That's gyros. Street Meat, where you at? That should be his porn name, Street Meat. That is his porn name, Street Meat.
Welcome in, everybody. It's the Craft Beer Republic. Thanks for drinking. Thanks for joining. I am Greg. I'm being joined. Oh, my God. He's making his pecs dance right now. That's Flex. I'll be right back, everybody.
Wow. It's me. It's Flexio. Oh, well, that was a boner killer. Thanks for joining the show. I don't know what to do after that. Yeah, nobody does. I know I can put it away.
And hanging out on the East Coast and bringing the biggest meat to ballas. Beer Girl Mel, what's happening? Hey, how you doing? A-bippity-boppity.
We got the meat to balls from the car mine. We do indeed, and we'll talk about that. Oh, shit. I speak Italian like Peter Griffith speaks Italian. A-bippity-boppity. A-bippity-boppity.
Yeah, that's about all I know. Same. That's legit. Yeah. It's how everybody, I would assume, talks Italian, speaks Italian. It's true. My favorite thing is I found this meme that said,
bad Italian kids for Christmas get Olive Garden gift cards. And I sent it to Mel, and I was like, is this true? And she goes, actually, my kids would love that. I was like, what is wrong with you?
Well, the reason being is that there's iPads on the table, and then they can just get Olive Garden. Olive Garden. Yeah. Yeah, they have iPads on the table, and you can play games. What is this, a Red Robin?
Listen. You watch porn on them? $11.99 unlimited soup, bread, and salad. You can't go wrong with that. And iPads. The Olive Garden salad, that iceberg salad is so good. I don't even care.
Are you telling me that the kids don't have iPads at home? Yeah, they do, but it's exciting to them to go to a restaurant. Well, no, but at dinner, they can just play games on the one at dinner. And use the one that's there at Olive Garden specifically. And play with someone else's iPad. Use the one that's there at Olive Garden specifically. Yeah. Yeah, here.
Touch the one that all the disease kids have been playing with. That's even more fun than your regular iPad. That's how you build up that immunity. That's true, yeah. Keep that immune system pumping. Make it pump. Oh, I forgot.
Craft Beer Republic, at FlexMeBeer underscore in between, and at BeerGirl underscore Mel. Follow and stuff. All right, lots to get to today. Please. Please.
Don't nobody follow anybody on Instagram anymore. We haven't even tried to get clout anymore. On Instagram, what's happening in this community? I know. No one's trying to grow. Are we supposed to be like, should we TikTok or something?
It's like if you're not posting reels where you're like bouncing your jugs or something. Yeah. You're just not getting followers anymore. I know. I got to get back to my jug bouncing.
Get ready for me on a day on OnlyFans. Here I am in my bedroom about to take off my panties. That's the only way it's going to happen. And I'm not doing that. Go sign up and you can see the rest of what I'm doing.
And then you just. Google it anyway and find it for free. It's. I've never done that. I mean. Wait, hold on. There's free porn on the internet. Cheat codes. Cheat codes revealed. Well, that's the thing is like anybody can start in OnlyFans. Sure.
Yeah. Of course. And anybody can leak pics from OnlyFans. So heads up to anybody who starts in OnlyFans. Nobody has to pay for your shit.
But apparently people do. Otherwise they wouldn't do it. It blows my mind. Yeah. Look. Look. We. We. We make fun. If. If you've got it to where people will pay for it. Fucking get that cheddar because. Totally. I wish I did. 100%.
You're right. But. Big ups to you. Whoever is making money off of that because I wish I could. But I just. Right. I can't do it. I'm not paying for it. There's way too much stuff out there. There's a lot of free stuff. Not a porn show.
Not yet. Give it time. There's an easy algorithm. Bouncing a welcome. For porn. Yeah. It's free. It passes. That's all you need. That's all you need. Boy, I have some shit for you.
Mel, I don't know about you, but I think we could get lots of people to pay for flex porn. Oh, 100%. Come on. Not even a question. You see those slow-mo videos he used to post? Yeah. You guys are ridiculous.
We haven't seen one in a while, but yeah. I feel dirty just watching his stories. By dirty, I mean hard. Oh, you guys build me up. I love it. Yeah. It's true. I keep coming back every Monday. I got to give you some reason.
The biggest pecs in the North. No, you're not in the Northwest. That doesn't work. Midwest. Midwest. Midwest. Yeah. That's what I meant. Nothing like a little slant rhyme to get me going.
Undefeated pec dancing champion. Not a literature show. Also not a workout show. And also not a sports show. You drink some beer. Yeah. It is not a sports show. You are absolutely right.
But that show hate deal, huh? We don't do that here. We don't do that here. We do do. We do do beer.
Best segue in three years. Let me tell you. Nailed it.
First of all, I should say, happy new year, everybody. This is our first show of the new year. Shame on us. I feel like we should. Shame. We got to redo the whole intro. We got to come in bigger. Yeah. What do you?
No. Don't change it. For the new year, I thought, you know what? I'm going to start things off drinking. I'm going to start drinking a beer from a friend. So I am drinking pedals and pints brewing dead cow brown.
It is a brown ale. Five point nine percent. Thirty IBUs has a three seven eight on untapped. You fuckers.
And it says medium bodied with notes of dark chocolate and lightly roasted coffee. What's so three seven eight about that? Here's the problem.
It's not exciting like a hazy IPA with Lupo Max jizz bombs in it. So people. Oh, love me. So Max jizzes turn. Yeah, that's exactly what I'm saying.
Wow. Mel has one all the time. Yeah, they're really popular in upstate New York.
I it's it's not like exciting in that way, but it's a good ass fucking brown. And I love brown ales. They're so underrated. Nobody makes a good one these days, if one at all. Yeah.
Brown ales were like it was the. The last beer for me to actually start to enjoy getting like getting back into beer. It was one of my gateway beers.
Mammoth Brewing Company does a double nut brown ale and it's so fucking good when I make my brown ale homebrew.
It's sort of a play on mammoths recipe with like some more chocolate malts added and stuff like that. So, OK, but anyways, we're talking about man with we're talking about pedals anyway. So Monica kicks ass over there. We all know Monica.
