1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:04,280 Oh. That's good, I like that. Ooh, it's dark and rich looking. 2 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:17,680 Welcome in everybody. It's the craft beer republic. 3 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:20,240 Thanks for drinking. Thanks for joining. 4 00:00:20,240 --> 00:00:26,440 I am Greg and I've been joined by the richest. No. Nope. 5 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:29,120 Buffest guy in the Midwest. And that's Flex. 6 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:31,400 What's up, big fella? A lot more accurate. 7 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:34,840 Well, we'll get we'll take what we can get. 8 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:37,000 That's what I was trying to say. There are, you know, 9 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:39,160 beggars can't be choosers. That's that's one of my favorite 10 00:00:39,160 --> 00:00:44,160 lines. Yes. So accurate. So, uh, welcome in air, buddy. 11 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:47,880 Uh, I lost my train of thought I was going to say something funny, 12 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:50,560 and it completely escaped me. It's been. It's been a fucking day. 13 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:53,160 It's been a long day, and I'm really glad to be drinking with you. 14 00:00:53,160 --> 00:00:57,000 It's a good way to start off the weekend doing some, uh, early 15 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:00,470 show recording, because I've been looking forward to it all day long. 16 00:01:00,510 --> 00:01:03,550 Me too man. Me fucking too. I haven't I got, I gotta admit 17 00:01:03,550 --> 00:01:06,350 something real quick. Follow us. @CraftBeerRepublic @flex_me_a_beer 18 00:01:06,350 --> 00:01:08,550 underscore between. We got a voicemail to get to. 19 00:01:08,590 --> 00:01:13,230 We got some breaking news. But let's get to the important shit. 20 00:01:13,270 --> 00:01:15,550 Me and Flex just shooting the shit when we should have done 21 00:01:15,550 --> 00:01:20,590 this before we hit record. Uh, I haven't had a beer in, like, 22 00:01:20,630 --> 00:01:24,510 over a week. Don't tell anybody. Like a real beer. Like a real beer. 23 00:01:24,790 --> 00:01:29,190 I've had, uh, some wines because I'm classy. And I'm trying to think. 24 00:01:29,190 --> 00:01:31,350 I think that might be it, but I don't think I've had a real, 25 00:01:31,350 --> 00:01:36,350 actual beer in over a week. And I was thinking about it as 26 00:01:36,390 --> 00:01:38,190 the work day was ending. I was like, oh, fuck. 27 00:01:38,230 --> 00:01:41,750 It was like 3:00 here. I'm like, cannot wait to crack a 28 00:01:41,750 --> 00:01:44,750 beer open with Flex. So it was it was four days for me. 29 00:01:46,150 --> 00:01:47,750 Yeah. I've been drinking some Celcius 30 00:01:47,790 --> 00:01:51,030 all week. I'm getting addicted to the Chelsea 31 00:01:51,030 --> 00:01:54,590 train. I'm doing the math in my head. I think it's been eight days. 32 00:01:54,830 --> 00:01:57,510 Oh, yours is double mind, so. Congratulations. 33 00:01:57,510 --> 00:01:59,850 Yeah, but I've had wine. I've had wine. 34 00:01:59,850 --> 00:02:04,370 I haven't been sober for eight days. God, I'm not. I'm not insane. 35 00:02:06,370 --> 00:02:09,530 Um, still. Still proud of you, I guess. Thanks. 36 00:02:09,570 --> 00:02:11,650 You know, just drink another drink of wine. 37 00:02:11,690 --> 00:02:15,970 The wife and I got fucking shattered on some champagnes last weekend. 38 00:02:16,170 --> 00:02:19,650 Again? Yeah, we. I mean, not like at Deb's party where 39 00:02:19,650 --> 00:02:21,890 we don't remember what happened, but. Oh, right. 40 00:02:21,930 --> 00:02:23,690 We had a couple bottles in the fridge, in fact, 41 00:02:23,730 --> 00:02:26,970 left over from Deb's party that we were supposed to wait to share 42 00:02:26,970 --> 00:02:30,690 with Deb and Brian. Don't worry. They've been replaced already. 43 00:02:31,210 --> 00:02:33,850 If you're listening. That's a classy move, by the. Way. 44 00:02:33,890 --> 00:02:36,530 You know, because one of them was. One of them was a shitty bottle. 45 00:02:36,530 --> 00:02:38,690 It was like, you know, six bucks. But one of them was actually a pretty 46 00:02:38,690 --> 00:02:40,490 nice bottle. It was like 20 bucks. So I was like, oh, 47 00:02:40,490 --> 00:02:43,730 we can't not replace this one. So we we started cracking open 48 00:02:43,730 --> 00:02:45,450 some champagne on Sunday, had a little, you know, 49 00:02:45,490 --> 00:02:48,770 homemade brunch and champagne. And then we got two bottles deep 50 00:02:48,770 --> 00:02:52,730 like I'm not done drinking champs. So I, uh, DoorDash for the first 51 00:02:52,730 --> 00:02:56,130 time, DoorDash, alcohol to the house and, uh, 52 00:02:56,170 --> 00:03:01,720 got some more shams and it was great. How much more did that cost DoorDash 53 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:06,320 than it would if you just went to the store? So the bottles. 54 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:08,680 Because I've never done this and I don't think I ever will. 55 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:11,240 So I'm actually curious. This is my first time. 56 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:14,680 So the bot and I did it from Total Wine, I guess. 57 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:18,480 And so the bottles were the actual price that they are in store. 58 00:03:18,920 --> 00:03:24,400 And then on top of that there was like a $3 service charge plus 59 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:29,080 like a I don't remember exactly like a $6 delivery fee. Okay. 60 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:32,840 And then I think I tipped them, you know, like five bucks or 61 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:36,520 something like that. We'll say. Okay. So what did I say? Seven. 62 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:43,080 Three. 17. Extra dollars. Yeah. 16. 17 extra bucks. 3.95. Right. Yeah. 63 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:46,520 So we ended up spending, I don't know, like 60 bucks on 64 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:51,720 four bottles kind of thing. Yeah. Okay. Not the. Worst. Yeah. 65 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:55,360 No, I definitely that's all right. Way cheaper than a DUI. 66 00:03:55,870 --> 00:04:00,950 For sure. Amen, brother. Amen. So, you know the wife enjoyed it. 67 00:04:00,950 --> 00:04:05,270 And happy wife, happy life. So, uh, I'll spend the extra 17 bucks 68 00:04:05,270 --> 00:04:08,710 if I'm not in trouble that day. Yeah. Right on, man. Yeah. 69 00:04:08,710 --> 00:04:12,070 So good to see if she's into it. Yeah. She was way. Oh, yeah. 70 00:04:12,070 --> 00:04:14,670 That makes it even better. Yeah. She loves a good champagne buzz. 71 00:04:14,670 --> 00:04:16,950 I tell you what. And I tell you, you're a lucky guy. 72 00:04:17,870 --> 00:04:20,910 Every now and then, champagne is one of those buzzes. 73 00:04:20,910 --> 00:04:23,390 Like as she gets buzzy on something else, like beer. 74 00:04:23,430 --> 00:04:25,430 She starts getting full and doesn't want, you know, like, 75 00:04:25,430 --> 00:04:27,150 oh, I'm gonna stop now. I'm getting full or I'm getting 76 00:04:27,150 --> 00:04:29,790 buzzy or whatever. When the champagne buzz hits, 77 00:04:30,150 --> 00:04:33,990 it's like she hits the nose and is like, let's keep going. 78 00:04:34,150 --> 00:04:37,630 So I love when she gets champagne drunk. Isn't that so weird? 79 00:04:37,630 --> 00:04:42,030 How drunks are different, you know, between wine and champagne and beer? 80 00:04:42,070 --> 00:04:43,830 Such a different drink. Like when I drink champagne, 81 00:04:43,830 --> 00:04:48,350 I forget the day. A whole day goes by. By I kept. 82 00:04:48,390 --> 00:04:52,190 I haven't been drunk off wine in a really long time. Like. Yeah. 83 00:04:52,230 --> 00:04:57,900 Me neither. We did. uh, when I was 20, maybe 21, 84 00:04:57,940 --> 00:05:01,980 I can't remember. No. Definitely 20. We did a boxed wine beer pong 85 00:05:02,820 --> 00:05:07,980 night at my place. Sounds awful. We knew. Wine. 86 00:05:07,980 --> 00:05:12,180 We knew it was gonna be a bad idea. Um, like, everybody was, like, 87 00:05:12,220 --> 00:05:15,780 already prepped for, like, the shit bag hangover day the next day. 88 00:05:15,940 --> 00:05:18,780 Um, but, you know, I feel like you have to do it at least once. 89 00:05:18,820 --> 00:05:20,580 Sure, everyone's done it once or ten times. 90 00:05:20,580 --> 00:05:23,940 But that means it's been like, 16 years since I've actually 91 00:05:23,940 --> 00:05:27,100 been wine drunk. And now, for me at least, 92 00:05:27,100 --> 00:05:30,180 it's way more expensive. Because wine drunk then was two buck 93 00:05:30,220 --> 00:05:34,140 chuck, and now it's a little nicer. Now you're classy, Greg. No, classy. 94 00:05:34,140 --> 00:05:36,500 I don't know if you guys know this, I am classy. 95 00:05:36,580 --> 00:05:39,700 Yeah, it hurts the pocketbook a little, but. Right. 96 00:05:40,140 --> 00:05:44,380 Your social reputation through the roof, right? Never been higher. 97 00:05:44,420 --> 00:05:47,780 You can't put a price on that. No, not even the Million Dollar 98 00:05:47,780 --> 00:05:51,180 man could. Well, he might be able to pay 99 00:05:51,180 --> 00:05:53,680 you off, but that's true. I mean, everybody does have a price, 100 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:56,360 so. But yeah. Good time getting getting 101 00:05:56,360 --> 00:05:59,760 champagne hammered. Good for you. I went to a Brewers home opener. 