The Price of Wine, The Power of Beer

We go to Irish bars on Cinco de Mayo and Mexican bars on Saint Patrick's Day to avoid the crowds. That's genius. Welcome in everybody. It's the craft beer republic. Thanks for drinking. Thanks for joining. I'm hanging out with my favorite senor. And that is Flex.

What's happening, big fella? Hola, everybody. Como estas? Quiero De Niro? Ah, si, si e muchos tacos. Si. Yeah. Todos Los tacos. Uh. Del mundo. Yeah. As we, uh, both are bilingual skills. Uh, we are. We are recording on Cinco de Mayo. We are. Si mucho mucho recording on Cinco de Mayo. Tomorrow. See? Uh, so hopefully everybody got

their Cinco de Drinko on. Yeah. Hope you're out there fiesta ING it up and all that good shit. We're. We're here for you, man. Oh, yeah. Yeah, that's what we do. Yeah, we we were invited to all the exclusive Cinco de Mayo parties. Yeah. And now we're here. Yeah, we we had to give out a lot of apology letters, like. Sorry, we we got a show to do because we're famous. Yeah, we got. Yeah, we got, we got a record. Guys. The world will not spin unless

we are in demand. Yeah. Apologies in advance, but hasta la vista. Got a big deal that the world needs us. Kind of I. Finland. What would they do? What would they? They wouldn't listen to podcast, bro. Because I mean, they don't celebrate Cinco de Mayo. And we got to keep the world spinning for them. I wonder what they do. Celebrate. Mm. Must be some drunk Finnish holidays. And don't they do like the no pants thing where they get so hammered they lose their pants or something like that. Uh, maybe. Yeah, that sounds familiar.

Anyways, enough about us. Actually, more about us. Follow us on the socials. @CraftBeerRepublic @Flex_me_a_beer underscores in between. Uh, (805) 538-2337 is the number to call. Got a lot to get to today. I am drinking a beer for some work travels that I'll be telling you about. Did a little research on the road. Uh, some booze news and so much more. First, shout out to New York City for being our top listing city of the Week. In New York. That feels like big baller status.

New York City. It's like what, the largest city in the US population. Is it the largest population? It might be. Maybe. Fact. Fact. Check me. I could fact check that while we, uh, move on to the next thing. All right, I'm gonna look that up, and I'm also gonna hydrate. Out of my hair. Out of my beard. Out of my hair. Out of my beer.

I am drinking thanks to my travels. Radiant Bruins Enlightened Energy. It is a hazy, pale ale. You know, Greggie likey 5.7%. A 3.8 for only 64 ratings. They say move with the clarity of Enlightened Energy. This is a hazy, pale ale that moves through infinity with tropical vibrations. Mango, pineapple, lychee, guava and tangerine provide hit after juicy

hit and this low bitterness medium carb can of enlightenment and Flex. If I may, I would just like to point out the color and haze on this gorgeous beverage I'm holding. That is wonderful. If somebody said to you. If somebody said to you like, what should a hazy, pale look like? I feel like this is it. Oh yeah. You could tell by the color that it's it's not heavy, right? Um, it's still hazy. It's got that light yellow straw color to it. Uh, kind of a little. Not so hazy at the bottom like the.

It's hazy, but the haze fades a little bit, and, uh, that's what it looked like through the. Yeah, through my camera. Uh, part of that is, uh, the glass, the shape of the glass. Okay, okay. It is. It's my official Radiant glass, too. I feel Radiant horror. Yeah. Uh, anyways, on the Flex. Nailed it. It is perfectly hazy straw, light in color. Not very. See through on the schnoz. Tons of tangerine hitting the old schnauzer. Rooney. I don't know what I'm saying. Uh, a little bit of pineapple. I think I'm picking up on some

mango as well. I'm gonna dig in the Tongue-jobber. Yeah. Uh, tongue follow suit. Tropical fruit salad. The perfect amount of carbonation that medium carb wear. It washes down clean. Doesn't sit on your tongue too long, but it's not over carbonated. It is glorious. We all know I'm a whore for hazy pales. Sounds wonderful and I'm jealous. Dude, it is so good. I so like I said, I was traveling for work and I tried to go to.

