Buckle up and pop the top on a cold one, because we're about to take you for a wild ride through the thrilling intersection of NASCAR excitement and craft beer expertise. I recently had the chance to clink glasses with none other than Michael Waltrip, and let me tell you, the stories and brews flowed faster than cars at Talladega. We're bringing you the inside scoop on the latest NASCAR races, where underdogs like Bubba and Ben Gisberg are shaking up the standings and fueling the fandom fire. Then, we switch lanes to taste-test the best of Michael Waltrip Brewing, including the crisp Talladega Light Lager and the zesty Bristol Sunshine tangerine ale. You'll hear firsthand accounts of our epic trackside escapades and get the lowdown on how these hop-infused creations are crossing the finish line into the hearts of racing and beer enthusiasts alike.
Get ready to hear tales from the pit and from the tap as we explore whether Dale Earnhardt Jr. might just be the next big name to cause a stir in the craft beer circuit. We'll dissect the complex flavors of Michael Waltrip Brewing's Checkered Past and Two-Time High Banks Wheelman, and ponder the rise of NASCAR-inspired taprooms at every curve. All the while, we'll pepper in hilarious anecdotes about the legends of the track and their drinking preferences, ensuring you're well-equipped to pick the perfect pint to pair with the pulse-pounding spectacle of race day. So grab your favorite koozie, find a comfy seat, and join us for a session of storytelling that's as refreshing and bold as the ales we adore.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Even Bubba's dropped all the way to 17th.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Well, ben Gisberg, he was up in first and now he's in
the 20s.
Speaker 1 (00:06):
Well, that was half a stage ago.
All right, I need points or awin here, buddy.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
You're a f***ing Logano.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Welcome to another episode of the American Beer
Review Podcast.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Good times with good friends requires good beer.
Lucky for us, we know how topick all three.
Speaker 4 (00:36):
We're a group of friends who grew up in the
Pacific Northwest, giving us ajump start on our craft beer
journey.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
Join us today.
While, brian, I pride myself onnot getting to know other
people, so do not put that on me.
Speaker 4 (00:47):
Alec.
So the bananas up until the 60swere an entirely different
species of banana.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
And Chad.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
It hit me like a beck and bob Review some beer, talk
about beer topics and whateverelse comes up.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
We invite you to pour yourself a drink and hang out
with us.
Speaker 4 (01:07):
So this time, uh, we can say this isn't a NASCAR
podcast, nope, but this timearound it very NASCAR adjacent.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
So it's a podcast.
Speaker 4 (01:19):
Let's go race.
What are we drinking today?
Speaker 2 (01:20):
Chad, it's a day from our friend two-time Daytona
winning driver Champion, daytona500 champion, not a race winner
.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Do they really call them champions For the?
Speaker 4 (01:36):
Daytona 500,.
You're a Daytona 500 champion.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
It's like Indy 500.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
I guess it's a crown jewel.
Never thought about it for that.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
From Michael Waltrip Brewing.
We have in honor of today,we're watching Taldega.
We have Taldega Light Lager.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
Which is such a perfect name.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
Yeah, Like come on and then, following that up, we
have Bristol Sunshine, atangerine ale, both coming in at
5%.
I did not expect that tangerineone.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
I didn't either when I saw it.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
This was another Bavonna drop.
Speaker 4 (02:12):
Oh right, had Bristol Sunshine.
Let me make sure I got theright one Bristol Sunshine that
I saw was a Helles Lager.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
Yeah, it was listed as that on TAP.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
I wonder if they switched like, kept the branding
and changed the style.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
But you know what?
As DW says, it'sboogie-dee-boogie-dee-boogie
boys.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
Are we starting with the lager Sure?
Why not Talladega Light?
Speaker 4 (02:35):
Yeah, it's called Tangerine.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
I have a friend who is down at Talladega.
Yeah, I was checking in on theweather this morning with him.
He was like, uh, rained allnight.
Cleared up should be good forthe racing.
I'm very hungover, Sounds aboutright.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
When the Talladega lights go down, get ready, cause
there's a party coming to town,baby.
Speaker 4 (03:00):
So Michael Waltrip won me the belt yeah we did.
He's one of four, I think,nascar drivers that actually met
like in person and eithershaking their hands, got a
picture with I don't know ifI've met any actually now that I
think of it he seems.
Uh, oh, he was in a hurrybecause he was actually
(03:21):
recording uh working, working,but he was yep when.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
Yep, but when he's working on the, when you see him
on the Working on the broadcast, yeah, he doesn't look like
he's working, he's just havingfun.
Speaker 4 (03:31):
Oh, he was trucking and he's a tall man.
He is a very tall man.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
Hey, can I get?
Speaker 4 (03:35):
a picture he's like yes, but I'm not stopping.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
I don't know if this is somebody, this shows that
it's connected to his brewery.
When I scan it for untapped, itdefinitely listed as 0%.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
There's a lot of shenanigans on untapped on these
, yeah, but this is at 5%.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
I do appreciate that.
I do see people right now inTalladega drinking this beer out
of cans, checking it in andposting pictures, as you should,
yeah, yeah, if you're MichaelWaltrip and you have not figured
out how to make sure that atleast this beer is not at every
stand in.
Speaker 4 (04:19):
Talladega like it's a fail when they brew in like
Bristol.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
I thought it was north carolina, yeah, newton,
north carolina, yeah, but um, inpartnership with bivana.
Oh, this listed as 4.2.
You said it was a fiver it saidit on on tap.
