Alaskan Beer Jail

Today. We've got the drink. No one asked for the booze. Report from Alaska. Free beer for July 4th. And the safest way to light fireworks while intoxicated. Let's go. What up everybody? It's the craft beer republic. Thanks for drinking. Thanks for joining. I am Greg, and over there sipping it up on the Fresh Coast. That's Flex. What's up, big fella? Fresher than fresh, man.

Uh, hottest balls here today, by the way. Oh, it was a nice like 76 today. It was, uh, heat index, like 106. Holy shit. Yeah, like I'm literally telling you, like hot as balls. Yeah, it was Wisconsin broken. Uh, all week. It looks like actually. Oh, my gosh, we have a really nice week. Next week it gets up into like the mid high 80s, but this week it's like mid to high 70s. It's fucking glorious. Yeah. Wish I was there. Yeah. It's very patriotic. It's great. 4th of July weather. Yeah. Not here man. Not here. Oh, Wisconsin hates the country.

You can't even go. We went and bought fireworks this this evening. You know, not like real fireworks, but, like. Right. You know, little fireworks and just stepping outside to do that. I think I just had like three layers of sweat immediately take place on my skin. And it was, it was disgusting. And everybody hated each other. Oh, bad dick weather. Ah, you know, real sweaty down there. It's a bit balmy, but yeah.

Anyways, uh, not whatever that is show. Follow us on the socials. @CraftBeerRepublic. Of course, @Flex_me_a_beer underscores in between @CraftBeerRepublic dot com. All that good stuff. Don't forget to find us. Shout out to our top listening city of last week. And that was Council Bluffs, Iowa. Okay. Thanks for figuring out the internet. Iowa. That's awesome. Yeah. Midwest. Shit. Hey. And, uh, special shout out to Dublin. As in Ireland, a nice little spike there. I was like, oh, that's kind of cool. So, you know, top of the morning to you or whatever. Yeah, top of the yeah, maybe it is

like three in the morning there. I don't know. I don't. Know, I don't know the time change. Right. And by the way, Guinness still sucks. Though I hear it's great in Ireland, blah blah blah. Yeah. You've said that somebody said it TBD. We shall everybody I know who has gone to Ireland is like, it's a completely different beer. So we shall see. Uh, anyways, speaking of beer, before we get too far away, let's ask maybe the most important question of the night. 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? Will. Will will. Today. I had a little, uh, shopping partner with me. Oh. And, uh, I said, hey, pick me out some beers because we

are going on a road trip next week, heading up to Minnesota. Nice. Hey. No bullshit. They had this beer. Road trippin. How perfect. From Elm Creek Brewing company. Whoo! I did not realize. I'm just looking at this now. Existed there up in Minnesota. Oh, hey. There you go. And that's exactly where we're going. So perfect. I don't know if they'll be, like, around the Minneapolis area. I did not look at that, but, uh, kind of a fun little tie in here, uh, untapped here.

Not a lot of check ins. Assuming a relatively new beer. Uh, what's the date on that? It's a best buy, which I rarely see. So, uh, 1030. So, you know, it's not expired. That's great. Okay. 156 check ins. 3.88 on untapped, and it is a hazy pale ale. Oh, you got my attention. So, you know, it's, uh, 5.5% ABV. Really fun. Can guy just blasting away in a

white van. Oh, he's got shit falling out of his side. Side of the door. And yeah, just it was neat. And like I said, really cool. Fun to tie this in. Uh, the can reads brewed with malted wheat and flaked oats, hopped in the whirlpool with dolcezza, then dry hopped with Citra Dolcezza and Enigma hops, tropical and fruity with notes of stone fruit, peach rings, and white grape. Boy, I'm glad I read that because

this untapped one is a novel. So with the can. Yeah, we're gonna pass on that one and chat. Write that for them. Stick the old nose buds in there. Why don't we. Dig it in. Super stone fruity? 100%, I would say I'm selling an asshole when I say this. More nectarine than peach. Okay, asshole. Yeah. You know, it's just like a like I'm a produce elitist or something, right? Um, you know, call.

