The Most Overrated Beer Style

Today we've got some sad news. Turns out you can't drink on the field. Drinking beer for a cause. And top ten healthy beers for Olympians. Let's go. Welcome in everybody. It's the craft beer republic. Thanks for drinking. Thanks for joining. It may be the week after, but he's still my Valentine. That's Flexy. What's up, big fella? Yeah. I'm so full of love today. I'm really feeling it. I was gonna make a Valentine's

Day comment to. And you just took it right out of my brain. Oh, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to. Unromantic by you. That's all right. You just kind of caught me by surprise. Oh, well, you caught me by surprise. Oh, will you be mine? Oh. Trick question. You already are. Ooh. I can hear the people changing their podcast right now. Click, click. It was a radio station. You hear that? You know. Anyways, thanks for those of you who stuck through that intro,

find us @CraftBeerRepublic. Com @CraftBeerRepublic on the socials. All that good stuff. Uh, lots to get to today as I already previewed, and I want to give a shout out to our top listening city of the week. And once again, I think it's two weeks ago. Same thing. Las Vegas. What's up, Las Vegas? Crazy. They know how to party. Yeah. Sin city wow. Yeah. Wow wow. How long is it? How long has it been since you've been to Vegas? How long? Yeah. Oh, man. My wife turned 30 and she'll be 40 this year, so. I don't think you're allowed to say that on the pod.

You've just been officially divorced. Uh. Is that. Not. Okay? I don't know, she. I'm sure she doesn't. Listen. We'll be fine. I'm, uh. I'm just super jacked to, like, I don't know, I love aging myself, like, it's something that I like a lot of people dread. Right? It's like real talk here. A lot of people dread getting old and gray hair and just, you know, everything about getting old. The wrinkles. Dude, I fucking embrace it because not everybody gets to get that far.

Sure. You know what I'm saying? So, uh, you know, just, uh, embrace what you're given, and, uh, I think it's awesome. And I'm super psyched to eventually be able to to bang a 40 year old that, uh, hopefully, I can say that. 18 year old Flex is like, I'm banging a mILF right now. Oh, I can't wait till October. I wonder how old Stifler's mom was supposed to be on American Pie. Oh, yeah, cause she was 37, I believe, when she filmed.

In real life. Correct. Uh, says she was 38. In real life. I don't know what her character age. Her one up on me. Google. Yeah. Yeah. That's so funny. Can you. That's that's younger than me now. 38 I'm. At the time I was like, oh yeah, she's a hot older lady. She was a hot older lady. Oh, she still is. Oh, yeah. For sure. I first of all, still would. Oh, dear. Yeah. Come on. But that's so funny that she. She was 38 and everyone was like, who's this old lady?

But when we when I was watching that movie, I was probably. So when did that come out? Like 2001? 2002? Yeah. First one was 99. Boy, I should not have been watching that movie. Yeah, same. Let's see that. Well, that makes me. I was like 14. I was 11. Oh, yeah. You should not have been watching that movie. No, I should not have. Yeah, I was probably 13. Depends what month it came out. I think maybe I was ten. Yeah. Even better, because our our birthdays are the same month, so. Yeah. That, uh. There you go.

That right there says it all. Says it all about our personalities. Yeah. Oh, July 9th of 99. Okay. Yeah. So I just hit 11 years old. Yeah. And I, I was cheers. Pabst. Flex. Yeah, I was almost 14. Missed it by that much. Yeah, but, uh, this goes to show you The Times They Are a-Changin. That's right. Great parenting all around. Uh. All right. But, hey, alas, not an American Pie show. Last time I checked. But you do look thirsty, my friend. I think we can fix that.

