Fish Tank Beer

Today we've got more Apple garbage. All the laws when drinking claws, a fishy beer tail and two ways to stay. Unsober. Let's go. Two in a row. I feel like you practice. This when I'm not around. I think I maybe I do. What can I say? Two in a row. I like it. Hey! Welcome in everybody. It's the craft beer republic. Thanks for drinking. Thanks for joining. I am Greg and the, uh, road dog to my bad ass, Billy Gunn.

That's Flex. What's up fella? We get another one, everybody. That's right. You know, that one truly was opposite because bad ass Billy Gunn is and or was and still is extremely ripped, so you should be bad ass Billy Gunn. He's like 60, dude. 60. He looks better than most of the talent out there right now. I know. He is. But I tell everybody that if you ain't down with it, we got two words for you. That's right. Amen. Suck it. Not a wrestling show. Not a wrestling show. Four words.

Uh, thanks for listening. Thanks for drinking. Thanks for joining Craft Beer Republic on the socials. @CraftBeerRepublic dot com. @Flex_me_a_beer underscore 80553. Beer 2337. All of that good shit. Before we find out what Flex is drinking, uh, shout out to our top listening city last week and that is once again. And I still don't know why. Ashburn, Virginia. Oh, okay. Maybe maybe they love the fact that we hate West Virginia. I'm thinking that plays a pivotal role. Like there's got to be some

Virginia rivalry going on, right? They have to hate West Virginia. Like legally. I think what they had thought at first was like, well, shit. Like, why isn't this just all Virginia? Right? And then they tried to meet with the people of West Virginia to be like, maybe we can figure something out. But that was the problem is they met the people of West Virginia, and they said, fuck this. Yeah, we made. You guys can have it.

Yeah, we're just gonna hate you forever. But you guys have to keep the west. We're not taking east. We are just Virginia. Right. Well, that's what I'm saying. Yeah. Like, yeah, that's what they started out like, weren't they? Like the one of the original. Yeah. The original colony. Yeah, I believe so. Yeah. History. Yeah. Social studies stuff. I did really well. I don't think West Virginia was, but, uh, you know what? No, I'm curious. Now I gotta look up. When did West Virginia become a state? See here. Okay.

1863 35th US state. Yeah. So that's like pretty late compared to what I'm assuming Virginia would have been. That is pretty late, I can tell you that neither Virginia are part of the original. Oh, I read it wrong. Sorry. Regular Virginia is part of the original 13 colonies. Yeah. 10th state to ratify. Yeah. And yeah, it became a state in 1788. There you go. So that's a whopping 75 years before

West Virginia came into play. And tried to spread their cousin loving shit all over the place. Squirrel eating, people eating. Yeah. He'll jibber jabbering. Ooh. Alas, not a social studies show, but it is a beer show. Let's find out what beer Flex is drinking. 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? Yeah. Well well well. Um, so I went into my local shop today and I thought, hey man, I really haven't had an Eagle Park beer in a while. And I really wanted an Eagle Park beer. And I might have had this on the show a few years ago, but I didn't

care because it's delicious. And they now come in four pack. It's a 12 ounce four packs, which I think is pretty nice. We always complain that nobody makes 12oz anymore. We do always complain about that. So I saw it and I was like, that's pretty fucking dope. And this is Citra on the dock of the Bay. Oh, I love it. Yeah, it's a fun little can. It's got mermaids and seashells and Siamese twins, and it's got

a sun and a camera and a seagull and a lobster and a trident. Just anything you'd find under the dock of a bay. Mhm. It's a lot of fun on the can. It weighs in at 8%. It is in all citrus. New England IPA. And that's what untapped reads is. That is an all citrus hop new England IPA. So there you have it. 6500 check ins, cumulative for one seven.

And I've had ten friends or people I maybe know, maybe don't that have checked. Definitely all met. And it they gave it a 422. So this beer it it's super solid. I've had it countless times. It's one of my favorite beers on tap when they have it at the brewery. Ooh. It is extremely murky. It is a. That is gorgeous looking. Pale straw. Little bit of lacing. Just a wondrous glowing beer.

