Flex's Mom Brewing Company

Flex, you reviewing a beer? Yeah, I got another one I'm thirsty

Fwexy! Tirsty! I'm gonna pull that for a drop Welcome in, everybody, to the Craft Beer Republic!

I am Greg Thanks for drinking Thanks for joining that dying cat over there in Milwaukee That's Flex That's a new intro Oh, sorry I mean, Mr Remix himself, that's Flex Yeah, that was a great intro It was an intro Spot on Yeah, it was something It's harmonizing And then giggling her way all the way from Utah, the land of no fun, as we've discovered Yeah, I don't think you're allowed to giggle there, actually Oh I just broke the law Oh, fuck We're gonna call this out

That is, on the 'gram, you know her as Miss Tipsy Socks, straight from her OnlyFeet page That is, Steph, what's happening? Well, my OnlyFeet wasn't making much money,

so I left it behind I don't believe that There are some fucking weirdos out there I don't believe you for a second She's racking it in You think with all the OnlyFeet money that you're making, like, maybe you get yourself a taller desk No, I really just like sitting here like a little kid at this teeny tiny desk She's got, like, a beanbag chair I know I think that's what I did last time I found, like, one of our beanbag chairs I don't know why I didn't think of that before

They're so easy to hide that, you know, you just so happen to find them, luckily Thank goodness I hate when I misplace mine, this beanbag chair that was stuffed in a mouse hole Exactly You can follow her on the 'gram, @MissTipsySocks, and she's also a co-host of Beer Nerd Radio, also on the 'gram How do you listen to Beer Nerd Radio if you're not in your hood? You can go to K-U-A-A-F-M-dot-org

and listen to us there on Friday afternoons So we're on from 2 to 3 Utah time It's Mountain Standard Utah time Are you legally allowed to get drunk on the air in Utah? Yeah Oh, OK Or if not, we're in trouble Well, they haven't listened yet Probably not We'll get there So go find her on Beer Nerd Radio as well as her 'gram, @MissTipsySocks, all that good stuff And if I'm allowed to pry a little bit and ask some questions, you have a cool new-ish beer job I do, which is crazy, actually

I mean, I've been working in the beer world in one way or another for the last few years, but I actually have like a beer career What the fuck? I know So I'm the new executive director of the Utah Brewers Guild

That is so cool Congratulations Pretty big deal Yeah I'm excited I have to be a grown-up Never mind That sucks It's like, well, I get drunk on the radio, and then I have to be a grown-up, right?

And then I have to be a grown-up But it's really cool I get to hang out with our beer community here in Utah and do all kinds of fun events and plan things and then, you know, administrative stuff But that's OK Ew That part sounds gross Yeah I guess I really don't know what-- I mean, obviously, you probably plan out like beer festivals and fundraisers and that sort of thing Do you have to wear pantsuits?

That sounds like something an executive would have to wear is pantsuits No I wear my usual uniform of whatever I want You should get tuxedo socks I might have some I haven't got a look I don't know If I don't, I should have some, though That's like the most professional outfit you could wear I am sure there's some lonely man out there will gladly buy her some tuxedo socks Probably Yeah Her address, everybody, is 233-- Don't give it away Nobody wants to buy me anything

And there's guys willing to buy her socks just to get a picture of her wearing them Not just willing-- lining up There's a lot of-- yeah There's a lot of instructions that come with those deals I'm not really interested Yeah We should have a whole section called "Let's Read Steph's DMs" They're not as exciting as they used to be All right, I need you to jump rope 71 times There are probably-- yeah There's things like that They want to watch you walk on things and in things Oh Yeah Ew

That's super creepy But real talk So besides planning beer festivals and fundraisers and stuff like that, what kind of work--

and filling out paperwork-- what kind of work does that entail? So the Guild's just kind of a support system for our member breweries and for craft breweries in the state as a whole We do education We do community building events And we also, if we feel like there's legislation that needs to be changed, we kind of work towards that So really, we're just here to kind of support the breweries and whatever they need Nice How many laws are you trying to change currently?

Right now, one Ew But I'm not going to talk about it yet Fair We don't need this getting out I'm pretty sure that in Utah, the alcohol industry is always trying to change-- we're always trying to change the laws And we have the Olympics coming I was trying to think of this the other day It's ironic you're on What is the tap beer law with the ABV? So you can't-- yeah You can't serve anything above 5% on draft But you can can pour

Yep, you can can pour Yeah, you can serve anything in a bottle or can, but yeah But you can serve wine and, I think, hard cider on any strength I know wine, for sure So you can serve wine on tap, any ABV, which is weird Tap wine That's classy wine So a lot of them are like-- Actually, there's a shop that I'm thinking of out near me It's called Wade's Wines It's a very fancy beer and wine tasting room And they do have wine It's a very sophisticated wine tap system And they love alliteration

Yes, exactly I'm a big fan as well I really am It's all fancy wines It's not Franzia or whatever that's on tap But they have a tap system But I feel like this is not Utah specific, where wine gets a free pass in the whole alcohol world In here, when we were-- the whole COVID bullshit, it was like, oh, breweries have to serve a meal with their beer Wineries can do whatever the fuck they want Because you're a classy drunk if you're at a winery Right That's what it comes down to Yeah

I'm not classy, for the record I just want to put that out there No one thought the other way Well, I'm just making sure Just got to put it out there

I think out of the three of us, if you just had to guess, I would guess that Flex would be the classiest I would say Greg's is the fanciest Really? Yeah Dude, you're a member at a winery How about this? Multiple wineries Oh, man You make me feel this big, Greg I want to see myself out I just love that, in neither of your opinions, I was the classiest I never had a chance to speak Are you a member of a winery? No, but I'm not the classiest I'm sorry Multiple wineries?

