Drunk Outlaws in Alaska

There's way more in that class. Howard. Welcome in everybody. It's the craft beer republic. Thanks for drinking. Thanks for joining. I'm Greg and that is the timing chain to my master cylinder. And that's Flex. What's up, big fella? I don't even know what you're saying here. Car stuff.

Yeah, I just knew I needed to get one of those fixed. Yeah. And you did finally. Yeah. Finally 4 or 5 months later. Seven weeks later. Yeah. But you got your car back. Yeah. After seven weeks. Yeah. Yeah, that was cool. Yeah. He's a whole man again. Uh, but alas, not a car show. Yeah. Long story short, don't buy Audis. Hey, how dare you? Uh oh, crap. I know Flexy tell me all the horror stories of owning an Audi out there and I'm like, shit. Yeah, it's great, it's great,

it's great. Until it's not, it's great until it's not. Anyways, uh, beer stuff. Let's see. Follow us. @CraftBeerRepublic @Flex_me_a_beer underscores in between. Lots to get to today. Hey, our good friend Erica left us a voicemail from vacation. I'm very. Excited. Where is she now? Like, uh oh, the Taj Mahal? Yes, the Taj Mahal. She's climbing Mount Everest. Uh, she's doing all the things, so we'll get to that. I did some research that I'll talk. In fact, my beer came from said research. Okay. Got some booze news.

All of that good shit. Uh, shout out to our top listing city of last week. And that was Ashburn, Virginia. What's up? Ashburn? Ooh. I don't know anything about Virginia. It's not West Virginia. At least I was just gonna say. At least it is not West Virginia. Yeah. So you got that going for you. Which I did. I did have to Google a little geography. Uh, since we're heading to Kentucky. Oh, yeah. I needed to make sure I was far enough from West Virginia that I wouldn't get killed. Oh, I didn't think about that. Are you far enough?

Yeah, I think just where where Louisville is, because it's like, essentially like, right over the border from Ohio, like Cincinnati. Okay. It's very close. It's like an hour drive. Hour, 20 minute. So we're still a good distance away from West Virginia. Okay. Glad to hear. It. Yeah. I don't think they could walk fast enough. I think by the time by the time they, you know, because I don't think they drive cars there. No, no, no, but horses can travel pretty well. Yeah. I thought they ate the horses.

Well, that's after the horses get tired. They ride for a while, then everybody gets hungry. So. So? So regardless, I don't think they. Yeah, I did the math. They can't get there in time to when we get there and we leave. That's good. I mean, but first they'd have to hear you put down the mash paddle Cattle from all the moonshine they're making. Let their cousin wife know they're gonna leave the house. Meanwhile, they're just speaking in tongues because they don't speak English.

Let all their nephew sons know. And by the time they mounted old glue stick, they'd be hungry. It's time to eat the horse. So you're safe either way, is what I'm getting at. I'm okay. I'm glad you did the math, too. Yeah. Did the the white trash math. Damn it! But. Hey, Ashburn, you are not on that side of Virginia. Definitely not. Thanks for listening. Thanks for listening. Jesus. We're all gonna die.

If you don't mind, I'm gonna talk about my beer. It leads into a story. Yeah. Please do. I love my beer. I love my beer. I love my beer. I love my beer. Oh, yeah. I am drinking Casa Agria. Space craze hazy IPA. Space. Space craze eight and a half.

Oh. Excuse me. 6.5%. Has A391 on untapped. 1500 ratings. Chick's hot. Oh! On the can, the space chick? Yeah, yeah, I'd hit it. Stuck my dick in the can earlier. Damn it! Are we just talking about dicks? I sent you the picture of the poppy can. That's right. This is something about being juicy or something. Yeah. Uh, I might have deleted the picture, but. It's for the best. Yeah. Anyway.

It wasn't. I'm sorry. Can we just. It wasn't my dick in a can. No no no no no. It was. Definitely not. It was the can. And it said something provocative on the back and I can't remember what. Uh. Anyways, this beer, they say launching from Oxnard, California, is Space Craze and Out of This World hazy IPA blasted with select US and Southern hemisphere hops for a juicy expedition to the outer depths of flavor. Notes of nectarine, passion fruit and pineapple.

Guide you into the unknown. On the nose buds. It's real light. Real light. Nose. I am getting what I think is passion fruit and some citrus, which is probably the nectarine, but for my. Nectarines, not citrus. What is nectarine? Stone fruit. Stone fruit? I'm a dumb. Some sort of citrus on the nose. We'll call it not not. Not nectarine. Nectarine. Nectarine. All right.