Everything you would want a hazy to look like. Get the old nose buds in there real quick. This one's a little hop forward, a little bit of that burn in the nostrils, which I love tiny bits of citrus. It's not overwhelming on the nose buds, but warm up the old Tongue-jobber here. Oh, yeah. This looks like a sexual experience for him. So right out of the can, there's a little bit of hot burn. And I don't know if this is because

the beer is only about three weeks old or what, but as it has warmed up, the hot burn went away. Mhm. And it is just smooth citrus deliciousness. Zero bitterness, zero bite, zero 8% ABV. This is so delectable. I wish I could bathe in it. I wish I could bathe you in it. Um. I feel dirty. I'll clean you up.

On a scale of 1 to 5, how many daddies is it? Um, this is a whopping five. Oh, shit. Yeah, I'm telling you right now, this beer. It's so good. Um, you find a lot of Citra hop beers, you know, kind of become staples or flagships and breweries and. Mhm. I would say this one probably beats them all. And that's. That's something I drink these guys a lot. I, you know, go to the brewery more frequently

than I go to any other brewery. So I might be biased, but I'm not because everything I get from elsewhere, I always compare to these guys and I try to figure out if my money was well spent. Sure. Or if what I was drinking, I should have just bought something from Eagle Park. Their your bar. And that's how good these guys do it though, is that, you know, they really don't throw their beers out there and, you know, competitions and, you know, gabf and

you know, the world competitions. but if they did, people would fucking know because they would win. I wish they would. Like when I was at Gabf was that two, 3 or 3 years ago now? Uh, I truly made a beeline for the Wisconsin section was the Midwest section, looked for all the Wisconsin breweries I could find because I wanted to see, you know, what did they have there that that you had on the show? And, um, not a lot. No, definitely not Eagle Park. No. Yeah. They, they do a lot of,

a lot of local stuff, a lot of in-state stuff. Mhm. Um, and you know, the whole, all three of the, the brothers, the owners will head out there and three owners aren't brothers, but there's three brothers. Uh, but yeah, they, they all head out there. They fucking run the tents. They, they do their thing and they, it's awesome. Yeah. They hang with the people. It's great. They're, they're wonderful people. With wonderful beer. Hell yeah. So cheers to them. Cheers to them. Uh. All right, we got an email from

the peoples. Okay. All flavors. We smell bad taste. Yeah, this one says. I didn't know there were actual oysters in it. Hey, guys, I got one for the bad beer files. This was probably 8 or 9 years ago. Went to a beer festival with my brother, and one of the breweries had an oyster stout. I'd heard of oyster stouts before, and for some reason I thought Easter was just describing the style. Or maybe, you know, it was supposed to pair with oysters.

Oyster hardly know her. Uh, nope. Actual oysters. Didn't know that until after I drank it. The beer itself wasn't horrible at first. Really dark, roasty little salty. Then about halfway through the sample, I got this taste that reminded me of the smell. When you open one of those bags of water, that goldfish come home from the pet store in. I know that smell all too well. I do too. Uh, I tell my brother it tastes

like the fish tank water. And the brewery guy goes, yeah, we brew it with whole oysters, shells and everything. Wow. Probably information I would have liked five minutes earlier. My brother loved it, by the way, and went back for another pour. So maybe I'm the asshole here. I went and found an IPA. Cheers. Steve. Okay. Steve. Yeah. I'm probably on Team Steve. Yeah, I've had an oyster stout. Have you? Uh, no. Man, I wish I could remember who it was.

