April 23, 2025 • 46 mins
Welcome to Utah, Where the Beers Are Weird and the People Are Funnier
Welcome in, hydration nation! This week’s episode is bursting at the seams with hilarious stories, awkward encounters, and beer nerd gold. Greg and Flex are joined by the always-awesome Steph, executive director of the Utah Brewers Guild and part-time chalice queen. From the depths of WrestleMania weekend to a seltzer-fueled solo Vegas trip and a hilarious Riverside takedown, the gang covers it all. We’re talkin’ collab-heavy beer fests, weird assless cowboy encounters on the Strip, the Florida party that should’ve been a movie, and whether or not Flex's jorts have enough flower embroidery. It’s the perfectly ridiculous mix of craft beer talk and complete nonsense you didn’t know you needed.
Beers We're Drinking
Greg & Flex – Blind Pig IPA – Russian River Brewing. A crisp West Coast classic that sparked a hoppy debate between the boys.
Steph – Brainless Belgian Ale (Sake Barrel Aged) – Epic Brewing. A boozy, berry-packed beauty with a sake twist that Steph couldn't resist.
Greg's solo Vegas adventure quickly turned from adulting to Topo Chico chugging while dodging cowboy strippers in assless chaps. Meanwhile, Flex got dragged for his questionable jorts, though his “apple bottom” did earn some respect. Steph gave us the inside scoop on planning Utah’s most exciting beer fest, where brewers team up for one-time-only collabs and serve their own creations—it’s like beer nerd Comic-Con with more yeast. There was also a heartfelt shoutout to salty pretzel necklaces, a heated debate about malt bombs, and the tragic tale of Flex’s friend whose girlfriend dumped him immediately after listening to the podcast. Honestly, we can’t blame her—it was probably during the "Tipsy on Tits" segment teaser.
Booze News
- Hop Valley Gets the Axe – Tilray shuts down Eugene brewery in the latest round of cuts.
- Monster Kills More Than Your Energy – Squatters and Wasatch say goodbye to Utah.
- Henhouse & Fort Point Tie the Knot – The Bay Area breweries merge into Fort Point Henhouse, Inc. (yes, seriously).
- LeBron Swaps Vodka for Tequila – Ciroc's out, Lobos 1707 is the new MVP.
- Walmart Launches Beer for the Bargain Buzzed – “Brewmaster’s Selection” hits shelves for the budget-conscious drinker.
- Florida Educators Throw Rager for Minors – Principal and teacher charged after hosting a house party for over 100 kids.
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I don't want to do the work today.I don't want to do the work today.
I don't really want to do thework today.
I don't want to do the work today.
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Welcome in everybody.It's the craft beer republic.
Thanks for drinking.Thanks for joining.
I am Greg and I am being joined bythe world champion of the Midwest.
And that's Flex.What's up, big fella? Uh, happy.
WrestleMania weekend, everybody.Yeah. Or or is WrestleMania hangover?
That's ironic, because don't you?Not a wrestling show.
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Not a wrestling show.We'll see how long we can keep
that going. Yeah. We'll try.Uh, and then joining us from the
great white yonder.Is it snow a lot in Utah.
In the winter? More than here.Is that a racist joke?
No, no, but I guess it works for Utahtoo. That's what I was thinking.
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No. No joke. It was a no joke.The great white people yonder.
That's a good one.The funny part is,
I'm not white. Well, I'm. Yes.You're one of three in the
entire state. Pacific Islander.Uh, she is the executive director
of the Utah Brewers Guild,part of Beer Nerd Radio.
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The artist formerly known as MissTipsy Socks. Steph. What's happening?
Hey, that was a really nice lineup.I've never accomplished so many
things in one sentence.Let's get the resume out.
That's about as far as it goes. Yeah.All right, well, ChatGPT will
make it longer, I promise.I know I've gotten your emails
before. To whom it may concern.Uh, anyways, lots to get to today.
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We're gonna, of course,talk a little beer shit.
Especially with Steph on the show.Got some booze news to get through.
Uh, I'll recap my boring trip toVegas. All that good stuff.
Before we move on,I know it was so adult of me.
Uh, shout out to our top listingcity of last week.
And that is Trenton, new Jersey.Ooh, we like new Jersey,
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and they like us. Apparently so.Okay, maybe we don't like them.
We like, like the the people,the the beer people.
The beer people. I guess the.The thing keeps getting smaller.
Yeah, yeah, there's that one guywho's not too bad. Yeah.
We like, uh,a small population of new Jersey.
Yeah. Yeah. One guy's not bad.I can deal with him for about
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30 minutes.Beyond that, jersey can suck it.
Yeah.But thanks for listening,
Jersey. I met a guy once.He said he drove through Jersey,
and I said, all right, man, you'repretty cool. And that was the end.
All right, well, I think, uh,I think I need some lack of
sobriety in my life. Flex. Uh.Crack it open, daddy! Ooh! Big daddy.
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Oh! Oh, I love my bear.I love my. I Love My Beer.
I'm excited to share this withyou both.
Flex and I are drinking the samebeer, and that is Russian River
Brewing's Blind Pig IPA 6.25% 70.I can't see a thing.
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It really can't. Pour.Pig and collective 4.15 rating on
untapped over 135,000 ratings.The brewery, they say full bodied,
very hoppy brew with citrus pine,fruity notes and a nice dry,
bitter finish.This West Coast IPA is true to
its style as a very hop forwardwith enough malt character and
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alcohol to balance it out.Tasting notes citrus, pine and woody,
one of their flagship beers,blah blah blah Flex.
Uh, texted me and said that hehad gotten this and I said,
funny that you have this becauseI have one in my fridge, too.
Thanks to Intern Brian for hooking itup. He just brought it over one day.
He's like, you like Blind Pig haveone. I was like, don't mind if I do.
And thanks to my my aviator TomNardo DiCaprio pilot Tom. Yeah.
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He was in Fresno again, and he hookedme up with a bunch of Russian River.
So, uh, this is because of him.And I say it all the time.
I will gladly have a blind pigover a Pliny any day of the week.
This is why we're friends. Yeah.Suck it. Pliny.
Uh, what say you, Flexy?How you liking?
So it's just kind of like a crisp,refreshing smell.
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Like it's a little bit hoppy,but it's not, like, overbearing.
Yeah. A little, uh, pine on the nose.A little bit. Yeah.
So then the old Tongue-jobber here.Ying ying ying ying ying ying ying
ying la. La la la la la la la la la.Wow. I feel underqualified.
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Super duper crisp and refreshing.Something I really enjoy about
their IPAs, as I've had a few now,is that it says it's got that, uh,
that bitter dry finish and nothinglingers. Like there's none of that.
Doesn't coat the tongue.Oil or whatever that coats the
tongue and kind of makes you,like, kind of rinse out your
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mouth before the next sip. Mhm.It's lovely. I love how they do that.
I don't get many fruity notes. No.Maybe like a little citrusy
orangey type of thing going on.But, but, but it's a lot of pine
um very light bodied, very crisp.I thoroughly enjoy that.
Um, but I'm gonna have to disagreewith both of you, but. Oh.
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Um, I really thoroughly enjoyedthe Pliny over this.
More than this, huh? Yes.Is that because you're a booze whore
and you like the stronger beers?I mean, we're talking, what,
1.25% difference. I don't know.Is that what it is? Pliny's like A75.
And I believe this is A625. Okay.But I think the second you.
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I cracked the Pliny like the aromajust spewed out of the bottle,
and then you poured it out andyou could smell it and taste it,
and it was phenomenal.This is just like a little bit
lighter, you know,and not so as tasty as Pliny.
It's tasty, but I just don'tthink it's, as you know, with the
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tasting notes, the fruity notes,that it's still a really good beer.
I thoroughly enjoy this, don'tget me wrong. Hey, you know what?
Steph. You know. Each their own.Yeah. Yeah. Uh, Pliny is 8%.
This is 6.25,so almost 2% more for Pliny.
Uh, you know,everything you just described about
this is what I like about it more.There's not that hop coating on
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the tongue afterwards.You don't feel like you have to
rinse your mouth out.It's light. It's crisp.
Honestly, I could just fucking poundthese. They're so good. Um. Yeah.
Little, little pine in there. Yeah.Not much fruit like you said,
but, uh, just classic clean.Not a fucking malt bomb.
West coast IPA. Yep yep yep.And you know what?
Maybe as it warms up, maybe thenotes come out a little bit more.
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I don't know, I've never let it.Warm. Up, you know.
Yeah, that's the thing.I don't think I'll be able to
let this warm up because it'sthat tasty that it's going to go
down pretty quickly.But yeah, I think I did, you know,
put it on the record books.Mark it on your calendar.
Everybody over Blind Pig younger.Have you had the younger?
I had the younger for the firsttime the other day. Oh really? Mhm.
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Flex you probably have had younger.No, I have not had that one.
That's a little harder to come by.Yeah.
I've had a, I don't know,probably like three different
years of the younger.And what do you think. What do I.
Um first of all I'm not a hugemalty West Coast kind of guy.
And yeah, to me, younger is justa big fucking malt bomb.
And it has to be because theywant that booze up there.
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And, uh, you know, it's great.I'm glad I had a chance to get it.
I would not wait in line for it ordo the whole, like, ticket sales.
It's it's not my jam.It's good for what it is. Yeah.
Bet Flex would love it. Probably.You said it's a malt bomb.
You know how I feel about that.Yeah, I mean, it was it,
like 13% or something like that?I don't even remember.
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Is it that big? It's.It's a big daddy.
And in order to get that ABV outof there, you got to put a fair
amount of malt in it. So it's a lot.It's a it's a lot. Yeah.
It's just, you know, it's fine. Yeah.I was like, oh, I'm I'm so glad
I finally got to try one.It was good. Thanks.
I would still rather have aBlind Pig. Yeah.
Which was probably like superoffensive, but.
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I'm sure we've offended everybodylistening. Um, let's see.
Oh, ten and a half,ten and a half. For younger.
You're just offending the hype folk.That's all you're. Doing.
I know I also shit on beerzombies a couple months ago.
This this show is done for.We don't need to talk about how I
feel. I'm mad at them right now.Oh, really? Yeah.
They're leaving Utah, so.Oh, I'm mad at him, too,
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because their beer wasn't very good.Yeah. Yeah, they.
Yeah, they kind of like,just like the last year or so.
They crapped out.They were building a brewery here,
and then they backed out,and then they just picked up.
They decided to pick up and leave.And now I'm mad at them. Yeah.
Suck it. Yeah. And stuff.Hey, speaking of Utah beer and
all that good stuff, aren't youplanning a beer fest? I am.
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How is that going? I've secretly.I've always wanted to like it sounds
like. Hey, I could be like the hero.It's kind of like Wayne's World, you
know? We're gonna play a waynestock.Uh, it's a lot of work.