For my next trick, I'm gonna fuck up the flavor profile. Okay. That is delicious. passion fruit. Not nearly as big on the tongue, but I am getting the stone fruit and still getting a lot of citrus. Pineapple? A little bit. They talked about pineapple in the script. A little bit of pineapple. Uh, but really getting the stone fruit and some citrus in there. And I mean, look at the color on this bad boy. That's wonderful. It is perfectly hazy. And at 6.5%, that has got to be just solid.

It is a fucking daddy. Oh, daddy. Daddy, daddy, this is so good. We all know I love casa. Anybody who asked me, hey, like, where's the best? Hazy in Ventura County. Go to casa. They always have the best hazy. Which is hilarious because Casa Agria means House of sours. Oh, is that what Agrio means? Oh, yeah. It's sour. Uh, they do sours and they do great sours. But I think as sours became more expensive and difficult to produce, they kind of shifted a little bit.

Nothing wrong with that. Yeah. So now it's sort of hazy. I don't know. Um, but the other problem with the sours is they can't really have a lot on tap because of the lines. So if you go in the tap room, like, you can buy some bottles because they're for the most part, I don't know if all of their beers or all their sours are, but for the most part they're wild fermented. So like, you can't just have that shit everywhere so you can buy bottles, but it's hard to buy a bottle of a beer you've never tried before, especially when the bottle is like 25 bucks because it's a wild, fermented sour, you know? So if I could try it on tap, I'd probably buy all the bottles,

but it's not what they have on tap. Usually when it comes to bottled sour, I don't even need to try it. I'll just buy it. Yeah, I know I'm a little more cautious. The the wife is the same way because she loves sour. She's like, oh, you got a wild fermented sour. Yeah, I don't care. Husband get your credit card out. Right. Yeah. So, uh, anyways, this is delicious. This came from a little beer research I did last week with intern Brian. Oh. Yeah. Brian sent me some Casa Agria when I beat him in the World Cup bet. That's right. Yeah. Uh, we had, uh,

a little boy's day out. It was me, interim, Brian and Marty the brew pup. Was it Saturday? Because I hear Saturdays are for the boys. I believe it was a Saturday. Now that you say it. Yes. Um, we went out with the the wives and went to, you know, the my wife's nieces do the whole dancing thing. The nieces do the dancing thing. And I've said it on the show before, I believe, which is if you're an adult male and you don't have children, they're like your own children. Uh, and you want to be there.

You should be arrested on the spot. Yeah. That's weird. It weirds me out. I feel so like I want to support them. And her nieces are really good dancers. Especially the older one who's going to college for dance now. Has been accepted to some prestigious place, and I love to support them. But having to watch all the other children too. It creeps me the fuck out. They have like. Oh, does it really? Yes. Oh my kids. They do. They've done dance for the last

4 or 5 years now. And like having to sit through the recitals when your kid has like a dance or two out of 18. Um, I don't feel weird at all. I just. I mean, I'm bored out of my mind, but it also creeps me out. Because there's, like some older kids, right? They have like, the, I don't know, like the competitive dance classes. Sure. You know, and the older niece is in that competitive and all that stuff. So like when you get to see those older groups like you really respect how much work and also like some of

these kids dance like, I don't know, 7 or 8 different routines. Oh, totally. The older needs to like 12 routines in one show. Yeah. Fucking crazy. Like every other dance. And and she's nuts and she's great. And yes, the older I'm gonna say kids in quotes are much more fun to watch. But there's also a ton of the little kids coming out and they have, like, the pageant makeup on. Yeah, they look like bobbleheads. It creeps me the fuck out. I don't like watching them. They're always in, like, you know,

bikinis or almost bikinis. Oh, really? And here's where I'm gonna sound like a really old guy. Like, they're always dancing to songs where I'm like, I know the meaning of this song. Do you know the meaning of this song? Oh. That's weird. It weirds me out. Yeah. You're making this sound very weird. And, like, all the teachers are about our age. Maybe, and some of them are younger, so we'll say, like, our age, you know, 30s to our age. And it's like, I know everyone here knows what these songs mean.

