1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:03,040 This beer is good, by the way. Damn, I miss sours. 2 00:00:03,080 --> 00:00:10,680 I have a sour too. Oh, look at us. What a sour. Show. Hashtag Twinsies. 3 00:00:22,240 --> 00:00:25,440 Welcome in everybody. It's the craft beer republic. 4 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:28,320 Thanks for drinking. Thanks for joining. 5 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:32,320 I am Greg, and I'm being joined by the man who's definitely built 6 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:34,720 for comfort. And that is Flex. What's up, big fella? 7 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:37,680 Uh, hanging on, man. Looking forward to a solid show, I 8 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:41,600 hear. I don't read what you send me. I apologize, but I hear we got 9 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:44,560 we got a lot of stuff to. We have tons of stuff. 10 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:47,120 Like too much stuff. We're gonna jam it all in, 11 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:50,240 like a impacted filling. Or. Like, so unattractive. 12 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:55,080 PB and J sour. Yeah. Yeah, it's gonna be a sour show. 13 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:59,550 Oh, man. Well, welcome in everybody. Like I said, thanks for drinking. 14 00:00:59,550 --> 00:01:01,710 Thanks for joining. This is The Craft Beer Republic, 15 00:01:01,750 --> 00:01:04,750 the number one rated craft beer podcast that has never listened to by 16 00:01:04,750 --> 00:01:09,150 my wife. So you've you've made it. You texted me that this morning and 17 00:01:09,150 --> 00:01:13,110 I actually laughed after reading the message. That was hilarious. 18 00:01:13,150 --> 00:01:15,550 I was like, if Flex laughed, maybe it's worth repeating. Yeah. 19 00:01:16,190 --> 00:01:19,150 Uh, and shout out to our top listing city of the week and 20 00:01:19,150 --> 00:01:23,270 that's Los Angeles. I'm glad you guys are listening. 21 00:01:23,270 --> 00:01:27,510 And I love you guys and I support you guys. An entire city full of angels. 22 00:01:27,510 --> 00:01:31,030 Who knew? What can I say? If you've ever had the tacos down 23 00:01:31,030 --> 00:01:36,230 there, you know why they put. Angels in the tacos? Wait, that. 24 00:01:36,230 --> 00:01:39,750 That made it sound gross. Uh, no. They're all angels. 25 00:01:39,750 --> 00:01:46,710 Making taco like nothing better than tacos in LA. Okay. I think. Yeah. 26 00:01:47,190 --> 00:01:50,510 It probably didn't come across as how I meant it to great food 27 00:01:50,510 --> 00:01:53,350 in Los Angeles. I would segue from that pretty quick. 28 00:01:53,390 --> 00:01:57,390 Find us. On. The socials. @CraftBeerRepublic @Flex_me_a_beer 29 00:01:57,470 --> 00:02:01,990 Underscores in between. Super smooth. Great. Good job. No one noticed. 30 00:02:02,670 --> 00:02:04,990 Uh, like Flex alluded to. Super solid. 31 00:02:05,230 --> 00:02:10,790 Lots to get to, multiple voicemails. Uh, Chew was meeting up with some of 32 00:02:10,790 --> 00:02:16,110 our friends. There's a hunt for Flex. Apparently, he's missing some booze 33 00:02:16,150 --> 00:02:21,990 news to get to, some anniversary parties, some drinking. So much shit. 34 00:02:21,990 --> 00:02:24,630 So I should stop wasting time. And if you don't mind, 35 00:02:24,670 --> 00:02:35,430 I'm gonna just crack one open. I Love My Beer. I Love My Beer. 36 00:02:37,790 --> 00:02:48,990 Out of my way! I Love My Beer! Ooh! Tart. I am drinking Blue Owl brewing. 37 00:02:49,030 --> 00:02:52,630 Who we talked about a couple weeks ago in the news. Uh Tropícal Brut. 38 00:02:52,950 --> 00:02:56,190 Passion fruit and guava sour ale. Ooh. 39 00:02:56,190 --> 00:03:00,180 Who we all know how I feel about guava in my sours. Love it. 40 00:03:01,260 --> 00:03:08,540 7% has a 3.81 and untapped out of 2100 ratings. Wait, you said 7%. 41 00:03:09,140 --> 00:03:13,140 7%. Wow. Yeah. Which, let me tell you, 42 00:03:13,140 --> 00:03:16,180 I've had this beer before. We brought it back from a trip. 43 00:03:16,340 --> 00:03:21,420 Uh, doesn't doesn't taste like 7%. It's very, uh, very sneaky. 44 00:03:22,180 --> 00:03:24,140 I don't see anywhere on the can to actually back that up. 45 00:03:24,140 --> 00:03:28,220 Oh, here we go. The cans is 6.7%. Okay, so the listing is a little off, 46 00:03:28,220 --> 00:03:31,700 but 6.7%. Uh, all it says is passion fruit 47 00:03:31,700 --> 00:03:36,860 and pink guava sour dry ale. So there you go. Right on. 48 00:03:37,180 --> 00:03:41,900 Hence the fruit. Hence the Brut. Uh, on the schnoz. Excuse me? 49 00:03:42,100 --> 00:03:45,460 The nose buds. You get a little bit of that fruit 50 00:03:45,460 --> 00:03:48,860 coming through, especially the guava. Uh, but let me tell you, it's 51 00:03:48,860 --> 00:03:54,620 that sour funkiness that's really coming through that I can't put my. 52 00:03:54,780 --> 00:03:57,260 I don't know how to explain it, but, you know, when you're drinking 53 00:03:57,260 --> 00:04:00,180 a sour. It smells sour. Yeah. It's just like it smells sour. 54 00:04:00,340 --> 00:04:01,740 Exactly. All right, 55 00:04:01,740 --> 00:04:07,580 here's the Tongue-jobber. Woo! This bad boy is deliciously tart. 56 00:04:08,620 --> 00:04:14,020 Fruit up front. Very dry Brut like finish. Yeah. 57 00:04:14,660 --> 00:04:17,060 Uh, this. I can't believe this is almost 7%. 58 00:04:17,700 --> 00:04:20,220 I know I've had it before, but I didn't realize how strong 59 00:04:20,220 --> 00:04:24,020 it was. Uh, this is delicious. I picked it out. It's so funny. We. 60 00:04:24,060 --> 00:04:26,180 We had no idea what each other was drinking on the show. 61 00:04:26,220 --> 00:04:30,180 Spoiler alert, they're both sours, and, uh, I picked it out because 62 00:04:30,180 --> 00:04:33,620 it's fucking balls out today. Like, summer is like, hey, 63 00:04:34,060 --> 00:04:37,420 I'm here, motherfucker. And, uh. It's kind of jealous. 64 00:04:37,780 --> 00:04:41,740 Today was the hottest day in Milwaukee in, like, 65 00:04:41,980 --> 00:04:45,940 I don't know, all year so far. Like, we've had a shit ass summer. 66 00:04:45,980 --> 00:04:50,060 So it's not summer, technically, but. Yeah. Yeah. Close. Like a shit ass. 67 00:04:50,060 --> 00:04:53,370 Late spring, beginning to June. So what's hot right now? 68 00:04:54,090 --> 00:04:58,490 Uh, it was 82 today. Okay. Yeah, it was, uh, 89 here. Yeah. 69 00:04:58,490 --> 00:05:02,130 That's warm. Just sweat my balls off. I wanted something refreshing. 70 00:05:02,650 --> 00:05:05,130 This fucking nailed it. Uh, something else I saw about 71 00:05:05,130 --> 00:05:08,410 this beer on the untapped thing. It said 60 SU. 72 00:05:08,650 --> 00:05:11,250 I was like, what the fuck is SU? Uh, so I looked it up. 73 00:05:11,290 --> 00:05:14,290 Apparently, it's souring units. Interesting. 74 00:05:14,290 --> 00:05:18,090 I've never heard of it. Yeah. Uh, so I did more souring units. 