I'm tired all the time.I'm not nearly as fun as I used
to be. I have no life. Um.And that's great.
It's really cool. So. No, it's.I'm hoping for the best.
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Is my first festival planning itby myself? I hope it's just.
Called beer stock. Beer stock.It's a great. Name for.
A beer festival.No,
it's called the Great beer mash up.Get your permit. Application. Yeah.
So, yeah, that's all I've been doing.I'm hoping it comes out great.
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It's usually a great festival.I hear a lot of people say it's
my favorite festival in Utah,so if I fuck it up,
I'm going to be really sad.My, my guess is it only has like one
other festival to go up against,you know? How dare you! Flex two.
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So there's always like the smallfestivals. It's top. Three at least.
But we have a couple of big ones.But I don't love the giant
festivals like like, oh great,Mike's Hard Lemonade is throwing
this beer fest, right?You know,
I was actually sponsored by truly.I was thinking about Mike's Hard
Lemonade the other day because I waswondering, is it still even around?
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Yeah, I think so.And I don't know, it's been replaced
by, uh, what's the t. Oh, twisted.T yeah. Oh, is that really. Oh, I.
You know, Lipton with alcohol.What's that? I don't even know.
Honestly,I haven't seen a mike's Hard
Lemonade around in the longest time.But also, I was thinking about just
how they called it. Mike's hard.You know, which out of context,
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it's saying Mike is hard.Those were different times.
I just want to say shout out to Mike.Um, you know,
we're not having any issues, man.Or is it that it's just things
are just hard sometimes.Maybe he got old and that's why
we don't see it anymore.Mike's not hard. Very sorry.
Mike. Yeah.So, uh, is there is there like,
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a theme to the the festival.Or so brewers like it?
Not every brewery in any stateis a guild member. You.
They pay dues to be part of ourguild.
But, um, if you're a member of ourguild, you get to choose a partner,
and it can be another brewery ora distillery or cidery sake,
whatever you want.A couple people have teamed up with,
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like, cocktail bars. Um.Something booze related? Yeah.
Um,and then they make a collaboration
beer specifically for the festival.So you can only get them at the fest.
And usually they'll make enough thatthey can still sell it in their
taprooms afterwards, but. Sure. Um.I like that idea. That's a cool idea.
It's fun because all the beersis new.
You're not drinking old stale beerthat somebody's trying to get rid of.
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Uh, it's not beer.You've had a thousand times
someplace else.So all the all the beers are only
available there, and some ofthem won't last after that day.
I like that. Dun dun dun. Yeah.And it's really fun because the
brewers actually serve themselves.So when you come to get your beer,
you're being served by the two teamsof people who actually made it,
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and they love to tell you about it.Tell you about all the lupulin
that they put into it.Seriously. Cryo hops?
It's actually, I think theBrewers have as much fun as like,
the people that buy a ticket to come,because the brewers are all
hanging out with each other.The Brewers in Utah are all buddies,
so it's really just.All seven of them. I mean, yeah.
Hey, I have, like, uh,40 participants in 30 new beers.
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Wow. That's pretty good.That's pretty wild.
Pretty happy about it.Yeah, we got a couple crazy
things going on, so. Nice.All joking aside, I really,
really like the idea of that becauseso many times you go like, hey,
it's the Rotary Club beer fest.And it's just all local breweries
are like, well, I got a bunch ofhalfers that I need to.
Dump or your truly's. Right? Yeah.So, uh, and actually,
we're not a lot of states do I think.Uh, wait, is it you guys Flex
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that does the joint fest?Who does the joint?
Yeah, we do the joint fest.Isn't it a similar concept? Uh, yeah.
I guess if it's all collabs and allthe beers are made for the festival,
and then they are sold in twosix pack like variety,
six packs. Oh, that's cool.They'll be on tap at the brewery
until they run out.Yeah, ours will put em on tap at
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the brewery till they run out or.Yeah, in cans or whatever,
however they're doing it. But.So yeah I guess. Yeah. Similar thing.
Yeah for sure. So it's fun though.It's like a really community driven
event. It's really cool. Nice fun.Hopefully it stays that way.
If you guys want free tickets,call Steph at.
It's all about the community.It really is actually.
This is our our currently ouronly fundraiser for the Utah
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Brewers Guild.So, uh, if I don't make our money
for the year, I'm fired next week.Former executive director of.
Well, you just have to make a newslogan like fundraising question
mark, no, or. Fun. Fundraising.Yeah, somebody's already ahead
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of the game. Sorry. This reflex.Serving up some some cash,
though, so.Oh, we're pretty excited about that.
Nice. Is that like VIP ticket?You get some knickknacks with you?
Oh, we're just selling them.But I've thought about that.
Actually,I don't think that's a bad idea,
So. Either way, it can't be bad.Yeah. Um. That's exciting. Yeah.
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We love Erica. She's great.She's the best. She is the best.
She, uh.Last time we were at Lagerville,
she sent us, like, a whole box ofnosh, and we just started handing
it out to people as sort of likea promotion, like go check out.
And every time somebody came up,we were like, yeah, you want one?
They're like, yes. Here you go.We ended up like, but you gotta
go to @Neck_nosh_llc com or gofollow her on the gram, you know?
Whatever. It was a good idea.Yeah, it was great.
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People were losing their minds.Like, this is so cool. Really?
We ran out.Someone asked if they could have
the one I was wearing.I was like, homie, I am sweating.
I don't think you want my extrasalty pretzel necklace.
Like that's disgusting.You know, I don't care, man.
I was like, you know what? Here.Take it.
Yeah, that would have sold me theextra, extra salt. Yeah. Yeah.
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It was. It was weird and gross.I was like, you fucking enjoy,
homeboy. People love free stuff.I guess they don't really care
if you've been sweaty on it.They. That's true.
They actually,some people will pay extra for that.
Puts the sweaty pretzels on the skin,says the. Person. With the.
Sock Instagram account.You know all about that sweat bonus.
I don't. Have. Sweaty feet.I'm not saying you do.
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I'm just saying people probablyrequest it. That's pretty gross.
They do. It's true.People are fucking weird.
People are gross.Oh, well, that sounds fun.
Go check out the, uh, the.Where is it?
I mean, besides Utah. Like where?So it's in Salt Lake City.
It's in Utah. Utah. In Utah.Utah? Yeah, it is.
It is in our capital city,the city that most of us live in
in Salt Lake City. So, wait.Flex weren't we talking about
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last week or the week before?Where does Steph live?
And and we said there's two options.You either live in Salt Lake or
you live in Provo. Provo?Yeah, we had that conversation.
Really?I think we settled on Salt Lake,
right?Oh, I don't live anywhere near Provo.
Yeah, I think that's what we did.Because there's only two cities
in all of Utah.So is Salt Lake closer or is it
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Provo? Closer?It's Ogden or Salt Lake. Come on. No.
And then you have National Park,Utah.
You can't forget about that becausethere are people who live down in,
like, you can't just call it thenational parks.
Name a city after what's aroundthere. I'm talking about a an area.
First of all, yes they can.It's called Salt Lake City.
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That's all they've done in Utah.Yeah, that's that's what we did.
Welcome to Utah.National parks, Utah.
My buddy used to live in Woods Cross,Utah.
I'm sure there was a cross madeof wood in the city or town
center or whatever.I'm sure at one point there may
have been.And they're like, hey,
what should we call this place,I don't know. Woods cross. Yeah.
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There's like a giant X on themountain, but I don't,
I don't know. Yeah.Got real hammered in Woods Cross.
Sounds like aliens were playinga giant game of tic tac toe.
Probably. Utah is not that small.You guys, come on. I don't know.
I'm fine with it. Everybody go home.Yeah, I feel like.
I feel like Wisconsin's actually apretty small state, but, you know.
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Yeah, well, not small, I was I was inVegas last week for a conference.
I know, here's the thing.This is my first trip to Vegas.
Like the strip? Like Vegas. Vegas.I mean,
it's gotta be close to ten years.Steph drinking out of a candleholder.
It looks. Like goblet. It looks.Like a. Pimp. Couple in the bottom.
I'd show you, but I can't.It's like gold. It's her chalice.
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Uh, went to Vegas for a conferenceand stayed at the Linq, which is
where the big Ferris wheel thing is.Yeah. You know, um, I was by myself.
It was for work.The wife didn't come.
None of my coworkers were there.So I was like, you know,
my one and only true love when itcomes to the strip is being able to
walk around with beer in toe. Right.So, um, naturally,
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I went to CVS because that's halfthe price of everywhere else.
Went to their cooler and grabbedsome seltzer. Tallboys.
Uh, just because that's all they had?No, because I was walking around.
I was feeling athletic.I didn't want a beer to weigh me
down.I thought you meant because
seltzers make you look stronger.Because they're easier to lift. Oh!
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Damn it. No, I got the tallboy.These things were giant.
But how many topo chicos?Why don't you just do?
Topo chicos are legit,I like those. I actually do too.
I had a cocktail made inside of aTopo Chico the other day, and it was
pretty good. Oh, yeah, this was.It was like strawberry lemonade or
some strawberry, something I forget.And I was like, ah, it's not bad.
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So I probably had like ten ofthose over my trip.
I just would cruise into CVS,grab a couple, hit the strip,
go watch the weirdos.Uh, before I went Flex you and I
were talking about, you were at,uh, Margaritaville, which,
by the way, no longer there. Wow.I walked right by it. It's gone.
There's nothing there now.It's just an empty building.
Are they all gone?Uh, starting to feel that way?
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Well, I guess, uh,it was wasting away. Oh, dear.
But you were talking about thenaked chicks who were, like,
trying to get people to take photoswith them and charge them dollars.
Yes, they had the handprints ontheir boobies.
That was very much still happening.What I had never seen before was
the male version of that.There were cowboys with assless
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chaps and thongs.Oh, you haven't seen them. And whips?
No, I have not seen that before.I thought you were gonna say
like their dongs were painted orsomething.
Because I thought you were at first.Well, that's where I expected you to
go. Sorry. Sorry. No painted dongs.Uh, but just assless chaps,
and they're wearing thongs.And they were.
They had whips,the crack of the whips.
They walked by and one of them waslike, hey, you want a picture?
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I was like, no, I just laughed.It's like, no,
I don't want a picture.I mean, like, if it was free,
it would be a funny picture.For real. And I would totally do it.
But I'm not gonna give this dudefive bucks to take a picture.
To take a picture? Yeah, the. Thing.Was, it would have been cool if he
had, like, an Indiana Jones hat,though. That would have.
Been then I would haveconsidered taking a picture.
Maybe he could have whipped it offyour head. Oh, that's a different.
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Let's just go hog wild.Is that like $10 for a video then?
I don't know what it is.It's probably more. Like. 75.
$15 for a siege.They take a picture with their
phone and then they text it to you.Is that what they do? No. Oh.
