Short Pour #1: Beer Time Machine

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Uh, this is a new thing we're doing. It's called the short pour because let's be honest, I'm on vacation right now, but we didn't want you to be totally without us. We needed a little a little something for your spank bank. So here we are. Uh, this one, the short pour is going to be the craft beer time machine. And I was gonna prepare some back to the future sound effects, and I did not want to get sued. So good choice. I you know what? I figured, uh, fiscal responsibility was the way to go. All right,

we're gonna keep this short. And just to give you a little something. Something to keep you warmed up. Keep your whistle whetted. Choose. Already crying his eyes out. Chew is already angry. I'm sure we've already got four voicemails about how short this is going to be. I'm so sorry. Sorry to Vanessa, who has a long commute. Hi, Vanessa. All that good stuff. Uh, so I thought this one would be kind of list heavy because we know how Flex feels about lists. I love lists. We love you. Love to hate them. I love them.

Yeah, I hate them. They suck. Right? The first one's factual, so I don't know how much you'll hate it, but so like I said, craft beer time machine. Uh, the first list I have for you is I went all the way back to 2016 when this show started, and I pulled the top beer for every year. Craft beer, a lot of repeats in those ten years, only four beers appeared in the number one spot. So definitely one of them. Um, Julius? Nope. Really? Um.

Ghost in the machine? Definitely not. Damn. Uh. I'm out on top of my head. Yeah. Here we go. Starting in 2016. And this one took it way more than even Pliny. Two hearted ale or two hearted IPA. So that one's fine. I don't, I don't top beer. It it took so many years as the top. That's crazy. 2016 2017 and then in 2018, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. That's fine.

2019 back to bells. That's gross. 2020 Sierra Nevada Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. Okay. 212223 Pale Ale. 24 Pliny. Pliny. And then 25 went real rogue. Pint house. Electric jellyfish. Oh, yeah. I think I remember doing that on the show. Yeah. I mean, we talk about this every year, but that was that was the one where it wasn't Bells or Pliny or. Yeah. So I, and yeah, I had that beer and it was,

it was good, but it wasn't right. Well, it's getting good. Not great. They're out of Austin. I had it on the show. Uh, in fact, interim Brian brought it to me. It. Yeah, it's solid beer. Nothing special. Yeah. It was it was fine. Exactly. I remember finding it and I was like, oh, my God, this fucking beer. And I, you know, put it. Of course it's on a pedestal for anybody. Sure. And you had it and you're like, wow, this is like fine. You know, it's a run of the mill. Like you could find this at any corner brewery.

It's like, hey, this beer is pretty, uh, not gross. Yeah. Yeah. I wouldn't turn it down. But, uh, Sierra Nevada pale, by the way. I mean, come on. It's classic for a reason. Uh. All right, this one I liked what beer nerds were chasing in 2016. The top ten beers that beer nerds were seeking in 2016. Clearly it's Bell's IPA. Actually not on the list.

That's crazy. Uh, let me know if you had any of these or if you were chasing any of these. Number ten, Maine beer Company dinner. I've not. Had. I've had like, one Maine beer. I've had lunch. There was another one. I can't remember the other one, but I have not had dinner. My assumption would be it would be breakfast. Okay. Uh, cigar cities. I have not had this. Imperial stout. Never had it. Three Floyds zombie dust. Classic. Yeah. Did I ever tell you I talked

about it on the show years ago. I ran into a liquor store in a county over. And they made you buy two other Three Floyds six packs. In order. To buy a six pack a zombie dust. Right. Blew my mind. Yeah. But I, I did it anyway. How they sell beer. Number seven. Uh, treehouse. Julius. Number six, Sam Adams. Utopias not. Yeah, we've never had that right. That's the one that's like 200 bucks. Yeah, I had it at a rare beer

festival. Okay. And I would never pay $200 for it. Just tasted like rubbing alcohol. Gross. Uh. Number five. Uh, wish me luck. West Elverton. West Elverton XII. Yeah. Is that 12? Sure. Uh, number four, three Floyds, dark Lord. That's a second appearance. I've had a few, uh, dark Lord variants. Okay. Very, very, very good. Oh, okay.

Never had them. I don't think I've had any. Three Floyds. Ever. Uh, like. You know, that's not true. I have had some three Floyds, but definitely not dark Lord or zombie dust. So dark Lord is like their big, stout release of the year. Okay. And there's dark Lord day. Oh. And it's like a big event. Like Goose Island does their Bourbon County barrel whatever release day. To and like they sell tickets for it. And I, I've been to a couple shares and I've been able to have some dark. It's very, very good. Okay. Um. Number three. Heady topper.

