1 00:00:14,970 --> 00:00:18,609 Welcome in, everybody, to the Craft Beer Republic! 2 00:00:18,609 --> 00:00:21,689 Thanks for drinkin', thanks for joinin'. 3 00:00:21,689 --> 00:00:25,329 I am Greg, and that is the buffest turkey you'll ever see. 4 00:00:25,329 --> 00:00:27,609 That's Flex. What's up, big fella? 5 00:00:27,609 --> 00:00:30,050 Feelin' festive and thankful. 6 00:00:30,050 --> 00:00:33,370 Oh, that's perfect time of year for that kind of shit. 7 00:00:33,370 --> 00:00:35,129 And I'm thankful for you, Greg. 8 00:00:35,129 --> 00:00:36,730 Stop it. 9 00:00:36,730 --> 00:00:37,409 Oh, shucks. 10 00:00:37,409 --> 00:00:40,489 You're a sweetheart. I'm thankful for you. Gobble, gobble. 11 00:00:40,489 --> 00:00:41,609 You're blushing. 12 00:00:41,609 --> 00:00:43,210 I am a little bit, actually. 13 00:00:43,210 --> 00:00:44,129 No, I'm blushing. 14 00:00:44,129 --> 00:00:46,170 Oh, dear. 15 00:00:46,170 --> 00:00:47,850 Let's start over. 16 00:00:47,850 --> 00:00:49,969 Anyways, find us on the socials. 17 00:00:49,969 --> 00:00:52,450 @CraftBeerRepublic, @FlexMeABeer. 18 00:00:52,450 --> 00:00:54,969 Underscores in between. 19 00:00:54,969 --> 00:00:58,409 So much show to get to tonight. 20 00:00:58,409 --> 00:01:01,929 We've got some Thanksgiving-themed shit for ya. 21 00:01:01,929 --> 00:01:07,090 And I'm drinkin' for the holidays, as I believe Flex is as well. 22 00:01:07,090 --> 00:01:08,569 So we'll get into that. 23 00:01:08,569 --> 00:01:12,530 And a lot of feedback from last week's show. 24 00:01:12,530 --> 00:01:13,450 We'll talk about that. 25 00:01:13,450 --> 00:01:16,130 And so much more. 26 00:01:16,130 --> 00:01:17,930 But let's get right into things. 27 00:01:17,930 --> 00:01:21,370 Before I talk about our first topic, if you will. 28 00:01:21,370 --> 00:01:25,329 Flex, do you mind kicking things off with your beer over there? 29 00:01:25,329 --> 00:01:26,730 Yeah, that's fine. I'm feelin' a little thirsty. 30 00:01:26,730 --> 00:01:28,730 Let's do it. This is going to lead into some things. 31 00:01:28,730 --> 00:01:31,930 In a world where craft beer is king. 32 00:01:31,930 --> 00:01:35,409 A world where muscles are bigger than growlers. 33 00:01:35,409 --> 00:01:37,609 Only one tongue can guide us. 34 00:01:37,609 --> 00:01:39,010 One man. 35 00:01:39,010 --> 00:01:40,489 One tongue. 36 00:01:40,489 --> 00:01:43,450 One Tongue Jobber. 37 00:01:43,450 --> 00:01:46,609 In this world, we must find out. 38 00:01:46,609 --> 00:01:49,609 What is Flex drinking? 39 00:01:49,609 --> 00:01:54,640 Well, I'm not used to this so early on in the show. 40 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:55,560 Actually sober. 41 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:57,079 Way to get lubed up. 42 00:01:57,079 --> 00:01:59,079 Right, I'll lube you up. 43 00:01:59,079 --> 00:02:00,519 Not a lube show, sorry. 44 00:02:00,519 --> 00:02:04,760 So, we've been talking about Trader Joe's lately. 45 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:07,319 It's been a hot topic of conversation. 46 00:02:07,319 --> 00:02:09,840 Heard the rumor of the opening. 47 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:11,719 Four packs, six packs. 48 00:02:11,719 --> 00:02:12,920 Buying single cans. 49 00:02:12,920 --> 00:02:13,759 Right. 50 00:02:13,759 --> 00:02:17,359 So I guess you could say I did a little bit of research. 51 00:02:17,359 --> 00:02:20,319 Had to pick up a few things at Trader Joe's 52 00:02:20,319 --> 00:02:21,680 that are only sold there. 53 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:25,319 And you know, just wait until we get to the beer wall. 54 00:02:25,319 --> 00:02:26,520 You know, I'm very patient. 55 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:28,520 Let my wife look wherever she wants to look. 56 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:30,280 We get what we need to get. 57 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:32,400 And then it's my time to shine. 58 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:34,439 I didn't have to open any. 59 00:02:34,439 --> 00:02:37,919 But each beer, six pack sign right underneath 60 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:41,120 has each can price. 61 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:42,319 Yep. 62 00:02:42,319 --> 00:02:43,360 Very splendid. 63 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:45,680 This Trader Joe's. 64 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:47,439 So the rumors is true. 65 00:02:47,439 --> 00:02:50,439 This Trader Joe's has a single can wall. 66 00:02:50,439 --> 00:02:53,120 So everything that they have in packs, 67 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:54,319 if you just turn around, 68 00:02:54,319 --> 00:02:57,520 there's like a whole four foot section of single cans. 69 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:00,120 So it was real solid selection. 70 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:03,759 Got a couple beers that I've never had. 71 00:03:03,759 --> 00:03:05,879 Got a couple beers that I have had. 72 00:03:05,879 --> 00:03:09,439 But today I am drinking, drum roll please, 73 00:03:09,439 --> 00:03:12,199 Joe Joe's Chocolate Vanilla Cream Stout 74 00:03:12,199 --> 00:03:15,800 by Hardywood Park Craft Brewery. 75 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:18,400 And I believe they're out of Richmond, Virginia. 76 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:20,080 And-- 77 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:21,199 Is this the Oreo one? 78 00:03:21,199 --> 00:03:23,520 I don't know, it's chocolate vanilla. 79 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:24,360 Oh, okay. 80 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:25,520 Oh yeah, it's got some Oreos on it. 81 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:26,599 You're right. 82 00:03:26,599 --> 00:03:27,759 Yeah. 83 00:03:27,759 --> 00:03:29,199 And I don't know what everybody's thinking. 84 00:03:29,199 --> 00:03:30,639 Flex? 85 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:31,960 Drinking a stout? 86 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:33,159 That's fuck. 87 00:03:33,159 --> 00:03:35,319 Is this Flex's evil twin? 88 00:03:35,319 --> 00:03:37,800 Is this Flexy? 89 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:41,680 Oh, is that like drunk Flex? 90 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:44,360 When Flex gets too drunk, he becomes Flexy. 91 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:46,000 Well, he becomes Sweepy Flexy. 92 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:46,840 Oh, that's true. 93 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:49,919 I thought I was gonna be sleepy tonight, but I'm not. 94 00:03:49,919 --> 00:03:51,959 Well, any weasels. 95 00:03:51,959 --> 00:03:56,120 This beer, real simple description on Untapped. 96 00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:59,280 It says Imperial Cream Stout with cacao nibs, 97 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:01,599 vanilla beans, and milk sugar. 98 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:04,759 Only 1,000 check-ins. 99 00:04:04,759 --> 00:04:07,199 Kinda shocking if this is out at Trader Joe's. 100 00:04:07,199 --> 00:04:09,319 Maybe people just aren't checking it in. 101 00:04:09,319 --> 00:04:13,360 373, weighs in at a 9.2 ABV. 102 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:14,680 Oof. 103 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:18,199 And let's get in there with the old schnaz. 104 00:04:18,199 --> 00:04:20,080 We'll see what this smells like. 105 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:22,399 I like your glassware. 106 00:04:22,399 --> 00:04:23,240 Your mini-boot. 107 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:24,519 Oh yes, my mini-boot. 108 00:04:24,519 --> 00:04:25,600 It's like a Santa boot. 109 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:26,439 Yeah. 110 00:04:26,439 --> 00:04:28,879 And I realized it's not Christmas, it's Thanksgiving. 111 00:04:28,879 --> 00:04:30,480 We're gonna do it anyway. 112 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:31,319 Right. 113 00:04:31,319 --> 00:04:32,240 It's a thing. 114 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:36,079 This has massive amounts of chocolate. 115 00:04:36,079 --> 00:04:40,639 Like I would say a good mix between milk and dark. 116 00:04:40,639 --> 00:04:45,199 It's not overly sweet like a milk chocolate, 117 00:04:45,199 --> 00:04:48,079 but it's also not super bitter smelling 118 00:04:48,079 --> 00:04:49,600 like a dark chocolate. 119 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:50,439 Okay. 120 00:04:50,439 --> 00:04:52,399 So I'm intrigued. 121 00:04:52,399 --> 00:04:55,000 I have only taken like a few sips of this beer. 122 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:56,759 So now we're really gonna dive in. 123 00:04:57,519 --> 00:04:59,759 (slurping) 124 00:04:59,759 --> 00:05:01,079 That's a big gulp. 125 00:05:01,079 --> 00:05:02,319 It tastes like I'm drinking chocolate milk. 126 00:05:02,319 --> 00:05:03,560 Big gulp, huh? 127 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:07,160 Tastes like absolutely like chocolate milk. 128 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:08,360 So not like a Oreo. 129 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:11,959 No, it is very chocolatey. 130 00:05:11,959 --> 00:05:13,319 The vanilla is hard to pick up. 131 00:05:13,319 --> 00:05:16,560 It might just round the beer out on the back end, 132 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:17,800 kind of smooth it out. 133 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:19,639 Yeah, a little sweetness. 134 00:05:19,639 --> 00:05:21,720 Yeah, it's not roasty at all, 135 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:22,800 which I'm a big fan of. 136 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:24,639 I had a big roasty stout last night 137 00:05:24,639 --> 00:05:26,759 and it was a roasty and bitter. 138 00:05:26,759 --> 00:05:29,160 Wasn't a huge fan. 139 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:30,000 Yeah. 140 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:31,680 This one is not very roasty 141 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:33,920 and it is not bitter at all. 142 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:37,240 Carbonation is, I would say perfect. 143 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:40,040 It is pretty light, which you want in a stout 144 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:42,040 'cause if you get a super carb stout, 145 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:44,160 it's just kind of gross to me. 146 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:46,319 Yeah, it's weird to have a super carb stout. 147 00:05:46,319 --> 00:05:47,639 Yeah, it's not what the palate wants 148 00:05:47,639 --> 00:05:49,600 with all the thickness and the. 149 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:51,879 Right, you want that stickiness 150 00:05:51,879 --> 00:05:53,279 to kind of stick on your tongue 151 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:55,879 and kind of like you're eating ice cream or something. 