Speaker 3 (04:40):
But whatever it is, this is a very tasty light lager
that I would love to crush if Iwas sitting in Talladega right
now.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
Oh yeah, this would be perfect for that.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
If only my driver in this week's NASCAR Fantasy
League, Mr Martin Truex Jr,could pull his head out of his
ass and get up in the top ten,please.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Yeah, that's not going to happen, man, so I did a
little bit of the.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
Has his car had a terminal case of not being?
I haven't seen him all day.
No, he's just struggled.
Speaker 4 (05:12):
He's on the struggle bus, he's on one of the teams
that are winning this season,though, yeah, but he's not.
He's not, but at least he's gotequipment under him.
So I did a little bit ofresearch not a ton to figure out
where this came from, becausethis just popped up end of last
year, early this year.
Right, it's been around for alittle bit.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
He talked about it a few years ago.
I can't remember if he was onDale's podcast.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
Dale Earnhardt Jr for those of you that this is not
an NASCAR podcast.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
He was on there, I think, initially talking about
it a couple years ago now it hasbeen.
Speaker 4 (05:44):
It's been for a little bit, but reading about
like, about us, they're like hey, we're just three guys.
We were talked about making abeer.
We looked at whatever, hired ahead brewer to like come up with
some stuff and do spot checks.
We looked at making a breweryhere we're offering.
That's where I saw um, so theymust not be, but they, they were
in Bristol at one point.
(06:04):
But yeah, just three guys likedbeer and whatever.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
I'm like hmm, I wonder if it like no, just say
4.2.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
Then licensed Michael Waltrip's name once they were
in Bristol or something likethat, oh Right, like what it
took how far along until theygot him involved.
And then you scroll down alittle bit further and the
founders are michael waltrip andthen two other so he just
casually talks about it, like me, and somebody is just really
into beer and decided to do it,but it turns out it's him.
(06:33):
He's one of the three guys.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
Yeah, I suppose that'll do it well, and when you
have a name that's known, youmight as well uh uh, if anyone
wonders why any one of the threeof us start staring into space,
it's because gaga is on on thescreen right now um apologies
for our youtube uh watchers Iwonder, though.
Speaker 4 (06:58):
I mean, it's got to be somewhat beneficial to start
with a name like oh 100, likethat you're coming out and
already have bought a lightlager and a tangerine ale from
wherever it ends up actuallycoming from the East Coast?
Yeah, just randomly.
No.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
No, this was a happy accident when I popped on the
getting the Bavonna for theGiggle Juice last week.
No, two weeks ago, two weeksago.
Two weeks ago, the episode thatepisode dropped for 20 episode.
I might be still high.
Oh three weeks ago, whatever itis, but yeah, this.
(07:37):
And then I saw Talladega lightand I went that's odd.
Then it's Michael Walterbrewing, oh yeah, so I got a six
.
I got a six of each.
Speaker 4 (07:48):
Yeah, I got a six, I got A sixer of each I got two
six packs each.
Speaker 2 (07:52):
Oh nice, oh geez.
So there's a six pack comingdown to Portland for the Xfinity
race, oh nice.
Speaker 4 (07:57):
So these are their signature beers, but then their
specialty beers all in the samevein, checkered Past, two Time
High Banks Wheelman.
Speaker 1 (08:07):
Bristol, virginia.
That's where they according toUntapped where they are.
Speaker 4 (08:10):
Yeah, so that tracks Slide Job Thunder Valley.
Speaker 1 (08:16):
Two-time Vamanos Mexican Lager.
Ooh, there you go.
There's a lot of two-timereferences.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
They are Well, if you , if you are a two-time Daytona
champion winner and you startedyour own brewery, I yeah like if
I started my own brewery.
As the two-time nascar fantasyleague champion, I would call it
.
I'd call myself two-time aswell, so two-time slide job they
.
Speaker 4 (08:37):
That's what she said.
I don't know how up to date itis, but they have plans to open
over 100 michael walter taproomlocations.
Speaker 1 (08:46):
I I will leave it when I see it Partnering with
whatever.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
One would look great in the South Sound region of
Washington, I think.
Speaker 1 (08:55):
I think your best bet is opening them within a
stone's throw of every majorracetrack and then every short
track that's known.
Speaker 4 (09:08):
I don't know anything about what the distribution
agreements look like at tracks.
I'm pretty sure that's what I'msaying.
One of your locations was ateach race track?
Yeah, how many units?
Speaker 1 (09:19):
are you going to move ?
Phoenix has the bar in there,the barn bar, but you just get
yourself to be the beer of thatIf you can.
Yeah, that, I don't know ifyou're, but you just get
yourself to be the beer of that,like if you can.
Speaker 4 (09:30):
Yeah, that's what.
Speaker 2 (09:31):
I'm saying yeah because most but what happens
when Junior starts his ownbrewery company?
Are we going to have shake andbake nights at the track?
He?
Speaker 1 (09:43):
won't.
He's already got an alcoholpartner Vodka you should make a
beer.
He was talking about smoking.
He's already got an alcoholpartner.
Speaker 2 (09:50):
Vodka.
Speaker 1 (09:50):
Oh, he should make a beer.
He was talking about smokingripping heaters and chugging
beers on a Tuesday night.
Speaker 2 (09:56):
Get ready for the racing boys.
Speaker 1 (09:58):
He was talking about how he didn't even really like
beer and then he realized heshould probably start drinking
beer because, I don't know, hismain sponsor was Budweiser.
Speaker 4 (10:06):
Yeah, that would do it.
He got after it in the daybecause I don't know his main
sponsor was Budweiser.
Speaker 1 (10:09):
Yeah, that would do it, he got after it in the day
that's what he was talking aboutin his podcast was basically
like that he and his buddieswould get after it.
