February 26, 2025 • 49 mins
Welcome in, thirsty friends! Greg went full beer tourist and drank his way through Austin, and he’s here to spill all the boozy details. Meanwhile Brewing served up his favorite beer of the trip—so good it forced him to break a years-long Untappd dry spell! Flex, on the other hand, is freezing his mustache off in the Midwest, sipping on a Toppling Goliath variety pack and confirming what we already knew: people on Untappd have no taste. The guys also dig into the absurdity of TSA screenings, the power of food truck barbecue, and the ongoing battle against Big Beer’s nonsense. Plus, why is Michelob Ultra so damn popular?
Beers We’re Drinking
- Greg – Meanwhile Brewing's Tender Robot. A gold medal winning hazy out of Austin.
- Flex – Toppling Goliath Pseudo Sue – the Nectarine Hop Variant, jammed with tangerine goodness.
Greg went on a Valentine's weekend trip to Austin, which quickly turned into a full-blown beer pilgrimage. From Meanwhile Brewing’s award-winning haze to Zilker and Lazarus Brewing, it was one tasty stop after another. Flex, meanwhile, has been battling negative temperatures and living in a hoodie. The guys discuss TSA’s fascination with Greg’s “oversized package” and reminisce about the best airport snacks (Southwest’s Maui onion pretzels for the win). Greg also recounts a wedding night in Asheville that ended with gin-fueled regrets and a long nap on the cold bathroom floor. Meanwhile, Flex reveals his grandma’s secret to beer drinking (spoiler: salt) and the guys dunk on Michelob Ultra drinkers.
Booze News (Revised)
- Big Beer Strikes Again – Another craft brewery is calling out Molson Coors for some sneaky marketing. Haven’t they learned their lesson from that $56 million lawsuit?
- Super Bowl Beer Sales Fumble – While the Chiefs took home the trophy, draft beer sales took a hit. But somehow, Michelob Ultra is thriving. We have questions.
- New DUI Limit Proposal: Will It Change Anything? – North Carolina wants to lower the legal limit to .05. But will it actually stop drunk drivers, or just ruin happy hour?
- Guam’s Most Honest Drunk Driver – When asked how much he had to drink, his answer was… refreshingly straightforward.
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Episode Transcript
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(00:15):
Welcome in everybody to the CraftBeer Republic. Thanks for drinking.
Thanks for joining.I am Greg and I am being joined by
the Buffest nerd in the Midwest.And that's mustache flex.
What's up, big fella?That's accurate.
I do currently have a mustache. Yeah.And you're doing the little like
curly thing to the sides of it too.Yeah.
It just makes me every time I have itI'm just like. Yeah, yeah, sorry.
(00:39):
My name is flex, I lift weights,see? Yeah.
I need a real small stogie nowto just keep in my mouth. No.
Not even lit.Just carry it around in your mouth.
Oh, absolutely. Yeah.So, uh,
follow us and stuff at Craft Republicat beer underscores in between.
So much fun to talk about today.I went on a little trip and
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drank my way through Austin.I can't wait to tell you about that.
It's a fun city. You know what?I'll get into it.
But I really liked this.It sounds so stupid.
The vibe of the city. It was really.No, I've heard great things.
Yeah, so we'll get into that.I got some booze news,
some ludicrous libation lore.Much more so, as flex would say.
(01:24):
Without further ado, ado, pleaseallow me to drink my Austin beer.
Out of my deal. Oh, I love my beer.I love my day. I love my beer.
(01:49):
Oh boy, do I love my beer.I am drinking thanks to the city
of Austin.Well, they didn't hand it to me,
but, uh.Meanwhile, Brewing's Tender
Robot to Hazy Hazy IPA, 6.8%.It's one of their cause has year
round availability.They stay, they say.
Long story short,when they take over the world,
(02:10):
we sure hope they're nice.And this is our olive branch just
in case. And they even say what?It goes well with fish tacos,
kimchi brined fried chickensandwich and tostones.
It has won gold medal for hazy IPA atthe 2025 Texas Craft Brewers Cup,
and they say notes this on theirwebsite. I love their website.
(02:30):
We taste pineapple,guava and lime zest and this is cool.
They have some funky hops in here.Tahini,
which I'd never heard of before.I don't think I've heard of it.
Yeah, mosaic and experimental hop biotea. Never heard of that either.
And Columbus? Columbus.What a weird hop to throw in
(02:51):
there like, yeah,super classic Westie hop. right?
And then, like these two hops noone's heard of before.
Oh, it does have a three, eight,nine untapped. And it says 50 IBUs.
I'm gonna look at the head on thisthing. By the way, it's gorgeous.
The color is great.The haze is great.
(03:12):
The schnoz is glorious.It is fucking a bouquet of fruit.
So you said pineapple,guava and lime zest, huh? Yeah.
I definitely smell the pineappleand the guava.
I'd say the pineapple is thestrongest.
I'm gonna stick the old tonguedropper in there. Stick it in, daddy.
(03:33):
Mhm. So good. Pillowy soft.Just clouds dancing across my tongue.
I get the pineapple I get the guava Iget the lime zest. It is so light.
There is like so little discerniblebitterness I don't know how it
says 50 IBUs on untapped.I almost feel like that's wrong.
(03:55):
And to all the people that are givingthis, a 309 can suck my oversized
dick. There's a story behind that.I'll get to that in a second.
Just putting it out there. Yeah.It is.
It was my favorite beer from theentire weekend.
(04:15):
Doesn't that make you just so mad?Yes. This is a perfect hazy.
It is light. It is cloudy and soft.It is tropical and fruity.
It is fragrant.What the fuck else do you want?
And more that it should be.Yeah, it's 6.8%.
It's the high end of an IPA.Alcohol wise.
(04:37):
What else do you want out of afucking hazy you ass hats?
They did a good job canning it.It traveled well. Here we go.
Fuck themselves. People suck.It's just. Yeah.
Every episode, people suck.People suck.
If I had one complaint,one minor adjustment.
I could use a smidge morecarbonation. Okay.
(05:00):
I think this was on purpose,but to me, pinch more carbonation
would make this a perfect beer.Perfect taste.
So what would you rate it?This is solidly in the fours.
These fuck faces with an average of3.89. I'd easily give this a 4.25.
Okay, without batting an eye,I might even go for 4 or 5 if I was a
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little buzzy. Okay, I like that.I like getting real high up in there.
They're 4.5. Like I said.The only thing I could do better,
or would say they could do better,is a little more carbonation.
Like the way you talk about thatbeer. I immediately went to a 4 or 5.
Yeah, you know what? Fuck it.I'm gonna get on there tonight
and give it a 4 or 5.I haven't rated a beer untapped in,
(05:41):
like five years. I can't wait.My review is gonna be all you
motherfuckers.What is wrong with you?
I do go on untapped when I am atthe liquor store.
Not even to really check out theratings because those are so skewed,
right?I will if I'm looking at a hazy,
(06:04):
I will look to see if people hadposted pictures of this beer to see
if it's actually hazy or not smart.Yes, make sure it's a true hazy.
So that's what I will use untappedfor now. Okay, here we go.
I'm at. I'm real time.I am rating this on untapped.
I'm even gonna take a photo adphoto from camera.
(06:26):
It's gonna be my shitty desk. Wow.This is happening as we speak.
Yeah, see, you can see.Here's my shitty photo.
That is a shitty photo.I told you,
it's got a phone in the background.You are not one for shitty photos.
No, I'm not, but I need to say.Here's what I'm gonna say.
Uh, I'll dictate what is wrongwith all you people.
(06:46):
Comma, this is an amazing beer anddeserves to be well into the fours.
period.Teach your tongues some manners.
I don't think you could havesaid that any better. Nope.
Quick typo fix.I'm giving this a 4 or 5.
I'm having a can and purchaselocation.
(07:06):
Of course, was the actual brewery.Everybody listening at home is like,
why are we still talking about this?No, because this is a this is a
big thing for you.This is like the first check in
in forever.I don't think I've rated a beer
in three years. Maybe two.There you go. Oh, I got a badge.
What else is new? I got a couple.Oh, I got, like, 30 badges.
(07:29):
You've unlocked a badge.I don't think you can post
without getting a badge.No, I don't think so. For the can.
Level ten. Cheers to you.Level 13. Wheel of styles.
Level 17 and land of the free.Level 81. Yeah. Okay. Um.
Fuck all y'all's.This is a great beer.
So I went to Austin. So good.You. They made you untap it.
(07:51):
That's how good it is.That is amazing. Fucking delicious.
Made my night so good.And the only reason we went to this
brewery. So we went to Austin.It was a little Valentine's trip
last weekend,and since Monday was the holiday,
we took Friday, Valentine's Day off,and we had a little four day weekend.
And do you ever watch the showon Netflix? Somebody feed Phil?
(08:11):
No. Have you heard of it? No.I hear the name Phil, and I just
think of bam Margera's Fat Dad.It is not Bam's fat dad, okay?
Phil Rosenthal is the creator ofEverybody Loves Raymond. Okay.
Producer, creator, all that stuff.Anyways, he's a huge foodie.
He has a travel show where eachepisode he goes to another city
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and just goes to a few spots.And anyways, it's really well done.
It's not boring like other travelfood shows. And he's a funny guy.
He's real personable and we'vestarted whenever we travel.
If he's been to that city,we will watch his episode or look
up where he went and try to hitat least a couple of the spots,
and one of the spots he went towas meanwhile brewing.
(08:53):
Not because he's a huge beerconnoisseur, but in Austin they
have food trucks, kind of likethey have in Portland, where it's
like permanent food trucks. Okay.Like out here, you know, in LA, they
food trucks are things that move.They don't have a permanent spot
truck. Right, right.They have these like food truck
parks and lots and stuff.And a lot of breweries will have
(09:15):
permanent food trucks.So meanwhile, had five permanent
food trucks, uh, barbecue, pizza,tacos, fried chicken and ice cream.
And the barbecue place is distantrelatives. That's what it's called.
And it's really good.It's it's black owned barbecue.
And they have some, like,African spices that they use,
like they have this like Africanspiced mustard. Holy shit.
(09:38):
It was so good. Got the barbecue.That's that's where he went.
He went to the, the barbecue place.So we got that.
It was I shit you not the bestbarbecue we had all weekend.
It was so good. Uh, we also had some.Oh, one of the other pizza truck
had duck confit wings.Oh my God, so good.
And then another truck we went.We went back later and we were a
(10:01):
little scared. We were buzzy.So we got the loaded fries from the,
the the fried chicken truck.It was. Good.
Was that just like cheese and bacon?What's loaded about these? Yeah.
Cheese. Um, bacon.Onions, jalapenos,
I think like pickled jalapenos.Okay. Yeah, they were good.
And they have sidewinders.That's what they call their fries.
(10:22):
They're like, if a steak fry hadsex with a curly fry. Right.
I've seen these before. Yes. Okay.I've never seen them before.
I've never even seen them calledsideways.
I was like, what's a sidewinder?It's like a.