Not to, like, sound like my mom when she'd catch me listening to rap and, like, tell me to turn it off or whatever. But it's like, this is not I don't want to see you shaking your ass to this song. Yeah, it, uh, I can understand where you're going with that? Like, you know, it's cute for the parents who have the kids in the show. Exactly. And if I could just see an entire show of only the nieces. I'm in. Go watch them. Great. They're good. No problem. But anyways, all that to say, I was excused from having to go

to this show. And, uh, so. And Deb went to this show as well, because not only does Deb know the wife's nieces, but she also has another friend who's got a daughter in it. So they did a whole thing. They went and had happy hour. Then they went to the dance. Brian and I went and, uh, we had lunch and we hit up some breweries. We hit up Poseidon Brewing. We. Yeah. Hadn't been there in forever. Here's the thing. I will say. Poseidon's old school. They're solid. You know what you're getting? If I have one complaint, they've been on the show. They're friends of the show.

My one complaint, Poseidon, is they don't ever change things up. Their tap list has looked exactly the same for, like, the last ten years. Come on. And it's like. All right, you can't have all. Cause, you know, have a few chords. Yeah, like flagships are cool and all, but. But don't have only flagships. And it's not like they have a short tap list. They just have the same fucking short or long tap list that they've had for a long time. So I'm just like, hey guys, you do good work. Mix it up into some other good work. Experiment a little. Right. So went there. Had a few.

Had a flight, went to Casa, obviously. Uh, we went to, um, Bottle and Pint, which is like a, you know, a shop where you get whatever you want and had had some beers there. Uh, later in the day, we actually ended up at Coley and Nick's house, had some barbecue, had some more beverages, that kind of stuff. Finally the wives met up with us, picked us up because we've been drinking all day. So smart. Yeah. So it worked out. It worked out perfectly because they came over like, yeah, come over to Nick's house. You guys can eat. It's not because we need a ride

home at all. It's so you guys can come over and eat and say hi to everybody. And, you know, Nick had a brisket on that kind of thing. So nice. Worked out perfectly. You know, we got the drink and then we got the brisket and then we got a free ride home. That is a top notch evening. Yeah. So it worked out well. And I got this, uh, this casa as as part of my research. Well, you're the real winner here, Greg. Yeah. That's true. I'm living life the right way. Ice pack and all. We don't need to talk about the ice pack that I literally am sitting on right now.

Because my low back hurts so fucking bad. Oh, boy. So fucking old. People keep telling me I should stop wakeboarding and I should start, like, surfing instead. And it just looks so fucking boring. Really. Surfing behind the. Boat. Surfing looks cool. Behind the boat. Not in the ocean. Oh, wait. What? Yeah, like you can surf behind a boat if the boat puts out a big enough wake. And it just looks really fucking boring to me. Because you're not jumping. Yeah, you're just standing and maybe doing a spin. Riding the wake. Yeah. You're just riding the wake.

Maybe do a little spin a Rooney or something. But, uh, that's about. It. Easy there, Booker. Yeah. Five time. But I want to. I want to go fucking hit some jumps on the wake, even if I can't walk for a week afterwards. Hashtag worth it. More power to you. Yeah, it'll put me in a wheelchair by the time I'm 45, I'm sure, but worth it anyways. Do any research lately? You get out of the house. Um, man, have I gotten out of the house. No, I haven't. All right, that's fair. No.

Oh, yeah, I lied. Just kidding. I just said, was it last show that I went with my kids to Eagle Park? Oh, yeah. Right. Um, I didn't even get to talk about it. This was really, really interesting. So, you know, I've been on, like, this seltzer drinking diet kick, whatever. Um, so they had their anniversary party back. It was like Father's Day, the Saturday before Father's Day. Didn't go to that because I worked. But when I stopped in, they had these seltzers that they brewed with soft serve ice cream. Hmm. Interesting.

And it was very interesting. It was almost like unappealing. Yeah, a little bit. My friend. Bartender, I don't know if he did this on accident because we had talked about it, uh, while I was ordering, but he poured a bad can o, you know, like he just. Oh, it overflowed in the glass. So he got this customer a different can and poured that one very nicely. Mhm.

Next thing you know, I have this glass of, uh, soft serve ice cream, brewed seltzer sitting in front of me. Just cleaned it up and it was watermelon lime seltzer. Brewed with soft serve ice cream. And let me tell you, Greg. Tell me. It was fucking delicious. Like, really 100% delicious. Because it sounds weird. Um, I would recommend,

as he did, to serve it over ice, and it kind of took away from like the consistency because it was a little bit on the thick side. Like it would make for a good dessert drink. You know, you finish dinner, have a little bit more of this and just, you know, kind of wash everything out. It was phenomenal. So I only had the watermelon Lime. They do have two other ones that will only be there as long as they still have the cans, because it was like a specialty brew for the anniversary. Okay.