And then he was like so then Iwent to Hendrick and I was like,
oh, this is what people aresupposed to be, like he goes.
And then I sucked because Istopped hanging out and partying
went back to it all these nerdswith their workouts.
He's like I went back to having,you know, a throwdown on a
(10:31):
tuesday or wednesday night andturns out, yeah, basement of his
house.
Speaker 4 (10:34):
Yes, you have built a nightclub downstairs oh the
life.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
Yeah, it's a.
It's an easy drinker drinkingyeah, beer I mean that's to have
a pack of these to take to thetrack or to do you know if
you're buying them at the track.
Great Perfect.
Speaker 2 (10:54):
It's I would put it in the same vein, as it's a
little more flavorful, Coors.
Speaker 1 (11:03):
This is more like a banquet.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
Yeah, I'm getting a little sweetness in the back end
.
Speaker 1 (11:07):
Get a little more banquet style than a light.
Speaker 2 (11:09):
Yeah, but 4.2, that's a great.
I would love it in a 16.
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (11:16):
Perfect 16.
I mean realistically for thetrack.
That's what I want Actually.
Here let's my beer's in.
Speaker 2 (11:26):
The highest honor you can give a Crushing it.
Speaker 4 (11:29):
Yeah, crush it All right.
Well, I'm going to crack.
Just did crack.
Speaker 1 (11:33):
Tangerine.
Tangerine ale.
Speaker 4 (11:37):
Bristol sunshine.
Speaker 1 (11:43):
The only BS I need is Bristol sunshine.
Oh, it smells fruity.
It smells fruity.
Speaker 4 (11:54):
Uh-oh.
Speaker 2 (12:00):
At 4.5.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
That is a uh, it's a seltzer-flavored beer T tastes
like it's trying to be na yeahnot trying, but it's got that I
think it's because we're so usedto a tangerine, something
you're used to like it being anipa like you're used to also
(12:22):
getting the bitter.
Speaker 2 (12:23):
You're getting like an overload of the and I've got
I think I've got still got halfa case of the fremont wit, the
wit that orange.
Speaker 1 (12:32):
I think that orange citrus flavor does lend itself
to, and would I feel betterdrinking this far sitting
outside in the heat watchingrace getting pelted by rubber?
Yeah, would it maybe would ithit a little bit better, would
it?
Speaker 2 (12:50):
no, it's kind of it's fine this is a nice, it lasts
longer yeah, this is a nicebreak in between a couple of
these guys.
Yeah, if I'm out at the trackcrushing, them.
Speaker 4 (13:05):
It's going to be warm by the time I finish it if I'm
sitting outside in the sun, yeahbut it's probably going to be
better.
Speaker 2 (13:13):
It's going to hold up getting warm, then Could be a
normal year.
Speaker 4 (13:16):
Yeah, we'll see.
I'll leave it on the table hereand try it in a couple of
episodes.
Speaker 1 (13:21):
Like we said, though, it was originally listed as a
hell is a lager.
I'm intrigued to figure outwhat the deal is, Cause most of
the people checking them in hereI feel like the tangerine ale
ones.
Speaker 2 (13:36):
I feel like somebody mislabeled it once and then
everyone just went on and keptposting under that one and it
just took over.
Checkered Pass grapefruit.
Speaker 4 (13:47):
IPA Okay, sounds good , right Okay.
Speaker 2 (13:52):
There were some other ones on the site.
They weren't available forpurchase.
Speaker 4 (13:56):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, honey blonde ale.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
If this is their One brewery they actually have open,
that's a cool spot.
Speaker 4 (14:05):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (14:08):
Yeah, I mean, I'm only seeing it as the tangerine
they're throwing down.
Speaker 4 (14:15):
They have their slide job.
Yeah, they're claiming it asthe tangerine.
They're throwing down.
They have their slide job, yeah.
Speaker 1 (14:19):
They're claiming it as a West Coast IPA.
Say what so?
I did not see that on here.
Speaker 4 (14:25):
The two-time slide job.
I don't know.
I'm on their website.
Speaker 1 (14:27):
Oh yeah, West Coast style IPA.
Speaker 4 (14:35):
Those are fighting words, if it doesn't stop.
Speaker 2 (14:37):
You think they're going to have that at Sonoma
when they do the West Coastswing.
Speaker 1 (14:41):
They should.
Yeah, it looks like peoplegetting flights.
The only thing I'm seeing isjust on draft At the, and I
think that's what it is.
Speaker 4 (14:50):
The signature beers, the ones we have today, are the
ones that they distribute Justthese two.
Yeah, these are just the onlytwo signature beers.
And it looks like have todayare the ones that they
distribute Just these two.
Yeah, these are just the onlytwo signature beers.
And then it looks like thespecialty beers are in just
their tap room, or potentially100 tap rooms.
Speaker 1 (15:02):
Yeah, I mean.
I will say, though, if you'regoing in person, they got a few.
They also do have some two-timeseltzers, and you can also get
Michel mickelob, ultra bud,light, course light, bush light
or apple.
Speaker 2 (15:21):
you gotta stay hydrated, yeah but my, my
question is um do uh, when youorder a flight, do they come out
in fire suits and pour it outof a miniature?
Speaker 1 (15:33):
gas can does not appear to be so.
Speaker 4 (15:35):
Damn?
Yeah.
How would your tap handle notbe?
Speaker 1 (15:39):
Yeah, what do you do?
What's your?
I mean, or like, do you do somekind of checkered flag thing?
Do you shift?
Or not, I mean he, hedefinitely seems to be leaning.
