May 28, 2025 • 40 mins
Kick off your shoes and crack a cold one—you're hanging with Craft Beer Republic. Greg’s got his lab coat and is back on his “beer research” grind, while Flex finds out what happens when brunch in a can goes sideways. The guys dive into beer horoscopes, swap stories from their younger (dumber) days, trade booze for cheeseburgers, and try to make sense of a USPS driver who decided vodka pairs well with mail delivery.
Beers We’re Drinking:
- Flex is drinking Mmm…OSA from Equilibrium Brewing – promised brunch, delivered bland.
- Greg is drinking Werking Theory by WeldWerks Brewing and Barrel Theory Brewing – juicy, pithy, and funk-free.
Greg and Flex dive headfirst into beer horoscopes, debating whether anyone actually enjoys saisons or if sweat socks are just part of the experience. What’s your beer sign? A trip down memory lane brings stories of red-light scavenger hunts and some drunken conveyor belt races at the grocery store. One late-night drive thru turns into a cheeseburger-for-booze trade that somehow pays off. Flex gets into a stare-down with traffic-blocking geese, and Greg rediscovers the lost art of beer hunting at a neighborhood spot that finally brings the fun back. And hype breweries, are they worth the hype?
Booze News:
- Bourbon County Gets a Makeover – Goose Island’s barrel-aged stout goes mini
- Anheuser-Busch’s Big Three – The top-selling beers no craft fan wants to claim
- California Kills the Party – Our drinking habits are ruining national spirit sales
- Vodka on Route 12 – A mail carrier turns USPS into BYOB
- 11 DUIs Later... – One man’s tires aren’t the only thing running on empty
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(00:15):
Welcome in everybody.It's @CraftBeerRepublic.
Thanks for drinking.Thanks for joining.
I am Greg and that dying catover there. That's Flex.
What's up, big fella?Dogs and cats living together.
Mass hysteria. Exactly.I was cracking up because I could see
you mouthing the tune to the song.Yeah, I was, I was doing.
(00:41):
But, like, not actually making noise.Oh, yeah. Silent on my end.
I didn't want to ruin anything.It was fantastic. Uh, follow us.
@CraftBeerRepublic @Flex_me_a_beerunderscores in in between and 853,
beer is our number.If you want to leave us a voicemail
like our friend Pablo did last week.Yeah. What a nice guy.
What a good guy.Big fan of Pablo. Yeah.
(01:03):
You know, I've met him in real life.Very nice guy.
He's come to some live shows.Hell, yeah. Yeah. Good guy.
So he does listen every week. Yeah.He's. He's not fucking around.
No. Yeah. Good man.Well, even bigger fan though,
right? Biggest fan of Pablo.Pablo is number one.
You know, now I'm getting creepy.Yeah, yeah.
(01:24):
Keep it in your pants. Would you.Uh, shout out to our top listening
city? Didn't expect this one.Salt Lake, Utah. Oh.
I didn't know they could drinkout there.
Oh, there's, like, only three peoplethat live there. That's true.
And then the other people livein Provo. That's. That's it.
It's Salt Lake and Provo.Makes sense.
We've discussed this many a times.Geography 101. Right.
(01:46):
Cold hard facts.There's only two areas of Utah
and that Salt Lake and Provo.Suck it. Steph.
That says it all. Yeah, exactly.Uh, so much to get to today.
Two weeks in a row. Beer. Research.I know what is the matter with you.
I've probably gained £10 justfrom drinking six beers, but,
(02:08):
uh. Beer research.We got some booze news.
Uh, Scott sent us your horoscopebased on your beer.
So we'll talk about. That.And so much more.
Uh, before we do, though,why don't we find out what
you're drinking over there,if that's okay. Change of scenery.
(02:28):
Yeah. I didn't even warn you.I just said, hey,
let's find out what you're drinking.In a world where craft beer is king,
a world where muscles are biggerthan growlers,
only one tongue can guide us.One man, one tongue,
one Tongue-jobber.In this world, we must find out
(02:50):
what is Flex drinking.All right. Uh, again.
I did my homework, I bought beer.Good man. Believe it or not.
Not as good as Pablo,but good man. Yeah. Yeah. We all.
We all have to try, you know?Yeah, we really do. I am drinking.
Mhm. OSA from Equilibrium Brewing.Um, 16,000 chickens. Wow.
(03:18):
Untapped. I gave it a 4.01.Oh, that's mighty big.
Quite a collective, huh?I believe that word starts with an H.
And they, it reads. Mhm. OSA.Is our beloved photon.
(03:39):
American pale ale conditioned onfreshly zested oranges.
Can you, can you zest an orangeor does an orange have zest?
You can zest an orange okay.I don't know how to do things.
So I'm asking um, conditioned onfreshly zested oranges at a rate of.
Now, this doesn't sound impressiveto me. Six oranges per barrel.
(04:03):
Yeah, that doesn't feel veryimpressive. No, not at all.
Yeah, yeah, I don't know why.Why would they would even put
that in the description.I'm already underwhelmed. Right.
That's like bragging about yourtwo inch dick. Yeah.
You know, it's just like it'stwo inches, you know? That's all.
That's all I got. What else do you.Say to that? Good night everybody.
(04:30):
Hey, I got a two inch dick.Yeah, man, that's like brewing beer.
Six oranges per barrel. Yeah.Get a fucking life.
We all know the old saying.New saying. Now I guess. True.
Uh, and then it says, uh,it is everything photon is.
I've never had photon, uh,with a dominant orange presence.
(04:55):
This citric delight is our preferredway to start the afternoon.
So let me waft a little more outof this. Out of the can.
And we're wafting.It's interesting about the afternoon.
Usually I prefer my mimosas inthe morning.
Well, I feel like brunch, you know,late morning, early afternoon. Yeah.
(05:17):
Starts around ten. Ends whenever.Right. So this is pretty hazy.
Pale looking. Yeah.Very unfiltered looking.
Very solid. Uh, cabeza to the beer.See? Um. Mucho blanco.
I mean, it smells like zested orange.I guess it does.
(05:37):
I'll give it to him. Okay.I'm very excited to taste this,
because who doesn't love mimosas?I love mimosas.
So without further ado,the old Tongue-jobber. Okay.
Super duper light. Mm.Um, it is a 4.8% pale and. Zesty.
(05:59):
Trying to find the six oranges perbarrel. All six. Of them? Yeah. No.
Yeah, I don't I don't taste alot of orange. Mm.
I mean, it's there, but it doesn'tremind me of anything like a mimosa.
Mhm. More like a mimosa. Yeah.It's like a mimosa. Hey.
Not so much of a mimosa. Yeah.It's like a I really wanted it
(06:23):
to be like a. Oh yeah. Mimosa.And it's like a mimosa,
you know. Um, I mean, it's fine.Kind of bummed.
I, I'm I'm bummed on this one.Would you drink it again?
I wouldn't, I wouldn't buy it again.Mm. I'd rather have a modelo.
Uh, oro. I you know what?That's big words right there.
(06:47):
But, yeah, I would.I feel like that'd be much more
enjoyable. It's fair.This leaves, like, a little,
I don't know, it's like a littletaste on your tongue afterwards.
Just kind of sticks around.Yeah, I don't know, maybe it's
like a particular demographic orthat palate that likes his beer.
(07:08):
You know, I mean, 16,000 check ins,400. Somebody likes it. Yeah.
Somebody's enjoying this beerthoroughly.
You didn't get it from Tavour,did you?
I did not, uh, got it from the localshop. Uh, consumer beverage there.
My wonderful,wonderful people over there. And.
Yeah, I mean, this is just it's kindof a bummer, you know, equilibrium.
(07:31):
We talk about it type breweries,right?
And, uh, not getting a superduper hype double IPA from them,
you know, which they're knownfor or their IPAs and shit.
I don't know, I guess, you know,it's kind of a bummer.
I'm kind of bummed out.Um, but it was only 375 for the can,
so I can't be too bummed out.And you were smart and you only
(07:52):
bought one. And I did see, see this?And this is what we're telling
people, right?We told people buying crap.
I mean, uh.That's not what we're saying.
Whoops. Hold on. Scratch that.Let me try again. Buy less crap.
No shit. Uh. God damn it! Damn it!This isn't coming out right.
It's like, you know, like you don'thave any idea how disappointed I
(08:16):
would have been if I spent,like, $15. $16, you know? Yeah.
Even if I spent $12 on this fourpack, I'd be like, damn it.
Mostly because you'd have todrink the other three. Exactly.
And that's the point. Yeah.It's not the support of the
breweries.Okay, let's put that out there.
It's not, you know, don't support it.But it's like, man, when you get
(08:39):
a beer that just isn't there.Hence this one for me.
I would have been so disappointedto have three extra ones.
And I would think immediately who Icould give these to. Yeah, right.
Who doesn't care about whattheir beer tastes like.
