Crappy Concert Beer

Today we've got crap concert beers, a beer dump, voicemail, more drunk teachers and four beers to pair with apple pie. Let's go. Welcome in everybody. It's the Craft Beer Republic. Thanks for drinking. Thanks for joining. I'm Greg, I'm slapping the bass. And over there, that's Flex. He's playing some sort of horned instrument. Um, I just wanted to throw it out there that I don't even enjoy.

Apple pie. Really? Not at all. No fruit pies for, uh, for daddy Flex. So, what does daddy Flex get into. Like, key lime pie? Boston cream pie. Key lime is a fruit motherfucker. Lemon meringue. Well, also. Fruit. But it's not. Citrus doesn't count. Okay? You know, like, you know, like a fruit pie that's got, like. Fruity filling. The jelly fruit filling and grosses me out. I'm okay with an apple pie. I much prefer a pumpkin pie. That's like the second worst.

Yeah, I'll. Tell you, the absolute worst is a pecan pie. Yeah. I'm not a huge fan of pecan pies. Yeah. Yeah, the pecan. Pie is. Pretty gross. Yeah. You know, I gotta so not show related. But speaking of daddy Flex. I was hanging out with the nephew a couple weeks ago. I don't know if you know this. My sister had a kid. Sister. Sister. Do you know about her? I never heard of her. I should tell you about this. Anyways, I think you have heard of her. Because I think you might be the father of her child. Don't say that. She's so.

The kid's a year and a half old. Did he Flex? No. Worse. He's a. He's about a year and half old. He does. Not talking a lot. But you get little words here and there kind of thing, you know. Okay. And we were at a winery and he was running around and I, it was my turn to chase him and I said, hey, bud, where are you going? And clear as fucking day. He goes over there. Oh, that is the most Midwest shit I've ever heard. And I was like, oh, Danny. Flex is gonna be so proud of you. Oh, I'm so proud. Not my kid, but I'm so proud.

He wanted to go over there. Oh. I was like, are we going up north? Oh, we're gonna gonna get D's and De Mendoza. Oh, yeah. We had a cannibal sandwich afterwards, so. Doesn't get more Midwestern than that does not. So anyways, not a kid show, but, uh, follow us on the grams at Craft Beer Republic @Flex_me_a_beer underscores. And shout out to our top listening city of last week. And that was Austin, Texas. What's up Austin? Howdy, partners. They're they're not, as you know,

cowboy as the rest of Texas. I'm gonna stand firm on that one. That's fair. It was in fact, it was funny when we were in Austin. It was like a year and a half ago or so. Somebody was telling us that we met there. They're like, yeah, if you see someone walking around in a cowboy hat and cowboy boots. You know, they're not from Austin. I was like, okay. My favorite thing around here or around these parts, uh, is when people come in to work. Like customers coming to work in cowboy hats. Mhm. Because the first thing that crosses

my mind is if you're from Wisconsin, take that thing off. Right? So I will hit them with every, like, derogatory cowboy. Howdy. Y'all remark. I hit him with the howdy. You know, I hit him with the. You know, I reckon you have a good day. Y'all. Somehow, somehow, I try to figure. I do hit him with the. Y'all. One day I'll try to figure out how I can work in the high noon, you know, at, uh. Something about an okay corral. Yeah, yeah.

But yeah, I always hit him with just the dumb cowboy shit. And, uh, everybody in back always gets a good kick out of it. If you could, like, do you guys have music playing in the shop? Yeah. Is it like someone's phone or is it like a real thing? It's like a crappy oldies radio station. Oh, that's too bad. I was gonna say, like it was driven by someone's phone. What you gotta have on standby is the good, the bad and the ugly theme. Exactly. Damn it. I've never even thought about that.

That'd be so good. As they walk through the doors. Wow wow wow wow. Howdy. You got the wheels turning Greg. Yeah. What you doing in these neck of the woods? Oh. Good times. Yeah. Well, hey, uh, speaking of good times, you had some good times not being murdered. We might have a new not murderer. I'm still alive. You're still alive. And it's leading us to some beer science. So, uh, enjoy the song, everybody. A bottle from a can.

Why don't people understand my inebriation? Weird science. Oh, yeah. Okay. Yeah, yeah. All right. A little bit better. Yes. So. I met a listener. And you're still here to talk about it. And I'm still here to talk about it. I was not murdered. Um, Davis, my Midwest guy. Yeah. Uh, he was in town for a Chicago beer trip and, uh, Packers game. Oh, okay.

