really nice lineup. I've never accomplished so many things in one sentence. Let's get the resume out. That's about as far as it goes. Yeah. All right, well, ChatGPT will make it longer, I promise. I know I've gotten your emails

before. To whom it may concern. Uh, anyways, lots to get to today. We're gonna, of course, talk a little beer shit. Especially with Steph on the show. Got some booze news to get through. Uh, I'll recap my boring trip to Vegas. All that good stuff. Before we move on, I know it was so adult of me. Uh, shout out to our top listing city of last week. And that is Trenton, new Jersey. Ooh, we like new Jersey,

and they like us. Apparently so. Okay, maybe we don't like them. We like, like the the people, the the beer people. The beer people. I guess the. The thing keeps getting smaller. Yeah, yeah, there's that one guy who's not too bad. Yeah. We like, uh, a small population of new Jersey. Yeah. Yeah. One guy's not bad. I can deal with him for about 30 minutes. Beyond that, jersey can suck it. Yeah. But thanks for listening, Jersey. I met a guy once. He said he drove through Jersey,

and I said, all right, man, you're pretty cool. And that was the end. All right, well, I think, uh, I think I need some lack of sobriety in my life. Flex. Uh. Crack it open, daddy! Ooh! Big daddy.

Oh! Oh, I love my bear. I love my. I Love My Beer. I'm excited to share this with you both. Flex and I are drinking the same beer, and that is Russian River Brewing's Blind Pig IPA 6.25% 70. I can't see a thing.

It really can't. Pour. Pig and collective 4.15 rating on untapped over 135,000 ratings. The brewery, they say full bodied, very hoppy brew with citrus pine, fruity notes and a nice dry, bitter finish. This West Coast IPA is true to its style as a very hop forward with enough malt character and alcohol to balance it out. Tasting notes citrus, pine and woody, one of their flagship beers, blah blah blah Flex.

Uh, texted me and said that he had gotten this and I said, funny that you have this because I have one in my fridge, too. Thanks to Intern Brian for hooking it up. He just brought it over one day. He's like, you like Blind Pig have one. I was like, don't mind if I do. And thanks to my my aviator Tom Nardo DiCaprio pilot Tom. Yeah. He was in Fresno again, and he hooked me up with a bunch of Russian River. So, uh, this is because of him. And I say it all the time.

I will gladly have a blind pig over a Pliny any day of the week. This is why we're friends. Yeah. Suck it. Pliny. Uh, what say you, Flexy? How you liking? So it's just kind of like a crisp, refreshing smell. Like it's a little bit hoppy, but it's not, like, overbearing. Yeah. A little, uh, pine on the nose. A little bit. Yeah. So then the old Tongue-jobber here. Ying ying ying ying ying ying ying ying la. La la la la la la la la la. Wow. I feel underqualified.

Super duper crisp and refreshing. Something I really enjoy about their IPAs, as I've had a few now, is that it says it's got that, uh, that bitter dry finish and nothing lingers. Like there's none of that. Doesn't coat the tongue. Oil or whatever that coats the tongue and kind of makes you, like, kind of rinse out your mouth before the next sip. Mhm. It's lovely. I love how they do that.

I don't get many fruity notes. No. Maybe like a little citrusy orangey type of thing going on. But, but, but it's a lot of pine um very light bodied, very crisp. I thoroughly enjoy that. Um, but I'm gonna have to disagree with both of you, but. Oh. Um, I really thoroughly enjoyed the Pliny over this. More than this, huh? Yes. Is that because you're a booze whore and you like the stronger beers? I mean, we're talking, what,

1.25% difference. I don't know. Is that what it is? Pliny's like A75. And I believe this is A625. Okay. But I think the second you. I cracked the Pliny like the aroma just spewed out of the bottle, and then you poured it out and you could smell it and taste it, and it was phenomenal. This is just like a little bit lighter, you know, and not so as tasty as Pliny. It's tasty, but I just don't think it's, as you know, with the tasting notes, the fruity notes, that it's still a really good beer.

I thoroughly enjoy this, don't get me wrong. Hey, you know what? Steph. You know. Each their own. Yeah. Yeah. Uh, Pliny is 8%. This is 6.25, so almost 2% more for Pliny. Uh, you know, everything you just described about this is what I like about it more. There's not that hop coating on the tongue afterwards. You don't feel like you have to rinse your mouth out. It's light. It's crisp. Honestly, I could just fucking pound these. They're so good. Um. Yeah.

Little, little pine in there. Yeah. Not much fruit like you said, but, uh, just classic clean. Not a fucking malt bomb. West coast IPA. Yep yep yep. And you know what? Maybe as it warms up, maybe the notes come out a little bit more. I don't know, I've never let it. Warm. Up, you know. Yeah, that's the thing. I don't think I'll be able to let this warm up because it's that tasty that it's going to go down pretty quickly. But yeah, I think I did, you know,

put it on the record books. Mark it on your calendar. Everybody over Blind Pig younger. Have you had the younger? I had the younger for the first time the other day. Oh really? Mhm. Flex you probably have had younger. No, I have not had that one. That's a little harder to come by. Yeah. I've had a, I don't know, probably like three different years of the younger. And what do you think. What do I. Um first of all I'm not a huge malty West Coast kind of guy.