You don't put that shit in lines. Yeah, the other one was Pineapple Fluffy Whip and then the specto cooler that I drink, the orange one, the Ecto Cooler. Nostalgic. Uh, they did that one with the soft serve, which I didn't try that either, so I'm hoping to make it back. They still have the cans. Either try them out or just fucking buy them. Try them at home. So. Sounds interesting. I mean, I would try it, but it sounds not appealing at first. You should have seen my face when he was telling me about them. It was like I wanted to try one

so bad, but I just kept reading the descriptions on these beers and I just couldn't get myself to or the seltzers and I couldn't get myself to order it. The more I read, the less I want it. And he just kept saying, you gotta try one before you leave. You gotta try one before you leave. Like I said, lo and behold, he poured a bad pour. And it just so happened to show up in front of my plate. Hate when that happens. It's. It's the worst. And I wouldn't wish it on my worst

enemy. Sure. Something like that. Yeah, that's what they say. All right, well, I guess I'll be on the lookout for soft seltzers. Yeah, maybe it'll be a thing, I don't know. Maybe it's the latest trend. Maybe, like sour IPAs. Never were 5 or 6 years ago. But what he was telling me, too, is because, you know, my whole thing with beer now, right? It doesn't work well with my gut. Oh. Digestion? Yeah. Just bloating. Bloating. Like the whole thing? I don't know, getting older sucks. That tastes good. Right?

Like it's the worst. And I never thought in my wildest dreams, like, hey, I would really have to cut back on beer. Yeah. Um, biggest load of irony I've ever heard. He said the head brewer there had recently, uh, been having issues and is, like, medically diagnosed. Where? Like he can't drink beer now. Oh, was he, like, gluten free now or something? I didn't go into detail on what, you know, the diagnosis was. Yeah, but yeah, a head brewer of a brewery that he partially owns can't

drink beer anymore. That's insane. I mean, he's got to be able to at least, like, quality control it, right? I'm assuming, like, maybe sips or try stuff, but. But no. No getting hammered on it or anything. Right? That'd be rough. Off crazy. Somebody called Alanis Morissette. Get a new song. Crazy. Wow. Uh. All right, well, uh, not drinking ice cream seltzers, but drinking a lot is our friend Erica, who went on vacation. Flex. This one's really gonna relate

to you. And, uh, got a little hydrated, so let's let's check in with her. Hello? No one is available to take your call. Please leave a message after the tone. Hi, it's Erica from Also Craft Beer Republic, and I'm in Alaska with my family. Hey. Hey. And there's 17 of us. Uh, some of us are here right now, and we're in Alaska, and we're. We're drunk in Alaska.

And it's not legal to be drunk in Alaska. But we are outlaws. Everybody listen. Outlaws say hey, hey. So that's all I have to say. Um, but just, um. You should try it sometime. You should try it sometime. There's no repercussions. All right. So far. We got two more days. Alright. Peace out for being drunk in Alaska.

Man. This. This dates back to, like, episode one of @CraftBeerRepublic. It has been debunked. Yeah. My favorite thing ever was Flex drunk in Alaska. I am not drunk in Alaska. I how else do you act? Not drunk. Right? Except super suspicious. Well, you just you enunciate and you, you know, use great. Right? Diction. Is that the word something? I am definitely not drunk here

in Alaska. I also like damn it. But I also like how she introduced herself as very Troy McClure. Hey, I'm Erica. You may know me from such shows as @CraftBeerRepublic public. Know the drunken Alaska thing. It just reminded me of the South Park episode, uh, with Stan's gay dog and their big. Gay Al's Big Gay Animal Sanctuary. Yeah, but they're also playing, like, the football game. Like the kids are playing like,

tackle football in second grade. Mhm. And out of nowhere they have these random Asian announcers. I don't remember this part. And the Asian announcers are like making cracks at Americans. And you know because Trey Parker and Matt Stone they're hilarious. And they always like you know have pushed the envelope since day one. They have these super hard Asian accents for these announcers. And when they do these American accents, they're like very proper and

Enunciated life to the fullest and like the contrast of the accents, is. It's too great. So, like. Drunk Alaskans. Right? When they make fun of the Americans, they're like, I think I'll use my credit card, you know? And then the announcers just laugh because it's, you know, making fun of Americans, right? That's what it just makes me think of, though. Like, if you're trying not to sound drunk, what do you do?