She's nobody. Nobody's surprised about that. Yeah. Yeah. It's classic brown ale as it should be. I appreciate that the chocolate notes really shine through. A lot of times that falls flat does not fall flat here.
If you fuckers were grading this on a curve of against other brown ales, this would be well into the fours. There's no three, seven, eight on this bullshit. I'm sorry. The Lupo Max just bombs.
Did it make its way into the brown ale? But ski trip for me, please. Yeah, exactly. So anyway. If you're in the Southern California area and you got any pedals near you, go grab it.
Monica has turned out some amazing beer and this one is no exception. So, yeah, I picked up a crawler because I was extra thirsty.
I would say if a brewery can do a really good brown ale, like you always judge them on like their lagers, you know, what not like Hellas. And if you can do a good brown ale, I feel like you win.
I mean, here's the secret to that. Like, it's easy to do a good brown ale because I can do it. And if I can do it. Anybody getting paid to do this should be able to do it. I've had some really bad ones. I have, too.
And I don't know what the fuck their problem is. Super bad. Yeah. Those ones could really use the Lupo Max just. Can you just trademark that? Done. The next t-shirt. T-shirt. Yeah. Sorry, we don't have any Lupo Max.
Do we care about the beer? He's talking about it all. We're just sorry. Now, please continue. Just care. I think the only brown ale I've ever had. Is like Samuel Smith.
Oh, no. I don't think I've had anything besides that. So I don't really have anything great to compare it to. And I don't want to even bash them at all.
Because oldest water, like single well from like the 1600s. I believe that's the big draw of Samuel Smith. And like, you know. Yeah. So has the plague in it. Yeah, that's fine. Because you know what?
I drank it and I didn't get the plague. So, hey. Yeah. Everyone's had that. Yeah. Get out of here. Get out of here. We've dealt with that. But I didn't hate it.
I didn't love it. I just. It just was. Yeah. I think I just need to try another one. To me, the Sam's. I haven't had it. Yeah. I haven't had it in so long. They have my Trader Joe's out here. You can get them everywhere.
But to me, it's been a while. But like, I just remember it being real light on the mouth feel. Like just real watery feeling. Not any texture. Not texture. But you know, like body to it. The flavor kind of following suit. It's just that real.
Real traditional British dry. Yeah. British. Brown. Not full of flavor. Not full of body. Just, you know. For us Americans. Needed some more. Let's go to the pub. Yeah. That was not a British accent.
Never mind. So close. Come see yourself a pint. Are you? That was like Brit Australian? Yeah. Yeah. My brother-in-law would not be impressed. He would be pissed at me, actually. He'd be embarrassed. No.
I'm terrible at accents. It's just. Wait. Is your brother-in-law British? I do. Do you have a brother-in-law that is in fact British? Yes, I do. His name is Nick. He'd be very unimpressed with my accent.
Can he leave us a voicemail? That's hot. Is it Nick or is it Nick? Well, usually it's my sister talking to him. So it's like, Nick, come on. What are you doing? Cut that out. That was terrible.
That's what my sister sounds like. Turning that up. No, I'm saying mine. My part was terrible. But yeah, yeah. I'll have him call. Yeah. We need a voicemail from a British accent. Yeah. We'll do it on. On Christmas Eve when we're all real shittered. Yeah. What is it? Eight or five.
Five, three, eight. Oh, I mean, that happened already. Beer. Beer. Let's do it. Nailed it. Did I remember the number? Yeah. Good job. It's hard to remember when half of it's beer. I don't listen. Oh, before I forget, because I forgot last week.
The top listening city of last week is Charleston, South Carolina. Yeah. We like them in South Carolina. Yeah. We made that clear a few weeks ago and now they're top on our charts. So yeah. Let's keep it going. Wendy.
She's in South Carolina. No, Wendy's not in Charleston. She's not in Charleston. Well, no. Oh, but she's in South Carolina. That's all I mean. Yeah. So. Yeah. Shout out to Charleston. That whole place could burn down and Wendy be the only person there and it would matter. There you go.
Love us on Wendy. You could burn down South Carolina. Well, I'm not going to. I'm just saying. Stephen Colbert is from South Carolina, right? Or is he from North Carolina? Shit. I can't remember. I like Colbert. All right. Stuff. Why don't you get a room with him? Stuff.
Wait for him to offer. So here's something we've talked about a lot on this show. And children at breweries. And I wanted to bring it up again. And this isn't even children this time. This is teenagers. Oh.
The wife and I. That gets icy. I'm not going to name the brewery because first of all, it wasn't their fault. But second of all, maybe they need to implement some rules. So let me tell you what happened. Went to a brewery that we very much enjoy. They have great food, great beer.
We were sitting there eating and drinking. And this group of teenagers. And by teenagers, I mean 13 or 14. Young teenagers. That's like the worst age.
It is the worst age because they're certain they're cool and they're absolutely not. And so the three of them walk up and grab a table and just sit there. You're supposed to check in first. They just walked up and grab a table.
And so the guy's like, oh, did you check in? Like, no. Oh, okay. Well, let me clear some tables off and we'll get you one. Like, oh, we got to wait. Like, they're real shitty about it.
And so finally they get him seated. And I guess mom is. He's at a different table and doesn't want to deal with them. Come on. So mom orders them food and then leaves.
Like leaves the establishment. What? And before she left, one of the waiters checked in on her. It's like, do you need anything else? Because like she hadn't ordered anything for her and was at a completely different table.
And she was like, no, I'm still waiting on these nachos, though. Like she like it. It didn't fall far from the tree. She was super fun to hang out with.
So she leaves and even sees the kids doing some of the shitty things I'm about to explain. And then just like walks away and leaves the kids there. So they're at the table.
At one point, one of the boys, there's two boys and a girl, grabs the girl's slippers and just like starts putting them on the table, which is like, you know, gross, but not the worst thing in the world. Yeah, there's worse things, but it's pretty gross. There's worse things. Whatever.
