Ongoing Game Day Beer Research

Today we've got Super Bowl. Fun facts. A popular brewery is closing down. Flex and I are drinking the same beer and the top ten ciders from Cider Con this week. Let's go. Welcome in everybody. It's the craft beer republic. Thanks for drinking. Thanks for joining. I am Greg and over there doing his best ski trip impression. That's Flex. What's up, big fella? Uh, doing a whole lot of not

actual skiing over here, though. No. Very much. No. Well, I'm being serious. I don't ski. Even though you live in the snow. No. You guys probably don't have ski resorts in Wisconsin, right? No, we got a mountain thingy. Not a mountain, but like a ski hill. Right by a ski hill. That's the term I was looking for. Often confused with the word mountain. It's a small mountain. Yeah, yeah. I love some skiing. I'm a I'm a super white guy on the slopes, I fucking crush. See, I'm. I'm, uh. I'm pigeon toed.

I'm a little too much information for people that don't like feet. Uh, but, yeah, I'm pigeon toed, so it's hard for me to get my feet straight out, you know? So that's another reason why I can't ice skate. Oh, I mean, I haven't tried ice skating in a bajillion years. I wonder if I can do that. Uh, anyways, not a not a snow show. Uh, but follow us on the socials. @CraftBeerRepublic @CraftBeerRepublic. All that good stuff. The Olympics are coming up, so it's. That's true. You know what? I didn't even realize it was the Winter Olympics until, like, three days ago. Yeah. Friday.

Yeah. Here we go. Jeez, it could have been me. What's. What's the temp at your house right now? Uh. The real temp or the feels like temp. Give me both. Uh, so real temp right now. It's, uh, we've been on a heater lately. Is the past two days. Right now, it's 19 degrees, and, uh, it feels like only 15, so that's not bad. Not too bad. Yeah, we were in, like, the -3537 range, uh, last week, two weeks ago.

Uh, we've had 17 straight days under 32 degrees or something like that, which I guess is like a pretty long time. We, um, it's 730, right? About 730 here in the PM in Southern California. Currently, 60 degrees feels like 60 degrees, and the high was 76 today. Well that's balmy. I love it. Yeah, I almost have to get out my sweater. I'd say 60 degrees. That was always my favorite. When we, uh, the wife and I would solo to Disney World before we were married. Yeah. Being from Wisconsin,

that's just like 60 degrees 65 at night. That's wonderful. So you're going out to see, like, a nighttime show, and you see all the locals, you can tell they're locals because they got their parkas bundled and their jeans and, you know, their down jackets. You're like, oh, that's this is fucking crazy. Like, this guy's got a down Jacket in 65 degree weather to go watch a goddamn fireworks show. Everybody in Florida turns into the iguanas that just freeze and fall off trees. You're like, oh, no. Blows my mind. Yeah. So, uh. All right.

Not a weather show, but shout out to our top listening city last week, and that was Las Vegas. What up, Las Vegas? Viva! That's right, baby. Um, lots to get to today. Super Bowl's coming up. Um, we have a listener voicemail and tons more. Some booze news, everything. But Flex and I are drinking the same thing. What? We are. Surprise! Spoiler alert. Snuck into your fridge. Uh, let's get to that. Drinking. It's been a while since this one.

It has been a. Good few weeks. I Love My Beer. Out of my bed. I Love My Beer. All right. Today we are drinking. Howdy. Beer. 4.5%. Surprisingly, 40 IBUs A346 untapped with a little over 8000 ratings from the brewery. They say there's no gesture friendlier than greeting someone with a howdy and a delicious All-American pilsner with howdy beer.

We've taken the notion of the American Pilsner and have refreshed and renewed it as a gloriously drinkable celebration of our unique American brewing heritage. An amazing American ingredients smooth, drinkable Pils features a lovely American hop flavor with aroma, which gives way to a delicate malt flavor that finishes crisp and clean. Howdy, beer. The refreshing taste of a refreshed tradition. Uh, and they won a bunch of awards. Gabf. Oh, yeah. Look at that. Didn't even see that. Yeah, all kinds of stuff. So, uh, full disclosure. Howdy.

