Shall we? Shall we, Fah-jah? His fur-ter? His fur-ter? No, Greg. His Fah-jah. I don't know what he's saying.
Rawr. Welcome in, everybody.
It's the Craft Beer Republic. I am Greg. Thanks for drinking. Thanks for joining. Over there is everyone's favorite Midwestern Fah-jah.
That's flexy. It is fur-ter. Are you saying Fah-jah? I'm saying fart-er. Oh, fart-er. No, Dr. Evil.
It's Fah-jah. What's up, everybody? It's totally irrelevant to the show. Yeah, we're just reminiscing about some Austin Powers off-air. It's no big deal. Yeah, no big deal.
Welcome in. Like I said, we've got a lot to get to tonight. I'm going to start things off with our top-listening city of last week. Shout-out to Louisville, Kentucky. I didn't see that coming. Wow, that's strange.
Yeah. Although we never bashed Kentucky. We just bashed Alabama. That's true. I mean, there's still time. I guess that makes sense. Yeah, there's still time to bash Kentucky, though, if you'd like to.
Yeah. Well, maybe we're going to get more listeners. Maybe so. Tune in next week. Where everyone is their Fah-jah and their grandfather. Well played.
Get one in there. So thank you to Louisville for listening to the show. Find us, Craft Beer Republic, and at Craft Beer Republic, find Flex on the internet. I guess I'm supposed to find France on the internet. So, I'm going to leave you to freshman on the grams at Flex Me a Beer underscores in
between. And, you know, I'm on that. I forgot to say this last week, but we're on that thread thing now, too, if you guys are threading. I'm not going to lie. I don't know what that is.
Yeah. I'm not entirely sure what I'm supposed to do on there. Like, I've come up with a couple of funny quips, if you will. At least, you know, I thought they were funny-ish and just, it's just text. I mean, you can
attach a picture. It's weird. Like I can't use emojis or like memes. I have to like go find them from Google in order to use them. I can't just... Oh, weird. Yeah. And I, I'm basically only speaking memes. So it's, it's a lot of added effort.
We don't like. No, too much. But, uh, you know, it's fun. Get, get kind of punny on there and I've interacted with some breweries and some beer people. And so anyways, Sky's the limit.
Yeah. We're, we're on threads for now. While it's cool. Yeah. While it's trendy. Yeah, exactly. I was like, Oh, Elon Musk, new or not Elon Musk. What's his name? Zuckerberg,
new product must have. So, you know, here we are, whatever. Cash or Sorn meta. Exactly. All right. Before we get to the show, let's get to the most important question.
Cause it's a fancy answer. Okay. So a little bit out of the, uh, realm of normal beers for flex, as I speak in the
third person, um, a strawberry Berliner. Oh. By Eagle park brewing that that's not out of the normal part. No, I always drink them.
Um, but this beer, it is a Berliner style vice aged for 12 months in a Oak further than murder Oak footer, then re fermented on the strawberry and rhubarb. So this was something
that they started doing. I think it was late last year. Um, they started aging some sours and they, they come around a real nice, like 3.3%. So it's almost wine cooler ask, but
it's like a real nice James, real nice sipper. You know, it's not like you're aiming to get completely hammered. It's like, Hey, let's just sit and have, enjoy a nice beer. So I
do appreciate that. Um, untapped is not kind to this one. And I think it's because, uh, people just don't understand like the Oak footer and the aging. So when they see like
a strawberry sour strawberry Berliner, they're like, Oh, Hey, four 50 categorizes there's as Berliner vices. So that's what it is wrong. You're an idiot. Um, so I, I think that's
which isn't horrible, but, uh, still not, not around what they do. So, uh, we'll, we'll get into the beer. It is, um, it's almost like champagne looking that color. Yeah. Like
see-through ish, but not totally clear. Yeah. And if like in person, it has like the tiniest hint of like pinkish hue to it. Um, very little head retention. It definitely smells like,
uh, like a funky, sour, um, touch of Oak on the nose, no remnants of the strawberry nor the rhubarb. Interesting. So we will, uh, we'll, we'll dive in. Oh, there it is.