75 00:05:18,130 --> 00:05:21,930 Research says it's not an official thing like IBUs, but some brewers 76 00:05:21,930 --> 00:05:26,250 and beer lovers use Sour Units to describe how puckering a beer is. 77 00:05:26,370 --> 00:05:28,330 It's basically a fun way to rate sourness. 78 00:05:28,370 --> 00:05:30,570 Kind of like Scoville units for spicy food. 79 00:05:30,850 --> 00:05:33,930 The real science behind it, it's all about acidity and pH. 80 00:05:34,050 --> 00:05:36,690 The lower the pH, the more sour it tastes. 81 00:05:36,690 --> 00:05:41,530 So next time someone says a beer has high sour units, they just mean it'll 82 00:05:41,530 --> 00:05:46,410 make your face do that sour face. So then it's a low pH. Yes. 83 00:05:46,410 --> 00:05:48,610 Lower the pH. The more sour it tastes. 84 00:05:48,810 --> 00:05:50,850 Okay, so there you have it. I'd never. 85 00:05:50,890 --> 00:05:53,880 Yeah, I'd never heard Suse before or Sour Units. 86 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:59,400 So look at you getting all sciency nerd shit. Uh. All right. 87 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:03,560 What's even nerdier is that you probably loved looking it up, 88 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:08,320 too. A little bit. That's why I love you. Yeah. 89 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:11,760 I was like, I gotta figure this out because I could have just said, ah, 90 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:16,280 Suse probably stands for Sour Units, but who cares? My little nerdy Greg. 91 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:20,480 That's me. Uh. All right, like I said, 92 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:25,040 lots to get to. Um, I dude, we finally had our first 93 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:30,600 wakeboard trip of the season last weekend. That's exciting. Yeah. 94 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:33,880 It's good. Good wakeboard sesh. New boat. Well, new to us. Boat. 95 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:37,920 So that was great. Um, did a little wine tasting, 96 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:40,720 as per usual. Because, um. Why wouldn't you when you're in 97 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:42,560 the area? Yeah, especially when we got all 98 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:45,080 those memberships and it's usually free or close to it. 99 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:47,280 Yeah, it makes sense. Yeah. Uh, 100 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:50,240 no beer stops while we're up there. You know, a lot of times we'll stop 101 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:53,360 at like there's not exist on the way back, but we had something to 102 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:58,000 get to and time was of the essence. So. Sucks for me. Yeah. 103 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:00,160 At least you had fun. Yeah. Good trip though. 104 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:03,000 But I did do some beer research over the weekend. 105 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:05,320 Topa Topa had their 10th anniversary party. 106 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:07,440 We talked about it on the show. Congrats. 107 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:11,680 Yeah, congrats to Topa Topa. Congrats to Cambria, as well as 108 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:15,280 their, um, events coordinator, Emily. Great event. 109 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:19,720 Uh, they were nice enough to put me on the VIP list, which. Well. 110 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:21,560 Yeah, which was kind of funny because I was like, 111 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:24,720 I don't know what that means. And so I showed up and we bought 112 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:27,200 our beers, and I saw this table off to the corner after we 113 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:29,520 already got our beers. And I just walked up and I said, hey, 114 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:32,080 because they're handing out lanyards. And I was like, hey, um, 115 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:35,280 I was told I was on the VIP list. And I'm going to be real honest, 116 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:38,960 I don't know what that means. And she goes, oh, okay. 117 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:40,640 Well, you know, what's your name? She looks delicious. 118 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:43,200 So yeah, sure enough, here you are. Here's your two passes. 119 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:47,440 And I said, great, what is this for? And she goes, oh, you get two free 120 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:51,390 beers. And I was like, oh, fantastic. Thank you so much. 121 00:07:51,430 --> 00:07:54,910 So yeah, it was very nice. I got a. We each got a couple of free 122 00:07:54,910 --> 00:07:58,350 beers out of it and uh, it was they had a 10th anniversary IPA. 123 00:07:58,670 --> 00:08:01,870 And look, I know I've been a bit of a haze for the last few 124 00:08:01,870 --> 00:08:05,670 months this year, basically. But, um, their 10th anniversary was 125 00:08:05,670 --> 00:08:08,310 a Westie, and it was really good. It was really hitting the spot 126 00:08:08,310 --> 00:08:12,630 the other day. Single steer. Single hop. No no no no no. 127 00:08:12,670 --> 00:08:16,630 Like single double triple. Oh, yes. Just an IPA. Okay. 128 00:08:16,670 --> 00:08:20,030 Um, and then the other one I got was their single hop IPA, which 129 00:08:20,030 --> 00:08:24,550 was all Nelson, I thought of you. I love that. Yeah, that was good too. 130 00:08:24,590 --> 00:08:27,670 So that makes my heart happy. Yeah. Uh. Great event. 131 00:08:27,710 --> 00:08:29,110 You know, they had some bands, some food, 132 00:08:29,110 --> 00:08:32,110 some vendors and that kind of stuff. We had to leave a little bit early, 133 00:08:32,230 --> 00:08:34,790 uh, for some family shit, but, uh, glad we got to hang out for 134 00:08:34,790 --> 00:08:38,470 a few hours before we had to do all that annoying stuff. 135 00:08:38,470 --> 00:08:41,430 So, uh, cheers to Topa Topa. Um, all right, 136 00:08:41,430 --> 00:08:45,990 I alluded to this before. People have been hunting for the 137 00:08:45,990 --> 00:08:48,430 great Flex. Apparently, it's all over. 138 00:08:48,910 --> 00:08:54,830 All over Milwaukee. Uh, Vanessa. Hi, Vanessa. Hi, Vanessa. 139 00:08:55,190 --> 00:08:58,510 And her husband are in the Milwaukee area, and I. 140 00:08:58,990 --> 00:09:01,510 I guess they went to Eagle Park looking for you. 141 00:09:02,390 --> 00:09:05,590 You you texted me this? Yes. Yes. You know, it's a Monday. 