September 17, 2025 • 45 mins
Welcome to Craft Beer Republic! Greg and Flex are back and thirstier than ever—thankfully, they’re also well-hydrated and hilariously unhinged. This week’s episode is full of bold beer moves, both brilliant and brainless. We’re talking awkward Monkish moments, beer line PTSD, and what happens when you try to impress your kids with a fuzzy can label. Plus, Flex lays down some deep craft beer philosophy while Greg just wants to toss fruit salad on a beach. Throw in some Florida Man chaos and a new installment of Ludicrous Libation Law™, and you’ve got an episode juicier than a fresh double dry-hopped pour. Let’s get sudsy.
Beers We’re Drinking:
- Greg is drinking Hay Cuz from Monkish Brewing Co.
- Flex is sipping on Axioms of Probability, a collab from Equilibrium and BlackStack brewing.
Greg recounts a recent work trip detour that ended in wings, hazies, and a Monkish beertender with the personality of a wet bar rag. Flex gets emotional over brewery loyalty (and a killer mustache), while both hosts spiral into the decline of beer club perks and the days when brewery releases actually felt special. We dive into pandemic beer pickups, some honest facial hair confessions, and the kind of skincare talk you didn’t know you needed. And just when you think they can’t get any more hipster, Greg casually reveals his coffee subscription and home grinding setup—because of course he did. Also, Flex may have just invented the world’s most wholesome beer parenting moment.
Booze News:
- Xul Devours Southern Grist in Nashville Brewery Takeover.
- 1.7 Billion Beer Cans Hit Landfills—Recycling Called a “Missed Pour-tunity.”
- Florida Man Fires Gun to Get Cops’ Attention—Nailed It.
- Fake ICE Agent Busted Driving Drunk with Kids and Coors Light.
- Florida Man Barfs, Crashes, and Casually Admits, “I Drunk Too Much.”
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I'm really glad Flex was on tonight.So much better than you.
Welcome in everybody.It's the craft beer republic.
Thanks for drinking.Thanks for joining.
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I am Greg and I'm being joined by myfavorite co-host. And that is Flex.
What's up, big fella?You know, I feel ever since I
missed those two shows, I feellike a guest now. How dare. You?
Yeah, it's like I'm not even aco-host anymore.
It's like, oh, hey,Flex is back for another one.
We'll see if he's back next week.Haha. Leaving the door open, right?
(00:44):
Yeah. No. I'm back.Just, you know, for any confusion,
I'm back, right?Luckily, uh, Packers games are well,
they're not on Monday nights, butsometimes they. Sometimes they are.
So don't go to those ones. Yes, sir.Greg. And that's the bottom line.
Where was I?Oh, @CraftBeerRepublic. Follow us.
(01:06):
Write to us all those things.@CraftBeerRepublic mail
@CraftBeerRepublic.Com all that good shit.
Uh, so much to talk about tonight.I did a little research on the
road again. About your research.Thank you.
I got some booze news to get to.We even have a clip to play for
one of the booze news stories,so I'm excited to get to that.
Uh, drunk people are fun.Hopefully it's not shitty audio.
(01:28):
It's surprisingly good, actually.All right, we'll get there.
Uh, if you don't mind, I'm gonnacrack open a beer over here.
Please do. I Love My Beer.I Love My Beer. I Love My Beer.
(01:50):
I Love My Beer.I am drinking Monkish Brewing Co.
Hay Cuz.7% has a 4 to 9 untapped with over
1400 ratings and they say Double DryHopped IPA with Citra and Motueka.
(02:12):
It's the IPA version of Cousinof Death,
which I don't know what that is.And I will say, you know,
last week I drank that beer thatwas pushed almost pushing a year.
I think it was like.Ten months rummage sale beer. Yeah.
Yeah. I was drinking that garage.Garage sale beer?
Uh, this one is less than two weeksold. Wow. Yes. So, uh, freshy.
(02:34):
Fresh. Anyways, I got the.Well,
I'll tell you the story about this.This on the nose buds, uh,
some mango, and I feel like that'speach coming through. It's like that.
Really nice, you know, fruit salad.Love me some fruit salad.
Tossing salads.Tossing some fruit salads on the.
(02:54):
Beach.That's what it feels like every time
I stick my schnoz in here on theTongue-jobber. Oh, silky smooth.
Just the right amount of carb.When I poured it, there was very
little ahead, and I got worriedthat maybe it was going to be under
carb or something. Not the case.Good carbonation, lots of mango.
(03:17):
Ripe peach.Not too bitter on the last week.
That beer was like super bitteron the back end. None of that.
It's that easy drinking, juicyIPA that we've all come to expect
from Monkish. Oh, they're so good.They really are so good.
Btdubs Non-Murderer John.If you happen to be in my hood
before I finish all these,I've got one with your name on it.
(03:41):
Definitely glad I had a four pack.Definitely glad he got you the four
pack or you got it? No, I got it.But if he happens to be around the.
Hood, he's always hooking you up.He's always hooking me up.
And sometimes he hooks me withMonkish.
Well, I've got a Monkish for now,so if you act quickly. Yeah.
Hit me up. You're around.Better hurry up there.
Non-Murderer John.This is a good one. I tell you what.
(04:04):
So last week, I was, uh, in OrangeCounty for work again, and I went to.
When I say new place, new for me,not new in existence.
It's the Anaheim Packing district,and it's this old citrus packing
factory. Okay.From, like, the 40s or something.
And they've turned it into, uh,basically like a food hall,
(04:24):
if you will.Um, there's probably something
like at least 20 restaurantsthat range from. Yeah.
I mean, some of them, there's acouple, like full sit down areas,
like nicer restaurants.But overall it was like, you know,
you walk up, get your food andthere's communal tables and seating.
We have something like that here.It's called the Third Street
Market Hall.I think it used to be a I think
it used to be a mall.Oh, and then there's a bunch of
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eateries and shit in there and, uh,kind of like a social gathering
with some games. But. Yeah. Go on.Yeah, yeah. Same same type of thing.
This when I,when I pulled up I was like, oh,
you know footprint wise this issmaller than I was expecting.
But he got inside and man theypacked it in.
It was two stories and they'd donea good job. It's really cool.
I've heard about it a bunch.I think even Chew talked about
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it once on the show and, uh,so finally made it over there.
It's really cool.Had dinner at it's called the Iron
Press. It's basically like a bar.They had a bar,
it was worth of seating.And so I pulled up to the bar and
boy was I in luck because it was aWednesday night and the guy goes,
hey, you know, here's your menu,whatever.
And they had a lot of great beeron tap.
(05:29):
I had a, um, I've never heard ofthis brewery before.
It was Audiograph and I had abeer called hasta la Raiz, and it
was a hazy and it was delicious.And then after that they also had a
couple of Russian rivers on tap.So I had a Blind Pig. Nice.
Off the tap. So good. I was laughing.So many people came up like, oh,
you have Pliny and they'reordering Pliny.
And a guy a few seats over from mewas talking to the silent bartender.
(05:51):
He's like ten out of ten times.I ordered that Blind Pig way
over a pint.And I was like, yeah, brother,
here we go. So, uh, had had that.And, uh, when he hand me the food,
he goes, by the way, it's Wednesday,which means it's wing Wednesday,
dollar a wing night.And I was like, you motherfucker,
I'm so rocked right now. Hell, yeah.So I had myself just a fucking
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pile of wings. I'll be honest.Low expectations.
Because it's just like a bar in amall in quotes. Not even a mall.
I was like, yeah,how good are they gonna be?
They were surprisingly good.Perfectly cooked, great sauce.
Um, I got. What's your go to sauce?Well, usually I just go Buffalo
and I did, I got multiples,so I got the buffalo and the buffalo
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was just your average. It was good.It had some spice to it,
but it was just your average buffalo.I also got the salt and pepper,
which was just a dry rub.And salt and pepper was delicious.
It was so flavorful, so good.And you really got like how good
the chicken was cooked.But it needed a little spice.
So I was dipping my salt andpepper in the buffalo and it was
fucking magic. Genius. Yeah.So I will be going back,
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and this time I will order all saltand pepper with a side of buffalo.
That is the fucking secret sauceright there.
So are you actually, like,chomping at the bit to get back
to orange? I might be.Next time I go,
it's not gonna suck so much becauseI'm definitely doing this again.
And if I'm not mistaken, don't younormally hate going to Orange County?
I do, and it's usually, like, shortnotice and like, hey, wife and dog.
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Sorry, I gotta leave, you know,tonight or tomorrow or whatever.
And, you know,there's all that and just.
And when I went down there, it waslike two days after I just had my
little head surgery and everything,and, uh, I was I was not comfortable,
and so that sucked.But, uh, this made it a little
bit better. Okay. Yeah.So this all leads to the beer I'm
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drinking because there is a Monkishlocation at the Anaheim Packing
District. It's not in the main area.It's like across the parking lot
at their little, like, annex area.Apparently there's another
brewery over there as well.I did not make it there,
but after dinner I went over toMonkish and I thought,
I'll have a beer and I'll get myselfa four pack and I'll I'll head out.
I walked in at, I think it waslike 845 and I was like, hey,
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I'm looking at the menu.Guy comes up like, hey,
how's it going?I said, hey, I was like, I'll get a.
And as I'm about to mention thebeer and he goes, uh,
we're done pouring. Really?I was like, oh,
I didn't like he said it.So like, you fucking idiot, I,
I hate that.Just come up and be like, hey,
you know, we close in 15 minutes.So we've already made last call,
right?But I was like, oh, we're done
(08:22):
pouring. I was like, oh, okay.You guys close at nine?
Yeah, you can get cans.I'm like,
I really wanted to not get cansbecause he pissed me off so much.
Yeah. Acting like that. Yeah, yeah.But I but I also really wanted
the cans.I was like, well, it's not gonna
affect his fucking paycheck whether Iget cans or not. So I got the cans.
Um, but it was annoying.So, Monkish you're listening.
(08:43):
Tell that guy to fucking shut up. Uh.So I got this four pack, and it
was delicious. And I'm glad I did.I'm glad I didn't just get one
of them. I'm happy for you.After last week, man. That's.
It's quite the turnaround.That's huge.
Yeah, quite the turnaround in mypants. I tell you what.
So somebody pitching a beerboner tent? Yeah.