You're sitting at a child's desk, recording a podcast Not a member of a winery Not a member of a winery Thank you Nope You're right Disqualified Fair Those are fair points I take everything back Well, I'm going to take my five wine memberships and ride off into the sunset I don't have kids, but I have wine memberships You're right, and I treat them like babies Oh, dear OK, since this is a beer show, let's talk-- let's get into some beer Oh, first, top listening city of last week

Shout out to-- and I think this is new-- Des Moines, Iowa Whoa Very nice Yeah What's up, Midwest? What's up? You guys just get the internet out there? Why? I think Iowa is the second least boring state next to Nebraska I'm pretty positive OK You mean like the second most boring state? Yeah, I guess least exciting OK, there we go But they do have-- There we go They have the world's largest truck stop in Iowa If anyone was ever curious to stop at the world's largest truck stop Have you been there?

No, we drove past it So you've seen it Oh, yeah, with my two eyes Not good enough to stop at the truck stop, though

Yeah, what the fuck? Couldn't even remember where we were going Kansas, maybe? Your guess is as good as mine I wasn't asking you I was like, you know, it was like rhetoric Got it Copy that All right, before we get any stupider, I'm going to tell everybody about my beer real quick [AUDIO OUT] You're mixing everything tonight? No, I'm just being goofy Oh, OK, I like it You know, one girl in the room and Flex gets real silly That's false Don't you guys almost always have one girl?

Yeah OK, we get a new girl in the room and Flex gets silly Newsflash, I'm a girl All right, I am drinking Almanac Brewing's Love Hazy IPA

It is 61%, has a 388 on untapped And at the brewery, they say, love is brewed in the spirit of equity, inclusion, and justice for all people We stand with our LGBTQ+ community in saying loud and clear, love is love Love is a very splendor thing And they go on to say that it has a pillowy mouthfeel, double dry hopped with mosaic, citra, and sabro Very goulet of you Goulet On the schnoz I get a lot of Melanie smells cantaloupe, that kind of thing Beep, boop, bop, thong song What?

It's Will Ferrell's Robert Goulet from Saturday Night Live She dumps like a truck, truck, truck, hey It's like a what, what, what, hey I think I'll sing it again Thong song Can I say how impressed I am that you're able to sing a different song while another song is playing?

That is impressive It's not that bad It's like I can't even think of the lyrics of another song while another song is playing I was singing a goulet I mean, we caught that Goulet Real quick, on ye olde tongue jobber The flavor follows the nose quite a bit Cantaloupe with flavors of like mango and some citrusy Very hazy Properly haze I don't know if you guys can see that A little on the dark side for a hazy, but very hazy Welcome to the dark side Very delicious

I got this while I was up in San Francisco a couple of weeks ago I walked out of my hotel I was like, oh, there's like a really disgusting looking liquor store I wonder if they have any craft beer in there Spoiler alert, they did So I picked this up, and like a drunk, took it back to my room and started drinking it What a fun surprise Yeah It was good Not too bad Oh, that's a fun surprise Why are you laughing?

Oh, my god That wasn't even supposed to be funny It was a fun surprise It just was funny I don't know Because it just seemed so sweet What a fun surprise Well, it is Thank you Ryan, what a good boy you were I did it all by myself He was working hard in San Francisco That's right I'm like my own ass Out of town Oh, dear That's probably the only time I've cried when somebody screamed that they wiped their own ass Big daddy? Have you seen Big Daddy?

Yes But-- When they're taking the kid away from him, with child protector services, and he turns around, and the kid screams, but I wiped my own ass Yes All right We're all caught up now Now I'm caught up, yeah Hey, but not an ass wiping show Not yet Give it time Give it time What else? Oh, real quick, before I forget to mention, happy anniversary to Naughty Pine Brewing and Brit They had-- she had the anniversary over the weekend

Could not make it, because technically, as this drops, I'm not even in this fucking country But happy anniversary Yeah Yeah, Brit's great I was very confused Where are you going? She's confused As this drops, I will be in Portugal Oh, that's really cool Yeah, drinking wine, because I'm classy Do you have memberships there, too?

Not yet I mean, maybe by the time this drops, I've got three more That's the fanciest shit I ever did hear Yes So much wine He said, I'm going to go to a country where I don't even speak their language, just for wine And I'm going to be a member of their wine club And Greg has memberships at multiple wineries What makes me classy?

