Blow-Up Beerfest

Today we've got blow up beer halls, another brewery closure, but a new brewery opens and the nine best pumpkin ciders. Let's go. Welcome in everybody. It's the craft beer Republic. Thanks for drinking. Thanks for joining. I am Greg and, uh, my labor daddy. That's Flex over there. What's up, big fella? Uh, just laboring away,

as I always do. You're a you're a man of many labors. Big ol labor, daddy. Big daddy. I had a good. Chuckle. At that. I did pull weeds today. Oh, okay. Yeah, that's pretty laboring. I bought weed today. Oh, nice. Yeah. We hit up the, uh, the old dispensaries. Oh, got some Labor Day sales. You get excited about that. And I get excited when I pull weeds. I'm like, oh, I come across some random mint plant. Like I just give it a little sniff and. Eat. It. No, I didn't not.

I won't do like the rando. Sure, but if we buy, like, potted mint and let it grow, then I'll rip the leaves off and eat it. I think it's fucking delicious. Yeah. Mints. Great. My wife thinks I'm crazy for it. Like she does. The things that she could claim. She doesn't understand. Right? Yeah. I think it would be like something super understanding like this. This is what they you can do. This is what they do. It's meant to be heated, right? Yeah. Uh, well, follow us on the socials. @CraftBeerRepublic. Of course. @Flex_me_a_beer and scores in between eight, five, five, three, eight. Beer. All that good shit.

Lot to get to today. But first, shout out to our top listening city last week. And that's Riverside, California. Riverside. Riverside. Uh, a lot, a lot of meth and stuff out there. Okay. Kind of surprising. Not a meth show. Not a meth show. Uh, you know, give it time. Craft beer is thinking maybe we'll turn into a meth show here. You can make it at home. Yeah, I mean, get some Sudafed and some other ingredients. Yeah. Welcome to the craft meth Republic, everybody. We're. We never sleep.

It's got a good ring to it. Yeah. Oh, crystal meth republic. There you go. Oh, yeah. Yeah, it was right there. Basically writes itself. Uh, alas, we are still a beer show. So let's find out what Flex is drinking over there. In a world where craft beer is king, a world where muscles are bigger than growlers, only one tongue can guide us. One man, one tongue, one Tongue-jobber.

In this world we must find out what is Flex drinking? Well, well, oh well. What do we have here? Everybody? Uh, today, Flex is drinking. Mostly because, uh. Well, not even mostly. Just a couple things. I very much enjoyed this brewery. And this can. Art is awesome. And it's modest brewing company, Minneapolis, Minnesota. I've talked about them. I've visited them. They're wonderful.

And I had a variant of this beer when I went to Minnesota this past summer, and now I get to find a different one. And it's enjoyable. It's their Ghost Vision series, and this is brewed with Citra and Dolcetto hops. Uh, double dry hopped, hazy IPA. Not a double, just a hazy IPA. And here's the can. It's shiny green writing, and I. Always love green on black. Yeah. And if. That does it for me. You can't really see in the black.

But there's like these ghost figures. As you turn it, the light hits it. I can see it just a little bit. Yeah. So it's super neat. I love how they did it. Just very, very fun. Untapped. Uh, relatively new here. Again, I love, I love, love, love, love my local shop 218 ratings on this one. That's it. Wow. And a 3.95 cumulative probably because it's not a double and it reads hazy IPA with Wheat Malt Oat Malt, Flaked Oat Double dry hopped with our select Citra and Dolcetto and, uh, untapped tasting

notes here says juicy tropical sharp mango and easiness. Mhm. And what did they say this was? Yeah. 6%. So, uh, again, that might have something to do with the under four cumulative. We'll dig the old nose buds in, let everybody know what's up. So something I've been I don't know if my nose is changing lately or if I'm just going crazy. A little, both. When I nose. But up some IPAs, I get very sugary notes, like almost like candied notes lately.

