1 00:00:00,780 --> 00:00:03,300 That's the three Greg Tomlin. 2 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:21,760 Welcome in everybody. It's the craft beer republic. 3 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:24,370 Thanks for drinking. Thanks for joining. 4 00:00:24,370 --> 00:00:28,900 I am Greg and I'm being joined by the freshest coaster there is. 5 00:00:28,930 --> 00:00:32,500 And that's Fleksy. What's up bud? Nothing much man, keeping it real. 6 00:00:32,500 --> 00:00:36,190, trying to get really tan over here. Oh, yeah. 7 00:00:36,580 --> 00:00:40,960 Not now, but. Oh. Just. Yeah, like thinking about it lately. 8 00:00:41,110 --> 00:00:43,540 Yeah, but, I mean, is it sunny out there? Is it hot? 9 00:00:43,540 --> 00:00:46,960 Is it summer yet? Oh, yeah. We had like 5 or 6 straight days 10 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:51,430 of 90 degrees like a week ago, that's. Us right now. And then. 11 00:00:51,850 --> 00:00:56,830 And then it rains, and then it's like 85 the next day and sunny. Oh. Yeah. 12 00:00:56,830 --> 00:01:00,070 We're just getting blasted with the devil's ballsack right now. 13 00:01:00,070 --> 00:01:03,850 It is so fucking hot. Well, hopefully he's enjoying it 14 00:01:03,850 --> 00:01:08,440 though. Yeah, he enjoys blasting his. Ballsack all over us. 15 00:01:10,930 --> 00:01:13,720 Oh, that seems like a perfect way to welcome people in and say, 16 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:17,050 make sure you follow us at Craft Beer Republic and of course, 17 00:01:17,050 --> 00:01:20,290 flex me a beer. Underscores in between craft beer. 18 00:01:20,650 --> 00:01:23,620 Com all that good stuff. But most importantly, 19 00:01:23,620 --> 00:01:28,930 not a devil's ball sack show. So I know it might seem like it is, 20 00:01:28,930 --> 00:01:31,600 but it's not. It is definitely not, 21 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:34,600 so much to get to today. I did some good research over the 22 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:38,800 weekend that I'm excited to share, we've got a voicemail from a 23 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:42,400 new friend of ours. We've got some breaking beer news, 24 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:45,580 brother to talk about, and so much more. 25 00:01:45,580 --> 00:01:47,590 I think I catch your drift there, brother. 26 00:01:47,590 --> 00:01:51,910 Yeah, well, what are you going to do when I review my beer all over you? 27 00:01:51,910 --> 00:02:00,040 It sounds a little. Yeah. Oh. All right, let's let's transition 28 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:02,050 away from that quickly, if you don't mind, 29 00:02:02,050 --> 00:02:05,140 I'm going to talk about my beer, but, I need to thank somebody 30 00:02:05,140 --> 00:02:11,660 for this beer. Thank you. Scott. We waited for a sky. We won't. 31 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:17,620 That's right. Scott went on a little road trip and 32 00:02:17,620 --> 00:02:20,920 came back with some beers for me. In fact, called me was like, 33 00:02:20,920 --> 00:02:22,450 unlock your door. I know you're not home, 34 00:02:22,450 --> 00:02:26,020 but I need to drop off some beers. And I came home to a four pack in 35 00:02:26,020 --> 00:02:29,920 my fridge. Not not a bad break in. At least he let you know ahead of 36 00:02:29,920 --> 00:02:33,550 time to. Yeah. Slight warning. Yeah, like I'm here to open your 37 00:02:33,550 --> 00:02:36,550 door. Right. Well, yeah. Not like a huge go ahead. Right. 38 00:02:36,550 --> 00:02:40,120 Like. All right, group, come on in, so anyways, thanks to him, 39 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:43,990 I am drinking Dustbowl Brewing's therapist. 40 00:02:43,990 --> 00:02:48,370 They call it an Imperial IPA. This feels like a triple to me. 41 00:02:48,370 --> 00:02:51,100 It's 10.4%. And before the show started, 42 00:02:51,100 --> 00:02:53,710 I tried to look up like the official what makes it a triple? 43 00:02:53,710 --> 00:02:56,710 And I found varying degrees of alcohol. 44 00:02:56,710 --> 00:02:59,680 Some say 9%, some say nine and a half. Some say anything over ten. 45 00:02:59,830 --> 00:03:08,020 If anybody knows the official rules, let us know. But 10.4% 100 IBUs. 46 00:03:08,020 --> 00:03:11,200 Wow, that's some old school shit. Yeah, it feels like they've been 47 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:13,930 hanging out with the people over at Stone and, three, nine, 48 00:03:13,930 --> 00:03:17,410 eight. An untapped from the brewery. They say science will try and tell 49 00:03:17,410 --> 00:03:21,910 you that the human tongue cannot detect more than 80 IBU of bittering. 50 00:03:21,910 --> 00:03:25,690 However, this hop centric imperial IPA certainly will not 51 00:03:25,690 --> 00:03:29,710 leave you wanting for more. At 100 IBUs, therapist is 52 00:03:29,710 --> 00:03:33,610 surprisingly easy to drink. Bold hop aromas and flavors of 53 00:03:33,610 --> 00:03:39,130 citrus, tropical fruits, and apricot are bracketed by light, 54 00:03:39,130 --> 00:03:42,730 malty sweetness that does not overpower apricot. 55 00:03:42,940 --> 00:03:45,640 It's like I said, apricot on the schnauzer. 56 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:50,800 I'm curious how this drinks. Me too. I'm a little worried. I'm the nose. 57 00:03:50,890 --> 00:03:54,100 I get to get some of that piney. To what? It's a triple West coast. 58 00:03:54,100 --> 00:03:55,660 What do you expect? I get some of that pine. 59 00:03:55,660 --> 00:03:58,120 I do get some orangey ness. Some of that citrus. 60 00:03:58,120 --> 00:03:59,920 Not so much tropical. Let me, 61 00:04:00,340 --> 00:04:08,500 warm things up and dig in. Get it? So I'm running out of gas. 62 00:04:09,610 --> 00:04:12,340 It's like on your boat. Not even a car. It was a moped. 63 00:04:12,460 --> 00:04:18,370 Trying to start on a dead battery. Okay, Popeye. On Quaaludes. Yeah. 64 00:04:18,370 --> 00:04:27,340 Get get get! Pop. Quaaludes. And so I got that one. 65 00:04:27,550 --> 00:04:30,550 You fucking took everything. I had not to spit that out. 66 00:04:30,550 --> 00:04:32,770 Oh, that was a good one. Oh, that was good. 67 00:04:32,770 --> 00:04:37,330 All right, let's try this again. Yeah, it's pretty dank. 68 00:04:37,330 --> 00:04:40,030 It's got a lot of that west that you'd expect. 69 00:04:40,030 --> 00:04:45,010 I will give them some credit for being a 10.4 for being 100 IBUs. 70 00:04:45,010 --> 00:04:48,280 Pretty well-rounded, not hard to drink. 71 00:04:48,280 --> 00:04:51,730 The alcohol is is a little hidden. I mean, you can taste it because 72 00:04:51,730 --> 00:04:54,490 it's 10.4, but it doesn't drink like ten point. Yeah. 73 00:04:54,730 --> 00:04:59,200 Yes it does doesn't drink like ten. Before I tell you what really drew my 74 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:05,050 curiosity was the 3.98 on untapped. First of all, for a West Coast high, 75 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:09,970 that's crazy high. And then for it being a imperial or 76 00:05:09,970 --> 00:05:14,860 triple whatever you want, a 10.4%, that's pretty astounding for 77 00:05:14,860 --> 00:05:17,350 an untapped rating. Yeah, I was surprised at how 78 00:05:17,350 --> 00:05:19,270 high it was and made me a little less afraid of it. 79 00:05:19,270 --> 00:05:22,000 And yeah, it drinks pretty easy. Maybe a little too easy for how 80 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:23,920 big it is. Like, I hope I don't chug this 81 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:27,070 whole no such thing. Yeah, well, there will be when I 82 00:05:27,070 --> 00:05:29,680 try to read later, so we'll see how that goes. 83 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:32,770 But, you know, just send. Me the notes. It'll go fine. 84 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:38,200 Rest easy, big boy. Just rest easy. So anyways, well, thanks to 85 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:40,360 Scott for sending this over. Surprisingly, 86 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:45,070 not bad for a big ass fucking triple ish IPA therapist from decibel. 