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Welcome in, everybody, to the craft Beer Republic. Thanks for drinking.
Thanks for joining. I am Greg over there enjoying
himself some marvel that's flex, aka Captain America. That is me feeling.
Feeling pretty good this week. Yeah, yeah. Having a good week.
That's good. Nice little buzz on. Yeah. How are you doing?
I'm doing all right. Things are settling down.
I've had a lot of traveling, both for work and pleasure.
Um, and, um, I tell you. Like the latter.
Yeah, I like when I combine them, I, I missed my bed out of, like,
eight days. I slept in my bed, like,
1 or 2 times. And there's just something about
being in your own bed. It's nice. Would.
Would you rather sleep in your bed or on your couch? In my bed.
Okay. All the time. I have a I have a nice bed.
I have a really comfy couch. Oh, I have a sleep number bed that,
like, goes up like old people beds and, like, tacos, you know,
braggy ass. Oh, it's. So we've had it for, like, 11.
I bet you drive an Audi, too. So do you, asshole. Got him.
Oh, and back for another week of pain.
Is is the biggest nerd we know in the best way possible. That's interim.
Brian. What's up, big fella? Thank you for. Having me back.
I almost didn't make it, but I appreciate you guys having me
on one more time. I actually saw you. I saw you almost not make it.
I did with my own two eyes. Right. And I am pumped to be back.
Uh, I also do not have an Audi. Sorry. Oh, you know what?
Get two out of three. Can't win. I'm gonna work on that.
Two out of three ain't bad. Yeah, that's a that's a sleep number.
Bed. I did say that once. That's true.
So two out of three ain't bad. Well, we'll work on that.
We'll get you either an Audi or a sleep number.
Yeah, I don't know which one I would prefer at this point,
I think probably the Audi. Yeah. If I had to choose,
I'd probably stick with the Audi. I just want to let you know I only
said it the right way for Greg. Oh. That's true.
Yes, that is the right way to say it. Yes, because I call them Audi's.
Because you're. Weird. Because I'm weird. Modelos.
Tava. Apricot. But that's real. No. Oh, you know what?
Not an inflection show. Sure he can. Pecan pie.
Uh, if I'm going to get ice cream, I'm gonna get butter pecan. No.
That's true. Yeah. Some things you say different,
like it's Pirates of the Caribbean. But I'm taking a vacation in the
Caribbean. A Caribbean cruise? Yes. There's there's multiple ways
for some things. And if you're Billy Ocean,
it's the Caribbean queen, right? Weird matters. Yeah.
Because how weird does it say the Pirates of the Caribbean?
You sound like a fucking weirdo. It sounds like they're having a
good time in the Caribbean. You know. It's true.
It sounds like some ragtag group of. Yeah, like it sounds like more
pleasure than it is, you know, work. Right.
Less pillaging and plundering and more partying dicks. Um, no.
Not dicks. Oh, hey, hey, hey,
we got a show to get to. Uh, follow us on the socials at
Craft Beer Republic at flex me beer. Underscore in between.
And don't follow Brian because he's the smart one that doesn't
have social media. So smart. You guys are making me jealous,
though. Do you miss it, though? No, I don't think so.
I don't miss it. Night. I have one and I don't.
Deb fills me in on everything that's going on, and she shares some funny
videos with me and stuff too. So that's. Yeah.
Can we talk about funny videos for a for a second.
That has been my worst trait going into 2025 is I stay up for about
two extra hours after I should go to bed, and I just scroll
funny videos on Instagram now. I've gotten worse at it.
Yeah, it's it's it's a horrible thing to do, I think. Yeah.
For your sleep. Yes. Well, so that's like 700 hours of
your year that you can't get back. That's accurate when you put it
that way. Yeah. It's depressing. Piece of shit, Brian. But I mean.
If you really want to feel bad, that's like. What is that? Oh, God.
Don't like 28. That's like a month. That's like a whole month worth
of time every year. That's a 12th of your year.
So, I mean, I just started it. Let's let's not blow things out
of proportion. But, I mean, how much time do
you spend in the gym to. Uh, my basement is my gym,
and I probably spend, I would say anywhere from
30 to 45 minutes at any given day. That's it. Oh, I get it, dude.
I'm very efficient. Oh. All right. Because I don't have to wait for
anybody to get done using equipment. Mhm.
I'm usually working out before work, so I'm always trying to get it
done quicker. If I have like a small short span
of time. So I'm very efficient. All right.
Do you spend more time scrolling videos than working out?
Yeah, I think that's what we figured out.
Can we even call him flex anymore at this point? Yeah, I don't know.
Yeah. Scroll. Scroll me a beer. Yeah. Damn. No. You know what you do?
You. You watch those videos? Yeah. And then you report back to me and
tell me which ones are the funniest. But they're so funny.
Well, I can't, because you don't have a.
Well, if you send it to Deb, that's what I do. I send them to Deb.
And I figured that at least most of them probably make their way
to you anyways. If they're. If they're worthy of being shown.
Yeah. Because I'm just gonna start fucking
spamming the shit out of her with funny videos and every, every one.
I'm just going to write for Brian. For Brian. Hashtag for Brian.
That should be our hashtag on everything now. Brian.
She's gonna love. That. Yeah, she's totally gonna block you.
Um, shout out to our top listing city of last week. And that is Miami.
Ooh, bienvenido a Miami. Yeah. Getting warm over here.