Beer hit us up. Was like, do you guys want to try some Super Bowl beers before the Super Bowl? And I said, yes, we love having Super Bowl friendly beers. Uh, we will gladly try your beer on the air and talk about it. And we have not tried it yet. This is, we have. We poured it out. Right. But here we are trying it for the first time. I feel like a faint aroma. Yeah, some some corn and some hop notes on the schnoz. Little bits, little bits. Had some wonderful head as you

poured it out. Little nice, nice soapy bubbles. It was wonderful. Yeah. Really gave away. You should warm up that Tongue-jobber. Uh. Yeah. Without further ado. Not bad at all. No, it's, uh, shockingly low in carbonation. Yeah, it's. Much head poured out with it. Yeah, it'd be a little more carb. Pilsners seem to be, like, a little more zippy or a little zippier, I guess would be the proper term. Wonderful flavor on this for the 40 IBUs.

I'm like, don't ask me, amigo. Yeah. Um, I do get a little hop in there, but I don't get 40 IBUs of hop. No, it's like a wonderful hop flavor characteristic in there. Yeah. And I believe on the box. Uh, it said that they use Liberty hops in this. Oh, okay. Uh, I did save the box. I could go get it, and I could read off what it said, because it was kind of like a nice little, uh. It was like a nice little message they had on the bottom of their box. I don't even know if I realized it. So I have the box.

I went and got the box. It says, uh, howdy. Beer is made with Western living in mind in the heart of Colorado. Be it on a river, on a mountain, at a show, or on the porch. Howdy. Beer delivers, uh, easy drinking, crafted with American barley and Liberty hops. Grab your boots, tip your hat, and let's cheers. Mm. So, yeah, it's, uh, American lager is, uh, Liberty hops. I thought that was a really fun play on it. Yeah. And so I looked it up. Liberty hops are derived from a

cross between tall middle fruit and a downy, mildew resistant male. So basically it's like a noble hop. Um, that's probably why we don't get tons of hoppy flavor, even though it says 40 IBUs. I also question if it's actually 40 IBUs or some jackass untapped wrote that. Um, it's really easy to drink. It's really enjoyable. Yes. I could really pound a sixer of these during the Super Bowl. I was trying to think how to describe this beer, but it is thoroughly enjoyable. Yeah, there's nothing wrong.

I remember when it showed up, you texted me. You're like, how bad could it be? It's an American lager, right? Like, you think you know, you can't screw it up. I feel like they did the exact opposite where they really didn't screw it up. Yeah, this is nice and easy to drink. And I looked it up on Total Wine. I was trying to find pricing for it, and it's not available near me. At least not yet. Um, but total wine in Colorado, you know, it's Wilding brands are from Colorado. Uh, 6.99 for a six pack. That's crazy. I don't know what it is in other parts of the country, but good God. That's solid. Yeah, I'd crush some sixers of this.

And can I, can I just thank them so much for putting them in a 12 ounce can? That's how it should be. I'm done with the 16 ounce cans. Game day beer too. You know, you're gonna have 6 to 12 of these during the Super Bowl, you know, depending on who you are. No judgment. Yeah, yeah. Easily put down six of these. No problem. There you go. 12 ounce cans. Let's go. Yeah. This is not bad at all. I would definitely drink again. I would definitely spend seven bucks on a six pack of these bad boys. Good for a party. Good for a Super Bowl.

And yeah, thanks to howdy for kicking these over. These are. These are not bad to drink on. Yeah. Uh. Muchas gracias. See? Howdy, Bierko. Howdy, y'all. Well, it is the the Super Bowl this week, as we said. Do you have any, uh, any leanings? Uh, you know, I'm a sentimental man. Okay. Right. So I really like who's got the best story. Hmm. You know, and you got the Seahawks. You got the whole Sam Darnold

situation where the guy's been a you know a bum most of his career. And then he spends time in Minnesota and he you know threw for a shit ton of touchdowns last year. They had a great season. And then they're like you know what Sam. Like thanks for your time here. But we're gonna move on. And then they were just kind of like, you're gonna be a bum elsewhere in Seattle. Picks him up. And he didn't have a great statistical season. But now he took that fucking team to the Super Bowl, you know, and he made, uh, Jackson Smith and Gigaba the

number one receiver in the NFL. And he made Justin Jefferson look like a bitch. And I think that's a super great story uh, in itself. Plus I hate the Vikings being a Packers fan. So the fact that it's kind of like spiting them, it's it's kind of a win win there. And then you got the Patriots who everybody hates the Patriots. But this is a new Patriots that like you almost can't hate with uh Mike Vrabel being kicked out of Tennessee for no reason.