I feel like it was a hype, you know, EQ type of brewery or something. Shit. But I know I've had one. And yeah, it was like at first, you know, it's a dark roasty stout. And it's like, why is this salty and not in a fun, you know, Berliner kind of way, but in a. Right. That should be weird. Yeah, like fishy kind of way. And then I was like, yeah, no mas. What's really funny is, you know, we've talked about gross beer. Origin stories for about what,

six months or so at least? Yeah. I will drink coffee beans pooped out of elephants. Sure. I will drink bull testicle beer. Yeah. Last week we talked about beer. Beer? Yeah. I'll drink all of that. You put seafood into a beer? I'm out. That there? There's a line. It's true. It's funny to think about. You're like, oh, yeah,

give me that beer. Yeah. No problem. It's like, hey, you want this oyster stout? Are you fucking crazy? What's wrong with you? It's just, uh, you know, you smelled bad seafood before everyone. Oh, yeah. You know, it's not, you know, it's not. Appetizing. Yeah. To say yes. It's no, it's horribly unappetizing. I feel you. That's. It'd be like brewing a beer with sardines or something like, oh, I got this brilliant idea. You know, they're canned. Why don't we just, I don't know. Now.

Dry hopped with even more sardines. It's a. Terrible idea. Don't do it. So terrible. Uh, thanks, Steve, for putting this out there, because I found a beer that I would not drink. Yeah, even more than most of the gross, gross beer origin stories. Yeah, it's actually sounds really disgusting. Now I feel like I need to send you an oyster stout. Please don't. Be kind of. Funny. Money not well spent. Yeah, yeah. True. Uh, before I get on to my beer and

that sort of thing, this isn't going to be great for the show, but I was. I just wanted to share that, like over the weekend, you know, how I have this thing where like staying on the water we had we had to go do a family thing. And I told the wife, I was like, we have to get our own place. No more staying with the family. It's way too much stress. Like we need a break, you know? Found this place on the water. And there's just something about drinking outside on a dock. It was gorgeous. This sounds terrible for the show. You're right. I know.

Maybe I'll cut the entire thing out. But it was. I hit the store, so I went from work up in San Francisco to. This place is super, super East Bay Delta for any NorCal people. And I hit the store. I got some four packs and I just when I got there, first of all, I took a gummy. And then I went out to the dock, which was this tiny little dock, but had a couple of chairs on it and I shit you not, man. I just sat there, cracked a couple, and stared at the fucking water in the moonlight, hitting it, and it was glorious.

I recommend everyone do that. What is wrong with this story? I'm confused. I don't know, it just feels like a weird podcast story. I'm like, I don't know how to. I can't show everyone what it looked like, but, uh, it was great. I don't know. I feel like, you know, a lot of people that listen here, like everybody goes through stressful days, stressful times. Yeah. And to me, it's just one of those close your eyes moments. Mhm. Imagine this. You're away from everyone. Everyone you hate. Right.

You're on a lake. Yeah. Nailed it. Just enjoying everything that isn't bad. Yeah, that's exactly what I was doing. Enjoying all the good stuff. Sounds pretty fucking good, Greg. Yeah. A little stoney, a little buzzy, and, uh. Yeah. No one that I didn't want to be around in my ear saying things I didn't want to hear. Uh, I the, the place sort of felt like, you're not gonna get this because you've only been to Disney World, but at Disneyland,

when you first go on Pirates of the Caribbean, you're like in the bayou for a good few seconds, and it's kind of peaceful. And the guy's playing the banjo. And that's what it felt like. Is Pirates of the Caribbean at Disneyland before, like, the ride takes off. Okay. And plus beer and marijuana. That sounds like a pretty nice time. Wasn't bad. Wasn't bad at all. I just sent you a picture of my. Did you know?

Did you know how long you sat out there for? Uh, I didn't until I got inside. I was like, oh, that was like 3.5 hours. No. Yeah. Cause like, what time did I get out there? I got there, we had dinner. Yeah. Maybe not. Maybe like two and a half because it's from like ten till like 1230. Yeah. I think it was like two and a half to three somewhere in that range. Okay. And you know what? It totally made the week kind of just go away.