Yeah, you talk like that. You know. You talk like you are not drunk. Well, I'm glad to see there's no repercussions for being drunk in Alaska. And for those who may be new listeners or something. We've talked many a time about how Alaska. What is it like 36oz per day, is your your limit on beer? I think it's even less than that. Is it less than 30? Yeah, it's some insane amount, but there's actually no way to keep track of it. Like they don't mark your hand that says you've had 12oz. But it's illegal. To which I know, you know,

there's like gray area here because we've talked about this. It's illegal to appear intoxicated. I believe that is the law. Yeah. And it's also but it's also illegal on the serving side. Like you can't serve more than, you know, whatever ounces. Yeah. Mind blowing. Weird fuck in Alaska is weird. Well, thanks, Erica for calling in with your breaking news report. I have another friend going to Alaska later this year so we can have two, two, uh, little test rabbit rats that that go to Alaska,

and they'll let us know what's up. Please slip, said friend. Our number 805 538 beer and have them call in while drunk in Alaska. Will do. Kevin, get the number. Write it down. Yeah. Kevin. God damn it. Write down the number. All right, before we get to some news, let's get to what Flex is drinking over there. Okay. 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? All right, well, uh, beer number two on Flex. Kids picked this out. My favorite. They were pointing at a couple Trillium beers. Oh, because I had. It was a couple weeks ago. I had a Trillium beer. Yeah, 2 or 3 weeks ago, something like that. And I really didn't want to do another one for the, you know, just be like, hey, just had it.

But at least if they're gonna go hype, they went like a good hype, right? Like apparently they know what they're doing. Yeah. Like they've learned from dad. It's kind of bizarre. Um, maybe I trained them, right? Maybe I trained them wrong, I don't know. Only time will tell. Yeah, but they saw the name of this beer, and then they said, okay, now you got to get this one. Uh, and imagine yourself as, like a ten year old kid. And this beer is called little space booties. I don't think I don't think that they understand the term booties is, you know. Not a. Butt, right?

Uh, so when you're eight and ten years old, that's fucking funny to see. Booties on a can, right? Little space butt, right? So I'm drinking more brewing companies, little space booties. Um, so I had one of these similar beers a couple weeks back. It was at, uh, the root. Is it forbidden root? Something like that. The botanical beer. Remember the double dry hopped pale ale? Oh, yes. That was a little too botanically. Yes. Very. Too hoppy for pale ale.

Yes. So little space booties. Here is a double dry hopped session. Pale ale. Mhm. And I was almost hesitant again on buying this beer. Yeah. Fool me once. But it's for the kids. For the children, it. Is for the children. Uh, so this is a Citra and Galaxy hopped pale ale. 5.5%. I do have the untapped here. It is a 3.2 thousand ratings 3.95,

which is pretty solid for, I would say, a style like this. Yeah. And they say about as much as the can does. Session pale ale with Galaxy and Citra hops, a baby version of our DDH double space boots, which maybe I've had, I don't know, I can't remember. So on the nose buds here, it's hoppy. It's, uh, it's very hoppy. Enough said. I'm not really picking up any fruit notes. It's just, uh, shit ton of hops, man. These double dry hops,

they are killing my nose now. Alright, so now, without further adieu, adieu, Edu. Uh, just dive in with the old Tongue-jobber. It's the moment we've all been waiting for. So this is good. Again, I'm really not getting too many notes. It's very herbaceous beer. Lots of hops for the 5.5%, uh, super light bodied, uh, drinks. Great little, uh, low end bitterness on the back end.

Here, let me let me just take one more sip. Further research required. Yeah, just big time. Like green. Just real green tasting beer. It's not as hoppy as the double dry hopped pale ale I had a couple of weeks back. Four weeks back, five weeks back. It's probably a good thing. It is. There's a little lingering here on the tongue. It's not horrid. But again, if it's double dry hopped, it's something you expect. It's just really weird.

Really bizarre coming from a pale ale, you know? So, um, bought a single can of this. Pretty sick. They did. It worked out for you, right? Would I drink this if somebody bought it for me? Absolutely. Absolutely. Would you buy a four pack? Would I buy a four pack? I probably would not. Fair enough. I should say that my beer, I. I was forced to buy a four pack because it's straight from the the brewery so. Well, but I'm also glad I did. Yeah, I was gonna say you you kind of lucked out on that one. Yeah, I mean, it was a safe bet.

So more I've never had an issue with more like they do really great milkshakes, actually. If you can ever come across one of their milkshake happy days, they're to die for. Uh. This one, like I said, it's good. It's just these over hopped pale ales. I feel like pale ales shouldn't be like this. That's what IPAs are for, right? That's what exactly, just brewed IPA. Yeah, exactly. All right. You're killing my vibe here. Killing my tongue. Uh. All right.