152 00:05:55,879 --> 00:05:57,680 Right, or drinking chocolate milk. 153 00:05:57,680 --> 00:05:59,360 Or drinking chocolate milk. 154 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:00,480 Which this is. 155 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:04,120 So I would say good on Trader Joe's for carrying this. 156 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:06,240 I don't know if I, did I even say the name? 157 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:08,279 Joe Joe's Chocolate Vanilla Cream Stout, okay. 158 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:09,120 Yeah, collab. 159 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:13,480 So I guess if you're gonna have wood, 160 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:19,360 you better make it Hardy Wood Brewing Company. 161 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:21,560 Yes, it's a good commercial for them. 162 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:23,759 They might wanna pull that audio. 163 00:06:23,759 --> 00:06:24,600 And pay royalties. 164 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:26,759 I've been thinking about that all day. 165 00:06:26,759 --> 00:06:28,079 He's even got notes. 166 00:06:28,079 --> 00:06:29,639 No, in mental notes. 167 00:06:29,639 --> 00:06:31,399 It'd be so great if you're like looking down your hand, 168 00:06:31,399 --> 00:06:33,480 like if you're gonna have wood. 169 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:34,519 Wait, what was the rest of it? 170 00:06:34,519 --> 00:06:35,439 Oh shit, oh yeah. 171 00:06:35,439 --> 00:06:36,600 Make it Hardy. 172 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:39,279 That came out a lot smoother 173 00:06:39,279 --> 00:06:41,399 than I was ever even thinking it would. 174 00:06:41,399 --> 00:06:42,480 You nailed it. 175 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:43,319 All the rehearsals. 176 00:06:43,319 --> 00:06:44,480 That's all I wanted. 177 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:46,439 I wanted you to chuckle a little bit. 178 00:06:46,439 --> 00:06:47,560 That's my goal. 179 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:48,839 I just imagine you in the mirror, 180 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:50,199 like don't fuck this up, Flex. 181 00:06:50,199 --> 00:06:52,120 Don't fuck this up. 182 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:54,600 If you're gonna be hard, no. 183 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:58,240 If you want hard wood, no shit. 184 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:00,480 Pull it together. 185 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:03,639 That went well. 186 00:07:03,639 --> 00:07:04,480 You nailed it. 187 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:05,560 I'm proud of you, buddy. 188 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:08,000 Yeah, I don't often try to be funny. 189 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:09,360 Like sometimes it's just natural. 190 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:10,480 Right, humble brag. 191 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:11,839 Playoff stuff. 192 00:07:11,839 --> 00:07:13,920 So when you have these planned jokes, 193 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:16,040 it's like nerve wracking. 194 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:16,920 Yeah, it's true. 195 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:20,360 'Cause one small misstep in the delivery 196 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:22,680 and the whole thing's just stupid. 197 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:24,360 Oh, and you sound stupid. 198 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:26,199 Right, you're like, "Oh, why did I even say that?" 199 00:07:26,199 --> 00:07:27,680 And any humor that could have come 200 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:30,800 from the perfectly placed joke has just vanished. 201 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:31,959 Yeah. 202 00:07:31,959 --> 00:07:33,399 Just bury it in the ground. 203 00:07:33,399 --> 00:07:35,000 Yeah, get that dirt. 204 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:36,839 Sempered that dick. 205 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:39,079 Carpeted that dick. 206 00:07:39,079 --> 00:07:39,920 There we go. 207 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:39,569 (silence) 208 00:07:39,569 --> 00:07:44,529 I got my Latin mixed up. 209 00:07:44,529 --> 00:07:45,730 There you go, yeah. 210 00:07:45,730 --> 00:07:46,569 Oui, oui. 211 00:07:46,569 --> 00:07:47,769 Oh no, that's French. 212 00:07:47,769 --> 00:07:48,970 Top listening city last week. 213 00:07:48,970 --> 00:07:50,009 Shout out Chicago. 214 00:07:50,009 --> 00:07:51,449 I don't know if we've seen Chicago, 215 00:07:51,449 --> 00:07:52,290 at least not in a while. 216 00:07:52,290 --> 00:07:53,129 So what's up? 217 00:07:53,129 --> 00:07:53,970 Chicago. 218 00:07:53,970 --> 00:07:54,810 I don't think we've ever seen Chicago. 219 00:07:54,810 --> 00:07:55,649 Yeah. 220 00:07:55,649 --> 00:07:56,490 Home of revolution brewing. 221 00:07:56,490 --> 00:07:59,129 Maybe you guys want to hook some beer up? 222 00:07:59,129 --> 00:08:01,089 Look at you. 223 00:08:01,089 --> 00:08:02,290 Shameless. 224 00:08:02,290 --> 00:08:03,490 Shameless. 225 00:08:03,490 --> 00:08:06,129 Call me the Mick Foley of free beer over here. 226 00:08:06,129 --> 00:08:07,170 I can dig that. 227 00:08:07,170 --> 00:08:08,009 Yeah. 228 00:08:08,009 --> 00:08:09,209 Also, hey Zach. 229 00:08:10,290 --> 00:08:11,209 What's happening? 230 00:08:11,209 --> 00:08:15,209 All right, so you, this works out perfectly. 231 00:08:15,209 --> 00:08:16,889 You told me you were having a Trader Joe's beer. 232 00:08:16,889 --> 00:08:19,730 I didn't know which one, but I was like, perfect. 233 00:08:19,730 --> 00:08:23,170 Last week we talked about the whole singles cans thing. 234 00:08:23,170 --> 00:08:26,250 We have gotten so much feedback on the 'Gram 235 00:08:26,250 --> 00:08:28,850 about the whole Trader Joe's thing. 236 00:08:28,850 --> 00:08:30,529 First of all, I'm gonna address your singles wall 237 00:08:30,529 --> 00:08:31,649 that you were talking about. 238 00:08:31,649 --> 00:08:32,490 Okay. 239 00:08:32,490 --> 00:08:33,450 We have that too at ours. 240 00:08:33,450 --> 00:08:36,610 What the singles can wall at ours is 241 00:08:36,610 --> 00:08:39,169 where people have broken off a single 242 00:08:39,169 --> 00:08:40,929 and then there's like two or three laying around. 243 00:08:40,929 --> 00:08:41,769 Okay. 244 00:08:41,769 --> 00:08:43,009 They move them over to that wall. 245 00:08:43,009 --> 00:08:43,850 Right. 246 00:08:43,850 --> 00:08:46,049 I find that not all of the beers are represented 247 00:08:46,049 --> 00:08:47,769 on that singles wall though. 248 00:08:47,769 --> 00:08:50,570 I feel like there's more beers on the single wall 249 00:08:50,570 --> 00:08:54,330 than are on the rack. 250 00:08:54,330 --> 00:08:55,610 Interesting. 251 00:08:55,610 --> 00:08:57,529 Not at mine, not that that means anything, 252 00:08:57,529 --> 00:09:01,250 but yeah, it seems like there's a fair amount, 253 00:09:01,250 --> 00:09:03,330 especially the newer stuff is not represented 254 00:09:03,330 --> 00:09:04,169 on the singles wall. 255 00:09:04,169 --> 00:09:07,169 I feel like I gotta crack it off the four pack there. 256 00:09:07,169 --> 00:09:08,009 Okay. 257 00:09:08,009 --> 00:09:09,570 And then the other three end up on the singles wall. 258 00:09:09,570 --> 00:09:10,769 You've done someone else a favor. 259 00:09:10,769 --> 00:09:13,250 Does your Trader Joe's have a huge beer section? 260 00:09:13,250 --> 00:09:16,690 I mean, define huge? 261 00:09:16,690 --> 00:09:20,690 No, it's like a full one side of the aisle kind of thing. 262 00:09:20,690 --> 00:09:22,090 Like four feet, eight feet? 263 00:09:22,090 --> 00:09:23,210 What are we talking? 264 00:09:23,210 --> 00:09:24,529 Oh, much more than that. 265 00:09:24,529 --> 00:09:27,330 Oh, see, this one that we went to 266 00:09:27,330 --> 00:09:29,250 is only an eight foot beer wall. 267 00:09:29,250 --> 00:09:30,090 Oh, okay. 268 00:09:30,090 --> 00:09:33,730 Let's say that each shelving section is roughly four feet. 269 00:09:33,730 --> 00:09:35,370 They usually say roughly four feet. 270 00:09:35,370 --> 00:09:37,009 Okay, let's say it's four feet. 271 00:09:37,009 --> 00:09:39,610 I think there's like five or six of them. 272 00:09:39,610 --> 00:09:41,370 Oh, wow, that's a lot of beer. 273 00:09:41,370 --> 00:09:44,409 And one of them is like the single wall in quotes. 274 00:09:44,409 --> 00:09:47,049 I think this Trader Joe's that we went to, 275 00:09:47,049 --> 00:09:49,370 it's down on their game. 276 00:09:49,370 --> 00:09:50,210 Oh, okay. 277 00:09:50,210 --> 00:09:52,009 Now they also have like some seltzers in there too. 278 00:09:52,009 --> 00:09:53,570 It's not 100% beer. 279 00:09:53,570 --> 00:09:56,169 No, this is still just like an eight foot section. 280 00:09:56,169 --> 00:09:57,009 Oh, okay. 281 00:09:57,009 --> 00:09:57,929 Yeah, it's like the beer categories. 282 00:09:57,929 --> 00:09:59,210 You got a couple of seltzies in there, 283 00:09:59,210 --> 00:10:02,809 but RTDs, wine, spirits, that's all somewhere else. 284 00:10:02,809 --> 00:10:04,009 Right. 285 00:10:04,009 --> 00:10:04,850 Yeah, pretty decent. 286 00:10:04,850 --> 00:10:06,090 I mean, I'm always able to find something 287 00:10:06,090 --> 00:10:07,409 I haven't had on the show before 288 00:10:07,409 --> 00:10:09,210 if I'm in a pinch or whatever. 289 00:10:09,210 --> 00:10:12,169 So yeah, so people have been reaching out 290 00:10:12,169 --> 00:10:13,049 out of the woodwork. 291 00:10:13,049 --> 00:10:15,210 Even Mike from the Tap Room Podcast, 292 00:10:15,210 --> 00:10:16,450 where this all started, 293 00:10:16,450 --> 00:10:19,850 reached out and said like his brother heard about it. 294 00:10:19,850 --> 00:10:22,169 And his brother used to work for a brewery, 295 00:10:22,169 --> 00:10:23,769 had no idea. 296 00:10:23,769 --> 00:10:24,610 Come on. 297 00:10:24,610 --> 00:10:25,450 That you could do that. 298 00:10:25,450 --> 00:10:26,570 For reals. 299 00:10:26,570 --> 00:10:27,730 So that was funny. 300 00:10:27,730 --> 00:10:29,330 So anyways, we're doing the Lord's work around here. 301 00:10:29,330 --> 00:10:30,970 So everybody, you're welcome. 302 00:10:30,970 --> 00:10:33,730 I did have, I thought I'd throw this out here. 303 00:10:33,730 --> 00:10:36,009 So one of the beers I did grab in my six pack, 304 00:10:36,009 --> 00:10:39,730 I've never had garage beer before. 305 00:10:39,730 --> 00:10:41,169 You know, the Kelsey's big thing, 306 00:10:41,169 --> 00:10:43,529 they bought into it or you know, whatever. 307 00:10:43,529 --> 00:10:45,009 Yeah. 308 00:10:45,009 --> 00:10:48,169 So I just, I didn't even look to see what it was. 309 00:10:48,169 --> 00:10:51,450 I just figured that they do like some loggers, 310 00:10:51,450 --> 00:10:54,610 like some light loggers, you know, crispy drinking. 311 00:10:54,610 --> 00:10:55,490 Right. 