I think it's called Villains Brewing Company. In fact, Chew called in once and said he had a bad time there and they've been around for about a year or so. At this point I thought, ah, we'll go check it out. I know they got barbecue on the menu, and I don't think I've had any of their beers yet. It's not far from Radiant where I had to be for work. I tried to go absolutely no parking, and so I was like, I'll circle the neighborhood and went to circle the neighborhood. All the signs are like no business parking. Cars will be cited. I was like, oh, then what am I supposed to do?

So did a little more circling and, uh, went down the street to Radiant and I was not disappointed. So this was this was great. Had this had that food. Now Radiant had myself a little Caesar salad. I figured this was good. You know, chicken Caesar salad. Basic, but but nothing wrong with it. It was great. Hit the spot. And, um, I forget the other beer I had. Good. But this one really fucking boner ized for me. So I grabbed myself a four pack and. And hit the road. Hell yeah man. Yeah, love me some Radiant.

Gotta grab a four pack when you're born, right? That's right. I had one when I got back the hotel room. You know, I had to relieve the boner, so I had one. Came home with a three pack, and, uh. Oh. So good. That's amazing. Yeah. If you have to travel for work, at least there's, you know, some things to look forward to. In fact, I got to do some traveling this week. There are pros to the cons. Exactly, exactly. So, um, biggest cities by population number three, Chicago, number two, Los Angeles.

And by over double everyone else. Number one, New York City. You were correct. Woo hoo! Yeah. Makes me feel so smart. Almost 9 million people in New York City. Yeah, that's crazy man. A lot of people. LA is pushing 4 million. So crazy. Yeah. Let's see. 4 million. That's ten times Milwaukee. And that's just the official city of like the LA area I think is 14 million or 15 million, something like that. I think the city of Milwaukee is just a hair under 500,000.

So yeah, not, uh, not that major. Major for Wisconsin. Yeah, that's probably 100% accurate. Yeah. What is your, um, capital city there? I'm blanking. Madison. Madison? Is Madison bigger or smaller than Milwaukee? Smaller. Oh, okay. So Milwaukee is the biggest city in Wisconsin. Wisconsin? Absolutely. Wow. Yeah, 500,000. It's like Milwaukee, Madison and green Bay. I think I think. I'm gonna take your word. For it. I might be wrong on green Bay. I'm not even gonna fact check.

No. Who needs it? Yeah. Clearly, I'm right all the time, right? 100% of the time, anyways. Oh. Speaking of drinking on the road after I had my my boner reducing can of beer back at the hotel. Uh, I wanted a glass of wine to finish the night off because we're old and get bloated. Oh, that's. Yeah, it's cause I'm classy. I was like, I just want a glass of wine. I had a couple beers. I need a glass of wine, and then I'm going to sleep. Went down to the hotel bar, said, hey, can I what do you got

in the red department? He goes, oh, cabs and blend something else. Great. I said, I'll do cab. He goes, you got choices. Uh, we have the Justin cab and the Wendy cab. All right, I know the Justin cab. I know the bottle is around 30 bucks. Retail, you know, grocery store price bottle of wine, 20. I have no idea. So I thought, all right, well, I'll go with what I know. Justin, if it's a $30 bottle, We're in a hotel. We're looking somewhere in that 15 to $17 glass of wine price.

You know, hotels are always a little pricier. Oh, yeah. 6 or 9 ounce are. Let's go big. Give me a nine ounce Flex. Would you like to take a guess at how much my nine ounce pour of cab cost me? When I know it's a $30 bottle of wine. I'm gonna say $36. Okay, not quite that bad. It was $28 before tax and tip. That's. Oh, I just bought a bottle of wine. See, that's the worst. That's how I feel like going to sporting events, too. And buying a beer and you're like, oh yeah, that was a six pack of that

beer. But now I just have the one. So that's great. Yeah, three beers and I just bought your keg. Uh. Yeah. I was so pissed. I was like. And he never handed me a menu. He was just asking me, oh, Josh or Justin? Justin. No, Josh, I think it was Josh. Whatever it was, um, I was like, oh, yeah. You know, no menu needed. I know what I'm getting here. How much could it be? Not more than 17 bucks. All right. Nine ounce, maybe 21. 22. Nope. 28. Motherfucker. Oh. Last time I ordered wine here. Airport pricing. Oh, dude, it was it was the. And then the receipt said, you know,

like suggests 20% tip on there. I'm like, I'm not giving you 20% on a $28 glass of wine. That's the weird thing about like tipping for drinks too, is do you tip the percentage or is it like a dollar or two a drink? All right. So back because what is that. That is a $5 and 60. That's a $5 tip on one glass. Yeah exactly. That ain't gonna happen, big boy. So back in the day when I was a, you know, starving student or just a cheap ass, it was like a dollar a drink. Unless it was a cocktail, but it was just beer or wine.

