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I am Greg and I am being joined by the buffest cheese head in the Midwest and that is Flex.
What's up big fella?
Currently not wearing any cheese on my head though.
Oh,
any cheese in your pants?
It's kind of like a gross thing so I'm hoping not.
Oh,
okay.
No cheese.
No from under.
Yeah.
Let's just get it set.
Great.
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We appreciate you listening.
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So much to get to today.
None of which we'll be discussing the super bowl because we may have recorded this prior to the server.
We could cut something in after the super bowl if you want.
If,
if they win,
you know,
here,
let's let's do now like,
Hey,
fuck.
Yeah.
The Niners won.
All right.
Go Niners.
Yeah.
Niners by six.
Let's go.
All right.
Here we go for take two.
Motherfucking chiefs.
I hate those guys.
Nobody likes them.
We're all sick of them.
Yeah.
I'm tired of looking at Taylor Swift.
Pieces of trash.
Yeah.
God damn it.
All right.
Well we'll edit accordingly.
I'm sure I'll definitely not forget.
Just like the clap.
Right?
Exactly.
By the way,
I don't have the clap.
That's a pre-show thing.
So much to get to today.
A little Chris libation law,
some booze news.
We got an email from a listener,
but thank you for emailing in and so much more.
But before we kick things off,
let's make sure we answer the most important question of the evening in a world where craft beer is King.
God damn it.
One man,
one tongue,
one tongue jobber in this world.
We must find out what is flex drinking.
All right.
So I am drinking a ridiculous beer today.
I think it is absolutely obnoxious.
So young blood brewing company out of Madison,
Wisconsin,
they are easily,
I would say easily my second favorite brewery in the state.
Big words.
I mean,
they're,
they're doubles and they're triple IPAs.
They're just phenomenal in my opinion.
Like it,
they're hazies are hazy,
but they're not overly juicy.
It's still like that.
You just get like traditional notes and it's done so well.
It's hard to say.
It just,
right.
I think you just,
you said it perfect right there.
Yeah.
The words ran out of my head.
Um,
so this is a triple IPA,
so I might get a little weird in the show.
It is 10% ABV and it is called,
that's what they called me in high school.
Uh,
West coast style,
triple dry hopped with strata Centennial and Idaho seven.
You know,
I heard they recently decided to add more hops to it.
You're welcome.
I heard that too.
Thanks.
Uh,
McLovin first of all,
the spear name,
Greg,
that's what they called me in high school.
Did you have a high school nickname?
No.
You know,
I had like a,
um,
middle school nickname.
Okay.
I was the tallest kid in school.
They called me too tall.
It's really stupid.
Too tall.
Okay.
T O O too tall.
No,
we get it.
Yeah.
We understand the English language.
It's really bad.
And then like junior high came around and I was like the second tallest kid in school and high school came around,
you know,
top,
whatever percent.
Okay.
I had a,
I was known as Gilby in high school.
Gilby.
It's a little nickname off my last name,
you know?
Yeah.
It worked.
It caught on pretty well.
And,
and then like the funny thing is I had a younger brother and because he was also,
you know,
of my kin,
I guess he just completely adopted the nickname as well.
So it's like one after the other.
Do you demand it?
Call me Gilby.
God damn it.
just,
it just happens.
Um,
so anyway,
this untapped description again,
it's,
it's humongous,
but this beer is done,
uh,
for,
I get not a good cause,
but good reasoning.
Um,
it says West coast triple IPA was Trata Centennial in Idaho.
Seven sticky green gunk,
slippery clamp,
busted ass canning line.
Turns out Kyle Thomas or K two,
as we lovingly called him was called a lot of weird stuff in high school.
Or so he said K two passed away recently after a hard fought battle with melanoma five,
seven on a good day.
He was tenacious,
honest,
jovial,
and loyal quick with the joke followed by an infectious belly laugh that made the toughest day on the brew floor a little more enjoyable.
A description on a can would never do this legend justice.
So we'll just throw up the horns,
raise a toast to you while we listened to metal at the loudest possible volume.
You are gone too soon,
but you'll forever be with us.
We love you,
buddy.
Fuck man.
Yeah.
Uh,
I'm not going to lie when I,
I saw these guys post this beer and my first initial thought was,
man,
I can't wait to drink this because they rip the gnarliest triples off that brewery.
And then I read the description and I was like,
shit,
now I really got to find this beer.
I did not know this gentleman.
He sounds like a heck of a fellow.
Yeah.
Um,
so cheers to Kevin K two.
Uh,
yeah,
fuck cheers K two.
Yeah.
Cheers to young blood for this beer.