102 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:06,680 Oh, nice. Which wasn't anything fun. Uh, result wise. Sure. 103 00:06:06,840 --> 00:06:10,320 They lost something like 11 to 3 or 12 to 3, or. 104 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:13,400 They spent so much money this offseason. 105 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:20,200 Well, you know, when you're the 28th highest payroll, you know, 106 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:23,960 in the league, it'll. Right. It'll happen to you. But, uh, I'm. 107 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:26,480 Just surprised MLB hasn't kicked him out of their stadium yet. 108 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:30,200 They're gonna fix it. Okay? Yeah, just just don't worry about it. 109 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:32,400 All right? We're not. We're not going anywhere. Okay. 110 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:35,200 But, no, it was fun. Uh, my best friend came down 111 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:38,480 from Appleton, which is like the green Bay area in Wisconsin, 112 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:42,320 so about two ish hours away. Okay. And, uh, it was used to be every 113 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:45,280 year tradition. And I'd say within the last five 114 00:06:45,280 --> 00:06:49,280 years, we've missed two days, like two games for opening Day. 115 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:53,230 Um, but it was really cool. Did a little bit of what I call 116 00:06:53,630 --> 00:06:57,590 simple man tailgating. Okay. Yeah. Went to Jimmy John's, 117 00:06:57,590 --> 00:07:02,950 picked up a couple Jimmy John's subs, Ziplocked some chips from home and. 118 00:07:02,990 --> 00:07:08,550 Yeah. Packed up like 810 seltzers. And he brought some some of his 119 00:07:08,550 --> 00:07:11,470 own stuff, which tasted horrible, if I'm being honest. 120 00:07:11,630 --> 00:07:13,990 Like home brewed seltzer or something. It was Ranch Water. 121 00:07:14,470 --> 00:07:16,710 Oh, I've never had, I've heard of, but never had. 122 00:07:16,750 --> 00:07:19,430 And they were the spicy ones. Oh. I'm out. 123 00:07:19,710 --> 00:07:23,830 So, uh, he let me take a sip of one because he was just talking 124 00:07:23,830 --> 00:07:27,670 so highly of it, and it tasted like jalapeno flavored chapstick. 125 00:07:27,670 --> 00:07:32,790 Like you were drinking. Like the flavor chapstick. Like it. 126 00:07:33,270 --> 00:07:35,590 And then it, like, wouldn't get off your tongue. 127 00:07:35,630 --> 00:07:39,910 Like eating chapstick, right? Yeah. It was fucking awful. 128 00:07:39,950 --> 00:07:43,510 So why is it so waxy? Yeah. So he was saying that, uh, 129 00:07:43,510 --> 00:07:47,470 the story behind it is he went out to some get together with his sister 130 00:07:47,830 --> 00:07:50,860 and his sister's husband bought this variety pack, and the only one 131 00:07:50,860 --> 00:07:53,860 they didn't like was the spicy one, so he started drinking them. 132 00:07:53,900 --> 00:07:58,900 Turned out he really liked them. And now they make all spicy packs. 133 00:07:59,820 --> 00:08:02,260 But his wife got him for him for Christmas. 134 00:08:02,260 --> 00:08:05,580 But she had to, like, travel a ways away to get them. 135 00:08:07,380 --> 00:08:09,740 Which is astounding, because when I had the sip of it, 136 00:08:09,740 --> 00:08:12,100 I'm like, who would drive out of their way for this? 137 00:08:12,180 --> 00:08:14,620 So you travel for this absolute insanity. 138 00:08:15,900 --> 00:08:22,100 But yeah, the weather held up for us. It was like a balmy 48 degrees and 139 00:08:22,100 --> 00:08:26,500 the sun peeked out a few times, which, uh, here in Wisconsin, 140 00:08:26,500 --> 00:08:30,220 that's a super solid opening day weather forecast. 141 00:08:30,580 --> 00:08:33,660 Um, well, like I said, the result wasn't great, but I had 142 00:08:33,660 --> 00:08:37,380 a couple of beers in the stadium. Summer shandies running 13 bucks 143 00:08:37,380 --> 00:08:41,100 for a 16 ouncer. Ooh, that seems high for Milwaukee. 144 00:08:41,220 --> 00:08:44,180 I think the prices went up. Sounds like it. 145 00:08:44,220 --> 00:08:47,540 I think they used to be, like $11 last year. So. 146 00:08:47,540 --> 00:08:50,410 But hey, they got to fix the stadium somehow. And then they're. 147 00:08:50,410 --> 00:08:55,290 Gonna do it one at a time. Right? And then Leinenkugels also did a, 148 00:08:55,410 --> 00:09:00,610 uh, one of the mascots for the brewers is the Barrelman. Okay. 149 00:09:00,650 --> 00:09:02,410 And if you've never seen the Barrelman. 150 00:09:02,850 --> 00:09:06,850 Uh, I say the Brewers have the best team name in all of sports 151 00:09:06,850 --> 00:09:11,130 because they are the Brewers. Uh, so Barrelman is like a walking 152 00:09:11,170 --> 00:09:15,250 keg, and he's got a baseball hat on, and he carries a bat around, and he's 153 00:09:15,250 --> 00:09:19,010 fucking awesome. My kids love him. Uh, but Leinenkugels made a barrel 154 00:09:19,010 --> 00:09:22,210 man lager or barrel man ale. I can't remember which, uh, 155 00:09:22,330 --> 00:09:27,290 either or. Um, but it was all right. It came in like a 19.2oz can. Okay. 156 00:09:27,330 --> 00:09:28,930 And it was it was like 13 bucks again. 157 00:09:28,930 --> 00:09:33,570 So, uh, super solid for in-game beer and, uh. 158 00:09:33,770 --> 00:09:36,370 Yeah, just had a really good time catching up with, uh, my best friend. 159 00:09:36,410 --> 00:09:39,570 Nice. That's the way to do it. I still haven't been to a Dodger game 160 00:09:39,570 --> 00:09:43,370 since Covid. I just. That's wild. I know we used to go multiple times a 161 00:09:43,370 --> 00:09:46,450 season, and there's a couple reasons. One, we just haven't. 162 00:09:46,450 --> 00:09:52,510 But, my parents retired a couple years ago and we always got 163 00:09:52,550 --> 00:09:56,070 hooked up from their boss. He had great season tickets, 164 00:09:56,110 --> 00:10:00,390 very near home plate, very fantastic. Oh yes. 165 00:10:00,430 --> 00:10:04,310 Like, you know, I would say between home plate and first base, 166 00:10:04,630 --> 00:10:08,390 I would say it's a quarter of the way to home or to first base. 167 00:10:08,390 --> 00:10:12,670 So closer to home than, than. Oh that's really nice. Great seats. 168 00:10:13,110 --> 00:10:16,190 You know that middle that front section down there on the field. 169 00:10:16,670 --> 00:10:18,710 That's really nice. I can only imagine what those 170 00:10:18,710 --> 00:10:22,390 tickets go for. I yeah, they're crazy expensive 171 00:10:22,390 --> 00:10:24,950 and I would never sit there if they weren't free. Right. 172 00:10:26,030 --> 00:10:28,750 But but yeah they retired. So we don't get the hook up anymore. 173 00:10:28,750 --> 00:10:35,990 So now we gotta like, pay like peasants. Oh. We just haven't been. 174 00:10:36,190 --> 00:10:39,070 Oh, we need to. It's been a minute. We need to go. Um. 175 00:10:39,110 --> 00:10:42,550 All right, before we get any further, let me, uh, let me say shout out to 176 00:10:42,590 --> 00:10:45,430 LA for being our top listening city. Hey, what's up LA? 177 00:10:45,470 --> 00:10:48,740 Speaking of the Dodgers the undefeated as we record this Dodgers. 178 00:10:48,780 --> 00:10:50,900 Yeah, whatever. I don't give it a few games. 179 00:10:50,900 --> 00:10:52,620 They'll fall apart to someone real shitty. 180 00:10:52,660 --> 00:10:55,180 We'll lose to the A's or something embarrassing like that. 181 00:10:55,220 --> 00:10:57,140 I just say, because that's what happens when you 182 00:10:57,140 --> 00:11:01,420 spend $1 billion on your payroll. Except we don't know, Shohei. 183 00:11:01,460 --> 00:11:03,860 Any money for, like, the next 15 years or something, I. 184 00:11:03,860 --> 00:11:07,980 I still say that that deal should have been illegal. Should have. 185 00:11:07,980 --> 00:11:11,220 I don't know, whatever. I don't know. How. I'm not a baseball. 186 00:11:11,460 --> 00:11:20,500 Not a baseball show. But it is a beer show. Out of my. 187 00:11:23,340 --> 00:11:32,780 Out of my beer. Out of my bed. Out of my beer. Oh, yeah. 188 00:11:33,540 --> 00:11:38,620 I am drinking the freshly, freshly dropped and freshly picked 189 00:11:38,620 --> 00:11:42,460 up from my favorite bottle shop, Trader Joe's. Yeah. 190 00:11:42,900 --> 00:11:47,330 Made West Brewing Company collab with Shred Brewing, 191 00:11:47,770 --> 00:11:50,930 and it's their short lived series. When I saw they collab with Shred, 192 00:11:50,930 --> 00:11:56,210 I got real excited as we remember shreds up in the Sacramento area 193 00:11:56,250 --> 00:12:00,050 near. The. Old Salty. Sailor area. Yeah, exactly where everything is 194 00:12:00,050 --> 00:12:03,810 40 minutes away from each other, no matter where the fuck you're 195 00:12:03,810 --> 00:12:08,730 going. That's crazy. Uh, anyway, 7% West Coast IPA has a 196 00:12:08,730 --> 00:12:12,930 396 and untapped only 187 ratings. They say short lived with our 197 00:12:12,930 --> 00:12:16,450 friends at Shred Beer. This West Coast IPA has a vibrant hop 198 00:12:16,450 --> 00:12:21,690 character loaded with berries, stone fruit, and a rich resinous finish. 199 00:12:21,970 --> 00:12:26,050 Hops they use are Simcoe, Simcoe, strata, strata. Hyper boost. 200 00:12:26,090 --> 00:12:33,690 Mosaic. Mosaic. Cryo. Crush. Crush. Cryo. Wow, that's a smorgasbord. 201 00:12:33,730 --> 00:12:36,410 Yeah, a lot of words. I tell you what. Sound like hops. 202 00:12:36,530 --> 00:12:40,770 I love when they throw the berry note on West coasts, and I love it even 203 00:12:40,770 --> 00:12:46,160 more when it actually comes through. So I'm very, very intrigued to 204 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:48,560 see what happens here. Here's to hoping it doesn't taste 205 00:12:48,560 --> 00:12:51,560 like cough medicine like last week. My fingers are crossed for you, 206 00:12:51,560 --> 00:12:54,360 buddy. Yeah, I'm the schnoz. You know, I do get a little buried. 