Dollar a drink, right? Just flat out. Then, as I started to make a little more money and especially like as Covid hit and people were needing the money a little bit more, I just went 20%. If I ordered food 20% across the board, I wouldn't do the separate maths. I cheated a little bit. Right? So that's the long answer of what I tipped. So it used to be dollar, maybe two per drink. Cocktails, 2 to $3. Unless it's like fancy you know, that kind of thing. Sliding scale for cocktails.

Now I'm a little slightly more generous, but I'm not tipping $5.60 on one glass of wine. Yeah. That's trash. That's what the glass of wine should have cost. So what about you? What's your alcohol tipping situation? Um, so usually, like a dollar or two per beer. Yeah. Um, I rarely get cocktails, but when I do get cocktails, it's usually with food. So then that's usually falls under that, you know, anywhere between the 18 to 25%, depending

on how the service was. Right. Because I'm not just gonna fork a tip over to somebody just because it says I should write. If you're a total piece of shit, I'm not giving you 20%, right? Which we yeah, we don't completely stiff people, but. No, no, no. If somebody is a poor server, waitress, waiter, whatever you want to be. Uh, 15, you know. Exactly. It's just I'm not going to give you money for doing a shit job. Yeah, so this will not be rewarded.

Somebody wouldn't give me money for doing a shit job. So why would I give? You know, in fact, it doesn't work that way. Yeah. I, uh, man, I miss being in Europe. They don't even expect tips from you. It's like, oh, you tipped. That's really awesome of you. Thank you so much. I had no idea about that. Well, at least in Portugal when you used the the credit card things in Portugal, they didn't even have a thing because it was all like wireless. They didn't even have a thing to tap tip. You just scan your card and be like, all right, here's your receipt. Have a great day. It's like, oh, I wanted to give you a couple dollars. Like, oh, if you have Euro.

But if not, that's fine. We appreciate you coming in. Weird because they get paid a living wage. Well yeah that's right because Europe's awesome like that. Yeah, Europe's awesome like that. Food is a million times cheaper than here. And they still get paid a living wage. I wonder how they can afford that. Hmm. Stupid us. Oh. Well, enough about that. Anyways, I digress. So as today is Cinco de Mayo, did you go out for any Mexican lagers or tacos? I did. Not go.

But we did make tacos. Let me try to think yesterday. Okay. We made a big crock pot of chicken tacos. Quatro de mayo. So I did have leftover tacos. And, uh, we were also, we're really in the midst of wanting summer because it's still not great weather here. It's like today was high of 59. It's our. High. Today was 65. Not far. Off. We've had like the rainiest April on weather or on record.

So, uh, it's been really shitty. So when, uh, we made tacos, my wife, you know, we went to the store, we got stuff to make, uh, a nice bowl of pico, so was able to just nosh on a on a pico, which is fresh. Salsa is the best. It doesn't get much better than that. No, it really doesn't. So, uh, that's about as Cinco de Mayo as I got. Um, see? Yeah, I, I didn't do a whole lot better than you. Uh, tacos tonight for dinner.

And, uh, that's about it. What kind of tacos, though? Uh, carnitas. Okay, I respect that. Yeah. The Costco in our hood has this really good, uh, like, pre-made carnitas. You know, you can microwave, you can drop it in a pan, whatever you want. I like to drop it in a pan, add just a little bit extra seasoning, kind of bump up that flavor a little bit. Doctored up a bit, right. Yeah, a little doctoring. And it is so good. It's surprisingly good for something that can be like just reheated and served. Yeah.

That always is shocking. Mhm. Like have you ever had Bob Evans mashed potatoes. I don't think so. Oh man. I don't know if it's a regional thing, but they sell them at grocery stores in our state. And they're just the best goddamn mashed potatoes I've ever had in my entire goddamn life. Way to go, Bob. It does not get better than Bob Evans mashed potatoes. I'll have to look out for Bob Evans mashed potatoes. I lived on boxed mash when I had my wisdom teeth pulled out, like two solid weeks of just boxed, mashed mashed potatoes and and.