Uh,
so now we'll do the,
uh,
do the dirty work and dive into this sucker.
Well,
I actually,
I can see it dripping from your nose.
Yeah,
no,
I just,
I just snorted some that that happened.
Not a Coke show.
It's about to be.
Is that Lacey or Coke on your nose?
Oh my God.
So it is super,
super sticky green on the schnoz man.
That is you close your eyes.
You don't know what you're smelling here.
Um,
that is it's actually,
I usually don't like that smell.
Does it smell like you're dabbling?
It is really nice.
Got that classic copper color.
Oh my God.
Well,
that's the thing.
Let's look at this.
It's a triple West coast,
right?
Looks like it.
That is a phenomenal color.
It looks unfiltered as fuck.
Uh,
just like I said,
these guys just do it right.
So we'll warm up the old tongue jobber.
(projector clicking)
A little extra one for Kate too.
I mean,
perfect carbonation,
perfect body,
like it's almost like medium to full.
And it,
it almost sticks to your tongue,
but then it like withers away,
the flavor.
I mean it is dank,
it's citrus,
it's juicy,
you get a hint of pine,
no hint of that 10% ABV anywhere in this sucker.
They just,
these guys,
they kill it every fucking time.
And I actively,
I don't actively hunt most breweries,
beers,
et cetera.
These guys I do,
I find out what they're brewing,
if it's,
you know,
what I like and I actively go out and find it.
Cause you know,
lo and behold,
we're not as close to Madison as people think.
So when they destroy their stuff,
I definitely go out there and get it.
Very nice.
Sounds delicious.
Top notch.
And again,
cheers to young blood and K2 for just a phenomenal beer.
Yeah.
Cheers fellas.
Sip for the homies.
Uh,
all right.
Lots to get to.
First of all,
it's raining out here as we record this.
Yeah.
What's that about?
It's fucking weird.
People drive like shit.
Uh,
Californians can't handle it.
I saw people on Facebook doing the whole like checking in safe.
It was like checking in safe for the rainstorm.
I know.
I was like,
look,
I'm from Southern California and even I'm not that bad.
It's like,
it's a fucking rain guys.
If you're not the wicked witch of the East,
like what are you worried about?
Yeah.
I don't know about you growing up in Southern California.
Obviously rain is not a something that happens all the time.
There is nothing I hate more in life than wet socks.
I think that's everybody.
Okay,
good.
It's like the moment.
Have you ever met somebody that was like,
I love just standing in wet,
soggy socks.
Nothing like a little,
uh,
what they call like trench foot or whatever.
It's just what gross feeling.
I'm not saying anybody actually likes it,
but like it ruins my day.
It's not like,
Oh,
that's unfortunate.
Could you imagine if somebody did like,
what kind of a psychopath is that?
You cannot be friends.
In fact,
if any of you listeners are fans of wet socks,
let us know.
So we're talking like restraining order.
Right.
Clearly a sociopath.
I was like the kid from toy story who burns toys like that level.
Yeah.
Worst thing.
I decided to go Uber eat scene in the rain the other night.
You dummy.
Wait,
but in your own area,
right?
Yeah.
In my own area.
Okay.
And so I thought like,
people are going to be like ordering a bunch cause they're lazy and they don't want to go out in the rain cause they might melt.
And I was mostly right.
Like it was pretty fucking busy and I made some nice little scratch in a couple hours,
but I done so well at like trying to stay dry and like,
you know,
had my jacket and I kept like,
I had a little towel in my car.
So I was wiping off the inside of my door or my car whenever I opened it,
got wet,
blah,
blah.
And I'm leaving one of the restaurants and I didn't see it,
but the parking lot had a put a pothole in it.
Look out for that first step.
It's a doozy.
Oh,
it was a doozy.
I was so fucking wet.
About a minute later,
Shannon text,
the wife texts me.
She's like,
Hey,
how's it going out there?
And I was like,
this is my last delivery.
I'm coming home.
Why?
What happened?
Wet socks.
Oh man,
I can just,
I feel the feeling right now.
Yeah.
I dropped that order off,
turned off the fucking app,
went home and had a beer.
I was like,
I need to drink the wet socks away.
It's the fucking worst.
What kind of mood are you in?
I'm in that drink the wet socks mood away.
So bad.
Oh,
I fucking hated it.
But uh,
anyway,
so there was that people need to,
uh,
if it's raining or snowing or whatever happens,
your area,
give a little extra tip when the weather's bad to your Uber eats drivers,
you assholes.
They might need to buy new socks.
Yeah.
Or at least wash them.
Geez.
