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I'm waking up Flexy over in the Midwest.

What's up?

Dude,

just coming in hot again.

Yeah!

Holy smokies,

daddy!

Just like last week,

in quotes,

energy drink.

Water and Coke.

Oh,

that's right.

Man,

remember we have short memories,

especially.

Did you say something?

Yeah.

I guess that's hearing,

not memories.

And then joining us from the farm is farmer Jane and all her animals.

What's happening?

That's me.

So stupid.

So stupid.

Hi,

friends.

Let's end it on that high note.

Good night,

everybody.

Good night.

Thank you all for drinking and joining.

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of course,

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underscores in between,

and Neck Nosh LLC with those underscores as well.

NeckNosh.com if you need any pretzel necklaces for the upcoming beer fest season.

We're almost to like beer fest season these days.

Oh yeah.

Over on the West Coast you are.

Oh yeah.

The rain is a day out of the year and we just had it.

You know who's cranking is Florida.

They always got a bunch of beer fests right about now.

That's where all my orders come from.

So that's true.

Vanessa's in the pool like all year long.

All the time.

Close my mind.

Hi,

Vanessa.

You know,

I was thinking about hitting that early today and you son of a bitch,

you beat me to it.

Well,

hi,

Vanessa.

Hi,

Vanessa,

I guess.

Hey,

Vanessa.

Oh,

so awkward.

Enjoy the pool with all the heat and Flex hitting you.

All right,

let's move on before we get sued or something.

We have a lot to get to today.

We got a voicemail from the homie,

chew your beer.

I did some road tripping and picked up some beers along the way.

Chris libation law,

some booze news,

all that good stuff.

Sounds like a full pour if you ask me.

Hey,

that's a different podcast.

Yeah.

Let's no,

no free plugs around here.

Cut that out.

Yeah.

Cut,

edit,

no free plugs.

All right.

If you guys don't mind,

I'm going to crack into some hydration real quick.

Wait.

I love my game I love my game

I do love my beer.

I'm drinking everywhere.

That's the name of the brewery.

Everywhere's soon enough.

It's a hazy six and a half percent.

No listed IBUs has a four point one one on untapped.

They say soon enough is a hazy India pale ale brewed with oats and premium Pilsner malt and hopped with citra mosaic and mosaic cryo.

Very classic.

Yeah.

Very simple.

Thank you for the short description.

I now love you.

Is there a difference between like regular malts and premium malts?

They're better.

Well,

you got me.

Yeah.

More expensive.

But like what makes them better?

Question mark.

You know,

they're handled nicely.

Quality quality quality control.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Okay.

Yeah.

Okay.

Okay.

I don't know.

They charge more for them.

That makes them premium.

I don't know.

I figured you would know.

Like you're the nerd of the show.

Oh,

you know who I should ask is Nick from 14 cannons.

He would absolutely do probably.

He knows that.

All right.

On the schnoz,

I get a ton of tropical fruit backed up by some like real fresh ripe orange.

Very orgy.

I like that.

It's a lot of work.

All right.

I'm digging in with the old tongue dropper.

Get it.

Lap it up.

You know,

last week I was talking about how the wife loves those straight juice IPAs.

No better.

This is that.

This is straight juice.

Come and take it.

I know.

There goes the rest of my beers.

This is a ton of fruity goodness.

There's a lot of orange,

like the schnoz.

Basically the flavor follows the smell.

A lot of orange,

a little bit tropical.

I can't quite put my finger on it.

Like maybe I don't know,

like some peach ring type flavors going on.

That's my favorite.

Yeah.

And it is smooth as fuck,

which I know is not a good beer descriptor,

but it's so pillowy.

Take that Nick.

I know.

So easy to drink.

As you guys can see,

hazy as fuck.

It is indeed.

They deliver on the description.

God,

I love that.

This,

I'm going to have to slow down because it's,

there's so low bitterness in it that it's just like,

oh,

I'm drinking juice and I'm drinking quickly and you know,

at six and a half percent,

it'll eventually catch up to me.

Oh,

ease up.

We can't take over the show.

It's an all day beer.

There's an all day beer.

Look out for English.

What's new?

Yeah.

Coming in hot.

So yeah,

I picked this up.

Here's what I'll talk about now.

I picked this up,

had another one of those awful work trips I've been talking about,

but usually I check out Green Cheek and I was like,

let's,

uh,

I was,

I was slightly off center where I normally am when I go to Green Cheek.

I was like,

let's see what's around here.

I was like,

oh,

everywhere is only like 15 minutes from the hotel I'm staying at.

Let's go to everywhere brewing.

So I went there,

they had a food truck,

uh,

had some fucking killer ass wings.

They called them like dirty Buffalo wings.

Interesting.

Yeah.

Buffalo sauce.

What made him dirty?

Fucking blue cheese mixed in there.

Oh yeah.

Interesting.

Oh,

so good.

Messy as fuck,

but delicious.

So had me some wings,

had me a few beers.

I tried this one there and I knew immediately I was like,

the wife is going to love this.

I will not get in trouble for bringing this home.

And uh,

so,

so I did.

Do you ever get in trouble for bringing home beer?

Let's be honest.

No,

I do get like the side eye or the eyebrow where it's like,

where are you going to fucking put this in our over?

Oh,

in that sense.

Got it.

Yeah.

It's like really more beer cause we were lacking beer.

Yes.

We're not grocery shopping this week.

Foods for losers.

Um,

but this one I was like this,

I got this for you.

You're going to love it.

I'm no dummy and I was right,

she did.

M:

What a ploy,

holy shit.

C:

So I went,

I was down there,

had a few of their beers while I was at the brewery,

like I said,

wings were fucking delicious.

They don't have a kitchen,

it's a food truck,

but wings were delicious.

All the beers they had were great.

I've had everywhere a couple of times and I hadn't had a chance to check out the brewery.

In fact,

one time I drove by the brewery by accident on my way to Breuheim,

which is another brewery down there and if you recall,

it was fucking garbage.

Because at the time I never heard of Everywhere and I was like,

"What the fuck is that?

We're going to this place that has like 4.8 stars on Google." Big mistake.