312 00:10:55,490 --> 00:10:58,049 I didn't read the can, it was green. 313 00:10:58,049 --> 00:10:58,889 Okay. 314 00:10:58,889 --> 00:11:00,009 And I took it home and I was like, 315 00:11:00,009 --> 00:11:02,490 you know what, I'm kind of feeling a beer. 316 00:11:02,490 --> 00:11:03,850 Nothing heavy. 317 00:11:03,850 --> 00:11:05,289 So I was like, I'll grab that garage beer. 318 00:11:05,289 --> 00:11:06,129 I'll try it out. 319 00:11:06,129 --> 00:11:07,210 You know, I've heard some things 320 00:11:07,210 --> 00:11:08,889 and if the Kelsey's bought into it, 321 00:11:08,889 --> 00:11:10,730 it has to be decent, right? 322 00:11:10,730 --> 00:11:11,730 Mm-hmm. 323 00:11:11,730 --> 00:11:13,210 Oh, it was their lime lager. 324 00:11:13,210 --> 00:11:16,929 Oh, I didn't know they had a lime lager. 325 00:11:16,929 --> 00:11:20,889 It was not great. 326 00:11:20,889 --> 00:11:21,850 Sounds awful. 327 00:11:21,850 --> 00:11:26,809 I had to choke it down pretty hard, but don't say. 328 00:11:26,809 --> 00:11:28,169 What about the beer though? 329 00:11:29,450 --> 00:11:31,090 Yeah, it was not good. 330 00:11:31,090 --> 00:11:32,409 Mm-mm. 331 00:11:32,409 --> 00:11:37,409 Which makes me wonder how all the other garage beer is. 332 00:11:37,409 --> 00:11:39,690 I guess it can't get worse. 333 00:11:39,690 --> 00:11:40,690 Right? 334 00:11:40,690 --> 00:11:41,529 Like maybe it's okay. 335 00:11:41,529 --> 00:11:44,769 I know Shred, our buddy Shred, over in the PA 336 00:11:44,769 --> 00:11:48,330 has been getting it for like his in-betweeners. 337 00:11:48,330 --> 00:11:49,169 Oh, okay. 338 00:11:49,169 --> 00:11:50,009 So it must be garbage. 339 00:11:50,009 --> 00:11:50,850 So you... 340 00:11:52,730 --> 00:11:54,289 Joking, Shred. 341 00:11:54,289 --> 00:11:55,809 That was low. 342 00:11:55,850 --> 00:11:59,610 So, I mean, their regular lager might be decent. 343 00:11:59,610 --> 00:12:02,210 I don't know, but now I'm afraid to try it. 344 00:12:02,210 --> 00:12:06,490 Well, if I see it, I'll take that bullet for you. 345 00:12:06,490 --> 00:12:07,330 I was just like, 346 00:12:07,330 --> 00:12:11,929 maybe the Kelsey's can get them to start making better beer. 347 00:12:11,929 --> 00:12:13,289 Maybe, hopefully. 348 00:12:13,289 --> 00:12:14,769 I wonder if it was old or something. 349 00:12:14,769 --> 00:12:16,970 I mean, lime flavored beer just usually doesn't do it 350 00:12:16,970 --> 00:12:17,809 for me. 351 00:12:17,809 --> 00:12:20,570 Yeah, and if I would have known it was like a lime lager, 352 00:12:20,570 --> 00:12:21,970 I wouldn't have, you know. 353 00:12:21,970 --> 00:12:22,809 Yeah. 354 00:12:22,809 --> 00:12:23,649 It's not for me, it's not. 355 00:12:23,649 --> 00:12:24,610 Yeah. 356 00:12:24,610 --> 00:12:25,490 I find this interesting. 357 00:12:25,490 --> 00:12:27,490 I looked up who owns Garage Beer. 358 00:12:27,490 --> 00:12:29,450 'Cause I read, so I saw this the other day. 359 00:12:29,450 --> 00:12:30,809 You know who Richard Rawlings is 360 00:12:30,809 --> 00:12:33,529 from that Fast and Loud show, Garage Monkey? 361 00:12:33,529 --> 00:12:34,649 I don't. 362 00:12:34,649 --> 00:12:36,490 All right, back in the day on like Discovery, 363 00:12:36,490 --> 00:12:37,769 I think it was, there was Fast and Loud 364 00:12:37,769 --> 00:12:39,049 and they all worked at Garage Monkey 365 00:12:39,049 --> 00:12:40,769 where they souped up cars 366 00:12:40,769 --> 00:12:42,809 and they're always slamming them and blah, blah, blah. 367 00:12:42,809 --> 00:12:43,649 Oh, okay. 368 00:12:43,649 --> 00:12:45,289 Anyways, he's an investor of it. 369 00:12:45,289 --> 00:12:49,289 So I decided to look up like who actually owns Garage Beer. 370 00:12:49,289 --> 00:12:50,129 He's an investor. 371 00:12:50,129 --> 00:12:52,330 The Kelsey brothers own the majority. 372 00:12:52,330 --> 00:12:53,250 Right. 373 00:12:53,250 --> 00:12:55,409 They make it at Braxton Brewing 374 00:12:55,409 --> 00:12:58,929 Andrew Sauer is also an investor, 375 00:12:58,929 --> 00:13:01,049 but he's some business person. 376 00:13:01,049 --> 00:13:03,649 But so is Frank Ragnow, Center for the Lions 377 00:13:03,649 --> 00:13:06,769 and A.J. Hawk, former linebacker for the Packers. 378 00:13:06,769 --> 00:13:07,609 Yeah, right on. 379 00:13:07,609 --> 00:13:11,090 Yeah, so quite the list of people owning that thing. 380 00:13:11,090 --> 00:13:11,929 Interesting. 381 00:13:11,929 --> 00:13:12,769 Yeah. 382 00:13:12,769 --> 00:13:14,450 That's a lot of names and people. 383 00:13:14,450 --> 00:13:16,370 Yeah, it's quite the investment going on. 384 00:13:16,370 --> 00:13:20,370 So I guess it's craft-ish. 385 00:13:20,370 --> 00:13:21,610 That's a weird one. 386 00:13:21,649 --> 00:13:25,330 I wonder what makes it so inviting 387 00:13:25,330 --> 00:13:29,090 to want to be part owner. 388 00:13:29,090 --> 00:13:32,129 You know, like what's so great about this company. 389 00:13:32,129 --> 00:13:32,970 It was cheap. 390 00:13:32,970 --> 00:13:35,730 I guess. 391 00:13:35,730 --> 00:13:37,529 Well, think about it if you're the Kelsey. 392 00:13:37,529 --> 00:13:38,970 Yeah, I don't know if it was cheap or not, 393 00:13:38,970 --> 00:13:40,809 but let's assume that, you know, 394 00:13:40,809 --> 00:13:43,610 the investment wasn't insanely high. 395 00:13:43,610 --> 00:13:45,490 Both of them are super popular right now. 396 00:13:45,490 --> 00:13:46,330 Right. 397 00:13:46,330 --> 00:13:48,009 Didn't hurt that one of them's banging Taylor Swift. 398 00:13:48,009 --> 00:13:48,850 Right. 399 00:13:48,850 --> 00:13:50,409 And so you come in on the ground floor, 400 00:13:50,409 --> 00:13:51,889 become a majority partner, 401 00:13:51,889 --> 00:13:54,370 and then use your popularity to increase it's popularity. 402 00:13:54,370 --> 00:13:56,250 I mean, it's kind of a win-win. 403 00:13:56,250 --> 00:13:58,250 And if you're contract brewing on the cheap, then. 404 00:13:58,250 --> 00:14:02,169 They just got a hundred million dollar podcast contract. 405 00:14:02,169 --> 00:14:03,009 Yeah. 406 00:14:03,009 --> 00:14:04,690 Right, prior to, so. 407 00:14:04,690 --> 00:14:06,529 What do you. 408 00:14:06,529 --> 00:14:07,369 Plug it on the show. 409 00:14:07,369 --> 00:14:08,409 What is the one thing you would do 410 00:14:08,409 --> 00:14:10,830 if you became a millionaire, Greg? 411 00:14:10,830 --> 00:14:11,669 Buy a brewery. 412 00:14:11,669 --> 00:14:12,490 Never podcast again. 413 00:14:12,490 --> 00:14:13,330 Oh. 414 00:14:15,370 --> 00:14:16,210 Yes, buy a brewery. 415 00:14:16,210 --> 00:14:17,610 I'm pretty certain you would buy a brewery, 416 00:14:17,610 --> 00:14:20,049 start a brewery, do something like that. 417 00:14:20,049 --> 00:14:20,889 I don't know. 418 00:14:20,889 --> 00:14:22,850 You know, it's interesting you bring that up 419 00:14:22,850 --> 00:14:24,250 because one of the things I was going to talk about 420 00:14:24,250 --> 00:14:25,929 was I've been in Orange County a bunch for work 421 00:14:25,929 --> 00:14:26,769 the last couple of weeks. 422 00:14:26,769 --> 00:14:30,409 Been doing some research, went to Radiant, 423 00:14:30,409 --> 00:14:31,289 brought back some, in fact, 424 00:14:31,289 --> 00:14:33,169 Radiant was going to be my beer tonight 425 00:14:33,169 --> 00:14:35,029 until I was like, ooh, it's Thanksgiving week. 426 00:14:35,029 --> 00:14:36,490 I'm going to go with Thanksgiving theme. 427 00:14:36,490 --> 00:14:38,009 So I'll have that another time. 428 00:14:38,009 --> 00:14:40,409 Went to Green Cheek, love me some Green Cheek. 429 00:14:40,409 --> 00:14:41,929 Went to Hangar 24. 430 00:14:41,929 --> 00:14:42,889 And I think I've said it before. 431 00:14:42,889 --> 00:14:45,529 I'm not a huge fan of Hangar 24 beer. 432 00:14:45,529 --> 00:14:47,450 It's okay. 433 00:14:47,450 --> 00:14:48,850 They do, on the other hand, though, 434 00:14:48,850 --> 00:14:51,690 have pretty good food at the spot in Orange County. 435 00:14:51,690 --> 00:14:52,529 So I like going there. 436 00:14:52,529 --> 00:14:54,850 You get a decent beer, some pretty good food. 437 00:14:54,850 --> 00:14:58,769 They do have a hazy on tap that is pretty drinkable 438 00:14:58,769 --> 00:15:01,610 and is only 5% so you can have a couple of them 439 00:15:01,610 --> 00:15:03,649 with dinner, no big deal. 440 00:15:03,649 --> 00:15:05,110 That's my jam right there. 441 00:15:05,110 --> 00:15:08,250 But when I was there the other night, 442 00:15:08,250 --> 00:15:10,889 I got one pint and then I went back for more 443 00:15:10,889 --> 00:15:13,610 and I guess I'd kicked the keg so I got screwed there. 444 00:15:13,610 --> 00:15:16,009 Oh, boy did I get tricked, by the way. 445 00:15:16,009 --> 00:15:18,330 The guy goes, he went to go change the keg, 446 00:15:18,330 --> 00:15:20,889 comes back, he's like, "Sorry, man, we're totally out. 447 00:15:20,889 --> 00:15:22,809 "Anything else on the board sound good to you?" 448 00:15:22,809 --> 00:15:25,169 And what I wanted to say was like, "No, not really." 449 00:15:25,169 --> 00:15:26,009 So I looked up there, I was like, 450 00:15:26,009 --> 00:15:28,809 "All right, what have I not had on this board? 451 00:15:28,809 --> 00:15:31,170 "All right, well, I haven't had the cold IPA. 452 00:15:31,170 --> 00:15:33,049 "I haven't had the fruited ale," 453 00:15:33,049 --> 00:15:36,289 which is a fruited ale, not a sour ale, just fruited. 454 00:15:36,289 --> 00:15:37,730 And I haven't had the seltzer. 455 00:15:37,730 --> 00:15:39,330 - It's a good way to ruin an ale. 456 00:15:39,330 --> 00:15:40,850 - Right, yeah. 457 00:15:40,850 --> 00:15:44,269 I was like, "All right, I'll try the cold IPA. 458 00:15:44,269 --> 00:15:45,990 "Please call it an IPL." 459 00:15:45,990 --> 00:15:48,750 And he pours it, and by God, 460 00:15:48,750 --> 00:15:51,029 that must have been the worst cold IPA 461 00:15:51,029 --> 00:15:52,950 I've ever put in my fucking liver. 462 00:15:52,950 --> 00:15:55,750 - I'm always terrified to try cold IPAs, man, 463 00:15:55,750 --> 00:15:58,009 just for that reason. 464 00:15:58,009 --> 00:15:58,850 - Yeah. 465 00:15:58,850 --> 00:16:01,590 - It became so popular, you know, like the trend, 466 00:16:01,590 --> 00:16:04,090 it's like everybody started doing it, 467 00:16:04,090 --> 00:16:06,029 but they weren't all great. 468 00:16:06,029 --> 00:16:06,870 - No, they were not. 469 00:16:06,870 --> 00:16:08,909 Here's the one thing that you could always count on, 470 00:16:08,909 --> 00:16:13,029 cold IPAs, is it's usually pretty light-bodied, 471 00:16:13,029 --> 00:16:15,309 pretty clean, and pretty drinkable, 472 00:16:15,309 --> 00:16:17,230 even if the flavor wasn't that great. 473 00:16:17,230 --> 00:16:18,350 - Right. 474 00:16:18,350 --> 00:16:21,470 - This drank like a fucking marzin. 475 00:16:21,470 --> 00:16:23,830 - That's fucking disgusting. 476 00:16:23,830 --> 00:16:24,909 - It was so disgusting. 477 00:16:24,909 --> 00:16:27,590 It was thick, it was malty. 478 00:16:27,590 --> 00:16:29,669 There was some bitterness, but it wasn't like, 479 00:16:29,669 --> 00:16:34,669 there was no, you know, aroma hops or fruitiness to it. 480 00:16:34,669 --> 00:16:37,110 - Sounds like a bad beer that they were like, 481 00:16:37,110 --> 00:16:39,149 "What can we call this?" 482 00:16:39,149 --> 00:16:42,169 - Right, "Oh, we'll just lager it real quick 483 00:16:42,169 --> 00:16:43,470 "and call it a cold IPA." 484 00:16:43,470 --> 00:16:45,389 Yeah, it was so bad. 485 00:16:45,389 --> 00:16:47,309 I was like, "I wanna come back for the food, 486 00:16:47,309 --> 00:16:49,230 "but if they don't have the one hazy beer that I'll drink." 