Oh,
that was a great.
Now my car's going to be,
Oh,
and I actually,
what I did was I took my shoes off and I blasted the heater pointed at my feet,
like trying to dry my son.
That's not going to work.
Not really.
It was better than not,
but yeah,
I got home and literally ring it out.
I was going to say,
then you just have like warm,
soggy socks,
which is almost the worst.
It might be.
Then your,
your feet start itching a little bit.
Cause,
uh,
man,
are you there?
I'm telling you,
we get wet socks often in Wisconsin.
I bet you get a more than I do for sure.
It's pretty bad.
When I go to Disneyland,
I bring extra socks in the car,
in the car.
Yeah.
Cause like if we hit splash mountain or something and my socks get wet,
I am not continuing on for the day.
I need socks.
Or like if we get a locker,
I'll bring them into the locker,
but I almost never get a locker.
No,
you don't want to pay for that.
That was like,
you know,
$38 to store,
store a pair of socks.
I just buy new socks for that.
Just put them in your underwear.
There you go.
My socks in my underwear.
Cause not only are you storing them for free,
but then your bulge looks even nicer.
That's true.
Mickey's like,
Oh,
look at him.
Oh,
that's a jumbo hot dog.
Oh boy.
Not a Mickey Mouse show.
Not a,
not a Disney boner show.
But anyway,
all right.
Enough about wet socks.
Speaking of Disney boners.
Right.
Yes.
Speaking of,
this is a horrible transition.
And last weekend went out to Ren Engine Brewing again.
This time I got to hang out with Preston and we did a little interview.
So look for that.
What a cool name.
Preston,
right?
Like you can't not be cool if your name is Preston.
Like you have a lot of friends.
You got it.
And you just got to be cool.
Otherwise,
you know,
you lose your name rights or something.
Does he have like a nice hairstyle?
He's bald.
He shaved his head.
Damn.
Sorry.
I don't know why they named Preston.
They just have really nice head of hair.
Like a nice coif.
Like a Conan O'Brien style.
Yeah.
Just like real nice.
Yeah.
Like where you're like,
Hey,
you know Preston?
And the guy's like,
yeah,
you mean the guy with the nice hair?
Yeah.
You know him too,
huh?
Yeah.
Is that right?
Yeah.
Sorry.
no hair,
but make some fucking delicious beer.
And what a nice guy.
We're sitting there doing interviews.
Like you want some pizza before we get started?
That way we don't get hammered halfway through.
I was like,
Pope shit in the woods.
Like sure.
I'm good either way.
Brings over a Buffalo chicken pizza.
Fucking delicious.
that's one of my all time favorite pizzas.
He starts,
he's like,
Hey,
what pizza do you want?
I'm like,
you know what?
As the guy who owns the place,
why don't you go pick out the best one you got?
And he's like,
how do you feel about Buffalo chicken?
I was like,
who doesn't like Buffalo chicken?
Who doesn't like Buffalo chicken?
Once again,
same person who likes wet socks does not like Buffalo chicken.
I'm like,
I'm not going to be a fan of Buffalo chicken.
I'm like,
I'm not going to be a fan of Buffalo chicken.
I'm like,
I'm not going to be a fan of Buffalo chicken.
I'm like,
I'm not going to be a fan of Buffalo chicken.
I'm like,
I'm not going to be a fan of Buffalo chicken.
*laughter*
Do not come within 500 feet.
Oh man,
that's...
Yeah.
I love it.
Same person.
So Preston interview coming soon,
Red Engine Brewing.
It was a lot of fun.
He's just a cool guy,
as the name would allude to,
cool guy to hang out with.
I'm not surprised.
Yeah,
and talk beer and he's kind of,
you know,
a lot of times we talk to these brewers who are like super beer nerds and,
you know,
were in the industry before they were brewing or,
you know,
were following the industry.
He's like,
"Yeah,
I started home brewing,
then I want to open my own place." And it wasn't like I know everything about beer.
He's very much still learning and open about it and calls people with questions all the time.
And so humble dude and makes good beer and still a fucking full-time firefighter.
That guy's nuts.
Oh yeah,
that's the guy.
That's the guy.
Gosh,
that's insane.
Yeah.
When I got there for the interview,
I was like,
"How's it going?" He's like,
"I'm a little tired.
I just got off work three hours ago." I was like,
"What the fuck,
man?" Like we could have done this a different day.
He's like,
"No,
we're good." Nothing like a little Buffalo chicken pizza to wake you up.
Yeah.
A little Buffalo in the morning.
Daddy.