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. The question has been asked. And the answer? Are you ready? It's actually nothing super exciting,

but I was excited about it. It's a real small local craft brewery in Milwaukee. They're called Amorphic Beer, and they rarely send cans out, like destroy out anywhere, or at least to my local shop. I've seen them like this is the second time I've ever seen their beer in their. Oh. So I caught a glimpse and I was sold and the cannot on this one's. It's neat. It's like. Oh yeah. Purpley and the bluey. And then it goes into blue and some white, uh, like confetti or.

Yeah, I don't know. And it's called Strata Pictor pop. I don't know what any of that means. I say come again? Yeah, but, uh, I've had one of these a couple weeks ago, this this style. And that's kind of what actually made me buy the beer is it is another extra pale ale. Hmm. Which makes me wonder if this is like a new style coming around. People are sick of the heavy shit, and they want the flavorful, light stuff. Uh, I don't know, but, like, I, you know, I'm totally down for

the light stuff now. So this is, uh, 4.5% ABV, and they actually have a best by date, which I've never, ever seen on a can of beer before. But they do have a Best Buy and I think that's amazing. And this one's not. Not till July 30th. So. Okay. The only other one I've seen is Stone's Enjoy by series. It was always enjoy by specific. Right right right. That makes sense on the old untapped. So this is super new 16 check ins. Oh it's got a 3.65,

which it pisses me off and we can get into that later. But untapped reads a modern extra pale ale is very different than 20 years ago. Expect this beer to pour very light clear with almost no malt flavor, with fruity notes on the taste and a mild bitterness. Mosaic Cryo Plus Crush hops on the cold side. Looks like Coors Light. So, Greg, since nobody else can see, right? Just me. I mean, it's got a little better head

retention than that occurs late, but beyond that, it's pretty much the color of Coors Light. The lacing too, that's very, very kind. Lacing as. Well. Yeah, I actually I saw I caught a glimpse of it before we started and I thought maybe it was a gosa because it's so light in color and golden y. And yeah, it is wonderful. You can see stuff through it. It's great. And the can also says it does have Idaho seven in it, not just the mosaic crown crush. So on the old nose buds here. Also you had me at crush. It's very floral like like a

classic pale ale. Love me some classic pale ales. Mhm. Uh, and on the old, uh Tongue-jobber. Without further ado, we'll dive right in here. Ado has been left in the past. So I'm not gonna lie, I had one of these before the show. Nice. Because I was so excited for it. This beer is absolutely delicious. So I forgot to mention this on the can I apologize? They actually have, uh, the tasting notes and everything about the beer. Oh, I love that. The profile and everything.

So it says you're gonna experience a berry, citrus and mild bitterness flavor. It's going to have a light, extra pale appearance and it's going to be a florally crisp. Mhm. I did forget to read that. You get that berry flavor up front and it's actually more prominent over the citrus which is usually pretty rare. Yeah. On my taste buds. And then you get hit with that super floral crispness and that mild bitterness. But it does not linger. Not one bit. There's like no tongue layer.

No nothing. This thing is crisp. It is amazing for what it is. So this 3.5 really pisses me off. Granted, it's only it's only 16 check ins. All right. But but fucking pick it up people. But there is one one comment on here. One check in on untapped that really grinds my gears. And with everything I've read to you about this beer. Right. This goes on saying, and I'll

leave the guy's name out of it. I think his name's Steve. Whoops. Fuck you. Steve. It says interesting, goes from a bare hint of fruit immediately to a mild hop, bitterness that fills the sip and finish with bitter notes, although mildly bitter. There is just too much to make this enjoyable to my taste. Huh? Hey, dude. You just described the beer exactly what the beer is described as, right? Why'd you order it?

You know, Steve is one of those guys that just reads from the PowerPoint, isn't he? It completely blew my mind. Like the can says what it is. Yeah. The untapped says exactly what it is. And this guy did not like it and went on to describe exactly what it was. Steve was hoping for a Coors Light. Like Steve was like surprised that what he was being told was real and he didn't believe him. And then because of that,

which I do appreciate that he said not his taste, I guess. Sure. But but then he gives it a three. Mm. So, hey, if it's not for your taste, man, just don't even give it a fucking number. I saw some something on the socials the other day where it was like they were screenshotting, um, reviews from untapped, and it was all very positive reviews with low ratings. And it was like perfect example of this style. Three, seven, five. Yeah. And all that kind of shit. That's that's kind of how I feel about Steve. Yeah. That's exactly. Yeah, that's perfect sense. Yeah.