So I mean, I, I totally get what you mean. Like Drinking and substances aside, like nature for me really centers me. Like regardless of what's going on, like I can be driving, right? And a deer starts crossing the road. Of course he slow down, let it go across. But all I keep thinking is, man, I want to follow that deer. I want to see what's going on. Like I love, I love deer going. I love seeing nature. I want to know like I want to see its story.

You know, like it just, it intrigues me so much. And we actually went to we have a botanical gardens near us and it's free on like one Monday a month. Yeah. Okay. So we actually went there today and it's a lot of it's fenced in just to keep people from coming trampling. Right, right, right. So there it but it's also in this big parkway, like this big Milwaukee County Parkway where there's a lot of deer. So there is some deer that were in the gardens as we were there.

That's awesome. And they were playing and sprinting around each other and at each other and running in circles, and they just kept doing it. I could have sat there for two and a half to three hours and just watched the deer run and play and like, that's the kind of shit that I that centers me. So I totally I totally get what you're saying here. Well thank you. Thank you for not making me feel as crazy. Yeah. The last night we were there, we didn't sit out as long, but,

um, so the delta indirectly connects to the San Francisco Bay, and sometimes you get some, some creatures and, uh, I don't know if it's a sea lion or an otter. One of those type of creatures swam by us and I was like, oh my God, it's a fucking otter thing. It was awesome. I got a picture of it swimming away. You can see it's a little head popping up, but sure. But it was cool. So. Oh yeah. That's the kind of shit that gets me. Yeah, I'm rocked for water. Nature. Nothing like, uh,

waking up one morning in Fort Myers and opening up your your shades to your balcony door, and you just see three dolphins on the. Shoreline. Just all in unison, jumping out of the water. So rocked. Oh, man. Fucking gets me going. You don't even think about going to get your phone or your camera or anything to take a picture or video. You're just like, you take it in for what it is. Oh, yeah. It's it's like the moment you can't. There's no way to have enough time to get that captured. Right. And I think. Just enjoy. It, right?

That's like the beauty of it. I agree 100%. I tried so much to be sort of in the moment when I'm in those things. Yeah, I think that's a great moment to just, uh, you know, everybody like we go through stressful shit and, you know, not every day goes as planned. Yeah. So when you find that little thing sucked, right? Or that little thing or something that that centers you, you know, just enjoy it. Yeah. So sorry to turn this into a hippie podcast, but I was like. I, I think this is a great, great little, little spot on the

podcast here. All right. Well, thank you hippie corner with Greg and his fucking beer water adventures. Tune in next week. Good night everybody. Uh, anyways, speaking of beer adventures, let's get into it. He calls to the bullpen for beer. Um, so I'm still in the hotel because I'm never gonna leave this place, I think. And as we discovered on the

previous few episodes, boy is leaving beer selection to chance. A bad idea when I'm around this hotel. I say this hotel because the Wi-Fi. But all the beer selections nearby. Garbage. So I brought beer with me down to Orange County last week to. Same thing. I brought it with me. I stopped at Agora Wine and beer, which is one of my favorite spots. Uh, you know, right behind Trader Joe's. And I asked Ryan, who's. Your other favorite spot? Yeah, it's my next favorite spot. And Ryan's the owner. And I went, hey, man,

what you got? That's good. And so first he had me pick up the one from last week and he goes, I got this new pure project. And I said, well, you know, I love pure project. Let's give it a go. Pure enough said. Yeah. So I'm drinking pure project. Thousands of money. I love the name. I like it. Murky IPA 7.1% 35 IBUs, a 411 out of 3600 ratings. Says Thousands of Money is a murky IPA loaded with Washington grown mosaic and mosaic cryo hops, delivering a lush tropical

flavor experience. As one of the first murky IPAs we ever brewed, and the first recipe created by Director of Brewing Operations Jensen, this beer helped establish the foundation of Pure project murky IPAs. Bright aromas of papaya and mango give away to bold flavors of passionfruit, guava and pine, all wrapped up in a medium body rich in flavor. Thousands of money is as rewarding as its name suggests. Oh, I like the can. It's all gold. I love gold. Damn.

