January 29, 2025 • 36 mins
Welcome in, craft beer lovers! This week, Greg and Flex are back with an episode that hits harder than a triple IPA after a long workday. We’ve got questionable road trips, big hearts (with a “t”), and some hilarious revelations about drunk driving, pants removal, and the unsung heroes of beer-drinking adventures. Grab a cold one because this episode is one for the books.
Beers We're Drinking:
- Greg dives into There Does Not Exist – Spore, a 6.8% hazy IPA that’s all tropical vibes.
- Flex keeps it classic with Lakefront Brewing – Cream City Pale Ale, a retro amber pale ale.
Greg shares his strategy for navigating the tap list at small breweries like There Does Not Exist, and Flex reminisces about a watermelon gose that deserves a comeback. The guys hilariously unpack the logistics of driving naked, and we raise a toast to the unsung heroes of drunken escapades—those friends who set us up with buckets, blankets, and couches when we needed it most. Plus, Greg and Flex dive into the big questions: where do beer drinkers want to buy their brews, and what can breweries do to get us to drink more? We need your answers!
Booze News:
- Dogfish Head announces a 30-minute light IPA with only 95 calories. Can they really pack that much flavor into something so light? Stay tuned.
- Constellation Brands is raking in the cash as beer prices soar.
- Laguna Beach takes the title of DUI capital of California, thanks to its party-town vibes, endless drinking establishments, and tourists who can't resist.
- Police are on the hunt for a man who drove naked and drunk after a fight.
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You are welcome in everybody.It's the craft beer republic.
Thanks for drinking.Thanks for joining.
I am Greg and I am being joinedby the softest, buff guy you'll
ever meet. And that's flex.What's up fella? I'm a big softy.
You're like a big teddy bear.Yeah, I think. We figured that out.
(00:34):
Yeah, yeah, that's no surprise.No, I'm proud of it. Yeah. Oh, no.
No it wasn't, it wasn't a dissor anything. That was.
Oh I didn't take it that way. Yeah.Yeah. Just letting the people know.
Yeah. You're a big old softy.Big old teddy bear. Yeah.
If I was, uh, you know, uh, Tin Man,you know, and I needed a heart.
(00:54):
Oh, I think you need some lube, but.Okay. Damn it. He didn't need lube.
Just try to say, I got a bigheart over here. That's all you.
Yeah, you definitely got a bigheart on over there.
Uh, anyway, you can find.A heart on show. Oh, oh, heart.
Got a heart with a t hit.That t, uh, you can follow this
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big teddy bear at flex me bearunderscores in between.
And, of course,we are at Craft Beer Republic.
So much to get to this week.A shout out to our top listening
city of last week.And that was Los Angeles. What's up?
Almost hometown of Los Angeles.City of the angels.
See, as they say in Espanol,that's about as good as it gets.
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Uh, anyways, thanks for listening.All that good shit.
Like I said, lots to get to today,but, um, I'm gonna get to my beverage
right quick because I went on a tripand I want to drink what I picked up.
And I want to hear about. It.Oh, I love my beer.
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Out of my head, out of my beer.Judging by my beer.
I'm sure flex is gonna knowwhere I was. But I am drinking.
There does not exist. Spore.Oh, it is a 6.8% hazy IPA 408 an
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untapped. Okay.And they say spore is a hazy IPA
constructed of bass malts,plus copious amounts of wheat
and oats to create cumulonimbuslike mouthfeel and body popped
heavily across the board,including two dry hops with mosaic,
Nelson and Sabra spores.Hops are explosive on the palate
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and in the aroma mosaic,and Nelson lay down Fruity Pebbles,
nectarine and guava aromatics layeredin with coconut from the Sabro.
The final product feels like drinkinga tropical drink on an island,
but you're probably just chillingon chilling on your couch, man.
It's a chair, but. Okay.It's a great glass, by the way.
(03:03):
Still drinking out of it.Fantastic. Damn it, sister glass.
It's hard to take me seriously,isn't it?
I'm trying to avoid looking atthe screen.
Every time I see myself in thescreen, drink out of the glass,
I laugh. It's not just you.You're not alone.
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As Michael Jackson would say,you are not alone.
Um,definitely tropical on the schnoz.
I am really picking up thecoconut on the schnoz as well.
I love that, by the way.Yeah, that sobro coming in. Yes.
I love when the sobro hits withthe coconut tongue.
Jobber is not far behind.Uh, extremely soft mouthfeel.
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Lots of I would.I'm not getting tons of Fruity
Pebbles. I am getting the nectarine.I am getting the guava.
And of course,I'm still getting that guava. Earth.
And of course, I'm still gettingthe coconut from the sabra.
This is delicious.We all know how I feel about
there does not exist.And especially there hazes.
No one's doing it quite like them.Delicious.
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Which is crazy because they'renot huge, right?
No, I mean, I don't really find themfor distro, even though, you know,
as the as the crow drives, they'reabout, uh, two hours from me. Okay.
Terribly far. You know, wine country.Is this getting in there?
Yeah, almost. Okay.They're in San Luis Obispo, SLO,
as we call it.Uh, obviously,
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I did a little wine tasting.That's why I was able to stop it.
There does not exist.It was sort of my, uh.
My, you know, you were a good boy.I did wine tasting with the wife,
and so she let me stop at that.There does not exist on the way home.
We went up to Paso, saw my sister.Do you know my sister got
married and is pregnant?I am finding out about this right
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now in real time. Yes. Did you.Did you know you're drinking a glass
with her face on it. It's so good.It's gotta be like a seriously senior
picture, right? Yeah. It seems.Yeah, it looks very yearbook ish.
Oh. That's awesome. Yeah.It's, um. It's great.
I wish you could see the insideof the glass because, like,
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the pictures.Even better on the inside,
right? Yeah, because.It's frosted on the outside.
So, like, the more beer I drink,the more like evil eyes I'm getting
from my sister. I know, I get it.My wife got me a glass like that for,
like, a Father's Day withpictures of the kids. Mhm.
And you just see it so much moreclearly on the inside. Yeah.
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It doesn't make sense. Yeah.No it's weird, it's creepy.
And I feel like I'm being judgedas I drink more beer.
But yeah we went up to.You knew I was married Greg.
You know I'm pregnant. Greg.To who? What?
Uh, but, yeah, we went up to Paso,did some wine tasting, saw the family
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up there, and then on the way home.Stuff that there does not exist.
Good shit. Love me some TDA.I always tell you my my strategy when
I walk into there does not exist.It's I look at the can list.
To see what's.Yes, I look at the tap list.
I'm like, if it's in cans and it'sin tap, I get it on tap. Try it.
I don't know why I'm trying itanymore because it's gonna be
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delicious.But, you know, it's gonna be good.
Yeah, it always is. So.But I like your mindset there.
That is wonderful.Yeah, it's a smart way to go.
I think.Especially with a small brewery,
you know, and you're they're notguaranteed to can everything. Right.
And they only had like fivedifferent beers in cans at the time.
So you know I had to choose wisely.Yeah I'm sure I'm sure they're
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all good anyway.Yeah I've not had a bad beer
from them, that's for sure.So, um, speaking of beers and bad
beers or good beers, I don't know.I was talking with, uh, Boris,
who was on the show a couple monthsago and is now the head brewer of
Petals and Pines. Petals and Pines.Was talking the other day.
We were talking about, well,the other day, I don't know,
a couple weeks ago.We're talking about, uh, fly Jack.
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Firestone's fly Jack, which wastheir low cal, low carb session IPA.
I think it was somewhere around 4.5%,but was it was hazy and it was
surprisingly tasty.And I was telling I was like,
I miss fly Jack. Like it was.They shouldn't have called it an IPA.
They should called it a paleobecause that's how I drink.
I drink like a pale and it was just asolid, low carb, low cal offering.