Like a legit corkscrew of aFrench fry. Yeah. But it's thick.
Yeah. Yes, yes. So I had those.Anyway, so we started off.
We landed Friday.We went and dropped off our bags
at the hotel immediately went tomeanwhile Brewing because we were
(10:44):
hungry. We wanted that barbecue.Barbecue did not disappoint.
The wings did not disappoint.The beer obviously did not
disappoint.And like the location, is super
cool too. It's outside of Austin.We had Uber, but, uh, I don't know.
It was just nice. It was real.Like retro themed, like not like
a 70s way, but in a cool, like,art deco y kind of way.
(11:04):
I think you can kind of get thevibe a little bit from the can.
I'm trying to. Oh, there it is.Yeah, some some real.
I totally get it. Real cool spot.You know, a lot of gold on green
type of stuff. Very cool.Can by the way. Yeah. Super cool.
Can I'll get I'll get a properphoto for the gram.
Um, not too far away was Austincraft beer.
(11:27):
So we walked there, had a couple ofbeers. Oh, really? Not far away then?
Uh, yeah. It was about.I think it was like a 12 minute walk.
It's like half a mile. Kind of thing.Yeah, it's not. Bad at all. Not bad.
So we walked over there, had a,you know, flight and a half there.
They were new and we weredrinking like this.
This beer is all right there.Fest beer was was my favorite beer.
It was actually pretty good,but we're talking to the guy.
His name is Chris. Super nice guy.Can't believe I remember his
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name and found out they've beenopen for less than six months.
I was like, okay, this all tracks.It's only on the up and up from here.
Um, but we started talking beer.He had just moved to Austin from
Wyoming, I think, and he wasappreciative that we knew about beer.
And I was like,how are you in the industry?
And my wife is so much betterthan me at promoting the podcast.
She goes, just tell him.And he goes, tell me what?
(12:12):
Like, what do you have cancer orsomething? Jesus Christ.
You know, I was like,I got a beer podcast.
He goes, oh, that explains it.And so we talked beer some more
and super nice guy.And then we walked to Independence
Brewing. Did not enjoy ourselves.Oh it's fine.
We had a flight and thenpromptly left. Ooh.
But we went back to meanwhilebecause it was so good.
(12:35):
And that's when we had theloaded fries. That's awesome.
Yeah. So super good.Couldn't get enough of it.
And then the next day, no beer.The next day, we did a food tour.
Um, we hung out with a supercool bar that had live music and
just soaked that in.Had some drinks or watched the music.
Then the day after that Sundaywent to this place called bangers.
(12:59):
It's a sausage restaurant.Like German sausage.
Well, they had brunch.We didn't have any sausage.
They had brunch.They had bacon, steak like thick ass
chunks of bacon and eggs. Like how?How thick? How? What are we.
Talking, like, an inch thick?Oh! Holy balls.
Yeah, it was thick ass bacon.So bacon, steak and eggs,
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like potatoes and shit.Is that even still considered
bacon if it's that thick?That's why they call it bacon steak.
And they had what they called aman mozza.
It was an entire bottle of champswith some orange juice in, like,
a giant stein.So we had a couple that they
only serve you one per person.I still have, like, some of the
marking that you can't quite see,but some of the markings on my hand,
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because they mark your hand when youorder it, so you can only order one.
Oh my gosh. Uh, but it was.The food was good.
It was a great hang.Everywhere has live music,
which I'm all for. I love that.That's why I love Nashville so much.
Yeah,it's super vibey with the music.
So went to bangers, uh,had had a couple mimosas and then
we walked around a little bit,went to Zilker Brewing, which is like
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East Sixth if anybody's in Austin.Holy shit. More great beer.
So, so good. Zilker. Zilker.Zilker, uh,
had a flight and some change there.Walked down the street a little
bit to Lazarus Brewing. More.Really good.
That's why I've heard of them.Because I think Lazarus collabed
(14:28):
with Three Floyds. Oh, really? Yeah.I'm gonna have to look this up now.
Okay. Yeah. Lazarus. Really? Good.And they had food at Lazarus.
Um, so we got some some snacks there.Really good stuff.
We walked over thanks to Vanessa.We then walked over to Blue Owl
and they're all sours.And the wife loves the, you know,
(14:51):
like the fermented fermented,the wild fermented sours, the real
sours. So we had some sours there.Good stuff. Brought some cans home.
From there.We ubered over to Fast Friends
Brewing and had some flight anda half plus a pint there.
Then they were closing so we had togo bought some cans, which maybe I'll
(15:12):
have on the show in a week or two.Um, really good fast friends.
They had food, we didn't get any,we'd already eaten enough and then
went back to the hotel, closeddown the hotel bar with a glass of
wine and called it a day. So nice.Yeah, uh, really had some good
beer in Austin, meanwhile, was myfavorite. But Zilker Lazarus fast.
Friends, if you're looking fornormal beers, all great.
(15:36):
If you're into sours like my wife is.I love a good sour, but she's,
you know, crazy for hours.Blue owl was a great suggestion
from Vanessa. Hi, Vanessa.Hi, Vanessa. So thanks for that.
Um, yeah. I had a great time.Ate our way through the city and.
Oh, my big dick joke early.My oversized dick.
When we were going throughsecurity on our way to Austin.
(15:58):
You know, you go through thething where you have to, like,
put your arms up and it, like,circles around you and scans you.
Yeah. So I did that, as per usual.And the wife had already gone
through.So she's watching the screen.
She goes, I knew you were in troublebecause as soon as it scanned you,
there was a giant red box rightover your dick. Stop it!
I was like, well,cannot be contained.
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And I get out of the little boxthing.
The guy is like, all right,I'm gonna need to pat you down.
And this has happened before.They pat me down, it's no big deal.
This was, like, full on groping,and he starts,
and I knew it was gonna be bad.He starts like, all right,
so I'm gonna stick my hand thisway and swipe this way.
And he's telling me, like,how he's gonna molest me, basically
and like full I shit you not full onball touching like homey touched it
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all and got out of that situation.The wife was like, uh, how was that?
I was like, well, he's not going tofinish the job. Maybe you will later.
But yeah, it was it was a lot.So that was that was the
oversized dick reference earlier.So the whole weekend I just kept
talking about my oversized dickbecause clearly that's what set
off the alarms at the airport.Well, don't have such a big dick.
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What can I say? Big feet, big socks.Um, Austin is such a cool city.
I feel so stupid and like hippieish saying that I liked the vibes,
but it just was a fun city.It was like my kind of thing where
it's like live music everywhere.I love good live music.
Saturday night we hung out atthis bar that had a band that was
(17:31):
basically just taking requests. Okay?They called it like Singalong
Night and pretty Good Band.The lead singer had gotten sick
and blown out his voice,so he ended up sounding like AC,
DC whenever he sang.It actually did really good.
AC, DC, slash like ZZ top impression,but other than that,
he couldn't sing for shit that night.Um, his wife was the other singer
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and then, like their guitarist,did some singing and, um,
but they could they could play justabout anything. It was pretty good.
So we made some requests and likethe wife requested, Avril Lavigne.
At one point they played Skater boyfor her, and that time I tried to get
them to play Monkey Wrench becausehis voice was so screamy and shot.
I was like, oh, he could do ascreaming Foo Fighter song,
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and he'd actually sound pretty good.But like when we submitted the song,
it was too late in the night.He had like one more song in the
drafts. Yeah, but it was good.We just hung out in the back of this
huge bar and drank and listenedto good music. It was good times.
Now you're making me super jealous.I gotta get out.
Yeah, it was fun. So, uh. Yeah.Thanks to everybody who
submitted some beer suggestions.Even our friends over at the Beer and
(18:37):
Bikini Podcast hit me up with somestuff, but we were on our way out
of town by the time that happened,so I didn't get to.
Um, but yeah, maybe one day we'll go,uh, go check it out again. So.
Sounds like you're gonna.You know, it's funny, the.
Way you talked about them foodtrucks.
I thought you was gonna explode.It was funny, like. So we had that.
That barbecue on the first day.The second day we did this,
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like, food tour.It's like a walking throughout
the city food tour. Okay?And of course, one of the stops
was barbecue and the food truckbarbecue was significantly better.
Not that this barbecue is bad,just that that stuff from, uh,
distant Relative was so good.So good times.
It was funny, we went to a coupletaco spots on the tour, and one
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of them, he goes, I don't know,you know where you guys are from?
To the whole group,there's like ten of us.
I don't know where you guys are from,but one of the things that are really
popular here is Al Pastor Tacos.Does anybody know what Al Pastor is?
We just started laughing becauseit's like, you know, all we do is
eat al pastor. Tacos, right? Yeah.You talk about that all the time.
Yeah.Uh, by the way, our taco guy is
still better. Your taco guy?God dang it. Gotta give him a call.
(19:43):
I need some good tacos.Oh, what is it?
What is a good taco guy charge?I don't know what he charges these
days. Like, he does it per head.I think it's like eight bucks a head
or something like that. Oh, boy.But there's always leftovers, right?
And the leftovers are the best.Because he'll just.
He'll say, bring out someTupperware or whatever.
(20:04):
He'll load up your Tupperware,put it in the fridge next morning.
Throw that shit down with some eggs.Mhm. Mhm. Food. Boner man.
Airport sized food. Boner.I am hungry as shit.
Now, if we wish this was a tacopodcast. We're not a taco show.
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Look at the lacing on this carneasada. Oh.
Unfortunately, not a taco show.If we can get you to come out here,
we'll get the taco guy.You gotta have the taco guy.
The taco guy? Yeah.Don't know where we're gonna do it,
but we smuggling. Fucking el pastor.Home and in my luggage.
In your pants.Sir, the scanner went off just now,
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pastor. I swear. I promise you that.It's not my oversized dick.
It's my oversized taco. And next.Our next trip is San Francisco.
I'm in San Francisco all the timefor work. Is it like, a real trip?
Yeah, it's just like two days.We're gonna do a little weekend
in San Francisco.You know,
she grew up in that area, and I'mup there all the time for work.
We never do like touristy thingsin San Francisco, so I feel.
(21:10):
Like you have done them a bunchbefore. It's been a while.
It's been a while. You're welcome.You know, like, when I'm there for
work, I'll go hit some breweries andstuff for dinner, but, like, I don't
I don't tourist it up, you know?We're gonna ride some fucking cable
cars and do that kind of shit.Easy there. The fray. Yeah.
(21:31):
We got companion Passes onsouthwest for the first three
months of the year.So we're trying to hit some flights.
Oh that's legit. Yeah.And the the flight up there was
like $96 plus it's half off.So you know, $96 for two people.
She's great. It's a short flight.It's like less than an hour.
So slightly longer than Vegas. Vegas.When we went a few weeks ago,
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they wouldn't even serve us alcoholon the plane. Like that's too short.
I was like, you guys used toserve alcohol on the plane.
Like, what the fuck? San Francisco.What's your flight to Vegas,
then? It's like 45 minutes, tops.Wow. Super short. Up. Up to oak.
