Welcome

in,

everybody.

It's

the

craft

beer

republic.

Thanks

for

drinking.

Thanks

for

joining.

I

am

Greg,

and

I

am

being

joined

by

the

guy

who

is

enjoying

that

sweet,

delicious

weather

in

Wisconsin.

That's

flexi.

What's

up,

buddy?

Hey.

Not

that

much,

man.

It

is

pretty

nice

here.

Yeah,

it's

pretty

nice

here.

It's.

It's

like

springtime.

Like,

actual

springtime.

Yeah.

Like,

buzzes.

Bees

are

buzzing,

and

birds

are

not

shutting

the

fuck

up.

And

it's

warm

out.

Yeah.

And

we

only

have,

like,

a

week

of

spring,

but

we

can't

get

too

excited

for

it.

Okay.

Yeah,

we

get

May.

May's

pretty

calm.

In

fact,

it'll

cool

back

down

a

little

bit

in

May.

Like,

we'll

get

some

May

gray

kind

of

shit

coming

in.

It's

actually

kind

of

nice.

And

last

year,

we

didn't

get

summer

until

mid

June.

Oh,

summer,

like,

really

kicks

in

for

us.

Like,

July,

and

then

August

is

when

it

really

gets

dry.

And,

like,

June,

we're

talking,

like,

above,

like,

60

degree

weather,

though.

That's

what

I'm

saying.

Like,

we

didn't

get.

We

didn't

get

that

till,

like,

mid

June.

Below

60

is

the

frozen

tundra

for

us.

Right,

right.

Yeah.

I

wouldn't

want

to

have

to

put

you

through

that.

No,

no,

no.

When

it.

When

it

dips

down

to

55

at

night.

Good

God,

you

should.

I'm

on

suicide

watch.

It's

like

the

emergency

parkas.

You're

right.

Exactly.

Does

anybody

have

any

pea

coats

I

can

put

on?

Good

lord,

it's

cold

out

here

anyways.

Fancy

ass

and

a

peacoat,

right?

Hey,

by

the

way,

not

a

weather

show.

No.

Too

soon.

All

right,

everybody,

thanks

for.

For

drinking

along.

Follow

us

on

the

socials

at

craft

beer

Republic.

And,

of

course,

flex

me

a

beer.

Underscores

in

between,

find

us

on

all

the

podcast

apps

and

all

that

good

shit.

Make

sure

to

like

and

follow

and

subscribe.

And

whatever

it

is

that

podcast

app

decides

to

call

that

specific

action,

you

should

do

it,

because

they

keep

changing

their

minds

on

what

to

call

it.

So,

anyways,

enough

with

the

nerd

stuff.

So

much

to

get

to.

I'm

hot

off

of

officiating

a

wedding.

Talk

about

that.

You're

kind

of

a

big

deal.

Kind

of

a

big

deal

around

here.

Uh,

World

beer

Cup

happened

last

week.

We

got

some

stats

from

that,

uh,

some

other

booze

news.

Lots

of,

uh,

brewery

acquisitions

and

movings

and

closings

and

all

kinds

of

stuff.

So,

um,

if

you

don't

mind,

I

could

really,

really

use

some

hydration.

I

am

drinking,

and

I

should

say

I

am

drinking

this

because

of

you,

flex.

Uh

oh.

I

saw

this.

I

do.

I

saw

this

on

the

old

tavor,

and

I

thought,

well,

that

sounds

familiar.

I'm

drinking

four

hands

brewing

collaboration

with

surly

brewing

Voltron.

Hey,

nice.

Volume

four.

I

haven't

seen

that

out

here

yet.

I

think

you

had

volume

three

on

the

show,

right?

Yeah,

I

think

I

had

a

cup.

I

think

I

did

one

and

three.

Okay.

Yeah,

so

I

saw

this.

I

was

like,

yeah,

I'm

gonna

snatch

it

up.

Nice.

Six

and

a

half

percent.

A

393

on

untapped,

they

say,

the

fourth

release

in

a

six

part

series

of

collaborations

with

breweries

from

around

the

country

to

bring

Voltron

to

life.

Voltron

volume

four

is

a

juicy,

hazy

ipa

brewed

with

surly

brewing

company

in

Minneapolis.

Late

and

dry

hopping

with

a

blend

of

strata,

mosaic

and

allura,

contributes

bright

notes

of

sweet

tropical

fruit,

mango,

pineapple,

and

yuzu

that

leap

from

this

soft,

pillowy

ipa

on

the

schnoz.

I'm

really

picking

up

the

tropical

notes.

The

mango,

the

pineapple

leads

behind

it

with

that,

like,

strong,

unripe

pineapple

smell.

I

love

unripe

pineapple.

Ooh.

On

the

old

tongue

jobber,

it

is

pillowy,

soft.

