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Today we've got beer, Cologne. The hunt for PBR will cover all day and 16 ways to please your lager. Let's go. Bam bam bam bam bam bam bam. Welcome in everybody. It's the craft beer Republic. I am flex and joining me as always is Greg. Greg, how are we doing today? Dude, I'm fucking jazzed up.

I'm digging the intro still. I'm telling you, this fucking music. I brought it up at the end of last show. Yeah. Can I get enough of this god dang song? I mean, it's been over six months. Well, over six months. Nine months. And at this point with the last intro, we were still very skeptical. And I'm pretty sure you would ask me before every show if the song was still okay. Yeah. And, uh, Ford trucks. Yeah, we'd get it. Yeah. compared to Ford commercials,

truck commercials. And. This one, it's very jazzy, it's very upbeat, and we dig it. What else we dig is our top listening city from last week. Yeah we. Do. Council bluffs, Iowa. It's a weird one. Yeah. Hello, Iowa. Hi. Yeah. I don't even know what Iowa's known for. Its the head and the soldier of the United States. Okay, um, you know, it goes up and down. They have cornfields and.

All right. I said this on one show. The world's largest truck stop. Oh, that's in Iowa. I was thinking Indiana. I believe that was Iowa. Okay. So take that. Iowa. Yeah. Um, well, thank you again, everybody. If you if you are still listening, I think you got a beer. I think I. Do. Why don't you tell us about it, please? And thank you.

Out of, my dear. Out of my head. I love, my dear. I tell you, that song sounds so much better on these really nice headphones that I have at my home studio. This is two weeks in a row I've been at my hotel studio. Yeah. That's right. Still loving it. Uh, I am drinking Smog City Brewing's what? Strike? What? Like electricity? See? 6.3%.

Uh, 3.82 with 1100 ratings. Yeah, it's pretty cool. Cannot it's got the little plug in the hop and everything. I like it red. It's very bright. Uh, on the back of the can, it says a full charge of citrus hits immediately led by bright grapefruit and carried by lush mango. The fruit comes on bold and juicy, then settles into a gentle, piney undertone that adds structure and balance. Everything stays smooth and rounded, letting the aromatics shine without sharp edges.

Clean, powerful and precisely tuned, this one lands with authority. The wife got this for me. She saw it. She goes. I don't think you've had this one before. What a nice wife. Yeah. She's great. Got it. The old TJ's. So thank you on the nose buds. My wife just buys me macaroons. It's nothing wrong with that. I'll take it. I get a lot of citrus on the nose, like some grapefruit notes. Um, I'm not getting necessarily

all the pineapple and tropical shit they mentioned, but definitely a lot of grapefruit, little orange in there. And look at that color. Gorgeous light. It does look wonderful. Very straw like, very pale. There goes the, uh, the tongue jobber. Okay. Um, I've been critical of Smog City. Not always my favorite. This is pretty fucking enjoyable. One more. One more step. The tropical is coming through in the flavor much more than it did in the nose. Uh. Mango. Lychee. I don't know, definitely pineapple.

Definitely grapefruit. Uh, not super bitter. Pretty, uh, pretty dry on the finish, but I wouldn't say like super dank or anything like that in a nice way. Uh, it's a light haziness. It's not like a super murky, pure type of hazy, uh, real easy to drink. 6.3%. Yeah, it feels about right. Uh, a 3.82. I'd bump it up maybe a little like a 3.95 area. Uh, I feel like because it's not the haziest in appearance. I mean, it's still hazy. I can't see through it. Yeah. You can't see through it at all. But it's it's not as murky as a pure.

I feel like that probably knocked it down a peg or two. Uh, overall pretty good. She picked me up one. I wouldn't be mad if she picked up a four pack. This is really easy to drink and real nice on the on the tongue jobber. Two weeks in a row for you. I love that. I know this is a good It's after some real shit beers in that hotel. This has been nice. Well, let's be real. I don't know, do we bring it up? How? You actually asked ChatGPT about local bottle shops? I don't know if we talked about it, but yeah. We talked about that on the show. But the fact that you did that, I don't think AI really knows

what what they're looking for. I tell you what it does not. What I did was I said, here's where my work is and here's the hotel I'm staying at. Are there any bottle shops relatively along the way from work to the hotel? And it was like, yeah, here's this and this. And what I think it does is it like scrapes the info from Google. And so if someone in the review says like good craft beer selection, it goes boom, craft beer. Oh, okay.