There is this, this I mean he'salready got the logo and it's
not that.
So I mean I guess you're doing,I mean you put that at the top
with like a, you got the classicuh pinstripe.
Yeah, but I'm saying you do this, this guy I guess I'm showing
(16:03):
you guys, not the camera you dothis one with the yeah pole part
, whatever so intriguing.
Speaker 4 (16:17):
Yeah, I like it for a celebrity owned brand yes yes,
fully serviceable.
And it's interesting to see,because I figured at least
they're doing a ton of beers.
Well, and I figured that hejust slapped his name on it.
Yeah, but he's been involved inthe entire process.
That's kind of cool.
Speaker 2 (16:35):
I I would expect nothing less from a two-time
daytona champion I drink thelights.
Speaker 1 (16:43):
I'd like to try some of the other ones, though
two-time I do see that did youdid that come with?
Yes, it did oh there you.
I'm just now realizing that italso has the like.
Waltrip's autograph as well,and that it has the logo on
there, that's nice.
Speaker 4 (17:00):
Yeah, I missed that part mainly because it's facing
the opposite direction of me.
Yeah, what it's got 2021 and2023.
Beer shipped to your door.
Speaker 2 (17:11):
Yeah, I haven't.
Oh, and yes, I will beattempting that to get us loaded
up for.
Speaker 1 (17:17):
Portland so about just over two years ago yeah
depending on when, august.
Speaker 4 (17:28):
So closing on three yeah, the.
Speaker 1 (17:33):
It does kind of remind me of that orange wit,
the NA one oh, jeez, oh god whatcars wrecking it's like it's
like being at the Husky Stadiumand they run like an ad for I
(17:56):
forget what, and it runs ayellow stripe around the whole
stadium and I'm like there's aflag, what's the flag for?
And they're like no, it's likeWoffhead Bank.
And I'm just like really.
Speaker 4 (18:08):
Pick a different color.
Yeah Well, that's when theywore Chad's shirt.
The Nextel Cup?
Oh yeah, anytime.
The Nextel banner.
You're like caution for what?
Speaker 1 (18:16):
Nope, this is just our logo.
Speaker 2 (18:20):
All right, oh, and they get rid of the scoring
pylons at Talladega.
Speaker 1 (18:24):
More than Talladega, also Bristol.
Speaker 2 (18:27):
Oh, you just need to use the Wi-Fi Dude.
I have not been able to getrant over.
I haven't been able to get anyWi-Fi at a NASCAR track.
Speaker 1 (18:36):
Is that the tangerine ?
Speaker 4 (18:38):
That's the tangerine, so it looks more loggery than
it could be ale.
Speaker 1 (18:43):
I mean it's probably an ale, but like 4.2,.
Speaker 2 (18:46):
It's a nice sippable, yeah, but like Taldega Lite is
getting my crushed stamp ofapproval.
Stamp of approval, it's fine,which one?
Speaker 1 (19:00):
The Tangerine.
It's just I would not.
Yeah, I think if you're likewith someone that are like I
don't really drink beer, likeyeah just I don't know that I
would go with that If you whatare your options At the race?
What are your options If theyhave Michael Waltrip Coors Light
?
What did they have?
Last time we were there theyhad Bush Light, regular Bush 805
(19:24):
from Firestone Walker when wewere in.
California, it's California.
They were doing a big push.
Then I thought you meantPortland 805.
Speaker 2 (19:31):
Oh God no.
Speaker 1 (19:32):
What did they have at Portland?
I forgot about that.
I don't know because we justwent to the cooler yeah.
Speaker 2 (19:37):
No, I went on a couple wanderings we did.
Speaker 1 (19:39):
I think I always go and at least get one.
Speaker 2 (19:42):
You got to see what they have.
A whole bunch of seltzer lastyear.
Oh, Christopher Bell.
That sucks to be you, oh, andyou had the nice wrap this
weekend too.
Sucks to suck.
Speaker 4 (19:55):
All right, any more thoughts on these?
Speaker 1 (20:00):
I'll drink some more lights, yep.
Speaker 4 (20:01):
Well, you will drink some more lights in about a
month, fair enough.
Speaker 1 (20:05):
You can, I guess, bring a couple of these
tangerine ones.
Oh, we would finish them off,I'll try them out, hopefully
with nice weather.
Speaker 3 (20:14):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (20:16):
But yeah, Hopefully with nice weather, but yes, with
the lights we had to taste twobeers from two-time Daytona
champion, michael.
Speaker 4 (20:24):
Waltrip, absolutely.
Two times for the two-time.
Well, we're not out of glasses,so they're not empty.
I've got to finish off some ofthese cans.
Chad's can is crushed, so ifyou can grab yourself some
Michael Waltrip brewing, wad itup.
Speaker 2 (20:38):
Wad it up and turn four baby.
Speaker 4 (20:40):
I would suggest doing that and support your favorite
driver, but support a driver,wait whoa whoa, whoa, hold on
real quick.
Speaker 1 (20:48):
I'm sorry I'm interrupting this.
Speaker 2 (20:50):
Support a future.
Is he in the Hall of Fame yet?
Not yet.
No, is he in?
Speaker 1 (20:54):
the Hall of Fame.
Yet no, is he a future Hall ofFame?
They have two differentpercentages on here.
The side says 5%, the bottomWhere'd it go.
I see 4.2 underneath thebarcode.
Yes, 4.2 under the barcode, 5%on the serving facts.
Well, folks, we're going to getto the bottom of this 5% on the
(21:15):
serving facts.
Well, I also did not need tonotice.