Yeah, I don't that's like twice, 2 or 3 times now in the recent past.
So I don't know if that's just like extra downloads from
Vanessa or something or. Hi, Vanessa. Hey, Vanessa.
Vanessa. But, uh, I'll take it. I'll take it where I can.
That's what. That's what we all said. Yeah, I'll let you guys figure
that one out. Yeah. Pretty much. All right.
I got some stories to tell, but first, let's crack open these beers.
Oh, I love my beer. I got. Slightly. Better. Present tense. All right.
This beer is thanks to some travels we did over the weekend.
We are drinking, Brian and I. Beer Zombies Brewing Co.
Shadows of the dead. It is a double hazy IPA.
8% has a 41 seven on Untappd and they say a bold and that's oh,
it's only 43 ratings, not a ton of ratings there, they say a bold,
hazy, double dry hopped double IPA. This beauty is packed with Citra,
mosaic, Idaho seven and crush hops. Never heard of crush?
Featuring a smooth and oaty and juicy finish at a crushable 8% ABV.
I'm about to get us canceled because this is a fucking hype
brewery and it's fine. So here's okay, so here's the
thing with beer zombies, right? They get a lot of hype.
I would say due to their cannot. Maybe. This can is really cool.
Their can arts are like 11 out of tens.
And I would agree that the product is not. Lesser than the art. Yes.
Here's the other thing though. There does not exist.
Also has amazing art. Well, throwing that out there.
I get it, I get it. I'm not saying, you know.
You can have both, is all I'm saying. I'm not saying.
Yeah, I'm saying it's not a real thing. Right, right.
They really do get by on a lot of their can art.
I just Brian and I did try this before the show started.
I described The Schnoz as a dirty garbage disposal.
What did you say it was? Oh, was it vomit?
Yeah, I thought it had a hint of vomit.
That might be a little harsh, but it's like a cold beer. Hot garbage?
Yeah. Aroma. The aroma is not good. I mean, it's just. Flat out bad.
The flavor is, like, a million times better than the aroma. Yes.
Also, like, maybe you disagree with me, but I normally like beers
that are this light, pale color. But this has kind of a murky
dark that almost. I call it like a dishwater color.
Yeah, it's kind of dishwater. It's dark for a hazy.
Now it is a double. So I'm sure there's a little
more murkiness to a double. But yeah, it smells bad.
It tastes way better than it smells. But the taste like to me,
it's still lacking. Um, it has almost no carbonation
on the tongue, and I don't think that's on purpose.
It almost feels like they didn't count it properly.
Maybe the O.D.. Yeah. When it when it poured out of the
can, it poured out a little chunky. It seemed, um.
I like the fruitiness of it. I like that pineapple kind of, you
know, it's got a little zing to it. Some tropical and some, like you were
saying, some burn on the back end. Yeah, at first it's very juicy.
And then you get a little of that back end burn.
You're like, oh, there is 8% there. I mean,
I look not the worst beer I've had. No,
not the worst beer I've had since the last episode that we did together.
Uh, so, you know, we're trending, right? Trending up.
It's in the right direction. Um, but, yeah, I would be interested
to try some of their other stuff and see if it's maybe better.
Yeah, the color's not quite there. The taste is fine. Not amazing.
Um, the smell is awful. It makes me think it's a bad canned
job or something. Um, but we had two. Different. Cans, and they're both.
I'm just saying they didn't. Maybe their canning practices
aren't great. I don't know, this is my first
experience with beer zombies. So this leads me into more
traveling over the weekend. Went to Vegas and it was so funny.
I on on Monday, you know, got on my zoom with my boss.
He's like, hey, how was your week? And I was like, I was in Vegas.
He's like, oh, what'd you do in Vegas? Cause he's like old school.
I was very debaucherous in the 80s in Vegas type guy.
And I was like, oh, I didn't even touch foot on the strip.
Like I did not do Vegas. Vegas. I have, uh,
my friend who lives in Vegas. We went to go see her and her
husband and got there Friday night. And the nice thing about Vegas,
my favorite part about my second favorite, my first favorite part
about Vegas is you can just walk outside with your drinks.
I love walking around. Yeah, exactly. Didn't brought my brought my cargos.
Of course. No, no. Just kidding. Uh. We went. Are you kidding?
No, no, I don't have any cargos anymore.
I checked because I was gonna bring it for a picture. I got a. Picture.
Like, how good would a picture be? Like, outside of beer?
Zombies in my car goes with cans hanging out of them.
That would be. Great. Yeah. I didn't have any, though.
Um, so the first one there was this place around her house around the
corner from her house called Chicago. I guess Chicago Brewing or
Chicago something. Um,
it's kind of like a BJ's restaurant, not sexual pleasure. Um, you know.
Deep dish pizza. Yeah, pizza. And it's kind of food first.
Beer second. But they have their own beer.
But I have a BJ's, right? Didn't I go to a BJ's once?
I think so. Yeah. So it's that sort of thing where
it's it's a restaurant that happens to have their own beer. It's not.
Yeah. It's not so much a brewery. The beer was mostly not great.
Couple of decent ones that we suck our teeth into.
I ended up having some guest taps toward the end of the night
because I was. I was tired of that. But I do love Vegas being open
24 hours. Like we just sat there and drank
till like 230 in the morning. And you don't even you don't
even notice you're doing it. No, I mean, we haven't seen her in a
while. The crazy thing about Vegas. Yeah, we just drank and talked and
told stories and then also was like, oh, it's two something.