And it doesn't maybe read more reviews or kind of put them together. And so at least twice. It really sent me on some, some bullshit. Yeah, twice. And then another time I finally brought some beers down with me because I was tired of it. But one time it took me to a really bad neighborhood. I remember that. Yeah. I was like, is my car okay here? AM I okay? It was a little dicey. I made it out. Spoiler alert. Keep your life alert on. Yeah, I've fallen and I can't get up.

Also, good for ChatGPT. Sends you to shady bottle shops. Right? Yeah. Apparently that wasn't in a Google review that you might get stabbed on your way in the door. So I made it though. I made it. But yeah, it was something. It was fun, I guess. Sure, sure for sure. All right. Well, hey, glad to hear you had another great beer. Yes. Thank you. And, uh. Hey, guys, I did forget to mention. Make sure you're following us, uh, at Craft Beer Republic on socials. And send us mail. mail@craftbeer.com. Please. And thank you.

So we always talk about what we can do to make beer fun again. Yeah. Right. We think that's kind of what's what's going down with craft beer. And, uh, we, we've talked about, you know, countless times, uh, different ways to make it a little bit more appealing. Yeah. Is that the word? Yeah. Or just, I mean, I feel like we've tried to come up with ways, like, what is craft beer missing that it had in the late teens that it doesn't seem to have now? Because I feel like beer was so much

more fun and it's less and someone or couple actually really helped me put my thumb on it a little bit. Um, Deb and Brian, interim Brian, excuse me, went to a place in Santa Barbara called Captain Fatty's a Brewery. I was there a million years ago and enjoyed myself. Met the brewers. Uh, I can't remember the brewer, the owner that I met. I met someone that was, you know, part of the brewery, and he hooked me up with some beer.

A friend of a friend sort of told him about the show and was like, oh, here, try all these things. What do you think? And had a great time. Haven't been there in years for no particular reason. Anyways, they were in Santa Barbara. They went and when they came back they said they had such a great time. And I was like, why? What was so great about it? And they're like, well, you know, we sat there and we started chatting up the brewer, super nice guy. And then he goes, do you want to try some, some weird stuff? And Brian was like, yeah, sure. Let's, let's try some weird stuff. And he goes, well, this is what I really like. And he starts like conveying beers.

He's like, I like a little bit of this one and a half a bar of this one. And he put him in blah, blah, blah. And like, they're just doing fun shit. Like who? Van beers for people and hanging out and talking and telling them about the beers. I'm like, that's the kind of shit we need. Go, hey, this beer is good and this beer is good. But you know, it's really good when I mix them together like, that's cool. What a fun aspect. Yeah, I just thought that was really fun. I was like, that's the kind of fun we need in craft beer again. Like I, I so many times we've talked about it, like, can't put

our thumb on it other than like make good beer. But that's not fun. That's just good beer, right? It's just what they do. Right? Exactly. It's like, oh, what's fun? Okay, you have live music. Great. Everyone has live music, nothing special. Or you have trivia or you have bingo, like whatever it is, all the breweries are doing the same shit. What's fun? Oh, the brewer coming out unexpectedly telling you about his beers and also going, hey, try this, try that. Yeah, this is fucking cool. Try this one. Do you have any mixers you want to try? And they're like mixing all kinds of weird shit. I was like, that's fucking fun.