Little news before we get out of here. I was recently talking to somebody about the status of Anchorage Brewing. You know, they got bought out, like, a year and a half ago or whatever it was. With that cool video. Right? He's like, we're gonna redo and resurface and we're gonna come back and blah, blah, blah. And then, like, nothing ever happened again. So I went digging because I was like, well, if we're talking about then maybe other people want to know about an article from, uh, actually just a couple weeks ago, says former Anchorage Brewing employee Patrick Michael.

Ooh, two first names. Can't trust him. Uh. I have two first names. Oh, that's right, you kind of do. Yeah. Flex is a first name, so. Yeah. Can't trust you. Damn. He told the San Francisco Standard, which recently wrote about the deafening silence around the resurrection of the brewery in the wake of the buyout. The standard shared this from recent visits to the brewery site. There have been no public

announcements on what's next, and the facility is largely bereft of activity other than a skeleton crew of maintenance workers. The outlet reported that the new ownership group received a permit to brew beer in February of this year from the ABC. Local businesses also shared that the group has requested quotes on restoring the building's exterior. However, many former employees have moved on and restarting the brewery will be no small feat the longer it sits idle. Interesting that they have some

maintenance crew there still working. I mean, obviously you gotta you gotta upkeep it, but also like you're paying these people and you're not making any money at all. Interesting. And yeah, what could they be cleaning if nothing's being done? Well, maybe it's landscaping. I mean, who knows? I guess you're right. Yeah, it could be anything. Or maybe they're fixing up the place. Yeah. Who knows? Or just keeping things dust free or. Yeah, or maybe they're just maintaining. Yeah. Uh, the nation's most okayish beer is going to Michigan.

Yuengling is on its way to Michigan. The long expected expansion will begin with a draft rollout in bars and restaurants in southeastern Michigan on August 11th, with packaged beer expected to hit off premise retailers in September. I would say it's bizarre because I'm pretty sure Michigan touches Ohio and Ohio is where? Yuengling or Yuengling, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania, I believe. Pennsylvania? Uh, yes. Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Okay. But so I actually looked this up on Untappd because something about

Yuengling came up on a notification, and I know they signed that thing with MillerCoors or Molson Coors. Yeah. Like back to. Like five years ago or something. Right. To to expand. Right. Their distribution. And it was real vague on the details like are they getting bought out. Are they injecting some cash? What's the deal? Yeah. So I went to the find a beer on Untappd, and I did Yuengling. Where can I find Yuengling?

Around me. Nowhere within 50 miles can I find Yuengling. Yeah, it's nowhere out here. But once you go over the border to Illinois, boy, you can get that shit anywhere. Oh, really? Yeah. Huh? Yeah. They really seem to just go state by state. Like, one little step at a time. Yeah. So maybe one day it'll get here. Um, and again, it's just okay stuff. But it's the most okayish beer in the country. It's very okay. It's very okay. I had one when I was in Florida.

I saw it on the menu and I was like, hey, I gotta have it. I'm here. I got one at that old timey diner at, uh. Oh in Chicago. No, the old timey diner in Disney. Oh, in Disney. Yeah. And, uh, it was like, you know what? It's on the menu. I could use a beer. It's like 90 degrees out. Yeah. And I just I took a sip and I said, man, this is. It's okay. Yeah. Why do people talk so much about this? It's pretty okay. I think so much of what people

talk about is just the fact they can't get it. Or is it the fact that it's, like, the oldest brewery? I mean, it's definitely got, like, a storied history to it, but I think if it was everywhere, people wouldn't give a shit. I don't know. I don't know. It's a weird issue like thing. I feel like if it was everywhere, I feel like it would be even bigger because of the history. I mean, maybe. I'm sure no matter what, it'll always be big in Pennsylvania because that's where they're from, that sort of thing.

But I feel like if it was nationwide, every state had it. I think there would be an initial like, oh, we finally got Yuengling and all the beer nerds would, you know, kind of come a little bit and then go get their yuenglings. But once that wore off, I think people would actually stop caring. But here's my argument I feel like it goes beyond beer nerds, because when I went to a, I had a buddy who had a bachelor party in Ohio. Best bachelor party I've ever been to. For the record. Mhm. And, um, we stopped at a liquor

store before actually going to the where the bachelor party was because it was actually out in Lake Erie on an island, and every single person except for me had purchased a case of Yuengling. And these are guys who weren't craft beer guys. They weren't beer guys in general. But they knew of where we were. They knew of what they could get, and they got it. And some guys even bought a second or third case to have extra to

