Bad Beer, Great Wi-Fi

Today we've got golden beer showers. Sad news for stone lovers. The last gross origin story and 26 ways to smell like beer. Let's go. Welcome in craft beer, sluts. Thanks for drinking. Thanks for joining. I am Greg and the Big Daddy. Cool to my HBK. That's Flex. What's up big fella? I love the analogy there. It felt fitting. You're ripped.

You beat people up even though I guess I'm the taller of the two, but, uh. Details. It's okay. We get it. People get it. Yeah. People under. Uh, thanks for hanging with us. Hang with us on the social at craft beer public. Of course. @Flex_me_a_beer underscores in between, he updates it all the time. 800 553 beer. That's two, three, three, seven and mail @CraftBeerRepublic dot com. I think that's the the whole list. A shout out to Top Listing City last week. And that is New York. New York. Oh big Apple. Yeah.

Take a bite out of that apple. Yeah. I, I honestly had the thought of, you know, like SEO and, you know, you say something and all of a sudden, like it starts popping up. We talked a lot about apple flavored beers the last couple of weeks. And I was like, I wonder if somehow that influenced us. Popping up in the Big Apple might be a stretch, but, uh, I did have that thought. You think pretty deep. I know, what can I say? So deep. Put that ass to sleep. Uh, all right, before we get into the show, which I've got a

couple things I'm excited for. I'm even more excited to find out what Flex is drinking over there. Ooh. 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? All right. Um, I had a quick little run to the

beer store today, and the single canned selection was demolished. There's hardly anything there. Anything that was there I already had before. And I usually don't like to buy these guys because not that they burn me, but I always expect so much more out of them. And everything has kind of fallen a little short of that. Uh, but I picked up Equilibrium Brewing big hype bit rate fluctuation.

It is a double IPA weighing in at 8.5% ABV, and I did not know buying this. Uh, it is a collaboration with Weldwerks, uh, from Colorado. So that was kind of. Yeah, that was that was a nice little surprise when I got into my basement tonight and poured the beer out. Untapped has it at a 416 out of over 2000 ratings. I have had two friends who have had this beer. And by friends I mean people who have added me and I've never met them, but they, they, uh,

gave it a cumulative 3.75. So that's kind of interesting. And I do also want to note that I did look at the born on date of this can when I got home, and it's just shy of six months. Okay. And untapped reads. We took our fluctuation base, added lots of oats and wheat and combined it combined it Citra. That doesn't make. That's not proper English and combined it with Citra, whirlpool, and a dry hop of Citra strata,

Lotus and brew. One bit rate fluctuation pours a hazy tangerine and has citrus and floral aroma with flavors of tropical orange, papaya, rich saturated pineapple, and bright berries in a creamy hashtag Epic juice. Finish with just a touch of bite that will keep your brain. That's bits per second for you nerds flowing freely with each sip. So I mentioned six months old on this beer. Mhm. Do you see this lacing? It's gorgeous. That is phenomenal.

The color on this beer, they didn't lie. It is a hazy tangerine. 100% orange juice. Looks delicious. Let's get the old nose buds in there. I have to say, Ek juice sounds like a innuendo for something else. So I thought that, too. Kind of a weird hashtag. But when you're in the beer world, you. You juice. People will be disappointed when it's not attached to. The nose buds here are picking up almost like a milkshake.

IPA cent where it's like that orange tangerine citrus with that vanilla back to it. Mhm. Touch of a maltiness on it, but nothing overly harsh. And we know how I feel about maltiness. Right. Especially in your hazes. So without further ado, let's dig the old Tongue-jobber in there. Gotta find out what the EQ juice is all about. So I'm just gonna start with by saying this one does not fall short.

