Have Your Way with a Beer

Today we've got more beer origin stories, the return of Miss Giggly socks, a big shakeup in California beer, and five reasons to stop drinking right now. Let's go. Bam bam bam bam bam bam bam bam. Welcome in everybody. It's the craft beer republic. Thanks for drinking. Thanks for joining. I am Greg and fresh off of his Milwaukee Stadium tour. That's big Flex. What's up big fella. I just put the trumpet down.

Uh, that was me in the background. I don't know if you heard, uh, strike. Up the band. It was fun to hit up the first game. Uh, or my first game of the year, uh, wasn't a win, but, hey, you know, it's it's always fun to go. Right? Gotta gotta get in there. I love baseball, I fucking love baseball. I got a good baseball story for you in a few minutes. Can't wait. But I have to. And joining us from the land of no baseball teams is our favorite soccer wear. And that is Steph. What's happening? Hi, guys. It's been a while.

It's nice to see you. Maybe we should call the Queen of Utah beer. Or, like, what's the official title? But, you know, don't say no baseball yet. Not a sport show, but Salt Lake City. They're one of the top three teams to get an expansion, not a sports show. Just saying. All right. Side facts are good. I like a good side quest. Yeah. That's me. Look how much she totally cares about baseball. She probably likes hockey now or something. I do. Love hockey. Always liked hockey.

Yeah, I was excited. Mammoths. It's a cool. All right, well, there you have it. I don't even know what socials to give for you anymore because, uh, it changes every week. Um, well, there's beer nerd radio, and then maybe someday my socks page will come back. That's the goal. We'll see. Oh. Yeah. One of them days I. Of course, the Brewers Guild and all that. Oh, yeah. You can find. Well, I try to hide. I try to make it anonymous. The Utah Brewers Guild page like it

doesn't. There shouldn't be human. One human. But yeah, I'm there. As it is a guild. Huh? It's not the Utah Brewers. Steph. Exactly. Although I am doing like five jobs, so it's fine. You're you're a hard worker. Yeah, it takes a guild. Exactly, exactly. And of course, we are @CraftBeerRepublic. And that's @flex_me_a_beer underscore in between. All right. Lots to get to today. Uh, we have beers. We're drinking. I had to bring Steph in because, you know, Flex doesn't.

I almost didn't make it. And I don't drink anymore. Yeah, man, it's almost Easter. We gotta. We gotta get you back in the game, buddy. It's getting. Close. Yeah, we're almost there. If you guys don't mind, I have a very freshy fresh that I would like to, uh, crack open over here. All right. Out of my name. I Love My Beer. Oh, I love this song. I haven't heard it in a while. I'd say two weeks. Yeah.

At least. Smart ass. I am drinking, uh, bottled. Uh, just under a month ago. Russian Rivers Row 2 Hill 56 pale ale. Okay. I went to, uh, a local bottle shop that I don't frequent all the time. So Trader Joe's. Not Trader Joe's. So everybody's clear. And not the craft beer. Uh, thrift shop either. This is called Stagecoach. And, uh, they've always got a good selection of Russian River. Not just Pliny, but, like, all the other stuff that's even

better than Pliny. And I don't think I've actually had this one. I've definitely not had it on the show. So. Row 2 Hill 56 5.4% 65 IBUs has 4.000 stars on untapped with over 34,000 ratings. Uh. They say Row 2 Hill 56 single Hop Pale is 100%. Simcoe hops make up this beer from start to finish. It is named for the location in the experimental hop yard in Yakima, Washington, where it was first created. It has the trademark Simcoe nose with citrus and pine, nice bitterness and

tasty hop flavours. Round it out. Looks good. Looks like a classic. Pale. Very classic. Very clear. Fantastic head and lacing. I love clear beer. It's like a high level prostitute right there. I don't, I don't mess around with those cheap hoes. Uh, on the nose buds. Real light. Not a lot coming through a little bit of that brininess they talked about, but a real, real light nose or my nose isn't working right now. That's also a possibility. Uh, let me dig in on the the

Tongue-jobber. Oh, this is fantastic. This is so light and crushable. It drinks like an na beer. I mean, this thing doesn't have any alcohol in it. Uh, very smooth finishes dry. There is a little citrus. There's a little pine, but it's also light that I just. I keep going back for more and more. I drink like half of this before the show started. So, um, this is a spoiler peek behind the scenes. I, I killed half of this already. Uh, this is really good. Russian River, of course, knows how to handle their hops.