Was he there for a sandwich? Um. No sandwiches. Okay. Unfortunately, it was a little too short notice. But you had he reach out to you? Yeah. Told me he'd be in your hood. You would reach out to me. And I had a busy weekend getting ready for vacation and stuff. And I caught Davis, and he was still in town, and, uh, it worked out perfect. So we met. He heard on the show. I don't like getting beer. Like, I don't like when people mail me beer. It's well known.

But I did specify the one beer I really wanted to try was Heady Topper from The Alchemist. Right. And that's why he hit you up to then hit me up to then hit him up is he said he had a couple cans for me and he wanted to drop them off. So, uh, everything worked out fine. And Davis came through and we met, and, uh, what a nice fucking guy. First of all, super nice guy. Like I've met multiple times. I'm still. Crazy nice. Yeah, we sat and talked,

I don't know, five minutes, just kind of some Midwestern stuff. And he told me about his trip, all the Chicago beers that he had. Uh, it was awesome. Nice. But again, I can't stress enough what a nice guy. Yeah. Super nice. And he did take a selfie to send you to prove. That I do have proof. I do exist. And I did meet him, and, uh, he gave me, uh, what do they what do they call these? Hard to find beer or whales?

Oh, wait, really a whale? But, uh, you know, it's like, uh, one of the OG hype beers. So we will hit the old Untappd Greg because I'm excited. Heady topper from The Alchemist is a IPA Imperial slash double 8%, 100 IBUs. Now, this might be the highest rated per chicken I've ever seen. Mhm. It has 936,000 chickens. Wow. Almost a million chickens.

Has a global rating of 4.52. Jesus. A cumulative four and a half. We love hops. That's why our flagship double IPA. Heady topper is packed full of them. Heady topper was designed to showcase the complex flavors and aromas these flowers produce. The Alchemist has been brewing heady topper since 2003. This double IPA is not intended to be the strongest or most bitter double IPA. It is brewed to give you wave

after wave of hop flavor without any astringent bitterness. We brew Heady Topper with a proprietary blend of six hops, each imparting its own unique flavor and aroma. Take a big sip of heady and see what hop flavors you can pick out. Orange. Tropical fruit. Grapefruit. Pine spice. Just name all the flavors. There is just enough malt to give the spear some backbone, but not enough to take the hops away

from the center stage and scene. It's kind of a big deal, this beer, right? I've never had it. I've had Pliny. I've had. What is the tree house? One. The. Oh, Julius. Julius. Right. I've had that. I've had the King Julius or whatever. And so this is, uh, another hype beer and it says drink from the can. So people are wondering, we got the beer science song, right. Why is the song playing? Why is it going on? Why is it playing? Well,

I did pour some out into a glass. Um. And I'm gonna put my lab coat on and I'm gonna see if there is any different. And if you should drink from the can or maybe disobey the can and, you know, pour it into a glass, right? Because it does say right on the top of the can drink from the can, drink from the can, drink from the can. Uh, stick the old nose buds here, uh, in the can. I don't get much at all.

Maybe some faint orange, citrusy, like real faint, like you buried an orange and maybe you can smell it through the dirt. So nothing super strong there. Without further ado. Ah. Do. Ah ah. Ah. Ah. Can't get the old Tongue-jobber in the can. So I guess we'll put the can on the Tongue-jobber. Yeah. It feels dangerous to attempt that.

Okay. Okay. Take another sip. So I'm gonna guess I'm just gonna say it. I don't get much. Okay. Um. It is very subtle. I don't get any, like, fruit notes. The orange, the grapefruit, whatever. Mhm. I get pine and I get resin, and I do

get some astringent bitterness. Mhm. Uh, that the cants that I don't or Untappd that I don't. I'm. Unfortunately. Davis I'm not that he I, you know, I can't make him feel bad, but my honest opinion is, uh, a little underwhelmed. Okay. I have a confession to make. As Dave Grohl might say, I've never drank it out of the can. I always dump it into a glass. Okay. So I guess maybe we should head over to the glass to see what

the what the glass is like. So first off, this beer poured way nicer than I thought it was going to be. Yeah, the color is gorgeous. After drinking it from the can. You'd expect some coppery notes, maybe a little clear, just just the way it tastes. And it does kind of look like a hazy, uh, it's a double IPA. It didn't state whether it was a hazy, whether it is a west coast. I've seen pictures on Untappd and some look west, some look New England IPA interesting. So maybe different years,

different batches, I don't know. So we'll get the the nose buds in the glass. Same kind of smell. Okay. Very subtle citrus. Uh, nothing big. I don't know. Uh, get the old Tongue-jobber in the glass. And here we go. We'll see if we have any difference here. HMM. Uh. Lots of mouth noises. I'm trying to, like, hope that something pops out. Don't keep smacking the gums to

see if you get, like, another flavor that comes out. I don't, I don't get one. So, um. I look, here's the thing. I think it's a very fine beer. Um, to me, it's like the East coast Pliny where I'm like, yeah, Pliny is a fine beer. But, um, does it deserve the, you know, sought after ness? Sure. I don't know. See? So I feel bad because it is such a hype beer. Mhm. I mean, at least Davis didn't come here just for me to, you know, out of his way, you know?

