Putting the DAB back in the Holiday Office Party

On the next episode of sip suds and smokes. Each of us at the table today has brought two things to share. At least two things to share. One is for the beer nerds, the ones that expect a little bit more flavor, a little bit more complexity. What you bring? What you bring, what you bring, what you bring. And the other is for the rest of the crowd. Oh, this is so much better than my heart seltzer. I mean, I love this stuff. I can't consume over 150 calories, uh, in a day.

Can I put some ice in this? Whether you're trying to win people over with good beer or just trying to find something that everyone will enjoy, this is what you bring for the masses. We'll be right back after this break. Brought to you almost live from the dude in the basement studios. Why? Because that's where the good stuff is. It sits suds and smokes with your smoke and host the good old boy. Suds, suds, suds. It's time for more suds. Welcome, everyone. Hello. How is everyone?

Yay. Can we just move to the orders right ahead? Can we just skip through? No, you know what? No. This is a big party. I'm getting those little hot dog things, or I'm hitting the bar first. I don't know which one it's going to be. This energy is why I don't go to the party. Look, I don't wear these antlers often, but when I do, I need or d'oeuvres fists. Oh, my God. Welcome, everyone. Today is exciting. It is our office party episode. Yeah. Really? Seriously? Do I have to go?

Well, glad I have enthusiasm for all of us. Can I use PTO to not go. To the dave, are you going to be there again? I feel like I'm still there from last year. And the breathalyzer woman is at the door. Yeah. Wow. Is it the same chick from last year? Yep. She never left. All right, well, you know okay, folks, joining me I'm good old gal Juliana. Joining me at the table today is good old boy Mike.

You know, when they're thinking about handing out invitations for the office party, I am on the do not invite list. Shocking. That is my perennial he's on favorite part. Uh, sort of watch my contribution. Well, not that guy, but I do have cool antlers on today. You do? Well, you have antlers on. Reverend Mark. Hello. Good to make the, uh, holiday party. I'm here to put the x back in Christmas.

Did you say exit? Because I think that that should be the first thing you do, is not to decide to attend the office party, but have a good exit strategy. Yes. Good. A boy. Dave, hi. I already have my emergency, uh, appendectomy planned to get me out of the party after about 30 minutes. I thought you were going to say I've updated my emergency contacts. I updated my LinkedIn. Is no longer your number one choice there. Wow. I mean, that was Juliana, but.

Okay, well, we're getting to that time of year, folks. The time of year that we all dread. I mean, love. It's the holiday season. It's a holiday season. Tis. The season to spend time with those that you love and those that you work with. Yeah, that's right. It's that time of year when many of us have to face one of the most stressful tests of our social skills. Hey, Susie from accounting, did you get that 18th tattoo removed? I thought you were going to do that. Can I see it?

It's the office party. And for those of us who are known to be alcohol aficionados, aka. Beer nerds hey, Joan, wine or whiskey? The third bottle of wine is just probably not a little in your, uh, repertoire this year. Well, for us aficionado people, there's even added pressure of the dreaded. Bring your own game on. What to bring? We're not inviting Mike. We're just inviting beer. Yeah. Okay. I'm going to talk now. Okay. I'm sorry. That's okay. What to bring? That's the eternal

question. And why did we invite? That's the other question. Do I cater to my fellow beer nerds? Do I try to bring some new converts to the world of good beer? Yes. Or do I just play to the larger crowd with a six pack of Mick Ultra? Uh, well, first off, if Mick Ultra is in the conversation, you should probably stay home. We're doomed. I'm out of here. I'm going to play to the Lager. Crowd. Hey, what he did there okay, so. Each of us at the table today has brought two things to share.

At least two things to share. One is for the beer nerds, the ones that expect a little bit more flavor, a little bit more complexity. What you bring? What you bring. What you bring. What you bring. And the other is for the rest of the crowd. Oh, this is so much better than my heart seltzer. I mean, I love this stuff. I can't consume over 150 calories, uh, in a day. Can I put some ice in this?