Then afterwards,
we went over to Enneagrin,
had a couple of beers at Enneagrin before calling it a day.
Good shit,
man.
That sounds like good shit.
Yeah.
James knows his shit.
I saw Michaela,
our favorite beer tender.
Monica was there too,
just hanging out with the fucking crew at Enneagrin.
Love me some Monica.
Yeah.
Word on the street,
she might be here next week.
Say what?
Yeah.
We'll see about that.
Just got some beers to talk about.
What about you?
Any fucking beer nerd shit going on over there?
Oh,
man.
Okay.
It's kind of a funny story.
I was semi-embarrassed,
I guess.
I was at the Classic Spot a couple of Mondays ago.
Eagle Park.
They did a collab with another local brewery,
Lion's Tale.
I've had them on the show a couple of times.
Oh,
yeah.
You sent me both of them,
actually.
They did a cold IPA collab a little under a year ago.
Okay.
It was last April.
It was really phenomenal.
You mean an IPO?
Right.
Which,
so here's a funny thing.
When I was served this beer,
because I go up to the bar,
and I sit down,
and Sam,
the bartender,
goes,
"Hey,
what can you get?" I said,
"I don't know right now." He says,
"You want a cold pursuit." I said,
"Okay.
Give it to me." I already knew this was a recent release.
He said,
"Todd," who is another bartender,
the father of the owners,
and he said,
"Todd will tell you what makes a cold IPA." He said,
"Of course,
like we know,
it is fermented with lager yeast." Cold.
I said,
"Yes,
so it can ferment at a colder temperature,
and it is really an IPL and not an IPA." Doing the Lord's work.
Right?
So,
when I took a sip of the beer,
and I thought,
"Wow,
this is really good." I get about halfway down with the beer,
and I said,
"Hey,
Sam,
is this a thialized yeast?" He looked at me like he didn't know what the fuck I was talking about.
He said,
"Ah,
the brewer's here right now.
I will go ask him." A minute and a half later,
he comes back out.
He says,
"Oh my God,
it is brewed with a thialized yeast.
I can't believe you knew that." I was almost made fun of,
like scrutinized for- For not being an idiot?
For being familiar with flavors.
If you have a cold IPA or IPL,
whatever,
it's almost classic pale ale-y,
in my opinion.
So when you have one where the notes really punch you in the face,
especially the fruity notes,
you kind of got to have a little hunch that it's,
I don't know,
maybe we just drink a lot of beer.
I don't know.
My wife tells me.
It was really funny that they made me seem out to be some kind of a beer nerd.
"Oh,
thialized yeast,
you dork." And I was scrutinized in a brewery for knowing something about beer.
I feel like of all places,
that would have been the beer nerd safe space.
I'm sure the brewer was probably pretty psyched about it.
Right.
I would have been psyched.
And the head brewer actually shops at my work every now and then.
He stops in and grabs a couple of steaks.
I told him the last time he was in that the latest canning of one beer was just insane.
Like out of this world delicious.
And I just like seeing the look on their face because you know they enjoy what they really do when somebody tells them something really good about their beer.
Especially if it's specific,
like,
"Hey,
this one beer was really good because of whatever." Not like,
"I love your shit,
man." And the look on their face is just like,
it's like a seven-year-old kid watching Power Rangers,
Saturday morning cartoon.
You know,
it's great.
It depends on the brewer.
It's either that,
it's either like,
"Fuck yeah,
the new Turtles just came on." Or it's like,
"Huh,
huh,
thanks.
Let me crawl into this corner." You get one or the other.
The old introvert.
A lot of brewers are introverts.
They are.
My favorite is to tell Brit over at Naughty Pine how good her beer is.
She's like,
"Oh,
thanks." But she lights up,
you know,
like she glows,
I'm sure.
Internally,
yeah.
Oh,
it's not even like- No,
she's the introvert.
She's just like,
"Thanks,
I gotta go scrub something." Oh,
man.
Yeah.
She makes good beer.
She knows it.
Yeah,
that's my little beer research,
beer nerd out.
Yeah,
well,
if you've learned one thing by being on the show,
it's dialyzed yeast.
Well,
potato,
potato.
Not a potato show.
Not a spud show.
All right,
before we get to the listener email,
ludicrous libation law.
This one comes at us out of Maine.
Maine prohibits alcohol sales before nine o'clock in the morning on Sundays,
except on St.
Patrick's Day.
Good news,
Maine,
St.
Patrick's Day is on a Sunday this year.
What time is it the other days?
But what is it Monday through Saturday?
Oh,
that's a great question.
I didn't do that much research.
Okay.