And, uh, that's almost like a couple of weeks ago, I said a beer smelled kind of like a milkshake IPA where it had like the vanilla and the lactose. This has zero vanilla, zero lactose. And I'm still getting this this sweetness from it. So hopefully that's a good sign. And without further ado, then adieu. Adieu. Adieu. We'll dig the old Tongue-jobber in here. And do it to you. Oh, nevermind. So this beer is wonderful.

It's light. It's low, carbonated. It drinks like a four and a half percenter. If I'm. If I'm gonna be, uh, real strict here, you get this real candied mango flavor in it, which I absolutely love, and it finishes off super duper dry. And there's no bitterness, there's no lingering, there's no nothing like that. It's just a very fresh, very thin, very light. But at the same time, like flavor

packed, just enough flavor packed in a 6% double dry hopped like. And that's the thing too, is you would never even have guessed that this was double dry hopped either. Right? Because you usually get that that hop resin, that lingering like that day after you smoked a cigar kind of feeling. And you don't get that with this at all whilst drinking said beer. Nice. So 3.95. I think that's a little short.

Oh, untapped I would say, you know, like a 415 I think would fit this untapped being. Uh, a little conservative on the hazy. That's surprising. Hazy. It's very surprising. But again, I think, you know, it's not a double. And, uh, I think the 6% ABV people, you know, they like the big boys, they like the doubles. They like the the thick and creamy mouthfeel type things. And this is a little different. And yeah, it's kind of, you know, like the ratings,

not bad, but. Could be better. Could be a little bit better. I hear you. So yeah. Cheers to those guys. Thanks. Modest. Thanks Indeed. Um, some fun news to talk about. Malibu Brewing finally opened that second locale. Okay. Yeah. But as we record, it's been, uh. Well, as this drops, it'll be two weeks, basically. And so the opening night, the I was coming back from from Orange County. I was working down there. The wife's like, can you make it in time for dinner at Malibu Brewing?

Like, yeah, I think we can do that. And Deb and intern Brian met us there as well. And there was quite the wait. But luckily Ryan, the owner, was there. Who's the nicest guy. I was gonna say, you know, people. I know some people. Now, I wasn't looking to jump the line because it was just super slammed. Its opening night, all that stuff. We had been invited to their soft opening, and unfortunately, we were out of town for some family shit, and I was very angry about that. But we made it for opening night and Brian was like, aw. Ryan was like, hey, come over here. Let me get you guys a beer.

And so like, you know, we got a little waiting beer and that kind of thing, and hung out and talked to him for quite a while. I was like, don't you need to go like, yell at somebody? He's like, no, no, it's fine. You know, he's a very nice guy. Talk to us for quite a while. Um, had some beers, had some food. I mean, great, as always. The food's just as good as it is down the hill. I'd like to say at the OG location. Now it's just closer and I'm gonna go broke because of it. So. So how close is this to you now? Now it's like, uh. Wasn't the original Malibu like 45? Yeah.

It's like in that zero traffic, like 40 minute range. You gotta go over a mountain range to get to it to the beach. Um, this is like, uh, 15 minutes. Oh. This is very doable. That's brutal for the, the wallet. Yeah, it is because we've already been back once. I was gonna ask how many times. So now we've been twice. They've been open less than two weeks and we've been back twice. They have brunch on the weekends at this location. The original location does not. You guys are some brunches. You know, we fucked with some brunch

and so we, the wife and I went back the other day and just just for brunch and had some brunch and, uh, start off with mimosas. And then by the end of brunch, back to beers. They have a Berliner. It's a year round and it's like 3.7%, I think super light, classic Berliner. It's it's a classic Berliner. We always ordered this shit out, like when we were there for opening night. Ryan's like, what do you want? I was like, I want the I always fuck up the name. I think it's westward. And he goes, but you always get that you want something new. I was like, no,