Whether you're trying to win people over with good beer or just trying to find something that everyone will enjoy, this is what you bring for the. Yeah. Okay, Reverend Mark, why don't you go over the Suds ratings for today's episode? They are special. Be glad to. We will be discussing and rating these beers beers things with these Suds ratings. And here's how it goes. Number one that sucks. Give me anything but a 30 minutes lecture on smart investing from the guy in accounting.

Number two was that a VP throwing up in the corner? Yes. There's Bill again. Number three what? Ah, a relief I didn't get caught hitting on the CEO's wife. Hey, Reverend. You dirty bird. Number four a body should really not make that sound while singing the karaoke version of Sexual Healing to the HR director. Sexual Healing Baby. And last number five. Listen to that. Hang time. Give me another reason to start looking for a new job on Monday. Taco Bell. This is Mike.

Well, all right, let's get to it. Of, uh, course we want to start little boy Mike. Start at the top. Right? I mean right? Well, we all have had experiences where we're faced with workplace parties. We chose to tackle just office parties in general, but they tend to throw these in the fourth quarter and holiday time and we just call it something very generic other than this

is a bad idea. So, um, when I was thinking about the way that I tend to approach going to a lot of social events, you really have to kind of cater to the audience that you're kind of walking into. And so we kind of fell into a very common way that we approach things, which is we're going to have several different crowds that we're going

to have to cater to. And so first is what I think of as the vast majority of the people at the party, which is I'm not a beer nerd, so I'm kind of afraid of whatever you brought. So I chose, uh, something that is very approachable and, um, in general, I was really looking for something that was fairly low ABV. I was looking for probably a wheat beer, um, because they are fairly approachable and there are a lot of things that fall in that category. Um, I chose a hef of ICEN, uh, from

Germany. Um, Anger. Um, this is a 5.1% ABV. Uh, hefaweison. There is no fruit on this. This is just a straight up hef of ice, uh, from just and you can find this beer almost anywhere. Um, I would say that probably my first choice, uh, would be to pick up a hef of ice and that's actually made locally. You really want something that is incredibly fresh, uh, in this category. And this beer has been imported, it's been stored in 20 warehouses. It was probably sitting on the shelf for

at least four years. So, um, this may not be the very best half of ice and that we'll all have, but again, I don't think that the crowd that you're also aiming for would really know the difference. They're not going to discern the difference, any meaningful difference. They're going to sip this and go, oh, well, this is not an IPA. I like this. Um, this is like little floral marshmallows on my palate. Oh, I thought you were going to bring something that I would never

like. Seriously, after people say that, we're all nodding our head absolutely in unison, going and we've heard that speech before. So, uh, that would absolutely be my first choice. Uh, what do you guys think about that pick? I m like this. I think it works. It's very pleasant. It's not offensive. It's missing all the things I dislike about heifer Vicen. Well, and I think some other wheat beers that are very popular, they go for fruit and orange is probably the other orange laden wheat beers.

Uh, some blue moon. Yeah. Or something. Uh, that rhymes with top. Um, uh, I think those beers are very popular because I think they appeal to a very broad audience. Um, my wife actually does not like hoppy beers, and I know that if I can serve this to her, then I can serve it to the rest of that room. And so she tends to enjoy wheat beers or things that just don't really have a hit you over the head moment with flavor or hops. And so that's why I chose this.

Yeah. And I think a Heifer bison that's more on the banana side rather than the clove is going to be less, uh, bitter. I mean, they're neither are bitter, but once it ventures into the clove area, then you have a little more complexity. Yeah. You got a little bite. M some people may be offended by the bite. Right. Yeah. I don't think you'd have anybody that would say, can I, uh, combine this with something else, like an ice cube? Yeah. No. Yeah. Great choice, guys. Want to rate this up?

Great choice. Yeah. Three, four. Let's go. Four. What it is. For what it is. Yes, for what it is. That's super solid single. You just want to walk in the room and not piss off somebody, that's for sure. So the Iinger Hefen is a four all right, party boy Mike. Yeah. So, um, we got the break coming up here. I'll just give you a quick preview. I have a really cool story about some prep for this, uh, episode after the yes, it took an interesting twist. He's almost giddy, folks. We'll be right back.

