Vacation Beers Don't Count

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joining I am Greg and I am being joined by the fucking Hurricane Chaser himself, and that's Big Windy Flex over there What's up, big fella? Hurricane, more like hur-a-cant, you know what I'm saying?

Can't fuck with you over there Yeah, the Hurricane wanted no piece of Flex Yeah, I don't blame him I mean, I want a piece of Flex, but it's a very different piece of Flex Keep it in your pants, Greg Absolutely Yeah, well We're not even drunk yet Oh, well, like I said, give it time Find us on the socials, @CraftBeerRepublic, and

of course, @FlexMeABeer_ In between, we have a lot of show for you today I am feeling like 98% better than the last time we recorded I feel like I have some life back in me I had your jet lag the last time Major jet lag Oh my God, I was on the verge of death last time So I feel so much better, so much more in the mood for drinking I'll tell you what Anyways, lots of show to get to We've done some researching, we've got some news to talk about, some big breaking news out in my area

And I'm pretty sober over here I've gone a whole day It's a holiday as we record I didn't work today I've gone the whole day without drinking I've been looking forward to this moment for quite some time If you don't mind, I'm going to get straight into it Well as we know, it's October, which means it's almost not Oktoberfest anymore It's a funny process Yeah But just in time to sneak it in because I think Oktoberfest is

still officially going I am drinking Oktoberfest by Alesmith This is five and a half percent,

13 IBUs, has a 371 on untapped out of over 11,000 ratings They say this classic German style amber lager has been brewed in Germany and Austria for hundreds of years, though it was made famous for being served at Munich's Oktoberfest celebration since 1872 Modern versions exported to the United States are often labeled Oktoberfest, and the name has become synonymous in the minds of most brewers and consumers with the traditional Marzen

style The modern iterations of the style in Europe are considerably lighter Our take on this classic is characterized by a clean, elegant, and toasty malt character Prost!

It was like Stone wrote that for him Yeah, that was long Starting to get winded Yeah, whew, I need a drink after that On the schnaz, a lot of that sweet caramel coming through As you can see, it's that very roasty caramelly color, clear see-through I'm going to whip out the old tongue jobber here Well, it's pretty much what you would expect It is clean A little bit of roasty, not too much Real, real drinkable, real crushable Easy to chug

I will say this might be a little on the sweet side for a traditional Marzen They get weirder every time we say it I feel like it's like how it should be Yeah, that's true That's probably the way to do it Especially when you just keep upping our game I don't know how many German words, but any time you have a chance to get that really dirty, gross German accent going on, just make it weird as hell So weird But yeah, so this is pretty good

I think the untapped score is probably pretty accurate at 37 It's certainly not my favorite, but it's also not the worst I wish they'd take a little of the sweetness out Could also use a little more carbonation It's a little on the flat side I do like some carved up Marzens Yeah, but for a traditional Marzen, it's a little, that got real weird It's a little undercarb, so it's so fucking weird Now, if that was a beer, that would

be a super carb beer Yes, exactly Marzen Don't blow a gasket over there, Macho Man Oh God How would the Macho Man say? German Macho Man That's where my mind, my dog, brother I was a little more Hulk than Macho Man Nine, nine, my man Speaking of like getting weirder every time, I haven't actually told her that I do this, but I wonder if she listens, we'll find out Every time we do trivia at Naughty Pine, we

always message Brit like, Hey, we'll be there Can you, can you save our spot for us? And she always does But I make my messages a little bit weirder each and every time just trying to make her laugh So like, it'll be like, hello, fine proprietor of this establishment Myself and my crew of trivia goers would like to reserve our usual spots Like I just try to make it like weirder and more old timey every time I message her I don't think she's

gonna respect that Yeah I think she just thinks I'm weird at this point, which is not inaccurate No, I'd say it's fairly accurate Right I've known you for like four years at least Yeah I'm fucking weird So pretty weird guy Yeah Pretty weird guy I'm also a weird guy So, uh, respect Yeah, exactly Uh, all right Lots to get to I want to hear about the fucking dick hotel Oh yes, that's right I am a home from Disney world Yeah

