Worst Beer I Ever Paid For

Today we've got free beer promotions, a trip to the craft beer thrift shop, bye bye to a classic and 17 reasons to let your man enjoy a cold one. Let's go. Welcome in everybody. This is the Craft beer Republic. Thank you for drinking. Thank you for joining. I am Flex trying really hard not to screw this one up. Uh, as per usual. And joining me today is my number one. Number two. It is Greg.

How we doing, Greg? What? You sound so friendly right now. I new hosting voice question mark. Hopefully not. But, uh, you do sound very like customer service oriented. You know what? Uh, I think I'm just having a good day. It's been a good night. Daddy's feeling good. Mhm. Daddy. Like. And, uh, you know, we got our favorite yurt. Uh, I'm just kidding. Not a ute. She's not a ute. She's a utahn. And she's joining us again today.

It's it's Steph. What's up? Steph. Hi. I'm so happy to be here. Yeah, we're happy to have you welcoming. I it's almost like being at Disneyland. I don't know. Truthfully, I'm a I'm a pretty friendly guy. You seem pretty friendly. I've never met you in real life. In person. Only through. A screen. Mhm. That's what I hear. Yeah. I'm actually made up if you ask most people, you're AI. He's so much sense, actually. Yeah. No one's actually that rich. That's what Shred said. Shred Shred always said I was AI.

Because he's. Jealous. Of. How buff. You. Are. That's not true. That is not true. You heard it here first, ladies and gentlemen. You that it's not true. Man crush between you two is ridiculous. Even AI Flex is modest. Yeah. Oh, boy. Uh, none of this is real. The points. Don't want to give a quick shout out to our top listening city of last week. What is this here? Reston, Virginia. Guess what? It's not. It's not put in Bay. Oh, that was an off air conversation. Yeah,

we don't want to talk about that. Yeah, it's not West Virginia. So. So we are okay with, uh, with Virginia. Wow. Steph. Do you know about West Virginia? You know, I've actually heard you allude to it, but I haven't. I don't know what the source of the irritation is, the dislike. Would you like to enlighten me? It's all the mountain people that eat humans and. Doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom. They're freaks man. Okay, I. Fair enough. You know,

there's like the mountain people. There's like like the Appalachian Trail people. Yeah. Okay. Those people. Okay. Yeah. Good to. Know. So we avoid West Virginia at all costs. But Virginia's okay. Just not West Virginia. Seems like. Correct. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. And we're also sold that West Virginia does not have any breweries even though it, you know, doesn't. May not. You know. We're not gonna I'm not gonna Google it. I'll just make sure the moonshine that's about it. Probably human beings to eat.

But, uh, you know, that's not the point. Dry hopped with fingers. If you're still listening, we hope you're following us on the socials. @CraftBeerRepublic. You know, send us an email at. Oh, no, that's at the end of the show. Um, you can say it now. Mail @CraftBeerRepublic dot com. Mail @CraftBeerRepublic dot com. Uh, yeah, just send us some funny stuff. We like funny stuff. Yeah. Um, speaking of funny stuff. Oh, that's a terrible segue.

And that was the funny thing. That was not the funny thing. I just heard Greg's got a beer. You heard correctly. And I think he wants to tell us about. It. Yeah. All right. Wo I Love My Beer. I Love My Beer. I Love My Beer. I first of all, not a funny beer. Tasty beer.

I am drinking from one of my favorites. Keeping it local the last couple of weeks. Malibu Brewing Company and this is the hippie van hazy. It is a 5.6%. IPA, has a 3.79 and untapped. With only 187 ratings from the brewery. They say. Meet your new favorite hazy with pale Pilsner malt, Torrefied wheat and flaked oats. Hippie Van hazy is light in color with a persistent haze and soft mouthfeel. We use cryo hops you cannot and

Columbus to elevate that dank pine and citrus we all love. Killer cannot makes this beauty pop in your fridge or cooler. And just trust us, you're gonna love cracking this one open. Uh, very, uh, you know, colorful can art. I would say. It's quite cute. It's very cute, very rainbowy. I'm a big fan. Yes. All right. Great looking beer. Perfect color. If you if you're thinking hazy, lighter, hazy IPA, I mean, fucking nails it. Pale yellow. Love it.

Yeah. I'm the old schnauzer. Rooney. Dooney. Pretty dank. Pretty piney. A little bit of citrus in there. Let me dig in the nose. The nose. Let me dig in the Tongue-jobber get my. Mixes. Please. No more digging. You know, the tongue really follows suit from the nose. Uh, a lot of pine, a lot of dank, but not, you know, not enamel

stripping like a stone IPA. It's just real nice soft flavors, nice soft mouthfeel, a little citrus to clean things up nice and dry. Makes you want to have some more. This is a real crushable. Uh, it says six and a half drinks like a like a pale, to be quite honest. Great for the summer. I would get hammered on this all day long. And, um, quite honestly, I'm looking forward to it getting hammered on this all day long. How many did you get? Did you get the single can or did you get the four pack? Great question. I got myself a single and, uh,

would gladly go back for the other three. Oh yeah. I feel like they need a home to a Malibu. Always does some good stuff. Yes they do. Flex can you buy singles there? Sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt. I apologize. By me. Yeah. There's certain liquor stores that will do single cans. Okay. Breweries usually just do four packs or two packs, depending on the strength of said beer. Uh, but yeah, usually no single cans. You can get canned pours, but no single can purchase.

