Le Petit Ice is Served

I have this new, uh, routine. It's so dumb. I can't wait. I come downstairs at 8:00 when my kids go upstairs to bed, and I just, like, chill out. Sometimes I'll start, like, a game of college football, and I go upstairs at 830 to put them to bed. And the second I come back downstairs off the shores so I can sit down here in my Grundy's man waiting for me to jump on.

Welcome in, everybody, to the Craft Beer Republic. Thanks for drinking. Thanks for joining. I'm Greg, and I'm being joined by the, uh, the Peter Parker to my Green Goblin, and that's Flex. What's up, big fella? Hey, uh, more like Peter Parker, you know, I don't know, I try. I tried my best to become Peter Parker. It did not work. Still hasn't, like, developed or whatever yet. No. know, maybe it takes three days, I don't know. We'll find out. We'll find out. We'll talk about that in just a second. Follow us on socials.

Everybody will find out in a couple seconds. That's right. @CraftBeerRepublic @flex_me_a_beer underscores in between. 805538 beer. If you got a voicemail for us. Anything like that? Uh, lots to get to. First of all, we're gonna discuss why he's all Peter Parker out and other things. I have a great icing story. Can't wait to hear everybody. Yes, we got some responses from our poop beer discussion a couple weeks ago. Gross. But looking forward to it.

Uh, and some booze news, of course. But, uh, I think before anybody drinks or does anything, we need to talk to Flex about why he's not drinking tonight. Yeah. You need to get a special pass to not drink on this show, you know? Yeah. The Tongue-jobber is, uh, not in use today. On the shelf. Um, so here's a little fun. Quick story. And by quick, I mean I'm gonna take a really long time to tell. I like telling stories. Strap in everybody. So Saturday morning happened. First of all, Friday night I went to bed. Healthy as a horse.

I think that's how they say it. Uh, my my wife was out doing some shopping at this thing she does every fall, and, uh, I had the kids to myself, so I put them to bed, fell asleep in the bed by myself. It was really nice and quaint and, you know, got to sprawl out. You appreciate the sprawl out. Oh, so much. Middle of the bed. I'm abruptly woken up at exactly 3:40 a.m., like something hit me like a ton of bricks. And I had this extreme,

excruciating pain in my right pinky. And I'm trying to figure out what's going on. Thinking maybe I rolled over in my sleep. Maybe I flailed around and I accidentally, you know, punched my bedside table, hit it at the right angle. Maybe I broke my pinky in the in the middle of the night. Freak things happen all the time, right? Sleeping. Spousal abuse. Yeah, it's a real thing. Yeah. So I sat there to lay in bed, trying to go back to sleep for

about ten more minutes, and the pain was so excruciating that I just got up, went downstairs, went to the bathroom, set up shop on the couch, and again, just tried to get back to sleep because I didn't have to get up for work for like another two fucking hours. Give daddy that sleep. Well, it continued to hurt so bad that I just said fuck it. And I turned the light on and I got my glasses on, and it's like 4:00 in the morning and I'm just examining my pinky here, touching it, trying to figure

out if it's structurally sound. Um, maybe I got bit by something, as I saw there was like two pronounced bumps. They looked like camel humps on the outside of my my right pinky knuckle. And I'm thinking, okay, like people get bit in their sleep all the time by spiders and you know, you even eat like nine spiders a year on average or something. There's like, some weird statistic like that. And, uh, I'm thinking, okay, no big deal. Maybe it was just like, uh,

a bad spider bite. So I iced it. I was looking up all this stuff, but then I started going down this rabbit hole of different spiders and venomous spiders that live in Wisconsin that could bite you. And I kind of started freaking out a little bit, so much that I actually got, like, ten minutes of sleep while before all that to I was texting my wife, even though I knew she was sleeping, telling her like that, I was freaking out and something happened to my pinky and said I either punched something or got bit. And uh, like I was dead. Daddy was freaking out.

So I actually ended up eventually falling asleep for about ten minutes. Um, my wife actually came downstairs and woke me up because it was about time I had to go to work. So I get up and she's like, oh, let me see it. And she took her flashlight to it and she said, you could see like a little hole, like a little incision, Mark. So she said, well, something definitely bit you. And at this time, my pinky is like. It's like swollen, as if you jammed your finger, you're jamming your finger, playing football, getting it hit the wrong way. Basketball all the time. Right.

So I get dressed, get on my way to work. And I arrived to work. And I'm showing all the guys like, hey, look at my finger. I think I got bit by a spider. And I'm. So cool. And all the guys are looking at it and they're like, oh yeah, that's pretty wild. You know who knew? Like a spider bite could do that. So and I continue talking about it in the back hallway as I'm getting dressed and my father in law comes out of the office and he's like, oh yeah, this has happened to me before. He said, you know, you just put some peroxide on it. And he said, you know, you just put a Band-Aid on it. You'll be okay. He said, you really only got to

worry once you start getting the red lines up your arm. So I rolled up my work shirt and sure enough, I had red lines from the byte going all the way up the inside of my arm to my elbow. So I started freaking the fuck out. We're talking like almost passed out. My heart rate got so high I called a nurse friend because I was so concerned. Uh, talking to him on speakerphone, uh, while sending him all these pictures of my pinky and my arm, and, um, had this decision whether or not to go to the ER or urgent care.

