April 9, 2025 • 51 mins
Welcome in, everybody! Greg’s breaking his beer dry spell and kicking things off with Flex, who’s fresh from some spicy tailgating. We’re diving into champagne-fueled weekends, overpriced ballpark beers, and a voicemail from a familiar voice who’s calling us out over one of the Midwest’s best beer fests. Plus, we’re brainstorming odd business ideas, sharing travel stories gone weird, and doing what we do best—cracking cold ones and cracking each other up.
Beers We're Drinking
- Greg is sipping Short Lived by MadeWest & Shred Beer Co.—a clean, crushable Westy with dank hops and a hint of berry.
- Flex cracks Peanut Butter Marshmallow Imperial Stout by Energy City—smooth, nutty, and surprisingly not thick.
Greg’s back on the beer train after a week of wine and champagne-fueled mayhem—including his first DoorDash booze run and a brunch that spiraled into bubbly debauchery. Meanwhile, Flex hit up the Brewers home opener for overpriced beers and underwhelming baseball but made up for it with Ziploc chips and spicy ranch water regrets. A voicemail from Brian gets the gang buzzing about the Great Taste of the Midwest. And just when you think it can’t get weirder, things spiral into Vegas tales, topless espresso stops, and a brand-new entrepreneurial idea that could only come from the minds of two beer-drinking degenerates.
Booze News
- Stone Distributing acquired by Hand Family Companies, ending its independent run.
- Great Divide Brewing sold to Wilding, parent company of Stem Ciders and Denver Beer Co.
- Founders Brewing now fully owned by Mahou San Miguel following complete acquisition.
- Anderson Valley Brewing changes hands again, sold to wine industry entrepreneur.
- Corona launches private island resort in Colombia offering unlimited Corona beer.
- Florida woman charged after allegedly stealing off-duty cop’s car and attacking him with a phone.
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Episode Transcript
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Oh. That's good, I like that.Ooh, it's dark and rich looking.
Welcome in everybody.It's the craft beer republic.
Thanks for drinking.Thanks for joining.
I am Greg and I've been joinedby the richest. No. Nope.
(00:26):
Buffest guy in the Midwest.And that's Flex.
What's up, big fella?A lot more accurate.
Well,we'll get we'll take what we can get.
That's what I was trying to say.There are, you know,
beggars can't be choosers.That's that's one of my favorite
lines. Yes. So accurate.So, uh, welcome in air, buddy.
Uh, I lost my train of thought Iwas going to say something funny,
(00:47):
and it completely escaped me.It's been. It's been a fucking day.
It's been a long day, and I'm reallyglad to be drinking with you.
It's a good way to start off theweekend doing some, uh, early
show recording, because I've beenlooking forward to it all day long.
Me too man. Me fucking too.I haven't I got, I gotta admit
something real quick. Follow us.@CraftBeerRepublic @flex_me_a_beer
underscore between.We got a voicemail to get to.
(01:08):
We got some breaking news.But let's get to the important shit.
Me and Flex just shooting theshit when we should have done
this before we hit record.Uh, I haven't had a beer in, like,
over a week. Don't tell anybody.Like a real beer. Like a real beer.
I've had, uh, some wines because I'mclassy. And I'm trying to think.
(01:29):
I think that might be it,but I don't think I've had a real,
actual beer in over a week.And I was thinking about it as
the work day was ending.I was like, oh, fuck.
It was like 3:00 here.I'm like, cannot wait to crack a
beer open with Flex.So it was it was four days for me.
Yeah.I've been drinking some Celcius
all week.I'm getting addicted to the Chelsea
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train. I'm doing the math in my head.I think it's been eight days.
Oh, yours is double mind, so.Congratulations.
Yeah, but I've had wine.I've had wine.
I haven't been sober for eight days.God, I'm not. I'm not insane.
Um, still.Still proud of you, I guess. Thanks.
You know,just drink another drink of wine.
(02:11):
The wife and I got fucking shatteredon some champagnes last weekend.
Again? Yeah, we.I mean, not like at Deb's party where
we don't remember what happened,but. Oh, right.
We had a couple bottles in thefridge, in fact,
left over from Deb's party thatwe were supposed to wait to share
with Deb and Brian. Don't worry.They've been replaced already.
If you're listening.That's a classy move, by the. Way.
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You know, because one of them was.One of them was a shitty bottle.
It was like, you know, six bucks.But one of them was actually a pretty
nice bottle. It was like 20 bucks.So I was like, oh,
we can't not replace this one.So we we started cracking open
some champagne on Sunday,had a little, you know,
homemade brunch and champagne.And then we got two bottles deep
like I'm not done drinking champs.So I, uh, DoorDash for the first
time, DoorDash,alcohol to the house and, uh,
(02:56):
got some more shams and it was great.How much more did that cost DoorDash
than it would if you just wentto the store? So the bottles.
Because I've never done this andI don't think I ever will.
So I'm actually curious.This is my first time.
So the bot and I did it fromTotal Wine, I guess.
And so the bottles were the actualprice that they are in store.
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And then on top of that there waslike a $3 service charge plus
like a I don't remember exactlylike a $6 delivery fee. Okay.
And then I think I tipped them,you know, like five bucks or
something like that. We'll say.Okay. So what did I say? Seven.
Three. 17. Extra dollars. Yeah. 16.17 extra bucks. 3.95. Right. Yeah.
(03:43):
So we ended up spending,I don't know, like 60 bucks on
four bottles kind of thing. Yeah.Okay. Not the. Worst. Yeah.
No, I definitely that's all right.Way cheaper than a DUI.
For sure. Amen, brother. Amen.So, you know the wife enjoyed it.
And happy wife, happy life.So, uh, I'll spend the extra 17 bucks
(04:05):
if I'm not in trouble that day.Yeah. Right on, man. Yeah.
So good to see if she's into it.Yeah. She was way. Oh, yeah.
That makes it even better. Yeah.She loves a good champagne buzz.
I tell you what.And I tell you, you're a lucky guy.
Every now and then,champagne is one of those buzzes.
Like as she gets buzzy onsomething else, like beer.
She starts getting full anddoesn't want, you know, like,
(04:25):
oh, I'm gonna stop now.I'm getting full or I'm getting
buzzy or whatever.When the champagne buzz hits,
it's like she hits the nose andis like, let's keep going.
So I love when she gets champagnedrunk. Isn't that so weird?
How drunks are different, you know,between wine and champagne and beer?
Such a different drink.Like when I drink champagne,
I forget the day.A whole day goes by. By I kept.
(04:48):
I haven't been drunk off wine ina really long time. Like. Yeah.
Me neither. We did.uh, when I was 20, maybe 21,
I can't remember. No. Definitely 20.We did a boxed wine beer pong
night at my place. Sounds awful.We knew. Wine.
We knew it was gonna be a bad idea.Um, like, everybody was, like,
(05:12):
already prepped for, like, the shitbag hangover day the next day.
Um, but, you know, I feel likeyou have to do it at least once.
Sure,everyone's done it once or ten times.
But that means it's been like,16 years since I've actually
been wine drunk.And now, for me at least,
it's way more expensive.Because wine drunk then was two buck
chuck, and now it's a little nicer.Now you're classy, Greg. No, classy.
(05:34):
I don't know if you guys know this,I am classy.
Yeah, it hurts the pocketbook alittle, but. Right.
Your social reputation through theroof, right? Never been higher.
You can't put a price on that.No, not even the Million Dollar
man could.Well, he might be able to pay
you off, but that's true.I mean, everybody does have a price,
so. But yeah.Good time getting getting
(05:56):
champagne hammered. Good for you.I went to a Brewers home opener.
Oh, nice. Which wasn't anything fun.Uh, result wise. Sure.
They lost something like 11 to 3or 12 to 3, or.
They spent so much money thisoffseason.
Well, you know, when you're the28th highest payroll, you know,
(06:20):
in the league, it'll. Right.It'll happen to you. But, uh, I'm.
Just surprised MLB hasn't kickedhim out of their stadium yet.
They're gonna fix it. Okay?Yeah, just just don't worry about it.
All right? We're not.We're not going anywhere. Okay.
But, no, it was fun.Uh, my best friend came down
from Appleton, which is like thegreen Bay area in Wisconsin,
so about two ish hours away. Okay.And, uh, it was used to be every
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year tradition.And I'd say within the last five
years, we've missed two days,like two games for opening Day.
Um, but it was really cool.Did a little bit of what I call
simple man tailgating. Okay. Yeah.Went to Jimmy John's,
picked up a couple Jimmy John's subs,Ziplocked some chips from home and.
(07:02):
Yeah. Packed up like 810 seltzers.And he brought some some of his
own stuff, which tasted horrible,if I'm being honest.
Like home brewed seltzer orsomething. It was Ranch Water.
Oh, I've never had,I've heard of, but never had.
And they were the spicy ones.Oh. I'm out.
So, uh, he let me take a sip ofone because he was just talking
(07:23):
so highly of it, and it tastedlike jalapeno flavored chapstick.
Like you were drinking.Like the flavor chapstick. Like it.
And then it, like,wouldn't get off your tongue.
Like eating chapstick, right?Yeah. It was fucking awful.
So why is it so waxy? Yeah.So he was saying that, uh,
the story behind it is he went out tosome get together with his sister
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and his sister's husband boughtthis variety pack, and the only one
they didn't like was the spicy one,so he started drinking them.
Turned out he really liked them.And now they make all spicy packs.
But his wife got him for him forChristmas.
But she had to, like,travel a ways away to get them.
Which is astounding,because when I had the sip of it,
(08:09):
I'm like, who would drive out oftheir way for this?
So you travel for this absoluteinsanity.
But yeah, the weather held up for us.It was like a balmy 48 degrees and
the sun peeked out a few times,which, uh, here in Wisconsin,
that's a super solid opening dayweather forecast.
(08:30):
Um, well, like I said,the result wasn't great, but I had
a couple of beers in the stadium.Summer shandies running 13 bucks
for a 16 ouncer.Ooh, that seems high for Milwaukee.
I think the prices went up.Sounds like it.
I think they used to be,like $11 last year. So.
But hey, they got to fix thestadium somehow. And then they're.
Gonna do it one at a time. Right?And then Leinenkugels also did a,
(08:55):
uh, one of the mascots for thebrewers is the Barrelman. Okay.
And if you've never seen theBarrelman.
Uh, I say the Brewers have thebest team name in all of sports
because they are the Brewers.Uh, so Barrelman is like a walking
keg, and he's got a baseball hat on,and he carries a bat around, and he's
fucking awesome. My kids love him.Uh, but Leinenkugels made a barrel
(09:19):
man lager or barrel man ale.I can't remember which, uh,
either or. Um, but it was all right.It came in like a 19.2oz can. Okay.
And it was it was like 13 bucksagain.
So, uh,super solid for in-game beer and, uh.
Yeah, just had a really good timecatching up with, uh, my best friend.
Nice. That's the way to do it.I still haven't been to a Dodger game
(09:39):
since Covid. I just. That's wild.I know we used to go multiple times a
season, and there's a couple reasons.One, we just haven't.
But, my parents retired a coupleyears ago and we always got
hooked up from their boss.He had great season tickets,
very near home plate,very fantastic. Oh yes.
(10:00):
Like, you know, I would saybetween home plate and first base,
I would say it's a quarter of theway to home or to first base.
So closer to home than, than.Oh that's really nice. Great seats.
You know that middle that frontsection down there on the field.
That's really nice.I can only imagine what those
tickets go for.I yeah, they're crazy expensive
(10:22):
and I would never sit there ifthey weren't free. Right.
But but yeah they retired.So we don't get the hook up anymore.
So now we gotta like, pay likepeasants. Oh. We just haven't been.
Oh, we need to. It's been a minute.We need to go. Um.
All right, before we get any further,let me, uh, let me say shout out to
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LA for being our top listening city.Hey, what's up LA?