Not good. Welcome back, everyone. It's time for a party. Absolutely. Whatever. Um, today's episode is the Office Party. Yeah. And what do you bring to a BYOB office party? An exit strategy. Well, yeah. Anyways, before the break, good old boy Mike was talking about one of his offerings, and now we're moving on to the next one. Yeah, so we just talked about the Arringer Heifer, um, Weissen from, uh, Germany, again at 5.1% ABV, which we rated a four. So it was interesting.

Um, a little bit of some prep for this episode, and I was just kind of asking some additional cast members that we have, what would you take to an office party? And it was a really interesting conversation, and I was starting to ask some other friends and family, and I was getting my hair cut, and the young lady that cut my hair, uh, we have always some interesting conversations, and I threw the question out to her. I said, Kayla, you just made the show by the, um. Mike's head.

I said, what would you bring to the office party, and she well, I, um, think I would bring, uh I'm not really quite sure which gummies that I would bring. Wow. I was like, oh, man, this is interesting. I didn't cut her off at the Path and tell her, we're really kind of limiting this to beer. I just kind of let the conversation evolve from there. Probably make the party more interesting, for sure.

I was huh huh. So it was interesting that the very first choice that you would make would be to take, uh, something that has THC in it, uh, which is the drug in marijuana, if you don't know that, uh, for you

folks in Iowa. Um, so then we started talking about the kind of gummies, and then she was, you know, talking about, um, that, you know, gummies have both certain concentrations, but she was talking about this one that was actually in the shape of an octopus that had, like, over 500 milligrams of THC in it. And she actually took it on a trip, and they were actually peeling off one tentacle, uh, at a time and kind of consuming one tentacle of the

octopus. But somebody didn't know that in the party she was with how much there was and just fired a whole one down. They slept pretty good for about two days. Wow. After that, very mellow. Yeah. The lag time on that is, uh, also something you have to factor in. So are you saying that you should have edibles at, like, 01:00 P.m.? Not really. I like that reverend Mark all of a sudden has become our resident expert on exactly how you should enjoy if. You want to take a long lunch.

Yeah. So what you're saying is that on your way out of the office, you should fire down some gummies, because if you're coming back to the office party, you want them to be in full effect. Know, Phil from accounting goes, hey, did I tell you about the derivatives that I got into this year? You want to peek at just the. Right moment as Gladys is coming over and going, I really like your shoes. Well, in high school, I was an unlicensed psychopharmacologist. I like that. That's a very how would Ed

describe that? Would he would declare that his day job. Where do you put that on your tax form? Uh, so hi, folks, welcome to Career Day. I am your unlicensed pharmaceutical representative, otherwise known as the dude in the back of the parking lot selling weed. So Mark and then the guy from the Villages in the other episode. Yeah, right. Both same kind of, uh. So, yes, this conversation went someplace I did not anticipate at all. But then it even got

more interesting. She said, well, I think there would probably be, um, some dab involved. And I'm like, uh, yeah. And when she said that, I thought she said dab. And I'm like, why would you have cock involved. Except that it's slightly different. I'm telling you. I just had to put my walker aside and step into the moment. He had to break out his Google machine. Actually had to tuck in my third chance as I turned to her and said, what's? Dab like an idiot. Um,

if you don't know what I didn't know what it was either. It is, ah, a wax like substance that is pure THC. And, um, you smoke. Um, so I was talking with, um, let's see, should I name him? I think I should. With Barger, uh, one of our cast members. Um, if you've listened to any of our cigar shows, um, Barger and I are on those. And I said so. I told him that, and he looked at me like he was so impressed, like, holy crap, Mike knows what Dab is. And I was like, well, I've been coached.