207 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:56,280 Just a hint. It's mostly pine and dank, 208 00:12:56,280 --> 00:13:02,400 but I do get a little berry miss on the nose. Okay, let me dig on in. 209 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:05,960 You know what? I actually get a hint of Berry. 210 00:13:05,960 --> 00:13:09,000 I don't know if I've ever picked out, like, just berry before. 211 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:11,680 Oh, I love it. Doesn't taste cough medicine. 212 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:14,520 And maybe it's like a placebo thing that now that I've read Berry, like, 213 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:17,800 I'm gonna taste berry. Who knows? Um. But not cough medicine. 214 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:21,160 Very West Coast IPA, very dank. As it should be. 215 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:26,000 Um, as you can see, this baby is light and clear. See through. 216 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:28,640 This is how I like my West coast. I don't like those malt bombs. 217 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:31,880 I like them with the light body and lots of hoppy dankness. 218 00:13:31,880 --> 00:13:36,480 And this is achieving that for me. Big fat cosign over here, man. Yeah. 219 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:42,420 Uh, check or whatever. So very nice. I think 3.96 is honestly a 220 00:13:42,420 --> 00:13:44,660 little low for this. It's getting like the I'm not. 221 00:13:45,020 --> 00:13:48,980 Pretty high for a West Coast. I know. Let's. Be real. You're right. 222 00:13:48,980 --> 00:13:51,740 People don't rate on the merits of the style. 223 00:13:51,740 --> 00:13:54,220 They rate on what they like. And because it's not a haze boy, 224 00:13:54,500 --> 00:13:58,380 they're not excited. So anyways, I'd give this a solid 225 00:13:58,380 --> 00:14:02,660 four. It's exactly what it should be. It's a light, crushable, dank. 226 00:14:02,700 --> 00:14:07,060 Hoppy does not drink like a 7% West Coast IPA. I'd have a few of these. 227 00:14:07,140 --> 00:14:11,620 In untapped West Coast terms. That's a five. That's true. 228 00:14:11,620 --> 00:14:15,940 This just got a six out of five from Untappd. It really is. It's. 229 00:14:15,980 --> 00:14:20,380 Yeah. So very nice, I like it. Uh, what else is going on? 230 00:14:20,380 --> 00:14:24,300 Oh, remember our friend Brian, formerly of Title Town Brewing? 231 00:14:24,620 --> 00:14:27,820 Oh, yeah, I do. Really nice guy. Really nice guy. 232 00:14:27,820 --> 00:14:31,740 He sent me some beer back in the Title Town days, and had had moved 233 00:14:31,740 --> 00:14:33,860 on from that and was working with some distributors or something, 234 00:14:33,900 --> 00:14:36,500 then moved on from that. Anyways, Brian hit us up, 235 00:14:36,500 --> 00:14:39,140 left us a voicemail. Let's check in when he's up to. 236 00:14:39,380 --> 00:14:41,770 Hello. No one is available to take your 237 00:14:41,770 --> 00:14:44,050 call. Please leave a message after the 238 00:14:44,050 --> 00:14:48,010 tone. Hey, Greg and Flex. This is Brian, 239 00:14:48,010 --> 00:14:51,290 formerly of Title Town. I'm with the distributor out in 240 00:14:51,290 --> 00:14:53,650 Madison. So back in the beer game, 241 00:14:53,650 --> 00:14:58,730 after leaving the craft side of things to focus on packaging. 242 00:14:58,730 --> 00:15:01,090 And then you get laid off and then you don't know what the 243 00:15:01,090 --> 00:15:04,130 hell's going on. So after about four months of looking 244 00:15:04,130 --> 00:15:06,810 for a job, I hooked up with a distributor out here in Madison. 245 00:15:06,850 --> 00:15:09,290 So I've been loving it and selling all kinds of things. 246 00:15:09,290 --> 00:15:12,650 Domestics and craft imports, all that stuff. 247 00:15:12,930 --> 00:15:19,610 But I did want to call to remind Flex that he needs to come to Great 248 00:15:19,610 --> 00:15:23,330 taste of the Midwest this year. This will be my 10th time going. 249 00:15:23,770 --> 00:15:25,810 I won't be at a booth, but I know I'll get tickets, 250 00:15:25,810 --> 00:15:28,530 so I'll be able to hang out and not have any real responsibilities. 251 00:15:28,570 --> 00:15:32,130 So Flex, you need to come. It is in your backyard, 252 00:15:32,170 --> 00:15:34,530 not your literal backyard. But you know what I'm talking about. 253 00:15:34,570 --> 00:15:37,170 I was going to bring this up. Tickets go on sale in May. 254 00:15:37,210 --> 00:15:39,720 If you need help getting tickets, let me know. 255 00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:44,000 I will help you figure out where to go. I will need help. Because. 256 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:46,920 I don't do digging on anything. A little bit more now that I 257 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:49,120 have some drive time. It's a lot easier to catch up 258 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:51,360 with you guys. So take care and I hope 259 00:15:51,360 --> 00:15:54,520 everyone's doing well. Cheers. Wait, you don't do what anymore? 260 00:15:54,560 --> 00:15:57,440 Like, I don't, like, do digging on stuff like, oh, 261 00:15:58,200 --> 00:16:00,560 I find something out or like, I'm curious about something. 262 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:04,000 It's like, well, yeah. Like, just to the wayside. Like. 263 00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:07,920 Is it hard to get tickets for this? Like, do they sell out quickly? Yeah. 264 00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:10,680 It's like, uh, one of the most popular beer festivals in the 265 00:16:10,680 --> 00:16:15,200 entire country. Oh, okay. They do video like, you know, 266 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:18,920 Instagram Reels and videos and advertisements for this. 267 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:24,080 And there is a legitimate, like, ribbon cutting to the start of this. 268 00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:28,640 And there is a flood rush of people. It's like the Disneyland rope drop. 269 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:31,120 Yes, that's exactly what it's like. And I'm not kidding. 270 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:37,160 Uh, and tickets sell out within like, an hour of them being live. 271 00:16:37,470 --> 00:16:42,230 It's supposed to be like one of the largest festivals around. 272 00:16:42,230 --> 00:16:45,590 And, uh, everybody talks about it. I just went on their website and 273 00:16:45,590 --> 00:16:48,870 they even have a lottery so you can enter the lottery to get tickets. 274 00:16:48,870 --> 00:16:51,870 So I guess it is pretty fucking popular. It's wild man. 275 00:16:52,070 --> 00:16:55,030 That's nuts. I would love to go. He's told he's told us both, 276 00:16:55,030 --> 00:16:57,830 but he's told me because I'm nowhere near there about it before. 277 00:16:57,830 --> 00:17:01,270 I would love to go. I can't, you know. It was August 9th. 278 00:17:01,270 --> 00:17:04,310 It looks like it's always the first. Uh, I thought it was like the 279 00:17:04,310 --> 00:17:06,470 first weekend in August. Maybe it's the second. 280 00:17:06,470 --> 00:17:10,030 I guess technically it's the second. Brian, I can't commit this early, 281 00:17:10,030 --> 00:17:12,390 but, um, hit me back in a couple of months. 282 00:17:12,390 --> 00:17:14,830 I'll see if I can convince the wife to take a trip to to the 283 00:17:14,830 --> 00:17:18,070 Midwest for something. Yeah, Madison's a cool area, too. 284 00:17:18,590 --> 00:17:21,870 Yeah, and I'll definitely show up if, uh, Flex is gonna show up. 285 00:17:22,710 --> 00:17:28,190 I have vacation time I could use. Mhm. Mhm. Mhm. I could. All right. 286 00:17:28,390 --> 00:17:32,350 I can do some vacation. If you're willing to fly out to 287 00:17:32,390 --> 00:17:37,490 Wisconsin. How do I not. Only if I can squeeze your guns. 288 00:17:38,090 --> 00:17:39,250 Yeah. You know, 289 00:17:39,290 --> 00:17:43,210 it's like a side mirror of a car. It's like objects appear bigger, 290 00:17:43,290 --> 00:17:48,130 you know? Objects in mirror are closer 291 00:17:48,130 --> 00:17:50,130 than they appear. Yeah, that's what I meant. Yeah. 292 00:17:50,410 --> 00:17:51,130 I was like. I was like, 293 00:17:51,130 --> 00:17:54,490 I know that's not quite right, but I can't remember the actual. 294 00:17:55,290 --> 00:17:59,010 It's better than mine. Okay. Yeah. Thanks for calling. 295 00:17:59,330 --> 00:18:01,410 Yeah, it's been a minute, man. Glad to hear you're doing good. 296 00:18:01,450 --> 00:18:05,290 Glad you're back in the beer game. Uh, eight. 5538. Beer. Two. 297 00:18:05,330 --> 00:18:07,090 Three. Three seven. Anybody else wants to call? 298 00:18:07,170 --> 00:18:10,250 It's good to hear from Brian. Let us know what what beer 299 00:18:10,250 --> 00:18:12,570 you're working with. I'm glad he's got a drive time again. 300 00:18:13,010 --> 00:18:16,850 Yeah. Now you can listen to my. My sweet voice. 301 00:18:16,850 --> 00:18:19,170 You do have a nice voice. Oh, stop it. 302 00:18:19,210 --> 00:18:24,410 It ousts mine, like, tenfold. Hello, everybody. Well, I can. 303 00:18:24,410 --> 00:18:28,290 Do that, too. Welcome to the @CraftBeerRepublic. 304 00:18:28,530 --> 00:18:34,570 Welcome to the hillbilly craft beer. Republic of West Virginia, where it's 305 00:18:34,570 --> 00:18:39,600 the world is right in the wilderness. We eat squirrels. And, uh. 306 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:46,600 I think we have beer. Bathtub gin. Yeah. Gross. Stupid West Virginia. 