We opted for the urgent care. The doctor who came in looked at my finger. Wouldn't even touch it was like, so grossed out by it herself, as if she had. The doctor's grossed out. Right. As if she had never seen this before. And, uh, she eventually comes in, you know, and comes back in from leaving after looking at it. And I was freaking out, and she diagnosed me with, uh, a bacterial infection. Right. So, uh, she said she could even see the the bite marks.

She asked me if I had a cat. I didn't tell you this off air. Oh, the doctor asked me if I had a cat, because one of the incision marks was so big and pronounced that she thought maybe like a tooth. Got a cat tooth? Like pierced my finger. Yeah. So apparently. What happened? Everybody is that spiders are covered in bacteria. They're just disgusting creatures. Like, more than other bugs are. Or I think so, because this is common from spiders, ticks and mosquitoes. Okay.

And it's what they call lymphangitis. And it's a bacterial infection that attacks your lymphatic system. Mm. Yeah. My finger essentially swelled up twice the size of my other pinky. I have this, I would say inch and a half long by an inch in diameter of a blister on my pinky. Yeah. It's giant. Yeah. Um, my lymph nodes were all swollen in my chest and my shoulder. Yeah. like it hurt to move my arm. My chest. It was really fucked up.

Jesus. Yeah. So now I'm on. I got 40 antibiotics to take in ten days, so four pills a day. So daddy ain't fucking around with shit. That's a lot of antibiotics. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The doctor said. The doctor said, I'm gonna give you a lot. I'm gonna rape your system with antibiotics. She said you'll probably be good for after seven days, but I'm gonna give you ten. Let's not risk it. Yeah, but again, the scary part

from her doing this was she treated treated me for a bacterial infection, which she wasn't actually positive. It was a bacterial infection. Cause it still could have been viral, I guess. Oh, sure. Carry viruses too? Yeah. Um, so I was still terrified that what she gave me still wasn't gonna help, you know? So then the rest of the day, they, uh. I asked her to. I said, what if what changes should I go to the ER? And she said, if you can't bend your pinky at all, that's like,

uh, means there's no blood flowing to it or something like that. So that would have been an emergency. Or if that red line I had in my arm went up to my armpit. So the red line eventually went up to my armpit by the time I went to bed. So I was freaking out that maybe I shouldn't go to sleep because I didn't know if I was gonna wake up. And, uh, you know, because that would have been like the sign of infection that was continuing. And, uh, all in all, I took the day antibiotics. I woke up the next day,

significant decrease in pain. Uh, red line went back down. Um, and, uh, worst of all, no superpowers. That's bullshit. It's terrible. All that pain. And what good are spiders for? That's what I want to know. Maybe the antibiotics are killing your superpowers. Evers. Don't tell me that. Sorry. I'm gonna stop taking them now. Sounds all anti medicinal. I'm not at all very much. You should take your antibiotics. Yeah, so maybe, I don't know, maybe becoming Spider-Man isn't a real

thing. Damn. Kind of bummed me out. I know it bummed you out. I'm still holding out. Hope for you. Yeah, maybe. Like I said, maybe that third day of getting bit after, you know. Yeah, maybe it doesn't happen as fast as it happens in the movies. Well, they do have to speed things up. Otherwise it gets real boring. I'm just watching Peter Parker sit around and freak out, like, am I gonna die tonight? Damn it. We need an off Spider-Man movie now, right? Of just from the time he got bit to the time he realizes he got powers. And it's like the Spider-Man origin

story where it's just like him sitting around for a week and a half, not feeling quite right. Just getting heaping amounts. Of. Anxiety. Right. Texting his aunt and uncle like, I think I should go to the doctor. What do you think? I'm kind of freaking out over here. Should I go to the ER or the urgent care? My finger is really big. I am starting to feel a little funny, but it's been seven days. It's been seven days. Maybe.

Maybe two more days. I'll give it two more days. Right? But not a moment longer. Two weeks later. Hey, what's this coming out of my hand? I think there's a lot of a lot of money in a movie like that, right? Just the slowest hero movie ever. Oh, yeah. And you just have, like, the worst dry humor all throughout. Just cringey, dry humor. Yeah, just Mary Jane poking fun of his swollen ass finger. And like, people putting, uh, like, kick me signs on him on his back because of his finger.

Like the bullies, like squeezing his finger as he walks by and shit. Blisters are popping. It's gross. And cause Peter Parker cries all the time. Well, Tobey Maguire daddy cries all the time, so I'm just picturing him just crying every time they hit his pinky. Yeah, wincing like a little bitch. I feel like we've got a solid foundation for a movie here. I'm telling you, it's there, man. There's an idea here. I think we got it right. So? So. Yes. That is that is, uh. Everybody.