He was here on recreation. It's fine. Don't get me wrong. It's a fine beer. It tastes fine. Would I ever need to drink it again? You know, I've had I've had Pliny, you know. Thanks to you. Yeah. I would, uh, ten times out of ten, choose a Pliny over this. Wow. Uh, I thought it had way more flavor. Way more complexity to it. Uh, here I am saying the word complexity.

Like, uh. You fucking nerd. I'm a nerd, but, uh, honest. Honestly, I, I think, uh. Yeah. And even, like I said, I had the tree house, the, uh. Julius. Yeah. Which the most amazing thing to me about the Julius and the King Julius is there, not labeled as like hazy West coast. They're labeled as American IPAs, like American Double IPA. Oh, they're not New England IPAs. No. So what makes those beers so special to me is the flavor profile you

get out of an American, like being labeled an American IPA. Mhm. That's what kind of blew my mind is. Wow, that's quite the flavor. This one is just. Yeah, it just kind of. I don't want to say run of the mill. That's probably going to get me some hate mail. But @Flex_me_a_beer underscores in between. He checks his DMs daily. Yeah, it does kind of kind of taste. Run of the mill West coast. Yeah. To me, it's, uh. I mean, it's got more bitterness than most New England's have.

It's sort of like the OG New England IPA. I don't know that I would take a Pliny over it. Now I want to have a Pliny and a heady next to each other. Because in my mind, I'm like, yeah, I think I'd rather have a heady topper. But also, I can get Pliny almost whenever I want. So it might not be fair. I don't know, I think now you need to conduct some beer science. Yeah. I haven't had one in quite some time. So it's all right. I did see your last check in on it. I don't want to. Yeah. From 2019. Yeah.

Don't don't want to put that out there. It was seven years ago but yeah. Madison Brian. I came across. Madison Brian. Yeah, mine was highly complimented. Yes it was, it wasn't as highly as Brian's who rated it a five. Big words on two occasions. Two occasions, multiple occasions. He rated it a five. Uh, so Madison Brian must really like it. Yeah. Um, I don't want to talk about my rating of this beer. I don't want to talk about it. I'm not gonna make three, seven, five. Don't talk about it. 3375.

Maybe it's yeah, I don't I don't know. That's fair. I guess that's just what I'm gonna throw out there. Unpopular opinion. Yeah. Thanks for coming to my beer science. Thanks. Thanks for the Ted talk. But most of all, thanks to Davis for being so fucking awesome. And for not killing Flex. Yes. Big fan. We already have. A fan of not dying. Not gonna lie. Yeah, yeah. I feel the same way every time. Uh, you know, I see John and all that stuff, and. Yeah, I get it. It's nice not to die. Good feeling. Yeah. Good people. Yeah.

But also, we really have some awesome listeners. We really do. Like, uh, Mike, last week, the voicemail. He when we were at Knotty Pine that night, he was telling like somebody came up and was like, talking to us. He was like, you know, if you like beer, you know, you gotta listen to the Craft Beer Republic. And I had some stickers in my pocket. I was like, yeah, here you go. And I'm so bad at, you know, hey, I got a podcast. So it's always nice. Always sounds kind of pretentious when you're like, oh yeah, I do a podcast. But yeah, so does everybody else. Right, right. So it's cool. This one, our listeners are awesome.

Mike Davis Fontana Jim, who's been. Chew. Quiet. Uh, they've both been quiet. Chew. And Jim. I can psycho bear. Hey! Oh! Oh, where the. Fuck. Is Psycho Bear? Yeah, yeah. Vanessa. JM all those people. Yeah. It's great. You guys are great. Exactly. Um. All right, well, speaking of less than great beer. Went to the, uh, the Weezer concert last weekend. Okay. Yeah. Weezer. I didn't realize it until Weezer

got on stage. It was actually the last night of their tour. It was, um, Silversun Pickups, The Shins, and then Weezer. Uh, Silversun Pickups. I, you know, I remember back this is a SoCal thing, but K-Rock. 2003 all over again. Yeah, it really was. I was like, oh, I feel like I'm listening to K-Rock. Um, you know, they came out, they rocked the shins. I'm not a huge fan of the shins, to be honest. I think I might know like two songs. Yeah, like one of them's in Garden State or something. And, uh. I only saw it once,