Said, So, would you take Dab to an office party? And he was like, before or during or after? And I go, well, yeah. And he goes, yeah, I would take Dab before, during. Okay. He was like, Get the blue one. And I'm like, what's? The blue m I hardly know, uh. What I'm talking about. Absolutely, yeah. It was just the whole time I'm sitting there. And then Barger goes he goes, So what do you know about Dabbing? I said, probably like a minuscule of information

about it. I said, All I know is that you smoke it and it's something you put, like, in a crackpipe. And he said, no, it's not a crack pipe. And he said, no, it's a pipe that you put the wax like substance in it and you light it and you heat it up and it kind of liquefies a bit and then you inhale it. And I go like a crackpipe. Well, yeah, but you don't call it that. I mean, it's like something completely different. And I go, well, is it like,

bigger or longer? And he goes, well, yeah, it can be in different shapes and sizes, but definitely get the blue one. This episode of Sips, folks, is brought to you by the blue one. The blue one. The blue pill. I'm sitting there thinking about this whole office party thing, and I'm like, man, I have really missed the entire whole concept. It's interesting that our frame of reference with no context at all that somebody would choose to actually

bring THC sure. Before they would actually take, like, wine or beer or something else like that. So, um, if you've made that choice, uh, I want to say that, um, it apparently was very natural for you to make that choice. And I'll just be the guy over in the corner trying to put out the anyway. Yeah, well, but I mean, with some office members, you have to do see. I want to see Sally from Accounting definitely fire up some Dab. Mean, it depends, um, on where you

work. Mean, if you work at some kind of new startup or something, like a lot of younger people there, it'd probably be more of a dad party than it ah party. Absolutely. Thinking the whole time was from the movie Office Party, where they're actually swinging on the light fixtures, and the guy does a swan dive into the filing cabinet, and he goes, I'm all right. Yeah, I don't know about my office parties of the past. Maybe the time that I was, uh, at the Church of the Presumptuous Assumption.

Like, it nice. Yeah, that's cool. So has anybody else been to an office party that it took an interesting turn of events. I went to one, um, it was for a mortgage company, and, uh, it was on the General Jackson, uh, like a riverboat during the day. A lot of these executives are very conservative. Nice people and everything, but pretty tight. Kind of a banking atmosphere, man. You get them on a boat and start shoving some beer into them or some cocktails, man, it got

sideways. There were people throwing up in the bathrooms. They were throwing up over the railing. There were people making out. It got a little hairy there for a while. There was nowhere to go. There was no escape in the riverboat. There's nothing like combining a questionable decision with a body of water. You're being trapped. Yes. You're trapped aboard that questionable decision. Uh. Sorry. Yeah, so I had another, um, beer,

uh, that I wanted to go through rather quickly. So the beer that I chose to actually bring to say, hey, that's Mike's beer, um, is from St. Bernardis. This is Abt Twelve, um,

and, um, this is a beer that you can find nearly anywhere. Um, this beer is made in Belgium, is it? Right. I'm pretty sure it's a Trappist beer. I know that, um, we actually covered. This in a previous episode where we compared St. Bernardis to Chimet. Kind of went head to head, and it was a solid episode. A couple of seasons ago. Yeah, we went through a whole flight, uh, of, uh, Trappist beers. This is from Belgium. Uh, the ABV on this is 10%, even though it says Abt

Twelve. Um, so, uh, this is in a class of beers that, um, come from a it's kind of like a marketing thing, but, um, that was traditionally brewed in a monastery, um, or an abbey. And, uh, it was probably made by monks for a very long time. They probably are not making the beer themselves anymore and have asked some

other people to make the beer for them. Uh, the reason why I chose this is one of the things that I, uh, both choose to do and to avoid, is I really like, you know, um, during holiday periods, uh, they really bring out they're very flavorful. Um, I love the caramel. I love the raisins. I love all of the complexity that these beers can bring and I know that, uh, at least I know that Revan. Mark's beer, uh, is a beer that has been finished in a barrel.