For 75 bucks.I better get them digits for 75
bucks.Could you imagine all the spam
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you get through the year?Just dick. Pics. For free.
Come check out in Indiana.Bones and the Temple of Boom.
You're welcome.Uh, the weird thing was, like,
these guys were jacked,but they were like, five foot two.
It was comical. Oh. Yeah.I've seen them a bunch of times.
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Like just on. Vegas. Yeah.Steph just kept circling the block.
I don't remember them being tiny,but maybe.
They were not large in stature.Uh, they were ripped.
I mean, they probably would havekicked my ass or something, but, uh.
Yeah, all five foot two of them.I guess I could have just held my
hand out and stopped them, but. So.Yeah, there's that. Uh, I got to. Oh.
So the conference I was at wasfor TV people.
(21:38):
It's, you know,all the TV gear manufacturers and
movies and that kind of stuff.They've started slowly adding in
some podcast stuff.And I have to say,
I met up with Riverside, which is.This is funny. This is. Really funny.
And I didn't even mean to stopbecause I was like, I have
nothing that nice to say to them.And so I walked by and one of
the guys, one of the engineers,stops me as I'm walking by.
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He goes, hey,have you heard of Riverside?
I was like, hey, man, uh, yeah,yeah I have. And I tried to walk on.
He's like, oh,how have you heard of us?
I was like, I was like,we use it weekly.
Like we we use Riverside to record.He goes, oh, tell me about it.
And I said, well, you know why?My co-host lives in another
state and I live in California,you know, whatever.
And and so we needed something.And I said, I've tried them all.
And, you know, we're with Riverside.Oh, so you like Riverside?
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I was like, I mean,you guys got a lot of problems.
And he's like, oh,what kind of problems?
The best of the worst or something.I did eventually.
So he asked what the problemswere and not to unload my
technical issues on the audience.But like, I gave him my my laundry
list of the problems we have.And a lot of it's centered around
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the, I guess, you know, Flex hasa Chromebook, which they're like,
oh yeah, well, Chromebooks are hard.I was like, so are you telling me
that, like, having a shitty laptopwould be better than a Chromebook?
He goes, it's easier for oursystems to handle.
And so we went on this whole tiradeof like, how stupid that is.
And then he goes, so.But you tried the other ones and
you're still with us.I was like, yeah,
like basically you're the leastshitty of all the ones I've tried.
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And he's like, well,I guess that's a good thing.
I was like, yeah, I mean,we're still giving you money, so.
You're the best of the worst. Yeah.So, okay, when someone asks you a
question like that and, you know,because I'm not a good liar, I'm the
kind of person who'd be like, well,that's the problem. I hate your shit.
Yeah,but there's times when I'm like,
do I want to exert the five minutesor longer that this might take?
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Am I capable of lying because I wantto not stand here with this dude.
Yeah.Like, do you have those thoughts?
When he first asked me,have you heard of Riverside?
I had that brief moment of like.Did you like, back and forth?
Like, do I pretend I'm. Yeah.Who, me? Huh? The guy behind me.
I was like,do I pretend that I'm on the phone?
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Just, you know,fingers up to the face like,
hello? Sorry, I gotta take this.I was like, you know what?
I'm gonna. I'm gonna go in.He was probably sorry.
I would have been. Yeah.What do they expect?
If you're gonna put shitty stuffout there and then ask people
how they like it, right?I mean, he I purposely was not going
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to the booth, and he pulled me in,so I feel like that's on him.
I think he tried to engage.That's what we call that. Yeah.
So he in fact, at one point heeven asked me he's like,
what seem your problems, you know?And I was like, well, you know,
half the time Flex sounds like he'sunderwater and I have to do all
this stuff to fix it or whatever.And whatever. And he goes. Yeah.
And he's like, oh,that's so weird. And I said.
He goes, did you report it?I said, I reported it, and your
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engineers told me I was crazy.And, uh, it made me lose faith in
your ability to listen to audio.Hi, Greg. Yeah.
I feel awkward for the guy.I know,
poor guy shouldn't have asked me.So, uh, I texted Flex immediately.
Like, I just talked to one of theengineers at Riverside and unloaded
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on him. Oh, good. Never mind.No no, no. Yeah. No. No.
Just emotionally. Ah. All right.Well, that felt good to get out.
Good to get that off your chest.Yeah, it did feel nice. So.
All right, before we get intosome news, let's, uh,
make a call to the pen, find outwhat Steph's drinking over yonder.
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Are the calls to the bullpen forthe old. Please, drinking a Zima?
What the hell was that? Um.Uh, I'm drinking a Epic brewing
brainless Belgian style ale,but this one was aged in sake
barrels. Go on. It is delicious.It was a tiny batch that they made.
(25:40):
Um.So of course I bought as many
bottles as I could carry out.It's not the size of the batch
that counts. Everybody.I just want you to know that.
I know you can make a small batch ofreal shitty beer. Oh, yeah. Damn it!
I'm trying to make a fucking joke.You're not very funny. Eh?
Now I know you're lying throughyour teeth.
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I held my face straight for asolid two seconds. That was good.
Second and a half. Uh.So they brewed this with both
blackcurrant, blackberries,and then I don't know how long
they aged it for, but this onecomes in at a. I'm screwed. 10.2%.
I know, because this is a big boy.Big daddy. Epic brewing.
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I used to think that theyobviously didn't make great beer
because they were too.They were like the big guys in town.
But, uh, I love their beer.Yeah, I've had a, you know,
a bunch of their core type stuff.You see it around it.
Honestly, like, their core stuffis okay, but. It's just. Fine.
The best stuff is, like,the stuff they have straight in
the brewery. Yeah.So they remind me a lot of, um,
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Great Divide out of Colorado.Like, their core stuff is just murr.
But when you're in the area and youget some of their small batch stuff,
it's like, oh,you guys do some good shit.
Oh my gosh, their barrel aged stuffis so freaking good. But, um, yeah.
And I'm not a big stout person,but they do a big Bad Baptist
Stout series every year andthey're pretty freaking amazing.
What's even more unpopular? Opinion.Not a big fan of the big bads.
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Um, I'm only a fan of some ofthe flavors.
I actually don't really love TheNaked and like the Brewers Select,
but, um, they're special.Like, they changed their lineup every
year and they did a s'more one.That thing was delicious. Diabetes.
I think I had a French,a French vanilla one and I it was
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French vanilla, some kind of vanilla,I don't know, maybe it was. Vanilla.
Not every year is filled withwinners, but every once in a
while you get. You get.I mean, for the most part, they're
there. I mean, I'll believe you.You don't have to defend yourself.
It's fine. I'm not. I didn't make it.I don't give a shit what you think.
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Backhanded. That's.That's why we have her on here.
That's right.That's like Firestone, though,
you know, Firestone will put outall these great, you know, barrel
aged and barrel or, you know, wildfermented sours and all that stuff.
And then they drop a fucking darkand stormy, and it's literally the
worst beer I've ever put in my pie.I love hearing you talk about
this beer because.It's so disgusting. Yes.
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And the story has been corroboratedby interim Brian and Deb.
Like, it's not just me.You know, there's just sometimes
you just everybody loves a thingAnd you don't love it, I get it.
I fucking hate pumpkin beer.I could die and I.
Oh, I love a good pumpkin spice beer.Why? Because it's delicious.
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It's gonna have a nutmeg beer.It's a nutmeg.
It's it's a solid flavor,but it also.
Wears Uggs with his cut off jeans.I know. That's accurate.
That is he got an apple bottom.I do actually.
I, I wish everybody could haveseen that.
Look, sometimes I do wish thiswas a video show,
(28:58):
but then I'd have to wear makeup.It's a little rotund, um. You know.
Hey, you squatted a lot for thatapple bottom. Yeah.
You worked on that?Robust, if you will. You earned. It.
Um, it's a row bum. A row bum. Yeah.We're just shortening all the
things now. Oh, dear.It's like the 90s all over again.
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Uh, all right, let's, uh,let's knock a little news out
before we get out of here.Tilray is gonna close down Hop
Valleys Eugene Brewery this summerand move their production elsewhere.
Tilray is doing this to all theirbreweries that they bought out.
Yeah, just like. Death is angry. In.The news every week. Why so angry?
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Because I'm losing one of mybreweries because of monster energy.
Oh. Are you.Fix their shit up and leaves.
Monster fucked up worse than Tilrayeven. It's been. It's been stressful.
Was it left hand? No.That's in Colorado. It was squatters.
Wasatch, which squatters in Wasatchare two of our oldest still
functioning breweries. Not for long.Nope, they're not Utah beer anymore.
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As of the end of May.Way to go, monster!
Just fucking everything. Up, a-holes.Now they got six breweries in Utah.
Then there were six. Uh, four point.Wow. Fort point. Gotta hit the T.
Fort Point beer and hen House,both out of California, have merged.
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Uh, The Kraft on Kraft partnershiphas reached the Bay area.
Four Point Beer and HenhouseBrewing are merging to form Fort
Point Henhouse, Inc.. Oh, God.How creative. A lot of mergers, a.
Lot of. Mergers.I was waiting for the super
creative like mashup of names.Right? And that was not it.
Boom boom boom, uh, four Point andHenhouse brands will continue to
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operate independently of one another,maintaining their individual and
complementary portfolios.Founder co-founder of Fort Point,
Justin Catalina.Catalina will serve as CEO of the
combined entity. Catalina wine mixer.Catalina wine mixer.
Motherfucking Catalina wine mixer.While henhouse co-founder and
CEO Colin McDonald will operateas chief chief Sales officer.
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So there you have it.This is really just one of those
like, we need to combine and buyin bigger bulk kind of things.
It sounds like because shit'sexpensive out there.
That's what I hear. They should.There's so many better names.
I don't know them, but I'm overhere pondering all of them.
I'm like, Forkin Lickin Good,I don't know.
I don't,I don't there's gotta be some. Yeah.
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Come on. I know henhouse. I've not.Well,
I think I've had some Fort Point,but I've never been there. But.
I don't know. What the. Pollo loco.You're not even trying to incorporate
both names. No, she gave up. SH.I know it's fort.
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My brain wants it to be four. Four.Yeah, sorry. It's fine. Go on.
Uh, Diageo strikes a deal withLeBron James and his Lobos.
1707 Diageo is teaming up withconsulting investment firm Main
Street Advisors for a strategic jointventure that swaps out the spirits
giant majority ownership of Cirocin exchange for LeBron's company.
(32:18):
1707 Tequila gee, who wouldn't wantP Diddy's old vodka right now?
Yeah, pass on that.Yeah, here's a little Willie.
The deal intended to accelerate Cirocin the US while growing Lobos 1707
worldwide, according to the release.The announcement comes after
Diageo was reportedly seeking abuyer for the vodka brand,
following a now settled lawsuit withformer backer Sean Diddy Combs.
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Uh Lobos 1707 includes threetequila and mezcal and was
founded by actor Diego Osorio.Never heard of LeBron James in 2020?