Mhm. This beer checks every single box. It is pillowy. It is light to medium carbonation. I don't really get papaya or saturated pineapple or the berries. To me, it's a huge citrus bomb. Orange, tangerine forward. And they said there's a little bit of a bite at the end. What did they say here? Just a touch of bite. I get zero bite? Maybe. Okay. It's the six months on it and it's

kind of went away, but this is a fan freaking tastic hazy IPA. 8.5% where somebody please tell me where it is dangerous. This is a dangerous big, bad boy. And, um, I think this is gonna open up the door for ek for me to maybe, you know, start trying a little bit more and not being afraid of the, uh. Drumroll, please. Actually not bad. 4.99 for the can. So. All right. I've paid. Worst. Not.

Yeah, not the worst for a hype beer like that. Yeah. No, but with the canard and everything and, uh, the ABV, I'd say it checks all the Flex ratio boxes and I would I got a single can. I would get a four pack. Okay. Big words, especially because that'd be a $20 four pack, which, uh, it's kind of expensive for your hood. It is. That's expensive for my taste. For me, I'm like, only 20 bucks. All right. Yeah. Yeah, I know who you are. I know how California is. High rollers. Yeah. This is, uh, very, very pleased with my decision today. Nice.

I'm pleased for you. Oh, please. There you have it. Oh, no. Don't do that. Please. Please me. Uh. All right, a few things. First of all, apologies once again to everybody. I'm back in the fucking hotel. What did you say? Like, two weeks ago? It's the worst camping trip ever. Or something like that. That's how I feel. Yeah. That, uh, the bed behind you just makes me really sad. Yeah. It's funny, I keep staying at this same hotel because they have good Wi-Fi. So if it's a if it's a Monday night when we record, I always stay here. So I get the good, uh,

good Wi-Fi for the show. It's not my favorite hotel, but it's definitely by far the best Wi-Fi of all the hotels that I've stayed at in the area. So, um, I want all you listening to appreciate the shit out of me for sleeping in this Mid-grade hotel. Just so there's good Wi-Fi. Say what? Monday through Thursday. Yeah. That's brutal, man. So. So there you go. A few weeks ago, 14 cannons posted some cryptic shit that they were, like, closing for an undisclosed amount of time with some big changes.

And I had tons of people hit me up going, what? What's what are they doing? What's going on over there? And I had to tell everybody, I don't know, man. I don't even follow them anymore on the socials. So I don't know. I know, I know, I know, I know, yeah. Uh, Chew was one of them. He's like, but you gotta know. And I was like, ah, I don't. And so anyways, I've heard some things. They've posted some things like now they have pool tables. We. So it's like a dive bar. Now it's like a dive bar. And I just heard tonight that in order to fit those pool tables, they

got rid of their brewing Equipment. For those that don't know, 14 cannons was built as a showroom to sell breweries and brewing equipment to other breweries. And so they had, you know, top of the line, very nice, very clean, all very pretty brewery and brewing equipment. So now these folks have gone in and torn it out in order to make a dive bar for their fucking bro friends. And on top of that, it even says like, you drink. There was a post.

It was like, you drink local, we got you. And it was all the brands they now have on tap. So my guess is they're just running out of their beer and once they run out, there's no more 14 cannons. Huh? Yeah. And then they just become a local taproom. And why even call yourself 14 cannons? At this point, you're not continuing with the, you know, pirate ship theme and all that stuff. So whatever think you're. Just banking on nostalgia for people are like, oh, 14 canons.

I remember that place and they go in and it's nothing like it was. Yeah. Oh, now it smells like trash. And they don't even have their own beer. Um, so I guess rest in peace to the, the OG and stuck it to the, the new regime. Yeah, that's pretty sad. You know, what I never thought of was like, you know what would make this brewery better? Pool tables. Less beer and pool tables, less beer. And pool tables. Let's, uh, let's say not I'm not a businessman. Right? Not a winning recipe, though.