307 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:51,560 I forget what it was. Segway from that? No. 308 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:54,000 I forget what it was. Something on the news said something 309 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:56,600 about West Virginia the other day. And without even knowing what the 310 00:18:56,600 --> 00:19:01,040 story was, I just like stupid West Virginia. It's your fault. 311 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:03,920 It could have been something great. Could have been, you. Know. 312 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:06,000 Stupid. Ass. West Virginia discovered the 313 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:10,040 cure to cancer. Stupid. West Virginia. Stupid. So dumb. 314 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:14,760 I bet they were hiding it for years. Yeah. Oh, fuck. 315 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:17,040 Fucking West Virginia. Speaking of fucking, uh, 316 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:20,800 horrible segue. I have to go to Vegas this weekend. 317 00:19:21,120 --> 00:19:23,280 That's exciting. I guess it's for work. 318 00:19:23,320 --> 00:19:26,360 I've talked about this before. I'm not a huge like. Yeah, Vegas. 319 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:30,240 I'm just old, I think. Uh, my favorite part about Vegas. 320 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:35,550 Like, the Vegas part of Vegas is hitting the strip with some 321 00:19:35,590 --> 00:19:39,990 tallboys in my car goes right on and just people watching. 322 00:19:40,470 --> 00:19:43,590 I do enjoy the people watching. It's good people watching. 323 00:19:43,750 --> 00:19:48,830 I've only been to Vegas once, but the people watching was amazing. 324 00:19:48,870 --> 00:19:52,710 Yeah, we just said at Margaritaville. I know right where that is. 325 00:19:53,030 --> 00:19:57,430 A chip salsa drink. Margs and just watched all of 326 00:19:57,430 --> 00:20:00,910 the street performers. Were you on the balcony like the. 327 00:20:00,950 --> 00:20:04,430 Yeah, that's exactly where we were. Great people watching spot. Yeah. 328 00:20:04,430 --> 00:20:09,190 We got to see, uh, the Lovely Cowgirls. 329 00:20:09,190 --> 00:20:12,830 I guess you would call them. Go on. Except they didn't have shirts on. 330 00:20:12,830 --> 00:20:17,950 They just had painted stuff on their bosoms. I'm here for. It. Yeah. 331 00:20:17,990 --> 00:20:24,990 And, uh, so we were just more so ogling, ogling, ogling. 332 00:20:25,190 --> 00:20:29,030 Either the people that were actually paying them to take pictures. 333 00:20:29,230 --> 00:20:31,710 Oh, you know. That's always a crackup. Yeah, yeah. 334 00:20:31,750 --> 00:20:37,090 Like, that's just like, hey, like it's the boobs, you know. 335 00:20:37,130 --> 00:20:40,130 There's the internet. Right? Right. You know, and it's like, hey, cool. 336 00:20:40,130 --> 00:20:44,450 You got a picture next to chicks with painted boobs, but, you know, 337 00:20:44,490 --> 00:20:47,650 that's all you're paying for, right? You're not getting more than 338 00:20:47,650 --> 00:20:49,650 just the picture. Definitely not getting more than 339 00:20:49,650 --> 00:20:51,810 the picture. Yeah. Were you with your wife when 340 00:20:51,810 --> 00:20:56,170 this was going on? Yeah. Does she get mad at you for watching 341 00:20:56,170 --> 00:20:59,130 the chicks with the painted boobs? No. 342 00:20:59,450 --> 00:21:03,410 Uh, in a situation like that, where it's, like, just out there, 343 00:21:03,810 --> 00:21:06,010 right? No, it's not like. I mean, I mean, she's people 344 00:21:06,010 --> 00:21:09,170 watching right with it, you know? Do you have to do the whole like. 345 00:21:09,210 --> 00:21:12,170 Oh, yeah. How gross. Who would do that? 346 00:21:12,490 --> 00:21:16,970 Uh, maybe I would say it about like a three out of ten level. 347 00:21:18,170 --> 00:21:20,050 Just just like, slip it in real quick. 348 00:21:20,050 --> 00:21:25,530 Like, I can't believe they do that. So. Hey, boobs, huh? Nice paint. 349 00:21:26,170 --> 00:21:28,690 Right? Yeah, yeah. You know what I just reminded? 350 00:21:28,690 --> 00:21:32,920 I need to buy paint, right? Sure. Michael's around here. 351 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:36,960 He's got a craft store. I hate being out of paint. 352 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:41,520 Yeah, I don't want to run out of paint. Have another drink, sweetie. 353 00:21:42,360 --> 00:21:45,160 Oh, well, hopefully I run into some painted boobs while I'm there. 354 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:47,520 I'm going for work. I'm going for a conference. 355 00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:51,640 Uh, NAB conference. And so I probably won't do a lot 356 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:57,280 of fun things. Um. Well, it's a. Work thing, but I feel like your 357 00:21:57,280 --> 00:22:01,400 stuff is only, what, like, 8 to 4? Uh, I think it's like 9 to 6. 358 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:04,000 Something like that. Yeah. Plenty of time for fun things. 359 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:05,400 Yeah, yeah. I mean, you know, my best friend 360 00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:07,720 lives out there. We'll see. I've talked to her a little bit. 361 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:09,600 I don't know if she'll be available. If she is, 362 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:13,440 I'm sure we'll get some drinks, but, uh, I'm like, I'm going for work. 363 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:16,760 But none of my coworkers are going, so, you know, no fun to be had there. 364 00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:19,680 I'm sure I'll run into at least a couple people I know I always do when 365 00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:24,160 I'm at this convention, so we'll see. Sometimes if you schmooze the 366 00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:26,720 right vendors, you get invited to their sweet ass parties. 367 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:28,560 So I guess I should bring something nice to wear. 368 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:32,830 Like, just in case. Maybe. Yeah. Way back in the day, I was dating 369 00:22:32,830 --> 00:22:35,550 someone whose dad was in the industry, and he knew everybody. 370 00:22:35,590 --> 00:22:38,110 And, like, we got to go to a private concert. 371 00:22:38,150 --> 00:22:41,150 We got to go to this party in the kingpin suite. 372 00:22:41,230 --> 00:22:44,070 Was it like a real band private concert? Oh, yeah. 373 00:22:44,070 --> 00:22:48,590 It was, um, Lyle Lovett. Oh, I've heard of him. Yeah. Yeah. 374 00:22:48,590 --> 00:22:51,350 It's not my kind of music, you know, it's country, but it 375 00:22:51,350 --> 00:22:54,390 was like a private concert with, you know, 300, not even 300 people. 376 00:22:54,390 --> 00:22:57,070 So it was pretty cool. Free drinks, free food. 377 00:22:57,070 --> 00:22:59,310 The kingpin suite was cool. This top of the palms. 378 00:22:59,310 --> 00:23:03,590 And it was a bowling alley inside of a giant room. Damn. That's cool. 379 00:23:03,910 --> 00:23:06,470 Yeah, and they had hired back to your painted boob. 380 00:23:06,470 --> 00:23:11,390 They had hired chicks with painted on tops to pass out appetizers. 381 00:23:11,430 --> 00:23:14,510 Well, there you go. Yeah, that wasn't so bad. 382 00:23:14,790 --> 00:23:18,790 That's genius. I always had a genius business idea 383 00:23:18,790 --> 00:23:24,830 of, uh, like a topless, uh, pedicure. Like a nail salon. Mhm, mhm. 384 00:23:24,870 --> 00:23:29,900 You know, I just think that would be, uh, You know, I would go. Yeah. 385 00:23:30,140 --> 00:23:34,940 You know, my buddy, uh, used to live in Utah, near ish Salt Lake. 386 00:23:34,980 --> 00:23:39,060 You know, like, half hour to Salt Lake. And they had this place. 387 00:23:39,060 --> 00:23:44,300 It was bikini haircuts. I was like, in Salt Lake. Huh? 388 00:23:44,340 --> 00:23:46,300 It was just. It was exactly what it sounds like. 389 00:23:46,300 --> 00:23:48,780 Chicks in bikinis, giving haircuts. Obviously, 390 00:23:48,780 --> 00:23:51,820 my hair is not hard to cut, so I don't care if people mess it up. 391 00:23:51,820 --> 00:23:55,540 Just give it the old buzzard. Roosky. So I went in there and sure enough, 392 00:23:55,540 --> 00:23:58,980 there was some pretty good looking chicks wearing bikinis, cutting hair. 393 00:23:59,020 --> 00:24:01,380 Got myself a little haircut. And you know, 394 00:24:01,380 --> 00:24:04,900 when you're in places like Utah, it does not hurt to be from LA. 395 00:24:06,420 --> 00:24:08,420 It holds a little weight. Or at least it used to. 396 00:24:08,980 --> 00:24:12,700 Okay, I could understand that. Yeah, I didn't I didn't think it 397 00:24:12,700 --> 00:24:13,820 was a big deal. They're like, oh my God, 398 00:24:13,820 --> 00:24:16,940 you're from LA. Like yeah, get drinks later and talk 399 00:24:16,940 --> 00:24:22,940 about it. It's like going to Japan. Like I'm a legend in Japan, you know? 400 00:24:23,140 --> 00:24:26,620 Right. I'm huge in Japan, so. Exactly. Yeah. Um. 401 00:24:26,620 --> 00:24:30,800 But yeah, yeah. Good times. So don't quote me on this, okay? 402 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:35,200 Because I can't remember where I saw it or where it is, but there's, 403 00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:40,440 uh, this little coffee shop, and it's run by, like, three chicks, 404 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:44,360 and it is just a drive through and. These before. 