You know, turning that franchise around, making Ryan Tannehill look like a Hall of Fame quarterback while he was there, which Ryan Tannehill's trash, you know. And, uh, so they pick him up in New England and he's got this second year QB who, you know, took the league by storm this year. Another great story. Stefon Diggs rookie Treveyon Henderson. It's just all around two great stories. I'm gonna have to pull for uh Sam Darnold though. That's who I'm rooting for. All right.

As a so I can't stand the Patriots. I don't like them I don't like their ownership. Uh and as a niner fan the Seahawks can just choke on the nastiest, dirtiest cock they can find. Um, if there's a way for both teams to lose this year, I might be interested in watching. But, boy, the wife and I were just talking last night. Cannot pay me to care about this fucking Super Bowl game. Are you even gonna watch it? I don't know at this point. You know, usually by now we've we've talked it over with, like, Nick and Nicole or some, you know,

we there's a party involved. Like who's hosting. Where are we going? Yeah. We're less than a week out and no discussion has been had about, like, hosting and partying and that sort of thing. And we even talked about today like, do we hit them up like, do we even care? Yeah. I mean you gotta do something. I'm sure we will, at least just for the hang of it. But boy, I don't care. Just don't care. I mean, that's been me the last couple Super Bowls, you know, especially with, like, the Chiefs everywhere. Oh I. Know. Um, you know on the Eagles.

You know they've been there what three times in the last six years. And so I think it it's nice to get a couple fresh teams this time. Granted, both of them have already won a Super Bowl uh, within the last ten years. You know, they're new regimes, they're new teams, new coaches. The players are less hateable, in my opinion. Uh, you know, there's no Russell Wilson. There's no Tom Brady. Sure. Belichick's banging some 24 year old you know good for him. Uh so I'm gonna watch it I think it

you know at least the commercials. You have kind of hopes that you'll catch something good in there. So yeah commercials are what I'm most looking forward to and I, I haven't seen any good teasers this year for good commercials, so we'll see. I just know the Avengers uh, doomsday trailer is supposed to premiere for the Super Bowl, which I'm super jacked about that because I'm a big, uh, Marvel Avengers nerd. You sure are. So that's exciting. And apparently the Spider-Man trailer is supposed to debut as well. Okay, you're getting rocked up. Yeah. You know, I got a little nerd boner going on.

Well, half chub, because, you know, full on. Yet? Because you gotta wait till it actually. Happens, right? They're just rumors. And then I can, you know, climax if it happens. But that's neither here nor there. At the. Appropriate. It is not a climaxing show. Not yet. So? So. Yeah. Half chub show. So, you know, there's there's that going on. And I'm a little intrigued on this half time show. Um. You know, Bad Bunny. Yeah, I know not much of his music. Yeah, I think I know, like a song. And that's only in the last week since we last talked about him.

That's crazy. So, you know one more song than I do. I just know that he was in WWE for a little bit, and he was actually a very talented wrestler to where he. Did surprisingly well. Yeah, yeah. And they offered him a contract. He did so well. Oh, and he turned it down. Yeah. I didn't know they offered him a contract. That's. Yeah, yeah. And, uh, he was hilarious in Happy Gilmore two. Absolutely hilarious and hilarious every time he's on SNL. Like he's the funniest guy. Yeah. He's great. The personality that his deliveries like. Yeah. We'll see how the the halftime

show is. I'm hoping it'll be. Yeah. You know I. Like Green Day. Is that a rumor? No I mean they're they're going to be they're not for the halftime but for like the opening or something like that. They're part of. Like the tailgate. I don't know, they just Green Day is going to be like opening the Super Bowl or something. Uh, like a national anthem. Sure. I don't know. I'm so confused. Yeah, I don't fucking know. No, because Brandi Carlile is doing the national anthem, so I don't know if Green Day's doing, but they're gonna be there for something. Okay.

Yeah, maybe it's a tailgate thing. I know Teddy Swims is like doing the tailgate. Oh, okay. Maybe so. So maybe. Um. Anyways, Super Bowl, fun facts. Because I like fun facts. Yeah, I love I love fun and facts. Let's have some fun. Let's do it. Uh. Consumption rates. The average attendee at Super Bowl parties consumes roughly 4 to 6 beers, though some estimates suggest up to eight, depending on the party top choices. Uh. While beard dominates roughly 41% of viewers, wine is chosen by 12% of