Speaking of the Dodgers theundefeated as we record this Dodgers.
Yeah, whatever.I don't give it a few games.
They'll fall apart to someonereal shitty.
We'll lose to the A's orsomething embarrassing like that.
I just say,because that's what happens when you
spend $1 billion on your payroll.Except we don't know, Shohei.
Any money for, like,the next 15 years or something, I.
(11:03):
I still say that that deal shouldhave been illegal. Should have.
I don't know, whatever. I don't know.How. I'm not a baseball.
Not a baseball show.But it is a beer show. Out of my.
Out of my beer. Out of my bed.Out of my beer. Oh, yeah.
(11:33):
I am drinking the freshly,freshly dropped and freshly picked
up from my favorite bottle shop,Trader Joe's. Yeah.
Made West Brewing Company collabwith Shred Brewing,
and it's their short lived series.When I saw they collab with Shred,
I got real excited as we remembershreds up in the Sacramento area
(11:56):
near. The. Old Salty. Sailor area.Yeah, exactly where everything is
40 minutes away from each other,no matter where the fuck you're
going. That's crazy.Uh, anyway, 7% West Coast IPA has a
396 and untapped only 187 ratings.They say short lived with our
friends at Shred Beer.This West Coast IPA has a vibrant hop
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character loaded with berries, stonefruit, and a rich resinous finish.
Hops they use are Simcoe, Simcoe,strata, strata. Hyper boost.
Mosaic. Mosaic. Cryo. Crush. Crush.Cryo. Wow, that's a smorgasbord.
Yeah, a lot of words.I tell you what. Sound like hops.
(12:36):
I love when they throw the berry noteon West coasts, and I love it even
more when it actually comes through.So I'm very, very intrigued to
see what happens here.Here's to hoping it doesn't taste
like cough medicine like last week.My fingers are crossed for you,
buddy. Yeah, I'm the schnoz.You know, I do get a little buried.
Just a hint.It's mostly pine and dank,
but I do get a little berry miss onthe nose. Okay, let me dig on in.
(13:03):
You know what?I actually get a hint of Berry.
I don't know if I've ever picked out,like, just berry before.
Oh, I love it.Doesn't taste cough medicine.
And maybe it's like a placebo thingthat now that I've read Berry, like,
I'm gonna taste berry. Who knows?Um. But not cough medicine.
Very West Coast IPA, very dank.As it should be.
Um, as you can see, this baby islight and clear. See through.
(13:26):
This is how I like my West coast.I don't like those malt bombs.
I like them with the light bodyand lots of hoppy dankness.
And this is achieving that for me.Big fat cosign over here, man. Yeah.
Uh, check or whatever. So very nice.I think 3.96 is honestly a
little low for this.It's getting like the I'm not.
Pretty high for a West Coast. I know.Let's. Be real. You're right.
(13:48):
People don't rate on the meritsof the style.
They rate on what they like.And because it's not a haze boy,
they're not excited.So anyways, I'd give this a solid
four. It's exactly what it should be.It's a light, crushable, dank.
Hoppy does not drink like a 7% WestCoast IPA. I'd have a few of these.
In untapped West Coast terms.That's a five. That's true.
(14:11):
This just got a six out of fivefrom Untappd. It really is. It's.
Yeah. So very nice, I like it.Uh, what else is going on?
Oh, remember our friend Brian,formerly of Title Town Brewing?
Oh, yeah, I do. Really nice guy.Really nice guy.
He sent me some beer back in theTitle Town days, and had had moved
(14:31):
on from that and was working withsome distributors or something,
then moved on from that.Anyways, Brian hit us up,
left us a voicemail.Let's check in when he's up to.
Hello.No one is available to take your
call.Please leave a message after the
tone. Hey, Greg and Flex.This is Brian,
formerly of Title Town.I'm with the distributor out in
Madison.So back in the beer game,
(14:53):
after leaving the craft side ofthings to focus on packaging.
And then you get laid off andthen you don't know what the
hell's going on.So after about four months of looking
for a job, I hooked up with adistributor out here in Madison.
So I've been loving it andselling all kinds of things.
Domestics and craft imports,all that stuff.
But I did want to call to remindFlex that he needs to come to Great
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taste of the Midwest this year.This will be my 10th time going.
I won't be at a booth,but I know I'll get tickets,
so I'll be able to hang out and nothave any real responsibilities.
So Flex, you need to come.It is in your backyard,
not your literal backyard.But you know what I'm talking about.
I was going to bring this up.Tickets go on sale in May.
If you need help getting tickets,let me know.
(15:39):
I will help you figure out whereto go. I will need help. Because.
I don't do digging on anything.A little bit more now that I
have some drive time.It's a lot easier to catch up
with you guys.So take care and I hope
everyone's doing well. Cheers.Wait, you don't do what anymore?
Like, I don't, like,do digging on stuff like, oh,
I find something out or like,I'm curious about something.
(16:00):
It's like, well, yeah.Like, just to the wayside. Like.
Is it hard to get tickets for this?Like, do they sell out quickly? Yeah.
It's like, uh, one of the mostpopular beer festivals in the
entire country. Oh, okay.They do video like, you know,
Instagram Reels and videos andadvertisements for this.
And there is a legitimate, like,ribbon cutting to the start of this.
(16:24):
And there is a flood rush of people.It's like the Disneyland rope drop.
Yes, that's exactly what it's like.And I'm not kidding.
Uh, and tickets sell out within like,an hour of them being live.
It's supposed to be like one ofthe largest festivals around.
And, uh, everybody talks about it.I just went on their website and
(16:45):
they even have a lottery so you canenter the lottery to get tickets.
So I guess it is pretty fuckingpopular. It's wild man.
That's nuts. I would love to go.He's told he's told us both,
but he's told me because I'mnowhere near there about it before.
I would love to go.I can't, you know. It was August 9th.
It looks like it's always the first.Uh, I thought it was like the
first weekend in August.Maybe it's the second.
(17:06):
I guess technically it's the second.Brian, I can't commit this early,
but, um,hit me back in a couple of months.
I'll see if I can convince thewife to take a trip to to the
Midwest for something.Yeah, Madison's a cool area, too.
Yeah, and I'll definitely show up if,uh, Flex is gonna show up.
I have vacation time I could use.Mhm. Mhm. Mhm. I could. All right.
(17:28):
I can do some vacation.If you're willing to fly out to
Wisconsin. How do I not.Only if I can squeeze your guns.
Yeah.You know,
it's like a side mirror of a car.It's like objects appear bigger,
you know?Objects in mirror are closer
than they appear.Yeah, that's what I meant. Yeah.
(17:50):
I was like.I was like,
I know that's not quite right,but I can't remember the actual.
It's better than mine. Okay.Yeah. Thanks for calling.
Yeah, it's been a minute, man.Glad to hear you're doing good.
Glad you're back in the beer game.Uh, eight. 5538. Beer. Two.
Three. Three seven.Anybody else wants to call?
It's good to hear from Brian.Let us know what what beer
you're working with.I'm glad he's got a drive time again.
(18:13):
Yeah. Now you can listen to my.My sweet voice.
You do have a nice voice.Oh, stop it.
It ousts mine, like, tenfold.Hello, everybody. Well, I can.
Do that, too.Welcome to the @CraftBeerRepublic.
Welcome to the hillbilly craft beer.Republic of West Virginia, where it's
(18:34):
the world is right in the wilderness.We eat squirrels. And, uh.
I think we have beer. Bathtub gin.Yeah. Gross. Stupid West Virginia.
I forget what it was.Segway from that? No.
I forget what it was.Something on the news said something
about West Virginia the other day.And without even knowing what the
(18:56):
story was, I just like stupidWest Virginia. It's your fault.
It could have been something great.Could have been, you. Know.
Stupid. Ass.West Virginia discovered the
cure to cancer. Stupid.West Virginia. Stupid. So dumb.
I bet they were hiding it for years.Yeah. Oh, fuck.
Fucking West Virginia.Speaking of fucking, uh,
(19:17):
horrible segue.I have to go to Vegas this weekend.
That's exciting.I guess it's for work.
I've talked about this before.I'm not a huge like. Yeah, Vegas.
I'm just old, I think.Uh, my favorite part about Vegas.
Like, the Vegas part of Vegas ishitting the strip with some
tallboys in my car goes right onand just people watching.
(19:40):
I do enjoy the people watching.It's good people watching.
I've only been to Vegas once,but the people watching was amazing.
Yeah, we just said at Margaritaville.I know right where that is.
A chip salsa drink.Margs and just watched all of
the street performers.Were you on the balcony like the.
(20:00):
Yeah, that's exactly where we were.Great people watching spot. Yeah.
We got to see, uh,the Lovely Cowgirls.
I guess you would call them. Go on.Except they didn't have shirts on.
They just had painted stuff on theirbosoms. I'm here for. It. Yeah.
And, uh, so we were just more soogling, ogling, ogling.
(20:25):
Either the people that were actuallypaying them to take pictures.
Oh, you know.That's always a crackup. Yeah, yeah.
Like, that's just like, hey,like it's the boobs, you know.
There's the internet. Right? Right.You know, and it's like, hey, cool.
You got a picture next to chickswith painted boobs, but, you know,
that's all you're paying for, right?You're not getting more than
(20:47):
just the picture.Definitely not getting more than
the picture. Yeah.Were you with your wife when
this was going on? Yeah.Does she get mad at you for watching
the chicks with the painted boobs?No.
Uh, in a situation like that,where it's, like, just out there,
right? No, it's not like.I mean, I mean, she's people
watching right with it, you know?Do you have to do the whole like.
(21:09):
Oh, yeah. How gross.Who would do that?
Uh, maybe I would say it aboutlike a three out of ten level.
Just just like,slip it in real quick.
Like, I can't believe they do that.So. Hey, boobs, huh? Nice paint.
Right? Yeah, yeah.You know what I just reminded?
I need to buy paint, right?Sure. Michael's around here.
(21:34):
He's got a craft store.I hate being out of paint.
Yeah, I don't want to run out ofpaint. Have another drink, sweetie.
Oh, well, hopefully I run into somepainted boobs while I'm there.
I'm going for work.I'm going for a conference.
Uh, NAB conference.And so I probably won't do a lot
of fun things. Um. Well, it's a.Work thing, but I feel like your
(21:57):
stuff is only, what, like, 8 to 4?Uh, I think it's like 9 to 6.
Something like that. Yeah.Plenty of time for fun things.
Yeah, yeah.I mean, you know, my best friend
lives out there. We'll see.I've talked to her a little bit.
I don't know if she'll be available.If she is,
I'm sure we'll get some drinks, but,uh, I'm like, I'm going for work.
But none of my coworkers are going,so, you know, no fun to be had there.
I'm sure I'll run into at least acouple people I know I always do when
(22:19):
I'm at this convention, so we'll see.Sometimes if you schmooze the
right vendors, you get invitedto their sweet ass parties.
So I guess I should bringsomething nice to wear.
Like, just in case. Maybe. Yeah.Way back in the day, I was dating
someone whose dad was in theindustry, and he knew everybody.
And, like,we got to go to a private concert.
We got to go to this party inthe kingpin suite.
(22:41):
Was it like a real band privateconcert? Oh, yeah.
It was, um, Lyle Lovett.Oh, I've heard of him. Yeah. Yeah.
It's not my kind of music,you know, it's country, but it
was like a private concert with,you know, 300, not even 300 people.
So it was pretty cool.Free drinks, free food.
The kingpin suite was cool.This top of the palms.
And it was a bowling alley inside ofa giant room. Damn. That's cool.
(23:03):
Yeah, and they had hired back toyour painted boob.
They had hired chicks with paintedon tops to pass out appetizers.
Well, there you go.Yeah, that wasn't so bad.
That's genius.I always had a genius business idea
of, uh, like a topless, uh, pedicure.Like a nail salon. Mhm, mhm.
(23:24):
You know, I just think that would be,uh, You know, I would go. Yeah.
