September 3, 2025 • 34 mins
Welcome in, thirsty traveler! Greg and Shannon are back with stories from a birthday party full of tacos, drinks, and questionable cornhole. Erica and the Beer Babes call in after pulling off the ultimate group icing, and the conversation somehow drifts into Coors-branded denim and which beers deserve a spot in the hall of fame.
Beers We’re Drinking:
- Greg & Shannon – Bottle Logic Brewing Stellar Mass Hazy IPA: Fruity nose, hot burn, mystery citrus vibes.
Greg and Shannon start off laughing about podcast quirks that drive them nuts, then relive Big Nick’s birthday party where tacos and plenty of drinks set the tone for the day. They talk about watching friends stumble through cornhole, surviving the heat with seltzers, and catching up with the crew. Erica and the Beer Babes drop a voicemail straight from their release party, complete with shenanigans, Hot Cheetos, and the boldest group icing yet. The conversation rolls into glitter bans, prank plotting, and more ice than a college dropout can handle.
Booze News
· Illinois keeps happy hour illegal, because fun is dangerous
· Fewer Americans are drinking than ever before
· Beer can lids now taxed like bulldozers
· Calorie counts could be coming to your beer can
· Craft Beer Hall of Fame names its first class of legends
· Campbell’s and PBR cook up beer soup for Walmart
· Coors Banquet and Wrangler unveil the Canadian tuxedo
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Welcome in everybody to the CraftBeer Republic. Thanks for drinking.
Thanks for joining.I am Greg and once again I am
being joined by my lovely wife,Shannon. Hello. Hi.
Still buffer than Flex. Oh, yeah.For sure. Just fucking joke.
Yeah, yeah, but, you know,I always gotta have a buff
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person on the show with me.Otherwise it just doesn't feel right.
Yeah, it's a requirement. It is.It's like, uh, written into the
contract or Steph and things.Yeah, totally. Off to a great start.
Uh, find us on the socials.@CraftBeerRepublic.
You can email us email@CraftBeerRepublic. 805538 beer.
All that good stuff.Get uh, get interactive with us or
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whatever. Got a lot to get to today.Uh, some booze news to talk about and
some fun we had over the weekendand we got a voicemail from Erica.
You know, I recently read on likea podcasting tips thing that you
shouldn't tell people that youhave a lot to get to today at the
part of the show at the beginningof the show. Is that annoying?
(01:18):
It's gonna take a long time.No, I guess because it's kind of
redundant.Like we're here for you as listeners,
like we're we're here to listen.And, uh,
we know you got stuff to get to.Otherwise,
we wouldn't listen to your show.I guess I don't I don't put much
thought to that at all.Yeah, to me, it doesn't really bother
me. Like I hear other people do it.A lot of things bother me when
(01:39):
it comes to podcasting.Like when people say, I personally,
I personally. Yeah, we get it.You just said I, I or mouth noises
or, you know, that sort of thing.Or when they talk to people who
aren't on mic. Yes.Oh my God, nothing kills me.
Or you hear a random laughter inthe background, but they don't say,
who the fuck is laughing behindthem for no reason whatsoever.
(02:00):
Yep. Yeah. That kind of thing.But to me, it's less about informing
the people listening person thatthere's a lot to get to.
And it's more about this is how Iintroduce the quick little summary
of what's on the show today.Yeah. You know, I don't know.
I had not thought about it untilyou mentioned it.
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I'd forgotten about it,but I just read it like yesterday.
So like, oh, yeah,I guess I'm not supposed to say
there's a lot to get to.I don't know. Try it for next time.
See how it rolls.Let me see things we're going to
talk about today.We went to a fun birthday party.
Erica left us a voicemail.Got some crazy booze news to get to.
I don't know,does that feel any better?
No, that feels kind of forced.Yeah. Yeah. We'll work on that.
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Anyways, before we work onanything else, let's work on
this beer that's in front of us.I Love My Beer. I Love My Beer.
I Love My Beer. I Love My Beer.Well, since it's definitely been a
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week since the last time we recorded,I'm totally cleared to drink now.
We are drinking Bottle LogicBrewing's Stellar Mass 7.5% hazy IPA.
40 IBUs has a 3.9 untapped withalmost 1300 ratings.
They say Citra, Simcoe, Amarillo,and Nectarine hops converge to
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create a stellar explosion of guava,pineapple and mango aromas that meet
a moderate bitterness, with wavesof pine and citrus on the palate.
Let this medium bodied,juicy haze transport you to the
outer reaches of flavor.I picked this up at Total Wine
today on my way home.I was like, ooh, running low on show,
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beers in the fridge.Everything in there has already
been drank.And so, uh, went to the singles
aisle of Total Wine,which Flex and I talk a lot of shit
about Total Wine because they don't,like, refrigerate their beers.
Yeah, all that stuff. So.So here we go.
Bottle logic on the schnoz.On the tape. Excuse me?
On the what do you call em?The nose buds. On the nose buds.
(04:13):
Mhm. Words are hard.I get a lot of alcohol.
Yeah I don't get a lot of juice.Like all the fruits they
mentioned I it smells fruity butI can't pick any of them out.
Smells like fruity alcohol to me.Yeah.
Let's go on the old Tongue-jobber.Yeah. I don't know about this one.
(04:35):
Yeah.I mean, I get a lot of heartburn.
Yeah. It's a. Little hot.Yeah, a lot of hot burn.
A little alcohol.Um, I guess as it sort of sits
there for a minute, maybe.I definitely get pine,
but I don't get a lot of fruitiness.Maybe some pineapple. Yeah, some.
Yeah, I was gonna say citrus.I get a lot of citrus on the
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mouthfeel,a lot more fruit on the nose.
But again,that fruit is not distinguishable.
It's just insert fruit here.Yeah, you're so much better at
this than I am.The whole nose thing especially,
you know, we talked about thison the show a few weeks ago.
Flex and I did that, um, when wego to beer, like, we've gone to
different festivals where Firestone'sdoing their sensory panel. Yeah.
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And you fucking crush it every time.It's because I don't like a lot
of them. Exactly.But then I said when we did our
black wine tasting,who won that one? You did?
Only because I didn't trust my nose.I had two out of three. Correct.
I still had I just stuck with thenose. I. I talked myself out of it.
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So I just found it interesting.I'm more of a beer person.
You're more of a wine person.But then it reminded me of Rachel,
who exclusively judges smoky beersat Gabf because she hates them.
Yeah, and spicy beers.And spicy beers.
So maybe it's that sort of thing.Not that I hate wine.
I very well documented on the showthat I am a classy individual and
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drink a lot of wine. I like beer.I just there's certain flavors that
are not for me. Yeah. Like drink?Yes. And smoke. Wet. Hey.
Yeah, I can't, I can't do the wet.Hey, anything that involves wet hey
or gym socks in the description,I'm like, why?
Why would you make that as somethingto put in your mouth. Mhm mhm. What.
(06:24):
Hey, go lick the ground of a barn.This'll be great.
Yeah I some,I won't name this individual.
But after listening to theinterview with Jan from OMF
who's a great brewer. Yes.And a great person. Fun to talk to.
But he did mention multipletimes how much he loves saisons
and would love to open up like asaison only arm of OMF.
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And this person was like and youdidn't tell him how disgusting
they are? I was.Like, I'm not gonna tell him
mid-interview and.No, that's his thing.
Although he made some greatsours too. Here's the thing.
I will drink the shit out of asour saison.
Yeah, because you just taste likea sour with maybe, like a little
hint of funk or something in there.But like those old school
fucking farmhouse saisons,they're just not for me.
(07:09):
I don't want to lick the side ofa horse. I completely agree.
Yeah. And you like horses? Yeah.Uh, shout out to our top listing
city of last week.And boy, am I going to butcher this.
