May 14, 2025 • 48 mins
Welcome in, tap heads! This week we’re serving up hazy beers, homemade pizzas, and some wild wedding dilemmas. Greg gets hydrated while dishing up a ton of pizzas at a birthday bash, while Flex is rollin’ down the street in a new land yacht. He’s also got a drunken wedding conundrum that he needs your help with. We’ve also got some big World Beer Cup winners, a drunk driver came in through the window, and a teacher shows up drunk with plenty of party favors in her purse.
Beers We’re Drinking
- Greg is drinking Bone In Throat by Root + Branch—a thick and hazy banger that lives up to its name.
- Flex cracks into Temptation by Russian River—a barrel-aged sour that brings the funk and the finesse.
Greg was slangin’ dough! 42 pies to be exact. He got drunk and made a bunch of pizzas at a birthday party, full of saucy drama and ungrateful customers. Flex has a new whip and can’t stand driving around this titanic beast on his way to the golf course. He’s also got a weird wedding situation coming up; should he go to the weird food-court reception? Speaking of trips, Greg has an upcoming trip that he’s trying to get out of (any pointers?).
Booze News
- 2025 World Beer Cup: Over 8300 beers, and somehow we still didn’t win
- Drunk teen crashes truck into house, politely apologizes through bedroom window
- Substitute teacher shows up to class drunk, medicated, and weaponized
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Yeah.If I can get to bed a little after
11, that would be great work.
Welcome in everybody.It's the craft beer republic.
Thanks for drinking.Thanks for joining.
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I'm Greg and I'm being joined bythe dude in the pretty sweet
Brewers hat. And that's Flex.Thanks. Uh, thanks for noticing.
Uh, big, big Brewers fan over here.Are you now? Yeah.
And I get a new hat every year.I did not know that. Yes.
I am not a big Brewers fan,but I do think that's a pretty
sweet hat. Hey, I appreciate it.Maybe they have a Dodgers one, I'm
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sure. Maybe check out Kohl's online.Maybe they got a Dodgers hat. Kohl's.
Fun fact one of the few places Ican find shoes this fucking big.
Well, that's uh that's becauseKohl's cares.
That's true I believe that isone of their slogans.
I think once upon a time. Yeah.Kohl's cares. Cares.
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Rhyme or not rhymes.But good alliteration with
Kohl's cash as well.So it also makes people think
that they actually care.Even though we all know the truth.
Yes. Yeah. Big corporation.They don't care. No.
They're located in Wisconsin,like the headquarters. Oh, really?
Yeah. Oh, so they're all drunk?Oh, yeah. Oh, I had no idea.
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Pretty sure they all go out forhappy hours and everything.
So I think it's company handbook.Must go out for happy hour.
Actually, I'm pretty sure it'sjust like a big fuck fest to,
I don't know. I never been there.It's just what I hear. Wow.
I feel like I'm working for thewrong company now.
Where's Kohl's been all my life?Hold on.
Scott used to work at Kohl's.I was gonna say, wait, wait, wait.
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My sister in law used to work there.No, no. Now I know why he worked.
Never mind.She would always say they would go
for, like, happy hours and stuff.So, um, but it's, you know,
it's It's team building. Sure.Yeah. Team building an orgy. Yeah.
And I'm pretty sure it's on thecompany's dime,
so that's pretty sick, too.I'm in for that. Uh, what was I.
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Oh, socials. If you're. Oh, yeah.You're just welcoming people in.
Yeah. Welcome to the orgy.Uh @CraftBeerRepublic.
@Flex_me_a_beer underscores inbetween all that good stuff.
Uh, lots to get to today.I have a beer that was handed to
me by a friend.Can't wait to tell you about it.
Very tight. Yeah.Did some, uh,
some pizza making over the weekend.Yeah, that sounds interesting.
(02:30):
I made no pizzas.I made spoiler alert, 42 pizzas.
That's way to eight pizzas.A lot of pizzas.
We'll get to that in a second.And some booze news.
Uh, if you don't mind,I'm gonna lubricate my liver and
tell you about this beer.As a matter of fact,
I don't mind. Oh, fantastic.I appreciate the approval.
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I have my beer. I Love My Beer.I Love My Beer.
So the other day, Non-MurdererJohn hit me up and said, hey, I'm
gonna be driving through your area.Can I meet you somewhere to give
you some beers? And how much?How good did it feel trusting him,
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knowing that he's not gonnamurder you? Right.
I was like, hey. Yes, beers.I would be murdered for beers.
Do you want to meet in a superdark place? Because I trust you.
There's an alley I know that noone can see from the road.
Do you want to meet there for beerswaps and be. The streak lives on.
I'm still here. This is great.This is a great friend. Yeah.
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So he continues the not murderertitle and continues to bring me
delicious beers. And we call him.Still not murdering John? Oh, yeah.
I mean, it's getting a little wordy.Yeah. But, uh.
But, yeah,I think that's fairly accurate.
I'm trying to think of somethingfunny, I got nothing.
All right, So he brought me.And to be fair,
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I did exchange some beverages.I was like, oh, I got some beers
from our various travels recently.I gave him a couple Austin beers,
a couple San Francisco beers.I hope he enjoyed those.
Uh, but he gave me Root + Branch,which I believe is out of New York.
It's called.And I didn't even catch the name
of this until literally as I waspouring it before the show started,
I laughed out loud and told Flex Iwould surprise him on the show with
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the name that is. I'm ready for it.Bone in throat. Don't mind if I do.
Oh man. Non-Murderer John that Kiki.Son of a bitch.
Yeah,I think he's sending you signals now.
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As long as he doesn't murder me.Uh, this is a double hazy IPA.
Bones and throats all day.Just don't murder me, John.
Bones and throats? Yes.Knives and stomachs. No. Yeah.
There you go.8% 40 IBUs has IBUs,
has a 4.41 out of over 3700 ratings.Holy smokes. Yeah.
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They say multi Oat Wheat double IPA,brewed and dry hopped with a
blend of American hops,which they tell me the hops.
Here we go on the schnoz.Oh they don't. I man, that's so.
Weird. Right? Yeah.I wonder if I could dig it up
somewhere. It's real muted smell.It gets a little dankness.
And that's really what's comingthrough the most is the dankness from
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this. That's what's warm things up.
I feel like you made so manypeople angry. It is warm and cozy.
Has having trouble putting myfinger on the fruit?
There's definitely a little bitof citrus in there. Not a ton.
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Uh, there's definitely that danky.It finishes real kind of almost.
We'd like on the tongue.Kind of sticky. Icky.
Interesting. Yeah.Uh, it's it's a thick boy, as you can
see. Very thick. Yeah. Very thick.A very thick bone in the throat.
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I'm trying to look up there.Hops to see if I can get some
idea of what these fruitinessflavors should be.
Somebody saying mango and peachnotes. I'm. I'm not getting that.
Oh, somebody else is sayinggrapefruit and lemon.
I'll get on board with grapefruit.This is definitely some
grapefruity type citrusy notes,but overall the donkey tongue coating
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is what leaves you at the end.Yeah. See with with hazy is.
That's like my least favorite thing.It is a little thick.
I'll give you that.Now,
one thing I tend to not like aboutEast Coast beers is they're just,
I don't know. They're too malty.A lot of times, even hazy.
They do get very malty.I will attest that.
I will say this is not overlymalted and I do appreciate that,
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but it is dank. It is thick.I'm having, I think, grapefruit.
I'm gonna get back in.Grapefruit is definitely the right
fruit that I'm picking up here.That makes sense now.
Grapefruits in the throat.Yeah, along with the bone.
So, uh. Yeah. So nice, I like it.It it does. You know how.
Oh, it doesn't drink, like,a 2%. Very dangerous.
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This drinks like it's 8% likeyou get that warmth.
Like there is no sneaky alcoholin this one.
Yeah, I feel like that rarelyhappens nowadays when you
actually do catch it. Yeah. So.But it's funny you brought the
thing up about, uh, the maltinessfrom New York breweries.
I feel like I've noticed that aswell. Yeah.
And I also get this smell.And this isn't just in New York.
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This feels like an East Coastthing to me.
Whenever I stick my schnoz in there,there's a smell in there that I
don't get from West Coast beers.I don't know what it is.
I don't know if it's yeasty orwater or what, but there's just and
I don't know how to describe it,so I shouldn't even say anything.
It's just like a distinctness.Yeah, just a distinct smell that
I smell in, like,almost every East Coast IPA.
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And when I say East Coast IPA,I don't mean like hazy, just any
IPA that comes from the East Coastversus anything that comes from the
West Coast. Maybe it is the water.California's got good water, right?
Uh, no. No, I mean certain. Yeah.Like if you're in mammoth,
like snowy areas.Oh, drinking mammoth tap water
is better than anything you canbuy from the store.
I could have sworn like the besttap water in the US came from a
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city in California.Well, I can tell you the worst.
Tap water is in San Diego.And that's why West Coast IPAs
were born.Because they needed all those hops
to cover up the shitty water.Is that is that accurate?
That's a real thing. Yeah. Wow. Yeah.So, West Coast IPAs, thanks to
San Diego's shit water. Gross.Mhm. Quit crapping in the water.
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Yeah. Oops.Anyway, but thanks to Non-Murderer
John for a Non-Murderer John.But B, uh,
get me a good bone in the throat.What a stud. Yeah, what a good man.
So he always comes through.Yeah, yeah, it was good seeing him.
We didn't have time to really,like, catch up and have a beer.
We just talked for a minute,and he had to be on his way and.
And. Yeah. Good times.Keeping tabs on you? Yeah.
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Just want to know where I am in casehe decides to become a murderer.
John. Makes sense.Oh, you never know when you're going
to make the the turn. You know.We'll get there eventually.
You know, maybe he's gonna wake uptomorrow and say, you know what?
I kind of like the ring ofmurderer John. Yeah.
He's like, hey,that last episode. Not so great.
Yeah. Time to switch things up.I don't like what he said about
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the maltiness of that beer.What funk on the nose.
I don't smell anything.Stab, stab, stab.
You could put it on his headstone.Here lies a malt hater.
Stabbed by murderer John.I alluded to this.
East coast for life.Yeah, I alluded to this before the
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show or as we were starting the show,made 42 pizzas that weekend.
Said that on the show.That's a lot of pizzas. Yeah.
Uh, Nicole Coley, her mom,just turned 75. Happy birthday.
Coley's mom. It's a big year.Happy birthday.
So, Nick got a pizza oven,and they decided they would do,
like, a pizza party,and everybody got to whoever came.
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Got to make their, like,design their own, like a la Chipotle.
You know,you select your ingredients.
Did they do it or did you do theingredient part?
I did so they had a little pieceof paper they could check off of
the available ingredients,what they wanted.
And then Nick and I were slingingpizzas. Okay. And so it's so funny.
You know, I in my high schooland slightly into college years,
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I worked at McDonald's.And so I showed Nick asked me,
he said, hey, do you mind helping me?He whenever he gets too drunk to,
like, finish the barbecue, whatever.I'm the one he always asks, you know,
I can he knows I can cook and I can.Handle, you know,
how to do stuff. Right?So he asked me beforehand like,
hey, can you help me out?I said, sure. So I show up.