Yourself an expert. I was really looking forward to, like, these peach rings, though. So maybe they're not on the, the the nose buds. But without further ado, we will stick in the old Tongue-jobber here. The moment we've all been waiting for. I'll tell you. They are located in Champlin, Minnesota, which is like northeast Minneapolis. Okay. It says 23 minute drive from the center of Minneapolis. Oh, that's not bad at all. So on the old Tongue-jobber here,

very delightful, super duper light like you'd expect from a hazy, pale, low carbonation, which, uh, you know, I do kind of always like him a little bit zippier, but. But I'm okay with it here. Stone fruit and the peach rings. It's faint to medium. It's not like blasting in your face. It's kind of how you would want a hazy, pale ale to taste. Mhm. You know, it's like a, I don't want to say watered down version of a hazy IPA.

But essentially like a hazy IPA light. Right, right. And, uh, yeah, man, this is. I'm gonna dig in one more time. Holy smokes. I'm super jealous. I mean, not that my beer is bad, but super jelly. Hazy, pale. Yeah, this is wonderful. And I know pre-show. I took a little sipper off the foam and I did not enjoy it. It was very, very bitter. Zamboni the foam off the can. It was very astringent and I was kind of worried. Man, I wish I would have like a

case of these. Oh yeah. This is this is even like four pack worthy. This is whole case of road tripping. Wow. In the fridge. Well, now you gotta go. This. Yeah. This is a stellar beer. And looking at their logo. I might have had another beer from these guys. Oh, maybe even on the show. I don't know. The Elm Creek just sounds really familiar. And I know we have the fancy dancy. Uh, I'm typing away. The archives and the the website, which is fun. But yeah, if. I have a plug for @CraftBeerRepublic dot com,

click on archive. It's a good one. Nothing coming up for Elm Creek. Damn, look at that. Well, there you go. It's a first. I'll be on the lookout. And if I'm up there, maybe I'll try to talk. The wife. Uh, you know what always helps in breweries have food when we go on trips? Oh, yeah. That if. They. Have food, then it's like, oh, hey, you know, everybody can eat. And. Oh, yeah, you guys look hungry. Yeah, I'll enjoy a couple beers and everybody has a great time, right? Everyone leaves. Happy. Hopefully. Well fingers crossed. I can only do so much. Uh. Very nice.

Well, I, I had to bring this up. Uh, we we on here. You and I especially talk a lot about how we drink less than we used to. Oh, you know, we're getting older. We're getting older. We slow down a little bit. Uh, you know, we're a little more restrictive and blah, blah, blah. I decided to undo that this weekend. Okay. Uh, a couple nights in a row, sort of strapped one on the first night. Wasn't that bad. First night, I went out with, uh, the wife for some some Mexican food. One of our favorite spots had a couple of Margie's. No big deal.

Came back and she's like, yeah, let's have one more drink. And I said, you got it. And at first I was like, we got beer, we got wine. I was like, you know, I don't I'm not feeling either. Let's keep it in the liquor category. And I said, how do you feel about like an old fashioned. She goes, I would love one. So I made us a couple old faces, I had two. Oh, that's. All in all. Okay I know. So two old faces and, uh, you know, I'm heavy handed on the pours. Two Margie's. Next morning I woke up, I was fine, I wasn't like Hondo, but I was, I was fine, I was living, I was,

I was existing that night. We had to go out to a local bar with the crew, interim Brian and Deb, Nick and big Dick, Nick and Nicole and our friends Kevin and Patty. Kevin was singing with the band who was performing at the bar. How fun. Yeah, it was great. And uh, as big Dick Nick is apt to do, he makes sure your hand is never without beer. It's a good. It's a good friend to have. He's the reason I got so hammered at my wedding. Like, sometimes I would still have half a beer and he'd just walk by and

go, here's beer and then walk away. Oh, God. It was trouble. There's a time and a place. Yeah. I think half the reason he was doing that was because it was giving him an excuse to have a beer. It's like, oh, the groom needed a beer. So I get Greg a beer. So yeah, I might as well get myself a beer. Yeah. I think he was trying to not be in trouble anyways. So all in all, I had five beers that night. No. No pre-game, no nothing. Just five beers at the bar. There were hazes. I don't think they were too strong. But I tell you what, man, they. By the end of the night they were hitting and I was feeling, and I.