but I didn't. I think I. Saw it, I only know that because Deb was telling us and I went with Deb and Intern Brian. The four of us went and, uh, yeah, it was fine. I could have definitely not sat through that section. Um, and then Weezer came out. Uh, we were at Staples Center because I refused to call it crypto.com arena, and I haven't been there. I don't think I've been there since Covid. In fact, last time I was there was February of 2020 with big Dick, Nick, and Coley, and that's when Nick got Covid and then gave it

to all of us the next day, the last time I was there. Yeah. Since then, it's, you know, become crypto.com stupidest name arena. And all they had throughout the entire place was mic ultra. Yeah, that's the thing. Then next to Mic Ultra Bud Light. Then next to that was Mango cart. You are 100% correct. And then at a couple of spots. Stella. Yep.

There was not a Budweiser in the place to save my life. It sounds like everything that was on all the the Fort Myers tap lines. That wasn't Kraft, right? I was like, who's a brother? Cut a blow to get a fucking champagne of beers over here. Yeah. Budweiser man, they they kill it, I guess. And they don't even have Budweiser. They only have Bud Light. Well, you know. And then they had some, uh, rtds. The wife wanted some. I was like, I'll see what you know, she doesn't want shit beer like that. I was like, I see what rtds they

have said one it's $24 for the can. 20 ounce can, 25 ounce can, 16 ounce can. Man. I think it was a 16 ounce can and it was only 7%. I was like, at $24, this thing needs to get me fucked up. Oh. So we ditched that place. Brian and I, interim Brian and I are walking all over looking for something better. Turns out there isn't anything better, so we find a full bar. Did you walk the whole circle? Not the entire circle. We probably did about half the

circle, and we just. We settled on this bar. Same beer choices, except they had a couple of tap handles for a lesion, which once again owned by Budweiser. Oh, man. And I'm not drinking space dust. Space dust. I'm not drinking it. I'll have a fucking Stella. And but they had an a lesion. It was called Jack tail. Never heard of it. Never heard of it. Asked her what it was. She said it was a hazy. I've had like the tiger. Oh, I know what you're talking about. Yeah. Tiger tears or tiger blood or

tiger something. Tiger jizz. I forget. Tiger eyes. Yeah. It's something weird. I neon tiger. Maybe. Know what it is. I've had it. I know what you're talking about. It's like 9%. Yeah, yeah. It's a Westie. Tastes just like, uh. What's, uh, what's the other one? They have the, the normal space dust. Space dust. Yeah. Yeah. It's like. It's like a lighter hot bill version of space dust. Yeah. Um, I was like, all right, hazy. I'll give it a shot. She pours it. It is the clearest fucking beer I've ever seen in my life. Nice.

That thing looked like a perfect lager. And it was warm. It was so gross. How does that happen? Oh, my God, it was so gross. And then the next time we needed a second round of drinks, went to a different bar, same selections. But I was like, well, it's a different bar. I'll get it again. And hopefully it's cold because I'm not ordering space dust and I'm also not ordering MK Ultra or Bud Light ordered. Again. She goes, oh, we're out. I was like, motherfucker, so I'm looking. My only other option is Stella. So I had a Stella and, uh, I'm good on Stella for a decade. Yep.

You don't need. Yeah, you have one. You're good for, uh, a lifetime. So bad. I for good. People love it. Before the buyout, I used to drink Stella all the time. And this is before I was a beer snob. And I remember one day drinking Stella going, I don't. Why does this taste sugary and watery? I don't get it. And I googled like something about Stella. Like, why does it taste different? And the first thing that pop up was that they sold to Budweiser. And I was like, oh, and this was before I was a snob. And I was like, oh, that makes sense. See, I've always just thought it was kind of like Corona and

Heineken where it's like, got that skunk to it. Mhm. And, uh, when I first met my wife, her brother drank nothing but Stella. And I was like, oh, I guess I'll have one. And I had it. And I'm just like, man, I would rather have Bud Light. I never I've never purchased a can of it like it was only at bars and stuff. I've never had a can. I've only ever heard bottles. Or bottle for that matter. I've only ever had it at a bar. I don't I've never gone to the store and bought Stella before.