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You could drink it all day.Not to not feel too shitty about
yourself and all this,and we were kind of looking up
like what ingredients they useand trying to figure it out
because some of them were secret.So we, uh, involved ChatGPT into some
of it, but, uh, we're trying to findout how they made it and how they
made it lower and all those stats,but still made it flavorful.
And we came to some conclusions.But a couple days ago,
(07:43):
Dogfish Head announced that they'rereleasing 30 minute Lite IPA.
It's going to be 4% and 95 calories.Huh? So I'm looking forward to it.
The world needs more of these, like,all day football Sunday beers.
I'm getting to the point where Ican't disagree with you.
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Um,the heavy beers be hitting me lately.
And, uh,takes me a while to drink them. Yeah.
Feel a little bloated afterwards.Yeah, I had a triple.
Two nights ago, I think it was.And I think it took me about an
hour and 40 minutes just to sipdown the triple.
And after the one beer,I was already feeling it. Yeah.
(08:26):
I mean, as we get closer to 40,the more that stuff, uh, hits us.
Yeah. I'm not looking for.I'm not looking forward to the
future, you know? No.The future is bleak.
So it's a rough one. Yeah.I'm excited for this.
Uh, what did they say?Uh, Dogfish head says satisfying
hop character. Just 95 calories.That can't be possible.
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Oh, but it is.After years of research and
development and tweaking the recipeto incorporate continual hopping,
30 minute light IPAs officially hearthis true indie craft beer has all
the character of a world class IPA,but only 95 calories, 3.6g of carbs,
one gram of protein, and zero gramsof fat per 12 ounce serving.
Um, I'm all for it. I'm excited.So, um. Boris, now it's your turn.
(09:10):
Petals and pints needs a low carb,low carb IPA.
So if a craft brewery could figurethat out, that would be fun.
Like, make it that tasty.Yeah, that'd be wonderful. Yeah.
So I'm hoping this trend comes back.I, I really liked it.
In fact, one of the years,way back on the old show,
when we used to do our, um,March Madness bracket one year,
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we did a healthy in quotes healthybeer bracket where it was all
these low cal, low carb IPAs.There was enough to fill out an
entire bracket,which I think was like eight beers.
And then within a couple of years,like by the time Covid hit, they
were like, buh bye, no more of this.So now that we're talking about,
I was trying to think I had areally good one once,
and it was, uh, phase three.They made, uh, they had a flagship
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hazy called pixel density.And this one was called Pixel Light.
And it was like it was like 4.5 ABV,and it poured exactly like a
fucking hazy.But it had a touch watered down
flavor of said beer. Yeah.And, uh, for 4.5%, like, there's
(10:18):
not much more you could ask for.Yeah,
that's kind of how the fly jack was.The Firestone was like,
it tastes like maybe they added justa smidge of water to a hazy IPA,
which obviously that's not howthey made it, but just slightly
watered down IPA. Hazy IPA.But if you just if they would have
called it a pale ale because,I mean, at 4.5%,
why wouldn't you call it a pale ale,right? I think it would have.
Which makes me wonder why theymarketed it as like a session IPA if
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there's like a technicality in thebrewing process or something. Maybe.
Maybe someone smarter than uswould know this answer.
But it was. It was not bad at all.Like I enjoyed for like a I brought
it to a Super Bowl party once andI just hammered through those.
And you keep drinking,you don't get fucked up.
You don't feel bloated afterwards.It was the best, right?
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Bring it back.It's like the same stats as the
seltzer,but it actually tastes decent.
Lakefront brewery here used tohave a session IPA.
It was called Extended Play andI remember finding it.
We went up to Minneapolis,actually for Saint Paul for a
wedding up in Minnesota,and had a liquor store right
across the street from the hotel.Went there,
found some local Lifesaver Wisconsinstuff and saw that session IPA.
(11:27):
Man, what a hotel drinking beerthat is. Yeah.
You know, just like a nice 4%tasty IPA and oh boy, nothing.
Wrong with that. No complaints. Yeah.So anyways, bring it back,
people. And, uh. Yeah. No.No real transition from that
king of awkward transitions.I do have a question to ask.
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So every year when I'm playing,every year, Jesus Christ, every week
when I'm putting the shows together,news story after news story,
especially these days last year orso has been beer sales down, craft
beer sales down, blah, blah, blah.All these numbers are down for
craft beer especially.So my question I have two questions.
It's really a two part.It's one to the industry people.
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And this could be brewers ordistributors really.
And then one to the drinkers.You know it's kind of us.
My question to the industry people isother than just the obvious of like,
hey, go buy more beer.What would you like us,
the beer drinkers to do?Do you want us to buy more six
packs from the store?You want us to come into the
brewery more often?And I know not all breweries
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distribute,so that's sort of a gray area,
I guess. But it's like what? Ideally.What is it that we could do besides
just, hey, drink more beer that couldhelp turn things around a little bit.
And this is this is actuallycrossed my mind before. Okay.
Because there are certain breweriesin the area that I can go to and
buy from, but they also distributeto my local shop. Exactly.
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So sometimes I feel guilty when Ipick it up for my local shop, and
not that from the direct supplier.And I'm wondering if that's
hurting or if it's helping or ifit's kind of even keel. Right?
I mean, I'm sure the goal ofgetting in a big grocery store is
just to get your name out there.More than anything,
if you're a craft brewery,probably not making as much money
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if they came into the breweryand bought a four pack. Right.
But usually if you get into abig name grocery store,
you're going through a company like adistributing company. Right, exactly.
Um, so at that point, you have acontract with said company and
you're already making money? Yeah.The one that comes to mind for us is,
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um, local to me is TarantulaHill Brewing.
And one of their flagships isliquid Candy, and it's a great
hazy IPA and my wife loves it.And we'll see it at the local
grocery.You know, we'll see it at Vons.
And we'll also see at the at thebrewery.
So like, you know, my questionfor Treasure Hill was like,
should I be picking it up from Vonsassuming it's fresh, or should I
be coming down to the brewery andpicking up a four pack because I
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hate hanging out at your brewery?I hate it the worst.
People have turned it into a fuckingdaycare center and I fucking hate it.
Oh, in that sense, that's terrible.Yes. But I do like liquid candy.
I think somebody sent me a can ofthat once. Might have been me.
Might have been,might have been, I don't know.
Did Deb send you beer or Nicole?Devin.
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Brian sent me beer once becausehe put me in the World Cup.
Yeah, we like some liquid candy.So the flip side to that question
is to the citizens of the CraftBeer Republic, the beer drinkers,
where do you want to buy the beer,and what do you want to see from
breweries that would get you tobuy a couple extra beers a month.
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Are you wanting more innovation?Are you wanting more canning?
Are you wanting more gozos?Yes, please. You're the. Ghost.
Please.I was literally what was on my
mind was more gozos. Please.Right, exactly. So?
So it's a twofold question.Uh, where do you want us to buy
your beer?What do you want us to do to
help you out?Besides just the generic buy
(15:03):
more beer and then, like.Yeah, to the beer drinkers.
Uh, what do you what do you want?What would help you buy more beer?
That's my question. You know.1840 here about three years ago,
came out with this watermelongoza for the summer.
Um, and it was fucking obnoxioushow good it was. Oh. Sounds good.
Like sweet, fresh watermelon juice.And you get that sour note, you know,
(15:27):
towards the middle back end.And it was just clean and crisp and
salty. And that's where it's at.Fucking amazing.
Now that New Belgium is ahealthy beer,
you're fucking sports drink beer.How about something with electrolytes
in it, like salt and sugar?Lightning strike.
(15:48):
So dumb, I don't know. So anyway.Hydrate you and get you drunk.
And it's.I love how the biggest selling
point was. It's resealable.You can put a lid back on it.
It's brilliant.Well, that's just gonna make
people think they can, like,drink it and then put it in
their car and go somewhere.I think it's dangerous, but. Oh.
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Oh, you know what it sounds like?It sounds like a good Vegas drink.