Oh, and like our off air conversation. Lots of chocolate pudding. Oh, yeah. Yeah. It's like all I could put down my. They fucked up my mouth so hard. That's not good, man. No, I was dude, I got, like, addicted to Vicodin. That time I got it. And within three days, I got addicted to Vicodin. I was on it for like, two solid weeks. Like, when I walked out, the doctor goes, you know, here's I forget whatever, you know, three day supply, five day supply. He goes, uh, we messed around in there. You're gonna need more. No way. He goes, do not let it run out. Call me and refill it before you

go empty, or you will be in massive amounts of pain. No way. And I said yes, sir. Doc. And I think I did like three total fills on it. And after like two weeks it was like two straight weeks and I was in legitimate pain. But I also was enjoying the Vicodin. And when it was time to, like, run out of Vicodin, I started getting the sweats from it. I was like, oh man, I need to not do this for a while. Did I started shaking and it was only like three days. So the doctor gave me like a it was like 12 prescribing of 12.

And, uh, he said like, take him every four hours. And I really liked it because it helped me sleep. Like it. My mouth hurt so bad that, uh, all I wanted to do is not be awake. Sure. So then by the end of that third day, I was taking about four a day. I woke up, got some breakfast, and I went to my pill bottle on the windowsill, and it was empty. And I physically started shaking, and I just started freaking out. And I found my younger brother, who I knew was into shady stuff and had friends who were are

into shady stuff. Um, and he sucked his dick for coke. I grabbed him by his collar, and I shoved him up against the wall. Wow. And I accused him of taking my shit, and he was like, dude, what are you talking about? He's like, I got way better stuff. And I let him go. And I grabbed the bottle and it said quantity 12. And I was sitting there thinking I was like, ah, that's four, that's four. That's shit. That's that's some strong stuff. It's good stuff. Yeah. It was.

Yeah. No. Now it's on my which I hear pharmacists hate this, but it is on my allergy list when I go to the doctor. Just so they. Don't. So they don't prescribe it because I do not enjoy it. Mhm. Yes you do. No I. And that's. The problem. I really don't. Oh yeah. It's good stuff. I haven't had it forever. But you know if you want it to last a little longer you wash it down with a cold beer. It's good stuff. It's good stuff, man, I tell you. Yeah. Anyways, we should move on before we really sound like drug addicts.

The drug or drug republic. Damn it! Damn it! Not a good ring to it. Have you ever crushed them up? No, I'm just kidding. I honestly have never snorted anything. I cooked mine. Uh. Can I borrow a spoon? Oh, fuck. Anyways, hey, I wanted to give a shout out to Steph, who was on the show last couple weeks, and, uh, this weekend is her great beer mashup festival. Beer fest. So if you're in the Salt Lake area, make sure you grab some tickets. If you're not in the Salt Lake area, go to the Salt Lake area.

Probably in the Provo area. There's only two areas in Utah, as you and I confirmed without her help. Only two areas in Utah Provo or Salt Lake. Every other cool Utah news, by the way, is their, uh, their leaked hockey team name. Oh, what is it? Uh, they leaked it, and they deleted the YouTube account and everything, but they're going to be the Utah Mammoth. Oh. Which I think is pretty neat. Not like the Utah Sister Wives or something. No, it was between Utah Hockey Club, the Utah Mammoths, and Utah Outlaws,

which doesn't make sense. Yeah. No, it's like the furthest thing from. Yeah. I am so sick of the club thing with teams, you know, like so-and-so football club, so-and-so hockey club. It was. Cool. Super creative. The first time it happened. Right. And it's a very European thing, too. Like, we're a little better over here. Right. With the whole naming of our teams. Sometimes until they switch cities and you have the Utah Jazz and the New Orleans Hornets. And the LA Lakers and. Right. At. Right. But when they first get named prior

to moving. Pretty solid jobs. Pretty solid jobs when they're not racist and just the whole, you know, Utah hockey Club. It's like, okay. Super creative. What is your mascot? Uh, hockey stick. A mormon. A guy with like, five wives next to him. Got a book in one hand and a hockey stick in the other. It writes itself. Yeah. It's perfect. So, uh, speaking of Steph, I have to say we got, um, lots of feedback on last week's show.