(09:06):
Rocked up on some Monkish over here,so. Oh, I forgot to show you.
This is horrible for the podcast,but, uh, you know, funky cannot.
Oh, yeah. It's kind of fun.Looks like a big, like,
Easter Island head or somethinglike that, I don't know.
Yeah, I like that. Yeah.It's interesting. So good stuff.
You know me,I'm not a hype beer chaser.
Like I will not wait in line fora Monkish release or no.
(09:26):
And the hype beer train it.We're it's it's long gone.
Yeah, but even when it was fullsteam, I was like,
I'm not I'm not waiting in line.Oh, it was only an hour to get a
Monkish like, that's 59 minutestoo long, motherfucker.
I waited in line for beer onceand it was Is 2019,
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and it was when Eagle Park stillonly had one location and it was
their small downtown location. Mhm.And it's not the fact that like
the line was for the beer itself,it was like the line was for waiting
for the place to open the beerrelease. So yeah. Kind of different.
Um, because not everybody was inline to go get whatever they
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were coming out with.A lot of people just went in to
go drink and hang out. So yeah.That makes sense. Yeah.
But yeah,I've only done it once. Yeah.
Aside from like, a beer line at theball game or something like that,
I think. Well, that doesn't count.No, no, I think I've waited in line.
I can think of one time and it was15 minutes, and it was the first
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time I ever had Pliny the Younger onone of the younger releases. Okay.
And I showed up to a local spotwho had, like just tapped it.
They posted on Instagram and I ranright over on definitely Not my
lunch break and order to Pliny.And when I walked up,
I was like, okay, short line,this shouldn't be too bad.
And they were even asking like,are you here for food or just beer?
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And if you're in just beer,it's this line just, you know, if
you're getting both, it's this line.So I was like, hey, just beer.
That's fine.I, I'm on a time limit here.
So I waited between standing in lineand ordering and getting my beer.
15 minutes. Not bad.Yeah, that's not bad.
I got a I got younger,and that was the first and last time
I think I ever waited in a beer line.Yeah, other than that, not worth it.
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Just don't do it. Don't.I also don't care to get, uh,
releases on, like, the day thatthey release anymore. Yeah.
You know, it's just like, hey,you know, it's still going to be
there two days later.It's not like, you know, breweries
are, you know, some still are small.But, you know, breweries started
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coming out like craft breweries,2016 and 17.
And they would brew a supersmall batch and I'd be like,
okay, we got 40 cases to sell.And then if you didn't get it
that day or the day after, yeah,you were probably kind of fucked,
but. Right. Uh, but now. Yeah.Anybody that's still alive,
brewery wise out there, they brewsomething. It's gonna be there.
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Yeah. It's funny you bring this up.This is something I've not
thought of in a long time.But it used to be breweries.
When they'd release something thatwasn't like a core beer or at least
a, you know, regular appearing beer.They kind of would make an event
out of it, like, hey, come ondown for the drop of whatever,
we're gonna have a party.We're gonna do all these things.
Now it's just kind of like, hey,we're dropping this beer and
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nothing special,and we're making a ton of it,
so come tomorrow, definitely not nextweek for no reason at all. Yeah.
I don't know if craft breweriesby you, they still have, like,
membership programs.I mean, a couple do still, but,
uh. Man, I think they're fading.Right. So, like, Eagle Park.
Love them to death.Favorite brewery? They're great.
(12:40):
They still have a membership program.Great French fries.
And one of the perks is still youget the beer releases in cans,
like a day before everybody else.So if you're a member,
you can pick them up on Fridaysand Saturdays. Sure.
And, you know,you get a few other perks, you know,
dollar off beers and. Right.Or a full pour instead of a half
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four.Or if you become a platinum member
or a VIP member or something,which is like $1,000 for a lifetime
membership. Oh, lifetime. Okay.You get 50% off all beer,
50% off all merch, you know, forever.And maybe that eventually be
worth it.But like the perks for some of these
memberships, there's just it's like,what's the point anymore? Yeah.
(13:27):
You know.It was when we,
when when beer was at its, you know,at its peak and everything.
I won't mention names.Brewery near us,
very popular brewery. Great beer.We love them. We still love them.
And they had a I think theystill technically have it,
but they had a mug club and similar.You know,
you get discounts on all your pores,you get discounts on merch.
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I think once a year they did likea mug club party and, you know,
that sort of thing. The normal shit.Nothing,
nothing out of the ordinary. Right.And we used to go fairly often.
It was one of those things at thetime, like, maybe we should join
like we do come quite a bit, but wedon't come quite enough, I think,
to make the discount worth it.Like we did the math and you had
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to go, let's say once a week.It's like, yeah, they're not down the
street. We don't go once a week.We probably go once or twice a month,
let's say twice a month. Yep.So we never did.
And now it's like,why the fuck would you do that? Yeah.
Sorry, I, I don't know,I love that brewery still, but I
just in fact they recently postedthey were having a beer release come
get it now and was like, you guys,have you make so much beer now?
(14:31):
I'm not worried about thisrunning out. Yep.
Or like the pandemic when, Gwen, uh,you couldn't go inside Brewery X.
So they would do parking lot,pick up and goes.
So you drive to the tent, tell themwhat you want, and you pay for it.
They put it in your trunk andthen zoom off like.
We didn't have, like where they'dactually put in your trunk for you.
(14:52):
We had, you know, come in,wear your mask, pick it up and
get the fuck out. Oh, we.Yeah, we had the car pick up lines.
Oh, yeah.I don't think any of the local ones
did that. That was interesting. Yeah.I remember doing a bunch of
pickups when I was.I was still working in downtown LA at
the time, and, uh, Mumford Brewing,I just discovered Mumford Brewing
right before the pandemic.I mean, like, the day before,
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basically.And so I did,
like some pickups from them.And even that was like walk up to
our window, hope to get someone'sattention, which I'm like,
you're not serving customers.All you're doing is attending the
window. Don't go too far away. Right.But every time it was like you.
Got. One jumping jacks.Yeah, it's like doing jumping
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jacks to get someone's attention.But yeah, even that was picked
up from a window.And, you know, fight for downtown
LA parking and this and that.So R.I.P. Mumford great beer.
I do have to shout out Frankfrom Eagle Park though.
So I was like, hey Frank,I was there for remember there
for like three years.And uh, I finally did not up my
membership because I was like,you know what?
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I just I don't get out much anymore.I don't do the the brewery thing
much anymore.And I took my kids there a
couple of weeks ago for lunchbecause they enjoy the lunch.
And Frank said, oh,you're a member, right?
I said, Frank, I'm actually nota member anymore. I'm sorry.
And he looked at me and he said,you'll always be a member here.
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Oh, and he gave me the discounts.So cheers to Frank.
What a what a splendid guy.And one of the best mustaches I've
ever seen. Oh. So hot. What a man.Yeah, I think breweries.
God, I feel like I said this acouple of weeks ago.
Have something to learn fromwineries.
You know, wineries do wine clubmemberships, and we're a member
at a couple wineries. Are you?I don't know if you've heard.
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I'm a little classy.Get right out of town.
I tell you what.Classiest guy I know. That's right.
No mustache, but classy as fuck.Can you grow a mustache?
Oh, absolutely.I, I one of the lucky people.
That doesn't.There's no splotchiness in my
facial hair. Very solid.I just don't like growing it too long
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because it gets itchy. Really? Yeah.Like, I can hit about a week,
and then I'm over here justscratching my face like an
insane person. Interesting.Which I've heard from people
with real beards and mustachesand they're like, yeah,
if you just made it through anotherweek or two, you'd be fine.
I'm like, yeah, yeah, I bet you'reright. I don't want to do that.
Oh, man. Instant gratification baby.I can't handle. It. Shame on you.
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I know my boss the other day wastelling me I should grow a beard.
I'm like, nah, I can't.I can't do the whole.
I was actually wondering if youshaved for work.
So now that you say your boss askedor said you should grow a beard
And you said, no, that's bogus.I have not taken an actual razor
to my face in over ten years.For me, it's been like four.
Yeah, I just do the trimmer.Yeah. Same. I got such bad skin.
(17:42):
Yeah. Same.Oh, this is not a bad skin show.
But man, do I get all bumpy when I.When I shave with a razor. The worst.
And then I get those big waddedup ingrown hairs. Yes.
Then you gotta dig that out.And that sucks. Yeah.
And the wife does not like how Ilook. You know, baby skin shaving.
It might either. Yeah. If.Other than my hairline.
(18:05):
Like if I was wearing a hat.If I shave my face, like, shave.
Shave.I look like a fucking child. Same.
I like back to being 21 again. Yeah.I get carded if I actually shave.
So, yeah. Don't do it.And I don't like it.
It's just not good.So I get the trimmer, take care
of the the face and we're good.My family calls me baby butt chin
(18:26):
when I, uh, when I shave, And, uh.I don't like the sound of that name,
so I don't do it anymore.Sure you figured out how to prevent
it? I love it. Yeah. So. So. Yeah.So here we are. Interesting.
Not not a skincare or facialhair show, but, uh.
But, yeah, a little relatabilityhere, I like that.
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Yeah, something like that.So we're always getting closer, Greg.
We really. Are. Something like that.So. Yeah. So beer clubs.
Oh, yes. Yes. Sorry. Yeah.I don't remember where we were, but I
think we pretty much finished. Uh.Just wine clubs know what
they're doing? Yeah, exactly.They know what they're doing.
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They they make it an event whenyou pick up your shipments and
that kind of thing.And I think beer has something to
learn from them, so that's all. Make.Make an event. Right on. Enough said.
All right, let's move on.Before we get to a little news.
Got some ludicrous libation lore.And, of course, uh, we got to
find out what Flex is drinking.But first,
this one comes out of Montana.In Montana, a small brewery may
(19:34):
pour no more than 48oz of beerper person per business day,
and it may only do so between thehours of 10 a.m. and 8 p.m.. Come on.
This is like some borderlineAlaska shit. So you can't.
Bars aren't open past 8 p.m..No no no. Only breweries.
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Oh, breweries. I'm sorry. Yes.A small brewery may pour no more
than 48oz of beer.So they treat breweries like a
sampling establishment.You go there to sample the goods
to know what you're going to buy.And this is because all the bar
lobbyists fought against allowingbreweries to pour massive
(20:16):
amounts of beer, because thebars would go out of business,
because people would rather hangout at a brewery than a bar.