Cuyahoga falls, Ohio.Oh, I don't know where that is
or why that is. Ohio. Yeah.Uh, but thanks for listening. Yeah.
Great. I guess weird, but thanks.We'll take it. Take what we can get.
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Uh, had an eventful week.This is usually where I say, hey,
Flex, do any research or anything.Oh, but we were together.
We were together.So I kind of know what research you
did. Yeah, we had a fun weekend.Uh, big Dick Nick had his
birthday party. Yeah. Which.And this is the part where Flex
always makes fun of me because I go.They call it the taco guy.
And he goes, I can't believe everyonein California has a taco guy.
And like, why the fuck not?He's in my phone book as the
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taco guy.I mean, let's be honest,
most of us have the same taco guy.Well, our circle. Of. Trust.
Yeah, we do share taco guy.Well, it's like a family,
but taco siblings or something.Uh, but, yeah, we have the same
taco people, and they're great.And so that was exciting.
Of course, beverages were had,swimming was done.
(08:18):
Some cornhole, some corn.I didn't play any corn. Did you.
Know. Oh I. Watched. Yeah.I watched Nick stumble through
corns to his own admission.He was even saying, like,
I can't even see straight.He had a few beverages. He did? Yeah.
Hung out with Kevin Patty a lot.Who was our trivia host's.
Quizmaster. Quiz? What did we.We came up with a name for Kevin.
(08:41):
Didn't we like trivia, God orsomething to do with God in it?
Yeah, I'll have to remember that.I'm sure that'll never happen.
We also had a great place wherethey could go host trivia and
couldn't remember.We do a lot of drunk thinking.
Yeah,this happened with Deb and Brian.
We were talking about, oh,they should go do trivia at this
place. But we were hammered.And when we sober up, we're like,
what place were we talking about?We still cannot figure it out.
(09:04):
It's been at least a month.Yeah. We cannot figure it out.
So, uh. But anyways.Yeah, had a lot, a lot of people
there had a good time.Um,
I drank a ton of seltzers that day.Same when it's all day drinking and
I'm already cheating on the food.It was also 95 degrees.
95 I think it was more.It was Simi Valley, which is always
like ten degrees hotter than here.Yeah, I think it was pushing 100.
(09:25):
And, uh, I just I needed somethinga little lighter on the tum tums.
Um. So. But, uh. Sorry.Sorry to all you beer lovers a
lot of topo chicos that day.They were delicious.
Strawberry guava man.That's where it's at. It is the best.
That pineapple can fucking kickrocks. It is garbage.
Hey, you ever wanted to drinkcarbonated pineapple juice?
(09:48):
Me neither. No, no. It's garbage.Uh, and then also last weekend,
uh, Erica and co did a little beerbabes release party up in her hood.
I know it looked like they had areally good time.
Looked like a blast.Uh, Rachel brews with Bukowski.
I'm gonna butcher that, uh,tiff. It's hoppy. Vanessa.
Hi, Vanessa. Hi, Vanessa.And a couple others were there for
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it. It was actually a seltzer.It was like a purply looking seltzer.
Mhm. So.Oh, she should send you some.
That would be amazing.Hey, Erica. Hint hint hint hint.
She will too. You're so mean.Uh, but anyways,
they got real hams and called inand left us a voicemail.
Let's see if we can understandwhat they're saying. Hello?
(10:32):
No one is available to take yourcall.
Please leave a message after thetone. It's like a King Kong Brewing.
Okay. Hi, Greg and Flex.It's Erica, also from the Craft
Beer Republic, and I got all myfavorite people with me.
So we wanted to say hi becausewe're having a good time on hey
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hey hey hey. A good, good time.There's no other way to explain it.
Um, okay, so I got my sister in law,Tiffany, who's my get out of jail
free card attorney extraordinaire.Hey, girl. Hey.
I have called this next one tothe other Tiffany from SoCal.
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She's our SoCal sunshine, baby.Your one and only poppy goddess.
Hi, babe. Yes. Hi. Neighbor.Christina.
She's a realtor extraordinaire andjust a badass bitch. Hi, Christina.
And you know the real vixenbecause we say hi to her on
every single episode. Vanessa.Hi, Vanessa. Everybody say hi.
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Vanessa. Hi. Hi. Hi, Vanessa.You don't gotta do it this time.
And Rachel, who's a legend that.Seriously, everyone came out to the
big release day because Rachel wasgoing to be there with Hot Cheetos.
Flaming fireball of all that,I can't even explain her in,
like a short time.Egyptologists like about to be a
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master cicerone.There's all the things.
And, um, museum curator,I don't know,
but she's just freaking awesome.I'm trying to get some time.
Hi, Rachel. Howdy. Hello.Love this girl. Tennesseans.
Cheeto. Cheeto. And.We had other ladies here,
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but they're not here. Like, hi.I don't know how to introduce myself,
but it's me. Erica. Hi.So good to talk to you guys.
Can we all say goodbye to thecrocodiles?
You're here by weird fiction.Beer, babes.
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You all wish you were here.But you're not. You suck.
Goodbye. So harsh.I know that was an abrupt ending.
Yeah. Very mean at the end, though.Yeah. Hurt my feelings.
Uh, well, it sounds.Sounds like drinks were had.
Yeah, I know Erica woke up Monday.Uh, not feeling amazing. Oh, sure.
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After tons and tons of drinking, and.I can't say I'm surprised. Yeah.
I mean, she had to keep up witha lot of heavyweights in the
drinking category. For sure.Yeah, they can all hold their own.
We've had drinks with most ofthe people in that call.
Yeah, they know how to fucking do it,as does Erica.
So sounds like a good time.Thanks for, uh,
(13:35):
checking in with whatever that was.Yeah. 805538 beer. 2337.
Call it get drunk, drunk, drunk.Dial us and express your love
for us or something.We're way better than, like,
calling your ex-girlfriend.Well, I can guarantee that that
call was after she iced everyone.Oh, yeah.
God, we should have her on to talkabout that. You should. She was.
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I don't know if we should spillher secrets, but she was kind of
talking to to us and Nicole andDeb and stuff, and, like,
how am I gonna ice all the girls?And I think you ended up coming
up with the final plot.I did,
which was I made a recommendationto hide it in the little welcome
visitor basket on their beds.I just love that she was doing
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welcome visitor baskets.I mean, it's amazing.
I was like,that's something I would never do.
Because, I mean,the whole icing in the basket thing,
that means I'd have to puteffort into people coming over.
Well, you think like, visitorsdon't know where the towels are.
You know where to get water.Yes, I love it.
If anybody is a fan of Marc Maron,his his bit about staying at
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someone else's house is fantastic.Yes. It's amazing. Go watch. It.
You should absolutely watch.Uh, yeah.
So I wouldn't have thought I didon the side.
Tell Erica our ice situation atthe house.
But I did on the side becauseshe's not someone likely to
enter our household. I guess.But, you know, you you you just
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give that little seed out there.And I told her she can't tell
anybody. She better not.She better not.
Because it is kind of genius,though. Yet to work.
Yeah, so maybe not genius maybe.Or people just aren't being
honest or right. Yeah.Or people have found it and they're
not admitting it. Could be.We need to put a camera where
it's at. Okay.Might be some legal challenges with
that. Possibly. Or something. Yeah.How do we enforce that if we're not
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there? A glitter bomb? Oh, God. No.I don't know if people know this.
There is a hard rule in this houseas set by me. No fucking glitter.
Like, doesn't enter the house.Doesn't know all birthday cards
are to be inspected outside incase there are glitter,
there are glitter, there is glitter,there are glitters. What is it?
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The the herpes of the craft world.The herpes of the craft world.
Yes, it's the fucking aids ofthe craft world. What are we?
Who are we kidding? It's awful.Awful? It is the fucking worst.
Er, anyways,if I haven't said it already.