First of all. Hey, bud, are you okay? Yeah. I'm fine. People thought that Flex was big mad. No, not mad at all. It was kind of funny. It's. I explained to Greg off air. Uh, it's one of those situations where when you are an asshole like myself and you get put into a situation against another asshole like Steph huge asshole giant. Um, and they're out asshole ING you. There's not much you can do. It's, uh.

It's, uh, makes it makes you feel inferior, you know, an asshole levels. So, uh, yeah, that's about all that was going on. She she was great. Yeah. Well, uh, feedback was received. People were concerned about the homey Flex. They were concerned that Steph was being too mean to him and that he got really mad. And so. Because what people don't know is I can be just as mean to Steph. Right. And and it it happens. So. Right. It just doesn't always happen on a

podcast. Yeah. So there you have it. Rosie O'Donnell. That was. Yeah. Okay. That was mean. Was that on the show? That was on the show, right? No, I can't remember. I think it was at least mentioned on the show. I don't remember anything. Once we get done recording, it's like, I. Feel. You. I come out from blackout and. Yeah. Nothing. Same. Yeah. All right, well, before we move on to some news, let's do some question

asking and find out what the, uh, big man over there sipping on. In a world where craft beer is king. A world where muscles are bigger than growlers. Only one tongue can guide us. One man, one tongue. One Tongue-jobber. In this world, we must find out what is Flex drinking. So I kind of have a fucking beer and a fun story today.

So I had a friend reach out to me. It was actually a week ago and he said, hey, Derek, this is John. Not to be confused with not murderer John. Oh, different. John. Um, he says this is John who drinks coke up at Eagle Park. I have a beer for your podcast, if you're interested. And then he goes on to explain what this beer is, which then I will explain to you guys. So John is good friends with, uh, some people who own a bar locally and they're called, uh, Spitfires on state.

And they were trying to figure out a celebration and event to have. And he said, about 4 or 5 years ago they decided, uh, nobody ever does anything for Arbor Day. True. So they said, let's do an Arbor Day fest. And they've been doing an event for, like I said, about 4 or 5 years, and they've partnered up with Explorium brewpub, who's my local? Oh, the mall. One mall brewpub. And they've been collabing on a beer. He's. I believe he said this is the second year on the beer.

Last year they didn't plan it. They just barreled it. This year they put it into cans and it is called our bar day. Right. Like our bar instead of Arbor Day. It's our bar day. It's very clever. That is, um, they have some really cool Bob Ross. Oh, that is, uh, a pint of beer. Uh, and it's an American lager. And John was nice enough to come to my, uh, place of work and dropped this off for me. So what you're saying is he's

stalking you. Maybe. Maybe. Stalker. John. Maybe not a good nickname. Yeah. No. Getting a little wordy. Um. So untapped. I don't know if anybody ever checks this beer in who gets cans of it. I am completely unaware. Uh, because it has three check ins. Mhm. Um, it's the only one I could find. Don't even list a rating for three chickens. Uh, no they don't. Um, but it is a 5% American lager. And the description reads

slightly woody, amber in color, medium bodied, subtle sweetness, clean and crisp with a multi finish. So it's, uh. It's definitely coppery. It's amber. I like it. The smell is, uh, super duper crisp. A little bit of sweetness. Very delicious. And then, uh, warming up the old Tongue-jobber. Mhm. Was that a swish? Damn it. Um, so a little bit of sweetness

in there. I guess it's medium bodied for a lager, but I think it's pretty light myself. Super low carbonation, not too much of a multi finish, but like this is really good. Like it is a really good crusher and I would probably drink if I had 12 of these I would drink all 12. Like this is a wonderful game. De beers we like to call it. Yeah or a tailgate beer. And I think Explorium did a fine, fine job with it. So hopefully that they keep doing

this Arbor Day event because who the hell celebrates Arbor Day? Uh, or let alone has a event for it at a bar. But I think the idea of it is hilariously wonderful. I like that, and it's a holiday that, uh, because no one really does anything for it. Besides, maybe they plant a tree or plant a tree. Uh, you know, you can drum up a little, like social marketing there. Yeah. You're your your Arbor Day posts aren't gonna get buried like your Cinco de Mayo post or some shit like. Your Christmas posts or National

IPA day or right, whatever. Hey, can I give a shout? Quick shout out to the beer community on Instagram. I saw far fewer like cheesy, potentially racist Cinco de Mayo posts on the gram today than I normally do. Usually it's, you know, some white person eating a taco, drinking like a Pacifico or something, and happy. Speaking of my, I have not seen any of those today. Maybe I'm just doing the wrong scrolling, but it's been great. Cinco de Mayo. Um, it's just so funny to me. It's like the whitest holiday ever.