He goes, how do you want to do this?I said, I'm going to assemble.
You are going to bake and cut.He's like, all right, done.
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So that's what we did.He'd hand me the tickets,
I'd assemble the pizza.I'd get it to him, he'd cook it,
pull it out, cut it, serve it.All that good stuff and it and
that part of it worked,you know? Not too bad.
Uh, of course we were drinking thewhole time. So, as you should.
Be, mistakes were made.Things happened.
The very first pizza.Uh, we didn't have enough flour on
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the little spatula pizza spatulathingy, and it just stuck like crazy.
Oh, man.That thing turned into a fucking
pizza donut. It was comical.It was funny.
Somebody didn't put sauce.They didn't mark sauce on their
pizza, so they didn't get sauce.And they came back and were like,
hey, where's my sauce?Like, you didn't, here's your ticket.
You didn't mark sauce.I thought pizza just came with sauce.
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Like we had sauce options.So you had to mark which one you
wanted or both. Boy.And then I went, hey, was it free?
Oh that's right. Shut the fuck up.Did you really say that?
I didn't say, actually.Nick took care of it for me.
It was one of their, like, family,friends. And I was like, what?
And she goes, there's no sauce onhere. I was like, you didn't mark it?
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I held it the ticket.And she goes, well,
I just thought it came with it.I was like, you mean you're free
pizza you're complaining about?And Nick goes, And Nick's,
Nick's are giving her even moreshit and was like. No. Way.
We're just following the card.I have people here that are
allergic to tomatoes.So to me, no sauce is not a big
surprise. Right?And she's like, well,
who wouldn't want sauce?And he's like people that are
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allergic to tomatoes don't wantsauce.
The rest of the day,this person walked around like,
hey, make sure you mark down sauceon your cards. Don't be a prick.
Oh, I was, I was so annoyed.I was like, next time I'll fucking
take a shit on your pizza.Hell yeah, you should have.
I wish you would have ordered anotherone because I would have fucked
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with it and given her no special.Yeah. You get this white sauce.
I didn't know that was an option.Yeah.
You want a chocolate covered candybar or whatever on your pizza?
Anyways, so that was annoying,but the rest was fun.
I enjoyed, like, we made 42 pizzas.I know this because they rolled
all the dough out the nightbefore and counted it.
And uh,the rest of it was actually fun.
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Nick got a little hydratedtowards the end,
so I just took over everything.It was like making them,
throwing them in and then throwingthem on the cutting board.
And hey, I'd hit him like, hey,hey, cut the pizza. Oh. All right.
Jeez, Louise. Yeah, it's good times.So. But it was fun.
It was fun making pizzas.It reminded me of my McDonald's
days of just.There's something satisfying
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about having to focus on onetask for hours at a time.
And you can't think about, like, realworld problems because you're busy.
Especially when you're like,it's like a fast paced kind of thing.
Like you're like, all right,like, we got this.
We got to get this together,get this person or pizza like bing,
bang, boom. Right, exactly.And the tickets were piling up
because he forgot to preheat theoven.
So we we started off a little behind.Yeah I know. Not even drunk.
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Is surprising at. All.No, no, no. It shouldn't be.
Yeah. No, none of it is.But I was like, uh,
we're a little behind now.You didn't preheat the oven.
So we got behind.So it was, you know, it was a
mad dash for like 3 or 4 hoursstraight of just no reprieve.
And then I think I ended up makingpizzas for six hours that day.
That's awesome. Yeah, it was fun.Feels like a weird word to say,
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but I do enjoy cooking for people.So in that case, it was.
In that sense, it was fun.And like I said, it's nice to
think about something else. Right.And then something like that,
you know, like anything, you alwaystry to be the best you could be,
you know, and be the best.So you're just trying to. Yeah.
Like, imagine people walkingaround this whole party like, man,
these pizzas are fucking banging.And you're like, yeah,
that's me. Those are my pizzas.That's why they're banging. Yeah.
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Who's got two thumbs and makesbanging pizzas. This guy. Greg.
So I did get a lot of nicefeedback besides the biatch who
forgot to mark sauce on her.You could make up like your own,
uh, taco or uh, pizza truck.And it could just be like,
called, like jonesin for, uh.There you go. Right.
Little little pie. Jones I like it.Yeah, I actually no joke.
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I looked into the next morning,I looked into the legalities of,
like, what it would take to do,like, pop ups.
Not so much with a truck, but, like,you know, bring a couple ovens out,
pop up tent and that kind of stuff.Yeah, we've had somebody do that
at the butcher shop once.I don't know if they do a food
truck or if it's like a restaurant,but they did a pop up at the in
the parking lot of the shop andthey made they had to go back
and get more pizza boxes.So they were selling so many pizzas.
(15:17):
It was pretty insane. Yeah.Knotty pine does that whenever
it's trivia night.She has this this group come in
and do pizzas, like pop up pizzas.And I was like, oh,
I wonder what are the legalities?And like, what permits do I need
and what are the startup like?You know,
equipment wise startup costs.They're kind of low like under 2000.
And then, you know, you would needsome permits under a thousand.
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But the hardest thing is youneed to partner with a
commercial kitchen to like,store your food and prep your food.
You can't just store and prep it athome if you're doing it legally.
Got it.And I was like,
oh that's expensive. Yeah.Because then you need your own
facility or you need, like you said,partner with somebody. Right.
And I found some in the area andit's like 500 bucks a month just
to rent out the space. Oh, wow.The fridge space and the prep space.
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And are not a weekend gig I canafford. Yikes.
Anyways, maybe one of these days.Back to DoorDash. Yeah.
Yeah, exactly.Uber Eats call your Uber eats.
Anyways, what about you?Any, uh, any research?
Do anything fun over there?So my car is broken right now.
Oh, fun. Um, so I'm driving.Uh, I have really,
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really nice in-laws. Laws.Uh, so my father in law is letting
me cruise around in his Escalade.Oh. Bling bling. Yes. So, do.
You feel like a 90s rapper?Um, I actually just feel like an
old man. Oh.It's like, you know, when you see,
like, school bus drivers and they'rejust like that disgruntled old man.
That's how I feel. That.Minus the disgruntled.
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Because it's not a bus filledwith annoying kids.
It's like a luxurious automobile,but it's humongous.
And the fact that it's referred to asan SUV completely blows my mind.
It's a land yacht. It is. It is not.Yes it is. Uh, it's a boat, for sure.
Um, so I'm trying not to, like,drive and, you know, drink somewhere
(17:11):
and get behind the wheel. Sure.Um, but I did get out golfing today.
Oh. First time of the year.Like real golfing or like.
Real golfing on the links.Uh, brought a few selsey's.
Um, it was like a 3.5 hour day,So, uh, definitely didn't feel a
goddamn thing afterwards and,uh, felt really, you know, safe,
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obviously driving the car.Sure, but had my best round I've
ever shot in the last, you know,last summer, picking up golf.
So that was very wonderful. Congrats.And, uh, last week, last week,
two weeks ago, whenever the beginningof May was, uh, the wife and I
celebrated our 12th anniversary.Oh, congrats. Thank you.
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So we went out, got a nice Italiandinner, brought the kiddos with
because our kids are awesome and theyare very obedient and disciplined,
and they follow rules andthey're very well behaved.
And we thought they would enjoya nice Italian dinner.
And, uh,we even took them the Pfister
Hotel in downtown Milwaukee's.That's where, like all the baseball
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teams and basketball teams staywhen they come into town,
except Mookie Betts, because he'safraid of ghosts. Oh. That's right.
But, uh, on the 23rd floor of thehotel, they have a cocktail lounge.
Oh, cool.And, uh, we took the kids there to,
uh. So I don't know.Let him in, huh? Oh, yeah.
Till they opened at 5:00 andkids were allowed until 8 p.m..
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Oh, that's kind of cool. Yeah.So we went up there.
My wife had a mocktail, as she does,and I had a bourbon sour and,
uh, amber ale after that.And super wonderful night. Nice.
The kids felt like models andsuperstars and, uh, did a little
photo shoot because they had allthese windows overlooking Lake
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Michigan and downtown Milwaukee,so. Oh, cool. Really cool.
That's fun. Yeah.So that, uh, that's about the
extent of my research.I know we're so old, we're like,
yeah, we had about, uh, 17 selsey's,uh, cocktail or two and one beer.
Yeah, but, you know,you can't always be out partying.
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It's true. Gotta grow up sometime.Something like. That. Question mark.
To be continued. Yeah. TBD.All that stuff. You best believe.
Have I told you that I have to go toFlorida at the end of the month?
Uh, graduation? Yeah.Some nephew or something. Bullshit.
(19:41):
Graduation. Which is crazy.Flying all the way across the
country for graduation.I'm just throwing it out there.
I cannot understate or underscoreenough how much I agree with you.
I am so not on board.I have a debacle myself that I would
like to throw out your way. Oh, okay.I wanna say one thing about Florida.
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I'm gonna be trash the whole time.I'm gonna drink so much beer.
That's all I was gonna say.Please debacle me.
Don't forget your grenades.Cause I hear.
Oh, gators and grenades.You don't even have to check
them on the plane.Do I need to make a shirt for this?
You just say you're going to Florida,and there they just ask for your
grenades, right?It's like going through customs,
right? Grenade grenades, please.Um, so my cousin up in Minneapolis
(20:27):
is getting married. Okay.And this was this was alerted,
like, I don't know, three,four months ago said, oh, come up
to Minneapolis for my wedding.Okay, that sounds great.
Um, turns out that the groom hasstage fright.
Uh, so he doesn't want anybodyat the ceremony.
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So they're going to have a veryquaint, uh,
immediate family ceremony because hedoesn't want people looking at him.
And is. He agoraphobic?Like, is this a medical thing or.
Uh, I don't think so.Like, I've hung out with this
guy before and had a couplebeers with him, and he's, like,
fun and super down to earth.Likes drinking beer. Um, working out.
(21:09):
Like, he's like a normal dude. Okay.So I thought that was kind of
bizarre.And then, uh, they're not even
having, like, a real reception there.Uh, I know, it's it's really weird.
It's like a public market indowntown Minneapolis. Okay.
Everybody's getting, like,a food card,
and they get to pick a restaurantin the market to get a meal at.
(21:32):
Weird. And this reception. Is, uh.It's only like, 3 or 4 hours long.
It's like 5 to 9,and you gotta be out by nine.
So you're not going for the wedding.You're going for the sort of
reception.Well, so now my question is,
do I drive five hours to go tothis for four hours?
(21:56):
You said this is a cousin. Yeah.How close of a cousin.
Really cool cousin.Because, like, I have cousins
that are like siblings.We grew up together,
and I have cousins who, like,I've never even met before.
I mean, so I grew up together,like, definitely hung out.
I would spend nights at, uh,like during the summer.
And she took me to my first concert.I went to saw Bob Dylan with her,
(22:18):
and. I'm sorry to hear that.Uh, I love Dylan.
I do not like Dylan.Oh, I can't stand him. Oh.