Just got to do it for you, man. All right, here we go. And the millions and millions. Um, so this is super carbonated. Oh, I was like, expect the opposite. No, it's like a
very effervescent. Maybe that's different than carbonated, but it seems quite a bit bubbly, but like tiny bubbles, not big bubbles. Interesting. It sounds like champagne, champagne
bubbles. That's kind of what it's like, not an overabundance of that Oak presence. Like it's just enough that, you know, like, Hey, this was like kind of an aged funky beer and
they did some stuff with it. Tiny hint sweetness from the, the strawberry. But all in all, this is like a classic Berliner 3%. Like I think the classification for Berliner is like
3% and under. I don't think there was like a legal classification or was that the goes up. It was one of those that's like 3% and under. But anyway, this really is a nice beer.
Um, if you ever find anything aged in Oak fooders, don't, don't be afraid of it because no, usually it's really good. Exactly. You know, like I always get, I used to be fearful of sours
aged in Oak because I was always wondering what that would come out to be. You get a lot on the nose. It doesn't really follow through too much and uh, it's just really enjoyable. I think the
most sour beer I've ever had in my life came out of a Ferner. It was, uh, who was that puckery? It was good. This is quite puckery, but it's not a, it like stops before it gets too puckery.
Okay. You know, it's like the opposite of a warhead, right? You know, it was like, if a warhead would have stopped at that point, I don't know if I would have bought as many,
but it would have been more enjoyable. Yeah. We, we bought it for the torture. Correct. Yeah. I don't know why. I don't know. Or masochist. What was your favorite flavor? Um, probably the blue one. Okay. Blue one was really good. The green apple was good too.
Which one? Watermelon. Watermelon was good. Black cherry was underrated. Yeah. So I have to ask you the question. I know everyone listening is, is wondering, is it Berliner or Berliner? You said both. I did say both. You're right. I think
you started off with a Berliner and I was like, fuck, have I been saying it wrong? I'm confused. No, I think it is Berliner. Berliner weiss. Yeah.
You up? You up? Um, yeah, I think it's Berliner. I don't know why I said Berliner. I only figure it's Berliner because of, you know, the city of Berlin and Berliner weiss,
but I don't know. I thought maybe you knew something. I didn't. And then you went back to Berliner and I was like, oh, okay. We're back to Berliner. I don't know. I think phonetically, like in the English language, if you look at it, it's Berliner. Yeah. I could see that.
Right. Yeah. But yeah, I guess in your mindset, Berlin, Berliner. Berlin. Yeah. Somebody, uh, with more smarticles, let us know. My vote's going to go Berliner. I don't know why I said Berliner.
Yeah. Berliner for me. So, yeah. Uh, and, and of course it's Ferdor. I didn't say it. Ferdor. Uh, can we just do an entire episode just speaking in Ferdor?
Yeah, we should. We should have an episode where we all only drink beers that were made in Ferdor. So we all have to say it as many times as possible. I'm down. I wish I had one. Um, all right.
I have another. Let's get to, I wanted to bring, this is not beer related, but it's podcast related. And I get like some different emails and like newsletters and stuff from like podcasting world. Cause you know,
the podcast, I thought this one was really funny. I wanted to bring it up. Apparently emojis in chapter titles, you can do chapters within a podcast, which I do. If you,
if you have a Apple CarPlay system and you're listening to the podcast, you should see the chapter titles. And they usually like plant little Easter eggs, like little funny things in there too sometimes. You're so funny. I'm so funny. Like I'm sure last week,
I haven't edited it yet, but I'm sure there were multiple piss butt man chapters. No way there wasn't. Uh, but anyways, apparently he does whatever a piss butt can.