That's, uh, now we know why you're not the businessman. Because you would have kept the beer at the brewery and not taking it out for pool tables. Bad instincts. I just imagine this. This new owner having some friends, like, dude should really get pool tables, man, we'd love to come in and Moosehead pool tables. Oh, my friends will come in if I get pool tables right. My six friends will show up and I'll give them free beer. This is a recipe for success. Right? In in November, they'll they'll

put in some stripper poles or something to. Who knows? Okay. Okay. Now we're talking billiards and strippers. Yeah. Balls and strippers. Anyways, um, we've been doing this for quite some time now. The gross origin stories. Okay. We've reached our last one, and I want to. I do want to thank Scott. Thank you, Scott. For sending these over. Uh, these were fun and disgusting for

the most part and thought provoking. And if anybody has something like this, feel free to send it to us. So for the main event, Flex. I just want to know what's going to pass through what and what am I drinking? Would you drink a beer made with bacteria collected from a woman's vagina. Yeah, I think I would. I mean, not to be gross. I feel like I've had it from the

source, but. From the tap. From the tap, if you will. Uh, because a Polish brewery called the Order of Jani actually made one. The beer was called Bottled Instinct, and it was marketed as the world's first vaginal beer. Now, before that phrase sends this completely off the rails, here's what they actually did. Samples were collected from volunteer models under medical supervision that I'm sure it was very medical, then sent to a lab where lactic acid

bacteria were isolated and cultured. That cultured bacteria was then used in a wheat based beer brewed with champagne, yeast, orange peel, and other flavorings. The idea came from the fact that the same type of bacteria that can contribute tartness to sour beer also naturally occurs in the human body. So no, they weren't just dumping anything questionable directly into the fermenter, but also somebody still had to pitch the idea in a board meeting. Um. How awkward.

But also that might be the most Eastern European thing I've ever heard. My friend, my friend I have, I have ideas. Like, I think you could go in like the town square on like the, the business board, like the cork board. Everybody puts their fliers and it's like looking for vaginal bacteria. Take this number. Right. Pretty sure that's how it works. I how else would you do it at that point? Yeah. Can you imagine that meeting though? It's like, hey,

you guys got any good ideas? Sales are slumping a little bit. Oh, we could, like, triple dryhop our beer. Yeah, we've already done it. How about a cold IPA? No, that's the stupidest term ever. Uh, you ever made beer with a virgin? Now, that's an idea, Fred. Yeah, somebody told me that you can get teria that sours beers. It's crazy. I know it sounds crazy. Right? Science, am I right?

Anyways, there you have it. That's the last one. I'm sad to see these go, for the most part. Yeah, but, uh, yeah, I, I drink it. Yeah. Give me all the beer. That should be a pretty good name. Have some beer. Sounds like. A. Fancy water brand. I would say it sounds eloquent. Like it does. Yeah. Beer commercial. Just be like, uh, silhouettes, you know, the black background. Yeah. Bosch. Bosch. Bosch. Bosch.

Do you remember the old bod? That's what it reminds me of. Yeah, yeah. The old bod commercial for the body spray. Oh, I want. Your. Bod. Bod. I want you. It's all. Everything's silhouetted except for the bod body spray, which was, like, the grossest shit in the world. Oh, yeah. I'm not gonna lie. My older brother had some. I would, I would steal a couple sprays every now and then. Somebody bought me some. And I remember spraying it thinking like, here we go.

I'm gonna, I'm gonna get the ladies. And like, I sprayed it and I didn't go crazy. Did like three sprays and I went to school. Multiple people were like, oh my God, are you, what are you wearing? Like it was, it was pungent to say the least. I, I, I have worn it. Yeah, that was the first and last time. So, uh, yeah. Uh, all right, before we get into some news, if you don't mind. I'm gonna get into this beverage.

He calls to the bullpen for beer. Nothing more appropriate than a baseball themed beer for the bullpen beer. Oh, nice. I am drinking Trademark Brewing's seventh inning stretch. I like it. It is 7%, has a 3.89 and untapped with only 79 ratings. Very small batch from the brewery. Is it new? It's, uh. Let me see here.