He's crazy. Um, dude.Took me to my first hockey game.
You know,she worked for the admirals.
You know. The ads. Dan's favorite.Hopefully now they're playing for
the Calder Cup as this has beenrecorded, I don't know. Um, Dan.
(22:39):
I don't know what that means, but.Okay. It's like the AA championship.
It's not the Stanley Cup is theCalder Cup. Calder? Sure. Okay.
I've never heard of it.I don't know if it's a see you.
See you. Calder Cup, they call it.I don't know, I'm.
Trying to look it. Up. Um, but.Yeah. So, um. Oh, Calder. Calder?
(22:59):
Calder. Okay. There you go.So I was thinking, if I don't
just go for the wedding, uh, the.Ironically enough, the Brewers are
playing the twins that weekend.All right. In Minnesota.
So do I selfishly take the weekendto myself to explore Minnesota
and catch a Brewers game,and then belittle myself to a
little three hour reception ish.I don't know. What do I do?
(23:24):
How far of a drive are we talking?Uh. From Milwaukee to.
Actually, it's pronounced Milwaukee.Uh, it's in Minneapolis.
It's like five, 5.5 hours. Ooh.And you're driving. Yeah. Ooh!
Greggie no likey. Yeah.I don't do any five hour drives
that I don't have to do. I fly.Or just tell them to fuck off.
(23:48):
That being said, if the driving isnot a problem to you, I would go
and make it more of a, you know,me weekend and like, oh yeah, I did
your weird fucking reception thing.But I also went to the Brewers
game and.There's great beer in Minnesota,
right.So you could catch some great
breweries. Um, yeah.So that's kind of what I was
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thinking, like,just kind of make it like a weekend
getaway away instead of a wedding.Yeah, yeah, that's a weird.
That's tough. That's a weird one.Because there's great beer up there.
And of course, my wife has zerointerest to go because she
thought it was a strange concept.Sure, she's not wrong in that part.
To put it nicely. Yeah.Um, and then I don't think, you know,
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it's like a kid's invitation thing.So then the kids wouldn't go,
you know, some weddings are likethat or. Receptionist. Yeah.
I mean, my wedding was no kids justbecause we had a we had a limit on
how many people could be there.Yeah. So it's not uncommon.
Uh, so then it's just kind of like,you know, do I go myself?
I don't know, obviously,I have some family going.
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Right, right. You know, so.It's not like it's just me, but.
Huh? Yeah.When people go with you to the
game and breweries and that kind.Of talk to my older brother today
about going to the game, and he saidhe would cancel all of his plans
and go to the game. All right.You know, in that case,
I think I'd do it.So I think I might do it. Yeah.
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And you won't be in trouble withthe wife for doing it, right?
No, I don't think so.Maybe not more than usual. Right.
I feel like I just explain theidea behind it. Yeah. Okay.
Just like a weekend away.Don't get those right.
So chances to your family. Yeah.It's me. Yeah. Just work that in.
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It makes it sound better.That'd be about as believable as
you telling your wife that youwanted to go see your family.
It's like 1 or 2 people I mightwant to see. All right.
I guess that's how I feel, too. Yeah.Now, if my wife was like, hey,
I want to get away. From her family.If she were to go, hey,
I want to get away for the weekendto see my family. And you don't.
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In fact, I don't even want you tocome. I'd be like, okay. Okay. Yep.
That I knew. Yeah. Be my guest.For. Sure. I'll pay for it.
Just me and Marty getting drunk onthe couch, eating steaks all day.
Hell, yeah. Oh, it'd be great.Back in the day,
when the wife would leave, Marty andI would have steak and beer night.
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And I'd always make a little piece ofsteak that wasn't seasoned and give
them just a little splash of my IPA.Because he loves IPAs. No way.
Yeah. What a good, good dog.He's a good boy. You're a good dog.
He's the bestest boy.Uh, I forgot earlier.
So before we find out what you'redrinking over there, shout out to
our top listening city of the week.And that's Cupertino, California.
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Hey, Apple country. That's right.My favorite. What up Apple.
Hope people know that we're nottalking about like growing apples.
Right. Because that's Oregon.Who are we kidding. Not Washington.
Or Washington. One of those.One of those. Not California.
Washington's big Apple country.Yeah, it's the one of the above
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US states. Yeah. Washington or.Colder ones? Yeah, exactly.
So what does that work?It gets cold up there. Yeah.
It's crazy.I mean, even NorCal, like,
I gotta go to San Francisco thisweek, and it's gonna be chilis.
What's chilis. Like?Highs of, you know,
like high 50s. Oh, okay.That's true. Yeah. That's chilis.
It's not freezing, but it's chilis.And then I'll give it to you.
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In San Francisco.But at night,
it'll be in the 30s and 40s,like high 30s. That's cold. Yeah.
Uh, you know, I gotta I gottabring a pair of jeans with me,
that kind of thing. Oh, yeah.Yeah, yeah. I'd always, no matter.
What, Wisconsinites approval.Yeah. You know me.
I always prefer shorts in a in ahoodie. Cargo shorts and a hoodie.
I don't own cargo shorts anymore.I'm so proud of you.
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When I went to Vegas a few weeks ago,I was like, oh, I wonder if I still
have some so I can get a picturewith, like, cans hanging out of them.
They weren't there.And I think I had confirmed this
before,but I have now double confirmed.
You're officially grown up.I'm proud of you.
I guess I wasn't expecting to goto Vegas.
Now I gotta get some more for ournext Vegas trip. No you don't.
How am I gonna hold my tabs?You're a fanny pack or something?
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Yeah. They're in.Oh, you know what I have seen on
the gram a lot?Is those, uh,
WWE Championship belt fanny packs?Yeah, I got one for my brother.
That's right.I should get one of those for
Vegas champs.Walking around handing out
fucking beers.Charge people to take pictures with
you. Yeah. $5 and I'll whip my show.Or not? Grower or grower?
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Not sure that was an earlierconversation that I shouldn't
talk about the show.$5 and I'll give you a beer and
take a picture with the champ.You got to be naked and just have
the belt cooler over your dong.Oh, very Shawn Michaels. Very, very.
Playgirl Shawn Michaels.Not that I ever saw that.
Oh, you know, you know, everybodyknows. He's the best wrestler.
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Ever. Ever. Suck it, Ric Flair.Yeah, but, alas, not a wrestling
show. Not. But it is a beer show.In a world where craft beer is king.
A world where muscles are biggerthan growlers.
Only one tongue can guide us.One man, one tongue.
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One Tongue-jobber.In this world, we must find out
what is Flex drinking?Well, I had some circumstances
come up this afternoon. Evening?Oh, I was not able to go and get
some beer as I was lazy and, uh.So I am drinking a Capri Sun.
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Oh, I wish a little Pacific cooler.Oh, yeah. Daddy, take me back.
Craft juice box. Republic.That was like as a kid.
That was like the craft juice box.Debrecen. Yeah.
You get to a friend's house whenmy mom would never buy him.
But you get to a friend's houseand their mom bought Capri Suns.
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He was like, how you doing, mom?Yeah. And he just got even hotter.
Oh, yeah.Uh, so I'm drinking one of the last
beers that I have in my fridge,and it is courtesy of pilot Tom. Mhm.
Uh, from, uh, in the Russian RiverHall. He got me a couple weeks back.
Uh. It's temptation. Oh.Lonely old beer sitting in your
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in your fridge.At least it's a good one, right.
This little thing.It's a 7.5% wild ale. Sour.
Um, barrel aged sour and, uh,418 out of 34,000 check ins.
I'd say that's pretty solid,especially for a barely sour.
Yeah, because people are stupid,right?
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So it reads blonde ale,aged in used Chardonnay barrels
from local Sonoma County wineries.Cause you're classy.
It is aged for about, uh,9 to 15 months.
It says, depending on the age of thebarrel with lots of Brettanomyces,
Lactobacillus and.
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Other sour yeast? Yep.Added to each barrel.
Medium bodied with hints of oakand chardonnay.
Funky Brett characteristics witha nice long sour finish.
Well, let me tell you.Just impressed that I know how to
say Brettanomyces. Is hot. Right?I was hoping you'd like that
(31:28):
Lactobacillus.Did I say that one right too?
You did? Yeah. Yeah. Lactobacillus.The last one, I just there's too
many O's and CS and O's and CS,and then you add an s I.
It was too much for me.Um, I'm the old schnoz.
Here it is for sure. Okay.It's very woody, very oaky.
Touch of funk,but just a lot of wood.
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So now we're gonna warm up the oldTongue-jobber and get some wood in my
mouth. Oh, I had bone in my throat.And you've got one in your mouth.
That's a big show.Where's Deb when you need her?
Good night. Everybody.So this is wildly effervescent. Mm.
I love the chardonnay flavor thatit picks up from the barrels.
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Uh, the the aroma is overly woody.In my opinion, the palate does
not follow suit. Oh, good.It is like,
the perfect amount of oakiness.Um, you get a little bit of that
wine flavor, that Chardonnay,which I love.
Me some white wines I do over reds.And I know the finish on this is
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so dry, it is almost like you aredrinking wine. Mhm. It is wonderful.
Um, not overly sour.I wouldn't say long sour finish
on this.I would say it's like perfectly sour,
perfectly tart.Uh, very well crafted beer.
Nobody's surprised.Uh, because Russian River. Yeah.
Everything I've had.I forgot to tell you. I've had that.
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Uh mindcircus. Or, uh. Yeah.Wonderful, wonderful. Delicious beer.
Um, super, super solid.Um, everything that they usually have
to that I've had is very aromatic.Yes. Um, they do a. Really. Good job.
I don't know what it what theydo to do it, but.
And I have been screaming andcrying for years.
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I will take their sour programover their hoppy program.
All you fucking Pliny fucks canfuck right off.
Yeah,you've said that multiple times.
Um, I'm still gonna drink the IPAs.Um, sorry. They're still delicious.
But these sours, man,they're no joke.
No, they don't fuck around, you know?And this is, you know, 7.5%.
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It's flavorful and it's going toget you to where you want to go.
Yeah, exactly. I'll take it, man.Cheers. Love it. It's been forever.
I haven't had that one.It's been a million years.
But, uh, from what I remember,it was delicious.
So another shout out to pilot.Tom. Thanks. Pilot. Tom. Pilot.
Tom from ground control. Yeah.Stand up guy really is.
Also not a murderer. Yeah.Nicest guy I've ever met.
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Honest to goodness.I know, so is Non-Murderer John.
He's such a nice guy. If I if I.Was gonna turn on us. Right.
If I fell down on the ground andscraped my knee in front of
pilot Tom, he would rip skin offof his body just to give to me,
to put over my scrape.Like I'm telling you,
that is how fucking nice this guy is.It's actually a little creepy.
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Well, my. Take my skin. Feel better?That wasn't, you know,
like a quote from him that was just,you know, like a really weird
example on my part. I don't know.One of you is creepy. Guilty.
All right, we better do somenews before this gets worse.
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Uh, the 2025 Beer World Beer Cuphappened,
and there are winners and I am notgoing to fucking read them all.