And, uh, it always, it always feels like a little bit of a Flex for me. Like when I pull a Russian river, like it's no big deal. Because you get it so easily. Right? I'm sure there's somebody in Idaho who's just like, oh, how'd you get that Russian River? Ha ha ha ha. I think they only get potatoes in Idaho. Yeah. That's it. And so vodka, of course, by proxy. I don't even think they have breweries there. No no no no no. Why would you have a brewery in Idaho? Two oddly shaped of a state to have. I think that's a rule. Yeah. Like when you're that fucked up, like you can't have a brewery. Yeah, it makes sense. Yeah.

Makes sense. Yeah, that makes zero sense. Hey. You watch yourself. It makes sense on this show. All right. North Dakota, We looked it up because we talked shit about North Dakota, right? They have like 21 breweries in the entire state. It's a large state. Yeah. I wonder. If what area. We should do, like a little bet here, like over under Idaho. Oh, do you think they have more breweries in North Dakota or less? I'm gonna say more, I agree.

Probably they have. Boise is a pretty happening place. So and then yeah, there's breweries all over Idaho, actually. Okay, I'm gonna throw out a number over under 45 breweries in Idaho. Oh, I'm gonna say a shocking over, I guess. I feel. Like Steph. What say you? Yeah, I agree. Actually, now it's not very much fun. We all agree. Fine. I'm going under. Oh, in that case, you lose. Oh.

My my favorite though is this article is Idaho has over 50 breweries and it's 53. It's like, okay, over 50. More than. Us. Makes it sound way more impressive. Yeah. How many are there in Utah? Uh, we have like four, I think something, but that. Might North Dakota. That number might include, um, multiple locations. So. Gotcha. Yeah. Uh, well, a state that I'm sure has plenty of breweries because I've been to a few of them is Texas.

Uh, shout out to our top listening city of last week. And that's thanks to Flex SoC C, Texas. MM. So sexy. Sexy. Oh. That's a great name. So sexy. I thought it was like Sachi or Sachi or who knew? And I thought it was like, I can't remember. Sachi's. Yeah, it's a weird, weird name. Yeah. Uh, and. I googled it, though. Yeah, especially a little extra shout out. We, uh, we peaked a little bit

in Germany last week. A bunch of listeners in Germany were, were downloading the show. I don't know why, but, uh, guten tag. That's really cool. Yeah. I think it's. Cool. Speaker. Thank you. I, I'm glad we have Steph here. The only other German I know is the, uh, we're suckin dick or something like that. Uh. That's a person or a. We can, we can serve you or it's on other fast food restaurant drive thru windows.

Yeah, it's something to do with it. Sounds like sucking dick or something. Yeah, it's like we're sucking dick or something. Yeah, yeah. Classic me. Yeah. Of course that's what you remember. Um. All right. Hey, I actually did a little beer research over the weekend. Proud of you. Very surprising. I went to, uh, petals and pints and had our homie Boris's new strawberry rhubarb rhubarb sour. And how was it? It was nice. It was real light in terms of

sourness. Like, I would barely classify it as a tart, but if you need something on a hot day, it was good. Okay. If I had my way with it, I might, uh, you know, up the sour a little bit, but, uh, it was exactly what I was going for. It was nice and refreshing. If you had your way with it. Yeah. You never try to have your way with a beer. No. No, it's totally. It's totally normal. Been there, done that. I will take your word for it. Yeah, you'll get there someday.

Yeah. Just don't love it enough. Uh, exactly. Uh. Rhubarb. Leave. Fun fact. Uh, very poisonous. Very poisonous. You're only supposed to eat the stalk. I had no. Idea. You can't eat the leaves. Yeah. Don't do it. Oh, the only rhubarb beer I've ever had. Sorry. I didn't mean to interrupt you. The only beer rhubarb beer I've had is the one from, uh, New Glarus in Wisconsin. So. Oh, yeah. That's a isn't that a strawberry rhubarb one as well? It is.