That's hot. That is a hot can. Gold can with black writing. It's got the Pure Project logo and then thousands of money in the S is a dollar sign. I like the thousands of money because it. It's not a wrestling show, but Danhausen always talks about human money's. Right. And that's kind of what where it made me go to. I never even thought of that. And I love that. Yeah. Uh, on the nose buds, I really pick up the tropical hops in there. I want to say there's some, some passion fruit and some

mango coming through. I'm not getting much pine or dank, at least in the nose bud department. It's a, it's a pretty good sign on a murky. Yeah. Once again, I'm drinking from the can. I can see a little dribble on the rim. It does look very murky. I should start bringing glassware with me because I only have these garbage plastic cups going for cups. Plastic cups. I mean, classic pure project murky. Um, I will say it's not the it's not the pillowy iest of mouthfeel.

It's got a fine mouthfeel. I'm used to a little softer from a pure. Let me see when this was canned does not say, um, but it's not bad. I don't want that to be a huge negative. It's just I'm used to a little fluffier with the piers. Um, the flavor really follows the nose. That mango, maybe a little papaya and definitely some passion fruit. I'm really, I'm gonna go back in, but I'm really not getting any pine. Yeah. And I'm not mad about it either. The pine and the dank really not there. And it's a murky. I don't need it. Right.

That's, uh, usually notes you're not looking forward to. Right, exactly. Uh, 4.11 untapped. I bought one can. I would not be upset with three more of these. Hell, yeah. Very, very tasty. So you like the 411? Yeah, I think it's there. Okay. I think it's right in there. I think if I could be real granular, I'd probably give like a three nine. Okay. Not far off. I, I think four is such a stepping stone and most,

a lot of the turkeys from pure are in that four plus range. And this one just doesn't quite. It's such a good beer and I would drink like I just said, I would easily have three more of these. It's just not quite as good as some of the other peers. That's all. Well, when you think about it, it was one of the first recipes. Yeah. Right. And it's. And it's fun to try. One of the first recipes, right? Brewing that kind of original taste. That original beer. Yeah. To see where it started out. I think that's that's awesome. Yeah. Yeah. It's fun. I'm glad I have it.

It's good. I'll have three more. Um, I'll give it a, you know, like a three nine and somewhere in three, nine, five. Somewhere in there, just right around the four. I just yeah. You know, I just think a lot of their other beers are maybe just a pinch better. It's great beer. Maybe if they didn't call it a murky. How about that? If they just called it like an unfiltered because it's got a little bit of that. Um, you know, I said I didn't get any pine on the nose, but I got a little on the, on the finish. And so I don't know,

I really like it, just not, not quite all the way there for me. Not quite a 411. Okay. Honesty, I love it. Yeah. I was gonna say it's a stinky Cologne, but that's that's desperation. That is desperation. Wrong. Super troopers. Desperation is a stinky Cologne leader. Cola. We could be here all day with Super Troopers. We could. My buddy texted me. He went to the movies last weekend, and, uh, he sent me a picture of his leader Cola Cup that he got. That's amazing. Yeah, I was like,

I want one of those. I didn't know they were doing that. Yeah, I didn't either. I might have to go to the movies now. Uh, up in your hood. Yo, linys. Yeah. That summer Shandygaff is getting less fun. Uh! Oh. Molson Coors is getting ready to launch an Na version of Leinenkugel’s summer shandygaff. Oh, man. Look for that on store shelves everywhere. What's wrong? Lemonade wasn't good enough. Molson Coors. Yeah. That's pretty.

That's pretty bizarre. Never have I ever would have thought like, you know what? This needs less alcohol. Yeah. It just feels unnecessary. I've done some Na stuff and it you know it. Well, how can I say this? It like passes the time. Mhm. But it it doesn't. It's like a waste, you know, because it's like it doesn't. Yes. It's it's not what it, it is.