It's the whitest. Well, let's not say that it is the most Americanized. Right? The most taken over. Right. Because, uh, it was the anniversary of a battle, but an anniversary that literally lasted one year. You know, the Mexicans fended off some other country. If you. France. I can't remember. And they were all psyched. Right. And it happened on May 5th. Yeah. By the way, not their Independence Day, everybody. No, no. And then almost a year later to the day that other country came

back in and thwarted off and massacred them all. And which is why they don't celebrate it in Mexico. And, um, yeah, it's kind of kind of goofy. Yeah. Uh, yeah. So Cinco de Mayo marks the anniversary of the 1862 victory by Mexican troops over invading French forces at the Battle of Puebla. Yeah. There you go. Battle of Puebla. That's what it is, right? Yeah. I do like the misconception. Many in the US mistakenly believe Mexico's Independence Day, leading to commercialize the broader celebration outside of Mexico. Yeah. But if you're an American

company man. Yeah, jump on it. You know you want to sell product, right? Market the hell out of it. Sure. Cinco de Drinko, everyone. Whoa! Anywho. All right. A little news before we get out of here. Uh, Belgium, man. Fucking Europe does it right, dude, let me tell you. The Belgians. There's a brewery out there where they hunted for hidden beers for Easter. I like that. Yeah, I'm gonna butcher this, but Luitgarde brewery in Belgium

swapped painted eggs. Probably because they're too expensive for frothy brews. When it celebrated Easter with the world's biggest beer hunt, the fifth annual Easter event at the Iwas Garden in Belgium. Sorry, this all sounds good. Really good to me. I nailed it. Uh, so over 1000 registered hunters searching the grounds for 12,000 hidden bottles of beer. Okay, I was just gonna ask, were they packaged beers,

or were they, like, actual poured out pints? That'd be hilarious. Because that would be hilarious. Yeah. Uh, hidden among the beers was a special golden bottle, which earned its finder a prize of his weight in beer. Pays to be fat. Yeah. The event began Sunday with a chocolate egg hunt for children at noon. And then the beer hunt commenced at 1230. A barbecue at 130 allowed the hunters to relax and enjoy some of their collected beer bounty. The egg hunt lasts 30 minutes. 12,000 beer men. Could you imagine?

They did it at the same time. Just like adults. Like, get the fuck out of the way, you little shit! Just think about it. I feel like that would have to be quite the duration of a Easter beer hunt. Yeah, I mean, 12,000 beers, and one of them is a golden golden bottle, which I'm sure blends into something. Well, and I was thinking, like, who's hiding 12,000 bottles of beer? Good Lord, it's a lot of work. I mean, sure, it's not one person, but. I'm sure if you went to work one day and the boss who was already paying your wage said, hey, this is

what I need you to do for the day. I think you're just kind of like, oh, yeah, actually, you know what? Yeah, I'll fucking do it. Yeah. Hey, did you get all 12,000 hidden? Yeah, it's more like 11,900. But yeah, they got hidden. Jobs done. Boss. Oh, man. Um, and all this uncertainty in the beer and even wine industry, Boston beer is bucking the sales trends. Boston Beer Company had a more positive start to fiscal year 2025. Compared to the company's recent quarterly performances. The company's shipments grew 5.3%

year over year to 1.7 million barrels, primarily due to the increase from Twisted Tea, Hard Mountain Dew and vodka based Hard Tea Son Cruiser, which partially offsets declines from truly hard seltzer. I've heard the Sun Cruisers are. Those are the iced tea vodka ones. Yeah, I've heard those are good. I have not had them. I have not either. I've actually not even seen them yet. I've never had a twisted tea and I don't think I ever will. I'm having a tea fan.

Like normal teeth. Oh, really? I love iced tea. Oh I don't. A little bit of lemon in it. Maybe some raspberry. Daddy. Like, I will drink an army parmi. But. But that's as close as I get. Okay, so half tea. Half tea, half lemonade. And some vodka. Oh, really? Because I just discovered this. Like this liquid death, uh, iced tea flavor. Oh. Non-carbonated. Uh, it's sweetened with, like, agave nectar and shit like that. It's fucking phenomenal. If you like tea, um. To me, it tastes like dirty water. Yeah. See?