And I felt it a little bit. The next day, Sunday, I felt even more. On Monday I didn't drink Sunday. That is insane. You know, five beers, was it? How long were you. I was like a couple hours. Let's see. We got there about seven. I think we left. I'll call it midnight ish. So five hours. So it's about a beer an hour. Okay. About a beer? An hour. Okay. That's not terrible. Not bad. They were hazes. Um, I don't think they were like six. Like a lighter, hazy.

I'm gonna look it up because I'm gonna tell you right now that I think they're about 6%, but, um, I don't know that for a fact. It was. Oh, it was seven. Oh, boy. All right. Explains a little bit more. That that hurts. Yeah. I don't know. I don't know what's going on Sunday I was like, fine, just slightly toasty. But Monday everything just caught up to you. Everything caught up. The boss wanted to have like three meetings and I'm just like, oh, Bud, talk slower and quieter.

Well, the important question here is did you have fun? I had a blast and it was funny. It was one of the first times, if not the first time. Uh, Kevin and Patty were a little newer to the circle, I guess. Had seen me. We'll say drunk. I wasn't, like, hammered, but I certainly was not sober. And they're like, are you always such a happy drunk? And I said, I actually am. It's one of the things I'm most grateful for in life. I'm an extremely happy drunk. I, I the drunker I get, the happier and more fun I have. And whatever I said, did I do anything?

They're like, no, because I wasn't so drunk that I was forgetting nights or blacking out or anything, right? I like, did I do anything that I don't remember? Like, no, no, no, you just you sort of quieted down towards the night and just had a huge smile on your face. Nice. All right. That's a good. Thing. That's a good reputation to have. Yeah. I like being the happy drunk. I don't I don't want to be a mean drunk. I appreciate that even when I do blackout, which, you know, of course it's happened. Uh, things are still happy and fun, and I'm not like, fuck you. Let's fight now, right? Yeah.

I don't understand that kind of drunk. I don't either. I'm so glad I'm not that way. I've never been there. I've never. Don't see myself ever being there. Yeah. So it always just blows my mind. Yeah. So anyways, that that was my week. You, uh, you do any research in or anything? Oh, so I kind of got a funny story from the last episode. We did remember I had that heist beer, the very okay beer from pilot. Okay, beer. And I had a Phase Three beer in my fridge that I was debating. Hey, do I maybe try this one on the show instead?

But I said, you know what? Tom gave me this beer. I'm gonna do it on the show. Well, I had that Phase Three beer and it was fucking amazing. And I was drinking it in the entire time. I thought, why didn't I drink this on the show? And then I finished it and I thought, well, why don't I have more of this in the fridge? Because it was it was that good. And I was kind of, you know, you live and you learn and yeah. Uh, but, you know, also another shout out to Tom for lending me that beer and being such an awesome friend.

Uh, and then, uh, I finally tried an athletic brewing beer, you know, piggybacking on the not drinking so much. Yeah. You had the opposite of my experience. Yeah. So in a. Uh, thanks to your favorite beer store, Trader Joe's. Yeah. TJ's. Uh, they did the single cans of athletic brewing. It was like a $1.67. Not bad. I was like, hey, that's not bad for. Bad at. All. Can try it out. Whatever. Um, it was okay.

So like, take the n a part of it out. Like just flavor profile. Like, did you feel like you're drinking a beer? Uh, no. Okay. No, not at all. Okay. Which I've had some other names, and I. You actually think like, oh, hey, this is this tastes like beer. Okay. Um, it was their hazy IPA. Nah, I forgot what it was called because at this point, it really doesn't matter because it was trash. And, um, it was called the hazy

and it poured out. And I thought, Greg, this should be a juicy name. This really should. Because it was not easy. You know, here I am, snobbing an n a, right? Um, you know, and on the nose and on the the the the Tongue-jobber it was, it was very mild flavor. And uh, would it be enough to kind of like, hey, I don't want to drink tonight. I'm just gonna have one of these to just, you know. Kind of hold. The temptation, hold you over. And, uh,

I just don't think it would do it. Yeah, I, I've, I've yet to have athletic. I've had a few couple. Few neighbors. I remember one of them tasted pretty close to beer. Um. It's funny, we were just having this conversation myself, and I don't know if you heard my sister got married. Uh, didn't know that. Didn't know you had a sister. Both things happened. She's even got a kid. That's crazy. Yeah. Anyways, I was talking to her husband, who until now didn't exist, but, uh, he had been drinking some athletics, and I said, how was it?