You know, it's like the carbs and calories. I could just be drinking. Yeah. Like a full calorie soda. Yeah. Or calorie or. Juice or whatever. And it's just, it's, I did it, I tried it, I, I'm don't need it. Yeah. Did I, did I tell the story on here that I finally tried an athletic beer. Yes. You did. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. And just, just fell flat for me. Like it wasn't a bad taste. But for the carbs and calories,

I'd prefer to get a buzz out of it. And the money. And the money. Oh, God. And the money. I didn't pay for it. So, um, a little sip of nothing. Have you ever had sip of sunshine from Lawson's? Yeah, just had some. Oh, that was right. That was like two weeks ago. Three weeks ago. Yeah, yeah. Oh, my God, it's been. A. Long time. Yeah. Thanks, pilot. Tom. Well, after five years of research and innovation in quotes now Lawsons believe it has the product in. That's a capital N an n a IPA.

Rolling out across all 12 of its markets starting this week. SIP N is the latest release from Lawson's after a one year launch hiatus, with this year's additions ranging across the ABV spectrum. What's with all the n a beer, people? Is it the trend? I don't know. It seems to be the trend. This is the new seltzer is we're gonna, like, go balls deep into some n a beer. Uh, and if we didn't have enough of that, here's some Apple beer. I feel like every week there's a new Apple beer being launched. Garage beer launches Apple beer in Ohio.

The quote Small Batch Brewed Beer at 4% ABV is available in Ohio right now from the company. They say we only planted apple trees in Ohio this year, but stay tuned as availability expands. Apple flavored beer is one of 2026 standout growth stories, with dollar sales up 80% year to date. Ooh you guys. I think apple bears are gross. Yeah, beer flavored beer is

still delicious. Just saying. Also garage beer. I'm just gonna put it out there. I don't think it's good. I've not had it yet. I've had a couple garage beers. I don't think they're good. I think they're very not great. Are they? Just like nothing. It's just like I would way rather drink a lot of other stuff. Mhm. Would you rather have a beechwood aged Budweiser? I would probably. Plead the fifth. Oh, shit. Yeah.

Yeah. I don't enjoy it. I don't know, I just don't I don't enjoy it at all. I have not had one. In fact, I've not seen one. But I'll try. Don't even get it at Trader Joe's. No, I haven't seen it. Oh, we get them at my Trader Joe's. Oh, no, not out here. If I if I see it though I'll. I'll grab one. You know I'll get a single. Yeah. They get pretty nationwide I think on it. MM. Maybe I'll have to hit up the uh. Pretty big uh. Yeah. Pretty big beer brand, I guess. Especially with the kelseys

owning owning it now. Sure, sure. Maybe I'll have to hit up the thrift shop and see if they have any garage beers there. Definitely not at Trader Joe's. Yeah, yeah. Okay. I'm excited now. You got some homework to do? Okay. Uh, here's something that, uh, my wife. And let's be honest. Me who? Would be very excited about beer mile. How about wine marathon? Oh, no. France has apparently figured out how to make running a

marathon more appealing, adding. Oh, dear. 20 wine stops. That sounds awful. The marathon. Takes runners 20. Yeah. Thank you. Takes runners 26.2 miles through France's Bordeaux wine region, with stops along the route offering wine, cheese, cheese, croissant. Oh my God. Croissants, oysters, steak and ice cream. I'm out.

Imagine going to your friends like, yeah, I ran my first marathon. Like I gained weight. Like, how fast did you do it in seven days? It was great. I put on 20 pounds. This is crazy. This isn't a marathon. This is a vacation. Yeah! Whoo! Buddy! Uh, this race is extremely popular. All 8500 spots for this year's 40th running sold out in just minutes. There's also a costume requirement. Each year has a theme,

and this year is so creative. The 1980s runners get 6.5 hours to finish, which seems reasonable when you're stopping 20 times for Bordeaux and eating oysters, steak and ice cream along the way. That's not enough time. Disqualified if if you don't finish. You know, I've done a couple of half marathons and they set a pace and it was like, if you don't finish in forget, I think the half marathon was like six hours or something like that.