87 00:05:45,070 --> 00:05:48,220 They say no appointment necessary. Clearly, 88 00:05:48,220 --> 00:05:52,480 we've we've taught Scott something. He recognizes good beer. So. Right. 89 00:05:53,140 --> 00:05:57,910 You're welcome. Thank you. Scott, you're such a good singer, 90 00:05:57,910 --> 00:06:00,760 I try. Yeah. Hey, shout out to top listening 91 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:05,200 city last week, North Hollywood, California. Oh, I didn't know that. 92 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:07,540 Actually break it down to, like, Hollywood and North Hollywood 93 00:06:07,540 --> 00:06:09,250 and all that. It's pretty neat. But, yeah, 94 00:06:09,250 --> 00:06:11,860 it's really lawless brewing is. And we were talking about lawless 95 00:06:11,860 --> 00:06:14,080 a couple of weeks ago, so maybe, maybe had something to do with that. 96 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:17,560 I don't know, but, what up lawless thinks or the lawless. 97 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:21,820 What up? North Hollywood 10.4, thanks for for hanging out with 98 00:06:21,820 --> 00:06:25,510 us. We're gonna hear that all night. Yeah. Pretty much. Whatever. 99 00:06:25,510 --> 00:06:29,290 Fuck up I do. It's at this point. Got 1.4. 100 00:06:29,290 --> 00:06:31,870 Yeah, I remember my first beer. Anyways. 101 00:06:31,870 --> 00:06:35,260 Hey, happy birthday to Vanessa. Oh, happy birthday Vanessa. 102 00:06:35,620 --> 00:06:38,110 As as we record, it's the day of her birthday. 103 00:06:38,110 --> 00:06:42,280 Oh no kidding. Happy birth date. And, we'll be seeing her 104 00:06:42,280 --> 00:06:46,960 later this week. That's exciting. Yeah. Gonna get fucked up. 105 00:06:46,990 --> 00:06:49,600 Her and Mr. Vanessa are coming in, right? Yeah. 106 00:06:49,840 --> 00:06:52,150 Mr. and Mrs. Vanessa will be here, and. 107 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:55,660 I'm sure it'll, get a kick out of that. Yeah. 108 00:06:55,660 --> 00:07:01,390 Mr. and Mrs. Vixen, they have quite the, list of breweries 109 00:07:01,390 --> 00:07:04,030 they are hoping to achieve. Yeah. You're here telling me about 110 00:07:04,030 --> 00:07:07,060 this itinerary? Yeah. Apparently they've got this thing 111 00:07:07,060 --> 00:07:10,630 where, like, all they need is an hour at each place where I'm more of a. 112 00:07:10,630 --> 00:07:12,670 Hey, let's have a beer. And if it's good, 113 00:07:12,670 --> 00:07:15,490 let's have another beer or two. And then. Move on. Type of guy. 114 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:18,250 They're like, hey, we got a fucking knock these down. 115 00:07:18,250 --> 00:07:21,430 We got some breweries to hit. They they're on a mission. 116 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:25,570 So we're going to see how this goes. Well, now now I'm intrigued because 117 00:07:25,570 --> 00:07:27,550 you'll be researching with them. Right. 118 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:31,990 So maybe you you could sway a little bit to be like, hey, you know, 119 00:07:31,990 --> 00:07:37,960 these places it, you know, not really worth the trip and you can stay here 120 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:42,550 a little bit longer, etc., etc.. There is one on her list and I don't 121 00:07:42,550 --> 00:07:47,290 want to say it on the show, but to me it's not really worth the trip. 122 00:07:47,290 --> 00:07:50,800 And on top of that, it's out of the way and kind of 123 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:53,440 messes up the rest of the trip, like as far as we're planning. 124 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:55,630 So I think I've got a good substitution. 125 00:07:55,630 --> 00:07:58,390 I want to drop that one and add one that's nearby. 126 00:07:58,390 --> 00:08:01,570 Some other ones will be at. I think she'll really get more 127 00:08:01,750 --> 00:08:05,440 bang for her time that way. So okay, well we'll discuss that 128 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:07,480 when she gets here. But yeah, we'll have a full report. 129 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:11,170 Obviously afterwards, if I trusted anybody for California beer, 130 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:14,080 it'd be you, you know. Thank you. I've had 1 or 2. 131 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:19,000 Well, clearly one minimally great. 10.4 making it today. Yeah. 132 00:08:19,030 --> 00:08:23,680 Okay. Everybody forgot. Yeah. Just in case you'll be reminded 133 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:27,670 at least three more times. Yeah. Once you start reading. Yeah. 134 00:08:27,970 --> 00:08:32,110 I haven't started yet. Give it time. Let's get to the news. Here we. 135 00:08:32,110 --> 00:08:35,800 Go. Oh, last week or over the weekend, 136 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:41,050 petals and Pints had their big down the Rabbit Hole music festival party. 137 00:08:41,050 --> 00:08:43,150 Oh, yes. Yes. I don't know if you saw on the. 138 00:08:43,330 --> 00:08:46,900 Is this an annual thing now? Right. Seems to be an annual thing. 139 00:08:46,900 --> 00:08:48,850 I think they started like two years ago or something like that. 140 00:08:49,030 --> 00:08:50,500 I'm always out of town when they do them. 141 00:08:50,500 --> 00:08:54,220 This is the first one I was around for, so I got to go check it out. 142 00:08:54,220 --> 00:08:56,290 At least half of it, the second half of the day 143 00:08:56,290 --> 00:08:59,230 they had a Foo Fighters cover band and they, closed. 144 00:08:59,230 --> 00:09:05,110 Do you have any say in that at all? I did not just somebody with 145 00:09:05,110 --> 00:09:08,290 good musical taste, apparently, and then they closed out the 146 00:09:08,290 --> 00:09:10,810 night with a sublime cover band. So, that was cool. 147 00:09:10,810 --> 00:09:14,530 The cover bands before I had no interest in one of them was U2. 148 00:09:14,530 --> 00:09:19,060 And, you couldn't pay me to like, U2, and I forget who else. 149 00:09:19,060 --> 00:09:21,970 So, you know, showed up for Foo Fighters, stayed for sublime. 150 00:09:21,970 --> 00:09:25,990 I also got to try her new sour that she, collab with Nick, 151 00:09:25,990 --> 00:09:30,970 formerly of fortune Karen's Nick, but now of Amaretti the flavor company. 