that's what I want to start with. I'll have something new later. Do they do beer mimosas with that one? Funny you should say that, cause they don't. And I was telling the wife as we were leaving, we talked to Ryan again when we were at brunch, and as I was leaving, I was like, ah, we were leaving. I said, you know, they've got champagne and they have cocktails and they have beer cocktails as well. They should do a beer mimosa. I was like, either with the Berliner or with the hate like they have a juicy, hazy little hazy and a

little champagne. Sure, sure. I bet that would work out in places. The hazy and the champagne. Yeah. In place of orange juice. Oh, boy. Right, right. That would be a bomb. I want to try it. I Ryan, if you're listening and if you decide to go with my ideas. I've earned myself a freebie. Or most. How's about this, Mr. Beer scientist? Yes. I know you and the wife and Brian and Deb. Sometimes you guys get your shams. You enjoy your shams.

We definitely do. Mix beer and champs this coming week. Okay. And report back because I'm curious on what a beer champs mix up would taste like. Yeah, I'm thinking like a real juicy hazy that's got some real like citrusy or tropical juice notes to it. Like, like a pure. Yeah, maybe like a pure. I mean, I think that could really stand in, you know, instead of the juice in a mimosa. Let's fucking do it. I'm excited to hear you got to

do it for me. Interim. Brian, we're doing this. I bet he's super excited right now. Yeah. Listen to this. He's sweating. He's rubbing his hands together, trying to figure out what beer he's gonna get. He's getting rocked up for some beer champ. Science. I know I am. Hey, Brian, what did that do? Yeah, that's. That's right. So, uh, anyways, if you're in our hood, new locale, it's the old lady face, and, uh, looks great in there. They totally redid it, and they haven't started brewing at that location yet.

They will be within about a month or so. Fucking cities, man. So they got all done, all their permits worked out and everything, and the last thing they did was they ripped out all the tanks and they, like, did some painting and resurfaced the floor and fixed their glycol chiller. And then they put all the same equipment back in same place. Inspector comes in as they're like putting stuff back in, I think it was, or maybe taking stuff out. He goes, well, you're gonna need a permit for that. He's like, it's the same shit. Like, yeah, you took it out and you put it back in. You're gonna need a permit for that to come on. So then they had to go get it.

So they didn't want to delay the opening. So like, like, can we split off the brewery from the restaurant? Like, yeah, it's fine. So I was like, oh my God, what a shit show. That might might be the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Yeah, they have it. They just now I believe they have it. They just haven't. Moving your couch at home to vacuum underneath it, then putting it back. Yeah. It's like needing permission to put it right back where it was. So silly. But good times, good food, good beer. And this one has, uh, has some cocktails, too. So good. Good shit.

Check it out. Check it out. I cannot recommend more. Um, all right, we have a voicemail. Speaking of Brian's, this time, it's Madison. Brian. Hello? No one is available to take your call. Please leave a message after the tone. Hey, Greg. Hey, Flex. It's Brian from Madison, although it's Brian from Brookfield. Today as I am out and about traveling for work. Um, heard you guys talking about cheaper beers like the garage beer. And I kind of agree it's not the

best, but what did surprise me and no judgment, please, was the pilsner I picked up when I went to Aldi. I didn't want to make two stops. Uh, they don't have any craft beer there, but I was really not feeling a two stop grocery trip, so I ran to Aldi. I did a real quick investigation of the ratings of a couple of beers that they had. So Gruner definitely butchered that one Gruner Pilsner imported from Germany. Uh, made a Carlsberg if I read the packaging correctly.

Um, not a bad pilsner. If you're in a pinch, you get four 16.9oz cans. It's five bucks for the four pack. Could be worth I. I drank it during the Brewers win against the Cubs um, more recently. So I'm going to drink another one tonight and see if we can take the series and keep that streak alive. And maybe, maybe that's what I need to be doing, right? Is drinking more imported German pilsners while the Brewers beat up on their Central Division rivals. So it's Brewers podcast is a brewery is a brewery podcast. So yeah, the beer from Aldi.