Why I'm not drinking tonight. Tongue-jobber is off duty, uh, for ten days. Yeah. So give me give me two weeks, and we'll be we'll be back to, uh, further doing. I was like, how is he gonna say adieu on this one? Oh, yeah. A dos a doing. That's how we do it now. That's how we do it. That's how we do it. Damn it! Nailed it. That's why I keep you around. Yeah. Somebody's got to, uh. In your honor, I'm gonna drink a beer. Am I? Out of my Beer.

I Love My Beer. I Love My Beer. Uh. I am drinking in honor of Flex lack of drinking. You'd think if I was gonna do something in honor of somebody not drinking, I'd do something super high ABV. But that would have made sense. Uh. It's Sierra Nevada's annual Oktoberfest release. It's fucking Oktoberfest season. Yeah, it's been for, like, a month, actually. Yeah. So it's about time I jump on board. This is. It's a collaboration every year. This year is with Becker Störtebeker. And then underneath is brows

possession. I'm sure I nailed that. Uh, it's 6% 32 IBUs. They say our ethnic Oktoberfest is a collaboration with Störtebeker. An award, an award winning German brewery internationally recognized for quality and innovation. The modern Festbier leans into a rich, smooth malt backbone with notes of fresh baked bread and honey. Traditional German hops provide balanced bitterness and herbal, spicy aroma around the crisp, clean finish. Prost! Uh.

On untapped, it's got a 3.88 out of 7500 ratings. Let's dig in. A 3.88. Not bad for a not hazy IPA. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Holy shit. Uh, on the nose buds. It's really picking up that sweet kind of honey note. Uh, very medicine esque. I think technically this is a festbier, which is basically a medicine. Yeah. It's a less potent. It's a little clearer,

a little lighter in color. Uh, I'm gonna stick in the old Tongue-jobber here. Yeah. Light, crisp. Some sweetness. Uh, the 6% is well hidden. It's a good party. Beer. Nice. I'm jealous. It looks great. It looks wonderful. I wish everybody could see it. Go out and buy yourself some. It looks very, very crisp. Yeah. You know, sometimes it's nice to have these beers that are available sort of nationwide to talk about because this isn't like everybody can go out and enjoy and, you know, get yourself one of these Oktoberfest, get yourself

some @neck_nosh_llc pretzels and have a fucking blast. Hell yeah. Because nothing goes better with a beer in Oktoberfest than some pretzels. You're goddamn right. It's the truth. The Lord's way. Be with God. I don't know what's happening. Uh, shout out to our top listing city of last week. And that was God podcast. Not in the slightest. Uh, and that was Seattle, Washington. Bless you. Seattle, Washington. Damn it, dude. Somebody was recently asking me

about Seattle. I've been a couple times there. Like, what should I do in Seattle? And to all the Seattle ians Ian's listening. Maybe you can answer this. I was like, you know what? First of all, it's been like a decade at least since I've been there. But I really, really enjoyed my time in Seattle. But I can't point to like 1 or 2 specific things that I did where I was like, this is what you gotta fucking do. I feel like you got to go to the market. Yeah, you gotta go to the market. Right. It's like, obviously. Hit some breweries. They got the Starbucks needle thing, right? Is that the Starbucks up there?

Oh, yeah. You can go to the original Starbucks. I walked by it. I didn't wait in line because that's silly. Oh, there's a line. Oh, huge. Out the door right now. This is pre app order. I don't know if they've figured out how to make that go away by now, but yeah I was gonna wait in line for Starbucks. Um, you know I don't you go to the gum wall alley thing. People like to take pictures there. Oh, that's the thing there. I didn't know that. Oh, yeah. They got, like, the gum wall and some back alley and, you know. Chewed up gum, and everybody stuck it in there.

Yeah, it's kind of gross. Yeah. What a weird display of art. Yeah, exactly. Uh, I ended up at a burlesque show, which was weird and awesome. So the first time I went, I had some friends that lived there for a brief period, and we stumbled into this burlesque show where it was like astronaut themed burlesque. It was the weirdest, most Seattle shit ever. Okay. And it was fun, but I wouldn't. The person who was asking me, I was like, I would not send this person to a burlesque show. That probably doesn't exist anymore because I was 15 years ago.

I wasn't sure if the weird part was that you had a boner with your friends in public, but the awesome part was that you were weird. Okay. Yeah. No, it's. I'm always fine having boners with friends. Cool, cool. Just never, never a problem. You never know. I gotta throw it out there. No, no, I get it. No, you're it's it's a valid concern, but, uh. All good, all good. And in my tent. All right. Right on. All good on the boner front. Yeah, exactly. Uh, so. Yeah. So, Seattle. Good times. Uh. All right.