152 00:09:30,970 --> 00:09:36,430 They they did a London Berry sour and then they garnish it with a Swedish 153 00:09:36,430 --> 00:09:41,230 fish. The old and merry. Yeah. So it was I had like five of them 154 00:09:41,230 --> 00:09:44,290 that night. It was really good. Oh that's awesome. Yeah I. 155 00:09:44,290 --> 00:09:45,970 Uber because the. Wife was don't know what a 156 00:09:45,970 --> 00:09:48,880 lingonberry is, if you go to an Ikea and get 157 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:51,760 Swedish meatballs, I think that's the berries they 158 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:55,390 put on top. Sounds disgusting. It's, you know, it is what it is. 159 00:09:55,390 --> 00:09:58,000 But it was great in her beer, so, they fucking knocked out 160 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:01,570 of the park and, had a lot of those. Music was fun. 161 00:10:01,690 --> 00:10:03,940, listener John, shout out to listener John. 162 00:10:03,940 --> 00:10:08,050 So I got a message that day from someone who I'd never heard from 163 00:10:08,050 --> 00:10:10,930 before, said, hey, basically was like, hey, I want to be in the area. 164 00:10:10,930 --> 00:10:13,120 I'm going to pedals and pipe to knotty pine. 165 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:16,090 And I've been listening to the show for like 4 or 5 months, and I'd 166 00:10:16,090 --> 00:10:19,120 like to meet up and have a beer. And I was like, okay, well, hopefully 167 00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:22,420 he's not going to murder me. Yeah, that's always my biggest fear. 168 00:10:22,420 --> 00:10:24,940 Yeah. Is murder followed by like, you know, 169 00:10:24,940 --> 00:10:28,060 just boringness or something, but, said, like, hey, 170 00:10:28,060 --> 00:10:31,810 I'll be at pedals at, you know, at seven or whatever time it was 171 00:10:31,810 --> 00:10:34,480 like, if you want to stop by, I'm the dude in the shirt that 172 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:36,730 says I'm drunk or something. And, 173 00:10:36,730 --> 00:10:40,600 and he showed up and and we connected and super nice guy bought me beer. 174 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:43,420 He's like, I really like, listen, the show bought me a beer, and, 175 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:45,370, we hung out. We talked for a while, 176 00:10:45,370 --> 00:10:47,740 then he had to go pick up some people from the airport. 177 00:10:47,740 --> 00:10:50,230 I was like, well, if you're going to LAX, I'm glad you've been drinking 178 00:10:50,230 --> 00:10:52,210 all day, otherwise you're really. Gonna hate yourself. 179 00:10:53,230 --> 00:10:57,580 So he had done quite the I think he had gone to like an institution 180 00:10:57,580 --> 00:11:01,540 and something else and then pedals and he'd done some damage that day. 181 00:11:01,540 --> 00:11:03,040 So good on him. But, 182 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:06,820 super awesome meeting up with them. He's a huge beer lover, and so it's 183 00:11:06,820 --> 00:11:09,490 good. Just hung out a little bit. Had too had a beer and talked a 184 00:11:09,490 --> 00:11:12,340 little. It's cool. Isn't it nice when random people 185 00:11:12,340 --> 00:11:15,430 like, not just like, you know, we do this thing, we have no 186 00:11:15,430 --> 00:11:18,910 idea who listens to it, right? Right. And we do it every week. 187 00:11:18,910 --> 00:11:22,030 Whatever. Yeah. We don't know who actually listens, 188 00:11:22,030 --> 00:11:25,030 who doesn't, who's not. You know, our friends. 189 00:11:25,030 --> 00:11:29,200 It's really cool when you get some random that's just like, hey, 190 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:32,980 I love listening to this. Yeah. And my first question is like, 191 00:11:32,980 --> 00:11:36,220 what's wrong with you? Followed up by like, thank you so 192 00:11:36,220 --> 00:11:43,960 much. You must have a daddy issue. But no, I just think that's, 193 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:46,000 it's really cool. It's like. No, it's really cool. 194 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:48,070 And you're right, like, I'll look at the stats and I can 195 00:11:48,070 --> 00:11:50,710 see that, you know, three people download our show. 196 00:11:50,710 --> 00:11:54,550 It's nice to put faces to those three people. So high. 197 00:11:54,550 --> 00:11:56,830 High all three high three people. Yeah. 198 00:11:57,010 --> 00:12:01,630 It's, chu Scott now listener John so. 199 00:12:01,630 --> 00:12:04,420 Oh, maybe four now with, Psycho Bear listening as well. 200 00:12:04,420 --> 00:12:07,330 And five fun. Oh, man. We're up to five now. Fontana gym. 201 00:12:07,330 --> 00:12:10,570 So, yeah, we're we're racking those numbers, but. Yeah. Davis. 202 00:12:11,020 --> 00:12:15,860 Oh, yeah. Davis. Buck. Keep going. Might. At ten. Holy shit. Tim. 203 00:12:15,860 --> 00:12:21,620 Monday. Monday. Tim. Yeah, yeah. Ryan. From Malibu Brewing, man. 204 00:12:21,620 --> 00:12:25,430 We're on. Our way to double the. Famous. Yeah, half of Finland. 205 00:12:25,460 --> 00:12:28,250 I was just going to say the entire country of Finland. 206 00:12:29,660 --> 00:12:31,730 Yeah, you're probably right. It's closer to the entire 207 00:12:31,730 --> 00:12:34,280 country there. So anyways, yeah, you're right. 208 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:37,220 It's totally cool to actually meet the people who listen and 209 00:12:37,220 --> 00:12:40,370 and enjoy us for some reason. So. So shout out to John and thanks 210 00:12:40,370 --> 00:12:42,230 for the beer. Thanks for meeting up with us and 211 00:12:42,500 --> 00:12:45,410 with me. And it was really cool. So good times meet. 212 00:12:45,710 --> 00:12:48,650 On the flip side of that, I'm so fucking weird. 213 00:12:48,650 --> 00:12:52,610 People who feel like they need to inject their opinions into things. 214 00:12:52,610 --> 00:12:55,850 oh. I posted a picture that night of 215 00:12:55,850 --> 00:12:59,450 the beer I was drinking at petals and just tagged petals and tagged 216 00:12:59,450 --> 00:13:03,380 Amaretti because is their collab. And I'm not going to give away any 217 00:13:03,380 --> 00:13:07,520 names because, yeah, whatever. But this person commented on the 218 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:12,290 story that I posted and said, you, you need to check out 14 canons. 219 00:13:12,290 --> 00:13:17,960 Sadly, I'm not a fan of petals and pinks typo nor knotty pine. 220 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:21,380 I was like oh okay, so I don't trust anything you say ever again. 221 00:13:21,380 --> 00:13:23,780 Got it? Interesting. Yeah, I just. I was like, hey, 222 00:13:23,780 --> 00:13:27,140 too bad we love them in 14. On the other hand dot dot dot. 223 00:13:27,830 --> 00:13:30,650 And then they never responded. I probably pissed them off by not 224 00:13:30,650 --> 00:13:34,550 liking their favorite shit brewery. Well, maybe they knew them for 225 00:13:34,550 --> 00:13:37,190 who they used to be. Maybe. And you know what? 226 00:13:37,190 --> 00:13:41,870 I loved them for who they used to be, and not so much anymore. 227 00:13:42,170 --> 00:13:44,300 Couldn't have happened to a better brewery. 228 00:13:45,560 --> 00:13:49,400 So anyways, that was fucking weird. Thanks for your opinion on that. 229 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:52,310 I don't know why you needed to share it. Cheers! 230 00:13:52,670 --> 00:13:56,000 Go drink something good and not that six month old beer that 14 231 00:13:56,000 --> 00:14:00,350 cannons can't get rid of. Ouch. Oh. Too soon. Ouch. 232 00:14:00,770 --> 00:14:03,110 Hey, remember a couple weeks ago we were shitting really hard on 233 00:14:03,110 --> 00:14:06,080 West Virginia, yeah, the mountain people, 234 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:09,890 they scare the hell out of me. Yeah, they eat squirrels and, 235 00:14:09,890 --> 00:14:12,680. Right. Yeah. Clearly, there's no way they could 236 00:14:12,680 --> 00:14:15,290 figure out how to listen to this show, right? You know? Right. 237 00:14:15,290 --> 00:14:18,860 If they're not even on dial up, there might be faxing at this point. 238 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:28,060 We? Yeah, exactly. All right. Yeah. You remember the discussion? 239 00:14:29,410 --> 00:14:35,200 That's how we sound to them, by the way. Like. They just. 240 00:14:35,380 --> 00:14:39,100 They think we talk in robot. I hope this is like a big segue into 241 00:14:39,100 --> 00:14:42,550 somebody from West Virginia actually called. No, unfortunately not. 242 00:14:42,550 --> 00:14:43,720 Which would be great, because that's like, 243 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:46,690 that's how we met Zach Ogi beer dude, was we shit on Indiana? 