So if you guys are in the Orange County area,

go to Everywhere,

or if you just see their beer anywhere,

Everywhere is putting out such good beer,

especially if you're all about that haze.

So yeah,

down in Orange County for work,

checked out Everywhere Brewing.

The other night I was down there,

I went to Hangar 24,

which if I'm being perfectly honest,

I've had some of their core stuff and it was just whatever.

I wasn't a huge fan.

The reason I chose it is because A,

location and B,

they had food.

And I had some of their one-offs that they had on the menu.

I didn't have any of their cores,

but they had like a couple of hazies and another IPA and I started sampling some of their one-off IPAs and actually really good.

I really enjoyed myself down there.

Had a hazy that was really good and a westy that was really good.

Food was really good for brewery food type stuff.

So enjoyed my time at Hangar 24 as well.

But sorry guys,

just not as good as fucking Everywhere.

So good.

Okay.

So Everywhere is that good,

eh?

Everywhere is Everywhere.

Yeah,

I think I first heard about them from the aforementioned Nick from 14 Cans.

He was telling me about them originally.

So I started looking out for them and go.

How long have they been around?

How long have they been around?

Get to the Everywhere.

I've never heard of them,

so I'm kind of like,

"Oh,

I'm a little curious." If I had to guess,

I'd say less than a year.

Oh,

super new.

Okay.

Super new.

I'm looking up their website to see if it says,

but I'm pretty sure a year,

maybe two,

like I think post COVID.

Okay.

Pretty new.

All right.

But a lot of people come from the brewery when they started it.

So just like Radiant Brewing,

a lot of brewery alums.

So you know you're getting some quality over there.

All right.

Yeah.

So that was my trip.

Everywhere and Hanger 24.

Not bad.

Remember a few weeks ago I was talking about how I'm doing the Uber Eats now?

Oh,

right.

Right.

That blew me away.

Are you still doing that?

I'm still doing some Uber Eats.

I did it down there at night.

I was like,

"Ah,

I'm off of work.

I'll flick it on.

It's a bigger area,

like bigger city area than where I live.

Maybe I'll make more money." Does it give you anxiety though?

Because you're not from that area.

So like driving around?

So at first I thought,

"How bad could this be?" Because I've been down there plenty of times,

either for Disneyland or for work.

Boy,

was I wrong.

Yes.

It gave me huge anxiety because my first three deliveries were to this area in Irvine,

which is all high rise condos and apartments.

And the first one,

I'm following the directions in the app.

It's telling me how to get there.

And as soon as I turn into where I thought I was supposed to turn into,

the dude calls me and is like,

"Hi,

turn around." Because they can see you in the app.

And I was like,

"Huh?" I was super creeped out.

Super creepy.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And I was like,

"What do you mean turn around?" He's like,

"You're not at the right street." And I was like,

"Oh,

I'm just following what the app says." He goes,

"Yeah,

the app's always wrong." So he had to guide me to where he was and he'd come outside.

Very nice guy,

but the way he presented it was a little creepy.

And then I had a couple more high rise that were very awkward and hard to find.

One of them was this woman who...

It says on the description they can put how to find their house or any sort of tips on how to get to their place.

And this person put on there that she was disabled,

so you have to come to the door.

You can't just leave it at the front of the building.

So I was like,

"Yeah,

no problem.

I'll come to the door." And it gives all these instructions,

but just one of the instructions was a little off,

which fucked up the rest of the instructions.

I could not find her fucking unit.

She's like,

"Look for this door and then go here." But the first door was wrong.

Everything else was correct.

So I'm walking around,

I'm driving around,

I'm messaging with her.

And then finally I realized that that first instruction was wrong,

but it was like a 30 minute delivery for some wiener schnitzel.

Like,

"Oh my God,

I'm not getting paid enough for this." Those were some cold wieners by the time she got hooked up.

Yeah.

No one likes those cold wieners,

let me tell you.

Worst.

Hot and bloody wieners.

So I felt bad,

but also the directions weren't quite clear and maybe you could have called me and helped me out or something.

But I mean,

whatever.

So yeah,

so after a few of those,

I actually just shut off the app and I was like,

"You know,

this,

like you said,

Flex,

too much anxiety." I was like,

"I can't.

I don't know the area enough." The fact that they keep telling me to tell these high rise places,

I'm over it.

Hard to find.

It's impossible to park.

I don't know how people do it down here.

So I was down there for two nights,

right?

One,

two,

three,

four,

five.

Yeah.

I was down there for two nights.

I only did it for a little bit the first night and then I turned it off and found a brewery.

That's when I went to Hangar 24.

I never even would have thought about doing it.

Yeah.

I thought,

"How bad could it be?" Or just like,

he's just trying to get himself murdered.

So like,

he's trying to get a good story out of this.

Like,

I can't believe.

So you don't wait for them to answer the door or whatever,

do you?

It depends.

So the app will tell you how they want their food delivered and it'll say either leave at door or meet at door or meet at front desk.

Like there's different options.

Meet in the bathroom.

Meet in the bed.

Yeah.

Meet in the bedroom.

Take your clothes off first.

Take your pants down.

Yeah,

exactly.

My favorite is leave at door.

Because leave at door,

you leave it there,

you take a picture and you submit it and then you're done.

And then it tells them on the app that their food is delivered.

The only problem with that is sometimes I've been in some areas where there's no reception and I can't submit the photo so I can't close out the order.

So I'm like,

"Oh,

your food's sitting there getting cold." Yeah,

the meet at the door ones are always a little awkward.

I had one the other day where I went to this really,

this is in my area,

but I went to this really super rich neighborhood,

gated,

all that stuff.

And it said meet at door and I was like,

"Fuck,

all right." And if you go to the messenger part in the app and you say,

"I'm here," it starts a timer and they have eight minutes to answer you.

Otherwise you can just drop the food and walk away.

Which to me,

I'm like,

"Eight minutes is a long fucking time." That's a long time.

I would think like two minutes max.

Yeah,

so soon as I- That's like a shower.

Yeah.

Yeah.

So as soon as I park,

I hit it.

That way it starts the timer before I even get to the door.

And also sometimes that causes them to meet me at the door because they see the thing and they come up to the door.