Well, yeah. That's accurate.Yeah. So fuck you, Montana.
Yeah. That's dumb.Very dumb way to try and be Alaska.
Slash new Jersey.Good luck with your events.
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Mute the TV, losers.You want karaoke? No. Yoki.
Man, that was good. No it wasn't.No, I like that one.
Uh, come to our brewery for no Yoki.Just people with headphones on
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singing to themselves.Super awkward. Dumb.
All right, before we get to the news,let's, uh, let's answer some
very important questions.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,
one Tongue-jobber.In this world, we must find out What
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is Flex drinking? Well well, well.Today the Flex is a drinking
equilibrium, which is kind ofcrazy because I really don't buy
too much equilibrium.Yeah, because they were a hype.
Huge hype brewery. Huge, huge.Probably still are.
(21:48):
But they used to be huge.And I bought one beer from them
and it was a single can.It was like seven bucks and I
let it sit in my fridge formonths because I'm like, man,
this put it on a pedestal, right?This beer is gonna be fucking nuts.
And I drank it and lo and behold,it was a fucking beer.
Isn't that the shits?Yeah, yeah,
it's glad I'm beyond that point.So, uh, my kids actually helped
(22:12):
pick this one out.They just liked how it looked
like a fuzzy TV screen,even though they really don't know
what a fuzzy. I was gonna say.Do they have any idea what that is?
Yeah.No, they just said it looked cool.
And I said, you know what?That does look kind of cool.
So this one is called Axioms ofprobability.
It's a double IPA at 8.5%.And it is in collaboration with
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Blackstack Brewing over in Minnesota.They're the Twin Cities.
I think I have the right on tap.There's two for this beer, one for
the regular beer, and then it saysone for axioms of probability 2025.
But they are literally the samething.
So we're going to go with theone with more check ins.
This has 1.7 thousand check ins.So it's 1700 1700 uh for one for
(22:58):
overall rating. Pretty solid. Nice.And let me clear my throat for this
one. Aha. Let me clear my throat.It says it reads axioms of
probability.Uses an oat and wheat base before
a citra incognito Citra T90 andgalaxy whirlpool within eclipse.
(23:21):
Citra, and Galaxy Dry Hop.A lot of hops. You know how it feels.
You know how I feel about a lotof hops in my my IPAs.
If I would have known this,I probably would not have gotten it.
That has no indication of whatthe beer tastes like, but I just.
I like simplicity, right? Right.Pouring vivid yellow.
I don't know if I'd call this vivid.Na. Pale. Yeah, it's pale straw.
(23:46):
Yeah, it's my favorite color ofan IPA, but.
Very similar to my color, actually.Yeah. You see that lacing there, too?
That's sexy. Sexy. Lacy.Uh, so it reads,
pours a vivid yellow, a bright melonand assorted tropical fruit nose
hits the senses first before bigflavors of ripe melon, mango chunks,
fuzzy peach skin, lemon,lime and dank earth. Not shit. Um.
(24:08):
The the creamy fruit forwardflavors build up into a spectrum
of bright rainbow melon known asour Ek juice. Hashtag ek juice.
I don't ruin the hashtag.But hashtag.
The axioms of probability tellus you'll probably like this one
as much as we do.Okay, now that I got my breath back.
(24:30):
So on the old nose buds here,I get a lot of that lemon lime. Hmm.
And a lot of that earthy aromagetting a slight sweetness.
Can't really tell if it's melon orpeach, but, uh, it's delectable,
I enjoy it. Pretty solid nose here.Um, then, without further ado. Nice.
(24:53):
So the carbonation on this iswonderful. Mhm.
It's how any double IPA should be,like very slight.
Like you still need a little bitto give you like a little bit of
that zing that, that spritz.And then it just dies out right away.
This started out a little bitteron the back end. Not a lot.
Just like a little bit.Little hint of it that has since
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diminished.and it's very dry on the back end,
which I love because it always makesyou want to dive back in for more.
I told you off air.I was hesitant on drinking this
tonight. Yeah, glad I did.Oh, okay. It's solid.
Uh, would I buy a four pack of it?I would, would I drink it all in
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two days? Probably not.I think I would let this one ride
for a little bit, but. Okay.Uh, super solid offering. It's not.
I'm not mind blown, but it's solidoffering for sure. I like it.
Yeah. Cheers. To equilibrium.EQ, which I never see around here.
Really? Yeah, occasionally.Usually if I get it, it's from
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Tavour or some shit like that.Some place that doesn't treat
their beer right.Which you don't want it from there?
Yeah. Pretty much. Yeah. Trash. Yeah.Stop sponsoring us and see what
happens. Trash.We tell it like it is.
Even when you sponsored us,you just send us your leftover
shit It. Trash. Trash.Anyways, before we get in trouble,
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some booze news. Xul beer.Xul Xul beer is going to take
over Southern Grist. Okay.Xul Beer Company is in the process
of taking over Southern Grist Brewingand its two Nashville locations.
The company announced onInstagram last week.
The company wrote in early 2025.As fate would have it,
our Southern Grist family inNashville was figuring out the story
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for the next ten years while we werein the heat of our growth phase.
In a very short time,the SGB founders collectively
agreed that Xul was the perfectfit to pick up the pen to write the
next chapter for Southern Grist.In its own post,
Southern Grist wrote, Southern Gristwill always be a part of the story,
living on in the spirit,as Xul brings their Knoxville
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crafted liquid gold to Nashville.The transition is expected to be
completed by the end of the year,and Xul will retain Southern Grist
staff, according to the news.So they're getting rid of the
Southern Grist name.Seems like it seems like they're
completely.Yeah,
they're completely filling it up.I just hope they have a beer that's
called, uh. There is no Dana. Why?If you're a Ghostbusters fan,
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there is no Dana, only Zuul.I was like, Who's Dana? Zuul?
Brought it back around for me.That would be good.
It's one of my favorite lines. Yeah.With a name like that,
you gotta lean into it. Oh, 100%.Like you're a fucking ghost in,
like, the top tier, you know,like. Come on. Um.
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That's kind of sad for SouthernGrist, I guess.
I, I went to one of those locations.It was solid.
Their beer is, uh, the soursweren't as great as everybody
always made their sours out to be.Uh, I did have a double IPA there.
That was very wonderful.Instead of getting the flight of
sours after that, I should havejust got another one of those.
And kind of a weird location.It's like you'd get off the freeway.
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I can't remember which.There's like one on each side of
Nashville. Mhm.He got off the freeway and it was
just kind of like this podunk likekind of like should I, should I be,
should I be here right now.Kind of feeling.
And then you saw the brewery andthen it was just kind of like in
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between three buildings that lookedabandoned and you're like, should I
really be here? Like, is this safe?Uh, but it was, and, uh, we had no
issues, and the staff was kind,and they were great and very helpful.
And they did have some food there.Um, nice outdoor setup and. Yeah.
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So it kind of sucks, but I guess it'sgreat that they're not closing. Yeah.
I mean,good for the staff especially.
Yeah, I think that's great.Yeah, absolutely.
I've I've not I don't know ifI've ever had Southern Grist
maybe I have I know Shred hastalked about Southern Grist a
lot and seen it on his gram backin the day when he used to post.
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We used to get some distro from them.Okay. Here.
And it would just be like thebig sours right there.
Peanut butter and jelly soursthat they were big for. Yeah.
And that's how I felt about them.I'm usually not a fan of the PB
and J. Oh I love them I really do.They can be so good.
I just find so often they'rejust kind of half assed.
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And this isn't about Southern Grist.This is just in general.
No, but Southern Grist's were,you know, like it was like I drank it
and I was like, yeah, I was pissed.I spent 18 bucks on this.
Yeah, it's kind of a, you know.Just their. IPA.
But their IPAs, I think I bought someto go when we went to Nashville the
first time just to drink from thehotel room. And, uh, that was solid.
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I had a good time with that.That's fair.
I'd say better IPAs than sours,even though sours got a lot of hype.
Okay, uh, interesting stat.I'm not gonna read the whole
story on this one.I just read this article from the
Wall Street Journal that was talkingabout tariffs and the rising cost
of aluminum cans for breweries.And they said if people started
recycling more, we could.Here I'm going to read this
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section right here.More than 1 billion in average
cans end up in landfills.The Wall Street Journal reported
that, citing figures from theAluminum Association,
if more of those cans ended up inrecycling centers to be smelted
down and reused the US aluminumimport needs, would they.
Lose their genitalia in anunfortunate smelting.
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It needs would be slashed in half.So recycle your cans people.
I always recycle.I love recycling. Same.
I have two different recycling pilesat my house. Oh, I'm not that cool.
So we have the like, bottles and cansrecycling and we take that to the
local animal shelter where they,they sort it and turn it in for money
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and use it for the animal shelter.Okay. And then we have like the.
Paper and cardboard.Everything else, the cardboard,
the paper, the random plastic shit.That kind of stuff. Yeah.
We just have one big recycling bin,that's all. That's how it used to be.
And then when the animal I found outthe animal shelter was like taking
your recycling and then using it to,like, fund programs and stuff,
I was like, oh, fuck yeah.Oh, my grandma used to just have
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a she was real fun.She had three like 60 gallon garbage
bins in her closet in her apartment.Like it was a big, like,
rolling closet.And we would just fill them up with
soda cans, like, we had to crush allthe soda cans. So it's fun for us.
But then we would take them to therecycling center with my aunts,
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and then they would get money forall the aluminum. Right? Yeah.
So that that's what we would do.Yeah.
I'm imagine that's exactly whatthe animal shelter is doing. Yeah.
It was just funny because my grandmahad three garbage cans in a closet.
Ginormous.It's like hanging like like coat
hangers or jackets hung up in there.But, you know, like underneath
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the jackets were just fuckinggarbage cans full of soda cans.
Grandma, why is your jacket smelllike trash? Oh, yeah. Trash. Trash.
Uh, all right, let's take a.Actually, we're gonna take
multiple trips to Florida.Florida is just on fire right now.
What is it?Drunk Florida man allegedly fires at
officers to get their attention.Come on.
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You know what that tracks. Right?Three Winter Springs police officers
were eating dinner in a churchparking lot just after midnight
on August 28th, when they heardgunshots coming from nearby.