800 553. Beer. Give us a call.Leave us a voicemail when you're
drunk. Uh, Ludacris. Libation law.This one comes to us from the
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state of Illinois,where they prohibit happy hour.
No, they're one of those states.Well, we're never going to Illinois.
Well, what about Chicago?I know I really love Chicago.
I want to go back.And I've never been.
But happy hour is one of myfavorite things. Yeah.
How many happy hours did we hitwhen we're in Denver?
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Like all of them daily happy hours?Yes.
There's nothing better in lifethan a fantastic happy hour.
Cheap snacks, cheap drinks.It's a great way to test out a
restaurant.Yeah, especially a fancier
restaurant. Yeah, yeah.Just, you know, have a couple snacks
on the cheap and then go. All right.Maybe I'll come back here next week.
Yeah.Chat up the bartender, find out
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what the good appetizers are.Yeah. It's the way to go. Yeah.
So suck it. Illinois. Yeah.I don't even know why. There's, like.
Massachusetts is one of them,too. So weird.
In fact, they put something on theballot recently in Massachusetts.
To bring it back, and.It was struck down. What?
Yeah, maybe it wasn't the ballot.Maybe it was like a House bill.
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I don't think it was voted on. Okay.But either way, still sucks, in fact.
Bring it back to last week's episode.Remember when we were at Odell's
taproom and we were talking tothat couple from Boston? Yes.
Him and I were talking about that.Oh, I vaguely.
How just fucking stupid it isthat they won't allow it.
They think it curtails drunk drivingif they don't have happy hour.
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Interesting.So people just overindulge.
But to their thinking,they only overindulge if it's $2 off.
Yeah, they won't overindulge at fullprice. I would think they would.
It's not so much.It's not like you're handing out
free drinks all of a sudden.So I don't get it.
And sometimes we will just go outfor happy hour to get a drink or
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two and then go home or go on tothe next activity. We don't.
It's not like we have happy hourand then stay at the restaurant
for a full meal. Right. Yeah.Just check it out and move on. Yeah.
Go do what we're gonna do,you know, go axe throwing after,
you know, whatever it is.Who knows? Yeah. Yeah.
Really dumb. A little booze news.According to polls,
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record low 54% of us adults aredrinking alcoholic beverages.
Percentage of Americans who say theydrink alcoholic beverages has fallen
to the lowest point, 54%, in thehistory of Gallup's annual survey
tracking drinking patterns of adults.The firm said the decline comes
amid a growing belief amongAmericans that moderate alcohol
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consumption is bad for one's health.Now, the majority view for the first
time, the findings were part ofGallup's Consumption Habits Poll,
a telephone survey of 1002adults aged 18 and up,
taken July 7th to July 21st.The survey's results have a
margin of error of plus or -4%,from 97 to 2023,
at least 60% of US citizens reportedconsuming alcoholic beverages.
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However, the percentage declinedfrom 63% in 2023 to 58in 2024
before reaching 54 in 2025.Those figures were down from highs of
between 68 and 71% from 1974 to 1981.The previous low was 55% in 1958.
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Hmhmhm A I've never known anyonewho has participated in one of
these polls.Well, they only polled 1002 people.
Very specific.Extremely specific, but never once.
Every time they talk about polls,I'm like, do I know anyone who
has been polled? Mhm.So that's always a weird one for me.
I know some.People who write,
I know there is a trend to.Yeah I mean we see it just in the,
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the drinking not the drinkingbut the stats of breweries
closing and that sort of thing.There's a lot more mocktails on
menus, a lot more kombuchaalternative drinks. Yeah.
Hey, you want all the caloriesand carbs, but none of the buzz.
Yeah. Have a mocktail.I don't I don't understand a
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mocktail. It's not for me.I would rather just have.
Yeah, an iced tea or something.Yeah. It's weird.
Boy, do I want the taste ofalcohol without the benefits.
But isn't that, like a big thingin Utah, where they have, like,
bars that serve juice?Well, that's the stupid Mormons,
though. It's.It's because they can't drink. Yeah.
So they kind of, like, fudge it.But people, you know, are looking
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for that going out entertainment.They want to feel like they're
part of the party.So they have a mocktail.
Have a Diet Coke. Sure.I don't know, just I don't get it.
I don't either I don't buy them.But I understand not drinking.
I don't understand drinking in abeer or mocktails. Or maybe.
Maybe I'm just an old curmudgeonor something.
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It's just, I don't know. Yeah.I mean, I think our group, our,
our friends are all into beerand wine and all those things,
so we would never well, not never,but it's just not our jam.
I just if I'm not drinking that day,you know, give me a bubbly water or
a Diet Coke or something normal.Don't give me all the same sugar
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and calories without the fun. Yeah.Why would you have a gummy without
the weed in it? That's just gummy.I wonder if there's a trend in
recreational marijuana use going up.So there is, but not at the same
pace. Interesting. Slightly.It's not significant from some
of the stuff I've read recently.Yeah. Who knows?
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Uh, speaking of beer,your beer prices at home are
going to be going up.More bad news for those four packs
that you're taking a risk on.Uh, can ends and lids just got
slapped with new tariffs.Not the can body ends and lids.
The US Department of Commerce justadded those crucial little aluminum
pieces to a long list of productsnow facing section 232 tariffs.
(22:06):
That kicks in on. Oh, well.Kicked in on August 18th.
If section 232 sounds familiar,that's because it dates back to 2018.
It left Brewers mostly unaffected atthe time thanks to some exemptions,
but now not so much.The Brewers Association says the
change could mean higherpackaging costs and a whole lot
more supply chain headaches.Uh, so yeah, your brewery's six
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pack might cost them more,which could eventually cost you more.
Their advice?Brewers should chat with their
suppliers ASAP to figure out whatthis means for their packaging game.
Fun fact or less than fun fact,over 400 items were added to the
updated tariff list,including bulldozers, wind turbines,
and now beer can lids.Uh, so that's right,
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your double IPA is getting taxedlike construction equipment,
huh? Weird. No bueno. See?Do you want more nutrition facts
on alcohol? Like it has vitamin C?Yeah. You know, like calories.
And I would appreciate knowingcalories on a beer. Maybe.
I don't want to know.It's probably the case. Yeah.
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Uh, the TTB is stirring up thebeverage world again.
They proposed new rules that wouldmake wine, spirits and beer companies
list alcohol facts like calories andABV and major allergens on labels if
their products cross state lines.Sounds kind of helpful, right?
Most trade groups actuallysupport the idea in theory,
but they're not loving the fiveyear timeline to make it happen.
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And they especially want smallproducers like your favorite tiny
taproom to maybe get a pass.So here's where it gets juicy.
The Brewers Association and theBeer Institute both chimed in
with feedback.They usually agree on stuff like
transparency,but this time they butted heads
on a few on a few things.They both hate the term alcohol facts
and prefer the classic serving facts.They also think putting the
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amount of pure ethyl alcohol onlabels would just confuse people.
But where they differ,the Bai is more worried about how
much this will stress out producers,especially the smaller ones.
The BA is a bit more chill on that.They also disagreed on whether
labels should be allowed to havea wider margin of error in
calorie and ABV numbers.Long story short, labels are
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about to get more complicated,and the beer world's deciding
how nerdy we want them to be.Yeah, I don't know. I see both sides.
Yeah, I don't think you shouldsay ethyl alcohol. That's.
Yeah, I don't misleading.Sounds like you're drinking.
Rubbing alcohol. Just say ABV.People know what that means.
We're used to that.I could see calories or approximate
calories. I could see allergens.Although typically in the
(24:43):
description you can determine.Sure. A lot of allergens.
If it says toasted coconut.Yeah, there's probably toasted
coconut in there. Yeah. Yeah. Agreed.Or walnuts. Cocoa nibs. Cocoa nibs.