Correct.

So I hit it and I start making my super long way up to the door and I'm ringing the doorbell.

A dog comes up and it's a glass door.

The dog comes up and he gives me one of those like,

"Woof." Just one woof.

Like,

"Hey." And I was like,

"Bark louder so your fucking people hear you,

man." And nothing.

So I ring the doorbell again.

I just get one woof.

No big deal.

I ended up ringing the doorbell three times.

You pull out a knife.

Yeah,

I know.

It's like,

if I look threatening,

start making faces.

So I ended up ringing the doorbell three times.

Nothing other than a woof each time I ring it.

So then I knocked and some other little shitty dog comes running up and is like,

"Rawr,

rawr,

rawr," and yapping at me.

I was like,

"Oh,

perfect." So I start making faces at the little yappy dog and it just keeps going.

And at one point it started to slow down and it's barking,

so I knocked again and it fucking wound back up again.

Stop it right now.

Yeah.

Finally,

what I'm thinking was their housekeeper walked up.

It did not match the description in my app for who I was delivering to.

And "Oh,

sorry for the wait." I'm like,

"Rich." So I hand her,

"Here's the thing.

It was Chick-fil-A.

It was a 10-piece nuggets and nothing else." I'm like,

"You paid twice the amount for just the delivery than you did these fucking nuggets.

You are-" That's ridiculous.

That blows my mind.

It does.

It's insane.

Yeah.

And then my very next order was another rich neighborhood where all they ordered was three mini cupcakes.

Rich people.

Yeah,

fucking rich people.

And that's where my phone lost all reception and I couldn't get ahold of the person.

They had a gate that I had to get through and I was supposed to call them.

I was like,

"How am I supposed to fucking call you?

There's no reception here." That's crazy.

Okay.

Because we ordered DoorDash last night and we're kind of the opposite.

It's like,

"If we're going to do this,

let's get a bunch of shit because then we can eat on it for a few days." Yeah.

Right.

Like make it worth it.

Right.

And I was actually thinking about you,

because I'm like,

"Oh my gosh." And I was looking at the tip.

I'm like,

"Okay.

Is that significant?

Is that like,

would this person be happy?" And then the guy,

mine's like,

"Leave it at the door." I don't like to see people or talk to them.

The guy rings the doorbell and waits.

He's just standing out there waiting for me to come get it.

Weird.

And he was tripping.

He was touching his face.

I'm so glad they tape up the packages now.

When you first would get those,

you wouldn't know if anybody had messed with them.

Oh,

I know.

And the weird thing for the drivers is as you pick up the food,

there's a little prompt that says,

"Did you confirm the order?" And I'm like,

I always say yes,

because what else am I going to do?

And he's like,

"No,

because it's got stickers all over it.

Do you want to receive a bag of food where I've broken all the stickers?" Right.

That would be so weird.

It's just really coconut soup,

right?

Yeah.

Yeah.

How many of my fries did you eat?

I don't know.

That's what I was going to say.

I was like,

"No,

they just gave me a half a fry.

I don't know what happened to them." So yeah,

it was weird.

Not a food show.

So bizarre.

Not a food,

yeah.

Not an Uber Eats show,

I promise.

So yeah,

I get some good stories out of it.

It's funny and definitely stressful when you're in a new,

much bigger city.

Not new,

I've been there a bunch of times,

but I never had to go to these high rise apartments like that.

Kind of cool.

It's absolutely terrible.

Yeah.

It's so cool,

I think it's terrible.

Yeah.

But then that's fine.

It's like playing a game.

Right.

It's like,

"Oh,

collect all the points,

except the points are dollars." So there you go.

Yeah,

it's been fun.

Flex,

what about you?

Any good research lately?

We went out to the local brew pub.

Get some French fries?

Eagle Park?

No,

no,

no,

no.

We're talking like the local mall attached brewery.

It's been a while.

I think I hit up them last summer.

And the Emporium?

The Explorium,

yeah.

Explorium,

that's what- Yeah.

Wow,

good memory.

The service really went downhill.

The food wasn't as good as it used to be.

So we've been very hesitant on going back there.

So you know how going out to eat discussions go?

Right.

Right?

Y'all are married.

No,

what do you want for dinner?

No,

I should ask you first.

Where should we go?

I don't want that.

I'm not in the mood for this.

Right.

I'm tired of Thai food.

We went there last week,

blah,

blah,

blah,

blah.

I'm open to anything except for the five things you listed.

Right.

That's exactly- My wife finally throws out the idea of this place.

She's like,

"Hey,

we haven't been there in a while.

Kids like the food.

Let's go." I said,

"Look." This is what I said to her.

I said,

"Look.

If we go here," I said,

"You don't complain about the service and you don't complain about the food,

I don't care how bad it is." I don't care if it's raw.

I said,

"That is the only way I am going here." Daddy's got rules.

She said,

"Fine." Fine rule,

Daddy.

So we went and it took the hostess about six minutes to figure out if they could even seat us even though they were- Legs out here with this timer.

There's about six tables wide open and we're just standing there like,

"What the fuck's going on?" So she finally comes back.

She's like,

"Oh yeah,

we got a table for you." Like naturally,

why wouldn't you?

There's plenty of open tables.

So we get seated and we're just kind of like,

"Wow,

it's been like 10 minutes now and nobody's even looked at us." I'm just,

I'm breathing through it because I already expected this,

right?

You knew,

yeah.

So one of the ...

You could tell she was like a supervisor.

She walks by the table and my wife goes,

"Excuse me,

we haven't been helped yet." And the lady looks at her and goes,

"Oh,

well just so you know,

all of our waitresses have multiple tables." And then she walked away.

Do most places just assign one table to a waitress?

Yeah,

right?

Right?

This is not an ICU.

If you're like a bar manager,

restaurant manager,

I don't want to hear that.

All you have to say is,

"Oh,

I'm so sorry.

We'll get somebody by you as soon as we can." I don't want to hear your excuses.

There were minimally four waitresses on the one side of the brewery and there was,

I don't know,

12 tables?

I was going to say five tables.

No,

so it's nothing major.