Look,

visually

maybe

not

the

haziest,

hazy

I've

ever

seen

in

my

life,

but

it

is

pillowy,

soft.

I

get,

I

don't

know,

I

guess

unripe

pineapple.

I

don't

taste

so

much

of

the

mango

as

I

do

smell

it.

I

do

get

a

lot

of

citrus

notes

behind

that.

That's

probably

the

yuzu.

It

is

pillowy,

soft,

like

they

say,

and

I

do

get

a

little

bit

of

hot

burn

on

the

finish

to

clean

things

off.

Sounds

terrific.

Yeah,

it's

not

too

shabby.

What

is

it,

six,

5%?

Yeah.

Drinks

like

a

fucking

pale

ale.

It's

pretty,

pretty

light

and

easy

to

put

down,

so

good

job

to

those

guys.

Oh,

they're

doing

something

right.

Yeah.

Glad

to

get

me

a

hand

on

Savultra.

So

that

was

exciting.

Yeah.

How

cool

is

that?

That

can

super

rad

it

is

a

sweet

ass

can.

That's.

I

mean,

let's

be

honest,

that's

why

everyone's

buying

it.

Well.

Right.

We

know

the

secrets.

So

much

nostalgia.

Right?

Exactly.

So

thank

you

to.

For

tabor,

for

getting

that

over

here

to

us.

I

think

our

code

still

works

unfiltered.

If

you

guys

somehow

have

never

used

tavor

before,

go

buy

some

shit,

use

promo

code

unfiltered.

And

I

think

the

deal

was

you

got,

like,

$10

off

your

first

purchase

or

something,

so

they

don't

even

sponsor

us

anymore,

but

I

think

the

code

still

good.

Go

check

it

out,

fuckers.

Loophole.

Yeah,

loophole,

exactly.

And

shout

out

to

top

listing

city

of

last

week.

And

that's

Dallas,

Georgia.

I

was

waiting

for

some

kind

of

swerve.

Yeah,

Georgia.

Wherever

the

fuck

that

is.

So,

uh,

thanks.

Dallas,

Georgia.

Hope

the

peaches

are

good

out

there

or

something.

Or.

Yeah,

maybe

the

onions.

They

have

onions

in

Georgia?

Is

that

a

thing?

Yeah,

the

Vidalia

onion.

Oh.

Oh,

I

love

me

some

vidalias.

I

bet

you

do.

Yeah.

Like.

Like

those

sweet

onions.

Daddy,

don't.

Oh,

no

onions

at

all,

or

just

no

sweet

ones?

I'll

do

white

onions,

yellow

onions,

if

absolutely

necessary.

Definitely

no

red

onions.

Oh,

I

can

fucks

with

some

green

onions.

That's

different.

And

I

don't

like

sweet

onions.

Really?

Oh,

I

like.

First

of

all,

I

like

all

the

onions.

But.

But

most

importantly,

not

an

onion

show.

Not

yet,

it's

not.

Give

it

time.

We

do

have

layers.

Onion

ripo.

Oh,

I

see

what

you

did

there.

Yeah.

Hey,

did

you

know

my

sister

was

getting

married?

You

gotta

be

kidding

me.

Yeah,

she

never.

No

idea.

Yeah,

like,

she

never

posted

about

it.

Never

talked

about

it.

No.

There's

no

bridal

shower,

no

bachelorette

party,

no.

No

planning.

I

haven't

seen

anything

about

it.

Yeah,

it

hasn't

been

going

on

for

over

a

year

or

anything.

Yeah.

Wow.

Has

it

been

that

long?

Yeah,

the

secret's

been

going

on

for

that

long,

just

not

a

fucking

clue.

No

one

knew.

Golly.

Well,

anyways,

all

the

secrecy

culminated

over

the

weekend

they

finally

got

married.

Maybe

we'll

only

have

another

year

or

two

of

them

posting

about

it

now.

They're

in

Disneyland

now?

Yeah,

today

they

went

to,

as

we

record,

they

went

to

Disneyland

for

a

little,

I

don't

know,

post

nuptial

celebration

or

something.

So,

like,

not

even

a

honeymoon,

just

threesome

with

Mickey.

Hey.

Yeah.

Oh,

boy.

Oh,

boy,

Pluto.

That's

sure

hard.

A

Mickey

show,

not

a

Mickey

porno

show.

Yeah,

so

that

happened

over

the

weekend.

And,

you

know,

I'm

sure

as

soon

as

they

get

their

photos

back

from

the

photographer,

that's

another

two

years

of

posting,

and

then

we're

in

the

clear.

We're

almost

there.

Only

two

short

years

away

from

not

having

to

see

them

post

about

it

anymore.

But

I.

I

don't

know

if

any.