What's wrong with cocoa nibs?That's just chocolate.
Well, if people are allergic tochocolate, fucking weirdos.
Like coconut. Yeah. Fucking weirdos.Huh? Walnuts. Weirdos.
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American craft beer. Hall of fame.You know, there was a Hall of
fame for craft beer. I did. Not.Yeah. It's new.
Is inducting landmark craftbeers to honor iconic creations.
The American Craft Beer Hall of Fameannounced its inaugural class of
inductees in February this year.That was Fred Eckert, Charles
and Rose Ann Finkel, Bert Grant,Ken Grossman, Michael Jackson.
Not that Michael Jackson who?Jim COC coach.
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I don't know Sam Adams guy.Oh, yeah. Fritz. Maytag.
Jack McAuliffe. Jane Zimmerman.Suzy stern and Charlie Papazian.
But they've added fivefoundational brews as voted on
by the Hall's distinguishedgroup of electors and advisors.
Any guesses as to what beersmight make the inaugural Hall of
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Fame class? Hmm.Sierra Nevada pale ale. At the top.
Yeah, yeah. Any other guesses?Um, probably Sam Adams. Boston lager.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. There's three more.You want to just keep going?
Uh oh. I don't know. This.This is where it gets more difficult.
(26:12):
Some of the names should be hints.So Anchor Liberty Ale,
an early IPA from anchor. Yeah.Celis white, which is a wet a
witbier a revival of a nearlyextinct Belgian style that brought
traditional wheat beer to Americancraft drinkers. I've never.
I don't think I've ever had it.I don't think I've even heard of it.
And then, uh,this one should be no surprise.
(26:34):
Anchor steam. Oh, yeah. Mhm.Resurrection of a truly American
beer style.One that helped define the image
and concept of craft beer.Craft beer for decades to come.
Two out of five ain't bad.It's all right. Yeah.
Uh, are you a soup fan?Soup like hot soup. Yeah.
Like the food? Um.I don't dislike it.
Are you a PBR fan?Oh, I don't like where this is going.
(26:57):
Just answer the question.I mean, sure, in college,
I drank a lot of PBR. So I've heard.Well, good news for you, then.
Oh, yay!Campbell's chunky and PBR collaborate
on two beer infused soup flavors.Ooh!
I don't think I ever want tohear chunky and PBR together in
a sentence ever again.I've had a couple nights where
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there was chunky and PBR.Uh, now, thanks to Campbell's
Chunky and PBR, you can haveyour beer and eat it too.
Just in time for soup andfootball season.
I did not know those went together.Yeah.
I don't think of like, hey,let's watch the Niners and eat
chicken noodle soup. Fucking weird.The brands have teamed up to
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create two beer infused soupflavors that aim to bring together
the craveability of chunky andthe smooth taste of PBR. No.
Both of those sound.Who wrote that sentence? I did not.
Uh, the two flavors include beer,cheese with potatoes and chorizo
soup. I mean, that's not a stretch.Fine. Right. I mean, that, in theory.
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Sounds pretty delicious, actually.I just wasn't I wish it wasn't coming
from these two companies. Right.Uh, and then beef, bacon and beer.
Chili with beans. Also not.I mean,
people put beer in their chili. This.Absolutely. This isn't a stretch.
The flavors are just a little weird.It's just the the collab is weird.
Yeah.And I don't want PBR in my foods.
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Or chunky and beer together.Ever. Yeah, it's a bad name.
This should surprise no one, butthe soup flavors will be available
exclusively at Walmart. Oh. Yeah.That tracks both in stores and
online beginning later this month.As part of the launch,
and PBR are also embarking on afood truck sampling tour at
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Walmart stores across the USbeginning September 3rd.
Do you know where I always go whenI want to try a new food truck?
Walmart.Yeah, that is the spot, guys.
It's where I go when I want toeat food of any type. Sure.
Definitely the cleanest place I canthink of with the most normal people
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walking around. Yeah. This isn't.I don't think they've thought this
through. This isn't going to go well.It's going to be people demanding,
like full bowls of soup andtipping over food trucks and.
Yeah, possibly. Yeah. Sounds awful.We should end it on this one.
Do you need to update your wardrobe?Sure. Always shopping. Yeah.
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Shopping.You know, feeling like you're a
little dull. Maybe you need to spice.Not spice, but spruce things up in
the closet. Sure, sure. Good news.Cause has a new clothing line.
Oh. All right.Cause banquet is the bright spot in
Molson Coors portfolio and receivedthe type of organic rub brand leaders
dream of when RIP Beth and JohnDutton kicked back the stubby bottles
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on the hit TV show Yellowstone.Molson Coors latest attempt to
tap into Western culture is viaco-branded clothing line with
Wrangler.Are you ready for a Coors Canadian
tuxedo? Am I? Yeah. Yeah.We're talking Coors denim vests
and jackets.I thought it was just gonna be
like t shirts. Nope.You can already get Coors t shirts.
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Yeah.I was like,
we have friends who would.Absolutely. I mean, Coors Banquet, I.
Think Nicole has a couple shirts.Yeah. For sure. Uh, Jean.
So, yeah. Canadian tuxedo baby.They're teaming up with Wrangler.
I've seen some of the items.Okay, when you think of Coors
and Wrangler together,it's exactly what you're thinking of.
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Is it embroidered?There is some embroidery.
I think I think it's, you know,they sewed the. Yeah, yeah.
Cause logo on. Yeah. Okay.It's like, uh,
cowboy Coors something.I mean, I don't wear a lot of cowgirl
gear in general, so I'm probablynot the target audience, but I know
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that beer merch tends to sell.It depends. What's the price point?
I bet we can look that up.Is it sold at Walmart? Guaranteed.
Right next to the chunky beer soup.Oh, God. Here we go.
Wrangler and Coors.Wrangler jeans. Coors beer.
Oh, here's a 15% off coupon. Woot!And free shipping, babe. Oh my God.
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It cost us money not to buy.Some of this.
The model has a nice butt. Hmm.Now I kind of want to buy it.
Uh. All right.Wrangler slash vest has, I guess,
embroidered Wrangler jeans.Cause beer on the back.
What would you theoretically payfor this?
I mean, I would never buy it, so.But I know that jean items are more
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expensive, so we'll say 125. Okay.I'd spend a little more because
the model has a nice butt, butactually you're way over 80 bucks.
Oh, okay. Pleasantly surprised. Yeah.So maybe it's not actually
embroidered. Maybe not.Maybe it's just meant to look
embroidered. Hmm.Here's a Wrangler cause.
Western jacket.So full sleeves with some with a
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cause patch on there.Honestly, that's a better
looking clothing item.That's a hundred bucks.
There's another full jacket.That's 125.
Okay, so I'm like,right around the price point. Yeah.
Uh, that seems to be the mostexpensive item, actually.
Um, there's. Is there a hat?There's gotta be a hat.
Everyone's wearing a hat in thesephotos. There's a trucker hat.
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That's not what I'm looking for.By the way, 30 bucks for a trucker
hat. I mean, people will buy it.You know they will. Yeah. Hard path.
Got a $25 hat rule. I know.Used to be 20, but, you know.
Tariffs and stuff. Inflation.Yeah. Yeah.
So that jacket for 125 is themost expensive item.
And look if I give my email addresswe get 15% off and free shipping.
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So I think we're missing out. Okay.We should do. It. Go for it, babe.
Okay. Ordered. Be here next week.You have to post a photo on the gram.
Yeah. It's gonna look really good.Everybody's gonna be real excited
to see it. So jealous. So jealous.I mean,
I'm gonna look fucking fantastic.I'm gonna have to start wearing
my ring cause the chicks are justgonna be clinging. Sure. Yeah.
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It's gonna be hard to fight them off.Mhm. Back, wench. Back. No.
Just what women want to hear.Back, wench.