We should probably go home, I guess. And we went home, had a couple
more beers and went to bed. Um, and then the next day had
some brunch. And, uh, everywhere in Vegas has
bottomless mimosas. Love it. So we found this place and the poor
girl didn't know what hit her. I just at one point, I was like,
you're gonna be back a lot. Like, don't and don't ask us.
Just know. Yes is the answer. Like, we we want more mimosas.
So got our buzz on there. And then we went to Beer zombies
and we had. Let's see. We start off with a flight.
In fact, I think we had two flights in total between the three of us,
and it was real hit and miss. I've never had beer zombies at
all before this weekend. I've heard all the hype and how great
they are and we had some sours. We had some, uh, clear beer.
I tried to order the only hazy they had on the board, and because they
were out, it was a canned pour, so they weren't doing tasters of it.
I ended up going back for a pint later.
Was it was worse than this one. It wasn't that great.
Some of their sours were pretty good. Some of them were a little too
fruited for my liking. You know,
a lot for 50 North kind of thing. Um, it was just hit and miss and
I don't know, it was fine and I'm sure I'll be burned at the stake.
What was the vibe like at the place? Was it a nice place? Was it? It was.
Fine. Fun to hang out in or. Like there wasn't anything to do
per se. Yeah. We just we sat around and drank and
talked and. Any food or just beer. They did have a food truck.
We had already, you know, we had just had brunch, so we did not partake,
but, um, Mexican food and we saw some people walking with tacos.
They looked and smelled amazing, but we were not hungry.
What about the staff? Was the staff, like, friendly?
Cool. Yeah. Uh, I only interacted with one
beer tender. She was great. Very friendly. Answered questions.
That's the one thing I hate when you go, like, I don't know,
what do I want? And they go, I don't know if I
can decide on the flight. I was down to my last spot on
the board and she goes, you know, what do you think?
And I was like, well, I'm kind of between these two.
And she goes, well, my favorite. You know, I like some suggestions,
even if I don't agree with your. Suggestions, I enjoy that. Yeah.
So that was nice. So, uh, very friendly.
But, you know, the beer was just it was sort of either good or it wasn't.
There was no like, hey, this is all right, except for this one.
This one. This one's all. Right. This one fits neatly into that
category. So, um. Yeah, I, I was expecting a
little more out of beer zombies. I'm glad we got to go.
I always wanted to try it. Um. It is what it is.
I feel that that's how I felt when we went to Nashville.
And I got to stop at Southern Grist. Mhm.
Yeah, because they pump shit out and you see their stuff all over
the gram and all their sours get, you know, a lot of recognition
and getting them there, you know, just like, hey there was one double
IPA I got that was super solid. And then I got a flight of stuff
and everything was very okay on the flight.
And I did get something to take back to the hotel room,
like a little four pack. And even that was just like,
all right. Because, you know, it wasn't
anything that was on the menu. I was just like, oh, hey, like,
this is in the cooler. I'll pick this up just to have,
like some beers back at the hotel. And yeah,
it was just it was all right. So, I mean, I totally feel the hype,
you know, not living up. Right. I kind of envisioned Nashville as
more of a cocktail type of place, like.
Or if you're gonna drink beer, you're probably drinking like a PBR
with a Jack Daniels back or whatever. Just got back from there.
The Nashville beer scene is actually pretty solid growing up and down
Broadway, like downtown Nashville, a lot of the restaurants do carry
like, a lot of local craft beer, which is awesome.
But just like Southern Grist was just one of them in particular that,
you know, they blew up really big with a lot of like their
peanut butter and jelly sours. And they had like a fruity Pebble
Sour on tap when I went there. And, uh, I. Tried, as it sounds.
Yeah. It just it just wasn't Isn't great.
You know. Flintstone kids vitamins. Hey, don't talk shit about those.
Those are delicious. You're saying that to.
The wrong person of the 10 million strong and growing. Damn.
I would sneak extra Flintstone vitamins, Brian.
That's how much I enjoyed them. Right. But, yeah.
You know, they invented candy, right? Yeah.
I love the Nashville beer scene, but, uh, I totally get going to a
brewery and getting jacked and just being very okay with all the the
product. I don't know, you guys. You got to get out to Portland,
Maine. Um, we went last fall and we went
and did you know, I mean, there's some that, you know, like Allagash,
um, and there's, you know, just other little local ones.
But all of the people that work there are super passionate about their
beer. Super proud of their beer. And honestly,
it made me made me wish I had like three extra suitcases just to bring.
I mean, we shared some with you and Shannon.
But is that the trip where Deb had to buy a suitcase to bring all the beer
back? Yes. Okay, stop it right now. Oh, yeah. No, no. Yeah.
We went to, uh, like a target. Yeah. Bought a suit, bought a, you know,
a little hard shell suitcase to throw our beer in and checked it.
How great is. That? Yeah. You guys, that was my.
That was her concession to me because the vacation was Deb's pumpkin spice
vacation. We went, uh, October. We did, like, Stowe, Vermont,
and watched the leaves change. And and, you know,
I wasn't super excited about it until we actually got there.
And I was like, Jesus Christ, this is pretty, pretty amazing.
Yeah, so definitely happy we did it, but definitely drank a shit ton
of beer in Portland, Maine. And, uh, I highly,
highly recommend. Copy that. I'll be doing some beer drinking
in Austin pretty soon. Oh, you son of a bitch.