405 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:49,480 And they just have, like, uh, tassels or, uh, pasties. Yes. 406 00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:52,760 And they just have pasties on their bosoms. Yeah, they're used to. 407 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:54,040 It's not there anymore, unfortunately. 408 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:56,400 There used to be one in Colorado Springs. 409 00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:58,840 And every time I'd go visit my family, I'd go run through, 410 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:02,000 get a couple cups of coffee if, uh, if you know what I mean. 411 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:06,280 Just wild. Yeah. Uh, there was one. I think it was Seattle that I was, 412 00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:09,280 and there was, there was like a bikini, coffee or topless coffee, 413 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:11,160 whatever it was. And, um, 414 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:13,760 hit that up while I was there. It's been years and years and years. 415 00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:16,040 But, yeah, I've seen a couple of those here and there. 416 00:25:16,360 --> 00:25:19,200 Yeah, I've only seen them, uh, on shows or something like that, 417 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:22,000 but yeah, it's a real thing. Yeah. Coffees. Uh. 418 00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:25,630 Imagine doing, like, a drive through coffee and just having, like, 419 00:25:25,630 --> 00:25:30,990 a sock on your dong, you know. Sir, do you always drive with 420 00:25:30,990 --> 00:25:35,510 this pillow on your lap? Yeah. I don't think that's as, uh, 421 00:25:35,550 --> 00:25:42,990 appeasing as chicks with pasties or pasties or tassels or bikinis, 422 00:25:42,990 --> 00:25:46,990 but, yeah, it could be called, like, Sock Dong coffee or something. 423 00:25:47,030 --> 00:25:50,350 Like something like, just put it out there, like, 424 00:25:50,350 --> 00:25:54,670 don't even don't sugarcoat it. Just be blunt. Yeah. 425 00:25:54,670 --> 00:25:56,550 What do they call I forget what they call it in the movies, 426 00:25:56,550 --> 00:25:59,590 when guys have to wear a little covering on their junk for, like, 427 00:25:59,590 --> 00:26:02,510 a sex scene. There's a name for it. I'm gonna remember it. 428 00:26:02,510 --> 00:26:06,070 Like, as soon as we stop recording the show now, 429 00:26:06,470 --> 00:26:10,310 I'll come back to it. Oh, no. I think I'm gonna buy the trademark 430 00:26:10,310 --> 00:26:14,510 for Sock Dong Coffee.com after this. I think you should. And, uh. 431 00:26:15,630 --> 00:26:20,910 Yeah, I think I'm gonna take a loan out soon. Start your own coffee shop. 432 00:26:22,190 --> 00:26:26,940 Sock Dong. Coffee? Yeah. Would you like it stirred? 433 00:26:27,180 --> 00:26:35,620 No shoes, no shirt, no problem. What a great tagline. That is great. 434 00:26:35,660 --> 00:26:38,460 Although I don't know if you could be barefoot while serving coffee. 435 00:26:38,460 --> 00:26:41,300 I don't know what the regulations are. You know what? 436 00:26:41,300 --> 00:26:43,700 No one's looking at your feet. And if they are, they're fucking 437 00:26:43,700 --> 00:26:49,700 creepy. I get it. All right. Maybe sock feet and sock dongs, but. 438 00:26:51,780 --> 00:26:55,620 Socks, coffee. All we wear is socks. The feet cost extra. 439 00:26:55,660 --> 00:27:01,500 How about that? Oh, yeah. I'm out. I'm out with feet. Not for me. 440 00:27:02,340 --> 00:27:06,060 Oh, I'm a disgusting human being. But feet are not for me. 441 00:27:06,100 --> 00:27:09,220 It doesn't bother me at all. Oh. I don't I don't have, like, 442 00:27:09,220 --> 00:27:12,220 a kink, but I'm just like, everybody has feet. So. 443 00:27:12,580 --> 00:27:15,340 Yeah, you know, it's one of those things where it's like, 444 00:27:15,380 --> 00:27:18,380 you know, whatever. Oh, yeah. I don't want my partners to be 445 00:27:18,380 --> 00:27:20,620 wearing socks in bed or something like that, but like. 446 00:27:20,660 --> 00:27:24,210 Yeah, isn't that weird? Yeah, there is absolutely zero 447 00:27:24,250 --> 00:27:28,170 turn on around feet for me no matter what those feet are doing. 448 00:27:28,490 --> 00:27:32,530 Uh, not at all in the slightest turned on by that. Yeah. 449 00:27:32,530 --> 00:27:37,770 And if you are cool. As Deb says, no kink shaming in 450 00:27:37,770 --> 00:27:43,610 this house. Poop stuff. Poop stuff. My favorite. Yeah. It's a legend. 451 00:27:43,650 --> 00:27:47,130 She really is. Great line to live by. Uh, all right, before we get on 452 00:27:47,130 --> 00:27:50,170 to some news, let's get on to what Flex is drinking over there. 453 00:27:50,410 --> 00:27:55,570 In a world where craft beer is king, a world where muscles are bigger 454 00:27:55,570 --> 00:27:59,170 than growlers, only one tongue can guide us. 455 00:27:59,370 --> 00:28:04,370 One man, one tongue, one Tongue-jobber. 456 00:28:05,170 --> 00:28:11,210 In this world, we must find out what is Flex drinking? 457 00:28:12,690 --> 00:28:15,130 All right, so I talked a couple of weeks ago about having a 458 00:28:15,250 --> 00:28:18,130 buddy over for some of the March Madness games. Oh, yeah. 459 00:28:18,370 --> 00:28:21,550 And I bought him a stout because I knew he liked stouts. 460 00:28:21,590 --> 00:28:27,350 And, uh, I had one lying around in my fridge because, uh, we're recording a 461 00:28:27,350 --> 00:28:32,670 couple days early work schedule kind of got in the way, and I got lazy, 462 00:28:32,670 --> 00:28:38,630 so I didn't go out and buy any beer. So I'm drinking Energy City Brewing. 463 00:28:39,350 --> 00:28:43,390 Um, I don't know how to pronounce this French word Batisserie. 464 00:28:43,910 --> 00:28:51,030 Batisserie Batisserie. Sure, sure. Uh, it's their peanut butter 465 00:28:51,030 --> 00:28:58,030 marshmallow imperial stout. Uh, this thing weighs in at 10% ABV, 466 00:28:58,830 --> 00:29:01,710 and I believe it has peanut butter and marshmallow in it. 467 00:29:02,070 --> 00:29:06,870 Untappd has it at A415 with only 260 ratings. 468 00:29:07,390 --> 00:29:10,870 And, uh, they read uh, Imperial Pastry Stout, 469 00:29:10,870 --> 00:29:12,670 brewed with peanut butter and marshmallows. So I was correct. 470 00:29:12,670 --> 00:29:15,230 It does have peanut butter and marshmallows in it. There you go. 471 00:29:15,390 --> 00:29:22,340 Uh, on the old schnauzer. It is. Uh, 472 00:29:22,340 --> 00:29:26,540 it smells like fresh peanut butter. Like, not not Skippy peanut butter, 473 00:29:26,540 --> 00:29:30,220 but, like, super duper fresh. Like the good stuff. Like organic. 474 00:29:30,220 --> 00:29:33,380 Like peanut. Like Laura Scudder's. Made from, like peanut. 475 00:29:33,420 --> 00:29:36,580 Actual peanuts. Peanut. And then buttered. 476 00:29:36,700 --> 00:29:39,980 Um, but yeah, it's it's delicious. First of all. 477 00:29:40,020 --> 00:29:42,500 And, uh, in case anybody's listening right now. 478 00:29:42,540 --> 00:29:45,180 Yeah, I'm drinking a stout. It's real. This is. 479 00:29:45,220 --> 00:29:46,500 You're not dreaming. It's a real show. 480 00:29:46,500 --> 00:29:50,100 I'm drinking a stout. Uh, it doesn't happen often, 481 00:29:50,100 --> 00:29:59,020 but, uh, thought I'd dabble. So without further ado. Oh. 482 00:29:59,380 --> 00:30:01,420 So this isn't as thick as you would think it would be. 483 00:30:01,620 --> 00:30:05,860 It's not what she said. Being a 10% adjunct peanut 484 00:30:05,860 --> 00:30:08,220 butter marshmallow. Maybe it's just flavoring. 485 00:30:08,220 --> 00:30:11,860 I don't know, I didn't brew it. Um, but it does have, like, 486 00:30:11,860 --> 00:30:17,020 a bit of, like a medium body. Okay. Uh, tons of peanut butter. 487 00:30:17,220 --> 00:30:22,250 Like loads of peanut butter with a touch of sweetness on the back end, 488 00:30:22,290 --> 00:30:24,370 which I would attest to the marshmallow. 489 00:30:24,410 --> 00:30:28,210 I'm not a scientist, but that's what I would. Uh, my mind goes. 490 00:30:29,650 --> 00:30:34,610 All in all, this is fantastic. Um, there's no roasty bitterness 491 00:30:34,610 --> 00:30:40,210 to the end of this, and I really, really, uh, am not into that. 492 00:30:40,930 --> 00:30:45,770 So with this smooth kind of finish, I'm super, super pleased with this. 493 00:30:45,970 --> 00:30:50,010 Would drink again. The 415I would say is right there. 494 00:30:50,010 --> 00:30:54,090 I would say, you know, 41542 super solid rating. 495 00:30:54,370 --> 00:31:00,130 And uh, I think if I this is my second energy brewing beer, 496 00:31:00,130 --> 00:31:05,290 I think I got like a pumpkin pie for a Thanksgiving a three years ago. 497 00:31:05,650 --> 00:31:09,050 And that was really good. Um, but they're really, really 498 00:31:09,050 --> 00:31:13,010 known for their adjunct stouts. They're over fruited sours or 499 00:31:13,050 --> 00:31:17,360 over adjunct sours. And I don't do that a lot, but shit, 500 00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:20,800 this fucking tastes delicious. So cheers to them. 501 00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:24,120 I've been trying to look up how to pronounce that word. 502 00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:27,240 Yeah, and I'm pretty sure it's just not a real word. 503 00:31:28,280 --> 00:31:30,360 It's like French or something, right? Yeah, well, it keeps trying to, 504 00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:33,640 you know, it's Batisserie or whatever with a B, as in, boy, 505 00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:38,320 it keeps trying to autocorrect and change it to P Batisserie and 506 00:31:38,320 --> 00:31:41,560 I'm like, no, no, it's with a B. And every time I tell it like no, 507 00:31:41,560 --> 00:31:46,040 only B, it just only finds the beer and nothing else. Oh yeah. 508 00:31:46,080 --> 00:31:48,760 Because isn't like the, the patisserie like, uh, like a 509 00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:52,360 pastry, like cafe. Like a, like. A pastry shop or something. 