It does? Okay. Yes.You're absolutely right there.
I will be in Vegas this comingweekend. Are you? Yes.
That's exciting.Going to see my best friend.
We are avoiding the strip alltogether.
But I might need some of thesesports drink drinks.
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Because we do not go easy whenwe're hanging out. Yeah.
Just go to your, uh.I don't know, probably find him
at a in a Walgreens there?At this point in Vegas.
You probably find him just sittingon the side of the corner.
Who knows? Yeah.So anyways, uh, anyways, let us know.
Answer our questions for smallcraft beer. Craft beer.
Com or I could set up a poll orsomething.
(16:53):
Let us know how I should do that.So you answer our shit.
Uh, before we find out what flex isdrinking. Ludacris libation law.
This one comes from Minnesota.They say that farm wineries must
source over 50% of their grapesfrom within the state. Huh.
Makes me wonder how many farmwineries are. That's a good.
(17:13):
I guess I could have looked that up.It sounds like kind of a rare.
Yeah. You know, uh.You know what I don't know
Minnesota for?I don't know them for their
their wine. Oh.Yeah, their land of 10,000 lakes.
But, uh, believe it or not,Wisconsin has more lakes than
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Minnesota. So do they.Yeah, it's like a it's like a
real statistic. Oh, shit. Yeah.Minnesota. Biting off Wisconsin.
Yeah. Home of the Lakers, though.Yeah. Oh, yeah.
I know where the name comes from.The Lakers, all the lakes.
Yeah, just like the Clippersfrom San Diego because that's a
type of sailing ship.I did not know that. Yeah.
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And I never knew what a clipper was.Yeah. It's a ship. There you have it.
Like a schooner? Sure.I don't know what size it is. Hey.
Nice dinghy. Yeah. Who knows?Anyways, there you have it.
Hey, Sam, let us know about yourwineries up in Minnesota.
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Yes, please.If there's a lot of farm wineries.
Or just any wineries for that matter,we want to know.
How many grapes do you thinkMinnesota produces per capita?
10,000 grapes. God damn it!One per lake. I don't know.
Minneapolis grapes.Um, sounds, uh, delicious.
Great vintage.I'm sure you're thinking of wine
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terms. Yeah.All right,
let's pull this back around to beer.Let's unclass this a little bit and
find out what flex is drinking.In a world where craft beer is king.
A world where muscles are biggerthan growlers.
Only one tongue can guide us.One man. One tongue. One tongue.
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In this world, we must find out.What is flex drinking?
All right, so I'm drinking.Kind of a fun little history
beer here.It is a no longer in production beer.
Oh, but, uh, lakefront brewinghere this past winter,
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I would say still currently winter.They came out with a throwback.
Throwback. Throwback.Man, that was good.
Throwback to a 12 pack variety of,uh, beers that they stopped
producing, which is kind of neatbecause one of the beers in
there I absolutely fucking loveddrank all of those right away.
It was, uh, American Red IPA.Just phenomenal. Great flavor.
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Not a malt bomb.Uh, which is what I don't like
in a red IPA is when they'rejust nothing but a can of malt.
Yeah, a loaf of bread. Right?It's just not what I aim for.
Uh, but this one is called CreamCity Pale Ale. Um, it is a 5.6%.
No idea when they stopped producingit, but I think it was pre when
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I started drinking. So. Yeah.So let's say pre 2009 like it's
been gone for a while.Uh untapped real shitty rating.
It's got it at a three for two.It is a classic pale ale uh
named after the cream coloredbricks used to build Milwaukee.
This amber pale ale is tastyyear round.
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Pours a light amber with frothy,stable white head.
The light citrus grapefruit nosecomes from American hop varieties,
while caramel malts lend a backboneto their crisp, balanced bitterness.
Finishes smooth with mild hop flavor.Mhm.
Um, so the color on this supercaramelly super classic pale ale.
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Um,a little bit of remaining head there.
I don't know if I call it frothy onthe schnoz, I would say malty citrus,
like biscuity malt, like, it's,uh, it's caramelly it's it's
kind of nice, actually. Classic.Um, so then we'll warm up the
old tongue jobby. Here we go.So it's pretty low carbonation.
(21:20):
It's caramelly. It's sweet.It's a little bit citrusy.
It's a little bit piney.Real light bodied at A56.
Uh, I could see where a three,four, two comes into here,
because, uh, if you're lookingfor something to blow your mind,
It's not going to blow your mind.Sure, if you're if you're
looking for a great rendition ofa classic beer style 100%,
(21:44):
this is what you're looking for.Keeping it classic, right?
It is classic 100%.I was never able to drink this,
like I said when it wasoriginally in production,
so this was kind of a cool nod.I actually say I used to work
with a guy who, uh,he would actually talk about this
beer all the time, and he said,every time lakefront put it out,
(22:04):
he would always just buy it allup and, you know, drink it.
And, uh, it's just kind of a nice nodto my buddy who I used to work with,
Steve, and I'm just glad I'mfinally able to try this beer.
Yeah. Shout out. Steve. Yeah.Hope he's doing okay. Yeah.
Hope he's drinking one of these,too. Amen. Very nice.
(22:25):
That's kind of a smart idea,I think, for a brewery like, hey,
here's a mixed pack of all thesebeers that you can't find anymore.
Yeah, it was.Uh, what do they have in there?
They had, uh, like I said,the American Red IPA,
they had a strong beer,which isn't a style you normally see.
Yeah. Around anymore.Then it had this one and that,
(22:46):
uh, session IPA I brought up alittle earlier. Oh, yeah.
Yeah, just kind of neat. That's cool.Uh, all right, a little news
before we get up out of here withall this I mentioned earlier,
all this talk about beer brandslosing money and this and that.
Any guesses as to which beer brandis still raking in the dough?
Uh, not Budweiser.Not Budweiser, not.
(23:11):
Not MillerCoors. Not.I mean, they're still making money,
but the one that keeps seeinggrowth is not your pants.
It's Constellation. Brands. Okay.And that's mainly thanks to modelo,
Corona, Pacifico and Victoria.I thought they were Budweiser.
Not in the US.Please do not make me explain this
(23:34):
because I can't. You know what?Just leave it at that.
Yeah, but, uh, thanks to Pacifico at20 plus 20%, uh, modelo at plus 4%.
Modelo especial plus 3%.I mean,
we're just talking about all kindsof pluses here for constellation.
So they're still doing pretty good.I think ever since the whole Bud
(23:55):
Light debacle.Constellation has been cashing
in on their, their, uh,import brands. I guess.
Good for them. Yeah, I guess so.Uh,
the price to get drunk is going up.The average case price for the beer
category items in 2024 increased$0.63 to $30.57, average per case.
(24:19):
This includes everything shit beer,great beer, all the above.
Anything that comes in a case.That makes sense.
Yeah, which I believe it's 12.Um, also, Seltzers were up $0.84
per case. Here's the breakdown.Imports were up $0.54 to 3713 a case
(24:41):
domestic premium up $0.41 to 24.84 A case domestic sub premium.
Also, would you love to.Hey, where do you work?
I work at a sub premium brewery.They're at $0.42 to 1965.
That's gotta be like your pbrsand shit, right?
I mean, what else would it be?Sub premium, I guess. Yeah.
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Fermented malt beverages fabsthey're up $0.56 to 4058.
Kraft is up $0.66 to 4330.Domestic super premium is up
$0.02 to 3031 a case.Hard cider is up $0.62 to 4851.
Uh, and I love this one.The only thing to decrease in
(25:24):
price is the cases of Na beers.Oh, gross. Yeah.
Athletic brewing declined $1.18per case. Down to 42. 89.
Could you imagine paying 42bucks to not get drunk?
Funny enough, you brought that up.We went to a little Mexican
restaurant tonight.Uh, kids had dance.
(25:46):
Drop them off for two hours.And the wife and I caught some tacos.