But I figured I'd read the mostpopular categories by number of
entries.Okay, first of all,
there was over 8300 entries in total.208,200. You are correct. Good math.
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With 265 judges hailing fromover 37 countries, only 349
beers in total took home prizes,less than 5% of the total pool.
So here are the most popularcategories.
Did you imagine drinking 8300 beers?Yes I can. Good answer.
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Oh, what a glorious way to go.Before we go into this list,
do you think they have multiplepanels of judges? Do you.
Would have to assume.This goes on for weeks upon end
on the tastings.I would like to know more details
about this. I know someone.In fact, I know a couple people who
have done judging for Gabf. Okay.And what you do is, at least with
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Gabf, you mark down the categoriesthat you're willing to judge for,
that you're unwilling to judgefor and that you prefer. Okay.
And so, like this person thatI'm thinking of specifically,
she hates smoky beers, but is reallygood at picking out all the flavors.
So she will judge the smoky beersand the Roush beers. No kidding.
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She hates them,but she judges them according to
style and picks out like, everysingle thing and is so good at it.
But you know, then she'll have like,one other category or something.
Okay.So you'll have like 1 or 2 a day,
1 or 2 categories,and you get a little pause.
And she said, she goes, look,we can't drink them all because
if you aren't spitting,you're getting fucked up because,
you know, if you're doing likethe the hazy IPA category,
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they're serving you, you know,like 30 beers or whatever.
Yeah, that's what I was curious.Like, how many people have to be
on these panels? Yeah. A lot.So there's a lot of crossover between
panels and, you know, a few daysand that kind of thing. Um, yeah.
And lots of spitting involved aswell for, you know, those kind
of people. So, uh, I don't know.I imagine this is a similar bucket.
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Yeah, I imagine this is similarto Gabf in the way they do it.
Okay. So, uh, best juicy or.Well, best juicy.
Sounds like a rapper name,right? Yo, I'm best juicy.
Best juicy or hazy IPA?Uh, bronze. Riverside.
Any IPA from Haas Brewing Company inIndianapolis. Wow, look at that.
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Yeah. What's up Zach?Silver went to How to Make Friends
Hanakoa Brewing Company from Honoluluand gold went to one of my favorites.
Shifted visions from everywherebrewing in Orange County,
California. Such a good brewery.Best West Coast style IPA gold.
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Excuse me.Bronze went to terraform Wayward
Lane Brewing out of New York.Silver went to cosmic absorption
through whirlpools of disarray.That's the name of the beer from
Ghost Town Brewing in Oakland,California.
And gold went to Mosaic Takedown frompint House Brewing in Austin, Texas.
We did not make it to pint Housewhen we were out there.
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That's like the, uh, they do thatelectric jellyfish. Yeah. Yeah.
Best American Style IPA bronzewent to Breakside IPA,
Breakside Brewery and Taproom inMilwaukie, Oregon. Damn it.
I didn't know there was a Milwaukiein Oregon. I didn't either.
I also didn't recognize that breweryname, so the whole Milwaukie
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thing was kind of a shock.Uh, silver went to Party Crusher
from Beachwood Brewing in HuntingtonBeach, California, and gold went to
Super Slap from Brewery X in Anaheim,California. Oh, cool. Brewery X.
Yeah. Best German style pils.Uh, bronze planks. Midwest.
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Or you think I could pronouncethis one?
Planks from Midwest Brewing inVentura, California.
Well, you're talking to me.The Midwest king. That's true.
I get it. Uh, silver went to Jesus.Kanabec pilsner from Snake Lake
Brewing in Canada.And gold went to Haha Pils from
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Arbeiter Brewing in Minneapolis,Minnesota. Okay. Arbeter. Sure.
And then finally, best hoppy lagers.Bronze went to a crispy kiwi from
far afield Beer Co in Lawndale,California.
Silver went to Super Smash fromUnsung Brewing Company in Tustin,
California, and gold went to cold IPAbrew from Frem Brewing from Frem
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family brewers in hood River, Oregon,and Breakside Brewery from Milwaukie,
Oregon, took home the most medalsat the competition. Interesting.
I wonder if Erica knew aboutMilwaukie, Oregon.
You know, it's funny.I've heard of Breakside.
I didn't know of Milwaukie, Oregon,though. Be really fun to go there.
We should.It's like you're the fake Milwaukee
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bitch. I wasn't thinking that.Oh, sorry. More of a peaceful trip.
Yeah, like, hey, from Milwaukee,Wisconsin.
You're from Milwaukie, Oregon.And then just leave it at that.
What's up? What's up?Show people your ID.
Just be like, look,this is where I'm from. Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee. Sup? What's up?Aggressive. Go on to the next person.
Yeah. Hey, you from Milwaukee?I'm from Milwaukee. Sup?
Oh, not here though.You fucking loser.
Oh, I'm so aggressive.Yeah, you are very aggressive.
I'm angry. I haven't eaten yet.18 year old Evansville driver was
arrested after allegedly crashinginto a house while driving drunk.
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That's a big thing to crash into.Shouldn't be doing that. No.
A neighbor told police that a pickuptruck had struck a home and was
partially inside the residence.The police report states that the
responding officer saw the truck hadleft the roadway and crashed into
the southwest corner of the house.The truck's airbags had deployed.
The truck had heavy front end damage.No shit.
(41:06):
The walls of the house also sustainedheavy damage. No shit. No shit. Yeah.
The officer noted in the policereport that they could see into
the basement from the outside ofthe home.
The driver of the truck,18 year old Evansville man,
reportedly failed all sobrietyfield sobriety tests given by the
officer and registered a BAC of.Not that impressive.
(41:27):
I would say 0.16. Yeah.Close ish, 0.194. Yeah. Okay.
That's pretty close.To be so drunk to run into a house,
I feel like you gotta be atleast three times.
I'm just over here wondering why theyhad to specify the southwest corner
of the house. Very, very important.Like, I don't know why.
Imagine the officer assessing thesituation and before he even,
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you know,goes out to figure out who did this.
And, you know, if they're okay.And he's sitting there.
All right, I'm standing herethat's north. So that's all right.
So then he gets on his radio,he's like, ah, I just reported this
house. This truck crashed into the.Wait a second.
That's north the southwest corner.Yeah.
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They hit the southwest corner ofthe house.
What is what's the importance ofthat?
I just imagine him getting hiscompass out on his iPhone.
And just like my compass,the three times I've used it,
it's like, please calibrate byshaking your compass.
You gotta, like, move it aroundfirst. And he's like the North.
Shake it like this.Fuck you look gay.
Just southwest corner.According to the police report.
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The driver reportedly told police hewas driving about 40mph bullshit
northbound on North Avenue.He allegedly told police he was
arguing with his girlfriend onthe phone prior to the crash.
He said he was unsure of wherehe was going due to the lights.
You sound drunk and was unable toavoid crashing into the house.
Police say the man had pain inhis lip, lip and right knee.
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He was taken to a nearbyhospital for treatment.
The lone occupant of the home toldpolice this is my favorite part.
The whole reason I did this story.The lone occupant of the home told
police the crash woke him up,and that the driver came to the
bedroom window to apologize.Oh man, that is awesome.
Gets out of his car.Can you imagine going up to the
driver or the bedroom window?Sorry about your house.
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So polite, though. Is very polite.Decency isn't dead in America.
I guess not.And wherever this happened.
Said Evansville is at Indiana.Uh, sounds about right. Doesn't say.
So we'll say yes. Don't say yes.Because what if it's not?
Then it's bad. Totally. Indiana.Okay. We'll end it with this one.
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Rockmart substitute teacher founddrunk with drugs and weapon in class.
Oh, I hope it's like an elementary.No, I don't hope that. Yeah.
Cut that. Jesus Christ.Reports said that school resource
officer overheard a couple ofstudents tell the school principal
that their teacher was drinkingin class and falling asleep.
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Upon investigating the school's SRO,that must be school resource officer.
Wow,I can't believe I put it together.
Heard the substitute teacher,Jennifer Decker,
talking with slurred words,and she sounded like she had a thick
tongue. Never heard that before.It was also unstable on her feet.
Officers said that they then noticeda blue plastic bottle partially
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exposed in one of her bags.When asked about the bottle,
miss said.Decker paused for a moment and
said that it was vodka. Wow.Just right out with it. Just.
Here it is. Officer Barker asked.Miss, can we use her first name?
Asked Jennifer why she boughtthe brought the vodka to school.
She replied, I'm a drunk. Holy shit.Jennifer then told the officers
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that she drank over half abottle of vodka that day.
She then handed officers threeprescription bottles containing
venlafaxine 150mg,75mg and amoxicillin mixed with
trazodone hydrochloride.Amoxicillin is. An antibiotic.
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Antibiotic,and you mixed it with trazodone.
Isn't trazodone a tranquilizer?I would assume so.
Judging by the Prefix of the word,but I don't know.
Yeah, I think that's what whatyou give dogs, like, you know,
doggie downers is trazodone.I don't know, I don't have dogs.
I could be wrong.But anyways,
maybe it's trazodone. Whatever.None of which were in their
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original containers.Polk school police add the search
of Jennifer's purse resulted inthem finding a bad kitty weapon.
I don't know what that is.A bad kitty weapon.
That's what it says. Bad kitty.It makes me think. Pussy.
What's a pussy weapon?I don't know what's a bad kitty
weapon. Yeah, like a like a.Like a hello Kitty gun.
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Like a like a dildo.Yeah, I don't know.
Uh, a bad kitty weapon and aprescription bottle with hydro.
Hydro? Oh, Hydroxyzine the bad guy.Oh, here we go.
The bad kitty is a metal spikeweapon that is intended to be used
like brass knuckles. Interesting.When she arrived at the jail,
she bent over and fell forward,hitting the left side of her
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face on the concrete floor.She is charged with disrupting
public school, possession ofalcohol on school grounds,
possession of a controlled substance,carrying weapons on school grounds,
and public drunkenness.So it sounds like more like that
was the weapon was like for herown protection, I guess.
Well, you know how women carry maceand whatnot. Sure, sure, sure.
So that's what I'm thinking.Like, maybe it was like a
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personal protection item. Yeah.I mean, it is definitely the least
offending thing they found on her.Right. At a school.
And then do you think sheadmitted she was a drunk?
Because then they couldn't fireher and they would have to offer
her help?Oh, but wouldn't she then admit
you're an alcoholic, not a drunk.Maybe she got her words wrong.
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Well, she was drunk and on pills.Yes. That's, uh. Oof! Yeah.
What a what a what would be going onin your life that you think you would
need to do that? Well, she's a drunk.She's a drunk. Yeah, that's a lot.
Man. That's crazy. Yeah. Yeah.Good luck. kids. This generation.
I tell ya. That's true anyway.No good, no. Good, no good.
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Well, with that positive note for allthose people that have kids Flex,
let's end things here with somemusic. I'm gonna say hi to Vanessa.
Didn't we already?I don't know, did we? Yeah. Hi.
Vanessa, baby.Anyways,
@Flex_me_a_beer underscores inbetween @CraftBeerRepublic 805 538.
(47:52):
Beer 2337 mail @CraftBeerRepublic.I think that's everything.