So then we had a nice young lady come help us and she was probably average waitress.

Wasn't terrible,

wasn't great.

Got her food or drinks.

Ordered the new hazy IPA.

Had some kind of ...

It had anchovy hops.

Have you ever heard of anchovy hops?

Sounds disgusting.

I don't know.

The beer tasted like fruit punch.

It was pretty solid.

They did have a beer on the menu.

It made me think of you.

The Kulsh of personality.

Oh,

I like it.

I did not get it.

I stuck to one beer.

We got the big ass pretzel,

as it's called on the menu.

Yeah,

baby.

And it's bigger than your head.

It's huge.

Shared a Nashville hot chicken sandwich.

The kids got some popcorn chicken.

Food was good,

so it was made for a nice visit.

The 10 minute wait with nobody talking to us was the worst part.

So all in all,

I'd say it was a six out of 10 visit.

But yeah,

it was a nice time.

That's good.

Yeah.

I looked it up.

Anchovy hops are a real thing.

Yeah,

see?

They're real.

From Yakima Valley Hops.

The new experimental variety from Segal Ranch in the lower Yakima Valley.

Initially was named 24B05,

but was given the controversial name Anchovy by Matt Storm and Brian Strumke from Fast Fashion Brewing in Seattle.

That was the first brewery to sponsor the acreage,

so they've been the only folks to get a chance to brew with it so far.

But that must not be true since you had it not from Fast Fashion Brewing.

Right,

right.

The flavor keys are sweet fruit,

woody,

aromatic,

and citrus.

Sounds like a fishy.

No,

no,

no,

no,

no.

Yeah.

I feel like if they can name that one,

they can name that HBCE 560 or whatever.

I know.

Even if you give it a shitty name like Anchovy.

What would be like,

what's a shittier hop name than Anchovy?

The sardine hop?

Yeah.

Dog food?

I don't know.

Seafood sluff.

Okay.

Yeah,

the...

Seafood surprise?

Conveyor belt seafood slime hop.

Right?

I know.

That's what I'm thinking.

Like the sluff of all the...

Except that's a good hop.

I mean...

There's a different kind of sluff that would be even worse.

No,

I'm thinking...

No,

I like that.

I like that.

Anchovy,

that's good.

Let's go with it.

Yeah.

Horrible name.

Hopefully it's a good hop.

Horrible name.

What if they do like a Cowabunga hop?

That's a good name.

Why not?

I feel like Greg would like that.

Yeah.

I'm down with that.

Isn't that fun?

Yeah.

That's a fun name.

Cowabunga.

That's so fun for you.

What did you brew this with?

Oh,

the Fresh Cowabunga hop.

Yeah.

This IPA is great.

What's in it?

Cowabunga.

Dude,

that's fucking tight.

All right.

I'm beer for it.

Let's make this happen.

Somebody brew a Cowabunga IPA for us.

With Cowabunga hop though.

Yeah.

Formerly known as HBC 560.

Is that what it is?

560?

530?

Yep.

650?

Sure.

It's one of those.

It's one of those things.

Well,

nice.

Well,

I'm glad you guys got out of the house and made a dinner decision even if it was the wrong one.

What?

It was...

It was all right.

It was fine.

It was what it was.

It was a six out of 10 visit.

All right.

It was better than five.

That's good.

Yeah.

It's above average.

Yeah.

Good stuff.

That's kind of how I set my life.

One average visit at a time.

And I'm glad to hear it.

Never be disappointed.

All right.

Well,

speaking of Flex drinking beer,

let's find out if Flex is drinking beer.

In a world where craft beer is king,

a world where muscles are bigger than growlers,

only one tongue can guide us,

one man,

one tongue,

one Tonguejobber.

In this world,

we must find out what is Flex drinking beer?

Flex drinking beer.

I'm glad to hear it.

Never be disappointed.

All right.

speaking of Flex drinking beer,

let's find out if Flex is drinking beer.

In a world where craft beer is king,

a world where muscles are bigger than growlers,

only one tongue can guide us,

one man,

one tongue,

one Tonguejobber.

In this world,

we must find out what is Flex drinking beer?

Flex drinking beer.

I'm glad to hear it.

So a few weeks ago,

I always hate when I get like a spotlight on me.

Hey,

it's what.

Anyway,

so a few weeks back,

maybe a month ago,

I can't remember.

I had the microphone brewing.

They had their microphone check one,

two with the citrine mosaic.

So now they have released the microphone check one,

two,

double dry hop,

double IPA with cryo citra hops.

And I said,

Hey,

I said,

Hey,

you know what?

I said,

Hey,

what's going on?

All right.

Yeah.

So anyway,

that beer was so fucking good.

The citrine mosaic.

I got to try this.

Makes sense.

So I bought it.

Let's find out.

Oh,

so mysterious.

Right.

I know.

I never know where to start.

I'm like,

do I start with the beer?

Do I start with the untapped?

Oh my God.

To do this for what,

two and a half years?

Yeah,

right.

Yeah.

It'll be three years in like April.

Any weasels.

Who's counting?

So untapped has this.

It's 8%.

And I already said it's a double dry hop,

double IPA.

Not a lot of check-ins.

It's relatively new.

We got 45,

but it's sitting at a 416.

So please everybody drink more microphone beer and real,

real nice description here.

Greg,

double dry hop,

double India pale ale with cryo citra hops.

Cowabunga.

Bingo.

They say it's hazy,

hoppy,

tangy,

fruity,

and dank.

I don't see if they're lying.

Is there anything missing?

It's a little everything.

Your mom.

Bread-y and sour and wow,

that was good.

Nothing like an IPA that tastes like Flex's mom.

So much like last week,

this IPA is,

it's very hoppy on the aroma.

This one does have a bit of burn to the old nasal passage.

Nice.

You like that?

Cleansing the palate.

I did.

I know.

I love wasabi.

I love wasabi.

Oh my gosh,

I love wasabi.

But no,

I can't get too many notes out of here.

It's very pungent on the hops.

So then we'll just go ahead and rev the old tongue-job remover.

Slowly,

wind it up.

It died.

I don't know what happened.

Right on.

It died.

I don't know what happened.