You know, my buddy, uh, used tolive in Utah, near ish Salt Lake.
You know, like, half hour to SaltLake. And they had this place.
It was bikini haircuts.I was like, in Salt Lake. Huh?
It was just.It was exactly what it sounds like.
(23:46):
Chicks in bikinis, giving haircuts.Obviously,
my hair is not hard to cut,so I don't care if people mess it up.
Just give it the old buzzard. Roosky.So I went in there and sure enough,
there was some pretty good lookingchicks wearing bikinis, cutting hair.
Got myself a little haircut.And you know,
when you're in places like Utah,it does not hurt to be from LA.
(24:06):
It holds a little weight.Or at least it used to.
Okay, I could understand that.Yeah, I didn't I didn't think it
was a big deal.They're like, oh my God,
you're from LA.Like yeah, get drinks later and talk
about it. It's like going to Japan.Like I'm a legend in Japan, you know?
Right. I'm huge in Japan, so.Exactly. Yeah. Um.
(24:26):
But yeah, yeah. Good times.So don't quote me on this, okay?
Because I can't remember where Isaw it or where it is, but there's,
uh, this little coffee shop,and it's run by, like, three chicks,
and it is just a drive through and.These before.
And they just have, like, uh,tassels or, uh, pasties. Yes.
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And they just have pasties on theirbosoms. Yeah, they're used to.
It's not there anymore,unfortunately.
There used to be one in ColoradoSprings.
And every time I'd go visit myfamily, I'd go run through,
get a couple cups of coffee if,uh, if you know what I mean.
Just wild. Yeah. Uh, there was one.I think it was Seattle that I was,
and there was, there was like abikini, coffee or topless coffee,
whatever it was.And, um,
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hit that up while I was there.It's been years and years and years.
But, yeah, I've seen a couple ofthose here and there.
Yeah, I've only seen them, uh,on shows or something like that,
but yeah, it's a real thing.Yeah. Coffees. Uh.
Imagine doing, like, a drive throughcoffee and just having, like,
a sock on your dong, you know.Sir, do you always drive with
this pillow on your lap? Yeah.I don't think that's as, uh,
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appeasing as chicks with pastiesor pasties or tassels or bikinis,
but, yeah, it could be called, like,Sock Dong coffee or something.
Like something like,just put it out there, like,
don't even don't sugarcoat it.Just be blunt. Yeah.
What do they call I forget whatthey call it in the movies,
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when guys have to wear a littlecovering on their junk for, like,
a sex scene. There's a name for it.I'm gonna remember it.
Like, as soon as we stoprecording the show now,
I'll come back to it. Oh, no.I think I'm gonna buy the trademark
for Sock Dong Coffee.com after this.I think you should. And, uh.
Yeah, I think I'm gonna take a loanout soon. Start your own coffee shop.
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Sock Dong. Coffee? Yeah.Would you like it stirred?
No shoes, no shirt, no problem.What a great tagline. That is great.
Although I don't know if you couldbe barefoot while serving coffee.
I don't know what theregulations are. You know what?
No one's looking at your feet.And if they are, they're fucking
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creepy. I get it. All right.Maybe sock feet and sock dongs, but.
Socks, coffee. All we wear is socks.The feet cost extra.
How about that? Oh, yeah. I'm out.I'm out with feet. Not for me.
Oh, I'm a disgusting human being.But feet are not for me.
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It doesn't bother me at all. Oh.I don't I don't have, like,
a kink, but I'm just like,everybody has feet. So.
Yeah, you know, it's one ofthose things where it's like,
you know, whatever. Oh, yeah.I don't want my partners to be
wearing socks in bed orsomething like that, but like.
Yeah, isn't that weird?Yeah, there is absolutely zero
turn on around feet for me nomatter what those feet are doing.
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Uh, not at all in the slightestturned on by that. Yeah.
And if you are cool.As Deb says, no kink shaming in
this house. Poop stuff. Poop stuff.My favorite. Yeah. It's a legend.
She really is. Great line to live by.Uh, all right, before we get on
to some news, let's get on towhat Flex is drinking over there.
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In a world where craft beer is king,a world where muscles are bigger
than growlers,only one tongue can guide us.
One man, one tongue,one Tongue-jobber.
In this world, we must find outwhat is Flex drinking?
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All right, so I talked a coupleof weeks ago about having a
buddy over for some of the MarchMadness games. Oh, yeah.
And I bought him a stout becauseI knew he liked stouts.
And, uh, I had one lying around in myfridge because, uh, we're recording a
couple days early work schedule kindof got in the way, and I got lazy,
so I didn't go out and buy any beer.So I'm drinking Energy City Brewing.
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Um, I don't know how to pronouncethis French word Batisserie.
Batisserie Batisserie. Sure, sure.Uh, it's their peanut butter
marshmallow imperial stout.Uh, this thing weighs in at 10% ABV,
and I believe it has peanutbutter and marshmallow in it.
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Untappd has it at A415 with only260 ratings.
And, uh, they read uh,Imperial Pastry Stout,
brewed with peanut butter andmarshmallows. So I was correct.
It does have peanut butter andmarshmallows in it. There you go.
Uh, on the old schnauzer. It is.Uh,
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it smells like fresh peanut butter.Like, not not Skippy peanut butter,
but, like, super duper fresh.Like the good stuff. Like organic.
Like peanut. Like Laura Scudder's.Made from, like peanut.
Actual peanuts. Peanut.And then buttered.
Um, but yeah, it's it's delicious.First of all.
And, uh, in case anybody'slistening right now.
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Yeah, I'm drinking a stout.It's real. This is.
You're not dreaming.It's a real show.
I'm drinking a stout.Uh, it doesn't happen often,
but, uh, thought I'd dabble.So without further ado. Oh.
So this isn't as thick as youwould think it would be.
It's not what she said.Being a 10% adjunct peanut
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butter marshmallow.Maybe it's just flavoring.
I don't know, I didn't brew it.Um, but it does have, like,
a bit of, like a medium body.Okay. Uh, tons of peanut butter.
Like loads of peanut butter with atouch of sweetness on the back end,
which I would attest to themarshmallow.
I'm not a scientist, but that'swhat I would. Uh, my mind goes.
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All in all, this is fantastic.Um, there's no roasty bitterness
to the end of this, and I really,really, uh, am not into that.
So with this smooth kind of finish,I'm super, super pleased with this.
Would drink again.The 415I would say is right there.
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I would say, you know,41542 super solid rating.
And uh, I think if I this is mysecond energy brewing beer,
I think I got like a pumpkin pie fora Thanksgiving a three years ago.
And that was really good.Um, but they're really, really
known for their adjunct stouts.They're over fruited sours or
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over adjunct sours.And I don't do that a lot, but shit,
this fucking tastes delicious.So cheers to them.
I've been trying to look up howto pronounce that word.
Yeah, and I'm pretty sure it'sjust not a real word.
It's like French or something, right?Yeah, well, it keeps trying to,
you know, it's Batisserie orwhatever with a B, as in, boy,
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it keeps trying to autocorrectand change it to P Batisserie and
I'm like, no, no, it's with a B.And every time I tell it like no,
only B, it just only finds thebeer and nothing else. Oh yeah.
Because isn't like the,the patisserie like, uh, like a
pastry, like cafe. Like a, like.A pastry shop or something.
Yeah. Isn't that what that is?That sounds right, I don't.
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Sure. Why not?I don't know, I'm not a scientist,
so I don't know. Right. Yes.A patisserie or however it's
supposed to be said.A shop where French pastries and
cakes are sold.So yes, you are correct on that,
but, uh, cannot find the B version.Well, maybe it's a made up word then.
It must be.Like it's like a beer cafe.
Maybe it looks like it's a whole linebecause, uh, from a few years ago.
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Here's Tavour posting about it.I did look it up on Untappd, and
there's a shit ton of this series.Yeah, it's a chocolate covered
orange from a few years ago, so, uh.It sounds delicious. Oh, really?
It sounds awful to me. Oh, no.There used to be this candy
during Christmas.Uh, and it was spherically sold
spherically.And then you would unwrap the sphere
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shaped candy, and it would be inseparate wedges, like an orange.
And then you would unwrap eachwedge separately and eat it.
And it was fucking delicious.It was like orange flavored
chocolate. Yeah. I'm out.That's a that's a no for me.
It's like the new Coke that cameout recently.
It's like the orange Creme Coke.Oh, God.
I haven't bought it,but I really want to try it
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because I think it would be good.Sounds horrible. You know what?
Let's try it. All right.Coke science sounds like something
else. That's also. Yeah.That's a very different show.
Not a Coke show. Yeah.Hey, everybody,
welcome to @CraftBeerRepublic.I'm Greg, that's Flex.
Our 50 minute show turns into 50s,right? Oh, man.
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We finished a show like. Whew!That was a long one today.
What do we got? 215 okay. Oh, man.We could record so many shows in
one night. All the. Shows. Oh.Oh, that's so fucking good.
How the fuck did we make out thewhole year? Tonight, man. We are.
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Ready for one.More year to year to. 2027.
Here we go. All the beer we drank.By the time the show releases,
it's sold out. Brilliant.Yeah, we should do.
That'd be a fun, fun thing to do.Hey, let's drink a beer.
Release it three years later andsee if it's still relevant.
Uh, let's do a little news.This is some breaking news out here.
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Stone Distributing and ClassicBeverage has been acquired by
hand family companies.We were just talking about Stone
distribution,I think with Erica a week or two ago.
Yeah, I do remember this vaguelybecause I don't remember anything.
Right.And you know, like out here they
distribute obviously, you know,Stone and whatnot, but they were
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separate from the sale of stone.They distribute integrin made west.
Um, Tarantula Hill,this is all local. Stuff, right?
Good stuff. Yeah.They seem to pick and choose and they
pick the good stuff to distribute.And also people who can keep up with
the demand in their production.And anyway, so they've sold now
they are no longer independent.I guess they are owned by hand family
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companies, whoever the hell that is.Transaction is expected to close
around 60 days.It goes on and on with details from
their press release, but I don'tthink people really care about that.
But yeah,it's interesting to see what happens.
I wonder, I sort of want to talk to,like, immigrant guys and see, like,
hey, does this mean anything for you?Are you guys worried or. Yeah.
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Kind of, I guess.That's super weird. Yeah.
So some some breaking local news.Uh, breaking news in Colorado.
Great Divide just this week,a couple days ago, was acquired
by a Wilding brands platform.Great Divide one of the, you know,
for runners of craft beer.They've been around.
For I think maybe I've had one oftheir beers before. Oh, really? Yeah.
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We get a fairly decent, uh,core lineup of Great Divide out
here in California.And then every time I'm in Denver,
I always have them somewhere,if not at the brewery itself. So, uh.
Anyways,they were bought by Wild Brands.
Platform Great Divide has beenacquired by the parent company
of Stem ciders, Denver Beer Coand several other brands.
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Great Divide founder Brian Dunnsaid in a press release that the
dedication to evolving the businessand passion for Colorado make Wilding
and Great Divide a perfect match.I couldn't be happier knowing
that Eric, Charlie, and Brad willbe carrying the torch forward.
The deal for Great Divide includessix Taprooms any future brick and
mortar locations, which is weird.It's like, well, yeah,
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you own the place.Why wouldn't you have rights to
the future location, right?Uh Great Divide operates outpost in
Denver's Ball Park and River Northneighborhoods in the city's Lakewood,
Castle Rock and Lone Tree suburbs,and concourse C at Denver
International Airport.I've been to two of those locations.
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Okay.Wilding Can Works production
facility in Denver.Sunnyside neighborhood will assume
production of the Great Divideportfolio, but the status of Great
Divide production relationship withDry Dock Brewing remains unclear.
So Great Divide had alreadystarted contracting out their
beer to dry dock.But now that probably won't be
the case.I guess we'll find out in the
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coming days or weeks.So lots of, uh,
shakeups in the craft world.Yeah, it's, uh, a lot of selling.