The officers immediately tookcover and called for backup.
Fortunately, no one was injured.After determining the direction
of the gunfire, officers begansearching the area and soon
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encountered a man walking along asidewalk not far from the scene.
He was identified as 20 year oldDevin Williams of Orlando.
Williams denied hearing any gunfire,but admitted to having a handgun
tucked in the front of his pants,because that's where I would put
my handgun.I was gonna say that is, I think
if you Google it, best places tokeep your handgun tucked in front of
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your pants is number one. Right?Yeah. Next to your dick is perfect.
Also, be careful because he'sfrom Orlando. Great dick weather.
Great dick weather.And he's got that other thing
slinging around right next to itthat is dangerous.
You don't want to shoot that off.I'm just telling you. Right.
That sounds like a bad idea.It might not ever look better.
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Yeah. Yeah.Police say it was a Glock 43,
believed to be the weapon usedin the shooting.
A search of his backpack turnedup a second handgun, which he.
Which had been reported stolen out ofOrlando, along with several rounds of
ammunition and a bottle of alcohol.Officers say Williams eventually
admitted he'd been drinking andexplained why he fired the shots.
He said he was trying to gettheir attention.
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Williams was arrested and booked onseveral charges, including aggravated
assault on law enforcement,use of a firearm under the influence.
Grand theft of a firearm.Unlawful carry of a concealed
weapon and liquor.Possession by a person under 21.
Winter Springs Police Chief MattTracht said in a statement.
This individual did succeed ingetting our attention and will
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hopefully spend a long timeincarcerated. What a dummy. Dumb.
Like everything you said,I'm just thinking to myself,
well, how stupid, what an idiot.Yeah, every step of that was dumb.
But then it just comes back andI'm like, you know what, Florida?
Yeah. 100. Now it tracks.Way to stay on brand Florida.
(34:40):
Way to keep Florida. Florida.Speaking of Florida federal Ice
agents now powered by Coors Light,the Miami man is facing multiple
charges after allegedly drivingdrunk through the Florida Keys with
two young children in the vehicle,all while claiming to be a federal
immigration agent, according toMonroe County Sheriff's Office.
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42 year old Scott Thomas.Two first names can't trust him was
pulled over Wednesday afternoon aftera motorist reported him driving
recklessly. I have two first names.Oh. That's true.
Can't trust you. Damn it. Yeah.I mean, it's Flex really a first
name? Fair enough. Yeah.Give me one and a half.
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Deputies say he was seen swervingheavily and driving into oncoming,
oncoming traffic near the SevenMile Bridge before being stopped
inside the vehicle.Officers found his two children,
aged seven and nine. Classy guy.Terrible. Horrible.
Deputies noted a strong odor ofalcohol and say he was
disoriented and failed multiplefield sobriety tests.
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He also misidentified hislocation and gave the wrong
travel direction during the stop.Authorities say he identified himself
as an Ice agent during the rest.A spokesperson for the
Department of Homeland Securitysaid they were not aware of the
incident and are investigating.He was charged with DUI and two
counts of child endangerment.The children were turned over to
a family member, and the FloridaDepartment of Children and Family
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and Families was notified.I could never imagine getting all up
and then putting my kids in a car,right?
I've done some stupid shit,but I wouldn't do it to other people.
Well, that's the thing is, like,yeah, you know, we're what, 3738,
39 sure. We're around there.We've done some dumb shit. Yeah.
(36:30):
Never would I ever do that.No, I wouldn't do it with my dog, I
wouldn't. Ain't nobody deserves that.Yeah, that's dumb.
Especially kids who have no sayin the matter. Right.
You just tell them to get in thecar and they get in the car, right?
You fucking asshole. Terrible.Yeah. I love that new excuse.
Now I'm part of ice. Okay.We do have a guy at work,
(36:53):
a customer who comes in withthis ice hat on all the time,
and it's like, what are you.I don't care what side you're on,
I don't, I really don't.It's not for me to judge. But.
What? Are you supporting?Are you trying to act like you're.
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What's going on here? Yeah.You know, it just kills me.
I will say Flex of all people reallydoesn't care what side you're on.
I don't, I don't.Yeah, the most down the middle guy,
I think I know I, I havefeelings but I won't share them.
Which is fine. Yeah.You know that's fine, but, uh. Yeah.
Just to come in sporting that,it's. Yeah.
(37:36):
All that to say,Flex thinks you look stupid for that.
I think you probably fuckinglook stupid like it.
Just be like if somebody came in withthe FBI hat that wasn't the FBI.
You know, like.Female body inspector, baby.
It's the same goddamn thing.I think it's dumb, right? Yeah.
What are you supporting?I don't know, it's just dumb.
It's not even a support thing.Well, and that's the thing.
(37:59):
It's just dumb.You want to wear, like,
a blue line hat? That's great.You want to wear a red line hat?
That's great.You know, like firefighters.
Cops? Sure. Great support.Promote I love it.
But just rolling around in ice hat,you just look like an idiot. Yeah.
Because it doesn't say I support Xagency. It just look like an idiot.
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You just look like an idiot.Yeah. At least the whatever line.
Stupid hats they say I support.You know this thing, right?
Which is great, but. Yeah.Don't don't be a clown.
Oh, we're way past that.Next time he comes in with his
ice hat.Should be like feeling cold today.
(38:40):
Huh? You sell that stuff? Yeah.We got some ice in the back.
Got, like, a company.Yeah, we'll end it on this one.
Florida man admits that he drank toomuch after crashing off of I-95.
A Palm Coast man is facing DUIcharges after crashing his car
off Interstate 95 early Sundaymorning and telling deputies he
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had too much to drink.Deputies responded to a single
car crash near Palm Coast afterwitnesses reported a gray Toyota
crossing all three lanes of trafficbefore spinning out into the woods.
When they arrived, 30 year oldMichael Gonzalez was already out of
the vehicle, uninjured but unsteadyon his feet and covered in vomit.
Gonzalez declined medical attention,but admitted to drinking heavily and
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said he didn't remember the crash.After failing a series of field
sobriety tests,he was arrested and taken to the
Flagler County Jail, where breathtests showed his back was.
You know, I always go reallyhigh on this, so. I know, okay.
Don't go too high on this.Let's see, like, uh like, uh.
(39:50):
Like like A14. Okay.Little under. He was A173. Okay.
But puking had a one.Seven three is like come on, man,
pull your life together. Grow up.Yeah, well we've got audio.
The body cam was rolling.The audio was surprisingly crisp.
(40:11):
And here is some of that arrest.What happened? Um.
I guess I drunk too much.You said what? Drunk too much.
Should you drink too much? Yes.Oh, wow. Okay. Yeah. Oh, wow.
Man,keep your hands out of your pockets,
please. Yeah, I appreciate that.Yeah. Just taking in my wallet.
(40:32):
Okay. Oh, I dropped my wallet.How about you just take a seat,
like right there? Yeah.Like on the on the grass.
Is there anyone else in the car?No. Just me. Okay.
Can you remember where I was at?I'm not even gonna lie to you.
So you were coming this way Andwhat happened?
(40:54):
Like, how did you end up here?I can't even say I know what
happened. I'm not even.You know. Okay.
I mean, you don't have an answer.You don't have an answer. But I.
Just.Probably fell asleep behind the
wheel. I'm not even going. Okay.Oh my God. Yeah.
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He may have only been a 173,but they got a test for some
other shit then. Oh my god.Which is the biggest lightweight
ever.I used to fall asleep at the wheel
when I worked. Third shift. Oh, yeah.Dude, I used to fall asleep
sober all the time. Oh, yeah.When I was doing morning news
and I'd get.I worked from, like,
I think it was like 3 a.m. to 2 p.m.or something like that, or 4 to 2.
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Man,I'd be driving home just nodding off.
And the worst was when I got closeto the closer to home I got,
the more sleepy I got.I'd be driving to work and I'd
be sitting at a red light.Sometimes red lights are long.
No. You're not wrong there.Take a little nap,
and next thing you know,somebody's honking behind you.
Yeah, yeah, definitely done that.Oh, yeah. It was.
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It was more in the afternoon for me.Morning.
I had my coffee with me on the drive,so I'm sipping coffee as I'm driving.
So I usually stayed awake.But driving home you know, two 230
3:00 oh yeah. Hitting the freeway.You know, sometimes those bumps
would wake you up.You know what the worst part for me
about, like, coffee in the morningis when I drink warm beverages.
(42:17):
Because I'm such an old man,it just makes me want to go to sleep.
So it's like I'm sitting there inthe morning drinking my coffee,
and I'm just like my eyes arefluttering as I put the cup down.
I'm just like, man,this is wonderful. It's like.
And I'm the opposite.I'm like, oh, hot coffee, I'm jacked.
(42:38):
Oh yeah, I get really excited.I love how it tastes, but man,
I love it.Once it hits the lips, I'm just man.
Like, where's that REM again?I just signed up for a coffee
subscription.You seem like that kind of guy.
Yeah, like I legit got my firstbag in the mail today.
Haven't even tasted it yet.Is it ground already,
(43:00):
or do you have to grind it?No, I've got a I've got a grinder.
Oh, Jesus Christ. Yeah.What can I. Say?
Most hipster shit I've ever heard.We started this, like,
not quite a year ago.We forever did the K-Cups,
and it got to the point where, like,I'm drinking three cups a day.
The wife's drinking 1 or 2. Just one.Yeah, well, not just the price,
but I'm like, man, I'm putting,like, you know, 900 plastic cups
(43:22):
in the landfill every two days.Plus the price of it.
And you get better coffee whenyou grind it yourself.
So, like, back when California CoffeeRepublic still had their spot,
like we, you know, we talked to Will.He was the one that did the coffee
when we did our 14 cannons. Right.And he was telling me what to get.
And I'm buying his coffee.I'm like, God damn, it's so good.
And at the time,I was just putting in the little
(43:43):
K-Cup adapter so I could put,like, regular coffee in it.
So that's what I used to do fora while. That was great.
Yeah, that's how it started.But it was such a pain in the ass.
And now we have like, a legit,you know,
just brews coffee in the morning and.It's like a regular coffee maker.
Regular coffee maker gone backwards.Now the regular coffee maker has
a fancy adapter.So if we need to do a K-Cup,
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like if I'm just having one cup,you know, it's more like if the
wife is having one cup,I'm not around. She can do a K-Cup.