Okay, well, I have an admission to make on this one. Uh, I got this one from the craft beer thrift shop. I was. And it's great still. Well, here's the thing. I went on a hunt, I just started, I didn't even look at the beers. I just started turning over cans and looking for dates that weren't seven years old. Steph do you know what the craft beer thrift shop is? I, well, I've, uh, I've heard Greg speak of it highly. He's so complimentary. Yeah. Fuck that. Place. Total wine. Yeah. For those of you who don't.

Know, the note literally says, fuck you. Total wine. Yeah, that's what. It says. Yes. Yeah. Uh, so I was in a rush. I realized I only had one beer. I needed a second beer for today. For the show. Oh, crap. Peek behind the curtain. We record two shows at the same time. Oh, no. Word is out. Just give away our secret sauce. Maybe I'll cut that out. Um, anyways, had to get a second beer and I was like, oh crap. I'm by the thrift shop, I guess I'll see what they got. And so I'm just turning over cans. I'm like, what do we got?

What do we got? What do we got? And I got to this one, not old, only a couple months old. And I was like, well, I'm sure I've had it on the show. And I looked I have not had it on the show. I said, I fucking love this beer. It's not old as shit. I'm gonna have it. So I picked it up nice. I actually picked up two beers from the thrift, the thrift shop. The other one was a, uh, a Kern River Brewing IPA. Okay. And the funny thing is, I turned it over and I shit you not. This is why I'm so mad. 2021. But I noticed the can behind it was a completely different label

altogether, so I turned that one over two months old March of 26. So they found that 21 just sitting somewhere and threw it at the front. And fucking threw it on the shelf like asshole. So I bought that one from March and I put the shitty one back and I got so mad. I'm like, this is a five year old fucking IPA. Yeah. That's disgusting. Just either put it on like the 50 cent shelf to get rid of it or throw it away like a decent human being. Fuck you. Total wine. What is this? Nobody wants your five year old

fucking coveted beers. That beer can still use the excuse of Covid as to why it sucks. That place is super messed up. That's insane. Just the way they go about, you know, rotating and yeah, it's awful. Yikes. That's so bad. Thrift shop is is a is a compliment. You're right. I used to go there. I used to open up the untapped app when I was, you know, looking for a beer for the show. Just be like, okay, like check out some ratings, like be a ratings whore to see what's up. And I found this evil twin beer once and I was like, oh, man, this is a

banging, stout, crazy high rating. But I said, ah, not so fast. And I tipped the can upside down. And I looked at the can and the beer was two years old. That's insane. Yeah. So I said, yeah, probably not the rating that it has on untapped in that can. Yeah. I feel like two years isn't even that bad for some of the shit I saw. I mean, yes, I saw the 120, 21. I saw multiple 20 twos. I saw 23, a lot of 20 fours,

24 seemed to be the sweet spot for craft beer at Total Wine. I can't believe that. They bought a lot in 24. Yeah, they are still trying to get rid of it. Uh, there was some Christmas beers from 24th December of 24. Oh my god. Yeah, like Almanac had some Christmas themed beer. I was like, what the fuck is wrong with I, I knew I hated going in there and it just proved it once again today. And I was like, fuck, I wish I had more time to go to a proper bottle shop. I lucked out. I did thank you, uh,

to Malibu for, I don't know, I don't they come in there and make them rotate their shit or they sell enough to where it stays fresh. But I was like, fuck, thank God. Yeah. Because I don't think, at least at the total wines that are in Wisconsin, I don't believe it's the vendors that come in and do the stocking and the rotating. They just they unload like it's like a grocery store. It's like. Right. You receive the load and then the people at the store stock it. And, uh. Do I imagine as, as the vendor you or as the brewery, whatever,

you could probably go in there and pull something off the shelf and say, we're taking this and we're replacing it with this one instead. But it makes me wonder if they're getting them from distributors, like I'm sure they are because. Yeah, tons of shit from distributors. Yeah. Because the distributors don't usually care quite as much as the brewery. Because if it were, if I were the brewery owner or the brewer and I realized that they were selling beer that's four years old, I would lose my mind. Yeah. Oh, yeah. What are you doing to my product? Well, imagine somebody buying that and thinking that that's what the brewery does. Mhm. Yeah. It's a horrible representation

representation of Chew Your Beer. So anyways, fuck you. Total wine. Yeah I could, I probably haven't been in 1 in 2 years. Wish I could say the same. I think I went in one last year and I didn't find a single thing that was fresh or looked good, and I walked out without anything. So I only do it when I'm desperate. I was desperate today. I had limited time and luckily I was able to find a couple of things. I'm glad it paid off for you this time. And sometimes I think to myself too, I'm like, ah, maybe I'll just stop in there like, like for like,

like I'm a recovering addict. Always disappointing. Ex-girlfriend that you kind of like. Yeah, like maybe we'll just, you know, go in just like, see, just see what's up. Yeah. You know, yeah. We can hang out without having weird, crazy sex. Yeah. Maybe we'll have a good time and. Yeah. Uh, and it never, it never is a good time and it's always the wrong move. And so I just, I just, I stopped calling her. Um, right. That's what I. Did last time she left. Needs to stop calling. I do I need to delete that number. You do block it. Mhm. New phone. Who dis? All right.