And I got a margarita.But I was looking at the beer list.
The most expensive bottle or can onthe menu was n a athletic brewing.
Mhm. No alcohol. Pay the most.It was only $7.
(26:09):
You know it's this can bottlelist you know. It wasn't great.
You know,it was all domestics and whatnot.
Uh, but the fact that that toppedthe list at the most expensive beer
on the menu. Blew my mind. Yeah.Because for like, two bucks,
you could have gotten, like,a Coke or something. Right.
So, what are you doing? Right?That's insane to me.
(26:30):
You need it that much?What are you doing? Yeah.
You need to pay $7 for not beer.For not beer, but just the taste
of it, I don't know. Yeah.No, thanks. Hard pass. Yeah.
Uh, I pulled this story because Ifound it interesting. Can you guess?
And I doubt it, because I betyou've never heard of this city.
But can you guess where the DUIcapital of California is?
(26:53):
DUI capital. Oh, man.Is it a major city? No. Then I can't.
It was sort of on an MTV show.The idyllic city of Laguna Beach.
Oh, is the DUI capital of California?Well, that.
Makes sense, I think. Yeah.Shocking stats have revealed
that there have been more than269 DUI arrests in Laguna Beach
(27:17):
in 2021 alone.Additionally, there were 55 alcohol
related crashes in just 2022 alone.Um, the executive zip code has a
perfect storm of factors contributingto the high crime stats.
For one, the city is positionedbetween two party towns and the more
than 130 drinking establishmentsthat call Laguna Beach home.
The famous ocean views drawingin tourists have also created
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what officials are callingground zero for drunk driving.
A staggering 6.5 million visitorsannually to a town of just 22,000
residents, with tourists flocking toart galleries and upscale boutiques.
Anyways, Laguna Beach don't drinkand drive. Yeah, I mean a lot.
A lot of money out there.Tons of money out there.
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A lot of snot nose,pretentious teenagers. And adults.
It all sounds about right. Yeah.It's a recipe for disaster.
All right,we'll end it with this one.
Police are looking for a man whoallegedly drove from his home naked
and drunk after fighting with hiswife. Have you ever drove naked?
No, I can't say that I have.Have you? Yeah. Me either. No.
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Yeah. No.Well, that was the first thing
that made me think of is whoeverthinks to drive naked. Yeah.
I mean, I've had things happen to mewhile driving, but I wasn't fully
naked. Yeah, you catch my drift?Sounds about right.
Drift caught. Yeah. Drifts got.Uh, police are looking for a 31 year
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old man accused of domestic violenceearly Saturday morning after the man
left his house in his Ford pickup.Uh, that tracks naked and drunk after
a fight with his 40 year old wife.Police Sergeant Jeremiah Wagner
said the couple was entertaininga 39 year old man,
along with a woman who wasn'tidentified in the police report
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at their house on Friday night.The 31 year old had been drinking and
started puking and defecating in hisroom. Oh come on. With his wife.
That makes me think of the theshow of the League with Rafi.
Uh, he's. A famous line.He says sometimes when I puke,
I shit. Raffi was great.Uh, when his wife went into the room
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to talk to him, the man grabbedher and put her in a headlock.
The 39 year old man came into theroom to de-escalate the argument,
and the 31 year old punched two55 inch flat screen TVs along with a
fish tank, and threw a PlayStation.The 39 year old put the 31 year old
in a bear hug to try to calm himdown, but the 31 year old escaped.
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Before a bear hug is not on the list.No,
I think he's gonna make things worse.It's gonna escalate the situation.
Yeah, quite a bit.Uh, the 39 year old tried to get
the man back into the house toget out of the cold.
The 31 year old evaded him andgot into a 2013 Ford truck.
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It wasn't clear from the police pressreport when the man had gotten naked,
but he was naked by the time hehad gotten into the truck.
His wife was told that the man hadgone to a house in the area of
Georgia Circle, wherever that is.But police said that they went to
the home and no one would answer.The investigation continues. Wow.
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I'm thinking, no, don't get me wrong.If I was puking and shitting in
my room, go on and I need todrive away somewhere.
Probably taking off my shit filledpants. I'm just saying. Um.
But wouldn't you maybe replacethem with non shit filled pants?
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What's, uh, what's my back like?Uh, okay,
so here's a legit question. At what?Back do you not think to put on
a replacement pair of pants?That is a great question.
I wish they had found this guyso he knew what his back was.
I'm probably thinking,like in the. 30s. Right?
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That's what I would think. Yeah.It's where you take your pants off,
and then you forgot that youtook your pants off. Right.
Because like, 0.24 is three times,I'm thinking that's not enough.
I'm puking by then, though,for sure. Right.
But you're not running outsideand driving with no pants.
Yeah, it's pretty accurate.I think maybe you are.
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What do I know? I know when I get.Uh, fun fact about me. Oh, go. On.
When I get, uh, crazy drunk,I can't move. Oh.
So, like, the last thing I'mgoing to do is drive.
I probably wouldn't be able to takemy own pants off if I'm being honest.
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Yeah, I get pretty, like,vegged out. Oh, I'm the opposite.
I'm not a driver. I've knock on wood.I've never once attempted to,
you know, drive when I'm thathammered like it's time to drive.
You know, there's never beenanything like that. Like I'm pretty.
Which makes you wonder whatpeople think. Yeah.
Like, I feel like I'm prettyknowledgeable about how hammered
I am. Yes, but here's my one.Problem is I am very functional until
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I'm not. Until you're not. Right.And so people don't know how drunk
I'm getting until I'm so fuckinghammered that it's it's gone.
And then also. Like, yeah.It's like, oh,
we didn't know Greg was that drunk.Like, oh, Greg was very much that
drunk. He just didn't know. Yes.It just kind of like hits you.
Yeah,it really does just kind of clicks
and all of a sudden it's like, ooh.But yeah, I've never been like, hey,
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you know, it sounds fun right now.A joy ride. Right?
Or like, hey, let's go here,even though I'm in zero condition
to do so. Yeah. Thank God.I hope that continues. Yeah, I.
Guess that's kind of where, uh,I'm very thankful for my vomiting,
you know, because, uh, yeah, it kindof keeps me, you know, in one spot.
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How bad can you be if you're ifyou're.
How bad can you do if you'revomiting? Right, right.
There's not there's not much youcan do other than just
eventually pass out. Right.Or keep vomiting. Or. Right.
I mean yeah, yeah. Which has been.Just countless times. So we've.
All been. So many buckets in my day.Oh, all the buckets.
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That'll be the name of this episode.All the buckets. All the. Buckets.
But which makes me, you know,lastly, it makes me thankful for
all my great friends that I'vehad throughout the years who have
treated me kindly when I've beenoverly inebriated and have set me
up on couches with blankets andbuckets and trash cans and water.
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Whatever you have it,those are the real MVP's out there.
You're not. Wrong.I remember one of my one of my
really good friends.I've known him since,
like fourth grade.Uh, one night we went out and we
got drunk, and he was he was theput this in quotes.
He was the designated driverthat night.
He was the one sober enough to,you know, drive by Braille.
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We were young, dumb and drunk.Um, anyways,
we we get to my house, and I was,you know. Hey. Thanks, man.
As soon as I stepped out of thetotally unexpected.
Didn't feel coming the moment Istepped out of the car.
Like, all over the grass.He's like, all right, dude,
let's get you inside. Oh, yeah.Good times. Yeah.
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My 21st birthday,I was just had my head out the window
puking the entire time. Mhm. Yeah.All while screaming this is the
best night ever.Next day, probably less great.
I'm telling you, I had the havethe best friends not had.
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I have the best friends. Yeah.Miss you Frank. You gotta.
Frank moved away.He didn't die the way I said missed.
You made it sound like he's deador something. Come back, Frank.
Come back. Anyways, uh. All right.I think that's enough out of us.