She can switch out the little adapterthing. That's nice. Yeah. It's cool.
It's got a little frother on theside. It's fucking fancy. Damn, dude.
Black Friday special last year.I'm telling you.
You gonna be a regular barista.Hipster as fuck. What can I say?
(44:28):
You've said enough.Pretty soon it'll be the Coffee
Republic. The Craft Douche Republic.Oh, we're already there.
Oh, same douchiness,different liquid. What can I say.
I love it,I wouldn't trade it for the world.
Well, I think we should wrapthings up. All right.
(44:49):
I got some coffee to grind.I'm gonna hit some music.
I'm gonna say hi to Vanessa.Hello, Vanessa. Hello. Follow us.
@CraftBeerRepublic @CraftBeerRepubliccom. Male @CraftBeerRepublic 805538.
Beer. All of that good shit.Thanks for hanging out.
Hope everyone out there is stayingvery well hydrated. And on that note.
(45:13):
Good night everybody. Nailed it.
I'm really glad Flex was on tonight.So much better than you.
Welcome in everybody.It's the craft beer republic.
Thanks for drinking.Thanks for joining.
(00:22):
I am Greg and I'm being joined by myfavorite co-host. And that is Flex.
What's up, big fella?You know, I feel ever since I
missed those two shows, I feellike a guest now. How dare. You?
Yeah, it's like I'm not even aco-host anymore.
It's like, oh, hey,Flex is back for another one.
We'll see if he's back next week.Haha. Leaving the door open, right?
(00:44):
Yeah. No. I'm back.Just, you know, for any confusion,
I'm back, right?Luckily, uh, Packers games are well,
they're not on Monday nights, butsometimes they. Sometimes they are.
So don't go to those ones. Yes, sir.Greg. And that's the bottom line.
Where was I?Oh, @CraftBeerRepublic. Follow us.
(01:06):
Write to us all those things.@CraftBeerRepublic mail
@CraftBeerRepublic.Com all that good shit.
Uh, so much to talk about tonight.I did a little research on the
road again. About your research.Thank you.
I got some booze news to get to.We even have a clip to play for
one of the booze news stories,so I'm excited to get to that.
Uh, drunk people are fun.Hopefully it's not shitty audio.
(01:28):
It's surprisingly good, actually.All right, we'll get there.
Uh, if you don't mind, I'm gonnacrack open a beer over here.
Please do. I Love My Beer.I Love My Beer. I Love My Beer.
(01:50):
I Love My Beer.I am drinking Monkish Brewing Co.
Hay Cuz.7% has a 4 to 9 untapped with over
1400 ratings and they say Double DryHopped IPA with Citra and Motueka.
(02:12):
It's the IPA version of Cousinof Death,
which I don't know what that is.And I will say, you know,
last week I drank that beer thatwas pushed almost pushing a year.
I think it was like.Ten months rummage sale beer. Yeah.
Yeah. I was drinking that garage.Garage sale beer?
Uh, this one is less than two weeksold. Wow. Yes. So, uh, freshy.
(02:34):
Fresh. Anyways, I got the.Well,
I'll tell you the story about this.This on the nose buds, uh,
some mango, and I feel like that'speach coming through. It's like that.
Really nice, you know, fruit salad.Love me some fruit salad.
Tossing salads.Tossing some fruit salads on the.
(02:54):
Beach.That's what it feels like every time
I stick my schnoz in here on theTongue-jobber. Oh, silky smooth.
Just the right amount of carb.When I poured it, there was very
little ahead, and I got worriedthat maybe it was going to be under
carb or something. Not the case.Good carbonation, lots of mango.
(03:17):
Ripe peach.Not too bitter on the last week.
That beer was like super bitteron the back end. None of that.
It's that easy drinking, juicyIPA that we've all come to expect
from Monkish. Oh, they're so good.They really are so good.
Btdubs Non-Murderer John.If you happen to be in my hood
before I finish all these,I've got one with your name on it.
(03:41):
Definitely glad I had a four pack.Definitely glad he got you the four
pack or you got it? No, I got it.But if he happens to be around the.
Hood, he's always hooking you up.He's always hooking me up.
And sometimes he hooks me withMonkish.
Well, I've got a Monkish for now,so if you act quickly. Yeah.
Hit me up. You're around.Better hurry up there.
Non-Murderer John.This is a good one. I tell you what.
(04:04):
So last week, I was, uh, in OrangeCounty for work again, and I went to.
When I say new place, new for me,not new in existence.
It's the Anaheim Packing district,and it's this old citrus packing
factory. Okay.From, like, the 40s or something.
And they've turned it into, uh,basically like a food hall,
(04:24):
if you will.Um, there's probably something
like at least 20 restaurantsthat range from. Yeah.
I mean, some of them, there's acouple, like full sit down areas,
like nicer restaurants.But overall it was like, you know,
you walk up, get your food andthere's communal tables and seating.
We have something like that here.It's called the Third Street
Market Hall.I think it used to be a I think
it used to be a mall.Oh, and then there's a bunch of
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eateries and shit in there and, uh,kind of like a social gathering
with some games. But. Yeah. Go on.Yeah, yeah. Same same type of thing.
This when I,when I pulled up I was like, oh,
you know footprint wise this issmaller than I was expecting.
But he got inside and man theypacked it in.
It was two stories and they'd donea good job. It's really cool.
I've heard about it a bunch.I think even Chew talked about
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it once on the show and, uh,so finally made it over there.
It's really cool.Had dinner at it's called the Iron
Press. It's basically like a bar.They had a bar,
it was worth of seating.And so I pulled up to the bar and
boy was I in luck because it was aWednesday night and the guy goes,
hey, you know, here's your menu,whatever.
And they had a lot of great beeron tap.
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I had a, um, I've never heard ofthis brewery before.
It was Audiograph and I had abeer called hasta la Raiz, and it
was a hazy and it was delicious.And then after that they also had a
couple of Russian rivers on tap.So I had a Blind Pig. Nice.
Off the tap. So good. I was laughing.So many people came up like, oh,
you have Pliny and they'reordering Pliny.
And a guy a few seats over from mewas talking to the silent bartender.
(05:51):
He's like ten out of ten times.I ordered that Blind Pig way
over a pint.And I was like, yeah, brother,
here we go. So, uh, had had that.And, uh, when he hand me the food,
he goes, by the way, it's Wednesday,which means it's wing Wednesday,
dollar a wing night.And I was like, you motherfucker,
I'm so rocked right now. Hell, yeah.So I had myself just a fucking
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pile of wings. I'll be honest.Low expectations.
Because it's just like a bar in amall in quotes. Not even a mall.
I was like, yeah,how good are they gonna be?
They were surprisingly good.Perfectly cooked, great sauce.
Um, I got. What's your go to sauce?Well, usually I just go Buffalo
and I did, I got multiples,so I got the buffalo and the buffalo
(06:35):
was just your average. It was good.It had some spice to it,
but it was just your average buffalo.I also got the salt and pepper,
which was just a dry rub.And salt and pepper was delicious.
It was so flavorful, so good.And you really got like how good
the chicken was cooked.But it needed a little spice.
So I was dipping my salt andpepper in the buffalo and it was
fucking magic. Genius. Yeah.So I will be going back,
(06:56):
and this time I will order all saltand pepper with a side of buffalo.
That is the fucking secret sauceright there.
So are you actually, like,chomping at the bit to get back
to orange? I might be.Next time I go,
it's not gonna suck so much becauseI'm definitely doing this again.
And if I'm not mistaken, don't younormally hate going to Orange County?
I do, and it's usually, like, shortnotice and like, hey, wife and dog.
(07:17):
Sorry, I gotta leave, you know,tonight or tomorrow or whatever.
And, you know,there's all that and just.
And when I went down there, it waslike two days after I just had my
little head surgery and everything,and, uh, I was I was not comfortable,
and so that sucked.But, uh, this made it a little
bit better. Okay. Yeah.So this all leads to the beer I'm
(07:38):
drinking because there is a Monkishlocation at the Anaheim Packing
District. It's not in the main area.It's like across the parking lot
at their little, like, annex area.Apparently there's another
brewery over there as well.I did not make it there,
but after dinner I went over toMonkish and I thought,
I'll have a beer and I'll get myselfa four pack and I'll I'll head out.
I walked in at, I think it waslike 845 and I was like, hey,
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I'm looking at the menu.Guy comes up like, hey,
how's it going?I said, hey, I was like, I'll get a.
And as I'm about to mention thebeer and he goes, uh,
we're done pouring. Really?I was like, oh,
I didn't like he said it.So like, you fucking idiot, I,
I hate that.Just come up and be like, hey,
you know, we close in 15 minutes.So we've already made last call,
right?But I was like, oh, we're done
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pouring. I was like, oh, okay.You guys close at nine?
Yeah, you can get cans.I'm like,
I really wanted to not get cansbecause he pissed me off so much.
Yeah. Acting like that. Yeah, yeah.But I but I also really wanted
the cans.I was like, well, it's not gonna
affect his fucking paycheck whether Iget cans or not. So I got the cans.
Um, but it was annoying.So, Monkish you're listening.
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Tell that guy to fucking shut up. Uh.So I got this four pack, and it
was delicious. And I'm glad I did.I'm glad I didn't just get one
of them. I'm happy for you.After last week, man. That's.
It's quite the turnaround.That's huge.
Yeah, quite the turnaround in mypants. I tell you what.
So somebody pitching a beerboner tent? Yeah.
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Rocked up on some Monkish over here,so. Oh, I forgot to show you.
This is horrible for the podcast,but, uh, you know, funky cannot.
Oh, yeah. It's kind of fun.Looks like a big, like,
Easter Island head or somethinglike that, I don't know.
Yeah, I like that. Yeah.It's interesting. So good stuff.
You know me,I'm not a hype beer chaser.
Like I will not wait in line fora Monkish release or no.
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And the hype beer train it.We're it's it's long gone.
Yeah, but even when it was fullsteam, I was like,
I'm not I'm not waiting in line.Oh, it was only an hour to get a
Monkish like, that's 59 minutestoo long, motherfucker.
I waited in line for beer onceand it was Is 2019,
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and it was when Eagle Park stillonly had one location and it was
their small downtown location. Mhm.And it's not the fact that like
the line was for the beer itself,it was like the line was for waiting
for the place to open the beerrelease. So yeah. Kind of different.