Not terrible guys. This this one's Gruner. Not bad. Um, it'll work in a pinch, right? I'm not going to go out and seek it, especially if I'm not at Aldi. But if it's there, you know, I'd much rather have it over a cause or a beechwood aged Budweiser. So this guy and I will say the garage beer I used to sell it. Um, the Lime is decent. The Lime variant is is is okay. So like it's more like a cerveza. So, uh, that's it for me. You guys take it easy. Cheers. Thanks for calling in Madison Brook.

Whatever. Brian Brookfield. Yeah. I love the show drops. Right. Beechwood aged. Madison. Brian's just the best man. That's pretty. Good. He loves the show, and it really means a lot, you know, to me. And I'm sure to you as well. Mhm. Uh, so I don't know all these national, right. You got you know what Aldi is? Yeah. We have one out here. I've, I've never been inside. Never been inside. Mhm. I've only ever been to one like a, literally a handful of times.

They do have like a lot of like their own, like Trader Joe's, right? Trader Joe's has their own beer, but it's brewed by somebody else. Although they do have a shit ton of like spotted cow. So like, they'll have whatever spotted Cow, seasonal or not spotted cow, seasonal, uh, new Glarus seasonal and then spotted cow, right. But, uh, yeah, I guess I've never seen any imported German stuff, so. Yeah, I looked up what he was talking about. Weren't weren't as Gruner

Warren's Gruner Pilsner. That's the brewery also. So it's from Germany. They've been around since 1436. And, uh, so yeah, I guess it's a legit German beer. So it makes sense that it wasn't, uh, wasn't too bad. Five bucks for the four pack. That's fucking solid. Yeah. That's that's pretty in the algorithm right there. I'd take it. Can't go wrong with that. So yeah, I've never been inside my wife. Uh, she lived in England for a year where Aldi came from. And so like she did. That I didn't know I did. Yeah, somewhere I think they're

from England, they're from Europe, but I think they're from England. But they're huge in London where she was and she went all the time like that's where they shopped when she lived there. You got to pay a quarter for to get a shopping cart. That was like a big deal. Like you had to pay a quarter to get a card out. And but when you put the cart back, you get your quarterback. Right. Exactly. Interesting. So silly. But anyway, those Europeans. That's right. They're always up. Ian. Good night everybody. Uh, if you guys want to leave us

a voicemail, it's 805538, beer 2337. Uh, thanks to. Madison Brian for calling in. Appreciate that. Now, if you find some Apple variants of garage beer, let us know how that is. I did have the Lime one that is like most notably the one I didn't enjoy. Did or did not, did not. Oh, okay. Yeah, like that was the worst one to me. I have to imagine I've of all the lime beers I've put into my pie hole.

There's only one where I was like, okay, I'd have this again. And the brewery is no longer in existence. It was Benchmark Brewing out of San Diego, and I was talking to the brewer. We've had the brewer or former brewer on the show. His name is Matt, and he was telling me about it. And some taco place in San Diego was like, hey, will you brew us a beer? Uh, something we can like squeeze a lime into and sell, you know, with with tacos. And he goes, I will, but you're not allowed to add Lime to it. He goes, I'll add Lime to it. And so he legit added Lime to it.

And, uh, it was pretty good. It was super light. Little hint of light. It was real Lime. So it didn't taste like that weird fake lime flavor. Sure. Which is very off putting. Yeah, exactly. It was pretty not bad in terms of lime flavored beers. I think the only one I ever had was that Stone Buena Vista. Oh yeah, the Buena Vista. Aside from the garage beer. And I really didn't get any lime in that at all. That one's not horrible. I've had the Firestone one. It's 805 cerveza. That one's so bad.