And yeah, to me, younger is just a big fucking malt bomb. And it has to be because they want that booze up there. And, uh, you know, it's great. I'm glad I had a chance to get it. I would not wait in line for it or do the whole, like, ticket sales. It's it's not my jam. It's good for what it is. Yeah. Bet Flex would love it. Probably. You said it's a malt bomb. You know how I feel about that. Yeah, I mean, it was it, like 13% or something like that? I don't even remember.

Is it that big? It's. It's a big daddy. And in order to get that ABV out of there, you got to put a fair amount of malt in it. So it's a lot. It's a it's a lot. Yeah. It's just, you know, it's fine. Yeah. I was like, oh, I'm I'm so glad I finally got to try one. It was good. Thanks. I would still rather have a Blind Pig. Yeah. Which was probably like super offensive, but. I'm sure we've offended everybody listening. Um, let's see. Oh, ten and a half, ten and a half. For younger.

You're just offending the hype folk. That's all you're. Doing. I know I also shit on beer zombies a couple months ago. This this show is done for. We don't need to talk about how I feel. I'm mad at them right now. Oh, really? Yeah. They're leaving Utah, so. Oh, I'm mad at him, too, because their beer wasn't very good. Yeah. Yeah, they. Yeah, they kind of like, just like the last year or so.

They crapped out. They were building a brewery here, and then they backed out, and then they just picked up. They decided to pick up and leave. And now I'm mad at them. Yeah. Suck it. Yeah. And stuff. Hey, speaking of Utah beer and all that good stuff, aren't you planning a beer fest? I am.

How is that going? I've secretly. I've always wanted to like it sounds like. Hey, I could be like the hero. It's kind of like Wayne's World, you know? We're gonna play a waynestock. Uh, it's a lot of work. I'm tired all the time. I'm not nearly as fun as I used to be. I have no life. Um. And that's great. It's really cool. So. No, it's. I'm hoping for the best. Is my first festival planning it by myself? I hope it's just. Called beer stock. Beer stock. It's a great. Name for.

A beer festival. No, it's called the Great beer mash up. Get your permit. Application. Yeah. So, yeah, that's all I've been doing. I'm hoping it comes out great. It's usually a great festival. I hear a lot of people say it's my favorite festival in Utah, so if I fuck it up, I'm going to be really sad. My, my guess is it only has like one other festival to go up against, you know? How dare you! Flex two. So there's always like the small festivals. It's top. Three at least.

But we have a couple of big ones. But I don't love the giant festivals like like, oh great, Mike's Hard Lemonade is throwing this beer fest, right? You know, I was actually sponsored by truly. I was thinking about Mike's Hard Lemonade the other day because I was wondering, is it still even around? Yeah, I think so. And I don't know, it's been replaced by, uh, what's the t. Oh, twisted. T yeah. Oh, is that really. Oh, I. You know, Lipton with alcohol. What's that? I don't even know.

Honestly, I haven't seen a mike's Hard Lemonade around in the longest time. But also, I was thinking about just how they called it. Mike's hard. You know, which out of context, it's saying Mike is hard. Those were different times. I just want to say shout out to Mike. Um, you know, we're not having any issues, man. Or is it that it's just things

are just hard sometimes. Maybe he got old and that's why we don't see it anymore. Mike's not hard. Very sorry. Mike. Yeah. So, uh, is there is there like, a theme to the the festival. Or so brewers like it? Not every brewery in any state is a guild member. You. They pay dues to be part of our guild. But, um, if you're a member of our guild, you get to choose a partner, and it can be another brewery or a distillery or cidery sake, whatever you want. A couple people have teamed up with,

like, cocktail bars. Um. Something booze related? Yeah. Um, and then they make a collaboration beer specifically for the festival. So you can only get them at the fest. And usually they'll make enough that they can still sell it in their taprooms afterwards, but. Sure. Um. I like that idea. That's a cool idea. It's fun because all the beers is new. You're not drinking old stale beer that somebody's trying to get rid of. Uh, it's not beer. You've had a thousand times

someplace else. So all the all the beers are only available there, and some of them won't last after that day. I like that. Dun dun dun. Yeah. And it's really fun because the brewers actually serve themselves. So when you come to get your beer, you're being served by the two teams of people who actually made it, and they love to tell you about it. Tell you about all the lupulin that they put into it. Seriously. Cryo hops?

