The holidays are officially here, which means Flex is out sick, Erica jumps in, and Craft Beer Republic is rolling straight into the season with beer, stories, and the kind of holiday chaos only a good craft beer podcast can deliver. In this episode, Greg finally completes his annual hunt for Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale , the classic West Coast holiday beer that somehow only needs two cans to feel like Christmas. Erica brings her own Sierra Nevada winter lager , along wit

It’s that time again — a fresh pour of Craft Beer Republic just dropped, and this one’s got everything: Celebration Ale drama, a stealth beer drop plan for a Christmas party, and Flex’s Midwest Spanish getting flagged by the language police. On episode 489 , Showing Up With Used Beers , Greg’s on a mission to find exactly two Celebration Ales. Not a six-pack. Not a Costco case. Just two. And of course, things spiral. Trader Joe’s becomes ground zero for the search, and someho