I don't know if it's strawberry. Or. Tart. Tart. It was good, though. It's actually a tart. I'm not like asking. It's a tart. Yeah, you're a. Tart. Strawberry. Strawberry rhubarb. Tart. I think you meant to call me a tart, but that is neither here nor there. Um, so I forgot I've had that one, but, uh, MobCraft who used to be here and then went out and then her back again. They used to do a rhubarb IPA.

Um, and it just tasted like a West Coast IPA. Oh, yeah. I don't know where the rhubarb fit in, but, uh, yeah, it was like something you were kind of excited for. And then you cracked it and took a sip and you're like, oh shit, this is just like, I could have bought an IPA that. Was regular beer. Just regular IP. I always love when you have MobCraft stories because they seem to start off with like, I had this great something at MobCraft and they always end with it was shit. Yeah. I mean, I would say like, they're like a solid 5050 brewery.

Like you could get one thing that would be like pretty. All right. And then the next thing you would ask for the thing you ordered before, because the next thing was not pretty. All right. Steph have you had any, uh, barrel aged stuff from the brewery out here? Uh, I don't I know of the brewery. I don't think I've had any barrel aged beer from them though. Same, same type of situation where like, it is a roll of the dice as to whether that bottle has gone bad or not. Sounds gross. Yeah. Everyone's like, oh my God, the

brewery. It's like, ah, the brewery. But I feel like that's a lot of like hype worries. You get, you get a few good things, but not everything is good. It's like they put all their energy into that one great thing and then everything else is just shit. That's my theory. I don't know. And I don't know if they have like dirty bottles or what, but anywho, uh, Flex, I promised you a baseball story. Yeah. Baseball story, I will deliver. Give it to me, daddy! Aha! Aha! He's gonna have his way with it.

As per usual. Last week I was in San Francisco for some work. And one of the days I was ubering back from work to hotel. Uber guy picks me up and, uh, get in the back seat and he goes, all right. Are you excited for baseball? And it was the Giants home opener that day. I believe it was Wednesday night. Yeah. Playing the Yankees. And he goes hey you excited for baseball. And I said yeah it's baseball season's back. And I was like, I just saw this meme the other day. I was like, hey, this is the last Sunday where you won't have baseball until November. And he goes, yeah, baseball, blah, blah, blah. And then he does a solid

5 or 6 minutes on how fucking great the Giants are and just what not the fuck up about the Giants. And I'm just sitting in the back seat waiting for my time. And he finally takes a breath and I said, so is now a good time to tell you, or should I wait till we get to the destination and he goes, what do you mean? I was like, I'm from LA and he goes, oh, you're a Dodgers fan. And I go, no, I'm an angels fan. And he goes, oh, okay.

Well, that's all right. I said, fuck no, no one's an angels fan. Of course I'm a Dodgers fan. Idiot. Idiot. You stupid idiot. And he goes, fuck the Dodgers. Does that mean you're a Laker fan, too? I said, of course. Oh, why? I said, let me guess. You're so far up Steph Curry's ass. You're a Warriors fan. And he goes, no, I'm a Kings fan. I would have just belly laughed the rest of the way. I laughed so hard. I was like, oh, cow town,

you're a cow town fan. Got it. And so then he tried to show me videos on his phone while he's driving. While he's driving. Five out of five ride, right. He was at the last game. He starts telling me. He goes, I was at Kobe's last game. I was like, you were at Kobe's last game. He goes well in Sacramento. And I was. Like, oh, that's damn it. That's not that cool. Not the same, not cool, not impressive. And I was like, oh, okay.

And so then he got off the Kobe train for a minute and we're getting closer to the hotel. And I was like, I gotta get a couple more jabs. I was like, well, uh, well, I hope you guys break all your ankles tonight, maybe blow some ACLs. I said, you know what? I'm sorry. Let's wait till next week. I do hope that you kill the Yankees, but fuck the Giants. And don't talk to your Uber passengers this way. No. Damn it! Wow. One star. What a fun ride, right?