We're gonna hit some music andsay hi to Vanessa. Hey, Vanessa.
Hey, Vanessa. And I know my sister.Thanks for letting me use your cup.
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Do you think she knew she gotmarried and that she's pregnant?
I don't know, but she's listening.She just figured it out.
Well, I hope it's not too late.That's so meta. Damn.
Good luck figuring that one out.Anyways, uh, follow us on the show
shows at craft beer and of course,at Flex Media.
Underscores between mail at craftbeer Republic.com and 853 eight beer.
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It's two three, three, seven.I think that's everything.
I hope everyone out there is stayingvery well hydrated. And on that note.
Good night everybody.
Hey.
You are welcome in everybody.It's the craft beer republic.
Thanks for drinking.Thanks for joining.
I am Greg and I am being joinedby the softest, buff guy you'll
ever meet. And that's flex.What's up fella? I'm a big softy.
You're like a big teddy bear.Yeah, I think. We figured that out.
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Yeah, yeah, that's no surprise.No, I'm proud of it. Yeah. Oh, no.
No it wasn't, it wasn't a dissor anything. That was.
Oh I didn't take it that way. Yeah.Yeah. Just letting the people know.
Yeah. You're a big old softy.Big old teddy bear. Yeah.
If I was, uh, you know, uh, Tin Man,you know, and I needed a heart.
(00:54):
Oh, I think you need some lube, but.Okay. Damn it. He didn't need lube.
Just try to say, I got a bigheart over here. That's all you.
Yeah, you definitely got a bigheart on over there.
Uh, anyway, you can find.A heart on show. Oh, oh, heart.
Got a heart with a t hit.That t, uh, you can follow this
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big teddy bear at flex me bearunderscores in between.
And, of course,we are at Craft Beer Republic.
So much to get to this week.A shout out to our top listening
city of last week.And that was Los Angeles. What's up?
Almost hometown of Los Angeles.City of the angels.
See, as they say in Espanol,that's about as good as it gets.
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Uh, anyways, thanks for listening.All that good shit.
Like I said, lots to get to today,but, um, I'm gonna get to my beverage
right quick because I went on a tripand I want to drink what I picked up.
And I want to hear about. It.Oh, I love my beer.
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Out of my head, out of my beer.Judging by my beer.
I'm sure flex is gonna knowwhere I was. But I am drinking.
There does not exist. Spore.Oh, it is a 6.8% hazy IPA 408 an
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untapped. Okay.And they say spore is a hazy IPA
constructed of bass malts,plus copious amounts of wheat
and oats to create cumulonimbuslike mouthfeel and body popped
heavily across the board,including two dry hops with mosaic,
Nelson and Sabra spores.Hops are explosive on the palate
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and in the aroma mosaic,and Nelson lay down Fruity Pebbles,
nectarine and guava aromatics layeredin with coconut from the Sabro.
The final product feels like drinkinga tropical drink on an island,
but you're probably just chillingon chilling on your couch, man.
It's a chair, but. Okay.It's a great glass, by the way.
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Still drinking out of it.Fantastic. Damn it, sister glass.
It's hard to take me seriously,isn't it?
I'm trying to avoid looking atthe screen.
Every time I see myself in thescreen, drink out of the glass,
I laugh. It's not just you.You're not alone.
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As Michael Jackson would say,you are not alone.
Um,definitely tropical on the schnoz.
I am really picking up thecoconut on the schnoz as well.
I love that, by the way.Yeah, that sobro coming in. Yes.
I love when the sobro hits withthe coconut tongue.
Jobber is not far behind.Uh, extremely soft mouthfeel.
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Lots of I would.I'm not getting tons of Fruity
Pebbles. I am getting the nectarine.I am getting the guava.
And of course,I'm still getting that guava. Earth.
And of course, I'm still gettingthe coconut from the sabra.
This is delicious.We all know how I feel about
there does not exist.And especially there hazes.
No one's doing it quite like them.Delicious.
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Which is crazy because they'renot huge, right?
No, I mean, I don't really find themfor distro, even though, you know,
as the as the crow drives, they'reabout, uh, two hours from me. Okay.
Terribly far. You know, wine country.Is this getting in there?
Yeah, almost. Okay.They're in San Luis Obispo, SLO,
as we call it.Uh, obviously,
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I did a little wine tasting.That's why I was able to stop it.
There does not exist.It was sort of my, uh.
My, you know, you were a good boy.I did wine tasting with the wife,
and so she let me stop at that.There does not exist on the way home.
We went up to Paso, saw my sister.Do you know my sister got
married and is pregnant?I am finding out about this right
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now in real time. Yes. Did you.Did you know you're drinking a glass
with her face on it. It's so good.It's gotta be like a seriously senior
picture, right? Yeah. It seems.Yeah, it looks very yearbook ish.
Oh. That's awesome. Yeah.It's, um. It's great.
I wish you could see the insideof the glass because, like,
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the pictures.Even better on the inside,
right? Yeah, because.It's frosted on the outside.
So, like, the more beer I drink,the more like evil eyes I'm getting
from my sister. I know, I get it.My wife got me a glass like that for,
like, a Father's Day withpictures of the kids. Mhm.
And you just see it so much moreclearly on the inside. Yeah.
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It doesn't make sense. Yeah.No it's weird, it's creepy.
And I feel like I'm being judgedas I drink more beer.
But yeah we went up to.You knew I was married Greg.
You know I'm pregnant. Greg.To who? What?
Uh, but, yeah, we went up to Paso,did some wine tasting, saw the family
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up there, and then on the way home.Stuff that there does not exist.
Good shit. Love me some TDA.I always tell you my my strategy when
I walk into there does not exist.It's I look at the can list.
To see what's.Yes, I look at the tap list.
I'm like, if it's in cans and it'sin tap, I get it on tap. Try it.
I don't know why I'm trying itanymore because it's gonna be
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delicious.But, you know, it's gonna be good.
Yeah, it always is. So.But I like your mindset there.
That is wonderful.Yeah, it's a smart way to go.
I think.Especially with a small brewery,
you know, and you're they're notguaranteed to can everything. Right.
And they only had like fivedifferent beers in cans at the time.
So you know I had to choose wisely.Yeah I'm sure I'm sure they're
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all good anyway.Yeah I've not had a bad beer
from them, that's for sure.So, um, speaking of beers and bad
beers or good beers, I don't know.I was talking with, uh, Boris,
who was on the show a couple monthsago and is now the head brewer of
Petals and Pines. Petals and Pines.Was talking the other day.
We were talking about, well,the other day, I don't know,
a couple weeks ago.We're talking about, uh, fly Jack.
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Firestone's fly Jack, which wastheir low cal, low carb session IPA.
I think it was somewhere around 4.5%,but was it was hazy and it was
surprisingly tasty.And I was telling I was like,
I miss fly Jack. Like it was.They shouldn't have called it an IPA.
They should called it a paleobecause that's how I drink.
I drink like a pale and it was just asolid, low carb, low cal offering.
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You could drink it all day.Not to not feel too shitty about
yourself and all this,and we were kind of looking up
like what ingredients they useand trying to figure it out
because some of them were secret.So we, uh, involved ChatGPT into some
of it, but, uh, we're trying to findout how they made it and how they
made it lower and all those stats,but still made it flavorful.
And we came to some conclusions.But a couple days ago,
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Dogfish Head announced that they'rereleasing 30 minute Lite IPA.
It's going to be 4% and 95 calories.Huh? So I'm looking forward to it.
The world needs more of these, like,all day football Sunday beers.
I'm getting to the point where Ican't disagree with you.
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Um,the heavy beers be hitting me lately.
And, uh,takes me a while to drink them. Yeah.
Feel a little bloated afterwards.Yeah, I had a triple.
Two nights ago, I think it was.And I think it took me about an
hour and 40 minutes just to sipdown the triple.
And after the one beer,I was already feeling it. Yeah.