Yeah, I don't know what I'm doing or where I'm going.
If anybody has any, like, brewery recs. I know Wendy was just there.
I saw that. Yeah. Um, I don't know much about Austin.
I know Jester King's a little outside of Austin. Yeah.
And I saw some of the breweries she was at.
Um, 1 or 2 of them I'd heard of and were sort of on my, you know,
my, my list to go visit. Um, I should hit her up.
Ask her if they're worth visiting, but.
Yeah, I'll be up in Minnesota in June at a wedding.
So I'm excited to hit up some Minneapolis-Saint Paul breweries and,
uh, that weekend for the wedding. The brewers are actually in town
playing the twins. So then I get to hit up Target.
Field. As well. So I'm super, super excited.
I can't wait for June to come. That's one of my favorite things
every time. Not every time,
but most times that we go to Denver, it always ends up being that the
Dodgers are in town and I yeah, and it's not planned.
Obviously, we planned the vacation. It's like, hey, Dodger's gonna be
here, so we'll go watch a Dodger Rockies game or anywhere we are.
We like going, even if it's not a team we care about.
We like the different stadiums, and. The stadium is supposed to have,
like, some of the best beer, though, right?
It had some really good beer selections last time.
It's been a few years, but last time we were actually at the stadium.
Petco down in San Diego has a good beer too. Not as good as Petco.
Petco has some great beer. Dodger Stadium is not not great.
I mean, if you want to pay 24 bucks for a modelo, you can do that.
Yeah, or 20, 28 bucks for a fucking golden road. Gross. Oh, and.
Here's here's the worst part about paying so much about the
golden road for the Golden Road. They have that Dodger Golden Road
Dodger beer. Or at least they did. I haven't been to Dodger Stadium
in a while, but yeah. And it was like 4.8% and more
expensive than everything that was higher ABV.
It's like, well, it's not like you're actually craft.
Why am I paying more money for this? Right.
Just give me a Coors banquet and call it. Yeah. That's it. Yes.
And thank you. So, yeah, you. Should also be, uh,
hitting up Cincinnati this summer. Oh, we don't have an exact date.
Get some chili. Spaghetti. Heading to Cincinnati and then
Louisville and then coming back around home.
Oh, that's where I want to go for my birthday. Louisville. Yeah. Yeah.
I want to do the Bourbon Trail. Oh, yeah.
So if you're listening, Deb intent. When we were in, uh, Portugal,
we met this couple who I cannot remember where they live,
but not far from there. And they're like, if you guys ever
want to go to the Bourbon Trail, please let us know.
We'd love to meet you there. And they're fun. Super fun couple.
So. Sounds like a menagerie couple. Yeah.
We, uh, we totally fucked that night. So. All right, maybe not. But.
Yeah, it's good times. I wasn't bad looking.
I let her in. Make it a trio. We get so much trouble for that one.
Segue from edit Point. Yeah. Edit point for sure.
All right, let's, uh, before we get into some news, let's find out
what flex is drinking over there. 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 jabber. In this world, we must find out
what is flex drinking. Well, we're on the hype train of
hype breweries. So let's hype. This. Bad boy up.
I'm drinking Mortalis Brewing Company Mortalis. Yeah, I said it.
Mortalis. Sure. Um. Usually known for their over
fruited sours, I found a triple IPA at my local shop.
It is a 10% beer collective 4 to 6 rating out of 707.
Uh, so not you know, I think this is again like a newer
beer because a lot of the check ins, except for the one from 2022 are
January, are January 2025. Oh, weird. It might just be like, uh,
they released it then, and then maybe three years later.
Uh, so this one is called Neiman. Neiman? Neiman. N e m e a n. Neiman.
That's what I thought. Neiman. Uh, the cannot is fucking wild.
I think that's really what got this beer to me.
A lot of their beers labels are like, you know, like the stars in the
sky astrology stuff. Yeah. So this one's a fucking lion.
Yeah, that's pretty dope. I just pulled it up.
Yeah, it's gold with the dark blue background and some stars behind it.
It's super wicked looking. Ten out of ten.
Uh, like I said, 10% ABV. They have a huge description on
Untappd. It says this triple IPA is a blend of
Citra and Mosaic hops, resulting in the flavor profile that is nothing
short of extraordinary. Big words. Waves of citrus,
lime zest and mango dance harmoniously on the palate, creating
a symphony of tropical goodness. The beer's full and smooth body
adds to the indulgent experience, making it a true pleasure to drink,
just like Heracles, who fearlessly, fearlessly. Damn it, man!
Words fearlessly face the lion. This beer will captivate and conquer
your taste buds with its bold and powerful flavors. Nailed it!
Yeah. Eventually on the first try. So it's a lot,
a lot of hype in this description. A lot of hype in hype in this
brewery. This four pack. I did not buy the four pack.
I did buy a single can. Four pack was 27.99,
a single can 6.99. So you're looking at 28 bucks for
four cans way outside my price range. It's pretty high on the algorithm.
Uh, but daddy said we gonna try more tails. So I'm the old sniffer here.
With the anticipation is killing me. Actually, I bet it smells better
than ours. I. I mean, it's not much. Bucks on. That. It's, uh.
It's not vomit, I'll tell you that. Not dirty.
It's a little bit of, like, citrus zest. You win. Um, but it's faint.
It's not like in your face aroma. Like you would think with.
With a triple. I know I win. It's not a contest, Greg.