Oh well, my. My mother in law was caters to my brother in law, you know, he's like a mama's boy. So he's always, like, very, uh, wishy washy on stuff too. Or he'll drink something for like six months and then drink something else. Oh, sure. You know, so he'll go on his spurts. And so she would always have, like, Stella on hand whenever we'd go over to their house for, like, get togethers. Oh. You know, if I can crack a bottle of Stella. Sure. Whatever. Mhm. And you just drink it. It's just like, oh, man,

it is just not good. And it makes me wonder how people enjoy it. Yeah. I can't do it anymore. It was rough. Um, but I will say one nice thing about that. So beer, you know, alcohol selection all around was garbage. I tried to order the wife a cab sav the second time around of wine, and I was like the same lady who told me they were at a jack jackalope or Jack or whatever, and a cab saw her and she's like, oh, what is it, a cab sov? She's like, oh, what? I said a cab sov, and she just stops trying and gives me the huh? Look.

And thank God Brian was with me because I was about to come across that fucking bar. He Gose a Cabernet Sauvignon like overenunciating everything. She goes, uh oh, wine. And I was like, yes, fucking red wine. It's on your menu. I'm only ordering it because I'm looking at the name. Oh my God. She must have been new. Yeah, but, uh, the nice thing that happened, the Weezer show, uh, they had the. I was gonna say one of.

I'm gonna go as far as, say, the coolest, like set I've ever seen for a concert. That's big. Big words. Uh, it was there I forgot. Shit. I already forget what they're calling it. Like they're it's not the hangout tour, but something. Anyways, the whole theme was like a backyard party where they were playing the show. And so they had this house like a, you know, house on stage, not just a picture of a house and a fence. So it looked like you're in the backyard. So the actual structure of a house. Yeah.

You know, it wasn't like a two story house or anything, but the structure of a house and like the door even opened. They even had a ring camera on it that they'd show the, the footage from sometimes on the big screen. That's actually kind of neat. Yeah. And, uh, had, you know, windows with things happening behind the windows and everything. And then behind all that was a giant. The rest of the size of the set was an LED wall. And I'm gonna get super nerdy. I hope people know what the fuck I'm talking about, but I'm pretty sure the LED wall was powered by the Unreal Engine. And if you've never heard of that,

that's how they filmed Star Wars. Now you're not alone, everybody. Yeah. Yeah. They don't do Star Wars on green screen anymore. Now they do this Unreal Engine where like, it renders graphics in full time and they're shooting in front of a TV. It's not a TV, but a giant TV And you know, if you switch directions, it switches directions with you and just keeps rendering in real time. I'm pretty sure that's what's powering it because like a light on stage would go and then all of a sudden, like a light in the scene would change. And like, you know, the tree would light up.

It's supposed to look like the backyard and things would just not happen until they were supposed to. And I was like, this is the coolest, most interactive thing I've ever seen at a concert. They did a great job. I don't know how anybody's going to top it. Fucking fantastic. So were you more into the stage than the show or. I mean, yes and no. The stage was fucking fantastic. I couldn't stop staring at all the changes on the screen and stuff. The show was good. They rocked my.

If I had to be picky, uh, the sound could have been a pinch. God, I'm gonna sound so old. Lower. And this isn't like old man Greg's ears hurt kind of thing. it's that it reached a volume to which it made it hard to understand the lyrics. It's like muffled. Is a little muffled, a little blown out. I already don't think Staples Center has the best acoustics in the world. I've seen a few concerts there and crypto.com. Fuck off.

And it's just not the best acoustics room wise. And I think that played a part in it. Had they turned it down from like a 12, you know, to maybe a ten and a half, I think it would have been perfect. So, you know, it's just a little hard to understand the words sometimes. Okay. Other than that, great show. Great show. All right. Well that's good. A lot of fun. They did a good job. Worth the, uh, the time you spent. And. Yeah, beforehand, uh, we went out,

we went down there, got there early, went to this place called Joey and had some drinks and some snacks. Joey's cool because, like, we made resources and you walk up. Greg's here for my reservations. Treat me like the VIP that I am. They go. All right. Well, why? We're getting your table ready. Well, would you like a glass of champagne? It's like you goddamn right I would. Who would say no to that? Yeah. So we had a little. My wife. My wife. We had some bubbles. And then we sat down, had some snacks and more drinks, and we went to the show. It was good times. Hell, yeah. So all right, enough about that.

It's the moment everybody's been waiting for. Let's be honest. Our flavors, we smell bad taste Poop Beer Gate. Yes, we have a song. Never gets old. This is such a good song. Uh, this one's called the Cheesecake Incident. Hey, Greg and Flex. I've got a beer story for you guys. Last summer, my wife and I went to a brewery that had a strawberry cheesecake sour on tap. I love cheesecake, she loves sours. Seemed like a win.