That's the kind of shit we're missing. Yes. So do you think at some breweries? I feel like a lot of brewers are, uh, pretty introverted. Yeah. Um, I, I, yeah, I agree, I've sensed that as my time and meeting brewers. Mhm. So I feel like that's something they're not interested in doing is coming out and being publicly viewed and social as it's like a whole comfort thing. Sure. Um. Or. Or. Do you think it's that they kind

of feel they're too big for their britches to look? There are definitely those. Hang with the peons kind of. Thing. Yeah. I think there's no shortage of people who are too big for the peasants. But I, I don't think that's the main problem. I think a lot of brewers are introverts. You know, I've met a ton. We've had a bunch on the show. Every time I interview a brewer, it's like, oh, I never do these. It's like, yeah, I know, but we'll be all right. Drink some beer. We're just hanging out. Don't worry about the microphone. And, you know, a couple beers in there, they're fine.

So yeah, I think it's an introvert issue. And at some point you kind of have to get over it and maybe you can't. And that's when you have an owner or a bar manager who is outgoing and fun and can do this kind of shit. Just, uh, be with the people, kind of. Be with the people, have fun with the people, make beer fun again. I feel like that. Yeah, that draws even more people out. Yeah. They hear from their friends like, oh, hey, you know, so and so was was out behind the bar and they were handing out this.

And, you know, how does how much of a blast does that sound like? Right? And look, I mean, all the time we'll be with people who aren't necessarily beer people and like, oh, this one sounds good. That one sounds good. But I'm afraid, you know, like it. And you know how many times I tell people like, oh, go ask for just a splash? Yeah. Hey, do you do samples here? Yeah. And, and I don't mean a sample like a taster. Pour like a two ounce pour. I mean a splash, like just a enough to try it and make sure you don't hate it. And almost every single brewery, as long as you don't abuse the system will give you a splash. Maybe two.

And I think breweries and beer tenders and bar managers should be more forthcoming with that. If they see some guy looking at the board or some chick talking to her friend, like, I don't know if I'm gonna like, you know, whatever, why don't you go like, hey, let me give you a splash, right? Like instead of saying like, hey, you know, are you ready for something? Like, hey, you want to try something? Right? I hear you, I hear you talking about this Berliner. You've never had one. Let me give you a little splash. Right. Lead with that. Like, hey, willing to try anything

before you want to order it? Yeah, exactly. I'm not saying give away the the cow. Well, knowing a little splash here and a splash there, you're not losing much. Just a slider. I think that's missing. You know, I feel like this this really got the brain going back in the day. You'd hear things like people not knowing what they wanted to order. And I feel like back in the day when beer craft beer wasn't where it is now, there was an expectation that people didn't didn't know. And now there's this weird expectation that everyone knows.

Sure. And you used to hear a lot of like, well, what do you drink when you're at home or what, what kind of beer, you know, do you normally drink? You know, what's a brand new? And even if it was Budweiser, you know, whatever, if you said something, they go, well, the closest thing we got is this. Sure. You want to try it? Let's try it. What do you normally drink at home? I normally drink white wine. We have the sour over here. You know, it's not very sour. It's got some white wine vibes to it. Let me give you a little splash. That's the kind of shit that's

missing. Bring people in. Yeah. Enlighten them. Yeah. Get off your goddamn high horse! Yeah. High horse. Yeah. Speaking of high horses, can I tell you a story I forgot to tell last week? Please do. Last week I had the. Medicine from Imigran. I bought it at Trader Joe's. And as I was checking out, the guy goes, oh, Aaron, I love that place. And I was like, aha! And then tried to brag about

Imigran Hajji. By the way, and was like, yeah, there, there. Oktoberfest is coming up. I was like, oh yeah, it is. That's right. Yeah, yeah. And he goes, yeah, I'm gonna go. I said, oh good. You guys go. I was like, I think we're out of town that weekend. But you know, for around, we'll go for sure. And you know, it's always a good party, that kind of thing. He goes, yeah, well all I have to go. I'm part German and I drink for free. Huh? I was like, okay, I'm waiting for dot, dot, dot. My friend works there. Sure. Or my brother or, you know, like, whatever. Nope.