Which was a fantastic trip aside from a asshole named Milton Yeah That fucker Yeah Um,

so the dick hotel is, it was pretty Dickie Uh, we didn't get to spend too much time near the dicks because of all the rain Are the dicks just at the pool area? Yeah The super Dickie pool Otherwise it P now pool everywhere else It seems like a normal hotel until you get to the pool and then you just wonder who passed this design Like, you know, like,

what was this guy thinking when he designed this pool area for the hotel? Oh, I think we know Clearly we know But, uh, so we arrived on Sunday morning and uh, really, really nice flight Really easy flight That's something I'm always weary on Yeah I love flying I don't hate flying, but if, uh, if it's a smooth flight that just makes it that much better I get it We started the day, it was a no park day So we had some dinner reservations

at Disney Springs and it was the chef art Smith's restaurant down there No idea who that guy even fucking is, but they're supposed to be really well known for their fried chicken So one of the entrees on the menu was fried chicken and uh, we, we, we know like the common Southern chicken and waffles Yeah I love chicken and waffles This was chicken and donuts Oh, all right I can see where, so you'd get hard over that Right So you see

that on a menu and it was a fried chicken with glazed donuts and it came with some syrup

and like a, they called it a chicken, like a gravy, but it was really thick It was like you had to scoop it with the fork and like spread it Oh, but it was like the most delectable sweet savory might be the best thing I've ever eaten in my entire life Wow A meal Big words Like I can't stop thinking about it I couldn't stop thinking about it And it was the worst cause it was, it happened the first day we were down there Like there

was no going up from there Okay Like everything was essentially a disappointment that I ate after that And then we, you know, got back Saturday, the following Saturday and uh, Saturday I kept thinking about it Sunday morning I wake up for work and I'm thinking about it Now today I was going to talk about it on the show and I'm thinking about it So if anybody finds himself down there, the chicken and donuts was spectacular And uh, that is

where I had my first beer as well of the trip And I took a picture to send to you and I never did Sorry I'm all discombobulated I was going to actually make notes for the show and I was like, what the hell am I even doing? So, uh, the first beer I had on the trip was Florida Avenue Brewing Company's luminescence Uh, this was a double dry hopped

tropical hazy IPA it said And uh, the untapped was like, it was like a three seven or something like that Really underrated rating Oh, like this was a real flavorful IPA, no bitterness, super crushable It was, it said it was hazy and it was in fact hazy So you know how we always like that Yeah Props for doing your job Right Um, the, the price was rough I think it was like, uh, it was like nine and a half dollars for a 12 ounce can, which

is pretty Disney going from the Midwest to a very touristy spot I'm sure those beer prices fucking hit Right But, uh, you know, it was, it was whatever you're on vacation and my wife has trained my brain to know, like when we're on vacation, it's like, who

cares? Enjoy yourself Oh, okay You know? So that's kind of how my mentality is when I'm out So, uh, that was, that was a quick day one We tried Gideon's cookies I don't know if you ever heard of Gideon's cookies They're supposed to be like a huge attraction down there I waited in line for an hour for these fucking cookies I don't know if I would

wait in line again, but it was worth trying Oh, all right Well at least they weren't gross or something No And I got this pistachio toffee chocolate chip cookie and they're super thick, super dense, super moist and everything is just like coated on the outside Like they used whole pistachio nuts all over the outside So it's like you get the sweet and salty again Like I was kind of in food heaven on that day So now we go to Monday, it was the most

important day We went to Epcot Oh yeah Is that your favorite part? Oh, it is because

of the beer, right? Oh, it is 100% my favorite park Um, and it's actually what we found out was my 10 year old daughters who had her golden birthday down there That's her favorite park too That's pleasantly surprised I would figure kids would, would lean towards the magic kingdom or, or even animal kingdom Right And, uh, she loves walking through all the shops of all the different countries and seeing all, you know, all the different

cultural essence and cause we had a chance to return to a park for like a second time on our last full day there And because her birthday was hurricaned out, we, uh, let her choose which park we were going to go back to And she picked Epcot Wow So that was, that was exciting for me Like daddy's going to buy an extra pretzel for that one Right There's some chips in the UK Oh yeah So, so I fish and chips there are pretty, pretty

fucking good They are fucking really good Yeah Um, I think there may be the best chips

I've ever had The kids get them like four different times that were there because they love them so much So good But, so I love how Disney's, uh, website, you can go to Epcot, click on there We were there for the food and wine festival, which, which wasn't as great as the flower and garden festival, but still fine But you can go to all the, their website and they have all the different vendors and, uh, food, dish, uh, carts and restaurants

and stuff that are all along the world And you can click on them and it sends you the food menu and the beverage menu So I will always screenshot like a week before research all the beers that I'm looking to try So then I know where I'm going to So I tried, they always have to seem, uh, seem to have some parish brewing around Right So there was this sips cab fronk strawberry sour, uh, which was their sips series is like a sour

series and it's made with like wine grapes Okay Right, right So this one was, it was okay It wasn't great, but it wasn't terrible Uh, I had one a year and a half ago there and it was of the same series, but it, I can't remember what it was, but that one blew my fucking mind So I had really high hopes for this one So I was kind of disappointed, but still happy I was able to try it What I didn't get to try, which I know you would

probably hate It was a collective arts mango Rita sour, but it had chilies in it Oh yeah