Me neither.But of course, LeBron James.
Diego. Yes.Uh, how about a beer that nobody
wants? Okay. Walmart is preparing.Wait. I'm in. I'm so fucking in.
(33:04):
It's all I had to say. Huh?I just want to see, like,
a Walmart light. It's just baby blue.It's like $3 for a 30 pack.
Well, Walmart is prepping aBrewmasters selection line of beers.
Do you shop at Walmart?Are you a piece of trash?
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Do you hate. Flavor?Get Walmart Lite.
You saw Costco beer was bad.Just wait. Uh, working.
With Costco advent calendar?Yeah, I've not had the Costco
craft pack that they used to have.I never actually tried that.
I wasn't great. Okay.Do they look like they have their
own beer? There was a Costco.Like a Kirkland multipack,
(33:48):
I don't know.Yeah, I just know there's
breweries around here that'll.Or, like, Sierra Nevada will put
their, like, variety packs in there.Oh, yeah, we get that.
But also there was Kirkland Craft.And I didn't know that.
It was like lager, uh, IPA, like aWest Coast IPA, a pale and a stout,
something like, you know, your basic.Not very good, but, I mean, their
liquor is usually just like rebrandedof. Right? Like top shelf. Yeah.
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Yeah, like a mid-range shelf liquor.The Costco vodka is goose.
Grey goose. That's what I've heard.That's what I've heard.
Or is that just. People.Here in myth. You know?
A few,I think it was around Christmas time.
I actually saw a Kirkland, uh,barrel aged stout.
And if you read the fine print,it was made by Deschutes. So, yeah.
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I should have tried it, but I didn't.I'm so over barrel aged.
You're good. Yeah. Um. Let's see.Oh, they're gonna be working with
City Brewing in California to makeall the beer names like Golden
Cerveza, Brewmasters Premier,and Brewmasters Light appear to
be the initial selections.No word on any barrel aged
stouts yet, but obviously, uh,that sounds even worse.
(34:51):
I would just love a six pack at the,uh, Walmart select. I bet you.
Would. Wally's. Wally's select.Wally's select. That's what we need.
We just need people cracking beersin Walmart. We'll do a show.
We'll get the variety pack. Um.Oh, and we'll drink Walmart beer.
Mhm mhm. Yeah.Sounds like a that's a good water
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show. Invite Steph to that one.Oh gee Thanks. Yeah. Sounds like fun.
Uh, which which brewery is goingto be contract brewing there?
Beer city brewing.What do you know of this place?
I've never heard of it.I think they did, like, a lot of
pbr's contract brewing for a while.I think they're mainly just contract.
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I don't think they put out theirown shit.
Wait, who's going to come upwith the recipe then? Hmm.
That's a good question.The recipe? The recipe? Yeah.
The man who gets paid to makethe recipes, I believe,
is called the recipe.I bet they just use the same shit
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and put it in a different can.What shit are they putting in a can?
Probably PBR. Oh, well, in that.Case, yeah.
You might be getting a deal oryou may be getting ripped off.
Either way. Depends what they charge.Yeah, they are only contract.
Uh, I don't love PBR, but sometimesit really hits. PBR, huh?
(36:15):
I heard that. Is it the coffee one?I heard that one's good.
I don't know if they make.Oh, I. Did.
You know, Wendy's sent me a coffeeone, and it was, uh. It was sweet.
You know, it's like a.Yeah, it was sweet. It wasn't.
It was better than drinking a PBR.I'll tell you that.
Yeah, I've heard they're good.I've heard it was pretty good.
I never had it.That was before I got into, like,
cold coffee. Mhm. That's the thing.I'm not a big cold coffee fan in
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general, but this wasn't bad.It didn't taste like beer at all.
But, uh,you know we'll end it with this one.
Steph have you heard the story aboutthe Florida principal and teacher
who threw the house party? No.Didn't even have a kid that was
a student, you know.Was this during Irene Jungle?
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Yeah, that might have, like.Hi, Vanessa. Damn. Damn.
Those damn party girls.I've been watching their
Instagrams and being jealousbecause I'm not there. Loser.
Oh, wait, we're not there either.Uh, no. This is back in January.
A principal and a teacher threwa house party with over 100 kids
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and got them hammered and copswere called.
And like neither of them had kidsthat were even students at the
school. Like they just threw a party.Really? Yeah.
They didn't have like,it wasn't like their kids were like,
hey, mom, can I throw a big party?Yeah. This sounds like. A.
Movie starring, uh, Owen Wilsonand Vince Vaughn. Wow. Wow. Wow.
(37:39):
And could only take place in Florida.Uh, well, anyways, to follow up on
that, we should. Have a big party.Should we invite the kids?
We don't have kids,but we can still invite the kids.
But if we do, we don't have kids.Wow. I like. Kids.
I feel like they can't buy drinks.Did we buy the drinks?
But if we buy them drinks and then.Oh, okay. Wow.
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Are all the children okay?Probably not.
Uh, anyways, follow up on that. The.The Florida principal and teacher
were charged after 100 minorswere at their party with alcohol.
Body. Here's a great thing.Body cam footage has been released,
and it's horrible on a podcast.I'm not gonna play any of it.
But the teacher was hammered andtrying to give the cop shit,
which was kind of funny if youfeel like googling it.
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It's a good time. I absolutely do.Body camera video released this
month as part of the discoveryin the criminal case,
show that the scene that led to theJanuary arrest of then Roosevelt
Elementary School principalElizabeth Hill Elementary School.
Oh yeah, none of them taught highschoolers or had high schoolers.
That was a weird thing.And third grade teacher Carly
Anderson.Uh, one juvenile was on the front
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lawn and was so intoxicated thatBrevard County Fire Rescue responded
and administered treatment,according to police. Oh my God.
In a body cam video, an officer tellsa fire rescue official that the boy,
who is 17, has been throwing upand needs to be checked out.
The the officer says the boy inquestion is not responsive or
anything.Uh Principal Elizabeth Hill Brogden
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is charged with one count of childneglect, five counts of contributing
to the delinquency of a minor and onecount of holding an open house party.
I didn't know that was a charge.If you if you make people pay.
Is that different? I don't know.Hey, what are you in for?
I threw an open house party. No.That's bullshit.
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I had a bouncer and he took covers.Right?
Uh, and then the other hand,teacher Carly Anderson is charged
with one count each of disorderlyconduct and disorderly intoxication.
The state Attorney's officefiled charges on March 31st.
Court records show, uh,an online court records did not
indicate a plea.Both women are free on bond
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right now.One of the great things was Carly
Anderson was actually allowed toreturn to her job as a third
grade teacher in Florida.The next day after returning,
they they released the body camfootage. Yeah. Oh, okay.
And then she was immediatelyremoved from her job. Oh, man.
Did she dance on a table?I was hoping you were gonna say.
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The next day she threw a party.Oh, that'd be so good.
She probably did.I don't know if if you have a a party
where you invited a hundred minorsand you're only served with five
counts of distributing to minors,that's. Not a hundred counts.
Yeah,like that's what I don't understand.
Mhm. The whole thing's weird.Yeah. It's very Florida.
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It is very Florida.No offense Florida.
All the offense Florida.Yeah it's tons of offense.
Have you guys watched that showFlorida man not that this is that
show, but you should go watch it.I've not. It looks funny.
Is it funny or is it reallystupid funny.
So there's an episode about a guythat, like, wanders into the,
like, swamp, and it's freakinghilarious because they interview,
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they do reenactment.Isn't that just swamp thing, right?
But they do reenactments with,like, comedians.
But then they interview theactual people, too.
Well, it's kind of like Drunk Historywhere like, they have famous people
re-enacting the stories very.Much like Drunk History.
But yeah, I've seen the previews.It looks. Funny.
Interviewed the real people,which makes it even better.
(41:10):
And I'm sure they're all very wellspoken and coherent. And. They're.
Showing up in tuxedos and twoteeth and two teeth.
Oh, wait, that was a tuxedo t shirt.That's classy.
My one and only golf polo I ownis a tuxedo. Golf polo.
I have, I don't anymore.I've had more than one tuxedo t
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shirt in my adulthood.Could you wear one to prom?
Come on. You just.You class it up, that's how.
That is exactly how you class upany situation.
I actually had a necktie pocketprotector t shirt as well.
That one was pretty cool.But everybody needs a tuxedo tee
and some jorts.Nothing will class up a joint
like that.One pair of jorts I probably need
right now currently. Yeah. No pairs.I don't own any myself,
(41:57):
but there are plenty in my homebecause I have a teenage boy.
Are they back? Are jorts? Oh.They've been back for like two years.
And they're like almost $175 for apair of Jordans. Not my. Jordans.
You need to go to Walmart.Walmart. Get you.
Get your beer in your drawers.Flex. Those aren't shorts.
Those were culottes in the women'ssection. I don't even know.
(42:23):
I don't even know what word you said.You're like, why is there a
flower embroidered on the pocket?Isn't it supposed to be like an
anime guy?Well, they fit his apple bottom,
so he wore them. Rotund bum.Rotom. Yeah, those are just.
Those are just quartz.Those aren't shorts. They're.
(42:45):
They're legit. Jorts what I have.They're they're jorts.
Do your best John Cena impression.They're they're outlet jorts, too.
So they were for sure cheap. Mhm.One leg shorter than the other one.
I didn't know Walmart had an outlet.Ah.
I do have a funny story realquick just regarding the show.
(43:07):
So I have a friend who constantlylistens to the show every week, not
constantly. My friend, uh, Luke, who?I've talked about him before.
Oh, yeah.And he sent me a text about a
week ago that said,I finally decided to introduce
my girlfriend to your podcast,and she dumped me immediately.
Of course, the first episode shelistens to, you guys talked
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about tits for about 30 minutes.Not that this means anything,
but I don't remember that.I don't either,
I don't remember anything.And I'm sure the 30 minutes to him
just felt long if he was listeningto it with her. We probably.
Did a solid two minutes on.Sex with your parents. Yeah. What?
(43:54):
We're getting. Sarah Marshall.Like you're watching a movie.
You don't expect it.It's just awkward. Oh, yeah?
Oh, yeah. That was like, when, uh.No. Nevermind. Um, anyway.
So just why is the show you'rewatching so scrambled?
Just a little warning.If you're gonna introduce your
girlfriend to our podcast.What's the episode number?
(44:15):
Listen to the episode first andthen introduce her.
Oh, is there more than one theyshould beware of?
Maybe most of them. You know.We haven't ever talked about
boobs while I've been here.Oh, I feel left out. Sorry. Fine.
You want to come back next week andtalk about boobs? Yeah. Okay, okay.
(44:35):
I guess that's a cliffhangerright there.
Out of the three of us,I'm probably the expert.
But maybe not. I don't know.I don't know,
I'd like to revisit our conversation.That went 30 minutes on tits. TBD.