A lot of buying. Yeah.Uh, founders, those ass fucks. Yeah.
I still can't drink their beer.No, because, um, they're assholes
and their beers grow, so it's.It's a win win for not drinking
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their beer.Um, they were partially owned by
Mahou-san Miguel.Anyways, they've completed the
rest of their acquisition.They took over a 90% stake in the
Michigan Craft, Craft and QuotesBrewery following the 2014 deal
for a 30% stake in the business.Mahou USA is the 20th largest
beer category vendor in Sakanatracked off premise channels with
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$14.4 million in sales, holding a0.25% share of category dollars.
It's a lot of words and a lot ofnumbers. A lot of words and numbers.
I'm sure somebody out there is like,oh, interesting. And I'm it's not us.
Yeah, just not us.Uh, last year, they. Excuse me.
2023, they produced 408,000,almost 409,000 barrels of beer just
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at founders alone, making a lot ofbeer. It's a ton of beer. Yeah.
People still buying it, I guess.That's too bad. Yeah, it's not me.
Um, and then continuing on thistrend, Anderson Valley Brewery
sold to wine industry veteran.Oh, he must be classy. Uh.
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I don't know.Anderson Valley just sounds like
a classy name. It does. Right.Like, let me just put that out there.
So I feel like this purchaseonly makes sense. Yeah, yeah.
Kind of par for the course, right?Like they know what they're doing.
Yeah, clearly Anderson Valley BrewingCompany has changed hands for
the second time in a little bit.More than five years, wine industry
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entrepreneur entrepreneur JasonMcConnell acquired the Boonville,
California based craft brewery ina deal that closed last Tuesday.
Also, Boonville is like theopposite of classy sounding. Ah.
It just made me think of likeBoone Farms. Right?
Which is like the $2 bottles of wine.So, yeah, maybe not as classy.
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As we were. Letting. On. Yeah.Maybe not. Yeah. Kind of evens out.
Uh, the brewery was listed for saleat $7.9 million in September of 24.
However,its sale price was not disclosed.
McGee told Brewbound that Jasonactually approached me in mid 2024,
when he heard the rumor that thebrewery might be for sale.
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He had previously had a wineryin the area and did a lot of
events and hospitality, and wasinterested in the possibilities
that the beer park had to offer.He's a local guy, in a good fit
and is retaining all the staff,which was really important to us.
That's nice to hear. That is nice.There's no reason to fire everybody
and get new staff. Right?They know what's going on and glad
everybody gets to keep their job.Don't have to train anybody.
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Training's the worst.Oh, it's the fucking worst.
What I hate about bringing newpeople on, it's.
Like, oh, it's the pits, man.I gotta pretend it'd be nice to
you now. That is the worst part.So pretending to be nice and
then like, you have to feel thatperson out because you're like,
all right, like, I'm a cool guywith a dark sense of humor, right?
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And I'm really satirical andsarcastic.
Can you handle all of this?And I gotta process this within,
like, the first two minutes ofmeeting somebody, right?
And then throughout, like,that first day, you're just
dropping little, little nuggets,little breadcrumbs. Oh, yeah. Yeah.
Let's see. Does he look offended?Not yet. All right. One further.
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Does he look offended?And then you can figure out whether
or not they're going to be like,okay. Right.
Are you gonna fit in around here?Right.
And there may be potential if theyare okay, but it only takes about
2 to 3 minutes to figure that out.Yeah, it's pretty quick.
Yeah, I'll give you that.I hired a lot of people in my day,
and you can tell pretty quick.Worked with a lot of people in
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my day. Yeah. Oh, yeah.Um, thanks to Scott for sending
this one over. Thank you. Scott.Corona has opened a private
island in the Caribbean thatoffers unlimited free beer.
Unfortunately,all that free beer is corona.
There's a tropical island offthe coast of Colombia called
Corona Island,and it just opened to the public.
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And the one and only thing you needto know staying there comes with
unlimited Corona beer. I'm out.Corona Island is about 12 miles
southwest of Cartagena.Yeah, it's exactly right.
You've heard of that one, right?Yeah. That's how you say it. Yeah.
And as a part of the Rosario Islands,basically the Maldives of Colombia.
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But if the Maldives had aninsane amount of cold beer.
Does that mean they're cheap?No, we'll get to that. Oh, damn.
Colombia sounds like a cheap place.Well. Colombia. Yes.
Well, it's the Maldives of Colombia.It's gotta be cheap, right?
Well, here you go.The bungalows will run you $658
a night. That's a lot.And the all inclusive day passes are
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163 bucks. Oh, does it look nice?Well, I mean, it looks very tropical.
It's a very small island in themiddle of the Bahamas.
Because I tell you what. Here.So what was it you said?
$600 a night and 188 a night.163 a day.
So we're talking 800 bucks a night?Well, I think the 163 is if
you're not staying the night,like, if you want to just come to
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the island and have all you candrink and then go home at sunset,
I think that's what the 163 is,which I'm like for 163 bucks,
I could do a lot of damage.I don't think you know how much
I can drink, especially fucking4.5% Corona, right?
But also,I'm gonna pass on the corona.
Well, here's what I don't know.I'm just trying to think in,
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like, a general vacation spot.Like, I mean, in a vacation mindset.
I just went to Chicago.I also left that out.
Um, went to Chicago for a day.Lakers were in town playing the
Bulls. Oh, nice.There was a huge crowd of people out
in the street, down from our hotel,at the other hotel there,
waiting for all the Lakers to comeout and saw LeBron. Not a big deal.
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Um. But did you get his autograph?So we're at the.
No, he didn't even look at the crowd.I thought it was kind of rude.
He just kept his head down andgot on the bus.
So anyways, later that night,we're back in our hotel room,
and I was just like, you know what?I'm gonna fucking Google that hotel.
Like, it's gotta be a reallynice hotel if this is where,
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like, the teams stay.So I did,
and it was $1,300 a night. Mhm.For just like a regular room
whatever.Like their standard room was suite
whatever you want to call it.Um, so I would 100% pay this money
to go to the Maldives of Colombia.I'm just gonna say that on a
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vacation.You just like saying the Maldives of
Colombia. I don't even say it right.I will say so.
There was one person's review onthis article.
It says from someone who apparentlyjust stayed there commenting
with his five star review.I was on the first overnight
trip there. We stayed a week.I drank 155 Coronas. It was magical.
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I don't like the beer,but I respect this comment so much.
I respect the game. That is amazing.Yeah, it makes me wish I sort of
liked Coronas.I just never, ever have.
It's just. It's snobbery.I never liked them. It's.
I'm telling you, I don'tunderstand why people like it.
If you're gonna drink like a Mexicanimport. Pacifico. Modelo. Yeah.
(44:45):
Dos Equis. Dos equis. Even, like.I'll. I'll fucking drink that.
Yeah. Over. Corona. Absolutely.And for people who order it because
they like it is fucking astounding.Lose my number.
Like it has to be based off of.Like their marketing in the late
90s early 2000.Must be some big Tony Romo fans,
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you know.And then yeah, like the Tony Romo
era. That was a couple of years ago.And uh, man, Snoop Dogg I think
was in some Corona commercials.And I'm sure.
Snoop and Martha or something.No, I think it was just, uh, it was a
comedian. Oh, it was Andy Samberg.Andy samberg. There you go.
Yeah, those are good commercials.Still don't want to drink the beer.
Right? Because it's terrible beer.It's terrible.
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In fact, it's so bad that back in theday when my grandma was still around,
her husband preferred Corona.And she would call it piss water.
What a lovely lady.Yeah, it was great.
My grandma, who didn't even reallydrink, was like, oh, you want another
piss water? Let me get you one.If she was still alive, I'd marry
her. I just want you to know that.Well, I appreciate that.
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Be weird having a crush on my stepgrandpa, though. Well, you know.
We'll figure it. Out. 2025 Greg.Nobody can judge. Nobody can judge.
Uh, let's end it on this one.Take a trip to Florida.
Sounds about right. Yeah. Miami.Woman.
Oh, by the way, this is from Vanessa.Vanessa. Vanessa. Yeah.
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Thanks for sending this in.But she doesn't think we have
enough Florida stories,so she started sending them to me.
Straight from the source.Or she just knows that we're
gonna put one on.So she's like, well,
I might as well be for me, right?Might as well filter it through.
Uh, Miami woman steals police carafter a night of drinks with an off
duty officer. With an off duty.Wait, she steals a cop car with
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an off duty officer.From an off duty officer?
Oh, from why is an off dutyofficer have a squad?
Let's see if we find out. All right.A Miami woman is facing multiple
felony charges after allegedlybreaking into an off duty police
officer's apartment,stealing his unmarked patrol vehicle
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and striking him with a phone.According to the Miami-Dade Sheriff's
Office, Andrea Marie Assaf, 27,was arrested early Monday morning
at her residence at the PalmerApartments in Dadeland, where she
also works as a leasing agent.Authorities said that Assaf entered
the apartment of a City of Miamipolice officer without permission
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and took the keys to his officialvehicle, which she later drove and
photographed herself operating.That's wild. Why would you do that?
Because people are dumb.The incident began on the evening of
Sunday, March 30th, when she andthe victim, an off duty officer
who resides in the same building,went out for drinks after being
dropped off at the complex.Assaf allegedly used her leasing
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agent issued key fob to enter theofficer's apartment without consent.
Once inside, MDX was that Miami-DadeSheriff's Office Mtso said she took
the keys to the officer's unmarkedcity vehicle and drove it along
southwest 7670 second Avenue,sending the officer a photo of
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herself behind the wheel. Jesus.He texted her back not to drive
the vehicle.Assaf later returned it to the
parking garage.When the officer went to her
apartment to retrieve the keys,Assaf allegedly threw the keys to the
floor and hurled her phone at him,striking the back of his head
and causing a small laceration.How hard do you have to throw a
(48:26):
phone to cause a small laceration?I'm assuming semi-hard.
I mean, like, pretty hard.I've thrown phones before.
Well,I think the most important factor is
you have to throw it the right way.Like you're skipping a rock.
Like. Like ninja star. Right.Well, I would say skipping a
rock over a ninja star.I mean, either way,
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you're getting hit by the side of it.That's accurate.
And I'm thinking there was nocase because a case would really
soften that hard edge of a phone.Unless it had a case.
But part of the case was broken andthere was like an edge sticking out.
Yeah, could be.Because that's my phone.
You need a new case, sir.Well, it's just the bottom of it.
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It's fine. All right.Uh, the officer told investigators
he did not authorize her to enterhis apartment or use the vehicle.
No shit.Assaf was arrested and charged with
burglary of an unoccupied dwelling,Grand theft of a vehicle and battery
on a law enforcement officer. Jeez.He was off duty,
though it shouldn't count.How much you want to bet they
hooked up.And you know he didn't end it right.
(49:31):
And so she was getting back at him.You think that's what it was?
I don't know, it just seems like alot for someone who isn't pissed off.
I don't know, it just sounds likea I would just say kind of like a
toxic relationship is the kid's.Call it. Sure.
It just sounds a little scornedlover.
But I feel like his, uh,response of don't drive, that was
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like a little low key, you know?Yeah. No shit. Don't drive it.
It's more of just like a one anddone kind of thing.
And like, she's been at his housemultiple times. Clearly. Clearly.
So this is like a weird on again.Off again. Yeah.
She knew where those keys were.Yeah. And now he said, nah.
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You getting charged, girl? Yeah.Nah, it was cute before.
Not this time.I don't think this is the first
time she's driven it.I don't think it's the first
time they've hung out.That actually crossed my mind with
the first is not the first time shedrove it. Yeah. They're hooking up.
She does this on the regular,but she's probably.
Done it in the car. Oh, absolutely.Guaranteed with the sirens on. Um.
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Probably not, because you don'twant to draw attention.
Depends what you're into.I can't argue that.