Um, because not everybody was inline to go get whatever they
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were coming out with.A lot of people just went in to
go drink and hang out. So yeah.That makes sense. Yeah.
But yeah,I've only done it once. Yeah.
Aside from like, a beer line at theball game or something like that,
I think. Well, that doesn't count.No, no, I think I've waited in line.
I can think of one time and it was15 minutes, and it was the first
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time I ever had Pliny the Younger onone of the younger releases. Okay.
And I showed up to a local spotwho had, like just tapped it.
They posted on Instagram and I ranright over on definitely Not my
lunch break and order to Pliny.And when I walked up,
I was like, okay, short line,this shouldn't be too bad.
And they were even asking like,are you here for food or just beer?
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And if you're in just beer,it's this line just, you know, if
you're getting both, it's this line.So I was like, hey, just beer.
That's fine.I, I'm on a time limit here.
So I waited between standing in lineand ordering and getting my beer.
15 minutes. Not bad.Yeah, that's not bad.
I got a I got younger,and that was the first and last time
I think I ever waited in a beer line.Yeah, other than that, not worth it.
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Just don't do it. Don't.I also don't care to get, uh,
releases on, like, the day thatthey release anymore. Yeah.
You know, it's just like, hey,you know, it's still going to be
there two days later.It's not like, you know, breweries
are, you know, some still are small.But, you know, breweries started
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coming out like craft breweries,2016 and 17.
And they would brew a supersmall batch and I'd be like,
okay, we got 40 cases to sell.And then if you didn't get it
that day or the day after, yeah,you were probably kind of fucked,
but. Right. Uh, but now. Yeah.Anybody that's still alive,
brewery wise out there, they brewsomething. It's gonna be there.
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Yeah. It's funny you bring this up.This is something I've not
thought of in a long time.But it used to be breweries.
When they'd release something thatwasn't like a core beer or at least
a, you know, regular appearing beer.They kind of would make an event
out of it, like, hey, come ondown for the drop of whatever,
we're gonna have a party.We're gonna do all these things.
Now it's just kind of like, hey,we're dropping this beer and
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nothing special,and we're making a ton of it,
so come tomorrow, definitely not nextweek for no reason at all. Yeah.
I don't know if craft breweriesby you, they still have, like,
membership programs.I mean, a couple do still, but,
uh. Man, I think they're fading.Right. So, like, Eagle Park.
Love them to death.Favorite brewery? They're great.
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They still have a membership program.Great French fries.
And one of the perks is still youget the beer releases in cans,
like a day before everybody else.So if you're a member,
you can pick them up on Fridaysand Saturdays. Sure.
And, you know,you get a few other perks, you know,
dollar off beers and. Right.Or a full pour instead of a half
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four.Or if you become a platinum member
or a VIP member or something,which is like $1,000 for a lifetime
membership. Oh, lifetime. Okay.You get 50% off all beer,
50% off all merch, you know, forever.And maybe that eventually be
worth it.But like the perks for some of these
memberships, there's just it's like,what's the point anymore? Yeah.
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You know.It was when we,
when when beer was at its, you know,at its peak and everything.
I won't mention names.Brewery near us,
very popular brewery. Great beer.We love them. We still love them.
And they had a I think theystill technically have it,
but they had a mug club and similar.You know,
you get discounts on all your pores,you get discounts on merch.
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I think once a year they did likea mug club party and, you know,
that sort of thing. The normal shit.Nothing,
nothing out of the ordinary. Right.And we used to go fairly often.
It was one of those things at thetime, like, maybe we should join
like we do come quite a bit, but wedon't come quite enough, I think,
to make the discount worth it.Like we did the math and you had
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to go, let's say once a week.It's like, yeah, they're not down the
street. We don't go once a week.We probably go once or twice a month,
let's say twice a month. Yep.So we never did.
And now it's like,why the fuck would you do that? Yeah.
Sorry, I, I don't know,I love that brewery still, but I
just in fact they recently postedthey were having a beer release come
get it now and was like, you guys,have you make so much beer now?
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I'm not worried about thisrunning out. Yep.
Or like the pandemic when, Gwen, uh,you couldn't go inside Brewery X.
So they would do parking lot,pick up and goes.
So you drive to the tent, tell themwhat you want, and you pay for it.
They put it in your trunk andthen zoom off like.
We didn't have, like where they'dactually put in your trunk for you.
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We had, you know, come in,wear your mask, pick it up and
get the fuck out. Oh, we.Yeah, we had the car pick up lines.
Oh, yeah.I don't think any of the local ones
did that. That was interesting. Yeah.I remember doing a bunch of
pickups when I was.I was still working in downtown LA at
the time, and, uh, Mumford Brewing,I just discovered Mumford Brewing
right before the pandemic.I mean, like, the day before,
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basically.And so I did,
like some pickups from them.And even that was like walk up to
our window, hope to get someone'sattention, which I'm like,
you're not serving customers.All you're doing is attending the
window. Don't go too far away. Right.But every time it was like you.
Got. One jumping jacks.Yeah, it's like doing jumping
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jacks to get someone's attention.But yeah, even that was picked
up from a window.And, you know, fight for downtown
LA parking and this and that.So R.I.P. Mumford great beer.
I do have to shout out Frankfrom Eagle Park though.
So I was like, hey Frank,I was there for remember there
for like three years.And uh, I finally did not up my
membership because I was like,you know what?
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I just I don't get out much anymore.I don't do the the brewery thing
much anymore.And I took my kids there a
couple of weeks ago for lunchbecause they enjoy the lunch.
And Frank said, oh,you're a member, right?
I said, Frank, I'm actually nota member anymore. I'm sorry.
And he looked at me and he said,you'll always be a member here.
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Oh, and he gave me the discounts.So cheers to Frank.
What a what a splendid guy.And one of the best mustaches I've
ever seen. Oh. So hot. What a man.Yeah, I think breweries.
God, I feel like I said this acouple of weeks ago.
Have something to learn fromwineries.
You know, wineries do wine clubmemberships, and we're a member
at a couple wineries. Are you?I don't know if you've heard.
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I'm a little classy.Get right out of town.
I tell you what.Classiest guy I know. That's right.
No mustache, but classy as fuck.Can you grow a mustache?
Oh, absolutely.I, I one of the lucky people.
That doesn't.There's no splotchiness in my
facial hair. Very solid.I just don't like growing it too long
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because it gets itchy. Really? Yeah.Like, I can hit about a week,
and then I'm over here justscratching my face like an
insane person. Interesting.Which I've heard from people
with real beards and mustachesand they're like, yeah,
if you just made it through anotherweek or two, you'd be fine.
I'm like, yeah, yeah, I bet you'reright. I don't want to do that.
Oh, man. Instant gratification baby.I can't handle. It. Shame on you.
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I know my boss the other day wastelling me I should grow a beard.
I'm like, nah, I can't.I can't do the whole.
I was actually wondering if youshaved for work.
So now that you say your boss askedor said you should grow a beard
And you said, no, that's bogus.I have not taken an actual razor
to my face in over ten years.For me, it's been like four.
Yeah, I just do the trimmer.Yeah. Same. I got such bad skin.
(17:42):
Yeah. Same.Oh, this is not a bad skin show.
But man, do I get all bumpy when I.When I shave with a razor. The worst.
And then I get those big waddedup ingrown hairs. Yes.
Then you gotta dig that out.And that sucks. Yeah.
And the wife does not like how Ilook. You know, baby skin shaving.
It might either. Yeah. If.Other than my hairline.
(18:05):
Like if I was wearing a hat.If I shave my face, like, shave.
Shave.I look like a fucking child. Same.
I like back to being 21 again. Yeah.I get carded if I actually shave.
So, yeah. Don't do it.And I don't like it.
It's just not good.So I get the trimmer, take care
of the the face and we're good.My family calls me baby butt chin
(18:26):
when I, uh, when I shave, And, uh.I don't like the sound of that name,
so I don't do it anymore.Sure you figured out how to prevent
it? I love it. Yeah. So. So. Yeah.So here we are. Interesting.
Not not a skincare or facialhair show, but, uh.
But, yeah, a little relatabilityhere, I like that.
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Yeah, something like that.So we're always getting closer, Greg.
We really. Are. Something like that.So. Yeah. So beer clubs.
Oh, yes. Yes. Sorry. Yeah.I don't remember where we were, but I
think we pretty much finished. Uh.Just wine clubs know what
they're doing? Yeah, exactly.They know what they're doing.
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They they make it an event whenyou pick up your shipments and
that kind of thing.And I think beer has something to
learn from them, so that's all. Make.Make an event. Right on. Enough said.
All right, let's move on.Before we get to a little news.
Got some ludicrous libation lore.And, of course, uh, we got to
find out what Flex is drinking.But first,
this one comes out of Montana.In Montana, a small brewery may
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pour no more than 48oz of beerper person per business day,
and it may only do so between thehours of 10 a.m. and 8 p.m.. Come on.
This is like some borderlineAlaska shit. So you can't.
Bars aren't open past 8 p.m..No no no. Only breweries.
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Oh, breweries. I'm sorry. Yes.A small brewery may pour no more
than 48oz of beer.So they treat breweries like a
sampling establishment.You go there to sample the goods
to know what you're going to buy.And this is because all the bar
lobbyists fought against allowingbreweries to pour massive
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amounts of beer, because thebars would go out of business,
because people would rather hangout at a brewery than a bar.
Well, yeah. That's accurate.Yeah. So fuck you, Montana.
Yeah. That's dumb.Very dumb way to try and be Alaska.
Slash new Jersey.Good luck with your events.
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Mute the TV, losers.You want karaoke? No. Yoki.
Man, that was good. No it wasn't.No, I like that one.
Uh, come to our brewery for no Yoki.Just people with headphones on
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singing to themselves.Super awkward. Dumb.
All right, before we get to the news,let's, uh, let's answer some
very important questions.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,
one Tongue-jobber.In this world, we must find out What
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is Flex drinking? Well well, well.Today the Flex is a drinking
equilibrium, which is kind ofcrazy because I really don't buy
too much equilibrium.Yeah, because they were a hype.
Huge hype brewery. Huge, huge.Probably still are.