Uh, so this is my favorite segment on the show. Mhm. Poop beergate. It continues. I hope it never ends. Please stop sending your poop beergate stories. Worst beer I've ever paid for. Hey, guys. And Steph the poop beers. Definitely says that. Yeah. It does. The poop beer stories reminded me of a beer I had a few years ago that I still think about for all the wrong reasons.

Was it a brewery with some friends and ordered their red ale because the bartender kept hyping it up? Plus, it's a red ale. Who doesn't want a fucking red ale? Looked fine, smelled fine. But the second I took a sip, it tasted like I had a mouth full of loose change. Like straight up pennies. This is awful. I've had beers like this. It is awful. Mhm. Uh, I actually thought maybe I was having some kind of weird reaction or something, because I'd never tasted that in a beer before. Had my buddy try it, and he just goes, why does this taste like blood? Oh, no.

Not exactly the sales pitch they were hoping for. The weird part is I kept drinking it for another ten minutes, trying to convince myself that it wasn't that bad because it was like $9 and I didn't want to waste it. Eventually, I gave up and switched to a lager. Still one of the only beers I've ever truly regretted ordering. Anyways, loving these stories makes me feel better knowing other people have suffered too. Matt. Well thank you Matt. Yeah. Matt. I've had a copper Amber in my

day too. It's, uh. I've had an oatmeal stout with, uh, yeah, it was the worst. Probably the worst beer I've ever had. Wow. My, I, I had a buddy. He did. He stopped at the thrift store. Before. Coming over. It all makes sense. And he brought one of the mixed, you know, six packs that you can do up your own and. Mhm. He left this oatmeal stout with. And it had an old lady grandma on the label. It was terrible. That should have been the first sign.

Yeah. Grandma old lady oatmeal stouts. But he left it in my fridge when he left. He had drank his five beers and left the one felt like it was maybe on purpose now. I was like, yeah, you know what? Yeah, I'll drink it. I beer why not? Poured it out and I took one sip and that's all I thought was like pennies. Oh. Pennies flavored stout.

And that was my first ever drain pour. Oh. Oh, that was your first one? Yeah, that was my first ever. I still remember my first drain pour. It was a ballast point Habanero. Sculpin. That sounds terrible. It was awful. Look, I love spicy food. I don't like the chilies in the beer. Do not like the chilies in the beer. I don't either. And that was just fucking garbage. Yeah. Oh, never. I'll never forget. They jumped the shark. So. And then. And that was a million years. That was when it was. I think it was still craft or just after getting bored. I mean, that was long time.

Long time ago. Yeah. Steph what was your first board? Uh, I don't remember my first drain pour. I've had quite a few that. I. Just I had one, um, from a local brewery a few years ago that was a rum barrel aged. Oh, you lost me. I can't remember what kind of beer it was even, but it was straight up nail polish remover. Mhm. And it was it. Happens a lot with the rum barrels. Oh, it was awful. So. And it was so bad that, I mean, occasionally I'll get a beer that that's like, oh, this isn't my style. I don't love it, but I'll like, I

might as a joke give it to my friends or maybe they'll actually like it, but that one was so bad that I was like, I can't even share this with anybody because I bought a four pack and I was like, I don't dare. These are all going in the trash. Yeah, I do the same thing. Like I had that beechwood on the show. I don't know, a couple months ago, the one that Chew got mad at me about for talking shit on, and I was like, oh, this is so bad. I'm gonna give it to people. Like gave one to Brian, gave one to Andrew. And, uh, Andrew's was bad. Brian's was good. Oh, I remember. You talking about that. Yeah, exactly. But yeah, I'll do that as long as it's like, not fucking disgusting.

Like it was so bad that I was like, I can't ruin my own personal reputation by sharing this with anyone. So I wish I could remember what beard was, but I had a tequila barrel aged beer. Oh. I'm out. And that was absolutely god awful. I don't like tequila. And then, like, tequila flavored beer. Yeah, I like margaritas. Yeah, as far as I. Go, you know, like straight tequila. It's just not for me. Uh, Red Rock here in Utah made a tequila barrel aged Lime gosa a few years ago, and it was freaking

delicious. Actually, it was so good. It tastes like a Margie kind of. Yeah, it was so good. It tastes like a Margie. I can get behind it. Yeah, it was. It was it okey? No it wasn't okey. Like or like Woody. It didn't taste. I mean it tasted a little bit like tequila but you didn't get like that Woody. Okay. Barely flavor from it. So you really just got the tequila flavor from it. It really it was delicious. So my wife can can drink tequila like straight. She enjoys it. Oof! Nope. It's kind of hot, but I can't do it.