It's actually, I think the Brewers have as much fun as like, the people that buy a ticket to come, because the brewers are all hanging out with each other. The Brewers in Utah are all buddies, so it's really just. All seven of them. I mean, yeah. Hey, I have, like, uh, 40 participants in 30 new beers. Wow. That's pretty good. That's pretty wild. Pretty happy about it. Yeah, we got a couple crazy

things going on, so. Nice. All joking aside, I really, really like the idea of that because so many times you go like, hey, it's the Rotary Club beer fest. And it's just all local breweries are like, well, I got a bunch of halfers that I need to. Dump or your truly's. Right? Yeah. So, uh, and actually, we're not a lot of states do I think. Uh, wait, is it you guys Flex

that does the joint fest? Who does the joint? Yeah, we do the joint fest. Isn't it a similar concept? Uh, yeah. I guess if it's all collabs and all the beers are made for the festival, and then they are sold in two six pack like variety, six packs. Oh, that's cool. They'll be on tap at the brewery until they run out. Yeah, ours will put em on tap at the brewery till they run out or. Yeah, in cans or whatever, however they're doing it. But. So yeah I guess. Yeah. Similar thing.

Yeah for sure. So it's fun though. It's like a really community driven event. It's really cool. Nice fun. Hopefully it stays that way. If you guys want free tickets, call Steph at. It's all about the community. It really is actually. This is our our currently our only fundraiser for the Utah Brewers Guild. So, uh, if I don't make our money for the year, I'm fired next week. Former executive director of. Well, you just have to make a new slogan like fundraising question

mark, no, or. Fun. Fundraising. Yeah, somebody's already ahead of the game. Sorry. This reflex. Serving up some some cash,

though, so. Oh, we're pretty excited about that. Nice. Is that like VIP ticket? You get some knickknacks with you? Oh, we're just selling them. But I've thought about that. Actually, I don't think that's a bad idea, So. Either way, it can't be bad. Yeah. Um. That's exciting. Yeah. We love Erica. She's great. She's the best. She is the best.

She, uh. Last time we were at Lagerville, she sent us, like, a whole box of nosh, and we just started handing it out to people as sort of like a promotion, like go check out. And every time somebody came up, we were like, yeah, you want one? They're like, yes. Here you go. We ended up like, but you gotta

go to @Neck_nosh_llc com or go follow her on the gram, you know? Whatever. It was a good idea. Yeah, it was great. People were losing their minds. Like, this is so cool. Really? We ran out. Someone asked if they could have the one I was wearing. I was like, homie, I am sweating. I don't think you want my extra salty pretzel necklace. Like that's disgusting. You know, I don't care, man. I was like, you know what? Here. Take it. Yeah, that would have sold me the extra, extra salt. Yeah. Yeah.

It was. It was weird and gross. I was like, you fucking enjoy, homeboy. People love free stuff. I guess they don't really care if you've been sweaty on it. They. That's true. They actually, some people will pay extra for that. Puts the sweaty pretzels on the skin, says the. Person. With the. Sock Instagram account. You know all about that sweat bonus. I don't. Have. Sweaty feet. I'm not saying you do. I'm just saying people probably request it. That's pretty gross.

They do. It's true. People are fucking weird. People are gross. Oh, well, that sounds fun. Go check out the, uh, the. Where is it? I mean, besides Utah. Like where? So it's in Salt Lake City. It's in Utah. Utah. In Utah. Utah? Yeah, it is. It is in our capital city, the city that most of us live in in Salt Lake City. So, wait. Flex weren't we talking about last week or the week before? Where does Steph live? And and we said there's two options. You either live in Salt Lake or

you live in Provo. Provo? Yeah, we had that conversation.

Really? I think we settled on Salt Lake, right? Oh, I don't live anywhere near Provo. Yeah, I think that's what we did. Because there's only two cities in all of Utah. So is Salt Lake closer or is it Provo? Closer? It's Ogden or Salt Lake. Come on. No. And then you have National Park, Utah. You can't forget about that because there are people who live down in, like, you can't just call it the national parks. Name a city after what's around there. I'm talking about a an area.

First of all, yes they can. It's called Salt Lake City. That's all they've done in Utah. Yeah, that's that's what we did. Welcome to Utah. National parks, Utah. My buddy used to live in Woods Cross, Utah. I'm sure there was a cross made of wood in the city or town center or whatever. I'm sure at one point there may have been. And they're like, hey, what should we call this place, I don't know. Woods cross. Yeah. There's like a giant X on the mountain, but I don't,

I don't know. Yeah. Got real hammered in Woods Cross. Sounds like aliens were playing a giant game of tic tac toe. Probably. Utah is not that small. You guys, come on. I don't know. I'm fine with it. Everybody go home. Yeah, I feel like. I feel like Wisconsin's actually a pretty small state, but, you know. Yeah, well, not small, I was I was in Vegas last week for a conference. I know, here's the thing. This is my first trip to Vegas.