participants. Look, I love wine. We know how classy I am. I'm probably the classiest person. Classiest guy I know. Yeah. I don't want wine during the Super Bowl. It feels weird. It's heavy. Heavy? Well, no. I mean heavy, and. Uh, it is higher. It's like the 12 to what, 14 ish? Yeah. In that 12 to. Depending on what you're drinking. 15. 16 ish range. Okay. Uh, yeah. Usually around 13. 14. Now you sip it slower so you're not getting shattered. Like, if you're pounding a

barrel aged beer or something, but I just. I'm not. I'm sure most people are doing, like, white wine, and I'm just not a white wine drinker. That's, uh. That's not for me. Uh, spending total consumer spending on the game day, uh, including food and drinks, is expected to reach $20.2 billion for 2026. And light lagers are the most consumed beer type. That makes sense. Sales trends in person. In-market alcohol shopping sees a 23% daily increase in traffic in the two weeks leading up to the game,

with a major buying peak on the Friday before the game. The total amount of beer consumed is estimated to be enough to fill 492 Olympic sized swimming pools. Nice. It's a lot of beer. That's not too bad. Swimming pools too. Fuck, yeah! Get out of that thing when it's empty. Uh, while watching the game in person, consumption rates typically increase compared to a standard regular season game. And the average cost of beer at this Super Bowl will be $14. Not terrible, actually. Yeah. For for being in, uh, Santa Clara.

Clara? Uh, not the worst. Average consumption per person in stadium attendees. Uh, and those at parties tend to drink 4 to 6 beers throughout the event, with some heavier drinkers reaching eight. Tailgating impact. Fans who tailgate in stadium parking lots tend to have the highest consumption average over eight drinks per game day experience. I think they have eight drinks before they make it into the stadium. Yeah, the last time I went to a pro game was I think it was the Rams before they got into their own stadium. It's when they were still at the LA Coliseum. Okay. This is when they still sucked.

It was the season where they started shit. And then all of a sudden they just won the rest of the season. And that was kind of where they took off. And uh, we got free tickets because they couldn't fucking give them away. And we showed up early and the guy I went with had a friend of a friend of a friend who was tailgating, and we got there and the guy was like, hey, come on in. We're like, hey, we know, you know, so and so. He told us to stop by like, yeah, if you're a friend of so-and-so, you're a friend of ours. And here's all of our food and they're cooking up fresh tacos and like, carne asada and all that good stuff. There's like, coolers over there. Have as much as you want. I was like, man, can I give you, like, ten bucks or something?

He's like, fuck no, you can't. Super nice. Guy. I love that hospitality. It was so nice. I probably put down like six beers before we went in, and when we got in there, I was like, I need like, a beer a half. It's perfect. So my question is, because I've never been anywhere other than Lambeau, you know, and I just went there once this year. They had nothing but 25 ounce beers. Inside the game. Cans of like the the big bigger than Tallboys. So that makes me wonder what they're serving elsewhere or at the Super

Bowl. Is that is that normal? So if you're drinking 4 to 6 of those that's. Yeah. Big Mama Jama. Yeah I was I was recently at a concert in the last week or two. And all the beers were those 22.5oz big boy cans. You couldn't get a normal size beer. Yeah, yeah. So I had two, two beers when I was in the stadium, and that was. All I. Needed. Yeah, I had like a few too many before, but you know, everybody,

if you listen to that episode, you know the story. That was a great episode. Solid. Uh, Super Bowl snacks. What's your favorite Super Bowl snack? Let's see. Um, probably like, like soft pretzels and cheese. That's a good one. Uh, I think I'm a wing guy. I love nobody loves some good buffalo wings like I do. Uh, so I'll definitely take some wings, but I have the top ten. I was gonna say, are there. Is there a list? Oh, yeah, there's a list. Top ten list of Super Bowl snacks. Let's see if this pisses you off.

Number ten. Pigs in a blanket. Never had that. Not once at any any Super Bowl event. Same. Uh, number nine. Nachos. Okay. That's. Yeah. Eight queso dip. Seven ranch dressing. What? Yeah, just ranch dressing. Well, they say frequent use for wings, pizza and veggies, but it's like, you gotta say veggies and ranch or wings. Right. We'll say veggies and ranch. Yeah. Uh, six buffalo chicken dip. This is one of my. That's wonderful.