Speaker 2 (21:16):
Folks, we're going to get to the bottom of this.
Speaker 1 (21:18):
Yeah, ways and means.
It's not on this one, though.
This one has your serving,whatever Serving facts this one
does not.
Speaker 2 (21:28):
Goodyear made the labels this week.
Sorry, this is not a NASCARpodcast.
Speaker 4 (21:37):
All right, we'll catch you.
Nascar podcast.
All right, we'll catch you guysnext time.
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (21:45):
Oh my ears.
Speaker 3 (21:53):
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Feel free to send us any beersuggestions that we can make.
Chad go buy off of Tavor.
Thank you.
Even Bubba's dropped all the way to 17th.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Well, ben Gisberg, he was up in first and now he's in
the 20s.
Speaker 1 (00:06):
Well, that was half a stage ago.
All right, I need points or awin here, buddy.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
You're a f***ing Logano.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Welcome to another episode of the American Beer
Review Podcast.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Good times with good friends requires good beer.
Lucky for us, we know how topick all three.
Speaker 4 (00:36):
We're a group of friends who grew up in the
Pacific Northwest, giving us ajump start on our craft beer
journey.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
Join us today.
While, brian, I pride myself onnot getting to know other
people, so do not put that on me.
Speaker 4 (00:47):
Alec.
So the bananas up until the 60swere an entirely different
species of banana.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
And Chad.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
It hit me like a beck and bob Review some beer, talk
about beer topics and whateverelse comes up.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
We invite you to pour yourself a drink and hang out
with us.
Speaker 4 (01:07):
So this time, uh, we can say this isn't a NASCAR
podcast, nope, but this timearound it very NASCAR adjacent.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
So it's a podcast.
Speaker 4 (01:19):
Let's go race.
What are we drinking today?
Speaker 2 (01:20):
Chad, it's a day from our friend two-time Daytona
winning driver Champion, daytona500 champion, not a race winner
.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Do they really call them champions For the?
Speaker 4 (01:36):
Daytona 500,.
You're a Daytona 500 champion.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
It's like Indy 500.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
I guess it's a crown jewel.
Never thought about it for that.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
From Michael Waltrip Brewing.
We have in honor of today,we're watching Taldega.
We have Taldega Light Lager.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
Which is such a perfect name.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
Yeah, Like come on and then, following that up, we
have Bristol Sunshine, atangerine ale, both coming in at
5%.
I did not expect that tangerineone.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
I didn't either when I saw it.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
This was another Bavonna drop.
Speaker 4 (02:12):
Oh right, had Bristol Sunshine.
Let me make sure I got theright one Bristol Sunshine that
I saw was a Helles Lager.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
Yeah, it was listed as that on TAP.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
I wonder if they switched like, kept the branding
and changed the style.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
But you know what?
As DW says, it'sboogie-dee-boogie-dee-boogie
boys.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
Are we starting with the lager Sure?
Why not Talladega Light?
Speaker 4 (02:35):
Yeah, it's called Tangerine.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
I have a friend who is down at Talladega.
Yeah, I was checking in on theweather this morning with him.
He was like, uh, rained allnight.
Cleared up should be good forthe racing.
I'm very hungover, Sounds aboutright.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
When the Talladega lights go down, get ready, cause
there's a party coming to town,baby.
Speaker 4 (03:00):
So Michael Waltrip won me the belt yeah we did.
He's one of four, I think,nascar drivers that actually met
like in person and eithershaking their hands, got a
picture with I don't know ifI've met any actually now that I
think of it he seems.
Uh, oh, he was in a hurrybecause he was actually
(03:21):
recording uh working, working,but he was yep when.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
Yep, but when he's working on the, when you see him
on the Working on the broadcast, yeah, he doesn't look like
he's working, he's just havingfun.
Speaker 4 (03:31):
Oh, he was trucking and he's a tall man.
He is a very tall man.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
Hey, can I get?
Speaker 4 (03:35):
a picture he's like yes, but I'm not stopping.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
I don't know if this is somebody, this shows that
it's connected to his brewery.
When I scan it for untapped, itdefinitely listed as 0%.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
There's a lot of shenanigans on untapped on these
, yeah, but this is at 5%.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
I do appreciate that.
I do see people right now inTalladega drinking this beer out
of cans, checking it in andposting pictures, as you should,
yeah, yeah, if you're MichaelWaltrip and you have not figured
out how to make sure that atleast this beer is not at every
stand in.
Speaker 4 (04:19):
Talladega like it's a fail when they brew in like
Bristol.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
I thought it was north carolina, yeah, newton,
north carolina, yeah, but um, inpartnership with bivana.
Oh, this listed as 4.2.
You said it was a fiver it saidit on on tap.
Speaker 3 (04:40):
But whatever it is, this is a very tasty light lager
that I would love to crush if Iwas sitting in Talladega right
now.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
Oh yeah, this would be perfect for that.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
If only my driver in this week's NASCAR Fantasy
League, Mr Martin Truex Jr,could pull his head out of his
ass and get up in the top ten,please.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Yeah, that's not going to happen, man, so I did a
little bit of the.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
Has his car had a terminal case of not being?
I haven't seen him all day.
No, he's just struggled.
Speaker 4 (05:12):
He's on the struggle bus, he's on one of the teams
that are winning this season,though, yeah, but he's not.
He's not, but at least he's gotequipment under him.
So I did a little bit ofresearch not a ton to figure out
where this came from, becausethis just popped up end of last
year, early this year.
Right, it's been around for alittle bit.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
He talked about it a few years ago.