Like the strip? Like Vegas. Vegas. I mean, it's gotta be close to ten years. Steph drinking out of a candleholder. It looks. Like goblet. It looks. Like a. Pimp. Couple in the bottom. I'd show you, but I can't. It's like gold. It's her chalice. Uh, went to Vegas for a conference and stayed at the Linq, which is where the big Ferris wheel thing is. Yeah. You know, um, I was by myself. It was for work. The wife didn't come.

None of my coworkers were there. So I was like, you know, my one and only true love when it comes to the strip is being able to walk around with beer in toe. Right. So, um, naturally, I went to CVS because that's half the price of everywhere else. Went to their cooler and grabbed some seltzer. Tallboys. Uh, just because that's all they had? No, because I was walking around. I was feeling athletic. I didn't want a beer to weigh me down. I thought you meant because

seltzers make you look stronger. Because they're easier to lift. Oh! Damn it. No, I got the tallboy. These things were giant. But how many topo chicos? Why don't you just do? Topo chicos are legit, I like those. I actually do too. I had a cocktail made inside of a Topo Chico the other day, and it was pretty good. Oh, yeah, this was. It was like strawberry lemonade or some strawberry, something I forget. And I was like, ah, it's not bad. So I probably had like ten of those over my trip.

I just would cruise into CVS, grab a couple, hit the strip, go watch the weirdos. Uh, before I went Flex you and I were talking about, you were at, uh, Margaritaville, which, by the way, no longer there. Wow. I walked right by it. It's gone. There's nothing there now. It's just an empty building. Are they all gone? Uh, starting to feel that way? Well, I guess, uh, it was wasting away. Oh, dear.

But you were talking about the naked chicks who were, like, trying to get people to take photos with them and charge them dollars. Yes, they had the handprints on their boobies.

That was very much still happening. What I had never seen before was the male version of that. There were cowboys with assless chaps and thongs. Oh, you haven't seen them. And whips? No, I have not seen that before. I thought you were gonna say like their dongs were painted or something. Because I thought you were at first. Well, that's where I expected you to go. Sorry. Sorry. No painted dongs. Uh, but just assless chaps, and they're wearing thongs. And they were.

They had whips, the crack of the whips. They walked by and one of them was like, hey, you want a picture? I was like, no, I just laughed. It's like, no, I don't want a picture. I mean, like, if it was free, it would be a funny picture. For real. And I would totally do it. But I'm not gonna give this dude five bucks to take a picture. To take a picture? Yeah, the. Thing. Was, it would have been cool if he had, like, an Indiana Jones hat, though. That would have.

Been then I would have considered taking a picture. Maybe he could have whipped it off your head. Oh, that's a different. Let's just go hog wild. Is that like $10 for a video then? I don't know what it is. It's probably more. Like. 75. $15 for a siege. They take a picture with their phone and then they text it to you. Is that what they do? No. Oh. For 75 bucks. I better get them digits for 75 bucks. Could you imagine all the spam you get through the year? Just dick. Pics. For free.

Come check out in Indiana. Bones and the Temple of Boom.

You're welcome. Uh, the weird thing was, like, these guys were jacked, but they were like, five foot two. It was comical. Oh. Yeah. I've seen them a bunch of times. Like just on. Vegas. Yeah. Steph just kept circling the block. I don't remember them being tiny, but maybe. They were not large in stature. Uh, they were ripped. I mean, they probably would have kicked my ass or something, but, uh. Yeah, all five foot two of them. I guess I could have just held my

hand out and stopped them, but. So. Yeah, there's that. Uh, I got to. Oh. So the conference I was at was for TV people. It's, you know, all the TV gear manufacturers and movies and that kind of stuff. They've started slowly adding in some podcast stuff. And I have to say, I met up with Riverside, which is. This is funny. This is. Really funny. And I didn't even mean to stop because I was like, I have

nothing that nice to say to them. And so I walked by and one of the guys, one of the engineers, stops me as I'm walking by. He goes, hey, have you heard of Riverside? I was like, hey, man, uh, yeah, yeah I have. And I tried to walk on. He's like, oh, how have you heard of us? I was like, I was like, we use it weekly. Like we we use Riverside to record. He goes, oh, tell me about it. And I said, well, you know why? My co-host lives in another state and I live in California, you know, whatever.

And and so we needed something. And I said, I've tried them all. And, you know, we're with Riverside. Oh, so you like Riverside? I was like, I mean, you guys got a lot of problems. And he's like, oh, what kind of problems? The best of the worst or something. I did eventually. So he asked what the problems were and not to unload my technical issues on the audience. But like, I gave him my my laundry

list of the problems we have. And a lot of it's centered around the, I guess, you know, Flex has a Chromebook, which they're like, oh yeah, well, Chromebooks are hard. I was like, so are you telling me that, like, having a shitty laptop would be better than a Chromebook? He goes, it's easier for our systems to handle. And so we went on this whole tirade of like, how stupid that is.