As of this recording, it is exactly two months old. Okay. But it was small batches. Their anniversary beer. Um, they're from Long Beach. The can says we're coming out swinging with grapefruit and resinous pine up front with ripe mango and papaya, driving one into the gap after that last story. That sounds dirty. A lean malt body, firm bitterness, and a dry trademark finish keep this Westy crisp through the final out.

Trademark brewing. I dig the can. It's got like the card. The baseball card. Oh yeah. I love. The front. It's very Dodger themed. They look Dodger y, so I don't love it, but I like it. I think you guys are in first place right now, so you can like it a little bit. Yeah. But you know postseason was is what matters. That's true. Oh, shit. I didn't even realize this. I can peel it off. And they're like little trading card sticker things. Stop it. That's dope. That is a cool idea.

I like this beer even more. Okay. Now maybe I love it. All right. On the schnoz. Grapefruit is really shining through there. Some of the tropics that. Maybe that's papaya. I don't really know, but grapefruit is definitely the number one sniff, followed by a little bit of that dinky pine up on the taste buds. So I have to say, I've been drinking this all night and it's so light.

And one thing they said is like, it finishes dry. It does. It finishes very dry. Leaves you wanting more. Um, for a West Coast IPA, that's 7%. It drinks more like a pale ale. It's real light malt. Uh, they didn't, you know, they didn't go old school Westie. They went new school Westie. And I very much appreciate it. I'm a big fan of New School West. Yeah. Nice. And I wish I had a proper glass to pour this into so I could see the actual color, but, uh, from the the Rimmer, it's pretty clear. Pretty light, a little, little straw yellow there. And I just,

I really enjoy drinking this. Like, you know, sometimes you get a Westie and you're like, ah, you know, I think I really wanted a hazy today, right? This is a little too harsh. This is not that this is so easy to drink. Very pale ale category and it's easiness to drink, but with a 7% price tag on it. So I, I think that's kind of what made my beer taste better is because Equilibrium never puts. If it's like a hazy on the. Can they just say double IPA? Mhm. So you never know if you're getting, uh, you know, a heavy West coast if you're getting a, a fluffy, hazy.

So when I poured it out, it was very, very surprised. Yeah. So I totally get what you're saying. And, and Flex just sent me a picture of his empty beer. And the lacing on that glass was gorgeous. Yeah. It's nuts. It's nuts. Beers aren't supposed to Flex or Flex aren't supposed to lace that. Well, it is. Flexing quite well. It's flexing. The flux capacitor is flexing. Anywho. Uh. All right. Good. A little news before we get out of here. Stone brewing production is

finally leaving Escondido. And I have to say, we knew this was coming. I mean, we knew Firestone wasn't going to have multiple locations. If they have the capacity up in Paso. What a waste of money. Stone Brewing's longtime Escondido operations are shutting down, eliminating about 220 jobs and ending the brewery's large scale production presence in San Diego County. The closure follows Sapporo's sale of the Stone brand to Firestone, Walker and Duval earlier this year. Sapporo kept the Escondido property,

but says it couldn't find a long term solution for the facility. The shutdown what happened in phases with the first 58 layoffs scheduled for October. Stones, Escondido World Bistro and Gardens is also expected to permanently close in November. Stone beer isn't going away, obviously. Production is moving to Firestone Walker and Paso Robles and Duval owned Boulevard Brewing in Kansas City. Stone's Liberty Station brewery and restaurant will remain open. It's a major change for Stone, which was founded in San Diego County in 1996, sold to Sapporo for $165 million in 2022, and then had

its brand sold again to Firestone, Walker and Duval just four years later. It's a great spot. If you haven't been, now's your chance. Never been food. Good, good food at that Escondido spot. It's the end of an era. Sad to see it go. Same. I, uh, I even had a date there one time. It was quite a drive, but, uh. How far is that from you? From my house. It's, uh, zero traffic. Uh, we'll say two and a half ish

hours. That must have been some date. Worked out well. Good times. Uh, dead guy. Rogue's dead guy lives. Question mark. Oh, okay. Bidding for Rogue's intellectual property is ongoing. Rogue ales may be gone, but some of its best known beer brands could be getting another life. The Oregon Breweries parent company, Oregon Brewing Company, as we know, filed for chapter seven back in