That's one of my favorites. I will whip that up for parties. When I first met my wife, her mom made that for every gathering. I love it so good. Extra blue cheese. Uh, number five, potato chips. And number four, salsa. Should be salsa and chips. Yeah. Uh, number three pizza. I don't know if I consider pizza a snack. Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Yeah. Number two, chicken wings. Okay. And number one. This is so disappointing. Tortilla chips. See, that should be with the salsa. I know, and I look, I love a good

tortilla chip, but, uh, by itself, as the number one snack. Come on. No, my kids and my wife can eat tortilla chips plain, and it weirds me out. Oh, I can't do. I love tortilla. Chips. Oh, I cannot do it. It's I mean, I prefer them dipped, but I'm happy. It's so gross and bland and. Oh, no no, no. It's like. It's like eating paper. Salty paper. First of all, I love salt. That's probably part of it. Give me anything salty. It's just not enough. Yeah. I love. Salty paper. Yeah. Just give me a spoon with salt on it.

They were made for dip. Yeah, look, I prefer. Give me some delicious guac. But, uh, if you don't have it, I'll eat them, too. Maybe if I had some ketchup with it, I don't know. Oh. Fuck yourself. Where's ketchup on the list, Greg? 162. Fuck you. And your ketchup. Is probably number 11. Right behind pigs in a blanket. How dare you? You know, I've got a new story just for you. We gotta get to it. All right. Uh, all right. Before we do, though, we have a

voicemail from the homie Chew. It's been a. While. No one is available to take your call. Please leave a message after the tone. Yo, what up, homies? It's your friendly neighborhood chulo Chew Your Beer. Is it too late for me to say happy Chew Your Beer? Well, too bad I just said it. All right, so quick thing. Paperback. Nobody goes to paperback. If you're in the vicinity of paperback, I suggest you don't go to paperback. Right in the corner is Glendale Tap, 160 taps, man cans, bottles,

pool table, a ping pong table, a foosball table. Are they paying you. Patio seating indoors? Nice. A food vendor every night. Free massage. I highly recommend you go to Glendale Tap. And just an FYI, it's hard to find parking, but there's a building right next door to Glendale Tap and it has like 3 or 4 parking spaces. Go ahead and park there. That's where I always park that company. That doesn't sound shady at all. It's like a auto body shop so

you won't get towed. I rarely go to breweries. Now. What are they gonna do? Tell you to the shop. And they're always popping kegs on me. So I. Had. This. Guy dent. All right, let's get out of that, uh, Malibu beer company. Greg, to me is a question to you. It's like, how are they expanding so quickly? Um, they're. They taking over lady face, but they haven't even opened that location yet, I think. And now they're going to CityWalk and CityWalk. I think they're taking over the old Carl Strauss giant ass restaurant they had up there. Where this funding or money

coming from? Obviously you get investors, but I can't even buy their beers at a store. I'm hoping they don't go away like modern times, because they do have great beers. And, you know, modern times expanded, I think way too fast. I'm afraid they're going to do the same. Like green cheek. Green cheek is another beer brewery that I'm holding my breath and hopefully they don't go under. They have a great brewer, the great owner, but I think he expanded way too fast. I've been to the original location that used to be valiant. They used to make a lot of sours,

so I mean, it was great beers, but they went under because a lot of people weren't drinking really sours back then. Now they were here now I think they would they would be doing amazing. Hopefully, hopefully they maintain. Look at Radiant. Radiant was out before Green Cheek and Radiant still around and they still have that one location. They have amazing beers at Radiant. And uh, speaking about Radiant, look at, uh, Tarantula Hill. They have a San Diego location. I don't know how well that's doing, but I rarely go to Tarantula Hill because it's such a fucking.

It's such a vibe, bro. It's just college kids, Daisy Dukes and boots. And at my age, man, I don't need to get a heart attack. Yeah, that's what. I stay away from. From the from the youngins, you know? But I wouldn't mind visiting Tarantula Hill in San Diego. See how that location is. All right. Uh, don't go to paperback. That place really sucks. Labels are amazing, but the beer really sucks. And I don't really like to talk bad about beers, but if the beer sucks, I'm gonna tell you it sucks. All right, homies, that's it.

I'll let you guys go. You guys are doing amazing work. Um. I love the new intro. I feel like I'm like, oh, you know, like. Like, uh. Was it a recap of last week's episode. Kind of. But you're not doing that anyway. Anyways, Greg, we need to get together and have some some beers and, uh, talk some shit. All right. This is Chew Your Beer. You have to watch out. I love drinking beers and talking shit. Uh, first of all, I'm so excited someone finally commented on the song. I love it too. I'm such a fan. It is so fun. So fun. Uh, I was right. I just looked it up.