I have to tell the story of the icing that was witnessed over the weekend. Oh, and you did the icing? No. I was just the icing. Only a witness. And, uh, let me just tell you, we're not worthy. So good. All right, so over the weekend, it was the wife and i's wedding anniversary. And it was also a lake trip. So we're up in Paso doing some wakeboarding. And one of the nights we went out to a fancy dinner for the old anniversary surprise with the fancy dinner.

It's this little French place. It was fantastic. Food was great, service was great. Cannot recommend it enough. Uh, it's called La Petite. It's French Canal C a n a I l l e s. It means the little rascals. Anyways, we're there eating. Does it really? Yeah. It does. That's amazing. Just watch that. This last weekend. How funny. And I'm watching from where we're sitting. I can watch the kitchen, and kitchen. I'm really enjoying watching the kitchen. We love people watching in general and at one point the the head chef,

the chef de cuisine steps out and his girlfriend had just sat down at the bar, who we found out later was his girlfriend, walks up to her. They exchange pleasantries. He goes back, changes out of his chef outfit, comes back in his civilian clothes, and they start having dinner. It turns out it was, I think, oh no, it was his birthday. And so they're doing like the full tasting mini. We didn't do the full tasting menu. We did. We just picked out some things. They're doing the full tasting menu. And you know, here's your first course with this wine and your next course with this wine.

And because it's the chef and everybody's friends like they did fuck with him a couple times like, like here's this. And it was a Coors Light in a glass, you know, like, oh, here's your next pairing. It was kind of funny. At one point, the sous chef comes out with the sommelier sommelier standing behind the chef. The sous chef is facing him, and he presents this bowl and it looks like snow or something in the bowl. And he says, and for your next course, we've prepared this fantastic plate of bold

shaved ice that if you allow me, I'm going to tableside pour on this fantastic sauce we've made of melted frozen water, like making fun of chefy things, you know. Right? Right, right. So he poured. He starts pouring the water onto the ice and we're watching, like. And it starts to click in. At this point, what he's gonna do, and he sets it down and the sommelier from behind him goes. And then for your final bit of ice. And he reaches out and he's got a

bottle of ice. Oh that's brilliant. And fucking nails him with it. So then because he's the sommelier, after he's grabbed the bottle, the sommelier takes it back, pours it into a very nice wine glass for him. At this point, he's about to drink it. And let me tell you how rocked up I got right now. My wife, my wife goes, oh, I think you're supposed to take a knee before you chug this. Aren't those the rules? Sommelier starts cracking up, looks at her and goes, don't you worry.

He never backs down from a challenge. And sure as shit chef gets out of his chair, gets down on one knee and pounds this ice from a wine glass. Oh, that is amazing. It was so good. I was like what a fantastic way. And so we're talking to our waitress a little bit about it. We're laughing and she was really cool. And she goes, yeah, this is the seventh one this year. And from across the table the chef goes, yeah. And four of them have been me. And that's more than enough guys.

Wow. That's amazing. Yeah apparently it's a big thing. They're icing the shit out of each other there. And I'm here for it. That's awesome. You had to been rocked up on so many levels. Oh, the amount of inability to stand up that night was I had to be wheeled out of that place. I was so rocked, just poking eyes out. Nothing to see here, people. Just a guy in public with a boner. Yeah, don't mind me just missing my friends. That's all I'm missing right now.

Just my friends. It was great. I feel like my story doesn't do it justice. Like they did such a good job of presenting it and surprising it with. Painted a wonderful picture. My jaw. Was. On the ground. I hope everyone was on the edge of their seats. What I thought you were gonna say when he started pouring the water onto the ice. I thought the ice was gonna start, like, melting with the water. And that ice would, like, float up from underneath and then to the surface. Wasn't that big of a bull,

but that would have been really good. Okay, okay. That would've been really good. We did talk to the sommelier a little bit afterwards, and he gave us a couple of ideas that I will not share on this show because we are keeping that close to the vest because they were great ideas. Oh, man. Because she goes like, I bet you, uh, you guys are getting pretty creative back there in that kitchen. He goes, oh, yeah. And then proceeded to tell us a couple of ideas. And I was like, oh, hanging on to that one for sure. Oh, that's an off air conversation because I don't want my friends to know about it. I'm looking forward to finishing the show as soon as we can.

Good night everybody. Oh. So good times. Good dinner to great food. Go check it out if you're in there. And I'm sure you wind it up being in Paso. Oh. Classy. Yeah. I mean, we ordered a bottle with dinner. We did plenty of tastings. Uh, one of our memberships, they were doing, like, this partnership with another winery that. We got to go do some free tastings at. Yeah, we wined, dined, and 79, it was a weekend full of wine and wakeboarding. I wonder how much better I'd be at wakeboarding if I wasn't

hungover every morning. Oh, yeah, I don't know. What do you think? Yeah, I don't know. Honestly I don't. When I do that, I don't really get hungover. We drink just the right amount. Okay. The couple times I haven't hungover, that's like jumping in that cold water to fix that right up for you. I was gonna say that probably writes the shit pretty quickly. Yeah, you're kind of forced to snap out of it a little bit. Yeah. So. But good times. Uh, before we get on to some poop beer responses, I think last time we left Flex, he

was heading to his first Packer game. Yeah. Oh, boy. How did that go? It was one of the greatest days of my life. Nice. Um, I mean, from start to finish, it was. Lambeau field is no joke. The crowd, the energy, just everything was no joke. I had a lot to drink. Right. We got to this party house. Um, so I was kind of feeling myself during the game and just having a good time. And I'm a realistic sports fan.