That was the end. The end was. And I drink for free at Inna drin and I was like, this motherfucker hasn't drank for free enough there because he can't even say the name, right? He can't even say the name, right? Yeah. It was just a weird, weird interaction. And not to be a snobby beer person, like we just made fun of for the last three minutes. But, uh, you know, it's in a grin. And if you're drinking there for free so often, it's a hard G. Maybe he was searching for a friend, you know? And maybe. That was my chance to go. To drink for free. And then for you to be like, oh,

hey, however do you do that, sir? Yeah. Tell me more. Please. Who do you know? Yeah. You ruined his day. I know, God damn it. I'm that prick Brewer who won't make beer fun again. Okay. Yeah. Okay. It's because I'm introverted. Yeah. The most introverted. I mean, in public. Yeah. Pretty introverted is not wanting to talk to people the same as being introverted. I don't think, like, hating people.

Yeah. Just, you know. Look, I. I appreciate that you're nice, but just, you know, bring up my food and we can get out of here. Yeah. I don't know. I feel like that's a thin line. Okay. I got something to drink. Go drink it. Sorry. Anyways. All right. Uh, looks like my favorite segment. Uh. Oh. Of our shows, the aforementioned. All flavors. Weird smell. Bad taste. Poop. Poop. Irrigate. It continues.

I'm gonna run this thing into the fucking ground. That's right. Ride it hard. Put it away. Wet. So we have, uh, what I assume is a listener here and they say, hey, Greg and Flex, I think I have one that compete that can compete with poop beer. A few years ago, my buddy ordered a beer at a brewery, took one sip, handed it to me without saying anything. I tried it and immediately said, why does this taste like hot dog water?

He starts laughing. Starfish. Right? He starts laughing because apparently that was exactly what he thought too. So now we're passing this beer around the table. Four grown men, all taking little sips, trying to figure out if we're crazy. Nope. Hot dog water. Not a hot dog, not mustard or anything that might actually be interesting. The water after you've boiled the hot dogs, nobody finished it. The worst part is I've thought

about that beer more than beers I've actually loved. Anyway, if you guys ever do a Mount Rushmore of terrible beer, I nominate hot dog water. Cheers from Matt. Uh, thank you, Matt. Thank you indeed. Oh, his untapped link. The untapped link. Yeah. By the way, Matt sent us the link to the beer he drank. It's, uh, should I say the name of the brewery? I got it open here. I'm trying to sign in right now. Oh, it's all right. Fine. It's called owl Stone ale.

That was the beer name. It's an American wheat made with farm grown cascade hops. Why would that taste like hot dog? Not everybody thought that, apparently because it has a I mean, just perfect. 316 untapped. Okay. Um, a lot of dicey reviews seemingly. So there are two reviews that mention hot dog.

Aside from 316 being a cool number. Yeah. Not a great average on Untappd. No, no. Someone gave this a 3.5 and their only comment was little bitterness. It's a fucking wheat. There should only be a little bitterness. There should be hardly any bitterness. Yeah. Um, most people did not say things about it, just rated it. I hate that. Yeah. This person added blackberry syrup to

it, and now it's on point. What? I didn't know that was an option. What? Have you ever had a beer? And you're like, you know what would make this better? Yeah. Uh, someone gave this a two stars said doesn't smell appetizing. My my companions commented on this one. Refused to even try a sip. Not much character than a soapy tasting finish. It's rare for us not to finish a taster, but no one wants to. A taster. Taster? Okay. Yeah.

It probably means it's pretty bad. Probably. So anyways. Thanks, Matt. Yeah. Cheers, Matt. Please, everybody help us keep poop. Beergate going because I love it. I love hearing about bad beers. All flavors. We smell bad taste, poop, beer. And more. So I love that. I love having an excuse to play that song. So good. Speaking of an excuse to play a song. Oh uh. No excuse needed. 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. Jabber. In this world we must find out what is flax drinking. Oh well well, well. That good, huh? Wouldn't you like to know? Well, that's why we're here. So this is a trade beer with a guy at work.

He had stopped on lunch to pick up some beverages for a fantasy football draft, and I had seen the beer he got, and I brought in, uh, one of mine when I went on lunch because I was very intrigued by it. Okay. And it's Youngblood Beer company. Oh, you've had them multiple times. Big big fan. Big fan. I've had them multiple times, as you just said. And they always do wonderful, wonderful beers. And I'm telling you, I'm going to show you right now. Mhm.