Right out of gas.

Oh,

dang.

All right,

let's cut that out.

We'll warm up the old tongue-jobber.

*fart*

[laughter] Stop laughing.

Lex is a silly Sally.

Here we go.

Very light on the carbonation,

light bodied,

notes of grapefruit,

peach rings,

and then it finishes off with like some orange pith.

And there is zero bitterness.

This would be a Shannon approved IPA.

Oh God,

I was gonna say,

wife's gonna come steal your beers.

Bring her on.

You're more than welcome,

Greg.

[laughter] I don't know,

fantastic outfit.

I don't love it as much as I liked the Citra and Mosaic version.

Oh,

okay.

But this is right up there.

So whatever they're doing in,

I don't know,

they're in Illinois somewhere.

Elk Grove Village.

I don't know.

Anytime you hear Illinois,

I just assume Chicago.

Is there other places in Illinois?

Exactly,

exactly.

But whatever Microphone's doing,

they keep doing a pretty dang good job of it.

So keep it up.

I've not had a bad beer from Microphone.

I've had a few from Tavor,

and they've all been good.

I've never had a Microphone beer.

You know the old Tavor promo code I filled in.

I don't know if that still works.

Oh,

oh,

nice plug.

Yeah.

I don't know if it still works.

I was disappointed on one of their beers,

and it was a double IPA with Nelson Sauvin.

And we all know how much I fancy a Nelson Sauvin hop.

And it just,

maybe I was too excited for the beer,

and it fell flat for what I was looking for,

but that was the only one that really struck me as not great.

I will say,

Nelson is hard to get right of all the hops.

I've had a couple of bad beers early on in Nelson's popularity to make me think that I did not like Nelson hops.

Wrong.

I just didn't like those beers.

Nelson hops are great.

God,

they're great.

Love that white grape gooseberry.

Schnozberry.

Daddy.

Daddyberry.

Should be another name for a hop.

All right.

Poppy.

Daddyberry.

Poppy.

Poppy.

Poppacito.

Poppacito hops.

Just all the different daddy variations.

Good.

Yeah.

You could do a daddy IPA series.

Potter.

That's German.

Just like,

yeah,

all different.

That's not very enticing.

That's a farger.

That's a farger.

Farger.

Farger.

I am from Holland.

Isn't that weird?

Before we get to ludicrous libation law,

let's check in with Chew.

We got to hit up Chew Your Beer before he beats me up for not putting in voicemail.

Hello.

No one is available to take your call.

Please leave a message after the tone.

Yo,

what's up,

homies?

It's Chew Your Beer.

First and last time you'll hear this from me,

at least for this year.

Happy Chew Your Homes.

First voicemail of 2024.

Well,

listen to the show,

How to Call Lynn.

Quick things that I forgot to mention.

Greg,

you forgot to talk about winning your ugly sweater contest.

You also forgot about hanging out with yours truly,

Chew Your Beer,

on the 23rd of December.

It was an early Christmas present for you and for myself to hang out with you,

Shannon,

Nick,

and Coley over at Tarantula Hill Disco Club,

homie,

because it's a brewery,

but it's more like a fucking DJ club now.

Let's talk about the reason why I'm calling,

homie.

This marathon you guys want to do,

this 24-hour,

48 beers marathon.

Homie,

that is easy peasy,

homie.

Check it out.

You guys have 316,

we have quinceaneras,

and for our guys,

what is it?

They have bar mitzvahs and whatever for the Jewish community,

and then for us males,

we have a thing,

it's like our righteous path to becoming a man.

You drink a 30-pack and you mow a lawn when you're 16 years old,

and if the hedges are straight and your lines are straight,

you're manhood,

homie.

Now you get to go with your dad and fucking mow lawns on their days off and on your school vacations,

homie.

That's easy.

What?

48 beers in 24 hours,

and you guys are talking about light,

crispy lagers?

Like a Stella Artois,

which is I think a 3.2,

3.4 ABV.

Not even a 12 ounce,

it's like 11.5 ounces.

Dude,

we got this,

homie.

Greg,

with your liver,

my liver,

and Flex's liver,

homie.

With our livers combined.

Flex can drink 8.5 and you're driving home,

ese.

You're not driving home,

my bad.

You're fucking horse and carriage is taking you home.

You're in Wisconsin,

right?

He's the man for you.

Anyways,

so we got this,

homie.

That's two beers every hour,

homie.

I do that shit on Saturdays at Chukasa.

That's a normal fucking day,

homie.

I'm not doing 48 beers,

but I'm doing maybe 24.

So then it's not a normal day,

too.

In the span of six hours or some shit like that.

So fuck,

dude,

this is easy peasy,

homie.

I got this in the bag.

I'll drink for you guys.

You guys just can fucking sit there and cheer me on.

You guys do a podcast while I'm fucking pounding beers.

How about that?

We did that.

It was the live show at 818.

That's an easy,

that's not a mean old chore.

And here's the thing.

These guys were traveling.

So they were going to,

nah,

but they weren't even going to breweries.

They were going to bars.

Bars,

you get a 12 ounce pour.

They're probably getting Bud Lights,

Coors Lights,

anything light.

If we did it,

we'd probably be at fucking breweries.

And that's a little harder,

homie,

because now we're getting 16 ounce pours and we're getting pours of higher ABV stuff.

So that might be a little bit rough,

a little bit tough,

but I think we can still pull it off.

Just pick off just whatever the lightest ABV they got,

we'll go off of that.

But if we did brewery,

if we did pubs and or bars,

man,

give me a fucking Guinness.

I'll drink that shit like nothing.

What is it like?

It's like a what?

4.0 ABV.

Man,

bring me a Guinness,

bring me a pretzel and then bring me another Guinness to wash down the pretzel.

Easy,

homie.

This,

that's not even a contest.

This is just someone,

someone cover the bill and I'm down,

homie.

Great.

How many beers did we drink for Pozole Palooza?

I think we had,

I think I counted over like 90 beers.

Yes,

they were shared between people,

but it wasn't a can of each.

Everybody brought four packs,

six packs.

So you basically almost had 24 beers yourself that day.

So,

and that was only what,

like a four hour evening,

five hour evening.