142 00:09:05,590 --> 00:09:09,310 Everybody knows Flex goes to Eagle Park on Mondays for lunch. 143 00:09:09,710 --> 00:09:13,150 Um, I won't give out which one they went to, but turns out they went 144 00:09:13,150 --> 00:09:17,670 to the wrong one. There are two. The wrong location. Absolutely. 145 00:09:18,310 --> 00:09:23,590 So, uh, her husband sent me this clip while they were at the bar searching 146 00:09:23,590 --> 00:09:28,510 for Flex. What's your name? Nicole. Nicole. Do you recognize this person? 147 00:09:31,630 --> 00:09:34,750 No, I don't know who this is. All right. You don't know? 148 00:09:35,110 --> 00:09:39,990 I don't know. Flex me a beer. I don't you don't know him. 149 00:09:40,230 --> 00:09:44,590 I just I clicked off, but. That was it. Kind of ended abruptly. 150 00:09:44,590 --> 00:09:48,060 But I was getting messages of like, Flex says he's famous around here. 151 00:09:48,100 --> 00:09:52,820 Nobody knows who he is. Yeah, so they went to the downtown 152 00:09:52,820 --> 00:09:59,780 Milwaukee location and I go to the, uh, Muskego location, which is out in 153 00:09:59,780 --> 00:10:05,660 the suburbs here, not in the city. So, um, yeah, also, I've been, 154 00:10:05,700 --> 00:10:08,660 you know, laying, as you know, and a lot of people don't know, 155 00:10:08,660 --> 00:10:12,980 I've been off the gram for like four months, almost something like that. 156 00:10:12,980 --> 00:10:16,180 Just kind of laying low, taking care of myself, 157 00:10:16,180 --> 00:10:21,540 not really going out too much. So, uh, I know they were looking 158 00:10:21,540 --> 00:10:26,220 for me, and my apologies, but, you know, uh, I also did have, uh, 159 00:10:26,220 --> 00:10:29,940 Father's Day with my kids today since I worked all day on Father's Day. 160 00:10:30,100 --> 00:10:34,580 Right. So slinging. Some sausages. We. Yeah. Tons of sausages, man. 161 00:10:34,620 --> 00:10:38,340 People love my meat. It's crazy. I, for one, am a big fan. 162 00:10:39,540 --> 00:10:42,220 But yeah, so we took the kids, hit some golf balls. 163 00:10:42,220 --> 00:10:45,380 They love doing that shit. Oh, nice. Uh, got some pizza. 164 00:10:45,420 --> 00:10:49,620 A little Chelsea action on the side and, uh, finish it off with 165 00:10:49,620 --> 00:10:51,660 a little bit of pool time. Even though there wasn't a shit 166 00:10:51,660 --> 00:10:55,340 ton of sun today, it was warm. Not a lot of sun, but, uh, 167 00:10:55,380 --> 00:11:00,020 humid and hot, so. Oof! That's the. Worst. Gross. The humidity was gross. 168 00:11:00,060 --> 00:11:03,060 Makes me think of Florida. Yeah, not that humid. 169 00:11:03,260 --> 00:11:07,420 Oh, I still have PTSD from that. Yeah, I bet your balls do, too. 170 00:11:07,580 --> 00:11:12,980 As I say, they're still not dry. Did you, uh, did you take the girls, 171 00:11:12,980 --> 00:11:15,540 uh, beer shopping for Father's Day? I actually did. 172 00:11:15,820 --> 00:11:20,740 It's funny you brought that up. Um. They were. They did pick, actually. 173 00:11:20,780 --> 00:11:24,140 Kind of picked out the beer I bought. Actually, I'm drinking right now, 174 00:11:24,740 --> 00:11:27,980 and, uh, they found it in a four pack, and I really didn't want 175 00:11:27,980 --> 00:11:31,420 to buy a four pack because I got spurned a little bit last week. 176 00:11:31,460 --> 00:11:36,060 Right. Hashtag? No, not too much. But, uh, I did find a single can 177 00:11:36,100 --> 00:11:39,860 of it. They. Oh, fantastic. Yeah, they re-upped their single 178 00:11:39,860 --> 00:11:43,170 can section, so I was happy I could oblige. Good. 179 00:11:43,170 --> 00:11:47,010 We don't have to blast them all over the show for no singles. No, no. 180 00:11:47,050 --> 00:11:50,690 Thank you. Consumer beverage. Well, fuck, since they picked 181 00:11:50,690 --> 00:11:52,650 out your beer, let's just. Let's just talk about it now. 182 00:11:53,330 --> 00:11:58,490 In a world where craft beer is king. A world where muscles are bigger 183 00:11:58,490 --> 00:12:02,130 than growlers. Only one tongue can guide us. 184 00:12:02,250 --> 00:12:07,290 One man, one tongue. One Tongue-jobber. 185 00:12:08,050 --> 00:12:14,130 In this world, we must find out what is Flex drinking? 186 00:12:15,210 --> 00:12:17,610 All right, well, I it's been a while since I've had 187 00:12:17,610 --> 00:12:22,330 one of these beers. Uh. Damn it. Uh, this brewery, I should say, 188 00:12:22,330 --> 00:12:26,050 since I've had this brewery, uh, the brewing project up in Eau Claire, 189 00:12:26,090 --> 00:12:29,250 Wisconsin. That's like four hours ish away. 190 00:12:29,290 --> 00:12:32,890 Three and a half. Uh, quite a jaunt northwest. 191 00:12:32,930 --> 00:12:35,130 Yeah, it's a little a little bit of a trip. 192 00:12:35,290 --> 00:12:40,170 Uh, but this is their peanut butter and jelly sour called Ooey Gooey. 193 00:12:40,170 --> 00:12:42,720 Guy. I know this kind of makes its 194 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:45,000 way around. I think it's on the old Tavour 195 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:49,040 every now and then. Um, I think kind of a flagship sour, 196 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:52,800 if I'm not mistaken. And I could be mistaken, uh, because 197 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:58,720 it's been a while. There we go. Uh, I like how they do their abvs, 198 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:01,360 too. They get to, like, the hundredth of 199 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:07,720 the decimal. So this is a 5.93% ABV. Very accurate. 200 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:13,880 Very, uh, I would say sessionable. Right. It's under six or something. 201 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:17,520 So, uh, for sour, it's not not not bad. 202 00:13:17,920 --> 00:13:22,760 Uh, collective 407 out of 3.4 thousand ratings can't go wrong 203 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:28,040 with the 407 and untapped reads, uh, peanut butter and jelly sour. 204 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:33,120 Oh, yeah. Okay. Can can says, uh, Concord grape, 205 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:36,640 blackberry, peanut and peanut flavoring. 206 00:13:37,160 --> 00:13:39,840 So I know the flavoring is always kind of scary because, 207 00:13:40,560 --> 00:13:44,080 you know it's going to be artificial. Is it not going to be artificial? 208 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:46,960 Is it going to taste like peanuts? Is it going to taste like peanuts? 209 00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:51,200 Who knows? Um, well, as Nick always says, 210 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:53,880 if you don't hit the T, you get the D. He's not wrong. 211 00:13:54,080 --> 00:13:59,120 Yeah, think about it, everybody. It's pretty solid. Peanuts. Ben. 212 00:13:59,880 --> 00:14:04,720 He's a smart guy. Smart guy. All right, so on the old nose 213 00:14:04,760 --> 00:14:10,160 buds here. Lots of peanut. Mm. Tons. Tons of peanut aroma. 