I was just trying to figure out why the nine o'clock was so obscure.
I'm sure it has something to do with church.
Yeah,
I said obscure.
Yeah,
nice big word.
It's an obscure word.
Hey,
what do you know?
Man,
St.
Patrick's Day is on a Sunday?
Yeah,
no,
people are calling sick on a Monday.
Oh,
you don't work Mondays,
Cullen.
I don't work Mondays.
You know,
I never,
ever use all my sick days in a year.
So I think- You deserve it.
I think St.
Patty's Day might be a sick day.
You're going to have yourself a beer.
What?
Have yourself a whiskey.
What?
Maybe a margarita.
What?
Definitely not a Guinness.
What?
Also not a Corona.
What?
Gross.
Did you just start going on the list of beers we're not going to have on St.
Patrick's Day?
Right.
Won't even have a green beer.
What?
I went up to the bartender.
Bartender says,
"Can I get you a Heineken?" What?
What?
"Can I get you a Stella?" What?
What?
That would be pretty good.
Can I get you a bucket of piss?
What?
Might as well.
Oh,
man.
Might as well.
Good times.
Good stuff.
All right,
listener email.
This comes from Katie.
It says,
"Hey,
Craft Beer Republic.
Hope you're all doing well.
I'm Katie,
a big fan of the podcast.
I've got a work trip to San Francisco coming up,
and I'm looking for some brewery recommendations.
Any local favorites or hidden gems that you could suggest?
Thanks a bunch.
Cheers,
Katie." I've got a couple of suggestions.
I ran this by the wife because she's from up there.
She's a little more knowledgeable.
That's right.
You told me she was from San Francisco.
Yeah.
And I said,
"All the breweries are not in the city itself." Those who are from the Bay Area call San Francisco the city.
Oh,
really?
Oh,
yeah.
You can't call it San Fran.
You can't call it SF.
It's the city.
That's funny because we call downtown Milwaukee just the city.
You just call it downtown.
Yeah.
It's the city.
Interesting.
Go on.
Otherwise,
she'll backhand you.
And Lord,
don't call it Frisco.
She will disown you and make your socks wet.
So,
here's the thing.
There are not a lot of breweries in the city that I can recommend because I haven't been to a lot.
There is 21st Amendment.
So,
if you've heard of 21st Amendment,
they have a spot in the city.
The one brewery I can recommend is Black Hammer Brewing.
I think we even mentioned it last week on the show.
And I went there in July,
found it by accident.
So,
so good.
Everything I had was great.
Hazy's were good.
The fucking Hellas was good.
Everything was top notch.
I smuggled some back home.
That's how good it was.
My other recommendation is to give beer a break for a couple hours,
head over to the Buena Vista.
It's a bar.
It's on the water.
It opened in like the 1850s.
They claim to have invented the Irish coffee.
I don't know if this is true or not.
I don't care because they're fucking delicious.
And you get a nice water view.
If you turn around your seat,
you will view the Golden Gate Bridge.
You get a Irish whiskey or Irish coffee,
which is coffee,
cream,
a little bit of sugar,
and of course,
whiskey.
Whiskey?
And they're just,
they do them right.
They're delicious.
So,
those are my two drinking recommendations.
There's a lot of cool buildings,
historical buildings in San Francisco.
There's a bunch of breweries that I've never been to up there.
So,
just look up a cool building and go to that brewery just for the history of it.
But those are my two drinking recommendations in San Francisco.
What a claim though to,
you invented the Irish coffee.
Yeah.
I mean,
and who's going to refute that?
No,
I was there and it was not you.
Right.
No,
I mean,
they've been there so long,
it sort of makes sense.
And they're at the end of one of the,
I totally forgot about this.
They're at the end of one of the cable car stops.
So,
it's perfect.
You take the cable car around town.
And look,
I usually,
when I go to other cities,
I don't do like the super uber touristy shit.
Cable cars are fucking fun.
You got to do it.
Are they?
Yeah,
it's great.
It's open air.
You go all through the city.
You see some shit.
It's cool.
It's like you're in Mr.
Rogers' house,
right?
Dude,
it is like being in Mr.
Rogers' neighborhood.
Damn it,
I missed it.
Yeah,
it's a lot of fun.
You can get like a day pass.
I haven't done it for at least a few years,
but it's not that expensive.
You go all over the lines and lines go to different areas.
But,
one of the ends of the lines is where the Buena Vista is.
So,
you hop off,
have yourself some Irish coffees and head back the other way.
Good times.
Sounds like it.
Yeah,
love me some San Francisco.
All right,
before we get to the news.
Oh,
thanks for writing in,
Katie.