Uh, Miss Azoff, please let us know.We'd love to know the outcome of
this.Anyways, I think that's it for us.
It's time to wrap things up.Follow us on the socials.
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@CraftBeerRepublic @flex_me_a_beer.Called the Penn. Call to the Penn.
Uh @flex_me_a_beer.Underscores in between all that
good shit. 853 eight beer.Leave us. We love voicemails.
Thanks, Brian, for calling in.Really, it just makes us happy
that people are listening.It is nice to know that people
(51:24):
actually listen besides me editing.That's not the only listen.
So, uh, let us know that you'relistening. All that good shit.
Hope everyone out there is stayingvery well hydrated. And on that note.
Good night everybody.
Oh. That's good, I like that.Ooh, it's dark and rich looking.
Welcome in everybody.It's the craft beer republic.
Thanks for drinking.Thanks for joining.
I am Greg and I've been joinedby the richest. No. Nope.
(00:26):
Buffest guy in the Midwest.And that's Flex.
What's up, big fella?A lot more accurate.
Well,we'll get we'll take what we can get.
That's what I was trying to say.There are, you know,
beggars can't be choosers.That's that's one of my favorite
lines. Yes. So accurate.So, uh, welcome in air, buddy.
Uh, I lost my train of thought Iwas going to say something funny,
(00:47):
and it completely escaped me.It's been. It's been a fucking day.
It's been a long day, and I'm reallyglad to be drinking with you.
It's a good way to start off theweekend doing some, uh, early
show recording, because I've beenlooking forward to it all day long.
Me too man. Me fucking too.I haven't I got, I gotta admit
something real quick. Follow us.@CraftBeerRepublic @flex_me_a_beer
underscore between.We got a voicemail to get to.
(01:08):
We got some breaking news.But let's get to the important shit.
Me and Flex just shooting theshit when we should have done
this before we hit record.Uh, I haven't had a beer in, like,
over a week. Don't tell anybody.Like a real beer. Like a real beer.
I've had, uh, some wines because I'mclassy. And I'm trying to think.
(01:29):
I think that might be it,but I don't think I've had a real,
actual beer in over a week.And I was thinking about it as
the work day was ending.I was like, oh, fuck.
It was like 3:00 here.I'm like, cannot wait to crack a
beer open with Flex.So it was it was four days for me.
Yeah.I've been drinking some Celcius
all week.I'm getting addicted to the Chelsea
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train. I'm doing the math in my head.I think it's been eight days.
Oh, yours is double mind, so.Congratulations.
Yeah, but I've had wine.I've had wine.
I haven't been sober for eight days.God, I'm not. I'm not insane.
Um, still.Still proud of you, I guess. Thanks.
You know,just drink another drink of wine.
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The wife and I got fucking shatteredon some champagnes last weekend.
Again? Yeah, we.I mean, not like at Deb's party where
we don't remember what happened,but. Oh, right.
We had a couple bottles in thefridge, in fact,
left over from Deb's party thatwe were supposed to wait to share
with Deb and Brian. Don't worry.They've been replaced already.
If you're listening.That's a classy move, by the. Way.
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You know, because one of them was.One of them was a shitty bottle.
It was like, you know, six bucks.But one of them was actually a pretty
nice bottle. It was like 20 bucks.So I was like, oh,
we can't not replace this one.So we we started cracking open
some champagne on Sunday,had a little, you know,
homemade brunch and champagne.And then we got two bottles deep
like I'm not done drinking champs.So I, uh, DoorDash for the first
time, DoorDash,alcohol to the house and, uh,
(02:56):
got some more shams and it was great.How much more did that cost DoorDash
than it would if you just wentto the store? So the bottles.
Because I've never done this andI don't think I ever will.
So I'm actually curious.This is my first time.
So the bot and I did it fromTotal Wine, I guess.
And so the bottles were the actualprice that they are in store.
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And then on top of that there waslike a $3 service charge plus
like a I don't remember exactlylike a $6 delivery fee. Okay.
And then I think I tipped them,you know, like five bucks or
something like that. We'll say.Okay. So what did I say? Seven.
Three. 17. Extra dollars. Yeah. 16.17 extra bucks. 3.95. Right. Yeah.
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So we ended up spending,I don't know, like 60 bucks on
four bottles kind of thing. Yeah.Okay. Not the. Worst. Yeah.
No, I definitely that's all right.Way cheaper than a DUI.
For sure. Amen, brother. Amen.So, you know the wife enjoyed it.
And happy wife, happy life.So, uh, I'll spend the extra 17 bucks
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if I'm not in trouble that day.Yeah. Right on, man. Yeah.
So good to see if she's into it.Yeah. She was way. Oh, yeah.
That makes it even better. Yeah.She loves a good champagne buzz.
I tell you what.And I tell you, you're a lucky guy.
Every now and then,champagne is one of those buzzes.
Like as she gets buzzy onsomething else, like beer.
She starts getting full anddoesn't want, you know, like,
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oh, I'm gonna stop now.I'm getting full or I'm getting
buzzy or whatever.When the champagne buzz hits,
it's like she hits the nose andis like, let's keep going.
So I love when she gets champagnedrunk. Isn't that so weird?
How drunks are different, you know,between wine and champagne and beer?
Such a different drink.Like when I drink champagne,
I forget the day.A whole day goes by. By I kept.
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I haven't been drunk off wine ina really long time. Like. Yeah.
Me neither. We did.uh, when I was 20, maybe 21,
I can't remember. No. Definitely 20.We did a boxed wine beer pong
night at my place. Sounds awful.We knew. Wine.
We knew it was gonna be a bad idea.Um, like, everybody was, like,
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already prepped for, like, the shitbag hangover day the next day.
Um, but, you know, I feel likeyou have to do it at least once.
Sure,everyone's done it once or ten times.
But that means it's been like,16 years since I've actually
been wine drunk.And now, for me at least,
it's way more expensive.Because wine drunk then was two buck
chuck, and now it's a little nicer.Now you're classy, Greg. No, classy.
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I don't know if you guys know this,I am classy.
Yeah, it hurts the pocketbook alittle, but. Right.
Your social reputation through theroof, right? Never been higher.
You can't put a price on that.No, not even the Million Dollar
man could.Well, he might be able to pay
you off, but that's true.I mean, everybody does have a price,
so. But yeah.Good time getting getting
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champagne hammered. Good for you.I went to a Brewers home opener.
Oh, nice. Which wasn't anything fun.Uh, result wise. Sure.
They lost something like 11 to 3or 12 to 3, or.
They spent so much money thisoffseason.
Well, you know, when you're the28th highest payroll, you know,
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in the league, it'll. Right.It'll happen to you. But, uh, I'm.
Just surprised MLB hasn't kickedhim out of their stadium yet.
They're gonna fix it. Okay?Yeah, just just don't worry about it.
All right? We're not.We're not going anywhere. Okay.
But, no, it was fun.Uh, my best friend came down
from Appleton, which is like thegreen Bay area in Wisconsin,
so about two ish hours away. Okay.And, uh, it was used to be every
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year tradition.And I'd say within the last five
years, we've missed two days,like two games for opening Day.
Um, but it was really cool.Did a little bit of what I call
simple man tailgating. Okay. Yeah.Went to Jimmy John's,
picked up a couple Jimmy John's subs,Ziplocked some chips from home and.
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Yeah. Packed up like 810 seltzers.And he brought some some of his
own stuff, which tasted horrible,if I'm being honest.
Like home brewed seltzer orsomething. It was Ranch Water.
Oh, I've never had,I've heard of, but never had.
And they were the spicy ones.Oh. I'm out.
So, uh, he let me take a sip ofone because he was just talking
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so highly of it, and it tastedlike jalapeno flavored chapstick.
Like you were drinking.Like the flavor chapstick. Like it.
And then it, like,wouldn't get off your tongue.
Like eating chapstick, right?Yeah. It was fucking awful.
So why is it so waxy? Yeah.So he was saying that, uh,
the story behind it is he went out tosome get together with his sister
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and his sister's husband boughtthis variety pack, and the only one
they didn't like was the spicy one,so he started drinking them.
Turned out he really liked them.And now they make all spicy packs.
But his wife got him for him forChristmas.
But she had to, like,travel a ways away to get them.
Which is astounding,because when I had the sip of it,
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I'm like, who would drive out oftheir way for this?
So you travel for this absoluteinsanity.
But yeah, the weather held up for us.It was like a balmy 48 degrees and
the sun peeked out a few times,which, uh, here in Wisconsin,
that's a super solid opening dayweather forecast.
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Um, well, like I said,the result wasn't great, but I had
a couple of beers in the stadium.Summer shandies running 13 bucks
for a 16 ouncer.Ooh, that seems high for Milwaukee.
I think the prices went up.Sounds like it.
I think they used to be,like $11 last year. So.
But hey, they got to fix thestadium somehow. And then they're.
Gonna do it one at a time. Right?And then Leinenkugels also did a,
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uh, one of the mascots for thebrewers is the Barrelman. Okay.
And if you've never seen theBarrelman.
Uh, I say the Brewers have thebest team name in all of sports
because they are the Brewers.Uh, so Barrelman is like a walking
keg, and he's got a baseball hat on,and he carries a bat around, and he's
fucking awesome. My kids love him.Uh, but Leinenkugels made a barrel
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man lager or barrel man ale.I can't remember which, uh,
either or. Um, but it was all right.It came in like a 19.2oz can. Okay.
And it was it was like 13 bucksagain.
So, uh,super solid for in-game beer and, uh.
Yeah, just had a really good timecatching up with, uh, my best friend.
Nice. That's the way to do it.I still haven't been to a Dodger game
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since Covid. I just. That's wild.I know we used to go multiple times a
season, and there's a couple reasons.One, we just haven't.
But, my parents retired a coupleyears ago and we always got
hooked up from their boss.He had great season tickets,
very near home plate,very fantastic. Oh yes.
(10:00):
Like, you know, I would saybetween home plate and first base,
I would say it's a quarter of theway to home or to first base.
So closer to home than, than.Oh that's really nice. Great seats.
You know that middle that frontsection down there on the field.
That's really nice.I can only imagine what those
tickets go for.I yeah, they're crazy expensive
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and I would never sit there ifthey weren't free. Right.
But but yeah they retired.So we don't get the hook up anymore.
So now we gotta like, pay likepeasants. Oh. We just haven't been.
Oh, we need to. It's been a minute.We need to go. Um.
All right, before we get any further,let me, uh, let me say shout out to
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LA for being our top listening city.Hey, what's up LA?
Speaking of the Dodgers theundefeated as we record this Dodgers.
Yeah, whatever.I don't give it a few games.
They'll fall apart to someonereal shitty.
We'll lose to the A's orsomething embarrassing like that.
I just say,because that's what happens when you
spend $1 billion on your payroll.Except we don't know, Shohei.
Any money for, like,the next 15 years or something, I.
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I still say that that deal shouldhave been illegal. Should have.
I don't know, whatever. I don't know.How. I'm not a baseball.
Not a baseball show.But it is a beer show. Out of my.
Out of my beer. Out of my bed.Out of my beer. Oh, yeah.
(11:33):
I am drinking the freshly,freshly dropped and freshly picked
up from my favorite bottle shop,Trader Joe's. Yeah.
Made West Brewing Company collabwith Shred Brewing,
and it's their short lived series.When I saw they collab with Shred,
I got real excited as we remembershreds up in the Sacramento area
(11:56):
near. The. Old Salty. Sailor area.Yeah, exactly where everything is
40 minutes away from each other,no matter where the fuck you're
going. That's crazy.Uh, anyway, 7% West Coast IPA has a
396 and untapped only 187 ratings.They say short lived with our
friends at Shred Beer.This West Coast IPA has a vibrant hop
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character loaded with berries, stonefruit, and a rich resinous finish.
Hops they use are Simcoe, Simcoe,strata, strata. Hyper boost.