487 00:16:49,230 --> 00:16:50,750 - The one beer you like? 488 00:16:50,750 --> 00:16:51,990 - Yeah. 489 00:16:51,990 --> 00:16:54,409 All that ties in, yeah, it was gross. 490 00:16:54,409 --> 00:16:55,870 But all that ties into what you're saying about like, 491 00:16:55,870 --> 00:16:59,309 if you want $100 million, would you buy a brewery? 492 00:16:59,309 --> 00:17:01,190 And I was having the thought this week, 493 00:17:01,190 --> 00:17:03,269 I was like, "If I were to open a brewery, 494 00:17:03,269 --> 00:17:04,929 "like, I wonder what's more important, 495 00:17:04,929 --> 00:17:08,509 "the food aspect or the beer aspect?" 496 00:17:08,509 --> 00:17:11,309 Because I, especially when I'm traveling for work, 497 00:17:11,309 --> 00:17:12,950 I will look for breweries that have food. 498 00:17:12,950 --> 00:17:15,650 That way I can get a little research in. 499 00:17:15,650 --> 00:17:16,490 Brewery people are my kind of-- 500 00:17:16,490 --> 00:17:18,789 - Let off a little steam with the beer. 501 00:17:18,789 --> 00:17:20,809 - Have a couple decent beverages. 502 00:17:20,809 --> 00:17:24,630 Usually, the people at the breweries are my kind of people. 503 00:17:24,630 --> 00:17:27,190 No one's gonna start talking to you about, 504 00:17:27,190 --> 00:17:29,470 I don't know, religion or whatever. 505 00:17:29,470 --> 00:17:31,269 People kind of keep to their own selves. 506 00:17:31,269 --> 00:17:32,869 - Yeah, you gotta go to Applebee's for that. 507 00:17:32,869 --> 00:17:34,589 - Right, exactly. 508 00:17:34,589 --> 00:17:36,349 Would you like a little God with your fries? 509 00:17:38,390 --> 00:17:40,390 That happens all the time, right? 510 00:17:40,390 --> 00:17:42,069 So-- - Without Jesus, 511 00:17:42,069 --> 00:17:45,329 you wouldn't have these bottomless, boneless wings. 512 00:17:47,589 --> 00:17:48,930 - You know what would be really funny? 513 00:17:48,930 --> 00:17:51,029 If they did like a bottomless wine carafe 514 00:17:51,029 --> 00:17:52,630 and they called it like the Jesus water. 515 00:17:55,230 --> 00:17:57,950 - This makes no sense with Applebee's, but I love it. 516 00:17:57,950 --> 00:18:00,269 - He turns water into wine, you know, whatever. 517 00:18:00,269 --> 00:18:02,589 - Yeah, maybe he turned water into buffalo wings. 518 00:18:02,589 --> 00:18:04,150 Who knows? - Ooh, yeah. 519 00:18:04,150 --> 00:18:05,470 Now that's living good in the neighborhood. 520 00:18:05,470 --> 00:18:06,789 - That's my kind of Jesus. 521 00:18:06,789 --> 00:18:08,630 - Yeah. 522 00:18:08,630 --> 00:18:09,589 But anyway, I was thinking like, 523 00:18:09,589 --> 00:18:11,829 what's more important, food or beer? 524 00:18:11,829 --> 00:18:14,269 And I was like, fuck, is the food slightly more important? 525 00:18:14,269 --> 00:18:17,430 Because I went to Hanger 24 where I really don't like the beer 526 00:18:17,430 --> 00:18:19,430 because their food is good. 527 00:18:19,430 --> 00:18:22,349 - So I kind of hate this argument right here because-- 528 00:18:22,349 --> 00:18:23,430 - I feel like a sellout. 529 00:18:23,430 --> 00:18:25,309 - It's not an argument. 530 00:18:25,309 --> 00:18:27,349 I would have to say food. 531 00:18:27,349 --> 00:18:29,549 As a family man that I am, 532 00:18:29,549 --> 00:18:32,950 and I am what I am, 533 00:18:32,950 --> 00:18:35,549 I would say food for me, you know, 534 00:18:35,549 --> 00:18:38,430 my wife who doesn't drink, 535 00:18:38,430 --> 00:18:41,269 and my two young kids who are 10 and eight, 536 00:18:41,269 --> 00:18:44,670 don't drink yet. - Who also can't drink yet. 537 00:18:44,670 --> 00:18:48,190 - If we're going out to a brewery or something like that, 538 00:18:48,190 --> 00:18:50,829 we always have to go to one with food 539 00:18:50,829 --> 00:18:53,710 because if they don't partake, 540 00:18:53,710 --> 00:18:56,309 well, what else is there for them to do? 541 00:18:56,309 --> 00:18:58,470 - Right, daddy's gotta leave early. 542 00:18:58,470 --> 00:19:00,990 - Right, which I don't like to do. 543 00:19:00,990 --> 00:19:02,390 - Right, exactly. 544 00:19:02,390 --> 00:19:07,109 Yeah, so I mean, it kind of makes food more important 545 00:19:07,109 --> 00:19:09,750 than I realized it made food. 546 00:19:09,750 --> 00:19:11,069 For me, you know, I was always a purist. 547 00:19:11,069 --> 00:19:12,470 Like, it just gave me good beer. 548 00:19:12,470 --> 00:19:14,670 - When I go alone, that's what I think of. 549 00:19:14,670 --> 00:19:16,390 Like, I could give a shit about the food 550 00:19:16,390 --> 00:19:17,589 when I go by myself, 551 00:19:17,589 --> 00:19:20,470 but it kind of, you know, expands your horizons a little bit, 552 00:19:20,470 --> 00:19:22,150 opens up your mind to, you know, 553 00:19:22,150 --> 00:19:24,430 think about something other than the beer, 554 00:19:24,430 --> 00:19:26,109 which is difficult. 555 00:19:26,109 --> 00:19:28,069 But that's why I praise, you know, 556 00:19:28,109 --> 00:19:32,150 I often go to Eagle Park, as I talk about a lot, 557 00:19:32,150 --> 00:19:34,029 but their food is real stellar. 558 00:19:34,029 --> 00:19:35,630 - Yeah, and when I'm traveling like that, 559 00:19:35,630 --> 00:19:38,029 like, if you don't have food, I'm probably not showing up. 560 00:19:38,029 --> 00:19:38,869 - You're not going up. 561 00:19:38,869 --> 00:19:40,069 Yeah, you're not going there. 562 00:19:40,069 --> 00:19:40,910 - Yeah, I need dinner. 563 00:19:40,910 --> 00:19:43,029 I'm not just going for a beverage. 564 00:19:43,029 --> 00:19:43,910 Even if it's just a food truck. 565 00:19:43,910 --> 00:19:44,750 Food truck's fine. 566 00:19:44,750 --> 00:19:46,269 You know, like, I'll go to Everywhere 567 00:19:46,269 --> 00:19:48,269 when I'm down there sometimes if we're a beer co. 568 00:19:48,269 --> 00:19:50,269 And when they have a food truck that sounds good, 569 00:19:50,269 --> 00:19:51,869 I would, like, of all the beer down there, 570 00:19:51,869 --> 00:19:53,950 I'd prefer to drink Everywhere or Radiant or something, 571 00:19:53,950 --> 00:19:54,990 you know, even Green Cheek. 572 00:19:54,990 --> 00:19:57,029 Green Cheek's kitchen is good, not amazing. 573 00:19:57,029 --> 00:19:58,990 Like, get a decent, like, their salad's really good. 574 00:19:58,990 --> 00:20:00,990 Their wings are okay, that kind of thing. 575 00:20:00,990 --> 00:20:02,910 Radiant just started doing food. 576 00:20:02,910 --> 00:20:04,190 I have only had a salad so far. 577 00:20:04,190 --> 00:20:05,750 It was fine, not amazing. 578 00:20:05,750 --> 00:20:08,190 Everywhere, when they have a good food truck, 579 00:20:08,190 --> 00:20:11,349 I'll pick that on top of most breweries in the area. 580 00:20:11,349 --> 00:20:13,750 So, yeah, it's surprising how important, 581 00:20:13,750 --> 00:20:14,869 I mean, it's 'cause I'm getting old, 582 00:20:14,869 --> 00:20:15,910 but it's surprising how important 583 00:20:15,910 --> 00:20:17,430 the food options have become. 584 00:20:17,430 --> 00:20:18,750 - I don't think it's a matter of age. 585 00:20:18,750 --> 00:20:21,430 Just a matter of convenience? 586 00:20:21,430 --> 00:20:22,390 - Yeah, maybe. 587 00:20:22,390 --> 00:20:24,910 - You know, that's gotta be what it is. 588 00:20:24,910 --> 00:20:25,750 - Well, we'll go with that. 589 00:20:25,750 --> 00:20:27,069 - I'm not that old. - That'll make me feel better. 590 00:20:27,069 --> 00:20:29,269 No, but you got kids, which, like, adds 10 years to you. 591 00:20:29,269 --> 00:20:31,950 - Yeah, that's, 10's an understatement. 592 00:20:34,190 --> 00:20:37,099 Next segment. 593 00:20:37,099 --> 00:20:38,579 - Yeah. 594 00:20:38,579 --> 00:20:42,700 So, speaking of Thanksgiving, sweet transition. 595 00:20:42,700 --> 00:20:44,900 Anyways, let us, listeners, let us know what you think. 596 00:20:44,900 --> 00:20:48,740 Food or beer, you know, what's the algorithm there? 597 00:20:48,740 --> 00:20:51,700 Where's the balance between, if you're going to a place 598 00:20:51,700 --> 00:20:53,500 and it doesn't matter if the food is good, 599 00:20:53,500 --> 00:20:55,819 if they have food, or, and I'm not talking, like, 600 00:20:55,819 --> 00:20:58,140 a Saturday afternoon, you know, binge-fest, 601 00:20:58,140 --> 00:20:58,980 but if you're going out for-- 602 00:20:58,980 --> 00:21:01,339 - Right, like, if you're just day drinking, you know. 603 00:21:01,339 --> 00:21:02,180 - Yeah, but not for the evening. 604 00:21:02,180 --> 00:21:04,539 - Not even day drinking, just all day drinking. 605 00:21:04,539 --> 00:21:06,700 - Right, yeah, you're getting hammered or whatever. 606 00:21:06,700 --> 00:21:08,700 Doing a lot of research. 607 00:21:08,700 --> 00:21:09,539 So, let us know. 608 00:21:09,539 --> 00:21:10,619 You know where to find us. 609 00:21:10,619 --> 00:21:13,619 All right, it is Thanksgiving week. 610 00:21:13,619 --> 00:21:16,059 Do you ever go out to the bars on Thanksgiving Eve 611 00:21:16,059 --> 00:21:18,660 and get, like, hammered with people from high school? 612 00:21:18,660 --> 00:21:20,180 - I used to. 613 00:21:20,180 --> 00:21:22,980 So, before I had kids, you know, my friend group 614 00:21:22,980 --> 00:21:27,819 from high school, which was still, like, eight or nine guys, 615 00:21:27,819 --> 00:21:29,779 you know, all still close friends, 616 00:21:29,779 --> 00:21:33,779 and we would, no lie, get to the bar at, like, six o'clock, 617 00:21:33,779 --> 00:21:37,500 just so we can get spots at the bar, 618 00:21:37,500 --> 00:21:41,220 because by, like, eight or nine o'clock, 619 00:21:41,220 --> 00:21:46,220 it was shoulder-to-shoulder, packed full, like, at capacity, 620 00:21:47,660 --> 00:21:51,420 and, you know, we really didn't care to mingle 621 00:21:51,420 --> 00:21:54,940 with anybody else, you know, just, like, our close group. 622 00:21:54,940 --> 00:21:58,539 So, if we saw somebody, we would, you know, be kind 623 00:21:58,539 --> 00:22:02,619 and do a little small talk and babble a little bit, but-- 624 00:22:02,619 --> 00:22:04,059 - Oh, I remember math class. 625 00:22:04,900 --> 00:22:08,579 - Right, right, but, you know, we purposely got there early 626 00:22:08,579 --> 00:22:11,380 so we could get the spot and stay in that spot 627 00:22:11,380 --> 00:22:15,460 for the next eight hours, and that was the fucking plan. 628 00:22:15,460 --> 00:22:17,180 - Until you fell out of that spot. 629 00:22:17,180 --> 00:22:19,819 - Well, no, 'cause when you sit in the same spot all night, 630 00:22:19,819 --> 00:22:23,059 you could keep drinking, like, you don't feel nothing. 631 00:22:23,059 --> 00:22:23,900 - Touche. - Anything. 632 00:22:23,900 --> 00:22:24,980 You don't feel anything, I'm sorry. 633 00:22:24,980 --> 00:22:25,819 - 'Til you first stand up. 634 00:22:25,819 --> 00:22:28,500 - Spoke improper English. - Yeah. 635 00:22:28,500 --> 00:22:31,420 - But then the second you hit that fresh air 636 00:22:31,420 --> 00:22:35,059 when you walk outside, that's when it smacks me in the face. 637 00:22:35,059 --> 00:22:36,539 - Oh, for me, it's that first, 638 00:22:36,539 --> 00:22:38,140 I haven't gone to the bathroom in a few hours, 639 00:22:38,140 --> 00:22:40,859 I'm gonna stand up now, and that first standing up 640 00:22:40,859 --> 00:22:42,819 where you take, like, your first baby giraffe step, 641 00:22:42,819 --> 00:22:45,500 it's like, oh, I have been drinking. 