Yeah. And there are a ton of bourbon barrel, whiskey barrel finished beers, and a lot of pastry stouts and a bunch of other things that are very flavor forward. I like things that are flavor forward, but at the end of the day, the beer speaks for itself, and I think that's the reason why I chose this particular beer. So, um, I really love this. What do you guys think about this choice? Yeah, well, this is a solid, um,

Abbey style beer. And, um, I think one of the things you were talking about liking these beers during the holiday season, I think one of the other components of that, too, is there's a very real warming sensation you get from some of these big beers. You could stand outside of a fire. Pit or whatever, two or three glasses. This, as opposed to a pastry stout, I can have, like, half a glass done. It's got a ton of flavor, but it's not so over the top

that it tires you out drinking. Yeah. It's a good observation, and I think. It'S also a beer if you pour, say, like, a nice tulip shaped glass, and you can just walk around the room for an hour, hour and a half, and it just changes every ten minutes, uh, you can live with it a while. You don't have to always be at the bar, because the ABV would keep you from that anyway. True.

Yeah, sure. And also, if you're going to a fancier office party where they might be having, like, roast beef or some sort of meat variety that's, like, cut off the bone for you, this goes good with that kind of food, and that holiday ish kind of food that you're going to have. Um, yeah, this is perfect. And I think for people that are beer nerds, they're going to appreciate something like this, because it's not going to be that trendy pastry

stout that I have a sip and I'm done. No, this is like, one that I would go back and back and back to. Um, this would be the palate cleanser for some of the scarier stuff that would be brought in. Yeah. Well, and I'm also thinking, who would I get stuck in a lengthy conversation with about beer? I would get stuck, uh, in a conversation with you about this beer, but never Dave. I wouldn't even talk to him. So that might be actually part of the

strategy, uh, in it as well. Let's rate this up and move on, then. Oh, this is a five handstand, without a doubt. Well, and I think that's part of what you are trying to accomplish is you want to bring something that's a good, solid down the road, and you want to knock something out of the park without knocking their socks off. Sure. Yeah. All right. Yeah. You're putting the X back in, Chris? I'm putting the X back in. I'm going to step over in the corner and have some dab. What do you got?

Okay, well, this one, believe it or not, is, uh, the one that I would share with the masses and not the classes. Okay.

Wow. The regular people that are wanting to kind of so that's what the color. Is on the name tag. That I would like to introduce to a beer that I think is approachable. What I've brought is the, uh uh. Leff blonde. Yeah, well, I've heard it Leffy, too. Well, maybe the German guy that I. If you're from. We move north of Hornwall now. Yeah. We'Re above the mason, uh, the Manson Nixon line. You don't have to defend yourself to him, Mark. Just tell us about this beer.

So, anyway, uh, the left, uh, brewery goes back to, like, the 14 hundreds, and they had to take some time off during the French Revolution. Sure. Uh, and at one time back, uh, in the early 19 hundreds, they were brewing lagers, German lagers, and not any of this at all. And they've since come back to sort of where they started, uh, with these, uh, uh, abbey style ales. So I chose the blonde as one that well, if you're going to be stuck at a holiday party, I'd like to be with a Belgian blonde.

Well, of, uh, course you would. I'm going to be over in the corner smoking my know. So, Phil, you're saying that the crossover index point between the derivative base stock that you bought in the spring and the fall is what? Once again? Hang on a second. Let me take ahead of this again. So what do you think about this beer, Mikey?

Um, I thought what was interesting is, uh, Rev and Mark and I didn't actually talk in know, and when I was thinking, know, the style of beers, this falls in that same category of as I was looking at something that it doesn't have a huge hop presentation to it. Um um, Belgian blondes, to me, are very versatile. Um, they're usually banana bombs. Um, and I think of probably all the ones that he could have picked, this is the one that at least you don't feel like the entire bunch of bananas has been

shoved up your left nostril. Um, and very approachable. I've had this several times. This suffers from some of the same characteristics that we talked about with the Arringer. It's imported. It's been stuck in 20 warehouses. Um, and I would certainly say the same thing is that if you found somebody that made a very good blonde, belgian blonde locally, that would probably be your go to M. They're very difficult to screw

up. Um, and probably having something that's local and fresh would probably be a much better choice than having something that was moved all over kingdom come. And four years old, but I love this. I think it's a great choice. Oh, yeah, I do, too. Um, I think it's very approachable and very creamy. It is, yeah. Very smooth. The head just stands on it forever. Yeah. Mhm word. All right, what do we want to rate this dog? Yeah, I think we are going to rate the left brond a solid four.