TBD. Tipsy on tits. Tipsy on tits.It's our new segment.
(44:56):
Do I get my own song? Yeah.We'll find something for you.
That's all that matters. She's tipsy.Da da da no, no. And she's. Got tits.
Da da da da. Some girlfriend is like.This was going so well until about
three minutes ago. Who is this girl?But what's. Wrong with. Her?
(45:17):
I know, liven up a little bit.All right? We gotta do this.
Uh, follow us on socials and whatnot.@CraftBeerRepublic.
@Flex_me_a_beer underscores.And one of these days, maybe at Miss
Tipsy Socks. We'll see. Probably.She's probably going. She'll show up.
She's got feet,and she knows how to use them.
(45:40):
805538 beer. 2337 mallet craft beer.Com all that good shit.
I thank you for sticking throughit and for staying hydrated.
And on that note. Good night.Everybody. Bye.
I don't want to do the work today.I don't want to do the work today.
I don't really want to do thework today.
I don't want to do the work today.
(00:20):
Welcome in everybody.It's the craft beer republic.
Thanks for drinking.Thanks for joining.
I am Greg and I am being joined bythe world champion of the Midwest.
And that's Flex.What's up, big fella? Uh, happy.
WrestleMania weekend, everybody.Yeah. Or or is WrestleMania hangover?
That's ironic, because don't you?Not a wrestling show.
(00:42):
Not a wrestling show.We'll see how long we can keep
that going. Yeah. We'll try.Uh, and then joining us from the
great white yonder.Is it snow a lot in Utah.
In the winter? More than here.Is that a racist joke?
No, no, but I guess it works for Utahtoo. That's what I was thinking.
(01:02):
No. No joke. It was a no joke.The great white people yonder.
That's a good one.The funny part is,
I'm not white. Well, I'm. Yes.You're one of three in the
entire state. Pacific Islander.Uh, she is the executive director
of the Utah Brewers Guild,part of Beer Nerd Radio.
(01:23):
The artist formerly known as MissTipsy Socks. Steph. What's happening?
Hey, that was a really nice lineup.I've never accomplished so many
things in one sentence.Let's get the resume out.
That's about as far as it goes. Yeah.All right, well, ChatGPT will
make it longer, I promise.I know I've gotten your emails
before. To whom it may concern.Uh, anyways, lots to get to today.
(01:47):
We're gonna, of course,talk a little beer shit.
Especially with Steph on the show.Got some booze news to get through.
Uh, I'll recap my boring trip toVegas. All that good stuff.
Before we move on,I know it was so adult of me.
Uh, shout out to our top listingcity of last week.
And that is Trenton, new Jersey.Ooh, we like new Jersey,
(02:09):
and they like us. Apparently so.Okay, maybe we don't like them.
We like, like the the people,the the beer people.
The beer people. I guess the.The thing keeps getting smaller.
Yeah, yeah, there's that one guywho's not too bad. Yeah.
We like, uh,a small population of new Jersey.
Yeah. Yeah. One guy's not bad.I can deal with him for about
(02:29):
30 minutes.Beyond that, jersey can suck it.
Yeah.But thanks for listening,
Jersey. I met a guy once.He said he drove through Jersey,
and I said, all right, man, you'repretty cool. And that was the end.
All right, well, I think, uh,I think I need some lack of
sobriety in my life. Flex. Uh.Crack it open, daddy! Ooh! Big daddy.
(02:55):
Oh! Oh, I love my bear.I love my. I Love My Beer.
I'm excited to share this withyou both.
Flex and I are drinking the samebeer, and that is Russian River
Brewing's Blind Pig IPA 6.25% 70.I can't see a thing.
(03:20):
It really can't. Pour.Pig and collective 4.15 rating on
untapped over 135,000 ratings.The brewery, they say full bodied,
very hoppy brew with citrus pine,fruity notes and a nice dry,
bitter finish.This West Coast IPA is true to
its style as a very hop forwardwith enough malt character and
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alcohol to balance it out.Tasting notes citrus, pine and woody,
one of their flagship beers,blah blah blah Flex.
Uh, texted me and said that hehad gotten this and I said,
funny that you have this becauseI have one in my fridge, too.
Thanks to Intern Brian for hooking itup. He just brought it over one day.
He's like, you like Blind Pig haveone. I was like, don't mind if I do.
And thanks to my my aviator TomNardo DiCaprio pilot Tom. Yeah.
(04:06):
He was in Fresno again, and he hookedme up with a bunch of Russian River.
So, uh, this is because of him.And I say it all the time.
I will gladly have a blind pigover a Pliny any day of the week.
This is why we're friends. Yeah.Suck it. Pliny.
Uh, what say you, Flexy?How you liking?
So it's just kind of like a crisp,refreshing smell.
(04:29):
Like it's a little bit hoppy,but it's not, like, overbearing.
Yeah. A little, uh, pine on the nose.A little bit. Yeah.
So then the old Tongue-jobber here.Ying ying ying ying ying ying ying
ying la. La la la la la la la la la.Wow. I feel underqualified.
(04:51):
Super duper crisp and refreshing.Something I really enjoy about
their IPAs, as I've had a few now,is that it says it's got that, uh,
that bitter dry finish and nothinglingers. Like there's none of that.
Doesn't coat the tongue.Oil or whatever that coats the
tongue and kind of makes you,like, kind of rinse out your
(05:14):
mouth before the next sip. Mhm.It's lovely. I love how they do that.
I don't get many fruity notes. No.Maybe like a little citrusy
orangey type of thing going on.But, but, but it's a lot of pine
um very light bodied, very crisp.I thoroughly enjoy that.
Um, but I'm gonna have to disagreewith both of you, but. Oh.
(05:39):
Um, I really thoroughly enjoyedthe Pliny over this.
More than this, huh? Yes.Is that because you're a booze whore
and you like the stronger beers?I mean, we're talking, what,
1.25% difference. I don't know.Is that what it is? Pliny's like A75.
And I believe this is A625. Okay.But I think the second you.
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I cracked the Pliny like the aromajust spewed out of the bottle,
and then you poured it out andyou could smell it and taste it,
and it was phenomenal.This is just like a little bit
lighter, you know,and not so as tasty as Pliny.
It's tasty, but I just don'tthink it's, as you know, with the
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tasting notes, the fruity notes,that it's still a really good beer.
I thoroughly enjoy this, don'tget me wrong. Hey, you know what?
Steph. You know. Each their own.Yeah. Yeah. Uh, Pliny is 8%.
This is 6.25,so almost 2% more for Pliny.
Uh, you know,everything you just described about
this is what I like about it more.There's not that hop coating on
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the tongue afterwards.You don't feel like you have to
rinse your mouth out.It's light. It's crisp.
Honestly, I could just fucking poundthese. They're so good. Um. Yeah.
Little, little pine in there. Yeah.Not much fruit like you said,
but, uh, just classic clean.Not a fucking malt bomb.
West coast IPA. Yep yep yep.And you know what?
Maybe as it warms up, maybe thenotes come out a little bit more.
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I don't know, I've never let it.Warm. Up, you know.
Yeah, that's the thing.I don't think I'll be able to
let this warm up because it'sthat tasty that it's going to go
down pretty quickly.But yeah, I think I did, you know,
put it on the record books.Mark it on your calendar.
Everybody over Blind Pig younger.Have you had the younger?
I had the younger for the firsttime the other day. Oh really? Mhm.
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Flex you probably have had younger.No, I have not had that one.
That's a little harder to come by.Yeah.
I've had a, I don't know,probably like three different
years of the younger.And what do you think. What do I.
Um first of all I'm not a hugemalty West Coast kind of guy.
And yeah, to me, younger is justa big fucking malt bomb.
And it has to be because theywant that booze up there.
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And, uh, you know, it's great.I'm glad I had a chance to get it.
I would not wait in line for it ordo the whole, like, ticket sales.
It's it's not my jam.It's good for what it is. Yeah.
Bet Flex would love it. Probably.You said it's a malt bomb.
You know how I feel about that.Yeah, I mean, it was it,
like 13% or something like that?I don't even remember.
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Is it that big? It's.It's a big daddy.
And in order to get that ABV outof there, you got to put a fair
amount of malt in it. So it's a lot.It's a it's a lot. Yeah.
It's just, you know, it's fine. Yeah.I was like, oh, I'm I'm so glad
I finally got to try one.It was good. Thanks.
I would still rather have aBlind Pig. Yeah.
Which was probably like superoffensive, but.
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I'm sure we've offended everybodylistening. Um, let's see.
Oh, ten and a half,ten and a half. For younger.
You're just offending the hype folk.That's all you're. Doing.
I know I also shit on beerzombies a couple months ago.
This this show is done for.We don't need to talk about how I
feel. I'm mad at them right now.Oh, really? Yeah.
They're leaving Utah, so.Oh, I'm mad at him, too,
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because their beer wasn't very good.Yeah. Yeah, they.
Yeah, they kind of like,just like the last year or so.
They crapped out.They were building a brewery here,
and then they backed out,and then they just picked up.
They decided to pick up and leave.And now I'm mad at them. Yeah.
Suck it. Yeah. And stuff.Hey, speaking of Utah beer and
all that good stuff, aren't youplanning a beer fest? I am.
(09:14):
How is that going? I've secretly.I've always wanted to like it sounds
like. Hey, I could be like the hero.It's kind of like Wayne's World, you
know? We're gonna play a waynestock.Uh, it's a lot of work.
I'm tired all the time.I'm not nearly as fun as I used
to be. I have no life. Um.And that's great.
It's really cool. So. No, it's.I'm hoping for the best.
(09:36):
Is my first festival planning itby myself? I hope it's just.
Called beer stock. Beer stock.It's a great. Name for.
A beer festival.No,
it's called the Great beer mash up.Get your permit. Application. Yeah.
So, yeah, that's all I've been doing.I'm hoping it comes out great.
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It's usually a great festival.I hear a lot of people say it's
my favorite festival in Utah,so if I fuck it up,
I'm going to be really sad.My, my guess is it only has like one
other festival to go up against,you know? How dare you! Flex two.
(10:17):
So there's always like the smallfestivals. It's top. Three at least.
But we have a couple of big ones.But I don't love the giant
festivals like like, oh great,Mike's Hard Lemonade is throwing
this beer fest, right?You know,
I was actually sponsored by truly.I was thinking about Mike's Hard
Lemonade the other day because I waswondering, is it still even around?
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Yeah, I think so.And I don't know, it's been replaced
by, uh, what's the t. Oh, twisted.T yeah. Oh, is that really. Oh, I.
You know, Lipton with alcohol.What's that? I don't even know.
Honestly,I haven't seen a mike's Hard
Lemonade around in the longest time.But also, I was thinking about just
how they called it. Mike's hard.You know, which out of context,
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it's saying Mike is hard.Those were different times.