Uh, so on the old tongue jobby here. I don't feel like he warmed up the
tongue jobber appropriately for that sip, but. Don't don't sprain a jobby.
So what do they say here? They said waves of citrus.
Waves of citrus, lime zest and mango dance harmoniously on the palate.
There's, uh. Some dancing going on. There's some zest. Is that it?
That's it. All right. There's. There's no, uh, mango.
No discernible mango. Um. It's zesty. It's kind of a bummer. It's good.
It's not the $7 can that you thought it was. It's not.
No, I would not in my lifetime ever pay this money again. Not.
I mean, it's a it's a fine, it's fine, it's fine.
The beer is fine, but it's not. Uh, if I, you know,
you spend $7 on a can of beer. You expect something? Yeah.
We need to crack a beer and salvage this episode.
I know, I was just thinking, like, what are we going to call this?
The episode of a couple of fine beers?
Well, you got the one I brought over. Like. A rattler.
No, it's not the. But it's fine. He told me about the rattler.
No, the the other one. I brought the. BP. Yeah. Good.
We need some salvation. It's kind of a bummer, though.
The cannot. It's just so great. That was a beautiful.
Can I just. Yeah. Yeah. Like, I mean, there's no bitterness
on this, and there's no hot burn, you know. Like, you like hot burn.
I do, but you think from a triple, you know, like it,
it's really gonna eat you alive. So I guess in that aspect, like,
it's very gentle on the palate. Yeah, but there's just not a lot of
flavor. And I like my triple sweet. And this isn't, you know.
You and my wife, you guys. Have. It's fine. It's fine. Similar tastes.
Well, we both like you. So in men. Yeah. Yeah. In men.
Got him. You're both right. Uh. All right, well,
a little news before we get out here. It's appropriate that we that we have
Brian with us, because there's some law things happening in Arkansas.
The legislators have proposed an increase on the maximum ABV for beer.
Do you know what the current ABV max in Arkansas is for beer?
I don't, but can, I guess. Please do. I'm gonna guess.
Or is it just. Everybody gets a. Guess? I'm gonna guess. Okay.
Oprah. 6%. Okay. Oh, Lexi. Um. Arkansas is better than Utah.
I think betters is subjective. I would say they have more free
reign than Utah. I would say something like a
seven and a half. Well, you'll both be surprised.
They are no better than Utah. 5%. 5%. Oh, wow.
So the new legislation they're proposing is quite a jump to 14%.
I didn't want to step that up, apparently.
Well, you could almost get a brewery beer for that. It's true.
They're making their way up to. Do they even. Have 120 minute IPA?
Do they even have breweries in Arkansas? I don't know.
They're just bathtub gin. Let's Google that.
I'm gonna Google that. Are there breweries in Arkansas?
How many? Because remember, there was only we
were talking about North Dakota, one episode and there was 21.
Something like that. Well, I mean, that's like one brewery
per person, right? Exactly. Damn it. As of 2023, Arkansas had 56 craft.
Hey, now, hey, now that's Kansas. I do prefer the Arkansas.
My grandmother hails from Arkansas. Jesus, you almost made me do it.
Arkansas. Most of my dad's side of the
family hails from Arkansas. Yeah, she was born in Monticello. Mm.
I don't know where they're from. I don't care,
but they are white trash as fuck. Well, my grandma's not white trash.
She's just what somebody would say about their own grandmother. Look.
Jones, Arkansas. What do you expect? Well, my grandmother's last name
is actually Jones, but she. She married a Jones.
Are we cousins? We might be. That's most Arkansas shit I've ever
fucking heard. How are Kansas? Is this this very stepbrothers.
Like, did we just become best friends? Oh, good housekeeping.
John stamos. Fuck. I want to do some family tree shit
and see if we're, uh, related. Oh, you got some yeasties at the
bottom of that, too. Oh, I told you it was chunky when it
came out with. The shits tomorrow. Uh, back to R-kansas.
A similar proposal was made in 2023, increasing the maximum to only 12%,
but was quickly shut down. So I don't know why this would
be any better. If they couldn't pass 12%,
why are they going to pass 14%? I don't know,
maybe 14 is a luckier number. For the cousin fuckers in Arkansas.
I don't know what they do. You guys clearly know.
Maybe they're more desperate for tax revenue. Who knows? That's true.
It might be, uh, and more laws being introduced.
A bill in Connecticut would place additional warnings on
beverage containers that alcohol consumption increases the risk
of certain cancers. Oh, way to fuck up some beer cans.
Uh, didn't we talk about this once? About how.
Well, not too long, we talked about how the federal
government is talking about making it a right, a blanket thing,
and but some bills, some bills. Some states are trying to beat
them to it for no apparent reason. What doesn't cause cancer at this
point? Everything causes cancer. Yeah. Everything. Yeah.
Drink a Diet Coke. You're done. You eat an Oreo, you're done.
You only eat after you're done. You only eat. What? Hydrox.
What is that? Like Hydroxycut? No. Hydrox was Oreos before Oreos.
I've never heard of this before. What? Please, nerd. Yeah.
Elaborate. Oh, you don't know? No. I'm like. I'm interested.
So Hydrox was Oreos before Oreo existed? Oh, was it the same thing?
Yeah, it's a chocolate cookie with a cream center. Oh. Never heard of.
It. Yeah. I also don't love Oreos. I don't like Oreos or Hydrox.
I was just saying I like Hydrox because I don't like Oreos. Oh.