The bartender pours it and immediately makes this weird face. I figured maybe he just didn't like sours. My wife takes the first sip and says, oh my God, this tastes like somebody threw up at Strawberry Milkshake. I started laughing because she's dramatic about everything. Classic wives. Right? Classic my wife. Then I try it. Holy shit. It tasted like someone ate an entire Cheesecake Factory dessert menu and

then got sick on a roller coaster. But here's where it gets worse. I bring it back to the bar and I tell the bartender something's wrong with it. He says, yeah, we've had a couple people say that today. Today? Oh. I asked while they were why they were still pouring it. And he just shrugged. My wife still brings it up every time I suggest going to any brewery. She calls it Cheesecake Gate. Cheesecake gate? Yeah, it's hard to say. Uh. Cheers, Brian. Okay. Well.

Thanks, Brian. Um. Gross. Fucking disgusting. The first thing it reminded me of was my. Was at the strawberry cotton candy from Weldwerks. Well, Weldwerks. Yeah. Weldwerks. There we go. Yeah, that. Ooh, that was rough. That was, uh. I wish you could have partaken. What was the beer that you had? I remember it was this year, last year that looked like throw up. That was the Drekker Brewing,

I think. Eighth anniversary. It was like. Yeah. Drucker sounds right. Supposed to be like a coconut Lime. Yeah. Something or another. And I saw it at the thrift shop for, like, $12. A single. Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah. I was gonna buy it as a joke, but 12 bucks a can. I just couldn't force myself to do it. Watermelon lemonade. Slushie. Sour collab. That's what it was. Yeah. Watermelon. Limonada. Uh, and it tasted like nothing like watermelon.

It tasted like, uh, suntan lotion, and it looked like vomit. And I would not recommend to any. 000 out of. Ten. Zero out of ten. Yeah. Uh, well, speaking of poop beer. Hold on to finish the segment. Uh, Malik Craft Beer Republic dot com if you got one, of course, 805 538 beer 2337. All flavors. We smell bad taste poop beer. Last time we had a poop beer story,

it was about dumping beer out. And, uh, Vanessa had thoughts. She sent me a little message on the grams. Bad beer, the worst beers I have ever had. And I've been to a lot of breweries in Lake Placid, Florida. There's one called Wet Dog and I think the beer. I don't know why they named it that, but what dog brewing grows like. We could not finish those beers. And you feel bad because when they ask, you know, how did you enjoy the beers? And I'm like, yeah, uh, and we just got like a flight.

So I, I, I want to remember, we chugged them, maybe went and threw one out of the bathroom. And then a couple years in Charlotte, North Carolina, we went to Blue Blaze Brewing, which I believe they don't exist anymore. That beer was awful. Like JM would go to the bathroom and dump them out and come back because I don't want to go back and return a flight of beer. And it's still like full like, I don't know, I feel bad doing that.

So we would just go dump them out and bring them back. It was just, it was really bad. Those are the only two times where I have not been able to finish a beer. Like, none of us were able to finish a beer because sometimes there's a beer like, oh, I don't like it. But somebody is like, oh, but I like it. You know? It's just not their style. They'll finish it. It's okay. But when everybody and we're like with a group of people. Everybody hated it. Yeah. Not good. Have you ever gone to great lengths to dump out a beer? Um, I don't think so.

Not great lengths. Yeah. I've never like. Oh, I must go to the bathroom and dump this out, I don't think. No. For me, it's just like two steps to the sink and it's done. Right. I mean, like at a brewery. Like I've seen some beers back, you know, because. We talked about that a couple. Yeah. Like they tasted like shit. And, you know, like your classic, uh, hazy little thing story where. Yeah, you got it. It wasn't hazy. And they asked you if you wanted another one. And it's like, yeah, I guess we've, we've had stories like that, but nothing to where I felt bad enough. Like if something was bad, I would

just. Not drink it. Not drink. It. Yeah, I was hoping I could think of or you had like some I'm gonna sneak to the bathroom story and throw it away. I don't the closest I have is I think there's been a few times we've been at outdoor breweries and it's been bad And we've had like a flight and I just kind of look around and go, huh? And kind of chuck it over the old shoulder into the yard. But like, beyond that, I one thing I thought of was we were at a brewery once, and I'm not going to say the name. The brewery has been on this show and they really went downhill and

we're like, ah, it's been a while. Let's go check it out, see if they've gotten better. That'd be wild if there was a downhill brewing. I bet there is somewhere. And so we went. We got a flight and every beer in the flight was fucking. And so we're sitting there with, you know, for half full flight glasses. Oh, man. And the wife of the owner. I don't think she recognized me. It'd been a few years, but comes walking by and it's just like, you know, hey, how's everything

going? How are your beers? And at that point, like, what am I gonna say? I don't know, it tastes like monkey throw up. I was like, ah, yeah, just kind of give them nothing. Ah, yeah. Great. And she walked off and then we promptly ran away. Oh. Just left him there. There was another brewery. Sprint ran or like. Yeah, you know, speed walk. Okay. Power walk if you will. There was another brewery where some friends, some friends in the industry were like, you got to go check this place out.