You're a now you're a one star guest. Right? I know, I'm sure you know. I didn't give him one. I gave him five stars because we were, you know, we were just going back and forth talking shit. But I was like, I bet he just gave me one star, right? That's what I meant is you're you're getting your, your personal Uber rating just went down. Just fucking tanked. Which I never knew. You got one of those. I don't Uber often. Oh yeah man. Yeah. But when I, when I last time we were in Florida, usually we were the only place we Uber like to and from well, not only,

but whenever we go on vacation, I should say. And yeah, probably I got a five star rating. I'm not. Overall, it's pretty cool. You assume. No, no, I do have a five star rating. Oh, okay. As a passenger. Yeah. Yeah, mine's like A495 or something like that. Okay. Geez. Greg, what are you doing? Mine's a five. Yeah. Clearly didn't blow the one I was about to say. I declined oral. That's why I always sit in the back seat, you know? Oh, you know what I did this time is I took a Waymo, the self-driving car.

Oh, I don't think we have those. They're not in tons of cities like they're in Austin. They're in San Francisco. They're starting to roll out in LA. But, um, it was actually nice. I didn't have to pretend to make small talk with some stranger I didn't give a shit about. Oh, I liked the small talk. I like to learn about people. I'm super lame. I'm like, I'm that guy. You're a dad. Yeah. That's cool. One time we went to Orlando and the driver was actually from Milwaukee as well. So we got to talk about a bunch

of Milwaukee shit. It was neat. Yeah, it was cool. I didn't have to talk to anybody. And I just got my laptop out and did some work. It was fantastic. That is nice. Yeah, it was kind of nice. So, uh. All right, you guys, I have Steph. This is something we started a couple weeks ago. Okay. Gross origin stories. Okay. So a couple weeks ago, it was, um, bull testicles in a beer. Would you drink it? Are you asking me or are you telling me?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, well, that was the question. But he's. Asking. Now. Rocky mountain oysters. Yeah, I guess I'd try it. Okay, Here's here's the next one. Would you guys drink a beer made with a dude's beard? Oh, is that the yeast strain that started from the dude's beer? Yeah. It was a gesture there. Right? This is actually Rogue. Maybe jester did it also. But Rogue created something called beard beer, and the key

ingredient was yeast harvested from the brewmaster's beard. Yeah, I would do that. I mean, there's a lot of fecal matter in beards. Like it's like beer. Beards are horribly unsanitary. And I don't know if people know that. And there's. I don't. Often mass amounts of like fecal particles in beers. I don't know. I saw it on a show and, uh. Eating a lot of ass like, what's. Going on? I don't know, right? Just. They're everywhere. They're everywhere. Okay. Everywhere you go, your beard goes.

Yeah. Makes sense. Everybody poops and everybody with beards has poop in their beard. So yeah, kind of an off putting, uh, topic here. Thanks to me. But yeah, I would, I would try it. Okay. Steph after all that, would you try it? Um, I don't like hair in my food or beverages, nor do I want hair as an origin, so I don't. I think I might refrain from that one. Yeah, I don't love this idea since the guy hadn't shaved in decades.

So naturally they were like, yeah, there's something living. And we confirm it that they literally took hairs from his beard, sent them to a lab, isolated the yeast, and then used that yeast that they isolated out of his beard to ferment the beer. You're drinking something that came from his face. As long as it's not like beard hair sprinkled into the the beer that it wasn't. Dry hair hopped, whatever. Yeah, that would be. Oh my God, Was this a while ago? Wasn't this like years ago?

Or was that somebody else that did it? I think this was a few years ago. We we got a list of like gross origin stories and beers. And so now we're going through every couple of weeks of. A brand new thing. Not not a fresh story. No. Okay. Okay. Yes. Yeah. But, uh. So yeah, it's still no. Yeah, I, I was a maybe until Flex told me all about the fecal matter that lives in beards. Gotta poop beard.

Yeah, that solidly put me in the no column right there. So thanks for helping me make that decision. Yeah. You're welcome man. Just remember, not everybody washes their hands and everybody touches their beards. For Flex is still on board. Yeah, as you just scratch your face. Yeah, I think at this point I'd rather have the Rocky Mountain oysters. I'd have them both give me some shitty ball beer. Shitty ball. Beer. Oh, my. Yeah. I'm on. I'm on one today. Yes you are.