Then at another point, one of the boys crawls. It's like bench seating, you know, booth style table. We're outside. Crawls over to the other table's bench, like the table behind him to get out instead of
telling the other two to move. As the guy who's actually sitting there is sitting down. He's gone to like the bathroom or something. Come on. And the guy's like, whoa. It was super weird. And the guy like was taking it back.
He's like, also, this kid is jumping at him. And the kids are sitting on the table. They're climbing on the table. They were climbing over planters. They were ripping plants out of the planter. At one point.
At one point, they started any seasoning that was at the table or hot sauce. They started dumping into their waters, which I was like, they should be forced to fucking drink that garbage. Okay. Well, I'm just going to interject real quick. I'm sorry.
But I can tell you as an unsupervised 10 or 11 year old, I think it was 11 in sixth grade, right? You're usually 11.
We were walkers and we used to go to the Wendy's and we would concoct some shit with like half and halves and all of that. But we would drink it and we'd also pay for our stuff.
And we also were not rude or disruptive. Oh, no. We did make some concoctions of the free shit by the salad bar. Honestly, our parents just stopped us. But we did that, too.
So they did a lot of like just for no reason, standing on the table and then sitting on the table. And then they started watching these YouTube videos that were extremely obnoxious, as loud as possible and started like yelling at each other.
Yeah, I know. Yeah. Started destroying plants. The wife's going to remember. She's going to remember way more than I do, because I was just trying to shut it out where she was like fuming the entire time. Yeah. Yeah.
It was it was one of those things where it's just obnoxious and just a conter's parental supervision would have stopped it. Well, that's it. It just sounds like a right parenting problem.
So so here's all that to say. Here's my proposal at a brewery because it's a brewery that also has food at a brewery.
How about nobody under 18 or 21 is at a table by themselves? You have to be seated with an adult. Yeah. I would have thought that was a rule already.
So I'm surprised about that. Yeah. I know breweries that have put that rule in place. I feel like in New York, that's a standard. You can't go in. Yeah.
If you aren't of age, unless you have parental supervision, like somebody of age has to be able to take you in. I think the restaurant part of it skirts some of those rules. Everything is together, though.
Like, I don't I don't know anybody in their right mind. I would just drop their teenagers off at a brewery and say, all right, I'll be back. You little pieces of shit. Go wreak havoc on this establishment.
Like, it sounds like she needs like some mental health. Well, it sounds like she couldn't control it. So she needed to get away from it. And she just dumped him off. So, well, she saw some of it.
She saw the kid who climbed over like to the other table's bench. She saw that happen. Didn't say anything. She saw him standing on the table. Didn't say anything. So. And that being said, though, like, what's the.
Brewery is like liability when it comes to people that are underage and teenagers when they're on their own. Like, I don't think you could just kick them out and be like, you're unruly. Leave because they're underage.
They they have to have some like guardian. You know what I mean? Like, you can't be like, right. Get the fuck up, you little assholes and leave and go on the streets. I kind of wish I think now the brewery is probably like, what do we do? I would have put them to dishes.
I would have been like, you want to treat this like shit? You're going to wash some dishes now. Tell your mom. It's back to pick you up. Well, honestly, from where that's probably child labor laws to that. So you probably probably especially in California. Yeah.
Fuck them kids. Fuck them kids. Was the difference between us ordering, you know, three or four beers each versus two beers. Like once we finished our second beer, like our food was done. We'd finish our second beer like we're getting out of there because these kids are fucking they're right next.
Yeah. Like they're fucking annoying. So we left around for that either. Yeah. So they ordered one thing of nachos and split it. And, you know, no sodas. No. No beers, obviously, where we are spending, you know, over one hundred dollars on food
and beer. But we're spending way less than we would have because these little shits. So I understand it's not the brewery's fault. And the people at the top were not there at the time because I know who they are.
And I sort of part of me wants to like text and be like, hey, just want you to know what happened. Yeah. Just so they know. But at the same time, I'm like, well, I don't want to be a fucking Karen about it. And also, I don't know what they can do about it. I don't think that's being a Karen.
I mean, I think honestly, at that point. If you really wanted to get technical, you probably could call like the authorities and be like, well, I'm going to the brewery in trouble. No, not you.
But I'm just saying, like, if it became such a big problem, but I would probably talk to that parent and be like, you can't come. Apparently long gone. Did she ever come back for them? Or she was like, I'm never coming back for them.
If she was smart, she never turned that car around. Yeah. She put that thing. Yeah. She was like, I'm never coming back. These fucking shits. Yeah. Yeah. So anyways, look, I don't blame the brewery. I don't even blame the staff.
The staff, like you could see it on their face. Like they didn't want to fucking deal with it either. And it's a shitty situation. But it's just like, oh, my God. And I know I'm the guy without kids. So I probably sound like some, you know, asshole or something.
No, I feel like that is excessive. There's just a lot. I don't think anybody normal would allow that to happen. Yeah. It was like, shut the fuck. Oh, the funny thing was the people right behind them.
The girl in the group kept flicking her hair and it was long and it started hitting the guy sitting behind them. Come on. They just thought she was cute. Oh, she was. Oh, she thought she was real cute.
So the guy's wife goes, oh, excuse me. Can you not flick your hair into his food while he's trying to eat? That's disgusting. I was like, finally, someone said something.
Now, I guess here's what I'm going to ask, because as again, I brought this up last week and I said children of the 80s and 90s were a little bit different than this. Oh, yeah. I've been murdered.
Where we also just had to have more respect. Right. Because we would have been. Killed and dead. And our parents were around to like be over us every second.
But like we had the ski hill was our babysitter. Like our parents dropped us off at eight. They picked us up at nine thirty when it closed. Here's some cash. You know where the locker is. You know where your skis are. Go have a good time. And that was the whole community.
And like our parents were just like, you're you're good. You guys aren't going to have any problems. And that was from like ten on. But we didn't do asshole things like that. But my my sister did like to hang out with the boys a little bit. She's a little bit older.
So she would get that whippy hair kind of. And that's what made me think of it is that you said the one girl was whipping her hair. And I'm like, oh, she was flirting with the boys. You mean because she was left unattended.
And now she could just be herself and try and be like, oh, my God, you boys are so stupid. My one sister used to have that personality.