Yeah, it's kind of what I said.Uh huh.
That's how I get him off of me.Anyways, this is going well. Uh.
All right, let's close things out.Let's hit a little music.
I'll tell you all to follow uson the socials.
@CraftBeerRepublic don't follow thewife. She doesn't really do socials.
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No. Yeah.She just stares at him all day.
Doesn't contribute.I, I chat with people. Okay.
Fair enough. Uh @CraftBeerRepublic.Com 855382337.
I think that's everything.Thanks for drinking beers with me.
Yeah, it was fun.Yeah, it's been a while. Sorry.
Been a while. Yeah. We'll stop now.Uh, I hope everyone out there is
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staying very well hydrated.And on that note,
good night everybody.
Welcome in everybody to the CraftBeer Republic. Thanks for drinking.
Thanks for joining.I am Greg and once again I am
being joined by my lovely wife,Shannon. Hello. Hi.
Still buffer than Flex. Oh, yeah.For sure. Just fucking joke.
Yeah, yeah, but, you know,I always gotta have a buff
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person on the show with me.Otherwise it just doesn't feel right.
Yeah, it's a requirement. It is.It's like, uh, written into the
contract or Steph and things.Yeah, totally. Off to a great start.
Uh, find us on the socials.@CraftBeerRepublic.
You can email us email@CraftBeerRepublic. 805538 beer.
All that good stuff.Get uh, get interactive with us or
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whatever. Got a lot to get to today.Uh, some booze news to talk about and
some fun we had over the weekendand we got a voicemail from Erica.
You know, I recently read on likea podcasting tips thing that you
shouldn't tell people that youhave a lot to get to today at the
part of the show at the beginningof the show. Is that annoying?
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It's gonna take a long time.No, I guess because it's kind of
redundant.Like we're here for you as listeners,
like we're we're here to listen.And, uh,
we know you got stuff to get to.Otherwise,
we wouldn't listen to your show.I guess I don't I don't put much
thought to that at all.Yeah, to me, it doesn't really bother
me. Like I hear other people do it.A lot of things bother me when
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it comes to podcasting.Like when people say, I personally,
I personally. Yeah, we get it.You just said I, I or mouth noises
or, you know, that sort of thing.Or when they talk to people who
aren't on mic. Yes.Oh my God, nothing kills me.
Or you hear a random laughter inthe background, but they don't say,
who the fuck is laughing behindthem for no reason whatsoever.
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Yep. Yeah. That kind of thing.But to me, it's less about informing
the people listening person thatthere's a lot to get to.
And it's more about this is how Iintroduce the quick little summary
of what's on the show today.Yeah. You know, I don't know.
I had not thought about it untilyou mentioned it.
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I'd forgotten about it,but I just read it like yesterday.
So like, oh, yeah,I guess I'm not supposed to say
there's a lot to get to.I don't know. Try it for next time.
See how it rolls.Let me see things we're going to
talk about today.We went to a fun birthday party.
Erica left us a voicemail.Got some crazy booze news to get to.
I don't know,does that feel any better?
No, that feels kind of forced.Yeah. Yeah. We'll work on that.
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Anyways, before we work onanything else, let's work on
this beer that's in front of us.I Love My Beer. I Love My Beer.
I Love My Beer. I Love My Beer.Well, since it's definitely been a
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week since the last time we recorded,I'm totally cleared to drink now.
We are drinking Bottle LogicBrewing's Stellar Mass 7.5% hazy IPA.
40 IBUs has a 3.9 untapped withalmost 1300 ratings.
They say Citra, Simcoe, Amarillo,and Nectarine hops converge to
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create a stellar explosion of guava,pineapple and mango aromas that meet
a moderate bitterness, with wavesof pine and citrus on the palate.
Let this medium bodied,juicy haze transport you to the
outer reaches of flavor.I picked this up at Total Wine
today on my way home.I was like, ooh, running low on show,
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beers in the fridge.Everything in there has already
been drank.And so, uh, went to the singles
aisle of Total Wine,which Flex and I talk a lot of shit
about Total Wine because they don't,like, refrigerate their beers.
Yeah, all that stuff. So.So here we go.
Bottle logic on the schnoz.On the tape. Excuse me?
On the what do you call em?The nose buds. On the nose buds.
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Mhm. Words are hard.I get a lot of alcohol.
Yeah I don't get a lot of juice.Like all the fruits they
mentioned I it smells fruity butI can't pick any of them out.
Smells like fruity alcohol to me.Yeah.
Let's go on the old Tongue-jobber.Yeah. I don't know about this one.
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Yeah.I mean, I get a lot of heartburn.
Yeah. It's a. Little hot.Yeah, a lot of hot burn.
A little alcohol.Um, I guess as it sort of sits
there for a minute, maybe.I definitely get pine,
but I don't get a lot of fruitiness.Maybe some pineapple. Yeah, some.
Yeah, I was gonna say citrus.I get a lot of citrus on the
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mouthfeel,a lot more fruit on the nose.
But again,that fruit is not distinguishable.
It's just insert fruit here.Yeah, you're so much better at
this than I am.The whole nose thing especially,
you know, we talked about thison the show a few weeks ago.
Flex and I did that, um, when wego to beer, like, we've gone to
different festivals where Firestone'sdoing their sensory panel. Yeah.
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And you fucking crush it every time.It's because I don't like a lot
of them. Exactly.But then I said when we did our
black wine tasting,who won that one? You did?
Only because I didn't trust my nose.I had two out of three. Correct.
I still had I just stuck with thenose. I. I talked myself out of it.
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So I just found it interesting.I'm more of a beer person.
You're more of a wine person.But then it reminded me of Rachel,
who exclusively judges smoky beersat Gabf because she hates them.
Yeah, and spicy beers.And spicy beers.
So maybe it's that sort of thing.Not that I hate wine.
I very well documented on the showthat I am a classy individual and
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drink a lot of wine. I like beer.I just there's certain flavors that
are not for me. Yeah. Like drink?Yes. And smoke. Wet. Hey.
Yeah, I can't, I can't do the wet.Hey, anything that involves wet hey
or gym socks in the description,I'm like, why?
Why would you make that as somethingto put in your mouth. Mhm mhm. What.
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Hey, go lick the ground of a barn.This'll be great.
Yeah I some,I won't name this individual.
But after listening to theinterview with Jan from OMF
who's a great brewer. Yes.And a great person. Fun to talk to.
But he did mention multipletimes how much he loves saisons
and would love to open up like asaison only arm of OMF.
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And this person was like and youdidn't tell him how disgusting
they are? I was.Like, I'm not gonna tell him
mid-interview and.No, that's his thing.
Although he made some greatsours too. Here's the thing.
I will drink the shit out of asour saison.
Yeah, because you just taste likea sour with maybe, like a little
hint of funk or something in there.But like those old school
fucking farmhouse saisons,they're just not for me.
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I don't want to lick the side ofa horse. I completely agree.
Yeah. And you like horses? Yeah.Uh, shout out to our top listing
city of last week.And boy, am I going to butcher this.
Cuyahoga falls, Ohio.Oh, I don't know where that is
or why that is. Ohio. Yeah.Uh, but thanks for listening. Yeah.
Great. I guess weird, but thanks.We'll take it. Take what we can get.
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Uh, had an eventful week.This is usually where I say, hey,
Flex, do any research or anything.Oh, but we were together.
We were together.So I kind of know what research you
did. Yeah, we had a fun weekend.Uh, big Dick Nick had his
birthday party. Yeah. Which.And this is the part where Flex
always makes fun of me because I go.They call it the taco guy.
And he goes, I can't believe everyonein California has a taco guy.
And like, why the fuck not?He's in my phone book as the
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taco guy.I mean, let's be honest,
most of us have the same taco guy.Well, our circle. Of. Trust.