244 00:14:47,290 --> 00:14:50,800 That is true. And he hit us up. Was like, you're not all wrong. 245 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:55,750 But, so one of the things we said was like, they probably don't even 246 00:14:55,750 --> 00:14:58,600 have any breweries out there because they're too dumb to figure it out. 247 00:14:58,900 --> 00:15:02,230, I looked into it, and it turns out they have 37 248 00:15:02,230 --> 00:15:05,470 breweries. In the whole state. In the whole state, which is even 249 00:15:05,470 --> 00:15:10,090 more than North Dakota. Right? Because they have 28, 20, 20. 250 00:15:10,090 --> 00:15:13,330 It was 18 more than we thought they had. Oh that's right okay. Yeah. 251 00:15:13,330 --> 00:15:16,720 So so, you know, good for you, I bet. 252 00:15:16,750 --> 00:15:20,980 Of those 37, at least 35 of them are moonshine related or something. 253 00:15:23,410 --> 00:15:26,050 Oh, they're all like, I'm assuming every single one of 254 00:15:26,050 --> 00:15:28,870 them is family run because they're all related to each other. 255 00:15:28,870 --> 00:15:35,350 So it's like one big family. Yeah. Just the shitty never stops. 256 00:15:37,660 --> 00:15:41,560 Oh, good. Or any. Good. Is there any, like. Did you. 257 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:43,750 I didn't look up ratings. I was just surprised they had 258 00:15:43,750 --> 00:15:47,710 that many breweries out there. Still not gonna go, but, 259 00:15:47,710 --> 00:15:51,490 you know, good on you, West Virginia. I would definitely get killed by, 260 00:15:51,490 --> 00:15:53,950 like, a mountain person. Oh, they're. Already on the way to your house 261 00:15:53,950 --> 00:15:56,500 like they are by foot traveling to your house. 262 00:15:56,500 --> 00:15:58,840 Just don't think they got to go through too much city. 263 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:00,760 I don't think they would do that. That's true. 264 00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:04,090 There might be a lot of freaking out when they see the the motor 265 00:16:04,090 --> 00:16:15,130 horses driving around the city. More. Like, just like literal deer in 266 00:16:15,130 --> 00:16:19,210 headlights, you know? Yeah, right. And the one guy who's, like, 267 00:16:19,210 --> 00:16:21,640 real advanced is like, hey, where's the crank to start the 268 00:16:21,640 --> 00:16:26,290 car on the front and boom. Yeah. So anyways, maybe they're 269 00:16:26,290 --> 00:16:30,040 not as bad as we thought. 37 breweries. Yeah. We'll find out. 270 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:31,450 Yeah, they're definitely gonna murder us now. 271 00:16:31,570 --> 00:16:35,170 All right, before we move on, we do have a voice mail as the 272 00:16:35,170 --> 00:16:39,340 aforementioned Psycho Bear called in. Let's see what he has to say. Hello? 273 00:16:39,340 --> 00:16:41,680 No one is available to take your call. 274 00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:45,970 Please leave a message after the tone. Whoa! 275 00:16:49,570 --> 00:16:55,930 Oh, look at that beautiful beard. Hey, craft beer Republic, this is 276 00:16:55,930 --> 00:17:01,690 Psycho Bear, and I'm calling back to answer some much needed questions. 277 00:17:01,930 --> 00:17:04,540 Well, first off, what is that? That I just poured. 278 00:17:04,540 --> 00:17:10,420 But a wondrous brewing NC triple cup? Yep. Wondrous. 279 00:17:10,540 --> 00:17:14,470 You know it, Greg, just had their third anniversary, 280 00:17:14,470 --> 00:17:19,420 and it was, damn good. Maybe you were there and I didn't 281 00:17:19,420 --> 00:17:23,590 even know, but, if not, I was. You missed out on a great thing. 282 00:17:24,040 --> 00:17:27,910, to answer your question about SF, San Francisco breweries, 283 00:17:28,180 --> 00:17:31,840 honestly, I don't even get over on that side of the bay, but, 284 00:17:32,650 --> 00:17:36,250 cellar maker is definitely a winner, 285 00:17:36,250 --> 00:17:39,520 they have moved over to the East Bay. They took over a place called 286 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:41,980 Rare Barrel, which I'm sure you guys have heard of. 287 00:17:42,730 --> 00:17:48,700, enterprise actually moved in to sell a maker spot, and I've 288 00:17:48,700 --> 00:17:51,850 heard good things about them, I've had Laughing Monk in 289 00:17:51,850 --> 00:17:56,770 the past. Pretty good, I would say if you can get 290 00:17:56,770 --> 00:17:59,920 to the East Bay, come on over to the East Bay. 291 00:18:00,100 --> 00:18:03,220 You've got wondrous, of course, which, you know, 292 00:18:04,330 --> 00:18:07,330 literally right down the street around the corner. Ten Mar. 293 00:18:08,020 --> 00:18:10,810 It just opened about 8 or 9 months ago. 294 00:18:11,410 --> 00:18:16,660 The head brewer owner was the head brewer, Beechwood in Long Beach. 295 00:18:16,660 --> 00:18:21,280 And he is doing some killer stuff, other than that original pattern 296 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:24,430 in Oakland, maybe you've had them, but I really don't know San 297 00:18:24,430 --> 00:18:29,560 Francisco, so I don't know what to tell you fleksy. 298 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:33,070 Well, I heard you like to dance. Well, 299 00:18:33,070 --> 00:18:36,700 I've got a brewery in the Marin. It's got darts, 300 00:18:36,700 --> 00:18:40,960 and I love throwing darts. So you come on out to the Bay area, 301 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:43,540 we'll drink some great beer and throw some dart. 302 00:18:43,540 --> 00:18:46,660 Anyways, I hope I've answered some questions. 303 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:50,710 Just forgo San Fran and get into the East Bay and get some great beer. 304 00:18:51,220 --> 00:18:56,770, anyways, this is again Cycle Bear. 305 00:18:57,640 --> 00:19:01,540 And when you get to know me, you'll know why. Thank anyways. 306 00:19:01,900 --> 00:19:06,160 Cheers. Stay well later. I feel like. I should be worried. I would. 307 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:11,380 I would love to throw darts with the psycho. Yeah. Don't turn your back. 308 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:14,230 Like, just go stand right in front of the dartboard. 309 00:19:14,230 --> 00:19:18,940 I swear I won't hit you. I got this really fun trick. Yeah. 310 00:19:18,970 --> 00:19:22,190 Okay. Psycho. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Don't. Cover your eyes either. 311 00:19:22,190 --> 00:19:29,090 It'll be fine 805538. Beer. 2337. If you'd like to call in, yeah. 312 00:19:29,090 --> 00:19:31,370 A few weeks ago when he called in, we're, you know, like what? 313 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:34,520 Good breweries are in San Francisco. All we could come up with was, 314 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:38,450 I think Black Hammer and 21st amendment, which I still 315 00:19:38,450 --> 00:19:41,090 haven't been to 21st amendment, but. Yeah. 316 00:19:41,090 --> 00:19:43,550 So thanks for the sort of answer. Yeah. 317 00:19:43,580 --> 00:19:45,740 East Bay's got some good beer over there. 