And we were like, oh, why are you changing who you are? Because these boys are around. Fun fact. My husband was one of those boys. Oh. That's how I met him. Anyway. Fun fact.
Anyways. So I'm, you know, some childless asshole, but super annoying. There should be parental supervision. Yeah. I agree with you. Any kind of kid appropriate.
So the too long didn't read version is I think it's not weird to say like people under the age of 21 have to be accompanied by an adult while inside the brewery. Yeah.
I there's another brewery out here that had similar situations. Happen and they enacted that rule. I don't remember is 18 or 21, but you have to be with an adult if you're not one. And I was like, yeah, why not? You shouldn't be at a brewery anyways.
Absolutely necessary. Yeah. So anyways, I'll get off my high horse before we find out what's going on with Mel. Let's find out what's drinking on with Mel. With Mel.
He calls to the bullpen for beer. My transitions are stellar.
Tonight, sometimes the can are aligns with the people you're going to be around, aligns with the brewery that you love. So there's a bunch of assholes on that camp.
More than that. More than just that flex. First off, starting the new year off.
We're we're finally in winter now in New York because we've had a really unseasonably warm end of fall. Early winter and now it's getting cold and now we're projected to have snow.
So what better way to ring in that shitty Snowden feeling than with flannel lined everything.
And also it's a it's a two for one because flexi is such a flannel lined everything in Wisconsin. I do like flannel. I do. I know you love it. You love it.
And I like the red and black red and black flannel honestly is my favorite. You guys can't see it, but that's what the can art shows. Yes. On top of that, this is from Beertree, which is one of my favorite New York breweries.
They are based out of Johnson City. And this is a spiced winter ale. It is six point three percent. It's got a gorgeous, gorgeous red color to match the can.
It's like a spiced winter daddy. Like the note. Like, yeah. Like when you give it a little sniff on the nose, it's very holiday like spice, like a
mulled wine where you're getting a lot of the different spices.
And it is brewed with blackstrap molasses, cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, nutmeg, clove, dried orange peel and freshly ground coriander.
Fucking get it. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So you get that on the nose immediately. Give it a little taste. It could do without the coriander, but that's just me. It just really.
Is well executed. You know, Beertree, if you're out there listening, please don't hate on me. But I did try this a little bit earlier with my like, I'm in a couple of football leagues,
fantasy football leagues, not a sports show, but they wanted to do a chug to ring in the go Niners. Well, playoffs. Not a sport.
And so I chugged this and it was really not a very good chuggable beer. It was really hard going down. Those spiced ones. You can't chug. It's terrible. It sounds awful. I thought it would be good. I really thought it would be good.
I was like, you'll have some flavor. It'll be like kind of fruity, like a fruit. I feel like the carbonation and the spice makes it so bad. Right. So like this has been sitting for a while, but it does have a higher carb level.
It's got a lot of that. A lot of the spices that I named specifically, I get a lot of the orange. I get a lot of the molasses. I get a lot of the cinnamon and the core. The cardamom.
I don't get a lot of the coriander. I think that's one. And the clove. I mean, clove stands out always, but I think the coriander is just because like, I feel
like coriander is kind of not easy to get a hold of with all of those other flavors. Like if it's done the right way. And I think you're probably right on that one. I think this is executed really well.
I think now that I have let this sit, I've let it open up. I've let the aromatics kind of get out. This is really enjoyable.
It's so great for like any kind of holiday get together. You might want to have plus it's 6.3. So it's not as high ABV as like what you might see from Beertree normally.
And turns out I am a fan when I first thought I was going to hate it. So I've never heard of Beertree. I'm obsessed with them. I've sent it to you before. A hundred percent. I don't think so.
Yeah, I have to. I definitely have sent you at least one. I always do. I always put at least one can of Beertree in the package when I send it. But yet again, I think they just execute every single style very well.
Like they do a great job on all styles of beer. There's not one that I've had that I haven't liked. I thought this was going to be it and it's not. So cheers to the new year. And the can's awesome. I love it.
Yeah, it looks like Flex's entire wardrobe. Just put that there. Bad news for everybody. I am starting to grow out of all of my flannels. How do you grow out of flannels? How do you grow out? Are your muscles getting too fucking big? Yeah.
Yeah, kind of. My red and black is too tight in my biceps right now. I shoved it on the other day, but it was hard. Like when we decorated our tree like a couple weeks ago. Did you gel it out? Two, three weeks ago. What?
Pay him no attention. Stupid. You're so dumb and I'm like, oh. I am so dumb. I feel like my arms are way too big for this shirt. I'm like the Incredible Hulk over here. Can I? Which is a good thing. It's Gaines. Hell yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
Fucking put on those muscles that will not help you run a marathon. It will not help you run a marathon. You're right about that. That's pretty accurate.
What the fuck's going on over there in your neck of the woods, Mel? Oh, all right. So I decided it would be a good idea to check out Times Square during the holiday season, right?
Sounds like a fucking terrible idea. Sounds awful. Yeah. You know what? It's never been a terrible idea until this year. And holy shit, was it probably one of the worst ideas I've had in a long time.
What you said before that, I wouldn't believe. What you just said there, I 100% believe. So here's a backstory. I don't know if anybody is a fan of Matt Matthews on Instagram.
He's one of my... Dave Matthews' cousin? He's really funny. He's a... Dave Matthews' cousin. He's a gay farmer from Alabama. And he does these farm tours, but he's always got like a robe on.
Anyway, his reels are really funny on Instagram and his show was great. I have nothing bad to say about his show. What I have to say bad about is fucking New York.
This year, this holiday season, everybody wants to come. More so than ever before in my whole... I feel that. I've been around for almost four decades. Why are they coming here?
From like out of states? Probably. I don't know. There were so many people I like. I brought my niece, Jackie. She's a tech... Well, she's not my niece. It's a long story. Anyway, she's like a little...
She's like my daughter that I didn't know her yet. We don't have time for your Italian family tree at this point. Too much, too much, too much. So she's the only one willing to go with me to this. And I'm like, all right, here we go. We're going to have a good time. She's never seen the tree.