I can't remember if he was onDale's podcast.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
Dale Earnhardt Jr for those of you that this is not
an NASCAR podcast.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
He was on there, I think, initially talking about
it a couple years ago now it hasbeen.
Speaker 4 (05:44):
It's been for a little bit, but reading about
like, about us, they're like hey, we're just three guys.
We were talked about making abeer.
We looked at whatever, hired ahead brewer to like come up with
some stuff and do spot checks.
We looked at making a breweryhere we're offering.
That's where I saw um, so theymust not be, but they, they were
in Bristol at one point.
(06:04):
But yeah, just three guys likedbeer and whatever.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
I'm like hmm, I wonder if it like no, just say
4.2.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
Then licensed Michael Waltrip's name once they were
in Bristol or something likethat, oh Right, like what it
took how far along until theygot him involved.
And then you scroll down alittle bit further and the
founders are michael waltrip andthen two other so he just
casually talks about it, like me, and somebody is just really
into beer and decided to do it,but it turns out it's him.
(06:33):
He's one of the three guys.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
Yeah, I suppose that'll do it well, and when you
have a name that's known, youmight as well uh uh, if anyone
wonders why any one of the threeof us start staring into space,
it's because gaga is on on thescreen right now um apologies
for our youtube uh watchers Iwonder, though.
Speaker 4 (06:58):
I mean, it's got to be somewhat beneficial to start
with a name like oh 100, likethat you're coming out and
already have bought a lightlager and a tangerine ale from
wherever it ends up actuallycoming from the East Coast?
Yeah, just randomly.
No.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
No, this was a happy accident when I popped on the
getting the Bavonna for theGiggle Juice last week.
No, two weeks ago, two weeksago.
Two weeks ago, the episode thatepisode dropped for 20 episode.
I might be still high.
Oh three weeks ago, whatever itis, but yeah, this.
(07:37):
And then I saw Talladega lightand I went that's odd.
Then it's Michael Walterbrewing, oh yeah, so I got a six
.
I got a six of each.
Speaker 4 (07:48):
Yeah, I got a six, I got A sixer of each I got two
six packs each.
Speaker 2 (07:52):
Oh nice, oh geez.
So there's a six pack comingdown to Portland for the Xfinity
race, oh nice.
Speaker 4 (07:57):
So these are their signature beers, but then their
specialty beers all in the samevein, checkered Past, two Time
High Banks Wheelman.
Speaker 1 (08:07):
Bristol, virginia.
That's where they according toUntapped where they are.
Speaker 4 (08:10):
Yeah, so that tracks Slide Job Thunder Valley.
Speaker 1 (08:16):
Two-time Vamanos Mexican Lager.
Ooh, there you go.
There's a lot of two-timereferences.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
They are Well, if you , if you are a two-time Daytona
champion winner and you startedyour own brewery, I yeah like if
I started my own brewery.
As the two-time nascar fantasyleague champion, I would call it
.
I'd call myself two-time aswell, so two-time slide job they
.
Speaker 4 (08:37):
That's what she said.
I don't know how up to date itis, but they have plans to open
over 100 michael walter taproomlocations.
Speaker 1 (08:46):
I I will leave it when I see it Partnering with
whatever.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
One would look great in the South Sound region of
Washington, I think.
Speaker 1 (08:55):
I think your best bet is opening them within a
stone's throw of every majorracetrack and then every short
track that's known.
Speaker 4 (09:08):
I don't know anything about what the distribution
agreements look like at tracks.
I'm pretty sure that's what I'msaying.
One of your locations was ateach race track?
Yeah, how many units?
Speaker 1 (09:19):
are you going to move ?
Phoenix has the bar in there,the barn bar, but you just get
yourself to be the beer of thatIf you can.
Yeah, that, I don't know ifyou're, but you just get
yourself to be the beer of that,like if you can.
Speaker 4 (09:30):
Yeah, that's what.
Speaker 2 (09:31):
I'm saying yeah because most but what happens
when Junior starts his ownbrewery company?
Are we going to have shake andbake nights at the track?
He?
Speaker 1 (09:43):
won't.
He's already got an alcoholpartner Vodka you should make a
beer.
He was talking about smoking.
He's already got an alcoholpartner.
Speaker 2 (09:50):
Vodka.
Speaker 1 (09:50):
Oh, he should make a beer.
He was talking about smokingripping heaters and chugging
beers on a Tuesday night.
Speaker 2 (09:56):
Get ready for the racing boys.
Speaker 1 (09:58):
He was talking about how he didn't even really like
beer and then he realized heshould probably start drinking
beer because, I don't know, hismain sponsor was Budweiser.
Speaker 4 (10:06):
Yeah, that would do it.
He got after it in the daybecause I don't know his main
sponsor was Budweiser.
Speaker 1 (10:09):
Yeah, that would do it, he got after it in the day
that's what he was talking aboutin his podcast was basically
like that he and his buddieswould get after it.
And then he was like so then Iwent to Hendrick and I was like,
oh, this is what people aresupposed to be, like he goes.
And then I sucked because Istopped hanging out and partying
went back to it all these nerdswith their workouts.
He's like I went back to having,you know, a throwdown on a
(10:31):
tuesday or wednesday night andturns out, yeah, basement of his
house.
Speaker 4 (10:34):
Yes, you have built a nightclub downstairs oh the
life.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
Yeah, it's a.
It's an easy drinker drinkingyeah, beer I mean that's to have
a pack of these to take to thetrack or to do you know if
you're buying them at the track.
Great Perfect.
Speaker 2 (10:54):
It's I would put it in the same vein, as it's a
little more flavorful, Coors.