Let me just put this out here. Okay. I love the Brewers. I love the Packers. You know bucks. Badgers. I'm a big homer. I love, love all my home teams. Mhm. But I'm also a realist and I can criticize my own team. Oh same. You know, because these guys don't just walk on water. Yeah. In fact I feel like I can criticize my team better than just about anybody else can. Right. And I and I'm not just like saying that like, oh, if they are trash,

I'm just going to call them out as being trash. Sure. Well, we we kind of had this douche guy, and I'm going to paint a picture of him. Right? It's probably about mid 40s. Okay. He had this beard that was like well groomed short. Mhm. And he had, uh, you know, those taxi cab ska hats. He was wearing one of those. Okay. With a long sleeve white button up shirt with the cuffs folded back. and then his packer colored like

plaid flare pants. Wow. Oh, wow. With, like, maybe like some Italian shoes. He's like, uh. Packers dropkick Murphy. Yes. Like. Like this guy loved ska in the mid to late 90s and he just never left it. Mhm. He was nice. He was fine. But the Packers had run this play. It was like this little reverse with the rookie wide receiver. And he ran for like eight yards and got a first down. And it was wonderful. But he ran and stood up right

into the defender that was tackling him right. Just stood straight up. Whoops. Just leaving everything open right mid-section just it's a safety thing. So it happened. And they got the first down and everybody cheered. And I said oh man. I said he's gotta lower his shoulder or something. You know you can't just leave yourself open like that. It's just not good. And the guy actually turned around and he said something to me. He was just like, hey, man, you just got ran for eight yards. Be happy about that.

And then he turned back around and I was like, whoa, whoa, dude. He said, it has nothing to do with any of that. He said. He was just leaving himself open to get his fucking ribs cracked, you know? Right. Yeah. So just kind of, uh. So then I started giving it to this guy a little bit. Slowly but surely. And then it all culminated with, uh, they started playing, uh, the impression that I get by the Mighty Mighty Bosstones during a

commercial break or something. You started playing it or the stadium? No, the stadium did. Oh, this is fantastic. And I started screaming behind this guy. I said, dude, Mighty Mighty Bosstones. I said, you're probably loving this right now and you're so sorry. You could tell he wanted to get into the song so much,

but because I had already called him out for being a complete douche. Douche, you could see the smirk, like on the right side of his face nearly touching his ear, and you could see his hand tapping his thigh to the beat of the music. And I just kept screaming, yeah! Mighty Mighty Bosstones! Oh, that's so good. Yeah. So we had a lot to drink. So I had, uh, we got to the bar

where we were meeting, uh, getting picked up on the shuttle. We got two road beers for the bus. Then we had this lovely gentleman who was quite generous with his Santa sack esque cooler, that he just kept pulling out alcoholic beverages and handing them out to everybody on the bus. So now we're four drinks in, and then we roll up to the stadium, which we had to walk about halfway around to get to this party house that we were going to. Okay.

Where I had a wonderful burger. I had a steak sandwich. There was desserts, there was food everywhere. There was like charcuterie stuff. It was just it was tremendous. And I couldn't have been more excited about being there. Nice. Plus all of the free alcohol. So I had four more drinks there. So now we're eight drinks deep. My stomach's already getting turny from telling this. Um, then we, uh, cop another beverage to walk from the house to the stadium.

So now we're nine drinks deep. Then we get into the stadium where, um, I was unaware that beers in football stadiums at Lambeau are 25oz Ouncers now. Oh. And they're the same price as a 19 ounce beer at Miller Park or Amfam Field if you're an ass. So then I had 50 more ounces of alcohol in the stadium. So daddy is feeling real good. Real hot. Bought myself a new hat.

Uh. Packers win, which was amazing. Start walking back from the stadium. Stop at the bar where our shuttle is parked. Grab two more beers. Oh, dear Lord. So now we're. I mean, I don't know, probably 14 beers deep, which I don't do ever. Mhm. Ever been on like the two beer train for the longest time now. Rocking some Mighty Mighty Bosstones on the show bus. Oh, yeah.