And he goes, actually, it was, you know, it was good. And I enjoyed it. Like it was a beer replacement for me. And I was like, mhm. Mhm. No. Yeah. That's what a Coke Zero is, man. That's exactly what a beer I'm like. I'm probably taking in calories here that I don't need. That's my big complaint and all the calories. And it's not hitting the spot. Right. It's gotta at least hit the spot if it's gonna pack those calories, right? So I thought to myself, like, I'm glad I tried it. Like I said, it was only like $1.67 a can. But then what came to my mind was,

when you see these things out at like a restaurant or a bar, and they offer these, it's like 8 or 9 bucks for a can of this. Right? Same price as a whatever else. Man, if you ever caught me ordering that out in the wild. For nine. Bucks. I would punch myself in the face. Like, totally not worth it. Big mistake. Just get a Diet Coke or something. Yeah, get a get a water. Get. Yeah. It's not worth the eight bucks.

The one thing I'm all for in terms of na beers is like the whole somebody maybe trying to stop drinking or drinking less or whatever. So it's like, here's my replacement to hold me over, right? But it's gotta taste like a fucking beer. Otherwise, what's the point? Just get a Coke Zero. It's the best drink on the planet. I did change the diet recently, but I do like to diet. Yeah. Why? I you know, it's just. But that means you went back to Diet Pepsi. Oh, I never steer from Diet Pepsi. Right. Diet Pepsi is maybe one of the best

sodas of all time. Oh. So gross. I love its Coke Zero or Diet Pepsi. That's so funny. No. It's delicious. I was at the airport a few weeks ago and I was like, hey, can I get a do you have Coke Zero? And she goes, we have Pepsi zero. I was like, ah. And she just laughed. Like, I guess she gets that a lot. I was gonna say, you know, that wasn't. The first time. Yeah, probably not the first time that day. Oh that's awesome. Yeah. And then speaking of also Trader Joe's beers. Oh. So I, I grabbed a couple more. I've been trying to do a little more research and, you know, treat myself.

I haven't, you know, poured something out the other day and I said, hey, you know, three. Words for you treat yo self. There you go. That's what I did. And I got a Hop Butcher beer, which I wish I would have saved for the show. It was called Butcher's Gold and it was a Mount Hood hopped, uh, lager. And it was so great. Like so wonderful. It was citrus. It was floral. It was crisp. Oh, it was so delicious. And I only got one. And I wish I again had a case of it because it was that good.

And then because it's summertime and it's getting hot. It's getting warm. Right. Get a shandygaff. No, I saw this cucumber lime blond ale. Oh. And I thought, you know what would sound really refreshing on a hot, hot day? Anything but that. A cucumber lime blond ale. So this could be good. Could it? I'm not a cucumber fan. And I at first I had cucumber season once and it fucked me up. And I also had a blackberry

cucumber sour before and that was fucking nuts. So I'm very interested when I see cucumber and beer. Sure. Until this one it was a local brewery. I won't say the name. Maybe if somebody local listening, they know what it is. Sure. But I cracked the can and I was like, yeah, I'm not even gonna pour this out. I'm gonna go straight from the can. And I went, ooh. That's a good thing. You didn't dirty a glass. And then went straight to the sink. The can. Yeah.