You're on a never mind. Steph. Yes. Let's call the pen and see what you're drinking over there. I'm excited. To the bullpen for. Beer. Uh, let's see, I'm going to share. I'm drinking one of my all time favorite beers today. Oh, I saved it. Yeah, it only comes out once a year. Uh, it is from Red Rock brewing. It's called Secale, and it is a rye barrel aged doppelbock and

it is so freaking good. I love it more than I can even explain. So, uh, people wait in line. For those very often. Oh, it's so good. Uh, I love double box. Not always in the summer, but in general, I love them. Not my favorite August beer, I'll tell you that. In your house. It's cold enough. Just wait. You guys are going to be so surprised. I actually looked this one up on Untappd because I never do that. And I was like, I'm gonna find out

what other people think about it. Uh, it has a 4.02 rating. And that's crazy. It's so good, you guys. Uh, it's an 8.5%. It is like caramelly and malty and yummy and a little bit sweet. And it's depending on the year. I'm drinking a 2021 because I try and save one from every year, and then we taste them together. Oh my gosh, it's so good. This was a really good year. But they do change from year to year depending on the whiskey barrel. So if you can get your hands on them,

get them. I have many. Don't come to my house. You have many hands or bottles. Many bottles because I try to save like I'll buy a bunch each year. And then I set aside like one from each year so that when I have a beer loving friend. Come hang out with me. We can do like a side by side of all the years. And it's so much fun. I like. A. Lot of vertical. With a with a barrel aged doppelbock which I see a good amount of doppelbock around here. I don't know about you, Greg. You said you don't see many around.

We get just about every brewery around here. Throws out a doppelbock during the season. Uh, but I've never seen a barrel aged one. Oh. So that to me, that's that's kind of fun. Yeah, it's like, uh, very whiskey forward. So sometimes if I want whiskey and I also want beer, it's like the perfect. It's the perfect thing. Uh, Nick, formerly of 14 cannons back before they were on the naughty list. Uh, I believe it was 2020, like, right as we're entering Covid, released a barrel aged doppelbock and

he goes, here, you have to try this. I was like, this feels like something I should save. Still in my fridge? No. Yeah. Jesus Christ. This is one of those things. It's like a special beer that you save for like a special occasion. And sure. It's still especially in my fridge. I feel like you've had a lot of special occasions in the last six years. I don't know, 1 or 2. Maybe they weren't special enough. That's right. I'm waiting for the specialist. Is it like a.

Super duper big boy like Mario eating a mushroom big, or is it just kind of like average boy? No, it's a big boy. I I'd have to go down there and look, uh, I'm pretty sure it's a big boy. It's a big bottle, too. Like, it's very classy. It's like 22 ounce. Bottle over there. So maybe when Steph comes out here, we'll we'll have a doppelbock comparison. I need to come off. Did I freaking love Doppelbock? They are so good.

I don't I don't get them very often because like you said, not everybody's making them, but yum yum. Yeah. When you come out here, bring one of yours and I'll crack this bad boy open. It'll be a special occasion because Steph's here. Oh, there you go. That's pretty special. So does tomorrow work? Or, like, maybe the day after? I'm kidding. Yeah. Give me two days. Clean the house. It'll be good. Warn the wife. Hey, she needs to be warned. She likes me, I thought. Oh. That's true. Flexy enough.

Gee, thanks. Who's coming over on a Tuesday? You invited some strange girl to our house. Oh. Would it be the first time? Oh, sorry. Anyways. Oh, booze news on Pfriem sales had the luck of the Irish a couple of weeks ago. Saint Patrick's Day may have fallen on a Tuesday this year, but the weekday timing didn't stop consumers from celebrating the holiday in the on premise Section,

according to a report from Beer Board, draft volume on Saint Patty's Day increased 35.5% year over year, while draft revenue grew 15.5%. The weekend ahead of Saint Patrick's Day was less cheery, with draft volume down 5.1% and revenue down 9% year over year. And on the other side of things, March Madness is not so mad for beer sales unless you are one of these three shitty, shitty beers.