It's obvious. Apparently, uh, those people that are putting emojis in their chapter titles and show titles are causing, uh, some of the CarPlays to crash. What? Apparently like the cars, like,
so this started when someone with a 2014 realized their system kept crashing and it's cause the emoji that was being used was newer than the car. So it didn't have like an updated keyboard. And so, uh, they put like whatever emoji in the chapter tile and it crashed their
stereo. They had like restarted. Wow. Yeah. So it makes me want to put like nothing but emojis in the show title this week. Just see what happens. Just to fuck with people. Just who's got a 2014 out there. I have a 2013 don't do it. Oh fuck. Experiment time.
That sounds like fun. Let's see what happens. Um, but yes, that's all. What an interesting tidbit. Nerdy podcast shit. So there you go. If you don't have an emoji,
like when somebody texts you, it just comes in as like, uh, like symbols, right? Like an empty square or something. Yeah, that's what it is. A square. So you, you would think that would just do it in the car.
I would have thought, I mean, I don't know what's new since 2014, like what's changed, but like, I always love it. Cause we've discussed this before. My Siri is Australian. So it'd be like, you know, message from Shannon, let's get beer, beard emoji, beer emoji,
squiggly face emoji, you know, and she reads it out to you in your car. It's, it's always good. That is pretty good. Yeah. So anyways, whatever, we'll do a chapter full of emojis and let us know if your shit crashes. Don't stop listening. Yeah. Also don't stop believing. Uh, Flex,
do any, uh, do any good research these days out in the Milwaukee region? We went, uh, so technically not in Milwaukee, but, uh, a little West of us, I hit up a brewery for
the first time I've had their beer before, but, uh, you know, when you're sitting at home with the wife and you guys can't figure out where to eat. Yeah. Right. Every night, like every night. And what do you want for dinner? I don't know what you want for dinner.
And then you think of something and she goes, that's like the only thing I don't want right now. Yeah. And then like you come up with like three more places and then there's like a 20
minute pause. And then she goes, you haven't even come up with anything. And then by the time you finally decide on something, you've had like three granola bars and you're not hungry anymore. It's terrible. So anyway, um, I tried to make, you know, my personal life, not always about
beer. Right. Not always about myself. I always want to go drink beer. I always want to go try new beers, but with my wife and my kids, I really do try not to make it about me. A nice guy. So the other night we're sitting around on the patio, my wife's trying to figure
out where to go to dinner and classic dinner conversation. We can't figure anything out. So I said, Hey, I know you don't really like beer, but this brewery is supposed to have some
pretty good food. So she looks up the menu and she starts looking at all these brewery. She starts looking at all these pictures of the food and she's like, wow, that actually does look
good. She goes, okay, let's go. So I was psyched. So we drove out to raised grain, which is in Waukesha, Wisconsin, which means nothing to you or anybody in California. It's a funny name
or anybody in Louisville, Kentucky, who's listening right now. Uh, all three of you, but they actually have a really cool logo. It's like, uh, just the name like raised grain or RG
and like a buzzsaw. It's pretty neat. So their, their beer is it's solid. I would say it's above average. Okay. Their hazies aren't very hazy, but they taste good, but they taste good.
They should be called juices. So they should be called juicy. Um, the Mac and cheese pizza was really solid. Have you ever had Mac and cheese pizza? I'm trying to think, you know, I think one time I had Mac and cheese on a pizza, but it wasn't like
solo Mac and cheese pizza. Okay. It sounds like you were stoned, but, uh, I wasn't not Mac and cheese pizza. Did I say Mac and cheese pizza? Okay. Yes. That's like a pretty big thing
around most pizza places in Wisconsin. Okay. As long as like not a chain like dominoes or pizza hut. Sure. But most like local in state places will do a Mac and cheese pizza and it'll
fucking rock your world. So theirs was good. Um, the kid's food was good. And I had this fruit punch sour. That was like absolute what I thought top notch. It reminded me of now,
this is a big name here, Drekker. Oh. And Drekker used to come out with their brain squeeze sours, not their brains. It's where it was like the more traditional, you know, Berliner sour-y.