They they pick you up. And so what they do is they have a pace car, but it's really a golf cart, a pace cart that averages whatever that mile would be. And if it gets up to you, you have to get in and they take you back. No shit. Yeah. Even when I blew out my knee, I still stayed just ahead of the pace car. Very proud of myself. I'm proud of you, too. Just hobbled mile two, motherfucker. Mile two of a half marathon. I went 11 more miles with a blown out knee. What an idiot.

If that happened today. I'd just sit there and cry. I'm too old for that shit anyways. Uh. All right, we'll finish on this one. Florida, man. Hi, Vanessa. Hey, Vanessa. Uh. Oh. In fact, Vanessa sent this, I totally forgot. Thanks, Vanessa. Uh, Florida man with 34 open white claw cans on his passenger seat during traffic stop. A Florida man was arrested and charged with DUI after troopers say he was found with dozens of open white Claw cans in his car

during a traffic stop. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a trooper was on patrol along Interstate 75 near mile marker 280. Because that matters when he spotted a speeding driver. The vehicle, a Honda Civic, was traveling at more than 90mph when it passed the trooper. According to investigators, the trooper was able to perform a traffic stop and said the driver was heavily intoxicated. In addition, 34 white claw cans were found on the passenger seat of his vehicle.

The driver, who was identified as Connor William Paradee, 34, of San Antonio, was arrested and charged with DUI. He was brought to Pasco County Jail with a blood alcohol level of 0.27. Honestly, not that high. Maybe it's because it's white claws .1170. Maybe he didn't drink all of them that day. Maybe not. That's not even double. Uh, according to the FHP, man, if you're gonna be doing that kind

of shit and get arrested for DUI, at least have a real fucking DUI. Yeah, that's kind of 34 opened cans of White Claw. Yeah, maybe he was doing like, a weekend thing, and he just didn't get him out of his car. Yeah, I feel like if I was pounding, you know, whatever it is, White Claw beer, who knows? And I was irresponsible enough to do it in my car and even more irresponsible enough to throw the cans to the side. I think the first time I stopped, I would clean that shit out of my car.

So I tell you, people aren't very smart. That's Florida. So I just started working at my old butcher shop that I'm currently at. We do venison orders after the first of the year. People bring their deer meat in, and we process it for sticks and summers and stuff like that. I'm sorry. What a summer. Summer sausage. Oh. Summer sausage. Yeah. Yeah. We just. Yeah, it's called summers. And, uh, this dude came in to pick his order up, and it was like a two box order. It was like 400 and some dollars.

And I helped him out to his car, and he opened the passenger door, and there's just, like, 12 empty beer cans on the floor of his car. And he didn't pay any mind to it. And I'm just like, oh. Okay. Like. All right. This could be a serious issue, and to him it just seemed like a regular Tuesday. Thanks for bringing this to my car. Don't mind my trash on the

passenger floor so I'm. People just aren't that smart and they just don't care. That's crazy. Blew my mind. I went inside and told everybody right away. Was everyone as surprised as you were? Yeah, because we don't do that. Like, you know, Wisconsin, obviously a huge drinking state, the Drunkest state in the country. Known for being pretty hydrated. Right. 95% of people do it in a more

responsible fashion, right? Whether they do poor things after. Sure. You know that that's a different story. But yeah, it was a lot of beer cans. That's insane. In the car. I wouldn't know how to handle that. I was kind of like, does this guy have a problem? Like, I mean, clearly. Does. He. Need help? Yeah, you're not wrong. But yeah, it was, uh, it made me feel actually kind of uncomfortable. Yeah.