642 00:22:45,500 --> 00:22:47,299 - Oh, that's not me. 643 00:22:47,299 --> 00:22:51,019 I will do, with the first bathroom break, 644 00:22:51,019 --> 00:22:53,740 when you realize you're drunk, you know, 645 00:22:53,740 --> 00:22:57,640 I take out my business, and as I prepare, 646 00:22:57,640 --> 00:22:59,000 I do one of these. - You bring your briefcase 647 00:22:59,000 --> 00:22:59,839 to the bathroom? 648 00:22:59,839 --> 00:23:03,150 - That's what I do. 649 00:23:03,150 --> 00:23:05,789 It's just, like, a huge exhale, and you just. 650 00:23:05,789 --> 00:23:09,990 - That's 'cause it was so much work to whip it out. 651 00:23:09,990 --> 00:23:11,549 - Well, and then that's when you realize 652 00:23:11,549 --> 00:23:14,069 your lips are kinda numb, 'cause you're so drunk. 653 00:23:14,069 --> 00:23:14,910 - That's true. 654 00:23:14,910 --> 00:23:17,029 - And then it feels weird when you do that. 655 00:23:17,029 --> 00:23:19,509 But no, like, the drunkenness doesn't hit me 656 00:23:19,509 --> 00:23:20,950 'til I get outside. 657 00:23:20,950 --> 00:23:22,109 - Oh, and then you're in the bathroom 658 00:23:22,109 --> 00:23:23,910 for 15 minutes in the mirror, just going. 659 00:23:23,910 --> 00:23:26,910 (imitates snorting) 660 00:23:26,910 --> 00:23:28,849 - My lips are moving, but I don't feel 'em moving! 661 00:23:28,849 --> 00:23:31,089 (laughter) 662 00:23:31,089 --> 00:23:31,930 (imitates snorting) 663 00:23:31,930 --> 00:23:34,369 - The snozzberries taste like snozzberries! 664 00:23:34,369 --> 00:23:36,210 (laughter) 665 00:23:36,210 --> 00:23:38,849 - Well, anyways, this website Lightspeed 666 00:23:38,849 --> 00:23:40,890 put together the stats on what they're calling 667 00:23:40,890 --> 00:23:43,210 Drunksgiving, which is Thanksgiving Eve. 668 00:23:43,210 --> 00:23:45,250 - It's the biggest drinking day of the year, 669 00:23:45,250 --> 00:23:46,250 or night of the year. - Exactly! 670 00:23:46,250 --> 00:23:47,849 - Right, that I knew. 671 00:23:47,849 --> 00:23:49,609 - Yeah, and I used to partake a little bit too. 672 00:23:49,609 --> 00:23:50,769 Friends would be like, "Hey, come to the bar." 673 00:23:50,769 --> 00:23:53,089 And it wasn't so much like a planned thing, 674 00:23:53,089 --> 00:23:55,329 'cause I hate most people I went to high school with. 675 00:23:55,329 --> 00:23:56,730 It was more of a, like, you know, friends would be like, 676 00:23:56,730 --> 00:23:57,569 "Hey, come hang out." 677 00:23:57,569 --> 00:23:59,049 We'd go hang out, we'd walk in the bar, 678 00:23:59,049 --> 00:24:00,529 'cause it's not a huge town. 679 00:24:00,529 --> 00:24:02,650 There's fucking everybody I ever knew, great. 680 00:24:02,650 --> 00:24:04,369 That's exactly how it is where I live. 681 00:24:04,369 --> 00:24:06,170 - Yeah, I'm not gonna pretend to not hate you 682 00:24:06,170 --> 00:24:08,289 for five minutes, Jesus Christ. 683 00:24:08,289 --> 00:24:10,410 So anyways, Drunksgiving stats. 684 00:24:10,410 --> 00:24:13,269 Like you said, biggest drinking night of the year. 685 00:24:13,269 --> 00:24:14,569 Rivals St. Patrick's Day. 686 00:24:14,569 --> 00:24:19,569 Liquor orders grow by 156%. 687 00:24:19,569 --> 00:24:20,490 - I believe it. 688 00:24:20,490 --> 00:24:22,490 - Compared to the Wednesday before. 689 00:24:22,490 --> 00:24:23,930 What's the most popular drink? 690 00:24:23,930 --> 00:24:26,569 Well, beer. - Beer. 691 00:24:26,569 --> 00:24:27,529 Goes up by 85%. 692 00:24:27,529 --> 00:24:30,529 Cocktail orders go up by 69%. 693 00:24:30,529 --> 00:24:35,529 And wine sees a small little 6% bump on those nights. 694 00:24:35,529 --> 00:24:39,130 The Eternal Crowd Pleaser? 695 00:24:39,130 --> 00:24:40,609 Shots. 696 00:24:40,609 --> 00:24:43,289 - Right, 'cause you haven't seen somebody in so long. 697 00:24:43,289 --> 00:24:44,130 - Right, that's a new shot. 698 00:24:44,130 --> 00:24:45,690 - So you see somebody you haven't seen in 10 years, 699 00:24:45,690 --> 00:24:47,450 you're like, "Hey, shot!" 700 00:24:47,450 --> 00:24:48,490 - Mm-hmm. 701 00:24:48,490 --> 00:24:50,369 Rum goes up by 192%. 702 00:24:50,369 --> 00:24:52,849 Vodka by 187%. 703 00:24:52,849 --> 00:24:54,730 Tequila by 179%. 704 00:24:54,730 --> 00:24:55,609 By the way, all gross. 705 00:24:55,609 --> 00:24:57,809 - Wait, so rum is the top one? 706 00:24:57,809 --> 00:24:59,450 - That's the top increase. 707 00:24:59,450 --> 00:25:00,410 - That's insane. 708 00:25:00,410 --> 00:25:01,490 - Goes up the most, yeah. 709 00:25:01,490 --> 00:25:03,009 - Who buys shots of rum? 710 00:25:03,009 --> 00:25:05,369 - Fucking insane people. 711 00:25:05,369 --> 00:25:07,650 - Can we just stop and talk about this for a second? 712 00:25:07,650 --> 00:25:10,210 - Here's what they don't say, 713 00:25:10,210 --> 00:25:12,210 which might make, at least makes a difference to me, 714 00:25:12,210 --> 00:25:13,450 whether it's light or dark rum. 715 00:25:13,450 --> 00:25:15,769 It doesn't say, it just says rum. 716 00:25:15,769 --> 00:25:20,769 - So the only, let's call, shot or bomb, same thing, right? 717 00:25:20,769 --> 00:25:21,809 - Sure. 718 00:25:21,809 --> 00:25:23,569 Well, to be a bomb is when you drop it in a beer. 719 00:25:23,569 --> 00:25:26,329 - Right, well, not a beer, but or something. 720 00:25:26,329 --> 00:25:28,289 - Drop it into something. - Right. 721 00:25:28,289 --> 00:25:29,970 But would you count that the same as a shot? 722 00:25:29,970 --> 00:25:30,970 Can we call that? 723 00:25:30,970 --> 00:25:32,170 - No, it's more than a shot. 724 00:25:32,170 --> 00:25:33,529 - Okay, then I've never heard of anybody 725 00:25:33,529 --> 00:25:35,289 just ordering shots of rum. 726 00:25:35,289 --> 00:25:36,329 - Yeah. 727 00:25:36,329 --> 00:25:38,529 - 'Cause have you ever had a Bazooka Joe? 728 00:25:38,529 --> 00:25:39,849 - I don't think so. 729 00:25:39,849 --> 00:25:44,849 - It is Bacardi, I believe it's Bacardi Limon 730 00:25:44,849 --> 00:25:47,490 dropped in Monster. 731 00:25:47,490 --> 00:25:48,410 - Oh God. 732 00:25:48,410 --> 00:25:51,609 - And it tastes just like bubblegum. 733 00:25:51,609 --> 00:25:52,930 - 'Cause it sounds awful. 734 00:25:52,930 --> 00:25:55,569 - It's not bad at all. 735 00:25:55,569 --> 00:25:57,210 - Do you sip it or do you gotta chug it? 736 00:25:57,210 --> 00:25:58,329 - You chug it. 737 00:25:58,329 --> 00:25:59,170 - Okay. 738 00:25:59,170 --> 00:26:00,009 - But I mean, it's not like a-- 739 00:26:00,009 --> 00:26:02,369 - I mean, you can sip it if you're a bitch, but that's. 740 00:26:02,369 --> 00:26:04,450 - What I'm saying, it's not like Irish whiskey that, 741 00:26:04,450 --> 00:26:07,450 or I mean, Irish Carbon, it's not gonna curdle. 742 00:26:07,450 --> 00:26:08,289 - Yeah. 743 00:26:08,289 --> 00:26:09,569 - No, no, no, no, not at all. 744 00:26:09,569 --> 00:26:10,410 - Okay. 745 00:26:10,410 --> 00:26:12,130 - I'm just thinking that's like the only thing 746 00:26:12,130 --> 00:26:16,089 that I would order with rum to shoot or chug. 747 00:26:16,089 --> 00:26:17,450 - Yeah. 748 00:26:17,450 --> 00:26:19,049 - But I've never heard of anybody being like, 749 00:26:19,049 --> 00:26:20,809 hey, let's get shots of Captain, 750 00:26:20,809 --> 00:26:22,450 is Captain Morgan even around anymore? 751 00:26:22,450 --> 00:26:24,089 It's disgusting, it shouldn't be. 752 00:26:24,089 --> 00:26:25,130 - Do people still drink that? 753 00:26:25,130 --> 00:26:28,410 - It's terrible, please, I hope nobody drinks that. 754 00:26:28,410 --> 00:26:30,650 And then other than that, there's Bacardi. 755 00:26:30,650 --> 00:26:31,490 - Right. 756 00:26:31,490 --> 00:26:33,809 - And you don't get that as a shot, 757 00:26:33,809 --> 00:26:35,609 you get it with the Diet Coke and a lime 758 00:26:35,609 --> 00:26:38,809 because you're kind of wishing you were classy. 759 00:26:38,809 --> 00:26:41,089 - Right, I mean, the only time I'm drinking rum 760 00:26:41,089 --> 00:26:43,450 is if I'm at like a tiki bar and it's in a mixed drink. 761 00:26:43,450 --> 00:26:44,890 - Yeah, like a Mai Tai or some shit. 762 00:26:44,890 --> 00:26:46,130 - Yeah, something like that. 763 00:26:46,130 --> 00:26:47,609 So yeah, I'm with you, nope. 764 00:26:47,609 --> 00:26:50,009 - If you order a shot of rum, you're done. 765 00:26:50,009 --> 00:26:51,289 - You can turn off this show right now. 766 00:26:51,289 --> 00:26:52,450 - Yeah, stop listening. 767 00:26:52,450 --> 00:26:56,769 - Just kidding, but do reevaluate yourself. 768 00:26:56,769 --> 00:26:57,930 - I mean. 769 00:26:57,930 --> 00:27:01,289 - Okay, good while it lasted, rum drinker. 770 00:27:01,289 --> 00:27:06,049 And then, so after tequila, tequila was at 179%, 771 00:27:06,049 --> 00:27:10,009 huge drop-off, whiskey only goes up 89%, gin 88%, 772 00:27:10,009 --> 00:27:12,410 and beer, like we said before, 85%. 773 00:27:12,410 --> 00:27:14,210 - Who's ordering shots of gin? 774 00:27:14,210 --> 00:27:15,329 - Yeah, shots of gin is weird. 775 00:27:15,329 --> 00:27:18,130 Like my wife enjoys gin, but she doesn't do shots of it. 776 00:27:18,130 --> 00:27:21,490 - Okay, I love gin, but ordering shots of gin 777 00:27:21,490 --> 00:27:22,730 is something you do to your friends 778 00:27:22,730 --> 00:27:25,769 on their 21st birthday 'cause nobody likes gin. 779 00:27:25,769 --> 00:27:28,329 - Yeah, somebody got me once at a wedding. 780 00:27:28,329 --> 00:27:29,890 They're like, "Hey, you wanna do a shot?" 781 00:27:29,890 --> 00:27:31,329 And first of all, I think it's well-documented 782 00:27:31,329 --> 00:27:33,609 how much I hate doing shots of anything, 783 00:27:33,609 --> 00:27:34,450 no matter how much I like the liquid. 784 00:27:34,450 --> 00:27:35,410 - Shots are, they're terrible. 785 00:27:35,410 --> 00:27:37,650 Once you get to a certain age, like, I don't know. 786 00:27:37,650 --> 00:27:38,490 - 18? 787 00:27:38,490 --> 00:27:41,210 - I was gonna say like 23. 788 00:27:41,210 --> 00:27:42,369 - Oh, okay. 789 00:27:42,369 --> 00:27:44,049 - Shots are the worst, man. 790 00:27:44,049 --> 00:27:47,130 - Yeah, once you're legally able to order your own beverage, 791 00:27:47,130 --> 00:27:49,009 I think shots are out the door. 792 00:27:49,009 --> 00:27:50,890 I don't need to be 21 and drinking shots. 793 00:27:50,890 --> 00:27:54,250 That's never recipe for success, but. 794 00:27:54,250 --> 00:27:55,730 - And the only time you really do shots 795 00:27:55,730 --> 00:27:57,970 is like your 21st birthday. 796 00:27:57,970 --> 00:27:59,650 - Right, or if you're so drunk that you're like, 797 00:27:59,650 --> 00:28:01,130 "All right, let's do shots." 798 00:28:01,130 --> 00:28:05,089 - I do, my best friend does love ordering 799 00:28:05,089 --> 00:28:06,529 rounds of shots for people. 800 00:28:06,529 --> 00:28:08,890 - I know, those people think they're being nice. 801 00:28:08,890 --> 00:28:10,849 - Well, he can hold his liquor. 802 00:28:10,849 --> 00:28:12,809 I don't think he ever actually, in his life, 803 00:28:12,809 --> 00:28:15,930 gets hungover, doesn't throw up. 804 00:28:15,930 --> 00:28:18,509 He's just a fucking trooper. 