Yeah, we do share taco guy.Well, it's like a family,
but taco siblings or something.Uh, but, yeah, we have the same
taco people, and they're great.And so that was exciting.
Of course, beverages were had,swimming was done.
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Some cornhole, some corn.I didn't play any corn. Did you.
Know. Oh I. Watched. Yeah.I watched Nick stumble through
corns to his own admission.He was even saying, like,
I can't even see straight.He had a few beverages. He did? Yeah.
Hung out with Kevin Patty a lot.Who was our trivia host's.
Quizmaster. Quiz? What did we.We came up with a name for Kevin.
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Didn't we like trivia, God orsomething to do with God in it?
Yeah, I'll have to remember that.I'm sure that'll never happen.
We also had a great place wherethey could go host trivia and
couldn't remember.We do a lot of drunk thinking.
Yeah,this happened with Deb and Brian.
We were talking about, oh,they should go do trivia at this
place. But we were hammered.And when we sober up, we're like,
what place were we talking about?We still cannot figure it out.
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It's been at least a month.Yeah. We cannot figure it out.
So, uh. But anyways.Yeah, had a lot, a lot of people
there had a good time.Um,
I drank a ton of seltzers that day.Same when it's all day drinking and
I'm already cheating on the food.It was also 95 degrees.
95 I think it was more.It was Simi Valley, which is always
like ten degrees hotter than here.Yeah, I think it was pushing 100.
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And, uh, I just I needed somethinga little lighter on the tum tums.
Um. So. But, uh. Sorry.Sorry to all you beer lovers a
lot of topo chicos that day.They were delicious.
Strawberry guava man.That's where it's at. It is the best.
That pineapple can fucking kickrocks. It is garbage.
Hey, you ever wanted to drinkcarbonated pineapple juice?
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Me neither. No, no. It's garbage.Uh, and then also last weekend,
uh, Erica and co did a little beerbabes release party up in her hood.
I know it looked like they had areally good time.
Looked like a blast.Uh, Rachel brews with Bukowski.
I'm gonna butcher that, uh,tiff. It's hoppy. Vanessa.
Hi, Vanessa. Hi, Vanessa.And a couple others were there for
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it. It was actually a seltzer.It was like a purply looking seltzer.
Mhm. So.Oh, she should send you some.
That would be amazing.Hey, Erica. Hint hint hint hint.
She will too. You're so mean.Uh, but anyways,
they got real hams and called inand left us a voicemail.
Let's see if we can understandwhat they're saying. Hello?
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No one is available to take yourcall.
Please leave a message after thetone. It's like a King Kong Brewing.
Okay. Hi, Greg and Flex.It's Erica, also from the Craft
Beer Republic, and I got all myfavorite people with me.
So we wanted to say hi becausewe're having a good time on hey
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hey hey hey. A good, good time.There's no other way to explain it.
Um, okay, so I got my sister in law,Tiffany, who's my get out of jail
free card attorney extraordinaire.Hey, girl. Hey.
I have called this next one tothe other Tiffany from SoCal.
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She's our SoCal sunshine, baby.Your one and only poppy goddess.
Hi, babe. Yes. Hi. Neighbor.Christina.
She's a realtor extraordinaire andjust a badass bitch. Hi, Christina.
And you know the real vixenbecause we say hi to her on
every single episode. Vanessa.Hi, Vanessa. Everybody say hi.
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Vanessa. Hi. Hi. Hi, Vanessa.You don't gotta do it this time.
And Rachel, who's a legend that.Seriously, everyone came out to the
big release day because Rachel wasgoing to be there with Hot Cheetos.
Flaming fireball of all that,I can't even explain her in,
like a short time.Egyptologists like about to be a
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master cicerone.There's all the things.
And, um, museum curator,I don't know,
but she's just freaking awesome.I'm trying to get some time.
Hi, Rachel. Howdy. Hello.Love this girl. Tennesseans.
Cheeto. Cheeto. And.We had other ladies here,
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but they're not here. Like, hi.I don't know how to introduce myself,
but it's me. Erica. Hi.So good to talk to you guys.
Can we all say goodbye to thecrocodiles?
You're here by weird fiction.Beer, babes.
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You all wish you were here.But you're not. You suck.
Goodbye. So harsh.I know that was an abrupt ending.
Yeah. Very mean at the end, though.Yeah. Hurt my feelings.
Uh, well, it sounds.Sounds like drinks were had.
Yeah, I know Erica woke up Monday.Uh, not feeling amazing. Oh, sure.
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After tons and tons of drinking, and.I can't say I'm surprised. Yeah.
I mean, she had to keep up witha lot of heavyweights in the
drinking category. For sure.Yeah, they can all hold their own.
We've had drinks with most ofthe people in that call.
Yeah, they know how to fucking do it,as does Erica.
So sounds like a good time.Thanks for, uh,
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checking in with whatever that was.Yeah. 805538 beer. 2337.
Call it get drunk, drunk, drunk.Dial us and express your love
for us or something.We're way better than, like,
calling your ex-girlfriend.Well, I can guarantee that that
call was after she iced everyone.Oh, yeah.
God, we should have her on to talkabout that. You should. She was.
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I don't know if we should spillher secrets, but she was kind of
talking to to us and Nicole andDeb and stuff, and, like,
how am I gonna ice all the girls?And I think you ended up coming
up with the final plot.I did,
which was I made a recommendationto hide it in the little welcome
visitor basket on their beds.I just love that she was doing
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welcome visitor baskets.I mean, it's amazing.
I was like,that's something I would never do.
Because, I mean,the whole icing in the basket thing,
that means I'd have to puteffort into people coming over.
Well, you think like, visitorsdon't know where the towels are.
You know where to get water.Yes, I love it.
If anybody is a fan of Marc Maron,his his bit about staying at
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someone else's house is fantastic.Yes. It's amazing. Go watch. It.
You should absolutely watch.Uh, yeah.
So I wouldn't have thought I didon the side.
Tell Erica our ice situation atthe house.
But I did on the side becauseshe's not someone likely to
enter our household. I guess.But, you know, you you you just
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give that little seed out there.And I told her she can't tell
anybody. She better not.She better not.
Because it is kind of genius,though. Yet to work.
Yeah, so maybe not genius maybe.Or people just aren't being
honest or right. Yeah.Or people have found it and they're
not admitting it. Could be.We need to put a camera where
it's at. Okay.Might be some legal challenges with
that. Possibly. Or something. Yeah.How do we enforce that if we're not
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there? A glitter bomb? Oh, God. No.I don't know if people know this.
There is a hard rule in this houseas set by me. No fucking glitter.
Like, doesn't enter the house.Doesn't know all birthday cards
are to be inspected outside incase there are glitter,
there are glitter, there is glitter,there are glitters. What is it?
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The the herpes of the craft world.The herpes of the craft world.
Yes, it's the fucking aids ofthe craft world. What are we?
Who are we kidding? It's awful.Awful? It is the fucking worst.
Er, anyways,if I haven't said it already.
800 553. Beer. Give us a call.Leave us a voicemail when you're
drunk. Uh, Ludacris. Libation law.This one comes to us from the
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state of Illinois,where they prohibit happy hour.
No, they're one of those states.Well, we're never going to Illinois.
Well, what about Chicago?I know I really love Chicago.
I want to go back.And I've never been.
But happy hour is one of myfavorite things. Yeah.
How many happy hours did we hitwhen we're in Denver?
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Like all of them daily happy hours?Yes.
There's nothing better in lifethan a fantastic happy hour.
Cheap snacks, cheap drinks.It's a great way to test out a
restaurant.Yeah, especially a fancier
restaurant. Yeah, yeah.Just, you know, have a couple snacks
on the cheap and then go. All right.Maybe I'll come back here next week.
Yeah.Chat up the bartender, find out
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what the good appetizers are.Yeah. It's the way to go. Yeah.