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But they used to be huge.And I bought one beer from them
and it was a single can.It was like seven bucks and I
let it sit in my fridge formonths because I'm like, man,
this put it on a pedestal, right?This beer is gonna be fucking nuts.
And I drank it and lo and behold,it was a fucking beer.
Isn't that the shits?Yeah, yeah,
it's glad I'm beyond that point.So, uh, my kids actually helped
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pick this one out.They just liked how it looked
like a fuzzy TV screen,even though they really don't know
what a fuzzy. I was gonna say.Do they have any idea what that is?
Yeah.No, they just said it looked cool.
And I said, you know what?That does look kind of cool.
So this one is called Axioms ofprobability.
It's a double IPA at 8.5%.And it is in collaboration with
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Blackstack Brewing over in Minnesota.They're the Twin Cities.
I think I have the right on tap.There's two for this beer, one for
the regular beer, and then it saysone for axioms of probability 2025.
But they are literally the samething.
So we're going to go with theone with more check ins.
This has 1.7 thousand check ins.So it's 1700 1700 uh for one for
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overall rating. Pretty solid. Nice.And let me clear my throat for this
one. Aha. Let me clear my throat.It says it reads axioms of
probability.Uses an oat and wheat base before
a citra incognito Citra T90 andgalaxy whirlpool within eclipse.
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Citra, and Galaxy Dry Hop.A lot of hops. You know how it feels.
You know how I feel about a lotof hops in my my IPAs.
If I would have known this,I probably would not have gotten it.
That has no indication of whatthe beer tastes like, but I just.
I like simplicity, right? Right.Pouring vivid yellow.
I don't know if I'd call this vivid.Na. Pale. Yeah, it's pale straw.
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Yeah, it's my favorite color ofan IPA, but.
Very similar to my color, actually.Yeah. You see that lacing there, too?
That's sexy. Sexy. Lacy.Uh, so it reads,
pours a vivid yellow, a bright melonand assorted tropical fruit nose
hits the senses first before bigflavors of ripe melon, mango chunks,
fuzzy peach skin, lemon,lime and dank earth. Not shit. Um.
(24:08):
The the creamy fruit forwardflavors build up into a spectrum
of bright rainbow melon known asour Ek juice. Hashtag ek juice.
I don't ruin the hashtag.But hashtag.
The axioms of probability tellus you'll probably like this one
as much as we do.Okay, now that I got my breath back.
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So on the old nose buds here,I get a lot of that lemon lime. Hmm.
And a lot of that earthy aromagetting a slight sweetness.
Can't really tell if it's melon orpeach, but, uh, it's delectable,
I enjoy it. Pretty solid nose here.Um, then, without further ado. Nice.
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So the carbonation on this iswonderful. Mhm.
It's how any double IPA should be,like very slight.
Like you still need a little bitto give you like a little bit of
that zing that, that spritz.And then it just dies out right away.
This started out a little bitteron the back end. Not a lot.
Just like a little bit.Little hint of it that has since
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diminished.and it's very dry on the back end,
which I love because it always makesyou want to dive back in for more.
I told you off air.I was hesitant on drinking this
tonight. Yeah, glad I did.Oh, okay. It's solid.
Uh, would I buy a four pack of it?I would, would I drink it all in
(25:38):
two days? Probably not.I think I would let this one ride
for a little bit, but. Okay.Uh, super solid offering. It's not.
I'm not mind blown, but it's solidoffering for sure. I like it.
Yeah. Cheers. To equilibrium.EQ, which I never see around here.
Really? Yeah, occasionally.Usually if I get it, it's from
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Tavour or some shit like that.Some place that doesn't treat
their beer right.Which you don't want it from there?
Yeah. Pretty much. Yeah. Trash. Yeah.Stop sponsoring us and see what
happens. Trash.We tell it like it is.
Even when you sponsored us,you just send us your leftover
shit It. Trash. Trash.Anyways, before we get in trouble,
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some booze news. Xul beer.Xul Xul beer is going to take
over Southern Grist. Okay.Xul Beer Company is in the process
of taking over Southern Grist Brewingand its two Nashville locations.
The company announced onInstagram last week.
The company wrote in early 2025.As fate would have it,
our Southern Grist family inNashville was figuring out the story
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for the next ten years while we werein the heat of our growth phase.
In a very short time,the SGB founders collectively
agreed that Xul was the perfectfit to pick up the pen to write the
next chapter for Southern Grist.In its own post,
Southern Grist wrote, Southern Gristwill always be a part of the story,
living on in the spirit,as Xul brings their Knoxville
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crafted liquid gold to Nashville.The transition is expected to be
completed by the end of the year,and Xul will retain Southern Grist
staff, according to the news.So they're getting rid of the
Southern Grist name.Seems like it seems like they're
completely.Yeah,
they're completely filling it up.I just hope they have a beer that's
called, uh. There is no Dana. Why?If you're a Ghostbusters fan,
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there is no Dana, only Zuul.I was like, Who's Dana? Zuul?
Brought it back around for me.That would be good.
It's one of my favorite lines. Yeah.With a name like that,
you gotta lean into it. Oh, 100%.Like you're a fucking ghost in,
like, the top tier, you know,like. Come on. Um.
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That's kind of sad for SouthernGrist, I guess.
I, I went to one of those locations.It was solid.
Their beer is, uh, the soursweren't as great as everybody
always made their sours out to be.Uh, I did have a double IPA there.
That was very wonderful.Instead of getting the flight of
sours after that, I should havejust got another one of those.
And kind of a weird location.It's like you'd get off the freeway.
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I can't remember which.There's like one on each side of
Nashville. Mhm.He got off the freeway and it was
just kind of like this podunk likekind of like should I, should I be,
should I be here right now.Kind of feeling.
And then you saw the brewery andthen it was just kind of like in
(28:31):
between three buildings that lookedabandoned and you're like, should I
really be here? Like, is this safe?Uh, but it was, and, uh, we had no
issues, and the staff was kind,and they were great and very helpful.
And they did have some food there.Um, nice outdoor setup and. Yeah.
(28:51):
So it kind of sucks, but I guess it'sgreat that they're not closing. Yeah.
I mean,good for the staff especially.
Yeah, I think that's great.Yeah, absolutely.
I've I've not I don't know ifI've ever had Southern Grist
maybe I have I know Shred hastalked about Southern Grist a
lot and seen it on his gram backin the day when he used to post.
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We used to get some distro from them.Okay. Here.
And it would just be like thebig sours right there.
Peanut butter and jelly soursthat they were big for. Yeah.
And that's how I felt about them.I'm usually not a fan of the PB
and J. Oh I love them I really do.They can be so good.
I just find so often they'rejust kind of half assed.
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And this isn't about Southern Grist.This is just in general.
No, but Southern Grist's were,you know, like it was like I drank it
and I was like, yeah, I was pissed.I spent 18 bucks on this.
Yeah, it's kind of a, you know.Just their. IPA.
But their IPAs, I think I bought someto go when we went to Nashville the
first time just to drink from thehotel room. And, uh, that was solid.
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I had a good time with that.That's fair.
I'd say better IPAs than sours,even though sours got a lot of hype.
Okay, uh, interesting stat.I'm not gonna read the whole
story on this one.I just read this article from the
Wall Street Journal that was talkingabout tariffs and the rising cost
of aluminum cans for breweries.And they said if people started
recycling more, we could.Here I'm going to read this
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section right here.More than 1 billion in average
cans end up in landfills.The Wall Street Journal reported
that, citing figures from theAluminum Association,
if more of those cans ended up inrecycling centers to be smelted
down and reused the US aluminumimport needs, would they.
Lose their genitalia in anunfortunate smelting.
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It needs would be slashed in half.So recycle your cans people.
I always recycle.I love recycling. Same.
I have two different recycling pilesat my house. Oh, I'm not that cool.
So we have the like, bottles and cansrecycling and we take that to the
local animal shelter where they,they sort it and turn it in for money
(31:04):
and use it for the animal shelter.Okay. And then we have like the.
Paper and cardboard.Everything else, the cardboard,
the paper, the random plastic shit.That kind of stuff. Yeah.
We just have one big recycling bin,that's all. That's how it used to be.
And then when the animal I found outthe animal shelter was like taking
your recycling and then using it to,like, fund programs and stuff,
I was like, oh, fuck yeah.Oh, my grandma used to just have
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a she was real fun.She had three like 60 gallon garbage
bins in her closet in her apartment.Like it was a big, like,
rolling closet.And we would just fill them up with
soda cans, like, we had to crush allthe soda cans. So it's fun for us.
But then we would take them to therecycling center with my aunts,
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and then they would get money forall the aluminum. Right? Yeah.
So that that's what we would do.Yeah.
I'm imagine that's exactly whatthe animal shelter is doing. Yeah.
It was just funny because my grandmahad three garbage cans in a closet.
Ginormous.It's like hanging like like coat
hangers or jackets hung up in there.But, you know, like underneath
(32:10):
the jackets were just fuckinggarbage cans full of soda cans.
Grandma, why is your jacket smelllike trash? Oh, yeah. Trash. Trash.
Uh, all right, let's take a.Actually, we're gonna take
multiple trips to Florida.Florida is just on fire right now.
What is it?Drunk Florida man allegedly fires at
officers to get their attention.Come on.
(32:31):
You know what that tracks. Right?Three Winter Springs police officers
were eating dinner in a churchparking lot just after midnight
on August 28th, when they heardgunshots coming from nearby.
The officers immediately tookcover and called for backup.
Fortunately, no one was injured.After determining the direction
of the gunfire, officers begansearching the area and soon
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encountered a man walking along asidewalk not far from the scene.
He was identified as 20 year oldDevin Williams of Orlando.
Williams denied hearing any gunfire,but admitted to having a handgun
tucked in the front of his pants,because that's where I would put
my handgun.I was gonna say that is, I think
if you Google it, best places tokeep your handgun tucked in front of
(33:14):
your pants is number one. Right?Yeah. Next to your dick is perfect.
Also, be careful because he'sfrom Orlando. Great dick weather.
Great dick weather.And he's got that other thing
slinging around right next to itthat is dangerous.
You don't want to shoot that off.I'm just telling you. Right.
That sounds like a bad idea.It might not ever look better.
(33:36):
Yeah. Yeah.Police say it was a Glock 43,
believed to be the weapon usedin the shooting.