I'm saying lefty because that's what Reverend Mark said. Okay. So now for the classy going from the masses. Time to introduce the beer, by the way. So this one is, um, almost a one off. It's fairly hard to find. It's a delirium barrel aged

black ale, although it's really more mahogany in color. Yeah. Well, we'll be right back with more in just a minute. Welcome back, everyone. The party is on. And right before the break, uh, Reverend Mark introduced the beer that he would bring for the aficionados. Yeah, this is the stuff he's just kicking in, man. Meet me down the know. Um, pour you a little bit. Yeah, let's go into a snifter, a small and so anyway, this is the, um, kind

of holiday release, I think, actually in Belgium. It's out in the summer, but it comes to the States during the holidays. And they've only been doing this for a couple of years, from what I gather. Uh, and it is, ah, the delirium, uh, barrel aged black ale. And it is a blend of their nocturnum and their Christmas ale. Ah, so it's a blend of those two. So this is not a full blown missile toe bomb? No. Yeah. And it is aged for nine months, uh, in a buffalo trace, uh, barrel.

Huh. Which is interesting because I would have thought that would have just obliterated any of the base beers, and that is not the case. This is not a booze bomb. No. I mean, it's there, but it's like. You can tell it's been stuck in some kind of whiskey barrel. But it's not but it's not over. Just kind of accentuates things a little bit. I think it tames down the esters that you would normally sure, yeah. The fruity esters are, um, I would say highly muted. The man esters out of here.

And so you get more vanilla and other kinds of spice with that. Um, anyway, um, this would be a one off for me. I'd say here fry. I don't know if it's ever going to come back. This and a little bit of dab. You're probably better get a sober ride home. I've never had this before, so, um, I've never seen the bottle. I definitely have never seen this on tap. And I would say that this is only available in a bottle. This is the only one we couldn't get, I think, for the delirium show.

Uh, that we did. Yeah. And I love Nocturnum is such a super solid go to beer. I'm m not a fan of their Christmas ale. I'm not a fan of Christmas ale. Belgian NyQuil, man. That put you out. You're either going to love them or hate them because they are spice bombs in general. Uh, the thing I like about this is the balance thing is what I like. It has all the elements of nice burnt caramel that's there. There's a touch of wood. Um, the booze is kind of in the background.

You can still feel some fruity esters that are kind of jumping all over the top of this. This is definitely a beer. You can go off in the corner and have a good 20 minutes conversation with Joyanna about yeah. Wow. Again. Okay. All right. Yeah. And it's so relatable to the Abt

Twelve from St. Bernardis that you had. I mean, clearly they're somewhat similar, but I like that idea of and I think beer nerds would appreciate having something that's a little bit more complex and makes you think, because I hate to say it, but we're all thinking when we're drinking of, hey, is this something that I would get more of? Or oh, I think non beer nerds would actually give this a fair try. Yeah, maybe. Yeah. I admire the artistry of the blend. Uh, that's done here.

And it's bottled conditioned. This is gorgeous. And we're going to rate this one a five. Good job, Revlon. I'm really glad we have the whole bottle here. Excellent choice. Yeah. Okay. I'm sure we'll make it through it. Okay. So, for my non beer nerd friends, I went kind of away from beer, went to cider because I think it's a good bridge drink. Um, I've had a lot of good luck with Spanish ciders. And so this is Ordago Eberico from Benz Zagaraga in, uh, Basque Spain. So it's a dry Basque cider,

6% ABV. And I really like Spanish ciders. I, um, think they ole. Oh, like Spanish gin. Yeah. There you go. I like that, too. You have to skip the cider. Go for the gin. Yeah. What do you guys think? I think the first thing I like is what a great choice, um, to take for the masses. Dave, in terms of sorry. Going for a cider as opposed to taking a beer for a larger group. Um, I just think that is, uh, such a stellar idea all by itself. Oh, yeah.