I just want to say shout out to Mike.Um, you know,
we're not having any issues, man.Or is it that it's just things
are just hard sometimes.Maybe he got old and that's why
we don't see it anymore.Mike's not hard. Very sorry.
Mike. Yeah.So, uh, is there is there like,
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a theme to the the festival.Or so brewers like it?
Not every brewery in any stateis a guild member. You.
They pay dues to be part of ourguild.
But, um, if you're a member of ourguild, you get to choose a partner,
and it can be another brewery ora distillery or cidery sake,
whatever you want.A couple people have teamed up with,
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like, cocktail bars. Um.Something booze related? Yeah.
Um,and then they make a collaboration
beer specifically for the festival.So you can only get them at the fest.
And usually they'll make enough thatthey can still sell it in their
taprooms afterwards, but. Sure. Um.I like that idea. That's a cool idea.
It's fun because all the beersis new.
You're not drinking old stale beerthat somebody's trying to get rid of.
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Uh, it's not beer.You've had a thousand times
someplace else.So all the all the beers are only
available there, and some ofthem won't last after that day.
I like that. Dun dun dun. Yeah.And it's really fun because the
brewers actually serve themselves.So when you come to get your beer,
you're being served by the two teamsof people who actually made it,
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and they love to tell you about it.Tell you about all the lupulin
that they put into it.Seriously. Cryo hops?
It's actually, I think theBrewers have as much fun as like,
the people that buy a ticket to come,because the brewers are all
hanging out with each other.The Brewers in Utah are all buddies,
so it's really just.All seven of them. I mean, yeah.
Hey, I have, like, uh,40 participants in 30 new beers.
(12:52):
Wow. That's pretty good.That's pretty wild.
Pretty happy about it.Yeah, we got a couple crazy
things going on, so. Nice.All joking aside, I really,
really like the idea of that becauseso many times you go like, hey,
it's the Rotary Club beer fest.And it's just all local breweries
are like, well, I got a bunch ofhalfers that I need to.
Dump or your truly's. Right? Yeah.So, uh, and actually,
we're not a lot of states do I think.Uh, wait, is it you guys Flex
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that does the joint fest?Who does the joint?
Yeah, we do the joint fest.Isn't it a similar concept? Uh, yeah.
I guess if it's all collabs and allthe beers are made for the festival,
and then they are sold in twosix pack like variety,
six packs. Oh, that's cool.They'll be on tap at the brewery
until they run out.Yeah, ours will put em on tap at
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the brewery till they run out or.Yeah, in cans or whatever,
however they're doing it. But.So yeah I guess. Yeah. Similar thing.
Yeah for sure. So it's fun though.It's like a really community driven
event. It's really cool. Nice fun.Hopefully it stays that way.
If you guys want free tickets,call Steph at.
It's all about the community.It really is actually.
This is our our currently ouronly fundraiser for the Utah
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Brewers Guild.So, uh, if I don't make our money
for the year, I'm fired next week.Former executive director of.
Well, you just have to make a newslogan like fundraising question
mark, no, or. Fun. Fundraising.Yeah, somebody's already ahead
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of the game. Sorry. This reflex.Serving up some some cash,
though, so.Oh, we're pretty excited about that.
Nice. Is that like VIP ticket?You get some knickknacks with you?
Oh, we're just selling them.But I've thought about that.
Actually,I don't think that's a bad idea,
So. Either way, it can't be bad.Yeah. Um. That's exciting. Yeah.
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We love Erica. She's great.She's the best. She is the best.
She, uh.Last time we were at Lagerville,
she sent us, like, a whole box ofnosh, and we just started handing
it out to people as sort of likea promotion, like go check out.
And every time somebody came up,we were like, yeah, you want one?
They're like, yes. Here you go.We ended up like, but you gotta
go to @Neck_nosh_llc com or gofollow her on the gram, you know?
Whatever. It was a good idea.Yeah, it was great.
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People were losing their minds.Like, this is so cool. Really?
We ran out.Someone asked if they could have
the one I was wearing.I was like, homie, I am sweating.
I don't think you want my extrasalty pretzel necklace.
Like that's disgusting.You know, I don't care, man.
I was like, you know what? Here.Take it.
Yeah, that would have sold me theextra, extra salt. Yeah. Yeah.
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It was. It was weird and gross.I was like, you fucking enjoy,
homeboy. People love free stuff.I guess they don't really care
if you've been sweaty on it.They. That's true.
They actually,some people will pay extra for that.
Puts the sweaty pretzels on the skin,says the. Person. With the.
Sock Instagram account.You know all about that sweat bonus.
I don't. Have. Sweaty feet.I'm not saying you do.
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I'm just saying people probablyrequest it. That's pretty gross.
They do. It's true.People are fucking weird.
People are gross.Oh, well, that sounds fun.
Go check out the, uh, the.Where is it?
I mean, besides Utah. Like where?So it's in Salt Lake City.
It's in Utah. Utah. In Utah.Utah? Yeah, it is.
It is in our capital city,the city that most of us live in
in Salt Lake City. So, wait.Flex weren't we talking about
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last week or the week before?Where does Steph live?
And and we said there's two options.You either live in Salt Lake or
you live in Provo. Provo?Yeah, we had that conversation.
Really?I think we settled on Salt Lake,
right?Oh, I don't live anywhere near Provo.
Yeah, I think that's what we did.Because there's only two cities
in all of Utah.So is Salt Lake closer or is it
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Provo? Closer?It's Ogden or Salt Lake. Come on. No.
And then you have National Park,Utah.
You can't forget about that becausethere are people who live down in,
like, you can't just call it thenational parks.
Name a city after what's aroundthere. I'm talking about a an area.
First of all, yes they can.It's called Salt Lake City.
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That's all they've done in Utah.Yeah, that's that's what we did.
Welcome to Utah.National parks, Utah.
My buddy used to live in Woods Cross,Utah.
I'm sure there was a cross madeof wood in the city or town
center or whatever.I'm sure at one point there may
have been.And they're like, hey,
what should we call this place,I don't know. Woods cross. Yeah.
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There's like a giant X on themountain, but I don't,
I don't know. Yeah.Got real hammered in Woods Cross.
Sounds like aliens were playinga giant game of tic tac toe.
Probably. Utah is not that small.You guys, come on. I don't know.
I'm fine with it. Everybody go home.Yeah, I feel like.
I feel like Wisconsin's actually apretty small state, but, you know.
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Yeah, well, not small, I was I was inVegas last week for a conference.
I know, here's the thing.This is my first trip to Vegas.
Like the strip? Like Vegas. Vegas.I mean,
it's gotta be close to ten years.Steph drinking out of a candleholder.
It looks. Like goblet. It looks.Like a. Pimp. Couple in the bottom.
I'd show you, but I can't.It's like gold. It's her chalice.
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Uh, went to Vegas for a conferenceand stayed at the Linq, which is
where the big Ferris wheel thing is.Yeah. You know, um, I was by myself.
It was for work.The wife didn't come.
None of my coworkers were there.So I was like, you know,
my one and only true love when itcomes to the strip is being able to
walk around with beer in toe. Right.So, um, naturally,
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I went to CVS because that's halfthe price of everywhere else.
Went to their cooler and grabbedsome seltzer. Tallboys.
Uh, just because that's all they had?No, because I was walking around.
I was feeling athletic.I didn't want a beer to weigh me
down.I thought you meant because
seltzers make you look stronger.Because they're easier to lift. Oh!
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Damn it. No, I got the tallboy.These things were giant.
But how many topo chicos?Why don't you just do?
Topo chicos are legit,I like those. I actually do too.
I had a cocktail made inside of aTopo Chico the other day, and it was
pretty good. Oh, yeah, this was.It was like strawberry lemonade or
some strawberry, something I forget.And I was like, ah, it's not bad.
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So I probably had like ten ofthose over my trip.
I just would cruise into CVS,grab a couple, hit the strip,
go watch the weirdos.Uh, before I went Flex you and I
were talking about, you were at,uh, Margaritaville, which,
by the way, no longer there. Wow.I walked right by it. It's gone.
There's nothing there now.It's just an empty building.
Are they all gone?Uh, starting to feel that way?
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Well, I guess, uh,it was wasting away. Oh, dear.
But you were talking about thenaked chicks who were, like,
trying to get people to take photoswith them and charge them dollars.
Yes, they had the handprints ontheir boobies.
That was very much still happening.What I had never seen before was
the male version of that.There were cowboys with assless
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chaps and thongs.Oh, you haven't seen them. And whips?
No, I have not seen that before.I thought you were gonna say
like their dongs were painted orsomething.
Because I thought you were at first.Well, that's where I expected you to
go. Sorry. Sorry. No painted dongs.Uh, but just assless chaps,
and they're wearing thongs.And they were.
They had whips,the crack of the whips.
They walked by and one of them waslike, hey, you want a picture?
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I was like, no, I just laughed.It's like, no,
I don't want a picture.I mean, like, if it was free,
it would be a funny picture.For real. And I would totally do it.
But I'm not gonna give this dudefive bucks to take a picture.
To take a picture? Yeah, the. Thing.Was, it would have been cool if he
had, like, an Indiana Jones hat,though. That would have.
Been then I would haveconsidered taking a picture.
Maybe he could have whipped it offyour head. Oh, that's a different.
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Let's just go hog wild.Is that like $10 for a video then?
I don't know what it is.It's probably more. Like. 75.
$15 for a siege.They take a picture with their
phone and then they text it to you.Is that what they do? No. Oh.
For 75 bucks.I better get them digits for 75
bucks.Could you imagine all the spam
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you get through the year?Just dick. Pics. For free.
Come check out in Indiana.Bones and the Temple of Boom.
You're welcome.Uh, the weird thing was, like,
these guys were jacked,but they were like, five foot two.
It was comical. Oh. Yeah.I've seen them a bunch of times.
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Like just on. Vegas. Yeah.Steph just kept circling the block.
I don't remember them being tiny,but maybe.
They were not large in stature.Uh, they were ripped.
I mean, they probably would havekicked my ass or something, but, uh.
Yeah, all five foot two of them.I guess I could have just held my
hand out and stopped them, but. So.Yeah, there's that. Uh, I got to. Oh.
So the conference I was at wasfor TV people.
(21:38):
It's, you know,all the TV gear manufacturers and
movies and that kind of stuff.They've started slowly adding in
some podcast stuff.And I have to say,
I met up with Riverside, which is.This is funny. This is. Really funny.
And I didn't even mean to stopbecause I was like, I have
nothing that nice to say to them.And so I walked by and one of
the guys, one of the engineers,stops me as I'm walking by.
(22:00):
He goes, hey,have you heard of Riverside?
I was like, hey, man, uh, yeah,yeah I have. And I tried to walk on.
He's like, oh,how have you heard of us?
I was like, I was like,we use it weekly.
Like we we use Riverside to record.He goes, oh, tell me about it.