We usually fly into Oakland.We go up to Oakland.
It's like, just shy of an hour.Dang. Vegas is like 42 minutes.
Burbank to Vegas.We can get to Chicago in less
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than a half an hour.And then, uh, when we fly to
Nashville, it's only like,an hour and 15 minutes.
It's not bad. No, that's.That's my favorite flight ever
to Nashville. Yes.Just because, you know you're
going to Nashville. Yeah.And it's never a bad flight,
and it's, you know, you get up inthe air and next thing you know,
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like 30 minutes later,you're already preparing for descent.
It's like, oh, man,this is fucking amazing.
That's what's always so weirdabout going to Vegas.
Like, as soon as you get up,you're like, ding! All right.
We are preparing for our finaldescent. Now.
As I say,do they even tell you you're
allowed to use your electronics?You may now use your. Okay.
Put them away. Put them away. Yeah.This last time we went to or this
(23:00):
most recent time we went to Vegas,they did something I've never
seen before.It used to be like you could buy
a beer or whatever,but they'd tell you, like, hey,
this super quick flight,have your credit card ready.
Like, we can't fuck around.If you're gonna buy a beer,
buy a beer, or, you know,southwest. You want a free Coke?
Whatever. But. Right.Make up your mind before we get
there.This time, they're like,
no soft drinks, no alcohol.We're coming around with water
and coffee.It's like we're going to Vegas and
(23:22):
you're offering water and coffee.Interesting. Yeah.
It's like, fuck you guys.At least get the pretzels.
They have the, um.They're like garlic pretzels.
Yeah, the little twists.Yeah, I love those. So good.
Gosh, they're so onion.They're like onion and garlic
Maui onion. Garlic. Yeah.It's some Maui onion. Yeah.
Yeah. So fucking. Good. Big fan.The wife hadn't had them before.
(23:45):
I'd had him a bunch because of flyingup north for work all the time.
She hasn't flown in a while, so whenwe went to Vegas, I'd stand by for
the best pretzels of your life.So this trip to Austin,
as we're getting up, she's like,they better pass out pretzels.
Don't you worry.She would have just told the
stewardess that she didn't getany pretzels.
So they would give her more.Here you go. Oh. So funny.
(24:09):
So, anyways, um, moral of the story.Austin was a good time. Hell, yeah.
Yeah. Uh, what about you?Any, uh, any weed? Drinks?
You do anything? No.Nothing crazy anymore? Um, yeah.
Nothing. Lately. Just.I've been sick. Oh.
So I've been a little bit of alinguist.
(24:29):
Nothing crazy,but just a little bit to, you know,
enough to keep me from heading out.Sure. Taking it easy. Yeah.
You need that every now and then.Yeah. Makes sense.
Plus, it's been cold as shit here,man. Yeah. What's. What'd you say?
It was like negative two.Yeah, and that was like,
on the high end.It's going to get to negative
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eight tonight. Uh real temp.It's going to get to negative eight.
So tomorrow it's going to feelanywheres from like -25 to -30.
I just googled Milwaukee weather.Currently negative one degrees.
Yeah. Yeah. Holy shit.Oh, tomorrow's high nine.
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Yeah, if we're lucky. Wow.But with the wind chills and
everything that's coming downfrom the west, we're gonna.
It's going to feel like -30.They said that's fucking insane.
Yeah. Oh, I got negative five here.Currently, that's what I got. Oh.
Oh, you know what I typed inMilwaukee. You're just outside of.
Yeah. That's fine.I'm not offended. You should be.
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Oh, and the low for tomorrowmorning at 6 a.m. is negative ten,
so that'll be fun. Going to work?Yeah. Oh. How crazy.
Google asks me to check the area likeit knows Milwaukee is too broad.
It's like, please select your area.So I selected your area.
Currently negative four degrees.Interesting.
Yeah, according to Google.Well, I got the iPhone app.
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It's shitty. Yeah.It's like it's always drunk.
It's always drunk.Well, don't worry, it says you're
low for tonight is negative eight,so. Yeah. Yeah. So super psyched.
Still got some ways to go.Gonna go to bed in a hoodie and
sweatpants. Jesus.I thought it was cold in Austin.
It was like in the 30s into the 40s.Except for Saturday. It was so weird.
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Friday, 43 or something was the high.We're freezing our nuts off Saturday.
74 nice.And then Sunday back to the 40s.
So fucking weird.And I had a marathon.
Is that normal for them?I don't know.
They said it's it's not usuallythat cold, but it can get cold in
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the winter. Yeah. I don't know.They had a marathon on Sunday.
Those fuckers were running outthere in the 30s.
They're probably psyched about that.I don't know.
I there was a couple girlswalking by that just finished,
and they were literally like,they had the the foil blanket, things
on the thermal blankets, shivering.I was like, yeah, because you got
all sweaty and wet and then stoppedrunning. And then it's yeah.
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Cold. Yeah. Yeah. So anywho. Uh.All right, let's, uh, let's find out
what you're drinking over there.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 jabber.In this world, we must find out what.
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Is flax drinking?All right, well,
I had a little fun here.Um, I went out and bought a 12 pack,
and it was, uh. Toppling Goliath.I haven't had them in a while.
But what caught my eye of this?It was a pseudo 12 pack, but had
four different hop varietals in it.You know, it had a double dry hopped.
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They had a galaxy hop, a mosaic,and a nectarine hop. Sudoku.
So I thought, hey, how much funwould it be to get this and kind of
do taste tests of, you know, thebeers and a couple nights and, um,
this was actually my favorite one,and it was the nectarine variety.
Okay.And according to untapped, um,
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it was the least popular of the four,which I thought was kind of nuts,
but it still has a 4.1 collectiverating on almost 5000 check ins.
But that confirms my previousstatement of everyone's a fucking
idiot. Everyone's a fucking idiot.You're right.
Um, because the double dry hopversion of this, it has a.
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And I mean, these are 5.8% beers.You know, they're pale, hazy,
pale. Had a 4 to 3 one. Wow.And it was fine. It was fine.
It was fine for a double dry, hoppedpale. It was almost like you were.
It was like drinking water still.Mhm. So I don't know.
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I don't know people are uh Idon't know, hyped stupid.
We, I mean we talked about this Ithink with Brian a few weeks ago.
Some breweries. Oh yeah.We're talking about beers.
Some breweries benefit from thehype and oh, it's toppling Goliath.
We're gonna give them an extrawhatever.
Beer, zombies, whoever it is.Tree house.
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And I think you are 100% accurate.Um, but we'll dive into the beer a
little bit more and see how it goes.We could talk a little bit more
about it.Uh, untapped says that, uh, I believe
it's the same thing on the can.A well-balanced beer that is
delicate in body,with a mild bitterness in the finish.
Ferocious aromas of peach andtangerine give a refreshing taste
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that is bright with just enough bite.Cause there's a dinosaur on it.
Raw. Um, so on the nose.Shit ton of that tangerine. Nice.
Like it smells like you're drinkingTang. Oh, you remember Tang?
I do. I was never a fan of Tang.I liked my grandma would buy it.
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It was always like a grandmahouse thing.
So, uh,I always enjoyed going to grandma's
house to drink a pitcher of tang.When I was a kid. It was sunny d.
So we we always bought sunny Dat home. Okay, so it was.
It was one of those things where,um, my grandma would always buy
certain shit and we would eatthe hell out of it there because
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we would never have it at home.And then every now and then,
my mom would buy what grandma had.And then we would never eat it
at home.Grandma never bought the coolest
stuff for us,but she did have an orange tree,
so we always had fresh orange juice,and she had an apple tree and she'd
make the shit out of some applesauce.Damn, dude. That sounds legit.
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Yeah, yeah, like. Old timey grandma.My grandma didn't have any trees.
No trees for grandma.She smoked cigarettes and dumped
salt in her beer.That's what we're gonna talk about.
The salt and the beer situation.Yeah, it takes the head down.
Oh, yeah.That's what my grandma always said.
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So she would, like,sprinkle a little bit.
Pour her Miller Lite, and thenshe'd sprinkle some salt and it
would start to take the head down.No, I've never heard this. Yeah.
It's like a Polish thing, I guess.That's the only thing I've ever
done with salt and beer is stickit in there. Uh, I will.
I will salt the coaster or napkin.And that prevents your wet glass from
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sticking. I didn't know that. Yeah.Next time you're at a bar and
they give you, like,a napkin under your beer. Yeah.
Sprinkle a little salt on the napkin.Your beer glass won't stick.
Huh? Keep that in mind.There's a free one for all you
listeners out there. Science. Uh, so.Yeah. Back to. Back to the beer here.
Yeah. No, no salt here.We can keep tangenting.
Uh, so shits on a tangerine.Uh, we'll warm up.
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The Algerine tangent. Tongue.Jobby. Mhm. A lot of tangerine.
See if I can try and find someof that peach.
Currently searching for peach.So the peach isn't ferocious.
Unlike a dinosaur.It's pretty mild. The tangerine.
Super present. Mhm. Um.Delicate in body, I would say,
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is accurate. Mild bitterness as well.Refreshing taste is bright with
just enough bite.I would say that's accurate. Um.
Great description.Uh, really, except for the ferocious
peach, A410 collective here.I could I could buy it, you know,
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on a on a American pale here.Technically doesn't say hazy pale,
but, um, it is on 5.8%.I got no problem with it.
It's just when you start,I don't, I don't know,
just the four threes and theabove that it just kind of blows
my mind for something, you know,simple. Simple. Not mind blowing.
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Right. Just solid. Yeah.Like it's not like nothing's wrong.
There's nothing wrong with it.Let's let's be straight there.
There's absolutely nothing wrongwith the beers or toppling Goliath.
But the hype, like you're talkingthat comes with some certain
breweries that it gives themlike a couple extra points. Hey.
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Yeah, well, they produce this orthey've produced that, or I've
liked this from them, so. Voila.I'm telling you, it's a real thing.
Yeah, but no, this is a super solid.I always like picking these guys up,
you know, it's, uh,it's always on a shelf. Yeah.
By me. I don't know about you.Uh, it's always on a shelf here.
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So it's, uh, whenever I'mlooking to not break the bank,
but still get some, you know,flavorful, good craft beer.
Sure. Bam. Pick them. Up.Another safe option like we were
talking about last week.Yes, absolutely. You know.
You're never gonna go wrong. Yeah.You know, for a while, to be honest,
I haven't seeked out topplingGoliath. Sought out, sought out.
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Seek out. I've been drinking.Uh, but I do remember a moment in
time when I could find them at,like, total wine and stuff.
Okay, I haven't seen them recently,but, like I said,
haven't looked for them so theycould be right in front of my face.
And I don't know it, but, you know,I get like a Sudoku or something
like that. Never really saw King.So I think I only got that
through Tavor, but, uh. Yeah.Well, maybe keep your eyes peeled.
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Yeah. There you go.Or don't just don't go to a total
wine. Because, well, there's that.They totally suck.