I'm by sure I think you're wine ghoul I'm by wine ghoul We were hanging out with friends last week And they're like, oh, so why did you choose Portugal for your vacation? And the wife starts like, oh, you know, like I was there last time I wasn't of drinking age And my dad got to try all these wines And it just became like wine, wine, wine, wine, wine I was like, just stop and tell them we're alcoholics Like, what else are we doing at this point?

I'm a grape officiant How to actually-- Love me some grape juice Big fan of grapes Really old grapes Maybe people, you know, step on the grapes Big fan of stepping on grapes Yeah, also something I try not to think of when I drink wine is that people stepped on these grapes Do they really? Or do they just like press them out?

I don't think that's really not happening, Al, probably It is happening We know somebody who owns a wine line of wines What country? Where? This country What country? Here's the thing We are members at their winery And they had like a grape stomping day Like, hey, come stomp grapes with us Like, oh, you want my stankiest feet in your grapes? Do they do it in bare feet? Or do they have like feet covers?

Bare feet, my friend Interesting Oh, come on I'm sure there's some part of the process that just-- We trimmed some bushes and stuff in the backyard today And I stepped on some weird berries And they were sticky They got real sticky on my feet Don't think I would be a fan of stepping on grapes Yeah, it was weird Because it's just a big fucking buckety thing Yeah, it's a big vat Yeah, it's a big vat of grapes And obviously, it then ferments And alcohol kills germs, blah, blah, blah

And then if you don't wash your feet, and then you step in your flip-flops, and you get that like-- with the skin to the shoes-- I don't like it Anyways, the bottle they made after that was called Athletes But I don't know Let's even glass this up a little bit I don't know if we can It's impossible We've gotten so low, we're never coming back We've gotten as low as the desk Well, you're in a kid's desk That's not fair We both attack the desk I love it

I was going to ask Steph if she's done any good beer research lately You know, no, I haven't been-- actually, I haven't been drinking a lot

Lately, so it's been kind of weird I've been just working, so-- Well, the Guild just called you're fired, so-- No, no Usually when I work a lot, I drink a lot Really? Yeah, it goes hand in hand I think it's because I'm still training at this job So in order for me to remember everything that I'm trying to learn, I need to not be drinking Like how to spell the word "guild"?

It's a tricky one There's a lot of different ways to spell the word "guild" It's a tricky one There is a "u" in there Yes, there is I think there would be a "y," Gray You think-- just like algorithm Algorithm should have a "y" in it It should It's because rhythm has a "y" I get it Exactly Oh, that's why Yeah Thank you for giving me a reason for not knowing how to spell You're welcome Makes sense Yeah Come on, now I asked the wife before we started, I was like, hey,

have we gone to like any new breweries or done any research that I can talk about on the show? Because I'm coming up with a blank She's like, went to Knotty Pine for trivia I was like, we do that every week That doesn't count Oh my god I'm an idiot, actually I went to-- You went to Knotty Pine for trivia? No, but I went to-- since I spoke to you guys last-- I went to Great Taste of the Midwest in Madison, Wisconsin

It was fantastic I had a great time I hear that's supposed to be one of the biggest festivals nationwide Yeah, it's insanely huge Did you do an official work business?

I did I went with the Brewer's Association It's like, if you don't buy tickets within a couple hours of them releasing them, you don't get them There's all these weird rules about who can buy tickets They only sell paper tickets They don't do digital tickets Yeah So the Brewer's Association, luckily we were there with them and we were able to buy tickets, and it was awesome It's crazy I hear the pre-night is almost better than the fest itself With the home brewers?

Not necessarily with the home brewers, but I guess all these breweries will do pop-ups or tap takeovers from the locals And it's just basically supposed to be one big fucking party before the party Yep, we went out and tried some different things and hung out It was really-- it was a great-- it was a great work trip Great bonding experience with my coworkers It was really great I was like the best work trip ever, so Was it the best beer festival you've been to?

I'd say, yeah It was right up there The weather was beautiful There's shade It's grassy And there were so many good beers I was really-- I was a happy, happy girl Flex, our homie Brian that works-- I can't think of the brewery he works at right now He doesn't work at the brewery anymore Oh, and he's not there anymore?

No, he's like a supply distributor now Oh, OK He keeps trying to get me to go out there for that festival, also I know, he texted me, too, and I couldn't make it Yeah, it's never at a good time I think I was somewhere this time or not in Wisconsin That's always an issue If you go get the VIP, it's worth it, because they let you in two hours early You can do a ton of stuff before the wave of people shows up And it is a wave of people It's a literal wave It looked like a tidal wave It's insane

It's like they cut the ribbon, and everybody just sprints You can see a wall of people It's like when Shooter McGavin steals the green jacket from Happy, or a gold jacket, and everybody's chasing from behind That's what it is It's crazy, because they let everybody bring blankets, and lawn chairs, and musical instruments, whatever they want And so everybody's running to get a spa on the grass