This is what got me intrigued is just it is a red pickup truck. They always have sweet cannot. Right. And the beer is called Ford fucking Ranger. It's a. Seven. Yes. It's got all like, the asterisks and ampersands and whatever. But yeah, it's called Ford Ranger, Idaho seven uh West Coast IPA dry hopped with Comet and Idaho, seven 6.5% ABV. The can reads much like a Ford

Ranger. The West Coast IPA is a true American classic. A little two seater with a heater comet is seated at the wheel, and Idaho seven is along for the ride this time. Whether you are taking care of business or just trying to get into a little bit of trouble, Ford Ranger is what you need. Nice, I dig it. So I poured this beer out. Looks a little dicey. And I thought, what the fuck? Because we do. I mean, we do poop. Beer gate.

This looks like poop water. A little bit. The color is not appetizing. It looks absolutely awful. I did smell it. It it smells okay. It does. It smells like beer. I'm not exactly certain what I'm picking up, but I can tell you it's beer. It's got some real sewer water vibes. Yeah, it's it's just. It's like diarrhea water. Yeah. It's not if you water down diarrhea, that's what it looks like is in

my glass. You're not wrong. And I know it's really gross. Yeah. And I know we've talked about this before, too. Maybe it's a bad can. You've had one bad can in four packs and yeah, you know, unfortunately this is my only can. So no science. Yeah. The the nose buds here. I don't know, it's like it's like a little blueberry. Um, it's an IPA, right? Yeah. It's it's sweeter. Blueberry. Okay.

Yeah. That's actually what it is. It's straight up fucking blueberry. And, uh, there's just no citrus. There's no pine. It's a west coast. Let's dabble into the old tongue jobber and hopefully I don't throw up. And here goes nothing. Here's to hoping. So this is just a really strange beer. MM. So it's a West Coast IPA and it really drinks like like a like a juicy, like a hot, a hazy, but a juicy.

So there's little to no bitterness. Extremely dry, kind of sweet. But I'm trying to figure out what these flavors are. And I just, I just can't put my my tongue jabber on it. I'm looking up pictures of this thing on untapped. Okay. And I'm looking specifically at canned paws. Sure. And there's one dude who, by the way, has a Wisconsin glass, so he must be somewhere around you. And it looks a lot like mine, to be honest. A little less hazy, but like same color. And it looks gorgeous and I shit

you not. Next. Beer down. Looks like yours. I wonder if they had some canning issues. That would be my guess because it's not. Honestly, for a shitty looking beer, it doesn't taste the worst. Okay, well, the one that has a super light looking pour. He gave it five stars. The one that. The one that looks like yours gave it four stars. Okay, I definitely wouldn't even give it four stars. Okay. Um, and I do see it has a four a

cumulative rating. Only 18 check ins on this one. Are you on the same? Are you same one as as I am. This is 74. There might be different. I'm just looking at pictures that have the can in it, so I'm. I'm sure that it's a can pour. Got it. They might have. I know it's a series, so people might get confused and check in on the wrong series. Here's another one that looks like yours. Four and a half. That's crazy. It just says smooth. It's. I guess it's not not smooth. This person says is juicy. West coast a thing.

Whatever it is, it's really good. See? So that's kind of what I'm getting is okay, but maybe just the color itself is off putting and is kind of making my stomach curdle a little bit. I don't know. It's a weird fucking color. It looks like some air got in there and darkened it up. Yeah, because honestly doesn't taste awful. That's good. It's a bit earthy. Yeah, I guess. And but nothing extremely off.

Flavoring and pudding, I don't know. Okay. I don't know, I guess I wish I could have got a better can. Question mark. Yeah. And I know these guys always put out really great offerings. Yeah. You're always loving their shit. Oh. Every. Everything I've ever had from them, I just thoroughly enjoyed. So yeah. I guess. Here's here's one. I want to punch someone in the face for refreshing IPA with a complex name. Oh. Ford Ranger is complex. Not very complex.