Total wine and crap.Uh, I think I forgot to mention
this earlier, but, uh,shout out to our top listing city
of last week. Chicago. Whoa. Yeah.What up? Midwest. Yeah. What up?
I was just going to say littleMidwest action. Yeah.
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Flexes their hero out there.Hopefully. Yeah.
Before we get into any news.Little ludicrous libation.
It's been a minute since we'vedone one of these.
This is out of Pennsylvania, wheresix packs are only sold by bars,
cases by beer distributors, and wineand liquor at state monopoly stores.
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Therefore,it's impossible to buy beer and
spirits at the same location.The same is true of beer and wine.
Interesting. Yeah.Gotta go multiple spots,
cuz they got those weird fuckingbackwards liquor store law things.
Yeah, it makes no sense.I don't get it, man. Well I do.
It's Budweiser. Right?We've talked about it many a times.
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Yeah. Prohibition.It's really so like,
it's really shitty.But I also find it super interesting.
Like how much law formingBudweiser did after prohibition.
And, like,all these weird distribution,
distribution laws that we have nowand like the three tiered system
and all that, that's all Budweiser.The three tiered system is it's
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super messed up. Yeah.And it's all it was all an
attempt to make sure, like,nobody else could sell as much beer
as Budweiser because they werebig enough to fund all of that.
Right. It's insane. Yeah.Super interesting, but insane.
Great tour though.Really great tour. Yes.
They teach you about thelogarithm process. Oh, no. Wait.
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You teach them? Know what was.Yeah. What was that called?
The beechwood aging process. Yes.Thank you very much for also.
That just sounds like they wentto the beach, found some wood
and dumped it in a tank. Yes.Yeah. It's not lagrene. No.
And it looks like it just looks like,uh, you've seen, like,
a birch tree. Yeah.Yeah, it just looks like bark off
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of a birch tree. Probably is.I wouldn't be surprised. Uh, but.
Yeah,they couldn't afford the beechwood.
The beechwood aging process,which they're the only ones in
the country that do or some shit.There's a reason.
So you're just logging these loggers?I'm sorry. What, sir?
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Uh, we're beechwood aging the beer.You can see yourself out.
Clearly you don't know whatyou're talking about. No.
But, uh, the tour guide,she was great, great, kind hearted.
And it was pouring rain.So when you have to walk in and out
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of buildings and to and from here,you know it.
I didn't want to be a pain in theass. I really didn't. Man, I.
Kind of wish you would have.The beechwood aging process
almost had me.Yeah, Shannon's not gonna let me
go on this tour because sheknows I'll say something. You.
I would love for you to go on it.This is the Beechwood.
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Oh, is this where you logger things?No, sir. We Beechwood.
Age logger. Let me listen, ma'am.Let me tell you how this works.
Just like when they're talking aboutthe recipes and the steps for how
they make Budweiser compared to BudLight. I said, oh, any questions?
And I said yes.Uh, what hops do they use?
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She said, yes,they use a lot of hops, but oh.
You know, I only recentlydecided to add more hops to. It.
Any certain hops?Yeah, they use a lot of hops.
All right.Just the leftover ones or just, uh.
Hey, can we get a couple truckloadsof hops? So, I don't know, whatever.
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Whatever they're going to give us.Oh. Makes me smile.
Let's get a little news goingbefore we get out of here.
Yeah, let's do it. Fuck you.Budweiser. Uh, Monday night brew.
We all remember Stone suingMolson Coors over the whole key
stone light on their beer cans.Monday night brewing out of
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Atlanta made public that suing.Monday night raw. Yeah. Yep.
Now they have to be Tuesdaynight raw.
Uh, made public its beef withMolson Coors.
Case of the Mondays Super bowlcampaign, attorneys for the
craft brewery sent a cease anddesist letter alleging trademark
infringement to the global brewer.On January 30th, intellectual
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intellectual property counsel forMolson Coors responded that the
company will not be putting outany additional beer products in
packaging with Monday's or Monday'slight on it, and this is a one time
production run as part of the monthlong promotion for the Super Bowl.
Molson Coors previously losttheir protracted trademark
infringement lawsuit with Stonethat ended with a $56 million
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jury verdict in Stone's favor.So I love their excuse of like, well,
we're not going to do it anymore,so we're good, right?
I thought that was kind of abrilliant ad campaign, by the way.
Really? Why? I didn't get it.I thought it was brilliant.
Somebody got a case of the Mondays,like Office Space. Sure.
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But here's I thought, well,nobody likes Mondays.
So you're just further They'resaying that no one likes your beer.
Oh, that's how I took it.Like, I don't. Even like that.
I don't want. A case of the Mondays.I thought it was kind of like a spin.
Like a turnaround.Oh, maybe like. Oh, if you.
Got it,you got a case of the Mondays.
Like. Yeah, yeah. I just like.Yeah, I will call it a case of
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the Mondays because it's gross.Now things are looking up
because you got beer.All right, well, you clearly got it.
And I did not. Maybe. Yeah.You were the demo smart person.
Here we go.Uh, draft volume declined 4.6%
during the Super Bowl.Just like the Kansas City Chiefs
draft.Beer also took a loss during the
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Super Bowl draft.Beer volumes declined 4.6% nationwide
on Super Bowl Sunday, according to onpremise insights from Beer Board ABS.
Michelob ultra,which we talked about last week,
was the number one beer on draft,up 11.9% year over year,
and sibling brand Bud Light,the official beer of the NFL,
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was number two on premise,but that declined 3% compared to
last year, according to Beer Board.Why are so many people drinking
Michelob?Yeah, that's something I don't
understand. So gross.My father in law drinks it and he's
drank it ever since I've known mywife. So we're talking 15 years. Mhm.
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They came over for dinner backin the December maybe.
My wife bought a six pack ofMichelob for him. He drank one beer.
There's I still have fiveMichelob Ultra in my fridge.
Well maybe after working out. If.You need to like hydrate you could.
I, I refuse to drink. Them. So gross.It's just not enjoyable. I'm not.
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I talk to you all the time. Yeah.I talked about this forever ago.
This is fact.Before you were on the show.
Went to a wedding out in NorthCarolina, in Asheville,
and they raved about the craft beerthey're going to have at the wedding.
And they did. They had it.And it was really good.
They had very little of it.And I did some fucking damage to
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those little kegs and it tapped.I don't know, halfway into the night,
if not sooner. Yeesh!And all the beer he had after
that was Michelob Ultra,and the only spirit they had was gin.
And I am not a gin drinker.I'm a gin drinker,
so that would have been pukingmy brains out at this wedding.
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I drank some gin and I did somepuking. Oh that's awesome.
I got so drunk I put myself to bed.I remember at one point during
the night it wasn't quite over,but it was starting to wrap up.
And that's when it fucking hit me.And I went, oh no.
If I don't get out of here, it'sgoing to be trouble and messy. Ooh.
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And we were staying on premises,so it was,
but it was a large property withlike little bungalows and whatnots.
So I told the wife, I said, hey,I'm going back to the room.
Stay out as late as you want.It is her friend.
And so I went back to the room.I stripped as I walked to the
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bathroom.So by the time I got to the bathroom,
I was just in, like, my action.Just like undershirt and boxers.
And I don't think I actually everthrew up, now that I think about it.
I don't maybe I did I don'tthink I did, though.
And when she walked in to the room,it was me laying in the bathroom
with just undershirt and boxers,and she's like, what are you
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doing on the bathroom floor?I was like, the tile.
Is so nice and cold. Yep, yep.You have no idea how many times
I've walked in from a night out.And right as I closed the door
from the garage, I'm halfwayinto my undershirt in my boxers.
It is. It's just you need.You need to just feel free,
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you know? Yeah.It's like in case whatever happens,
you just need to be loose.You need to be free sans clothes.
Sans clothes.Just like interim Brian.
And it was Asheville.It was muggy. I need it out of.
I needed to be cooler. It was. Yeah.Anyways, I don't think I threw up.
Maybe I did, but I'm pretty sureI did not. Actually, I.
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Don't know, you. Feel like ass.Almost every time I drink gin.
Well, that's not true because Idrink gin casually.
When I was younger,gin was my drink of choice.
And, uh, this was before Imeasure all my drinks.
Now, if I make them at homebecause I'm smart, mature.
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Right when I was young, man,I would just glug, glug, glug and
then a little juice on top of it and,uh, playing some NHL, you know,
2007 or some shit, and and.You probably weren't drinking the
highest of quality gins. I mean. No.Oh, Beefeater. You know, Tanqueray.
(45:08):
And, uh, what's the other NewAmsterdam? Oh, yeah. Classy. Yeah.
Super. Nothing but the best.Yeah. Not for me.
Um, speaking of North Carolina,a proposed bill would lower drunk
driving limit to 0.05. I could. Yeah.I don't get it. So here's the thing.
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I'm not a proponent of drunk driving,but, uh, the representative from
North Carolina, Mike Clampit.What a name.
Clampit said he's a formerfirefighter, and he said, uh,
most recently, example in my county.Head on collision with a gentleman
that had a 0.31 on the scene of thishead on collision, the second head on
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collision since 2017. All right.So that guy had a 0.31 by lowering
the limit from oh eight to oh seven.How are you preventing that guy
from doing what he did?Yeah, well, I thought you said oh
five they wanted to do. Oh, yeah.Oh eight to oh five. But even still.
Whatever I said. Know what I mean?Not what I say. Right, right, right.
I don't understand how that's goingto prevent drunk drivers from,
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from, you know,it'll prevent bus drivers maybe a
little bit from oh eight to oh five.But if if people are three times,
four times over and they're gettinginto accidents, changing the law is
not going to affect that at all.No, that that individual has an
issue. Yeah.That is completely separate than
the law.And there have been studies that show
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that lowering the ABV or BAC, um,doesn't affect drunk driving at all.
Jeez, you said 0.31.I thought you said 0.031.
Good lord. Let's see. Point.Yeah. .31. Good lord.
Just shy of four times over.I didn't sound shocked when you
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said that because I thought yousaid something else. Good lord.
Yeah, four times over.Something like.
Well, if he's 0.03031 and they wantto change it to oh five. Well yeah.
But what is that going to do? Right.No, this I mean that's like
alcohol poisoning right there.Oh yeah. You shouldn't be awake.
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You shouldn't be. Yeah, yeah.So anyways. Comatose. Yeah.
I don't agree with the oh eightto oh five lowering.
I don't think it's going to achievewhat they hope it'll achieve,
because people who are drunk driversare still going to be drunk drivers.
Right.Because it's the people with the
problems. Right.Either they have a drinking
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problem or they have a decisionmaking problem. Correct.
Either way, they're not going to golike, oh, I think I'm at an oh six.
I better not hop in the car.Right, right, right. Yeah.
That's that's not what you'repreventing.
You're either going to be smart aboutit or you're not. Thank you. Exactly.
So we'll end it on this one realquick.
Drunk driver charged in resistingarrest. This comes out of Guam.
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A drunk driver on the wrong side ofthe road crashes into another car.