Right. You get a hint of the fruit, but enjoy the sour of the beer. And that's what this beer really reminded me of. And, uh, it was enough to make me like, I'm going to go back. Nice.
So it was a solid place. Their facility is fucking enormous. Like absolutely enormous. It's in this industrial park. And I actually wasn't quite sure what, if we were going into like
the tap room area or what, cause there was like two separate buildings, the tanks on the outside, half of their parking lot in the summer turns into like the outdoor patio. Nice. Um,
tons of tables, dog friendly, the inside from when we went in for like the short bit, cause we sat outside, you just, you know, went inside and make sure, Hey, do we just sit wherever we want? It turns out you did. Um, but just a really, really,
really great facility. So good food, great food. Yeah. We're going to go back, uh, try some more pizza, maybe a couple of burgers or something like that. So yeah, can't wait to head back there, man.
I like it. I did some research. Uh, it wasn't new. I took my parents or I took my mom and my stepdad to, uh, Malibu brewing for the first time. It's funny. They're not beer drinking.
My mom is absolutely not a beer drinker. Um, any beer, like you put in her face, she makes like the face, you know, when she tastes it. Um, and her excuse is, well,
it tastes like beer. It tastes like beer. Yeah. And my stepdad, uh, he'll have like a Corona from time to time, which is like, Oh, all the good shitty beer was out. You had to go with
the shittiest of the shitties. Like, Oh yeah. They had a Bud light or something like the second shittiest beer. Wasn't he? I know no, no champagne and beers. What happened? Come on. Um, so he goes,
you know what? I'm going to get my first flight. Oh, proud. I was like, all right. No kidding. First flight ever. Yeah. So he goes, uh, which one should I get? Cause they have a couple of like predetermined or you can make your own. And so, uh, we, we got in one and, you know,
picked out the lighter beers, more closer to Corona, you know, type of beers. And, uh, he, he actually really liked all of them. His favorite was their Canyon, which is like a rosé lager,
which there's no grapes in it. Thank God. Interesting. Is that just a name for it or what? It's pink. There's hibiscus and cranberry. Uh, but it's very light. I'm not going to lie. That sounds fucking amazing. Super refreshing. And not only did he love it, my mom was like,
this is not disgusting, which is a huge step. So that was, that was a good time. We're going to have your mom on the show now. We should. Why not? We can talk about piss butt, man. My mom would love to talk about that.
We'll just kick you out and just be me and your mom the whole time. Again? I don't need to record that. Uh, and then, uh, of course Ryan was there, the co-owner. And so we talked to him for a little bit and let him know that my mom did
not want to throw up after drinking his beer. So that was a huge compliment, of course. And it was a good time. Always, always some good food and all that. Had some nachos. Always talk about the food there, dude. Had nachos, uh, had, oh, shishito pepper. We get
shishitos every time. Dude, shishitos are delicious, by the way. And theirs are, like, it has like a little slaw with like a little, like, uh, aioli type dressing on it, like with the shishitos. And it comes with fried bread. Like, you remember like Indian
fried bread kind of thing? I don't know. Oh, it's, it's fried puffy bread and you fucking jam it full of like the slaw. Oh, it sounds delicious. So good. So, uh, it was, it was good times, but, uh, nothing new. I haven't been anywhere new in a while since I
shit on wagon wheel brewing. That's like the last new brewery I went to, I think. Well, sometimes it just rubs you the wrong way. And then you just go to what you know for a while and you're like, you know what? You just got to enjoy the good stuff because you know it's going
to be good. Well, it's a hot day. I was like, I need to cool off. So we'll go, you know, they're across the street from the beach. So, you know, it's not going to be hot out there and good times. Nice. Half an hour drive, temperature dropped 25 degrees.