Speaker 1 (11:03):
This is more like a banquet.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
Yeah, I'm getting a little sweetness in the back end
.
Speaker 1 (11:07):
Get a little more banquet style than a light.
Speaker 2 (11:09):
Yeah, but 4.2, that's a great.
I would love it in a 16.
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (11:16):
Perfect 16.
I mean realistically for thetrack.
That's what I want Actually.
Here let's my beer's in.
Speaker 2 (11:26):
The highest honor you can give a Crushing it.
Speaker 4 (11:29):
Yeah, crush it All right.
Well, I'm going to crack.
Just did crack.
Speaker 1 (11:33):
Tangerine.
Tangerine ale.
Speaker 4 (11:37):
Bristol sunshine.
Speaker 1 (11:43):
The only BS I need is Bristol sunshine.
Oh, it smells fruity.
It smells fruity.
Speaker 4 (11:54):
Uh-oh.
Speaker 2 (12:00):
At 4.5.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
That is a uh, it's a seltzer-flavored beer T tastes
like it's trying to be na yeahnot trying, but it's got that I
think it's because we're so usedto a tangerine, something
you're used to like it being anipa like you're used to also
(12:22):
getting the bitter.
Speaker 2 (12:23):
You're getting like an overload of the and I've got
I think I've got still got halfa case of the fremont wit, the
wit that orange.
Speaker 1 (12:32):
I think that orange citrus flavor does lend itself
to, and would I feel betterdrinking this far sitting
outside in the heat watchingrace getting pelted by rubber?
Yeah, would it maybe would ithit a little bit better, would
it?
Speaker 2 (12:50):
no, it's kind of it's fine this is a nice, it lasts
longer yeah, this is a nicebreak in between a couple of
these guys.
Yeah, if I'm out at the trackcrushing, them.
Speaker 4 (13:05):
It's going to be warm by the time I finish it if I'm
sitting outside in the sun, yeahbut it's probably going to be
better.
Speaker 2 (13:13):
It's going to hold up getting warm, then Could be a
normal year.
Speaker 4 (13:16):
Yeah, we'll see.
I'll leave it on the table hereand try it in a couple of
episodes.
Speaker 1 (13:21):
Like we said, though, it was originally listed as a
hell is a lager.
I'm intrigued to figure outwhat the deal is, Cause most of
the people checking them in hereI feel like the tangerine ale
ones.
Speaker 2 (13:36):
I feel like somebody mislabeled it once and then
everyone just went on and keptposting under that one and it
just took over.
Checkered Pass grapefruit.
Speaker 4 (13:47):
IPA Okay, sounds good , right Okay.
Speaker 2 (13:52):
There were some other ones on the site.
They weren't available forpurchase.
Speaker 4 (13:56):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, honey blonde ale.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
If this is their One brewery they actually have open,
that's a cool spot.
Speaker 4 (14:05):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (14:08):
Yeah, I mean, I'm only seeing it as the tangerine
they're throwing down.
Speaker 4 (14:15):
They have their slide job.
Yeah, they're claiming it asthe tangerine.
They're throwing down.
They have their slide job, yeah.
Speaker 1 (14:19):
They're claiming it as a West Coast IPA.
Say what so?
I did not see that on here.
Speaker 4 (14:25):
The two-time slide job.
I don't know.
I'm on their website.
Speaker 1 (14:27):
Oh yeah, West Coast style IPA.
Speaker 4 (14:35):
Those are fighting words, if it doesn't stop.
Speaker 2 (14:37):
You think they're going to have that at Sonoma
when they do the West Coastswing.
Speaker 1 (14:41):
They should.
Yeah, it looks like peoplegetting flights.
The only thing I'm seeing isjust on draft At the, and I
think that's what it is.
Speaker 4 (14:50):
The signature beers, the ones we have today, are the
ones that they distribute Justthese two.
Yeah, these are just the onlytwo signature beers.
And it looks like have todayare the ones that they
distribute Just these two.
Yeah, these are just the onlytwo signature beers.
And then it looks like thespecialty beers are in just
their tap room, or potentially100 tap rooms.
Speaker 1 (15:02):
Yeah, I mean.
I will say, though, if you'regoing in person, they got a few.
They also do have some two-timeseltzers, and you can also get
Michel mickelob, ultra bud,light, course light, bush light
or apple.
Speaker 2 (15:21):
you gotta stay hydrated, yeah but my, my
question is um do uh, when youorder a flight, do they come out
in fire suits and pour it outof a miniature?
Speaker 1 (15:33):
gas can does not appear to be so.
Speaker 4 (15:35):
Damn?
Yeah.
How would your tap handle notbe?
Speaker 1 (15:39):
Yeah, what do you do?
What's your?
I mean, or like, do you do somekind of checkered flag thing?
Do you shift?
Or not, I mean he, hedefinitely seems to be leaning.
There is this, this I mean he'salready got the logo and it's
not that.
So I mean I guess you're doing,I mean you put that at the top
with like a, you got the classicuh pinstripe.
Yeah, but I'm saying you do this, this guy I guess I'm showing
(16:03):
you guys, not the camera you dothis one with the yeah pole part
, whatever so intriguing.
Speaker 4 (16:17):
Yeah, I like it for a celebrity owned brand yes yes,
fully serviceable.
And it's interesting to see,because I figured at least
they're doing a ton of beers.
Well, and I figured that hejust slapped his name on it.
Yeah, but he's been involved inthe entire process.
That's kind of cool.
Speaker 2 (16:35):
I I would expect nothing less from a two-time
daytona champion I drink thelights.
Speaker 1 (16:43):
I'd like to try some of the other ones, though
two-time I do see that did youdid that come with?