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I mean, as we get closer to 40,the more that stuff, uh, hits us.
Yeah. I'm not looking for.I'm not looking forward to the
future, you know? No.The future is bleak.
So it's a rough one. Yeah.I'm excited for this.
Uh, what did they say?Uh, Dogfish head says satisfying
hop character. Just 95 calories.That can't be possible.
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Oh, but it is.After years of research and
development and tweaking the recipeto incorporate continual hopping,
30 minute light IPAs officially hearthis true indie craft beer has all
the character of a world class IPA,but only 95 calories, 3.6g of carbs,
one gram of protein, and zero gramsof fat per 12 ounce serving.
Um, I'm all for it. I'm excited.So, um. Boris, now it's your turn.
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Petals and pints needs a low carb,low carb IPA.
So if a craft brewery could figurethat out, that would be fun.
Like, make it that tasty.Yeah, that'd be wonderful. Yeah.
So I'm hoping this trend comes back.I, I really liked it.
In fact, one of the years,way back on the old show,
when we used to do our, um,March Madness bracket one year,
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we did a healthy in quotes healthybeer bracket where it was all
these low cal, low carb IPAs.There was enough to fill out an
entire bracket,which I think was like eight beers.
And then within a couple of years,like by the time Covid hit, they
were like, buh bye, no more of this.So now that we're talking about,
I was trying to think I had areally good one once,
and it was, uh, phase three.They made, uh, they had a flagship
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hazy called pixel density.And this one was called Pixel Light.
And it was like it was like 4.5 ABV,and it poured exactly like a
fucking hazy.But it had a touch watered down
flavor of said beer. Yeah.And, uh, for 4.5%, like, there's
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not much more you could ask for.Yeah,
that's kind of how the fly jack was.The Firestone was like,
it tastes like maybe they added justa smidge of water to a hazy IPA,
which obviously that's not howthey made it, but just slightly
watered down IPA. Hazy IPA.But if you just if they would have
called it a pale ale because,I mean, at 4.5%,
why wouldn't you call it a pale ale,right? I think it would have.
Which makes me wonder why theymarketed it as like a session IPA if
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there's like a technicality in thebrewing process or something. Maybe.
Maybe someone smarter than uswould know this answer.
But it was. It was not bad at all.Like I enjoyed for like a I brought
it to a Super Bowl party once andI just hammered through those.
And you keep drinking,you don't get fucked up.
You don't feel bloated afterwards.It was the best, right?
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Bring it back.It's like the same stats as the
seltzer,but it actually tastes decent.
Lakefront brewery here used tohave a session IPA.
It was called Extended Play andI remember finding it.
We went up to Minneapolis,actually for Saint Paul for a
wedding up in Minnesota,and had a liquor store right
across the street from the hotel.Went there,
found some local Lifesaver Wisconsinstuff and saw that session IPA.
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Man, what a hotel drinking beerthat is. Yeah.
You know, just like a nice 4%tasty IPA and oh boy, nothing.
Wrong with that. No complaints. Yeah.So anyways, bring it back,
people. And, uh. Yeah. No.No real transition from that
king of awkward transitions.I do have a question to ask.
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So every year when I'm playing,every year, Jesus Christ, every week
when I'm putting the shows together,news story after news story,
especially these days last year orso has been beer sales down, craft
beer sales down, blah, blah, blah.All these numbers are down for
craft beer especially.So my question I have two questions.
It's really a two part.It's one to the industry people.
(12:09):
And this could be brewers ordistributors really.
And then one to the drinkers.You know it's kind of us.
My question to the industry people isother than just the obvious of like,
hey, go buy more beer.What would you like us,
the beer drinkers to do?Do you want us to buy more six
packs from the store?You want us to come into the
brewery more often?And I know not all breweries
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distribute,so that's sort of a gray area,
I guess. But it's like what? Ideally.What is it that we could do besides
just, hey, drink more beer that couldhelp turn things around a little bit.
And this is this is actuallycrossed my mind before. Okay.
Because there are certain breweriesin the area that I can go to and
buy from, but they also distributeto my local shop. Exactly.
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So sometimes I feel guilty when Ipick it up for my local shop, and
not that from the direct supplier.And I'm wondering if that's
hurting or if it's helping or ifit's kind of even keel. Right?
I mean, I'm sure the goal ofgetting in a big grocery store is
just to get your name out there.More than anything,
if you're a craft brewery,probably not making as much money
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if they came into the breweryand bought a four pack. Right.
But usually if you get into abig name grocery store,
you're going through a company like adistributing company. Right, exactly.
Um, so at that point, you have acontract with said company and
you're already making money? Yeah.The one that comes to mind for us is,
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um, local to me is TarantulaHill Brewing.
And one of their flagships isliquid Candy, and it's a great
hazy IPA and my wife loves it.And we'll see it at the local
grocery.You know, we'll see it at Vons.
And we'll also see at the at thebrewery.
So like, you know, my questionfor Treasure Hill was like,
should I be picking it up from Vonsassuming it's fresh, or should I
be coming down to the brewery andpicking up a four pack because I
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hate hanging out at your brewery?I hate it the worst.
People have turned it into a fuckingdaycare center and I fucking hate it.
Oh, in that sense, that's terrible.Yes. But I do like liquid candy.
I think somebody sent me a can ofthat once. Might have been me.
Might have been,might have been, I don't know.
Did Deb send you beer or Nicole?Devin.
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Brian sent me beer once becausehe put me in the World Cup.
Yeah, we like some liquid candy.So the flip side to that question
is to the citizens of the CraftBeer Republic, the beer drinkers,
where do you want to buy the beer,and what do you want to see from
breweries that would get you tobuy a couple extra beers a month.
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Are you wanting more innovation?Are you wanting more canning?
Are you wanting more gozos?Yes, please. You're the. Ghost.
Please.I was literally what was on my
mind was more gozos. Please.Right, exactly. So?
So it's a twofold question.Uh, where do you want us to buy
your beer?What do you want us to do to
help you out?Besides just the generic buy
(15:03):
more beer and then, like.Yeah, to the beer drinkers.
Uh, what do you what do you want?What would help you buy more beer?
That's my question. You know.1840 here about three years ago,
came out with this watermelongoza for the summer.
Um, and it was fucking obnoxioushow good it was. Oh. Sounds good.
Like sweet, fresh watermelon juice.And you get that sour note, you know,
(15:27):
towards the middle back end.And it was just clean and crisp and
salty. And that's where it's at.Fucking amazing.
Now that New Belgium is ahealthy beer,
you're fucking sports drink beer.How about something with electrolytes
in it, like salt and sugar?Lightning strike.
(15:48):
So dumb, I don't know. So anyway.Hydrate you and get you drunk.
And it's.I love how the biggest selling
point was. It's resealable.You can put a lid back on it.
It's brilliant.Well, that's just gonna make
people think they can, like,drink it and then put it in
their car and go somewhere.I think it's dangerous, but. Oh.
(16:10):
Oh, you know what it sounds like?It sounds like a good Vegas drink.
It does? Okay. Yes.You're absolutely right there.
I will be in Vegas this comingweekend. Are you? Yes.
That's exciting.Going to see my best friend.
We are avoiding the strip alltogether.
But I might need some of thesesports drink drinks.
(16:33):
Because we do not go easy whenwe're hanging out. Yeah.
Just go to your, uh.I don't know, probably find him
at a in a Walgreens there?At this point in Vegas.
You probably find him just sittingon the side of the corner.
Who knows? Yeah.So anyways, uh, anyways, let us know.
Answer our questions for smallcraft beer. Craft beer.
Com or I could set up a poll orsomething.
(16:53):
Let us know how I should do that.So you answer our shit.
Uh, before we find out what flex isdrinking. Ludacris libation law.
This one comes from Minnesota.They say that farm wineries must
source over 50% of their grapesfrom within the state. Huh.