That's where I'm at I was like, wait, why would I hate that? Oh, cause right So I was really excited to try it, but I just, we just didn't have time It wasn't in like a place I knew where it was So it was like by the time we got to the end of our day, I was like, Oh fuck it Um, but then there was Maui brewing I got to try some Maui brewing out of Hawaii and they had a, the orange mango guava hazy IPA Okay And that was fine You know, again,

not mind blowing, but it was fine No, that was just a lot of food pictures, but a lot of food porn on your phone Right I had a, the beer flight in the USA where it wasn't

great stuff It was the wicked weed fest beer It was beer hug from Budweiser Oh, the goose Island beer hug Oh yes Yeah And then they had the, I'm a gang It was a, I'm a Budweiser product Yeah Blonde ale brewed on like honey or something like that And it was, it wasn't great either But, uh, the best beer through the park, which Mr Vixen had already hit me up and disagreed It was the parish brewings, strawberry mochi sour Interesting It was unreal Wow And

mostly because strawberry I believe is the hardest puree flavor to work into beers because they usually get it in and the end product tastes like shit Yeah This tasted like legit fresh strawberry and it wasn't overly sour It was just such a nice beer on like a hot humid day Oh man I'd have it again anytime Well, anytime I'm not surprised that it was that he gave you shit for it I mean, he only wants to drink German beers Like he wants

America and fast beers and all that shit So he did hit me up and he said that the grapefruit beer in Germany was better, which I think is trash because it's like a three percenter and it just tastes like grapefruit juice And then he said one in Norway was good, which I must've got the wrong beer in Norway Cause I ordered this strawberry cream ale because I've had some, I've had some fruity cream ales before that were top notch This was

shit It was a 16 ounce pour on top So a resume of having to chug my Flintstone beer I would say, needless to say, daddy, daddy had to chug that It was not good Daddy don't like, Hey sweeties, uh, don't just turn around for a sec Legitimately I, I ordered the beer So my family was stopped off the side of the path and I got it And I walk up to them

So they start walking cause this word, this was the second time we were at Epcot So we were about to find our way to the skyliner and head home And my daughter looked back after like 30 seconds and she said, mom, dad already finished his beer Shut up You little

tattletale And she turned around She's like, why did you drink that so fast? I said, well, it just wasn't very good And then I immediately went to the strawberry mochi and uh, got another one of those and got to drink that before I got to cleanse the palate Yeah, it was, it was wonderful Nice Wonderful Sounds super fucking weird The strawberry mochi one, but I try it I don't know It just fucking worked, man Yeah That's good So good Good

shit The funny thing too is we're going around the parks All the beers are either six ounces or 12 ounces Hmm Okay How many, six ounces do you think I got? Greg? Zero, zero, six

hours You're no fucking quitter cause you go big or you go vacation beers, vacation beer They don't even count Well, yeah, you're right I mean they counted for like you pass

out, walk around the world or some shit and they got to carry you back to the hotel room But beyond that, they don't count Yeah So I mean that was, it was a long, long conversation being at Epcot That was my favorite day Yeah Um, and I know you're, everybody's looking forward to the hurricane talk So Tuesday magic kingdom Wednesdays when the shit hits

the fan, uh, Disney announced that all the parks would be closing between one and two, like starting to close between one and 2 PM and would be fully shut down by 3 PM Okay So we were stuck in our rooms from 3 PM to 9 AM the next morning Kind of just started out like a severe thunderstorm minus thunder because hurricanes don't produce lightning Oh, okay I don't know if you knew that I didn't know that we looked it up We didn't

know what to expect No lightning produced by hurricanes, just really strong winds and rain So it was like from about six to or three to seven or eight It wasn't too bad Constant rain, little gusty And from like eight to nine and nine to 10 and 10 to 11, it just got progressively and progressively worse Um, so it was essentially like having a freight train outside of your door, but like going off for like 13 hours Oh geez