See, that's funny. Half an hour drive to me is like, uh, that that's what the raised grain that we went to is a 24 minute drive. I'm like, Oh, it's not 10 minutes. I know 10 minutes is
preferred, but every now and then I take a little trip out to the boo to cool down and have some right on. And then, uh, Coley and big Dick Nick, we went over to their house for a little pool party action. He got a, uh, like a pool basketball thing. And so of course we turned
into a drinking game and just got absolutely shittered. You guys getting shittered. It was, it were playing around the world. And if one person made it, the other person had a drink
and we both went through these like stages of just like sinking everything. It's like, hold on. I can't keep up with the drinks. So good times. Goddamn athletes. It's a hard life, man. I needed to ice the knees afterwards. Let me tell you
in the pool and I said, can we get the ice out of your place? So good stuff. We had, we're drinking some, uh, big rock from Malibu in the pool. Amber lager. Nice. Hey, Ambers,
the Ambers hit. Oh, so good. And not sticky. I think we should call the pen. I could use a drink. Beer. Goddamn. This is a long description. Uh, all right. I'm drinking pure project
brewing in collaboration with Harlan brewing and North park beer company back to the future one and its future with a pH six and a half percent. Yeah. I don't, I'm not that. Yeah. I mean,
look at that sweet can. I do like that though. And, and anything back to the future themed, you know, I'm going to get hard over six and a half percent for one five on untapped out of 715
ratings. Bear with me here. Prepare to journey through space and time with our latest creation, which marks the highly anticipated return of our future series with an electrifying new twist back to the future. One is an Epic triple threat collaboration with local legends,
North park beer company, and Harlan brewing company. This murky IPA showcases mega Motueka, an innovative blend of freestyle hops, Motueka hops, and phantasm that creates a complex and
unparalleled sensory experience. The addition of Nelson Savon, Savin, Savin, Savin. I don't know why I said it that way. That was Berliner. The addition of Nelson Savin and Citra hops
contribute to the irresistible aromatic bouquet of passion fruit, Kiwi, and lemon curd that lure you in followed by flavors of pineapple, coconut cream, and grapefruit that leave you wanting more.
Whether you're sharing it with friends or savoring it solo, this crave where the brew will transport you to a different dimension with every sip. And look at the fucking haze on this bad boy. Those pure brews, they don't lie, man.
No, they're murky AF. On the schnoz, it's all citrus, like some orange, a lot of like lighter citrus, like lime or lemon or something in there. Maybe some mango,
not quite sure, but smells delicious. Let me dig in. Daddy. First of all, so soft. They do such a wonderful job.
Yeah. I think I'm picking out some of the smells now. Probably not so much citrus. Pineapple, a lot of pineapple coming in on that tongue. Maybe a little bit of like a coconut-y type of flavor coming in.
Yeah, okay. The coconut cream pie, they said. That's pretty solid. I like that. Some citrus finishing things off, like a little oranginess towards the end. This is another killer one from Pure. And of course, North Park. North Park, so good also.
I've had a few North Park collabs. I don't think I ever had a North Park straight up, but yeah, I see everything that they do. And I feel like those two places, like North Park and
Pure are top of the line. California breweries, if not nationwide breweries. And pro tip, if you're at North Park, go get some of the food. They have a little food
window in the back, basically. And they have pork nugs, which just like fried pieces of pork belly with this delicious sauce on them. Super healthy, and it's amazing.
Zero trans fat. Not a one. Not even a single trans fat. Oh, all right, so good. All right, a little bit of news
to get to. Stone has inked a licensing deal for specialty coffee products. So what, they're going to come out with canned coffee now? The exclusive deal gives New Zee, New Zee? I don't know, some coffee company,
the rights to co-manufacture and distribute stone coffee products using top brands, Arrogant Bastard, Stone Buena Vesa Salt Lime and Lager, and Choco Vesa nationwide in the natural and traditional grocery stores and convenience stores, as well as office coffee
and hotel brokers and distributors. Yeah, that's what I want when I want coffee. I want Stone Buena Vesa Salt and Lime. Yeah, that doesn't make any sense. Sounds awful. Choco Vesa absolutely makes sense. Obviously. Yeah. Obviously, Greg. Obvi.