No, I think it's delicious and refreshing and. Right. It's like the, uh, equivalent of your mom. Uh oh. She's not very refreshing, but. Yeah. No, uh, I guess it makes sense, because that those Sun cruisers are everywhere. I see commercials all the time now. I don't think I've seen them in the wild yet. Or I'm just not looking because I don't care. I've seen people drink them. People have sent me pictures of them drinking them. Like I said, commercials are everywhere now. Send me your nudes of you drinking Sun Cruiser, Everybody,

especially Flex just. I didn't say I was drinking. Just, you know, I want to see the drink. Definitely not your nudes. I'm gonna get so many dick pics for that one. I hope so. Not what I was hoping for, uh, a couple of months ago. Talked about when I was in Austin and went to Blue Owl Brewery Brewing. Um, actually, on the suggestion of Vanessa. Hi, Vanessa. Hey, Vanessa. And they have just recently sold the East Austin Brewery, located at 2400 East Cesar Chavez Street, was bought in March by brothers

Tony and Ian Norris for an undisclosed amount of money. Jeff Young, a former co-owner, plans to stay on as executive brewer. Young said the brewery struggled him in the amid the pandemic and continued to do so afterwards, particularly with the upcoming generation known as Gen Z drinking fewer alcoholic beverages. Overall, the business needs to find its niche in the current market. I hope they do well. They they were, um, they specialized in sours, and they did some pretty good fucking sours. I do like sours, I really do. They were good. I hope they do well.

And then trying to get away from like, those high abvs sours are right. Yeah. We even brought some home. That perfect range 4 or 5%. Well, they not only did they do cans, but they did like normal sized, you know, 12 ounce cans. So we brought a sixer of those and they're like 4.5%. Hell yeah. It's perfect. And they're delicious. I think they're POG sours, if I remember correctly. Oh, man. It's been a minute since I've had something POG. Yeah. Oh. So good. So. And it's. But it's not like, sugary and sticky. It's like light and, you know,

effervescent. And how sour should be. Exactly. Yeah. Uh, a rare beer sells for more than $100,000. Is this the most alcoholic beer on the planet? No. It's old and disgusting. Gross. Uh, thanks to Scott for sending this one in. Last month, a special can of mystery sold at auction for a whopping $111,000, probably more than most of us pay for a bit of Pilsner. But here's how the can has reportedly fetched high sums multiple times. This is, in our estimation,

the rarest and most desirable crown tainer and among the very best cans in the hobby. So the cans Maureen auctions. Description. Crown tainers are a style of beer can that have funnel shaped cone tops. Apparently, according to a Facebook post from Brewer, the 12 ounce white chief Oshkosh container from the Oshkosh Brewing Company in Wisconsin was probably made around 1951, though details from the era are fuzzy and it's possibly older.

Maureen spoke to previous owner Bob McCoy about the cans provenance. There was already demand for the can. The only one of its kind known to exist today. Early on in this tale, it features a graphic label depicting a large, well-designed image of Chief Oshkosh in full feathered headdress. In the 1970s, the children of Oshkosh Brewing's president had their eye on a car owned by the mailman that was for sale for $300. They were able to work out a deal thanks to Paul Esslinger, who wanted the can.

They got $300 for the can and then they bought the car with it. By 1980, a man named Dave Peck had gone through extensive efforts to buy the can from Paul Esslinger, who eventually sold the can to Peck for $600. Sometime between 1981 and 1993. How do you not know? That's 12 years. A man named Chet Bartel acquired the chief can. It's unclear if he got it from Dave Peck or someone else. Kurt Boster of Columbus, Ohio, Ohio acquired the can in 1994, along with others collected by

Bartel in a deal brokered by Dick. Dick, a prominent beer can dealer. Four years later, McCoy bought the can along with other container cans. It was the crown jewel of a mind boggling collection of about 195 containers, for which Bob paid $81,000 for at the time. During the time, Paul Azinger, who allegedly regretted parting with the can, reportedly tried to get it back from McCoy. He even had an exact reproduction of the can that was carved out of wood and hand-painted, that he presented to McCoy in an

unsuccessful attempt to get it back. More than a decade later, Maureen acquired the can and sold it to a private collector in Minnesota named David Hulsey. In 2013, a man named Gene Judd bought the can from Hulki in 2015, and in 2015, Bill Jacoby acquired the can from Judd. Another owner acquired the can from Jacoby in 2019 and then consigned it to Maureen Auctions this year, where it sold for $111,000, a record for marine auctions on March 9th that beat out 137 other bids. Wow. Too much history.