I hope everyone's staying verywell hydrated. And on that note.
Good night everybody.
Yeah.If I can get to bed a little after
11, that would be great work.
Welcome in everybody.It's the craft beer republic.
Thanks for drinking.Thanks for joining.
(00:22):
I'm Greg and I'm being joined bythe dude in the pretty sweet
Brewers hat. And that's Flex.Thanks. Uh, thanks for noticing.
Uh, big, big Brewers fan over here.Are you now? Yeah.
And I get a new hat every year.I did not know that. Yes.
I am not a big Brewers fan,but I do think that's a pretty
sweet hat. Hey, I appreciate it.Maybe they have a Dodgers one, I'm
(00:44):
sure. Maybe check out Kohl's online.Maybe they got a Dodgers hat. Kohl's.
Fun fact one of the few places Ican find shoes this fucking big.
Well, that's uh that's becauseKohl's cares.
That's true I believe that isone of their slogans.
I think once upon a time. Yeah.Kohl's cares. Cares.
(01:05):
Rhyme or not rhymes.But good alliteration with
Kohl's cash as well.So it also makes people think
that they actually care.Even though we all know the truth.
Yes. Yeah. Big corporation.They don't care. No.
They're located in Wisconsin,like the headquarters. Oh, really?
Yeah. Oh, so they're all drunk?Oh, yeah. Oh, I had no idea.
(01:25):
Pretty sure they all go out forhappy hours and everything.
So I think it's company handbook.Must go out for happy hour.
Actually, I'm pretty sure it'sjust like a big fuck fest to,
I don't know. I never been there.It's just what I hear. Wow.
I feel like I'm working for thewrong company now.
Where's Kohl's been all my life?Hold on.
Scott used to work at Kohl's.I was gonna say, wait, wait, wait.
(01:45):
My sister in law used to work there.No, no. Now I know why he worked.
Never mind.She would always say they would go
for, like, happy hours and stuff.So, um, but it's, you know,
it's It's team building. Sure.Yeah. Team building an orgy. Yeah.
And I'm pretty sure it's on thecompany's dime,
so that's pretty sick, too.I'm in for that. Uh, what was I.
(02:08):
Oh, socials. If you're. Oh, yeah.You're just welcoming people in.
Yeah. Welcome to the orgy.Uh @CraftBeerRepublic.
@Flex_me_a_beer underscores inbetween all that good stuff.
Uh, lots to get to today.I have a beer that was handed to
me by a friend.Can't wait to tell you about it.
Very tight. Yeah.Did some, uh,
some pizza making over the weekend.Yeah, that sounds interesting.
(02:30):
I made no pizzas.I made spoiler alert, 42 pizzas.
That's way to eight pizzas.A lot of pizzas.
We'll get to that in a second.And some booze news.
Uh, if you don't mind,I'm gonna lubricate my liver and
tell you about this beer.As a matter of fact,
I don't mind. Oh, fantastic.I appreciate the approval.
(02:51):
I have my beer. I Love My Beer.I Love My Beer.
So the other day, Non-MurdererJohn hit me up and said, hey, I'm
gonna be driving through your area.Can I meet you somewhere to give
you some beers? And how much?How good did it feel trusting him,
(03:11):
knowing that he's not gonnamurder you? Right.
I was like, hey. Yes, beers.I would be murdered for beers.
Do you want to meet in a superdark place? Because I trust you.
There's an alley I know that noone can see from the road.
Do you want to meet there for beerswaps and be. The streak lives on.
I'm still here. This is great.This is a great friend. Yeah.
(03:35):
So he continues the not murderertitle and continues to bring me
delicious beers. And we call him.Still not murdering John? Oh, yeah.
I mean, it's getting a little wordy.Yeah. But, uh.
But, yeah,I think that's fairly accurate.
I'm trying to think of somethingfunny, I got nothing.
All right, So he brought me.And to be fair,
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I did exchange some beverages.I was like, oh, I got some beers
from our various travels recently.I gave him a couple Austin beers,
a couple San Francisco beers.I hope he enjoyed those.
Uh, but he gave me Root + Branch,which I believe is out of New York.
It's called.And I didn't even catch the name
of this until literally as I waspouring it before the show started,
I laughed out loud and told Flex Iwould surprise him on the show with
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the name that is. I'm ready for it.Bone in throat. Don't mind if I do.
Oh man. Non-Murderer John that Kiki.Son of a bitch.
Yeah,I think he's sending you signals now.
(04:38):
As long as he doesn't murder me.Uh, this is a double hazy IPA.
Bones and throats all day.Just don't murder me, John.
Bones and throats? Yes.Knives and stomachs. No. Yeah.
There you go.8% 40 IBUs has IBUs,
has a 4.41 out of over 3700 ratings.Holy smokes. Yeah.
(05:03):
They say multi Oat Wheat double IPA,brewed and dry hopped with a
blend of American hops,which they tell me the hops.
Here we go on the schnoz.Oh they don't. I man, that's so.
Weird. Right? Yeah.I wonder if I could dig it up
somewhere. It's real muted smell.It gets a little dankness.
And that's really what's comingthrough the most is the dankness from
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this. That's what's warm things up.
I feel like you made so manypeople angry. It is warm and cozy.
Has having trouble putting myfinger on the fruit?
There's definitely a little bitof citrus in there. Not a ton.
(05:46):
Uh, there's definitely that danky.It finishes real kind of almost.
We'd like on the tongue.Kind of sticky. Icky.
Interesting. Yeah.Uh, it's it's a thick boy, as you can
see. Very thick. Yeah. Very thick.A very thick bone in the throat.
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I'm trying to look up there.Hops to see if I can get some
idea of what these fruitinessflavors should be.
Somebody saying mango and peachnotes. I'm. I'm not getting that.
Oh, somebody else is sayinggrapefruit and lemon.
I'll get on board with grapefruit.This is definitely some
grapefruity type citrusy notes,but overall the donkey tongue coating
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is what leaves you at the end.Yeah. See with with hazy is.
That's like my least favorite thing.It is a little thick.
I'll give you that.Now,
one thing I tend to not like aboutEast Coast beers is they're just,
I don't know. They're too malty.A lot of times, even hazy.
They do get very malty.I will attest that.
I will say this is not overlymalted and I do appreciate that,
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but it is dank. It is thick.I'm having, I think, grapefruit.
I'm gonna get back in.Grapefruit is definitely the right
fruit that I'm picking up here.That makes sense now.
Grapefruits in the throat.Yeah, along with the bone.
So, uh. Yeah. So nice, I like it.It it does. You know how.
Oh, it doesn't drink, like,a 2%. Very dangerous.
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This drinks like it's 8% likeyou get that warmth.
Like there is no sneaky alcoholin this one.
Yeah, I feel like that rarelyhappens nowadays when you
actually do catch it. Yeah. So.But it's funny you brought the
thing up about, uh, the maltinessfrom New York breweries.
I feel like I've noticed that aswell. Yeah.
And I also get this smell.And this isn't just in New York.
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This feels like an East Coastthing to me.
Whenever I stick my schnoz in there,there's a smell in there that I
don't get from West Coast beers.I don't know what it is.
I don't know if it's yeasty orwater or what, but there's just and
I don't know how to describe it,so I shouldn't even say anything.
It's just like a distinctness.Yeah, just a distinct smell that
I smell in, like,almost every East Coast IPA.
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And when I say East Coast IPA,I don't mean like hazy, just any
IPA that comes from the East Coastversus anything that comes from the
West Coast. Maybe it is the water.California's got good water, right?
Uh, no. No, I mean certain. Yeah.Like if you're in mammoth,
like snowy areas.Oh, drinking mammoth tap water
is better than anything you canbuy from the store.
I could have sworn like the besttap water in the US came from a
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city in California.Well, I can tell you the worst.
Tap water is in San Diego.And that's why West Coast IPAs
were born.Because they needed all those hops
to cover up the shitty water.Is that is that accurate?
That's a real thing. Yeah. Wow. Yeah.So, West Coast IPAs, thanks to
San Diego's shit water. Gross.Mhm. Quit crapping in the water.
(08:35):
Yeah. Oops.Anyway, but thanks to Non-Murderer
John for a Non-Murderer John.But B, uh,
get me a good bone in the throat.What a stud. Yeah, what a good man.
So he always comes through.Yeah, yeah, it was good seeing him.
We didn't have time to really,like, catch up and have a beer.
We just talked for a minute,and he had to be on his way and.
And. Yeah. Good times.Keeping tabs on you? Yeah.
(08:58):
Just want to know where I am in casehe decides to become a murderer.
John. Makes sense.Oh, you never know when you're going
to make the the turn. You know.We'll get there eventually.
You know, maybe he's gonna wake uptomorrow and say, you know what?
I kind of like the ring ofmurderer John. Yeah.
He's like, hey,that last episode. Not so great.
Yeah. Time to switch things up.I don't like what he said about
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the maltiness of that beer.What funk on the nose.
I don't smell anything.Stab, stab, stab.
You could put it on his headstone.Here lies a malt hater.
Stabbed by murderer John.I alluded to this.
East coast for life.Yeah, I alluded to this before the
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show or as we were starting the show,made 42 pizzas that weekend.
Said that on the show.That's a lot of pizzas. Yeah.
Uh, Nicole Coley, her mom,just turned 75. Happy birthday.
Coley's mom. It's a big year.Happy birthday.
So, Nick got a pizza oven,and they decided they would do,
like, a pizza party,and everybody got to whoever came.
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Got to make their, like,design their own, like a la Chipotle.
You know,you select your ingredients.
Did they do it or did you do theingredient part?
I did so they had a little pieceof paper they could check off of
the available ingredients,what they wanted.
And then Nick and I were slingingpizzas. Okay. And so it's so funny.
You know, I in my high schooland slightly into college years,
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I worked at McDonald's.And so I showed Nick asked me,
he said, hey, do you mind helping me?He whenever he gets too drunk to,
like, finish the barbecue, whatever.I'm the one he always asks, you know,
I can he knows I can cook and I can.Handle, you know,
how to do stuff. Right?So he asked me beforehand like,
hey, can you help me out?I said, sure. So I show up.
He goes, how do you want to do this?I said, I'm going to assemble.
You are going to bake and cut.He's like, all right, done.
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So that's what we did.He'd hand me the tickets,
I'd assemble the pizza.I'd get it to him, he'd cook it,
pull it out, cut it, serve it.All that good stuff and it and
that part of it worked,you know? Not too bad.
Uh, of course we were drinking thewhole time. So, as you should.
Be, mistakes were made.Things happened.
The very first pizza.Uh, we didn't have enough flour on
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the little spatula pizza spatulathingy, and it just stuck like crazy.
Oh, man.That thing turned into a fucking
pizza donut. It was comical.It was funny.
Somebody didn't put sauce.They didn't mark sauce on their
pizza, so they didn't get sauce.And they came back and were like,
hey, where's my sauce?Like, you didn't, here's your ticket.
You didn't mark sauce.I thought pizza just came with sauce.
(11:33):
Like we had sauce options.So you had to mark which one you
wanted or both. Boy.And then I went, hey, was it free?