This is the best stat I've ever had for. Oh, wow. Yeah. High standards. Yeah. You paying per rating? They're like a little stingy with the points, buddy. Yeah, that's a tough one. Yeah. Uh, according to Google. Uh, quick Google search here. I wanted to make sure I had the right idea of an extra pale ale and that sort of thing. Extra pale ale. Xpa is a lighter, more sessionable and heavily aromatic beer with bright citrus and tropical notes serving a as a step up in hop aroma from a pale ale, but with less

bitterness and lower ABV than a standard IPA. Seems about right. Yeah, I would say this checks that 100%. It's like a pale ale. Plus, yeah, it's like super mild bitterness. And like I said, there's no lingering of it. So that that's the lingering is usually what you get from those classic West coasts. Uh, real hopped up regular IPA. So I'd say this checks all the boxes. That's right. Steve. Steve, if you're listening. Steve. Steve. Jesus Christ. Um.

But no, I just want to say cheers to Amorphic. I don't know if anybody from there listens, but this beer is wonderful. And just keep putting stuff like this out. Don't listen to the Steve's of this world. Man. We gotta. We gotta fucking trademark that. That should be the episode title. Fucking Steve's. Uh, well, speaking of beers and hoppy beers and whatnot, I've been talking here and there about some of the threads we've been putting out on threads and

the ones that are catching fire. And I posted one the other day that was, uh, that has garnered a lot of response and a lot of angry response. Ooh, is it a list? It's not even a list. It was. The question is, what's the most overrated beer style? No fighting. And then in parentheses, some fighting is fine. And overwhelmingly people said IPA as the most overrated style of beer. I could get that. It sells the most amongst craft beer.

I would say overrated in the sense of, you know, the haze craze, right? Sure. You and I are. We're both haze boys. We love our West coasts. But, you know, we enjoy the hazy and it's, you know, when you have one after the other after, you know, in the next one and they kind of all start to come together and mesh together and then you're just kind of like, okay, like, this kind of tastes just like this one that I just had, and so on and so forth. So I get it in that sense that

maybe it's overrated. Yes. And I would be okay if it was like, well, I think IPAs are overrated because, you know, they're like elaborate. Yeah. But it was just people going, I fucking hate IPAs, and IPAs are trash and all this stuff. And I'm like, interesting. You know, nothing sells better than IPAs in terms of craft. And I just was a little surprised. I feel like it was all of a sudden, the cool thing to do is to hate on IPAs. I think it's cool. That being said, I think some of the most overrated beers are IPAs, but I don't know that IPA has a

style is overrated. I yeah, okay, that makes a lot of sense to me. You know what I mean? You know, because because of the hype train. And, I mean, we've had plenty of hype beers on here that are like oh four, seven, five untapped. I'm like, yeah, this is fine. This is nothing special. It's a fucking hype. They're getting the hype brewery bump for sure. So in that sense, I can totally see why IPAs can easily be overrated. But as a style, I mean, IPA people drink the IPAs. If anything, I would say the most overrated style would be like an over fruited sour. Thank you.