54 year olds in Guam. 1 or 2.54 year old Joseph Charles
Connolly is charged with drivingwhile impaired and resisting
arrest as misdemeanors.Court documents state Guam police
met with the driver of a Tacomanoting the smell of alcohol.
When asked if he had anything todrink, Connolly allegedly said,
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yeah, a lot.He refused to take a sobriety test
and continued giving officers a hardtime when told he was under arrest.
Yeah. A lot.It's like that guy that got
arrested for, uh.Man, this is a couple months ago.
You got arrested for drunkdriving here because he had.
He had open containers in hispassenger seat.
(48:51):
The cops pulled him over and helooked at him and said, you got me.
Like it was some fucking game orchallenge. Like tag. Oh, man.
You're it. People are fucking dumb.People are fucking dumb.
And on that, we'll hit some music andget on up out of here. Don't be dumb.
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I hope y'all's just came back fromTexas or staying very well hydrated.
And I reckon on that note.Good night everybody.
Welcome in everybody to the CraftBeer Republic. Thanks for drinking.
Thanks for joining.I am Greg and I am being joined by
the Buffest nerd in the Midwest.And that's mustache flex.
What's up, big fella?That's accurate.
I do currently have a mustache. Yeah.And you're doing the little like
curly thing to the sides of it too.Yeah.
It just makes me every time I have itI'm just like. Yeah, yeah, sorry.
(00:39):
My name is flex, I lift weights,see? Yeah.
I need a real small stogie nowto just keep in my mouth. No.
Not even lit.Just carry it around in your mouth.
Oh, absolutely. Yeah.So, uh,
follow us and stuff at Craft Republicat beer underscores in between.
So much fun to talk about today.I went on a little trip and
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drank my way through Austin.I can't wait to tell you about that.
It's a fun city. You know what?I'll get into it.
But I really liked this.It sounds so stupid.
The vibe of the city. It was really.No, I've heard great things.
Yeah, so we'll get into that.I got some booze news,
some ludicrous libation lore.Much more so, as flex would say.
(01:24):
Without further ado, ado, pleaseallow me to drink my Austin beer.
Out of my deal. Oh, I love my beer.I love my day. I love my beer.
(01:49):
Oh boy, do I love my beer.I am drinking thanks to the city
of Austin.Well, they didn't hand it to me,
but, uh.Meanwhile, Brewing's Tender
Robot to Hazy Hazy IPA, 6.8%.It's one of their cause has year
round availability.They stay, they say.
Long story short,when they take over the world,
(02:10):
we sure hope they're nice.And this is our olive branch just
in case. And they even say what?It goes well with fish tacos,
kimchi brined fried chickensandwich and tostones.
It has won gold medal for hazy IPA atthe 2025 Texas Craft Brewers Cup,
and they say notes this on theirwebsite. I love their website.
(02:30):
We taste pineapple,guava and lime zest and this is cool.
They have some funky hops in here.Tahini,
which I'd never heard of before.I don't think I've heard of it.
Yeah, mosaic and experimental hop biotea. Never heard of that either.
And Columbus? Columbus.What a weird hop to throw in
(02:51):
there like, yeah,super classic Westie hop. right?
And then, like these two hops noone's heard of before.
Oh, it does have a three, eight,nine untapped. And it says 50 IBUs.
I'm gonna look at the head on thisthing. By the way, it's gorgeous.
The color is great.The haze is great.
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The schnoz is glorious.It is fucking a bouquet of fruit.
So you said pineapple,guava and lime zest, huh? Yeah.
I definitely smell the pineappleand the guava.
I'd say the pineapple is thestrongest.
I'm gonna stick the old tonguedropper in there. Stick it in, daddy.
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Mhm. So good. Pillowy soft.Just clouds dancing across my tongue.
I get the pineapple I get the guava Iget the lime zest. It is so light.
There is like so little discerniblebitterness I don't know how it
says 50 IBUs on untapped.I almost feel like that's wrong.
(03:55):
And to all the people that are givingthis, a 309 can suck my oversized
dick. There's a story behind that.I'll get to that in a second.
Just putting it out there. Yeah.It is.
It was my favorite beer from theentire weekend.
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Doesn't that make you just so mad?Yes. This is a perfect hazy.
It is light. It is cloudy and soft.It is tropical and fruity.
It is fragrant.What the fuck else do you want?
And more that it should be.Yeah, it's 6.8%.
It's the high end of an IPA.Alcohol wise.
(04:37):
What else do you want out of afucking hazy you ass hats?
They did a good job canning it.It traveled well. Here we go.
Fuck themselves. People suck.It's just. Yeah.
Every episode, people suck.People suck.
If I had one complaint,one minor adjustment.
I could use a smidge morecarbonation. Okay.
(05:00):
I think this was on purpose,but to me, pinch more carbonation
would make this a perfect beer.Perfect taste.
So what would you rate it?This is solidly in the fours.
These fuck faces with an average of3.89. I'd easily give this a 4.25.
Okay, without batting an eye,I might even go for 4 or 5 if I was a
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little buzzy. Okay, I like that.I like getting real high up in there.
They're 4.5. Like I said.The only thing I could do better,
or would say they could do better,is a little more carbonation.
Like the way you talk about thatbeer. I immediately went to a 4 or 5.
Yeah, you know what? Fuck it.I'm gonna get on there tonight
and give it a 4 or 5.I haven't rated a beer untapped in,
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like five years. I can't wait.My review is gonna be all you
motherfuckers.What is wrong with you?
I do go on untapped when I am atthe liquor store.
Not even to really check out theratings because those are so skewed,
right?I will if I'm looking at a hazy,
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I will look to see if people hadposted pictures of this beer to see
if it's actually hazy or not smart.Yes, make sure it's a true hazy.
So that's what I will use untappedfor now. Okay, here we go.
I'm at. I'm real time.I am rating this on untapped.
I'm even gonna take a photo adphoto from camera.
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It's gonna be my shitty desk. Wow.This is happening as we speak.
Yeah, see, you can see.Here's my shitty photo.
That is a shitty photo.I told you,
it's got a phone in the background.You are not one for shitty photos.
No, I'm not, but I need to say.Here's what I'm gonna say.
Uh, I'll dictate what is wrongwith all you people.
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Comma, this is an amazing beer anddeserves to be well into the fours.
period.Teach your tongues some manners.
I don't think you could havesaid that any better. Nope.
Quick typo fix.I'm giving this a 4 or 5.
I'm having a can and purchaselocation.
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Of course, was the actual brewery.Everybody listening at home is like,
why are we still talking about this?No, because this is a this is a
big thing for you.This is like the first check in
in forever.I don't think I've rated a beer
in three years. Maybe two.There you go. Oh, I got a badge.
What else is new? I got a couple.Oh, I got, like, 30 badges.
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You've unlocked a badge.I don't think you can post
without getting a badge.No, I don't think so. For the can.
Level ten. Cheers to you.Level 13. Wheel of styles.
Level 17 and land of the free.Level 81. Yeah. Okay. Um.
Fuck all y'all's.This is a great beer.
So I went to Austin. So good.You. They made you untap it.
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That's how good it is.That is amazing. Fucking delicious.
Made my night so good.And the only reason we went to this
brewery. So we went to Austin.It was a little Valentine's trip
last weekend,and since Monday was the holiday,
we took Friday, Valentine's Day off,and we had a little four day weekend.
And do you ever watch the showon Netflix? Somebody feed Phil?
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No. Have you heard of it? No.I hear the name Phil, and I just
think of bam Margera's Fat Dad.It is not Bam's fat dad, okay?
Phil Rosenthal is the creator ofEverybody Loves Raymond. Okay.
Producer, creator, all that stuff.Anyways, he's a huge foodie.
He has a travel show where eachepisode he goes to another city
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and just goes to a few spots.And anyways, it's really well done.
It's not boring like other travelfood shows. And he's a funny guy.
He's real personable and we'vestarted whenever we travel.
If he's been to that city,we will watch his episode or look
up where he went and try to hitat least a couple of the spots,
and one of the spots he went towas meanwhile brewing.
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Not because he's a huge beerconnoisseur, but in Austin they
have food trucks, kind of likethey have in Portland, where it's
like permanent food trucks. Okay.Like out here, you know, in LA, they
food trucks are things that move.They don't have a permanent spot
truck. Right, right.They have these like food truck
parks and lots and stuff.And a lot of breweries will have
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permanent food trucks.So meanwhile, had five permanent
food trucks, uh, barbecue, pizza,tacos, fried chicken and ice cream.
And the barbecue place is distantrelatives. That's what it's called.
And it's really good.It's it's black owned barbecue.
And they have some, like,African spices that they use,
like they have this like Africanspiced mustard. Holy shit.
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It was so good. Got the barbecue.That's that's where he went.
He went to the, the barbecue place.So we got that.
It was I shit you not the bestbarbecue we had all weekend.
It was so good. Uh, we also had some.Oh, one of the other pizza truck
had duck confit wings.Oh my God, so good.
And then another truck we went.We went back later and we were a
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little scared. We were buzzy.So we got the loaded fries from the,
the the fried chicken truck.It was. Good.
Was that just like cheese and bacon?What's loaded about these? Yeah.
Cheese. Um, bacon.Onions, jalapenos,
I think like pickled jalapenos.Okay. Yeah, they were good.
And they have sidewinders.That's what they call their fries.
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They're like, if a steak fry hadsex with a curly fry. Right.
I've seen these before. Yes. Okay.I've never seen them before.
I've never even seen them calledsideways.
I was like, what's a sidewinder?It's like a.
Like a legit corkscrew of aFrench fry. Yeah. But it's thick.
Yeah. Yes, yes. So I had those.Anyway, so we started off.
We landed Friday.We went and dropped off our bags
at the hotel immediately went tomeanwhile Brewing because we were
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hungry. We wanted that barbecue.Barbecue did not disappoint.
The wings did not disappoint.The beer obviously did not
disappoint.And like the location, is super
cool too. It's outside of Austin.We had Uber, but, uh, I don't know.
It was just nice. It was real.Like retro themed, like not like
a 70s way, but in a cool, like,art deco y kind of way.
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I think you can kind of get thevibe a little bit from the can.
I'm trying to. Oh, there it is.Yeah, some some real.
I totally get it. Real cool spot.You know, a lot of gold on green
type of stuff. Very cool.Can by the way. Yeah. Super cool.
Can I'll get I'll get a properphoto for the gram.
Um, not too far away was Austincraft beer.
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So we walked there, had a couple ofbeers. Oh, really? Not far away then?
Uh, yeah. It was about.I think it was like a 12 minute walk.
It's like half a mile. Kind of thing.Yeah, it's not. Bad at all. Not bad.
So we walked over there, had a,you know, flight and a half there.
They were new and we weredrinking like this.
This beer is all right there.Fest beer was was my favorite beer.
It was actually pretty good,but we're talking to the guy.
His name is Chris. Super nice guy.Can't believe I remember his
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name and found out they've beenopen for less than six months.