We went there once again, absolutely hated it. We left, like most of our beers on the table. And then when said friends asked me about it. Oh, and the the brewer was there that day, and there had already been like an Instagram introduction. And we saw that and I was like, I, I can't say hi because then questions will be asked and oh, these are so bad, so bad. So when I saw those friends were like, how was the beer? I was like, yeah, same guy. And I was like, not my favorite. Yeah.

I won't hesitate when somebody asks me how something was. You know, it depends. Yeah, I should be more honest. But that second brewery is no longer in business. And I hate to be mean, but there's a reason why. Not good. It's not good. It's not good. It tasted like they're using toilet water. It tasted like a water problem. Anyways, if you don't mind, I don't call it a pen. Please do.

He calls to the bullpen for beer. While I was out today, picked me up a Wild Grove Hazy IPA from Malibu Brewing Company. Oh yeah, 6% has a 3.76 Untappd 951 ratings. The brewery says copious tropical aromas are woven with the juiciness of both papaya and coconut in our hazy IPA, Wild Grove's bright pine

and citrus notes transport you to the coastal forests and lush orchards. Whether poolside or fireside, Wild Grove provides a little Paradise, and this has won the bronze at the 2023 San Diego International Beer Competition. Silver at the 2023 Tasting Alliance World Beer Competition and Flex. Nothing I appreciate more than a 12 ounce can of it. 12 ounce baby. How they should come, how they.

It should be legally required. Uh, so here we have it. Uh, cloudy, hazy. I'll call it cloudy. Hazy might be a little bit stretch. Uh, there's no date on this can, so fingers crossed. But, uh, on the nose buds, it's kind of how they described it. Uh, you've got some tropical aromas in there. A little bit of dank, little dank with your tropical. I want to put a fruit to it. It's kind of got a sunscreen vibe to it, like a coconutty thing. Okay.

Let's see what the Tongue-jobber says. Yeah, I follow suit. There's some coconut in there. Uh, definitely some citrus notes. The pine is tamed on the tongue versus the nose. Maybe, I don't know. Is that a mango or papaya? Something in that sort of tropical family? Just real nice, real easy drinking. Oh, we got 6%. Perfect. A 12 ounce. Yeah, 6% in a 12 ounce can. Please give me more? Yeah. This is one of their flagships.

Get it whenever you want if you go to the brewery. So, uh, get yourself a wild grove. Love me some Melvin Brewing. Uh, thanks to Andrew listener Andrew for sending this one in. Are you a Grand Theft Auto fan? Me personally? Yeah. Yeah. Never have been. Okay. I enjoy playing it. I have this problem where when the new one comes out, if I want to play it, I have to buy a new system. I don't think I enjoy it that much. I found out it's not going to be on the switch.

I just remember I think it was Grand Theft Auto two where it was like the birds eye view game. Mhm. And I had zero interest in that. Yeah. And then number three was like the big one that came out with the open world, third person kind of thing. And I can watch people play it, but I don't enjoy playing it myself. Do you ever play like Vice City or San Andreas or anything? No. So again, I would watch my brother play those games. Okay. But I would have zero interest in playing them. Interesting.

All right. I enjoy it. I think they're fun, but, uh, not so fun. I'm gonna go spend 600 bucks on a new system. But anyways, Rockstar is apparently releasing Rockstar the video game, not the energy drink. Uh, releasing multiple beer brands from the Grand Theft Auto six game. Interesting. Yeah. So it's going to be Pibb Wasser, which I think has been in other games, uh, Patriot and no Mama's Vice City, which sounds like a Mexican lager or something. Uh, these have all been found in the, uh, TTB database.

They will be produced by tripping animals. No shit. Yeah. I haven't seen a tripping animals beer in a while. Been a minute, right? That could be fun. Fun for you. Grand Theft Auto fans out there. If I see one I like. My local shop used to get in tripping animals. So if they still get some kind of distro in and I see that, maybe I'll snag. It, get that pitbull or whatever it's called. Sure. Uh, last week we talked about Stones Escondido location being saved by the original founders.