And yeah, it was crazy So that two-hour head start was awesome I don't know about you guys I've hit that age where I will pay the VIP price for beer festivals so that I can leave when that wave comes in

Yeah Actually, we stayed at the hotel next door And you can come in and out as much as you want So we went the two hours, and then we left I went back to my room and took a nap Smart And then came back again once the crowd started thinning a little bit That is-- that's brilliant Yeah, that's living the dream right there I don't think there's any festival out here where you can go in and out of, at least not that I've been a part of Not here Oh, that is so good That's perfect

Yeah, we've started-- one of the bigger ones out here is called Surf and Suds And any time we go to that one, we're like, VIP Because we are so sick and tired of by hour 1 and 1/2, people are just A, shittered, but B, running out of beer, the port-a-potties turn into a nightmare I mean, just everything's bad I'm old I'm old too I will pay extra for the VIP Yeah, we're at that age now Yeah We are classy drunks Speak for yourself, Greg OK, I'm a classy drunk All right, before we get any further,

let's check in with what Steph is drinking over there with a call to the pen

He calls to the bullpen for beer OK, this is the episode where Greg decides never to invite me back, because I forgot how you guys do this

I had to just talk about your beer I am drinking a chin-chillin' cerveza from Keto's Brewing

right here in little old Utah I love Mexican lagers Let me just tell you that first of all They are top-notch There's a chinchilla on it Yeah, I'll take a chinchilla I'll take a chinchilla They think I'm Mexican You're not Mexican?

Now I've totally lost track of my thoughts Oh, that's OK My favorite literary name Yeah, there's a little bit of like-- I think they use a little bit of blue corn in this one It is just a tiny bit sweet It's a little complex for a Mexican lager, but in a good way It's delicious Honestly, I could drink this all day Same beer over and over, which is pretty good Fun fact Yeah Did you know chinchillas are the softest animal in the world?

They are really soft It is scientifically proven They have the most hairs per follicle of any animal in the world They're like the Egyptian cotton sheets of the animal world I've touched a chinchilla, and let me tell you-- I have, too, actually They're very-- Damn fuckers be soft Oh, dear We talking S-A-W-F-T Soft

That's pretty damn soft Yeah But for real, they soft Not a wrestling show Not a wrestling show Sorry, who is the brewery? KITOS K-I-I-T-O-S Steph, are you generally a Mexican lager fan? I love Mexican lager I'll tell you who isn't Who? His name starts with a G And ends with an egg I was going to say, also ends with a G, but yeah It's gag Sounds like a good sitcom

It's gag Here's my thing with Mexican lagers Starts with a G and ends with an egg They're too sweet for my liking They are a little sweet And I love that

But because they're not smoothie, sour, sweet Sure, it's very different It's like a malty, corny type of sweet Which I love Big fan Huge fan Here's where I lose all credibility and classiness for that If I'm going Mexican lager, I need something shitty like a Pacifico I like a Pacifico, too But a Pacifico is good, though But those cheap Mexican lagers, they don't have the sweetness that the craft Mexican lagers have Look, the craft Mexican lagers are made the right way

Style-wise, it's always fucking dead on It's just not for me I mean, I'm more than happy to drink a Pacifico anytime Especially when I'm hungover Give me some Pacificos and a big-ass bowl of pozole I can't say the other beer because I don't know how to say it right Go on Everybody makes fun of me Now I have to hear it Corona? Dos Equis? What do I say? I say Modelo's You say Modelo Modelo, whatever

Oh, yeah That's not how you say it Daylight come, and me want to Modelo OK You know I like that Yeah Yeah, you drink a Modelo, and I'll do a Pacifico, some pozole I like Pacifico Yeah, it's easy I mean, 4 and 1/2%, it's like water, basically What's the red label one again? It starts with an S Oh, I can picture the bottle, and I can't think of-- Yeah, it's bumming me out It's like silver and red, isn't it? No, it's not Tecate No There's like another red label one Victoria?

Yeah, I think so It's a Mexican lager, right? Yeah, Cerveza Victoria? C C? C Red Rocket It's a lager Red Rocket? Yeah Get the fuck out of here Who is this-- oh It's Red Rocker Brewing Co It's fucking Sammy Hagar What? Yeah, who knew?

I didn't know he had a brewing company Nobody did Except Sammy Hagar Yeah, from Detroit I think that's him on the picture Anyways, all right, this is great pod, me talking about pictures that I'm looking at right now Anyhoo, all right, before we get to Flex's Beer Ludicrous Libation Law, this comes out of Virginia So I was going to get stereotypical and find a ludicrous libation law from Utah And instead, Virginia popped up as a "hold my beer, we're trying to fuck with Utah" situation

They have a ton of weird fucked up alcohol laws as well

Nothing about taps and pipers and all that We got to talk about shit about Virginia and not West Virginia?