805 00:28:18,509 --> 00:28:21,289 I, on the other hand, the second I get like 806 00:28:21,289 --> 00:28:22,690 three shots of liquor in me, 807 00:28:23,890 --> 00:28:25,849 whether it's tonight or tomorrow morning, 808 00:28:25,849 --> 00:28:27,190 I'm gonna puke. 809 00:28:27,190 --> 00:28:30,049 - I will often throw up just from the act of taking the shot 810 00:28:30,049 --> 00:28:32,069 like it could be the first drink I had that night, 811 00:28:32,069 --> 00:28:33,609 but I pound that shot and then I'm like, 812 00:28:33,609 --> 00:28:34,930 "Oh God, it's not sitting, oh God." 813 00:28:34,930 --> 00:28:35,970 - No kidding? 814 00:28:35,970 --> 00:28:36,809 - Oh yeah. 815 00:28:36,809 --> 00:28:37,630 - Wow. 816 00:28:37,630 --> 00:28:38,470 - Yeah, it's not fun. 817 00:28:38,470 --> 00:28:41,730 I immediately, I immediately have to chase it. 818 00:28:41,730 --> 00:28:44,730 Otherwise, I think between the taste and the action. 819 00:28:44,730 --> 00:28:47,250 - What if you had like a lemon drop shot? 820 00:28:47,250 --> 00:28:48,089 Those are delicious. 821 00:28:48,089 --> 00:28:49,970 - Oh, something fruity, like a kamikaze 822 00:28:49,970 --> 00:28:50,930 or gummy bear or something. 823 00:28:50,930 --> 00:28:52,210 - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 824 00:28:52,210 --> 00:28:54,130 I mean, better, but still, I don't, 825 00:28:54,130 --> 00:28:56,970 I just, shots are not my friend. 826 00:28:56,970 --> 00:28:58,130 Drinking fast, you know. 827 00:28:58,130 --> 00:28:59,450 - I do miss lemon drops. 828 00:28:59,450 --> 00:29:00,890 Those are fucking delicious. 829 00:29:00,890 --> 00:29:02,130 - Man, I haven't had one of those in a minute. 830 00:29:02,130 --> 00:29:02,970 My ex loved those. 831 00:29:02,970 --> 00:29:04,809 - A little sugar on a lemon and. 832 00:29:04,809 --> 00:29:05,849 - Yeah. 833 00:29:05,849 --> 00:29:07,289 - Oh man. 834 00:29:07,289 --> 00:29:09,250 - You know, for my sister's 21st birthday, 835 00:29:09,250 --> 00:29:10,410 you know she's married? 836 00:29:10,410 --> 00:29:11,410 - What? 837 00:29:11,410 --> 00:29:12,450 - Yeah, it's crazy, right? 838 00:29:12,450 --> 00:29:13,970 - Anything else going on there? 839 00:29:13,970 --> 00:29:15,730 - I don't know, probably not. 840 00:29:15,730 --> 00:29:17,410 We'll find out six years later. 841 00:29:17,410 --> 00:29:19,210 Maybe she's pregnant. 842 00:29:19,210 --> 00:29:21,210 For her 21st birthday, I took her to a bar, 843 00:29:21,210 --> 00:29:23,250 like the shittiest bar in town, 844 00:29:23,250 --> 00:29:24,730 and was like, "What do you want to drink?" 845 00:29:24,730 --> 00:29:26,849 We're like, "We're buying you drinks," you know? 846 00:29:26,849 --> 00:29:29,250 And she was humming and hawing. 847 00:29:29,250 --> 00:29:30,289 I was like, "Well, what flavors do you like?" 848 00:29:30,289 --> 00:29:31,809 Anyways, we settled on a lemon drop. 849 00:29:31,809 --> 00:29:32,849 And I said, "What about a lemon drop?" 850 00:29:32,849 --> 00:29:35,730 The guy goes, "You've come to the right place. 851 00:29:35,730 --> 00:29:37,450 "Just so happens that I am like 852 00:29:37,450 --> 00:29:39,130 "a world-class lemon drop maker." 853 00:29:39,130 --> 00:29:42,609 - Come on, why wouldn't he open with that? 854 00:29:42,609 --> 00:29:44,210 - Right, and we're at the shittiest bar in town. 855 00:29:44,210 --> 00:29:45,569 I'm like, "This guy's full of shit. 856 00:29:45,569 --> 00:29:47,730 "He's just, I could have said, you know, anything, 857 00:29:47,730 --> 00:29:49,049 "like a flaming Dr. Pepper. 858 00:29:49,049 --> 00:29:50,289 "Well, you're in the right place." 859 00:29:50,289 --> 00:29:51,609 You know, like, "Whatever it is." 860 00:29:51,609 --> 00:29:53,970 - That's a flavor. 861 00:29:53,970 --> 00:29:57,569 - This dude, to his shift at this fucked-up bar, 862 00:29:57,569 --> 00:30:01,569 would bring fresh lemons from, like, his backyard, 863 00:30:01,569 --> 00:30:04,130 a juicer, like the little lemon squeezer thing. 864 00:30:04,130 --> 00:30:06,170 - I don't even think that's legally allowed. 865 00:30:06,170 --> 00:30:09,170 - I'm sure it's not, there's no way. 866 00:30:09,170 --> 00:30:11,569 But this is, you know, what, 13 years ago 867 00:30:11,569 --> 00:30:13,009 or something like that? 868 00:30:13,009 --> 00:30:14,450 The little lemon juicer thing, 869 00:30:14,450 --> 00:30:16,210 the little citrus juicer. - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 870 00:30:16,210 --> 00:30:17,130 - He brings that. 871 00:30:17,130 --> 00:30:19,250 Yeah, so she orders it, and he's like, 872 00:30:19,250 --> 00:30:20,890 "Yeah, so, you know, gives us the whole thing." 873 00:30:20,890 --> 00:30:23,690 And then walks away, cuts the lemon, juices it, 874 00:30:23,690 --> 00:30:24,849 mixes up the drink. - Just so you know, 875 00:30:24,849 --> 00:30:28,450 it's gonna take me 17 minutes to prepare this shot. 876 00:30:28,450 --> 00:30:32,529 - He made it like in a martini glass kind of thing. 877 00:30:32,529 --> 00:30:33,369 - Okay. - But still, 878 00:30:33,369 --> 00:30:34,730 still the same amount of liquid. 879 00:30:34,730 --> 00:30:36,009 - Well, yeah. 880 00:30:36,009 --> 00:30:37,369 - So anyways, then we spent the rest of the night 881 00:30:37,369 --> 00:30:38,529 ordering lemon drops, 'cause, like, 882 00:30:38,529 --> 00:30:41,049 if this guy's gonna fucking pull lemons out of his ass, 883 00:30:41,049 --> 00:30:44,049 like, let's do it, let's have, and I'll give him credit. 884 00:30:44,049 --> 00:30:45,609 Best lemon drop I ever had. 885 00:30:45,609 --> 00:30:47,650 - I guess the trick is ass lemons. 886 00:30:47,650 --> 00:30:49,369 - Amen. 887 00:30:49,369 --> 00:30:52,529 Yeah, I mean, that's phenomenal. 888 00:30:52,529 --> 00:30:53,890 - Yeah, so, it was weird. 889 00:30:53,890 --> 00:30:55,809 But lemon drops made me think of that. 890 00:30:55,809 --> 00:30:58,170 Where were we in all this? 891 00:30:58,170 --> 00:30:59,289 Oh. 892 00:30:59,289 --> 00:31:01,569 - Whiskey only up 89% or something? 893 00:31:01,569 --> 00:31:03,130 - Yeah. - That's crazy. 894 00:31:03,130 --> 00:31:04,170 - It's weird. 895 00:31:04,170 --> 00:31:06,369 Anyways, the most popular, this is the weird part. 896 00:31:06,369 --> 00:31:07,690 The most popular shot by region. 897 00:31:07,690 --> 00:31:09,130 On the West, tequila. 898 00:31:09,130 --> 00:31:11,210 In the Midwest, tequila. 899 00:31:11,210 --> 00:31:12,970 Northeast, vodka. 900 00:31:12,970 --> 00:31:15,369 And in the South, vodka. 901 00:31:15,369 --> 00:31:17,009 - I don't believe that. 902 00:31:17,009 --> 00:31:17,849 Yeah, that's weird. 903 00:31:17,849 --> 00:31:18,890 And also-- 904 00:31:18,890 --> 00:31:20,210 - I mean, unless you're doing, like, 905 00:31:20,210 --> 00:31:22,849 you know, I guess ordering a lemon drop shot, 906 00:31:22,849 --> 00:31:26,130 vodka, like, makes sense. 907 00:31:26,130 --> 00:31:27,049 - I'm taking it straight. 908 00:31:27,049 --> 00:31:28,369 If you're telling me it's a vodka shot, 909 00:31:28,369 --> 00:31:30,009 to me that's a vodka shot. 910 00:31:30,009 --> 00:31:31,569 - Right. - I don't know. 911 00:31:31,569 --> 00:31:34,609 - So, but I feel like any time I'm at, like, 912 00:31:34,609 --> 00:31:38,730 you know, when I used to attend the local watering hole, 913 00:31:38,730 --> 00:31:43,730 it's mostly shots of Jack or J-Mo or those, really. 914 00:31:43,730 --> 00:31:46,049 - Yeah. - Nothing else. 915 00:31:46,049 --> 00:31:49,009 - My best friend would always make me do, 916 00:31:49,009 --> 00:31:51,329 what's the Senate, fireball, ugh. 917 00:31:51,329 --> 00:31:52,569 - Oh, that's gross. 918 00:31:52,569 --> 00:31:53,769 - So gross. 919 00:31:53,769 --> 00:31:55,529 Just walks over with shots. 920 00:31:55,529 --> 00:31:56,369 Here, have a shot of my, oh. 921 00:31:56,369 --> 00:32:00,490 - I don't enjoy fireball, and I don't enjoy screwball. 922 00:32:00,490 --> 00:32:01,490 I'm gonna put that out there. 923 00:32:01,490 --> 00:32:04,410 I know a lot of people, that became a big thing. 924 00:32:04,410 --> 00:32:05,369 I will do Jager. 925 00:32:05,369 --> 00:32:07,170 I like Jager, I like Jager bombs. 926 00:32:07,170 --> 00:32:09,849 - I used to do Jager shots, like, straight up. 927 00:32:09,849 --> 00:32:10,690 I can't anymore. 928 00:32:10,690 --> 00:32:13,289 I can still do a Jager bomb, though. 929 00:32:13,289 --> 00:32:14,529 - I can do it. 930 00:32:14,529 --> 00:32:17,970 Actually, my mother-in-law keeps a bottle of Jager 931 00:32:17,970 --> 00:32:19,890 in the freezer at all times. 932 00:32:19,890 --> 00:32:20,730 - Nice. 933 00:32:20,730 --> 00:32:23,809 - And then, when we do dinner there, every now and then, 934 00:32:23,809 --> 00:32:27,009 it's used as, like, a dessert liqueur, you know? 935 00:32:27,009 --> 00:32:32,009 Like, a post-dinner little, fill up, like, a snifter of it. 936 00:32:32,009 --> 00:32:34,210 - My problem is I hate black licorice. 937 00:32:34,210 --> 00:32:35,049 If I need that, like, red bull to cut it. 938 00:32:35,049 --> 00:32:37,930 - So I do, too, but something about the Jager, 939 00:32:37,930 --> 00:32:39,650 it just makes it different. 940 00:32:39,650 --> 00:32:42,289 - I used to think that, and now I'm old and grumpy. 941 00:32:42,289 --> 00:32:43,210 - Okay. 942 00:32:43,210 --> 00:32:44,049 - Yeah, I don't know. 943 00:32:44,049 --> 00:32:46,170 I think I should, you know, revisit it, maybe, 944 00:32:46,170 --> 00:32:48,210 'cause I'm pretty old and grumpy. 945 00:32:48,210 --> 00:32:49,049 - Maybe. 946 00:32:49,049 --> 00:32:50,450 Find out, do some research. 947 00:32:50,450 --> 00:32:52,369 - I think I'm, like, the grumpiest. 948 00:32:53,369 --> 00:32:54,890 - The number one grump. 949 00:32:56,529 --> 00:32:57,529 Yeah, anyways. 950 00:32:57,529 --> 00:33:00,250 All right, so let us know what your drunksgiving drink is, 951 00:33:00,250 --> 00:33:02,849 and hopefully it's not a shot of fucking rum, you weirdos. 952 00:33:02,849 --> 00:33:04,690 - Or vodka or gin. 953 00:33:04,690 --> 00:33:05,650 - Or just about it. 954 00:33:05,650 --> 00:33:07,490 Just drink some goddamn beer, like an old person. 955 00:33:07,490 --> 00:33:09,250 - I'll do a gin and water. 956 00:33:09,250 --> 00:33:11,970 I'll do a dirty gin martini. 957 00:33:11,970 --> 00:33:13,329 I'm a big fan of gins. 958 00:33:13,329 --> 00:33:15,250 Not a big fan of tonic, like gin and tonics, 959 00:33:15,250 --> 00:33:18,210 but like a gin and seltzer? 960 00:33:18,210 --> 00:33:19,049 - Yeah, that's what she likes. 961 00:33:19,049 --> 00:33:20,609 She likes it with a lime seltzer. 962 00:33:20,609 --> 00:33:22,490 - Yeah, just anything like that, 963 00:33:22,490 --> 00:33:25,730 but do not be taking shots of gin. 964 00:33:25,730 --> 00:33:27,410 - Yeah, mm-mm, hard pass. 965 00:33:27,410 --> 00:33:30,450 All right, while we're on the Thanksgiving subject, 966 00:33:30,450 --> 00:33:32,250 let me get to my beer, 967 00:33:32,250 --> 00:33:34,289 'cause it's sort of Thanksgiving-related. 968 00:33:34,289 --> 00:33:35,490 I'm gonna do some science tonight, 969 00:33:35,490 --> 00:33:37,849 but before I do, I'll just quick preface. 970 00:33:37,849 --> 00:33:40,009 Since we're doing, you know, Thanksgiving beers, 971 00:33:40,009 --> 00:33:41,769 I thought, well, what do you need more on Thanksgiving 972 00:33:41,769 --> 00:33:42,930 than a bunch of booze to handle 973 00:33:42,930 --> 00:33:45,410 your fucking annoying-ass family? 