I'm gonna I'm gonna say this as an unpopular opinion to, uh,
the white Oreos I'm a big fan of. Like, the golden ones. I'm sorry.
The golden ones. Not the white. The golden. That really sounded.
That did. That sounded bad. Unpopular opinion is right.
Gotta be careful right now. Golden Oreos, sir. Yeah.
You know, I'll actually get on board with you with the golden ones,
not the white ones. Yeah. Um. Because they're not white.
They're golden. Right. They're there. Golden. I do not like Oreos.
They're just not good. I it's too chocolatey.
They're just too, I don't know, fake tasting. Like, you know what?
If I'm going big brand store bought cookie, I'm going fucking chips ahoy.
Soft. Soft or hard? Hard. I want crunchy chips.
I like the soft ones. No, I like the. Crunchy ones are. Peanut butter.
The peanut butter cups in them. Is that.
Is that a Chips Ahoy thing? Yeah. They come out with it every now and
then. Oh, I've never had that flex. Do you have a crumble cookie out
where you are. Yes we do. So our daughter has her first
job and she's doing awesome. But she is a shift lead at
Crumble Cookie. And I swear to God, she was
bringing home cookies for a while. Like after her shifts and I put
on like £15. I was like. I bear witness to this.
I believe it. Yeah. We've been at their house and
she walks in with an entire case of Case of diabetes. Yeah.
So we have, uh, a kid at work. His sister is a manager at a crumbl
cookie, and he will bring in, like, two boxes of cookies the next
morning, like on a Saturday morning. And it's just, like, a free for all.
Oh. They're delicious. Oh, yeah. They're delicious. But each.
That's not the. Each cookie is like 1500 calories
or something. Well yeah. And the chocolate chunk you put
that in the microwave for like 20s. Oh my goodness, the game changer.
The problem is like, not only are they giant,
but they also are loaded with all kinds of other stuff. Right.
You're like, oh, I'm having a cookie. How bad could it be?
And then like 3000 calories later, you've had your. Daily intake.
On. One caramel and. Yeah, but they're delicious.
They're very good. Everything in moderation, gentlemen.
Right. Yeah. It's like one. Something, one bite. That's it.
Uh. What else? Oh, laws. Oh, yeah. A bill in Alaska would add a cancer
warning to the signs that licensed retailers required to display.
About the risks of alcohol and. How small is that print going to be?
Well, here's the thing. I had no idea that in Alaska,
not only do they have their weird ounce. Can't get drunk in a bar.
Can't get drunk in a bar, you can only have so many ounces a day.
Apparently, they have signs at licensed retailers that display
the risks of alcohol and what and specifically what it poses
to pregnant women's health. It sounds like Alaska.
Just like they act like they're like a different planet.
Yeah, it's very strange. You know, like, they don't act
like they're a part of anything. Well, they're closer to Russia.
But yeah, we get that. The Bering Strait, you know,
geography, man. I can see Russia from my house.
What I learned from Deadliest Catch. Yeah. That's true. Yeah.
You can walk across it. So I didn't think it was like,
really, you know, not common knowledge that drinking alcohol
during pregnancy is bad for the baby. I figured. Everybody. Knew that.
Most people knew that. No, not if you're in Arkansas.
Not if you're in Alaska. Apparently, yes. All right.
Go, Alaska. Let's just say it's like they
act like they don't know shit. Maybe they don't.
Maybe they don't know shit. Maybe, uh, education hasn't made
its way up yet. Maybe. I know podcasts haven't, because
we've never charted in Alaska. Come on. Alaska.
Yeah, I'm not going to get our top listening story of the week.
Juneau. Yeah. Fairbanks, Alaska. Cities I know. Oh, Anchorage. Yeah.
That's why there's three of us. Yeah, we each have one Alaskan city.
Oh, you will get cancer if you drink alcohol in Alaska.
Uh, the American Homebrewers Association is splitting from
the Brewers Association. Are you upset by this?
This is some bullshit. Brian's actually leaving right now.
Sit down. Sit down. Yeah, I can read the whole story.
I don't think there's any real need to, um.
I don't know why this benefits them or either side,
but it was their decision. They wanted to separate. So.
So the people who brew shitty beer are breaking off from the
people who brew decent beers, and nobody noticed.
We're tired of your useful advice. Yeah, it's very strange. Yeah.
Why would. Yeah. Questions? No answers. Yeah.
Um, I almost want to go grab what's in the fridge right now, because
I had the story on there before I knew what Brian brought to my house.
Go do it. Oh, shit. We'll wait. Should we do. It? Edit point.
Should we grab. It? Yeah. Get it. All right, I'm gonna go grab it.
It's gonna be awful. Mother of God. Is it a rattler? Holy shit!
I have retrieved the can of. I'm gonna put it in quotes.
Beer that Brian bought and brought over.
He brought it over as a joke, and when he walked in the door
with it, I said, I'm not promoting this on the show.
But I also had forgotten that I had pulled the story that Firestone
Walker's high ABV Mind Haze rage Turbo Radlers have arrived.
Could that get any longer of a name? They couldn't come up with a
better fucking name. Yeah, it's a little weird. Wait.
Hold on. Let me. Let me run it real quick. Firestone.
Mind. Haze. Grapefruit. Rage. Turbo. Radler. Yeah, I like it.