I don't know that I would have picked this particular cider. Um, it's a little harsh, um, in terms of it's very

tart, and there are a lot of choices of ciders that would be a lot softer, a bit more approachable. Thought about going with the wood chuck. Um, that's kind of clubbing you over the head, for sure. Um, so I really love the idea of taking a cider, but I don't know that I would have taken this particular cider. You could put ice cubes in it. That's true. Soften it up a little bit. Yeah. I hate to. No.

Um yes. Just breaking the I guess I just would have had something that's a little bit more sweeter, too, because I'm really enjoying this. But I'm looking at it from a OOH, this is a Spanish wine. OOH, this is going to be dry. OOH, this is going to be earthy. Like, this is going to be nice. You know what I mean? Um, but I don't know that Joe Q public would appreciate these sort of nuances. Well, I don't know for sure, but I mean, I think it's more about the concept.

Yeah. There's a certain brininess to this cider. Yeah, there is. Which is really cool. That's an interesting way of describing it because there is a salinity component that is kind of surrounding this that, um, is definitely there. It's effervescent. Yeah. In a nice way. Yeah. This does have a touch of carb on it. Yeah. And I get, like, this little bit of lacticness to it yeah. That I'm actually really enjoying, because I'm not a fan of the super sweet ciders.

So having something like this I really do enjoy. And I get a little bit of a tart type taste that you would get when you bite into a Granny Smith. Yeah. Well, um, I know we're going to rate up the cider, but I do want to say I absolutely think this is a killer idea. I didn't particularly like the product that you chose, uh uh, but I really love the idea. Mike, if you liked everything on this show, we would be worried. Yeah, I'd be kind of frightened, actually.

Mr. No was, uh, alive and well over here. So we're going to rate this Ordago a really, uh, give it a four. We're going to rate it a four. Okay. Now, what are you bringing for the educated? For the educated, I went a little sideways as well, because I was thinking you could go either way with this one, too. It looks like juice. This is the, uh, Mimosa inspired sour fruited ale with sea salt and tangerine puree from Southern Grist Brewing Company in

Nashville, Tennessee. I figured beer, they're they usually go with the trends a lot of the time, so they'll try something crazy. And for the woo woo girls who don't like beer in the crowd, they do like Mimosas, and maybe they'll go for it. I'm going to say this is going to cut the circle of friends that you have at the office party from eight to two in a heartbeat. How dare you.

Um um I think it's always very tough to, um, bring a sour beer to a larger group of people and for them to really genuinely appreciate it. Um, it's not that it's a bad product at all. In fact, I think it's very well made. Um

ah, it's very orange forward. Um um I don't know. Good Valencia orange. Uh, I can see it can be some other sweeter varieties. Tangelo, um, uh, right there with it. It's not acidic forward. So I think in terms of some sours can get very acid and very juicy really quick. Um, there's a sweetness that's kind of over the top of this. I don't think I get mimosa. No, I definitely don't get, uh, that. I think the only thing I would think is I would have a half glass of this and I'd be done and I would

really want to look for something else. And that's the only thing that I would just worry about is I wouldn't linger over this. That's why I would only bring one can. Yeah, for sure. You cut down the group of people hanging out with you from eight to two in, like, a nanosecond. Oh, I bet you, uh, think revan Mark office layers. Yeah, I think because if you bring, as you said, Dave, a can and share it sparingly, then it has a certain

mystique to it at that point. And you're not drinking a full glass where you're going to just get tired. I could see you pouring this and. Going, so no, no, you've never had this. I think I think it's going to work in that way. Add ah, it to some Spanish gin. You probably got something interesting choice. And it might go good with a really bad fruitcake. Hey, there you go. What do you call make it better. Make it even better. Dude, I messed up and I'm not sure what happened.

Yeah. Here, have another hit off the dab. Lovely. Wow. All right, uh, okay, well, the M Mimosa, uh, from Southern Grist, we are going to rate a three. All right, that's interesting. This is actually one of their most popular beers in their lineup right now, which is kind of interesting, but it's. Kind of what they're known for right now. That's what they built their business on, this style. Well, for me, quickly, the, um, beer. For the uneducated. I went with the BlackBerry Farms pilsner.