I did get a few heroes that said that. That's I do do I enjoy them? Yeah I do, they taste delicious. But in the sense of beer and the price. Also, you gotta stop calling it a beer, right? I mean, it is completely overrated. Toss a bunch of the puree into the fucking batch, and voila! You got, uh, you know, $24, four pack, right? Fruit salad. So I was just. I was a little. I knew, you know, I was gonna get

some hate for all the styles, but this thing, there's, like, over 300 comments at this point. I was surprised at how high it blew up, but I was also surprised at how much of it was IPA hate and not even specific. You know, like I get some of the hype, like like, uh, let's say Pliny the Younger. Everyone freaks the fuck out for Pliny the Younger. I've had it. It's good. But, you know, it's a triple IPA. It's. Yeah, it's a great example of a triple IPA. But I tell you what I'm not doing sitting here all year going, I can't wait for February.

I respect that 100%. And I do agree too. Like if you are going to have an opinion, elaborate. Yeah, give me a little something besides fuck IPAs. Yeah for sure. Yeah, but now you're on the overrated topic. What do you personally think the most underrated. Style of beer is? I you know what? I'm gonna go gosa. Oh, see, I'm thinking red ale. Okay. I don't love red ales. I love me a red ale. I don't hate red ales. I'm just fine with red ales there, you know, I'll drink them. Because what got me into craft

beer was Amber ales. Oh, sure. And I, you know, through the journey, discovered every time I had that red ale. Man, that just hit, hit real good. All right. And, uh, yeah, I think it's super underrated. You rarely see it. It's kind of a classic style ish. Um, I could be wrong on the classic style, but. It's pretty classic. It's a super, super solid beer. But I do love goza. I passed up on a goza for the show, actually. Oh, yes. I haven't seen one in a minute.

Do you want to know why, though? Because the can. Well, because the ingredients. The. Oh! Oh. It was a pineapple lime jalapeno. Oh. Yeah. You know what I, I was about I was about to say something. I realized how hypocritical that was going to be. As someone who collabed on a goza that had adjuncts in it. But adjuncts are fine. But I because I was gonna say is like, stop adjuncting gozes. They're meant to be light beers, you know? Okay. But when we did our our guava goza,

it was very light in the fruit. Like you just got a hint of the. It was almost as if you dry hopped it with guavas. You know, it wasn't like chunky puree of guava. And that for me, was delicious. I don't want these fucking smudgy sours making their way into govil. Agreed. Anyways, I feel like an old man. Get off my yard. Yes. You get the puree out of here. Yeah. What can I say? Uh, well, speaking of shit, beers, have you heard the bad news

about the Olympics? I have not. They have one and only one beer brand. Drumroll. Corona. Oh, that's just awful. Scott sent me this story. How does this happen? I oh, I don't know. And when I clicked on it, I thought, oh, it's gonna be like Peroni or some Italian beer because it's in Italy. But apparently Corona has hijacked

the Olympic sponsorship for beer. So you can get Corona or Corona Zero. Oh. Yeah. Cool. Yeah. Disgusting or disgusting? Without a. Buzz? Super cool. Uh, no. The only, uh, interesting fact I read about the Olympics was that they usually donate 300,000 condoms to the Olympic Village. Oh, and they ran out in, like, three days. And this year, they only donated 10,000. Yes. Oh, okay. Yeah. And they're already out of them? Yeah. They ran out in days. It was. It was like three days. Yeah.

Yeah. I mean, think about it. If you're this jacked athlete, the top of your class, you're an absolute specimen in whatever sport you're in. And then you times that by a thousand people. Oh, yeah. How is it not a fuckfest? Yeah. I hope somebody does a documentary on it one day. Yeah, I really do. I don't watch documentaries, but I would watch that. Yeah, I've, I do watch documentaries and I would absolutely watch that one. I have heard stories that it's just like all these peak physical alphas are all in one spot and they've

got some, you know, some needs. And it's just a bunch of other super hot athletes. So why wouldn't they? Everybody all rocked up. Dudes, chicks all rocked up. Why call it the Olympic Village when you call it the Rock village? Hey, I heard that one. So basically what we can expect though, is a pretty stacked Olympic Games in like 18 years. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's how they keep it going. They ran out.