Um, I've had something else, too. Oh, of course, Bud Light lime back in the day. Leinenkugel’s made one. Oh, okay. And it was, uh, a Mexican lager with lime. And that. That one. Okay. That one was actually pretty good. Okay. The Bud Light lime I had before my snobby days. And even then I was like, I'm gonna throw up. I had always refused to try to gross me out. Yeah. You're not missing out. Not one bit. Uh. All right. Cool. Well, thanks again Brian. (805) 538-2337. If you guys want to call and

leave us a voicemail please do. All right, before we get to some news, I've wrangled some appropriate music here for for my beer. I feel like I should be wearing lederhosen and. Whatever the hat's called. Yeah, the stupid hat thing. All right. That's a cool hat. I almost got in a fight over one

of those hats. What is it about that in a second. Uh. All right, I am drinking Enegren Brewing's Oktoberfest Bavarian style. And. I saw this bad boy on the shelf at my first favorite bottle shop today, TJ's, and was like, oh, it is that time of year to start having me some oktoberfests. Here we go. 5.5%, 23 IBUs, a three, eight,

seven untapped from the brewery. They say Enegren Oktoberfest is a traditional Bavarian. Style. I just need someone to call in with that lager brewed with imported German Munich, Vienna and pilsner malts, these malts give our Oktoberfest a beautiful copper color and a full bodied, malty sweet flavor with hints of honey, nuts and caramel. Prost looks wonderful, by the way.

It looks like what it's supposed to look like. Holy smokes. Caramelly colored, but very see through because it's a lager. The nose buds here, picking up that caramel, picking up like a little. I think I'm getting some bubbles in my nose. Like an effervescence of sorts, but definitely getting the Carmel notes on the nose. Dig in. Das Tongue-jobber. Das Tongue-jobber. It is one of my favorites because it is so light.

I don't like when you get those sticky. Never gets old. Unless you're listening to the show. It's not a sticky. It's a very light. It's very clean. Finishes a little dry. Once it makes you want to drink some more. Pairs nicely with a pretzel, that sort of thing. Love me some pretzel. Uh, 5.5%. Man, this tastes like it's 3.5% and, uh, three. Eight, seven. I feel like it's one of those.

It's not a hazy. So people knocked it down a little bit. Sure. Um, but. This judge by the style, please. Right. And if you're judging by the style, I mean, I've never been to Germany, but I'd have to say this is about as close as it's gonna get stateside. I would easily put this well into the fours. I bought one can. I'd buy some more for sure. Oh for sure. It's Octoberfest season. No surprise there. Yeah.

So is this your first Oktoberfest of the year? I think I did at the grand opening. I did have a little bit of Malibu's new Octoberfest. Okay. I didn't order it. They just they handed me a little to try it because they just put it on tap. Um, and it was really good too. I, I like this one a little bit better, I think mainly because it's a little bit lighter. Um, but theirs is really great as well. So I guess this is my second Oktoberfest. Okay. I think I've had, I think I've had. Oh man. 3 or 4. Okay.

Can't can't remember already. Yeah. I usually end up finding my way into like a Sierra Nevada Oktoberfest at some point. So I did find a Yuengling Oktoberfest. Oh, I didn't know they did one. I didn't either, but I couldn't get myself to buy the 12 pack. Oh, it was only in 12. That's all I saw, and I. Yeah, I just couldn't get myself. Yeah, I feel you. But right next to it was the Sierra Nevada, which I've never had. But that was also in a 12 pack and I didn't think I needed a 12 pack of it. Yeah.

The fun thing about the Sierra Nevada one is they collab with a different German brewery every year. Okay. So every year it's just like a little bit different. Mhm. Yeah, it's kind of fun. Okay. Well, maybe that's a little incentive to maybe go pick it up. Maybe maybe they'll have like a four pack or something that your bottle shop or something like that. Yeah, I'll have to take a look. But I do thoroughly enjoy, you know, about 7 to 8 different oktoberfests for the year. Tis the season. Big fan, big fan. Yeah, yeah. Tis the season. You know what's funny? I was looking at this on the shelf today and I was like, hmm,

do I really want an Oktoberfest? Do I really want a marathon? And I talked myself out of a hazy to get it because I was like, it's the it's the time. It's fucking nut up and get it. And as I'm drinking, I was like, why did I even question this? Right? This is especially when it's so light as it is. Yeah, I think that was part of it. It's so goddamn hot here. It's like a fucking mouth outside. It's like Florida that I was afraid that was gonna be like a little sticky and just really not hit the spot. But this is this is clean. It's crisp, it's light.