No, I, I wouldn't recommend that for most of us. Yeah, well, you know what they say. Try anything twice. Um. Anything. Uh. Oh. Wow. Just kidding. So while we were recording, show one. Now that, you know, the secret is up, we. Don't do. That. Uh, we got a voicemail like. We did mid-show. A mid-show live voicemail. from our very wonderful friend. Not crazy at all. Uh. Psycho bear? Yes.

And I have to say, normally there would never be like, a big push, like, oh, we gotta get this on the air right away, or, you know, just save it for the next time record. But I mean, when Psycho Bear calls in. The timing was right. You just. Yeah, you got the people need to hear. Did psycho bear name himself or did someone else name Psycho Bear? No, that was self appointed. Okay, okay. Yeah, I don't I don't know where that came from. He introduced himself as Psycho Bear. If you ask me his real name. I couldn't tell you because I only know him as Psycho Bear. Yeah, he's. And he's not crazy.

I think it's like an ironic name. So. So here we go. Here's Psycho. Bear. All right. Hello. No one is available to take your call. Please leave a message after the tone. Oh. That's good. What's up? @CraftBeerRepublic? That's right. It's your friend, Psycho Bear. How the hell are you guys been? Well, it's been a little while since I've called. Has been. A while.

You know what I'm sharing with you now? A little firestone ancho and fig parabola. Oh, man. And I know you get up there and shit is good. You ought to get one and, uh, send one to your buddy Flex if, uh, I don't know if you guys get Firestone out there. Flexy zero. Firestone. Anyway, it's been been. Well, uh, were you up here, Greg, for the Firestone fifth anniversary? Oh, man. You know, they do, uh. Way more than. Firestone. I meant the wondrous brewing fifth anniversary. Oh, I was not. He did a double barrel aged

imperial stout, like 35 months, 40 something months in barrel. Oh. So good. You know, I'd have to taste. What's it called? Um. The ancho is getting to. Get you in the throat. Hagan page. I don't know how to pour. Uh, also made it to. I know you guys are very aware. Schumer made it to their very last day. Of. The namesake Schumer pills. And then I had the final, final. Goodbye, Schumer. It was nice. Hopefully Firestone carries on

the legacy. And, uh. Wow, look at Stone is going to Firestone. So hopefully Stone will come back. I know everybody poo poos on it, but maybe Firestone will make it really good and it'll be Firestone Stone, I don't know. Anyway, uh, I it. Writes. Itself. Greg. Maybe. Ah, God. Four weeks ago, five weeks ago, and went to Fig Mountain. Were you there? Did you make it there, Greg? Did I run into you? Wasn't me. I really got to figure out another

way to. I can't stand Fig. Mountain other than this phone call, because I don't do any of that Instagram or anything. Anyways, I just want to let you know I'm still around and, uh, listen to you guys on occasion anyways. Oh. Only on occasion. Hope all is well and hope you're back to drinking Flex. Damn it. You guys do a beer podcast? You got a drink? And one more time. Are you still in? Aren't you in Fig. parabola.

Damn dog. I think it finished. Love it. Is that a bong rip? Oh, I love Psycho Bear. Uh, it was not me. I don't. Uh, I don't know if it's his internet or his phone or something. That's some good service he's getting. This is the clearest he's ever sounded. Yeah, unless. That was a very clean voice. Unless he usually just screams in

the phone. Could be that, too. Yeah, yeah, but that was, uh. Man, that was good. Maybe that was a psycho bear. Oh. Oh. That might take over the world. Yeah. So it's funny, we were just talking about you not liking anchovies in your beer. Yeah, I don't like spicy beer. Tell me how good a spicy beer was. Guys telling you to get an anchovy fake beer? Yeah, he wants me to send it to you. Flex. I won't do that to you. I'm not gonna send you. You know, if you sent it, I would drink it. All right. Maybe I will. You know, I don't gotta worry about it, so. Yeah. It's never gonna happen.

Oh, I'll send you some shit. Don't. Don't tempt me with a good time. Yeah. No, I mean, but just don't. Okay? But I am back to drinking. I've been back to drinking, uh, for. A few months. No, for at least a month. For about a month. About a month. It's like April. That was like lent, right? Most of April. That you gave up. I like to call it fake lent because I'm not religious. Yeah. So. Flint. Flint. Valeant. Valeant. Yeah, yeah. I'm not going crazy. I'm still, you know. Well, he's. Not trying to be, uh, you know, uh, healthy Mhm. About it? Yeah.

Yeah. Uh, let let me know. You know, you can email. Just email mail. @CraftBeerRepublic dot com. It comes to me like, if you're gonna be down in the hood visiting the good life, let me know. I will not meet you at fig. I cannot stand fig, but I'll meet you other places. In fact, I know a great place in Agora, which is where the the good life is. So, um. Yeah. Okay. Also. So yeah, he said, you know, he doesn't gram he doesn't do anything. I wonder how he, he stumbled upon us. Please, if we could find out the origin story of how he the.