And then he goes, so. But you tried the other ones and you're still with us. I was like, yeah, like basically you're the least shitty of all the ones I've tried.

And he's like, well, I guess that's a good thing. I was like, yeah, I mean, we're still giving you money, so. You're the best of the worst. Yeah. So, okay, when someone asks you a question like that and, you know, because I'm not a good liar, I'm the kind of person who'd be like, well, that's the problem. I hate your shit. Yeah, but there's times when I'm like, do I want to exert the five minutes or longer that this might take?

Am I capable of lying because I want to not stand here with this dude. Yeah. Like, do you have those thoughts? When he first asked me, have you heard of Riverside? I had that brief moment of like. Did you like, back and forth? Like, do I pretend I'm. Yeah. Who, me? Huh? The guy behind me. I was like, do I pretend that I'm on the phone? Just, you know, fingers up to the face like, hello? Sorry, I gotta take this. I was like, you know what? I'm gonna. I'm gonna go in. He was probably sorry.

I would have been. Yeah. What do they expect? If you're gonna put shitty stuff out there and then ask people how they like it, right? I mean, he I purposely was not going to the booth, and he pulled me in, so I feel like that's on him. I think he tried to engage. That's what we call that. Yeah. So he in fact, at one point he even asked me he's like, what seem your problems, you know? And I was like, well, you know, half the time Flex sounds like he's underwater and I have to do all

this stuff to fix it or whatever. And whatever. And he goes. Yeah. And he's like, oh, that's so weird. And I said. He goes, did you report it? I said, I reported it, and your engineers told me I was crazy. And, uh, it made me lose faith in your ability to listen to audio. Hi, Greg. Yeah. I feel awkward for the guy. I know, poor guy shouldn't have asked me. So, uh, I texted Flex immediately. Like, I just talked to one of the engineers at Riverside and unloaded

on him. Oh, good. Never mind. No no, no. Yeah. No. No. Just emotionally. Ah. All right. Well, that felt good to get out. Good to get that off your chest. Yeah, it did feel nice. So. All right, before we get into some news, let's, uh, make a call to the pen, find out what Steph's drinking over yonder.

Are the calls to the bullpen for the old. Please, drinking a Zima? What the hell was that? Um. Uh, I'm drinking a Epic brewing brainless Belgian style ale, but this one was aged in sake

barrels. Go on. It is delicious. It was a tiny batch that they made. Um. So of course I bought as many bottles as I could carry out. It's not the size of the batch that counts. Everybody. I just want you to know that. I know you can make a small batch of real shitty beer. Oh, yeah. Damn it! I'm trying to make a fucking joke. You're not very funny. Eh? Now I know you're lying through your teeth. I held my face straight for a solid two seconds. That was good.

Second and a half. Uh. So they brewed this with both blackcurrant, blackberries, and then I don't know how long they aged it for, but this one comes in at a. I'm screwed. 10.2%. I know, because this is a big boy. Big daddy. Epic brewing. I used to think that they obviously didn't make great beer because they were too. They were like the big guys in town. But, uh, I love their beer. Yeah, I've had a, you know, a bunch of their core type stuff. You see it around it.

Honestly, like, their core stuff is okay, but. It's just. Fine. The best stuff is, like, the stuff they have straight in the brewery. Yeah. So they remind me a lot of, um, Great Divide out of Colorado. Like, their core stuff is just murr. But when you're in the area and you get some of their small batch stuff, it's like, oh, you guys do some good shit. Oh my gosh, their barrel aged stuff is so freaking good. But, um, yeah.

And I'm not a big stout person, but they do a big Bad Baptist Stout series every year and they're pretty freaking amazing. What's even more unpopular? Opinion. Not a big fan of the big bads. Um, I'm only a fan of some of the flavors. I actually don't really love The Naked and like the Brewers Select, but, um, they're special. Like, they changed their lineup every year and they did a s'more one. That thing was delicious. Diabetes. I think I had a French, a French vanilla one and I it was

French vanilla, some kind of vanilla, I don't know, maybe it was. Vanilla. Not every year is filled with winners, but every once in a while you get. You get. I mean, for the most part, they're there. I mean, I'll believe you. You don't have to defend yourself. It's fine. I'm not. I didn't make it. I don't give a shit what you think. Backhanded. That's. That's why we have her on here.

That's right. That's like Firestone, though, you know, Firestone will put out all these great, you know, barrel aged and barrel or, you know, wild fermented sours and all that stuff. And then they drop a fucking dark and stormy, and it's literally the worst beer I've ever put in my pie. I love hearing you talk about this beer because. It's so disgusting. Yes. And the story has been corroborated by interim Brian and Deb.

Like, it's not just me. You know, there's just sometimes you just everybody loves a thing And you don't love it, I get it. I fucking hate pumpkin beer. I could die and I. Oh, I love a good pumpkin spice beer. Why? Because it's delicious.