And I said, well, you know why?My co-host lives in another
state and I live in California,you know, whatever.
And and so we needed something.And I said, I've tried them all.
And, you know, we're with Riverside.Oh, so you like Riverside?
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I was like, I mean,you guys got a lot of problems.
And he's like, oh,what kind of problems?
The best of the worst or something.I did eventually.
So he asked what the problemswere and not to unload my
technical issues on the audience.But like, I gave him my my laundry
list of the problems we have.And a lot of it's centered around
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the, I guess, you know, Flex hasa Chromebook, which they're like,
oh yeah, well, Chromebooks are hard.I was like, so are you telling me
that, like, having a shitty laptopwould be better than a Chromebook?
He goes, it's easier for oursystems to handle.
And so we went on this whole tiradeof like, how stupid that is.
And then he goes, so.But you tried the other ones and
you're still with us.I was like, yeah,
like basically you're the leastshitty of all the ones I've tried.
(23:07):
And he's like, well,I guess that's a good thing.
I was like, yeah, I mean,we're still giving you money, so.
You're the best of the worst. Yeah.So, okay, when someone asks you a
question like that and, you know,because I'm not a good liar, I'm the
kind of person who'd be like, well,that's the problem. I hate your shit.
Yeah,but there's times when I'm like,
do I want to exert the five minutesor longer that this might take?
(23:28):
Am I capable of lying because I wantto not stand here with this dude.
Yeah.Like, do you have those thoughts?
When he first asked me,have you heard of Riverside?
I had that brief moment of like.Did you like, back and forth?
Like, do I pretend I'm. Yeah.Who, me? Huh? The guy behind me.
I was like,do I pretend that I'm on the phone?
(23:52):
Just, you know,fingers up to the face like,
hello? Sorry, I gotta take this.I was like, you know what?
I'm gonna. I'm gonna go in.He was probably sorry.
I would have been. Yeah.What do they expect?
If you're gonna put shitty stuffout there and then ask people
how they like it, right?I mean, he I purposely was not going
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to the booth, and he pulled me in,so I feel like that's on him.
I think he tried to engage.That's what we call that. Yeah.
So he in fact, at one point heeven asked me he's like,
what seem your problems, you know?And I was like, well, you know,
half the time Flex sounds like he'sunderwater and I have to do all
this stuff to fix it or whatever.And whatever. And he goes. Yeah.
And he's like, oh,that's so weird. And I said.
He goes, did you report it?I said, I reported it, and your
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engineers told me I was crazy.And, uh, it made me lose faith in
your ability to listen to audio.Hi, Greg. Yeah.
I feel awkward for the guy.I know,
poor guy shouldn't have asked me.So, uh, I texted Flex immediately.
Like, I just talked to one of theengineers at Riverside and unloaded
(24:56):
on him. Oh, good. Never mind.No no, no. Yeah. No. No.
Just emotionally. Ah. All right.Well, that felt good to get out.
Good to get that off your chest.Yeah, it did feel nice. So.
All right, before we get intosome news, let's, uh,
make a call to the pen, find outwhat Steph's drinking over yonder.
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Are the calls to the bullpen forthe old. Please, drinking a Zima?
What the hell was that? Um.Uh, I'm drinking a Epic brewing
brainless Belgian style ale,but this one was aged in sake
barrels. Go on. It is delicious.It was a tiny batch that they made.
(25:40):
Um.So of course I bought as many
bottles as I could carry out.It's not the size of the batch
that counts. Everybody.I just want you to know that.
I know you can make a small batch ofreal shitty beer. Oh, yeah. Damn it!
I'm trying to make a fucking joke.You're not very funny. Eh?
Now I know you're lying throughyour teeth.
(26:03):
I held my face straight for asolid two seconds. That was good.
Second and a half. Uh.So they brewed this with both
blackcurrant, blackberries,and then I don't know how long
they aged it for, but this onecomes in at a. I'm screwed. 10.2%.
I know, because this is a big boy.Big daddy. Epic brewing.
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I used to think that theyobviously didn't make great beer
because they were too.They were like the big guys in town.
But, uh, I love their beer.Yeah, I've had a, you know,
a bunch of their core type stuff.You see it around it.
Honestly, like, their core stuffis okay, but. It's just. Fine.
The best stuff is, like,the stuff they have straight in
the brewery. Yeah.So they remind me a lot of, um,
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Great Divide out of Colorado.Like, their core stuff is just murr.
But when you're in the area and youget some of their small batch stuff,
it's like, oh,you guys do some good shit.
Oh my gosh, their barrel aged stuffis so freaking good. But, um, yeah.
And I'm not a big stout person,but they do a big Bad Baptist
Stout series every year andthey're pretty freaking amazing.
What's even more unpopular? Opinion.Not a big fan of the big bads.
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Um, I'm only a fan of some ofthe flavors.
I actually don't really love TheNaked and like the Brewers Select,
but, um, they're special.Like, they changed their lineup every
year and they did a s'more one.That thing was delicious. Diabetes.
I think I had a French,a French vanilla one and I it was
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French vanilla, some kind of vanilla,I don't know, maybe it was. Vanilla.
Not every year is filled withwinners, but every once in a
while you get. You get.I mean, for the most part, they're
there. I mean, I'll believe you.You don't have to defend yourself.
It's fine. I'm not. I didn't make it.I don't give a shit what you think.
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Backhanded. That's.That's why we have her on here.
That's right.That's like Firestone, though,
you know, Firestone will put outall these great, you know, barrel
aged and barrel or, you know, wildfermented sours and all that stuff.
And then they drop a fucking darkand stormy, and it's literally the
worst beer I've ever put in my pie.I love hearing you talk about
this beer because.It's so disgusting. Yes.
(28:15):
And the story has been corroboratedby interim Brian and Deb.
Like, it's not just me.You know, there's just sometimes
you just everybody loves a thingAnd you don't love it, I get it.
I fucking hate pumpkin beer.I could die and I.
Oh, I love a good pumpkin spice beer.Why? Because it's delicious.
(28:36):
It's gonna have a nutmeg beer.It's a nutmeg.
It's it's a solid flavor,but it also.
Wears Uggs with his cut off jeans.I know. That's accurate.
That is he got an apple bottom.I do actually.
I, I wish everybody could haveseen that.
Look, sometimes I do wish thiswas a video show,
(28:58):
but then I'd have to wear makeup.It's a little rotund, um. You know.
Hey, you squatted a lot for thatapple bottom. Yeah.
You worked on that?Robust, if you will. You earned. It.
Um, it's a row bum. A row bum. Yeah.We're just shortening all the
things now. Oh, dear.It's like the 90s all over again.
(29:19):
Uh, all right, let's, uh,let's knock a little news out
before we get out of here.Tilray is gonna close down Hop
Valleys Eugene Brewery this summerand move their production elsewhere.
Tilray is doing this to all theirbreweries that they bought out.
Yeah, just like. Death is angry. In.The news every week. Why so angry?
(29:39):
Because I'm losing one of mybreweries because of monster energy.
Oh. Are you.Fix their shit up and leaves.
Monster fucked up worse than Tilrayeven. It's been. It's been stressful.
Was it left hand? No.That's in Colorado. It was squatters.
Wasatch, which squatters in Wasatchare two of our oldest still
functioning breweries. Not for long.Nope, they're not Utah beer anymore.
(30:01):
As of the end of May.Way to go, monster!
Just fucking everything. Up, a-holes.Now they got six breweries in Utah.
Then there were six. Uh, four point.Wow. Fort point. Gotta hit the T.
Fort Point beer and hen House,both out of California, have merged.
(30:22):
Uh, The Kraft on Kraft partnershiphas reached the Bay area.
Four Point Beer and HenhouseBrewing are merging to form Fort
Point Henhouse, Inc.. Oh, God.How creative. A lot of mergers, a.
Lot of. Mergers.I was waiting for the super
creative like mashup of names.Right? And that was not it.
Boom boom boom, uh, four Point andHenhouse brands will continue to
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operate independently of one another,maintaining their individual and
complementary portfolios.Founder co-founder of Fort Point,
Justin Catalina.Catalina will serve as CEO of the
combined entity. Catalina wine mixer.Catalina wine mixer.
Motherfucking Catalina wine mixer.While henhouse co-founder and
CEO Colin McDonald will operateas chief chief Sales officer.
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So there you have it.This is really just one of those
like, we need to combine and buyin bigger bulk kind of things.
It sounds like because shit'sexpensive out there.
That's what I hear. They should.There's so many better names.
I don't know them, but I'm overhere pondering all of them.
I'm like, Forkin Lickin Good,I don't know.
I don't,I don't there's gotta be some. Yeah.
(31:31):
Come on. I know henhouse. I've not.Well,
I think I've had some Fort Point,but I've never been there. But.
I don't know. What the. Pollo loco.You're not even trying to incorporate
both names. No, she gave up. SH.I know it's fort.
(31:57):
My brain wants it to be four. Four.Yeah, sorry. It's fine. Go on.
Uh, Diageo strikes a deal withLeBron James and his Lobos.
1707 Diageo is teaming up withconsulting investment firm Main
Street Advisors for a strategic jointventure that swaps out the spirits
giant majority ownership of Cirocin exchange for LeBron's company.
(32:18):
1707 Tequila gee, who wouldn't wantP Diddy's old vodka right now?
Yeah, pass on that.Yeah, here's a little Willie.
The deal intended to accelerate Cirocin the US while growing Lobos 1707
worldwide, according to the release.The announcement comes after
Diageo was reportedly seeking abuyer for the vodka brand,
following a now settled lawsuit withformer backer Sean Diddy Combs.
(32:40):
Uh Lobos 1707 includes threetequila and mezcal and was
founded by actor Diego Osorio.Never heard of LeBron James in 2020?
Me neither.But of course, LeBron James.
Diego. Yes.Uh, how about a beer that nobody
wants? Okay. Walmart is preparing.Wait. I'm in. I'm so fucking in.
(33:04):
It's all I had to say. Huh?I just want to see, like,
a Walmart light. It's just baby blue.It's like $3 for a 30 pack.
Well, Walmart is prepping aBrewmasters selection line of beers.
Do you shop at Walmart?Are you a piece of trash?
(33:25):
Do you hate. Flavor?Get Walmart Lite.
You saw Costco beer was bad.Just wait. Uh, working.
With Costco advent calendar?Yeah, I've not had the Costco
craft pack that they used to have.I never actually tried that.
I wasn't great. Okay.Do they look like they have their
own beer? There was a Costco.Like a Kirkland multipack,
(33:48):
I don't know.Yeah, I just know there's
breweries around here that'll.Or, like, Sierra Nevada will put
their, like, variety packs in there.Oh, yeah, we get that.
But also there was Kirkland Craft.And I didn't know that.