510 00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:55,640 Yeah. Isn't that what that is? That sounds right, I don't. 511 00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:58,800 Sure. Why not? I don't know, I'm not a scientist, 512 00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:02,680 so I don't know. Right. Yes. A patisserie or however it's 513 00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:04,920 supposed to be said. A shop where French pastries and 514 00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:07,760 cakes are sold. So yes, you are correct on that, 515 00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:11,440 but, uh, cannot find the B version. Well, maybe it's a made up word then. 516 00:32:11,720 --> 00:32:14,600 It must be. Like it's like a beer cafe. 517 00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:18,940 Maybe it looks like it's a whole line because, uh, from a few years ago. 518 00:32:18,940 --> 00:32:22,980 Here's Tavour posting about it. I did look it up on Untappd, and 519 00:32:22,980 --> 00:32:25,620 there's a shit ton of this series. Yeah, it's a chocolate covered 520 00:32:25,620 --> 00:32:29,900 orange from a few years ago, so, uh. It sounds delicious. Oh, really? 521 00:32:29,940 --> 00:32:32,460 It sounds awful to me. Oh, no. There used to be this candy 522 00:32:32,460 --> 00:32:36,380 during Christmas. Uh, and it was spherically sold 523 00:32:36,380 --> 00:32:39,700 spherically. And then you would unwrap the sphere 524 00:32:39,740 --> 00:32:43,380 shaped candy, and it would be in separate wedges, like an orange. 525 00:32:44,020 --> 00:32:46,380 And then you would unwrap each wedge separately and eat it. 526 00:32:46,380 --> 00:32:48,620 And it was fucking delicious. It was like orange flavored 527 00:32:48,620 --> 00:32:51,980 chocolate. Yeah. I'm out. That's a that's a no for me. 528 00:32:52,780 --> 00:32:55,140 It's like the new Coke that came out recently. 529 00:32:55,420 --> 00:32:58,100 It's like the orange Creme Coke. Oh, God. 530 00:32:58,140 --> 00:33:00,820 I haven't bought it, but I really want to try it 531 00:33:00,820 --> 00:33:04,420 because I think it would be good. Sounds horrible. You know what? 532 00:33:04,420 --> 00:33:09,220 Let's try it. All right. Coke science sounds like something 533 00:33:09,220 --> 00:33:13,780 else. That's also. Yeah. That's a very different show. 534 00:33:14,050 --> 00:33:15,930 Not a Coke show. Yeah. Hey, everybody, 535 00:33:15,930 --> 00:33:19,970 welcome to @CraftBeerRepublic. I'm Greg, that's Flex. 536 00:33:20,410 --> 00:33:25,730 Our 50 minute show turns into 50s, right? Oh, man. 537 00:33:25,770 --> 00:33:28,490 We finished a show like. Whew! That was a long one today. 538 00:33:28,490 --> 00:33:33,930 What do we got? 215 okay. Oh, man. We could record so many shows in 539 00:33:33,930 --> 00:33:40,090 one night. All the. Shows. Oh. Oh, that's so fucking good. 540 00:33:40,290 --> 00:33:45,570 How the fuck did we make out the whole year? Tonight, man. We are. 541 00:33:51,250 --> 00:33:57,570 Ready for one. More year to year to. 2027. 542 00:33:57,570 --> 00:34:01,810 Here we go. All the beer we drank. By the time the show releases, 543 00:34:01,810 --> 00:34:04,930 it's sold out. Brilliant. Yeah, we should do. 544 00:34:04,930 --> 00:34:07,170 That'd be a fun, fun thing to do. Hey, let's drink a beer. 545 00:34:07,170 --> 00:34:09,850 Release it three years later and see if it's still relevant. 546 00:34:11,050 --> 00:34:15,240 Uh, let's do a little news. This is some breaking news out here. 547 00:34:15,240 --> 00:34:19,640 Stone Distributing and Classic Beverage has been acquired by 548 00:34:19,640 --> 00:34:23,440 hand family companies. We were just talking about Stone 549 00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:26,040 distribution, I think with Erica a week or two ago. 550 00:34:26,080 --> 00:34:30,000 Yeah, I do remember this vaguely because I don't remember anything. 551 00:34:30,040 --> 00:34:32,160 Right. And you know, like out here they 552 00:34:32,160 --> 00:34:35,520 distribute obviously, you know, Stone and whatnot, but they were 553 00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:40,360 separate from the sale of stone. They distribute integrin made west. 554 00:34:40,760 --> 00:34:43,480 Um, Tarantula Hill, this is all local. Stuff, right? 555 00:34:43,520 --> 00:34:46,000 Good stuff. Yeah. They seem to pick and choose and they 556 00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:49,440 pick the good stuff to distribute. And also people who can keep up with 557 00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:53,040 the demand in their production. And anyway, so they've sold now 558 00:34:53,040 --> 00:34:57,920 they are no longer independent. I guess they are owned by hand family 559 00:34:57,920 --> 00:35:01,320 companies, whoever the hell that is. Transaction is expected to close 560 00:35:01,320 --> 00:35:04,640 around 60 days. It goes on and on with details from 561 00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:08,200 their press release, but I don't think people really care about that. 562 00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:10,880 But yeah, it's interesting to see what happens. 563 00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:14,260 I wonder, I sort of want to talk to, like, immigrant guys and see, like, 564 00:35:14,260 --> 00:35:20,180 hey, does this mean anything for you? Are you guys worried or. Yeah. 565 00:35:20,540 --> 00:35:24,580 Kind of, I guess. That's super weird. Yeah. 566 00:35:24,620 --> 00:35:28,460 So some some breaking local news. Uh, breaking news in Colorado. 567 00:35:28,460 --> 00:35:32,260 Great Divide just this week, a couple days ago, was acquired 568 00:35:32,660 --> 00:35:36,620 by a Wilding brands platform. Great Divide one of the, you know, 569 00:35:36,900 --> 00:35:39,700 for runners of craft beer. They've been around. 570 00:35:39,700 --> 00:35:43,820 For I think maybe I've had one of their beers before. Oh, really? Yeah. 571 00:35:43,820 --> 00:35:48,060 We get a fairly decent, uh, core lineup of Great Divide out 572 00:35:48,060 --> 00:35:51,220 here in California. And then every time I'm in Denver, 573 00:35:51,220 --> 00:35:55,740 I always have them somewhere, if not at the brewery itself. So, uh. 574 00:35:56,060 --> 00:35:57,900 Anyways, they were bought by Wild Brands. 575 00:35:57,900 --> 00:36:01,260 Platform Great Divide has been acquired by the parent company 576 00:36:01,260 --> 00:36:04,620 of Stem ciders, Denver Beer Co and several other brands. 577 00:36:04,660 --> 00:36:06,980 Great Divide founder Brian Dunn said in a press release that the 578 00:36:06,980 --> 00:36:10,650 dedication to evolving the business and passion for Colorado make Wilding 579 00:36:10,650 --> 00:36:13,290 and Great Divide a perfect match. I couldn't be happier knowing 580 00:36:13,330 --> 00:36:16,330 that Eric, Charlie, and Brad will be carrying the torch forward. 581 00:36:16,610 --> 00:36:22,010 The deal for Great Divide includes six Taprooms any future brick and 582 00:36:22,010 --> 00:36:25,170 mortar locations, which is weird. It's like, well, yeah, 583 00:36:25,170 --> 00:36:27,170 you own the place. Why wouldn't you have rights to 584 00:36:27,210 --> 00:36:31,570 the future location, right? Uh Great Divide operates outpost in 585 00:36:31,570 --> 00:36:36,450 Denver's Ball Park and River North neighborhoods in the city's Lakewood, 586 00:36:36,450 --> 00:36:41,130 Castle Rock and Lone Tree suburbs, and concourse C at Denver 587 00:36:41,130 --> 00:36:45,050 International Airport. I've been to two of those locations. 588 00:36:45,610 --> 00:36:47,690 Okay. Wilding Can Works production 589 00:36:47,690 --> 00:36:50,130 facility in Denver. Sunnyside neighborhood will assume 590 00:36:50,130 --> 00:36:53,810 production of the Great Divide portfolio, but the status of Great 591 00:36:53,810 --> 00:36:57,050 Divide production relationship with Dry Dock Brewing remains unclear. 592 00:36:57,490 --> 00:37:00,770 So Great Divide had already started contracting out their 593 00:37:00,770 --> 00:37:05,330 beer to dry dock. But now that probably won't be 594 00:37:05,330 --> 00:37:06,730 the case. I guess we'll find out in the 595 00:37:06,730 --> 00:37:11,920 coming days or weeks. So lots of, uh, 596 00:37:11,960 --> 00:37:16,280 shakeups in the craft world. Yeah, it's, uh, a lot of selling. 597 00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:20,480 A lot of buying. Yeah. Uh, founders, those ass fucks. Yeah. 598 00:37:20,520 --> 00:37:24,160 I still can't drink their beer. No, because, um, they're assholes 599 00:37:24,160 --> 00:37:27,560 and their beers grow, so it's. It's a win win for not drinking 600 00:37:27,560 --> 00:37:31,360 their beer. Um, they were partially owned by 601 00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:34,120 Mahou-san Miguel. Anyways, they've completed the 602 00:37:34,120 --> 00:37:38,440 rest of their acquisition. They took over a 90% stake in the 603 00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:42,680 Michigan Craft, Craft and Quotes Brewery following the 2014 deal 604 00:37:42,680 --> 00:37:47,120 for a 30% stake in the business. Mahou USA is the 20th largest 605 00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:52,120 beer category vendor in Sakana tracked off premise channels with 606 00:37:52,120 --> 00:37:59,640 $14.4 million in sales, holding a 0.25% share of category dollars. 