I don't think so, no. Anyways. Keep keep keep commenting on that. Yeah. Please do. Do better. All right. Well, hopefully, uh, you know, there's better cans out there. Maybe I'll even look to see if I can find this beer and see if I can find out if this is actually how it's supposed to be. Yeah. Maybe needs a follow up. Yeah, it's, uh, that would be some fun research. Mhm. Some fun science for the show. But, uh, I think we'll go into a little news here. Yeah.

See what we got for the old news cap today. Ready to smell like beer? I don't know if I am. PBR folks have teamed up with Doctor Squatch for a blue ribbon breeze bar of soap, which combines the aphrodisiac qualities of PBR lager, which I don't think is a real thing, and a crisp scent inspired by Milwaukee Lake days, which I also know is not a real thing. So you can equally smell like

you've been catching fish all day in addition to drinking beer. A winning combo on any first date or job interview, the Blue Ribbon Bar can be yours for $8 or a $22.80 for a three pack. I'm gonna pass on this gray. Oh come on. I don't know about you. You don't want to smell like PBR. I really don't. I've. I've had it, I've smelled it. I've smelled the can. Day after parties. I am going to pass. Okay.

I mean, your wife might like. I can't even. You can't even tell me on this. Yeah. It's awful. Not even the fact that I'm from Milwaukee, I don't know. Yeah. That's true. Yeah. It's just it's not gonna get me. In more news. Health department temporarily shuts down victories. Philly Taproom Victory Brewing's Philly taproom temporarily closed last week after city health officials found mice, roaches and other sanitation

issues during an inspection. CBS News Philadelphia reported the closure began Tuesday as the company works to put finishing touches on the necessary corrections and preparations it shared on Instagram. It's unclear when it will reopen. Our priority is ensuring everything is fully addressed and that we have met our internal standards and those of the Philadelphia Health Department. Sure about that? What the hell are you doing? Gross. In order for that stuff to, you know,

infiltrate and infest, you're doing something wrong and you're doing something wrong for a while. Yeah. Like doesn't just show up. I'm. I'm. I'm sorry. Here's the one thing I will say in their defense. Nice. No. No excuse. Roaches. It doesn't matter how clean you are, they can still show up in a restaurant. Okay. Fair enough. You do have to have good sanitation as well as, like, good pest control. Sounds like they don't have at

least one of those things. That's what I'm thinking. Now, if you have bad sanitation, obviously they'll come much quicker. And the mice thing makes me think they have bad sanitation. Just like there's companies that, you know, do this, right? Like, you know, I work at a butcher shop, a food retail store. We have pest control in like every two weeks. Yeah. Checking traps, you know, setting everything just in case anything

were to happen. Fucking do it. It's a must. It's a must. It's why you have to keep all your dry goods six inches, six inches, six inches. Off the ground. Yeah, it's, uh. Yeah, I used to work in a restaurant. It's all important. Yeah. Very important. Don't, uh, nothing to skate by for. Oh, come on. Victory! Yeah. You don't sound very victorious. And on that note. I'll see myself out. That was actually really, really good. So this has been going around.

I would say national news. Pabst offers $20,000 reward for stolen truckload of PBR. Whoops. And speaking of PBR, PBR CEO wants his beer back. $20,000 back. Uh, Pepsi CEO Greg Dubow says someone stole a full truckload of Pabst Blue Ribbon in California. We're looking at you, Greg. I know. That's where they brew it.

Uh, or one of the breweries? Sure. Uh, 1602 cases of beer was stolen. They want it back by September 9th. Now, I believe this show is Releasing September 9th. Uh, actually after that. After that. That's right, you're right. So they want it back by September 9th, will they or won't they? Good question. His words. Someone had the balls to steal it. Kudos to them, I guess. Per police, on August 17th, Montclair PD reported two thefts

at an Anheuser-Busch distribution center in California. First $45,000 shipment picked up 10 a.m.. Never reached Tucson. Second, an hour later, $25,000 in AB and PBR beer taken by a subcontractor with fake paperwork. Police say the two are connected. One larger theft operation. Investigation ongoing. Perhaps. Instagram post screaming red letters. Missing truck claimed 400 £0 of PBR

bound for San Diego got swiped. Montclair police clarified no trucks were stolen, Just the beer. 546 cases of PBR 12 ounce cans, 30 packs, 860 cases, PBR 20 or I'm sorry, 25 ounce single serve cans 15 packs, 196 cases. Old Milwaukee non-alcoholic 12 ounce cans, 24 packs. You can keep that one. 145 barrels total. That's a lot of beer. A lot of beer.