I'm going to take her to Times Square. We're going to go like do the tourist experience and we're going to have a show. And then we're going to go home. We're going to eat some amazing food, all that.
Four hours, I sat in traffic trying to get out of the traffic in every avenue that I thought, oh, there's no way there's going to be traffic this way. There still was.
Don't you have trains and shit there? Yeah, but I just figured I would just park so far away that it wouldn't matter. Like I just drive into the city and not take a train and just park and go because it's just faster that way. Okay.
Sometimes the trains can be like... It's a bit of a pain in the ass. Plus she had to work during the day. Anyway, took us four hours to get there.
So we don't get to eat beforehand. I do make her stop at an Irish pub real quick. I'm like, listen, I just sat in traffic for four hours, like three blocks from here.
I'm like, I gotta have a drink. She's 21, right? She's 23. Yeah. But she doesn't drink. But whatever. She doesn't care. She's like, that's fine. I'm like, you want some street meat? She's like, no. I don't want street meat. I'm good.
I'll wait till dinner. Okay. But he was at home. Bad. Yeah. Bad idea. But okay. So I hit some Jameson. You know, we get to the show. Show is, like I said, it was funny.
Matt Matthews working on a standup. He's doing a good job. There's some lady like we're towards the back of the theater. And this lady, I guess she was wasted. I didn't realize.
But she was like, but, you know, we're trying to all sit together. Blah, blah, blah. Like I hear it. I'm like, oh, well, our seats were actually up there. They let us move forward because nobody was sitting here. You can sit there. 15 minutes into the show. We hear like.
Stop. And then I'm like, he's like, that lady's throwing up. And I'm like, I know. I'm like, just ignore it. Just ignore the sound. Try to get a comedy show at a comedy show in a theater, like in Times Square.
She fucking went hard. Bad. And then you can smell the smell. Like it gets worse. So we're like, there's seats up. We're like, can we move up?
And they're not what that song's about. They're like, yeah, no problem. Like, no problem. You can move up. So we move up. Like, Jackie, I'm like, I feel like I got to say something to somebody. Like somebody should like clean it up, I guess.
I wasn't trying to like get her in trouble because I don't I get it. Like, I've probably been that person before. I've thrown up plenty of places, just not in the middle of a theater at a comedy show in Times Square. You know, it probably was out.
Like a music venue, whatever. So we go out there. We go out there. And then I'm like, hey, listen, I'm like, just, you know, somebody's throwing up in the back. I don't know. Like, maybe somebody should clean it up.
Like, probably shouldn't sit there. Like, he's just starting his act. It's going to be like another two hours. Like, nobody wants to smell it. This lady is out there already.
And she hears me and looks at me and says, you don't need to rat me out because I already told them. Just like that. I'm like, oh, I was like, OK, well, are you? Are you OK?
And like, I am kind of trying to get you like some help because, you know, you might be like a little cleanup. You need it.
Do you know they let this woman back in and then she starts throwing up again for like another 15 to 20 minutes? Not kidding. And Jackie's still grossed out. Finally, I'm like, you know what? I'm like, let's go.
Like, let's get the fuck out of here. So we leave going back to Times Square. It was so jam packed. Like, luckily, she's smart and she knows to keep her head. Down and follow me.
But there were points where I did have to kind of be like, you're coming with me. And I like grabbed her clothes because there is a lot of like sketchy people out there. It did not feel like the Times Square.
I'm used to like the Christmas that I'm used to, like the safety. I mean, that sounds stupid to you guys, probably. But the safety that I'm used to there, like it felt very pickpockety. I've been to Times Square and that's all it felt was pickpockety.
Yeah, but I mean, it always is. But like their space. That's where I was. Here it was like there. That's why I wear my pants so tight, because if you're going to pickpocket me, I'm going to feel that shit. Yeah, you're going to get a little happy ending with it. Right, right.
Yeah. So anyway, luckily. You're welcome. Luckily, the restaurant that we wanted to go to, Carmine's. Also plugging this.
Definitely, if you are a tourist in New York City, do go with your entire family to Carmine's. The food is great. The atmosphere is great. They serve everything. They serve everything family style. And I go.
Listen, I'm like, get whatever you want. Like, I don't even care. We haven't eaten in like 15 fucking hours. I had like a bag of pretzels today. I'm pissed. This lady like that threw up, ruined the show. I couldn't even finish it. So like we're ordering everything.
We order all of our like we we start ordering. They're like, you know, you're going to be taking this food home. I'm like, yes, unbeknownst to you, I am not a tourist.
No, they serve you like you get like you order like chicken franchise. You're getting like seven huge pieces of chicken.
The meatball appetizer is like 10 pound meatballs. You know what I'm saying? Like they're huge. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. The penne vodka is serving eight people like it's a tray.
And I was like, I know what I'm doing. I'm not cooking dinner tomorrow after this bullshit. When they question you, just just be like, hey, I'm fucking married to street meat. Don't worry about it. I'm like, do you see what I look like?
Do I look like they're like, oh, you know, street to me. They're like, right, you don't belong here. He's the one spicy meat. The ball straight to me.
And the glass of sangria was the size of my head. So naturally, I believe that that. Yeah, it was huge. And it was great. And it had to sell a euro.
Listen, it was worth every single penny. And I really don't feel like they're overpriced for what you get. Like it's like a quantity over quality. Like the food's very good. It tastes great.
It's not like the most high end Italian restaurant you could get in Mexico. In Manhattan, by any means. But you get a lot of food for your money and it tastes good. That's my story. All right. That's my story. Yeah. Yeah.
Get that Italian. Also, if you're going to throw up, like, please be with somebody and let them take you out and let them take you out. Don't fight them to go back in. That's the worst when people are so far gone. Yeah.
I mean, I've been there, you know, but like I do generally when it. I feel like you would fight to stay in. Not if I was. First of all, I'm not a puker.
So if I was throwing up, I would not. I would be like, someone help me. I want to die. I hate this. I can't function. Right. That's what I'm at. I would be like, call an ambulance. I can't even like walk three steps.
I'm very if I'm throwing up, I'm very aware that I'm throwing up and do my best to hide it. Me, too. No, this was like, oh, you try and hide it to the extent. Like, I remember one time I was at a bar and I was like, here's the thing.