A lot of Tom petty. Uh oh. I don't know, whatever radio station the guy had on it was. Not what I expected. Pretty solid. Yeah. But I tell you what. You want a funny scenario. You put 80 drunk people on a shuttle bus. Oh, dear. And you play Last Dance with Mary Jane. Oh, everybody knows it. Oh, man, it was awesome. It was awesome. White guys dream come true. The only way it could have been better if it was like Tiny Dancer. Like they did in Almost Famous, you know? So then we finally land back in

the city, which was like, uh, that we got picked up the shuttle in, which was like an hour south of green Bay. Mhm. And we proceed to have postgame beverages at the bar and I'm finally like it's like three in the morning. Oh, Jesus. I'm like we gotta we gotta go. It's time to go. Yeah. So we get back to the hotel, chug a bottle of water. Next thing I know it's 830, which I haven't slept until 830 in probably 15 years, thinking, oh, my God, my wife probably thinks

I'm dead, right? Probably because. No text, no nothing. 830. Probably thinking I'm dead. So message her right away. Hey, just so you know, I'm okay. Getting ready. Alive. Totally alive. But I'm feeling kind of off. I feel kind of good for drinking as much as I did. Took a couple sips of water and everything. SAT fine. Said, okay, this is gonna be all right. So I think I made a mistake here. I poured a hydration packet into my water bottle.

That's what I always do. And I continued to drink that because we had about a 20 minute walk from the hotel to the bar where we left my car. It was a nice morning. It is. And, uh, I just kept, you know, sipping the rest of the bottle. And I finally finish it and we get to my car and I'm like, uh oh. Turned to my, my, my buddy. And I said, I, I'm gonna sit in my car for about two minutes to make sure I'm not gonna throw up. Two minutes go by and I'm like,

all right, I think I can get back on the road. All right. Second, we take the on ramp onto the freeway. I'm like, oh, this is not gonna be good. And I immediately start thinking about pulling right off the freeway and every exit sign I've seen. Now we're about 30 minutes into the trip and I got another hour to go. And every exit sign, Greg, I'm like, just just pull off. Like, just pull off.

Puke, puke on the exit ramp and hop right back on the. Freeway with. Right people do that and. Rally. And I just kept breathing it down and oh no. Breathing it in and choking it down. And then I keep looking at the shoulder of the road and I'm like, hey, who says a guy can't just pull over into the shoulder of the freeway and, you know, expel a little vomit and just get back on his way, right? I mean, no, I haven't. It could happen. But I said, no, I'm gonna fucking. I'm gonna get home. Oof!

And I start sweating. And I start. Start swallowing a lot of saliva, and I'm just. Oh, no. I'm pooping it. Greg. I'm sweating for you. So the hour and a half goes by, and we finally get off on the exit home, and I start sweating. Good. And you know how your mouth gets all dry? Yeah, yeah. Right before you're about to. We're about four minutes away from dropping my my buddy off. And we both, we we live in a parkway and we're opposite ends of the parkway. Okay. So we're taking this road that

runs right between everything. And we get to this four way stop. And I'm saying we're now we're about two minutes away from his house, and I stop at the stop sign, I look left, I look right, I look left again, and I just crank the steering wheel to the right and he goes. He goes, dude, wrong way, wrong way. And I go mhm mhm mhm mhm. And he says you gotta puke. And I said mhm. Mhm. So I hurl myself out of the vehicle,

make sure to get away from my car. And I just start yakking at a four way stop in the middle of a busy parkway intersection. Oh my god. Where anybody I know could have been driving by and watching it happen. A bunch of coworkers. Yeah, just just anybody. And, uh. Boy, all I could think of was, I should have did that an hour and a half ago. You should. I bet you felt so much better. I felt so good. I came home and I showered.

My wife got home from whatever she was doing, and she said, hey, do you want to go get lunch? And I said, hell yeah. And then I went and I ate the biggest West Coast BLT sandwich I've ever had in my life, not to mention some exquisite potato wedges. Oh, daddy. Like. Yeah. So that fucking hit. Um. So, yeah, that, uh, all that drinking. We've all been there. It, uh, it was a lot. I haven't done anything like that in a very long time.

Yeah, I've not done the side of the road expulsion and many a year. Truthfully. It's the first time I did that since the Packers won the Super Bowl. Was that, like, Super Bowl 42 or something? 40. 45, 45 Super Bowl 45. And, uh, I was so hungover. I was driving to work and about a minute away from work, I had to stop, open up my door and puke outside of my car, which I did get some in my car. Don't worry, guys, I cleaned it.