214 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:14,720 Little, little fruit shining through, but definitely heavy on the nut. 215 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:20,080 So, without further ado. Oh. See what the old Tongue-jobber has to 216 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:22,840 say about this? Well, he tries it. I'll tell you, this looks like 217 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:26,440 grape jelly. It's like purple. Yeah, it's fucking lacing. 218 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:30,880 Look at that lacing. Mhm. Gorgeous. So this is wonderful. 219 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:34,640 This is like stupid. Good. The peanut and the peanut 220 00:14:34,640 --> 00:14:39,390 flavoring works so well with this grape and blackberry together. 221 00:14:40,750 --> 00:14:44,830 And there's it is legitimately like you took a bite into a 222 00:14:44,830 --> 00:14:48,630 peanut butter and jelly sandwich. You're not getting too much peanut. 223 00:14:48,630 --> 00:14:54,030 You're not getting too much of the fruit. It is just so well balanced. 224 00:14:54,630 --> 00:14:57,910 I wish I would have gotten the four pack now. Mhm. 225 00:14:58,270 --> 00:15:00,630 Well that can go back and get a four pack. I can. 226 00:15:01,110 --> 00:15:04,150 But isn't it funny how it works out that way right. 227 00:15:04,390 --> 00:15:06,590 It's like man what the fuck. Had you gotten the four pack. 228 00:15:06,590 --> 00:15:09,790 It would have been garbage right? Just would have been my luck. 229 00:15:09,950 --> 00:15:12,070 Terrible shit. I gotta finish three more of these. 230 00:15:12,870 --> 00:15:16,270 Yeah. So, uh. Yeah. I couldn't be happier about this. I. 231 00:15:16,470 --> 00:15:20,270 I actually had to stop drinking it as I poured it before the show, 232 00:15:20,670 --> 00:15:24,550 because it was already so good. It's too bad Voltron ended up 233 00:15:24,550 --> 00:15:28,470 being such a shit box last week. Well, so I do. 234 00:15:28,510 --> 00:15:33,790 I did want to do this to Greg. I wanted to issue a public apology to 235 00:15:34,030 --> 00:15:40,670 4 Hands Brewing and three sheeps. Um, I kind of shit bagged that 236 00:15:40,670 --> 00:15:42,990 beer a little bit last week. The Voltron series eight. 237 00:15:43,630 --> 00:15:46,750 And I think I figured out something that happened because I had a 238 00:15:46,790 --> 00:15:49,670 can a day or two later because I didn't want to throw it out. 239 00:15:49,670 --> 00:15:52,750 I didn't want to pour it or whatever. It's wasteful. 240 00:15:53,230 --> 00:15:56,710 And it was super drinkable. It was like it wasn't a great beer, 241 00:15:56,870 --> 00:16:00,710 but it was drinkable. Okay. Much improved. 242 00:16:01,030 --> 00:16:05,950 So then the next day I drank it out of the can, and it was actually 243 00:16:05,950 --> 00:16:09,310 significantly better out of the can than it was pouring, even 244 00:16:09,350 --> 00:16:13,670 though poured was still drinkable. And then I started trying to 245 00:16:13,830 --> 00:16:16,950 scrape my brain. Why could that first can have 246 00:16:16,950 --> 00:16:22,390 been so disgusting. Right? And I thought to myself, Flex got 247 00:16:22,430 --> 00:16:27,310 hungry in between shows last week. Flex ate some Tex-Mex trail mix. 248 00:16:28,470 --> 00:16:30,830 Oh no. From target in between the shows, 249 00:16:30,830 --> 00:16:35,900 and I'm pretty sure one of the spices or the spices got caught on my 250 00:16:35,900 --> 00:16:40,060 tongue and it totally wrecked my palate for the beer. That's funny. 251 00:16:40,380 --> 00:16:45,060 And I'm convinced that's what it was. So today, no trail mix. 252 00:16:45,700 --> 00:16:50,340 Sorry, target. No trail mix today. We're gonna give these beers 100% 253 00:16:50,340 --> 00:16:56,700 of my Tongue-jobber in love. That's so funny. Uh, well, then. 254 00:16:56,700 --> 00:16:59,420 Sorry. 4 Hands. I guess your beer didn't totally 255 00:16:59,420 --> 00:17:02,300 suck. Yeah, no it didn't. So, you know. 256 00:17:02,700 --> 00:17:06,780 Is it safe to say still wasn't the best of that series? I would say so. 257 00:17:06,780 --> 00:17:09,860 I would say the first beer in that series was by far the best. Okay. 258 00:17:09,900 --> 00:17:15,260 I can't remember who they collabed with, but it was a stylized, 259 00:17:15,300 --> 00:17:19,500 hazy. Mm. And it was. You boner over. Those. 260 00:17:19,540 --> 00:17:22,700 Oh, I fucking boner so hard over stylized yeast. 261 00:17:22,740 --> 00:17:28,500 Um, it's like my boner gets a boner and boner. But, yeah, it was. 262 00:17:28,540 --> 00:17:31,420 It was like drinking guava juice, and it was seven, 263 00:17:31,930 --> 00:17:35,570 And a half percent, and they were selling four packs for 9.99. 264 00:17:35,970 --> 00:17:40,730 Like you don't forget something like that. No you don't. You just don't. 265 00:17:41,290 --> 00:17:43,570 You know, speaking of four packs for 9.99. 266 00:17:43,770 --> 00:17:47,770 Vanessa sent me a beer menu, a picture of a beer menu from a 267 00:17:47,770 --> 00:17:49,810 different brewery. I forget which one in the Milwaukee 268 00:17:49,810 --> 00:17:53,450 area. And legit four pack she goes. Flex isn't lying. 269 00:17:53,490 --> 00:17:56,690 Four packs were ten bucks and 12 bucks and she's like, 270 00:17:56,690 --> 00:18:00,690 he's so fucking lucky. Yeah. Oh, beer's great here. Yeah. 271 00:18:00,690 --> 00:18:05,530 Those of us from California, New York, Florida are like the ten 272 00:18:05,530 --> 00:18:08,810 bucks for an entire four pack. Even when we went to Saint Louis 273 00:18:08,850 --> 00:18:11,250 last year, I was, uh, we stopped in one of, like, 274 00:18:11,250 --> 00:18:15,850 the local grocery stores, uh, pick up a few things as we were taking, 275 00:18:15,890 --> 00:18:20,290 like, another trip through the state. And I took a look at the beer 276 00:18:20,330 --> 00:18:25,050 coolers, and I was like, Holy shit. 9.99 10.99 12.99. 277 00:18:25,370 --> 00:18:29,410 Like, I think I ended up getting like four four packs and I didn't 278 00:18:29,410 --> 00:18:34,130 even plan to buy beer, but it was like just looking at the prices and, 279 00:18:34,170 --> 00:18:37,930 you know, breweries, you can't get here because of distribution issues, 280 00:18:38,210 --> 00:18:43,010 right? Because of Abe. And, um, yeah, we're just Midwest. 281 00:18:43,050 --> 00:18:45,650 Super lucky. Yeah. Why is it. That's why everyone's always so 282 00:18:45,650 --> 00:18:47,930 drunk in Wisconsin. The beer is cheaper than the water. 283 00:18:48,490 --> 00:18:53,170 That's accurate. Four pack of crafties for ten bucks. 284 00:18:53,170 --> 00:18:55,250 Man, I can't believe it. Here's a funny story. 