Yeah, like who would drink thiswithout even thinking about what
it tastes like? Yeah. Scott. Yeah.I feel like you're absolutely
(09:00):
right with that.He would totally drink that for you.
What does this taste like?Yeah, it's a beer. Is it zesty?
Sure. Yeah, it's got the.Yeah, yeah,
it says it's brewed with hops.Uh, yeah, it's got the got the
orange. Yeah. I don't know.It's just I keep looking at this,
like, take another sip.Here's the new rule.
Buy one beer at a time.But if it's good, go back and buy 20.
(09:23):
That is a valid point.And that's what I'm all about. Yeah.
Go support the good craft beer.Yeah, because, you know these guys,
they got a big name and I'm suresome of their stuff is good.
I've never really loved anythingfrom equilibrium. I'm on.
I'm on the same boat as you,my friend. Um, yeah. Okay.
I'm glad I've had some things thatare good, but I've never had anything
(09:44):
that was great. Like, mind blowing.Like, wow, this is so much better
than what is brewed locally for me,right? Like I've never had that.
Same 100% the same. Okay.At least that I can remember.
I'm not saying, you know,I'm saying they're bad.
Yeah, I guess it's, you know,two people's opinions on, uh,
(10:04):
on a versus. 16,000. Certain.Yeah, yeah. Like, what do we matter?
So we're the smart ones. Yeah.We're like the, uh, .00 2%.
Have I ever told you my favoriteuntapped review that I've seen? Uh.
I'm pretty sure it was on, like,a Bud Light or something.
No, it was, um, dark and stormy,which is that garbage ass.
(10:27):
It's the worst beer.I've ever walker.
Yeah, worst beer I've ever had.I'll never forget the story.
So after we tried it and thought,this is the worst beer we've ever
put in our fucking pie holes,I looked up on a tap to see maybe we
have a bad bottle and people love it.It was mixed, but it was higher
rating than it should have been.But my favorite review on there
(10:48):
was I don't know what's wrongwith all these LA pussies,
but this is a great beer. Oh, yeah.That, uh. I was like, wait, what?
Okay, okay, well, consider me an LApussy, because this beer is trash.
What a weird way to phrase that.So fucking weird.
(11:12):
Anyways, I'm gonna try and find thisone on untappd. The mimosa? No.
The firestone. Dark. Dark. Stormy.I mean, they haven't made it in
quite some years.The last year is 2018, it looks like.
Okay. It tracks 8000 check ins 3.8.See, that's way too fucking high.
(11:32):
It's a bunch of Firestone fanboysout there jerking themselves off.
Especially back in 2018 whenFirestone was still on top of
the beer world. Uh, no.These are this one description
says lots of honey.Then the next one says rum,
rum rumplestilskin.As a lover of all things Firestone,
(11:54):
this was difficult to drink.Definitely boozy with ginger and
lime.Has a cheap medicine cocktail flavor.
That was an intern, Brian was itsounds like something he would say.
It's craft beer. Oh is it?I wrote that. Yeah. I remember that.
That was pretty solid. Yeah.Good times. Very, very funny.
(12:15):
Well, I tell you what,I'll never drink it.
I wouldn't recommend it ifthere's any left that haven't
been thrown in a fire.But speaking of beer research,
I alluded to it earlier.I did more beer research,
like the hero that I am.But pop that knee brace on and you
can go anywhere. That's right.Helps my liver hold up, too.
(12:37):
Keeps everything in place.Uh, I went to this place.
I don't know if it's new.We saw it a few months ago.
Um, I think it's been around fora couple years.
year, a couple years, but it's undernew ownership or something anyways.
It's a place out here called Agora.Beer and wine.
And it's exactly what it sounds like.It's a bottle shop with wine and
(12:58):
beer, but they've got a little bar,a tiny little bar area in the back
of it, and you can have some wine,you can have some beer.
And I was in a beer mood.Surprisingly.
I've done a lot of wine andseltzer lately, but, uh,
I walked in and they had suchgood beers, not only on tap now,
they didn't have a huge tap list,but the list they had was fantastic.
(13:20):
We're talking Made West.There does not exist, uh,
field work. Beachwood.There was some good California beer
on that list. So you know what I had?It was that there does not exist.
But I was looking in their fridge,and it was the first time in a
while where I was like,I remember the fun days of chasing
down some specialty beers.I was like, looking through
(13:41):
their fridge, like, oh,maybe I'll pick up a couple things.
And, uh, I didn't because we weren'tgoing home afterwards, but, um, had a
couple of beers off the tap list.The other cool thing they did was,
if you're drinking wine for 11 bucksa glass, which is the cheapest
wine glass on the menu, you justit's called, uh, pour me whatever
(14:02):
and you can tell them, you know,pour me whatever or pour me whatever
red or white you can specify.And he just surprises you with a
glass of wine.That's kind of neat. Yeah.
So the wife was doing that becausewe love, like, a lot of times I'll
hand her a drink or she'll hand mea drink and go, guess what it is.
Whether it's wine or beer orwhatever. That's fun. Yeah. It's fun.
It's fun to guess, you know,a the style.
But then be like, if you can actuallynail what it is. So it was fun.
(14:24):
He'd bring it over and like,have a sip.
And then after you had a sip,you're like, all right, this is a,
you know, Pinot from Washingtonor whatever. He brought it over.
Yeah. Sorry. He he brought it.But anyways, cool spot had had a
couple of tasty beverages, and, uh,that was our first time hanging out,
so we'll be we'll be back again.Agora beer and wine.
If you're out in my hood.And the Conejo Valley area.
(14:46):
That sounds like a super fun spot.Yeah, nice little beer selection.
And we we all know how into wineI am.
We found a few wine bottles thatwe belong to their membership,
and we were comparing their prices.Pretty good wine prices. I swear.
They're not paying me to say this.I was like, that is for a non
membership price. Pretty good price.So, uh, you know, like Austin
(15:10):
Hope cab, that kind of stuff.Did you pick any up or. No.
It was all shit I already have in myhouse. Oh, okay. Okay. Of course not.
Because I'm classy and I have wines.I sometimes I forget how classy
you are. Yeah, yeah.You know, pinkies up, motherfucker.
That was a good time.I'll definitely be going back.
Uh, I saw that I was gathering allthe news for the show tonight,
(15:32):
and I found this fun fact that Ithought I would share with everybody.
And hopefully you don't throw uptoo hard. Anheuser. Anheuser.
Busch. Busch. There.They have three brands that have
accounted for 35% of all of theirvolume last month. Mhm. Nope. Oh. Oh.
(15:55):
They just came out with the Bushapple again I'm assuming.
Oh God I saw that.No it's not that. Yeah.
Brian our friend Brian notinterim Brian but um,
formerly Title Town Brian.He was telling me about it and it
was like, it's the worst thing I'veput in my mouth in a long time.
Oh, that's funny, because thatshit sells out like crazy.
That's what he was saying.As soon as it comes in, it's gone.
(16:18):
That's what he was telling me.And I don't fucking believe him.
But I guess it's true. Yeah.No, that was that was not one of them
either. One of them is MC ultra.Oh, yeah. That's so big.
Why is it so big? So big right now?And the Willem Dafoe and Catherine
O'Hara commercials are just awful.And I love Catherine O'Hara, but I.
Yes, I don't love that commercial.No. Busch light.
(16:41):
Okay, so we're okay. Bush. Right?And even even more disappointing
than MC Ultra. God MC zero. Yes.MC ultra zero.
Those three beers were 35% ofAB's portfolio last month.
You guys need to drink better beerout there. That's gross dude.
(17:02):
So gross. Uh, you guys have. Yeah.What are people doing? Drinking beer.
Uh, thanks to Scott for this one.Thank you. Scott.
Here is the horoscope.The best beer style for your zodiac
sign. What sign are you? Flex.Uh, I am a cancer. Okay. So cancer.
(17:23):
Your style of beer should be apilsner. Okay, I can dig that.
Okay, I'm a Leo, and this couldnot be further from the truth.
Like a like a strong ale or a barley.I take a barley wine?
Seasons aren't bad.Can't do it if it involves sweat
(17:46):
socks and wet hay.In the description, you can go ahead
and pour that down the fucking sink.You can get some really well
brewed saisons.Um, the only saison I'm interested
in is if it's like a sour saison.So you don't you don't taste the
saison part of it.It's similar to, like,
a farmhouse ale, right, a saison.It's like one in the same. Yeah.
(18:07):
So that's actually like whatSpotted Cow is technically is a
farmhouse ale.Yeah, but most of them taste
like sweat socks and wet day.So whenever I hear saison, because
the local brew pub exploring by me,they had done a saison and it tasted
almost identical to Spotted Cow. Oh.I would say it was probably even
(18:32):
better. Nice.And then one summer they did a
cucumber Cezanne.Where you got a hint of that
cucumber freshness in it.So that could either be
disgusting or super fresh.And it was super fresh and super
delicious and super refreshing.Super summery.