I drained poured it a very rare occasion of Flex drain pouring. But yeah, that doesn't happen often. It was like sour cucumber. It was terrible. Oh no thanks. Yeah, I hard pass. Never again learned your lesson. Yeah. It's kind of a brewery too. That's hit or miss with their styles, you know, and they do a lot of IPAs that are hazy, that are juicy. And, you know, some of their flavors don't hit the spot and right. You know, maybe, you know, I just

never again. Hashtag never again. Hashtag hashtag never forget. Yeah. Amen. Well, I'm glad you made it out alive. Me, too. Yeah. Our friends. Vanessa. Hi, Vanessa. Oh, I was like, we have friends. Yeah. Vanessa and her husband. I don't know if I'm allowed to say his name, but, uh, the real beer bastard. Ah! Up in Alaska, or we're up in Alaska. Oh. Which I thought was hilarious because they like to do these trips, I think every year, like in June around her birthday, they'll do these trips and,

like, do a ton of drinking. And I'm like you to Alaska to do your drinking, huh? But that was real limiting. But he found a, uh, a poster in a brewery and sent me a picture of it. And it's like, it explains how shitty the laws are in Alaska around beer. So it says brewery laws in quota states compared to other limited entry states, Alaska is the strictest, has the strictest brewery laws. Alaska does not allow entertainment, period. All other quota states are allowed TVs, music and other forms of entertainment.

Alaska and Montana are both bound to a 9:00 last call. New Jersey is 10:00. Fuck you, new Jersey and the rest are between midnight and 2 a.m.. Alaska limits to 36oz of beers. Montana is 48oz and the rest of the quota states have no restrictions. I just I just love that they put this up on the wall in their brewery. Alaska. Is it to like, make fun of it? I think it's to educate people on how stupid it is. Okay. I wonder how strong they hold true to that as serving like if

somebody ordered three beers, like, you know, it's like, hey, that was 312 ounce beers. You're done. I imagine they're somewhat strict, like, because I think you can only order 1 or 2 beers at a time in Alaska also. So I bet that's an easy like violation test to walk up and order three beers or four beers or whatever and see if they serve it to you. So, I mean, honestly, I have no clue how strict they are, but I bet that's one of the things they wouldn't do because it'd be a dead giveaway, right? So it'd be tough to buy rounds. Yeah. If you go to Alaska.

I wonder if, like everyone came up with you, if you could buy the round. Right? To see like each beer is distributed. I've ordered ten beers. And here's ten gentlemen with me. Right? Right, right. So, yeah, I'm sure there's got to be some kind of loophole around that. I would think so. Who do they serve? Pitchers? I doubt it. That's way too cool. Yeah, it doesn't sound very olasky. Yeah. So so thanks for sending that in. I was like, fucking Alaska. I will take another beer, please. One of my favorite episodes ever.

That was solid. That was like one of your first episodes too. Was it really? I mean, usually like first ten, I'd say. Damn. I think maybe I'm making that up. It's been so long. It's been a while. Damn it. Anyways, uh, any 4th of July plans for you guys? Do anything fun? Um, work's been so crazy every single day for about the past three weeks. Oh, I bet this is a busy week for you. Crazy busy week. Summer's is busy. Father's day was nuts.

4th of July is going to be even more nuts. It's like, you know, normal guys have like two balls and like 4th of July is like a three ball guy. Just it's really nuts and. Lots of balls. So many. Uh, so 4th of July for me is just like a super chill day. Wake up, go to the parade because the kids love the parade, they love the candy. And, um, it's pretty much pool and sun after that, as long as the sun is out. Sounds nice. Otherwise, baseball.

Um, I know you hate this, but there's World Cup on the 4th of July this year. I will not be watching. Round of 16 going on so that that'll be entertaining. To watch means. You know, 16 teams left the round of 16. Oh, like sweet 16. Right, right. But in a much shittier sport. Sure. If you feel that way, that's fine. You know, I don't mind. But yeah. The entire world. So 4th of July just, you know, super relaxing day for me. Yeah. Honestly, same. I'm, I'm actually looking forward to it.

I too have been nuts at work, like spent the week in San Francisco and then the next week we had a big live shoot that I had to set up for and it's just been fucking nuts. I haven't been able to chill and sleep and all those things. Sleep. Yes. Yeah. I'm looking forward to just chilling out. You know, the dog gets crazy freaked out with fireworks, right? And we've sort of cracked the code finally. It took us like eight years, but a couple of years ago, we basically figured out where we watch action movies all day and we and I. Forgot about this. Yeah, he's okay with explosions on

TV, but just don't make him real. So. And on top of the action movies, we do dishes like run the dishwasher and do laundry just like nonstop just to make all the fucking noise. We just break dishes on the floor all day. It's like a Greek wedding in our kitchen. Oh. Hey, Marty. Wanna try? Yeah. But, yeah. So we've been saving up some laundry. We got a nice little pile going. We're good for at least, like, 4 or 5 loads at this point. And, uh, we'll find some action movies.