285 00:18:55,250 --> 00:19:00,090 So my man cave also like, I guess doubles as my wife's. 286 00:19:00,130 --> 00:19:03,130 There's like a hair chair down here. And she does like some family 287 00:19:03,130 --> 00:19:06,330 members hair. And my sister in law and her 288 00:19:06,330 --> 00:19:08,810 husband and their kids come over to get their haircut. 289 00:19:09,250 --> 00:19:12,330 And my sister in law's husband made a comment. 290 00:19:12,330 --> 00:19:16,170 I had some topo chicos, margaritas, seltzers in my fridge. Nice. 291 00:19:16,210 --> 00:19:21,250 And he asked me about them and he said, how much is a 12 pack of those? 292 00:19:21,690 --> 00:19:26,770 And I said, oh, it was on sale at the grocery store for 15.99. Wow. 293 00:19:27,290 --> 00:19:34,040 And he said, that's funny because a 12 pack of regular non-alcoholic Topo 294 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:42,160 Chicos is 15.99. It's free alcohol. So it is free alcohol. 295 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:45,280 You just start putting those in your kids lunches and shit. 296 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:49,560 You cheaper than a Capri Sun. You're actually stupid if you buy a 297 00:19:49,560 --> 00:19:55,040 12 pack of that shit, right? Regular. Now I know why that trashy client 298 00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:58,080 of your wife's thought it was the alcoholic Topo Chico and not 299 00:19:58,080 --> 00:20:03,160 the regulars. Shit's cheaper. They make those non-alcoholic. 300 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:07,720 Now it's all tracking. It's all making sense. It does. 301 00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:11,600 It makes perfect sense. Wow. Well, to close the loop on the 302 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:15,480 search for Flex, Vanessa also did call in and leave us a voicemail. 303 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:22,200 Hey, it's Vanessa, the real beer vixen. I am here in Milwaukee. 304 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:26,440 @Flex_me_a_beer town at Eagle Park. And guess what? 305 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:32,000 @Flex_me_a_beer is nowhere to be found. Where are you, Mr. Flex? 306 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:39,840 We wanted to have a beer next time. Cheers. There you have it. 307 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:43,040 My apologies. Yeah. He's too busy being a dad. 308 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:46,800 Someone's gotta be. Someone's gotta be the dad. 309 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:49,200 Your wife sure won't do it for some reason. 310 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:53,880 Yeah, I don't think she's up for it. She really needs to step up her game. 311 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:55,280 Yeah. It's time for her to dad a little 312 00:20:55,280 --> 00:21:00,280 bit. Uh. What are you gonna do? I know, well, speaking of 313 00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:04,720 Father's Day, I am not a dad. Just a dog, dad, as people say. 314 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:08,160 But, uh, did take the dad out for a brunch. 315 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:11,960 Did did the old, uh, Mexican brunch where, you know, buffet 316 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:16,400 and limitless, uh, or unlimited? Uh, I keep saying margaritas. 317 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:21,480 Mimosas? Jesus Christ, this is 7%. We had, like, the best waitress 318 00:21:21,760 --> 00:21:25,600 waitresses, you know, heavy for a serve yourself buffet. 319 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:28,710 But she was the one bringing around the, uh, the mimosas the whole time. 320 00:21:28,750 --> 00:21:31,950 And she was hilarious. She was great. Not hard to look at. 321 00:21:32,230 --> 00:21:36,070 And, uh, was just cracking jokes with us talking shit about the mariachi 322 00:21:36,070 --> 00:21:38,750 band, because at one point, the, uh, the guy doing trumpet, like, 323 00:21:38,750 --> 00:21:42,910 almost took her out, like, swung over and almost knocked her in the face. 324 00:21:42,950 --> 00:21:45,190 And I was like, are you all right? She's like, yeah, I had to do 325 00:21:45,190 --> 00:21:48,390 some matrix shit over here. So she was great. Um. 326 00:21:48,990 --> 00:21:52,630 Sometimes those bands are so loud. That was the problem. 327 00:21:52,630 --> 00:21:56,230 So, like, it's cool because, like, legit mariachis are cool and, like, 328 00:21:56,230 --> 00:21:57,790 they had them in the restaurant. We were out on the patio. 329 00:21:57,790 --> 00:21:59,510 They had them in the restaurant. I was like, oh, this is cool 330 00:21:59,550 --> 00:22:02,790 ambiance. And they're super talented. And the singing and the 331 00:22:02,790 --> 00:22:05,630 harmonizing like, it's it's great. And then they came out to the 332 00:22:05,630 --> 00:22:08,390 patio and they were, you know, 4.5in from our ear holes. 333 00:22:08,390 --> 00:22:10,910 It was like, oh my God, what the fuck is going on? 334 00:22:10,910 --> 00:22:13,710 I feel like I'm under attack. I guess we'll stop having a 335 00:22:13,710 --> 00:22:17,670 conversation. Oh yeah. And they, you know, they kind of look 336 00:22:17,670 --> 00:22:21,190 around to see who's, uh, you know, into it, making eye contact, 337 00:22:21,230 --> 00:22:23,630 that kind of thing. And so all of us at the table 338 00:22:23,630 --> 00:22:25,900 were like, oh God, please don't come play at our table. 339 00:22:25,940 --> 00:22:28,900 Like. It is. You guys are great. It is loud enough. 340 00:22:28,900 --> 00:22:32,980 We don't need the extra volume of the trumpet directly in our eardrums, 341 00:22:32,980 --> 00:22:36,340 so keep it to the other side of this tiny ass little patio. 342 00:22:36,780 --> 00:22:38,660 But then they went back inside and I was like, all right, 343 00:22:38,660 --> 00:22:41,260 this is perfect volume. They're back inside. Sucks. 344 00:22:41,260 --> 00:22:44,260 All the people inside the restaurant. Oh, that would be so much worse. 345 00:22:44,300 --> 00:22:47,780 Yeah, so did that. Then we had to go because we had 346 00:22:47,780 --> 00:22:49,740 some family thing going on. Uh, 347 00:22:49,740 --> 00:22:53,940 the wife's dad was in town as well, so then at night took him out and, 348 00:22:54,220 --> 00:23:00,740 um, did a little dinner thing and. Yay! So much family. So much family. 