974 00:33:45,410 --> 00:33:48,289 So enter in this beer science that I have been sitting on 975 00:33:48,289 --> 00:33:50,730 for like at least six months. 976 00:33:50,730 --> 00:33:51,569 Here we go. 977 00:34:01,489 --> 00:34:05,409 All right, so for my science, I have two things. 978 00:34:05,409 --> 00:34:10,409 First, I have Rolling Thunder 2024 Imperial Stout by Rogue. 979 00:34:10,409 --> 00:34:16,769 It comes in at a whopping flex, probably approved 13.7%. 980 00:34:16,769 --> 00:34:20,570 - Yowza, wow. 981 00:34:20,570 --> 00:34:23,489 - Yeah, let me read the description on this real quick. 982 00:34:23,489 --> 00:34:26,170 Our 2024 Rolling Thunder Imperial Stout was aged 983 00:34:26,170 --> 00:34:29,369 for nine months in handmade Rolling Thunder Barrel Works 984 00:34:29,369 --> 00:34:33,690 barrels previously used to age our Dead Guy Whiskey. 985 00:34:33,690 --> 00:34:36,289 This one-of-a-kind Imperial Stout can be enjoyed right away 986 00:34:36,289 --> 00:34:37,210 or sell it for years. 987 00:34:37,210 --> 00:34:39,809 Either way, it's best shared among friends. 988 00:34:39,809 --> 00:34:41,730 - Yeah, I would share a 13 percenter. 989 00:34:41,730 --> 00:34:44,210 - Yeah, I gave some to the wife before I came up here. 990 00:34:44,210 --> 00:34:45,489 And here's the science part. 991 00:34:45,489 --> 00:34:48,289 I have some of said Rogue Whiskey 992 00:34:48,289 --> 00:34:50,690 that was also aged in these barrels. 993 00:34:50,690 --> 00:34:54,050 Greg's getting shmammered. 994 00:34:54,050 --> 00:34:56,130 - I feel bad for the second show. 995 00:34:56,130 --> 00:34:57,969 - I feel bad for anybody listening to me read 996 00:34:57,969 --> 00:34:58,809 in a few minutes. 997 00:35:00,289 --> 00:35:03,889 Oh, by the way, 4.19 on untapped for the Stout. 998 00:35:03,889 --> 00:35:04,730 - Damn. 999 00:35:04,730 --> 00:35:06,369 - Pretty fucking good, yeah. 1000 00:35:06,369 --> 00:35:07,610 Pretty good. 1001 00:35:07,610 --> 00:35:08,769 All right, so here we go. 1002 00:35:08,769 --> 00:35:12,050 On the schnoz-a-rooney-dooney with the Stout. 1003 00:35:12,050 --> 00:35:13,690 We'll start with the Stout. 1004 00:35:13,690 --> 00:35:16,570 Little chocolate, a lot of roasty. 1005 00:35:16,570 --> 00:35:18,530 I think I'm getting some of that like fig or date, 1006 00:35:18,530 --> 00:35:20,170 like that sweet fruit like that. 1007 00:35:20,170 --> 00:35:21,570 - Okay. 1008 00:35:21,570 --> 00:35:26,050 - Yeah, I'm going fig with this one, like a fig jam. 1009 00:35:26,050 --> 00:35:27,489 All right, tongue jobber time. 1010 00:35:27,489 --> 00:35:29,489 - You look like a fig guy. 1011 00:35:29,489 --> 00:35:31,250 - I'm not a huge fig fan, actually. 1012 00:35:31,250 --> 00:35:34,780 This is nice. 1013 00:35:34,780 --> 00:35:36,980 The flavor really follows through. 1014 00:35:36,980 --> 00:35:39,420 Little like bitterness from the chocolate. 1015 00:35:39,420 --> 00:35:43,900 Definitely that figgy sort of sweetness coming through. 1016 00:35:43,900 --> 00:35:46,059 You really pick up the barrel. 1017 00:35:46,059 --> 00:35:47,500 I do have one complaint. 1018 00:35:47,500 --> 00:35:50,300 It's something we actually talked about earlier tonight. 1019 00:35:50,300 --> 00:35:51,420 Little too carbonated. 1020 00:35:51,420 --> 00:35:52,940 - Ooh. 1021 00:35:52,940 --> 00:35:54,579 - It could be a little flatter. 1022 00:35:54,579 --> 00:35:55,539 It's like zingy. 1023 00:35:55,539 --> 00:35:58,539 - You know, for 13.7, you don't expect it 1024 00:35:58,539 --> 00:36:00,619 to just dance across your tongue and disappear. 1025 00:36:00,619 --> 00:36:02,940 - Yeah, no, it should be just like a syrup 1026 00:36:02,940 --> 00:36:03,780 at that motor rate. 1027 00:36:03,780 --> 00:36:04,619 - Right, it's not. 1028 00:36:04,619 --> 00:36:07,860 It's a little too carbon, and maybe 'cause it's in a can, 1029 00:36:07,860 --> 00:36:09,260 so it holds its carbonation better, 1030 00:36:09,260 --> 00:36:10,099 like they need to lower the carb level. 1031 00:36:10,099 --> 00:36:13,619 - Well, it's actually from a barrel to a can. 1032 00:36:13,619 --> 00:36:14,500 - From a barrel. 1033 00:36:14,500 --> 00:36:15,340 - From a barrel. 1034 00:36:15,340 --> 00:36:18,179 - But still very drinkable. 1035 00:36:18,179 --> 00:36:19,579 And let me tell you how dangerous this is. 1036 00:36:19,579 --> 00:36:22,380 This is not a drink like 14%. 1037 00:36:22,380 --> 00:36:23,739 - That's what I was curious about. 1038 00:36:23,739 --> 00:36:26,139 What is the alcohol like? 1039 00:36:26,139 --> 00:36:28,500 - Yeah, almost non-existent. 1040 00:36:28,500 --> 00:36:30,500 - Wow, that's talent. 1041 00:36:30,500 --> 00:36:33,059 - Yeah, it's really good. 1042 00:36:33,059 --> 00:36:34,699 Like, I didn't think I was gonna like it that much 1043 00:36:34,699 --> 00:36:36,019 because of the ABV. 1044 00:36:36,019 --> 00:36:38,860 All right, on to the whiskey. 1045 00:36:38,860 --> 00:36:41,019 - Is that your safe word? 1046 00:36:41,019 --> 00:36:43,179 - Real, yeah, pineapple. 1047 00:36:43,179 --> 00:36:48,340 Real sweet and caramely, but not fig. 1048 00:36:48,340 --> 00:36:51,699 It doesn't at all share any smelling characteristics 1049 00:36:51,699 --> 00:36:53,340 with the beer. 1050 00:36:53,340 --> 00:36:56,099 A lot of vanilla, a little sharpness from the alcohol. 1051 00:36:56,099 --> 00:36:57,019 In fact, I'm a little sorry 1052 00:36:57,019 --> 00:36:58,300 I didn't drop an ice cube in here. 1053 00:36:58,300 --> 00:37:00,940 I always like a little melted water in my whiskey. 1054 00:37:00,940 --> 00:37:04,059 - I'm a big fan with a cube or two in my whiskey. 1055 00:37:04,059 --> 00:37:06,340 - Yeah, but I wanted it like the pure, you know, 1056 00:37:06,340 --> 00:37:09,260 side-by-side and I'm probably gonna be sorry. 1057 00:37:09,260 --> 00:37:10,260 I have had the whiskey before. 1058 00:37:10,260 --> 00:37:12,860 - All it takes is like three drops of water. 1059 00:37:12,860 --> 00:37:15,139 That's what I've learned. 1060 00:37:15,139 --> 00:37:17,099 - It's very nerdy and fun. 1061 00:37:17,099 --> 00:37:18,139 All right, here we go. 1062 00:37:18,139 --> 00:37:20,900 So this is interesting. 1063 00:37:22,059 --> 00:37:23,900 First of all, I mean, it's an okay whiskey. 1064 00:37:23,900 --> 00:37:24,739 I've had it before. 1065 00:37:24,739 --> 00:37:27,059 It's certainly not my favorite go-to. 1066 00:37:27,059 --> 00:37:28,699 Not bad, it's not great. 1067 00:37:28,699 --> 00:37:29,980 Wouldn't feel bad about mixing it 1068 00:37:29,980 --> 00:37:31,139 'cause it's just not the best. 1069 00:37:31,139 --> 00:37:33,739 You do get some of the chocolatey notes. 1070 00:37:33,739 --> 00:37:35,380 Shares that with the beer. 1071 00:37:35,380 --> 00:37:39,019 The vanilla on the tongue is very muted compared to the nose. 1072 00:37:39,019 --> 00:37:40,579 What I find extra cool though is, 1073 00:37:40,579 --> 00:37:43,059 I had a sip of the whiskey while you were talking earlier 1074 00:37:43,059 --> 00:37:44,179 and it really was like, you know, 1075 00:37:44,179 --> 00:37:46,219 that alcohol spiciness on my tongue. 1076 00:37:46,219 --> 00:37:47,239 - Yeah. 1077 00:37:47,239 --> 00:37:49,139 - After drinking some of this beer 1078 00:37:49,139 --> 00:37:50,739 and then going to the whiskey, 1079 00:37:50,739 --> 00:37:53,760 a lot of that alcohol burn is non-existent on the tongue. 1080 00:37:53,760 --> 00:37:56,059 - Wonder why that is. 1081 00:37:56,059 --> 00:37:57,300 - Yeah, I don't know if the beer like, 1082 00:37:57,300 --> 00:38:01,880 is a protective coating or who knows? 1083 00:38:01,880 --> 00:38:04,260 But fun. 1084 00:38:04,260 --> 00:38:05,079 - Beer science. 1085 00:38:05,079 --> 00:38:06,780 - Beer science. 1086 00:38:06,780 --> 00:38:08,179 Does everybody feel learned? 1087 00:38:09,219 --> 00:38:13,139 - I didn't learn anything, but we've opened minds. 1088 00:38:13,139 --> 00:38:15,940 - Yeah, and here, don't drink gin. 1089 00:38:15,940 --> 00:38:16,980 That's what you've all learned. 1090 00:38:16,980 --> 00:38:18,219 - Just don't shoot gin. 1091 00:38:18,219 --> 00:38:19,940 - Oh, that's what I mean. 1092 00:38:19,940 --> 00:38:21,059 Don't shoot gin. 1093 00:38:21,059 --> 00:38:23,139 I don't drink it, but anyway, so yeah. 1094 00:38:23,139 --> 00:38:23,980 So there you go. 1095 00:38:23,980 --> 00:38:25,059 A little Thanksgiving beer science 1096 00:38:25,059 --> 00:38:26,619 and I'll be hammered in no time 1097 00:38:26,619 --> 00:38:28,139 and ready to deal with my family. 1098 00:38:28,139 --> 00:38:29,780 - Hell yeah. 1099 00:38:29,780 --> 00:38:33,539 - I just want to take a poll from the listeners 1100 00:38:33,539 --> 00:38:36,219 'cause you and I have already fought about this 1101 00:38:36,219 --> 00:38:37,340 when we were texting the other day, 1102 00:38:37,340 --> 00:38:40,579 but is anybody else tired of the Mariah Carey song already? 1103 00:38:40,579 --> 00:38:41,880 Not even Thanksgiving yet? 1104 00:38:41,880 --> 00:38:44,019 Flex loves it. 1105 00:38:44,019 --> 00:38:46,380 - I can't believe it's 30 years old. 1106 00:38:46,380 --> 00:38:47,940 That's what blew my mind. 1107 00:38:47,940 --> 00:38:49,380 - That was the best part of the conversation 1108 00:38:49,380 --> 00:38:52,059 is I said something to the effect of like, 1109 00:38:52,059 --> 00:38:53,659 no one even started listening to this thing 1110 00:38:53,659 --> 00:38:54,500 until five years ago. 1111 00:38:54,500 --> 00:38:56,260 - Yeah, you said it hasn't been popular 1112 00:38:56,260 --> 00:38:57,780 until the last five years. 1113 00:38:57,780 --> 00:38:58,619 - Right. 1114 00:38:58,619 --> 00:39:00,699 - Which I argued. 1115 00:39:00,699 --> 00:39:03,579 Then I looked it up and I did some research 1116 00:39:03,579 --> 00:39:07,940 and it's true, 2019. 1117 00:39:07,940 --> 00:39:08,980 - Yeah, I wasn't far off. 1118 00:39:08,980 --> 00:39:10,099 - That was the big year. 1119 00:39:10,099 --> 00:39:11,699 Well, that's five years ago. 1120 00:39:11,699 --> 00:39:13,940 - Yeah, that's when it's like finally hit number one, right? 1121 00:39:13,940 --> 00:39:15,099 It's like 18 or 19. 1122 00:39:15,099 --> 00:39:17,659 - Yeah, and it really didn't start topping the charts 1123 00:39:17,659 --> 00:39:20,219 either until like 2012, I think it said. 1124 00:39:20,219 --> 00:39:22,820 - Yeah, I mean, even that was like top 80. 1125 00:39:22,820 --> 00:39:24,619 It wasn't even near the top. 1126 00:39:24,619 --> 00:39:25,940 - That's crazy. 1127 00:39:25,940 --> 00:39:26,780 - Yeah. 1128 00:39:26,780 --> 00:39:28,940 - I just thought it's always been popular, I don't know. 1129 00:39:28,940 --> 00:39:29,780 - Yeah, I was cracking. 1130 00:39:29,780 --> 00:39:31,940 My favorite part of the entire exchange was like, 1131 00:39:31,940 --> 00:39:33,219 I didn't know it was 30 years old. 1132 00:39:33,219 --> 00:39:35,460 I was like, yeah, 'cause no one played it for the first 20. 1133 00:39:37,699 --> 00:39:40,539 People didn't like that song. 1134 00:39:40,579 --> 00:39:44,179 Maybe, you know, they just didn't get it. 1135 00:39:46,900 --> 00:39:50,619 All she wants for Christmas is you, you know? 1136 00:39:50,619 --> 00:39:51,460 - Baby. 1137 00:39:54,219 --> 00:39:56,420 Yeah, that is a pretty hard concept to grasp. 1138 00:39:56,420 --> 00:39:58,900 - Yeah, hey, you know, it took 30 years. 