Which I've never had. You still not at. Okay, we gotta get you some heady topper. It. I mean, it's kind of like Pliny where it's good, but it's not the best beer. Right. And I get it. I think I would just enjoy just to have it. You gotta have it once at least. I'd like to have it. It's a good beer. Uh, number two, Pliny the Younger, which is the harder one to find. Correct. That's the big triple. And then number one, Pliny the Elder. Okay. Of those, which feels like the biggest whale. Ah, man. I would say that's tough,

because, uh, like I said, the, uh, the dark Lord. Mhm. Like, that's one of like the big releases of the year to where, like you said, you get Pliny the Elder all the time. Elder is easy for me to get right. The younger. Do they even bottle? They do, but you can only get it at the brewery. Okay. So I would probably say that because you get a lot of people that just go out to tree house to get the beer to go. And I've had that one, 2 or 3 times now. Julius. And I've never. Yes.

And I've never had Pliny the Younger. Yeah. Younger is hard to come by. Obviously there's a few other on there that I haven't been able to get, but I would say maybe. I mean, even the Maine. Maine Beer Company is dinner. Yeah. I haven't seen that one. Uh, to me, I, I made it a tie for me between younger and Julius utopias. I see. I see it out and about. Well, they put it at, uh, Costco. Did they really? I could have sworn we've talked

about it on the show before that they've sold the bottles at Costco. I don't remember that. I believe you, but I don't remember it. But like, I've seen it just like at some specialty bottle shops out here, it's like, oh, there's utopias, 200 bucks. Who wants to buy it? I to me, it's harder to get younger. It's harder to get. Julius. I've heard, you know, zombie dust, a zombie dust. It's just run of the mill now in at least in Midwest shops. Yeah. It's not a one time a year thing. It's like, oh, hey. Like, hey, do you want to get zombie dust tonight? Yeah, let's just go to the local

bottle shop and get zombie dust, right? Easy peasy. Yeah. It's there. What beer from around that time, 2016 felt enormous in terms of beer. But like now it's just like, who cares? So 20 I, I, I started hitting it hard in 2019. Okay. 16 is when I really started in there. I was too health conscious. Like 14, 15. But 16 is when I really, really, really. I would say, man, electric jellyfish.

No. I didn't know it was around then. Um, I don't know. I would say Julius okay. Out of all of those. For me, I was thinking elder because at the time I remember 26. I mean, I remember like 2012, even when I first heard about it. And I was like, oh, you gotta know when the right stores get deliveries and you got to be there right when they get them and they have 1 or 2 bottle maxes. And now it's like, oh, I go down the street and get an elder. Right? No big deal. Yeah. And like I said, I've been able to have Julius 2 or 3 times now.

Yeah, I have sure at least two people that I could be like, hey, you know, if you ever get out there, give me a can and it could be there. Yeah. I had a very back in the early days, the show early, early days, we had, uh, Dale, it's the beer girl. And she would do beer reviews with us. And, um, she sent me a Julius and I'm forever in her debt, but, uh, yeah, it was great. It's great beer, but I feel like if you want it, you could. You can get it. Yeah. Any of those you guys feel strongly

about mail @CraftBeerRepublic dot com 805538. Beer 2337. Yeah. Let us know. Last question for you. Flex is there any beer That's hard, you know. Hard to come by. Is there any beer that you wish you could always get? That I could always get? Yeah. Easy to come by. Oh, man. There's a series. There. Can I can I answer with this? Sure. Series it up. So, Spinal Tap Brewing in Houston. Okay.

They do a wrestling move series. Mhm. And I've been lucky enough to have 1 or 2 of those. And if I was able to get all of those easily at will, that would be amazing. I like that. I purposely did not read down this little rundown past the the first list. Okay. Because I wanted to answer legitimately as well. I, I don't know.

Um, what, what beer do I wish I could get all the time that I can't get currently? I mean, I guess Julius isn't a bad option. I wish, I wish it was available on the West Coast to some extent. Sure. Yeah, I'd say that's really tough because it's on the exact opposite coast. Yeah, it's not at all available out here. You have to trade for it, that sort of thing. Um, beyond that, I don't have a great answer because we make some good fucking beer out here. So that's we do really good beer here too. And yeah. I've talked about it before on

the show where, you know, I get a beer from a brewery I've never had or, you know, a Hite brewery. And I have it. I'm like, well, I could have just got from one of my locals, you know? And so I, I understand what you're where you're coming from. Exactly. So, um, all right, that's it. That was our short pour. I hope that wasn't the most awkward thing you've ever listened to. Everybody. You know where to find us. Socials dot coms, all that good stuff. Gonna keep it short. Thanks for listening. One more week of short pause and then, uh, you know,

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