I know I wish Virginia was in there That's so sad I don't think they have laws in West Virginia because they haven't figured out how to write them yet Oh, that hurt people from West Virginia We aim to Yeah, people from West Virginia hurt people from West Virginia So in regular Virginia, it is unlawful to conduct a happy hour between the hours of 9 PM and 2 AM That's sad It's weird Not happy That is weird Yeah, it's like an unhappy hour They charge you double from 9 to 2

So one place had a weird happy hour at a weird time and somebody caused problems and they just-- Right Like fights broke out or something Right Too many Pacificos Any alcohol beverage you buy, you get kicked in the crotch It's a very unhappy hour I was like, jeez, thanks, Virginia Yeah, it's super weird I thought Virginia was for lovers I guess not No, that's Ohio Is that their slogan?

I think it's many states Just a bunch of states Half the union is just for lovers Love somebody got that tattooed on them Find out it's a bunch of states Anyways, all right Let's break into a little bit of news flight Two weeks in a row, Flex Let's grab those paddles

Oh, we're losing a patient Oh, sorry, it's breaking news It sounds more like a medical emergency Tilray closes on their final acquisition from Molson Coors,

and that is Atwater Brewing Now they are officially owners of all four of those breweries that they acquired from Molson Coors That, of course, is Atwater, as well as the other ones, which names are escaping me Terrapin Hot Valley, Terrapin, and Revolver I do like Terrapin Yeah, they're one of the OGs The Luau Krunkles is like an OG Pog IPA Just top notch All right I've never even heard of this Me either Well, you live in Utah, so it's-- Fair It's above 3% You guys can't get it

That's a fair point But they do like Hopsicutioner, and that is like shred your taste buds and your enamel with bitterness and-- Old school That sounds so pleasant Isn't it great how we describe West Coast IPAs? Especially the old school shit It will ruin your sinuses Yeah Hey, do you like tasting other things?

Well, fuck you Well, I'll tell you what, that one is rough Like, it really is I don't think I've had it Heard of it I don't think I've had it Try it Next episode I remember the first time I had like a Stone IPA I was like, I am drinking Pitter Flowers What the fuck is this?

And then you just drink it up to where you finally like it Yeah Or like it enough Like it enough Like it enough for sure When I'm in the mood on the rare occasion Yeah I like my wife Once a year So you actually-- Hey, you want like a Stone IPA or something? My wife Not that occasion Twice a year Birthday and anniversary What about Easter or Christmas?

You lucky doggy Steph, were you on the-- I call it the distribution list, but I don't know The distribution list for Stone's like influencer program? No Oh, no My page is too small and way too weird So no We somehow got contacted, especially like during COVID I think they were real desperate They hit us up They're like, hey, will you take pictures of our beers and drink them and talk about them?

I was like, free beer, sure You're still craft And it was great at first, because it's like, hey, here's an enjoy buy And here's a Notorious POG And then it was like-- That one's good, by the way Oh, I love Notorious POG And then it was, oh, here's a Stone IPA

Here's a Stone IPA with different can art on it Here's a Stone IPA four pack, all with different can art on it, because it's an artist series I was like, you guys, what the fuck do you want me to say about a Stone IPA? Either you fucking had it or you haven't But it has new can art Right, it's an artist series It's going to make it taste better Collect all the cans Make a beer made against your wall Right, did you see my wall of cans behind me?

All Stone IPAs And in the influencer pack, they'd send little postcard-sized printouts of the artwork I'm like, what the fuck am I going to do with this? Frame it Yeah, put it on your cork board Yeah, here it is, framed behind me Can you guys see it? Anyways Hey, babe, we've got to go to TJ Maxx I've got to get a frame for this new Stone postcard Hey, do you have any frames laying around? What for? I've got some postcards Do you really need to hang up in the stairwell?

You have a 4 by 6 stat Babe, why are you taking out the picture of my mother? Fuck your mother I'm putting up this Stone IPA artwork Priorities Anyways, Tilray Oh After announcing the final closure and all that stuff of all these brands, they are now cutting a bunch of jobs within the beverage division

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A lot of these are coming from 10 Barrel, which I'm sad to see Better than 9 Barrel Right I was glad to see when 10 Barrel got unbought out, if that's a thing Not that Tilray makes anything really that craft But I was like, oh, good, 10 Barrel Like, they've always hated being part of Budweiser And now they're not part of Budweiser anymore Well, now they're all fired So that's kind of shitty So, hey, fuck you, Tilray That's rough Yeah Yeah A few weeks ago, we talked about Sierra Nevada

held a conference with their wholesalers

just to say, hey, guys, we still like beer Yes Yeah Weird conference Well, hey, guess what? Firestone just did the same thing They let everybody know that they're focusing on beer And also, they are no longer going to be doing like these weird monthly rollouts of different flavors Like cocktail-inspired beers? God, I fucking hope so Steph, have you had any of these Firestone cocktail beers? Uh-uh I haven't Consider your tongue lucky Are they-- what cocktails are they turning into?

They've done a ton They've done Gin Rickey's, Tequila Sunrise But they're still beer? It's 100% beer They're not a canned cocktail? Not a canned cocktail Different barrel-edge beers mixed together to make cocktail flavors?