Doesn't mean they're not. You know the orgies are still happening. That's right. They are still happening. People will be pregnant. There's going to be some future Olympians from Olympians in about 18 years. Dude, Winter Olympics 2044 are going to be crazy. I cannot wait. Next Olympics. They're not sending any condoms. Yeah. That's right. It's like the game's gotten a little stale. We're gonna poke holes in all of these. Create super athletes at the

Olympics. It's brilliant. It's genius. To hell with cloning. Just again, let the athletes go at it. That's right. Oh. Good times. Uh, and the Phillies. Little sports news, I guess. Today, a couple sports stories. Not a sports show. Not a sports show. Uh, but the Phillies released, uh, Castanos, who admits to bringing beer in the dugout. Castellanos. Oh, yes. Castillo I'm a Dodger fan. Nick. Castellanos. Castellanos. Yes. Right. Yes. See? Castellanos.

What did I say? Not that. Oh, okay. That's how I read it. Castellanos. Anyways, the Phillies have released outfielder Nick Castellanos after failing to find a trade partner, and he's now admitting he was benched last season for bringing beer into the dugout. Uh, Castellanos, who still owed 20 million in the final year of his contract, posted a handwritten note explaining that after being pulled from a game, he brought a president beer into the dugout and voiced frustrations about team rules to manager Rob Thompson.

He said teammates took the beer away before he drank it and that he later apologized. He was benched the following game. Uh, he hit 250 with 17 homers last season. The Phillies are expected to replace him in the right field with, uh, Adolis Adolis Garcia, who signed a one year deal in December. Yeah, it's something like that. Yeah, I thought that was great. Just fuck you guys. You're gonna bench me? I'm gonna start swigging beers in the dugout. Well, what's even better is he immediately got signed by the Padres. Oh. Did he? Yes. Yeah. They was just like, oh, shit,

man, we heard the news. And you know what? That's perfect. There's way better beer in San Diego. Way better beer. Come on out, Nick. Let's hang. I'll take you some spots. That'd be tight. You don't need the dug out. I got you. Perfect timing for a bullpen beer. Who calls to the bullpen for beer? I would like to thank Intern Brian

for giving me this beer. He. Whenever Brian has a good beer, he's always like, you need to have this on the show. And I'm like, all right, if you're gonna give me beer, I'm gonna drink it. What a friend. He's such a good guy. And being an intern, he doesn't even make any money. He still does it. After all these years. He still does it. Nice guy. Uh, so thanks to him, I'm drinking pure project brewing planetary alignment, 6.7%. It's pretty sweet. Cannot 6.7%. Has a 403 on untapped with 451 ratings. Pretty fresh. In fact.

That's pretty low. Yeah, the can says one 1326 this bad boy is slightly over a month old. Uh, they say cheers to a decade of pure with Pyrex planetary alignment, a murky IPA loaded with nectarine, citra, and mosaic hops, the vibrant, juicy, medium bodied brew bursts with taste of pineapple, orange peel, and mango. Every element lands on the palate just right, forming a balanced, flavorful sip that feels perfectly aligned. Ten years, countless memories, and an IPA made to celebrate it all on

the old nose buds spilled a little. Get a lot of pineapple coming through. I think pineapple is the number one smell. I smell maybe a little orange, but definitely pineapple. Time for the Tongue-jobber though. I just can't stop looking at how good that looks. Oh, isn't that some great color. That looks amazing? A little bit of lacing flavor follow suit. A little more mango though, so I get the pineapple for sure. A little more mango in the back end. I don't get tons of orange. I'm okay with that. The mango is really balancing out the pineapple. Real nice soft mouthfeel if I

had to Ding! It just a pinch. It's really not a big deal, but I could use just the smallest bit more of carbonation. Oh. This is really good. Great mouthfeel. Like I said, great flavor. And I know hazes or merkis should be less carbonated than, say, an IPA, but this is just lacking ever so slightly in carbonation. Maybe it's just this can. Need a little zing zing zing zing. Anyways, fucking delicious beer either way.