You want to guess what? Three beers are doing great during March Madness? I would say one is Bud Light. I would have guessed Coors Light. Still? Nope. One of these surprises me so hard. Is it a I don't want to say this and be a jerk. Is it a Kona beer? Oh, Natty light, Busch light. It's not Kona. One of them is Busch Light. I was trying to think of like, shitty college beers. Right. So that. Like, PBR. Lite is the only one. No. No bush lights. The only one that fits that shitty college beer. Oh. What about.

Uh, Moe? Nope. No Mexican beers. Geez. Any form? Of course. Well, technically it is. Oh, you said no Mexican beers. No Mexican. So here we go. So Bush Lite was up 3.9%. Guinness is up 15.3%. I feel like that makes sense. Guinness for March Madness. Well, well, Saint Patrick's Day was like the Tuesday before. Yeah, but before. This is during March Madness. Yeah. People still getting Irish,

I guess, I guess. Top of the morning to you and up 21.1%. Blue moon. Oh. What you they did have that commercial. Oh, the whole time with Colin Jost when he's talking to the oranges. Oh, I didn't see this. Oh, yeah, I didn't either. And it makes me want to drink Blue Moon even less. I don't know. I didn't know it could get worse. Yeah, this one surprised me because like, when I think, you know, game de beers, it's college. I'm thinking Busch Light,

Natty Light, Coors Light, that kind of stuff. I'm not thinking fucking Blue Moon. Well, they got that that they got that blue blue moon sky where it's like the 4% tangerine flavor one. Well, this is not that. This is just blue moon. Oh, just straight up blue moon. Just straight up water. With an orange. That's the. Worst. With an orange. Yeah. With the Brewers shit beard. Oh, God. No! Firestone Walker to acquire full US rights to tumour Pills and take over

their production from Gambrinus, Firestone Walker has taken over US production of tumour pills and acquired the US rights of the craft pilsner from the Gambrinus Brewing Company, the company announced yesterday. All tumour pills production for the US market will transition to Firestone Walker in Paso Robles. Firestone Walker is acquiring the full US rights to Tremor Pills, a Firestone spokesperson told Brew. This is not a licensing agreement. I don't get it. Is this just contract brewing or are they also making money off of tremor as a brand?

I'm uncertain by this article. I'd like to know. It didn't make sense. I agree with you. It was very confusing. Yeah, they're acquiring full US rights. To me, that means they get to sell it to that. They're not just making it, but they're also selling it Flex. Anyways. I'm just gonna pipe in on everything. And for our. Expert opinion. We turned. Over at the Flex Guild,

where we like to think they have the right. You have a guild. You know it takes one. How many members in your guild? We got a me Yeah, we got, we got a me and an I and a Flex. Do you have a pet myself? Yeah, I got a goldfish. He's awesome. That counts, you know. And he's in my guild now. I just decided their membership. Membership fees or anything. Uh. Oh.

For as long as he stays alive, you know, he's a good boy. You're not gonna let your dead fish be a member? Well, no, but we'll have, like, a memoriam for him and everything. Like, he'll be really nice. He'll be added to the, uh, you know, in the. He'll be the. Guild Hall of Fame. The In memoriam. Everybody will clap when you show his picture. It's cool. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. This is Goldy, our first member. Yeah. What a good boy. Are you a fish flusher or a fish barrier?

Not that it matters for the guild. Uh, this this, uh, very You loving goldfish that I own? He's become part of the family. So. And part of the guild. So it'll be, uh. I think we'll have a nice burial for him. You know? All right. He deserves it. We got a little, little wooded area next to our house between us and the neighbors, and I think it's got a really nice spot. And, uh, maybe he'll even get, like,

a little headstone, too, because, you know, he's a, he's a he's a good boy. Yeah, he earned it. Maybe a little bench for everyone to sit on while they visit and reminisce. I don't know, maybe we'll even get a garden flag, you know, with a goldfish on it. Wow. Yeah, I like that. Yeah. I'm telling you, I love this guy. Is this the goldfish that you won at, like, a little fair. You mean? July 2nd, 2021. Franklin Festival for 4th of July. Yes. That's what I meant to say.