(18:52):
Super super super super super.Couldn't say super more.
Uh, and I and I super enjoyed it.Sounds super good.
Yeah, it was super good.The rest if people care.
If you're an Aries,you should be drinking a porter.
Taurus Brown Ale Gemini youdon't like brown ales?
(19:13):
It's like my least favorite.Oh, love me a good brown ale.
Uh, Gemini pale ale.I should be a Gemini, apparently.
Uh, Virgo. Wheat beer. Libra.Oktoberfest. Duh. Okay.
Scorpio stout. Sagittarius IPA.Capricorn. Barley wine. Ooh!
(19:35):
Oof! But drunks. They did. Yeah.Aquarius. Belgian ale.
No, thanks. Gross. And Pisces.Bock. Beer. Very specific. Okay.
Does it give any reasonings asto why? No. Okay. Not at. All.
All right.It'd be more fun if it did.
Well, that's what I was hoping for.Like a little description as to,
(19:56):
like. Hey. Yeah, this is why.Right. Hey, Leos.
Because you love blowing outyour palate with gym socks.
You should drink Cézanne's.Rumor has it you like tasting your
own sweat. And the taste of what?Barn. No, thanks.
(20:20):
I got plenty of wet barns here inWisconsin. Not so many around me.
Gotta get it from my saisons.All right,
before we talk about the news,let me talk about what I'm drinking
over here. Calling to the pen.
Who calls to the bullpen for beer.All right, well,
(20:41):
I'm drinking another Tavour beer.After last week, I was like.
What's the matter with. You?Well, I gotta drink another
Tavour beer for two reasons.One, they're not getting any younger.
Science, right.And two, I wanted to see if this had
the funky flavor to it, because it'sfrom a completely different state
from the last one was from Montana.This one Colorado. Science.
(21:01):
I am drinking Weldwerks BrewingCompany working Theory and this
is a collab with Barrel TheoryBeer Company.
Ooh, I like barrel theory a lot.I don't know if I've had anything
from them besides this beer. Big fan.Double Double Hazy IPA 8.4% 28 IBUs
has A423 with over 1700 ratings.Very respectable.
(21:26):
They say brewed with our friendsat Barrel Theory Beer Company.
This is a double hazy IPA.Nice and long description there.
And they're like Saint Paul,Minnesota or something like that.
Is that where they're from?Barrel theory. Yeah.
I have not done that research,but I guess I could have this beer.
As you can see. Gorgeous. Oh.You're right. Saint Paul, Minnesota.
(21:46):
Great looking. Hazy. Looks lovely.Nice head, nice lacing. Light schnoz.
And it doesn't say what hops are usedin it. Doesn't say anything. Damn.
What am I picking up on the schnozhere? It's a mango or something.
It smells.It smells light, but very nice.
I do enjoy it.I'm also looking for hops while I do
this. One handed, like a pro. Yeah.Uh, Citra. Nectarine and peach hops.
(22:11):
Oh. What's this is some fun hops.Mhm. All right. On the Tongue-jobber.
All right. This is delicious. Damn.First of all, this does not have
that weird funk that I've beenexperiencing, but it's also 8.4%,
so it could be overriding it.Then that double territory.
Now that's an interesting thought.Yeah, I get Mandarin.
(22:31):
Uh, well, orange, I get orange.You can say, man,
you can be a a pretentious asshole.I don't think I'm smart enough
to know the difference.I got a fucking orange.
Have you ever had a clementine?You could tell the difference
between clementine and an orange.That is true. Aw, cutie. You know.
Well. Uh, I definitely get mango.I don't know if I get peach,
but I get, like, a sugary mangothat I'm really enjoying.
(22:53):
Damn, it's really good.Sounds lovely.
The finish is a little pithy,like grapefruit pithiness or
something like that. Citrus pith.Instead of, like, a pine tree.
Bitter.It's more like a citrus bitter.
I really enjoy it.I prefer that, to be honest.
Yeah, and especially if you'redrinking a hazy. Right. Exactly.
It's hazy.Really keeps things smooth.
Keeps it enjoyable.This is a pleasant beer to be
(23:15):
drinking on and well deserving.I'd say of its four, two, three. Wow.
Look at me not being angry this week.Yeah, that's. Those are big words.
Well deserved. Four. Two. Three.Yeah, definitely.
Definitely a four or more. Okay.On the Richter scale.
I'm not mad that I'm not drinking it.Yeah, not at all. Yeah, yeah.
(23:36):
Your beer sounds delicious. Yeah.I'm over here. Just like. Yeah.
Just drinking some Moussa. Shit.Moussa. Is that what you said?
I just said Moussa. Shit.Moussa. Got it. Yeah.
Uh, a little news, little booze news.Goose Island,
everyone's favorite brewery.What a shitty island, though.
(23:56):
Honestly, thinking about it.Filled with geese? Yeah.
All they do is poop. Terrible.Just so bad. They smell awful.
And they're everywhere. Mhm.And they're noisy. Oh. And they.
So I've been catching them inthe morning on my way to work.
They just stand in the road and yougotta wait for them to cross because
(24:19):
it's like against the law to hita goose or something like that.
That's bullshit.Um, so yeah, you have to sit there
and wait for them, and they'reso arrogant that they just stop,
and then they look at you, and thenthey just stand there looking at you,
and you're like, all right.Like if you just expedite this
process by not looking at me andstaring at me. So I'm late to work.
(24:42):
Um, please stop hanging out inmedians, you know, like.
Why their shit is the size of,like, a small dog. Shit.
It's giant for a bird. Yeah.And it's like, uh, I will give them
props on the consistency, though,like, whatever they're doing.
Pretty healthy diet, I would say.Yeah. Good amount of fiber intake.
(25:03):
Yes, yes, it's super solid, but,uh, literally. Right. Pun intended.
Um, but yeah, they suck.Yeah they do. So it's a brewery.
Goose Island is going to debutten ounce bottles of their Bourbon
County brand Original Stout.Cool. Yeah.
So, uh, you know,if you couldn't stomach the 17 ounce
(25:25):
glass bottles now, you can.That are still on shelves of
liquor stores around the countryfrom Thanksgiving.
From years past, and now you can plugand chug a ten ounce bottle instead.
They said in a press release.While the recipe remains unchanged,
the new format reflects a shiftin occasion,
ideal for side by side tastingswith the rest of the lineup for or
(25:46):
or or simply enjoying on its own.The four pack gives drinkers
more opportunities to experiencethe beer that started it all.
Oh, so it's coming in a four pack?Yeah,
a four pack of ten ounce bottles.Oh, I thought it was just single
ten ounce bottles.So you must now buy 40oz of
Bourbon County Brand stout.Oh, man. Good luck.
(26:10):
Are they doing that for the variants?I'm wondering.
Or if they're just doing it forthe regular. Who knows? Oh, yeah.
Good luck to all the plumbingout there. Ooh. All right.
Uh, California is dragging theUS spirit volumes down as
consumer priorities shift.So apparently the TLDR part of this
(26:32):
is California's habits are differentfrom the rest of the country,
but we're such a big state, we'redragging everyone's numbers down.
Are Californians over tequila?A new report indicates that
Californians thirst for spiritshas declined, fueled by a drop
in agave spirit volumes.The report from market research firm
(26:52):
shows that the evolution of wine,beer and RTD consumption in
California broadly followed nationaltrends between 2019 and 2024, but
spirit volumes fell by 9% comparedto a 3% dip across the country.
Higher priced beer,wine and spirits are still proving
resilient out of the report.With rtds booming, I US President
(27:19):
Martin, this guy wrote in 2024.He's got quite a last name.
US spirits volumes excludingCalifornia remained above 2019
levels, but California is draggingthe national figures down.
Its underperformance is notreflective of broader category
weakness,but more likely a state specific
consumer shift or economic pressures.So basically, California's not
(27:41):
drinking a bunch of liquor anymore.Interesting. Yeah.
And we're fucking up everybody'snumbers.
I mean, you guys got all the grapesthough, so that makes sense with
the wine. California grapes.Tremendous breweries.
That is accurate.So I mean, I get it.
I guess it makes sense. Yeah.Shout out to, uh, listener Davis,
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your homie who backs you up onall things Wisconsin. Yes.
My, uh, Wisconsin guy.Yeah, he was out here, uh, a week or
so ago. I didn't get to see him.He was down in San Diego,
but he started texting me.He goes, hey, don't you like,
um, North Park Brewery?I said, I love North Park.
Who doesn't? Right.I said, and if you're there,
I also love their pork nugs.They have little like it's pork belly
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cut into nugget pieces and they,like, fry them and put this
delicious sauce on them. It's.Anyways, about ten minutes later
I get a message.He goes, pork nugs are fantastic.