Mosaic. Mosaic. Cryo. Crush. Crush.Cryo. Wow, that's a smorgasbord.
Yeah, a lot of words.I tell you what. Sound like hops.
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I love when they throw the berry noteon West coasts, and I love it even
more when it actually comes through.So I'm very, very intrigued to
see what happens here.Here's to hoping it doesn't taste
like cough medicine like last week.My fingers are crossed for you,
buddy. Yeah, I'm the schnoz.You know, I do get a little buried.
Just a hint.It's mostly pine and dank,
but I do get a little berry miss onthe nose. Okay, let me dig on in.
(13:03):
You know what?I actually get a hint of Berry.
I don't know if I've ever picked out,like, just berry before.
Oh, I love it.Doesn't taste cough medicine.
And maybe it's like a placebo thingthat now that I've read Berry, like,
I'm gonna taste berry. Who knows?Um. But not cough medicine.
Very West Coast IPA, very dank.As it should be.
Um, as you can see, this baby islight and clear. See through.
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This is how I like my West coast.I don't like those malt bombs.
I like them with the light bodyand lots of hoppy dankness.
And this is achieving that for me.Big fat cosign over here, man. Yeah.
Uh, check or whatever. So very nice.I think 3.96 is honestly a
little low for this.It's getting like the I'm not.
Pretty high for a West Coast. I know.Let's. Be real. You're right.
(13:48):
People don't rate on the meritsof the style.
They rate on what they like.And because it's not a haze boy,
they're not excited.So anyways, I'd give this a solid
four. It's exactly what it should be.It's a light, crushable, dank.
Hoppy does not drink like a 7% WestCoast IPA. I'd have a few of these.
In untapped West Coast terms.That's a five. That's true.
(14:11):
This just got a six out of fivefrom Untappd. It really is. It's.
Yeah. So very nice, I like it.Uh, what else is going on?
Oh, remember our friend Brian,formerly of Title Town Brewing?
Oh, yeah, I do. Really nice guy.Really nice guy.
He sent me some beer back in theTitle Town days, and had had moved
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on from that and was working withsome distributors or something,
then moved on from that.Anyways, Brian hit us up,
left us a voicemail.Let's check in when he's up to.
Hello.No one is available to take your
call.Please leave a message after the
tone. Hey, Greg and Flex.This is Brian,
formerly of Title Town.I'm with the distributor out in
Madison.So back in the beer game,
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after leaving the craft side ofthings to focus on packaging.
And then you get laid off andthen you don't know what the
hell's going on.So after about four months of looking
for a job, I hooked up with adistributor out here in Madison.
So I've been loving it andselling all kinds of things.
Domestics and craft imports,all that stuff.
But I did want to call to remindFlex that he needs to come to Great
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taste of the Midwest this year.This will be my 10th time going.
I won't be at a booth,but I know I'll get tickets,
so I'll be able to hang out and nothave any real responsibilities.
So Flex, you need to come.It is in your backyard,
not your literal backyard.But you know what I'm talking about.
I was going to bring this up.Tickets go on sale in May.
If you need help getting tickets,let me know.
(15:39):
I will help you figure out whereto go. I will need help. Because.
I don't do digging on anything.A little bit more now that I
have some drive time.It's a lot easier to catch up
with you guys.So take care and I hope
everyone's doing well. Cheers.Wait, you don't do what anymore?
Like, I don't, like,do digging on stuff like, oh,
I find something out or like,I'm curious about something.
(16:00):
It's like, well, yeah.Like, just to the wayside. Like.
Is it hard to get tickets for this?Like, do they sell out quickly? Yeah.
It's like, uh, one of the mostpopular beer festivals in the
entire country. Oh, okay.They do video like, you know,
Instagram Reels and videos andadvertisements for this.
And there is a legitimate, like,ribbon cutting to the start of this.
(16:24):
And there is a flood rush of people.It's like the Disneyland rope drop.
Yes, that's exactly what it's like.And I'm not kidding.
Uh, and tickets sell out within like,an hour of them being live.
It's supposed to be like one ofthe largest festivals around.
And, uh, everybody talks about it.I just went on their website and
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they even have a lottery so you canenter the lottery to get tickets.
So I guess it is pretty fuckingpopular. It's wild man.
That's nuts. I would love to go.He's told he's told us both,
but he's told me because I'mnowhere near there about it before.
I would love to go.I can't, you know. It was August 9th.
It looks like it's always the first.Uh, I thought it was like the
first weekend in August.Maybe it's the second.
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I guess technically it's the second.Brian, I can't commit this early,
but, um,hit me back in a couple of months.
I'll see if I can convince thewife to take a trip to to the
Midwest for something.Yeah, Madison's a cool area, too.
Yeah, and I'll definitely show up if,uh, Flex is gonna show up.
I have vacation time I could use.Mhm. Mhm. Mhm. I could. All right.
(17:28):
I can do some vacation.If you're willing to fly out to
Wisconsin. How do I not.Only if I can squeeze your guns.
Yeah.You know,
it's like a side mirror of a car.It's like objects appear bigger,
you know?Objects in mirror are closer
than they appear.Yeah, that's what I meant. Yeah.
(17:50):
I was like.I was like,
I know that's not quite right,but I can't remember the actual.
It's better than mine. Okay.Yeah. Thanks for calling.
Yeah, it's been a minute, man.Glad to hear you're doing good.
Glad you're back in the beer game.Uh, eight. 5538. Beer. Two.
Three. Three seven.Anybody else wants to call?
It's good to hear from Brian.Let us know what what beer
you're working with.I'm glad he's got a drive time again.
(18:13):
Yeah. Now you can listen to my.My sweet voice.
You do have a nice voice.Oh, stop it.
It ousts mine, like, tenfold.Hello, everybody. Well, I can.
Do that, too.Welcome to the @CraftBeerRepublic.
Welcome to the hillbilly craft beer.Republic of West Virginia, where it's
(18:34):
the world is right in the wilderness.We eat squirrels. And, uh.
I think we have beer. Bathtub gin.Yeah. Gross. Stupid West Virginia.
I forget what it was.Segway from that? No.
I forget what it was.Something on the news said something
about West Virginia the other day.And without even knowing what the
(18:56):
story was, I just like stupidWest Virginia. It's your fault.
It could have been something great.Could have been, you. Know.
Stupid. Ass.West Virginia discovered the
cure to cancer. Stupid.West Virginia. Stupid. So dumb.
I bet they were hiding it for years.Yeah. Oh, fuck.
Fucking West Virginia.Speaking of fucking, uh,
(19:17):
horrible segue.I have to go to Vegas this weekend.
That's exciting.I guess it's for work.
I've talked about this before.I'm not a huge like. Yeah, Vegas.
I'm just old, I think.Uh, my favorite part about Vegas.
Like, the Vegas part of Vegas ishitting the strip with some
tallboys in my car goes right onand just people watching.
(19:40):
I do enjoy the people watching.It's good people watching.
I've only been to Vegas once,but the people watching was amazing.
Yeah, we just said at Margaritaville.I know right where that is.
A chip salsa drink.Margs and just watched all of
the street performers.Were you on the balcony like the.
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Yeah, that's exactly where we were.Great people watching spot. Yeah.
We got to see, uh,the Lovely Cowgirls.
I guess you would call them. Go on.Except they didn't have shirts on.
They just had painted stuff on theirbosoms. I'm here for. It. Yeah.
And, uh, so we were just more soogling, ogling, ogling.
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Either the people that were actuallypaying them to take pictures.
Oh, you know.That's always a crackup. Yeah, yeah.
Like, that's just like, hey,like it's the boobs, you know.
There's the internet. Right? Right.You know, and it's like, hey, cool.
You got a picture next to chickswith painted boobs, but, you know,
that's all you're paying for, right?You're not getting more than
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just the picture.Definitely not getting more than
the picture. Yeah.Were you with your wife when
this was going on? Yeah.Does she get mad at you for watching
the chicks with the painted boobs?No.
Uh, in a situation like that,where it's, like, just out there,
right? No, it's not like.I mean, I mean, she's people
watching right with it, you know?Do you have to do the whole like.
(21:09):
Oh, yeah. How gross.Who would do that?
Uh, maybe I would say it aboutlike a three out of ten level.
Just just like,slip it in real quick.
Like, I can't believe they do that.So. Hey, boobs, huh? Nice paint.
Right? Yeah, yeah.You know what I just reminded?
I need to buy paint, right?Sure. Michael's around here.
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He's got a craft store.I hate being out of paint.
Yeah, I don't want to run out ofpaint. Have another drink, sweetie.
Oh, well, hopefully I run into somepainted boobs while I'm there.
I'm going for work.I'm going for a conference.
Uh, NAB conference.And so I probably won't do a lot
of fun things. Um. Well, it's a.Work thing, but I feel like your
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stuff is only, what, like, 8 to 4?Uh, I think it's like 9 to 6.
Something like that. Yeah.Plenty of time for fun things.
Yeah, yeah.I mean, you know, my best friend
lives out there. We'll see.I've talked to her a little bit.
I don't know if she'll be available.If she is,
I'm sure we'll get some drinks, but,uh, I'm like, I'm going for work.
But none of my coworkers are going,so, you know, no fun to be had there.
I'm sure I'll run into at least acouple people I know I always do when
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I'm at this convention, so we'll see.Sometimes if you schmooze the
right vendors, you get invitedto their sweet ass parties.
So I guess I should bringsomething nice to wear.
Like, just in case. Maybe. Yeah.Way back in the day, I was dating
someone whose dad was in theindustry, and he knew everybody.
And, like,we got to go to a private concert.
We got to go to this party inthe kingpin suite.
(22:41):
Was it like a real band privateconcert? Oh, yeah.
It was, um, Lyle Lovett.Oh, I've heard of him. Yeah. Yeah.
It's not my kind of music,you know, it's country, but it
was like a private concert with,you know, 300, not even 300 people.
So it was pretty cool.Free drinks, free food.
The kingpin suite was cool.This top of the palms.
And it was a bowling alley inside ofa giant room. Damn. That's cool.
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Yeah, and they had hired back toyour painted boob.
They had hired chicks with paintedon tops to pass out appetizers.
Well, there you go.Yeah, that wasn't so bad.
That's genius.I always had a genius business idea
of, uh, like a topless, uh, pedicure.Like a nail salon. Mhm, mhm.
(23:24):
You know, I just think that would be,uh, You know, I would go. Yeah.
You know, my buddy, uh, used tolive in Utah, near ish Salt Lake.
You know, like, half hour to SaltLake. And they had this place.
It was bikini haircuts.I was like, in Salt Lake. Huh?
It was just.It was exactly what it sounds like.
(23:46):
Chicks in bikinis, giving haircuts.Obviously,
my hair is not hard to cut,so I don't care if people mess it up.
Just give it the old buzzard. Roosky.So I went in there and sure enough,
there was some pretty good lookingchicks wearing bikinis, cutting hair.
Got myself a little haircut.And you know,
when you're in places like Utah,it does not hurt to be from LA.
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It holds a little weight.Or at least it used to.
Okay, I could understand that.Yeah, I didn't I didn't think it
was a big deal.They're like, oh my God,
you're from LA.Like yeah, get drinks later and talk
about it. It's like going to Japan.Like I'm a legend in Japan, you know?
Right. I'm huge in Japan, so.Exactly. Yeah. Um.
(24:26):
But yeah, yeah. Good times.So don't quote me on this, okay?
Because I can't remember where Isaw it or where it is, but there's,
uh, this little coffee shop,and it's run by, like, three chicks,
and it is just a drive through and.These before.
And they just have, like, uh,tassels or, uh, pasties. Yes.
(24:49):
And they just have pasties on theirbosoms. Yeah, they're used to.
It's not there anymore,unfortunately.
There used to be one in ColoradoSprings.
And every time I'd go visit myfamily, I'd go run through,
get a couple cups of coffee if,uh, if you know what I mean.