The worst beer I've ever put in my mouth was their Dark and Stormy It was disgusting Yeah, those don't sound good I've seen other beer cocktails, and I'm always a little wary It's-- oh, it was so bad Or as Big Dick Nick would call it, the Stormy Daniels It was disgusting He never-- he never remembers the name of the beer Jimmy Garoppolo had sex with it?

He never remembers the name of the beer, just calls it Stormy Daniels But they go on to say they're just going to be doubling down on their core beers, which-- look, Firestone is great and all But how many Union Jacks can you drink in your life? Like a Stone IPA Yeah, what was the-- they did the Hazy Series That was all right The Hazy Series? Was that now Firestone?

Yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, that was Firestone Yes, I'm trying to think of the name The original Hazy of the Hazy Series, I actually quite liked Why can't I think of the name? Anyways, that's how good it was Then they got all tropical and fruity and it was a little too much Yeah, there's a few of them, yeah Yeah Anybody have $79 million laying around? Oh, yeah I just spent it Well, now we got stuff around here to find something

I think I only have like $78, I'm a little short I'll try and come up with that 01 Anderson Valley Brewing Company is listed for sale again They just sold a few years ago and now they're trying to ditch it Do you know why? Because of the name Anderson Valley?

Yeah, it's a terrible name for a brewery Oh, I mean, they've been around forever I don't like it And they're from the Anderson Valley Well, I'm going to tell you right now I think it's a terrible name for a brewery No, sir I don't like it Not one bit If you were to steal Steph $78 million and my $01 million and buy Anderson Valley Brewing, what would you rename it? Lex's mom Something like Heroes Brewing or something like that?

No, that's terrible That's not terrible How is that better than Anderson Valley?

It's uplifting It's-- No, Heroes No, that's like the Walmart of names You're dumb (SINGING) Real American heroes At least pick one hero You can't just randomly issue a vague blanket heroes I could do whatever I want I've just got $79 million and I own a brewery Not wrong It's not going to do very well The last place was named Anderson's And it went out of business because it had a terrible name I think Steph nailed it, though I think we should call it Flex's Mom Brewing

I think that would draw a lot of people in You know, I'd be there Be like, who's Flex? And who's his mom, more importantly? Why is she brewing beer?

No one would ask who your mom is They don't know It would raise a lot of questions That's what brings the people in, curiosity It's because it's provocative Lex's mom brings all the boys to the yard I'm talking from experience It's a brewery, not a milk shop Milk shop Milk shop Damn it You dug that hole yourself, my friend I'll see myself out Yeah All right, before we get to the full pour, let's answer some important questions over there In a world where craft beer is king,

in a world where muscles are bigger than growlers, only one tongue can guide us, one man, one tongue, one tongue jobber In this world, we must find out what is Flex drinking? Well, today Flex is drinking Blackstack Brewing Oh, I like that Yeah, they're out of Minnesota They're great Big fan of Midwest beer This one's called Spinning Plates

It is a double IPA at 82% And I think the can probably reads the same as untapped here, and it's just easier to read There are a lot of things that can go wrong in this business And that says, read, everything can and will go wrong Shipments of supplies don't show up on time A lot of times, it can feel like you're just figuring out which fire to put out first For times like those, there is beer Beer like this, one Beer like this, one, without a--

What is happening?

I put the wrong emphasis on the wrong syllable On the wrong syllable, except they were words I thought you were going to start a list of things That's fair One Is fantastic Two, it's not this funny when Greg messes up a word God damn it Because you're used to me messing up words It happens all the time Beer's like this, one, with our hands selected Nectaron, Eldorado, Mosaic, and HBC 586, which they should just give a god damn fucking name to already Agreed It's been like eight years

It's a tough world out there No one's going to serve it up to you on a silver platter Just keep spinning That's what it says So this is a 4-1-2 on untapped It's only got 300 rating, so it's relatively new Freshie It's as new as Flex's reading skills Hey, it was-- I'll never live that down It's like a Casey and JoJo song All right, well, shut your mouth now Brian McKnight Sorry, Brian McKnight This is a similar color to the beer I drank last week It's very pale yellow

It's weird for you to drink a hazy It's a double IPA Never said it was a hazy dick Anyway, this is my favorite color of maybe hazies They're maybe not see-through IPAs The not clear ones? A bit blurby Blurry IPA I like that, actually Be good for a triple, because you get drunk Blurry IPA I do like triples That's a good-- that would be a great band name, too So I'm the old schnoz here Need some grapefruit? A little bit of that gooseberry from them Southern Hemisphere Gooseberries?