Makes me wonder how many farmwineries are. That's a good.
(17:13):
I guess I could have looked that up.It sounds like kind of a rare.
Yeah. You know, uh.You know what I don't know
Minnesota for?I don't know them for their
their wine. Oh.Yeah, their land of 10,000 lakes.
But, uh, believe it or not,Wisconsin has more lakes than
(17:34):
Minnesota. So do they.Yeah, it's like a it's like a
real statistic. Oh, shit. Yeah.Minnesota. Biting off Wisconsin.
Yeah. Home of the Lakers, though.Yeah. Oh, yeah.
I know where the name comes from.The Lakers, all the lakes.
Yeah, just like the Clippersfrom San Diego because that's a
type of sailing ship.I did not know that. Yeah.
(17:57):
And I never knew what a clipper was.Yeah. It's a ship. There you have it.
Like a schooner? Sure.I don't know what size it is. Hey.
Nice dinghy. Yeah. Who knows?Anyways, there you have it.
Hey, Sam, let us know about yourwineries up in Minnesota.
(18:19):
Yes, please.If there's a lot of farm wineries.
Or just any wineries for that matter,we want to know.
How many grapes do you thinkMinnesota produces per capita?
10,000 grapes. God damn it!One per lake. I don't know.
Minneapolis grapes.Um, sounds, uh, delicious.
Great vintage.I'm sure you're thinking of wine
(18:42):
terms. Yeah.All right,
let's pull this back around to beer.Let's unclass this a little bit and
find out what flex is drinking.In a world where craft beer is king.
A world where muscles are biggerthan growlers.
Only one tongue can guide us.One man. One tongue. One tongue.
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In this world, we must find out.What is flex drinking?
All right, so I'm drinking.Kind of a fun little history
beer here.It is a no longer in production beer.
Oh, but, uh, lakefront brewinghere this past winter,
(19:27):
I would say still currently winter.They came out with a throwback.
Throwback. Throwback.Man, that was good.
Throwback to a 12 pack variety of,uh, beers that they stopped
producing, which is kind of neatbecause one of the beers in
there I absolutely fucking loveddrank all of those right away.
It was, uh, American Red IPA.Just phenomenal. Great flavor.
(19:51):
Not a malt bomb.Uh, which is what I don't like
in a red IPA is when they'rejust nothing but a can of malt.
Yeah, a loaf of bread. Right?It's just not what I aim for.
Uh, but this one is called CreamCity Pale Ale. Um, it is a 5.6%.
No idea when they stopped producingit, but I think it was pre when
(20:16):
I started drinking. So. Yeah.So let's say pre 2009 like it's
been gone for a while.Uh untapped real shitty rating.
It's got it at a three for two.It is a classic pale ale uh
named after the cream coloredbricks used to build Milwaukee.
This amber pale ale is tastyyear round.
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Pours a light amber with frothy,stable white head.
The light citrus grapefruit nosecomes from American hop varieties,
while caramel malts lend a backboneto their crisp, balanced bitterness.
Finishes smooth with mild hop flavor.Mhm.
Um, so the color on this supercaramelly super classic pale ale.
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Um,a little bit of remaining head there.
I don't know if I call it frothy onthe schnoz, I would say malty citrus,
like biscuity malt, like, it's,uh, it's caramelly it's it's
kind of nice, actually. Classic.Um, so then we'll warm up the
old tongue jobby. Here we go.So it's pretty low carbonation.
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It's caramelly. It's sweet.It's a little bit citrusy.
It's a little bit piney.Real light bodied at A56.
Uh, I could see where a three,four, two comes into here,
because, uh, if you're lookingfor something to blow your mind,
It's not going to blow your mind.Sure, if you're if you're
looking for a great rendition ofa classic beer style 100%,
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this is what you're looking for.Keeping it classic, right?
It is classic 100%.I was never able to drink this,
like I said when it wasoriginally in production,
so this was kind of a cool nod.I actually say I used to work
with a guy who, uh,he would actually talk about this
beer all the time, and he said,every time lakefront put it out,
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he would always just buy it allup and, you know, drink it.
And, uh, it's just kind of a nice nodto my buddy who I used to work with,
Steve, and I'm just glad I'mfinally able to try this beer.
Yeah. Shout out. Steve. Yeah.Hope he's doing okay. Yeah.
Hope he's drinking one of these,too. Amen. Very nice.
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That's kind of a smart idea,I think, for a brewery like, hey,
here's a mixed pack of all thesebeers that you can't find anymore.
Yeah, it was.Uh, what do they have in there?
They had, uh, like I said,the American Red IPA,
they had a strong beer,which isn't a style you normally see.
Yeah. Around anymore.Then it had this one and that,
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uh, session IPA I brought up alittle earlier. Oh, yeah.
Yeah, just kind of neat. That's cool.Uh, all right, a little news
before we get up out of here withall this I mentioned earlier,
all this talk about beer brandslosing money and this and that.
Any guesses as to which beer brandis still raking in the dough?
Uh, not Budweiser.Not Budweiser, not.
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Not MillerCoors. Not.I mean, they're still making money,
but the one that keeps seeinggrowth is not your pants.
It's Constellation. Brands. Okay.And that's mainly thanks to modelo,
Corona, Pacifico and Victoria.I thought they were Budweiser.
Not in the US.Please do not make me explain this
(23:34):
because I can't. You know what?Just leave it at that.
Yeah, but, uh, thanks to Pacifico at20 plus 20%, uh, modelo at plus 4%.
Modelo especial plus 3%.I mean,
we're just talking about all kindsof pluses here for constellation.
So they're still doing pretty good.I think ever since the whole Bud
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Light debacle.Constellation has been cashing
in on their, their, uh,import brands. I guess.
Good for them. Yeah, I guess so.Uh,
the price to get drunk is going up.The average case price for the beer
category items in 2024 increased$0.63 to $30.57, average per case.
(24:19):
This includes everything shit beer,great beer, all the above.
Anything that comes in a case.That makes sense.
Yeah, which I believe it's 12.Um, also, Seltzers were up $0.84
per case. Here's the breakdown.Imports were up $0.54 to 3713 a case
(24:41):
domestic premium up $0.41 to 24.84 A case domestic sub premium.
Also, would you love to.Hey, where do you work?
I work at a sub premium brewery.They're at $0.42 to 1965.
That's gotta be like your pbrsand shit, right?
I mean, what else would it be?Sub premium, I guess. Yeah.
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Fermented malt beverages fabsthey're up $0.56 to 4058.
Kraft is up $0.66 to 4330.Domestic super premium is up
$0.02 to 3031 a case.Hard cider is up $0.62 to 4851.
Uh, and I love this one.The only thing to decrease in
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price is the cases of Na beers.Oh, gross. Yeah.
Athletic brewing declined $1.18per case. Down to 42. 89.
Could you imagine paying 42bucks to not get drunk?
Funny enough, you brought that up.We went to a little Mexican
restaurant tonight.Uh, kids had dance.
(25:46):
Drop them off for two hours.And the wife and I caught some tacos.
And I got a margarita.But I was looking at the beer list.
The most expensive bottle or can onthe menu was n a athletic brewing.
Mhm. No alcohol. Pay the most.It was only $7.
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You know it's this can bottlelist you know. It wasn't great.
You know,it was all domestics and whatnot.
Uh, but the fact that that toppedthe list at the most expensive beer
on the menu. Blew my mind. Yeah.Because for like, two bucks,
you could have gotten, like,a Coke or something. Right.
So, what are you doing? Right?That's insane to me.
(26:30):
You need it that much?What are you doing? Yeah.
You need to pay $7 for not beer.For not beer, but just the taste
of it, I don't know. Yeah.No, thanks. Hard pass. Yeah.
Uh, I pulled this story because Ifound it interesting. Can you guess?
And I doubt it, because I betyou've never heard of this city.
But can you guess where the DUIcapital of California is?