We got it,

homie.

Fuck man.

Anyways,

that shit is easy.

All right,

homies,

this is true.

Your beer,

you have to watch it.

Peace out,

homies.

First of all,

he sounds angry.

Okay.

Unpopular opinion.

I taught special education and that math,

it does not add up.

Yeah.

Look,

we did not drink that many beers at Pozole Palooza.

And you,

you cannot do this thing that these guys did.

I don't,

I heard you guys talk about it on the last episode.

Like this is not an easy task.

It can't be real.

Here's the thing.

I'm willing to take on the task,

but his math is way off.

So Guinness as a,

as one of these,

oh,

fuck no.

Let's have a pork chop in a cup and like,

keep it rolling.

That's just not going to happen.

A Guinness and a pretzel.

And that's all the calories you can intake for a week.

Oh my God.

You got to keep it light.

Like,

I hate to say it,

but like,

this is where we call in a ringer and we get some banquet beers going.

I just like how we said that 48 beers is the normal day at Chucasa.

Well,

not 48,

but maybe 24.

Chucasa,

I love that.

Yeah.

But like,

it's the time,

right?

Like for a full,

like,

like,

are you not sleeping?

Yeah.

Like if I'm drinking that much,

I'm sleeping.

Well,

we talked about the Australians doing it.

They got some sleep in that day,

but do you think maybe they were like filling shot glasses with beer and taking like beer shots?

Yeah.

They did not specify ounces because that's like a big thing.

Yeah.

Cause here's the thing.

Like,

I,

I think we could take this on.

I believe in us.

At least I believe in me.

But yeah,

they're not going to be 16 ounces.

Fuck that.

But you know,

look,

whoever wants to join me,

Flex,

Erica.

I don't know.

Like,

can I be the like videographer?

I was just going to say that.

Like take photos.

Can I be there for like just documenting the experience?

Moral support.

Yes.

All the above.

Just hold the bucket when I puke.

I was just going to say that too.

God dang.

I sound so drunk.

I sound so slay.

Pukey McPugerson needs a bucket.

Yeah.

Somebody,

whoever wants to join forces with me,

I'm willing to do 48 beers in 24 hours.

They have to be light beers.

I'm not fucking putting a Guinness down.

Jesus Christ.

I mean,

that's a light beer.

It's like 4.2.

Yeah,

but not light in body.

Oh God.

Yeah.

That's the thing.

It's a protein shake.

I think that's what grosses me out about it is I expect it to be like fuller and it's just like grossness.

Yeah.

How about like some fucking banquet beers or some Pacifico or something like that?

That's how we're going to do it.

Or if we're keeping it craft,

which no one can afford that many beers craft,

I'll do some lightest one from Enneagrin.

That's 805s.

There you go.

There's your 805.

Lord knows I put down a ton of 805s in a day.

Got 48 beers in 24 hours.

That's a lot.

I think we're going to have to try this.

I mean,

it's been,

yeah,

so much of the conversation.

Let's just,

let's go to Nashville.

That's where we're all going to meet up.

All videotaped and shit.

Flex will hold the bucket.

Shan will hand over the beers and keep the orders rolling.

And Greg,

you just drink,

honey.

That's all you got to do.

But I need to tag team.

It's 99 beers in 24 hours.

So half of it's the 48.

So who's my tag team partner?

Wait,

wait,

wait,

wait,

wait,

wait.

I thought they each had 99.

No,

they split the 99.

They split it,

but.

Oh,

see,

so 48 in 24 hours.

I'm back in the game.

That's where the true math comes in.

Yeah,

I really didn't pay attention.

Yeah.

Maybe that's possible.

See,

see.

It's not,

but no,

it's a hundred percent possible.

Flex,

let's do this.

Yeah.

Come on,

everyone.

Yeah.

Jump on in.

Who wants to be my tag team partner?

Flex?

Yeah.

If not you,

maybe Nick.

I don't know.

Brian.

Truth.

Yeah.

His liver's not the problem.

I'll be right behind him too.

We'll be cuddling on the couch.

Intern Brian,

can you do 48 beers in 24 hours?

What about McDreamy?

Do you think McDreamy can handle this?

Probably not.

I hate to tell you,

he doesn't eat enough.

It would just go right to him.

You got to get someone who's a good snacker,

like nibble a little and like keep it going.

Keep it going.

Well,

we should get this sponsored by Neck Nosh.

We should have multiple pretzel necklaces.

I can talk to someone.

I can figure it out.

Yeah.

If you know anybody.

That way,

you know,

we don't get too hammered.

We keep the sodium intake and the carb intake.

Yeah.

Keeps you- All that stuff.

Yeah.

Wanting more.

I think it's a good idea.

I'm here to observe and videotape and whatever needs to happen.

Yeah.

It'd be a good YouTube video at the end if we,

not if,

but when we make it,

be like,

"I want to thank Neck Nosh for all the carb and saltiness.

Kept me going through the night." Yep.

"Thanks to Flex for holding the bucket." "Thanks to Flex for holding the bucket.

Thanks to Flex's wife for hating all of us after this." "Bringing us to Nashville." "Be divorced." "You can live with us.

It's fine." "And thanks to,

I was going to say Drizzly,

but they don't even exist anymore." "Nope.

Sorry,

Drizzly." "Nope." "Nope.

We're two meters short.

Better call Drizzly." "If only we had Drizzly." Damn it,

Instacart.

Who can Uber Eats?

Oh,

me.

Oh,

wait.

[laughter] Oh,

I didn't plan accordingly.

Yeah,

damn it.

I need more booze.

And he also mentioned the Ugly Sweater Contest/Hanging Out.

I totally forgot.

So,

December 23rd,

like he said,

Naughty Pine did an ugly Christmas,

ugly sweater concert,

or concert,

contest.

And I wore my Ask Your Mom If I'm Real.

Oh,

I loved it.

And I won.

Who else had a good one on?

Was it Coley?

Coley.

It was me and Coley and some other person.

We were the three winners.

What was Coley's?

It was good.

Yep.

Memories don't exist.

I don't know,

but I want her to get that Big Nick Energy one with the Santa Claus on it because she's got Big Dick Nick.