Are there Southern Hemisphere hops in here? I can't remember now I have no idea what a gooseberry smells like I don't know if the nectar on Southern Hemisphere Check that out Schnozberries taste like schnozberries Take this all out, Greg Edit We're going to retract, clap, edit point So I'm the old schnoz A lot of grapefruity pith I love that you tried to just pass that along like nothing had happened Oh, sure I trust Greg to edit this out This might be my favorite thing that's ever happened

And I am going to have to edit it, because it's just five minutes of us laughing Oh, fuck So I'm the old schnoz A lot of grapefruit coming in on this one I'm literally crying Me too I'm trying to wipe my tears away They just keep showing up Oh, this will go on the Boston episode OK The blooper reel Yeah Oh, man Zungenjobber I mean, zungenjobber in German I'm the old schnoz A lot of grapefruit coming through Mm, nice, nice Grapefruit pith, you know, the pith of the grapefruit Very grapefruity

Big fan I don't like to eat grapefruit, but I like the smell of it And I'm the old zungenjobber Zungenjobber Zungenjobber A little less flavor than the aromatics But there's no bitterness Real low carbonation And like, not a dry finish, but not-- it's like enough to make you want to come back for another sip But doesn't completely dry your tongue out This is-- it's a fine beer And guess what I did, Greg? Oh, did you run it through the algorithm?

I went to craftbeerrepubliccom/algorithm, not with a Y And I put everything in So it was a 82% ABV $1599 for the four pack

OK, very respectable baseline price And I rated the can art a seven Because Blackstack, they always do some-- it's the same can, you know, with different colors and the background behind the Blackstack But still, it's clever And it gave me a 71 OK So it's a respectable rating, I'd say And I would probably say that the beer stands true to the 71 Perfect So as opposed to last week, where I would have heightened it a little bit Sure That's really funny She's laughing at your science over here

Well, it's clearing science My beer review was way too short I was not prepared Well, to be fair, this one's gone on for 15 minutes Where mine fell short, Flex's is just like-- I was like, are we still talking about the same beer? The one that was like, and this one, is that the same beer? God damn it Have I lost track of time?

I really wasn't sure Well, just cracked a second beer, and just felt like reviewing that one, too I mean, to be fair to you, Steph, he did say on the nose, I think, seven times Because we could not keep our shit together It was your fault I take full responsibility Full responsibility [GROANING] Steph, you're fired Actually, I told when Greg asked if I wanted to come on, I was like, I really thought I was never allowed back Well, we had so much fun with you

He told me you were going to be on the second show, and I said, god damn it, why isn't she on both shows? I told him, let me know any time I will make time for you guys So I get to swear on this show I don't get to swear on my show

Yeah, fuckity fuck fuck Right Yeah, so good Gosh darn it They may kick you out of Utah Yeah, that's pretty very un-Utah of you Yeah Oh, I know I didn't even say heck Oh, god Well, you just did That one's allowed Oh, we're going to see-- what is it, the Apollo, where the guy comes in with a cane and like pulls people on stage? We're just going to see someone enter her frame with a cane and pull her out Did they actually do that at the Apollo?

Yeah You ever watch Showtime at the Apollo back in the day? No, it came on after Saturday Night Live, and I'd be like, what the fuck is this shit? That's why I watched it, because I was still up And Saturday Live ended Oh, man Oh, my god Oh, dear All right, this is going to be fun, too Oh, dear Edit You're getting a bonus for this episode Yeah, I'm going to pay me in more beer Beer?

Yeah In more classy-ass wine Yeah, I need a beer All right, let's kill off some news before we head on up out of here According to beerinsightscom, IPAs now

make up half of all off-premise craft beer sales I believe that Do you want to know why I believe it? I do want to know why Because it's about half the beer I buy I'd say it's more than half Oh, yeah Yeah OK Me not arguing that, Greg Yeah It also has a 5% share of US total beer sales So there Should we take a trip to Florida?

Where else would we take a trip to? Yeah, Florida's the best trip Florida drunk driver tries switching seats after a DUI crash Like, nobody would be driving? Right?

Yeah This is one of those things that you always fantasize about, but never actually do A Florida drunk driver named Lance Green got caught by police last week for driving under the influence in Volusia County Now, this isn't your typical DUI arrest, because there's a little bit of drama and deception thrown into the mix According to Fox 35, Lance, 59, from Port Orange, was driving his Ram pickup truck on August 30th around 9:40 PM He decided that rear-ending a Ford truck on the highway

while drunk was a good idea The two vehicles were rolling down the same road when Green's truck slammed into the back of the Ford Someone in the Ford got hurt, but told the officers they didn't need to see a doctor But it didn't stop this Florida drunk driver Instead of facing the music like a grown man, Lance pulled one of the oldest tricks in the book He tried to swap seats with his passenger, Susan Green He figured if she looked like she was driving, maybe the cops wouldn't know it was

him who caused the whole mess Unfortunately for Lance, the officer saw right through his little ruse When the deputies arrived, they noticed the Florida drunk driver was acting quite himself, showing all signs that something was a bit off It's like he had had one too many before hopping in the driver's seat So the officers did what they usually do They asked him to get out of the truck Well, guess who didn't feel like cooperating?

Lance He ignored their orders at first, staying put, and probably hoping they'd magically forget about him Spoiler alert, they didn't Eventually, he got out But when it came time to take sobriety tests, Lance wasn't about it He said he had back and hip problems, so he couldn't do all the tests they wanted him to do By the way, is that a viable excuse?