I appreciate that.
And like we said before,
mail@crappyrepublic.com if you want to write something in there.
All right,
before we get to the news,
let's make a call to the pen.
Yeah,
he does.
I'm drinking Made West Brewing's 8th anniversary West Coast Double IPA.
Another 8th anniversary.
I know,
crazy,
right?
West Coast Double IPA with notes of pink grapefruit,
blueberry,
and pine.
It's 8% and they say it's topped with Nelson's Simcoe Cryo and Mosaic Incognito in the whirlpool followed by a generous hop of Vista,
Mosaic,
Euconaut,
and Columbus Cryo.
I don't think I'm familiar with Vista.
That's a lot of fucking hops.
Yeah,
Made West doesn't fuck around when it comes to hops.
Holy balls.
So as you can see,
this thing is as clear as a West Coast Double IPA should be.
It is classic.
On the schnoz,
I'm getting mostly pine and grapefruit,
like that citrusy grapefruitiness.
Let's see what the tongue dropper thinks.
I'm always curious about that blueberry,
which they usually comes from the Mosaic,
I believe.
I've seen lots of beers claim blueberry.
I've never picked it up.
This is no different.
I don't ever taste blueberry.
I don't think anybody who even eats a blueberry tastes blueberry.
Maybe that's the case.
It's a weird flavor to pick out of a beer.
It's not like a sour or something.
So it is very much a West Coast Double.
It's dank.
Lots of pine.
Kind of comes through in the middle with that grapefruit,
maybe a little lemon peel,
kind of like citrusy pith going on.
I like that.
Yeah.
And then finishes all dank and shit again.
Through and through,
it's dank,
it's dry,
and the 8% is well hidden,
and the dryness makes you keep going back for more.
Should have hit up Spencer to see what he had to say about it.
What say you,
Spencer?
I do like Spencer.
Love me some Spencer.
Miss me some Spencer.
Yeah,
I got to get him back around.
He always talked about something,
potato chips at Aldi or something like that.
Some kind of Aldi heaven something.
And my wife found some buffalo wing flavored chips.
I have some buffalo flavored chips in my cabinet right now.
Are they from Aldi?
No.
Because the Aldi ones were banging.
I wonder if they're the same kind.
Mine are from Costco.
Oh,
they were...
I'm sorry,
they were Nashville Hot Chicken.
Oh,
okay.
These are buffalo chicken wing.
That's what they were.
And they were delicious.
That sounds...
I love me a Nashville Hot Chicken sandwich.
A classic Nashville Hot,
unreal.
So good.
Gotta go to Nashville again.
Crispy.
I need to go.
Let's do a fucking group CBR trip to Nashville.
Let's do it.
I'll go.
I swear to God I'll go.
You better.
Those plane tickets from here,
not only are they cheap as shit,
but it's like an hour and 10 minute plane ride.
Best.
That's like me going to San Francisco.
A 10 minute drive into downtown or whatever.
Just can't beat it.
From the airport you mean?
Yeah.
How far are you at your house from the airport?
From my airport?
Yeah.
I don't know,
roughly like 14,
15 minutes.
Oh my God,
that's amazing.
Oh,
it's great.
Oh,
my closest airport is like 40 minutes on a good day.
That does not sound great.
That's Burbank.
And there's no fucking way I'm going to LAX unless I'm flying international.
I have to.
I'll pay it.
I've hit that age where I'm like,
I will pay extra not to go to LAX.
Not fucking worth it.
That bad,
huh?
So bad.
All right.
Not a flying show.
A flying show.
A little bit of booze news before we get out of here.
Last week we talked about Wynwood Brewing closing and moving their operations to Vasa Sur down the street in Miami.
Yep.
Well,
on the heels of last week's news that they were closing the tap room,
Anheuser-Busch is selling the Vasa Sur property now.
Hmm.
I don't know.
The brochure says that their lease for Vasa Sur ends in July 2028,
but carries one five-year option for renewal at a fair market value and rent increases 3% annually.
So if anybody's looking to buy apparently two breweries in one,
head to Miami and buy Vasa Sur.
With a one five-year option.
Right.
So weird,
man.
So bizarre.
Budweiser just dumping all their craft brands at this point.
Shock top,
craft beer again.
Come on.
What are you going to make me throw up?
Excuse me.
I looked long and hard and hard.
Okay.
For Valentine's Day,
like beer fun facts or drunk facts.
There can't be any.
I feel like Valentine's Day has got to be like a big wine holiday.
It's Valentine's...
Well,
yeah.
I was even looking for just like funny wine things for Valentine's Day.