318 00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:49,160, he talked about Rare Barrel. I, I've had a couple of horrible 319 00:19:49,190 --> 00:19:52,070 beers from them. They had some bottling issues, 320 00:19:52,070 --> 00:19:55,970 and, boy, were those gross. But, I hear they were good 321 00:19:55,970 --> 00:19:58,850 when they were fresh. I don't know, it's kind of like 322 00:19:58,850 --> 00:20:00,980 the brewery where it's, like, hit and miss on those bottles 323 00:20:00,980 --> 00:20:03,230 you get because they're good. Sometimes they're not. 324 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:07,250 So, but, yeah, I haven't done a ton of East Bay research, 325 00:20:07,280 --> 00:20:10,430 especially lately. Like, I remember going, you only. 326 00:20:10,430 --> 00:20:12,560 Make it out there for work, right? Yeah. 327 00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:15,440 I mean, for the most part, the, you know, the wife's from that area, 328 00:20:15,440 --> 00:20:18,950 but, we haven't really traveled. Last time we were up there with, 329 00:20:18,950 --> 00:20:20,510 like, super, super East. Like, 330 00:20:20,510 --> 00:20:23,960 I wouldn't even call it Bay area. And so we went to one is that it 331 00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:27,770 was called four legged or four legs or four paws, something like that. 332 00:20:27,770 --> 00:20:29,690 Some dog themed, actually really good, 333 00:20:29,690 --> 00:20:32,660 but out in the middle of nowhere, but yeah, I haven't gotten 334 00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:35,780 to like, hang out in the sort of Oakland area and hit some 335 00:20:35,780 --> 00:20:39,230 breweries other than wondrous, usually when I'm done working, 336 00:20:39,230 --> 00:20:43,040 everything's closed, so it's too bad. That is too. Bad. I know. 337 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:44,900 I'm like, hey, can we be done in a decent hour? 338 00:20:44,900 --> 00:20:48,830 So I go fucking research it up. Yeah. To quote Danny Tanner, wake up, 339 00:20:48,830 --> 00:20:55,190 San Francisco hahahahahahahaha. Exactly. Boom. Oh. Good times. 340 00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:57,680 So anyways, well, thanks for calling Psycho Bear. 341 00:20:57,680 --> 00:21:02,210 I sort of am afraid to find out why they call you Psycho Bear, but. 342 00:21:02,780 --> 00:21:06,170 I don't know much, much better, reception on that phone call. 343 00:21:06,170 --> 00:21:10,520 Yes, yes, we could actually hear most of what he was very excited. 344 00:21:10,520 --> 00:21:13,520 Very excited on that. He upgraded his, two cans in 345 00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:17,030 his string. Apparently so. Thicker string, I think. 346 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:22,730 Tighter hole. Whoa. Not a tight hole show. 347 00:21:23,810 --> 00:21:28,820 Is it a loose hole show? Oh, dear. All right, before we get into the 348 00:21:28,820 --> 00:21:33,500 news, let's find out what Flex's drinking over there. In a world. 349 00:21:33,500 --> 00:21:37,910 Where craft beer is king. A world where muscles are bigger 350 00:21:37,910 --> 00:21:46,680 than growlers. Only one tongue can. One man, one tongue. Chong Jaber. 351 00:21:47,330 --> 00:21:58,360 In this world. We must find out what. Is flax drinking? Baa baa baa baa. 352 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:03,550, flex is drinking or brewing companies get this. 353 00:22:03,940 --> 00:22:10,210, three Greg Tomlin. Ha, ha. With a name like that, 354 00:22:10,210 --> 00:22:15,370 how could it be bad? It's phenomenal, I, I sent you a picture of 355 00:22:15,370 --> 00:22:18,220 this beer because they posted it, I don't know, not too long ago. 356 00:22:18,220 --> 00:22:20,710 Oh. That's right. Yeah, I sent it to you on the gram, 357 00:22:20,860 --> 00:22:22,930 and it just had your name in it, right? 358 00:22:23,110 --> 00:22:25,870 It's always great to have a beer with your name in it. Yeah. 359 00:22:25,870 --> 00:22:29,230 And, I went to my local shop today because we were recording, 360 00:22:29,230 --> 00:22:35,440 and I was in prepared and sure. Shit, they had it. So 1999 8% beer. 361 00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:38,770 Classic drinker cannot. So that's already up there, right? 362 00:22:39,010 --> 00:22:42,910 Got the ghost. Yo, guys. And, they do have the great art. 363 00:22:42,910 --> 00:22:46,810 Yeah, it's so good. So this one was I love their cans. 364 00:22:46,810 --> 00:22:50,140 Can I just tell you I absolutely love their cans. You can't tell. 365 00:22:50,140 --> 00:22:54,040 Let me tell you all the malts they use pale to ro flaked oats, 366 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:57,190 spelt care home. They got the hop list on there. 367 00:22:57,460 --> 00:23:05,170 HBC, 630 cryo mosaic, cryo. And then I've never heard of super 368 00:23:05,170 --> 00:23:10,060 delic or copper, but they used both of those in here as well. 369 00:23:10,060 --> 00:23:13,450 And then they tell you the yeast and they usually use their host IPA, 370 00:23:13,450 --> 00:23:18,370 yeast and other IPAs. Sure, so I really do love their cans, 371 00:23:18,490 --> 00:23:22,330 like real transparent. And if you're a beer nerd, 372 00:23:22,330 --> 00:23:28,300 which I'm not, debatable. I'm sure non beer nerds would 373 00:23:28,300 --> 00:23:30,220 say we're beer nerds. I think you're right. 374 00:23:30,460 --> 00:23:34,060, but it's just really cool to get to know what you like and 375 00:23:34,060 --> 00:23:37,480 what you don't like and what beers are brewed with, etc., 376 00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:41,260 etc. so it kind of gives you like a little nerdy beer, hard on, this 377 00:23:41,260 --> 00:23:45,010 was actually a collaboration beer with Blue Jacket Brewing Company. 378 00:23:45,010 --> 00:23:51,190 Untapped has them this beer at A411, the information superhighway, 379 00:23:51,490 --> 00:23:55,120, it says this crazy delicious double IPA collaboration with Blue 380 00:23:55,120 --> 00:23:59,800 Jacket is hopped with HBC 630, cryo mosaic, cryo, super Delic and 381 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:09,160 copper for a pineapple e mango e citrus e flavor that can't be beat. 382 00:24:09,550 --> 00:24:14,440. Oh. Well played, tasting notes, juicy, 383 00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:19,690 happy citrus, dank and boozy on the schnoz here. Real hoppy. 384 00:24:19,690 --> 00:24:24,790, getting some of that pineapple e on the aroma. 385 00:24:25,270 --> 00:24:28,420 Yeah. Very nice on there, so we'll, 386 00:24:28,420 --> 00:24:33,820 warm up the old tongue jabber here. Oh, here we go, good, good, good. 387 00:24:34,450 --> 00:24:40,780. Oh. Barely turned over. Okay. So this carbonation is real low, 388 00:24:40,780 --> 00:24:41,920 which is nice, 389 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:46,870 I think that makes for easy drinking, the mango and the pineapple 390 00:24:46,870 --> 00:24:53,590 shine in this, not overly citrusy, maybe like some 391 00:24:53,590 --> 00:24:59,560 pithy orange peel back end, like small amounts of bitterness here. 392 00:24:59,830 --> 00:25:03,550 But all in all, I mean, the beer, it's a fantastic color to it. 393 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:08,230, a little bit of lacing, as you can see on my black shirt there. 394 00:25:08,770 --> 00:25:13,030, this is, it's a it's a very fine beer. 395 00:25:13,180 --> 00:25:16,510 It gets a couple extra points for the name. The name. Right. 396 00:25:16,510 --> 00:25:20,860 I mean, yeah, your name is in this beer, so. You know. 397 00:25:21,130 --> 00:25:23,350 It should be a five out of five, right? 398 00:25:23,500 --> 00:25:28,060 I've never had my name in a beer. Flex or your government name. Either. 399 00:25:28,540 --> 00:25:31,600, there's gotta be a flex beer somewhere, right? Oh, yeah. 400 00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:35,410 But I've never had it nor seen it that. Anybody finds any flex beers. 401 00:25:35,410 --> 00:25:37,930 Let us know. Flex loves receiving free beer too. 402 00:25:37,930 --> 00:25:42,670 I hate it, please don't send me beer, but I really think he loves more. 403 00:25:42,670 --> 00:25:47,380 I still want to do, like, a collaboration and do like a Mexican 404 00:25:47,380 --> 00:25:53,140 lager and call it the Mexican lager. He's so good, isn't it? So good. 405 00:25:53,140 --> 00:25:56,350 It just works so well. Just rolls off the tongue. 