Green cheek opened three years before Radiant. So, uh, I think you got your facts a little twisted there. Let me see if I can remember everything. Glendale taps. Are they sponsoring you? Uh. Malibu brewing. How are they expanding so quickly? I don't know, I don't I don't see their financials, but they've been working on the lady face location for almost two years at this point, so I wouldn't say it was super cool. It's been that long. Holy cow. Yeah, they took over the place like, a year and a half ago, I think. Uh, can't find their beers at the store. I find their beers at bottle shops all the time. Maybe it's a local thing,

I don't know. Modern times. I don't think they expanded too fast. I think they treated their employees, especially their female employees, like shit. And people caught word and, uh, decided to socially punish them. Uh, and then also they expanded a lot too. But, uh, I don't think. I mean, they were all the way East Coast, too. Hey, they had like a Virginia taproom or something modern times. Did. Did they not? Was I wrong on that? I don't remember that, but I wouldn't be surprised. I think it was all up and down the West Coast, like they had a Portland one, and. I thought they had a really

random East Coast location. Oh, maybe if they did, I don't remember it, but I don't think it was just the expansion because they went under when beer was still hot. I think it was also, um, how they were treating people. And people caught wind of it. Yeah, that was a that was a big, uh, big thing was like 2021. Oh fuck yeah. 2020, 2021. Somewhere in there, when they joined the Naughty List, they were sort of like the OG Naughty List. Yeah, they started it. Yeah. Because it was probably at least then, because when we got married in 2019,

they were not on the naughty list. And we actually had a modern times cake at the wedding. So sounds about right. Yeah, so after that I know that much. So Chew, thanks for calling in 853 eight beer 2337 if anybody wants to call. Uh, a lot to unpack on that one. Maybe he can whisper more sweet nothings on another voicemail. Did he get you rocked? I love his whispering. It was very whispery. Just like how, uh, every other sentence started to whisper, right? And then it started being the wrong sentences. I was gonna say.

And the things he was whispering was maybe the things he didn't whisper and the things he wasn't. He should have been whispering. He's good stuff. Yeah. Share some of that. Glendale taps money. They must be paying you big. So, uh. I hear they have a nice patio and a foosball table. Yeah, but shit parking. But don't worry, you can park at the business next door that may. Or may. Not. Show you. Yeah. You got a dent? Maybe they'll fix it, too. It's a win Win. That's what we call a win win. All right, let's, uh, let's get some. I was like, somebody should be drinking a beer right now,

but we're drinking the same beer we are. Have you heard? Mind blown. Sorry to break it to you like that. Um. All right, some news. Local news to me. Uh Casa Agria. One of the best. So I saw this on the rundown before the show. Yeah, and I know there's been a couple weeks now where it's been, like, a mystery as to what's going on with them. Yeah, like Non-Murderer John was texting me during the last time we were recording, and, hey, what's going on with Casa?

And nobody knew at this point. Um, we. So Deb and Brian and I and my wife, we went over the weekend to Casa. We're like, hey, let's get one more pint before they, you know, go belly up. And all the IPAs were gone. It was mostly, uh, stouts and and barrel aged stouts and porters. As much as I didn't want to drink, luckily they had one, uh, dark lager on there. So I had the dark lager because I was like, boy, do I not want some 16% big boys. Jesus. Luckily for all of us, not Brian interim Brian ordered,

like all of them as tasters and started passing them around. And most of them were so bad. Like really? Oh my god. Old bad or what? Like they were all super hot. It was like drinking whiskey, not drinking beer. Oh, and, uh, one of them was actually one of them was really good. They had added vanilla to it, and it tamed down that heat from the alcohol. Like, I don't think they were ready yet. Like, I think they needed more time in the barrel because the alcohol heat was so strong. That makes sense. So they must have pulled him early to try and sell him anyways.

They are basically pouring beer for two more weeks and if they sell out before then, then they'll stop. If they don't, they're just gonna close up shop anyways. And, uh, that's that's the deal. So that's that's really sad. Casa. I say it all the time. Um, was probably the best hazy maker in Ventura County. Just top notch quality beer. They talk about expanding too far and whatnot. They opened up a taproom in Santa Barbara, and I think that was their downfall. It just didn't do well. And this is from the outside looking in.

It didn't seem like maybe that they were the best business people, even though they had a great beer program. And I have a feeling things got mismanaged with that expansion. And, um, but who knows? That's all my assumptions. So R.I.P. Casa, try to get some cans. They're all out of basically everything. Too bad. Uh. All right, this one's for you. Hines is selling a 114 ounce keg of ketchup for the Super Bowl. Just one of them. No multiples.