So good.Uh,
I also told him to go check out sik.Was it like a version of like,
burnt ends or what?Yeah, I mean, it's pork belly instead
of, you know, brisket. Whatever.So it's just pork belly cut up
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and fried. Okay. Like deep fried.Not battered, but deep fried.
Okay. And, uh, it's really good.They do a great job.
They have, like, sausage.They have like, a little sausage
thing. They're like meats, basically.So we just happen to try it once
we're drunk.And now we get it every time.
Hell, yeah.And I said, hey, sik, beer is right
around the corner. Go check out sik.And he tried that and he's like,
sik was such a good recommendation,blah blah blah.
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So I still got it. But anyways.Drinking all this wine and you still
got it. Still got it, bitches.All this wine and high noon's.
And I still know the good breweries.Uh, how many DUIs are too many DUIs?
I would say four. War. Okay.A butler man with a very
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well-worn relationship with DUIlaws is back behind bars after
allegedly getting drunk,wrecking his car and then refusing
everything the cops threw at him.State police say 60 year old
Scott Ono.Scott Kreidler was found stumbling
around a grassy off ramp near PortMatilda on I-99 in Centre County.
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His car was there, badly damaged,with flat tires on the passenger side
and the back wheel grinding downto the rim like it was auditioning
for NASCAR's No Tire Left Behind.Special troopers got the call
around 7:45 p.m. on May 15th,after reports of someone literally
riding the rim up the highway nearmile marker 58 in Taylor Township.
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They know that's not good forthe car, right?
They haven't figured that out yet.Okay. Just checking. Yeah.
Scott claimed he was just cruisingfrom Altoona to a family member's
house when he got a flat.You know, the usual excuse,
except he reeked of alcohol.Had slurred speech just like me.
Bloodshot eyes and refused allsobriety tests.
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Like it was a game show called.Absolutely Not.
Turns out this wasn't his firstrodeo.
Court documents say Scott was onparole for his third DUI,
but this was at least his 11thtime driving under the influence.
That's insane. Yes.Unsurprisingly,
the judge denied bail and calledhim a major public safety risk.
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It only got Scott from thereafter being arrested and taken
to Mount Nittany Medical Center.He refused to give a blood sample
twice, even after troopers got asearch warrant and brought him
back to the hospital.He still wouldn't budge.
He's now facing a buffet of chargesfelony DUI, disorderly conduct,
buffet, disorderly conduct withsome spicy, obscene language,
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driving on a suspended license,and careless driving. Wow. Yeah.
It's had quite the night. Yeah.What a horrible human being. Yeah.
I've been looking forward to tothis story.
Let's see if I can read it semiclearly so everybody can enjoy.
Yeah. Are you doing okay?No, I'm not even drunk.
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I just can't fucking read.Florida mail carrier was drunk on
vodka as she made route deliveries.A postal worker has been charged
with driving under the influenceafter her delivery truck was
seen swerving and traveling onthe wrong side of the road.
The dangerous display waswitnessed by Melbourne police
around 2 p.m. on April 12th,as they responded to reports of a
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USPS driver tossing out plastic solocups that smelled like alcohol.
End quote. Out of the truck.Who's who's picking these cups
up and smelling them?Right quick. Go check it. Out.
You see somebody throw a cup outthe window.
You're not like, oh, yeah,that I caught a whiff of that.
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Like, no, you're going to pick it up.and you are physically smelling
that cup.You've got to stick your schnoz
in that thing. Oh, man.Which who knows what that person has?
Nope. Not touching it. Yep.Don't touch it.
When stopped, the 33 year old driverappeared confused and disoriented
and slurred as she spoke.A field sobriety test showed
additional signs of intoxication.She advised that during her
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mailing route, she delivered toan address off Riverview Drive
that was having a party.She was invited in and decided
to take her ten minute break andgo inside.
She stated that she drank twovodkas while inside.
When asked to clarify,she stated that it was two shots
of vodka out of a blue bottle.Witnesses reported seeing the
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truck hitting curbs,swerving into opposing traffic,
and almost crashed into multiplecars prior to being stopped.
When asked about the mishaps,the driver stated she had dozed
off behind the wheel and wasjolted awake by a speed bump.
A breath test showed the driverhad an alcohol level of 0.24.
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No. Very unimpressive 0.10. Oh.Yeah. Barely over.
The driver was arrested and chargedwith DUI and her bond was set at
$500. It's very underwhelming.Yeah, so I believe her that she
had two shots of vodka. Huh?Yeah, man, if you're gonna get a DUI,
at least make it a good one. I guess.I mean, how about you don't get a
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DUI? But if you're gonna get one.It's like, go big or go home,
right? Exactly.You don't want to fuck around
with that.Like, oh, just barely over the limit.
Could have went so much harder.I just love the idea of, oh,
you got vodka at a house party?I'm taking my ten.
Maybe she knew the people.I don't know, maybe.
Hey, back in the day when I usedto work at McDonald's,
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I had some friends. Uh oh.I had some friends roll through
the drive through and they go.And I was working the drive through,
obviously.And they go, hey, we'll trade you
a couple of shots for a couple ofburgers. And I said deal. Whoa.
So they handed me a from theircar like I was at the first
window taking the money.And so, like, they handed me a
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shot and I downed it.And I look around like,
all right, nobody.Like a shot glass or just like a
pull from a bottle. No, they.Had a shot glass with. Unreal.
Which probably means.They were drinking the car,
which is not good.I don't approve of that now that
I think about it.But then they handed me another one,
took another shot,and I handed it back to him.
I was like, all right,burgers are free.
My friends and I zeroed out theirburgers and sent them down to
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the next window to pick them up.What a good friend.
We did some things. Good for you.We we we did some things too. Yeah.
You know, high school, a little bitof college, working at McDonald's.
You gotta have fun. Yeah.We, uh, this wasn't drinking
involved, but, uh.Well, the first part was we went
to visit my buddy.He used to go to Butler
University in Indianapolis, okay.And we went and visited him on,
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uh, Easter weekend once.So like 50% of the population of
the student body is gone. Oh, sure.So he was I can't remember if he
was in a frat or if he was pledgingfor a frat, but they did this fun,
uh, scavenger hunt thing,and you had like,
two hours to go out and accomplish,uh, 100 tasks. 200 tasks.
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And they were all randomized,uh, with points,
and you didn't know how many pointseach task was worth until you did.
It turned in your shit at the endof the night, and the guy running
everything ran all the points.Uh, so we took that where we did
a lot of drinking, and we broughtit home, and we did it the
following summer with our friendsand everybody that was here. Yeah.
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And we one of the the tasks on thescavenger hunt was to run a red
light. Okay. So it's like 1150.Gotta be done by midnight.
And everything had to be likevideo recorded.
So this wasn't like with iPhones.This was we're talking like 2007,
2000. Oh, shit.You had to have a video camera.
You had to have like a digitalcamera or video camera.
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So we're sitting at a stoplightat a red light.
Look around like, hey,what if we just fucking go?
Right. 1150 at night. Suburbs.Nobody's around.
Just run the red light, record it.We'll fucking get the points.
The headlights popping up behind uswas like the one cop on duty. Oh, no.
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So she pulled us over,asked us what the hell we were doing,
and my buddy who was driving wasreally quick on it, and he said,
oh, we thought it was like, uh,like a four way red light,
like a four way stop.Uh, so so we just went and she
fucking bought it. Wow.And we got off Scotch free, man.
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Just scot free. Okay.Now looking back, do you think
she actually bought it or.She's like, these guys are harmless.
I think a little bit of both.You know, like we were all probably,
I want to say 18. I think we were 18.It's probably 2007.
I mean, we weren't really doinganything wrong. Wrong. Wrong.
Like we weren't harming anybody.Right.
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But then we went to the local grocerystore, and we did, uh, races on the
conveyor belts at the registers,so that was probably pretty wrong,
but that's fantastic.Jumped up on the conveyor belts and
sat on them, and we did races. Nice.But that was also part of the game.
Uh, so my I don't even know whatmy point is.
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Just, uh, doing stupid stuff.People doing stupid stuff.
That's what the point was. I get.It. We did dumb shit. We should.
We should recreate this.I feel like we're too old. Shh.
Quick.Before any of us in this chat
turns 40. We should recreate this.You're still a couple years away.
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Mhm. No I'm not.A couple months maybe. No. Yeah.
Couple months. Jeez.I'm gonna cut this part out.
I don't want people to know.I thought you were, like, 38,
39. Damn. Then I die.Well, your soul does. Yeah.
(38:43):
Oh, that happens as soon as youget married. Yeah, right.
Your wife's awesome. That's true.Some people you can't even,
like, joke around with.I know that shit. It's like.
Oh, uh, do you know your wife?I can't, I can't joke around with
people about that because they'relike, yeah, well, we like her better.
Well, that's what I'm saying.Like, do you know who your wife is?
(39:05):
Like. Right. Kind of amazing.They'll ditch me before they ditch
her, so I gotta I gotta play nice.Mean Greg. Mean Greg. Yeah.