But good lord, that is an expensive can of beer. See? So I looked up cone top beers or container beer containers. Yeah. It says, uh, they entered the scene in September 1935 when G. Heileman Brewing Company of La Crosse, Wisconsin first marketed them. Oh, look at you guys over there. Oh, yeah. I guess Wisconsin doing, you know, always doing something with beer. Leave it up to those whiskers to figure out how to drink beer faster. Yeah, I'm convinced they just invented beer in Wisconsin. Definitely not like Germany or.

No, it's. Just ancient China. No, no. Ancient Wisconsin definitely wasn't the monks or anything like that. Nope. Nope. It was like Wisconsin. Uh, 1500 B.C.. The native Wisconsin's. Makes sense. Oh. First ever buffalo beer. Just what I imagined, right? It makes sense. Yeah. They teach that in school. We'll leave everyone with this one. Uh, drunk, ex-cop accused of slapping male flight attendants. But after professing his love on

JetBlue Blue Plain. Oh, nice. Yeah. A former California. Oh, no. It's California. It feels like Florida. A former California Highway Patrol captain was indicted on federal charges for allegedly slapping a male flight attendant's buttocks before exposing himself to another crew member while intoxicated on a JetBlue flight. Got a cert? Riding JetBlue. You're missing out on the party. Dennis Woodberry, 49, was charged with abusive sexual

contact for whacking the male flight attendant's backside while he was collecting meal trays during an April 13th flight from Florida. Here we go from Florida to California. Okay, it's making sense. The Azusa, which is California, the Azusa resident was drinking heavily on the LAX bound flight, also professed his love to the steward after the disturbance. Well, after the disturbing incident, they wrote distributing. It's hard to read when you don't write the right words. Prosecutors said the sloshed

passenger showed another male attendant a photo of his dog that had a pornographic image in the background, and told him he should join him on a cruise. While making a crude hand gesture shortly after boarding the plane in Fort Lauderdale. It looks something like this. Yes, an up and down motion with the hand is my guess. The unruly passengers behavior escalated when he walked to the front of the plane, pulled down his pants, and flashed his genitals to the JetBlue employee. Oh, man.

He later asked the same steward for wine, a request that was denied before dropping Trow a second time, prompting the attendant to scream, enough! Go back to your seat. Oh, man. Yeah, I'm sure they can't, like, touch him or. Or want to, for that. Matter. But like or like restrain him or contain him. Who knows? He cannot be contained. He clearly cannot be contained. Woodbury, who was reportedly fired from his job, was arrested after the plane landed in LA.

Both flight attendants told law enforcement they did not consent to Woodbury's inappropriate behavior. He appeared in federal court last month and is free on $50,000 bond. Jesus. I've been pretty drunk on a plane before. I have yet to a profess my love to a flight attendant. Or especially b take off my fucking pants. Yeah. Mostly because, uh, I hate interrupting people. Like getting up out of my seat to walk by them.

To even go to the bathroom. Same. So I feel like I would be the same way if I were to get up and drop trowel, you know. Like. Like. Oh. Excuse me. Oh, I'm so sorry to get up, but. ZIP. ZIP. Plus, then people would look and go. Yeah. Yeah, I've seen better. To worse, but I've seen better. Maybe he's a grower. Fingers crossed. Got the guy next to him, hopefully. You know. Yeah. It's very wedding singer. It's like.

And because we let our first class plane, first class passengers. Do. Yeah. Exactly. Love that. Movie. Oh. So good. That was on TV the other day, and I was like, I can't stop watching this for some reason. Because it's brilliant. It's brilliant. Such a good movie. So, uh. All right, I think that's a perfect place to wrap things up. I'm going to hit some music. I'm going to say, follow us on the socials, grab your pug @Flex_me_a_beer underscores in between 80553 beer 2337 email @CraftBeerRepublic. Com all the things. Every one of them.

Every single last one of them. Hope everyone out there is staying very well hydrated. And on that note. Good night everybody.