Psycho, their origin story. The craft beer Republic. That's right. Have you met him in person, Greg? No. Like I said, I don't I don't know his real name. I only know him as Psycho Bear. I mean, cause he was like, were you there? Did I see you? Yeah. No, he did not. I, I never go to fig. I can't stand their beer. They have like two good beers and the rest just taste like weird hoppy water. And um. I mean, I like hop water, but only when it's intended to be. Hot, right? When it's meant to be hot water. Yeah. These these are not, uh, to be fair, I haven't been in, like, two years, so, I mean, maybe they found a new brewer or something.

All right. Yeah. Now choose. Get mad at me for talking shit about a brewer. Well, you know, you're allowed to. It's okay. I'm sure there's breweries he doesn't like. Yeah, they have a good beer, okay. And they have pretty decent chicken wings. So there's my nice things. Good food is helpful. Yeah. There you go. Chicken wings for chicken wings. Yeah. So there's my nice thing. Speaking of winning, I think Steph's got a winning beer for us. Let's find out. But no, she had a losing one.

He calls to the bullpen for beer. Oh, I have two beers in front of me. I will only talk about the one I'm not drinking. How about that? Because it was my. It was my intended beer for today. Uh. I cracked open a Drowned Lands kinsfolk, which is a. Doppelbock I've had Drowned Lands. I've heard great things. This is my first Drowned Lands. And so I was really, really excited about this. And I loved Apple Box and my house is cold enough today that I was like,

oh, I can drink a doppelbock. It'll be fine. I straight off the bat, as soon as I poured it into my glass, I took a big sniff of it and I was like, this does not smell good. And then I was like, you know, every once in a while you'll have one that doesn't smell great and you'll taste it and it's great. So I took a sip and it is straight soy sauce. Oh boy. And it had, but I looked it up and it did have good rating. I mean, it was a 3.98 on untapped and it had I can't remember how many doppelbock. That's pretty solid. Right. So I'm like, maybe I got a bad can I checked for a date?

I can't find a date anywhere on this. So, uh, yeah, it's. Yeah, that's too bad. It's, it's not good. And I took me a whole ton of Drowned Lands once. Yeah. I've had, I've had quite a few. We get their distro here. Yeah. I had a couple of really good ones. They're good. Yeah, yeah. I'd heard, I'd heard great things. I was super excited, actually. And yeah, it just it is. I took a second sip. I waited a few minutes and was like, maybe let me try it again. Not better. Nope. Still. In fact, this time when I got it close to my face, it's just it is like.

Hold on, that's a doppelbock. Yeah. Why does it look like motor oil? Yeah, it's it's it looks like, uh, it's black. Yeah. It's, uh. Not Penn is royal blue. You drink that? You're not going back. Yeah. No. I'm sad. So, uh. So I switched to a Mexican lager, so. Oh. Oh. I'm a big fan, Greg. No, no big fan. I love Mexican lagers so much. Me, too. I know. Samesies. It's well documented that I'm not

a Mexican. I did know that. What? What is it about them that you don't like? Uh, I think it's the corn flavor that I don't like. The sweetness. Yeah, they usually have a sweetness or a corn. Yeah, I just want. I want a lager, I want it crispy and clean. Like if I'm going Mexican lager. I'm not going Kraft. I'm going. Shit, I'm going Pacifico. That's what I want out of my out of my Mexican lager. It's clean. It's crisp. It's easy to drink. There's no real sweetness to it. Yeah, right. I mean, I like Mia Pacifico at the beach once in a while. I don't hate them, but.

Pacifico is a great hangover. Beer if you're trying to fix the last night's decisions. Gotcha. Interesting. Okay. Yeah. I'm quite. This one's from, uh, Templin family Brewing here in Utah, and it's delicious. So I'm sad. Still, I'm staring at the can from Drowned Lands my kinsfolk and being sad because I had. Yeah yeah. Yeah. Don't assume that to be what all of their product is. I, I feel like. That's probably. A safe thing that yeah, I can say that with, uh, conviction. This beer was picked up from a

friend, a new friend who I met at CBC in Philly. What's his name? Was it pilot Tom? No, his name's Jeff, and he was one of my housemates in our. We got a big Airbnb and a bunch of people stayed in it. And so he was. He's from New Mexico. He went to New York to visit his family, picked up a bunch of beer, brought it back to Philly and was like, here have have your pick of these beers. And I was like, doppelbock, yes, I will take that. And then I brought it home to Utah, and this beer went on a long trip to be disappointing. Housemate Jeff.

I know. Pick up your game. I know unless he knew that it was shitty too. And you don't think so? I don't think so. I don't say like double box. Yeah. He brought some Suarez back to and I. I sneaked one of those and then I gave it away. And now I'm sad that I gave that away. And so this I know. Yeah but you've been quiet over there. What are you drinking? Oh, Greg. I done fucked up. I had done fucked up.