Sorry, I forgot, we're stillrecording. Oh, yeah. Still recording.
Uh, that was it. Okay. Good stuff.Hi, Vanessa. Jesus Christ.
I don't know how to transition.I forgot what we were talking about.
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Well, Florida drunk mail carrier.Oh, yeah. Doing stupid things.
Doing stupid things? Yes. Yeah.So, uh. Oh. Hitting some music.
All that good shit.Follow us on the socials.
@CraftBeerRepublic.@Flex_me_a_beer underscore 055382337.
Mail @CraftBeerRepublic. Com.I do believe that is everything.
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Don't drink and drive,but do drink if you're working
the drive thru at McDonald's.I hope everyone out there is staying
very well hydrated. And on that note.Good night everybody.
Welcome in everybody.It's @CraftBeerRepublic.
Thanks for drinking.Thanks for joining.
I am Greg and that dying catover there. That's Flex.
What's up, big fella?Dogs and cats living together.
Mass hysteria. Exactly.I was cracking up because I could see
you mouthing the tune to the song.Yeah, I was, I was doing.
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But, like, not actually making noise.Oh, yeah. Silent on my end.
I didn't want to ruin anything.It was fantastic. Uh, follow us.
@CraftBeerRepublic @Flex_me_a_beerunderscores in in between and 853,
beer is our number.If you want to leave us a voicemail
like our friend Pablo did last week.Yeah. What a nice guy.
What a good guy.Big fan of Pablo. Yeah.
(01:03):
You know, I've met him in real life.Very nice guy.
He's come to some live shows.Hell, yeah. Yeah. Good guy.
So he does listen every week. Yeah.He's. He's not fucking around.
No. Yeah. Good man.Well, even bigger fan though,
right? Biggest fan of Pablo.Pablo is number one.
You know, now I'm getting creepy.Yeah, yeah.
(01:24):
Keep it in your pants. Would you.Uh, shout out to our top listening
city? Didn't expect this one.Salt Lake, Utah. Oh.
I didn't know they could drinkout there.
Oh, there's, like, only three peoplethat live there. That's true.
And then the other people livein Provo. That's. That's it.
It's Salt Lake and Provo.Makes sense.
We've discussed this many a times.Geography 101. Right.
(01:46):
Cold hard facts.There's only two areas of Utah
and that Salt Lake and Provo.Suck it. Steph.
That says it all. Yeah, exactly.Uh, so much to get to today.
Two weeks in a row. Beer. Research.I know what is the matter with you.
I've probably gained £10 justfrom drinking six beers, but,
(02:08):
uh. Beer research.We got some booze news.
Uh, Scott sent us your horoscopebased on your beer.
So we'll talk about. That.And so much more.
Uh, before we do, though,why don't we find out what
you're drinking over there,if that's okay. Change of scenery.
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Yeah. I didn't even warn you.I just said, hey,
let's find out what you're drinking.In a world where craft beer is king,
a world where muscles are biggerthan growlers,
only one tongue can guide us.One man, one tongue,
one Tongue-jobber.In this world, we must find out
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what is Flex drinking.All right. Uh, again.
I did my homework, I bought beer.Good man. Believe it or not.
Not as good as Pablo,but good man. Yeah. Yeah. We all.
We all have to try, you know?Yeah, we really do. I am drinking.
Mhm. OSA from Equilibrium Brewing.Um, 16,000 chickens. Wow.
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Untapped. I gave it a 4.01.Oh, that's mighty big.
Quite a collective, huh?I believe that word starts with an H.
And they, it reads. Mhm. OSA.Is our beloved photon.
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American pale ale conditioned onfreshly zested oranges.
Can you, can you zest an orangeor does an orange have zest?
You can zest an orange okay.I don't know how to do things.
So I'm asking um, conditioned onfreshly zested oranges at a rate of.
Now, this doesn't sound impressiveto me. Six oranges per barrel.
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Yeah, that doesn't feel veryimpressive. No, not at all.
Yeah, yeah, I don't know why.Why would they would even put
that in the description.I'm already underwhelmed. Right.
That's like bragging about yourtwo inch dick. Yeah.
You know, it's just like it'stwo inches, you know? That's all.
That's all I got. What else do you.Say to that? Good night everybody.
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Hey, I got a two inch dick.Yeah, man, that's like brewing beer.
Six oranges per barrel. Yeah.Get a fucking life.
We all know the old saying.New saying. Now I guess. True.
Uh, and then it says, uh,it is everything photon is.
I've never had photon, uh,with a dominant orange presence.
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This citric delight is our preferredway to start the afternoon.
So let me waft a little more outof this. Out of the can.
And we're wafting.It's interesting about the afternoon.
Usually I prefer my mimosas inthe morning.
Well, I feel like brunch, you know,late morning, early afternoon. Yeah.
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Starts around ten. Ends whenever.Right. So this is pretty hazy.
Pale looking. Yeah.Very unfiltered looking.
Very solid. Uh, cabeza to the beer.See? Um. Mucho blanco.
I mean, it smells like zested orange.I guess it does.
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I'll give it to him. Okay.I'm very excited to taste this,
because who doesn't love mimosas?I love mimosas.
So without further ado,the old Tongue-jobber. Okay.
Super duper light. Mm.Um, it is a 4.8% pale and. Zesty.
(05:59):
Trying to find the six oranges perbarrel. All six. Of them? Yeah. No.
Yeah, I don't I don't taste alot of orange. Mm.
I mean, it's there, but it doesn'tremind me of anything like a mimosa.
Mhm. More like a mimosa. Yeah.It's like a mimosa. Hey.
Not so much of a mimosa. Yeah.It's like a I really wanted it
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to be like a. Oh yeah. Mimosa.And it's like a mimosa,
you know. Um, I mean, it's fine.Kind of bummed.
I, I'm I'm bummed on this one.Would you drink it again?
I wouldn't, I wouldn't buy it again.Mm. I'd rather have a modelo.
Uh, oro. I you know what?That's big words right there.
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But, yeah, I would.I feel like that'd be much more
enjoyable. It's fair.This leaves, like, a little,
I don't know, it's like a littletaste on your tongue afterwards.
Just kind of sticks around.Yeah, I don't know, maybe it's
like a particular demographic orthat palate that likes his beer.
(07:08):
You know, I mean, 16,000 check ins,400. Somebody likes it. Yeah.
Somebody's enjoying this beerthoroughly.
You didn't get it from Tavour,did you?
I did not, uh, got it from the localshop. Uh, consumer beverage there.
My wonderful,wonderful people over there. And.
Yeah, I mean, this is just it's kindof a bummer, you know, equilibrium.
(07:31):
We talk about it type breweries,right?
And, uh, not getting a superduper hype double IPA from them,
you know, which they're knownfor or their IPAs and shit.
I don't know, I guess, you know,it's kind of a bummer.
I'm kind of bummed out.Um, but it was only 375 for the can,
so I can't be too bummed out.And you were smart and you only
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bought one. And I did see, see this?And this is what we're telling
people, right?We told people buying crap.
I mean, uh.That's not what we're saying.
Whoops. Hold on. Scratch that.Let me try again. Buy less crap.
No shit. Uh. God damn it! Damn it!This isn't coming out right.
It's like, you know, like you don'thave any idea how disappointed I
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would have been if I spent,like, $15. $16, you know? Yeah.
Even if I spent $12 on this fourpack, I'd be like, damn it.
Mostly because you'd have todrink the other three. Exactly.
And that's the point. Yeah.It's not the support of the
breweries.Okay, let's put that out there.
It's not, you know, don't support it.But it's like, man, when you get
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a beer that just isn't there.Hence this one for me.
I would have been so disappointedto have three extra ones.
And I would think immediately who Icould give these to. Yeah, right.
Who doesn't care about whattheir beer tastes like.
Yeah, like who would drink thiswithout even thinking about what
it tastes like? Yeah. Scott. Yeah.I feel like you're absolutely
(09:00):
right with that.He would totally drink that for you.
What does this taste like?Yeah, it's a beer. Is it zesty?
Sure. Yeah, it's got the.Yeah, yeah,
it says it's brewed with hops.Uh, yeah, it's got the got the
orange. Yeah. I don't know.It's just I keep looking at this,
like, take another sip.Here's the new rule.
Buy one beer at a time.But if it's good, go back and buy 20.
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That is a valid point.And that's what I'm all about. Yeah.
Go support the good craft beer.Yeah, because, you know these guys,
they got a big name and I'm suresome of their stuff is good.
I've never really loved anythingfrom equilibrium. I'm on.
I'm on the same boat as you,my friend. Um, yeah. Okay.
I'm glad I've had some things thatare good, but I've never had anything
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that was great. Like, mind blowing.Like, wow, this is so much better
than what is brewed locally for me,right? Like I've never had that.
Same 100% the same. Okay.At least that I can remember.