I cleaned it up. I cleaned it up right when I got to work. It was fine. Don't worry, I didn't didn't drive a car. But yeah, so that was. There goes Flex drive his puke car. Again. That about was 2010, 2011, something like that. So yeah, 14, 15 years. Yeah. It's been at least that long for me. I remember one time I had a little too much to drink at the bar, and more than that, I'd had a couple of shots. Shots ruin it. Yeah, shots ruined everything. I could have like one shot and nothing else and be, you know, mostly sober and still puke like it. Just the speed at which the liquid

travels down. My body does not agree. And I had had a couple shots. I'm walking out to my car and it fucking hits me. I'm still in the parking lot and like, I opened the door and I'm kind of sitting in my car, kind of like you did. I needed to take a, you know, a beat there and recollect myself, see what was gonna happen. And boy, it came a coming. Oh, yeah. And right there in the parking lot, I was like, oh my God, I hope no one sees. Because first of all, they call the cops. I look like somebody about to drive super drunk. Yeah, yeah. So, uh, but yeah,

we've all been there. Good times. Yeah. It's been so long. Yeah. It's weird when you're well into your 30s. Yeah, yeah. Like, wow. I've done this in good 15 years. I was like, it was weird because I did. I honestly felt okay. It was just like, uh, like my something, just like my stomach was shocked or something because the only thing that came up was the water. And then once the water was out, I was solid. Yeah. Just solid. So you need to get it out.

Yes, sir. Good times. I'd do it 100 times over again, too. Oh, man. The last time I drank like that, I didn't drink for, like, a week and a half afterwards. That was rough. Oh, you don't say. Cause that's just about right where I was at. Yeah. And then I tried to become. Now I tried to become Spider-Man. And now it's gonna continue, right? Spider-Man's gonna push it well past that. Oh, yeah.

Past two weeks. Oh, yeah. So I'll be well deserved for beer in about seven days now. I can't wait. Uh. All right. Two episodes ago for 77, we got an email from a listener about his poop tasting beer. The off flavors. Right off flavors. Yes. A certain earthy note is the way he put it. And so if you haven't heard that, go back to 477 and have a listen. But we got a couple of email responses that I thought I would I would share with y'all. Uh, first one Tyler.

Hey guys, just want to say that Gabe's poop beer story hit way too close to home a few years back. Sorry to hear that. A few years back, I was at a small brewery in Oregon, which shall remain unnamed, and ordered something called a dry hopped kettle beer. This can't be real. I should have known it straight up. Tasted like someone dry aged smoked meat in a high school locker room. First sip hit like burnt rubber and B.O.. I sent it back immediately and got a cream ale instead.

Anyways, shout out to Gabe for powering through the earthy notes I would have thrown in the towel after one whiff. Wow. Tyler from Portland. Wow. That's disgusting. I feel like we're gonna open like a can of worms here. I know this might be bad, actually. Just start a movement. Yeah. Uh, and then Jeff writes in. Hey, guys. Just wanted to weigh in on the poop beer saga. I once ordered a house lager at a brewery in Florida, and I swear, it tasted like wet cardboard

mixed with denture cream. I want to know how you know a denture cream tastes like. I'm thinking he's. Jeff's got dentures. He must like it. Had the flavor profile of an 80 year old man who's been chewing on Band-Aids. Jesus Christ, the bartender tried to convince me that it was intentionally oxidized for complexity. Oh. What? This can't be real. I left immediately anyways,

love the show. Can't wait to hear the next weird beer horror story. Cheers! I'm just waiting for the guy to say that he actually had a turd in his beer. God, right. Intentionally oxidized for that? Can't be real. That's awesome. That is. The fact that somebody actually had, like, the cojones to come back with that. Yeah. Like like. Yeah. No, no, this is. Yeah. You're you're an idiot. This was done purposely, right? That makes me think this guy was

being this Jeff guy was being a dick, and the bartender was like, no, no, no, this is intentionally oxidized for your pleasure. Oh, man. Says. So right on. The box. Right. Let me see the box. I don't have any more. If you guys have any beer. Horror stories. Yeah, I'd sure like to hear that. Maybe Jeff is a wonderful writer. Yeah, yeah. That was short, but, man, 80 year old man chewing on Band-Aids. Yeah, it really paints a picture. So thanks, Jeff and Tyler @CraftBeerRepublic 805538 beer if you'd rather leave it as a voicemail.

Whew. Wow. Okay. Uh. All right, a little booze news before we get out of here. Antigua Brewing abruptly closes. Taproom. They are up in San Luis Obispo. Went there once on a little weekend trip, and, uh, they were brand new at the time. They were, you know, fine. Nothing special, nothing horrible. I've heard good things since, but, uh, they closed abruptly, leaving a note on the door that said closed. Thanks for the memories. Wow. All right. Wow. It doesn't get much better than that. Yeah, I guess they're really done.

Uh, and some good news. East brother brewing out of, uh, NorCal up there is going to open a San Francisco taproom. Bay Area brewer. East Brother Beer Company will open its first San Francisco taproom, calling the Rec Room. On September 26th, the 3500 square foot indoor outdoor space features 15 taps, pool tables and dart boards inside the Metreon, a four story shopping and entertainment center. In addition to San Francisco, of course, they have the original

taproom in Richmond, along with the Tam Tavern in Mill Valley. So congrats to them. Glad to hear they're doing well if you guys want to go back. Had Rob Lightner, one of the founders, on the show, back on March 2nd. 63. Take a trip back into history. Yeah, they do some good beer, man. They do some good beer. Yeah. I, you know, kind of discovered them during Covid and, uh. Yes. Always a solid choice when I see him at TJ's and stuff. And I was able to get some stuff sent in from them. Yeah. That was that was awesome.