607 00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:03,000 It's a lot of words and a lot of numbers. A lot of words and numbers. 608 00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:06,960 I'm sure somebody out there is like, oh, interesting. And I'm it's not us. 609 00:38:07,510 --> 00:38:10,510 Yeah, just not us. Uh, last year, they. Excuse me. 610 00:38:10,550 --> 00:38:15,470 2023, they produced 408,000, almost 409,000 barrels of beer just 611 00:38:15,470 --> 00:38:20,110 at founders alone, making a lot of beer. It's a ton of beer. Yeah. 612 00:38:20,750 --> 00:38:25,350 People still buying it, I guess. That's too bad. Yeah, it's not me. 613 00:38:25,990 --> 00:38:29,590 Um, and then continuing on this trend, Anderson Valley Brewery 614 00:38:30,470 --> 00:38:35,590 sold to wine industry veteran. Oh, he must be classy. Uh. 615 00:38:36,750 --> 00:38:38,390 I don't know. Anderson Valley just sounds like 616 00:38:38,390 --> 00:38:41,550 a classy name. It does. Right. Like, let me just put that out there. 617 00:38:41,550 --> 00:38:46,190 So I feel like this purchase only makes sense. Yeah, yeah. 618 00:38:46,230 --> 00:38:51,110 Kind of par for the course, right? Like they know what they're doing. 619 00:38:51,150 --> 00:38:54,630 Yeah, clearly Anderson Valley Brewing Company has changed hands for 620 00:38:54,630 --> 00:38:58,270 the second time in a little bit. More than five years, wine industry 621 00:38:58,270 --> 00:39:02,070 entrepreneur entrepreneur Jason McConnell acquired the Boonville, 622 00:39:02,070 --> 00:39:05,950 California based craft brewery in a deal that closed last Tuesday. 623 00:39:06,290 --> 00:39:10,370 Also, Boonville is like the opposite of classy sounding. Ah. 624 00:39:11,370 --> 00:39:14,010 It just made me think of like Boone Farms. Right? 625 00:39:14,370 --> 00:39:18,770 Which is like the $2 bottles of wine. So, yeah, maybe not as classy. 626 00:39:18,810 --> 00:39:24,010 As we were. Letting. On. Yeah. Maybe not. Yeah. Kind of evens out. 627 00:39:24,210 --> 00:39:28,970 Uh, the brewery was listed for sale at $7.9 million in September of 24. 628 00:39:29,010 --> 00:39:31,890 However, its sale price was not disclosed. 629 00:39:32,090 --> 00:39:36,610 McGee told Brewbound that Jason actually approached me in mid 2024, 630 00:39:36,810 --> 00:39:39,450 when he heard the rumor that the brewery might be for sale. 631 00:39:39,490 --> 00:39:42,130 He had previously had a winery in the area and did a lot of 632 00:39:42,130 --> 00:39:45,170 events and hospitality, and was interested in the possibilities 633 00:39:45,170 --> 00:39:48,530 that the beer park had to offer. He's a local guy, in a good fit 634 00:39:48,530 --> 00:39:51,170 and is retaining all the staff, which was really important to us. 635 00:39:51,170 --> 00:39:55,410 That's nice to hear. That is nice. There's no reason to fire everybody 636 00:39:55,410 --> 00:39:58,730 and get new staff. Right? They know what's going on and glad 637 00:39:58,730 --> 00:40:01,810 everybody gets to keep their job. Don't have to train anybody. 638 00:40:01,850 --> 00:40:05,040 Training's the worst. Oh, it's the fucking worst. 639 00:40:05,080 --> 00:40:06,560 What I hate about bringing new people on, it's. 640 00:40:06,560 --> 00:40:09,120 Like, oh, it's the pits, man. I gotta pretend it'd be nice to 641 00:40:09,120 --> 00:40:13,360 you now. That is the worst part. So pretending to be nice and 642 00:40:13,360 --> 00:40:16,640 then like, you have to feel that person out because you're like, 643 00:40:16,680 --> 00:40:21,720 all right, like, I'm a cool guy with a dark sense of humor, right? 644 00:40:21,880 --> 00:40:24,960 And I'm really satirical and sarcastic. 645 00:40:25,720 --> 00:40:29,640 Can you handle all of this? And I gotta process this within, 646 00:40:29,640 --> 00:40:32,040 like, the first two minutes of meeting somebody, right? 647 00:40:32,080 --> 00:40:33,800 And then throughout, like, that first day, you're just 648 00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:37,160 dropping little, little nuggets, little breadcrumbs. Oh, yeah. Yeah. 649 00:40:37,200 --> 00:40:41,920 Let's see. Does he look offended? Not yet. All right. One further. 650 00:40:41,920 --> 00:40:44,160 Does he look offended? And then you can figure out whether 651 00:40:44,160 --> 00:40:47,240 or not they're going to be like, okay. Right. 652 00:40:47,280 --> 00:40:49,640 Are you gonna fit in around here? Right. 653 00:40:49,800 --> 00:40:52,960 And there may be potential if they are okay, but it only takes about 654 00:40:52,960 --> 00:40:56,040 2 to 3 minutes to figure that out. Yeah, it's pretty quick. 655 00:40:56,080 --> 00:40:58,760 Yeah, I'll give you that. I hired a lot of people in my day, 656 00:40:58,800 --> 00:41:02,160 and you can tell pretty quick. Worked with a lot of people in 657 00:41:02,160 --> 00:41:07,030 my day. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Um, thanks to Scott for sending 658 00:41:07,030 --> 00:41:12,830 this one over. Thank you. Scott. Corona has opened a private 659 00:41:12,830 --> 00:41:15,590 island in the Caribbean that offers unlimited free beer. 660 00:41:16,510 --> 00:41:18,590 Unfortunately, all that free beer is corona. 661 00:41:19,110 --> 00:41:21,550 There's a tropical island off the coast of Colombia called 662 00:41:21,550 --> 00:41:24,550 Corona Island, and it just opened to the public. 663 00:41:24,790 --> 00:41:28,070 And the one and only thing you need to know staying there comes with 664 00:41:28,070 --> 00:41:31,990 unlimited Corona beer. I'm out. Corona Island is about 12 miles 665 00:41:31,990 --> 00:41:38,190 southwest of Cartagena. Yeah, it's exactly right. 666 00:41:38,190 --> 00:41:40,750 You've heard of that one, right? Yeah. That's how you say it. Yeah. 667 00:41:40,790 --> 00:41:45,710 And as a part of the Rosario Islands, basically the Maldives of Colombia. 668 00:41:45,950 --> 00:41:48,110 But if the Maldives had an insane amount of cold beer. 669 00:41:48,150 --> 00:41:53,150 Does that mean they're cheap? No, we'll get to that. Oh, damn. 670 00:41:53,310 --> 00:41:56,550 Colombia sounds like a cheap place. Well. Colombia. Yes. 671 00:41:57,030 --> 00:41:59,430 Well, it's the Maldives of Colombia. It's gotta be cheap, right? 672 00:41:59,470 --> 00:42:04,020 Well, here you go. The bungalows will run you $658 673 00:42:04,060 --> 00:42:08,140 a night. That's a lot. And the all inclusive day passes are 674 00:42:08,180 --> 00:42:15,740 163 bucks. Oh, does it look nice? Well, I mean, it looks very tropical. 675 00:42:15,740 --> 00:42:18,260 It's a very small island in the middle of the Bahamas. 676 00:42:18,260 --> 00:42:20,260 Because I tell you what. Here. So what was it you said? 677 00:42:20,260 --> 00:42:24,300 $600 a night and 188 a night. 163 a day. 678 00:42:24,340 --> 00:42:28,060 So we're talking 800 bucks a night? Well, I think the 163 is if 679 00:42:28,060 --> 00:42:30,140 you're not staying the night, like, if you want to just come to 680 00:42:30,140 --> 00:42:34,180 the island and have all you can drink and then go home at sunset, 681 00:42:34,180 --> 00:42:38,220 I think that's what the 163 is, which I'm like for 163 bucks, 682 00:42:38,380 --> 00:42:40,740 I could do a lot of damage. I don't think you know how much 683 00:42:40,740 --> 00:42:44,820 I can drink, especially fucking 4.5% Corona, right? 684 00:42:45,060 --> 00:42:47,460 But also, I'm gonna pass on the corona. 685 00:42:48,340 --> 00:42:50,380 Well, here's what I don't know. I'm just trying to think in, 686 00:42:50,420 --> 00:42:57,140 like, a general vacation spot. Like, I mean, in a vacation mindset. 687 00:42:57,140 --> 00:42:59,260 I just went to Chicago. I also left that out. 688 00:42:59,300 --> 00:43:03,560 Um, went to Chicago for a day. Lakers were in town playing the 689 00:43:03,560 --> 00:43:06,800 Bulls. Oh, nice. There was a huge crowd of people out 690 00:43:06,800 --> 00:43:10,320 in the street, down from our hotel, at the other hotel there, 691 00:43:10,320 --> 00:43:13,960 waiting for all the Lakers to come out and saw LeBron. Not a big deal. 692 00:43:14,240 --> 00:43:18,640 Um. But did you get his autograph? So we're at the. 693 00:43:18,800 --> 00:43:21,000 No, he didn't even look at the crowd. I thought it was kind of rude. 694 00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:22,680 He just kept his head down and got on the bus. 695 00:43:23,800 --> 00:43:27,240 So anyways, later that night, we're back in our hotel room, 696 00:43:27,240 --> 00:43:30,840 and I was just like, you know what? I'm gonna fucking Google that hotel. 697 00:43:31,440 --> 00:43:34,240 Like, it's gotta be a really nice hotel if this is where, 698 00:43:34,280 --> 00:43:38,040 like, the teams stay. So I did, 699 00:43:38,920 --> 00:43:45,760 and it was $1,300 a night. Mhm. For just like a regular room 700 00:43:45,920 --> 00:43:47,920 whatever. Like their standard room was suite 701 00:43:47,920 --> 00:43:53,440 whatever you want to call it. Um, so I would 100% pay this money 702 00:43:54,040 --> 00:43:59,120 to go to the Maldives of Colombia. I'm just gonna say that on a 703 00:43:59,150 --> 00:44:01,230 vacation. You just like saying the Maldives of 704 00:44:01,230 --> 00:44:05,110 Colombia. I don't even say it right. I will say so. 705 00:44:05,150 --> 00:44:08,190 There was one person's review on this article. 706 00:44:08,230 --> 00:44:10,550 It says from someone who apparently just stayed there commenting 707 00:44:10,550 --> 00:44:13,230 with his five star review. I was on the first overnight 708 00:44:13,270 --> 00:44:18,550 trip there. We stayed a week. I drank 155 Coronas. It was magical. 