This is no problem at all. So God damn it is. It sucks outside. It is like fucking Florida here. Yesterday we had hot rain like 80 degrees and raining currently here. So we're starting to get cooler, you know, as we actually have seasons here in the Midwest. I don't know what that's like. Um, but it was like 72 degrees this morning at like 9:00, 10:00. and it felt like fucking 85 degrees

in the sun because the nights are getting cooler now. Sure. So when that sun hits in the day, it's fucking brutal. But the nights are fucking wonderful. Yesterday it got down to 58. Today it's something like 62 or something. But, uh, yeah, it's it's getting to that gorgeous time of the fall. I'm jealous. It is currently 745. We'll call it here, 77 degrees. Okay. And just to compare. And sticky as fuck. We are at 64.

I'm so fucking jealous. And it's wonderful. And it's breezy. Perfect night for a fire. But apparently I have to record this podcast. Sorry. No, I feel like a dick. Wouldn't trade it for the world. Greg. Um. All right. Little news before we get up on out of here. Prohibition brewery is closing after nearly 15 years in operation, Prohibition Brewery in Vista, California, is closing after almost 15 years. The family behind it is retiring

and a For Sale sign is already up on the window. Brandon Hernandez of San Diego Beer News He's been on the show on the bigger picture, said. Interest in craft beers down from what it's been over the past two decades and the cost of doing business is really high. The economy doing business in California is more expensive. Cost of goods, utilities, etc.. Customer Travis Welch on the squeeze says it really has not gone up a whole lot, but my paycheck hasn't gone up a lot either. Despite the challenges, some customers remain hopeful about the

future of craft beer in San Diego. Chris Ryan noted that the industry is simply adjusting after a boom, stating, maybe it's adjusting because it went through such a boom, and then Covid changed a lot of things. So I think it's just adjusting to the market that I think people have learned to value good quality beverages. Take a shot every time this guy says adjusting. We've said this before, there would be a bursting of the bubble. Yes, there would be casualties. Honestly, the bubble took a little longer than I thought it would to burst.

So I guess that's a good thing. But, you know, always sucks to lose a brewery. It does. I also think if the pandemic never would have happened, maybe it would have happened a little sooner. You know, like people would have popped their top even sooner maybe. You know, and then say, maybe this would have been happening two years ago. It's it's interesting because when Covid hit and like the shutdown hit, it felt like there was this big surge of like, we, we must support our favorite local businesses that

are hurting, which was great. And it seemed like people were doing everything they could to support breweries. And that was also people's way to get out, right? I mean, but even when they couldn't like actually be at the brewery, they'd go buy beer to go. And that became a big deal. That's my point is that was their way to get out. Oh yeah. Just a quick drive down to the brewery. Like, you know, um, when Eagle Park opened up their second location, they opened up, like right before the pandemic or. No, I'm sorry. It was right. Yeah. Right. In the pandemic, if I'm not mistaken.

And you would have to go drive through their parking lot and they had a tent set up and, hey, what do you want? How many? And then you would pay right there, and then you'd pull up to the next tent, and then they would load the beer into your trunk and it was fucking wild. Yeah. But but again, that was like, you're getting out for the day. It's like, hey, I'm gonna go drive through to get beer. And it just felt like people went really hard on like that sort of thing. Like if you're into beer, you fucking went to all the local spots and you

picked up as much beer as you could. And then all of a sudden it seemed like people got burnt out on it. And that was sort of when the bubble started to break. Probably. Right. Anyways so um R.I.P bro. It's funny when I first read this I was like prohibition's not even that good. And then I realized Prohibition Brewery is different than Prohibition ale company or whatever it's called. There's multiple prohibitions. I was like, oh wait, I think this is a different prohibition. Oh. I'll hold my comments.