I don't do shots, especially like tequila shots. They immediately make me kind of. And so somebody passed around tequila shots. I did it. I immediately felt that things were going sideways. So I went to the bathroom to be a responsible individual.
And the stall was closed. They had closed the stall because I guess someone shit it up too hard. Like nobody was in there. Like it just was like closed. And I was like, fuck, what do I do? Here it comes.
So I puked in the urinal. Not my proudest moment. But the best part was I was like, well, now it is like I tried to flush it. To see if it would like at least rinse some of it out. Absolutely did not.
And so I go wash my hands and I'm like cleaning up and some guy walks into pee. He's like, oh, who fucking puked in the urinal? Like I did it. Well, I was like, I know what a fucking dick. Right. Learn how to hold your booze.
No, I would have been like, it was me. I'm real sorry. Trying to. That happened. I'm like one of the when I first started seeing my wife, it was like month one or two. Then we went out to downtown Milwaukee.
You know, you go to like. To dance bars and shit like that. Yeah. Yeah. You know, when you're young, you're 21, you're 22. You young people shit. So I start. I mean, I drank way too much and I'm really starting to feel it.
So I head to the bathroom and the same thing that somebody. Well, the stall wasn't closed clothes, but somebody was using it. And it was it wasn't the floor, you know, like the urinal that goes all the way to the floor.
It was like just sitting on the wall. Yeah. Same with the one I puke. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So like the position that you have. To get into. It's a little awkward.
Like squat and hunch and like arch your back at the same time while trying to like projectile non projectile vomit. Yeah. I was basically assuming the position.
It's a skill, you know. Yeah. Great. Yeah. You're welcome, everybody. I don't know how it is in California, New York, but like down in Milwaukee. Urinals are different. Yeah. But they. No, no, no. They used to have like. I don't know what they're like.
They would have the guy. I'm not normally in the men's bathroom. No, they would allow. Sometimes. The guy to like stay in the bathroom and like offer you cologne and get.
Oh, they probably would hold your hair back. Like you just have to tip. Oh, yeah. I had like mouthwash and I was like, you are the fucking best.
They have all of that stuff. He probably have a cold wash. I gave him so much money because of that. Flex thinks he gave him 10 bucks. It was like. It was like a hundred bucks. Yeah, probably. That's what I would do.
I'd be like, well, I just tipped him like five bucks and it would be like 50 minimally. I was. I was so glad there was no bathroom attendant when I puked in the urinal. And I just want to reiterate, like, I didn't care that the lady was throwing up. You know what I mean?
I'm like, I'm not making fun of her over that. I was trying to help her. You're just not wanting to. By getting like somebody. You don't want to sit in the stink of it. I also don't want to hear it or smell it. Yeah. Yeah. Like it was a lot. Like I think. You did nothing wrong. Once you.
Once you left, you should not have come back. I should have guided you elsewhere. Yeah. Instead of back. In this scenario. They were. They were also probably if she was intoxicated like that. I'm assuming. I don't know.
They were around the level. That much that you wouldn't be able to guide your friend out. Like everybody takes a turn. Everybody takes a turn. Sometimes.
There's been quite a few times where I've been puking my guts out and my friend are just like. You know. We need to teach your friend. That's it.
It's like drunk friend etiquette 101 when your friend is throwing up. Get them the fuck out of there and don't make them say. It's Pukie McPukerson again. Pukie McPukerson came out.
That's what they used to call me. That happened a lot. Yeah. I mean, that's how you get a nickname. This might be the title of the episode. Pukie McPukerson.
It's so funny because in high school they like I did used to get called puke dog because I did puke a lot. Now I never puke, but I did all the time.
Because we would smoke like we'd smoke pot and we would drink and like I just my body cannot tolerate the two. And I know that for now. Like now as an adult, I know. And I can say no, I can't.
But like, you know, when you're like 17, 18, you don't know what you're doing. So. Yeah, right. There's a way to do it responsibly. Not when you're 18.
No, but like if you have a gummy or you smoke a little bit and then you have some wine with it, that is a fantastic evening. Like a glass of. By glass. I mean, like three bottles. A glass of wine. Yeah, it's like a glass. I'm like, get out of here. Yeah.
No one ever just has a glass. A glass of wine and some weed is a fantastical, relaxing evening. Just saying. Interesting. Yeah. Yeah. If you're a dabbler. I would dabble.
This was back in like 97 when it was like off of the streets and you smoked blunts. It's when the Packers won the Super Bowl. You know, it's totally different. Good year. Pencil shavings. Not a sports show. Not a sports show. Yeah.
All right. Ludicrous libation law. Let's go down to Mississippi where all the good stuff happens. Yeah. Great stuff. Turns out it's the only state that doesn't have an open container law.
That's pretty cool. Which state? Mississippi? Mississippi. Mississippi. You packing your bags? Drivers who partake must maintain a blood alcohol content of below 0.08, but you can
technically drink in your car while driving. Interesting. I seem to remember that Missouri, but this was also probably. Eight years ago, nine years ago, used to have that you could drink in the car and they
thought it was weird that we couldn't drink in our cars in New York. Is it the driver specifically? Well, I mean, this is everybody in the car, including the driver. That's so bizarre. Yeah. But you got to keep it under 0.08.
But, you know, in theory, you could have a couple fucking Miller lights on your way to whatever. Yeah. Right. Any way to work, you know. So there you go. Couple of domesties. Yeah. Domesties.
Exactly. All right. Let's let's do some question answering and ask the most in question. Wow. And ask the most question. Most in question. Hey, I'm drinking a whole fucking crawler here. All right.
I'm proud of you. Yeah, me too. In a world where craft beer is king. A world where muscles are bigger than growlers. Only one tongue can guide us. One man.
One tongue. One tongue jobber. In this world, we must find out what is flax drinking.
Happy New Year. No, this beer has nothing to do with that. So Paris Brewing, you know, they keep making their way up here in little bits and bits of pieces and distros and four pack.
And I was lucky enough to come across this triple IPA. You heard it right. Actius Luna. Is that how you pronounce it? That's how I pronounce it. It is a nine percent ABV.