I think last year we did like the whole, uh. Is it three movies for, um, National Treasure? There's two of them. Two of. Okay, we watch those and like something else. And so we'll find like some sort of like trilogy or action series or something and just roll through them throughout the day. And it's funny that you use National Treasure as action movies. It felt patriotic. It made sense, you know? July 4th. I'd never seen it. Oh, really? I like those movies. They're super fun. Yeah, it was a surprisingly good set of movies. Oh, yeah.

Very enjoyable, very twisty. Uh, good. Good writing with the the clues of everything and. Yeah, super nice. You never know what you're getting with Nick cage because he kind of takes whatever check you'll sign for him. And, uh, that was actually pretty good. Speaking of, I've only. I watched like, the first five episodes of that spider noir on Amazon Prime. Okay. Oh, it's like, uh, 1930s Spider-Man. He's like a detective. Like a noir detective. Oh, okay.

And, uh, played by Nick cage. And I've ran through the first five episodes. I have heard a little about this. And it's pretty good. Okay. I mean, look, he's a great actor. He just doesn't turn down roles. Yeah, I guess I never thought about that because he had that. He was in that, I guess, quote unquote horror movie, the thriller movie where it's kind of like five nights at Five Nights at Freddy's, where he doesn't say a line in the movie until like the final scene where he's this drifter kind of,

and he shows up at this old, like, Chuck E cheese type place, and he's applies to be the janitor there. Okay. And he gets the job. And as he's cleaning at night, all of the animatronics come to life. So and he's just like bashing them with bats and pipes and shit. And, uh, yeah, then like, he doesn't say a line in the movie until like the last scene, and then the movie's over. That's hilarious. I wish I could remember what it was called, but. Somebody will tell us.

Yeah. Makes makes a lot of sense. You're right. He doesn't turn down roles. Yeah. Uh, if you've never seen it and you just want something hilariously horrible, please do yourself a favor. My favorite Nick cage movie is called Drive Angry. I just looked it up. It's from 2011 and it has Amber heard in it. So, you know, not bad to look at. And it's just an insane movie where he's like, out driving the devil trying to get away from the devil. I won't do it justice. You gotta watch it. You might have already sold me on it. Yeah, you need to see it.

It's lots of shooting and violence. And also, like he's killing people while having sex with a hooker at one point. No. Make sure you don't get the TV edit because they of course take that entire scene out. Uh, I first saw it on TV and then I saw it like on HBO and I was like, oh my God, this entire scene I've never seen before. And he's like, he's mid hookup with this, this prostitute and they're just going to town and he's like on his back, getting ridden, just firing his shotgun. It was amazing. Amazing. And then Amber heard it's not

even Amber heard Amber Heard's in the other room like, what the fuck's going on? I was like, oh my God, it's so good. So anyways, drive angry if you need something to watch. Hopefully everybody listening will just go on a Nic Cage binge. Yeah. And he also had this thing on Netflix. I forget what it was called, but it was about cussing where he like gave the history on cuss words. It was pretty funny. It was a show, not a movie. Okay. Yeah. Anyways, enough about Nic Cage. Is Nic Cage. Not a Nic Cage show? No, it. Is a beer show, and I've got something to drink.

Calls to the bullpen for beer. I am drinking born into light by everywhere brewing. Ooh. Everywhere. One of my faves 6.9%. Not 7%. Hey, I can have five of these. Uh, 339 ratings. Very fresh. In fact, this was canned on June 9th and I bought it on June 11th. So it's extremely fresh. Today is what, June 29th or something. Uh, 4.2. 339 ratings. This is Born Into Light is a hazy IPA

made with oats and premium pilsner malt, and hopped with Motueka, nectarine, nectarine and Citra. Some great fucking tropical hops, right? Heck yeah. Uh, on the old schnauzer. Man, it smells like a fucking mimosa. But not like an orange juice mimosa. Like a tropical punch Mimosa. Okay. Smells delicious. Some orange notes in there, too. Here we go. Tongue-jobber dig it in. Mhm. Mhm. Sorry. That was my. I got rocked and hit the mic.