Just wild. Yeah. Uh, there was one.I think it was Seattle that I was,
and there was, there was like abikini, coffee or topless coffee,
whatever it was.And, um,
(25:11):
hit that up while I was there.It's been years and years and years.
But, yeah, I've seen a couple ofthose here and there.
Yeah, I've only seen them, uh,on shows or something like that,
but yeah, it's a real thing.Yeah. Coffees. Uh.
Imagine doing, like, a drive throughcoffee and just having, like,
a sock on your dong, you know.Sir, do you always drive with
this pillow on your lap? Yeah.I don't think that's as, uh,
(25:35):
appeasing as chicks with pastiesor pasties or tassels or bikinis,
but, yeah, it could be called, like,Sock Dong coffee or something.
Like something like,just put it out there, like,
don't even don't sugarcoat it.Just be blunt. Yeah.
What do they call I forget whatthey call it in the movies,
(25:56):
when guys have to wear a littlecovering on their junk for, like,
a sex scene. There's a name for it.I'm gonna remember it.
Like, as soon as we stoprecording the show now,
I'll come back to it. Oh, no.I think I'm gonna buy the trademark
for Sock Dong Coffee.com after this.I think you should. And, uh.
Yeah, I think I'm gonna take a loanout soon. Start your own coffee shop.
(26:22):
Sock Dong. Coffee? Yeah.Would you like it stirred?
No shoes, no shirt, no problem.What a great tagline. That is great.
Although I don't know if you couldbe barefoot while serving coffee.
I don't know what theregulations are. You know what?
No one's looking at your feet.And if they are, they're fucking
(26:43):
creepy. I get it. All right.Maybe sock feet and sock dongs, but.
Socks, coffee. All we wear is socks.The feet cost extra.
How about that? Oh, yeah. I'm out.I'm out with feet. Not for me.
Oh, I'm a disgusting human being.But feet are not for me.
(27:06):
It doesn't bother me at all. Oh.I don't I don't have, like,
a kink, but I'm just like,everybody has feet. So.
Yeah, you know, it's one ofthose things where it's like,
you know, whatever. Oh, yeah.I don't want my partners to be
wearing socks in bed orsomething like that, but like.
Yeah, isn't that weird?Yeah, there is absolutely zero
turn on around feet for me nomatter what those feet are doing.
(27:28):
Uh, not at all in the slightestturned on by that. Yeah.
And if you are cool.As Deb says, no kink shaming in
this house. Poop stuff. Poop stuff.My favorite. Yeah. It's a legend.
She really is. Great line to live by.Uh, all right, before we get on
to some news, let's get on towhat Flex is drinking over there.
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In a world where craft beer is king,a world where muscles are bigger
than growlers,only one tongue can guide us.
One man, one tongue,one Tongue-jobber.
In this world, we must find outwhat is Flex drinking?
(28:12):
All right, so I talked a coupleof weeks ago about having a
buddy over for some of the MarchMadness games. Oh, yeah.
And I bought him a stout becauseI knew he liked stouts.
And, uh, I had one lying around in myfridge because, uh, we're recording a
couple days early work schedule kindof got in the way, and I got lazy,
so I didn't go out and buy any beer.So I'm drinking Energy City Brewing.
(28:39):
Um, I don't know how to pronouncethis French word Batisserie.
Batisserie Batisserie. Sure, sure.Uh, it's their peanut butter
marshmallow imperial stout.Uh, this thing weighs in at 10% ABV,
and I believe it has peanutbutter and marshmallow in it.
(29:02):
Untappd has it at A415 with only260 ratings.
And, uh, they read uh,Imperial Pastry Stout,
brewed with peanut butter andmarshmallows. So I was correct.
It does have peanut butter andmarshmallows in it. There you go.
Uh, on the old schnauzer. It is.Uh,
(29:22):
it smells like fresh peanut butter.Like, not not Skippy peanut butter,
but, like, super duper fresh.Like the good stuff. Like organic.
Like peanut. Like Laura Scudder's.Made from, like peanut.
Actual peanuts. Peanut.And then buttered.
Um, but yeah, it's it's delicious.First of all.
And, uh, in case anybody'slistening right now.
(29:42):
Yeah, I'm drinking a stout.It's real. This is.
You're not dreaming.It's a real show.
I'm drinking a stout.Uh, it doesn't happen often,
but, uh, thought I'd dabble.So without further ado. Oh.
So this isn't as thick as youwould think it would be.
It's not what she said.Being a 10% adjunct peanut
(30:05):
butter marshmallow.Maybe it's just flavoring.
I don't know, I didn't brew it.Um, but it does have, like,
a bit of, like a medium body.Okay. Uh, tons of peanut butter.
Like loads of peanut butter with atouch of sweetness on the back end,
which I would attest to themarshmallow.
I'm not a scientist, but that'swhat I would. Uh, my mind goes.
(30:29):
All in all, this is fantastic.Um, there's no roasty bitterness
to the end of this, and I really,really, uh, am not into that.
So with this smooth kind of finish,I'm super, super pleased with this.
Would drink again.The 415I would say is right there.
(30:50):
I would say, you know,41542 super solid rating.
And uh, I think if I this is mysecond energy brewing beer,
I think I got like a pumpkin pie fora Thanksgiving a three years ago.
And that was really good.Um, but they're really, really
known for their adjunct stouts.They're over fruited sours or
(31:13):
over adjunct sours.And I don't do that a lot, but shit,
this fucking tastes delicious.So cheers to them.
I've been trying to look up howto pronounce that word.
Yeah, and I'm pretty sure it'sjust not a real word.
It's like French or something, right?Yeah, well, it keeps trying to,
you know, it's Batisserie orwhatever with a B, as in, boy,
(31:33):
it keeps trying to autocorrectand change it to P Batisserie and
I'm like, no, no, it's with a B.And every time I tell it like no,
only B, it just only finds thebeer and nothing else. Oh yeah.
Because isn't like the,the patisserie like, uh, like a
pastry, like cafe. Like a, like.A pastry shop or something.
Yeah. Isn't that what that is?That sounds right, I don't.
(31:55):
Sure. Why not?I don't know, I'm not a scientist,
so I don't know. Right. Yes.A patisserie or however it's
supposed to be said.A shop where French pastries and
cakes are sold.So yes, you are correct on that,
but, uh, cannot find the B version.Well, maybe it's a made up word then.
It must be.Like it's like a beer cafe.
Maybe it looks like it's a whole linebecause, uh, from a few years ago.
(32:18):
Here's Tavour posting about it.I did look it up on Untappd, and
there's a shit ton of this series.Yeah, it's a chocolate covered
orange from a few years ago, so, uh.It sounds delicious. Oh, really?
It sounds awful to me. Oh, no.There used to be this candy
during Christmas.Uh, and it was spherically sold
spherically.And then you would unwrap the sphere
(32:39):
shaped candy, and it would be inseparate wedges, like an orange.
And then you would unwrap eachwedge separately and eat it.
And it was fucking delicious.It was like orange flavored
chocolate. Yeah. I'm out.That's a that's a no for me.
It's like the new Coke that cameout recently.
It's like the orange Creme Coke.Oh, God.
I haven't bought it,but I really want to try it
(33:00):
because I think it would be good.Sounds horrible. You know what?
Let's try it. All right.Coke science sounds like something
else. That's also. Yeah.That's a very different show.
Not a Coke show. Yeah.Hey, everybody,
welcome to @CraftBeerRepublic.I'm Greg, that's Flex.
Our 50 minute show turns into 50s,right? Oh, man.
(33:25):
We finished a show like. Whew!That was a long one today.
What do we got? 215 okay. Oh, man.We could record so many shows in
one night. All the. Shows. Oh.Oh, that's so fucking good.
How the fuck did we make out thewhole year? Tonight, man. We are.
(33:51):
Ready for one.More year to year to. 2027.
Here we go. All the beer we drank.By the time the show releases,
it's sold out. Brilliant.Yeah, we should do.
That'd be a fun, fun thing to do.Hey, let's drink a beer.
Release it three years later andsee if it's still relevant.
Uh, let's do a little news.This is some breaking news out here.
(34:15):
Stone Distributing and ClassicBeverage has been acquired by
hand family companies.We were just talking about Stone
distribution,I think with Erica a week or two ago.
Yeah, I do remember this vaguelybecause I don't remember anything.
Right.And you know, like out here they
distribute obviously, you know,Stone and whatnot, but they were
(34:35):
separate from the sale of stone.They distribute integrin made west.
Um, Tarantula Hill,this is all local. Stuff, right?
Good stuff. Yeah.They seem to pick and choose and they
pick the good stuff to distribute.And also people who can keep up with
the demand in their production.And anyway, so they've sold now
they are no longer independent.I guess they are owned by hand family
(34:57):
companies, whoever the hell that is.Transaction is expected to close
around 60 days.It goes on and on with details from
their press release, but I don'tthink people really care about that.
But yeah,it's interesting to see what happens.
I wonder, I sort of want to talk to,like, immigrant guys and see, like,
hey, does this mean anything for you?Are you guys worried or. Yeah.
(35:20):
Kind of, I guess.That's super weird. Yeah.
So some some breaking local news.Uh, breaking news in Colorado.
Great Divide just this week,a couple days ago, was acquired
by a Wilding brands platform.Great Divide one of the, you know,
for runners of craft beer.They've been around.
For I think maybe I've had one oftheir beers before. Oh, really? Yeah.
(35:43):
We get a fairly decent, uh,core lineup of Great Divide out
here in California.And then every time I'm in Denver,
I always have them somewhere,if not at the brewery itself. So, uh.
Anyways,they were bought by Wild Brands.
Platform Great Divide has beenacquired by the parent company
of Stem ciders, Denver Beer Coand several other brands.
(36:04):
Great Divide founder Brian Dunnsaid in a press release that the
dedication to evolving the businessand passion for Colorado make Wilding
and Great Divide a perfect match.I couldn't be happier knowing
that Eric, Charlie, and Brad willbe carrying the torch forward.
The deal for Great Divide includessix Taprooms any future brick and
mortar locations, which is weird.It's like, well, yeah,
(36:25):
you own the place.Why wouldn't you have rights to
the future location, right?Uh Great Divide operates outpost in
Denver's Ball Park and River Northneighborhoods in the city's Lakewood,
Castle Rock and Lone Tree suburbs,and concourse C at Denver
International Airport.I've been to two of those locations.
(36:45):
Okay.Wilding Can Works production
facility in Denver.Sunnyside neighborhood will assume
production of the Great Divideportfolio, but the status of Great
Divide production relationship withDry Dock Brewing remains unclear.
So Great Divide had alreadystarted contracting out their
beer to dry dock.But now that probably won't be
the case.I guess we'll find out in the
(37:06):
coming days or weeks.So lots of, uh,
shakeups in the craft world.Yeah, it's, uh, a lot of selling.
A lot of buying. Yeah.Uh, founders, those ass fucks. Yeah.
I still can't drink their beer.No, because, um, they're assholes
and their beers grow, so it's.It's a win win for not drinking
(37:27):
their beer.Um, they were partially owned by
Mahou-san Miguel.Anyways, they've completed the
rest of their acquisition.They took over a 90% stake in the
Michigan Craft, Craft and QuotesBrewery following the 2014 deal
for a 30% stake in the business.Mahou USA is the 20th largest
beer category vendor in Sakanatracked off premise channels with
(37:52):
$14.4 million in sales, holding a0.25% share of category dollars.
It's a lot of words and a lot ofnumbers. A lot of words and numbers.
I'm sure somebody out there is like,oh, interesting. And I'm it's not us.
Yeah, just not us.Uh, last year, they. Excuse me.
2023, they produced 408,000,almost 409,000 barrels of beer just
(38:15):
at founders alone, making a lot ofbeer. It's a ton of beer. Yeah.
People still buying it, I guess.That's too bad. Yeah, it's not me.