1139 00:39:58,900 --> 00:40:00,420 - Mm-hmm, finally caught on. 1140 00:40:02,340 --> 00:40:03,420 - I don't know, I like it. 1141 00:40:03,420 --> 00:40:04,860 I like me some Christmas music. 1142 00:40:04,860 --> 00:40:06,019 I love me some Christmas. 1143 00:40:06,019 --> 00:40:08,179 House has been decorated for almost a month now. 1144 00:40:08,179 --> 00:40:11,139 - Wow, well, we have zero decorations out 1145 00:40:11,139 --> 00:40:12,420 and I'm okay with it. 1146 00:40:12,420 --> 00:40:13,699 - It's 'cause you're Grinch. 1147 00:40:13,699 --> 00:40:15,980 - Yeah, bah humbug. 1148 00:40:15,980 --> 00:40:19,699 All right, let's blow through some news real quick. 1149 00:40:19,699 --> 00:40:23,380 Molson Coors is reporting a $41 million loss 1150 00:40:23,380 --> 00:40:25,059 related to their craft divestment. 1151 00:40:25,059 --> 00:40:25,900 - $41 million. 1152 00:40:25,900 --> 00:40:33,659 - So this is earlier this year when they sold 1153 00:40:33,659 --> 00:40:37,940 those brands to Tilray, which were Atwater, 1154 00:40:37,940 --> 00:40:40,300 Hot Valley, Revolver, and Terrapin. 1155 00:40:40,300 --> 00:40:44,059 They're now reporting a $41 million loss. 1156 00:40:44,059 --> 00:40:46,260 It's like, eh, I don't know. 1157 00:40:46,260 --> 00:40:47,940 - Is that a chump change to them? 1158 00:40:47,940 --> 00:40:49,980 - Probably, probably a chump change. 1159 00:40:49,980 --> 00:40:54,099 I get the feeling, 'cause Tilray paid about $23 million 1160 00:40:54,099 --> 00:40:55,579 for all those combined. 1161 00:40:55,579 --> 00:40:57,300 My guess is they purposely sold low 1162 00:40:57,300 --> 00:41:00,780 so they could get a tax write-off from it kind of thing. 1163 00:41:00,780 --> 00:41:01,699 - Okay. 1164 00:41:01,699 --> 00:41:03,659 - You can report the loss, it's probably worth more 1165 00:41:03,659 --> 00:41:05,099 than the actual breweries. 1166 00:41:05,099 --> 00:41:06,139 - Right. 1167 00:41:06,139 --> 00:41:07,460 - Yeah, so anyways. 1168 00:41:07,460 --> 00:41:09,980 Stone, Sapporo Stone is going to discontinue 1169 00:41:09,980 --> 00:41:13,099 exporting Stone beers to other countries. 1170 00:41:13,099 --> 00:41:15,340 - Oh no. - I'm sure they're devastated. 1171 00:41:15,340 --> 00:41:18,480 - Yes, 'cause if they have one more Stone IPA. 1172 00:41:21,980 --> 00:41:25,099 - Oh yeah, people in Finland right now are crying. 1173 00:41:25,099 --> 00:41:26,099 We're so sorry, Finland. 1174 00:41:26,099 --> 00:41:29,059 We'll smuggle you some Stone beers if you're still in that. 1175 00:41:29,059 --> 00:41:30,619 - I think they'll live. 1176 00:41:30,619 --> 00:41:32,780 - Yeah, I think they'll be all right. 1177 00:41:32,780 --> 00:41:34,219 Massachusetts, oh fuck. 1178 00:41:34,219 --> 00:41:37,219 First of all, fuck you, Boston, as always. 1179 00:41:37,219 --> 00:41:40,820 Massachusetts, to remain happy hour free 1180 00:41:40,820 --> 00:41:42,219 for the rest of all time. 1181 00:41:42,219 --> 00:41:43,860 A piece of legislation that would permit 1182 00:41:43,860 --> 00:41:46,500 on-premise beverage alcohol price promotions 1183 00:41:46,500 --> 00:41:48,739 in Massachusetts, aka happy hour, 1184 00:41:48,739 --> 00:41:52,900 has been excluded from a $4 billion economic bill 1185 00:41:52,900 --> 00:41:55,239 working its way through the state legislator. 1186 00:41:55,239 --> 00:41:58,880 Happy hour has been banned in the Commonwealth since 1984 1187 00:41:58,880 --> 00:42:01,699 due to concerns about drunk driving, 1188 00:42:01,699 --> 00:42:03,840 because boy has that stopped. 1189 00:42:03,840 --> 00:42:06,380 There have been several legislative efforts to reinstate it 1190 00:42:06,380 --> 00:42:10,260 but none have succeeded due to varying levels of support. 1191 00:42:10,260 --> 00:42:13,900 Massachusetts Restaurant Association President Steve Clark 1192 00:42:13,900 --> 00:42:17,099 told The Globe, "We've been having the same conversation now 1193 00:42:17,099 --> 00:42:18,780 "for probably 10 years. 1194 00:42:18,780 --> 00:42:21,579 "It's generally not a high priority for most restaurants, 1195 00:42:21,579 --> 00:42:23,239 "even though it gets a lot of attention 1196 00:42:23,239 --> 00:42:24,780 "when it gets brought up." 1197 00:42:24,780 --> 00:42:25,780 Well, you guys are dumb. 1198 00:42:25,780 --> 00:42:27,179 That's why you're in Boston. 1199 00:42:27,179 --> 00:42:30,139 - Tell you what, when I was a young drinker, 1200 00:42:30,139 --> 00:42:32,780 the only thing I would do is go to places with happy hour. 1201 00:42:32,780 --> 00:42:33,659 - Right. 1202 00:42:33,659 --> 00:42:35,739 - 'Cause why wouldn't you wanna save money 1203 00:42:35,739 --> 00:42:37,139 while you're getting loaded? 1204 00:42:37,139 --> 00:42:37,980 - Exactly. 1205 00:42:37,980 --> 00:42:40,900 And you always get cheap snacks while you're getting loaded. 1206 00:42:40,900 --> 00:42:42,219 - Right, it makes sense. 1207 00:42:42,219 --> 00:42:43,820 You're just driving in business. 1208 00:42:43,820 --> 00:42:46,659 Clearly Boston hates business. 1209 00:42:46,659 --> 00:42:49,820 - Boston hates business. 1210 00:42:49,820 --> 00:42:51,400 You heard it here first. 1211 00:42:51,400 --> 00:42:54,380 This feels appropriate for Thanksgiving. 1212 00:42:54,380 --> 00:42:59,380 Drunk Florida man tosses pasta and lands a felony. 1213 00:42:59,380 --> 00:43:01,340 Not the Thanksgiving dinner you were looking for. 1214 00:43:01,340 --> 00:43:04,980 Please say that Markel, we'll go with Markel, 1215 00:43:04,980 --> 00:43:08,260 Royal, 40, and his wife were arguing Sunday evening 1216 00:43:08,260 --> 00:43:10,739 about Royal's abuse of alcohol 1217 00:43:10,739 --> 00:43:12,739 when the domestic dispute turned violent. 1218 00:43:12,739 --> 00:43:15,980 Royal, who cops report appeared to be intoxicated, 1219 00:43:15,980 --> 00:43:19,099 became irate and threw his bowl of spaghetti 1220 00:43:19,099 --> 00:43:20,860 at his spouse of nine years. 1221 00:43:20,860 --> 00:43:24,579 The noodles struck the 44-year-old woman 1222 00:43:24,579 --> 00:43:29,179 on the front of her body and on her stomach, 1223 00:43:29,179 --> 00:43:30,579 according to an arrest report. 1224 00:43:30,579 --> 00:43:32,579 I love that that's in the arrest report. 1225 00:43:32,579 --> 00:43:34,940 Upon arriving at the Paris Largo residence, 1226 00:43:34,940 --> 00:43:38,219 officers found the victim covered in spaghetti sauce. 1227 00:43:40,460 --> 00:43:42,909 Since Royal's lengthy criminal history 1228 00:43:42,909 --> 00:43:45,349 includes a 2018 conviction for battering his wife 1229 00:43:45,349 --> 00:43:46,949 with whom he has three children, 1230 00:43:46,949 --> 00:43:49,829 he was charged with an enhanced felony battery count, 1231 00:43:49,829 --> 00:43:52,429 as Bon said, at $15,000. 1232 00:43:52,429 --> 00:43:53,829 His rap sheet spans 20 years, 1233 00:43:53,829 --> 00:43:56,670 includes 10 cocaine possessions, 1234 00:43:56,670 --> 00:43:58,190 excuse me, possession convictions, 1235 00:43:58,190 --> 00:44:00,789 as well as other drug and firearm charges. 1236 00:44:00,789 --> 00:44:02,469 - So he's a smuggler. - Jesus. 1237 00:44:02,469 --> 00:44:04,110 - Yeah, he's a smuggler. 1238 00:44:04,110 --> 00:44:06,349 - He's got something. 1239 00:44:06,349 --> 00:44:07,190 - Man, that, 1240 00:44:07,190 --> 00:44:09,590 can you imagine getting a felony 1241 00:44:09,590 --> 00:44:11,789 for throwing pasta at your wife? 1242 00:44:14,030 --> 00:44:15,469 - Hey man, what, you're just talking to yourself, man. 1243 00:44:15,469 --> 00:44:17,469 How'd you end up in the clink? 1244 00:44:17,469 --> 00:44:19,190 - Don't fuck with that guy. 1245 00:44:19,190 --> 00:44:20,030 - Right. 1246 00:44:20,030 --> 00:44:23,309 - If you eat pasta, it might end up on your shirt. 1247 00:44:23,309 --> 00:44:26,869 - Well, it all started at the macaroni grill. 1248 00:44:26,869 --> 00:44:28,030 - Unreal. 1249 00:44:28,030 --> 00:44:29,750 - Oh, good thing he wasn't at Olive Garden. 1250 00:44:29,750 --> 00:44:31,909 Never Indian pasta, that'd be one hell of a fight. 1251 00:44:32,750 --> 00:44:34,869 - That'd be so much food on your shirt. 1252 00:44:34,869 --> 00:44:36,750 - So much food. 1253 00:44:36,750 --> 00:44:38,550 Oh, fuck. 1254 00:44:38,550 --> 00:44:41,230 Oh, and speaking of Florida pasta, 1255 00:44:41,230 --> 00:44:42,550 hi, Vanessa. 1256 00:44:43,389 --> 00:44:44,389 - Hi, Vanessa. 1257 00:44:44,389 --> 00:44:47,070 The Vanessa noodle? 1258 00:44:47,070 --> 00:44:47,909 I don't know. 1259 00:44:47,909 --> 00:44:48,750 - Vanessa noodle. 1260 00:44:50,429 --> 00:44:52,670 Hey, give me the Vanessa noodle. 1261 00:44:52,670 --> 00:44:54,429 All right, we'll end it with six facts 1262 00:44:54,429 --> 00:44:57,150 to be thankful for about beer. 1263 00:44:57,150 --> 00:44:59,869 The first brewers in America were the Native Americans. 1264 00:44:59,869 --> 00:45:03,630 Before 1600s, people appreciated beer more than water 1265 00:45:03,630 --> 00:45:07,550 because it was more nutritious and sanitary. 1266 00:45:07,550 --> 00:45:08,630 - Not wrong. 1267 00:45:08,630 --> 00:45:12,869 - Yeah, the first beer brewed by immigrants in the USA 1268 00:45:12,869 --> 00:45:16,030 was brewed in Roanoke, Virginia. 1269 00:45:16,030 --> 00:45:18,070 - Okay, as long as it's not West Virginia. 1270 00:45:19,389 --> 00:45:21,510 - Brewers were wanted in England 1271 00:45:21,510 --> 00:45:23,550 to go to America to brew beer 1272 00:45:23,550 --> 00:45:25,389 because shipments of the valuable drink 1273 00:45:25,389 --> 00:45:28,710 were too slow to reach America. 1274 00:45:28,710 --> 00:45:30,949 The first brewery was opened in Manhattan 1275 00:45:30,949 --> 00:45:33,909 by Dutch immigrants and the Mayflower ship 1276 00:45:33,909 --> 00:45:36,349 is supposed to have shortened their trip 1277 00:45:36,349 --> 00:45:40,230 and stopped in Plymouth due to their shortage of beer. 1278 00:45:40,230 --> 00:45:42,309 - Huh. 1279 00:45:42,309 --> 00:45:43,630 - There you have it. 1280 00:45:43,630 --> 00:45:45,909 - What was that line from Goldmember? 1281 00:45:45,909 --> 00:45:48,670 There's only two things I hate. 1282 00:45:48,670 --> 00:45:53,269 People who are intolerable of other people's cultures 1283 00:45:53,269 --> 00:45:54,510 and the Dutch. 1284 00:45:56,510 --> 00:45:57,510 - I knew one of them was the Dutch. 1285 00:45:57,510 --> 00:45:59,110 I can't remember the other one. 1286 00:45:59,110 --> 00:46:01,070 - I think that's the first one. 1287 00:46:01,070 --> 00:46:02,550 - Pretty good. 1288 00:46:02,550 --> 00:46:03,909 I was like, I don't know, I love gold. 1289 00:46:03,909 --> 00:46:05,670 - Correct me if I'm wrong, man. 1290 00:46:05,670 --> 00:46:06,750 - Yeah, somebody fact check us. 1291 00:46:06,750 --> 00:46:09,429 All right, let's get on out of here. 1292 00:46:09,429 --> 00:46:11,349 Yeah, well make sure you follow us on the socials 1293 00:46:11,349 --> 00:46:13,429 @CraftBeerRepublic, @FlexMeABeer, 1294 00:46:13,429 --> 00:46:15,750 underscores in between. 1295 00:46:15,750 --> 00:46:18,750 805-538-Beer, call us, leave a message, 1296 00:46:18,750 --> 00:46:19,590 all that good stuff. 1297 00:46:19,590 --> 00:46:21,510 Mail@CraftBeerRepublic.com. 1298 00:46:21,510 --> 00:46:22,789 I think that's everything. 1299 00:46:22,789 --> 00:46:26,630 I hope everyone is staying very well hydrated. 1300 00:46:26,630 --> 00:46:28,389 And we lost Flex. 1301 00:46:28,389 --> 00:46:31,349 So on that note, good night everybody.