Untapped has it at a four to three cumulative on one point eight thousand ratings. So not a lot of ratings. Still a respectable score. Jesus Christ.
This is words, man. Novel. It's not as bad as you think it is. It's not as bad as you think it is. Keep going. I don't know. Here it is. Are you ready for it? Because here we go.
Drawing inspiration from the grand. Milk moth, which moths are fucking gross.
Actius Luna, our new nine percent ABV triple IPA akin to its predecessor, Atticus Atlas. Wow. Tongue twister.
Captures the essence of this remarkable creature. Name for this moth of vivid lime green wings and solid build. He works out. Our Mondo Hayes IPA goes beyond aesthetics.
It shares the same impressive gravity and opulent, juicy, green flavor profile as its namesake.
Actius Luna showcases super massive amounts of one of our favorite Oregon grown hops that we hand selected this year. Strata. Just as these Saturn need Saturn night.
Now that moths are among the largest insects. Our beer stands as a testament to hoppy greatness. Delighting. Um, hop heads with every can open.
Oh my gosh. So many words. What? There was a lot happening there. I'm just focused on the moth. Is it the like neon green one with the white fur?
He has like a white fur like shawl around him. Like a body? I don't know. This can is wild. Do they have him on him? So I fucking hate moths. Right? This can. Okay. I don't care. It's super solid. Yeah.
Like it's a gorgeous can. It is super dank and like it's like almost hot burning on the nose. Oh. Ooh. But you like that. I do. I really fucking do. Mel knows. She loves it too.
She tried to describe it to Lou one day and she actually like was like messaging me like a lot to like try and get my attention. It's like, how do I compare this to a meatball?
And then she was like videoing to like try and describe it to him while like talking to me. It was really awkward. Describe it. Um, I still don't think. Was it? Or are we just best friends?
I mean, come on. We're IG best friends. Shut the fuck up. You're right. Yeah. Lex on FaceTime was like, all right, listen up street meat. This is what it's all about. You get a little warmth. Sorry. No.
So the body on this, it's like, it's pillowy. I would consider it medium, really low carbonation. Not sure what fruit notes I'm getting out of here. Let me just take another dabble.
I'm almost done with this, but I'll dabble a little more. I love a good pillowy beer while you sip that, by the way. I think that's my favorite description word when we describe drinking.
This is actually like the best IPA I've had in like the last few months to tell you the truth. I don't know. It's just, it's really great. It's, it's dank.
It is actually not hot Bernie on the palate at all. It just smells very happy. There's like no bitterness whatsoever. This is like a great rendition of a triple. Right on. Awesome. And not too sweet.
Not too like. No, not. It's actually not sweet at all. Um, but the kicker on this is. Is it was 1449 for the four pack. Wow. Wow. Wow.
Huge kicker on this one. It is like the cherry on top. I'm probably going to go back and just buy the shelf out because why wouldn't you? Yeah. This. Yeah. A hundred percent. Yeah. How often do you get parish? Do you see it a lot in your bottle shop?
Um, I would say like probably once a month you could see. Oh, you do. Um, usually cause like, you know how big like ghosts and machine is, you know, trendy. So. Yeah.
That pops up and people just buy the shit out of that. Right. They send some of their weird stuff. Like I had like a lemonade shandy, something blonde ale on here like a couple months back. So they're. Nobody.
Nobody bought that out, but it was fucking good, you know? And, uh. Right. Yeah. I don't know. I mean, it's just everything they send up. Everything I've ever had. Like even at, you know, they have a shit ton of stuff at Disney too. Right.
Mel, you're going to Disney. Yeah. They often have parish on tap at Epcot. So. Yeah. I think I'll be there. What? Tomorrow. Tomorrow I'll be running for the first time. So yeah. So if you're at Epcot, definitely try and snag some parish.
No, we're definitely going to drink around the world. That has to happen while we're there because we fucking did it, you know? I did it like, you know, over a decade ago when it wasn't so impressive. Yeah.
So we did it. I think we went in 2017. Pretty sure it was 2017. And like the kids were younger. Epcot was the land of the old still. There was no reason to be there.
Lou was totally sober at that time. He wasn't drinking at all. And I was like, no, we're going to go because it's like I can drink around the world.
So we did go there and they had the frozen ride, but that was really it as far as the upgrades. But it seems like now it's like a lot more enticing for like younger kids to go there.
Yeah. Last time I was there. They have a lot more to offer. Right. It was still like, well, like a little bit worlds of the few, you know, like. You went in and it was like Space Odyssey or whatever it used to be called, where it
was like Mission Control was from like 1960 something. Oh, Mission Space. Mission Space. Not that I know. Like all of that. Yeah. All of that. I definitely don't know. But all that stuff was still there. It was very old looking.
Quickest line you'll be in at any park, though. Yeah. Right. Right, right, right. It'll be three miles out the door, but they're like 15 minutes and you're in. Yep. Yeah. Sure enough. Yeah. Come on. Test track is a great ride.
Test track's good. Test track's good. Yeah. I love test track. The mission. It's still there. Because the video shows like a 96 Blazer. It's like, come on, guys. Can we update this a little bit? But it seems like they. The mission to Mars. The first time I went on that. Oh, that's what it is. Mission to Mars.
Oh, yeah. Yeah. No, there's two. There's like the. Mission Space and Mission to Mars. Correct. Yeah. Mission Space. We did all those. Which goes in the big golf ball. Right. The kids were like, yawn. This is so boring.
And they were real little, too. I mean, I was there in like 2011. Yeah. Seems like. It seems like they're trying to revamp it a little bit. I was there in 2011. They're updating everything. I think. And yeah. And drinking around the world then was pretty easy.
Because only like three or four of the countries had alcohol. And now it's like every country does. So. Yeah. Every stand around there does. Challenge accepted. Yeah. We went during the Food and Wine Festival.
But again, like it was small. Like we did it in like half a day. Yeah. But we'll see. We'll see what it's like this year. It's much better now. Seems like. It seems like it from what everybody says.