Thank you to Brian for kicking this over. Yeah, what a stud. What a fucking stud. Honestly, he's like a thoroughbred. I swear to God. He's like a show pony. Show him everywhere. A little news before we get out of here. Topa Topa. We talked about this a couple weeks ago. I think we did. Yeah, the layoffs, and it was a bit of a surprise. And. Well, the news has gone national in the beer world. Uh, story came out. Topa Topa brewing is cutting around 15 jobs, as the craft brewery looks to trim expenses by up to 20%.

Co-Founder and CEO Jack Dyer told the Ventura County Star the cuts included positions at Topa Topa corporate office, warehouse, production brewery and five Taprooms, where ten full time supervisor roles were cut. Affected taproom employees were offered part time bartender positions, Dyer told the outlet. The layoffs will reduce Topa Topa total workforce to around 75 employees, including 26 full time workers. This is a little of a right sizing of the company, he said. It's not fun. It's definitely the least favorite moment I've had to go through in

ten years of operating. Topa Topa Topa Topa also has plans to renegotiate contracts and leases and refinance debt, he told the star. No Topa Topa Taprooms are expected to close. Topa Topa reportedly produced around 20,000 barrels of beer last year. Huh? Sad times. Super sad. Uh oh. I like this story. Colorado Re-introduces Bev fee to fund addiction recovery programs. Okay. A bill was introduced in the

Colorado House this week which would charge beer, wine and spirits manufacturers and distributors a fee based on volume, with funds used for addiction prevention and recovery programs. As the bill stands, beginning in July 2027, industry members would be charged $0.26 per bottle of spirits, $0.05 per bottle of wine, and $0.03 per six pack of beer. I wonder how that works with four packs. Good question. Yeah, this is not the first time Colorado has introduced such a bill. Senate Bill 181 was introduced

in 2024, proposing similar fees, including a 16 cent per gallon charge for malt beverages. Both that bill, which did not pass and the most recent legislative action, include exemptions for small breweries. So I love this. Small breweries get exemptions. Money goes to addiction and recovery programs. My only thing is I think they should include pharma in this as well. Who's more what's more addicting than pills? What is more addictive than that? Yeah. Throw some fucking pharma fees in here to help with the addiction recovery programs. I think this is a great plan.

Nothing like the cause helping the cause. Right? You're not talking about Cosby, right? No no no no no no no no. Distasteful. So anyways, make it happen. Colorado. Oh, some sad news around here. That's like two sad stories, man. I know, sorry. Uh, we I mean, we talked. This isn't breaking. We talked about the eventual demise of Casa Agria, and things were going downhill and and in fact, we went with interim Brian and Deb and had sort of one last pint.

Well, as of Saturday, they are officially done. They are closed. I've had people from all over the country ask me about this. Vanessa's husband. Hi, Vanessa reached out. Hi, Vanessa. And was like, is this true that CAS is closing because we took them to Casa when they were out here. So that times not so sad times. Ooh. BrewDog. Oh, god damn. Couldn't happen to a nicer brewery. BrewDog explores Sayle as board taps restructuring firm Scottish craft

brewery BrewDog is exploring a sale, Sky news reported over the weekend. The Craft Breweries Board has reportedly hired restructuring firm Alixpartners to gauge interest from prospective buyers. With a quickfire deadline for indicative offers. A sale could see Brewdog's business dismantled and sold in separate parts, possibly selling its breweries in Scotland, the US, Australia and Germany piecemeal, according to the Scottish Financial Times. Oh, you want to buy a brewery? Instead of 12? Oh boy.

BrewDog might be the right one for you. Super Bowl on Pfriem report draught beer down 6%. Package down 6.2% per beer board. Super Bowl Sunday was a letdown for more than just the Patriots. Wow. Also, we haven't talked since Super Bowl. Most boring Super Bowl ever. Top five. Yeah, that was the big talk at work was I so I you know you watch the first half and what it was like nine nothing or something 12 something.