It's a very funny joke. 8% ABV. Rattlers come in three flavors
Original Lemonade, Watermelon Lemonade, and Grapefruit lemonade,
and a rad pack of 12 ounce canned varieties. So rich.
Go to all the Duval owned Firestone Walker Footprint. Here we have flex.
Look at this color. It looks absolutely disgusting.
It does. It looks like, uh. Sister. Get get that aroma.
Oh, it smells like fucking Kool-Aid. Like grapefruit Kool-Aid. Yeah.
Is it that sweet? It's. Oh, it's super sweet.
I haven't tried it yet. Here we go. I have a feeling Brian likes it,
but he doesn't want to like it. I don't like it.
All right, so I'm gonna say this. I don't like it,
but I don't not like it. It doesn't taste like much of
anything at all. And you definitely can't tell.
It's 8%. I'll agree with you on the alcohol.
It drinks like a seltzer. Right? You would get super fucked up if you
drank a bunch of these on a Saturday. You would get very fucked up.
It's not a football beer. Um, that part of it's dangerous.
I don't like the flavor of this at all.
And, like, I'll drink the grapefruit like Kirkland Seltzer thing.
In fact, that's one of my more favorite flavors that they have
this grapefruit. Not great. So if it's cold enough,
you can't really taste it. As it warms up, it gets a little bit,
I think stronger taste. And it's not as great.
It definitely I feel like I'm gonna have heartburn tonight when I go.
When I go home. Uh, but, you know, overall, yeah,
I'm still embarrassed that I bought this. Now, here's the real question.
You basically bought these for Deb, right?
Well, I bought it as a joke because. She said she wanted to try. It.
Yeah, we we had talked about it. We had I think we sent you the, the
link and we were laughing about it. And so they were at the store and,
you know, I was looking for a six pack.
And of course they only come in a 12 pack. And I was like, Jesus Christ.
So no, so I so I sprung for the 12 pack.
I think it was like 20 bucks or something.
What did Her Highness think of these? Um, she.
Well, so we only tried the lemonade one. She was not a fan.
Uh, and truthfully, I wasn't either. I didn't finish the lemonade one.
The grapefruit one might actually be more palatable than.
Oh, so this is better. Maybe it gets worse.
Yeah, I I'm a little bit afraid to try the watermelon one.
Oh, the watermelon is gonna be so bad.
I remember the watermelon dorado. Oh, God. Yeah.
I was telling Brian when you went to go get it,
I hoped it was the watermelon. Oh, yeah. I'll bring you one.
Now, if it went the way of a Jolly Rancher.
My favorite Jolly Rancher flavor. Yeah, yeah. No it won't.
You're right. It won't be that good. Um, so I just found it on untapped.
Apparently, there's hops in it because it has 11 IBUs.
It has a 3.88. That is generous. Look at all the hops.
Only 65 ratings, though. And their description is not
your grandma's grapefruit juice. Grapefruit rage is bursting with
tart grapefruit flavor balanced by a smooth lemonade sweetness.
Yeah, I don't know that. That's it. I think I wrote that description.
Yeah, I think they wrote that before they actually made it. Yeah.
Like this is what we want it to be. This is the goal. This is. Yeah.
We're we're shooting for this. You know, sometimes sometimes I'm.
I'm jealous when I'm not drinking. What? You guys are drinking.
I wish you could suffer with us. I'm not very jealous right now.
I feel like over the past two weeks, I brought this show to new lows.
I'm really sorry. First, the the light IPA that
tasted like biscuits. Was that the spark plug?
Yeah, something like spark plug or butt plug? I don't remember.
One or the other. Called it a spark plug.
Tasted like a butt plug. Gross. Yeah. This is, um. It's interesting.
I'm glad you brought it, because I would have never purchased it. Yeah.
I'll take your comments off the air. First time caller.
Long time listener. Um, all right, let's let's
quickly move on from this. Do we have any Florida news?
Delicious thing? Actually we do. Oh my goodness. It's my lucky day.
Trip to Florida. Almost like he knew. Trip to Florida. This one's a doozy.
It's gonna require reading. And I'm gonna stop drinking this
8% while I get through this. Florida educators arrested after
boozy teen party at principal's home goes off the rails.
That sounds like a porno. Right? Thank you.
Let y'all take that in for a second. Very Florida.
A drunken teenage house party in Florida with shenanigans worthy
of a high school movie has led to child abuse charges against
an elementary school principal and a teacher, police said.
By the way, actually, both of you, when you hear shenanigans,
do Shenanigans. Do you automatically hear evil
shenanigans? No. I think of when they're when they
want to pistol whip farva. Right. Same thing. Oh, yeah. Yeah.
The place with all the shit on the walls. Yeah.
Talk about shenanigans, right? Ooh. Yeah.
Cause right before they say that, he's like,
our shenanigans are fun and cheeky. Yeah, and his are, like,
evil shenanigans. Oh, yes. Sorry. Uh, hosted on January 19th by a
Cocoa Beach High School student at the home of Roosevelt Elementary
School principal Elizabeth Brodigan. So it was her daughter? No. Her kid.
I think it goes on to say this in the story somewhere,
but her kids were not even home. As a high school student hosted
a party at her house. The party was attended by a crowd
of more than 100 that include underage drinkers and juveniles.
Wait, is this one of those weird things?
Like she was in a relationship with the high school student?
Like the one chick? I don't. Think so.
And then And then it just became a rager high school party.
That's what I expected. And it never got to that.
I mean, spoiler alert, but I don't think so.