349 00:23:01,100 --> 00:23:04,860 I know you hate that. Yeah, it's good times. Even. 350 00:23:04,900 --> 00:23:06,820 Even the wife was like, what are we gonna do? 351 00:23:06,820 --> 00:23:09,140 I was like, do you mean, what are we gonna do? It's your fucking dad. 352 00:23:09,540 --> 00:23:11,340 What do you want to do? And she's like, ah. 353 00:23:12,660 --> 00:23:15,780 Sounds like my wife. My wife sent me a text. 354 00:23:15,820 --> 00:23:19,420 It was last week sometime. She's like, she's bought her dad 355 00:23:19,420 --> 00:23:21,100 a hat and something else. And she's like, 356 00:23:21,100 --> 00:23:23,100 so Father's Day is done for him. She goes, 357 00:23:23,100 --> 00:23:28,340 you're on your own for years. I was like, oh, so what did I do? 358 00:23:28,380 --> 00:23:34,340 I, I went to the local mall on lunch on Saturday before Father's Day, 359 00:23:34,900 --> 00:23:38,540 and I went and bought my dad a hat. Nice. Yeah. 360 00:23:38,540 --> 00:23:40,020 I just, you know, we just took him out. 361 00:23:40,060 --> 00:23:44,340 Paid for brunch slash dinner. Okay. I think we've all gotten to the 362 00:23:44,340 --> 00:23:47,180 point where, just, like, how much stuff can you have? 363 00:23:47,220 --> 00:23:49,820 And there's nothing meaningful I could buy my dad, 364 00:23:49,820 --> 00:23:56,100 or she could buy her dad. Um, you know, it's so just spend time 365 00:23:56,100 --> 00:24:00,380 instead and have or something. Right. Well, we, uh, we went over there. 366 00:24:00,380 --> 00:24:03,420 I bought him a new Brewers hat, and he, of course, took it out of 367 00:24:03,420 --> 00:24:07,420 the bag, put it on right away. Wore it the rest of the night. 368 00:24:07,460 --> 00:24:11,860 Didn't even take the stickers off. That's a classic. Uh, Papa Flex move. 369 00:24:12,300 --> 00:24:16,740 Mr. Flex. And, uh, he all star Flex. All star Flex. 370 00:24:16,780 --> 00:24:19,580 Yeah, it's a long story. Really? Really fun. 371 00:24:19,900 --> 00:24:22,890 Uh, my my dad's Just the greatest, really. 372 00:24:23,850 --> 00:24:27,370 Uh, but, yeah, so we got to play me, him and my two other brothers. 373 00:24:27,370 --> 00:24:31,690 We all played lawn darts. Like actual lawn darts for, like. 374 00:24:31,970 --> 00:24:34,810 Been sitting in the garage since the 70s, like, uh. 375 00:24:35,290 --> 00:24:38,570 Facebook Marketplace or something like that. They're not legal, right? 376 00:24:38,610 --> 00:24:41,050 No, I don't think so. I mean, these ones don't have points 377 00:24:41,050 --> 00:24:44,530 to them. Oh, it's a it's a blunt end. Oh, gotcha. 378 00:24:44,570 --> 00:24:46,410 But it's not the old school lawn darts. 379 00:24:46,450 --> 00:24:49,970 No, not with like, the pointed. Right where they were stabbing 380 00:24:49,970 --> 00:24:52,690 children and stuff. Yeah. If you're not paying attention. 381 00:24:52,690 --> 00:24:55,290 Which those things fly, man, I haven't ever played. 382 00:24:55,330 --> 00:24:57,530 It was my first time playing actual lawn darts. 383 00:24:57,570 --> 00:25:00,690 Yeah, I've never played. Yeah. Them shit's fucking carry pretty 384 00:25:00,690 --> 00:25:06,290 good. Look out! Yeah. So I almost, you know, maybe got my 385 00:25:06,290 --> 00:25:11,210 foot stabbed once. Yeah. No big deal. But yeah, she's just once. 386 00:25:11,250 --> 00:25:13,170 Just a foot. Then you start paying attention. 387 00:25:13,370 --> 00:25:15,250 Yeah. It's like a lizard's tail. It'll regrow. 388 00:25:15,930 --> 00:25:18,050 I think so, I think that's how that happens. Yeah, yeah. 389 00:25:18,090 --> 00:25:20,050 You lose a toe, it'll come back. It's fine. 390 00:25:20,650 --> 00:25:23,970 Uh, well, speaking of dad's, uh. It's funny. 391 00:25:24,010 --> 00:25:26,010 He actually mentioned being a dad. Chew Your Beer. 392 00:25:26,050 --> 00:25:28,130 Leftovers of voicemail. Everyone's favorite homey. 393 00:25:28,170 --> 00:25:31,450 So let's, uh, let's check in with Chew. See what's up. Hello? 394 00:25:31,490 --> 00:25:33,770 No one is available to take your call. 395 00:25:33,770 --> 00:25:37,850 Please leave a message after the tone. Yo, what up, homies? 396 00:25:37,850 --> 00:25:39,330 It's your friendly neighborhood chulo. 397 00:25:39,330 --> 00:25:42,650 Chew Your Beer @CraftBeerRepublic. How you guys doing? 398 00:25:42,690 --> 00:25:45,690 It's been a while since I called in. I figured I'd call in and give 399 00:25:45,690 --> 00:25:49,090 you a little. Just a little lowdown about 400 00:25:49,090 --> 00:25:52,290 what's been going on. My youngest has graduated from 401 00:25:52,650 --> 00:25:56,890 high school and should be on his way to college. Congrats. 402 00:25:56,930 --> 00:26:00,610 My oldest should be graduating college and by the end of next year, 403 00:26:01,210 --> 00:26:04,370 both chemical engineers. I went to San Diego, 404 00:26:04,410 --> 00:26:09,050 actually went to Little Italy just to hang out over the weekend. Nice. 405 00:26:09,090 --> 00:26:13,970 And then, uh, funny thing, I was in Anaheim to go see the 406 00:26:14,010 --> 00:26:17,530 Savannah Bananas perform. Oh, that's fucking cool. 407 00:26:17,570 --> 00:26:20,160 Actually, that is. The wifey and I decided to go 408 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:24,200 get another beer. Walked out. I didn't get a beer. 409 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:28,640 I ended up getting myself a double Bulleit Bourbon and Coke 410 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:33,080 because I was tired of drinking beers and waiting for the wife. 411 00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:37,240 She's getting a michelada. And then I hear in the in the far, 412 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:41,320 far background, through all the noise of the cheers and the people walking, 413 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:49,480 I hear, hey, Nicole, is that you? And I turn around and like about 414 00:26:49,520 --> 00:26:57,440 25ft, I see the nickster. I see big Dick Nick staring, 415 00:26:57,480 --> 00:27:00,640 making sure that's me. And I'm like, Holy shit. 416 00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:04,640 And then he goes, hey, Nicole, it is Chew Your Beer. And they. 417 00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:09,600 It was hilarious. They got to see Nicole and Big Dick, 418 00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:13,120 Nick and I think one of Nicole's co-workers. 419 00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:18,590 They were out there, uh, watching the Savannah Of bananas and took 420 00:27:18,590 --> 00:27:22,630 a couple pictures with them. Man. So that was to be in Anaheim and 421 00:27:22,630 --> 00:27:26,110 to run into these two. It was hilarious to me. 422 00:27:26,110 --> 00:27:29,550 I was like, I don't know where I would expect that. 423 00:27:29,550 --> 00:27:32,950 Maybe at a brewery or somewhere in the Valley, 424 00:27:32,950 --> 00:27:37,350 but all the way down in Anaheim. And then I guess we were sitting in 425 00:27:37,350 --> 00:27:41,270 the same zone because they came out of the same tunnel that we came out 426 00:27:41,270 --> 00:27:44,990 of. It's just fucking hilarious. So, uh, my hat's off to them. 427 00:27:44,990 --> 00:27:48,030 Was nice seeing them. Great show. If you haven't seen it. 428 00:27:48,070 --> 00:27:52,230 Savannah Bananas show, I highly suggest you go watch one. 429 00:27:52,430 --> 00:27:56,270 And I would totally go back, homies. All right, so just give you some 430 00:27:56,270 --> 00:28:01,270 of that this weekend. Uh, June 14th, I'll be at the, 431 00:28:01,270 --> 00:28:04,070 uh, L.A. Brewers Beer Festival in Long Beach. 