Because I will be remembering that On top of that, when it was time for the-- And they just make you take a breathalyzer Damn it On top of that, when it was time for the breathalyzer, he wasn't about that either Well, if you know anything about DUI stops, that's pretty much a guarantee you're getting hauled off to jail And that's exactly what happened The Florida drunk driver tried to weasel out of the situation, but ended up getting cuffed and sent to county jail

He hit him with charges for DUI and resisting an officer without violence His bond, only $2,000 Lance said, the doctor said, I need to back you out of here Flex, how would you like to end this on a list? You know I love lists Yes I like to get angry at lists Well, we'll see The cost of a 16-ounce beer at all 32 NFL stadiums

Ooh We did baseball stadiums before, right? I think I was here for that Or maybe I just-- No, you were-- you just-- All right, then I was just listening And I always feel so close to you guys that I thought I was there Because you sit on a little tiny desk really close to the screen Bullshit, that's too expensive Super close We'll start at the bottom Detroit Lions-- So wait, is this top 10? What are we doing here? I'll do all 32 if you want them Oh, man, you got the oxygen for that?

We'll see All right, let's do it Luckily, some of them are double-dub We'll see how this goes I might cut out the first half Start at the bottom The cheapest is $626 Remember, 16-ounce beers The Lions on the Falcons at $626 Damn, really?

That's actually pretty good Yeah It's not a bad price I'd pay that for shit beer And Atlanta, they're in the Mercedes Dome That's right Man I'm surprised they can afford that The Bengals at $659 The Broncos at $750 The Texans-- Wait, wait, wait It goes from $659 to $750?

It jumps almost a dollar Holy balls Yeah That's what happens when you move west It's ridiculous I guess so Texans, Vikings, and Colts all at $8 even Ravings-- Ravings, wow Ravings, yeah Oh, Ravings, Greg Ravings Oh, what's the big deal about Ravings?

One The Ravens, Cardinals, and Browns all at $813 The Patriots at $840 The Buccaneers-- oh, excuse me The Chiefs-- can't forget the Chiefs-- at $850 The Buccaneers at $863 The Bills and Bears at $880 Steelers at $929 The Packers and Cowboys, rivals, but sharing beer prices, $950 That's some shit Yeah The Titans, Seahawks, and Panthers, $1050 That's shocking because I believe Seattle has one of the lowest beer prices for MLB stadiums Oh, interesting If not the

That's because nobody goes to see the Mariners But they're the Mariners Because nobody goes to see them Can you name one player since Ken Griffey Jr? Yeah, that Julio Rodriguez? I thought you were going to say that one guy Was that just a random name?

No, I'm pretty sure that's his name I'm going to think of the most Cuban name I could think of I'm pretty sure that's his name Sure is Sure is You're thinking of the little league, Bill Sears The Dolphins, the Giants, the Jets, and the Commanders, $11 The Niners, Saints, and Jags, $1150 Wow The Raiders at $12 The Chargers and Rams at $1375 California Not the most expensive beer in the league, though Because that title belongs to-- Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait At $1467 a beer

I'm trying to think Did you do the Cardinals yet? I think so I'll tell you what I did not do The Philadelphia Eagles What a bunch of dicks They're fucking eagle hats on and 14-- Cheering for the Eagles 1467 per beer Almost $15 for 16 ounces of beer And I'm sure that is the cheapest, shittiest beer they have available I was going to say, do you think it's like a Bud Light?

At best Oh my god I just want to tell you that I was right when Julio Rodriguez played for the Seattle Mariners He was a pitcher at the League World Series And then made his way to the Mariners He wasn't rookie of the year like two years ago And I just-- I know baseball My name is Flex I know baseball He just made me sound like such a dummy I just like that that's your calling card I know baseball It's not bad It could be worse things I know some baseball

I'm just not going to throw out like stereotypical names and just guess at somebody I mean, it would have been OK if you did We thought you did No, we would have never-- I would have assumed you had, yeah God damn it We were still willing to be your friend when we thought you were lying Right That's OK But no, you proved us wrong Good job, buddy God damn it After this is over, Flex is going to be like, you know Steph can't come back anymore, right?

I know I know I'm putting in my two weeks notice I'm assuming I'll never hear from you again It's fine That was a good way out last time Oh, dear All right That is everything for tonight Before I hit some music Finally Before I hit music, I will say, hi to Vanessa Hi, Vanessa For maybe the last time Only for me You'll be back, Flex This just isn't my last time Somebody's last Maybe you guys do the show and give me a break or something No, because I don't want to be in charge of making

everybody get back on track Yeah, I don't know how to do it Yeah, it's hard I don't get paid enough All right, I'm going to hit some music Follow us on the socials @misstipsysocks on the 'gram Don't forget Beer Nerd Radio Of course, @craftbeerrepublic, @flexmeabeer_ I think that's all the 'grams

Steph, thanks for hanging out with us Yeah, any time Thank you so much What a blast Yeah, no matter what Flex said, I had a lot of fun Those were good times Always Such a good time What else? 805-538-BEER Call us or something I think that's everything I hope everyone is as hydrated as we are One And on that note, good night, everybody