Obviously. Yeah, but the rest of that, I'm good. I don't even want Arrogant Bastard when I'm drinking coffee. No. The Buena Vesa was pretty good though. Wasn't too limey for you? I actually
wish it was limier. Oh, okay. Then maybe you need the 805 Cerveza. I can't stand it, but it's like the same idea. It's 805 with lime added to it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's too much lime. Okay. In
fact, I don't even think they use 805 in it. It doesn't taste like it. It tastes like a lager base, but I don't know anything, so whatever. Nerd. Yeah, I know. It just doesn't. 805 is a
little thicker than the Cerveza is. Anyways, skincare experts advise against a new dangerous TikTok beard tanning, beard tanning trend. Beard tanning. After recent TikTok beard tanning trend
went viral, skincare experts at Skin Store sent out urgent messages warning folks- That sounds really legit, by the way, Skin Store. Right? Yeah, and come on over to Greg's store. Come on
over to Skin Store where you can buy skin at the Skin Store. Just call 1-800- It's a new skin to wear. Skin Store when you're looking for new skin. And we promise we're not fake. Right?
Yeah. Okay, go on. They sent out an urgent message warning folks against using beer to become more tan while going outdoor for summer activities. Okay, question. Does that mean
lathering yourself up in beer and laying outside? I do believe- Or does that mean drinking way too much fucking beer, passing out in the sun for eight hours? No, that's highly recommended.
Okay, that's what I thought because I've been doing the latter and I look great. Yeah, yeah, no, you're good. You're good. It's the first one you don't want to do. Don't be stupid. It's the first one. You're wasting beer. Yeah, come on. They go on,
though those experimenting with beer as a tanning method have claimed that the hops and yeast activate the melanin in the skin, the truth is yeast buildup can potentially cause rashes and
burns. With the trend having gone viral, skin experts at Skin Store have said with urgency- Well, you buy some skin at the Skin Store. We're not fake.
Promised. While some people believe in the benefits of hop and yeast to enrich the skin, pouring lager directly into the skin will lead to a buildup of yeast in certain areas and cause an
infection. This could be anything from a red rash to large bumps, which could be made much worse by the sticky smell of beer on your body, increasing the likelihood of being bitten and stung by bugs.
So do they not think people are going to shower then, too? Yeah, I don't know, man. The whole thing is like, A, why are you doing it? B, this warning sounds a little extreme. No, this has been researched by the company The Shower Store. They think that if you do this,
you should shower more. And if you're going to shower, make sure you wash off with soap from The Soap Store, a very real place to get soap. We promise it cleans your skin because it's soap at The Soap Store.
Exactly. That's brilliant. Oh, these guys are geniuses. What a ridiculous cycle of brilliance. Or of something. Mexican beer makers are using bugs to supplement barley in their productions.
That's interesting. Uh-huh. What's the science behind that? Mexican entrepreneurs are using crickets to supplement barley in beer. La Grilla Beer is being tested out in small batches
in, uh-oh, Queretaro? Got it. Sounds good to me. Yeah. By a local craft brewery and a company that makes gluten-free and bread-free products using insects. Oh, interesting.
The creators wanted to prove that insects can become part of your diet, even in drinks, while maintaining taste. They found that pulverized crickets, when lightly toasted, have a very similar taste to barley and rye,
and began substituting them in the production of a malt porter beer. All right, I'm going to hit you with the big, wow. Climate change has made barley less readily available because of drought and excessive heat,
which impedes its growth. So, you know, the insects are a lot easier to come by at that point. Leads me to my most important question related to this story. Would you? I'm wondering who can send me some bug beer now.