432 00:28:04,070 --> 00:28:08,110 So looking forward to hanging out out there with Mikey of the taproom, uh, 433 00:28:08,150 --> 00:28:13,790 podcast and some other friends and, uh. Yeah, man. So it's summer's here. 434 00:28:14,350 --> 00:28:17,190 Beer festivals here. LA Beer Week is coming. 435 00:28:17,670 --> 00:28:19,710 Looking forward to going to Temple Week. 436 00:28:20,110 --> 00:28:22,750 And hopefully I get to hang out with you, Greg, and have a beer. 437 00:28:22,790 --> 00:28:25,310 All right homies. This is Chew Your Beer. 438 00:28:25,350 --> 00:28:29,750 You hate to watch. Yo. Peace out. Hey. So the Savannah bananas. 439 00:28:29,790 --> 00:28:36,350 They came here. Last summer. Question mark. Two summers ago. 440 00:28:37,030 --> 00:28:42,710 Uh, because we have this baseball stadium. Six minutes from my house. 441 00:28:42,870 --> 00:28:47,630 It's like the eight ABL American baseball league or some. 442 00:28:48,070 --> 00:28:52,270 It's not a minor league system. It's like its own minor league. 443 00:28:52,310 --> 00:28:55,710 The XFL. League. Yeah, it's it's weird, but it's 444 00:28:55,710 --> 00:28:59,910 cool because super solid stadium. Uh, like I said, it's only like 445 00:28:59,950 --> 00:29:02,190 six minutes from my house. It's actually. Yeah. 446 00:29:02,390 --> 00:29:06,430 Next to where I go golfing when I hit like those go to the range 447 00:29:06,430 --> 00:29:09,030 or like golf bays. And, uh, 448 00:29:09,310 --> 00:29:13,670 they played there a year or two ago. Tickets sold out so fast, 449 00:29:13,710 --> 00:29:17,260 they added another game the next night or another show, 450 00:29:17,260 --> 00:29:20,220 whatever you want to call it. And then that sold out in like, 451 00:29:20,260 --> 00:29:22,940 I don't know, like three minutes. Yeah, I guess there was like a 452 00:29:22,980 --> 00:29:26,580 lottery system for this Anaheim game he's talking about. Yeah. 453 00:29:26,740 --> 00:29:30,540 The popularity for these guys is like through the roof. 454 00:29:30,580 --> 00:29:34,980 It's like the Harlem Globetrotters of baseball, but way more entertaining. 455 00:29:35,140 --> 00:29:37,100 Oh, really? Because the shit they do is, 456 00:29:37,620 --> 00:29:41,660 I don't know, it's wild. It's like any anybody can, you know, 457 00:29:41,700 --> 00:29:44,700 be athletic, dunk all the alley. Oops. The dribbling. 458 00:29:44,740 --> 00:29:47,860 Like there's a lot of people out there that can do that. 459 00:29:48,420 --> 00:29:54,300 We're talking like backflips into catching the ball and just 460 00:29:54,620 --> 00:29:58,820 all this crazy, goofy shit. I don't know, man. It's wild. 461 00:29:59,220 --> 00:30:01,820 And is it one of those things, like the Globetrotters where the bananas 462 00:30:01,860 --> 00:30:05,940 always win? I believe so. Okay. But like, 463 00:30:05,940 --> 00:30:09,500 it even got so big that, uh. Because I think they always play, 464 00:30:09,500 --> 00:30:11,980 like, the same team. Kind of like the Globetrotters. 465 00:30:11,980 --> 00:30:14,620 Others, okay. But they got so big that John 466 00:30:14,620 --> 00:30:19,900 Cena actually participated at one of their shows and came out 467 00:30:19,900 --> 00:30:25,220 as a batter for the other team. Oh how funny. Yeah, so they're huge. 468 00:30:25,460 --> 00:30:28,220 I bet it's really hard for the pitcher to see him hate you. 469 00:30:30,860 --> 00:30:33,380 Damn, it. Must be hard to find that strike 470 00:30:33,380 --> 00:30:38,060 zone when you can't see your batter. It's a wrestling joke for the for the 471 00:30:38,060 --> 00:30:41,100 rest of you. Hopefully people get it. Yeah. Nobody will. 472 00:30:41,620 --> 00:30:45,420 They've now turned off the show. I thought this was a beer show. 473 00:30:47,260 --> 00:30:50,420 Uh, well, cool. Yeah, I've. I've seen some clips. Seems fun. 474 00:30:50,420 --> 00:30:53,460 I didn't know it was like that. Popular. Didn't. 475 00:30:53,780 --> 00:30:57,580 Didn't the Savannah bananas used to be a legit minor league team. 476 00:30:58,100 --> 00:31:01,020 That I'm unaware of. I think they were actually a minor 477 00:31:01,020 --> 00:31:04,420 league team, and they started doing, like, some fun things, 478 00:31:04,420 --> 00:31:07,460 and then it just spiraled. I think somebody will correct me. 479 00:31:07,460 --> 00:31:09,900 I'm sure of it. You'd have to do some research. 480 00:31:09,900 --> 00:31:13,210 I would, and I did not. So. All right, let's do a little 481 00:31:13,210 --> 00:31:17,130 news before we get out of here. Cape Cod beer has been acquired 482 00:31:17,130 --> 00:31:20,090 by Triton Beverage Group. Less than two months after 483 00:31:20,090 --> 00:31:24,050 acquiring Plymouth based Mayflower. Mayflower Brewing, the parent 484 00:31:24,050 --> 00:31:27,730 company of Hog Island Brewing, has acquired Cape Cod Beer, 485 00:31:27,730 --> 00:31:31,570 the oldest craft brewery on the Massachusetts peninsula. 486 00:31:32,090 --> 00:31:36,410 Triton CEO Mike McNamara told Brewbound that this marks a major 487 00:31:36,410 --> 00:31:40,570 milestone for our team as we bring together three of Massachusetts most 488 00:31:40,610 --> 00:31:46,010 respected coastal breweries under one locally owned, independent banner. 489 00:31:46,210 --> 00:31:51,330 There you have it. Classic. Yeah. Wilding brands who just bought 490 00:31:51,650 --> 00:31:55,010 or acquired Great Divide acquires another brewery. 491 00:31:55,050 --> 00:31:57,130 Wilding brands, the Colorado based craft beverage 492 00:31:57,130 --> 00:32:00,410 and hospitality platform, has expanded again with the acquisition 493 00:32:00,410 --> 00:32:07,370 of Denver's Station 26 brewery. Station 26 founder Justin Bakery 494 00:32:07,570 --> 00:32:11,450 will remain in his role. Roy nailed it, leading the brewery 495 00:32:11,450 --> 00:32:14,290 as it joins the collective, which also includes Stem ciders, 496 00:32:14,290 --> 00:32:16,930 Denver Beer Co and Great Divide, among other brands. 497 00:32:16,970 --> 00:32:19,650 Production and packaging of the station 26 portfolio will shift 498 00:32:19,650 --> 00:32:23,970 to Wilding Can Works facility in Denver's Sunnyside neighborhood. 499 00:32:24,770 --> 00:32:27,850 Wilding brands will be minimizing the brewing equipment at station 26, 500 00:32:27,850 --> 00:32:30,770 which will allow for expanded taproom seating. 