I'm not saying, you know,I'm saying they're bad.
Yeah, I guess it's, you know,two people's opinions on, uh,
(10:04):
on a versus. 16,000. Certain.Yeah, yeah. Like, what do we matter?
So we're the smart ones. Yeah.We're like the, uh, .00 2%.
Have I ever told you my favoriteuntapped review that I've seen? Uh.
I'm pretty sure it was on, like,a Bud Light or something.
No, it was, um, dark and stormy,which is that garbage ass.
(10:27):
It's the worst beer.I've ever walker.
Yeah, worst beer I've ever had.I'll never forget the story.
So after we tried it and thought,this is the worst beer we've ever
put in our fucking pie holes,I looked up on a tap to see maybe we
have a bad bottle and people love it.It was mixed, but it was higher
rating than it should have been.But my favorite review on there
(10:48):
was I don't know what's wrongwith all these LA pussies,
but this is a great beer. Oh, yeah.That, uh. I was like, wait, what?
Okay, okay, well, consider me an LApussy, because this beer is trash.
What a weird way to phrase that.So fucking weird.
(11:12):
Anyways, I'm gonna try and find thisone on untappd. The mimosa? No.
The firestone. Dark. Dark. Stormy.I mean, they haven't made it in
quite some years.The last year is 2018, it looks like.
Okay. It tracks 8000 check ins 3.8.See, that's way too fucking high.
(11:32):
It's a bunch of Firestone fanboysout there jerking themselves off.
Especially back in 2018 whenFirestone was still on top of
the beer world. Uh, no.These are this one description
says lots of honey.Then the next one says rum,
rum rumplestilskin.As a lover of all things Firestone,
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this was difficult to drink.Definitely boozy with ginger and
lime.Has a cheap medicine cocktail flavor.
That was an intern, Brian was itsounds like something he would say.
It's craft beer. Oh is it?I wrote that. Yeah. I remember that.
That was pretty solid. Yeah.Good times. Very, very funny.
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Well, I tell you what,I'll never drink it.
I wouldn't recommend it ifthere's any left that haven't
been thrown in a fire.But speaking of beer research,
I alluded to it earlier.I did more beer research,
like the hero that I am.But pop that knee brace on and you
can go anywhere. That's right.Helps my liver hold up, too.
(12:37):
Keeps everything in place.Uh, I went to this place.
I don't know if it's new.We saw it a few months ago.
Um, I think it's been around fora couple years.
year, a couple years, but it's undernew ownership or something anyways.
It's a place out here called Agora.Beer and wine.
And it's exactly what it sounds like.It's a bottle shop with wine and
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beer, but they've got a little bar,a tiny little bar area in the back
of it, and you can have some wine,you can have some beer.
And I was in a beer mood.Surprisingly.
I've done a lot of wine andseltzer lately, but, uh,
I walked in and they had suchgood beers, not only on tap now,
they didn't have a huge tap list,but the list they had was fantastic.
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We're talking Made West.There does not exist, uh,
field work. Beachwood.There was some good California beer
on that list. So you know what I had?It was that there does not exist.
But I was looking in their fridge,and it was the first time in a
while where I was like,I remember the fun days of chasing
down some specialty beers.I was like, looking through
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their fridge, like, oh,maybe I'll pick up a couple things.
And, uh, I didn't because we weren'tgoing home afterwards, but, um, had a
couple of beers off the tap list.The other cool thing they did was,
if you're drinking wine for 11 bucksa glass, which is the cheapest
wine glass on the menu, you justit's called, uh, pour me whatever
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and you can tell them, you know,pour me whatever or pour me whatever
red or white you can specify.And he just surprises you with a
glass of wine.That's kind of neat. Yeah.
So the wife was doing that becausewe love, like, a lot of times I'll
hand her a drink or she'll hand mea drink and go, guess what it is.
Whether it's wine or beer orwhatever. That's fun. Yeah. It's fun.
It's fun to guess, you know,a the style.
But then be like, if you can actuallynail what it is. So it was fun.
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He'd bring it over and like,have a sip.
And then after you had a sip,you're like, all right, this is a,
you know, Pinot from Washingtonor whatever. He brought it over.
Yeah. Sorry. He he brought it.But anyways, cool spot had had a
couple of tasty beverages, and, uh,that was our first time hanging out,
so we'll be we'll be back again.Agora beer and wine.
If you're out in my hood.And the Conejo Valley area.
(14:46):
That sounds like a super fun spot.Yeah, nice little beer selection.
And we we all know how into wineI am.
We found a few wine bottles thatwe belong to their membership,
and we were comparing their prices.Pretty good wine prices. I swear.
They're not paying me to say this.I was like, that is for a non
membership price. Pretty good price.So, uh, you know, like Austin
(15:10):
Hope cab, that kind of stuff.Did you pick any up or. No.
It was all shit I already have in myhouse. Oh, okay. Okay. Of course not.
Because I'm classy and I have wines.I sometimes I forget how classy
you are. Yeah, yeah.You know, pinkies up, motherfucker.
That was a good time.I'll definitely be going back.
Uh, I saw that I was gathering allthe news for the show tonight,
(15:32):
and I found this fun fact that Ithought I would share with everybody.
And hopefully you don't throw uptoo hard. Anheuser. Anheuser.
Busch. Busch. There.They have three brands that have
accounted for 35% of all of theirvolume last month. Mhm. Nope. Oh. Oh.
(15:55):
They just came out with the Bushapple again I'm assuming.
Oh God I saw that.No it's not that. Yeah.
Brian our friend Brian notinterim Brian but um,
formerly Title Town Brian.He was telling me about it and it
was like, it's the worst thing I'veput in my mouth in a long time.
Oh, that's funny, because thatshit sells out like crazy.
That's what he was saying.As soon as it comes in, it's gone.
(16:18):
That's what he was telling me.And I don't fucking believe him.
But I guess it's true. Yeah.No, that was that was not one of them
either. One of them is MC ultra.Oh, yeah. That's so big.
Why is it so big? So big right now?And the Willem Dafoe and Catherine
O'Hara commercials are just awful.And I love Catherine O'Hara, but I.
Yes, I don't love that commercial.No. Busch light.
(16:41):
Okay, so we're okay. Bush. Right?And even even more disappointing
than MC Ultra. God MC zero. Yes.MC ultra zero.
Those three beers were 35% ofAB's portfolio last month.
You guys need to drink better beerout there. That's gross dude.
(17:02):
So gross. Uh, you guys have. Yeah.What are people doing? Drinking beer.
Uh, thanks to Scott for this one.Thank you. Scott.
Here is the horoscope.The best beer style for your zodiac
sign. What sign are you? Flex.Uh, I am a cancer. Okay. So cancer.
(17:23):
Your style of beer should be apilsner. Okay, I can dig that.
Okay, I'm a Leo, and this couldnot be further from the truth.
Like a like a strong ale or a barley.I take a barley wine?
Seasons aren't bad.Can't do it if it involves sweat
(17:46):
socks and wet hay.In the description, you can go ahead
and pour that down the fucking sink.You can get some really well
brewed saisons.Um, the only saison I'm interested
in is if it's like a sour saison.So you don't you don't taste the
saison part of it.It's similar to, like,
a farmhouse ale, right, a saison.It's like one in the same. Yeah.
(18:07):
So that's actually like whatSpotted Cow is technically is a
farmhouse ale.Yeah, but most of them taste
like sweat socks and wet day.So whenever I hear saison, because
the local brew pub exploring by me,they had done a saison and it tasted
almost identical to Spotted Cow. Oh.I would say it was probably even
(18:32):
better. Nice.And then one summer they did a
cucumber Cezanne.Where you got a hint of that
cucumber freshness in it.So that could either be
disgusting or super fresh.And it was super fresh and super
delicious and super refreshing.Super summery.
(18:52):
Super super super super super.Couldn't say super more.
Uh, and I and I super enjoyed it.Sounds super good.
Yeah, it was super good.The rest if people care.
If you're an Aries,you should be drinking a porter.
Taurus Brown Ale Gemini youdon't like brown ales?
(19:13):
It's like my least favorite.Oh, love me a good brown ale.
Uh, Gemini pale ale.I should be a Gemini, apparently.
Uh, Virgo. Wheat beer. Libra.Oktoberfest. Duh. Okay.
Scorpio stout. Sagittarius IPA.Capricorn. Barley wine. Ooh!
(19:35):
Oof! But drunks. They did. Yeah.Aquarius. Belgian ale.
No, thanks. Gross. And Pisces.Bock. Beer. Very specific. Okay.
Does it give any reasonings asto why? No. Okay. Not at. All.
All right.It'd be more fun if it did.
Well, that's what I was hoping for.Like a little description as to,
(19:56):
like. Hey. Yeah, this is why.Right. Hey, Leos.
Because you love blowing outyour palate with gym socks.
You should drink Cézanne's.Rumor has it you like tasting your
own sweat. And the taste of what?Barn. No, thanks.