Because then you've got the conundrum of like, do I tattle on this guy? Right? Like, what do I do? Is he. Doing. Here? I don't know. Yeah, but it's not like he got drunk at your establishment. So you have no real. Correct. Yeah. Obligation other than public safety, I guess, but weird. Yeah. Crazy. Not that I endorse drinking and driving, but there's been a couple times where I enjoyed a couple road sodas, but I also I always put them in not like beer containers.

Like I tried to hide it. Yeah. Like a, like a thermos or something. Or, or like a McDonald's soda cup. Oh, interesting. Yeah, plenty of that. And you just take a little hit off the old soda. And this was years and years ago, before everyone. With or without the straw. With. Interesting. Yeah. Not that I enjoyed using the straw, but it kept the ruse a little more accurate. Okay. Never have I ever. Yeah. Uh, going to Vegas a couple times in my in my early 20s. Okay. That's legit. Yeah.

I don't encourage it, but, uh, you know, things happened. Sure. I feel like, you know, anybody who's ever drank at this point has done it. Yeah. Nobody's proud of it. Yeah. And back in those days, it was like Bud Light. No one's no one's getting fucked up off of that. First time I threw up off beer, it was, uh, Bud 55. I still have never had the Bud 55. Yeah. And that's okay. I was trying to be so cool. I drank so much of it. Paw. Paw tree. Never saw it coming.

One of the sickest I ever got was that Budweiser was the blue bottle. Platinum. Platinum. Yes. 6%. Yeah. 6 or 7. Which is like double Bud Light. Basically. It was 6 or 8. It was an even percentage. Okay. Then it was probably eight. And it was one of those bottle. I know we've talked about this before. The blue bottle was so fucking cool. It was a cool bottle. That is for sure. I, um, I was all about it because at that time it was, you know,

it was the, it was the algorithm. How cheaply can I get drunk? Buzzy. Buzzy. Right. So yeah, that's why we would buy it. Mhm. Yeah. No one's buying it because it tasted good. It looked cool. And the bottles did look cool. But yeah. Boy, did I get sick. And that was the end of that. Uh. I got sick on everything. Yeah. Green apple. Smirnoff. Raspberry. Smirnoff. Strawberry. Smirnoff. Just all the Smirnoff.

Uh, Um, yeah, just, uh, big puker over here. Yeah, one of my sickest was a raspberry vodka. Okay, I don't remember what. Oh, green apple vodka was disgusting. Mhm. I still have an issue with green apple flavored things. I still have an issue with raspberry flavored things. Interesting. Yeah, this is back in the day when, you know, people were buying me alcohol. I was underage, and my girlfriend at the time were, like, wanting to drink because we were cool. And I was like, hey,

go get me a bottle of vodka. And this person came back with a raspberry bottle. And I was like, all right, well, it'll taste better because it's not straight up vodka. Uh. Yeah. Yeah. No. Yeah. No, it is. So much worse. So much worse. I used to you can't mix it with a Coke now. It just tastes like raspberry weird ass coke. Yeah. That's disgusting. Vodka and coke also. No. Or. But I had a buddy who I would hang out with, and I, I never you know, when you're new to drinking, you don't realize, like what your friend's having

isn't what you should have. Sure. You know, so he would always buy a bottle of vodka and like a chaser, and he would slug the vodka and then chase it, and then he would pass it to me. So I would just like every time he would flip the bottle up, I'd just be like, okay, like one, two. Oh, okay. He took it like a three second pull. So I'll take a three second pull. You know, bad news. Wouldn't recommend it. Nope. Clearly, out of ten. He was a little bit more of a

expert than I was. And sure. Yeah. Just again, so much puking when I was younger because I did not know any better. Yeah, it's no bueno. It wasn't even knowing a tolerance. It was just being like, oh, this person could do this so I can do it. Right? Because yeah, unfortunately, it's how you learn. That's not how alcohol works? No. Not quite. Yeah, took me a while. Yeah. You eventually got there? Eventually? Eventually. Uh.

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