But I don't think that's what it was,

but it was good.

But that Ask Your Mom If I'm Real was perfect.

Yeah.

And then after that,

Chew was like,

"Hey,

I'm at T-Hill." So,

we went over there.

The four of us met Chew at T-Hill and we hung out.

He called it a disco club and he's not wrong.

They had a fucking DJ.

Now that they have cocktails and stuff there,

it's just nothing but a college fuck fest.

And it's awful on Friday nights.

And I liked their beer,

but I will not go back on a Friday night.

It was loud and obnoxious.

It was a DJ just remixing every good song into shit.

And it was awful.

It was so fucking...

There was no hanging out.

It was like,

"I need some ecstasy.

What's going on here?" Interesting.

Well,

the cocaine and water man.

Just because they have cocktails?

Just because they have...

I mean,

we're not far from a college and it's kind of the cool spot in the area.

So,

all the college kids are showing up and they're showing up in masses now that they have liquor and can do cocktails and stuff.

And call me old,

but Jesus Christ,

it was fucking awful.

I'm right there with you.

Yeah.

I just want a beer.

So,

anyhow.

Alright,

let's make a call to the pen.

So Secret Santa was set up by Gumbo Mud.

There's all these Instagram names.

Anyways,

doesn't really matter.

My Secret Santa was Geeks and Beer,

who's Casey.

She lives in Florida.

All right.

One of our favorite places,

everyone.

Yeah.

She have a gator and a grenade.

She absolutely,

in my imagination,

does.

So,

if you don't Casey,

please don't ruin it for me.

She's like into Disney and kind of all the fun Star Wars stuff.

She seems like a totally cool chick.

She sent me some beers and one of them is from Orlando.

Sideward Brewing,

but I like this.

It's called Moon Boots.

It's got a cool like funky skeleton in an astronaut costume.

It is cool.

Yeah.

It's perfect.

It's just like kind of bold on a black background and it's an India pale ale.

So,

this beer is a 7% IPA and it's got almost like 3000 check-ins.

So,

it's a flagship.

There are a very nice,

very just kind of keep it simple description,

our flagship IPA,

previously known as Space Camp.

Easy peasy.

That's it,

people.

That's one of the shortest ever.

So,

this beer.

It's gone.

It also disappears.

Mustard.

Mustard is smooth.

I'm dying.

We got to it just in time.

It's so good.

Okay.

So,

had like a little bit of an earthy aroma to it,

but you know,

oh,

sorry.

And it's rating on untapped was like a 3.84 or something like that.

Look,

you can be honest.

You can say you just fucking pounded it and it's delicious.

You don't have to go.

I totally pounded it because it's super drinkable.

It's not like a super bitter West Coast.

It's not like real hazy.

It starts out just like a little bit juicy,

but then it hits like a had some bitterness and boom,

it's super drinkable.

I wouldn't say it was far on one end or the other.

Also just not like off the charts.

It was just like an easy drinking IPA.

It was a nice IPA.

Was.

I say was like because it's pretty much gone.

Not here anymore.

Not pretty much.

It's not here anymore.

It's very much.

Thank you,

Casey.

I enjoyed this IPA.

And I suggest you all sign up for the Secret Santa next year.

They actually added dudes this year because I said mine to beer for it.

Yeah,

you need to join because it was I think I sent mine to the kilted some beer dude that wears a kilt.

That's cool.

And Jameis.

No,

like some other beer.

Are there more than one beer?

Kilt guy.

It was a wrestling reference.

Sorry.

Okay.

Not a wrestling show.

Greg,

come on.

Could be easily.

Actually,

it kind of is.

Halfway there.

Yeah.

Yeah.

That's a great beer though.

Yeah.

I think your stamp of approval would be that you couldn't wait to talk about it.

I have like half a swig left in here and I'm just saving it for the right moment.

That's optimistic.

That's you've got some lacing left.

Good luck getting your tongue in that class.

Right.

My yapper flapper.

All right.

Before we talk about some news,

real quick.

I'm going to go ahead and say that I'm going to be doing a podcast.

I'm going to be doing a podcast.

I'm going to be doing a podcast.

I'm going to be doing a podcast.

I'm going to be doing a podcast.

I'm going to be doing a podcast.

I'm going to be doing a podcast.

I'm going to be doing a podcast.

It's a good glass.

Craft Republic glass.

It's perfect and it's empty so you can really...

You know what?

Yeah.

Boom.

Alright,

real quick,

we've talked about these guys before.

Magic Mind is hanging out with us again.

We've talked about them.

They are the little energy shots that you take with your coffee.

It extends your caffeine.

If having three cups of coffee in the morning isn't your jam and you're trying to cut down,

Magic Mind might be the thing for you.

Nice and easy.

You know,

I should measure it.

I think it's like an ounce or an ounce and a half.

It's tiny.

A little green bottle.

It's almost like magic.

Like a magic mind.

You take it with your coffee.

It kind of extends the caffeine.

You don't need as much.

It helps you with some focus and that kind of stuff.

For me,

instead of having two or three cups,

I'll have that and I'll mix in a Magic Mind halfway through my first cup.

I also talked about this plenty of times.

I love that there's no sugar in there.

No added sugar.

It's all natural.

I'm mostly keto except beer.

Yeah.

Nothing wrong with it.

Nut-free,

All that good stuff.

No sugar is my jam.

So anyways,

if any of this sounds like something you're looking for,

if you're looking to cut down on some coffee or if you're just looking for a little extended focus,

check them out.

MagicMind.com/jan /jan /jan We also have the code beer20.

If you do it,

we're at the very end of January as this releases,

but if you do it in January,

they're knocking one month off for free.

if you use our code beer20,

you get 20% off the rest of that.

So it's a pretty good deal.

And if you don't like it,

100% money back guarantee.

No questions asked.

And you can even go to Amazon.

Our codes don't work on Amazon,

but you can go there and check out reviews if you want.

A lot of people have reviewed them on Amazon.

But make sure if you're going to buy it,

magicmind.com/janbeer.

Don't forget,

beer20 is the code.