And we're probably going back next year, too. Yeah. Dick Hotel. We'll hit each other up. And that's where we're going to stay, too, is the Dick Hotel. Yeah. Hey, can we meet you there? Feel free. Yeah.
Stay with some dicks. Uber Eats, Simpson Pier, and it'll just be us. When you've stayed at the dicks and you're comfortable with the dicks, you stay at the dicks. Do they have an Uber Eats like uniform? Like, should we buy shirts that say Uber Eats?
I don't think so. We're just going to knock on the door and be like, this is Melissa. Melissa, you're Uber Eats driver. Because if it's not Uber Eats, you know it's going to be housekeeping. You want me, fluff pillow? You want me? You want me, dahlia pillow? Housekeeping.
Go ahead, Greg. You got the next line. You want me to jerk you off? What kind of place is this? That's it. Back on a little cut. Tommy Wap Wingy. Not a Tommy Boy show.
Tommy Wap Wingy. It should be, though. Every show is a Tommy Boy show. Yeah. That's true. All right. A couple news stories. A couple news stories. A couple news stories before we head on up out of here. Real quick.
This has been like a really tangent-led show. This was a really good show. I think this was a great show. I think it was a lot of fun. I just wanted to make sure we mentioned these two stories because they tickled my fancy.
I'll tickle your fancy. Oh, done. We'll see you at the Dick Hotel. Victory Brewing and- Dick Betty. Yes.
I just said that to make you laugh. Victory Brewing and Tasty. Tasty Cake Coffee have, or Tasty Cakes, have come up with Victory and Tasty Cake Coffee Cake Ale.
Shred just brought this up in our craft beer fantasy league that he wanted to try it. Yeah, it's a bunch of Pennsylvania shit. Yeah. I've never had or seen a Tasty Cake. Because it's like a Tasty Cake? Obviously, I've had some Victory. You didn't have them growing up?
What's a Tasty Cake? No. We had Hostess Cake. A Tasty, yeah. Like a Tasty Cake is like a different brand of the same stuff. So like whether it's Hostess or Drake. Or Little Debbie.
Like Little Debbie was big in New York. I don't know how it was for you guys. Yeah, we had Little Debbie Swiss Rolls. Yeah. But they did not compare to Ho-Ho's. No.
I mean, but Tasty Cakes are more of like a, God, how do I explain them? They remind me of like a cornbread kind of cake. Oh, gross.
And you can, depending on like the size or what they are, you can put them in the toaster. And that, like a breakfast almost. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. Sometimes they're desserts too.
All I know is the best part about Ho-Ho's is you could bite off all of the chocolate shell around the cake and then you devour the cake. Is that the difference between like a Ho-Ho and a Yodel?
What the fuck's a Yodel? A Yodel I think is Drake's. I think Drake's brand. Oh. We don't have Drake's out here. I think it was Swiss Rolls, Yodel, and Ho-Ho's. I think they're all comparable. Three different brands.
I only know the Little Debbie Swiss Rolls and Ho-Ho's. Hmm. Which, like I said. Yeah. A Yodel. Same thing. Sometimes they had peanut butter ones too, which I like. I like the peanut butter Yodel.
I'd try it, but I can't promise I'm going to. I don't think they're alive anymore. I think they have been put to bed. Well, look out for the Tasty Cake Coffee Cake Ale. Yeah. I can't wait. Yeah.
And then on that same food alcohol note, vacuum distilled Doritos nacho cheese is coming your way. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No.
No. 42% starting next month. The spirit will be available online or in stores in California and New York. High five, Mel.
In 750 milliliter bottles at a suggested price of $65. So we're talking about cheese flavored vodka. Yeah.
Can you imagine that shot in a beer deal at your local bar? Shot of nacho cheese Doritos. the fucking beer of tasty cake. If that thing runs $60 a bottle, can you imagine how much that shot would be? $60,
yeah. Coming to a beer mail in the area. Just kidding. Not doing that. That's going to be a hard pass for me on the nacho cheese. I don't want any. Would you make
a margarita, a tequila type drink with that? A Bloody Mary maybe? I'm trying to think of a savory drink that you could make it work.
If it was like spicy nacho cheese? It just sounds gross. Totally. Like done. I want nothing to do with any of that nacho cheesiness. Didn't Arby's try that? Yeah, you guys did talk about that about a year ago.
They came out with the two vodkas. Oh, yeah. Like horsey sauce vodka or something? That probably didn't turn out so well. I agree. For a Bloody Mary, it could work, but that's about it.
But Bloody Marys are gross. One isn't. One at brunch is good. No? If a place is running a special from 11 to 4 and you just drink six Bloody Marys from 11 to 4,
it's no problem. I'm a mimosa kind of guy when it comes to breakfast drinks or beer. So California. Yeah. Anywho. What if there's like a cheeseburger in your Bloody Mary?
They put sliders on top and they put like soft shell crabs. They put like shrimp. Yeah, you can get all kinds of stuff. You get those ultimate Bloody Marys.
Yeah, you lost me at tomato juice. Yeah. There's a place here that does fried chickens. Yeah. On your drink? Yeah, like they stab it with the skewer and they put it in your Bloody Mary. Yeah, like on your skewer. Like a whole fried chicken.
I'm good with everything they put on top. I just don't want the fucking Bloody Mary. You're dumb. Ew. Tomato juice. Yeah, well, you eat the toppings. I'll drink the drink. High five. We'll help each other out. I'll make a good team. Teamwork makes the dream work.
I mean, I'll drink it and eat it, so I guess I'm solo. He said. I'll see myself out. Bye. I think that's a good place to end it. Should we say hi to Vanessa?
I mean, by good place, like we should shut the fuck up. Yeah, we should. Hi, Vanessa. Hello. You got real British dude in a parade right there. That's like the
best British accent I can do. It's just like hello. Hello. Wow. Take my eyes, but not the show. What? We'll work on that
accent. I told you it's you know what? Whatever. I'm going to hit some music. Fuck this show. Fuck this show. Roll the credits. Roll the credits. Abort the mission. Abort. Abort.
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Anyways, I hope everyone out there is staying very well hydrated. And on that note, goodnight everybody. Bye, guys. Beer Girl out.