It's gonna have a nutmeg beer. It's a nutmeg. It's it's a solid flavor, but it also. Wears Uggs with his cut off jeans. I know. That's accurate. That is he got an apple bottom. I do actually. I, I wish everybody could have seen that. Look, sometimes I do wish this was a video show, but then I'd have to wear makeup. It's a little rotund, um. You know. Hey, you squatted a lot for that apple bottom. Yeah. You worked on that? Robust, if you will. You earned. It.

Um, it's a row bum. A row bum. Yeah. We're just shortening all the things now. Oh, dear. It's like the 90s all over again. Uh, all right, let's, uh, let's knock a little news out before we get out of here. Tilray is gonna close down Hop Valleys Eugene Brewery this summer and move their production elsewhere. Tilray is doing this to all their breweries that they bought out. Yeah, just like. Death is angry. In. The news every week. Why so angry?

Because I'm losing one of my breweries because of monster energy. Oh. Are you. Fix their shit up and leaves. Monster fucked up worse than Tilray even. It's been. It's been stressful. Was it left hand? No. That's in Colorado. It was squatters. Wasatch, which squatters in Wasatch are two of our oldest still functioning breweries. Not for long. Nope, they're not Utah beer anymore. As of the end of May. Way to go, monster! Just fucking everything. Up, a-holes. Now they got six breweries in Utah.

Then there were six. Uh, four point. Wow. Fort point. Gotta hit the T. Fort Point beer and hen House, both out of California, have merged.

Uh, The Kraft on Kraft partnership has reached the Bay area. Four Point Beer and Henhouse Brewing are merging to form Fort Point Henhouse, Inc.. Oh, God. How creative. A lot of mergers, a. Lot of. Mergers. I was waiting for the super creative like mashup of names. Right? And that was not it. Boom boom boom, uh, four Point and Henhouse brands will continue to operate independently of one another, maintaining their individual and

complementary portfolios. Founder co-founder of Fort Point, Justin Catalina. Catalina will serve as CEO of the combined entity. Catalina wine mixer. Catalina wine mixer. Motherfucking Catalina wine mixer. While henhouse co-founder and CEO Colin McDonald will operate as chief chief Sales officer. So there you have it. This is really just one of those like, we need to combine and buy in bigger bulk kind of things. It sounds like because shit's expensive out there.

That's what I hear. They should. There's so many better names. I don't know them, but I'm over here pondering all of them. I'm like, Forkin Lickin Good, I don't know.

I don't, I don't there's gotta be some. Yeah. Come on. I know henhouse. I've not. Well, I think I've had some Fort Point, but I've never been there. But. I don't know. What the. Pollo loco. You're not even trying to incorporate both names. No, she gave up. SH. I know it's fort. My brain wants it to be four. Four. Yeah, sorry. It's fine. Go on. Uh, Diageo strikes a deal with LeBron James and his Lobos.

1707 Diageo is teaming up with consulting investment firm Main Street Advisors for a strategic joint venture that swaps out the spirits giant majority ownership of Ciroc in exchange for LeBron's company. 1707 Tequila gee, who wouldn't want P Diddy's old vodka right now? Yeah, pass on that. Yeah, here's a little Willie. The deal intended to accelerate Ciroc in the US while growing Lobos 1707

worldwide, according to the release. The announcement comes after Diageo was reportedly seeking a buyer for the vodka brand, following a now settled lawsuit with former backer Sean Diddy Combs. Uh Lobos 1707 includes three tequila and mezcal and was founded by actor Diego Osorio. Never heard of LeBron James in 2020? Me neither. But of course, LeBron James. Diego. Yes. Uh, how about a beer that nobody wants? Okay. Walmart is preparing. Wait. I'm in. I'm so fucking in.

It's all I had to say. Huh? I just want to see, like, a Walmart light. It's just baby blue. It's like $3 for a 30 pack. Well, Walmart is prepping a Brewmasters selection line of beers.

Do you shop at Walmart? Are you a piece of trash? Do you hate. Flavor? Get Walmart Lite. You saw Costco beer was bad. Just wait. Uh, working. With Costco advent calendar? Yeah, I've not had the Costco craft pack that they used to have. I never actually tried that. I wasn't great. Okay. Do they look like they have their own beer? There was a Costco. Like a Kirkland multipack, I don't know. Yeah, I just know there's breweries around here that'll. Or, like, Sierra Nevada will put

their, like, variety packs in there. Oh, yeah, we get that. But also there was Kirkland Craft. And I didn't know that. It was like lager, uh, IPA, like a West Coast IPA, a pale and a stout, something like, you know, your basic. Not very good, but, I mean, their liquor is usually just like rebranded of. Right? Like top shelf. Yeah. Yeah, like a mid-range shelf liquor. The Costco vodka is goose. Grey goose. That's what I've heard. That's what I've heard.