You know,
anything.
Couldn't find it.
Not a fucking thing.
So happy Valentine's Day,
all you idiots who celebrate that.
Do you do anything for Valentine's Day?
Not a fucking thing.
It's my least favorite fake holiday.
I would much rather take the wife out a week before,
a week after,
a month,
whatever.
I will not go out on Valentine's Day.
I refuse.
Luckily for my marriage,
she's in agreeance.
I feel like if most adults nowadays feel the same way.
I hope so.
I think so.
I don't know.
I know.
Trying to think here now.
I usually treat my wife...
It's like the week leading up to Valentine's Day.
Try and just do really nice things all week long.
I just try to do nice things throughout the year.
But you know what I mean?
I just mean like get some flowers one day.
Sure.
Yeah.
Some chocolate covered strawberries another day.
I will not buy flowers day of.
Not a fucking chance.
No,
no,
no.
I like doing everything prior to.
Yeah,
yeah.
Three days before.
Just like the build up.
And then Valentine's Day,
because it really doesn't mean anything to my life.
No.
It's a total hallmark holiday meant to spend money.
I think there was one year maybe I tried to get her a surprise gift.
And then because she looked at the bank statement,
she saw that I had bought something.
Oh no.
And then she didn't have to because I didn't want to do...
I tried to surprise her.
And she got me a reciprocation gift and it was not what it was meant for.
Sure.
Yeah.
Food is my love language.
So I will make her a gourmet dinner.
Damn,
baby.
I mean,
I do it anyways,
but I'll do it on Valentine's Day,
whatever.
She used to give me a heart-shaped pizza from whatever local pizza shop was doing.
Yeah.
No,
I'll do filet mignon and vegetables and shit like that.
Some wine,
some nice wine.
Hell yeah.
Yeah.
But I did that last week for her.
So I mean,
it's like,
it's just...
What's the difference exactly?
Yeah.
One day,
you know,
it's funny before COVID when I was still in the office,
I would go to the grocery store almost every day and get stuff to make for dinner that night.
And then COVID hit and I wasn't at the grocery store every day,
obviously.
And now she will go to the grocery store and get stuff for dinner.
And she challenges me.
She's like,
"Here's a bunch of random ingredients.
Make something good." It's like a fucking cooking show or something.
Come on.
Yeah.
It's kind of fun.
She loves it.
She likes to do it.
Sounds like a lot of stress.
Oh no,
it's my favorite.
But last week she couldn't go one day and she was like,
"Hey,
can you go to the store?" I was like,
"Yep,
I'll do it." And I came home with filet mignon and some baby carrots.
Not baby like child carrots,
but like the smaller colored rainbow carrots.
And get like a mashed cauliflower puree and it was good stuff.
You weirdo.
Yeah.
Made a blue cheese compound butter.
Interesting.
You made it?
Oh yeah.
Golly.
I mean,
I don't make the butter.
You soften the butter,
you mix in like salt,
pepper,
garlic,
and blue cheese,
and then you put it in the fridge so it solidifies again.
And then as soon as your steak is done,
you pull it and you put a big old fucking scoop on top and it just melts down and it's delicious.
Not a steak show.
But I am hungry now.
It is a delicious show.
Very tasty.
That should be the episode title,
A Delicious Show.
Yeah.
On Twister.
Well,
we just called it Not a Deli...
Could be.
You know what?
Strike it.
Daddy show.
It's delicious.
Well,
going all the way back to where I started with the whole Valentine's Day thing,
I did find this.
Scantily clad motorist sporting leather lingerie charged in drunken e-bike crash.
Okay.
By the way,
thanks Australia.
A woman wearing what appears to be leather lingerie has been charged with drunk driving following a collision with an e-bike in Sydney's Moore Park overnight.
Emergency services were called to South Dowling Street in Sydney
at 3.45 AM after a collision between a Subaru sedan and an
e-bike near the light rail intersection with Devonshire Street.
This is the most Australian article I've ever read in my life.
I know.
All we need now is a kangaroo.
Dowling Street,
a Subaru.
Come on.
This is...
Who's wearing the Uggs?
Well,
I can tell you.
Not the person on the e-bike.
There are pictures.
Paramedics treated the cyclist who was riding a lime e-bike at the scene before rushing them to St.
Vincent Hospital in serious condition.
The 27-year-old female driver allegedly returned a positive
result on a roadside breath test and was taken to Surrey Hills
Police Station where she underwent a secondary breath test,
returning an alleged 0.095.
Just over.
I'm actually wondering,
is the legal limit in Australia the same as us?
I think it is.