So I did this thing that I don't normally do because, uh, I usually procrastinate the beer getting. Sure. Uh, it's kind of a thing. Here's your last minute beer buyer. Yeah, I don't I don't want to brag, but it's just. It's what I do. You do what. You do, and I do what I do, and it makes me who I am. So you are who you are. Uh. And that is a fact. I'll be what I'll be. The list goes on. Um, so I, I purchased these beers like a few days ago, like,

man, I'm, I'm on top of my game. No procrastination. Closed on Memorial Day. So I don't got to be like, figuring out where can I go to get some show beers? And as I'm staring at this thing in my fridge, I'm like, mm. It's good looking. Can that's familiar. It's a pretty can, but I think I've seen her before. You know, lo and behold, I went to our fancy craft beer.com website and I went to the archives, which. Is archive button there. Yeah. Yeah.

You can search for things in the archives. It's almost like their archives. And, uh, so I searched my beer. Sure enough, I had about 30 episodes ago and I was then I was even more kind of bummed because then I thought to myself, I'm pretty sure it was a super mid beer. That's what the kids say nowadays. Oh, okay. I haven't killed that sling. Yeah. Yeah, I do, and I still didn't know that. I was like, man, I was really afraid I was gonna drink it anyways. It's Sky Geyser brewing their, uh, watercolors,

which is this rotating smoothy sour, uh, series. And it's a fruit punch. I said that emphatically with my hand even like fruit punch. He punched. He punched. The. He saw me. Punch. Yeah. Uh, punch. It was five, 5.5% ABV punch. And I was really. I was like, even kind of like, nervous to pour it out. And I was gonna drink it during the show, and I took one sip and I said, oh, whoa. I was there, I saw it while I was

here, but yeah. This is a good beer. I forgot how good of a beer this was. Okay. Uh. It's got what does it say here on untapped? It's like a pineapple, passionfruit, raspberry and mango. The 4.01 on untapped. I mean, we're talking like four and a half. I would give it at least. This thing is is really good. It's a smoothie sour. This is, like, the best mistake I've ever made. Yeah, it's it's pretty smoothie. Celery. Is it chunky? No.

It's like thick. You see a little separation now because it's been sitting for a little bit. Yeah, sure. Trying not to drink it all, but, uh. Yeah. No, it it's thick. It's not chunky. It's just really, really good. Okay. A lot, a lot, a lot of the raspberry and a lot of the mango and the pineapple. Ooh. You just get everything. Ooh. And, uh, yeah, I, I, I'm really glad I made this mistake because, uh, it's fucking delicious. Would you say it's your favorite mistake? Uh, would you sing it? Not on air. Okay. That's fair.

So I have to ask really quick again because you guys said so. I recently learned that still, like, selling singles is not legal in every state. I didn't realize that. So that's why I asked Flexy. I was wondering if you were gonna lead into something. Well, after asking. This was new information to me and I can't remember what state it was like. They've been fighting it because, um, I think they're more worried that people will just crack it open on the street and drink it if they sell a single, which is weird to me, but. That's. Normal. Yeah, you can buy. I've had a hard time finding singles when I'm in Michigan, like there are only a few breweries that sell singles,

but, um, that I've been to, so. But you can buy singles. Singles is weird. Seeing not being able to buy singles at a brewery to me is really weird because all the breweries here sell singles, so. I don't think that's not common around here either. Singles in a brewery you go to like Total Wine or Trader Joe's or whatever. Like, sure you can. You can bust out a single no problem. But yeah, I don't know if breweries, I don't I don't think it's a legal thing. I think they're just like, take a four pack and enjoy it, motherfucker.

See, and everybody loves to like mix up their four packs here. And yeah, singles are a huge thing here. So they sell way better than packs because people come in and they're like, I like four different beers that you have. So I'm going to buy one of each. So crazy. I do remember, uh, when I was in Louisville, the brewery we were at, you could buy singles. Yeah. It's weird for me, for me, because I'm so used to being able to buy singles everywhere that it's strange to me to go to a place where I can't buy a single. Flex I went back and looked it up. I found the transcript from the

last time you had that beer. That's why we have you. You called it really good, very tasty. And You definitely would buy a four pack that I. Yeah, that stand corrected. Right. Okay. It's very pretty in the glass. It's a lovely color. Yeah. And the can, I mean, geez, Louise, I know. It's really cute. I'm sure I said it before on the last show. Uh, yeah, just top notch. Top notch. Top notch.

Like, if there was a notch here and one above it, it would be on the top notch. Um, anyways, what do you say we get some news done before we get on out of here? Pabst Brewing Company is discontinuing the 175 year old legacy light beer. Schlitz. Uh, for the foreseeable future. I tell you what. I've had some Schlitz in my day. I have not. Me neither. And the old saying, it's real.