Bigger trend beer beverage was cargo thieves top target in 2025, up nearly 50% from 2024. Over a fifth of all supply chain theft. Nationally, total cargo theft $725 million last year, up 60%. Food and beverage alone up 47%. That's actually crazy. That is nuts. Consequences are real. A Bronx beer theft ringleader just got 63 months for hitting rail yards

and warehouses for Corona and Modelo. Between 2022 and 2024, I did not know this was a real thing. Apparently it is. It's like the Wild West out there. That's a lot of words to read. That's a lot of numbers to put out. That's a lot of dip. Dip. Didn't know this was a thing. Mhm. Like, do you ever I mean, so I mean, this is just me. So there's been plenty of times where I go on lunch or come back from lunch.

And we have a supplier truck just sitting out on the street, you know, because we have a small parking lot, so they can't really back up into our lot. Mhm. And countless times have I thought, wow, it would probably be pretty easy to just get in this truck or get in this trailer, pull a couple of cases and. Yeah. You know, be on your way. I never actually thought to do it. But it's a fantasy. I don't know if it's a fantasy or just kind of one of those ideas where you're like, hey,

this if somebody wanted to, this could be an easy thing to do. Yeah, I mean, same thing back in my restaurant days, truck would park in the parking lot, but not right next to the delivery door. And if you wanted to steal something, you could have. Sure. And you know, when they're, they get out of their truck, they're not taking the keys with them. The keys are in the truck. Probably. Yeah, that would be my assumption. You don't even think about that. Um, so yeah, uh, that's it's fucking crazy. It's a lot of a lot of beer.

A lot of beer, a lot of beer. And as far as I know, as we're recording this not found. Yeah. Also, uh, you can keep the 196 cases of n a old Milwaukee. Yeah. I think that was like, uh, they just took the truck and that just so happened to be on it. They didn't know what they were grabbing. No, no. No, God damn it. They were just like, it's a it's a truck full of beer, right? Turns out it was 80% full of beer. Right? But what do you do with that?

Are you drinking it? Are you selling it? Are you? What? Are we probably selling it or something. You think so? I bet they got some, like, black market underground selling it to bars kind of thing. Okay. They pretend to be a distributor or something, like, hey, we got cheaper prices. And those fucks. Sure. Okay. I didn't think about that. That's my guess. Who knows? My immediate reaction was just, what do you do with all of this beer? And where do you where do you store it? Where do you store the truck? That's a tough one. Like, hey,

can I borrow your garage? Right. Which makes you think this has to be a real large operation to be able to store. That's true. Such. You know. I doubt they're taking care of it. They're putting in a couple of garages and calling it a day. Yeah. Tell you what. Can't make the beer much worse. That's true. What do you say we end on this one? Let's wrap it up. D.U.I. suspect gives cops an extremely honest answer. Police in Gillette, Wyoming, arrested a 62 year old man for DUI after someone requested a welfare check on his vehicle.

Officers found his Ford Edge parked at an intersection with the doors open and the man sitting in the driver's seat. Police say he appeared intoxicated and smelled of alcohol when officers asked how much he'd been drinking. His response was simply not enough. Been there. He was arrested for DUI after refusing to complete field sobriety tests. Sometimes you just need some more. Sounds like this guy was having a bad day. I think. So when you had a bad day.

Second one down. Sorry. Uh, I actually bought that song on iTunes. Oh, okay. 15, 20 years ago. That song you ever. Bought, uh, was embarrassing to admit. Yeah. I'm embarrassed for you. Paid for music. And that was one of the songs. Daniel Powter. I could never have told you who that was. Really? Yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah. No, I don't know who it was either. Yeah. Same. Same same same. Yeah. Why don't you start some music? Yeah, I'm gonna do that.

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