406 00:25:56,350 --> 00:26:00,760 Flexing in. Mexican. Yeah, it's a Mexican lager. Right. 407 00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:04,420 And, you know, may or may not be, taken kindly. 408 00:26:04,420 --> 00:26:06,910 I don't know, but I just think it sounds funny. 409 00:26:06,910 --> 00:26:10,840 Well, and you gotta make it like an imperial, like, make it 8%, you know, 410 00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:15,100 because it's strong, like flex. So it's a 8% flex if you're 411 00:26:15,100 --> 00:26:19,030 going with this. I really do pairs well with nachos. 412 00:26:19,030 --> 00:26:21,940 And it needs to be like with the lime and the salt too little. 413 00:26:21,940 --> 00:26:25,000 Hint of lime. Like make it like a oh well I 414 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:26,560 guess wouldn't it be a lager? I was like kind of goes. 415 00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:29,200 Ooh, you know, I like goes though. Yeah. 416 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:31,240 Imperial goes because they're always like 4%. 417 00:26:31,240 --> 00:26:33,730 So make ones like 8 or 9% because it's strong. 418 00:26:33,730 --> 00:26:37,540 Like flex picking up what you're putting down. Because I'm strong. 419 00:26:37,540 --> 00:26:41,410 We should make this. Monica could help us. Monica. 420 00:26:41,410 --> 00:26:45,490 She makes glazes. Yeah. She does. Delicious. Delicious goes. 421 00:26:45,490 --> 00:26:47,830 This is an Imperial. Goes. Acela goes. 422 00:26:48,130 --> 00:26:50,830 I don't know what would it just be like a sour with salt at that point, 423 00:26:50,830 --> 00:26:52,960 I. Know. Right? Like an imperial sour. Yeah. 424 00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:55,530 Again. How that works. Something we don't know. Yeah. 425 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:57,570 See, we're not nerds. But if you're a nerd and you're 426 00:26:57,570 --> 00:27:01,920 listening, please answer for us. Pretty please don't leave it to 427 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:05,730 Google. Yeah, or I, I just ask I now it's. 428 00:27:05,730 --> 00:27:10,020 Way love I it grosses me out. Oh it's it actually borderline 429 00:27:10,020 --> 00:27:12,660 makes me feel uncomfortable how much you use I. 430 00:27:13,590 --> 00:27:16,260 I actually don't use it that much. I use it as. 431 00:27:16,260 --> 00:27:19,500 Here's how I have found myself using it lately because this is super B 432 00:27:19,500 --> 00:27:25,200 related, but I use it as Google like. I will just ask AI a question instead 433 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:27,840 of going to Google and be like, what's this rash on my balls? 434 00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:31,770 Or or, you know, rash on balls with blisters, 435 00:27:31,770 --> 00:27:36,660 you know, I'll go to I be like, hey, I've got this red rash on my balls, 436 00:27:36,780 --> 00:27:41,130 and it looks like X, Y, and Z and hurts a little and like, oh, 437 00:27:41,130 --> 00:27:46,500 well, the chances are it is. Yeah. And then I have something in Google 438 00:27:46,500 --> 00:27:49,770 like, oh, it says it's probably this. I'll go Google that. 439 00:27:49,770 --> 00:27:53,880 And sure enough it's wrong. Yeah. Right there. 440 00:27:53,880 --> 00:28:02,430 No this is not a ball red show. Not an AI show. Not a ball show. 441 00:28:03,060 --> 00:28:07,410 Red ball. Well, how would you describe 442 00:28:07,410 --> 00:28:10,710 your balls, sir? I would describe them to be 443 00:28:10,710 --> 00:28:16,530 quite Rashi. Yeah. As I fix my mustache. Yeah. 444 00:28:16,530 --> 00:28:24,030 See how the Rashi balls got a case of the Rashi balls? Yeah. 445 00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:31,770 Yeah. Got him. Yeah, it's one of those kind of days. 446 00:28:31,770 --> 00:28:34,830 Rashi all. Day. My cheeks are. It's all right. Yeah. 447 00:28:34,860 --> 00:28:38,670 Good stuff. All right. Well, let's let's let's clean this up 448 00:28:38,670 --> 00:28:44,970 with some real American news here, Jim-Bob. Oh, yeah? 449 00:28:44,970 --> 00:28:49,890 You got the Rashi ball. I'm sorry. Go on. Please. 450 00:28:49,890 --> 00:28:52,350 He'll be missed. You'll be missed. All right. 451 00:28:52,350 --> 00:28:54,240 I was going to prepare some music for this, but then I realized I 452 00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:57,420 didn't want to get sued. So, just everybody knows how 453 00:28:57,420 --> 00:29:05,280 the song goes. Hulk Hogan. Yeah. Man has launched real American beer. 454 00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:10,710 I am a. Brother. American beer, Hulk Hogan is getting into the 455 00:29:10,710 --> 00:29:15,600 beer business, lending, lending his name and image to real American beer. 456 00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:20,370 Brother, a new light lager branded brand that launched Thursday at 457 00:29:20,370 --> 00:29:24,150 Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida. 458 00:29:24,300 --> 00:29:28,980 Brother. Brother Hogan is. I love how they in news stories when 459 00:29:28,980 --> 00:29:32,040 they explain who these people are. It's like Hogan, the 1980s and 460 00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:34,770 90s professional wrestling star. It's like everybody knows the 461 00:29:34,980 --> 00:29:37,890 Hulk Hogan is. Hogan is partnering with Terry 462 00:29:37,890 --> 00:29:41,100 Francis, who previously worked at Anheuser-Busch, 463 00:29:41,100 --> 00:29:45,900 their innovation arm Z ventures, as global VP and general counsel 464 00:29:45,900 --> 00:29:49,560 for investments in new business. Francis is serving as CEO of 465 00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:52,350 Real American Beer, with Hogan serving as founder and 466 00:29:52,350 --> 00:29:57,030 majority owner of the business. She told Brew Bound he's just so 467 00:29:57,030 --> 00:29:59,460 deeply passionate about it. He shows up to all the 468 00:29:59,460 --> 00:30:02,070 wholesaler meetings. He shows up to all the retailer 469 00:30:02,070 --> 00:30:06,420 meetings. Nothing is too much. There's no restriction on his time. 470 00:30:06,450 --> 00:30:09,180 Because he doesn't have anything going on. Right? 471 00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:14,340 Oh, he's got a big, important match. Oh, real American beer named 472 00:30:14,340 --> 00:30:18,030 for the Rick Derringer song that became Hogan's entrance theme, 473 00:30:18,030 --> 00:30:21,840 will be sold in 12 ounce cans six, 12 and 24 packs. 474 00:30:21,840 --> 00:30:25,530 Francis expects to add a 24 ounce single serve can when the 475 00:30:25,530 --> 00:30:27,780 brand rolls out in Texas. I love that they're saving that for 476 00:30:27,780 --> 00:30:31,050 Texas. Is everything bigger in Texas? Yeah, that's right. 477 00:30:31,290 --> 00:30:35,280 As well as draft with increased on trade interest, Francis said, 478 00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:39,510 what we're doing is creating an everyman beer from an everyman hero. 479 00:30:39,510 --> 00:30:42,750 We really want to get back to this idea of being simple. 480 00:30:42,750 --> 00:30:45,990 It doesn't need to be complicated. It doesn't need to stand for 481 00:30:45,990 --> 00:30:49,860 anything. It can just be good times. The beer will be distributed across 482 00:30:49,860 --> 00:30:53,430 17 states, with retail placements in ABC Fine Wine and Spirits, 483 00:30:53,430 --> 00:30:55,800 Albertsons, Safeway, Sam's Club, Total Wine and more. 484 00:30:55,800 --> 00:31:00,180 Walmart and U.S. military bases, as well as on premise venues 485 00:31:00,180 --> 00:31:04,470 such as hard Rock hotels and select Hooters locations. 