709 00:44:21,470 --> 00:44:25,070 I don't like the beer, but I respect this comment so much. 710 00:44:25,550 --> 00:44:29,190 I respect the game. That is amazing. Yeah, it makes me wish I sort of 711 00:44:29,230 --> 00:44:32,150 liked Coronas. I just never, ever have. 712 00:44:32,190 --> 00:44:35,710 It's just. It's snobbery. I never liked them. It's. 713 00:44:36,190 --> 00:44:39,950 I'm telling you, I don't understand why people like it. 714 00:44:40,630 --> 00:44:45,950 If you're gonna drink like a Mexican import. Pacifico. Modelo. Yeah. 715 00:44:45,990 --> 00:44:50,150 Dos Equis. Dos equis. Even, like. I'll. I'll fucking drink that. 716 00:44:50,190 --> 00:44:55,070 Yeah. Over. Corona. Absolutely. And for people who order it because 717 00:44:55,070 --> 00:44:59,020 they like it is fucking astounding. Lose my number. 718 00:44:59,060 --> 00:45:04,380 Like it has to be based off of. Like their marketing in the late 719 00:45:04,380 --> 00:45:07,860 90s early 2000. Must be some big Tony Romo fans, 720 00:45:07,900 --> 00:45:10,100 you know. And then yeah, like the Tony Romo 721 00:45:10,100 --> 00:45:14,780 era. That was a couple of years ago. And uh, man, Snoop Dogg I think 722 00:45:14,780 --> 00:45:17,300 was in some Corona commercials. And I'm sure. 723 00:45:17,340 --> 00:45:21,260 Snoop and Martha or something. No, I think it was just, uh, it was a 724 00:45:21,260 --> 00:45:24,100 comedian. Oh, it was Andy Samberg. Andy samberg. There you go. 725 00:45:24,260 --> 00:45:26,740 Yeah, those are good commercials. Still don't want to drink the beer. 726 00:45:27,620 --> 00:45:31,180 Right? Because it's terrible beer. It's terrible. 727 00:45:31,300 --> 00:45:35,900 In fact, it's so bad that back in the day when my grandma was still around, 728 00:45:35,900 --> 00:45:41,940 her husband preferred Corona. And she would call it piss water. 729 00:45:43,300 --> 00:45:45,420 What a lovely lady. Yeah, it was great. 730 00:45:45,420 --> 00:45:48,580 My grandma, who didn't even really drink, was like, oh, you want another 731 00:45:48,580 --> 00:45:51,260 piss water? Let me get you one. If she was still alive, I'd marry 732 00:45:51,300 --> 00:45:54,100 her. I just want you to know that. Well, I appreciate that. 733 00:45:54,580 --> 00:45:58,090 Be weird having a crush on my step grandpa, though. Well, you know. 734 00:45:58,330 --> 00:46:04,930 We'll figure it. Out. 2025 Greg. Nobody can judge. Nobody can judge. 735 00:46:05,250 --> 00:46:08,210 Uh, let's end it on this one. Take a trip to Florida. 736 00:46:09,010 --> 00:46:12,010 Sounds about right. Yeah. Miami. Woman. 737 00:46:12,250 --> 00:46:15,650 Oh, by the way, this is from Vanessa. Vanessa. Vanessa. Yeah. 738 00:46:15,650 --> 00:46:18,090 Thanks for sending this in. But she doesn't think we have 739 00:46:18,090 --> 00:46:20,610 enough Florida stories, so she started sending them to me. 740 00:46:20,970 --> 00:46:23,410 Straight from the source. Or she just knows that we're 741 00:46:23,410 --> 00:46:24,930 gonna put one on. So she's like, well, 742 00:46:25,050 --> 00:46:28,010 I might as well be for me, right? Might as well filter it through. 743 00:46:28,450 --> 00:46:32,570 Uh, Miami woman steals police car after a night of drinks with an off 744 00:46:32,610 --> 00:46:38,290 duty officer. With an off duty. Wait, she steals a cop car with 745 00:46:38,290 --> 00:46:42,450 an off duty officer. From an off duty officer? 746 00:46:42,490 --> 00:46:45,410 Oh, from why is an off duty officer have a squad? 747 00:46:47,570 --> 00:46:51,170 Let's see if we find out. All right. A Miami woman is facing multiple 748 00:46:51,170 --> 00:46:54,450 felony charges after allegedly breaking into an off duty police 749 00:46:54,450 --> 00:46:58,110 officer's apartment, stealing his unmarked patrol vehicle 750 00:46:58,430 --> 00:47:02,830 and striking him with a phone. According to the Miami-Dade Sheriff's 751 00:47:02,830 --> 00:47:09,510 Office, Andrea Marie Assaf, 27, was arrested early Monday morning 752 00:47:09,510 --> 00:47:12,510 at her residence at the Palmer Apartments in Dadeland, where she 753 00:47:12,510 --> 00:47:17,070 also works as a leasing agent. Authorities said that Assaf entered 754 00:47:17,070 --> 00:47:20,910 the apartment of a City of Miami police officer without permission 755 00:47:21,030 --> 00:47:24,470 and took the keys to his official vehicle, which she later drove and 756 00:47:24,470 --> 00:47:28,430 photographed herself operating. That's wild. Why would you do that? 757 00:47:28,470 --> 00:47:31,470 Because people are dumb. The incident began on the evening of 758 00:47:31,470 --> 00:47:35,430 Sunday, March 30th, when she and the victim, an off duty officer 759 00:47:35,430 --> 00:47:39,510 who resides in the same building, went out for drinks after being 760 00:47:39,510 --> 00:47:42,790 dropped off at the complex. Assaf allegedly used her leasing 761 00:47:42,830 --> 00:47:47,350 agent issued key fob to enter the officer's apartment without consent. 762 00:47:47,910 --> 00:47:54,860 Once inside, MDX was that Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office Mtso said she took 763 00:47:54,860 --> 00:47:58,500 the keys to the officer's unmarked city vehicle and drove it along 764 00:47:58,540 --> 00:48:04,220 southwest 7670 second Avenue, sending the officer a photo of 765 00:48:04,220 --> 00:48:09,100 herself behind the wheel. Jesus. He texted her back not to drive 766 00:48:09,100 --> 00:48:11,180 the vehicle. Assaf later returned it to the 767 00:48:11,180 --> 00:48:13,780 parking garage. When the officer went to her 768 00:48:13,780 --> 00:48:17,940 apartment to retrieve the keys, Assaf allegedly threw the keys to the 769 00:48:17,940 --> 00:48:22,220 floor and hurled her phone at him, striking the back of his head 770 00:48:22,220 --> 00:48:26,340 and causing a small laceration. How hard do you have to throw a 771 00:48:26,340 --> 00:48:30,260 phone to cause a small laceration? I'm assuming semi-hard. 772 00:48:30,780 --> 00:48:33,380 I mean, like, pretty hard. I've thrown phones before. 773 00:48:33,660 --> 00:48:36,220 Well, I think the most important factor is 774 00:48:36,220 --> 00:48:39,860 you have to throw it the right way. Like you're skipping a rock. 775 00:48:39,900 --> 00:48:43,300 Like. Like ninja star. Right. Well, I would say skipping a 776 00:48:43,300 --> 00:48:47,140 rock over a ninja star. I mean, either way, 777 00:48:47,140 --> 00:48:49,700 you're getting hit by the side of it. That's accurate. 778 00:48:49,940 --> 00:48:52,890 And I'm thinking there was no case because a case would really 779 00:48:52,890 --> 00:48:56,570 soften that hard edge of a phone. Unless it had a case. 780 00:48:56,570 --> 00:49:00,410 But part of the case was broken and there was like an edge sticking out. 781 00:49:00,610 --> 00:49:03,130 Yeah, could be. Because that's my phone. 782 00:49:05,610 --> 00:49:08,250 You need a new case, sir. Well, it's just the bottom of it. 783 00:49:08,250 --> 00:49:11,970 It's fine. All right. Uh, the officer told investigators 784 00:49:11,970 --> 00:49:15,010 he did not authorize her to enter his apartment or use the vehicle. 785 00:49:15,050 --> 00:49:18,290 No shit. Assaf was arrested and charged with 786 00:49:18,330 --> 00:49:22,450 burglary of an unoccupied dwelling, Grand theft of a vehicle and battery 787 00:49:22,450 --> 00:49:25,570 on a law enforcement officer. Jeez. He was off duty, 788 00:49:25,570 --> 00:49:28,170 though it shouldn't count. How much you want to bet they 789 00:49:28,210 --> 00:49:31,090 hooked up. And you know he didn't end it right. 790 00:49:31,130 --> 00:49:34,370 And so she was getting back at him. You think that's what it was? 791 00:49:34,450 --> 00:49:38,090 I don't know, it just seems like a lot for someone who isn't pissed off. 792 00:49:39,250 --> 00:49:43,450 I don't know, it just sounds like a I would just say kind of like a 793 00:49:43,450 --> 00:49:46,690 toxic relationship is the kid's. Call it. Sure. 794 00:49:46,730 --> 00:49:48,650 It just sounds a little scorned lover. 795 00:49:50,010 --> 00:49:55,800 But I feel like his, uh, response of don't drive, that was 796 00:49:55,800 --> 00:50:00,400 like a little low key, you know? Yeah. No shit. Don't drive it. 797 00:50:00,440 --> 00:50:03,240 It's more of just like a one and done kind of thing. 798 00:50:03,280 --> 00:50:08,680 And like, she's been at his house multiple times. Clearly. Clearly. 799 00:50:09,680 --> 00:50:12,440 So this is like a weird on again. Off again. Yeah. 800 00:50:12,480 --> 00:50:16,320 She knew where those keys were. Yeah. And now he said, nah. 801 00:50:16,360 --> 00:50:19,520 You getting charged, girl? Yeah. Nah, it was cute before. 802 00:50:20,040 --> 00:50:23,600 Not this time. I don't think this is the first 803 00:50:23,600 --> 00:50:25,440 time she's driven it. I don't think it's the first 804 00:50:25,440 --> 00:50:28,360 time they've hung out. That actually crossed my mind with 805 00:50:28,360 --> 00:50:33,000 the first is not the first time she drove it. Yeah. They're hooking up. 806 00:50:33,760 --> 00:50:36,160 She does this on the regular, but she's probably. 807 00:50:36,160 --> 00:50:41,720 Done it in the car. Oh, absolutely. Guaranteed with the sirens on. Um. 808 00:50:42,280 --> 00:50:44,160 Probably not, because you don't want to draw attention. 809 00:50:44,760 --> 00:50:49,040 Depends what you're into. I can't argue that. 810 00:50:52,020 --> 00:50:56,260 Uh, Miss Azoff, please let us know. We'd love to know the outcome of 811 00:50:56,260 --> 00:50:59,860 this. Anyways, I think that's it for us. 812 00:50:59,860 --> 00:51:03,020 It's time to wrap things up. Follow us on the socials. 813 00:51:03,060 --> 00:51:09,740 @CraftBeerRepublic @flex_me_a_beer. Called the Penn. Call to the Penn. 814 00:51:10,940 --> 00:51:14,300 Uh @flex_me_a_beer. Underscores in between all that 815 00:51:14,300 --> 00:51:17,780 good shit. 853 eight beer. Leave us. We love voicemails. 816 00:51:17,820 --> 00:51:21,300 Thanks, Brian, for calling in. Really, it just makes us happy 817 00:51:21,300 --> 00:51:24,620 that people are listening. 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