And it wasn't like, uh, like a thunder storm where it's like you get a gust of wind and then it lets off and you get a gust of wind It was just at a constant, this 13 hour train just going by kind of wild Um, but I had some people reach out to me, uh, from the beer gram who lived in Florida, um, saying, Hey, if you have any questions about what's going on, what to do, like, feel free to reach out And I had a couple of people say that

if anything, being at a Disney resort during a hurricane is probably the safest place to be during a hurricane That makes sense So, uh, that was relieving as well So I probably ended up falling asleep about a quarter after 11 that night Woke up in the next morning, never woke up through the middle of the night My kids slept all through the night Um, and you just wake up to some rain and residual winds And I mean, it was kind of lackluster

for us, but we were inland in Orlando and I know like the coastal towns get it real bad and real severe So I'm lucky we weren't there But alas, I can say I survived a hurricane My, uh, my sister-in-law lives in St Pete and, um, she was fine She was like, like a half an inch outside of the evacuation zone So she, she was okay Minor damage, that kind of stuff But the weirdest part about the whole thing was that she said you could actually

feel when the hurricane touched mainland, like the way, like all of a sudden everything changed Like as soon as it hit mainland, like all the winds changed, all the rain changes, super fucking weird Yeah It, uh, watching the, watching the weather channels down there is for like the news channels and they're on the weather That's, it's bizarre to see like the different perspective Like when we're in Wisconsin, you know, we get a severe

thunderstorm, they're monitoring tornadoes and this and that And, you know, we get blizzards So to like monitor the snow and to see like weather meteorologists, like four days in a row, just like that, that it was the entire news They weren't even talking about local news It was just the meteorologist, you know, discussing the hurricane and what to do And I mean, they're really good down there I got to give them credit

Yeah, they actually have a job They do And it makes sense Like they were very helpful Very detailed That's good I don't know Friendly about it too Like the, the meteorologists are like friendly, like they don't want to get you worried, but they want you to be safe and they want you to be protected Like, don't freak out, but also don't be stupid Right, right So it was, it was kind of relieving It was nice to see, but, but all in all still

a good trip Even, even though you got rocked by a hurricane Yes Rocked like a hurricane I wish I could throw no one like you in there somehow, but not a scorpion show Yeah We were actually having the discussion on Tuesday when we were walking around magic kingdom

because we had ponchos on all Sunday at Disney Springs ponchos on all day at Epcot on Monday ponchos all day at magic kingdom on Tuesday or yeah, Tuesday and then Wednesday, Thursday hurricane shut down and then we didn't get sun till Friday So we were discussing on Tuesday how we actually were thinking it was nicer walking around parks in light to mild rain and ponchos than walking around parks in 90 degree sun, sweating your ass off, being

uncomfortable, waiting in lines So I, I, it really turned out to be a really great trip And I bet there were less people because I bet people canceled their trips So people can not only canceled their trips, people were getting out early to beat the storm And when we went to magic kingdom on Tuesday, the longest wait time we did was like 31 minutes

That's amazing And I, what did I do? I went on space mountain and I think I waited in line for about eight minutes And I had these young couple of young girls that were in the carts behind me So we got off the ride, it was a long walk back out and they're just talking like, Oh, I can't believe like we got on that so fast I don't understand why we're not waiting in line And I turned around and I said, because everybody's evacuating

for the hurricane So there are no, there are no locals here right now It's legit just tourists at the park So that, you know, you basically cut the, the attendance of the park in half, right? All the wait times go in half to, you know, three quarters The wait time was awesome I was waiting for you to cut the Ric Flair space mountain promo on them or something No, I could, they would have no idea Who is this old creepy man talking

to me? Why is he wooing? Why is he referring to himself as space mountain? I just don't understand what's happening here Oh, good shit I did tell Shannon last week while you were there, I was like, Hey, uh, too bad the hurricane Cause it was like Wednesday when I had this idea I was like, too bad the hurricane's going on right now Cause it'd be really funny to pull a Mel and just Uber eats a bunch of beer over to flexes Hotel room would have

been well-received on my part Throw in some fucking apple juices for the kids And I don't know, whatever your, whatever your wife drinks Well, the issue was with that is the guy knocked on our door at 10 30 PM and we are already sleeping Oh, I didn't realize it was so late

My wife got up to look and who is this? She wakes me up and she's like, there's, you know, there's some guy, I have no idea He's knocking on our door I need, you need to go answer the door So when I did, and he was very nice man, very cordial, just said he needed an ID So yeah, that was, that was why it was so bad is the fact that yeah, we were all sleeping and I feel for the guy a little bit too As an Uber eats driver, I've had to go

to hotels There is nothing worse You got to find the fucking room to get to You got to hope that, you know, it's not a bunch of hookers and blow unless they invite you in And it's just, it's such a pain in the ass So I'm sure this guy's not thrilled about it either No, it's gotta be the pits Yeah It's like, Oh, you mean I can't just drop this off at bell services I have to go Right Or, or your door Yeah Right So, Oh, that's

funny Well, I'm glad to, I'm glad you didn't get too soaked and everything worked out and you got to enjoy some dicks at one point I got, it's always my favorite when you just randomly send me a picture of the dicks from the hotel Just no context, no warning Just, Oh, flexing me a picture Click Ah, it's all the dicks Yeah, it's all the dicks Uh,