It was like lager, uh, IPA, like aWest Coast IPA, a pale and a stout,
something like, you know, your basic.Not very good, but, I mean, their
liquor is usually just like rebrandedof. Right? Like top shelf. Yeah.
(34:10):
Yeah, like a mid-range shelf liquor.The Costco vodka is goose.
Grey goose. That's what I've heard.That's what I've heard.
Or is that just. People.Here in myth. You know?
A few,I think it was around Christmas time.
I actually saw a Kirkland, uh,barrel aged stout.
And if you read the fine print,it was made by Deschutes. So, yeah.
(34:30):
I should have tried it, but I didn't.I'm so over barrel aged.
You're good. Yeah. Um. Let's see.Oh, they're gonna be working with
City Brewing in California to makeall the beer names like Golden
Cerveza, Brewmasters Premier,and Brewmasters Light appear to
be the initial selections.No word on any barrel aged
stouts yet, but obviously, uh,that sounds even worse.
(34:51):
I would just love a six pack at the,uh, Walmart select. I bet you.
Would. Wally's. Wally's select.Wally's select. That's what we need.
We just need people cracking beersin Walmart. We'll do a show.
We'll get the variety pack. Um.Oh, and we'll drink Walmart beer.
Mhm mhm. Yeah.Sounds like a that's a good water
(35:13):
show. Invite Steph to that one.Oh gee Thanks. Yeah. Sounds like fun.
Uh, which which brewery is goingto be contract brewing there?
Beer city brewing.What do you know of this place?
I've never heard of it.I think they did, like, a lot of
pbr's contract brewing for a while.I think they're mainly just contract.
(35:34):
I don't think they put out theirown shit.
Wait, who's going to come upwith the recipe then? Hmm.
That's a good question.The recipe? The recipe? Yeah.
The man who gets paid to makethe recipes, I believe,
is called the recipe.I bet they just use the same shit
(35:54):
and put it in a different can.What shit are they putting in a can?
Probably PBR. Oh, well, in that.Case, yeah.
You might be getting a deal oryou may be getting ripped off.
Either way. Depends what they charge.Yeah, they are only contract.
Uh, I don't love PBR, but sometimesit really hits. PBR, huh?
(36:15):
I heard that. Is it the coffee one?I heard that one's good.
I don't know if they make.Oh, I. Did.
You know, Wendy's sent me a coffeeone, and it was, uh. It was sweet.
You know, it's like a.Yeah, it was sweet. It wasn't.
It was better than drinking a PBR.I'll tell you that.
Yeah, I've heard they're good.I've heard it was pretty good.
I never had it.That was before I got into, like,
cold coffee. Mhm. That's the thing.I'm not a big cold coffee fan in
(36:35):
general, but this wasn't bad.It didn't taste like beer at all.
But, uh,you know we'll end it with this one.
Steph have you heard the story aboutthe Florida principal and teacher
who threw the house party? No.Didn't even have a kid that was
a student, you know.Was this during Irene Jungle?
(36:55):
Yeah, that might have, like.Hi, Vanessa. Damn. Damn.
Those damn party girls.I've been watching their
Instagrams and being jealousbecause I'm not there. Loser.
Oh, wait, we're not there either.Uh, no. This is back in January.
A principal and a teacher threwa house party with over 100 kids
(37:16):
and got them hammered and copswere called.
And like neither of them had kidsthat were even students at the
school. Like they just threw a party.Really? Yeah.
They didn't have like,it wasn't like their kids were like,
hey, mom, can I throw a big party?Yeah. This sounds like. A.
Movie starring, uh, Owen Wilsonand Vince Vaughn. Wow. Wow. Wow.
(37:39):
And could only take place in Florida.Uh, well, anyways, to follow up on
that, we should. Have a big party.Should we invite the kids?
We don't have kids,but we can still invite the kids.
But if we do, we don't have kids.Wow. I like. Kids.
I feel like they can't buy drinks.Did we buy the drinks?
But if we buy them drinks and then.Oh, okay. Wow.
(38:00):
Are all the children okay?Probably not.
Uh, anyways, follow up on that. The.The Florida principal and teacher
were charged after 100 minorswere at their party with alcohol.
Body. Here's a great thing.Body cam footage has been released,
and it's horrible on a podcast.I'm not gonna play any of it.
But the teacher was hammered andtrying to give the cop shit,
which was kind of funny if youfeel like googling it.
(38:20):
It's a good time. I absolutely do.Body camera video released this
month as part of the discoveryin the criminal case,
show that the scene that led to theJanuary arrest of then Roosevelt
Elementary School principalElizabeth Hill Elementary School.
Oh yeah, none of them taught highschoolers or had high schoolers.
That was a weird thing.And third grade teacher Carly
Anderson.Uh, one juvenile was on the front
(38:41):
lawn and was so intoxicated thatBrevard County Fire Rescue responded
and administered treatment,according to police. Oh my God.
In a body cam video, an officer tellsa fire rescue official that the boy,
who is 17, has been throwing upand needs to be checked out.
The the officer says the boy inquestion is not responsive or
anything.Uh Principal Elizabeth Hill Brogden
(39:02):
is charged with one count of childneglect, five counts of contributing
to the delinquency of a minor and onecount of holding an open house party.
I didn't know that was a charge.If you if you make people pay.
Is that different? I don't know.Hey, what are you in for?
I threw an open house party. No.That's bullshit.
(39:23):
I had a bouncer and he took covers.Right?
Uh, and then the other hand,teacher Carly Anderson is charged
with one count each of disorderlyconduct and disorderly intoxication.
The state Attorney's officefiled charges on March 31st.
Court records show, uh,an online court records did not
indicate a plea.Both women are free on bond
(39:43):
right now.One of the great things was Carly
Anderson was actually allowed toreturn to her job as a third
grade teacher in Florida.The next day after returning,
they they released the body camfootage. Yeah. Oh, okay.
And then she was immediatelyremoved from her job. Oh, man.
Did she dance on a table?I was hoping you were gonna say.
(40:05):
The next day she threw a party.Oh, that'd be so good.
She probably did.I don't know if if you have a a party
where you invited a hundred minorsand you're only served with five
counts of distributing to minors,that's. Not a hundred counts.
Yeah,like that's what I don't understand.
Mhm. The whole thing's weird.Yeah. It's very Florida.
(40:26):
It is very Florida.No offense Florida.
All the offense Florida.Yeah it's tons of offense.
Have you guys watched that showFlorida man not that this is that
show, but you should go watch it.I've not. It looks funny.
Is it funny or is it reallystupid funny.
So there's an episode about a guythat, like, wanders into the,
like, swamp, and it's freakinghilarious because they interview,
(40:47):
they do reenactment.Isn't that just swamp thing, right?
But they do reenactments with,like, comedians.
But then they interview theactual people, too.
Well, it's kind of like Drunk Historywhere like, they have famous people
re-enacting the stories very.Much like Drunk History.
But yeah, I've seen the previews.It looks. Funny.
Interviewed the real people,which makes it even better.
(41:10):
And I'm sure they're all very wellspoken and coherent. And. They're.
Showing up in tuxedos and twoteeth and two teeth.
Oh, wait, that was a tuxedo t shirt.That's classy.
My one and only golf polo I ownis a tuxedo. Golf polo.
I have, I don't anymore.I've had more than one tuxedo t
(41:32):
shirt in my adulthood.Could you wear one to prom?
Come on. You just.You class it up, that's how.
That is exactly how you class upany situation.
I actually had a necktie pocketprotector t shirt as well.
That one was pretty cool.But everybody needs a tuxedo tee
and some jorts.Nothing will class up a joint
like that.One pair of jorts I probably need
right now currently. Yeah. No pairs.I don't own any myself,
(41:57):
but there are plenty in my homebecause I have a teenage boy.
Are they back? Are jorts? Oh.They've been back for like two years.
And they're like almost $175 for apair of Jordans. Not my. Jordans.
You need to go to Walmart.Walmart. Get you.
Get your beer in your drawers.Flex. Those aren't shorts.
Those were culottes in the women'ssection. I don't even know.
(42:23):
I don't even know what word you said.You're like, why is there a
flower embroidered on the pocket?Isn't it supposed to be like an
anime guy?Well, they fit his apple bottom,
so he wore them. Rotund bum.Rotom. Yeah, those are just.
Those are just quartz.Those aren't shorts. They're.
(42:45):
They're legit. Jorts what I have.They're they're jorts.
Do your best John Cena impression.They're they're outlet jorts, too.
So they were for sure cheap. Mhm.One leg shorter than the other one.
I didn't know Walmart had an outlet.Ah.
I do have a funny story realquick just regarding the show.
(43:07):
So I have a friend who constantlylistens to the show every week, not
constantly. My friend, uh, Luke, who?I've talked about him before.
Oh, yeah.And he sent me a text about a
week ago that said,I finally decided to introduce
my girlfriend to your podcast,and she dumped me immediately.
Of course, the first episode shelistens to, you guys talked
(43:31):
about tits for about 30 minutes.Not that this means anything,
but I don't remember that.I don't either,
I don't remember anything.And I'm sure the 30 minutes to him
just felt long if he was listeningto it with her. We probably.
Did a solid two minutes on.Sex with your parents. Yeah. What?
(43:54):
We're getting. Sarah Marshall.Like you're watching a movie.
You don't expect it.It's just awkward. Oh, yeah?
Oh, yeah. That was like, when, uh.No. Nevermind. Um, anyway.
So just why is the show you'rewatching so scrambled?
Just a little warning.If you're gonna introduce your
girlfriend to our podcast.What's the episode number?
(44:15):
Listen to the episode first andthen introduce her.
Oh, is there more than one theyshould beware of?
Maybe most of them. You know.We haven't ever talked about
boobs while I've been here.Oh, I feel left out. Sorry. Fine.
You want to come back next week andtalk about boobs? Yeah. Okay, okay.
(44:35):
I guess that's a cliffhangerright there.
Out of the three of us,I'm probably the expert.
But maybe not. I don't know.I don't know,
I'd like to revisit our conversation.That went 30 minutes on tits. TBD.
TBD. Tipsy on tits. Tipsy on tits.It's our new segment.
(44:56):
Do I get my own song? Yeah.We'll find something for you.
That's all that matters. She's tipsy.Da da da no, no. And she's. Got tits.
Da da da da. Some girlfriend is like.This was going so well until about
three minutes ago. Who is this girl?But what's. Wrong with. Her?
(45:17):
I know, liven up a little bit.All right? We gotta do this.
Uh, follow us on socials and whatnot.@CraftBeerRepublic.
@Flex_me_a_beer underscores.And one of these days, maybe at Miss
Tipsy Socks. We'll see. Probably.She's probably going. She'll show up.
She's got feet,and she knows how to use them.
(45:40):
805538 beer. 2337 mallet craft beer.Com all that good shit.
I thank you for sticking throughit and for staying hydrated.
And on that note. Good night.Everybody. Bye.
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