Hill Brodigan is charged with child neglect, contributing to
the delinquency of a minor and hosting a party with alcohol
that was accessible to minors. Called an open house party under
Florida law, Anderson is charged with child. That's the other.
The teacher, Anderson, is charged with child neglect and contributing
to the delinquency of a minor. Both were booked into the
Brevard County Jail on Friday and released Saturday,
with $3,500 bond attached to Hill Brogan's case and 3000 to Anderson's.
On Tuesday, each pleaded not guilty via court filings,
which also requested jury trials for each to move forward without delay.
Investigators said the party featured a teenage boy pointing a
nine millimeter handgun at a student, recording him, a vomiting partygoer
so drunk that paramedics were called. The use of Use of marijuana. Oh, no.
The eruption of fights and violence, with one incident reported to be
on video. And a teenage girl arrested
nearby for driving with a blood alcohol level, well above the
legal limit of 0.02, which is, if you're under 21, it's only 0.02.
Wait, uh, we gotta address that one, but go on. Sorry.
Because there shouldn't be any legal. It should be 000. Yeah.
What the fuck? It's the most Florida shit I've
ever heard. Yeah, yeah, you could have half
a drink. You're good. Uh, the allegations were in a pair
of affidavits filed in support of the two educators arrest.
The girl's blood alcohol level was 0.118.
So well over the legal limit, even if she was 21.
Which also says she and her passenger were wearing clothing emblazoned
with the night's theme white lie. Two days later, detectives
interviewed teenage attendees who said such events happened once or
once, twice a month at the home, with the January 19th party promoted on
the social media platform Snapchat. Many attendees wore matching
white lie t shirts to please sit in the affidavit.
So not only are they having parties for underage kids,
they're promoting the fuck out of it and making t shirts. That's wild.
So yeah. A couple questions. One,
what are they charging at the door? Because it's got to be worth
something, right? If they're going to be.
Why else would they do this? This is an elementary school teacher
who's literally putting her job on the line a couple times a month,
right. To have high school students
come drink in her house. You. You couldn't pay me enough money
to let kids come drink booze in my house? No, I like my booze.
I don't want to share with them. Right.
But this is an elementary school teacher who you know well.
Our school principal. Both a principal and a teacher.
Will not be after this. Well, I don't know, maybe in Florida,
they get promoted. Oh, yeah. I guess if they let you underage
drink and drive. Right? Yeah. Only had half of a PBR.
I'm cool, bro. That's not something I'm into.
Especially if these kids are vomiting. You got to clean that shit.
That's your house? Yeah. Yeah. You know,
like you you have to clean that up. I'm not cleaning that up. Right.
Also, I love that there was, like, a fight, and they're like, oh,
it may have been caught on video. I'm like, everything's on video
nowadays. Was it or was it not? It definitely was.
Thank God we didn't have iPhones when I was in college. Oh my.
God. Probably be in state prison. Say that all the time.
Even in high school. I'm glad we didn't have iPhones
before we did. Stupid shit. That's what you're supposed to
do when you're a kid. You're supposed to go have open
house parties or whatever the hell they called it.
Just not at the home of an elementary school principal.
And you don't promote it with t shirts? Right. Exactly.
Everyone's got their white lie shirt on.
If you're gonna lie, if you're cultivating an environment like that
where you're encouraging this kind of behavior, it kind of calls into
question why you would be a leader of people in an elementary school,
but whatever. And I don't think so. I didn't include it here,
but when I read the entire story, it specifically mentioned the fact that
her kids were not at home that night. So I could somewhat understand
it if it was like, hey, my kids wanted to have a party,
and I decided. It got out of control. If they're going to drink,
I'd rather them drink at home under my supervision.
And then it got under control that I could understand it would
be a reasonable thing. But this is not that at all.
Or it's like, I don't have kids. I'm just a weird elementary school
principal who's inviting high school kids over to get shitfaced
at my house. Even weirder. Yeah, the whole thing is so fucking
weird. Yeah. Go, Florida! Yeah. Here we are talking shit about
Arkansas. Look at Florida. Brian won't call it that.
I know he will not have any of that. We have equal claim for as
family members and ability to talk shit about Arkansas.
And apparently equal amounts of Joneses.
Yeah, well they're everywhere. Jones in for a Jones.
Title of my autobiography. I like it. Okay. It's fitting. Yeah. All right.
I think that's everything. I'm gonna hit some music. Brian.
Thanks. Two weeks in a row. Man, thanks for making the trip.
I know I I'm flattered you guys would have me. And it made it.
Made my week's. In another year or two.
When you're ready to have me back, just let me know.
After the next World. Cup. Yeah. Oh, God. I can't afford it.
I can't afford to lose more beer to flex.
It's only like it's only three years from now. Yeah, yeah.
We should circle back and see how the Lakers do with this. Uh oh.
We didn't really talk about that last week, did we? It's okay.
Yeah, well, it's been a week and a half, and things have totally
happened since then. My money is on the Lakers not
winning the NBA title you want. You want any piece of that action.
I'm good. That's a tough. One. Fair enough. It's a tough. One.
I tried. Hey, you know what? I'll go a step further.
Money also not on the Mavericks winning.
Yeah, they got close last year. Not going to happen this year.
No. Enjoy the unibrow. Yeah. Not a sports show. Not a sports show.
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I think that's everything. Hope everyone out there staying very,
very well hydrated. And on that note. Good night everybody.