Thank you. Kids want to play ring toss with the soda bottles, $10 each. Shit. $10 jokes on us. You don't even have to get a ring on the fucking soda bottle. You just paid $10 for a fucking goldfish. It's a goddamn scam. I've actually. I've heard this story, weirdly enough. Yeah, and now I'm, like, the only one that fucking loves this thing cause it survives. His name is sir.

Its name is survivor. My oldest daughter named it because it's survived. The only reason we have it is because my wife had said, well, we had the two fucking $20 goldfish. She's. We put him in like a vase overnight because, you know, we didn't know we were getting a fucking fish. Now we got two. So she said if they survived overnight, we would get a fish tank. Well, one of them went belly up and this fucking guy just kept living.

For some reason. And yeah, he's still pushing. It'll be five, five years old. Yeah. I love it. Hey, how'd you come up with that name? Well, he didn't die. Yeah, he just he he fucking did. Like he did it. Yeah. He survived. You missed a golden opportunity. You should have named him Sir Vives. A lot like sir. Oh, well. Let's see. My 11 year old daughter, who was six at the time. Not that clever. Because she was six. Where were you?

Uh, panicking because I got a goldfish. And all you had was a vase. I think trying to figure out how you're gonna explain to the kids that fish die, and then they're gonna be sad. Oh, man. Hey, you know, not a goldfish show, but I just looked it up. The oldest, the oldest recorded goldfish was Tish, who lived 43 years old and was won at a fairground in 1956.

Well, this is just the best news I've ever heard. I think I'm gonna wind up in the guild's memoriam before survivor. That's because your name's not survivor. I hope he'll get a plaque for me or bury me in the backyard. Oh. Goldfish. Goldfish flag. You'll get, like, just a flag with a muscle on it. Arm flexing. You know. At this point, I can only hope he would. I that that caught me off guard

because usually when Greg says this isn't a blank show, he changes the subject and he just went right back into the fish, I was not. I did not see that this was important. It was well played. Yeah. It's important all right. Not a goldfish show till tilray's BrewDog plans are to stabilize the brand and their financials are starting to reveal. The brewery was once valued at £2 billion. It's heavy. Brewdog's various assets were

acquired for about £41 million. Nearly 54.5 million USD. According to their CEO, fall from grace. Just rebrand, right? I mean, all they really do is buy the brand. New brewery brew. Kat. Oh, well, that's. I've never heard of them before. I know that that works. Hopefully it's not run by assholes. Yeah. Meow. Uh. Uh. Natty light, more like Natty green.

Natural light has launched three beers. Surprisingly. Uh, natural light has launched a new fertilizer called Lorne Brew, made from spent beer grains used in brewing. Product is a mix of brewing byproducts and added nutrients designed to improve soil structure and help grow thicker, greener grass. According to the company, the grains add fiber and nutrients that support healthier lawns. There's also some research behind it. Studies have shown brewer's spent grain can significantly boost

soil health, increasing nitrogen and phosphorus levels, improving organic content, and creating better growing conditions for plants. When spring rolls around, you'll find Natty Light fans doing two things enjoying a cold beer and working on their lawns and, said AB marketing head Kristen Stowe. We couldn't resist bringing those worlds together. The product also leans into sustainability by repurposing brewing waste into lawn care product. It's available online in 64 ounce bags for 15 bucks.

Because it's Natty Light. You have to be 21 or older, right? Yes. Flex in the back. Uh, so they're trying. They're making money off of this. Oh, yeah. So I know there's a few breweries around Milwaukee that just donate their spent grains to farms. Yes, yes. So this is not farms. This is like, hey, you want your grass to look nice? Right, right, right. But yeah, all the local craft beers around here, they donate their spent grains to farms.

All of ours do too, actually. Side note, that's actually something that the Brewers Association is trying to get politicians to get on board with is giving breweries a tax break if they donate their spent grain, because most breweries are already doing that. And excise taxes are so high that we're hoping if we can get it to change that, it will help kind of balance things out. But the fact that they're making money off of it, that's kind of shitty. And that makes sense. You know, tax break for your your spent grains instead of trying to sell it as a grass fertilizer.