A search of his backpack turnedup a second handgun, which he.
Which had been reported stolen out ofOrlando, along with several rounds of
ammunition and a bottle of alcohol.Officers say Williams eventually
admitted he'd been drinking andexplained why he fired the shots.
He said he was trying to gettheir attention.
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Williams was arrested and booked onseveral charges, including aggravated
assault on law enforcement,use of a firearm under the influence.
Grand theft of a firearm.Unlawful carry of a concealed
weapon and liquor.Possession by a person under 21.
Winter Springs Police Chief MattTracht said in a statement.
This individual did succeed ingetting our attention and will
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hopefully spend a long timeincarcerated. What a dummy. Dumb.
Like everything you said,I'm just thinking to myself,
well, how stupid, what an idiot.Yeah, every step of that was dumb.
But then it just comes back andI'm like, you know what, Florida?
Yeah. 100. Now it tracks.Way to stay on brand Florida.
(34:40):
Way to keep Florida. Florida.Speaking of Florida federal Ice
agents now powered by Coors Light,the Miami man is facing multiple
charges after allegedly drivingdrunk through the Florida Keys with
two young children in the vehicle,all while claiming to be a federal
immigration agent, according toMonroe County Sheriff's Office.
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42 year old Scott Thomas.Two first names can't trust him was
pulled over Wednesday afternoon aftera motorist reported him driving
recklessly. I have two first names.Oh. That's true.
Can't trust you. Damn it. Yeah.I mean, it's Flex really a first
name? Fair enough. Yeah.Give me one and a half.
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Deputies say he was seen swervingheavily and driving into oncoming,
oncoming traffic near the SevenMile Bridge before being stopped
inside the vehicle.Officers found his two children,
aged seven and nine. Classy guy.Terrible. Horrible.
Deputies noted a strong odor ofalcohol and say he was
disoriented and failed multiplefield sobriety tests.
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He also misidentified hislocation and gave the wrong
travel direction during the stop.Authorities say he identified himself
as an Ice agent during the rest.A spokesperson for the
Department of Homeland Securitysaid they were not aware of the
incident and are investigating.He was charged with DUI and two
counts of child endangerment.The children were turned over to
a family member, and the FloridaDepartment of Children and Family
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and Families was notified.I could never imagine getting all up
and then putting my kids in a car,right?
I've done some stupid shit,but I wouldn't do it to other people.
Well, that's the thing is, like,yeah, you know, we're what, 3738,
39 sure. We're around there.We've done some dumb shit. Yeah.
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Never would I ever do that.No, I wouldn't do it with my dog, I
wouldn't. Ain't nobody deserves that.Yeah, that's dumb.
Especially kids who have no sayin the matter. Right.
You just tell them to get in thecar and they get in the car, right?
You fucking asshole. Terrible.Yeah. I love that new excuse.
Now I'm part of ice. Okay.We do have a guy at work,
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a customer who comes in withthis ice hat on all the time,
and it's like, what are you.I don't care what side you're on,
I don't, I really don't.It's not for me to judge. But.
What? Are you supporting?Are you trying to act like you're.
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What's going on here? Yeah.You know, it just kills me.
I will say Flex of all people reallydoesn't care what side you're on.
I don't, I don't.Yeah, the most down the middle guy,
I think I know I, I havefeelings but I won't share them.
Which is fine. Yeah.You know that's fine, but, uh. Yeah.
Just to come in sporting that,it's. Yeah.
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All that to say,Flex thinks you look stupid for that.
I think you probably fuckinglook stupid like it.
Just be like if somebody came in withthe FBI hat that wasn't the FBI.
You know, like.Female body inspector, baby.
It's the same goddamn thing.I think it's dumb, right? Yeah.
What are you supporting?I don't know, it's just dumb.
It's not even a support thing.Well, and that's the thing.
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It's just dumb.You want to wear, like,
a blue line hat? That's great.You want to wear a red line hat?
That's great.You know, like firefighters.
Cops? Sure. Great support.Promote I love it.
But just rolling around in ice hat,you just look like an idiot. Yeah.
Because it doesn't say I support Xagency. It just look like an idiot.
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You just look like an idiot.Yeah. At least the whatever line.
Stupid hats they say I support.You know this thing, right?
Which is great, but. Yeah.Don't don't be a clown.
Oh, we're way past that.Next time he comes in with his
ice hat.Should be like feeling cold today.
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Huh? You sell that stuff? Yeah.We got some ice in the back.
Got, like, a company.Yeah, we'll end it on this one.
Florida man admits that he drank toomuch after crashing off of I-95.
A Palm Coast man is facing DUIcharges after crashing his car
off Interstate 95 early Sundaymorning and telling deputies he
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had too much to drink.Deputies responded to a single
car crash near Palm Coast afterwitnesses reported a gray Toyota
crossing all three lanes of trafficbefore spinning out into the woods.
When they arrived, 30 year oldMichael Gonzalez was already out of
the vehicle, uninjured but unsteadyon his feet and covered in vomit.
Gonzalez declined medical attention,but admitted to drinking heavily and
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said he didn't remember the crash.After failing a series of field
sobriety tests,he was arrested and taken to the
Flagler County Jail, where breathtests showed his back was.
You know, I always go reallyhigh on this, so. I know, okay.
Don't go too high on this.Let's see, like, uh like, uh.
(39:50):
Like like A14. Okay.Little under. He was A173. Okay.
But puking had a one.Seven three is like come on, man,
pull your life together. Grow up.Yeah, well we've got audio.
The body cam was rolling.The audio was surprisingly crisp.
(40:11):
And here is some of that arrest.What happened? Um.
I guess I drunk too much.You said what? Drunk too much.
Should you drink too much? Yes.Oh, wow. Okay. Yeah. Oh, wow.
Man,keep your hands out of your pockets,
please. Yeah, I appreciate that.Yeah. Just taking in my wallet.
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Okay. Oh, I dropped my wallet.How about you just take a seat,
like right there? Yeah.Like on the on the grass.
Is there anyone else in the car?No. Just me. Okay.
Can you remember where I was at?I'm not even gonna lie to you.
So you were coming this way Andwhat happened?
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Like, how did you end up here?I can't even say I know what
happened. I'm not even.You know. Okay.
I mean, you don't have an answer.You don't have an answer. But I.
Just.Probably fell asleep behind the
wheel. I'm not even going. Okay.Oh my God. Yeah.
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He may have only been a 173,but they got a test for some
other shit then. Oh my god.Which is the biggest lightweight
ever.I used to fall asleep at the wheel
when I worked. Third shift. Oh, yeah.Dude, I used to fall asleep
sober all the time. Oh, yeah.When I was doing morning news
and I'd get.I worked from, like,
I think it was like 3 a.m. to 2 p.m.or something like that, or 4 to 2.
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Man,I'd be driving home just nodding off.
And the worst was when I got closeto the closer to home I got,
the more sleepy I got.I'd be driving to work and I'd
be sitting at a red light.Sometimes red lights are long.
No. You're not wrong there.Take a little nap,
and next thing you know,somebody's honking behind you.
Yeah, yeah, definitely done that.Oh, yeah. It was.
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It was more in the afternoon for me.Morning.
I had my coffee with me on the drive,so I'm sipping coffee as I'm driving.
So I usually stayed awake.But driving home you know, two 230
3:00 oh yeah. Hitting the freeway.You know, sometimes those bumps
would wake you up.You know what the worst part for me
about, like, coffee in the morningis when I drink warm beverages.
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Because I'm such an old man,it just makes me want to go to sleep.
So it's like I'm sitting there inthe morning drinking my coffee,
and I'm just like my eyes arefluttering as I put the cup down.
I'm just like, man,this is wonderful. It's like.
And I'm the opposite.I'm like, oh, hot coffee, I'm jacked.
(42:38):
Oh yeah, I get really excited.I love how it tastes, but man,
I love it.Once it hits the lips, I'm just man.
Like, where's that REM again?I just signed up for a coffee
subscription.You seem like that kind of guy.
Yeah, like I legit got my firstbag in the mail today.
Haven't even tasted it yet.Is it ground already,
(43:00):
or do you have to grind it?No, I've got a I've got a grinder.
Oh, Jesus Christ. Yeah.What can I. Say?
Most hipster shit I've ever heard.We started this, like,
not quite a year ago.We forever did the K-Cups,
and it got to the point where, like,I'm drinking three cups a day.
The wife's drinking 1 or 2. Just one.Yeah, well, not just the price,
but I'm like, man, I'm putting,like, you know, 900 plastic cups
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in the landfill every two days.Plus the price of it.
And you get better coffee whenyou grind it yourself.
So, like, back when California CoffeeRepublic still had their spot,
like we, you know, we talked to Will.He was the one that did the coffee
when we did our 14 cannons. Right.And he was telling me what to get.
And I'm buying his coffee.I'm like, God damn, it's so good.
And at the time,I was just putting in the little
(43:43):
K-Cup adapter so I could put,like, regular coffee in it.
So that's what I used to do fora while. That was great.
Yeah, that's how it started.But it was such a pain in the ass.
And now we have like, a legit,you know,
just brews coffee in the morning and.It's like a regular coffee maker.
Regular coffee maker gone backwards.Now the regular coffee maker has
a fancy adapter.So if we need to do a K-Cup,
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like if I'm just having one cup,you know, it's more like if the
wife is having one cup,I'm not around. She can do a K-Cup.
She can switch out the little adapterthing. That's nice. Yeah. It's cool.
It's got a little frother on theside. It's fucking fancy. Damn, dude.
Black Friday special last year.I'm telling you.
You gonna be a regular barista.Hipster as fuck. What can I say?
(44:28):
You've said enough.Pretty soon it'll be the Coffee
Republic. The Craft Douche Republic.Oh, we're already there.
Oh, same douchiness,different liquid. What can I say.
I love it,I wouldn't trade it for the world.
Well, I think we should wrapthings up. All right.
(44:49):
I got some coffee to grind.I'm gonna hit some music.
I'm gonna say hi to Vanessa.Hello, Vanessa. Hello. Follow us.
@CraftBeerRepublic @CraftBeerRepubliccom. Male @CraftBeerRepublic 805538.
Beer. All of that good shit.Thanks for hanging out.
Hope everyone out there is stayingvery well hydrated. And on that note.
(45:13):
Good night everybody. Nailed it.
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