Um. So, so easy to drink. Super pillowy soft mouthfeel. You really are picking up some of that citrus, uh, orangey citrus notes. You're getting some of that nectarine and motoyaki. You're really getting like stone fruit. Stone fruit. Thank you. A very enjoyable drinking experience. I was down in Orange County, uh, whenever I bought this two weeks ago or something. I was like, I'm gonna go over to everywhere, see what food truck they have and have a little dinner.

World Cup was on. Not that I gave a shit. People were enjoying their time there. Had a couple beers. I did not have this one. This is the first time I'm having it. That's a very rare thing for you to do as well. It wasn't on tap and the one I had had, I really enjoyed, but I was like, I want to try something different. So I rolled the dice. I figured it's pretty safe with everywhere. Uh, roll the dice. Got this one born into light and, uh, really, really good. Nice. Very much enjoying. So. Ever have anything from there you haven't enjoyed? Um, I mean, I've had stuff that I

haven't enjoyed as others, you know. Right. Like maybe it wasn't a ten. It was a seven or an eight. But no, I've never had a beer where I'm like, oh, everything's solid or better. Talk about a sign of a great brewery. Yeah. Good batting average. 700. Yeah. Little news before we get out of here. Uh, Budweiser is trying to ruin your 4th of July. Okay. The brewery is offering adults 21 and older a six. Whopping $6 digital gift card that can be used towards the purchase of a draft Budweiser at

participating locations. To claim it, consumers can visit Budweiser's promotional website, submit their information, and, once verified, receive the digital gift card. The offer is available while supplies last. It's part of their celebration of America's 250th birthday. Okay, so you go to their website and you get six bucks. Yeah. But you get a, you get a, like a Budweiser digital gift card. You don't actually get six bucks. Also, I don't know where around here. I could get a beer for six. I mean, maybe a Budweiser,

I don't know. I was trying to think about that too. I mean, we do have, uh, we had an American American Legion down the road. Oh. That's right. You like drinking there? I used to, yeah. Back in the day. That was the. Did some damage. That was the spot. And I think you could probably get three budweisers for six bucks. Um. Yeah, it was also 15 years ago. I don't know, maybe you can get two for six bucks though. I don't know, inflation. Yeah. The other annoying thing is I

went to the website. There's no list of participating locations, so you just have to go up to your bar and be like, hey, do you accept this stupid QR code? Yeah, that's that's bizarre. Really dumb. Um, and some surprising news over here in California. Lost coast brewing up for sale. Lost Coast Brewing founder Barbara Groom is looking for a buyer for her nearly 40 year old craft brewery. Groom plans to retire after 37 years of running. The Eureka, California based craft brewery. Lost coast opened a brewpub in 1989 and moved into a 75000 square foot brewery in 2014.

The brew pub remains open in downtown Eureka, and the brewery, about three miles away, offers tours and a taproom. Lost coast is one of those staples in California. It's just been around forever. If you're from here and you drink beer, you've heard of Lost Coast. Here's something no one asked for. Four Loko maker is launching. Gross. Dude. I needed to say right is launching a THC, CBD and CBG infused Nine Loko. Oh, cool. I bet it tastes like even more shit,

right? Twice as shitty. The Four Loko maker is launching Nine Loko, described as a flavor first, perception bending, jazzy cannabinoid juice. Nine Loko comes in two flavors. Stop saying that. Dreamsicle Gross and Galactic Punch gross. Each 16 ounce can contains ten milligrams THC, ten milligrams CBD, and ten milligrams of CBG.

Suggested retail price is five bucks a can. Where do they get the nine from? I my only thought, and I don't know. This Delta nine. That was my guess. Delta nine, nine Loko. But fuck if I know. Yeah. Cause the more you say Nine Loko, it just makes me hate it even more. It's an even worse name than Four Loko. Oh, it's so. There's just so fucking gross. It's so. Gross. Like, if you could stomach that, you have an issue. Well, here's the thing.