I was like, okay, this all tracks.It's only on the up and up from here.
Um, but we started talking beer.He had just moved to Austin from
Wyoming, I think, and he wasappreciative that we knew about beer.
And I was like,how are you in the industry?
And my wife is so much betterthan me at promoting the podcast.
She goes, just tell him.And he goes, tell me what?
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Like, what do you have cancer orsomething? Jesus Christ.
You know, I was like,I got a beer podcast.
He goes, oh, that explains it.And so we talked beer some more
and super nice guy.And then we walked to Independence
Brewing. Did not enjoy ourselves.Oh it's fine.
We had a flight and thenpromptly left. Ooh.
But we went back to meanwhilebecause it was so good.
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And that's when we had theloaded fries. That's awesome.
Yeah. So super good.Couldn't get enough of it.
And then the next day, no beer.The next day, we did a food tour.
Um, we hung out with a supercool bar that had live music and
just soaked that in.Had some drinks or watched the music.
Then the day after that Sundaywent to this place called bangers.
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It's a sausage restaurant.Like German sausage.
Well, they had brunch.We didn't have any sausage.
They had brunch.They had bacon, steak like thick ass
chunks of bacon and eggs. Like how?How thick? How? What are we.
Talking, like, an inch thick?Oh! Holy balls.
Yeah, it was thick ass bacon.So bacon, steak and eggs,
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like potatoes and shit.Is that even still considered
bacon if it's that thick?That's why they call it bacon steak.
And they had what they called aman mozza.
It was an entire bottle of champswith some orange juice in, like,
a giant stein.So we had a couple that they
only serve you one per person.I still have, like, some of the
marking that you can't quite see,but some of the markings on my hand,
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because they mark your hand when youorder it, so you can only order one.
Oh my gosh. Uh, but it was.The food was good.
It was a great hang.Everywhere has live music,
which I'm all for. I love that.That's why I love Nashville so much.
Yeah,it's super vibey with the music.
So went to bangers, uh,had had a couple mimosas and then
we walked around a little bit,went to Zilker Brewing, which is like
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East Sixth if anybody's in Austin.Holy shit. More great beer.
So, so good. Zilker. Zilker.Zilker, uh,
had a flight and some change there.Walked down the street a little
bit to Lazarus Brewing. More.Really good.
That's why I've heard of them.Because I think Lazarus collabed
(14:28):
with Three Floyds. Oh, really? Yeah.I'm gonna have to look this up now.
Okay. Yeah. Lazarus. Really? Good.And they had food at Lazarus.
Um, so we got some some snacks there.Really good stuff.
We walked over thanks to Vanessa.We then walked over to Blue Owl
and they're all sours.And the wife loves the, you know,
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like the fermented fermented,the wild fermented sours, the real
sours. So we had some sours there.Good stuff. Brought some cans home.
From there.We ubered over to Fast Friends
Brewing and had some flight anda half plus a pint there.
Then they were closing so we had togo bought some cans, which maybe I'll
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have on the show in a week or two.Um, really good fast friends.
They had food, we didn't get any,we'd already eaten enough and then
went back to the hotel, closeddown the hotel bar with a glass of
wine and called it a day. So nice.Yeah, uh, really had some good
beer in Austin, meanwhile, was myfavorite. But Zilker Lazarus fast.
Friends, if you're looking fornormal beers, all great.
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If you're into sours like my wife is.I love a good sour, but she's,
you know, crazy for hours.Blue owl was a great suggestion
from Vanessa. Hi, Vanessa.Hi, Vanessa. So thanks for that.
Um, yeah. I had a great time.Ate our way through the city and.
Oh, my big dick joke early.My oversized dick.
When we were going throughsecurity on our way to Austin.
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You know, you go through thething where you have to, like,
put your arms up and it, like,circles around you and scans you.
Yeah. So I did that, as per usual.And the wife had already gone
through.So she's watching the screen.
She goes, I knew you were in troublebecause as soon as it scanned you,
there was a giant red box rightover your dick. Stop it!
I was like, well,cannot be contained.
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And I get out of the little boxthing.
The guy is like, all right,I'm gonna need to pat you down.
And this has happened before.They pat me down, it's no big deal.
This was, like, full on groping,and he starts,
and I knew it was gonna be bad.He starts like, all right,
so I'm gonna stick my hand thisway and swipe this way.
And he's telling me, like,how he's gonna molest me, basically
and like full I shit you not full onball touching like homey touched it
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all and got out of that situation.The wife was like, uh, how was that?
I was like, well, he's not going tofinish the job. Maybe you will later.
But yeah, it was it was a lot.So that was that was the
oversized dick reference earlier.So the whole weekend I just kept
talking about my oversized dickbecause clearly that's what set
off the alarms at the airport.Well, don't have such a big dick.
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What can I say? Big feet, big socks.Um, Austin is such a cool city.
I feel so stupid and like hippieish saying that I liked the vibes,
but it just was a fun city.It was like my kind of thing where
it's like live music everywhere.I love good live music.
Saturday night we hung out atthis bar that had a band that was
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basically just taking requests. Okay?They called it like Singalong
Night and pretty Good Band.The lead singer had gotten sick
and blown out his voice,so he ended up sounding like AC,
DC whenever he sang.It actually did really good.
AC, DC, slash like ZZ top impression,but other than that,
he couldn't sing for shit that night.Um, his wife was the other singer
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and then, like their guitarist,did some singing and, um,
but they could they could play justabout anything. It was pretty good.
So we made some requests and likethe wife requested, Avril Lavigne.
At one point they played Skater boyfor her, and that time I tried to get
them to play Monkey Wrench becausehis voice was so screamy and shot.
I was like, oh, he could do ascreaming Foo Fighter song,
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and he'd actually sound pretty good.But like when we submitted the song,
it was too late in the night.He had like one more song in the
drafts. Yeah, but it was good.We just hung out in the back of this
huge bar and drank and listenedto good music. It was good times.
Now you're making me super jealous.I gotta get out.
Yeah, it was fun. So, uh. Yeah.Thanks to everybody who
submitted some beer suggestions.Even our friends over at the Beer and
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Bikini Podcast hit me up with somestuff, but we were on our way out
of town by the time that happened,so I didn't get to.
Um, but yeah, maybe one day we'll go,uh, go check it out again. So.
Sounds like you're gonna.You know, it's funny, the.
Way you talked about them foodtrucks.
I thought you was gonna explode.It was funny, like. So we had that.
That barbecue on the first day.The second day we did this,
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like, food tour.It's like a walking throughout
the city food tour. Okay?And of course, one of the stops
was barbecue and the food truckbarbecue was significantly better.
Not that this barbecue is bad,just that that stuff from, uh,
distant Relative was so good.So good times.
It was funny, we went to a coupletaco spots on the tour, and one
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of them, he goes, I don't know,you know where you guys are from?
To the whole group,there's like ten of us.
I don't know where you guys are from,but one of the things that are really
popular here is Al Pastor Tacos.Does anybody know what Al Pastor is?
We just started laughing becauseit's like, you know, all we do is
eat al pastor. Tacos, right? Yeah.You talk about that all the time.
Yeah.Uh, by the way, our taco guy is
still better. Your taco guy?God dang it. Gotta give him a call.
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I need some good tacos.Oh, what is it?
What is a good taco guy charge?I don't know what he charges these
days. Like, he does it per head.I think it's like eight bucks a head
or something like that. Oh, boy.But there's always leftovers, right?
And the leftovers are the best.Because he'll just.
He'll say, bring out someTupperware or whatever.
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He'll load up your Tupperware,put it in the fridge next morning.
Throw that shit down with some eggs.Mhm. Mhm. Food. Boner man.
Airport sized food. Boner.I am hungry as shit.
Now, if we wish this was a tacopodcast. We're not a taco show.
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Look at the lacing on this carneasada. Oh.
Unfortunately, not a taco show.If we can get you to come out here,
we'll get the taco guy.You gotta have the taco guy.
The taco guy? Yeah.Don't know where we're gonna do it,
but we smuggling. Fucking el pastor.Home and in my luggage.
In your pants.Sir, the scanner went off just now,
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pastor. I swear. I promise you that.It's not my oversized dick.
It's my oversized taco. And next.Our next trip is San Francisco.
I'm in San Francisco all the timefor work. Is it like, a real trip?
Yeah, it's just like two days.We're gonna do a little weekend
in San Francisco.You know,
she grew up in that area, and I'mup there all the time for work.
We never do like touristy thingsin San Francisco, so I feel.
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Like you have done them a bunchbefore. It's been a while.
It's been a while. You're welcome.You know, like, when I'm there for
work, I'll go hit some breweries andstuff for dinner, but, like, I don't
I don't tourist it up, you know?We're gonna ride some fucking cable
cars and do that kind of shit.Easy there. The fray. Yeah.
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We got companion Passes onsouthwest for the first three
months of the year.So we're trying to hit some flights.
Oh that's legit. Yeah.And the the flight up there was
like $96 plus it's half off.So you know, $96 for two people.
She's great. It's a short flight.It's like less than an hour.
So slightly longer than Vegas. Vegas.When we went a few weeks ago,
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they wouldn't even serve us alcoholon the plane. Like that's too short.
I was like, you guys used toserve alcohol on the plane.
Like, what the fuck? San Francisco.What's your flight to Vegas,
then? It's like 45 minutes, tops.Wow. Super short. Up. Up to oak.
We usually fly into Oakland.We go up to Oakland.
It's like, just shy of an hour.Dang. Vegas is like 42 minutes.
Burbank to Vegas.We can get to Chicago in less
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than a half an hour.And then, uh, when we fly to
Nashville, it's only like,an hour and 15 minutes.
It's not bad. No, that's.That's my favorite flight ever
to Nashville. Yes.Just because, you know you're
going to Nashville. Yeah.And it's never a bad flight,
and it's, you know, you get up inthe air and next thing you know,
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like 30 minutes later,you're already preparing for descent.
It's like, oh, man,this is fucking amazing.
That's what's always so weirdabout going to Vegas.
Like, as soon as you get up,you're like, ding! All right.
We are preparing for our finaldescent. Now.
As I say,do they even tell you you're
allowed to use your electronics?You may now use your. Okay.
Put them away. Put them away. Yeah.This last time we went to or this
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most recent time we went to Vegas,they did something I've never
seen before.It used to be like you could buy
a beer or whatever,but they'd tell you, like, hey,
this super quick flight,have your credit card ready.
Like, we can't fuck around.If you're gonna buy a beer,
buy a beer, or, you know,southwest. You want a free Coke?
Whatever. But. Right.Make up your mind before we get
there.This time, they're like,
no soft drinks, no alcohol.We're coming around with water
and coffee.It's like we're going to Vegas and
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you're offering water and coffee.Interesting. Yeah.
It's like, fuck you guys.At least get the pretzels.
They have the, um.They're like garlic pretzels.
Yeah, the little twists.Yeah, I love those. So good.
Gosh, they're so onion.They're like onion and garlic
Maui onion. Garlic. Yeah.It's some Maui onion. Yeah.