take home after the party. See, but based on what you just said, I'd imagine that if those guys had it at home, they wouldn't have done that. See, I feel like I could disagree. Or at least if they had it here, it would be in every other purchase like, oh hey, maybe they get a case of Miller Lite this time, and then the next time they get a Yuengling, and then so on and so forth. I mean, sure, it's going to be some people's go to it's going to be their standard, you know, whatever crap beer. But I think overall the hype would die down quite a bit if it

was everywhere. You and I would think with taste buds. Yeah that's right. Once you had enough of it, it just tastes like another macro lager. Oh, no, don't shoot me. Shocker. I know, big shocker. Yeah, I don't know. I would rather drink high life. Just saying. It's half the price. It's delicious. Yeah, about the same. I think it's better. We need. Oh, fuck, I wish I could get it now. I want to do a side by side high

life. And I would love to help you out, but I can't even get it. I know, I know, you can't. If anybody wants to help us out with this science experiment. Please reach out. Yeah. Do a little, uh, little domestic taste test. Yeah, a little beer. Science. Uh. All right, let's let's get get on with this. Texas governor vetoes the hemp ban. We've been talking about we've been following this a little bit. You know, Texas has this weird loophole, which I discovered when I was in Austin earlier this year where, like, they can still do,

like the Delta nine, basically anything hemp derived, but like, weed's legal or illegal, excuse me and all that kind of stuff. And then there was this big bill to ban all that, finally close all these loopholes. Um, but there's also a big hemp industry outside of the high parts of it in Texas, like clothing, paper, that kind of stuff. Anyways, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has vetoed a bill that would have banned intoxicating hemp products in the state, sending the hotly debated issue back to the legislature through a special session tasked with producing strict, fair and

legally sustainable regulations. This seemed like it was going to pass, and no hemp at all was going to be legal in Texas. But, uh, it was like last minute. That didn't happen. Maybe the governor likes to get. High. And maybe or he likes the money that it will bring in. Yeah, or maybe it brought him some money. So he changed his mind. Yeah. Sounds about. Right. Florida man. Hi, Vanessa. Hi, Vanessa. Flips car calls 911. Escapes ambulance and gets arrested.

Escapes an ambulance. I've never heard that in my life. Escaping an ambulance. Never knew you had to escape an ambulance, did you? Till now. A 67 year old from century Florida had no business getting behind the wheel after having a few too many. But he did, slinking into his Nissan Versa and hitting the road. Oh, that's a tiny car. It's a tiny little car. But he didn't get very far. Spearing off highway four A, he rolled his little sedan at least once, but the vehicle

ultimately came to rest right side up on all four tires. Cool. That's a pretty good trick. The Florida man then made what was possibly one of his only decent decisions of the day, calling 911 to report the crash and likely seeking medical attention. According to the community website for North Escambia, local fire and EMS units responded to the wreck, but the century resident was less than appreciative of the help. EMS personnel loaded the driver into the ambulance. He then reportedly became verbally abusive with the first responders at the scene.

After that, the bad decisions just kept on coming. He escaped through the rear doors of the ambulance and made his way back to his damaged Nissan Versa. Despite the trauma, the rollover crash, the Nissan Versa started. Better yet, the Florida man was able to drive the compact sedan away from the wreck site. Authorities say he drove about a mile and a half before arriving at his nearby home. Of course, police were not far behind. A state trooper arrested the drunk driver after he slurred his way through a refusal to

take a field sobriety test. When in custody, the man blew a. Uh, I'm gonna say .21. Shockingly low, 0.16. Blood alcohol concentration. I mean, it probably had been some time. Time had definitely passed. Well, I'm just disappointed because .16 was the first number to cross my mind. But I'm like Florida escaping an ambulance. Yeah. You know, that sort of behavior. I'm thinking we're well into the

twos. Puttering away in a golf cart. A street legal golf cart. It's gotta be a little higher. Yeah, you would think. So. We'll end it with this one. One more Florida story for the road. A Gainesville man was arrested for driving while impaired and hitting an occupied crane on South Main Street at about 7:06 a.m. on June 7th. A Gainesville Police Department officer responded to a crash at the 200 block of South Main Street and found a Toyota Corolla that had

crashed into a stationary crane. The Corolla was severely damaged, including a roof that had been almost entirely torn off by the impact. I could tell you what. Cranes don't move. Yeah. You're not wrong there. Yeah. I mean, in case any. Anybody out there didn't know. Cranes don't move. I mean, sometimes they do. Well, you know, but they're not gonna budge, right? Uh, the officer noted that the driver identified as Bowles. Bowles. B o l e s Bowles had red,