486 00:31:06,150 --> 00:31:10,800 Now that is a real American beer, right? What you're going to. 487 00:31:10,800 --> 00:31:13,830 Do, brother. When these Hooters run. Wild on. 488 00:31:13,830 --> 00:31:19,140 You? Oh, man. Yeah. So brilliant. I tried so hard to find out 489 00:31:19,140 --> 00:31:22,890 who's actually making this beer. And the closest I could find was 490 00:31:22,890 --> 00:31:25,230 they're using multiple contract breweries. 491 00:31:25,230 --> 00:31:29,670 Okay, so who fucking knows, brother. If I find it, you know, 492 00:31:29,670 --> 00:31:33,720 I'm getting it. Same. I look, Hogan's a dick bag, 493 00:31:34,290 --> 00:31:37,560 but there's no way I'm not drinking this beer. I need to try it. 494 00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:41,130 Just for comedic reasons. It would make for a hell of a show, 495 00:31:41,130 --> 00:31:47,340 I tell you, not a. Brother show. We would have to, finish, 496 00:31:47,340 --> 00:31:50,190 like, a six pack each. Oh, yeah. I think it's like 4.2, 497 00:31:50,190 --> 00:31:53,850 so that wouldn't be a problem. No, no, brother, but I think. 498 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:56,500 It would be fun. On it would be we need to do 499 00:31:56,500 --> 00:32:01,810 that show with like. A real American power, our craft beer 500 00:32:01,810 --> 00:32:06,910 republic. Yes. Six beers, one hour. Zach, if you're listening, 501 00:32:06,910 --> 00:32:10,660 you need to find yourself a six pack. As do we. We gotta do this. 502 00:32:10,660 --> 00:32:12,340 This is gonna be good. And a shit show. 503 00:32:12,820 --> 00:32:15,010 It's gonna be terrible. It's gonna be so bad. 504 00:32:15,340 --> 00:32:20,770 I'm not going to work the next day. Yeah. No way. Brother. All right. 505 00:32:20,770 --> 00:32:24,340 Some sad news out here in LA. Eagle Rock brewing has announced 506 00:32:24,340 --> 00:32:27,100 they'll be closing their doors. It's always a terrible thing. 507 00:32:27,370 --> 00:32:29,260 I know they posted on the gram. Well, friends, 508 00:32:29,260 --> 00:32:32,080 the time has come for us to hang up our hats and say farewell. 509 00:32:32,140 --> 00:32:37,300 It feels strange to say these words after nearly 15 years of operations, 510 00:32:37,300 --> 00:32:40,390 but we know in our hearts it's time. What an incredible privilege has 511 00:32:40,390 --> 00:32:44,110 been to be among the first few brewers of the 21st century to 512 00:32:44,110 --> 00:32:48,400 plant seeds in Los Angeles soil, to cultivate those seeds and protect 513 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:52,090 their growth, to watch the growth proliferate an entire county, and 514 00:32:52,090 --> 00:32:55,570 to watch the fruits of that effort earned respect from around the world. 515 00:32:55,900 --> 00:32:58,870 They go on to talk about how great the LA beer scene is in the community 516 00:32:58,870 --> 00:33:01,900 and all that stuff, and they'll be closing in a couple of weeks. 517 00:33:01,900 --> 00:33:06,100 We had the opportunity to talk to then brewer Eric from Eagle 518 00:33:06,100 --> 00:33:08,260 Rock brewing. He moved on since then, 519 00:33:08,260 --> 00:33:11,890 but that was batch 93. If you want to hear my interview with 520 00:33:11,890 --> 00:33:17,500 Eric from Eagle Rock, sad times. They were the first brewery in LA. 521 00:33:18,070 --> 00:33:20,380 I can't remember L.A. city, not County, I think in Los 522 00:33:20,380 --> 00:33:25,780 Angeles City since prohibition. What? Yeah, man. That's sad. 523 00:33:25,780 --> 00:33:28,120 A little bit of history going. Yeah, it makes it even worse. 524 00:33:28,120 --> 00:33:32,020, and more sad news. Cascade Brewing Shudder's following 525 00:33:32,020 --> 00:33:36,640 the death of their founder and Oregon beer godfather, Art Lawrence. 526 00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:39,550 And this is a sad story that's kind of turned weird. 527 00:33:39,700 --> 00:33:42,460 Weeks after the death of founder Art Lawrence, Portland, 528 00:33:42,460 --> 00:33:45,850 Oregon based Cascade Brewing ceased operations on Monday, 529 00:33:45,850 --> 00:33:50,680 Alissa Lawrence, his daughter, told The Oregonian that she delivered 530 00:33:50,680 --> 00:33:53,410 final paychecks to brewery staff Tuesday through the brewery's 531 00:33:53,410 --> 00:33:57,580 website, though the brewery's website says it is temporarily closed. 532 00:33:57,580 --> 00:34:02,020 Art Lawrence died after suffering a heart attack at age 80 on May 26th. 533 00:34:02,020 --> 00:34:06,940 Lawrence founded Cascade in 1998 and sold it to an investor group in April 534 00:34:06,940 --> 00:34:11,320 of 2020, but the deal never closed, leaving Lawrence with a 535 00:34:11,320 --> 00:34:14,170 controlling share in the business. At the time of his death, 536 00:34:14,170 --> 00:34:18,280 Alissa Lawrence told the Oregon Oregonian That is not an easy word. 537 00:34:18,610 --> 00:34:21,880 The Lawrence yeah. The Lawrence family was unaware 538 00:34:21,880 --> 00:34:24,580 that its patriarch still owned the brewery, 539 00:34:24,580 --> 00:34:28,600 and the family's trust is unable to sustain Cascade financially, 540 00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:32,080 Alissa told The Oregonian. This has all been a big shock 541 00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:36,040 during an already stressful time. The liquor licenses for both 542 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:39,490 Cascade's blending House in Beaverton and Cascade Barrel House 543 00:34:39,490 --> 00:34:43,810 in Portland were in Art's name and expired ten days after his death. 544 00:34:43,810 --> 00:34:47,560 However, the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission's database 545 00:34:47,560 --> 00:34:51,730 lists the brewery public house license for both locations as 546 00:34:51,730 --> 00:34:55,600 valid through March 31st of 25. The investor group that was announced 547 00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:59,800 as Cascade's new owners four years ago, was on a payment plan that would 548 00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:03,880 eventually result in full ownership, according to New School Beer, 549 00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:06,970 citing Art Lawrence. So what a weird story his family 550 00:35:06,970 --> 00:35:10,420 thought they sold that he sold it turns out he only like, sort of sold 551 00:35:10,420 --> 00:35:13,600 it and hadn't gotten rid of it yet. And then he dies and has 552 00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:15,790 everything in his name and they can't keep it going. 553 00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:19,960 I've never heard of that before. Super weird, super sad, super weird. 554 00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:23,860 I have a feeling, being such a big name Cascade is 555 00:35:23,860 --> 00:35:27,490 that somebody will swoop that up and bring it back around. 556 00:35:27,490 --> 00:35:30,610 I don't know, we'll see. I feel like. We have a future story coming up. 557 00:35:30,610 --> 00:35:35,770 I think we do. Stay tuned. That's a that's a hip hop bar. 558 00:35:37,570 --> 00:35:40,450, Athletic Brewing purchases the former Ballast Point 559 00:35:40,450 --> 00:35:42,310 facility we talked to. I don't know, 560 00:35:42,310 --> 00:35:45,100 about a month or two ago, that Ballast Point was dropping one 561 00:35:45,100 --> 00:35:48,640 of their other production facilities, and, well, Athletic is buying it. 562 00:35:48,640 --> 00:35:51,550 This is the second time athletic. They're leaving all the equipment in 563 00:35:51,550 --> 00:35:54,760 there and everything, right? Yeah. So this is the second time that 564 00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:57,640 Athletic Brewing has purchased a Ballast Point brewhouse. 