I just started laughing The wife's like, what is so funny? I was like, look, dicks She gets it Oh yeah Oh, she very much knows about the dick In fact, the whole world does So last week I did her episode of the tap room podcast with Mike Mike was on with us

about a year and some change ago Right, right Nice guy Yeah Very nice guy And we're talking

and he goes, so where's flex this week? And I said, funny, you should ask Flex is at the dick hotel And he's like, come again So then of course I had to explain what the dick hotel was and that you aren't just on some weird gay sabbatical or anything like that But so now there's nothing wrong with, it would just be weird if you were on that sabbatical knowing your history and family and everything So, uh, you're, you're not

one to enjoy that side of life So, uh, anyways, a whole new podcast knows all about, or it hasn't come out yet, but we'll know about the dick hotel shortly Uh, it's, it's yeah Everybody needs to know about it When I go back to Disney world, I haven't been in over a decade at this point, but when I go back, I have to go to the dick hotel at this point

How could I not? How could you not just get a selfie with all the dicks? So many selfies Look, think, think, think Yeah Anyways So, all right Not a dick hotel show as much as I want it to be Deb's probably very excited right now Very excited Yeah I should put the dick hotel over up on devs, dickscom I feel like I don't see why you couldn't Yeah Opportunity missed a top listing city of last week Ashburn, Virginia Shout out

to Ashburn Thanks for, for listening Yeah It's better than West Virginia Touche Much better Yeah They still haven't figured it out yet They try to listen to us and all you hear technology It's crazy Yeah She's still trying to fax over the podcast 30 years behind Yeah We're worried by those cassettes Um, shout out to Kylie over at naughty pine brewing She invited us and a bunch of beer people to her baby shower last week Yeah

Which was at the brewery So it was great It was like, Hey, come, you know, celebrate the fact that, you know, she's a hoe and her husband didn't pull out And, uh, and then what that means That's what I keep telling my sister Now, did you know my sister's married and pregnant? I knew neither of those Neither did I till very recently, but, uh, every time somebody brings up the fact that my sister's pregnant, I'm like, Oh, you mean that slut

that didn't pull out? Yeah, clearly But yeah, I'm an asshole But anyways, it's very nice Brit did a great job of, you know, making it cool and fun And, uh, of course there's beer So, uh, can't go wrong there So shout out to Kylie Congratulations to you and James got to meet James finally And, uh, it was a good time, you know, for a baby shower Yeah Beer at a baby shower It's automatically the best baby shower ever I'm not walking

in it There's no beer I hate, hate baby Like this was fine Cause he's at a brewery, but like, I hate when the wife drags me to her friend's baby showers Cause it's like, would you do that? Shannon don't do that Right It's like, are you looking for a divorce

or what? Like I've got Brian on speed dial in case you take me to another goddamn baby shower are like, uh, like men aren't invited Usually that's how it should be Like a bridal shower Yeah, man We don't want to be there Like, well, maybe I have been invited to baby showers Yeah It was like family It was family Where are you at your wife's baby

shower? It's plural No, I think I worked It's how it should be I think I worked And then, uh, my job was to show up when it was ending to load up the car and then take the shit home Perfect If we were to have kids, that's my job I'll show up afterwards You and me have kids Yes Not if, when, and you have your baby shower Cause I will not go Uh, yeah Like guys don't want to be there Come on I think I've, I've famously told

the story on here about the wife's friend who had a dry baby shower and, Oh, that was the worst Oh, that makes it even worse Yeah I was like, you dragged me all the way to Northern California for a dry baby shower What the fuck is wrong? She can't drink Doesn't mean everybody else should have to suffer Right? In fact, we should drink for her Yeah Congratulations Yeah Fuck Uh, and then also we went to, uh, got our emo on We went

to the something corporate concert last week Yeah I saw all your videos Oh God It was so good I, you know, I did not come in to something corporate as something corporate I started listening when it was Jack's mannequin, his second band, Andrew McMahon, second band, and then kind of worked my way back So something corporate is not like my favorite of the three iterations of Andrew McMahon, but I still love them They're great And, uh, they're

finally making their little reunion tour right now They came through LA Is it four iterations? Is something corporate Jack's mannequin and then Andrew McMahon in the wilderness? Was

it not the postal service? No, that's not him I don't know Oh, I thought that was him as well No, I don't even know who that is Um, but anyways, great concert beforehand We found this place called stout burger They had a bunch of beers on tap and this will surprise you burgers And the nice thing about that is we got there a little early We got to drink a few pretty good beers Uh, had some, a lot of LA breweries, common ale works,

uh, Highland park, that kind of stuff And of course, you know, half the price and actually less than half the price at the concert venue And so we had like four beers there The Dodger game was on, that was our last game against the Padres And so we got to watch them beat the Padres and then go over to the concert So pretty good night Uh, until we got food poisoning No, it kicked in as we're driving home We're like 20 minutes from home And