I mean, they're selling it. Yeah. So, I mean, so I can get more than one. Yeah. If you see it at your local grocery store, you can get more than one. Thank goodness. Hines unveiled the Kick the Keg Cup, a beer style keg filled with 114oz of ketchup. It's a play on words. Flex his favorite. It drops just in time for the Super Bowl. Targeting watch parties where snacks and sauce reigned supreme. Fans can also win a keg. Chup. It's so weird to say. Yeah.

I'm glad I'm not reading it because my mind would just explode. So twisted. Uh, via Heinz's Instagram or sign up for limited access ahead of the 2026 football season. There you go. That one's for Flex. Perfect for your pigs in a blanket and your tortilla chips. That's right. Uh, I had a few people send this one to me. Erica was the first one, so thank you. Erica bear poop beer from Columbia Sportswear and Breakside Brewing to hit the shelves. Please elaborate on this.

Actual poop beer. Columbia Sportswear and Portland based Breakside Brewing have teamed up to release a release a novelty lager called Nature Calls, brewed with water infused with bear poop. Come on. The beer is a crisp lager made with Pacific Northwest malt, honey, huckleberry and water infused with bear droppings collected from the American black bears in Montana. The beer is part of Columbia's engineered for whatever campaign, and is brewed under the same safety standards as any other

breakside beer. When we say engineered for whatever, we mean whatever, said Columbia Sportswear brand president Joe Boyle. If Mother Nature hurls bear poop at us, we'll ferment it into a frosty pint. Oh my God. I'm just really confused here. Uh breakside. Founder Scott Lawrence called it the wildest beer the brewery has ever made, saying, it's crazy, it's fun, and honestly, it's great. Nature calls will be available in limited quantities at Columbia's booth during the players tailgate in Santa Clara on February 8th, and at Breakside Brewery locations. So. Huh.

Obviously, if there's shit in the water, the boil will kill anything, right? I it would have to. Yeah. You would imagine. I'm sorry. Let me collect myself. Yeah. So then I wish you guys could see his face. Does he do the droppings give off? No notes. Of. Droppings like they discovered.

Like, oh, if you brew beer with shit water, there's notes of berries. Uh. I don't know. I, I don't understand this. You are. You are of, uh, knowing as much as I am. What do they call it? The recycling project. What did they say? Um. something engineering. Waste. Uh, something.

Engineered for whatever. Engineered for whatever. Okay, so it's not even, like. Timing that catchy. No. And like, he's like, God damn it. It's just. It just makes me fucking sad. Yeah. It's like a bear shits in the woods. Cool. Like. Let's make beer out of it. Just leave it there, man. Yeah. Uh, by the way, if anybody wants to know what's wrong with craft beer these days. Found it. Yeah.

We've gotten so bored with good beer that we're deciding to put bear shit in it. And for Columbia Sportswear to be like, you know what? Fucking put our name on that shit. Yeah, like God damn. So dumb. Yeah. You want to tell you what, six months in the future, Columbia sportswear chapter 11 bankruptcy. They deserve it at this point. That's ridiculous. Uh, more local news to me. Topa Topa one of the bigger breweries in my area, and they've even been on the show.

Founder Jack was on the show a couple years ago. Go find that, uh, did a round of very surprising layoffs. A lot of this. Well, all of this is is hearsay. There's not been an official story, but it did find, uh, and connect with some of the former employees through a Reddit thread. And basically, after being promised that there'd be no layoffs, there was a huge surprise round of layoffs with upper management. Basically, anybody making a real money at the place got laid off. Um, and then were offered to reapply for lower positions if they wanted to stay with the company.

How how fucking. I'd be like, fuck you and walk out. Um, I mean, that happens at major companies, right? So it's huge news. Uh, you know, they're one of those companies that always toted their people and, like, were people first and stuff. It seems like maybe they're getting ready to sell or merge and they're clearing the books. That's what a lot of people are speculating. That was my first thought when I heard about all this. Yeah, you get all that salary away and. You look more valuable. Yeah. Hey, look what we got for you.

Yeah, so that's really shitty. That's too bad. Um, I hey, I don't want more breweries to close, but also, like, I don't want people to treat their employees like that either. That sucks. Yeah, that's a real, like, uh, big corporate move. Yeah. Which, uh. And it's trash. Yeah, that's that's trash. So speaking of big corporate moves, X Rogue employee files a lawsuit against Oregon Brewing alleging warn act violation. Former Rogue ales and spirits employee has filed a lawsuit against the brewery's parent company, Oregon Brewing, alleging violations of the federal Warn act.