Uh, six upset bitters. Not that they're angry, but that they're trying to upset a bid, uh, emerge for Rogue's intellectual property. Garage Brewing Company is among six bidders for rogue Ales and Spirits IP and proprietary Pac-Man yeast strain founder Lou Cashmere confirmed to brew. Oh, his name is cashmere. That's fucking dope. I knew you were gonna say that. I know, uh, garage under the name Electron Inc placed the largest

upset bid at 500,000 to an initial bid placed by UK based digital marketing agency Silver Scope Media. The bidding process is now expected to move to a Zoom auction this week. Bidding will start with increments of at least $10,000 on top of the $500,000 bid. So if you remember some tech company from UK, like I forget the number. They even told us it was like, we'll buy all your shit for this much money. And now other bidders have come in to upset and quotes that bid. Uh, with garage being one of them at

a half a million. Uh. That's crazy. That's a surprisingly large bid for no actual facility, right? Just the IP. But I mean, if they have the facility already to produce. Sure. I'm just saying, like, what are we paying a half $1 million for here? I think it's just kind of like throwing their dick around. It kind of feels that way, which, you know, fine if you want to bring back dead guy and all that stuff. No one's gonna be mad about it. No, not at all. And who are, you know,

the majority owners of that, aren't they the Kelseys? Are they majority? Are they. I guess. Okay. You know what? I know they have a stake in it. I don't know what the stake is. I guess I shouldn't have said that, but they got to be a part of it. They're definitely part owners. I wonder if I can find this quickly. Oh, they are majority owners. Okay. There. So I was right. Uh, they're the largest investors of garage beer, having acquired their stake in June of 24 other key stakeholders in the independently owned Columbus, Ohio based Lite beer brand include

CEO Andy, an investment firm, Durango Durational, Durational Capital Management. Okay. I mean, you gotta think the kelseys upon their NFL salaries. Mhm. They're like $20 million podcast salary. Well, or whoever extended them 20 million, whatever, whatever. They got some money to toss around. Well, just in case they run a little low.

Now, they got some TI swift money too. Wow. Right. Just. I'm sure there's a prenup in there. And what? Not a t-swift show, but no, they got the money to throw around. I'm sure they're doing just fine with or without the swift money. Right? So yeah. Would be kind of fun to see them pick up the the IP though. Yeah. I'm not against it. I just I can't believe it's going for half $1 million. That's crazy to me. Again, Stone went for, you know, like a hundred million or something. Like I think it's just throwing money. Yeah, I think you're right.

Check out my balls. Don't check out my balls. It's so hot. Not here, not Greg's. Yeah, yeah. No, no. Not mine. The kelce's, the kelce's balls. Never mind. Uh, Sam Adams was selling inflatable beer halls. Oktoberfest season is here. And if you've ever wanted an inflatable beer hall in your front yard. Well, you may have missed your chance. Boston Beer sold out of the ten foot by 13 foot Sam Adams branded beer halls with a $199 price tag. If you missed out, the company is running sweepstakes for an oversize 15 foot by 20 foot version with

inflatable bar counter and furniture. I tell you what, for 200 bucks, I wish I would have known about this sooner. Really? I think it's fun. I'm sitting here thinking, what the hell? Fuck Halloween decor. I would 100% put a Sam Adams beer Hall inflatable beer hall in my front yard. Damn, you caught me by surprise on this one. Yeah. You take your fucking jack o lanterns and your ghosts and your witches and you suck my beer hall dick.

I am putting up that inflatable beer hall instead of Halloween decor. I'm shocked by this. May cause a divorce, but. You know it wouldn't. It wouldn't. It would definitely cause a conversation. She would say, uh, go in the beer hall. Take your clothes off. Done and done. So what I think is cool about not this, but the. I taking my clothes off. The idea. Right.