I was like, Oh, my stomach's a little, the wife's like, yeah, mine is too Oh no I hope you have two bathrooms Oh, we do We've always had two bathrooms Uh, it's, it's a must for a successful relationship You have to disagree with that Yeah Um, so that sucked And what did you eat? We both had burgers Oh, that's right The burgers Yeah Different burgers, but burgers in the lesson And I am a guy who fancies, you know, rare mid rare meats

and stuff, but not on a burger Same kind of guy Oh really? Not on a burger I mean, ground beef should not be eaten rare That is not safe Well, I mean like not, I mean, I'm not going to ask for my burger, but like a little pink on the inside of my pink Yes Yeah Pink's great This, the middle was red Like to the point where like I ate around the middle even just, I was like, I don't need to get the shits at a concert That would,

that would be not so great So anyways, luckily it didn't kick in the concert, but afterwards was, was no bueno, but the Godzer was good Yeah Not the stout burger No, I wouldn't go there Stout burger in Hollywood Yeah Beers were good and less than half the price We got to the show We only had one drink each at the show Cause we'd already had like three or four beers at the, at the ship factory And she, the wife, it's a truly is a double

not a double, whatever the big can of trulies are It was $17 I was like, geez, for a goddamn six, like a 16 ounce or like a 192, honestly, 25 It was a big can I don't know Even if

it is a 192, $17 for a truly come on Well, I paid a 14 for a 22 ounce Modelo in the Orlando

airport That is rough And they didn't even give me a line with it Yeah They should have taken off like $3 at that point Better on that tip But it made me think about the, the whole beer price at airports Yeah Conversation And how wrong that list was Yep Cause I could have just bought a 12 pack of Modelo and I got one beer Probably could have gotten more than 12 for that price I don't know Dollar beer, six bucks, seven bucks, a six

pack here Are they, are you paying how much? 14, 14 for one You've gotten a 14 pack Yeah Okay Fair enough If they made those Yeah Work on it Modelo Uh, all right Well, speaking of beer, let's, let's ask some questions Actually just one question in a world where

craft beer is King, 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 Flax drinking All right Today I ran a little experiment Oh, I'm drinking tripping animals brewing company on the loose Uh, it's a double IPA and it is brewed with, uh,

let's see here on the loose is double IPA heavily brewed with citrus, citric cryo, Simcoe, Idaho seven and Idaho seven cryo, uh, in collaboration with our amigos from mast landing brewing Uh, mass landing is out of Maine, Westbrook, Maine Untapped's got this at a 412 out of 2000 ratings Wow It is an 87% ABV starting with the can art This drew me in big time Oh yeah A little moose hanging out It's a moose in like a Hawaiian shirt and a beach

chair and he's just, he's clearly on the loose, right? The moose is on the loose He is, you know, in the, just the vibrant colors of the can, the wavy teal and white I mean tripping animals always does an awesome job on their canner Um, the fact that it was an IPA reels me in It wasn't a hazy, right? Oh, and you still drink it even though it is, you know, it's pretty see through Yeah, it's pretty nuts But the can doesn't say hazy, right?

Okay 87 But here's the experiment 2099 for the four pack Ooh, it's killing the algorithm right there That's pricey here in the old, uh, WI So do you come to Milwaukee often?