The lawsuit claims Oregon Brewing abruptly terminated at least 300 employees without providing the required 60 days notice before closing operations. Rogue ceased operations on November 14th and later filed chapter seven bankruptcy with more than $16.7 million in debt. The complaint was filed in US bankruptcy court, and argues the company did not have a reasonable grounds to bypass the Warn act requirements. The former employee is seeking class action status on behalf of the other laid off workers. The lawsuit also asks the court to give higher repayment priority to employee wages and benefits

within the bankruptcy case. Additional additional requests include class certification, attorneys fees, and a jury trial. I think we all saw this coming. Wow. Not a huge surprise. Um, a bigger surprise. Gabf has revealed their new location for the 2026 event. Have you heard about this? I had read it in our little notes. Uh, and, uh, I try not to ruin the surprise. Okay, well, I don't know if this

is the beginning of the end. Or is it, like, new state or just new small location? They're still in Denver, but after 25 years at the Colorado Convention Center, the Great American Beer Festival will move outdoors. The 2026 iteration of the festival, its 44th, will take place October 10th and 11th at Denver's Levitt Pavilion in the city's Ruby Hill Park, about five miles south of the convention center. Uh, nothing like doing something outdoors in late October in Colorado. Yeah, that's, uh,

seems a little dicey. Maybe that sponsored by an outdoor heater company. And, you know, they just really want to show it off. Maybe you're. Right. Yeah. Uh, in fact, Davis, your homie, hit us up, and he said, what did he say? I'd already seen it, but he sent it to me as well. He says at the beginning of the end. Outside in Colorado in early October. It could be snowing. It could also be in the 90s. Yeah. That's, uh, that is a weird time. We'll end it with this one. Trillium is putting up their outdoor bathrooms for sale in auction.

News, Trillium Brewing's outdoor bathrooms have got to go. The Boston brewery is auctioning off the bathrooms from its former beer garden. The opening bid is just $5,000 for what the company described as the Bentley of outhouses. The original cost was more than $200,000 per the auction listing. Trillium is also auctioning. Uh, brewing, packaging and cooking equipment at its brewery in canton, Massachusetts. Last week, The Boston Globe reported that Trillium would no longer operate

its summer beer garden on the new Rose Kennedy Greenway, a staple of Boston's summer since 2017. The new tenant has not been made public yet. You want to buy a $200,000? Do you have pictures of this bathroom? Oh, I don't know. Let's see. Because I feel like this has to be immaculate. Oh I do. Not the inside, though. Just the outside. And I kind of if I, you know, the inside is what I'm interested in. The outside just looks like a, you know, fancy big shed in special. You can get one of those at like

any major hardware store. Yeah. You know, it's like the size of a double wide trailer. Okay. But they don't show the inside. So TBD on the actual shitters. So like, is there like a tap in there? Is there is there a TV. Is there a massage chair? Toilet is what is getting me to to buy this bathroom. I it's fucking weird. I guess if you're a brewery that needs some fancy outdoor bathrooms, maybe you will place a bid on it. Is there somebody lotioning my feet in there? Like what? What?

Manny Petty, while you're pooping. Please give me a reason to spend that kind of money. Yeah, that's kind of insane. $200,000. You said that's what they spent. That's what they claim they spent on it. Okay. I don't fucking know. All right, that's all we got. I'm gonna say hi to Vanessa. Hey, Vanessa. And, uh, watch Super Bowl if you're into those two shitty teams. Yeah, just just watch it. You'll watch it. Everybody watch it. Watch. Have some snacks. Thanks to. Howdy. Yeah. Thanks. Yeah. Jesus. Christmas. That beer.

It's been gone for, like, uh, at least 20 minutes now. Yeah. This is a total crusher. I'll be bringing the four I have remaining to, uh. That's exactly what I thought, actually. Yeah, I'll. You know what I'll do? I'll. I have some rings. I'll pop up the other four in the four pack rings. Like, look, I brought you some fresh air that I haven't drank any of. Please don't listen to the show, genius. Yeah. Too bad everybody you know listens to the show. Damn it. Anyways, uh, craft beer. Com @CraftBeerRepublic 805538 beer 2337. All that good stuff.

If you're into the game, I hope you enjoy it. And I hope you stay very well hydrated. And on that note, good night everybody. That's where the vibes is.