watery eyes and droopy eyelids. Post-miranda Bowles reportedly said he had just finished his shift at the Five Star Pizza and had been drinking at work. Don't forget, this is 706 in the morning. The officer reported that Bose performed poorly on field sobriety exercises and his breath samples provided later at the jail measure. This is a good one. Ah, it's a good one. It's a good one. I'm gonna go with the 0.24 to be

three times the legal limit. 0.277. Wow. That's heavy. That is heavy. Well over three times the legal limit. Uh, Bose co-worker was reportedly following him in another vehicle and saw him hit the crane. Two workers were in the crane's bucket, about five stories in the air when the car hit the crane. Terrifying. That'd be horrible. A third worker was directing traffic and reportedly told the officer that the Corolla passed him at a high rate of speed before hitting the crane. He's been charged with shocking DUI

with property damage. Okay. Yeah. 706 in the morning. He's blown a 277. Well, that that third shift, you know, five star pizza shift that's going to get you. That is gonna get you a lot of Yingling that night slash morning. It was it must have been a slow night. I want to know if he's driving at seven in the morning. Do you think the pizza place is open 24 hours. So we. Let's see here. Did they close at two?

And they hung out. We have some pizza places here. I should say one pizza place that's open to, like, 2 or 3 in the morning. Okay. I know in college towns, these pizza places. And even, like, there's certain qdoba's I've been to that are are open like midnight to like, seven in the morning because of the bar scene and the. Sure. You know, just the traffic that comes in for the breakfast meals And so

maybe they're open a little later, you know. And then the cleanup and the whole shift kind of switch over. Maybe he's there till, I don't know, six. 630. All right, all right. Maybe. Doubt it, but maybe I have to. Speaking of Qdoba, when we were in Florida, we went to this place for breakfast one morning, and across the street was a Qdoba. And the wife looks across the street and goes, what? What's Qdoba? What is that place? I was like, you've never had Qdoba. What? And she goes, no.

And I was like, well, first of all, Flex. Is. VIP at Qdoba. Well. Formerly VIP. Formerly. But we may need to make ourselves hungry again and go like it is. It is Chipotle on crack like it is so good. It's so much better. So we did have so we had a new Chipotle open up by us. We tried it. It was it was good. It was not. As good as Qdoba though. It was it was good. But it just doesn't hit like Qdoba hits. it? No. And to be fair to Chipotle, I've not been to Qdoba in a decade. But last time I was there, I fucking loved it. Oh man. And the best part?

Have you ever had their breakfast burritos? No, I've only had lunch. Oh, man. So when we used to, we we have one. I'd say it's about 15 minutes away. That opens at 6 or 7 a.m.. And they do breakfast burritos for the first three ish hours of the day. But when we used to visit my friend when he went to Butler University, there was a Qdoba on Broad Ripple, which was like a big, uh, social district street in Indianapolis suburb of Indianapolis. And the Qdoba on Broad Ripple was open.

That was like, that's where I'm talking about, like the late night bar shifts. Yeah, you'd have a line out the door at 3 a.m. because people just want their breakfast burritos. Yeah they do. And you get the fucking they put hash browns in there or, like, potato wedges. Oh. And scrambled eggs, and then you get the choice of everything else or the beans and oh my God, it's just you can't beat it. I can't stand up. So I could with this guy with the

706, I get it, it could happen. It could happen depending on the night. Is it a weekend? I don't know, but it could happen. Didn't say, but okay. Because if I had to deal with drunk idiots all night, sure, maybe I'd be drinking too. I don't know, I don't know. I can't tell you how bad I want a breakfast burrito now, though. You should probably get one. I bet your taco guy could hook you up. Oh, oh, not only could he, he has. And it's delicious. Damn it. We had him over for breakfast one time. Stop it. Right on. It's for my my sister the day. I don't know if you know this.

My sister got married. What? Yeah. Wait. And you got a sister? I should have told you all this already. I'm so sorry to tell you on air, but I have a sister. She's gotten married, and the day after her wedding, we had him over and he did breakfast burritos. It's amazing. It was amazing. He did, like, chorizo and bacon and sausage and Boehner. I would have never let him leave. It was hard to let him go. Baby come back. You can blame. It. Okay.

Uh, anyways, that's enough from us. I'm starting to sing. It's time to end the show. Means it is time to go. Yeah, yeah. Let's hit the real music here. Tell you all to follow us on the socials. @CraftBeerRepublic. @Flex_me_a_beer. @CraftBeerRepublic. Com. 805 538. Beer. 2337. I think that's all the important stuff. I hope everyone out there is staying very well hydrated. And on that note. Good night everybody.