Oh that's right. Shut the fuck up.Did you really say that?
I didn't say, actually.Nick took care of it for me.
It was one of their, like, family,friends. And I was like, what?
And she goes, there's no sauce onhere. I was like, you didn't mark it?
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I held it the ticket.And she goes, well,
I just thought it came with it.I was like, you mean you're free
pizza you're complaining about?And Nick goes, And Nick's,
Nick's are giving her even moreshit and was like. No. Way.
We're just following the card.I have people here that are
allergic to tomatoes.So to me, no sauce is not a big
surprise. Right?And she's like, well,
who wouldn't want sauce?And he's like people that are
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allergic to tomatoes don't wantsauce.
The rest of the day,this person walked around like,
hey, make sure you mark down sauceon your cards. Don't be a prick.
Oh, I was, I was so annoyed.I was like, next time I'll fucking
take a shit on your pizza.Hell yeah, you should have.
I wish you would have ordered anotherone because I would have fucked
(12:35):
with it and given her no special.Yeah. You get this white sauce.
I didn't know that was an option.Yeah.
You want a chocolate covered candybar or whatever on your pizza?
Anyways, so that was annoying,but the rest was fun.
I enjoyed, like, we made 42 pizzas.I know this because they rolled
all the dough out the nightbefore and counted it.
And uh,the rest of it was actually fun.
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Nick got a little hydratedtowards the end,
so I just took over everything.It was like making them,
throwing them in and then throwingthem on the cutting board.
And hey, I'd hit him like, hey,hey, cut the pizza. Oh. All right.
Jeez, Louise. Yeah, it's good times.So. But it was fun.
It was fun making pizzas.It reminded me of my McDonald's
days of just.There's something satisfying
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about having to focus on onetask for hours at a time.
And you can't think about, like, realworld problems because you're busy.
Especially when you're like,it's like a fast paced kind of thing.
Like you're like, all right,like, we got this.
We got to get this together,get this person or pizza like bing,
bang, boom. Right, exactly.And the tickets were piling up
because he forgot to preheat theoven.
So we we started off a little behind.Yeah I know. Not even drunk.
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Is surprising at. All.No, no, no. It shouldn't be.
Yeah. No, none of it is.But I was like, uh,
we're a little behind now.You didn't preheat the oven.
So we got behind.So it was, you know, it was a
mad dash for like 3 or 4 hoursstraight of just no reprieve.
And then I think I ended up makingpizzas for six hours that day.
That's awesome. Yeah, it was fun.Feels like a weird word to say,
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but I do enjoy cooking for people.So in that case, it was.
In that sense, it was fun.And like I said, it's nice to
think about something else. Right.And then something like that,
you know, like anything, you alwaystry to be the best you could be,
you know, and be the best.So you're just trying to. Yeah.
Like, imagine people walkingaround this whole party like, man,
these pizzas are fucking banging.And you're like, yeah,
that's me. Those are my pizzas.That's why they're banging. Yeah.
(14:29):
Who's got two thumbs and makesbanging pizzas. This guy. Greg.
So I did get a lot of nicefeedback besides the biatch who
forgot to mark sauce on her.You could make up like your own,
uh, taco or uh, pizza truck.And it could just be like,
called, like jonesin for, uh.There you go. Right.
Little little pie. Jones I like it.Yeah, I actually no joke.
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I looked into the next morning,I looked into the legalities of,
like, what it would take to do,like, pop ups.
Not so much with a truck, but, like,you know, bring a couple ovens out,
pop up tent and that kind of stuff.Yeah, we've had somebody do that
at the butcher shop once.I don't know if they do a food
truck or if it's like a restaurant,but they did a pop up at the in
the parking lot of the shop andthey made they had to go back
and get more pizza boxes.So they were selling so many pizzas.
(15:17):
It was pretty insane. Yeah.Knotty pine does that whenever
it's trivia night.She has this this group come in
and do pizzas, like pop up pizzas.And I was like, oh,
I wonder what are the legalities?And like, what permits do I need
and what are the startup like?You know,
equipment wise startup costs.They're kind of low like under 2000.
And then, you know, you would needsome permits under a thousand.
(15:40):
But the hardest thing is youneed to partner with a
commercial kitchen to like,store your food and prep your food.
You can't just store and prep it athome if you're doing it legally.
Got it.And I was like,
oh that's expensive. Yeah.Because then you need your own
facility or you need, like you said,partner with somebody. Right.
And I found some in the area andit's like 500 bucks a month just
to rent out the space. Oh, wow.The fridge space and the prep space.
(16:03):
And are not a weekend gig I canafford. Yikes.
Anyways, maybe one of these days.Back to DoorDash. Yeah.
Yeah, exactly.Uber Eats call your Uber eats.
Anyways, what about you?Any, uh, any research?
Do anything fun over there?So my car is broken right now.
Oh, fun. Um, so I'm driving.Uh, I have really,
(16:25):
really nice in-laws. Laws.Uh, so my father in law is letting
me cruise around in his Escalade.Oh. Bling bling. Yes. So, do.
You feel like a 90s rapper?Um, I actually just feel like an
old man. Oh.It's like, you know, when you see,
like, school bus drivers and they'rejust like that disgruntled old man.
That's how I feel. That.Minus the disgruntled.
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Because it's not a bus filledwith annoying kids.
It's like a luxurious automobile,but it's humongous.
And the fact that it's referred to asan SUV completely blows my mind.
It's a land yacht. It is. It is not.Yes it is. Uh, it's a boat, for sure.
Um, so I'm trying not to, like,drive and, you know, drink somewhere
(17:11):
and get behind the wheel. Sure.Um, but I did get out golfing today.
Oh. First time of the year.Like real golfing or like.
Real golfing on the links.Uh, brought a few selsey's.
Um, it was like a 3.5 hour day,So, uh, definitely didn't feel a
goddamn thing afterwards and,uh, felt really, you know, safe,
(17:31):
obviously driving the car.Sure, but had my best round I've
ever shot in the last, you know,last summer, picking up golf.
So that was very wonderful. Congrats.And, uh, last week, last week,
two weeks ago, whenever the beginningof May was, uh, the wife and I
celebrated our 12th anniversary.Oh, congrats. Thank you.
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So we went out, got a nice Italiandinner, brought the kiddos with
because our kids are awesome and theyare very obedient and disciplined,
and they follow rules andthey're very well behaved.
And we thought they would enjoya nice Italian dinner.
And, uh,we even took them the Pfister
Hotel in downtown Milwaukee's.That's where, like all the baseball
(18:17):
teams and basketball teams staywhen they come into town,
except Mookie Betts, because he'safraid of ghosts. Oh. That's right.
But, uh, on the 23rd floor of thehotel, they have a cocktail lounge.
Oh, cool.And, uh, we took the kids there to,
uh. So I don't know.Let him in, huh? Oh, yeah.
Till they opened at 5:00 andkids were allowed until 8 p.m..
(18:40):
Oh, that's kind of cool. Yeah.So we went up there.
My wife had a mocktail, as she does,and I had a bourbon sour and,
uh, amber ale after that.And super wonderful night. Nice.
The kids felt like models andsuperstars and, uh, did a little
photo shoot because they had allthese windows overlooking Lake
(19:00):
Michigan and downtown Milwaukee,so. Oh, cool. Really cool.
That's fun. Yeah.So that, uh, that's about the
extent of my research.I know we're so old, we're like,
yeah, we had about, uh, 17 selsey's,uh, cocktail or two and one beer.
Yeah, but, you know,you can't always be out partying.
(19:21):
It's true. Gotta grow up sometime.Something like. That. Question mark.
To be continued. Yeah. TBD.All that stuff. You best believe.
Have I told you that I have to go toFlorida at the end of the month?
Uh, graduation? Yeah.Some nephew or something. Bullshit.
(19:41):
Graduation. Which is crazy.Flying all the way across the
country for graduation.I'm just throwing it out there.
I cannot understate or underscoreenough how much I agree with you.
I am so not on board.I have a debacle myself that I would
like to throw out your way. Oh, okay.I wanna say one thing about Florida.
(20:02):
I'm gonna be trash the whole time.I'm gonna drink so much beer.
That's all I was gonna say.Please debacle me.
Don't forget your grenades.Cause I hear.
Oh, gators and grenades.You don't even have to check
them on the plane.Do I need to make a shirt for this?
You just say you're going to Florida,and there they just ask for your
grenades, right?It's like going through customs,
right? Grenade grenades, please.Um, so my cousin up in Minneapolis
(20:27):
is getting married. Okay.And this was this was alerted,
like, I don't know, three,four months ago said, oh, come up
to Minneapolis for my wedding.Okay, that sounds great.
Um, turns out that the groom hasstage fright.
Uh, so he doesn't want anybodyat the ceremony.
(20:47):
So they're going to have a veryquaint, uh,
immediate family ceremony because hedoesn't want people looking at him.
And is. He agoraphobic?Like, is this a medical thing or.
Uh, I don't think so.Like, I've hung out with this
guy before and had a couplebeers with him, and he's, like,
fun and super down to earth.Likes drinking beer. Um, working out.
(21:09):
Like, he's like a normal dude. Okay.So I thought that was kind of
bizarre.And then, uh, they're not even
having, like, a real reception there.Uh, I know, it's it's really weird.
It's like a public market indowntown Minneapolis. Okay.
Everybody's getting, like,a food card,
and they get to pick a restaurantin the market to get a meal at.
(21:32):
Weird. And this reception. Is, uh.It's only like, 3 or 4 hours long.
It's like 5 to 9,and you gotta be out by nine.
So you're not going for the wedding.You're going for the sort of
reception.Well, so now my question is,
do I drive five hours to go tothis for four hours?
(21:56):
You said this is a cousin. Yeah.How close of a cousin.
Really cool cousin.Because, like, I have cousins
that are like siblings.We grew up together,
and I have cousins who, like,I've never even met before.
I mean, so I grew up together,like, definitely hung out.
I would spend nights at, uh,like during the summer.
And she took me to my first concert.I went to saw Bob Dylan with her,
(22:18):
and. I'm sorry to hear that.Uh, I love Dylan.
I do not like Dylan.Oh, I can't stand him. Oh.
He's crazy. Um, dude.Took me to my first hockey game.
You know,she worked for the admirals.
You know. The ads. Dan's favorite.Hopefully now they're playing for
the Calder Cup as this has beenrecorded, I don't know. Um, Dan.
(22:39):
I don't know what that means, but.Okay. It's like the AA championship.
It's not the Stanley Cup is theCalder Cup. Calder? Sure. Okay.
I've never heard of it.I don't know if it's a see you.
See you. Calder Cup, they call it.I don't know, I'm.
Trying to look it. Up. Um, but.Yeah. So, um. Oh, Calder. Calder?
(22:59):
Calder. Okay. There you go.So I was thinking, if I don't
just go for the wedding, uh, the.Ironically enough, the Brewers are
playing the twins that weekend.All right. In Minnesota.
So do I selfishly take the weekendto myself to explore Minnesota
and catch a Brewers game,and then belittle myself to a
little three hour reception ish.I don't know. What do I do?