They've now revealed of the name of what they're going to call it Greg. Shared that the 12,500 square foot space will be dubbed Quarry Escondido, a nod to their past lives. As in stone. Oh, okay. It's like a rock quarry, right? Oh. Stone quarry. Well played. Yeah. Uh, you'll be excited for this. Goose Island debuts. Bourbon County.

Triple barrel stout. Oh, boy. Goose Island releasing its first Bourbon County brand triple barrel stout. It's an 18.7% stout that spends three years moving through three different bourbon barrels. That is, uh, pretty intense. Yeah. The 16.9oz bottle is only sold at Goose Island, Chicago locations. Starting on Black Friday, I will definitely be lining up for that. Not. I won't either. Same goes if somebody gives it to me.

Maybe. Mister, I hate free beer. I do. But like I said, my brother in law, again, this was like, I don't know, eight years ago, seven years ago. I think we talked about this like two weeks ago, right? It was a few weeks ago, but he had gotten me. He was like, hey, I got you this, you know, Goose Island, Bourbon barrel aged or whatever. I was like, oh, cool. He's like, yeah, they had a bunch at Costco or whatever. So I sat on it for a little bit and I said, fuck it, I'm gonna drink it. And it was good.

It was actually good. So I've talked about Bryan's kegerator, right? Yes. And how he got a discount keg of Goose Island. Yeah. It was just that. The one where the guy said if it tasted good, he could. Yeah, if it's good, pay me. If it's not, don't. Yes. That's what it was. Yeah. It was not. And Bryan gave him. He gave him some. I think he gave him like 50 bucks for it, which I'm like man, that was 40 bucks too much. It was bad. And now on top of that. So so we were talking about this

recently. he finally took it off. His lines are ruined. He's got to replace all his lines. Oh. Yeah. I'm not surprised that something that boozy and that flavorful was on there for like 2 or 3 years. Oh yeah. He should probably drink more. Not that that was fucking gross. He tried. Every time we come over to their house, he'd be like, hey, you want a beer? Yes. Not out of your kegerator, damn it.

I'll take your fucking coolers. At least he tried. Yeah. He tried. Can't fault him for that. Uh, we'll end it on this one. Very drunk man gets unruly with police in Berea. Apparently, it's a place in Ohio. I was not expecting that. I was not either. An intoxicated Berea man, 29, was arrested at about 2 a.m., October 16th after he passed out at the northwest corner of North Rocky River Drive and West Bagley

Road sounds Ohio. Yeah. Very. Ohio. Someone had called police about the man. When police arrived, he was laying on the grass. They woke him and asked if he'd been drinking. The man said, hell yeah. The man's speech was slurred and he was unable to maintain his balance. He started to walk away, but police told him to stay put. So he did. They again asked him where he was going and he said, A street. I don't know if that's a is in like the letter A. Or like, uh. Just going to a street.

Uh, the man told police that he had passed out 3 or 4 times previously that night and morning. That's not good. You should not admit that. Please give him a courtesy ride to his home on West Fifth Avenue. During the ride, he cussed at police and said we could go right now. They're giving him a ride home. Trying to fight him. Then he called someone on his phone and started arguing with that person. No one was at the man's home to care for him. Police decided to take him to jail due to his level of intoxication. The man started punching a

window inside the cruiser. Police then had to place him in handcuffs. Sounds about right. That escalated quickly. Something sounds about as Ohio as it gets in Ohio. I've passed out 3 or 4 times, you know. Tonight. Tonight? Yeah. No big deal. Sounds like the guy stayed up for 24 hours and then went on a bender. Seems like it. Wouldn't recommend it. Mhm. So that was a 16th. That was Friday. I mean, Friday. I mean, he went out drinking Thursday night and they found him Friday

morning. Possibly. I think so, yeah. 2 a.m., October 16th. Yeah. This motherfucker was getting hammered on a Friday. On a Thursday night. Thirsty Thursday, bro. Way to go, champ. Way to go. Well that's it. I think we're good here. I'm okay. I'm okay. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you all for listening. Thank you, Flex, for joining. Did we say hi to Vanessa? Did we say. Did we just listen to a voicemail? You know what? Just in case. Hi, Vanessa. Hello. Vanessa uh 80553.

Beer is the number to call. Mail at Craft Beer Republic at Craft Beer Republic dot com if you want to see us offend some people and @Flex_me_a_beer underscores in between. I do think that's everything. I hope everyone out there is staying super duper hydrated. And on that note. Good night everybody.

People are gonna hear that and go super duper hydrated. Super duper. That's not what he says.