So suck it. Illinois. Yeah.I don't even know why. There's, like.
Massachusetts is one of them,too. So weird.
In fact, they put something on theballot recently in Massachusetts.
To bring it back, and.It was struck down. What?
Yeah, maybe it wasn't the ballot.Maybe it was like a House bill.
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I don't think it was voted on. Okay.But either way, still sucks, in fact.
Bring it back to last week's episode.Remember when we were at Odell's
taproom and we were talking tothat couple from Boston? Yes.
Him and I were talking about that.Oh, I vaguely.
How just fucking stupid it isthat they won't allow it.
They think it curtails drunk drivingif they don't have happy hour.
(17:38):
Interesting.So people just overindulge.
But to their thinking,they only overindulge if it's $2 off.
Yeah, they won't overindulge at fullprice. I would think they would.
It's not so much.It's not like you're handing out
free drinks all of a sudden.So I don't get it.
And sometimes we will just go outfor happy hour to get a drink or
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two and then go home or go on tothe next activity. We don't.
It's not like we have happy hourand then stay at the restaurant
for a full meal. Right. Yeah.Just check it out and move on. Yeah.
Go do what we're gonna do,you know, go axe throwing after,
you know, whatever it is.Who knows? Yeah. Yeah.
Really dumb. A little booze news.According to polls,
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record low 54% of us adults aredrinking alcoholic beverages.
Percentage of Americans who say theydrink alcoholic beverages has fallen
to the lowest point, 54%, in thehistory of Gallup's annual survey
tracking drinking patterns of adults.The firm said the decline comes
amid a growing belief amongAmericans that moderate alcohol
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consumption is bad for one's health.Now, the majority view for the first
time, the findings were part ofGallup's Consumption Habits Poll,
a telephone survey of 1002adults aged 18 and up,
taken July 7th to July 21st.The survey's results have a
margin of error of plus or -4%,from 97 to 2023,
at least 60% of US citizens reportedconsuming alcoholic beverages.
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However, the percentage declinedfrom 63% in 2023 to 58in 2024
before reaching 54 in 2025.Those figures were down from highs of
between 68 and 71% from 1974 to 1981.The previous low was 55% in 1958.
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Hmhmhm A I've never known anyonewho has participated in one of
these polls.Well, they only polled 1002 people.
Very specific.Extremely specific, but never once.
Every time they talk about polls,I'm like, do I know anyone who
has been polled? Mhm.So that's always a weird one for me.
I know some.People who write,
I know there is a trend to.Yeah I mean we see it just in the,
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the drinking not the drinkingbut the stats of breweries
closing and that sort of thing.There's a lot more mocktails on
menus, a lot more kombuchaalternative drinks. Yeah.
Hey, you want all the caloriesand carbs, but none of the buzz.
Yeah. Have a mocktail.I don't I don't understand a
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mocktail. It's not for me.I would rather just have.
Yeah, an iced tea or something.Yeah. It's weird.
Boy, do I want the taste ofalcohol without the benefits.
But isn't that, like a big thingin Utah, where they have, like,
bars that serve juice?Well, that's the stupid Mormons,
though. It's.It's because they can't drink. Yeah.
So they kind of, like, fudge it.But people, you know, are looking
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for that going out entertainment.They want to feel like they're
part of the party.So they have a mocktail.
Have a Diet Coke. Sure.I don't know, just I don't get it.
I don't either I don't buy them.But I understand not drinking.
I don't understand drinking in abeer or mocktails. Or maybe.
Maybe I'm just an old curmudgeonor something.
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It's just, I don't know. Yeah.I mean, I think our group, our,
our friends are all into beerand wine and all those things,
so we would never well, not never,but it's just not our jam.
I just if I'm not drinking that day,you know, give me a bubbly water or
a Diet Coke or something normal.Don't give me all the same sugar
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and calories without the fun. Yeah.Why would you have a gummy without
the weed in it? That's just gummy.I wonder if there's a trend in
recreational marijuana use going up.So there is, but not at the same
pace. Interesting. Slightly.It's not significant from some
of the stuff I've read recently.Yeah. Who knows?
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Uh, speaking of beer,your beer prices at home are
going to be going up.More bad news for those four packs
that you're taking a risk on.Uh, can ends and lids just got
slapped with new tariffs.Not the can body ends and lids.
The US Department of Commerce justadded those crucial little aluminum
pieces to a long list of productsnow facing section 232 tariffs.
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That kicks in on. Oh, well.Kicked in on August 18th.
If section 232 sounds familiar,that's because it dates back to 2018.
It left Brewers mostly unaffected atthe time thanks to some exemptions,
but now not so much.The Brewers Association says the
change could mean higherpackaging costs and a whole lot
more supply chain headaches.Uh, so yeah, your brewery's six
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pack might cost them more,which could eventually cost you more.
Their advice?Brewers should chat with their
suppliers ASAP to figure out whatthis means for their packaging game.
Fun fact or less than fun fact,over 400 items were added to the
updated tariff list,including bulldozers, wind turbines,
and now beer can lids.Uh, so that's right,
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your double IPA is getting taxedlike construction equipment,
huh? Weird. No bueno. See?Do you want more nutrition facts
on alcohol? Like it has vitamin C?Yeah. You know, like calories.
And I would appreciate knowingcalories on a beer. Maybe.
I don't want to know.It's probably the case. Yeah.
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Uh, the TTB is stirring up thebeverage world again.
They proposed new rules that wouldmake wine, spirits and beer companies
list alcohol facts like calories andABV and major allergens on labels if
their products cross state lines.Sounds kind of helpful, right?
Most trade groups actuallysupport the idea in theory,
but they're not loving the fiveyear timeline to make it happen.
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And they especially want smallproducers like your favorite tiny
taproom to maybe get a pass.So here's where it gets juicy.
The Brewers Association and theBeer Institute both chimed in
with feedback.They usually agree on stuff like
transparency,but this time they butted heads
on a few on a few things.They both hate the term alcohol facts
and prefer the classic serving facts.They also think putting the
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amount of pure ethyl alcohol onlabels would just confuse people.
But where they differ,the Bai is more worried about how
much this will stress out producers,especially the smaller ones.
The BA is a bit more chill on that.They also disagreed on whether
labels should be allowed to havea wider margin of error in
calorie and ABV numbers.Long story short, labels are
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about to get more complicated,and the beer world's deciding
how nerdy we want them to be.Yeah, I don't know. I see both sides.
Yeah, I don't think you shouldsay ethyl alcohol. That's.
Yeah, I don't misleading.Sounds like you're drinking.
Rubbing alcohol. Just say ABV.People know what that means.
We're used to that.I could see calories or approximate
calories. I could see allergens.Although typically in the
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description you can determine.Sure. A lot of allergens.
If it says toasted coconut.Yeah, there's probably toasted
coconut in there. Yeah. Yeah. Agreed.Or walnuts. Cocoa nibs. Cocoa nibs.
What's wrong with cocoa nibs?That's just chocolate.
Well, if people are allergic tochocolate, fucking weirdos.
Like coconut. Yeah. Fucking weirdos.Huh? Walnuts. Weirdos.
(25:05):
American craft beer. Hall of fame.You know, there was a Hall of
fame for craft beer. I did. Not.Yeah. It's new.
Is inducting landmark craftbeers to honor iconic creations.
The American Craft Beer Hall of Fameannounced its inaugural class of
inductees in February this year.That was Fred Eckert, Charles
and Rose Ann Finkel, Bert Grant,Ken Grossman, Michael Jackson.
Not that Michael Jackson who?Jim COC coach.
(25:29):
I don't know Sam Adams guy.Oh, yeah. Fritz. Maytag.
Jack McAuliffe. Jane Zimmerman.Suzy stern and Charlie Papazian.