501 00:32:31,010 --> 00:32:34,010 No cuts are planned for taproom staff, but the number of production 502 00:32:34,010 --> 00:32:39,730 jobs affected is yet unknown. Dang. The Brewers Association adds new 503 00:32:39,730 --> 00:32:44,890 beer styles to the guidelines. They have added Mexican style light 504 00:32:44,930 --> 00:32:49,810 lager, Mexican style amber lager, Czech style amber lager, 505 00:32:50,370 --> 00:32:56,690 Czech style dark lager and West Coast style pilsner. Cool. Yes! 506 00:32:57,410 --> 00:33:01,290 Additionally, the category Bohemian style pilsner has been 507 00:33:01,290 --> 00:33:06,930 renamed to Czech style pale lager. Okay. That's legit. Yeah. 508 00:33:07,290 --> 00:33:10,600 So there's some some nerd news for you. Let's end it on this one. 509 00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:13,160 It's a list, but I don't think you're gonna get angry about it. 510 00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:16,960 Okay. I'm okay with that. It's the top 30 breweries in 511 00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:20,960 California. Yeah. You know, pretty impartial. Yeah. 512 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:23,720 Maybe you would get angry, I don't know. Well. We'll see. 513 00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:25,600 I'm not gonna go through all of them, because that would take all day. 514 00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:30,040 I'll talk about some notables. 30 is three Weavers brewing. 515 00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:34,000 28 Emigrant Brewing. What up? Emigrant? 516 00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:40,320 24 Pizza Port Brewing Company. Are they overrated? Are they decent? 517 00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:43,360 Uh, I like them, you know, they're real old school. 518 00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:46,720 So you got to be careful if you don't want that, like, you know, 519 00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:52,400 multi IPA situation. Got it. Um, but you know what they do, 520 00:33:52,440 --> 00:33:56,160 they do really well and they have good pizza. So 23 Society brewing. 521 00:33:56,160 --> 00:34:02,160 Love me some society 22 Kern River. Oh see all right now I'm angry. Okay. 522 00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:07,790 Lay it on me. 21 Ballast Point. Gross. Fucking gross. 523 00:34:07,790 --> 00:34:11,070 I think listener Jay sent this in. Jay, you should have read this 524 00:34:11,070 --> 00:34:15,590 before you sent it. God damn it. Maybe he did. 525 00:34:16,190 --> 00:34:21,510 Maybe he's trying to piss me off. 20 Sierra Nevada okay, 526 00:34:21,590 --> 00:34:24,470 feels a little high up the list. That is kind of high. 527 00:34:24,830 --> 00:34:27,590 Yeah, since it's like the number two brewery. I did see. 528 00:34:27,590 --> 00:34:31,070 They just released, uh, recently. A peachy little thing. 529 00:34:31,070 --> 00:34:34,830 It's like a hazy IPA. Oh, yeah. But I haven't had it yet. 530 00:34:34,990 --> 00:34:38,190 I haven't seen it yet, but I'll try. I like their hazy little things. 531 00:34:38,190 --> 00:34:42,070 I like the hazy little thing a lot. Yeah, it's fucking just easy. 532 00:34:42,110 --> 00:34:45,070 Super solid. Solid. Yeah. And when you're at a shitty bar, that 533 00:34:45,070 --> 00:34:51,590 happens to have it super safe. Super. Uh, number 18, Beechwood 17, 534 00:34:51,590 --> 00:34:56,630 Moonraker. Here we go. Good. Yeah. Moonraker. 16. Humble. See? 535 00:34:56,670 --> 00:35:02,470 Finally. See? Here we go again. 14. Stone brewing. Cat. Damn it. 536 00:35:02,670 --> 00:35:06,830 Obviously not. Craft beer. Uh, 13 Firestone Walker 12. 537 00:35:06,870 --> 00:35:11,270 Alvarado Street Brewing 11. Cellar maker. Here we go. 538 00:35:11,310 --> 00:35:13,710 Ten Highland Park. There's a good one for you. 539 00:35:14,150 --> 00:35:18,030 Nine pure project. Here we go. Nine. Yeah, man, 540 00:35:18,030 --> 00:35:21,510 I feel like they're way better. Yeah. That's true. Eight. Green cheek. 541 00:35:21,510 --> 00:35:24,550 That could be higher as well. That could be. Seven. 542 00:35:24,550 --> 00:35:29,110 North Park, love me some. North Park. North Park, solid. Six. Ale Smith. 543 00:35:29,950 --> 00:35:33,470 Yeah. Look, I like Ale Smith a lot. No, no problems with them being 544 00:35:33,470 --> 00:35:37,030 on the list, but, um, they should be a little higher 545 00:35:37,030 --> 00:35:43,510 up in my humblest of opinions. Or lower up. Lower, higher number. 546 00:35:43,550 --> 00:35:46,590 Lower rank. There we go. Because I think we said the other one 547 00:35:46,590 --> 00:35:50,230 should have been higher up. Right. Uh, talk about hype. Breweries. 548 00:35:50,230 --> 00:35:55,990 Number five, the brewery number four. Bottle logic. Yeah. 549 00:35:56,030 --> 00:36:00,270 Another hype number three. I don't even know what this is. 550 00:36:00,950 --> 00:36:07,060 Sante Adairius, rustic ales. The fuck? Got me, man. Yeah. Two. 551 00:36:08,340 --> 00:36:12,140 You live in California? Yeah. Where is this? Capitola, California. 552 00:36:12,180 --> 00:36:15,260 That's nowhere near me. Uh. Number two. Monkish brewing. 553 00:36:15,500 --> 00:36:18,260 And, of course, number one is Russian River. 554 00:36:18,300 --> 00:36:23,220 I mean, monkish is super hype, but, I mean, every beer I've ever 555 00:36:23,220 --> 00:36:27,380 had just delicious. Yeah, yeah. I mean, look, they're good. 556 00:36:27,660 --> 00:36:30,300 You know, I don't think the brewery is nearly as good as their hype, 557 00:36:30,300 --> 00:36:35,260 but monkish is pretty fucking good. Well, doesn't like the brewery 558 00:36:35,260 --> 00:36:39,420 and bottle logic. Aren't they big on barrel age stuff? 559 00:36:39,780 --> 00:36:44,780 Yeah, and the brewery is notorious for bottle bombs and just 560 00:36:45,100 --> 00:36:48,460 fucking shelf turds and whatnot. Like, sometimes you spend, you know, 561 00:36:48,500 --> 00:36:52,700 $30 on the whatever brewery Christmas beer and you open it and it's gone 562 00:36:52,700 --> 00:36:55,340 bad. Like, they're. They're bought. Especially back in the day. 563 00:36:55,340 --> 00:36:58,700 Their bottling practices were horrible. Got it. Yeah. 564 00:36:58,740 --> 00:37:00,460 And you'd have to, like, wait in line for this shit. 565 00:37:00,460 --> 00:37:04,180 And I was like. Well, still. I don't think it's like it was no, 566 00:37:04,180 --> 00:37:06,940 no, no, but like back in the day and yeah, you know, 567 00:37:06,980 --> 00:37:10,740 you know who knows. Nicole. Nicole. 2025. Come on. Right. Exactly. 568 00:37:10,780 --> 00:37:14,100 Kohli's always getting there. Um. Black Tuesday. 569 00:37:14,340 --> 00:37:16,780 So I wonder if she's still getting those and if it's still, like, 570 00:37:16,820 --> 00:37:19,460 a line or if it's just an online. I think it's just an online like 571 00:37:19,500 --> 00:37:23,860 lottery, essentially. Okay. So who knows. Anyways, that's it. 572 00:37:23,900 --> 00:37:26,140 Let's wrap it up over here. Let's hit some music. 573 00:37:27,500 --> 00:37:29,900 Tell you all to follow us on the socials. 574 00:37:29,940 --> 00:37:34,460 @CraftBeerRepublic @flex_me_a_beer underscore in between. Uh, 8553. 575 00:37:34,500 --> 00:37:37,220 Beer. 2337. If you want to leave us a voicemail. 576 00:37:37,580 --> 00:37:41,820 I think that's just about everything. Hope everyone is a keeping their 577 00:37:41,820 --> 00:37:45,540 balls cool, but be staying very well hydrated. And on that note. 578 00:37:45,820 --> 00:37:46,900 Good night everybody.