Yeah. So fucking. Good. Big fan.The wife hadn't had them before.
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I'd had him a bunch because of flyingup north for work all the time.
She hasn't flown in a while, so whenwe went to Vegas, I'd stand by for
the best pretzels of your life.So this trip to Austin,
as we're getting up, she's like,they better pass out pretzels.
Don't you worry.She would have just told the
stewardess that she didn't getany pretzels.
So they would give her more.Here you go. Oh. So funny.
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So, anyways, um, moral of the story.Austin was a good time. Hell, yeah.
Yeah. Uh, what about you?Any, uh, any weed? Drinks?
You do anything? No.Nothing crazy anymore? Um, yeah.
Nothing. Lately. Just.I've been sick. Oh.
So I've been a little bit of alinguist.
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Nothing crazy,but just a little bit to, you know,
enough to keep me from heading out.Sure. Taking it easy. Yeah.
You need that every now and then.Yeah. Makes sense.
Plus, it's been cold as shit here,man. Yeah. What's. What'd you say?
It was like negative two.Yeah, and that was like,
on the high end.It's going to get to negative
(24:51):
eight tonight. Uh real temp.It's going to get to negative eight.
So tomorrow it's going to feelanywheres from like -25 to -30.
I just googled Milwaukee weather.Currently negative one degrees.
Yeah. Yeah. Holy shit.Oh, tomorrow's high nine.
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Yeah, if we're lucky. Wow.But with the wind chills and
everything that's coming downfrom the west, we're gonna.
It's going to feel like -30.They said that's fucking insane.
Yeah. Oh, I got negative five here.Currently, that's what I got. Oh.
Oh, you know what I typed inMilwaukee. You're just outside of.
Yeah. That's fine.I'm not offended. You should be.
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Oh, and the low for tomorrowmorning at 6 a.m. is negative ten,
so that'll be fun. Going to work?Yeah. Oh. How crazy.
Google asks me to check the area likeit knows Milwaukee is too broad.
It's like, please select your area.So I selected your area.
Currently negative four degrees.Interesting.
Yeah, according to Google.Well, I got the iPhone app.
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It's shitty. Yeah.It's like it's always drunk.
It's always drunk.Well, don't worry, it says you're
low for tonight is negative eight,so. Yeah. Yeah. So super psyched.
Still got some ways to go.Gonna go to bed in a hoodie and
sweatpants. Jesus.I thought it was cold in Austin.
It was like in the 30s into the 40s.Except for Saturday. It was so weird.
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Friday, 43 or something was the high.We're freezing our nuts off Saturday.
74 nice.And then Sunday back to the 40s.
So fucking weird.And I had a marathon.
Is that normal for them?I don't know.
They said it's it's not usuallythat cold, but it can get cold in
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the winter. Yeah. I don't know.They had a marathon on Sunday.
Those fuckers were running outthere in the 30s.
They're probably psyched about that.I don't know.
I there was a couple girlswalking by that just finished,
and they were literally like,they had the the foil blanket, things
on the thermal blankets, shivering.I was like, yeah, because you got
all sweaty and wet and then stoppedrunning. And then it's yeah.
(27:01):
Cold. Yeah. Yeah. So anywho. Uh.All right, let's, uh, let's find out
what you're drinking over there.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 jabber.In this world, we must find out what.
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Is flax drinking?All right, well,
I had a little fun here.Um, I went out and bought a 12 pack,
and it was, uh. Toppling Goliath.I haven't had them in a while.
But what caught my eye of this?It was a pseudo 12 pack, but had
four different hop varietals in it.You know, it had a double dry hopped.
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They had a galaxy hop, a mosaic,and a nectarine hop. Sudoku.
So I thought, hey, how much funwould it be to get this and kind of
do taste tests of, you know, thebeers and a couple nights and, um,
this was actually my favorite one,and it was the nectarine variety.
Okay.And according to untapped, um,
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it was the least popular of the four,which I thought was kind of nuts,
but it still has a 4.1 collectiverating on almost 5000 check ins.
But that confirms my previousstatement of everyone's a fucking
idiot. Everyone's a fucking idiot.You're right.
Um, because the double dry hopversion of this, it has a.
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And I mean, these are 5.8% beers.You know, they're pale, hazy,
pale. Had a 4 to 3 one. Wow.And it was fine. It was fine.
It was fine for a double dry, hoppedpale. It was almost like you were.
It was like drinking water still.Mhm. So I don't know.
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I don't know people are uh Idon't know, hyped stupid.
We, I mean we talked about this Ithink with Brian a few weeks ago.
Some breweries. Oh yeah.We're talking about beers.
Some breweries benefit from thehype and oh, it's toppling Goliath.
We're gonna give them an extrawhatever.
Beer, zombies, whoever it is.Tree house.
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And I think you are 100% accurate.Um, but we'll dive into the beer a
little bit more and see how it goes.We could talk a little bit more
about it.Uh, untapped says that, uh, I believe
it's the same thing on the can.A well-balanced beer that is
delicate in body,with a mild bitterness in the finish.
Ferocious aromas of peach andtangerine give a refreshing taste
(29:39):
that is bright with just enough bite.Cause there's a dinosaur on it.
Raw. Um, so on the nose.Shit ton of that tangerine. Nice.
Like it smells like you're drinkingTang. Oh, you remember Tang?
I do. I was never a fan of Tang.I liked my grandma would buy it.
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It was always like a grandmahouse thing.
So, uh,I always enjoyed going to grandma's
house to drink a pitcher of tang.When I was a kid. It was sunny d.
So we we always bought sunny Dat home. Okay, so it was.
It was one of those things where,um, my grandma would always buy
certain shit and we would eatthe hell out of it there because
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we would never have it at home.And then every now and then,
my mom would buy what grandma had.And then we would never eat it
at home.Grandma never bought the coolest
stuff for us,but she did have an orange tree,
so we always had fresh orange juice,and she had an apple tree and she'd
make the shit out of some applesauce.Damn, dude. That sounds legit.
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Yeah, yeah, like. Old timey grandma.My grandma didn't have any trees.
No trees for grandma.She smoked cigarettes and dumped
salt in her beer.That's what we're gonna talk about.
The salt and the beer situation.Yeah, it takes the head down.
Oh, yeah.That's what my grandma always said.
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So she would, like,sprinkle a little bit.
Pour her Miller Lite, and thenshe'd sprinkle some salt and it
would start to take the head down.No, I've never heard this. Yeah.
It's like a Polish thing, I guess.That's the only thing I've ever
done with salt and beer is stickit in there. Uh, I will.
I will salt the coaster or napkin.And that prevents your wet glass from
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sticking. I didn't know that. Yeah.Next time you're at a bar and
they give you, like,a napkin under your beer. Yeah.
Sprinkle a little salt on the napkin.Your beer glass won't stick.
Huh? Keep that in mind.There's a free one for all you
listeners out there. Science. Uh, so.Yeah. Back to. Back to the beer here.
Yeah. No, no salt here.We can keep tangenting.
Uh, so shits on a tangerine.Uh, we'll warm up.
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The Algerine tangent. Tongue.Jobby. Mhm. A lot of tangerine.
See if I can try and find someof that peach.
Currently searching for peach.So the peach isn't ferocious.
Unlike a dinosaur.It's pretty mild. The tangerine.
Super present. Mhm. Um.Delicate in body, I would say,
(32:13):
is accurate. Mild bitterness as well.Refreshing taste is bright with
just enough bite.I would say that's accurate. Um.
Great description.Uh, really, except for the ferocious
peach, A410 collective here.I could I could buy it, you know,
(32:35):
on a on a American pale here.Technically doesn't say hazy pale,
but, um, it is on 5.8%.I got no problem with it.
It's just when you start,I don't, I don't know,
just the four threes and theabove that it just kind of blows
my mind for something, you know,simple. Simple. Not mind blowing.
(32:58):
Right. Just solid. Yeah.Like it's not like nothing's wrong.
There's nothing wrong with it.Let's let's be straight there.
There's absolutely nothing wrongwith the beers or toppling Goliath.
But the hype, like you're talkingthat comes with some certain
breweries that it gives themlike a couple extra points. Hey.
(33:20):
Yeah, well, they produce this orthey've produced that, or I've
liked this from them, so. Voila.I'm telling you, it's a real thing.
Yeah, but no, this is a super solid.I always like picking these guys up,
you know, it's, uh,it's always on a shelf. Yeah.
By me. I don't know about you.Uh, it's always on a shelf here.
(33:41):
So it's, uh, whenever I'mlooking to not break the bank,
but still get some, you know,flavorful, good craft beer.
Sure. Bam. Pick them. Up.Another safe option like we were
talking about last week.Yes, absolutely. You know.
You're never gonna go wrong. Yeah.You know, for a while, to be honest,
I haven't seeked out topplingGoliath. Sought out, sought out.
(34:06):
Seek out. I've been drinking.Uh, but I do remember a moment in
time when I could find them at,like, total wine and stuff.
Okay, I haven't seen them recently,but, like I said,
haven't looked for them so theycould be right in front of my face.
And I don't know it, but, you know,I get like a Sudoku or something
like that. Never really saw King.So I think I only got that
through Tavor, but, uh. Yeah.Well, maybe keep your eyes peeled.
(34:30):
Yeah. There you go.Or don't just don't go to a total
wine. Because, well, there's that.They totally suck.
Total wine and crap.Uh, I think I forgot to mention
this earlier, but, uh,shout out to our top listing city
of last week. Chicago. Whoa. Yeah.What up? Midwest. Yeah. What up?
I was just going to say littleMidwest action. Yeah.
(34:52):
Flexes their hero out there.Hopefully. Yeah.
Before we get into any news.Little ludicrous libation.
It's been a minute since we'vedone one of these.
This is out of Pennsylvania, wheresix packs are only sold by bars,
cases by beer distributors, and wineand liquor at state monopoly stores.
(35:13):
Therefore,it's impossible to buy beer and
spirits at the same location.The same is true of beer and wine.
Interesting. Yeah.Gotta go multiple spots,
cuz they got those weird fuckingbackwards liquor store law things.
Yeah, it makes no sense.I don't get it, man. Well I do.
It's Budweiser. Right?We've talked about it many a times.
(35:36):
Yeah. Prohibition.It's really so like,
it's really shitty.But I also find it super interesting.
Like how much law formingBudweiser did after prohibition.
And, like,all these weird distribution,
distribution laws that we have nowand like the three tiered system
and all that, that's all Budweiser.The three tiered system is it's
(35:57):
super messed up. Yeah.And it's all it was all an
attempt to make sure, like,nobody else could sell as much beer
as Budweiser because they werebig enough to fund all of that.
Right. It's insane. Yeah.Super interesting, but insane.
Great tour though.Really great tour. Yes.
They teach you about thelogarithm process. Oh, no. Wait.
(36:20):
You teach them? Know what was.Yeah. What was that called?
The beechwood aging process. Yes.Thank you very much for also.