I bet we could Google that.
While I Google,
I'll keep reading.
She was later transferred to St.
Vincent Hospital to undergo a mandatory blood and urine testing.
She has since been charged with a mid-range drink driving offense.
I thought you were going to say jump shot.
Not a basketball show.
But also,
drink driving offense?
How Australian is that?
It couldn't get more Australian than that.
If you go,
"It come from a land down under."
That was pretty Australian.
Super Australian,
mate.
"Mitigate drink driving offense and will affront the Downing Central Local Court in March.
The street was closed southbound following the accident for several hours.
The crime scene was established with special officers
from the crash investigation unit intending to examine
the scene." That's not all they were examining.
"But it's believed the man was found on the road unconscious and sustained injuries believed to be consistent by being run over by a car." Jeez.
Yeah,
she...
There are pictures here.
She was definitely wearing lingerie.
Oh,
it looks like in Australia it's 0.05.
Wow.
Yeah.
Yeah,
I'm seeing 0.05 on the old Google machine here.
Man,
they are strict.
I think we got some Australian listeners.
Maybe they can...
Yeah.
I wonder if Exceptional Garagues is still out there.
Let us know.
Leave us a voicemail with your sexy Australian accent.
Yeah.
Australian daddy.
God damn it.
Too much?
No,
not enough.
Okay.
How about I leave you with a list?
Again?
Two in a row.
God,
it's like my birthday.
It feels like it.
Holy shit.
This is...
This one better make you mad.
The bestselling craft beer.
Craft in quotes.
Of all the new craft SKUs in 2023,
here were the top 10 bestselling according to BWC's analysis.
Who the fuck BWC is?
BWC is...
Okay.
All I want to know is Sweetwater on the list.
Who?
Spoiler alert,
no.
Oh,
okay.
It makes me feel even worse.
Yeah.
We'll start at the bottom.
Now we hear Boston Beer owned Dogfish Head.
What is this?
Citrus Squall Double Golden Ale?
Sounds like Victory Monkey.
Heineken's Lagunitas Tiki Fusion Zombie IPA?
Sounds terrible.
Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Bananas Foster Stout?
I bet that's pretty good.
I don't know.
You don't want to admit it?
I bet it's pretty good.
I bet Goose Island found a way to fuck that up.
Bananas Foster is great.
I'm sure in a bottle it's less great.
Somebody let us know.
I'd be willing to find out.
Great Lakes Vibacious Double IPA?
I've had Great Lakes,
but nothing ever blew my mind.
Noda Cheerwine Wheat Ale?
No idea.
Golden Road California Classics Variety Pack?
I feel like that's cheating.
Come on.
Lawson's Finest Liquids Hazy Rays IPA?
That was a big boom this last year,
that Lawson shit.
I never heard of it.
Oh,
really?
They have like sunny days or something like that?
I don't know.
I feel like they just started sending out beer to every person except for me.
Everyone in their mind was not an influencer show.
But everybody on the beer gram was posting this Lawson shit.
I had never heard of it.
I've had the Sunshine.
Oh,
Sip of Sunshine.
I think that's what it's called.
I've had that one before.
Someone sent it to me.
But it was good.
But that's all I've had.
Three Floyds Zombie Ice Pale Ale?
Gross.
Cold IPA.
Oh,
but pale.
Three Floyds Variety Pack?
Feels like it's cheating.
Come on.
And then number one,
AB owned Wicked Weed Perny Haze IPA?
Perny?
P-E-R-N-I?
What?
No fucking clue.
There you have it.
Crumple it up.
Throw it in the fucking garbage.
Then set the garbage on fire.
Bye bye.
Set it on fire.
I don't have something that reflects that sound.
Without actually setting it on fire.
So,
anyways.
Well,
you're stuck between a rock and a hard place.
Yeah.
Between a fire and a trash can,
really.
Might as well end the show.
Yeah,
I guess that's a good time.
This is where we say hi to Vanessa.
Hello,
Vanessa.
Check in next week.
Hang out with us.
Hang out with Monica.
From Petals and Pines Brewing.
Surprise.
But in the meantime,
find us on the socials.
@CraftBeerRepublic.
And of course,
@FlexMeABeer_.
In between.
CraftBeerRepublic.com.
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And if you want to send us an email.
Are you gurgling beer?
Nope.
You're gurgling beer.
At your mom.
Wow.
And if you want to send us an email.
Not a mom show.
Usually it is,
actually.
Mail@CraftBeerRepublic.com.
I do think that's everything.
I hope everyone and their mom is staying very well hydrated.
And that you're enjoying the show.
Yay!