So what it reminded me of was quite a few years back when my kids weren't even like old enough to like, trick or treat, but you take them trick or treating anyway. Sure. Yeah. You know, it was like a first kind of thing. You got them, like, in a wagon and you're just rolling them around. Right. So we strolled up to this one house and the sign said Candy in the back. So we walked around the house into the back yard. And they had this where the doors open and fold out.

And it was this bar shed. Oh, sweet. And they had like a TV up in there, and they had a full bar and they had stools and it. Was awesome. Like ten people back there. And it was fucking awesome. And that's kind of what I think of this beer hall then is like inflatable. Yeah, I'll sit in there and hand out candy. There's like a little window you can hang out of. And it is. In that idea. But yeah. Would I pay for it? I, I, I wouldn't. So this is where you caught me

by surprise. If the wife said, yes, you can make this your front yard decor for, you know, September and October. Sure. I would spend the $200 in a heartbeat. I, I wish maybe it wasn't Sam Adams branded. I think this is the thing that surprises me the most is that it is. Yeah. Like if I could get it. Sam's. Sam Adams. I think I'd be happier. But beggars can't be choosers. I've heard that somewhere. Yes.

So I'm here for it. Okay. You know, big dick Nick has tons of, like, creepy skeleton yard decor. I mean, he goes all out. He's big Halloween fan. Big Halloween fan. I mean, we're talking smoke and neon lights and oh, and the whole nine. I mean, he does a good job. Fuck your scary shit. I want a beer hall. You heard it here first. I don't like it, but I respect it. What about on Halloween? I'll put on my fucking lederhosen, which I definitely own.

It's real leather. And I will hand out candy from my beer hall in my lederhosen with my stein. I mean, that's awesome. That's kind of perfect, right? Yeah, I think that's wonderful. Talking about leather and children is a little creepy, but the rest of it sounds great. Sorry, kids. I'm here for it. Okay. When I get it, you gotta come out and visit my beer hall. I will visit your Greg's beer hall. I can't wait. Uh. All right, we're gonna end it on this one.

A woman shows up drunk to alcohol safety class. Oh, yeah. It's probably the best place to do it. You know what? You're right. 41 year old woman in Gillette, Wyoming, was arrested for DUI after allegedly showing up drunk to a tips. Alcohol safety class tip stands for training for Intervention procedures and teaches bartenders, servers and others how to serve alcohol responsibly. Recognize intoxication and prevent drunk driving. An officer teaching the class suspected the woman was intoxicated.

She admitted she'd been drinking beer the night before and again that morning before driving to class. After performing poorly on field sobriety tests, she was arrested for driving under the influence. Yikes. I tell you what, in my early drinking days, like 2122, I was dating a girl who had to go through one of these classes because she worked at a hotel bar and they taught, you know, basically safety recognizing signs, but they also taught you like what made you drunker faster so that you would know, like if this guy

seems like he's got a buzz on, don't serve him vodka and sprite because the bubbles help the alcohol go to your system quicker. Oh really? Yes, but as a 21 year old, all it did was teach us how to get fucking hammered quicker and cheaper. So at that point, anything we drink, we mixed with soda. Oh, make sure we had the bubbles. You dirty dogs. Yeah, it was great. You learned some good shit.

You've been a scientist from the get go. That's right. I'm very, uh, very thorough with my research. I say well versed. Well versed. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. So, yeah, that was a great class. I wish I could have sat in on it, because I'm sure she forgot half of it by the time she told me. But, uh, that was one of the things I took away was soda bubbles and alcohol. It will get to your head quicker than if you just like if you had a shot of vodka or a shot of vodka mixed in with some sprite, you want to get hammered? Sprite it up, baby. Interesting.

Yeah. I had no idea. Yeah, because stupid Greg would have thought, oh, well, the sprite would water down the alcohol. Sure. And maybe have mildly less effect than just the vodka by itself. Nope. Airs that shit out and goes right to the brains. Mhm. There you go, Yoda. The more you know. I know we need a little rainbow. Ding ding ding ding. All right, let's get the fuck out of here. Uh, thanks all for listening. Follow us.

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