If

everybody

out

there

in

CBR

land

knew

this,

but

I

was

the

officiant

for

the

wedding.

Makes

sense,

I

guess.

So

I

got

off

the

stage,

if

you

were,

and

one

of

my

cousins

goes,

hey,

sounds

like

you

were

doing

a

podcast

up

there.

I

was

like,

yeah,

don't

forget

to

use

promo

code

CBR

for

20%

off

your

next

order

of

Casper

mattresses

or

whatever.

First

of

all,

kudos

to

me.

I

didn't

cuss

one

time

up

there.

That's

huge.

That's

a

very

difficult

thing

to

do.

Yeah,

I

was

surprised,

and

I

was

almost

completely

sober,

too.

I

was

hanging

out

in,

like,

the

bridal

suite

before

it

started

and

champagne

was

being

passed

around.

So

I

had,

like,

a

half

a

glass

of

champagne

before

we

went

out

there,

but

that

was

it.

I

kept

it.

Were

you

trying

not

to

drink

a

lot

to,

like,

you

know,

not

screw

up?

Yeah.

I

think

everyone

that

listens

to

the

show

is

well

aware

of

what

a

couple

of

double

ipas

does

to

my

reading

abilities.

Yeah,

words

get

hard.

Words

get

hard.

And,

you

know,

I

first

thought,

you

know,

I'm

not

going

to

write

anything

down.

I'm

going

to.

I'm

going

to

do

bullet

points.

I'm

not

going

to

do

a

script

because

I

don't

do

well

with

scripts.

I

do

much

better

with

bullet

points.

It's

what

we

do

on

the

show

and

all

that

stuff.

And

then

I

thought,

no,

there's

important

things

that

I

got

to

remember

to

say

and

do.

I'll

write

it

all

out.

And

what

I'll

do

is

I'll

read

it

enough

to

get

familiar

with

it

enough

not

to

where,

like,

I

memorized

it,

because

Lord

knows

that's

never

going

to

happen,

but

I'll

know

it

well

enough

to

where

if

something

has

to,

like,

improv

or

move,

it

won't

be

the

worst

thing

in

the

world,

right?

Like,

a

couple

things.

Like,

first

of

all,

the

entire

first

half

of

the

first

page

was

all

based

on

everyone

staying

standing.

So

you

know

that

everyone

stands

up,

bride

walks

down,

and

then

usually

it's

the

officiant

that

says,

all

right,

everybody

may

be

seated.

And

I

was

going

to

start

with,

while

everyone

is

still

standing,

those

who

are

able

to

remain

standing,

please

do.

I

was

going

to

have

the

couple

turn

around.

Hey,

look,

everyone's

here

for

you.

Soak

it

all

in.

A

couple

of

jokes

littered

throughout.

And

then,

all

right,

now

everyone

may

take

a

seat.

And

as

soon

as

the

bride,

aka

my

sister,

hits,

like,

the

first

step,

everyone

sat

their

ass

down.

I

was

like,

no.

And

only

Shannon,

only

my

wife

knew

where

my

script

was

going,

so

she

did

that

whole,

like,

I'm

not

sitting

down

or

anybody

else

gonna

not

sit

down,

too.

I'm

the

only

one.

All

right,

you're

fucked.

Like,

the

hover

over

the

shitter

kind

of

move.

Little

bit,

yeah.

Turtle

head

poking

out.

So

I

had

to

pivot

there.

And

it

wasn't

the

worst

thing.

I

just,

anything

I

said

about

people

standing

and,

you

know,

taking

it

all

in,

I

just

had

to

change

to

people.

So,

um,

there

was

that.

And

then

within

the

first,

I

don't

know,

three

minutes,

a

helicopter

flew

over

super

low.

And

luckily

it

flew

over

at

the

part

where

I

was

saying,

like,

everyone's

here

for

you,

and

I.

It

was

so

low

and

so

loud,

I

couldn't

not

address.

It

was

like

even

these

helicopter

pilots

came

to,

to

see

your

celebrations.

Look

at

your

improv

skills.

Yeah,

man,

improv

101.

Part

of

the

ground

lanes

over

here.

So

other

than

that,

you

know,

a

couple

little

tweaks

here

and

there

along

the

way.

And

on

the

way

to

the

venue,

I

was

reading

it

again

and

again.

And

the

wife

goes,

where's

the

part

where

you

both,

both

asked

them,

blah,

blah,

blah?

I

do.

I

was

like,

I

don't

have

an

I

do

part.

I

have

a

we

do.

I

have,

like,

a

question

to

the

both

of

them.

And

I

want

the

response

to

be

we

do.

She

goes,

I

think

you

should

have

an

I

do.

I

was

like,

I

have

read

this

to

you

no

less

than

100

times.

And

now,

and

now

you

want

me.

To

add

I