Like no one drinks Four Loko for the taste. They drink it because they want to get absolutely obliterated. I, I it's so bad I can't even hold it down. Like I can't even stomach it. It's I've had one in my entire life and I never needed to revisit it. No. So bad. It's also the weirdest night ever where like, I don't know how I got home and all. It was not normal. Yeah, that sounds like it tracks. It's pretty pretty on, uh, Nine Loko brand. And that was the OG Four Loko right before they had banned it. So, uh, yeah.

Uh, speaking of World Cup, World Cup 2026 on premise boost is real. The states with 11 host stadiums posted much larger beer gains, often by several orders of magnitude than states without host stadiums. In terms of kegs depleted per draft line, host states were up 14% and Non-host states were only up 6% overall on premise revenue. Host states up 12%. Non host states up 2.99%.

Lift across almost all metrics was highest in host states in the West, where Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles are hosting matches. Meanwhile, on premise sales in host markets increased 15.4% during the last two weeks, driven by bars, taverns and restaurants. Beer, according to Beer Institute chief economist Andrew Heritage. So basically, if there's a stadium hosting the World Cup in your area, your area is making some monies. Good for them. Makes sense.

I did think what a great thing to bring it like to be able to be the host country or one of the host countries for this year's World Cup. Just the amount of revenue that it just brings into the country. I think that is super wonderful. Legitimate question here because, you know, I hate soccer and I don't know anything. Yeah. Is this normal to have World Cup in like three different countries all across the country. It seems really spread out. I, I don't remember, I don't really get into the details like that.

I just watch the games. But I remember four years ago, I was in, uh, what they pronounce Qatar. Oh. Qatar. Yeah. And I think that was just there. Right. That's what I thought. And I remember like, I think it was 2012. And I only remember this because I worked at a news station. It was in 2012. It was either 2010, 14, 1822. It must have been ten. Man. I thought it was 12. Um, all right, we'll go with ten. Then when they were in South Africa, the year of the vuvuzela. Yes, yes, yes.

I mean, I think they were just in South like they weren't all over the place. Right. I, I believe you're right on that as well. So maybe this is just a new thing or something, I don't know. Yeah, possibly. Or like, because I don't know North America, I don't know. I don't know. Hey, everybody. One big. Yeah. I don't care enough. You don't have to write in. Now do it just to spite him, okay. Male @CraftBeerRepublic dot com. We'll end it on this one. How about a trip to West Virginia? Oh, gross. Get your banjos out.

Nailed it. John Roger Adkins, 21, of Mallory, was arrested Tuesday. He was charged with 21 counts, including driving under the influence, reckless driving and destruction of property. Adkins is accused of arguing with a gas station employee bringing Logan, which brought Logan County deputies to the scene. When law enforcement arrived, Adkins allegedly got in his vehicle and recklessly departed the scene. According to a criminal complaint in Logan County, Adkins led a

passenger out of the car before leading the officers on a chase. He reportedly violated several traffic rules during the pursuit, coming to a stop only after the vehicle lost a tire. Authorities said Atkins took off on foot after his vehicle stopped even trying to break into another car. Officers were eventually able to put Atkins under arrest, the criminal complaint said. Deputies found an open container of alcohol in the vehicle he was driving. That was my thought. Only one vehicle did he ditch

him and they were unable to find any insurance or registration. He is in the Southwestern Regional Jail on 100,000 cash only bail? Sounds about right. Just another day in West Virginia. Don't get much more West Virginia than that. Do do do do do do do. We can say whatever we want about them. They still don't have the internet. Yeah, I'm pretty sure. I think they're still in like probably 1968. Yeah.

they haven't started getting AOL disks yet. Yeah, I think they're quite a ways away. Yeah, they got some time so we can keep talking for a while. Oh, dear. All right. That's everything. Thank you all for listening. I hope you all have a great 4th of July and just get American shuttered. While you're out there, please follow us at @CraftBeerRepublic and @flex_me_a_beer underscore @CraftBeerRepublic dot com. 805 538 beer that is 2337. I think that's everything. Hope you're all staying very well

hydrated out there. And on that note. Good night everybody. I went ooh and then went straight to the sink.