Schlitz gives you the shits. Uh. I would just think of fava. I'll take six schlitzes. Whatever's free. Um, it says, unfortunately, we have seen continued increases in our costs to store and ship certain products, and have had to make the tough choice to place Schlitz Premium on hiatus. Pabst head of brand strategy. Zack. Nadia. Nadia. Yeah. Nailed it. Sure. Uh, said in a statement shared with

any brand or packaging configuration that is put on hiatus is silly, cherished part of our history and hopefully our future. We continually look for opportunities to bring back beloved brands, and customer feedback is important in shaping those discussions, he continued. Pabst acquired the Milwaukee Lager brand in 1999 and relaunched it in 2008 with a recipe the company claimed was from the 1960s. Yeah, like I said, I've had some Schlitz wouldn't recommend. Yes. Yeah. Yeah.

I've never, never tried it. Never. I haven't had any of the other Pabst than just the the standard pap. You see. See the dill pickle one that came out? I did, I saw that the other day. Yeah. I thought it was like that looks good actually. Oh, I saw that my, my local, uh, my local shop and I, I just couldn't do it. I could not. I want to try. I don't know if they have it here. I didn't see it here. I saw it on a weird reel of a guy who cracks open a beer and then,

like, takes a big fat bong hit, and then it's just insane. Insane algorithms, all kinds of fucked up. Somebody sent it to me, actually. But you're right. My algorithm. You don't want to see my algorithm. It's weird. Some weird weirdness. But yes, he drank the pickle beer Pabst. And I was like, oh wait, I would try that. I really like pickle beers as long as they're not spicy. Mhm. I like pickles, uh, pickle beers, I guess I've never had one that isn't a sour. So. Oh. Maybe if it's like a lager,

I would try it. Maybe. Yeah, I've had some pickle ales and I haven't. Yeah, I like, I mean it's kind of like a goza so yeah. Which I like. They're better than others. Yeah. I've had some that aren't good, but. I've had some. Really good. Ones. I, I've had some good ones, but by good, it's like, I don't need this again. It's a one, it's a one beer. Like I, if I'm gonna drink a pickle beer or a smoked beer, I love them both, but it's like just one. No Roush beer, please. Oh, jeez. Oh, yeah. Come on out. We'll go to integrand.

We'll get you the the big meat there. Definitely something you want to me? I want to drink with, like a hamburger. Like I'm gonna have a pickle beer and a cheeseburger or a smoked beer and some mac and cheese. Mostly it's just cheese, I like. Cheese. Yeah, yeah. Now you're making me think if I if I go back to my shop and I see it there, I might have to. I think you should try it. Yeah, I might have to try it. I think you should. We'll see. We'll see everybody. And then maybe I'll do it on the show. That would be interesting. There we go. I would listen to that. Yeah, hopefully I might.

Greg's gonna plug his ears. I can't hear you. La la la la la. Oh, man. Busch gardens for free beer promotion is back this summer. I remember we did this story. Yeah. Didn't they get rid of it for a couple years or something? Yeah, I, I just remember doing the story and I think it was like free Budweiser. So basically, yeah. Guests must be at least 21 years of age der, uh, and have a Busch Gardens membership or be an annual

pass or military pass holder, according to the press release. Then they'll have to visit the park between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. from June 23rd through July 31st at the Virginia theme park, and May 22nd through August 9th at its Florida location to enjoy this refreshing deal. I love that Florida gets so much more time. Right. I mean, they imagine being in Florida, you know, just they need it. Yeah. That's true.

Their members can enjoy one one. This is what I remember now. One complimentary seven ounce beer per day. Seven ounce. A taster. The weird amount of ounces. The parks are also offering 50 cent beers available for purchase to all guests ages 50 plus. That's pretty good. Yeah. So that's not bad. I get into club with that. I mean, I got tipsy at SeaWorld, which is also a Busch Gardens. And yeah, I mean,

the beers were not expensive. And I remember when I was like 20, I don't know, for the SeaWorld out here in San Diego was doing that and you could like drink around the world. It was like all the Budweiser products from around the world. It was the San Diego SeaWorld where I got real. Okay. Yeah. They were not they were not cutting us off. Let me tell you. Interesting. They no longer do that. There is nothing like watching penguins with beer in your hand. Eat the fish, bitch. They're so cute. Nice tuxedo nerd. So stupid. They're adorable.

Well, Steph, if you ever go to the Saint Louis Zoo, they have a penguin exhibit that you can walk through, and the penguins are free roaming. Mhm. So, like around you? Yes. Like. How does that work? If they come up to you, you can, like, pet their heads. Shut up. For real? Yeah. Are you messing with me? No. And guess what? The one day we are going to go to the zoo. The exhibit was closed for cleaning. Oh. Is that the same zoo that has the weird manatee rescue from Florida? No, that was. That was Cincinnati.

Ohio. Cincinnati. Because Ohio has, like, they have their own SeaWorld there too, right. Which I always thought was so weird. I don't know that I don't know. I think they do. I should check into that, but I'm so sorry because I would, I would for sure take a vacation based around chilling with penguins. Yeah. Well, and I was kind of glad it was closed because otherwise I was gonna steal a penguin. I'm pretty sure that's a felony. Sir, can we talk about what's in your baggage? Oh, we didn't fly.