But they've added fivefoundational brews as voted on
by the Hall's distinguishedgroup of electors and advisors.
Any guesses as to what beersmight make the inaugural Hall of
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Fame class? Hmm.Sierra Nevada pale ale. At the top.
Yeah, yeah. Any other guesses?Um, probably Sam Adams. Boston lager.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. There's three more.You want to just keep going?
Uh oh. I don't know. This.This is where it gets more difficult.
(26:12):
Some of the names should be hints.So Anchor Liberty Ale,
an early IPA from anchor. Yeah.Celis white, which is a wet a
witbier a revival of a nearlyextinct Belgian style that brought
traditional wheat beer to Americancraft drinkers. I've never.
I don't think I've ever had it.I don't think I've even heard of it.
And then, uh,this one should be no surprise.
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Anchor steam. Oh, yeah. Mhm.Resurrection of a truly American
beer style.One that helped define the image
and concept of craft beer.Craft beer for decades to come.
Two out of five ain't bad.It's all right. Yeah.
Uh, are you a soup fan?Soup like hot soup. Yeah.
Like the food? Um.I don't dislike it.
Are you a PBR fan?Oh, I don't like where this is going.
(26:57):
Just answer the question.I mean, sure, in college,
I drank a lot of PBR. So I've heard.Well, good news for you, then.
Oh, yay!Campbell's chunky and PBR collaborate
on two beer infused soup flavors.Ooh!
I don't think I ever want tohear chunky and PBR together in
a sentence ever again.I've had a couple nights where
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there was chunky and PBR.Uh, now, thanks to Campbell's
Chunky and PBR, you can haveyour beer and eat it too.
Just in time for soup andfootball season.
I did not know those went together.Yeah.
I don't think of like, hey,let's watch the Niners and eat
chicken noodle soup. Fucking weird.The brands have teamed up to
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create two beer infused soupflavors that aim to bring together
the craveability of chunky andthe smooth taste of PBR. No.
Both of those sound.Who wrote that sentence? I did not.
Uh, the two flavors include beer,cheese with potatoes and chorizo
soup. I mean, that's not a stretch.Fine. Right. I mean, that, in theory.
(28:02):
Sounds pretty delicious, actually.I just wasn't I wish it wasn't coming
from these two companies. Right.Uh, and then beef, bacon and beer.
Chili with beans. Also not.I mean,
people put beer in their chili. This.Absolutely. This isn't a stretch.
The flavors are just a little weird.It's just the the collab is weird.
Yeah.And I don't want PBR in my foods.
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Or chunky and beer together.Ever. Yeah, it's a bad name.
This should surprise no one, butthe soup flavors will be available
exclusively at Walmart. Oh. Yeah.That tracks both in stores and
online beginning later this month.As part of the launch,
and PBR are also embarking on afood truck sampling tour at
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Walmart stores across the USbeginning September 3rd.
Do you know where I always go whenI want to try a new food truck?
Walmart.Yeah, that is the spot, guys.
It's where I go when I want toeat food of any type. Sure.
Definitely the cleanest place I canthink of with the most normal people
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walking around. Yeah. This isn't.I don't think they've thought this
through. This isn't going to go well.It's going to be people demanding,
like full bowls of soup andtipping over food trucks and.
Yeah, possibly. Yeah. Sounds awful.We should end it on this one.
Do you need to update your wardrobe?Sure. Always shopping. Yeah.
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Shopping.You know, feeling like you're a
little dull. Maybe you need to spice.Not spice, but spruce things up in
the closet. Sure, sure. Good news.Cause has a new clothing line.
Oh. All right.Cause banquet is the bright spot in
Molson Coors portfolio and receivedthe type of organic rub brand leaders
dream of when RIP Beth and JohnDutton kicked back the stubby bottles
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on the hit TV show Yellowstone.Molson Coors latest attempt to
tap into Western culture is viaco-branded clothing line with
Wrangler.Are you ready for a Coors Canadian
tuxedo? Am I? Yeah. Yeah.We're talking Coors denim vests
and jackets.I thought it was just gonna be
like t shirts. Nope.You can already get Coors t shirts.
(30:15):
Yeah.I was like,
we have friends who would.Absolutely. I mean, Coors Banquet, I.
Think Nicole has a couple shirts.Yeah. For sure. Uh, Jean.
So, yeah. Canadian tuxedo baby.They're teaming up with Wrangler.
I've seen some of the items.Okay, when you think of Coors
and Wrangler together,it's exactly what you're thinking of.
(30:35):
Is it embroidered?There is some embroidery.
I think I think it's, you know,they sewed the. Yeah, yeah.
Cause logo on. Yeah. Okay.It's like, uh,
cowboy Coors something.I mean, I don't wear a lot of cowgirl
gear in general, so I'm probablynot the target audience, but I know
(30:59):
that beer merch tends to sell.It depends. What's the price point?
I bet we can look that up.Is it sold at Walmart? Guaranteed.
Right next to the chunky beer soup.Oh, God. Here we go.
Wrangler and Coors.Wrangler jeans. Coors beer.
Oh, here's a 15% off coupon. Woot!And free shipping, babe. Oh my God.
(31:19):
It cost us money not to buy.Some of this.
The model has a nice butt. Hmm.Now I kind of want to buy it.
Uh. All right.Wrangler slash vest has, I guess,
embroidered Wrangler jeans.Cause beer on the back.
What would you theoretically payfor this?
I mean, I would never buy it, so.But I know that jean items are more
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expensive, so we'll say 125. Okay.I'd spend a little more because
the model has a nice butt, butactually you're way over 80 bucks.
Oh, okay. Pleasantly surprised. Yeah.So maybe it's not actually
embroidered. Maybe not.Maybe it's just meant to look
embroidered. Hmm.Here's a Wrangler cause.
Western jacket.So full sleeves with some with a
(32:03):
cause patch on there.Honestly, that's a better
looking clothing item.That's a hundred bucks.
There's another full jacket.That's 125.
Okay, so I'm like,right around the price point. Yeah.
Uh, that seems to be the mostexpensive item, actually.
Um, there's. Is there a hat?There's gotta be a hat.
Everyone's wearing a hat in thesephotos. There's a trucker hat.
(32:24):
That's not what I'm looking for.By the way, 30 bucks for a trucker
hat. I mean, people will buy it.You know they will. Yeah. Hard path.
Got a $25 hat rule. I know.Used to be 20, but, you know.
Tariffs and stuff. Inflation.Yeah. Yeah.
So that jacket for 125 is themost expensive item.
And look if I give my email addresswe get 15% off and free shipping.
(32:46):
So I think we're missing out. Okay.We should do. It. Go for it, babe.
Okay. Ordered. Be here next week.You have to post a photo on the gram.
Yeah. It's gonna look really good.Everybody's gonna be real excited
to see it. So jealous. So jealous.I mean,
I'm gonna look fucking fantastic.I'm gonna have to start wearing
my ring cause the chicks are justgonna be clinging. Sure. Yeah.
(33:10):
It's gonna be hard to fight them off.Mhm. Back, wench. Back. No.
Just what women want to hear.Back, wench.
Yeah, it's kind of what I said.Uh huh.
That's how I get him off of me.Anyways, this is going well. Uh.
All right, let's close things out.Let's hit a little music.
I'll tell you all to follow uson the socials.
@CraftBeerRepublic don't follow thewife. She doesn't really do socials.
(33:34):
No. Yeah.She just stares at him all day.
Doesn't contribute.I, I chat with people. Okay.
Fair enough. Uh @CraftBeerRepublic.Com 855382337.
I think that's everything.Thanks for drinking beers with me.
Yeah, it was fun.Yeah, it's been a while. Sorry.
Been a while. Yeah. We'll stop now.Uh, I hope everyone out there is
(33:58):
staying very well hydrated.And on that note,
good night everybody.
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