565 00:35:57,970 --> 00:36:01,210 They just keep buying all their shit up and making shitty non-alcoholic 566 00:36:01,210 --> 00:36:06,310 beer. Right, it's kind of weird. I am from Holland. 567 00:36:06,310 --> 00:36:15,400 Isn't that weird? I love gold, in more sad news, the US loses 568 00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:21,160 over 15,000 acres in hop production. All major hop growing states recorded 569 00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:25,060 year over year declines in acreage, with the steepest being in Idaho 570 00:36:25,060 --> 00:36:32,800 at -31%, followed by Oregon, -18%, Washington -15%, with 32,982 571 00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:37,660 acres strung for harvest in 2024. Washington is the largest producer by 572 00:36:37,660 --> 00:36:41,980 far compared to Idaho and Oregon. Five popular hop varieties 573 00:36:41,980 --> 00:36:46,480 account for 70% of the cuts. Those five are Citra, mosaic, 574 00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:50,830 Cascade, Simcoe, and Columbus. So it sounds like they're cutting the 575 00:36:50,830 --> 00:36:54,190 production of some old school hops, maybe to make room for new. 576 00:36:54,770 --> 00:36:56,750 Cool? I was thinking they're probably 577 00:36:56,930 --> 00:37:01,010 growing cannabis instead. Could be. I don't know if that's legal in 578 00:37:01,010 --> 00:37:04,490 Idaho. I feel like Idaho is not cool. I don't know, Idaho is weird. 579 00:37:04,490 --> 00:37:06,980 It's sort of Joe Dirt from. Is he from Idaho? Well, no. 580 00:37:06,980 --> 00:37:10,670 He resided in Idaho. Silvertone. Oh, that was Idaho. Silvertone. 581 00:37:10,880 --> 00:37:13,340 Yeah, that's what really made it. Oh, I don't know if it's fucking 582 00:37:13,340 --> 00:37:15,380 real silver. I mean, I know, but I mean, like, 583 00:37:15,380 --> 00:37:18,710 in the story, I didn't realize Silverton was, was a Ohio I mean, 584 00:37:18,710 --> 00:37:25,190 Idaho, yeah. Are the more you know. And potatoes and. It's potato. 585 00:37:25,340 --> 00:37:29,450, well then on this one, the Kelsey brothers buy into garage beer. 586 00:37:29,450 --> 00:37:32,930 Pro football stars Jason and Travis Kelce have acquired an 587 00:37:32,930 --> 00:37:36,470 ownership stake in light lager maker Garage Beer. 588 00:37:36,470 --> 00:37:40,370 The Kelsey's are referred to as the largest investors and 589 00:37:40,370 --> 00:37:44,540 significant investors, partners, owners and operators in the 590 00:37:44,540 --> 00:37:47,450 business in today's announcement. Additionally, the Kelsey's will 591 00:37:47,450 --> 00:37:50,810 be involved in every aspect of the business, including brewing, 592 00:37:50,810 --> 00:37:55,070 distribution, sales, marketing and national expansion efforts. 593 00:37:55,070 --> 00:37:58,100 Come on, I would love to see those two just brewing beer. 594 00:37:58,280 --> 00:38:01,730 What a shit show that would be, Jason Kelsey said in the press release. 595 00:38:01,730 --> 00:38:05,660 People crave quality and simplicity and garage beer nails both. 596 00:38:05,660 --> 00:38:08,450 For me, we are light beer drinkers and garage 597 00:38:08,450 --> 00:38:12,380 is the best light beer for me. The brand fits my lifestyle and 598 00:38:12,380 --> 00:38:15,830 having a few beers is a great excuse to get the neighbors together. 599 00:38:15,830 --> 00:38:19,580 Travis added I think everyone knows I like to have a couple beers now and 600 00:38:19,580 --> 00:38:23,270 then, so being an owner of garage beer and heavily involved in making 601 00:38:23,270 --> 00:38:26,780 the best light beer is exciting. Man. There is nothing better to bring 602 00:38:26,780 --> 00:38:28,520 people together than an ice cold beer. 603 00:38:28,520 --> 00:38:31,340 And for Jason and me, that is what beer is all about. 604 00:38:31,340 --> 00:38:36,080 Friends, family, fun, and Taylor Swift. I may have made it. 605 00:38:36,230 --> 00:38:38,210 I may have added that last time. I wasn't in the quote. 606 00:38:39,970 --> 00:38:43,900 I have worked with garage beer owner Andy Sauer for years, 607 00:38:43,900 --> 00:38:47,380 and I really trust the team and their approach to running the business. 608 00:38:47,410 --> 00:38:50,620 We look forward to taking garage beer to the next level. Weird. 609 00:38:50,620 --> 00:38:52,810 Cool though. It's almost like we're jealous. 610 00:38:52,810 --> 00:38:55,300 Maybe that's it. Yeah, like. They are cool. 611 00:38:55,330 --> 00:38:59,290 I wish we could buy into ownership of a brewery and be included in 612 00:38:59,290 --> 00:39:05,380 everything. I wish we were cool. We're not. We're just nerds. Anyways. 613 00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:07,390 I'm still going to be looking for that Hulk Hogan beer. 614 00:39:07,690 --> 00:39:10,450 Yeah, I'll talk to my guys at my shop. Yeah. 615 00:39:10,480 --> 00:39:14,560 Have your people call their people and let my people know. Yeah. 616 00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:17,680 I'll let them know. Let's say. Yeah. What do you know about that Hulk 617 00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:19,930 Hogan beer, brother? It'd be great if we call it as 618 00:39:19,930 --> 00:39:26,110 Macho Man. So what I'm looking for is, 619 00:39:26,530 --> 00:39:33,430 my brother, I'm looking for the best, bro. Yeah, I got. 620 00:39:33,430 --> 00:39:35,290 Like, a weird Spanish accent at the end. There. 621 00:39:36,250 --> 00:39:41,170 Because, you know, the beer foam always. Rises to the. Top. So. 622 00:39:41,170 --> 00:39:43,240 No, I can't even say without laughing. That was pretty good. 623 00:39:43,390 --> 00:39:45,280 That was really. That was really thought out. 624 00:39:45,460 --> 00:39:48,250 Oh, yeah. Thanks. We should make a macho man beer. 625 00:39:48,670 --> 00:39:50,080 That'd be dope. Yeah, 626 00:39:50,080 --> 00:39:53,950 like just called something cool, too. Like elbow from the top or something. 627 00:39:53,980 --> 00:39:57,070 Yeah, I see the elbow drop or something like that. Yeah. I'm in. 628 00:39:57,430 --> 00:40:00,190 Let's do it. Not a wrestling show. Let's brew two beers. 629 00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:04,450 Oh, let's do it, brother. Oh, yeah. Brother. 630 00:40:04,600 --> 00:40:09,490 Nothing hurts my throat more than a I. Know it's. So bad. So it's like. 631 00:40:09,490 --> 00:40:14,380 Okay, everybody, I guess we should wrap things up. It always sounds. 632 00:40:14,380 --> 00:40:17,470 Like such a. Good idea to do. And then you do it and you're like, 633 00:40:17,470 --> 00:40:19,930 that was a terrible idea. Well, the worst is when you do a 634 00:40:19,930 --> 00:40:22,570 drunk and then like, next morning, you're like, how long was I 635 00:40:22,570 --> 00:40:26,710 doing this macho man impression? How many cigars did I smoke last 636 00:40:26,710 --> 00:40:30,370 night. That's the worst. All right. Music. 637 00:40:30,820 --> 00:40:34,150 I'm gonna encourage everybody to follow us at Craft Beer Republic and 638 00:40:34,180 --> 00:40:38,650 of course, at flex Mu beer underscore in between craft beer comm. 639 00:40:38,650 --> 00:40:43,330 Don't forget 805 538 beer. 2337. Leave us a voicemail mail at 640 00:40:43,330 --> 00:40:45,790 Craft Beer Republic comm. Let us know if you find that 641 00:40:45,790 --> 00:40:49,600 Hulk Hogan beer or, a beer with Flex's name in it. 642 00:40:49,900 --> 00:40:53,380 I think that's everything. Hope everyone is staying very 643 00:40:53,380 --> 00:40:57,670 well hydrated. And on that note. Good night. Everybody.