Um, and then continuing on thistrend, Anderson Valley Brewery
sold to wine industry veteran.Oh, he must be classy. Uh.
(38:36):
I don't know.Anderson Valley just sounds like
a classy name. It does. Right.Like, let me just put that out there.
So I feel like this purchaseonly makes sense. Yeah, yeah.
Kind of par for the course, right?Like they know what they're doing.
Yeah, clearly Anderson Valley BrewingCompany has changed hands for
the second time in a little bit.More than five years, wine industry
(38:58):
entrepreneur entrepreneur JasonMcConnell acquired the Boonville,
California based craft brewery ina deal that closed last Tuesday.
Also, Boonville is like theopposite of classy sounding. Ah.
It just made me think of likeBoone Farms. Right?
Which is like the $2 bottles of wine.So, yeah, maybe not as classy.
(39:18):
As we were. Letting. On. Yeah.Maybe not. Yeah. Kind of evens out.
Uh, the brewery was listed for saleat $7.9 million in September of 24.
However,its sale price was not disclosed.
McGee told Brewbound that Jasonactually approached me in mid 2024,
when he heard the rumor that thebrewery might be for sale.
(39:39):
He had previously had a wineryin the area and did a lot of
events and hospitality, and wasinterested in the possibilities
that the beer park had to offer.He's a local guy, in a good fit
and is retaining all the staff,which was really important to us.
That's nice to hear. That is nice.There's no reason to fire everybody
and get new staff. Right?They know what's going on and glad
everybody gets to keep their job.Don't have to train anybody.
(40:01):
Training's the worst.Oh, it's the fucking worst.
What I hate about bringing newpeople on, it's.
Like, oh, it's the pits, man.I gotta pretend it'd be nice to
you now. That is the worst part.So pretending to be nice and
then like, you have to feel thatperson out because you're like,
all right, like, I'm a cool guywith a dark sense of humor, right?
(40:21):
And I'm really satirical andsarcastic.
Can you handle all of this?And I gotta process this within,
like, the first two minutes ofmeeting somebody, right?
And then throughout, like,that first day, you're just
dropping little, little nuggets,little breadcrumbs. Oh, yeah. Yeah.
Let's see. Does he look offended?Not yet. All right. One further.
(40:41):
Does he look offended?And then you can figure out whether
or not they're going to be like,okay. Right.
Are you gonna fit in around here?Right.
And there may be potential if theyare okay, but it only takes about
2 to 3 minutes to figure that out.Yeah, it's pretty quick.
Yeah, I'll give you that.I hired a lot of people in my day,
and you can tell pretty quick.Worked with a lot of people in
(41:02):
my day. Yeah. Oh, yeah.Um, thanks to Scott for sending
this one over. Thank you. Scott.Corona has opened a private
island in the Caribbean thatoffers unlimited free beer.
Unfortunately,all that free beer is corona.
There's a tropical island offthe coast of Colombia called
Corona Island,and it just opened to the public.
(41:24):
And the one and only thing you needto know staying there comes with
unlimited Corona beer. I'm out.Corona Island is about 12 miles
southwest of Cartagena.Yeah, it's exactly right.
You've heard of that one, right?Yeah. That's how you say it. Yeah.
And as a part of the Rosario Islands,basically the Maldives of Colombia.
(41:45):
But if the Maldives had aninsane amount of cold beer.
Does that mean they're cheap?No, we'll get to that. Oh, damn.
Colombia sounds like a cheap place.Well. Colombia. Yes.
Well, it's the Maldives of Colombia.It's gotta be cheap, right?
Well, here you go.The bungalows will run you $658
a night. That's a lot.And the all inclusive day passes are
(42:08):
163 bucks. Oh, does it look nice?Well, I mean, it looks very tropical.
It's a very small island in themiddle of the Bahamas.
Because I tell you what. Here.So what was it you said?
$600 a night and 188 a night.163 a day.
So we're talking 800 bucks a night?Well, I think the 163 is if
you're not staying the night,like, if you want to just come to
(42:30):
the island and have all you candrink and then go home at sunset,
I think that's what the 163 is,which I'm like for 163 bucks,
I could do a lot of damage.I don't think you know how much
I can drink, especially fucking4.5% Corona, right?
But also,I'm gonna pass on the corona.
Well, here's what I don't know.I'm just trying to think in,
(42:50):
like, a general vacation spot.Like, I mean, in a vacation mindset.
I just went to Chicago.I also left that out.
Um, went to Chicago for a day.Lakers were in town playing the
Bulls. Oh, nice.There was a huge crowd of people out
in the street, down from our hotel,at the other hotel there,
waiting for all the Lakers to comeout and saw LeBron. Not a big deal.
(43:14):
Um. But did you get his autograph?So we're at the.
No, he didn't even look at the crowd.I thought it was kind of rude.
He just kept his head down andgot on the bus.
So anyways, later that night,we're back in our hotel room,
and I was just like, you know what?I'm gonna fucking Google that hotel.
Like, it's gotta be a reallynice hotel if this is where,
(43:34):
like, the teams stay.So I did,
and it was $1,300 a night. Mhm.For just like a regular room
whatever.Like their standard room was suite
whatever you want to call it.Um, so I would 100% pay this money
to go to the Maldives of Colombia.I'm just gonna say that on a
(43:59):
vacation.You just like saying the Maldives of
Colombia. I don't even say it right.I will say so.
There was one person's review onthis article.
It says from someone who apparentlyjust stayed there commenting
with his five star review.I was on the first overnight
trip there. We stayed a week.I drank 155 Coronas. It was magical.
(44:21):
I don't like the beer,but I respect this comment so much.
I respect the game. That is amazing.Yeah, it makes me wish I sort of
liked Coronas.I just never, ever have.
It's just. It's snobbery.I never liked them. It's.
I'm telling you, I don'tunderstand why people like it.
If you're gonna drink like a Mexicanimport. Pacifico. Modelo. Yeah.
(44:45):
Dos Equis. Dos equis. Even, like.I'll. I'll fucking drink that.
Yeah. Over. Corona. Absolutely.And for people who order it because
they like it is fucking astounding.Lose my number.
Like it has to be based off of.Like their marketing in the late
90s early 2000.Must be some big Tony Romo fans,
(45:07):
you know.And then yeah, like the Tony Romo
era. That was a couple of years ago.And uh, man, Snoop Dogg I think
was in some Corona commercials.And I'm sure.
Snoop and Martha or something.No, I think it was just, uh, it was a
comedian. Oh, it was Andy Samberg.Andy samberg. There you go.
Yeah, those are good commercials.Still don't want to drink the beer.
Right? Because it's terrible beer.It's terrible.
(45:31):
In fact, it's so bad that back in theday when my grandma was still around,
her husband preferred Corona.And she would call it piss water.
What a lovely lady.Yeah, it was great.
My grandma, who didn't even reallydrink, was like, oh, you want another
piss water? Let me get you one.If she was still alive, I'd marry
her. I just want you to know that.Well, I appreciate that.
(45:54):
Be weird having a crush on my stepgrandpa, though. Well, you know.
We'll figure it. Out. 2025 Greg.Nobody can judge. Nobody can judge.
Uh, let's end it on this one.Take a trip to Florida.
Sounds about right. Yeah. Miami.Woman.
Oh, by the way, this is from Vanessa.Vanessa. Vanessa. Yeah.
(46:15):
Thanks for sending this in.But she doesn't think we have
enough Florida stories,so she started sending them to me.
Straight from the source.Or she just knows that we're
gonna put one on.So she's like, well,
I might as well be for me, right?Might as well filter it through.
Uh, Miami woman steals police carafter a night of drinks with an off
duty officer. With an off duty.Wait, she steals a cop car with
(46:38):
an off duty officer.From an off duty officer?
Oh, from why is an off dutyofficer have a squad?
Let's see if we find out. All right.A Miami woman is facing multiple
felony charges after allegedlybreaking into an off duty police
officer's apartment,stealing his unmarked patrol vehicle
(46:58):
and striking him with a phone.According to the Miami-Dade Sheriff's
Office, Andrea Marie Assaf, 27,was arrested early Monday morning
at her residence at the PalmerApartments in Dadeland, where she
also works as a leasing agent.Authorities said that Assaf entered
the apartment of a City of Miamipolice officer without permission
(47:21):
and took the keys to his officialvehicle, which she later drove and
photographed herself operating.That's wild. Why would you do that?
Because people are dumb.The incident began on the evening of
Sunday, March 30th, when she andthe victim, an off duty officer
who resides in the same building,went out for drinks after being
dropped off at the complex.Assaf allegedly used her leasing
(47:42):
agent issued key fob to enter theofficer's apartment without consent.
Once inside, MDX was that Miami-DadeSheriff's Office Mtso said she took
the keys to the officer's unmarkedcity vehicle and drove it along
southwest 7670 second Avenue,sending the officer a photo of
(48:04):
herself behind the wheel. Jesus.He texted her back not to drive
the vehicle.Assaf later returned it to the
parking garage.When the officer went to her
apartment to retrieve the keys,Assaf allegedly threw the keys to the
floor and hurled her phone at him,striking the back of his head
and causing a small laceration.How hard do you have to throw a
(48:26):
phone to cause a small laceration?I'm assuming semi-hard.
I mean, like, pretty hard.I've thrown phones before.
Well,I think the most important factor is
you have to throw it the right way.Like you're skipping a rock.
Like. Like ninja star. Right.Well, I would say skipping a
rock over a ninja star.I mean, either way,
(48:47):
you're getting hit by the side of it.That's accurate.
And I'm thinking there was nocase because a case would really
soften that hard edge of a phone.Unless it had a case.
But part of the case was broken andthere was like an edge sticking out.
Yeah, could be.Because that's my phone.
You need a new case, sir.Well, it's just the bottom of it.
(49:08):
It's fine. All right.Uh, the officer told investigators
he did not authorize her to enterhis apartment or use the vehicle.
No shit.Assaf was arrested and charged with
burglary of an unoccupied dwelling,Grand theft of a vehicle and battery
on a law enforcement officer. Jeez.He was off duty,
though it shouldn't count.How much you want to bet they
hooked up.And you know he didn't end it right.
(49:31):
And so she was getting back at him.You think that's what it was?
I don't know, it just seems like alot for someone who isn't pissed off.
I don't know, it just sounds likea I would just say kind of like a
toxic relationship is the kid's.Call it. Sure.
It just sounds a little scornedlover.
But I feel like his, uh,response of don't drive, that was
(49:55):
like a little low key, you know?Yeah. No shit. Don't drive it.
It's more of just like a one anddone kind of thing.
And like, she's been at his housemultiple times. Clearly. Clearly.
So this is like a weird on again.Off again. Yeah.
She knew where those keys were.Yeah. And now he said, nah.
(50:16):
You getting charged, girl? Yeah.Nah, it was cute before.
Not this time.I don't think this is the first
time she's driven it.I don't think it's the first
time they've hung out.That actually crossed my mind with
the first is not the first time shedrove it. Yeah. They're hooking up.
She does this on the regular,but she's probably.
Done it in the car. Oh, absolutely.Guaranteed with the sirens on. Um.
(50:42):
Probably not, because you don'twant to draw attention.
Depends what you're into.I can't argue that.
Uh, Miss Azoff, please let us know.We'd love to know the outcome of
this.Anyways, I think that's it for us.
It's time to wrap things up.Follow us on the socials.
(51:03):
@CraftBeerRepublic @flex_me_a_beer.Called the Penn. Call to the Penn.
Uh @flex_me_a_beer.Underscores in between all that
good shit. 853 eight beer.Leave us. We love voicemails.
Thanks, Brian, for calling in.Really, it just makes us happy
that people are listening.It is nice to know that people
(51:24):
actually listen besides me editing.That's not the only listen.
So, uh, let us know that you'relistening. All that good shit.
Hope everyone out there is stayingvery well hydrated. And on that note.
Good night everybody.
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