You'd drink it. You wouldn't? I don't know. Would you eat crickets? Like, would you do, like, the cricket tacos that they do over there? Well, no, I couldn't do that, because they're actually crickets. But if they ground them down and lightly toasted them...
You fool. You're the fool. I would be very interested in... Lightly toasted them. Dude, that was solid. Yeah.
I would try some cricket beer. What if they lightly toast them and put them in tacos? Would you eat them? It's like the mental thing, right?
Like, you see the cricket, and then you're eating it. I don't know. I could probably do it. I don't think I'm going to tell you I'm going to enjoy it. Sure. But if you ground them down, lightly toasted them...
Dumb. I would probably drink the shit out of it. Wow, okay. I mean, wow. That was a heavy wow.
Yeah, I mean, here's how you get me. You have me try it, ask me if it's good, and if I say it's good, you tell me. Oh, so you couldn't know? I don't think I could know.
Really? Yeah, I'm not down with the bug eating thing. But you're not eating the bug. You're drinking it. Well, you're, like, drinking it filtered through something, so... Hopefully they filter it.
It's a bit nutty. New hazy cricket beer. If you're lucky, you'll see some legs. Oh, God.
Dry hopped with Jiminy. Hey, that's a good name for a new hop. The Jiminy hop. Oh, Jiminy Hazy IPA. Double dry hopped with Jiminy.
No, thanks. Yeah, I... Give me the cricket beer. All right. Hey, let us know on threads. Reach out to us on threads if you do that thing. Tell us if you drink Jiminy cricket beer.
Funky Town Brewery has been named the winner of the 12th Annual Sam Adams Brewing the American Dream Brewing and Business Experience Ship. Well, won't you take me to? What?
You look so special today. What do you mean, what? Yeah. What was that from? Funky Town Brewing? Oh, got it. Come on. How old are you? Not old enough, apparently.
Through the experience ship, the brewery has won unparalleled access to brewing and business resources from experts, including Boston beer founder Jim Koch.
Koch? Cock? Cock. Cock. Definitely cock. An invite to the Sam Adams Brewery to collaborate on a specialty beer, which will be served in their respective tap rooms in Boston and Chicago, and tickets to the Brewers Association
Great American Beer Festival in Denver that Flex needs to go to. Dear Mrs. Flex. I'm working on it. Please excuse Mr. Flex. So anyways, good job, Funky Town.
That's a cool little thing to win there. Yeah, it's pretty neat. Yeah. Get some... What's the word? I can't think of the word. No, I don't know. Okay, good story.
Get their name out there. You know what I'm saying? There you go. What's the word? Exposure? Yeah, that's the word. Get a little exposure. That's why I keep you around. Yeah.
Got it in my keep somehow. The Brewers Association has released the 2022 rankings of the top 50 craft breweries by volume. Okay.
So is that just like the largest craft breweries? By their output volume, volume of beer. Yeah, it's like Sierra Nevada. Yeah. So here we go.
Number 50. No, I'm just... We'll do the top 10. Number 10, Brooklyn Brewery. We all believed you, Greg. I know. Number 100. Number 10, Brooklyn Brewery.
Number nine, Tilray Beer Brands. That's like the weed company that bought Green Flash and a couple other breweries. Oh, weird. Yeah. Number eight, Canarchy.
Number seven, Stone Brewing. Clearly these aren't craft. Number six, Artisanal Brewing Ventures out of Pennsylvania. Number five, Gamberness out of Texas.
Never heard of that. Gamberness? I've heard of it. I've never had anything from them. Number four, Duvel Mortegat, which is really Firestone and the other brands. I read a thing recently that like Duvel's collective output between...
Because it's Firestone, Boulevard, and Cigar City are all under the Duvel name. I think I got that right. I did not know this. And out of the three of them, I think collectively they put out somewhere around
like 550,000 barrels of beer last year. Wow. Of that 550-ish, whatever the real number was, I think Firestone was like 420. They far and away blew out the other two brands.