Yeah something like that. And then uh watch the halftime show which was what it was. Yeah. Then the second half I was like the Patriots got to make something happen. And they started with the ball and they went three and out. Yep. And then I got up and I started doing stuff around the house because I was not going to devote any more time. Yeah, yeah. And I made it back in like the start of the fourth quarter or something.

Didn't miss much. And then the defensive touchdown happened for the Seahawks. And I was like, all right, I'm just gonna go do some more stuff and be productive. See Seahawks defense had as many touchdowns as the offense did. So, uh, that was exciting. It was. It was a game. Yeah. Look, I speaking of halftime show, um, I don't know any bad bunny songs, really. I, uh, I don't speak Spanish. No, I. Did I did want to talk about this a little bit. I did. Sure, we can talk about it. Um, yeah. I enjoyed the halftime show.

I don't obviously I didn't, you know, know what he was saying, but for the most, I know enough to get my way through it. But, um. But I thought from a production standpoint, it was a really cool show. Okay, that's what I said. Yeah. Music I could take or leave, but I thought the production was was awesome. Yes, I said the same thing. Yes. Some people are like, hey, what did you think about the halftime show? I said the music. I said, whether it was in Spanish or English. It said, I'm just I, I don't listen to the person.

So I didn't, you know, wasn't a fan of the music. Right. The production was wonderful. It was it was great production. What they did. I think it was one of the better. Yeah, it was very, uh, artsy and, you know, told a story. And. Yeah, it was a great production. Yeah. And the the taco cart that he had, that was a taco place from down here in LA. Oh, no. Shit. Yeah. So there's a lot of like. Yeah, yeah. Taco place. Yeah. That's awesome. Yeah. Um. Yeah, I thought it was great. I thought it was so I didn't realize it at first that the trees were people in tree costumes.

Oh, yeah. You didn't know that? Not. Not immediately. And then I was like, I went back and was reading about it and stuff. I was like, oh, that's fucking awesome. I saw some videos where they were setting up trees, running out onto the field. They had it on the broadcast like, uh, they did like a game recap right after, oh, like halftime before the show, as they were getting into commercial break before that, they were showing the field and there was like guys in tree costumes, like scratching themselves, you know, like I was like, oh, hey, look at that shit. That's a guy. Yeah, that was funny. Yeah.

So that's how I knew that. But yeah, but it made sense because like I was reading that they were trying to figure out how they're gonna get all these trees set up in time because they have, so, you know, limited time to set up everything. Right. And they're like, oh, why don't we dress people up as trees? Like fucking genius? Yeah, that's a genius idea. Yeah, it was great. I love the production of it. And it was funny, like, as they were around that house, uh, we're over with, like big Dick, Nick and coli and some people. And Nick goes, oh, was that. Is that Jessica Alba? And the wife was like, that's no way that chicks.

And she didn't say, too hot. What'd she say? Too young. She goes, that chick's way younger than Jessica Alba. And Nick's like, no, I think that's her. So then, of course, immediately googling and it's like, oh, shit, that was Jessica Alba. Yeah, I didn't know she was. Pretty easy on the. In the show. I thought she like she was just there. No, no, she was she was in the show. Because I saw somebody or I read something that she was there and I didn't realize she was actually in the production. Yeah, she was in that house. Okay. Dance and some other celebs and stuff. So yeah, it was fun. I enjoyed what they did with it.

I thought it was it was good. Yeah, it was solid. But, uh, and I gotta. I gotta say this, though, rarely do I ever enjoy who the musical guest is at the Super Bowl halftime show. Or very rarely. Yeah. There's also that, uh, Green Day performance was was pretty good. You know, I. Enjoyed it a lot. Yeah. I love me some Green Day. They sound great. Like they sound exactly like their albums. Their radio, like their live performances are great. They are. I saw them live finally about four years ago.

