The Brewers Win It All, Hop Butcher Hyper Pils and a Pile of Puke Stories in "Best IPAs Nobody's Heard Of"
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In Batch 537 of Craft Beer Republic, Flex is still crying after the Milwaukee Brewers' first World Series win, and one player promises to drink 100,000 beers. Mr. Davis calls in with a theory about why Heady Topper wants you to drink from the can. The spirits company behind Buffalo Trace buys Full Sail Brewing and plans to stop making the beer. And Greg throws up on a Cards Against Humanity game four months into dating his now wife.
The Brewers Win the World SeriesFlex was so nervous for game five that he drank zero beers and folded laundry instead. Once the Brewers won their first World Series in 57 years, he cried until Saturday and ranked it the third greatest day of his life, behind his kids and his wedding. Sal Frelick promised to have a beer for every fan at the parade, all 100,000 of them. The parade buses were rented from Chicago, and they went back to giving Chicago tours with the Brewers wraps still on.
Davis Calls InMr. Davis, the listener who brought Flex his Heady Topper, calls from a brewery at 1 in the afternoon on a Wednesday. He isn't offended by Flex's take, and he has a theory about why the can says drink from the can. He also wants it on the record that he's not as nice as everyone says.
The Best IPA List Nobody Has Heard OfTasting Table's 15 best IPAs of 2026 (so far, in November) gets read on air, and Greg and Flex have heard of almost none of them. Number one is Verdant Brewing's Putty, and one entry is a 12% sextuple dry hopped quadruple IPA.
Drunk Stories and Puke StoriesA Syracuse driver asleep at the wheel kicks off the drunk stories. Flex called in sick once at 19 and puked by his car right in front of his dad, who just shook his head. Greg once sobered up in the middle of his early morning show after a Cinco de Mayo, and he once puked in a bar urinal and blamed it on some other guy. Send in your own puke stories.
Craft Beer NewsThe UK says Beatbox packaging looks too much like juice boxes. Sazerac buys Full Sail Brewing in Hood River, Oregon, and plans to stop brewing its beer. Anheuser-Busch's CEO is leaving, and Greg plans to apply with a resume that's wildly inappropriate for the job. Shout-out to Austin, Texas, last week's top listening city.
Beers We're Drinking
Flex: Hop Butcher Hyper PilsFlex is drinking Hyper Pils, an American pilsner from Hop Butcher for the World made with HBC 1134 hops. It's crispy with a little spice and a little floral, and Flex calls it a super solid beer he'd happily buy a four-pack of.
Greg: Mother Earth Brewing Soul WindowGreg is drinking Soul Window, a 7.2% hazy IPA from Mother Earth Brewing's Project X series that was canned less than a month before he bought it at Trader Joe's. It's light bodied and dangerously easy to drink at 7.2%, with mango and papaya, and he'd drink it again.
Listen to Craft Beer Republic: Best IPAs Nobody's Heard OfBatch 537 of Craft Beer Republic features Hop Butcher for the World, Mother Earth Brewing, Verdant Brewing, Full Sail Brewing, Sazerac, the Milwaukee Brewers and craft beer news. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app!
In Batch 537 of Craft Beer Republic, Flex is still crying after the Milwaukee Brewers' first World Series win, and one player promises to drink 100,000 beers. Mr. Davis calls in with a theory about why Heady Topper wants you to drink from the can. The spirits company behind Buffalo Trace buys Full Sail Brewing and plans to stop making the beer. And Greg throws up on a Cards Against Humanity game four months into dating his now wife.
The Brewers Win the World SeriesFlex was so nervous for game five that he drank zero beers and folded laundry instead. Once the Brewers won their first World Series in 57 years, he cried until Saturday and ranked it the third greatest day of his life, behind his kids and his wedding. Sal Frelick promised to have a beer for every fan at the parade, all 100,000 of them. The parade buses were rented from Chicago, and they went back to giving Chicago tours with the Brewers wraps still on.
Davis Calls InMr. Davis, the listener who brought Flex his Heady Topper, calls from a brewery at 1 in the afternoon on a Wednesday. He isn't offended by Flex's take, and he has a theory about why the can says drink from the can. He also wants it on the record that he's not as nice as everyone says.
The Best IPA List Nobody Has Heard OfTasting Table's 15 best IPAs of 2026 (so far, in November) gets read on air, and Greg and Flex have heard of almost none of them. Number one is Verdant Brewing's Putty, and one entry is a 12% sextuple dry hopped quadruple IPA.
Drunk Stories and Puke StoriesA Syracuse driver asleep at the wheel kicks off the drunk stories. Flex called in sick once at 19 and puked by his car right in front of his dad, who just shook his head. Greg once sobered up in the middle of his early morning show after a Cinco de Mayo, and he once puked in a bar urinal and blamed it on some other guy. Send in your own puke stories.
Craft Beer NewsThe UK says Beatbox packaging looks too much like juice boxes. Sazerac buys Full Sail Brewing in Hood River, Oregon, and plans to stop brewing its beer. Anheuser-Busch's CEO is leaving, and Greg plans to apply with a resume that's wildly inappropriate for the job. Shout-out to Austin, Texas, last week's top listening city.
Beers We're Drinking
Flex: Hop Butcher Hyper PilsFlex is drinking Hyper Pils, an American pilsner from Hop Butcher for the World made with HBC 1134 hops. It's crispy with a little spice and a little floral, and Flex calls it a super solid beer he'd happily buy a four-pack of.
Greg: Mother Earth Brewing Soul WindowGreg is drinking Soul Window, a 7.2% hazy IPA from Mother Earth Brewing's Project X series that was canned less than a month before he bought it at Trader Joe's. It's light bodied and dangerously easy to drink at 7.2%, with mango and papaya, and he'd drink it again.
Listen to Craft Beer Republic: Best IPAs Nobody's Heard OfBatch 537 of Craft Beer Republic features Hop Butcher for the World, Mother Earth Brewing, Verdant Brewing, Full Sail Brewing, Sazerac, the Milwaukee Brewers and craft beer news. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app!