That was one of those Covid like influencer things. You were on the call. I was on the call. Erica was a part of the call. Yeah, because it. Was like a collab between East Brother @Neck_nosh_llc. In fact, I think this is how I found out about Erica was we got @Neck_nosh_llc swag with the box of beer. Do you remember this? Oh, man. Vaguely. There was a pretzel necklace. I think you even posed like, you know, typical Flex. No shirt. Okay, now this is making pretzel necklaces. This is jogging my memory.

Yeah, and it was like me and you. I think Erica might have been on the call. Actually. Maybe she wasn't, but the @Neck_nosh_llc was definitely a part of it. Uh, Wendy was there. Uh, who else would I forget? Uh, it was a couple or one of the brewers was on there, as well as their PR person. Uh, it was quite a group. Yeah. And we had the, uh, their triple, right? Yeah, that was one. I think it was like four beers. Like we did a tasting and. Okay. And I think they posted some clips of

it or something, or I forget what, but. Yeah. Yeah, that was fun. We should do more of that shit. Come on, let's have a zoom. Drink up, send us some beer and let's hang out. There you go. East, brother. Or anybody else. Unless it's poop beer. Yeah. Let's not. You know, even if. You know what, I'll think about it. Uh, more sad news. Call to Arms Brewing will be closing. Called Arms Brewing out of Denver will close its doors in December after a decade, according to co-founder Chris Bell.

In a video that cited declining alcohol consumption, the Covid 19 pandemic and rising costs, Bell pointed out there's no single group to blame, he said. It's just difficult to keep on going. But I don't mean to complain. It's been a hell of a run and we're not done yet. Sorry to hear that. It's always a bummer. Yeah, yeah, especially nowadays, way too many breweries are just announcing. A new trend. Yeah, it's more are closing than opening now. A little on the sad side. Yeah.

Uh, we talked a couple weeks ago about 21st amendment closing their doors. Yep. The closure of 21st Amendment Brewery will lead to 76 layoffs, according to the Warn act notice filed with the California Economic Development Department. Layoffs are expected to take hold November 4th, include 58 at the San Leandro production facility and 18 employees at the San Francisco taproom. Sad to hear that. Always sad. I have a feeling they'll get purchased at the last second, but we'll see. You know something. That no,

I don't I just it's a big brand. You know, they've produced a lot of beer that distribute pretty wide. Just feels like one of those brands that somebody would scoop up and keep the IP. Keep the name alive. Okay. Yeah. Okay. We'll see. Uh, some good news for you. MobCraft is reopening. Oh, yay. They got bought out or re bought. They they acquired, uh, back in April. And they are now as of September 12th, reopened.

Oh, I guess I wouldn't know. Isn't that your favorite spot? Oh. Sorry. Maybe we'll have to venture on down there and see, uh, if they can make an IPA. Now see how things are going. Yeah. Give it six months. They'll get better. Uh, we'll end on this one. Drunk man tries to flee police but gets pantsed by gravity. Gravity will get you, man. That's every fucking time.

That's just a fact. Deputies in Stafford County, Virginia, arrested a drunk man at a Comfort Inn on Thursday after he tried to run away from officers, but was stopped by his own pants. According to Stafford County Sheriff's Office, deputies were already at the motel when a woman approached them to report a man being, quote, inappropriate. The deputies immediately recognized him and said they had already warned him not to return the property or he'd be arrested. When they moved to cuff him, the man reportedly shouted oh no! And then took off.

But he didn't get far. Oh no! According to the sheriff's office, the suspect's speed was too much for his pants, for they began falling down, which caused him to trip. Oh, no. I wish he let out another. Oh, no. As he fell. Oh, no! He was taken into custody and showed clear signs of intoxication. Deputies identified the man as 26 year old Brandon Bates, double B. He's facing charges of trespassing,

obstruction, public intoxication and attempting to flee law enforcement. He was held in jail until he sobered up and hopefully found a belt. I did not expect him to be 26. No. Me neither. No, I mean, I guess baggy pants. You're not going to be in your 40s. Probably, but it did sound like an old white trash move to run from. Sometimes those older guys, you know, they lose a little bit of weight and they just keep wearing the same old pants. True. Yeah. You know, like, I expected the ono to be more like. Oh, no. You know.

That was a very spry. Oh, no. Damn. That's good. Yeah. Good times. All right, I'm gonna hit some music. We'll wrap things up. I'm gonna give a hello to Vanessa. Hello, Vanessa. And encourage you all to follow us. @CraftBeerRepublic. Send us an email. Mail. @CraftBeerRepublic. Com. (805) 538-2337. All that good stuff. Uh, hope everyone out there is staying very well hydrated. And on that note. Good night everybody.