No, no, it was right before Covid. So it's probably like 2019 when I saw him live and, uh, fucking killed it. Also, they sound the same, like you said. And he does not age. Oh, not at all. No, he looks exactly the same. Yeah. Whether it's 1994 or it's 2026, it's. Yeah. Billie Joe Armstrong is that. Yeah. He just fucking looks the same. That was my first CD, Dookie. No shit. My first CD was, uh, stunt by Barenaked Ladies. Mm. Is that the.

brand? Yeah. When we looked at me. Yeah, but the whole album is really good. Honestly, it really is. I don't I don't really know any bare naked ladies other than what's been on, you know, MTV, basically. I only know that album. I'll have to go look it up. Yeah. Uh, where are we? Oh, super Bowl beer draft lagers were the winning style. They gained a 1.4% in volume, along with stouts and porters, while volume declined. Yeah. Volume declined for light lagers and IPAs, as well as Belgian wheat and wheat ales. Uh, yeah. Well, all I want during Super

Bowl is a lot. In fact, I brought the Howdy Beer over to Nick and Nicole's place. And how did it go? I was the only one drinking. Nobody else was drinking beer at all. It wasn't. It wasn't the howdy thing. They're all drinking seltzers. And, you know, the wife was drinking wine and that kind of thing. Okay, I just put back a couple of howdy's and enjoyed myself. It was great. Hell, yeah. You deserved it. Thank you. Did you finish your howdy's? Oh, yeah. They're gone. Nice. Yeah, yeah. They all went in, like, one night. I mean, what for? Was it four and a half?

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah. It's easy to do. Yeah yeah yeah yeah. It was a good night. Yeah. Good times. We'll end it on this one. Drunk Florida woman passed out at a McDonald's drive through window. Okay. Tiffany McLean was so close to getting her late night snack but just couldn't keep it together. The drunk Florida woman passed out at a drive through window at an Apollo Beach, Florida. McDonald's time stamp from the deputy's bodycam shows the officers approached a blue car at 145 Thursday morning. The car was stopped just after the

drive through window at McDonald's. When the officer approached the driver's side door, the window was still rolled down. She had probably done what we all do after visiting the drive thru, pull forward and check to make sure they got the order right. But unfortunately for Tiffany, that was as far as she got. Oh man. She was completely out of it. Even tried to drive away after the cops woke her up. The Florida woman passed out before she even got those fries. Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office arrested Tiffany, 40, for DUI. She provided breath samples of.

I'm thinking like like not even double, like 1.15. That's a little over 00.19. Okay. And also 0.195. Uh, McLean has been arrested for DUI previously, and she was driving on a suspended license. This type of irresponsibility infuriates me, said Sheriff Chad Chronister. Yeah, that's a hell of a name. Yeah. Deputy Chad. First off, Chad too. Oh, man. Yeah, you got that name? Probably change it. Yeah. Nothing wider than Chad. She could have seriously injured

others with her ridiculous decision to get behind the wheel intoxicated. I commend her deputies for swift handling of this potentially dangerous interaction. Well, he's not wrong. Yeah. Passed out before she got her nuggies. Yeah. I wonder if she would have kept going and passed out. And, you know, and when you're driving on a suspended license, what are you doing? Get your life together. Seriously? Uh, she had to get them nuggies. Gotta get the nuggies. So we got toasty. We got to get the nugs.

Did it all for the nuggies, huh? Okay. Sorry. Well played. Yeah, that feels like the perfect time to end the fucking show. Greg started singing straight. Out of 1999. That's right. Uh. All right, follow us all on the socials. @CraftBeerRepublic @flex_me_a_beer @CraftBeerRepublic. Com. Uh, 805 538. Beer is the number to call. I think that's just about everything. I thank you all for listening, for hanging out. I hope everyone is staying very well hydrated. And on that.

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