November after rogue abruptly shut down its brewery and taproom. Now, the company's intellectual property is up for sale, including the rogue name beer recipes, proprietary yeast rights, social media accounts, rogue.com and trademarks for brands including dead Guy. UK based digital marketing company Silver Scope Media has submitted a $400,000 offer for the assets. The bankruptcy court allowed competing bids through August 21st, with any challenger required to offer at least $440,000.

Rogue had previously valued its intellectual property at approximately $2 million as of August 22nd. No higher bid or winning buyer had been publicly identified. A court hearing on the proposed sale is scheduled, uh, actually for the day of this release August 26th. Meaning the future of brands such as dead Guy could become clearer this coming week. There's one additional complication Oregon's Valley View Winery has objected to the sale, claiming it holds perpetual rights to use the rogue name for wine and wine based beverages under a previous

agreement with Oregon Brewing. The identity of the current bidder also makes the sale unusual. Silver Scope Media is a digital marketing company, not a brewery, leaving an open question about whether the buyer intends to revive Rogue Beer production, license the brands to another producer, or is primarily interested in the value of Rogue's trademark and digital assets for now. Dead Guy isn't quite dead, but who ultimately owns it, and whether anyone actually starts brewing again is TBD. I did really like that beer dead guy. Yeah, it was super good.

Yeah, admittedly, it's been many a year since I had one, but that was definitely part of my early craft. Cherry popping. Well, yeah, what got me into it was the cannot really great cannot. The stellar cannot. Didn't even see what kind of beer it was. Poured it out. Drink it. And it was delicious. It's good stuff. Yeah. Hopefully somebody gets it and brews it again. That'd be kind of cool. Well, we shall see. Yeah. Uh, Sam Adams, Boston brewery workers submit intent to unionize workers

at the Sam Adams Boston Brewery in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, submitted an intent to unionize to Boston Beer Company on Thursday, whose included bartenders, beer ambassadors, cooks, and key holders who have cited job security, equitable treatment, equality, clear and consistent policies, and clearly defined wages and benefits as the motivation to unionize. According to a report by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 328 Boston Beer has received a copy of the petition reviewing it internally, Boston Beer spokesperson confirmed. Uh, this is what happened to

anchor right before they went under the unionized and didn't last much longer. You don't think that could happen with Boston Beer. I think they're a little more financially stable and financially diverse. You know, it's not just beer they've got truly and right, the twisted tea and dogfish. And they got a lot of, you know, things in the fire, so who knows? Yeah. Former brewery was apparently sitting on $10 million in gold. I love gold.

Uh, an 18 year old working a summer construction job in Belgium helped uncover more than $10 million worth of gold hidden under a former brewery. His name was Kobe. He was in the first week of his job helping renovate an old brewery property in oof Dendermonde. Yeah, I've been there. Okay. Yeah. Great spot. About 20 miles outside of Brussels. The crew is digging into the foundation to install new sewer pipes. When he noticed what he initially thought were €1 coins.

Then they found a gold bar. The crew eventually uncovered 49 gold bars and around 4000 gold coins, along with gold nuggets and worth an estimated €9 million, or more than $10 million. The stash had apparently been deliberately hidden inside a bricked up section of the cellar. The property dates dates back to the late 1800s and included a villa built for the brewery owner. Oh, no! Uh oh. Theophilus van Assche. There is more coming.