Or is that just. People. Here in myth. You know? A few, I think it was around Christmas time. I actually saw a Kirkland, uh, barrel aged stout. And if you read the fine print, it was made by Deschutes. So, yeah. I should have tried it, but I didn't. I'm so over barrel aged. You're good. Yeah. Um. Let's see. Oh, they're gonna be working with City Brewing in California to make all the beer names like Golden Cerveza, Brewmasters Premier, and Brewmasters Light appear to

be the initial selections. No word on any barrel aged stouts yet, but obviously, uh, that sounds even worse. I would just love a six pack at the, uh, Walmart select. I bet you. Would. Wally's. Wally's select. Wally's select. That's what we need. We just need people cracking beers in Walmart. We'll do a show. We'll get the variety pack. Um. Oh, and we'll drink Walmart beer. Mhm mhm. Yeah. Sounds like a that's a good water show. Invite Steph to that one. Oh gee Thanks. Yeah. Sounds like fun.

Uh, which which brewery is going to be contract brewing there? Beer city brewing. What do you know of this place? I've never heard of it. I think they did, like, a lot of pbr's contract brewing for a while. I think they're mainly just contract. I don't think they put out their own shit. Wait, who's going to come up with the recipe then? Hmm. That's a good question. The recipe? The recipe? Yeah. The man who gets paid to make the recipes, I believe,

is called the recipe. I bet they just use the same shit and put it in a different can. What shit are they putting in a can? Probably PBR. Oh, well, in that. Case, yeah. You might be getting a deal or you may be getting ripped off. Either way. Depends what they charge. Yeah, they are only contract. Uh, I don't love PBR, but sometimes it really hits. PBR, huh? I heard that. Is it the coffee one? I heard that one's good. I don't know if they make. Oh, I. Did.

You know, Wendy's sent me a coffee one, and it was, uh. It was sweet. You know, it's like a. Yeah, it was sweet. It wasn't. It was better than drinking a PBR. I'll tell you that. Yeah, I've heard they're good. I've heard it was pretty good. I never had it. That was before I got into, like, cold coffee. Mhm. That's the thing. I'm not a big cold coffee fan in general, but this wasn't bad. It didn't taste like beer at all. But, uh, you know we'll end it with this one.

Steph have you heard the story about the Florida principal and teacher who threw the house party? No. Didn't even have a kid that was

a student, you know. Was this during Irene Jungle? Yeah, that might have, like. Hi, Vanessa. Damn. Damn. Those damn party girls. I've been watching their Instagrams and being jealous because I'm not there. Loser. Oh, wait, we're not there either. Uh, no. This is back in January. A principal and a teacher threw a house party with over 100 kids and got them hammered and cops were called. And like neither of them had kids that were even students at the

school. Like they just threw a party. Really? Yeah. They didn't have like, it wasn't like their kids were like, hey, mom, can I throw a big party? Yeah. This sounds like. A. Movie starring, uh, Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn. Wow. Wow. Wow. And could only take place in Florida. Uh, well, anyways, to follow up on that, we should. Have a big party. Should we invite the kids? We don't have kids, but we can still invite the kids. But if we do, we don't have kids. Wow. I like. Kids.

I feel like they can't buy drinks. Did we buy the drinks? But if we buy them drinks and then. Oh, okay. Wow. Are all the children okay? Probably not. Uh, anyways, follow up on that. The. The Florida principal and teacher were charged after 100 minors were at their party with alcohol. Body. Here's a great thing. Body cam footage has been released, and it's horrible on a podcast. I'm not gonna play any of it.

But the teacher was hammered and trying to give the cop shit, which was kind of funny if you feel like googling it. It's a good time. I absolutely do. Body camera video released this month as part of the discovery in the criminal case, show that the scene that led to the January arrest of then Roosevelt Elementary School principal Elizabeth Hill Elementary School. Oh yeah, none of them taught high schoolers or had high schoolers.

That was a weird thing. And third grade teacher Carly Anderson. Uh, one juvenile was on the front lawn and was so intoxicated that Brevard County Fire Rescue responded and administered treatment, according to police. Oh my God. In a body cam video, an officer tells a fire rescue official that the boy, who is 17, has been throwing up and needs to be checked out. The the officer says the boy in question is not responsive or

anything. Uh Principal Elizabeth Hill Brogden is charged with one count of child neglect, five counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and one count of holding an open house party. I didn't know that was a charge. If you if you make people pay. Is that different? I don't know. Hey, what are you in for? I threw an open house party. No. That's bullshit. I had a bouncer and he took covers. Right?