(23:24):
How far of a drive are we talking?Uh. From Milwaukee to.
Actually, it's pronounced Milwaukee.Uh, it's in Minneapolis.
It's like five, 5.5 hours. Ooh.And you're driving. Yeah. Ooh!
Greggie no likey. Yeah.I don't do any five hour drives
that I don't have to do. I fly.Or just tell them to fuck off.
(23:48):
That being said, if the driving isnot a problem to you, I would go
and make it more of a, you know,me weekend and like, oh yeah, I did
your weird fucking reception thing.But I also went to the Brewers
game and.There's great beer in Minnesota,
right.So you could catch some great
breweries. Um, yeah.So that's kind of what I was
(24:09):
thinking, like,just kind of make it like a weekend
getaway away instead of a wedding.Yeah, yeah, that's a weird.
That's tough. That's a weird one.Because there's great beer up there.
And of course, my wife has zerointerest to go because she
thought it was a strange concept.Sure, she's not wrong in that part.
To put it nicely. Yeah.Um, and then I don't think, you know,
(24:31):
it's like a kid's invitation thing.So then the kids wouldn't go,
you know, some weddings are likethat or. Receptionist. Yeah.
I mean, my wedding was no kids justbecause we had a we had a limit on
how many people could be there.Yeah. So it's not uncommon.
Uh, so then it's just kind of like,you know, do I go myself?
I don't know, obviously,I have some family going.
(24:53):
Right, right. You know, so.It's not like it's just me, but.
Huh? Yeah.When people go with you to the
game and breweries and that kind.Of talk to my older brother today
about going to the game, and he saidhe would cancel all of his plans
and go to the game. All right.You know, in that case,
I think I'd do it.So I think I might do it. Yeah.
(25:15):
And you won't be in trouble withthe wife for doing it, right?
No, I don't think so.Maybe not more than usual. Right.
I feel like I just explain theidea behind it. Yeah. Okay.
Just like a weekend away.Don't get those right.
So chances to your family. Yeah.It's me. Yeah. Just work that in.
(25:37):
It makes it sound better.That'd be about as believable as
you telling your wife that youwanted to go see your family.
It's like 1 or 2 people I mightwant to see. All right.
I guess that's how I feel, too. Yeah.Now, if my wife was like, hey,
I want to get away. From her family.If she were to go, hey,
I want to get away for the weekendto see my family. And you don't.
(25:57):
In fact, I don't even want you tocome. I'd be like, okay. Okay. Yep.
That I knew. Yeah. Be my guest.For. Sure. I'll pay for it.
Just me and Marty getting drunk onthe couch, eating steaks all day.
Hell, yeah. Oh, it'd be great.Back in the day,
when the wife would leave, Marty andI would have steak and beer night.
(26:19):
And I'd always make a little piece ofsteak that wasn't seasoned and give
them just a little splash of my IPA.Because he loves IPAs. No way.
Yeah. What a good, good dog.He's a good boy. You're a good dog.
He's the bestest boy.Uh, I forgot earlier.
So before we find out what you'redrinking over there, shout out to
our top listening city of the week.And that's Cupertino, California.
(26:41):
Hey, Apple country. That's right.My favorite. What up Apple.
Hope people know that we're nottalking about like growing apples.
Right. Because that's Oregon.Who are we kidding. Not Washington.
Or Washington. One of those.One of those. Not California.
Washington's big Apple country.Yeah, it's the one of the above
(27:03):
US states. Yeah. Washington or.Colder ones? Yeah, exactly.
So what does that work?It gets cold up there. Yeah.
It's crazy.I mean, even NorCal, like,
I gotta go to San Francisco thisweek, and it's gonna be chilis.
What's chilis. Like?Highs of, you know,
like high 50s. Oh, okay.That's true. Yeah. That's chilis.
It's not freezing, but it's chilis.And then I'll give it to you.
(27:25):
In San Francisco.But at night,
it'll be in the 30s and 40s,like high 30s. That's cold. Yeah.
Uh, you know, I gotta I gottabring a pair of jeans with me,
that kind of thing. Oh, yeah.Yeah, yeah. I'd always, no matter.
What, Wisconsinites approval.Yeah. You know me.
I always prefer shorts in a in ahoodie. Cargo shorts and a hoodie.
I don't own cargo shorts anymore.I'm so proud of you.
(27:49):
When I went to Vegas a few weeks ago,I was like, oh, I wonder if I still
have some so I can get a picturewith, like, cans hanging out of them.
They weren't there.And I think I had confirmed this
before,but I have now double confirmed.
You're officially grown up.I'm proud of you.
I guess I wasn't expecting to goto Vegas.
Now I gotta get some more for ournext Vegas trip. No you don't.
How am I gonna hold my tabs?You're a fanny pack or something?
(28:10):
Yeah. They're in.Oh, you know what I have seen on
the gram a lot?Is those, uh,
WWE Championship belt fanny packs?Yeah, I got one for my brother.
That's right.I should get one of those for
Vegas champs.Walking around handing out
fucking beers.Charge people to take pictures with
you. Yeah. $5 and I'll whip my show.Or not? Grower or grower?
(28:30):
Not sure that was an earlierconversation that I shouldn't
talk about the show.$5 and I'll give you a beer and
take a picture with the champ.You got to be naked and just have
the belt cooler over your dong.Oh, very Shawn Michaels. Very, very.
Playgirl Shawn Michaels.Not that I ever saw that.
Oh, you know, you know, everybodyknows. He's the best wrestler.
(28:56):
Ever. Ever. Suck it, Ric Flair.Yeah, but, alas, not a wrestling
show. Not. But it is a beer show.In a world where craft beer is king.
A world where muscles are biggerthan growlers.
Only one tongue can guide us.One man, one tongue.
(29:16):
One Tongue-jobber.In this world, we must find out
what is Flex drinking?Well, I had some circumstances
come up this afternoon. Evening?Oh, I was not able to go and get
some beer as I was lazy and, uh.So I am drinking a Capri Sun.
(29:37):
Oh, I wish a little Pacific cooler.Oh, yeah. Daddy, take me back.
Craft juice box. Republic.That was like as a kid.
That was like the craft juice box.Debrecen. Yeah.
You get to a friend's house whenmy mom would never buy him.
But you get to a friend's houseand their mom bought Capri Suns.
(30:01):
He was like, how you doing, mom?Yeah. And he just got even hotter.
Oh, yeah.Uh, so I'm drinking one of the last
beers that I have in my fridge,and it is courtesy of pilot Tom. Mhm.
Uh, from, uh, in the Russian RiverHall. He got me a couple weeks back.
Uh. It's temptation. Oh.Lonely old beer sitting in your
(30:22):
in your fridge.At least it's a good one, right.
This little thing.It's a 7.5% wild ale. Sour.
Um, barrel aged sour and, uh,418 out of 34,000 check ins.
I'd say that's pretty solid,especially for a barely sour.
Yeah, because people are stupid,right?
(30:43):
So it reads blonde ale,aged in used Chardonnay barrels
from local Sonoma County wineries.Cause you're classy.
It is aged for about, uh,9 to 15 months.
It says, depending on the age of thebarrel with lots of Brettanomyces,
Lactobacillus and.
(31:07):
Other sour yeast? Yep.Added to each barrel.
Medium bodied with hints of oakand chardonnay.
Funky Brett characteristics witha nice long sour finish.
Well, let me tell you.Just impressed that I know how to
say Brettanomyces. Is hot. Right?I was hoping you'd like that
(31:28):
Lactobacillus.Did I say that one right too?
You did? Yeah. Yeah. Lactobacillus.The last one, I just there's too
many O's and CS and O's and CS,and then you add an s I.
It was too much for me.Um, I'm the old schnoz.
Here it is for sure. Okay.It's very woody, very oaky.
Touch of funk,but just a lot of wood.
(31:48):
So now we're gonna warm up the oldTongue-jobber and get some wood in my
mouth. Oh, I had bone in my throat.And you've got one in your mouth.
That's a big show.Where's Deb when you need her?
Good night. Everybody.So this is wildly effervescent. Mm.
I love the chardonnay flavor thatit picks up from the barrels.
(32:11):
Uh, the the aroma is overly woody.In my opinion, the palate does
not follow suit. Oh, good.It is like,
the perfect amount of oakiness.Um, you get a little bit of that
wine flavor, that Chardonnay,which I love.
Me some white wines I do over reds.And I know the finish on this is
(32:33):
so dry, it is almost like you aredrinking wine. Mhm. It is wonderful.
Um, not overly sour.I wouldn't say long sour finish
on this.I would say it's like perfectly sour,
perfectly tart.Uh, very well crafted beer.
Nobody's surprised.Uh, because Russian River. Yeah.
Everything I've had.I forgot to tell you. I've had that.
(32:55):
Uh mindcircus. Or, uh. Yeah.Wonderful, wonderful. Delicious beer.
Um, super, super solid.Um, everything that they usually have
to that I've had is very aromatic.Yes. Um, they do a. Really. Good job.
I don't know what it what theydo to do it, but.
And I have been screaming andcrying for years.
(33:18):
I will take their sour programover their hoppy program.
All you fucking Pliny fucks canfuck right off.
Yeah,you've said that multiple times.
Um, I'm still gonna drink the IPAs.Um, sorry. They're still delicious.
But these sours, man,they're no joke.
No, they don't fuck around, you know?And this is, you know, 7.5%.
(33:39):
It's flavorful and it's going toget you to where you want to go.
Yeah, exactly. I'll take it, man.Cheers. Love it. It's been forever.
I haven't had that one.It's been a million years.
But, uh, from what I remember,it was delicious.
So another shout out to pilot.Tom. Thanks. Pilot. Tom. Pilot.
Tom from ground control. Yeah.Stand up guy really is.
Also not a murderer. Yeah.Nicest guy I've ever met.
(34:01):
Honest to goodness.I know, so is Non-Murderer John.
He's such a nice guy. If I if I.Was gonna turn on us. Right.
If I fell down on the ground andscraped my knee in front of
pilot Tom, he would rip skin offof his body just to give to me,
to put over my scrape.Like I'm telling you,
that is how fucking nice this guy is.It's actually a little creepy.
(34:23):
Well, my. Take my skin. Feel better?That wasn't, you know,
like a quote from him that was just,you know, like a really weird
example on my part. I don't know.One of you is creepy. Guilty.
All right, we better do somenews before this gets worse.
(34:44):
Uh, the 2025 Beer World Beer Cuphappened,
and there are winners and I am notgoing to fucking read them all.
But I figured I'd read the mostpopular categories by number of
entries.Okay, first of all,
there was over 8300 entries in total.208,200. You are correct. Good math.
(35:07):
With 265 judges hailing fromover 37 countries, only 349
beers in total took home prizes,less than 5% of the total pool.
So here are the most popularcategories.
Did you imagine drinking 8300 beers?Yes I can. Good answer.
(35:30):
Oh, what a glorious way to go.Before we go into this list,
do you think they have multiplepanels of judges? Do you.