That just sounds like they wentto the beach, found some wood
and dumped it in a tank. Yes.Yeah. It's not lagrene. No.
And it looks like it just looks like,uh, you've seen, like,
a birch tree. Yeah.Yeah, it just looks like bark off
(36:44):
of a birch tree. Probably is.I wouldn't be surprised. Uh, but.
Yeah,they couldn't afford the beechwood.
The beechwood aging process,which they're the only ones in
the country that do or some shit.There's a reason.
So you're just logging these loggers?I'm sorry. What, sir?
(37:05):
Uh, we're beechwood aging the beer.You can see yourself out.
Clearly you don't know whatyou're talking about. No.
But, uh, the tour guide,she was great, great, kind hearted.
And it was pouring rain.So when you have to walk in and out
(37:26):
of buildings and to and from here,you know it.
I didn't want to be a pain in theass. I really didn't. Man, I.
Kind of wish you would have.The beechwood aging process
almost had me.Yeah, Shannon's not gonna let me
go on this tour because sheknows I'll say something. You.
I would love for you to go on it.This is the Beechwood.
(37:48):
Oh, is this where you logger things?No, sir. We Beechwood.
Age logger. Let me listen, ma'am.Let me tell you how this works.
Just like when they're talking aboutthe recipes and the steps for how
they make Budweiser compared to BudLight. I said, oh, any questions?
And I said yes.Uh, what hops do they use?
(38:11):
She said, yes,they use a lot of hops, but oh.
You know, I only recentlydecided to add more hops to. It.
Any certain hops?Yeah, they use a lot of hops.
All right.Just the leftover ones or just, uh.
Hey, can we get a couple truckloadsof hops? So, I don't know, whatever.
(38:35):
Whatever they're going to give us.Oh. Makes me smile.
Let's get a little news goingbefore we get out of here.
Yeah, let's do it. Fuck you.Budweiser. Uh, Monday night brew.
We all remember Stone suingMolson Coors over the whole key
stone light on their beer cans.Monday night brewing out of
(38:57):
Atlanta made public that suing.Monday night raw. Yeah. Yep.
Now they have to be Tuesdaynight raw.
Uh, made public its beef withMolson Coors.
Case of the Mondays Super bowlcampaign, attorneys for the
craft brewery sent a cease anddesist letter alleging trademark
infringement to the global brewer.On January 30th, intellectual
(39:19):
intellectual property counsel forMolson Coors responded that the
company will not be putting outany additional beer products in
packaging with Monday's or Monday'slight on it, and this is a one time
production run as part of the monthlong promotion for the Super Bowl.
Molson Coors previously losttheir protracted trademark
infringement lawsuit with Stonethat ended with a $56 million
(39:42):
jury verdict in Stone's favor.So I love their excuse of like, well,
we're not going to do it anymore,so we're good, right?
I thought that was kind of abrilliant ad campaign, by the way.
Really? Why? I didn't get it.I thought it was brilliant.
Somebody got a case of the Mondays,like Office Space. Sure.
(40:03):
But here's I thought, well,nobody likes Mondays.
So you're just further They'resaying that no one likes your beer.
Oh, that's how I took it.Like, I don't. Even like that.
I don't want. A case of the Mondays.I thought it was kind of like a spin.
Like a turnaround.Oh, maybe like. Oh, if you.
Got it,you got a case of the Mondays.
Like. Yeah, yeah. I just like.Yeah, I will call it a case of
(40:26):
the Mondays because it's gross.Now things are looking up
because you got beer.All right, well, you clearly got it.
And I did not. Maybe. Yeah.You were the demo smart person.
Here we go.Uh, draft volume declined 4.6%
during the Super Bowl.Just like the Kansas City Chiefs
draft.Beer also took a loss during the
(40:47):
Super Bowl draft.Beer volumes declined 4.6% nationwide
on Super Bowl Sunday, according to onpremise insights from Beer Board ABS.
Michelob ultra,which we talked about last week,
was the number one beer on draft,up 11.9% year over year,
and sibling brand Bud Light,the official beer of the NFL,
(41:07):
was number two on premise,but that declined 3% compared to
last year, according to Beer Board.Why are so many people drinking
Michelob?Yeah, that's something I don't
understand. So gross.My father in law drinks it and he's
drank it ever since I've known mywife. So we're talking 15 years. Mhm.
(41:27):
They came over for dinner backin the December maybe.
My wife bought a six pack ofMichelob for him. He drank one beer.
There's I still have fiveMichelob Ultra in my fridge.
Well maybe after working out. If.You need to like hydrate you could.
I, I refuse to drink. Them. So gross.It's just not enjoyable. I'm not.
(41:49):
I talk to you all the time. Yeah.I talked about this forever ago.
This is fact.Before you were on the show.
Went to a wedding out in NorthCarolina, in Asheville,
and they raved about the craft beerthey're going to have at the wedding.
And they did. They had it.And it was really good.
They had very little of it.And I did some fucking damage to
(42:10):
those little kegs and it tapped.I don't know, halfway into the night,
if not sooner. Yeesh!And all the beer he had after
that was Michelob Ultra,and the only spirit they had was gin.
And I am not a gin drinker.I'm a gin drinker,
so that would have been pukingmy brains out at this wedding.
(42:31):
I drank some gin and I did somepuking. Oh that's awesome.
I got so drunk I put myself to bed.I remember at one point during
the night it wasn't quite over,but it was starting to wrap up.
And that's when it fucking hit me.And I went, oh no.
If I don't get out of here, it'sgoing to be trouble and messy. Ooh.
(42:56):
And we were staying on premises,so it was,
but it was a large property withlike little bungalows and whatnots.
So I told the wife, I said, hey,I'm going back to the room.
Stay out as late as you want.It is her friend.
And so I went back to the room.I stripped as I walked to the
(43:17):
bathroom.So by the time I got to the bathroom,
I was just in, like, my action.Just like undershirt and boxers.
And I don't think I actually everthrew up, now that I think about it.
I don't maybe I did I don'tthink I did, though.
And when she walked in to the room,it was me laying in the bathroom
with just undershirt and boxers,and she's like, what are you
(43:38):
doing on the bathroom floor?I was like, the tile.
Is so nice and cold. Yep, yep.You have no idea how many times
I've walked in from a night out.And right as I closed the door
from the garage, I'm halfwayinto my undershirt in my boxers.
It is. It's just you need.You need to just feel free,
(44:02):
you know? Yeah.It's like in case whatever happens,
you just need to be loose.You need to be free sans clothes.
Sans clothes.Just like interim Brian.
And it was Asheville.It was muggy. I need it out of.
I needed to be cooler. It was. Yeah.Anyways, I don't think I threw up.
Maybe I did, but I'm pretty sureI did not. Actually, I.
(44:25):
Don't know, you. Feel like ass.Almost every time I drink gin.
Well, that's not true because Idrink gin casually.
When I was younger,gin was my drink of choice.
And, uh, this was before Imeasure all my drinks.
Now, if I make them at homebecause I'm smart, mature.
(44:46):
Right when I was young, man,I would just glug, glug, glug and
then a little juice on top of it and,uh, playing some NHL, you know,
2007 or some shit, and and.You probably weren't drinking the
highest of quality gins. I mean. No.Oh, Beefeater. You know, Tanqueray.
(45:08):
And, uh, what's the other NewAmsterdam? Oh, yeah. Classy. Yeah.
Super. Nothing but the best.Yeah. Not for me.
Um, speaking of North Carolina,a proposed bill would lower drunk
driving limit to 0.05. I could. Yeah.I don't get it. So here's the thing.
(45:31):
I'm not a proponent of drunk driving,but, uh, the representative from
North Carolina, Mike Clampit.What a name.
Clampit said he's a formerfirefighter, and he said, uh,
most recently, example in my county.Head on collision with a gentleman
that had a 0.31 on the scene of thishead on collision, the second head on
(45:54):
collision since 2017. All right.So that guy had a 0.31 by lowering
the limit from oh eight to oh seven.How are you preventing that guy
from doing what he did?Yeah, well, I thought you said oh
five they wanted to do. Oh, yeah.Oh eight to oh five. But even still.
Whatever I said. Know what I mean?Not what I say. Right, right, right.
I don't understand how that's goingto prevent drunk drivers from,
(46:18):
from, you know,it'll prevent bus drivers maybe a
little bit from oh eight to oh five.But if if people are three times,
four times over and they're gettinginto accidents, changing the law is
not going to affect that at all.No, that that individual has an
issue. Yeah.That is completely separate than
the law.And there have been studies that show
(46:40):
that lowering the ABV or BAC, um,doesn't affect drunk driving at all.
Jeez, you said 0.31.I thought you said 0.031.
Good lord. Let's see. Point.Yeah. .31. Good lord.
Just shy of four times over.I didn't sound shocked when you
(47:02):
said that because I thought yousaid something else. Good lord.
Yeah, four times over.Something like.
Well, if he's 0.03031 and they wantto change it to oh five. Well yeah.
But what is that going to do? Right.No, this I mean that's like
alcohol poisoning right there.Oh yeah. You shouldn't be awake.
(47:23):
You shouldn't be. Yeah, yeah.So anyways. Comatose. Yeah.
I don't agree with the oh eightto oh five lowering.
I don't think it's going to achievewhat they hope it'll achieve,
because people who are drunk driversare still going to be drunk drivers.
Right.Because it's the people with the
problems. Right.Either they have a drinking
(47:44):
problem or they have a decisionmaking problem. Correct.
Either way, they're not going to golike, oh, I think I'm at an oh six.
I better not hop in the car.Right, right, right. Yeah.
That's that's not what you'repreventing.
You're either going to be smart aboutit or you're not. Thank you. Exactly.
So we'll end it on this one realquick.
Drunk driver charged in resistingarrest. This comes out of Guam.
(48:07):
A drunk driver on the wrong side ofthe road crashes into another car.
54 year olds in Guam. 1 or 2.54 year old Joseph Charles
Connolly is charged with drivingwhile impaired and resisting
arrest as misdemeanors.Court documents state Guam police
met with the driver of a Tacomanoting the smell of alcohol.
When asked if he had anything todrink, Connolly allegedly said,
(48:28):
yeah, a lot.He refused to take a sobriety test
and continued giving officers a hardtime when told he was under arrest.
Yeah. A lot.It's like that guy that got
arrested for, uh.Man, this is a couple months ago.
You got arrested for drunkdriving here because he had.
He had open containers in hispassenger seat.
(48:51):
The cops pulled him over and helooked at him and said, you got me.
Like it was some fucking game orchallenge. Like tag. Oh, man.
You're it. People are fucking dumb.People are fucking dumb.
And on that, we'll hit some music andget on up out of here. Don't be dumb.
(49:13):
Follow us at Craft Beer Republic atflex beer. Underscores in between.
Leave us a voicemail. 85538.Beer 2337. Mail at craft beer.
Republic.com. All that good stuff.I think that's everything.
I hope y'all's just came back fromTexas or staying very well hydrated.
And I reckon on that note.Good night everybody.
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