Uh, and then the other hand, teacher Carly Anderson is charged with one count each of disorderly conduct and disorderly intoxication. The state Attorney's office filed charges on March 31st. Court records show, uh, an online court records did not indicate a plea. Both women are free on bond right now. One of the great things was Carly Anderson was actually allowed to return to her job as a third grade teacher in Florida. The next day after returning,

they they released the body cam footage. Yeah. Oh, okay. And then she was immediately removed from her job. Oh, man. Did she dance on a table? I was hoping you were gonna say. The next day she threw a party. Oh, that'd be so good. She probably did. I don't know if if you have a a party where you invited a hundred minors and you're only served with five counts of distributing to minors, that's. Not a hundred counts. Yeah, like that's what I don't understand.

Mhm. The whole thing's weird. Yeah. It's very Florida. It is very Florida. No offense Florida. All the offense Florida. Yeah it's tons of offense. Have you guys watched that show Florida man not that this is that show, but you should go watch it. I've not. It looks funny. Is it funny or is it really stupid funny. So there's an episode about a guy that, like, wanders into the, like, swamp, and it's freaking hilarious because they interview,

they do reenactment. Isn't that just swamp thing, right? But they do reenactments with, like, comedians. But then they interview the actual people, too. Well, it's kind of like Drunk History where like, they have famous people re-enacting the stories very. Much like Drunk History. But yeah, I've seen the previews. It looks. Funny. Interviewed the real people, which makes it even better. And I'm sure they're all very well spoken and coherent. And. They're.

Showing up in tuxedos and two teeth and two teeth. Oh, wait, that was a tuxedo t shirt. That's classy. My one and only golf polo I own is a tuxedo. Golf polo. I have, I don't anymore. I've had more than one tuxedo t shirt in my adulthood. Could you wear one to prom? Come on. You just. You class it up, that's how. That is exactly how you class up any situation. I actually had a necktie pocket protector t shirt as well. That one was pretty cool. But everybody needs a tuxedo tee

and some jorts. Nothing will class up a joint like that. One pair of jorts I probably need right now currently. Yeah. No pairs. I don't own any myself, but there are plenty in my home because I have a teenage boy. Are they back? Are jorts? Oh. They've been back for like two years. And they're like almost $175 for a pair of Jordans. Not my. Jordans. You need to go to Walmart. Walmart. Get you. Get your beer in your drawers. Flex. Those aren't shorts.

Those were culottes in the women's section. I don't even know. I don't even know what word you said. You're like, why is there a flower embroidered on the pocket? Isn't it supposed to be like an anime guy? Well, they fit his apple bottom, so he wore them. Rotund bum. Rotom. Yeah, those are just. Those are just quartz. Those aren't shorts. They're. They're legit. Jorts what I have. They're they're jorts. Do your best John Cena impression. They're they're outlet jorts, too.

So they were for sure cheap. Mhm. One leg shorter than the other one. I didn't know Walmart had an outlet. Ah. I do have a funny story real quick just regarding the show.

So I have a friend who constantly listens to the show every week, not constantly. My friend, uh, Luke, who? I've talked about him before.

Oh, yeah. And he sent me a text about a week ago that said, I finally decided to introduce my girlfriend to your podcast, and she dumped me immediately.

Of course, the first episode she listens to, you guys talked about tits for about 30 minutes. Not that this means anything,

but I don't remember that. I don't either, I don't remember anything. And I'm sure the 30 minutes to him just felt long if he was listening to it with her. We probably. Did a solid two minutes on. Sex with your parents. Yeah. What? We're getting. Sarah Marshall. Like you're watching a movie. You don't expect it. It's just awkward. Oh, yeah? Oh, yeah. That was like, when, uh. No. Nevermind. Um, anyway. So just why is the show you're watching so scrambled?

Just a little warning. If you're gonna introduce your girlfriend to our podcast. What's the episode number? Listen to the episode first and then introduce her. Oh, is there more than one they should beware of? Maybe most of them. You know. We haven't ever talked about boobs while I've been here. Oh, I feel left out. Sorry. Fine. You want to come back next week and talk about boobs? Yeah. Okay, okay. I guess that's a cliffhanger right there. Out of the three of us, I'm probably the expert.

But maybe not. I don't know. I don't know, I'd like to revisit our conversation. That went 30 minutes on tits. TBD. TBD. Tipsy on tits. Tipsy on tits. It's our new segment.

Do I get my own song? Yeah. We'll find something for you. That's all that matters. She's tipsy. Da da da no, no. And she's. Got tits. Da da da da. Some girlfriend is like. This was going so well until about three minutes ago. Who is this girl? But what's. Wrong with. Her? I know, liven up a little bit. All right? We gotta do this. Uh, follow us on socials and whatnot. @CraftBeerRepublic. @Flex_me_a_beer underscores. And one of these days, maybe at Miss

Tipsy Socks. We'll see. Probably. She's probably going. She'll show up. She's got feet, and she knows how to use them. 805538 beer. 2337 mallet craft beer. Com all that good shit. I thank you for sticking through it and for staying hydrated. And on that note. Good night. Everybody. Bye.