Would have to assume.This goes on for weeks upon end
on the tastings.I would like to know more details
about this. I know someone.In fact, I know a couple people who
have done judging for Gabf. Okay.And what you do is, at least with
(35:55):
Gabf, you mark down the categoriesthat you're willing to judge for,
that you're unwilling to judgefor and that you prefer. Okay.
And so, like this person thatI'm thinking of specifically,
she hates smoky beers, but is reallygood at picking out all the flavors.
So she will judge the smoky beersand the Roush beers. No kidding.
(36:20):
She hates them,but she judges them according to
style and picks out like, everysingle thing and is so good at it.
But you know, then she'll have like,one other category or something.
Okay.So you'll have like 1 or 2 a day,
1 or 2 categories,and you get a little pause.
And she said, she goes, look,we can't drink them all because
if you aren't spitting,you're getting fucked up because,
you know, if you're doing likethe the hazy IPA category,
(36:43):
they're serving you, you know,like 30 beers or whatever.
Yeah, that's what I was curious.Like, how many people have to be
on these panels? Yeah. A lot.So there's a lot of crossover between
panels and, you know, a few daysand that kind of thing. Um, yeah.
And lots of spitting involved aswell for, you know, those kind
of people. So, uh, I don't know.I imagine this is a similar bucket.
(37:05):
Yeah, I imagine this is similarto Gabf in the way they do it.
Okay. So, uh, best juicy or.Well, best juicy.
Sounds like a rapper name,right? Yo, I'm best juicy.
Best juicy or hazy IPA?Uh, bronze. Riverside.
Any IPA from Haas Brewing Company inIndianapolis. Wow, look at that.
(37:30):
Yeah. What's up Zach?Silver went to How to Make Friends
Hanakoa Brewing Company from Honoluluand gold went to one of my favorites.
Shifted visions from everywherebrewing in Orange County,
California. Such a good brewery.Best West Coast style IPA gold.
(37:51):
Excuse me.Bronze went to terraform Wayward
Lane Brewing out of New York.Silver went to cosmic absorption
through whirlpools of disarray.That's the name of the beer from
Ghost Town Brewing in Oakland,California.
And gold went to Mosaic Takedown frompint House Brewing in Austin, Texas.
We did not make it to pint Housewhen we were out there.
(38:14):
That's like the, uh, they do thatelectric jellyfish. Yeah. Yeah.
Best American Style IPA bronzewent to Breakside IPA,
Breakside Brewery and Taproom inMilwaukie, Oregon. Damn it.
I didn't know there was a Milwaukiein Oregon. I didn't either.
I also didn't recognize that breweryname, so the whole Milwaukie
(38:36):
thing was kind of a shock.Uh, silver went to Party Crusher
from Beachwood Brewing in HuntingtonBeach, California, and gold went to
Super Slap from Brewery X in Anaheim,California. Oh, cool. Brewery X.
Yeah. Best German style pils.Uh, bronze planks. Midwest.
(38:56):
Or you think I could pronouncethis one?
Planks from Midwest Brewing inVentura, California.
Well, you're talking to me.The Midwest king. That's true.
I get it. Uh, silver went to Jesus.Kanabec pilsner from Snake Lake
Brewing in Canada.And gold went to Haha Pils from
(39:17):
Arbeiter Brewing in Minneapolis,Minnesota. Okay. Arbeter. Sure.
And then finally, best hoppy lagers.Bronze went to a crispy kiwi from
far afield Beer Co in Lawndale,California.
Silver went to Super Smash fromUnsung Brewing Company in Tustin,
California, and gold went to cold IPAbrew from Frem Brewing from Frem
(39:40):
family brewers in hood River, Oregon,and Breakside Brewery from Milwaukie,
Oregon, took home the most medalsat the competition. Interesting.
I wonder if Erica knew aboutMilwaukie, Oregon.
You know, it's funny.I've heard of Breakside.
I didn't know of Milwaukie, Oregon,though. Be really fun to go there.
We should.It's like you're the fake Milwaukee
(40:01):
bitch. I wasn't thinking that.Oh, sorry. More of a peaceful trip.
Yeah, like, hey, from Milwaukee,Wisconsin.
You're from Milwaukie, Oregon.And then just leave it at that.
What's up? What's up?Show people your ID.
Just be like, look,this is where I'm from. Milwaukee.
(40:23):
Milwaukee. Sup? What's up?Aggressive. Go on to the next person.
Yeah. Hey, you from Milwaukee?I'm from Milwaukee. Sup?
Oh, not here though.You fucking loser.
Oh, I'm so aggressive.Yeah, you are very aggressive.
I'm angry. I haven't eaten yet.18 year old Evansville driver was
arrested after allegedly crashinginto a house while driving drunk.
(40:46):
That's a big thing to crash into.Shouldn't be doing that. No.
A neighbor told police that a pickuptruck had struck a home and was
partially inside the residence.The police report states that the
responding officer saw the truck hadleft the roadway and crashed into
the southwest corner of the house.The truck's airbags had deployed.
The truck had heavy front end damage.No shit.
(41:06):
The walls of the house also sustainedheavy damage. No shit. No shit. Yeah.
The officer noted in the policereport that they could see into
the basement from the outside ofthe home.
The driver of the truck,18 year old Evansville man,
reportedly failed all sobrietyfield sobriety tests given by the
officer and registered a BAC of.Not that impressive.
(41:27):
I would say 0.16. Yeah.Close ish, 0.194. Yeah. Okay.
That's pretty close.To be so drunk to run into a house,
I feel like you gotta be atleast three times.
I'm just over here wondering why theyhad to specify the southwest corner
of the house. Very, very important.Like, I don't know why.
Imagine the officer assessing thesituation and before he even,
(41:49):
you know,goes out to figure out who did this.
And, you know, if they're okay.And he's sitting there.
All right, I'm standing herethat's north. So that's all right.
So then he gets on his radio,he's like, ah, I just reported this
house. This truck crashed into the.Wait a second.
That's north the southwest corner.Yeah.
(42:11):
They hit the southwest corner ofthe house.
What is what's the importance ofthat?
I just imagine him getting hiscompass out on his iPhone.
And just like my compass,the three times I've used it,
it's like, please calibrate byshaking your compass.
You gotta, like, move it aroundfirst. And he's like the North.
Shake it like this.Fuck you look gay.
Just southwest corner.According to the police report.
(42:35):
The driver reportedly told police hewas driving about 40mph bullshit
northbound on North Avenue.He allegedly told police he was
arguing with his girlfriend onthe phone prior to the crash.
He said he was unsure of wherehe was going due to the lights.
You sound drunk and was unable toavoid crashing into the house.
Police say the man had pain inhis lip, lip and right knee.
(42:59):
He was taken to a nearbyhospital for treatment.
The lone occupant of the home toldpolice this is my favorite part.
The whole reason I did this story.The lone occupant of the home told
police the crash woke him up,and that the driver came to the
bedroom window to apologize.Oh man, that is awesome.
Gets out of his car.Can you imagine going up to the
driver or the bedroom window?Sorry about your house.
(43:23):
So polite, though. Is very polite.Decency isn't dead in America.
I guess not.And wherever this happened.
Said Evansville is at Indiana.Uh, sounds about right. Doesn't say.
So we'll say yes. Don't say yes.Because what if it's not?
Then it's bad. Totally. Indiana.Okay. We'll end it with this one.
(43:45):
Rockmart substitute teacher founddrunk with drugs and weapon in class.
Oh, I hope it's like an elementary.No, I don't hope that. Yeah.
Cut that. Jesus Christ.Reports said that school resource
officer overheard a couple ofstudents tell the school principal
that their teacher was drinkingin class and falling asleep.
(44:08):
Upon investigating the school's SRO,that must be school resource officer.
Wow,I can't believe I put it together.
Heard the substitute teacher,Jennifer Decker,
talking with slurred words,and she sounded like she had a thick
tongue. Never heard that before.It was also unstable on her feet.
Officers said that they then noticeda blue plastic bottle partially
(44:31):
exposed in one of her bags.When asked about the bottle,
miss said.Decker paused for a moment and
said that it was vodka. Wow.Just right out with it. Just.
Here it is. Officer Barker asked.Miss, can we use her first name?
Asked Jennifer why she boughtthe brought the vodka to school.
She replied, I'm a drunk. Holy shit.Jennifer then told the officers
(44:56):
that she drank over half abottle of vodka that day.
She then handed officers threeprescription bottles containing
venlafaxine 150mg,75mg and amoxicillin mixed with
trazodone hydrochloride.Amoxicillin is. An antibiotic.
(45:19):
Antibiotic,and you mixed it with trazodone.
Isn't trazodone a tranquilizer?I would assume so.
Judging by the Prefix of the word,but I don't know.
Yeah, I think that's what whatyou give dogs, like, you know,
doggie downers is trazodone.I don't know, I don't have dogs.
I could be wrong.But anyways,
maybe it's trazodone. Whatever.None of which were in their
(45:41):
original containers.Polk school police add the search
of Jennifer's purse resulted inthem finding a bad kitty weapon.
I don't know what that is.A bad kitty weapon.
That's what it says. Bad kitty.It makes me think. Pussy.
What's a pussy weapon?I don't know what's a bad kitty
weapon. Yeah, like a like a.Like a hello Kitty gun.
(46:01):
Like a like a dildo.Yeah, I don't know.
Uh, a bad kitty weapon and aprescription bottle with hydro.
Hydro? Oh, Hydroxyzine the bad guy.Oh, here we go.
The bad kitty is a metal spikeweapon that is intended to be used
like brass knuckles. Interesting.When she arrived at the jail,
she bent over and fell forward,hitting the left side of her
(46:23):
face on the concrete floor.She is charged with disrupting
public school, possession ofalcohol on school grounds,
possession of a controlled substance,carrying weapons on school grounds,
and public drunkenness.So it sounds like more like that
was the weapon was like for herown protection, I guess.
Well, you know how women carry maceand whatnot. Sure, sure, sure.
So that's what I'm thinking.Like, maybe it was like a
(46:45):
personal protection item. Yeah.I mean, it is definitely the least
offending thing they found on her.Right. At a school.
And then do you think sheadmitted she was a drunk?
Because then they couldn't fireher and they would have to offer
her help?Oh, but wouldn't she then admit
you're an alcoholic, not a drunk.Maybe she got her words wrong.
(47:06):
Well, she was drunk and on pills.Yes. That's, uh. Oof! Yeah.
What a what a what would be going onin your life that you think you would
need to do that? Well, she's a drunk.She's a drunk. Yeah, that's a lot.
Man. That's crazy. Yeah. Yeah.Good luck. kids. This generation.
I tell ya. That's true anyway.No good, no. Good, no good.
(47:32):
Well, with that positive note for allthose people that have kids Flex,
let's end things here with somemusic. I'm gonna say hi to Vanessa.
Didn't we already?I don't know, did we? Yeah. Hi.
Vanessa, baby.Anyways,
@Flex_me_a_beer underscores inbetween @CraftBeerRepublic 805 538.
(47:52):
Beer 2337 mail @CraftBeerRepublic.I think that's everything.
I hope everyone's staying verywell hydrated. And on that note.
Good night everybody.
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