Yeah, that's what I'm saying. You know, like. Of course Natty Light is a fertilizer because it tastes. Like, you know, people. Are. Gonna buy it. Natty light is the only beer that made me think Busch Light tasted good. And that's a that's a true story. I could see people wrapping around the block at Home Depot in Alabama trying to get this Natty light fertilizer. Yeah, yeah, I think people are going to buy it. I think they definitely think they will for sure. There's a market.

There's a white trash market for this for sure. I'll buy him a man. He's big. He's bad. He's hungry. I want to be just like Alabama, man. I heard kid rock's already using it on his lawn. That's. That. That was funny. That was good. He didn't wait for the spent grains. He just shot the beer cans on his grass. Did you soon. Uh, well, hey, we'll end it with some baseball shit.

How about that? The Giants. The Giants nine beer. Nine. Nine. Hot dog challenge exposed. I read. About this. Yes I did. Yeah. Expose is a $55 fraud. Now, last season, it seemed like people were picking up on this nine nine challenge or 9999 beers, nine dogs, nine innings. And you had one dog and beer per inning, and you were pretty much shattered by the end of it. Uh, now teams are trying to pick up on this as like a gimmick to

sell more crap. Well, the Giants are catching heat over a scaled down version of the 999 challenge. The team is selling a $55 concession box with nine beers and nine hot dogs, but fans quickly realized it's not what it sounds like. Instead of full portions, the box includes nine mini hot dogs and nine small cups that can be filled from a single 24 ounce can of beer. No. The. tree. Yes, the traditional challenge

involves nine full beers and nine full hot dogs over nine innings, leading many to call it promotion misleading. Fans did not hold back. One commenter wrote they don't even know casual baseball fans. Even people who rarely drink will down more than one tallboy at a baseball game. Another added every ballpark now is trying to be known for its one cool concession item. This has to be the lamest one I've seen yet. Who came up with this? Oh, and another sim. Another summed it up as simply so it's really A919 challenge. The item, created by concession

company Aramark is also being sold at several other MLB stadiums. The company said the goal was to re-energize the fan experience, though fans clearly disagree. Okay, so that makes sense. When I saw the picture of the article that all the nine beers had like different levels of beer in them. Yes. Awesome, man. And the picture I saw, like they didn't even come to the top of the beer. Like it was like a two ounce pour times nine, basically 2.5oz. It probably costs the same as like

nine full hot dogs and nine full beers. Probably mini hot dogs. It's not even A919. That's like a four and a half one nine. Thought about that when you said it. You both came to that conclusion, right? I loved that that was great. Yeah. You're like, so. Jump to conclusion board. It's the worst idea I've ever heard. But don't you get it? You jump to a conclusion. Oh my God. For people just got that.

Do you think that's it? I don't know. Five. Oh, there's more seven at least. Sub10. Yeah. Sub10. No, no. Uh, Gen Zs I don't think they. No no no, no, I don't think so. Uh, I think that's all we got. I think it's time we we wrap things up. Say hi to Vanessa. Oh. Hi, Vanessa. Hi, Vanessa. And we'll thank you all for joining us, Steph. Thanks for hanging out with us even though you've disappeared. Yeah. Can't see your face, but. I turned off my camera because my Wi-Fi sucks, and I'm sorry. Oh, I always just assume it's because

you're changing. Changing into what? I don't know, I can't see. Different tiara. It's still me. No, I got rid of the tiara. Oh, hey, there you are. Hi. Yeah. Completely different outfit. That's weird. No, that's why I say my tiara's off, too. Hers. Moosehead. Sometimes Steph is like the old. She's like an old classic movie where the woman's like. I'm gonna go change it to something more comfortable. It's just sweats with holes in them. Right? I always laugh because.

They always come out in something way less comfortable. Right? Because comfortable would be exactly sweats with holes in them and like beer stains on the t shirt. So anyways, yeah, not a fashion show, but thank you all for listening. Go. Follow us on socials. @CraftBeerRepublic. @Flex_me_a_beer. Anchorage Brewing. Between and one of these days. Miss Tipsy Socks. I hope so. Yeah, but check her out on Beer Nerd radio and follow them along on beer nerd radio, on the grams and all of that good stuff.

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I laughed harder at that than I was supposed to. Yeah, that was, uh, your. Thank you. You're welcome.