Super solid choice. Pre buyout, of course, for, um, those in the know. But this is 5% ABV and it's just nice, clean, easy. And for those that enjoy a Miller Budweiser Michelobe stuff, I think that this would be a nice transition into, hey, you can go craft without being scary craft. Um, and this was my idea. Craft doesn't have to wander away from a taste profile that you like. It's just slightly elevated.

It's exactly the word that I was going to use. Um, you're thinking that it's different and you're going for something that's elevated. And I think that is a great tactic that you're going for of going, listen, I know you really love the big blue, uh, can, but let me actually pour something for you that I think you've never had before. And you actually might think that, hey, this is an amplified version of what I enjoy. Right. And also, Pilsners have become

the bell of the ball of late. As we get out of COVID and I think that, granted, BlackBerry Farms is kind of in our backyard, but you could find a pilsner in your local area that doesn't have to be, um, a macro pilsner 100%. Right. But bring that to the table, and I think people would really appreciate it. And I'd say local and fresh mean a lot to this particular beer style. Oh, sure. Absolutely. Yeah. Uh, this would smoke, uh, a lot of choices for a pilsner all day long.

And, uh, yeah, you'd love to tell them, like, yeah, this is fresh. This is what fresh pilsner tastes like. And it'd be interesting to just bring this to one of those guys just in a cup and tell them what it is. Absolutely. Here, try this. Trust me, don't smoke that. But trust me. Then when they turn their back, you switch it for some of that mosa. And slip that wow, look at him twitch. That is awesome, man. I thought he would actually hurl, but, uh, he just kind of twitched.

Get off the floor, Jerry. Get off the floor. Wow. All right, everybody, so we've learned that Phil does not like sour beers. And so that's what you've learned tonight. So put that on your resume somewhere. He loves dab. Yeah. There you go. But I think it's easy and it's not too overly hoppy. So people that are used to not a lot of hops would appreciate. That. Okay. Yep. Well, the BlackBerry Farms pilsner, we are going to rate a four. Well done. Always well done.

Okay. I can hear Caperton saying so none of you chose to say, you know. But I got close. I got sort okay, so and Caperton and I have had many discussions about this beer, and I didn't necessarily I mean, it's sort of an homage to him, but not really an homage to him. But I remember going to Funk Factory Guzaria, which actually now is not Funk Factory Guzaria. It's something else, but that's a whole

different story. But I know that a lot of people coming to an office party and being in the winter, you're going to bring the barrel Age beers, you're going to bring stouts, you're going to bring dark, fruity laden stuff. And they're awesome, and they're amazing, don't get me wrong. But I wanted to go with something that was almost like a palate cleanser to all of that. So I brought the mertz, um, food or fermented sour aged on peaches

from Funk Factory Guzeria. Uh, this one is only four and a half percent ABV. This is so complex for a beer that's that low in ABV. Yeah, it's just

amazing. So I happen to have this beer. Um, we had a break, uh, earlier, and, uh, what I thought was interesting was that I enjoyed this with wings and pizza, which is common food fair that you would have at an office party. And I thought what I enjoyed about it was the complexity of this in contrast to a very simple food profile that actually

worked really quite well. In fact, I actually thought that's the way you want to have it is you definitely want to have food with this beer, um, in order to really fully enjoy the measure of complexity. So, um, I really enjoyed it. Great choice. And the peaches come out. It's not too overly lacticy. Yeah. Ah, it's definitely not something that would have filled twitching on the floor.

Good. I think the low ABV really would appeal to a lot of people, too, especially when you're trying a lot if you're at a place where you're trying a lot of different things. Can have flavor without alcohol. Yeah. Okay. Um, yeah, well, we are going to rate the mertz on peaches from Fung Factory a five, and that is going to do it for our office party. Yeah. So is it time for the exit strategy, Dave? Oh, I would have been gone, like, an hour ago. Yeah, I think you were.

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