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Best IPAs Nobody's Heard Of
Welcome back to Craft Beer Republic, where apparently we're qualified to run Budweiser. The company needs a new CEO, and Greg and Flex figure they should apply together, Step…
Crappy Concert Beer
Craft beer in hand, headphones on head. A listener meets Flex in person with Heady Topper, and Flex lives to test the hype. Greg’s hunt for one decent beer at a Weezer concert…
40 Beers and a Flamingo
Hi, craft beer people. Glad you made it. Greg lets a drunk Giants fan trash the Dodgers for over an hour before telling her he’s from LA. Flex finds maybe the best vacation beer…
Zombie Shark Fight
Pour a craft beer and pull up a chair. Erica name-drops her advanced cicerone friend and scores a brewery tour with free tastings. Flex opens a Bourbon County Stout after all the…
Chuck Ducking Knows How to Party
Got a craft beer handy? Good. Poop Beer Gate is back with a White Russian blonde ale full of brown floaters. Non-Murderer John hooks Greg up with another great beer, and Flex…
A Bar in Every Park
Cheers to you, craft beer drinkers. A hurricane floods Greg's Hawaii hotel, so he ends up in Portugal, where every park has a bar. Flex goes craft beer shopping for a hazy IPA,…
Short Pour #2: Do We Miss...?
Beer trading, bombers, bottle shares, black IPAs, growlers, beer festivals, Untappd, mug clubs, beer dinners, and a whole bunch of other stuff craft beer people used to care about…
Short Pour #1: Beer Time Machine
Greg and Flex jump back to 2016 to look at the beers that ruled craft beer, the ones everyone was chasing, and which “whales” do not feel quite as impossible anymore. Along the…
Eau de Pabst
Welcome in, craft beer besties. Poop Beer Gate lives on thanks to a beer that four grown men agree tastes like hot dog water. Greg thinks breweries need to loosen up, hand out a…
Blow-Up Beerfest
Welcome in, craft beer friends. Greg is ready to replace Halloween with a giant inflatable beer hall, Flex assigns him beer-and-champagne homework, and Madison Brian discovers a…
Fish Tank Beer
Welcome in, craft beer friends. Greg finds out that a gummy, a couple beers, and a few hours staring at the water can apparently fix a bad week. Flex says he could do the same…
Bad Beer, Great Wi-Fi
Welcome in, craft beer friends. Greg is back at his mid-grade hotel because apparently reliable Wi-Fi requires personal sacrifice, while 14 Cannons trades brewing equipment for…
Kegs in the Sun
You love craft beer? Welcome. This week, Greg gets blacklisted for not liking fruited IPAs, listener Dan has a skunky beer story that ends hot, and Flex reminisces about the days…
Band-Aid Beer Science
Welcome in, craft beer friends. Greg is forced to conduct some impromptu beer science after his first can comes up full Band-Aid. Flex is ready to start a Super Troopers podcast…
The Hemporer’s New Beer
Hey, craft beer friends! Flex willingly returns to the scene of a beer-related trauma and finds out that watermelon can apparently succeed where strawberry tasted like vomit. Greg…
The Jungle Juice Cruise
Welcome back, craft beer people. Greg runs a boat straight into the dock after some boat beers, Flex introduces his kids to the glory of fourth meal, and bug beers sound worse…
Costco Beer’s Last Call
Welcome back, craft beer people. Poop Beer Gate returns with a barrel-aged stout that belongs on rice, Vanessa explains how Alaska breweries track every ounce you drink, and Flex…
Drunk Movie Buddies
Grab a beer, craft beer friends. Flex gets back from a birthday road trip with great brewery stops, a ballpark full of craft beer, and an amusement park souvenir he’d rather not…
Crimes from the Bar
Pull up a stool, craft beer friends. Greg gets replaced by Steph in an AI-generated PR pitch, Non-Murderer John keeps the beer trades coming, birthday week starts with hotel…
Alaskan Beer Jail
Welcome back, craft beer people. Greg finds out five hazy IPAs hit a lot different than they used to, Flex discovers a cucumber lime blond ale that belongs in the drain, and…
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