(20:20):
I got plenty of wet barns here inWisconsin. Not so many around me.
Gotta get it from my saisons.All right,
before we talk about the news,let me talk about what I'm drinking
over here. Calling to the pen.
Who calls to the bullpen for beer.All right, well,
(20:41):
I'm drinking another Tavour beer.After last week, I was like.
What's the matter with. You?Well, I gotta drink another
Tavour beer for two reasons.One, they're not getting any younger.
Science, right.And two, I wanted to see if this had
the funky flavor to it, because it'sfrom a completely different state
from the last one was from Montana.This one Colorado. Science.
(21:01):
I am drinking Weldwerks BrewingCompany working Theory and this
is a collab with Barrel TheoryBeer Company.
Ooh, I like barrel theory a lot.I don't know if I've had anything
from them besides this beer. Big fan.Double Double Hazy IPA 8.4% 28 IBUs
has A423 with over 1700 ratings.Very respectable.
(21:26):
They say brewed with our friendsat Barrel Theory Beer Company.
This is a double hazy IPA.Nice and long description there.
And they're like Saint Paul,Minnesota or something like that.
Is that where they're from?Barrel theory. Yeah.
I have not done that research,but I guess I could have this beer.
As you can see. Gorgeous. Oh.You're right. Saint Paul, Minnesota.
(21:46):
Great looking. Hazy. Looks lovely.Nice head, nice lacing. Light schnoz.
And it doesn't say what hops are usedin it. Doesn't say anything. Damn.
What am I picking up on the schnozhere? It's a mango or something.
It smells.It smells light, but very nice.
I do enjoy it.I'm also looking for hops while I do
this. One handed, like a pro. Yeah.Uh, Citra. Nectarine and peach hops.
(22:11):
Oh. What's this is some fun hops.Mhm. All right. On the Tongue-jobber.
All right. This is delicious. Damn.First of all, this does not have
that weird funk that I've beenexperiencing, but it's also 8.4%,
so it could be overriding it.Then that double territory.
Now that's an interesting thought.Yeah, I get Mandarin.
(22:31):
Uh, well, orange, I get orange.You can say, man,
you can be a a pretentious asshole.I don't think I'm smart enough
to know the difference.I got a fucking orange.
Have you ever had a clementine?You could tell the difference
between clementine and an orange.That is true. Aw, cutie. You know.
Well. Uh, I definitely get mango.I don't know if I get peach,
but I get, like, a sugary mangothat I'm really enjoying.
(22:53):
Damn, it's really good.Sounds lovely.
The finish is a little pithy,like grapefruit pithiness or
something like that. Citrus pith.Instead of, like, a pine tree.
Bitter.It's more like a citrus bitter.
I really enjoy it.I prefer that, to be honest.
Yeah, and especially if you'redrinking a hazy. Right. Exactly.
It's hazy.Really keeps things smooth.
Keeps it enjoyable.This is a pleasant beer to be
(23:15):
drinking on and well deserving.I'd say of its four, two, three. Wow.
Look at me not being angry this week.Yeah, that's. Those are big words.
Well deserved. Four. Two. Three.Yeah, definitely.
Definitely a four or more. Okay.On the Richter scale.
I'm not mad that I'm not drinking it.Yeah, not at all. Yeah, yeah.
(23:36):
Your beer sounds delicious. Yeah.I'm over here. Just like. Yeah.
Just drinking some Moussa. Shit.Moussa. Is that what you said?
I just said Moussa. Shit.Moussa. Got it. Yeah.
Uh, a little news, little booze news.Goose Island,
everyone's favorite brewery.What a shitty island, though.
(23:56):
Honestly, thinking about it.Filled with geese? Yeah.
All they do is poop. Terrible.Just so bad. They smell awful.
And they're everywhere. Mhm.And they're noisy. Oh. And they.
So I've been catching them inthe morning on my way to work.
They just stand in the road and yougotta wait for them to cross because
(24:19):
it's like against the law to hita goose or something like that.
That's bullshit.Um, so yeah, you have to sit there
and wait for them, and they'reso arrogant that they just stop,
and then they look at you, and thenthey just stand there looking at you,
and you're like, all right.Like if you just expedite this
process by not looking at me andstaring at me. So I'm late to work.
(24:42):
Um, please stop hanging out inmedians, you know, like.
Why their shit is the size of,like, a small dog. Shit.
It's giant for a bird. Yeah.And it's like, uh, I will give them
props on the consistency, though,like, whatever they're doing.
Pretty healthy diet, I would say.Yeah. Good amount of fiber intake.
(25:03):
Yes, yes, it's super solid, but,uh, literally. Right. Pun intended.
Um, but yeah, they suck.Yeah they do. So it's a brewery.
Goose Island is going to debutten ounce bottles of their Bourbon
County brand Original Stout.Cool. Yeah.
So, uh, you know,if you couldn't stomach the 17 ounce
(25:25):
glass bottles now, you can.That are still on shelves of
liquor stores around the countryfrom Thanksgiving.
From years past, and now you can plugand chug a ten ounce bottle instead.
They said in a press release.While the recipe remains unchanged,
the new format reflects a shiftin occasion,
ideal for side by side tastingswith the rest of the lineup for or
(25:46):
or or simply enjoying on its own.The four pack gives drinkers
more opportunities to experiencethe beer that started it all.
Oh, so it's coming in a four pack?Yeah,
a four pack of ten ounce bottles.Oh, I thought it was just single
ten ounce bottles.So you must now buy 40oz of
Bourbon County Brand stout.Oh, man. Good luck.
(26:10):
Are they doing that for the variants?I'm wondering.
Or if they're just doing it forthe regular. Who knows? Oh, yeah.
Good luck to all the plumbingout there. Ooh. All right.
Uh, California is dragging theUS spirit volumes down as
consumer priorities shift.So apparently the TLDR part of this
(26:32):
is California's habits are differentfrom the rest of the country,
but we're such a big state, we'redragging everyone's numbers down.
Are Californians over tequila?A new report indicates that
Californians thirst for spiritshas declined, fueled by a drop
in agave spirit volumes.The report from market research firm
(26:52):
shows that the evolution of wine,beer and RTD consumption in
California broadly followed nationaltrends between 2019 and 2024, but
spirit volumes fell by 9% comparedto a 3% dip across the country.
Higher priced beer,wine and spirits are still proving
resilient out of the report.With rtds booming, I US President
(27:19):
Martin, this guy wrote in 2024.He's got quite a last name.
US spirits volumes excludingCalifornia remained above 2019
levels, but California is draggingthe national figures down.
Its underperformance is notreflective of broader category
weakness,but more likely a state specific
consumer shift or economic pressures.So basically, California's not
(27:41):
drinking a bunch of liquor anymore.Interesting. Yeah.
And we're fucking up everybody'snumbers.
I mean, you guys got all the grapesthough, so that makes sense with
the wine. California grapes.Tremendous breweries.
That is accurate.So I mean, I get it.
I guess it makes sense. Yeah.Shout out to, uh, listener Davis,
(28:02):
your homie who backs you up onall things Wisconsin. Yes.
My, uh, Wisconsin guy.Yeah, he was out here, uh, a week or
so ago. I didn't get to see him.He was down in San Diego,
but he started texting me.He goes, hey, don't you like,
um, North Park Brewery?I said, I love North Park.
Who doesn't? Right.I said, and if you're there,
I also love their pork nugs.They have little like it's pork belly
(28:23):
cut into nugget pieces and they,like, fry them and put this
delicious sauce on them. It's.Anyways, about ten minutes later
I get a message.He goes, pork nugs are fantastic.
So good.Uh,
I also told him to go check out sik.Was it like a version of like,
burnt ends or what?Yeah, I mean, it's pork belly instead
of, you know, brisket. Whatever.So it's just pork belly cut up
(28:46):
and fried. Okay. Like deep fried.Not battered, but deep fried.
Okay. And, uh, it's really good.They do a great job.
They have, like, sausage.They have like, a little sausage
thing. They're like meats, basically.So we just happen to try it once
we're drunk.And now we get it every time.
Hell, yeah.And I said, hey, sik, beer is right
around the corner. Go check out sik.And he tried that and he's like,
sik was such a good recommendation,blah blah blah.
(29:08):
So I still got it. But anyways.Drinking all this wine and you still
got it. Still got it, bitches.All this wine and high noon's.
And I still know the good breweries.Uh, how many DUIs are too many DUIs?
I would say four. War. Okay.A butler man with a very
(29:31):
well-worn relationship with DUIlaws is back behind bars after
allegedly getting drunk,wrecking his car and then refusing
everything the cops threw at him.State police say 60 year old
Scott Ono.Scott Kreidler was found stumbling
around a grassy off ramp near PortMatilda on I-99 in Centre County.