(26:53):
DUI capital. Oh, man.Is it a major city? No. Then I can't.
It was sort of on an MTV show.The idyllic city of Laguna Beach.
Oh, is the DUI capital of California?Well, that.
Makes sense, I think. Yeah.Shocking stats have revealed
that there have been more than269 DUI arrests in Laguna Beach
(27:17):
in 2021 alone.Additionally, there were 55 alcohol
related crashes in just 2022 alone.Um, the executive zip code has a
perfect storm of factors contributingto the high crime stats.
For one, the city is positionedbetween two party towns and the more
than 130 drinking establishmentsthat call Laguna Beach home.
The famous ocean views drawingin tourists have also created
(27:41):
what officials are callingground zero for drunk driving.
A staggering 6.5 million visitorsannually to a town of just 22,000
residents, with tourists flocking toart galleries and upscale boutiques.
Anyways, Laguna Beach don't drinkand drive. Yeah, I mean a lot.
A lot of money out there.Tons of money out there.
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A lot of snot nose,pretentious teenagers. And adults.
It all sounds about right. Yeah.It's a recipe for disaster.
All right,we'll end it with this one.
Police are looking for a man whoallegedly drove from his home naked
and drunk after fighting with hiswife. Have you ever drove naked?
No, I can't say that I have.Have you? Yeah. Me either. No.
(28:22):
Yeah. No.Well, that was the first thing
that made me think of is whoeverthinks to drive naked. Yeah.
I mean, I've had things happen to mewhile driving, but I wasn't fully
naked. Yeah, you catch my drift?Sounds about right.
Drift caught. Yeah. Drifts got.Uh, police are looking for a 31 year
(28:44):
old man accused of domestic violenceearly Saturday morning after the man
left his house in his Ford pickup.Uh, that tracks naked and drunk after
a fight with his 40 year old wife.Police Sergeant Jeremiah Wagner
said the couple was entertaininga 39 year old man,
along with a woman who wasn'tidentified in the police report
(29:05):
at their house on Friday night.The 31 year old had been drinking and
started puking and defecating in hisroom. Oh come on. With his wife.
That makes me think of the theshow of the League with Rafi.
Uh, he's. A famous line.He says sometimes when I puke,
I shit. Raffi was great.Uh, when his wife went into the room
(29:28):
to talk to him, the man grabbedher and put her in a headlock.
The 39 year old man came into theroom to de-escalate the argument,
and the 31 year old punched two55 inch flat screen TVs along with a
fish tank, and threw a PlayStation.The 39 year old put the 31 year old
in a bear hug to try to calm himdown, but the 31 year old escaped.
(29:50):
Before a bear hug is not on the list.No,
I think he's gonna make things worse.It's gonna escalate the situation.
Yeah, quite a bit.Uh, the 39 year old tried to get
the man back into the house toget out of the cold.
The 31 year old evaded him andgot into a 2013 Ford truck.
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It wasn't clear from the police pressreport when the man had gotten naked,
but he was naked by the time hehad gotten into the truck.
His wife was told that the man hadgone to a house in the area of
Georgia Circle, wherever that is.But police said that they went to
the home and no one would answer.The investigation continues. Wow.
(30:34):
I'm thinking, no, don't get me wrong.If I was puking and shitting in
my room, go on and I need todrive away somewhere.
Probably taking off my shit filledpants. I'm just saying. Um.
But wouldn't you maybe replacethem with non shit filled pants?
(30:58):
What's, uh, what's my back like?Uh, okay,
so here's a legit question. At what?Back do you not think to put on
a replacement pair of pants?That is a great question.
I wish they had found this guyso he knew what his back was.
I'm probably thinking,like in the. 30s. Right?
(31:19):
That's what I would think. Yeah.It's where you take your pants off,
and then you forgot that youtook your pants off. Right.
Because like, 0.24 is three times,I'm thinking that's not enough.
I'm puking by then, though,for sure. Right.
But you're not running outsideand driving with no pants.
Yeah, it's pretty accurate.I think maybe you are.
(31:39):
What do I know? I know when I get.Uh, fun fact about me. Oh, go. On.
When I get, uh, crazy drunk,I can't move. Oh.
So, like, the last thing I'mgoing to do is drive.
I probably wouldn't be able to takemy own pants off if I'm being honest.
(32:01):
Yeah, I get pretty, like,vegged out. Oh, I'm the opposite.
I'm not a driver. I've knock on wood.I've never once attempted to,
you know, drive when I'm thathammered like it's time to drive.
You know, there's never beenanything like that. Like I'm pretty.
Which makes you wonder whatpeople think. Yeah.
Like, I feel like I'm prettyknowledgeable about how hammered
I am. Yes, but here's my one.Problem is I am very functional until
(32:27):
I'm not. Until you're not. Right.And so people don't know how drunk
I'm getting until I'm so fuckinghammered that it's it's gone.
And then also. Like, yeah.It's like, oh,
we didn't know Greg was that drunk.Like, oh, Greg was very much that
drunk. He just didn't know. Yes.It just kind of like hits you.
Yeah,it really does just kind of clicks
and all of a sudden it's like, ooh.But yeah, I've never been like, hey,
(32:48):
you know, it sounds fun right now.A joy ride. Right?
Or like, hey, let's go here,even though I'm in zero condition
to do so. Yeah. Thank God.I hope that continues. Yeah, I.
Guess that's kind of where, uh,I'm very thankful for my vomiting,
you know, because, uh, yeah, it kindof keeps me, you know, in one spot.
(33:10):
How bad can you be if you're ifyou're.
How bad can you do if you'revomiting? Right, right.
There's not there's not much youcan do other than just
eventually pass out. Right.Or keep vomiting. Or. Right.
I mean yeah, yeah. Which has been.Just countless times. So we've.
All been. So many buckets in my day.Oh, all the buckets.
(33:30):
That'll be the name of this episode.All the buckets. All the. Buckets.
But which makes me, you know,lastly, it makes me thankful for
all my great friends that I'vehad throughout the years who have
treated me kindly when I've beenoverly inebriated and have set me
up on couches with blankets andbuckets and trash cans and water.
(33:53):
Whatever you have it,those are the real MVP's out there.
You're not. Wrong.I remember one of my one of my
really good friends.I've known him since,
like fourth grade.Uh, one night we went out and we
got drunk, and he was he was theput this in quotes.
He was the designated driverthat night.
He was the one sober enough to,you know, drive by Braille.
(34:16):
We were young, dumb and drunk.Um, anyways,
we we get to my house, and I was,you know. Hey. Thanks, man.
As soon as I stepped out of thetotally unexpected.
Didn't feel coming the moment Istepped out of the car.
Like, all over the grass.He's like, all right, dude,
let's get you inside. Oh, yeah.Good times. Yeah.
(34:37):
My 21st birthday,I was just had my head out the window
puking the entire time. Mhm. Yeah.All while screaming this is the
best night ever.Next day, probably less great.
I'm telling you, I had the havethe best friends not had.
(34:57):
I have the best friends. Yeah.Miss you Frank. You gotta.
Frank moved away.He didn't die the way I said missed.
You made it sound like he's deador something. Come back, Frank.
Come back. Anyways, uh. All right.I think that's enough out of us.
We're gonna hit some music andsay hi to Vanessa. Hey, Vanessa.
Hey, Vanessa. And I know my sister.Thanks for letting me use your cup.
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Do you think she knew she gotmarried and that she's pregnant?
I don't know, but she's listening.She just figured it out.
Well, I hope it's not too late.That's so meta. Damn.
Good luck figuring that one out.Anyways, uh, follow us on the show
shows at craft beer and of course,at Flex Media.
Underscores between mail at craftbeer Republic.com and 853 eight beer.
(35:41):
It's two three, three, seven.I think that's everything.
I hope everyone out there is stayingvery well hydrated. And on that note.
Good night everybody.
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