We're going to see if this whole algorithm plays out Okay I'm excited I did put it in the algorithm Raider already Oh, so you should have gotten an email I guess I need to check on the, on the schnauz here It's like a sweet hoppy orange It's actually very wonderful aroma Kind of herbaceous Yeah, it's just great I like, I like the citrus coming through there with, with the hop and we'll warm up the old tongue jobber here

Ooh, here we go Been a while So it's a really good amount of carbonation You get a little bit of that orange coming through What is killing it for me is this immense bitterness on the backend and it's listed as zero IBU So I'm trying to figure out what is causing this I don't know if it wasn't for the bitterness, it would be wonderful Definitely rubs my palate the wrong way because it, it's also a bit lingering as well So I did throw this

into the algorithm and I made a, let's hear the can art I gave a 10 because it was to me just top notch Great can art price of the four pack was 2099 ABV Like I said, 87 and gave me an algorithm score of 4676 out of a hundred, which I think equals a decent,

but won't make the poker playlist That is exactly how I feel I will drink these beers I will not be happy about it Okay And I, I wouldn't recommend it Wow Unless I hate to trash on, you know, beers and breweries, but maybe this is a bad can Maybe it's a bad four pack I mean a collective four one, two rating is pretty solid, right? So maybe I'd something happened to this I don't know I guess we could chalk it up to that It's

got a 90 on beer advocate Don't even check beer advocate anymore Really? Yeah I mean, it was canned two months ago, so that shouldn't be a big deal It should be pretty fresh still Pretty fresh So I don't know, maybe, maybe cause it is just a double IPA and it's not like a double hazy or new England maybe But yeah, I don't know if the bitterness just kind of rubs me It's weird to claim no, no IBUs and then to be so bitter That's strange

Well that's the other thing I guess Cheers I don't hate it Not a drain poor, not a drain poor, but you know, just for the price, you know, it's a little upsetting Yeah Definitely not making that poker playlist Cause what I was really hoping for was a low score on the algorithm, but for the flavor of the beer to exceed that ratio number and say, Hey, even though this was 2099, the flavor of the beer makes it worth it Exactly But it's

not Yeah, but it's not So that's too bad Algorithm wins again Can't beat the algorithm I'm telling you It's wild, man It's wild It is science That's hilarious All right, let's get a little news before we get up out of here A breaking news out in my hood Look, I don't know details yet I haven't talked to this person about it yet All I know are the broad strokes and the headline of Monica is no longer the head brewer at pedals and

pints Whoa Yes There was some sort of thing and she left and that's about all I know So yeah So I'm trying to figure that out So I feel, I feel out of it It happened while we were on the trip And then I found out like a week after getting back from that, somebody was like, yeah And you heard blah, blah, blah I was like, no, I did not hear I've been out of the country Go on So trying to figure out what's going on Yeah Yeah

Boris, who was her Sellerman is now leading the way He's a great guy Love talking to Boris Hang out We see him at breweries all the time And so hopefully he can pick up that torch and run with it Excited to see how it goes But yeah So she's already, uh, and I look, this is so stalkery of me Cause I haven't had a chance to talk to her yet And I feel weird texting her and be like, tell me all the shit that went down Like

that feels a little weird So more like, Hey, let's go have a beer And I want to find out what's going on But according to her, her Graham profile, she's already the production matter manager at this place called a toast where they do like spirits and aperitifs and stuff weird Yeah So anyways, the weirdest part about this whole thing is we went to pedals the other night cause there was a band playing that we liked We wanted to go watch

and we ran into the owner Who's always nice to us I don't know what happened with him and Monica So I, you know, until I know I'm not going to, Hey, fuck you man Or anything like that Um, may not even had anything to do with him, but like, Hey man, how's it going? He's like, Hey And the first thing he says is like, so what do you think of Monica leaving?

It's like, what a weird fucking question to ask me Uh, first of all, we just found out, uh, second of all, I don't, I hope it doesn't start sucking I don't know What do you want me to say? How do you, yeah, I'm sad Monica's great I love Monica So what do you want me to say? Awkwardly blunt question Yeah Super It's like, I hope Boris picks it up

He's a great guy And uh, yeah What do you want me to say? So, and Boris listens to the show So Boris, I swear Sorry, sir Could you please just smash a beer bottle on my head? Yeah It's like, what a weird question Like, what do you think of Monica? I don't know Depends why she left I guess Very strange breaking news out here Sorry to see

that happening Um, what else? Oh, in the wake of the hurricane that ripped through North Carolina, beer distributors have donated over $75,000 plus additional resources like

water and that sort of thing to the community and to breweries and all that good stuff So it's nice to see the beer community coming together again for, for that sort of thing Heck yeah Um, Sam Adams has released a limited edition seance kit Oh geez They say we conjured

a realm we have dared to explore before Summoning the spirit of our namesake, said Lauren Price, head of brand at Sam Adams As frightful, mysterious, and even humor-filled as it may seem, Sam Adams' presence is deeply rooted in our brand and we're excited to help drinkers experience the season of beer in a new frightful way No matter how drinkers engage with Sam Adams and the former founding father, we hope to, we hope they enjoy the night of seance

thrills and Oktoberfest chills To honor a day written in stone, drinkers can head to the Sam Adams store to get their hands on a limited edition seance kit for $1803 This is while supplies last For the best seance results, all attempts to summon Sam Adams should be accompanied by a hearty and smooth Sam Adams Oktoberfest, or if you're looking to channel the essence of fall, Sam Adams has released a seasonal brews for everyone