We drove. Oh, okay. That thing was going to be mine. Oh, yes. Shocked that this is a thing. Humans can't be trusted. No, this is very surprising. Alcohol at that park, too. Um. I can't remember. I want to say yes. I want to say yes. Extra surprising. They sell. they sell beer. Zeus. That's like a normal thing, though. I know, but I wouldn't sell beer at a zoo. That allows you to go hang out with penguins. Like you can't shake hands with

a penguin anywhere. Well, you can't shake hands with a penguin anyway because they don't have hands. But there's a few zoos out there that we've been to that have that with kangaroos, too. Like that's. Terrifying. Actually they're. Mean. Beat your ass. Yeah, it's super terrifying. Yeah. And they rarely come near you. But if they do come near you, you are allowed to, like, pet them. What? Wow. Yes. In Missouri, both of these things. So the kangaroos, I know for a fact are Nashville Zoo. And I want to say it.

Was no wonder you like Nashville. Indianapolis. And maybe it was a Cincinnati as well. I can't remember. So Flex vacations are all based around free roaming? Yep. Zoos. Mhm. If I can get a free animal, I can get a free animal. Let's talk about your goldfish. Hey, we're looking for new guild members. Flex does not accept humans. He only accepts creatures stolen from free roaming zoos. Please. I don't blame him. Honestly.

I'd have a penguin as a buddy. Fuck yeah! Dude, how fucking cool would that be? Adam to the guild. Really awesome. Like remember? You probably don't remember. Maybe you do know Ace Ventura Pet Detective. When his landlord comes and all the animals go away and he leaves and the penguin slides out of the freezer. Oh, my God, I want a penguin to live in my freezer just so I can slide out of, like, a doggy door in my freezer. I've wanted that for like 30

fucking years now. If anyone in Missouri is listening right now, they have contacted the local authorities. Do not. Allow. This man. That's insane. I'm gonna have to look this up because I just can't fathom. No, this is. This is being allowed at any place. Like you said, we cannot be trusted. No. Humans are awful. Yeah, we're the worst. I'm like, I mean, there's like people in there to, you know, there's like, you can pet the people. No, I'm just kidding.

The people are watching you. Penguin people and kangaroo people like the kangaroo. But you had a plan to steal one, so. I wouldn't call it a plan. A loose plan? Yeah, I have. An idea. Yeah. It's more like spontaneity. Yeah. Plan. Brainstorm. Yeah. Tropical. I wouldn't trust you around any of my animals right now. I'm sure I could fit a penguin into my shirt. That's all I'm saying. If you wore a tuxedo, no one would

even notice. It's like camouflage. Just walk behind me. I'm sitting there waddling out of the exhibit. Oh, dear. I should not allow alcohol at that. You know what? No. Let's end it on this one. Oh my God. What's the point? Man plays musical DWI chairs with his friend after showing up drunk to pick them up from DWI arrest. Okay. A man with a prior DWI conviction

already under his belt allegedly showed up drunk to the county jail to pick up a friend who had been released after their own DWI arrest. Glenn of Hagaman, New York. Glenn of Hagaman. That's like it sounds like a Viking title. Greg did this shit on fucking purpose. Galiano of Hagaman, New York. Look, I'm no. I'm no expert.

I think it might be like. Like a soft G. Like a Giovanna. Giovanna of. Hagerman. Is that a royal title? That's what I'm thinking. Like this is a real life. Imagine that on a driver's license. What's your name? Giovanna of Hagerman, New York. Anyway, whatever the fuck this

place or person is. I found his first name. It's Anton. Oh, I'm not joking either, Tony. Okay, that's. This is just wonderful. And don't. Hang him in New York. Raise. Suspicion of those at the Montgomery County Jail shortly after his arrival. According to Sheriff Jeffrey T Smith, that's an easy name.

Montgomery County Sheriff's Office. He drove into restricted area instead of using the public parking lot. A deputy sheriff then talked to him, suspected that he was under the influence and conducted field sobriety tests, which, judging by the fact that he was then arrested for DWI, he must have failed. When police checked the DMV records, the new driver's license had been revoked because of a DWI

related conviction and a chemical test refusal. He went home with several new charges, including unlicensed operation in the first degree and driving with a BAC of 0.08 or higher. Among others, he was processed and given an appearance ticket for Glen Town Court. Whew! That was tough to get through. So, showing up drunk to pick up your drunk friend. I totally missed the point of that story because my brain is

over here like Giovanni of the fourth farm of the. If you saw of the boneyard of the death. Let me let me sum it up for everybody. Drunk guy got arrested. Drunk guy to pick him up. The same. Thing. That was time to end the show. Get on out of here. Yes, please say. Hi to Vanessa.

Vanessa. She's still listening. Hey, Vanessa. Definitely not. Thanks for letting me come hang out, you guys. Thanks. Thanks for joining and drinking. That's what we say. We hope you guys are following us on the socials at @CraftBeerRepublic. Uh, send us mail @CraftBeerRepublic dot com. Call us for a drunk story. 805538 beer. Again, thanks for listening. If you made it through this one, uh, we hope you're staying very well hydrated out there. And on that note. Good night everybody.

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