Yes, it did oh there you.
I'm just now realizing that italso has the like.
Waltrip's autograph as well,and that it has the logo on
there, that's nice.
Speaker 4 (17:00):
Yeah, I missed that part mainly because it's facing
the opposite direction of me.
Yeah, what it's got 2021 and2023.
Beer shipped to your door.
Speaker 2 (17:11):
Yeah, I haven't.
Oh, and yes, I will beattempting that to get us loaded
up for.
Speaker 1 (17:17):
Portland so about just over two years ago yeah
depending on when, august.
Speaker 4 (17:28):
So closing on three yeah, the.
Speaker 1 (17:33):
It does kind of remind me of that orange wit,
the NA one oh, jeez, oh god whatcars wrecking it's like it's
like being at the Husky Stadiumand they run like an ad for I
(17:56):
forget what, and it runs ayellow stripe around the whole
stadium and I'm like there's aflag, what's the flag for?
And they're like no, it's likeWoffhead Bank.
And I'm just like really.
Speaker 4 (18:08):
Pick a different color.
Yeah Well, that's when theywore Chad's shirt.
The Nextel Cup?
Oh yeah, anytime.
The Nextel banner.
You're like caution for what?
Speaker 1 (18:16):
Nope, this is just our logo.
Speaker 2 (18:20):
All right, oh, and they get rid of the scoring
pylons at Talladega.
Speaker 1 (18:24):
More than Talladega, also Bristol.
Speaker 2 (18:27):
Oh, you just need to use the Wi-Fi Dude.
I have not been able to getrant over.
I haven't been able to get anyWi-Fi at a NASCAR track.
Speaker 1 (18:36):
Is that the tangerine ?
Speaker 4 (18:38):
That's the tangerine, so it looks more loggery than
it could be ale.
Speaker 1 (18:43):
I mean it's probably an ale, but like 4.2,.
Speaker 2 (18:46):
It's a nice sippable, yeah, but like Taldega Lite is
getting my crushed stamp ofapproval.
Stamp of approval, it's fine,which one?
Speaker 1 (19:00):
The Tangerine.
It's just I would not.
Yeah, I think if you're likewith someone that are like I
don't really drink beer, likeyeah just I don't know that I
would go with that If you whatare your options At the race?
What are your options If theyhave Michael Waltrip Coors Light
?
What did they have?
Last time we were there theyhad Bush Light, regular Bush 805
(19:24):
from Firestone Walker when wewere in.
California, it's California.
They were doing a big push.
Then I thought you meantPortland 805.
Speaker 2 (19:31):
Oh God no.
Speaker 1 (19:32):
What did they have at Portland?
I forgot about that.
I don't know because we justwent to the cooler yeah.
Speaker 2 (19:37):
No, I went on a couple wanderings we did.
Speaker 1 (19:39):
I think I always go and at least get one.
Speaker 2 (19:42):
You got to see what they have.
A whole bunch of seltzer lastyear.
Oh, Christopher Bell.
That sucks to be you, oh, andyou had the nice wrap this
weekend too.
Sucks to suck.
Speaker 4 (19:55):
All right, any more thoughts on these?
Speaker 1 (20:00):
I'll drink some more lights, yep.
Speaker 4 (20:01):
Well, you will drink some more lights in about a
month, fair enough.
Speaker 1 (20:05):
You can, I guess, bring a couple of these
tangerine ones.
Oh, we would finish them off,I'll try them out, hopefully
with nice weather.
Speaker 3 (20:14):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (20:16):
But yeah, Hopefully with nice weather, but yes, with
the lights we had to taste twobeers from two-time Daytona
champion, michael.
Speaker 4 (20:24):
Waltrip, absolutely.
Two times for the two-time.
Well, we're not out of glasses,so they're not empty.
I've got to finish off some ofthese cans.
Chad's can is crushed, so ifyou can grab yourself some
Michael Waltrip brewing, wad itup.
Speaker 2 (20:38):
Wad it up and turn four baby.
Speaker 4 (20:40):
I would suggest doing that and support your favorite
driver, but support a driver,wait whoa whoa, whoa, hold on
real quick.
Speaker 1 (20:48):
I'm sorry I'm interrupting this.
Speaker 2 (20:50):
Support a future.
Is he in the Hall of Fame yet?
Not yet.
No, is he in?
Speaker 1 (20:54):
the Hall of Fame.
Yet no, is he a future Hall ofFame?
They have two differentpercentages on here.
The side says 5%, the bottomWhere'd it go.
I see 4.2 underneath thebarcode.
Yes, 4.2 under the barcode, 5%on the serving facts.
Well, folks, we're going to getto the bottom of this 5% on the
(21:15):
serving facts.
Well, I also did not need tonotice.
Speaker 2 (21:16):
Folks, we're going to get to the bottom of this.
Speaker 1 (21:18):
Yeah, ways and means.
It's not on this one, though.
This one has your serving,whatever Serving facts this one
does not.
Speaker 2 (21:28):
Goodyear made the labels this week.
Sorry, this is not a NASCARpodcast.
Speaker 4 (21:37):
All right, we'll catch you.
Nascar podcast.
All right, we'll catch you guysnext time.
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (21:45):
Oh my ears.
Speaker 3 (21:53):
If you've enjoyed what you just heard, make sure
you subscribe to get newepisodes when they drop, and
don't forget to leave us areview.
If you want to see what we'redrinking when we're not on the
pod, you can follow us on socialmedia at A Beer Review.
Feel free to send us any beersuggestions that we can make.
Chad go buy off of Tavor.
Thank you.
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