I didn't know that. Yeah, neither did I. Uh, beer was produced at the site until around 1970. The building is now owned by social welfare organization is being renovated for offices and housing services. The workers immediately reported the discovery and police took possession of the gold. It's now being held in a secure location in Brussels while authorities investigate where it came from, whether it has any connection to criminal activity. I'm sure it does. And who owns it. Possible claims could come from descendants of the brewing family, the current property owner,

the construction company, or potentially even the people who found it under Belgian law. There could be a five year period for someone to establish ownership if nobody successfully claims it. The workers who found the gold could potentially end up sharing the discovery. Uh. So Coby went to his summer job expecting to dig a sewer and instead found about 10 million bucks. Coby said swish! That's right. Coby. Um, you know, you said it's locked up safe with the police. Right? Sure it is. You know, what's going on right now is they are all taking pictures and

videos of them doing their best Scrooge McDuck impersonations. Yep. They're swimming in. It. They're swimming, they're sliding down. They're just living it, making it rain or hail, whatever it's called with gold, I don't know. Um, that's all I think. Is the Super Troopers scene where they find all the weed and the mayor stops in And he goes, hey, you want to get in this picture? He's like, all right. And he gets in the picture and he goes, hey, can I hold a gun? Spread it on. That's all I can imagine is a bunch of Danish cops. Oh, yeah. Spread it on.

Man, that'd be cool if the guys that found. It got. The gold. That would be sick. That would be cool. Very cool. Um. All right, let's end it on this one, shall we? Drunk driver intentionally crashes car into Delaware pub. According to police. Intentionally. Intentionally. On August 15th, around 130 in the morning, Delaware State Troopers responded to the Two Stones pub on Christina Road in Newark for a report of a vehicle crashing into the building. The responding troopers found an unoccupied Mitsubishi Lancer that had

crashed into the front of the pub, which was closed at the time with no one inside. Investigators say they also found documents belonging to a man later identified as 35 year old Johnny Guzman not to be confused with Johnny Chimpo of Newcastle, Delaware. Inside the car a short time later, the troopers found Guzman walking westbound along Christina Road. Guzman appeared to be intoxicated and refused to perform any field sobriety tests. Guzman was taken to a hospital while troopers executed a search warrant to determine his blood alcohol level. Investigators determined Guzman was

inside the pub the night of Friday, August 14th. Remained there for several hours despite staff asking him to leave multiple times, police said. He eventually went to his car, drove away and then intentionally accelerated towards the pub's front doors, crashing into the building. He says you'll kick me out or ram my car into you. You kick me out, I kick you in. That's crazy. Yeah. You ever wonder what goes through people's minds? I mean, how drunk must you be to go? This is a great idea. Yeah, like I'm really gonna give

it to him. Yeah, like. Like first I'm gonna have a lot of badge beer. Then I'm gonna get my Lancer and hit the nose and, uh, crash into this this pub, I'll show them. And then to just walk away from it, like there's no cameras or nobody had seen you or. And they found him on the same road in which the pub was established on. It's not like he started zigzagging his way home. Yeah, he's running or trying to go

through woods or neighborhood. Yeah. No, he's just like, maybe he thought it was like a movie, like an action movie where there's an explosion and you're slow motion walking away from the explosion. Maybe he was so drunk. That's what was playing in his mind. I hope he like slow mo sulfide it as he walked away, you know, just like, man, this looks cool. And then he forgot the slo mo it. So it was just him walking, looking into the camera. With a fucked up car behind him. Oh, man. Yeah.

That's that's a that's a doozy. Other people's kids, I tell you. Don't raise your kids that way. Uh. All right, that's it. Uh, thank you all for listening. Gonna say hi to Vanessa. Hey, Vanessa. Gonna hit a little music over here. Uh, follow us on the socials. @CraftBeerRepublic @flex_me_a_beer. Call us at 805538. Beer? It's 2337. Uh, mail @CraftBeerRepublic dot com. You got a poop beer gate story. Whatever. Poop gate. Or maybe you got some new origin stories for us.

Whatever you got, we want it. Uh, in the meantime, I hope everyone out there is staying very well hydrated. And on that note. Good night, everybody. It's just so jazzy and funky and.