(29:54):
His car was there, badly damaged,with flat tires on the passenger side
and the back wheel grinding downto the rim like it was auditioning
for NASCAR's No Tire Left Behind.Special troopers got the call
around 7:45 p.m. on May 15th,after reports of someone literally
riding the rim up the highway nearmile marker 58 in Taylor Township.
(30:16):
They know that's not good forthe car, right?
They haven't figured that out yet.Okay. Just checking. Yeah.
Scott claimed he was just cruisingfrom Altoona to a family member's
house when he got a flat.You know, the usual excuse,
except he reeked of alcohol.Had slurred speech just like me.
Bloodshot eyes and refused allsobriety tests.
(30:39):
Like it was a game show called.Absolutely Not.
Turns out this wasn't his firstrodeo.
Court documents say Scott was onparole for his third DUI,
but this was at least his 11thtime driving under the influence.
That's insane. Yes.Unsurprisingly,
the judge denied bail and calledhim a major public safety risk.
(30:59):
It only got Scott from thereafter being arrested and taken
to Mount Nittany Medical Center.He refused to give a blood sample
twice, even after troopers got asearch warrant and brought him
back to the hospital.He still wouldn't budge.
He's now facing a buffet of chargesfelony DUI, disorderly conduct,
buffet, disorderly conduct withsome spicy, obscene language,
(31:20):
driving on a suspended license,and careless driving. Wow. Yeah.
It's had quite the night. Yeah.What a horrible human being. Yeah.
I've been looking forward to tothis story.
Let's see if I can read it semiclearly so everybody can enjoy.
Yeah. Are you doing okay?No, I'm not even drunk.
(31:40):
I just can't fucking read.Florida mail carrier was drunk on
vodka as she made route deliveries.A postal worker has been charged
with driving under the influenceafter her delivery truck was
seen swerving and traveling onthe wrong side of the road.
The dangerous display waswitnessed by Melbourne police
around 2 p.m. on April 12th,as they responded to reports of a
(32:03):
USPS driver tossing out plastic solocups that smelled like alcohol.
End quote. Out of the truck.Who's who's picking these cups
up and smelling them?Right quick. Go check it. Out.
You see somebody throw a cup outthe window.
You're not like, oh, yeah,that I caught a whiff of that.
(32:23):
Like, no, you're going to pick it up.and you are physically smelling
that cup.You've got to stick your schnoz
in that thing. Oh, man.Which who knows what that person has?
Nope. Not touching it. Yep.Don't touch it.
When stopped, the 33 year old driverappeared confused and disoriented
and slurred as she spoke.A field sobriety test showed
additional signs of intoxication.She advised that during her
(32:48):
mailing route, she delivered toan address off Riverview Drive
that was having a party.She was invited in and decided
to take her ten minute break andgo inside.
She stated that she drank twovodkas while inside.
When asked to clarify,she stated that it was two shots
of vodka out of a blue bottle.Witnesses reported seeing the
(33:09):
truck hitting curbs,swerving into opposing traffic,
and almost crashed into multiplecars prior to being stopped.
When asked about the mishaps,the driver stated she had dozed
off behind the wheel and wasjolted awake by a speed bump.
A breath test showed the driverhad an alcohol level of 0.24.
(33:30):
No. Very unimpressive 0.10. Oh.Yeah. Barely over.
The driver was arrested and chargedwith DUI and her bond was set at
$500. It's very underwhelming.Yeah, so I believe her that she
had two shots of vodka. Huh?Yeah, man, if you're gonna get a DUI,
at least make it a good one. I guess.I mean, how about you don't get a
(33:52):
DUI? But if you're gonna get one.It's like, go big or go home,
right? Exactly.You don't want to fuck around
with that.Like, oh, just barely over the limit.
Could have went so much harder.I just love the idea of, oh,
you got vodka at a house party?I'm taking my ten.
Maybe she knew the people.I don't know, maybe.
Hey, back in the day when I usedto work at McDonald's,
(34:14):
I had some friends. Uh oh.I had some friends roll through
the drive through and they go.And I was working the drive through,
obviously.And they go, hey, we'll trade you
a couple of shots for a couple ofburgers. And I said deal. Whoa.
So they handed me a from theircar like I was at the first
window taking the money.And so, like, they handed me a
(34:35):
shot and I downed it.And I look around like,
all right, nobody.Like a shot glass or just like a
pull from a bottle. No, they.Had a shot glass with. Unreal.
Which probably means.They were drinking the car,
which is not good.I don't approve of that now that
I think about it.But then they handed me another one,
took another shot,and I handed it back to him.
I was like, all right,burgers are free.
My friends and I zeroed out theirburgers and sent them down to
(34:57):
the next window to pick them up.What a good friend.
We did some things. Good for you.We we we did some things too. Yeah.
You know, high school, a little bitof college, working at McDonald's.
You gotta have fun. Yeah.We, uh, this wasn't drinking
involved, but, uh.Well, the first part was we went
to visit my buddy.He used to go to Butler
University in Indianapolis, okay.And we went and visited him on,
(35:21):
uh, Easter weekend once.So like 50% of the population of
the student body is gone. Oh, sure.So he was I can't remember if he
was in a frat or if he was pledgingfor a frat, but they did this fun,
uh, scavenger hunt thing,and you had like,
two hours to go out and accomplish,uh, 100 tasks. 200 tasks.
(35:43):
And they were all randomized,uh, with points,
and you didn't know how many pointseach task was worth until you did.
It turned in your shit at the endof the night, and the guy running
everything ran all the points.Uh, so we took that where we did
a lot of drinking, and we broughtit home, and we did it the
following summer with our friendsand everybody that was here. Yeah.
(36:07):
And we one of the the tasks on thescavenger hunt was to run a red
light. Okay. So it's like 1150.Gotta be done by midnight.
And everything had to be likevideo recorded.
So this wasn't like with iPhones.This was we're talking like 2007,
2000. Oh, shit.You had to have a video camera.
You had to have like a digitalcamera or video camera.
(36:29):
So we're sitting at a stoplightat a red light.
Look around like, hey,what if we just fucking go?
Right. 1150 at night. Suburbs.Nobody's around.
Just run the red light, record it.We'll fucking get the points.
The headlights popping up behind uswas like the one cop on duty. Oh, no.
(36:53):
So she pulled us over,asked us what the hell we were doing,
and my buddy who was driving wasreally quick on it, and he said,
oh, we thought it was like, uh,like a four way red light,
like a four way stop.Uh, so so we just went and she
fucking bought it. Wow.And we got off Scotch free, man.
(37:15):
Just scot free. Okay.Now looking back, do you think
she actually bought it or.She's like, these guys are harmless.
I think a little bit of both.You know, like we were all probably,
I want to say 18. I think we were 18.It's probably 2007.
I mean, we weren't really doinganything wrong. Wrong. Wrong.
Like we weren't harming anybody.Right.
(37:38):
But then we went to the local grocerystore, and we did, uh, races on the
conveyor belts at the registers,so that was probably pretty wrong,
but that's fantastic.Jumped up on the conveyor belts and
sat on them, and we did races. Nice.But that was also part of the game.
Uh, so my I don't even know whatmy point is.
(37:58):
Just, uh, doing stupid stuff.People doing stupid stuff.
That's what the point was. I get.It. We did dumb shit. We should.
We should recreate this.I feel like we're too old. Shh.
Quick.Before any of us in this chat
turns 40. We should recreate this.You're still a couple years away.
(38:21):
Mhm. No I'm not.A couple months maybe. No. Yeah.
Couple months. Jeez.I'm gonna cut this part out.
I don't want people to know.I thought you were, like, 38,
39. Damn. Then I die.Well, your soul does. Yeah.
(38:43):
Oh, that happens as soon as youget married. Yeah, right.
Your wife's awesome. That's true.Some people you can't even,
like, joke around with.I know that shit. It's like.
Oh, uh, do you know your wife?I can't, I can't joke around with
people about that because they'relike, yeah, well, we like her better.
Well, that's what I'm saying.Like, do you know who your wife is?
(39:05):
Like. Right. Kind of amazing.They'll ditch me before they ditch
her, so I gotta I gotta play nice.Mean Greg. Mean Greg. Yeah.
Sorry, I forgot, we're stillrecording. Oh, yeah. Still recording.
Uh, that was it. Okay. Good stuff.Hi, Vanessa. Jesus Christ.
I don't know how to transition.I forgot what we were talking about.
(39:28):
Well, Florida drunk mail carrier.Oh, yeah. Doing stupid things.
Doing stupid things? Yes. Yeah.So, uh. Oh. Hitting some music.
All that good shit.Follow us on the socials.
@CraftBeerRepublic.@Flex_me_a_beer underscore 055382337.
Mail @CraftBeerRepublic. Com.I do believe that is everything.
(39:50):
Don't drink and drive,but do drink if you're working
the drive thru at McDonald's.I hope everyone out there is staying
very well hydrated. And on that note.Good night everybody.
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