Wow. Yeah, it was interesting. Sorry, nerd shit. Number three, Sierra Nevada. Number two, Boston Beer Company. Number one, any guesses? By volume.
By volume, not craft? Well, I mean Budweiser's not on here, but there's fake craft on here. I don't know. The only thing I think it was like yingling or something.
That's it. Hey. Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. I've been paying attention to beer. Look at you go, bud. I'm almost a pro. All right, we'll end it with this one.
Drunk Delaware man bites police dog multiple times attempting to evade cops. Bites a police dog? Yeah. What a turn of events, right? The face.
The face is great. Jamal Wing, 47, allegedly forcibly resisted arrest after state police pulled him over in Wilmington parking lot at 141 a.m. for speeding on a highway.
State police said in a statement, Wing, what a great last name. Wing exited his Toyota Camry, big ballin', without being told and refused commands from troopers to return to his vehicle.
The troopers and a canine then attempted to detain Wing, who bit the dog in his efforts to evade arrest. Wing continued to resist and bit the canine multiple times.
Troopers were eventually able to apprehend Wing, and they reported smelling alcohol on his breath and observed signs of impairment. Wing suffered multiple injuries in the incident, including a gash above his left eye.
He was transported to a hospital for treatment, but once he arrived at the hospital, he continued attempting to escape and assault a trooper, which injured the trooper and damaged police property. The trooper and the canine were injured by Wing and required medical evaluation.
Upon his release from the hospital, he was charged with a number of crimes, including two counts of assaulting a police officer, one count of assaulting a law enforcement animal, driving under the influence, two counts of resisting with force or violence, criminal
mischief, maybe that was a real charge, disorderly conduct, failure to have required insurance, speeding in excess of posted limits, and duty to sign and carry license.
He's being held at the Howard R. Young Correctional Institute on $34,200 bond. Wow. Very specific. Good amount. Do you think somebody called and they were like, hey, I want to bail him out?
He said, how much money you got? And they said, I got $34,100. And they said, whoops, his bail is $34,200. Bad news, bud.
He's not getting out tonight. So stupid. So dumb. So first thing that crossed my mind.
Yeah. What a fucking number. How do you bite a police dog? How did that dog not just take off his arm or something? Well, that's what I'm thinking. They're supposed to be like professionally aggressive, right?
Right. It's like what they're trained to do. Correct. So how do you get a hold of a police dog? Like, I need to see a picture of this police dog. Is this like a Chihuahua? You know, like.
It's Marty the brew pup. Right. Cops are rolling up with Marty. Marty's sniffing around like, hey, what's up, dude? Everybody's like, hey, you want to pet me? Yeah. This guy's like, I took bath salts. Yeah.
I don't know how the dog didn't bite his face off in the process. Yeah. It's super bizarre. Yeah. I think proper punishment would just be allowing the dog to go bite him back. Right. But like multiple times, like as many times as he bit the dog.
Oh, yeah. Just five minutes for the dog. That's all. Things will fuck you up. Yeah. But it's like, was it a long hair? Was it a short hair? Is this guy have hair all up in his mouth?
That's pretty gross. That would be gross. Like if it's a German Shepherd, you just get tufts of hair. Fucking ew. Yeah. That would be gross. Like you're going to be shitting that shit out for weeks. Shitting out German Shepherd hair.
Bro, did you eat a blanket? No, I bit a dog multiple times because I'm a fucking idiot. And it didn't even work.
How do you respond to that? That's ridiculous. How do you? Yeah, that is absolutely ridiculous. Well, I hope they let the dog bite him back just for, you know, fairness sake or whatever. Record it.
I'd watch that. I would. Yeah. Fuck that guy. All right. Let's wrap things up. Let's hit a little music. Let's say hi to Vanessa. Hi, Vanessa. Hi. You can find us on the socials at FlexBeerBeer, underscores in between.
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