Drinkers nationwide can head to their local store and pick up a pack of Sam Adams Go fuck yourself Uh, it sounds way too gimmicky Yeah It sounds really, really dumb Yeah It's super dumb Yeah Uh, before I read this story, I have to tell you, Dan text me the other day In fact, I should just pull up the text It's a screenshot from a ESPN or something that says it's game day fans The admirals are at the Van Andel arena today

to face off against the Griffins at 7:00 PM And he goes, the ads are back, baby And it was on Friday So I said on a fish fry Friday, no less There it goes Oh, he's so excited for the, the ad season Anyways, the AHL Yes Nothing I love it Nothing directly to do with them, but a hockey fans in Utah crush the stadium beer record at their first

game Uh, the worst name ever, the Utah hockey club club Yes Yeah Play their first ever game last Wednesday and one, you know, also one, the arenas beer vendors who broke the

Delta center's record for alcohol purchases at a sporting event Are we surprised? No Cause I'd have to be that drunk to watch hockey Well, I was thinking nobody in Utah could get together in a big enough group to want to buy so much beer Well, that's true too That was my thought process And the whole situation, this is the arena that's been home to the jazz for 33 years And, uh, it's not like it's a new arena and they all of a sudden

broke the record I mean, this is a, this is big stuff Well, yeah, but I mean, who's who likes the jazz? Nobody Utah doesn't even like to jazz They don't even allowed music in Utah Right That's true Or dancing Oh wait, that's a different movie Let's wrap it up with this I won't get into the entire thing, but the 2024 J B F awards were handed

out last week I thought I'd go through the breweries of the year This is always interesting to me So they do it by size So zero to 250 barrels, Apogee brewing at a Grover beach, California, 251 to 500 barrels, ale song brewing out of Eugene, Oregon, 501 to a thousand barrels Grand for brewing at a Portland Very excited for this one A thousand and one to 2000 barrels everywhere Beer company at an orange County, uh, 2001 to 5,000 barrels, rip beer company

Another great place Rip's good Yeah Rip's good stuff Uh, 5,001 to 15,000 barrels Sun river brewing company, uh, 15,001 to a hundred thousand barrels It's quite the range von trap brewing and a brewery group of the year Highland brewing out of LA They also added

cider to this year's, but which, you know, boy, do I not give a shit? A bunch of breweries on my hood Congrats to Malibu brewing for game bronze for big rock Amber lager, such a good beer Trent Hill was on their transmissions on their third window I was pleasantly surprised to see on there as well as, uh, everywhere Beer, of course, Pete support always coming up green cheeks on there So that's the local ones I did laugh a little I looked up the

Wisconsin winners Yep 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5 overall medals for Wisconsin And in the least Wisconsin thing of all time, one of those is silver in the cucumber lime No, it's silver in the non-alcoholic category That's from untitled art They took silver with their non-alcoholic Oktoberfest That's not shocking They've been huge on the NAA train for two years, but boy, is that so not Wisconsin, but it's some good news The rest of the, the winds

were booze full and that was third space got gold All of it got bronze Third space got another silver and vintage got gold I don't know anything about vintage brewing I don't either actually Oh, okay But third space and all of it there, you guys, you guys, you're always rocking those So I like, uh, I like some third space beers, elephant, they do some really good stuff, but they're like five and a half hours away from me in my own home

state So one day I'd like to head out there and visit the brewery, the tap room But yeah, until then just keep sending stuff down here Right Just keep sending to flex at flex 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, flex street He loves when you send him beer Don't forget that So, but I don't, please don't send me beer Send him all the beer All right, let's wrap things up Let's hit some music Thanks for hanging out with us I'm going to say hello to Vanessa

Hi, Vanessa Hi I hope you guys weathered the storm I hope you guys are okay Yeah You know, I was talking to Mr Vixen They said, he said it was, um, super windy, zero rain Yeah So they said, funny thing about hurricanes They said, when you're North of the hurricane, very wet When you're South of the storm, very dry Interesting That's weird Well, not a hurricane show So, uh, follow us at crappy report and at flexing

a beer underscores in between eight Oh five, five, three beer and mail at crappy reportcom next week, Erica is hanging out with us from neck national Come back around to hang out with Erica and us and all that good stuff Hope everyone is staying very well hydrated And on that note, good night, everybody