Get that free month when you subscribe for three months,

and then the beer20 gets you another 20% off.

So magicmind.com/janbeer and code beer20.

They're paying me to drink it.

Basically,

That's incredible.

Can't afford not to.

Get it while it's still there.

So thanks to Magic Mind for jumping on board for the past couple months here and there off and on.

and it was a product I didn't mind checking out.

Sometimes we get hit up by people who I do mind checking out.

you're kind of selected,

so good for them for making the cut.

Congratulations,

Magic Mind.

You made the cut.

Way to go,

champ.

Yeah,

there you go.

All right,

a little news before we wrap it up and get on out of here.

those douchebags.

Gross.

they are releasing BrewDog the movie.

Here's where it gets worse.

It's not even a documentary.

It's a scripted movie.

Come on.

Is it about a dog?

No.

But it should be.

But it should be.

Not a dog show.

Not a dog show.

Best in show.

So make sure not to check that when that releases.

Asahi,

who just recently purchased Octopi,

talks about their goal of brewing more than 1 million hectoliters,

which is more than 850,000 barrels.

Yeah,

1 million.

In production.

They've set some lofty goals for not only their contract brewing,

but also for the Asahi brewing.

So does that,

like,

for me,

does that make Asahi brewing,

local now?

I wonder,

you guys have Asahi around there,

at sushi places,

right?

We have mostly Sapporo and Kirin.

Okay,

well,

maybe you'll start seeing Asahi pop up.

We all know Erica does not go to sushi places.

Yeah.

Conveyor belt.

They do have conveyor belts at sushi places,

Some places.

It's a very different conveyor belt,

though.

Hey,

did you guys know that Mick Keller was still around?

Oh,

I've heard of it.

I kind of thought they disappeared.

Tavor?

Well,

apparently Carlsberg has acquired a minority stake in Mick Keller.

They've acquired 20% in Mick Keller.

The sales price was not disclosed,

but basically they're going to be distributing Mick Keller,

and Mick Keller is excited for the extra distribution.

Yeah.

That's what it sounds like.

(laughter) You are not wrong.

Oh,

you don't like women either?

We'll buy a stake in you.

and help you distribute.

Alright,

we have time for one more.

Do you guys want most popular beers in the U.S.,

or Florida Cop delivers Chick-fil-A order after arresting DoorDash driver?

Come on.

How do you do that to me?

It's always Florida,

isn't it?

But I love lists.

Oh,

what's it going to be?

What's it going to be?

Yeah,

leave it up to you,

Greg.

Alright,

here we go.

Florida Cop delivers Chick-fil-A order after arresting DoorDash driver for alleged DUI.

This is pretty neat,

sounds like.

I like this.

There's a lot going on.

A Florida deputy saved one hungry person's morning after their DoorDash driver was arrested for allegedly driving under the influence.

A Nassau County Sheriff's deputy delivered a Chick-fil-A breakfast meal to local home after arresting a DoorDash driver for suspected DUI.

The deputy,

Dale Hutcherson,

was dispatched...

Yeah,

you gotta be a cop with that name.

Was dispatched to a Chick-fil-A on State Road 200 regarding a report

of a possible drunk driver who is reportedly striking traffic cones

and almost hitting several other drivers in the drive-through.

Coming in hot.

The driver was stopped shortly after leaving a fast food parking lot by the deputy during a traffic stop.

57-year-old John Kaminski,

not to be confused with Krasinski.

Very Wisconsin-y.

Yeah.

Moved down there for the warm winters.

That's only because you've heard of Frank Kaminski.

Who?

he's a Wisconsin basketball player.

He went to the National Championship and then...

Went to Charlotte and...

I know it.

but I knew it.

Yeah.

Back to John.

He was ordered to step out of his vehicle.

The officer observed him slurring his speech and stumbling when trying to walk.

He then was instructed...

How do you observe slurring?

keep going.

See the words coming out of his mouth.

My tongue is so big.

He then was instructed to perform a sobriety test which he failed.

Kaminski was placed under arrest for suspicion of a DUI and then taken to Nassau County Detention Facility.

Police also found prescription drugs in his vehicle in unapproved containers.

That'll do it.

The officer checked his phone,

found the address of the Chick-fil-A recipient,

and dropped off the food.

Oh,

well,

that is the most gentlemanly thing.

I respect the hell out of this.

Yeah.

Because...

Chick-fil-A potato,

like the mini hash browns,

whatever you want to call them,

Never had them.

The waffle fries.

No,

no,

no,

no,

They're like the coined tater tots,

but they're like season-salted or something.

they have like the crispy brown kind of thing going on?

And they're fucking great.

And waffle fries.

I'm really hoping it's the breakfast burrito.

Because their chicken breakfast burrito with salsa.

Oh my gosh,

Gregory.

It was delivering,

didn't it?

Which kind of threw me off.

Look,

here's the thing.

I don't love Chick-fil-A.

Yeah.

What can I say?

It's sad that it's delicious,

because I know it's a little controversial,

because that sauce is like fricking crack.

It's great,

right?

It's so good.

So,

I respect this officer,

because Chick-fil-A breakfast is actually super legit.

That's weird.

Breakfast.

Well,

Just DoorDash,

Greg.

I have delivered quite a few Chick-fil-A so far.

Have you really?

We've heard.

The 10-piece nugget.

Yeah,

it's pretty nice.

If you're a driver...

tip for all the Uber drivers out there.

If you're a driver,

and you go to pick up Chick-fil-A,

if you bring an insulated bag,

they'll give you a free soda.

Look at you,

Wow.

Dang.

That is the biggest problem.

I gotta pee all the time.

Why do they use styrofoam?

That's so...

But their ice is great.

Their ice.

Let's focus on the first.

They got like the little...

It's like...

But it's not even crushed,

because it's all formed the same way.

No,

I know what you mean.

God dang it.

Wow.

Look at chicken.

Do yourself a favor.

Go and get Chick-fil-A breakfast.

It's just...

Does it slap?

It smacks.

It smacks.

I don't know how we get any better than that.

Yeah,

it's pretty Gen Z to end the show like that.

This is how we're gonna end things.

Hey,

Greg.

Your mom...

[laughter]