Zombie Shark Fight

Today we've got GABF news, another brewery merger, spiked sports drinks and 21 reasons to flip off sober October. Let's go. Welcome in everybody. It's the craft beer Republic. Thanks for drinking. Thanks for joining. I am Greg over there is big Flexy. What's up, big fella? Hanging out?

I don't even know what that was, but I love it. Oh, just just me hanging out. Okay, put it back in. Sometimes I wish we had video. And down below us in our little boxes here, at least, below me is the Hot Mess Express, everyone's favorite salty sailor and fresh out of the tattoo chair. That's Erica. What's happening? Self-proclaimed. Hey, apparently we're both fresh out of the tattoo chair.

That's true. That's pretty rad. Yeah, we're we're officially in our 40s. Getting our first tattoos. We're never too late, guys. It is never too late. That's right. I already have plans for another one. Yeah, same. Yeah. It is truly addictive. It is. It hurts so good. That's exactly how it felt. Yeah. Give me more. I got my first when I was 18. And my second one, I got a little script on me and the guys. I wrote it on the paper, right for the guy.

And he did it wrong when he and I never looked at it. I never reread it. No regrets. I just looked at the font and yeah, it's pretty brutal. I'm not gonna say how I fixed it. Oh no, you didn't ask for a 13 and they drew a 31 or something. No, I had the word dying and I spelled it DYING because that's how you spell dying. And he had made it DIEING.

Oh, no. What? Yeah. Did you fix it yourself? Oh. I I. I know this is a little bit long of an intro. I don't recommend this for anybody. Okay. But here's a little tidbit on tattoos. If they get infected. Oh. It does not heal. And the ink does not show through. Oh, no you didn't. I will not say what I did. No you didn't. But I got the I and the E a little

infected. What did you put on that. What did you put on that. No I didn't, I'm not gonna say. What did you do? We can conversation. We can do post-show. I can do post-show. But I got the the I and the E infected and we were able to fit a Y in there. And it looks pretty. Pretty. All right. So. And you're like the convention's police, too. You're like the worst person to do that to because, you know, your spelling and grammar and punctuation. Oh, yeah. Flex knows. Yeah. For sure. Yeah. Somebody sent me a message

tonight that said, just wait, but it was the WEIGHT! Wait. Oh, no. And you say I don't know about £5. My head exploded. My head exploded. Oh. All right, anyway, let's get into it. Yeah, well, if you're still there at Craft Beer Republic @flex_me_a_beer underscore in between, of course. @Necknosh no more LLC. Right. I almost said LLC. Not on my. Yeah, not on my tag. It's just @Necknosh. And of course, @necknosh dot com for all your salty pretzel goodness and all that stuff.

Shout out to our top listening city last week. And that was Boise, Idaho. Wow. They even drinking Boise, Idaho. Do they even have the internet? I don't I don't know what's going on, but I mean. I'm in Idaho. Yeah. We also had a small I say small, it was actually pretty significant spike in. I'm gonna fuck up the pronunciation. It's in Portugal. It's a city in Portugal. Okay. And I don't like I know we talked about Portugal because I. We were just there. Sure. I was not in whatever that city is,

I was. How many stickers do you slap around the place? Honestly, zero. I didn't slap any. I was afraid they'd, like, arrest me and kick me in the butt like Bart Simpson or something. Okay. Yeah. So thanks. Shiny. Shiny. Shiny. Shiny. Shiny. Thanks, Portugal. Anyways, before we get too far into things, Erica has a Halloween themed beer. Oh, I do, I do. That we should find out about.

Check out this cute little Ken booth. Okay. It was way too cute. Way too cute. Got to get this one. So today I am drinking West Ghost IPA. This is by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company. So here in Chico, California, just a couple hours from where I'm at. Hey wait, that cool can was done by Sierra Nevada. I know I didn't honestly, when I grabbed it, I didn't even realize who I was. Just like cute grabbing it. And then first. Off, the name.

What? Second off the fucking can. They nailed. It. Please go on. It is so cute. It's this little white ghost kind of floating with the purple and pink background. So rad. So 7.2% ABV, 65 IBUs if you care. 3.96 on Untappd out of 8000 check ins. So that's pretty, pretty solid. Yeah. Let's see what they say about this, everyone. So this is an old school IPA back from the dead.

Lest we forget that today's haze began bright, this West Coast ghost is Uber crisp and proudly bitter with notes of citrus and sweet fruit. Okay, so it is clear like a west coast should be because you want to see through it. I just came up with I'm serious. Oh my gosh, the mom joke there. It's pretty clear. And it had when I first poured it, a really nice dense, frothy head. And the lacing was beautiful. Flex. Once again, something to make you

proud. Love that sexy. Lacing. I don't have a proper glass, which is really disappointing. So let me put my whipper snapper in there. I haven't heard whipper sniffer in way too long. I know I threw that one out maybe a year or two ago. I don't know if I brought it back in a while. It's been about three years. I sipped before I described the scent. I was just confirming. So I'm really thirsty. I really needed a beer tonight, so. Okay, so it does have a bit of a,

I don't know, kind of a citrusy aroma, but when I the first taste of it is quite piney, but then it just then the citrus checks in and then it smooths out nicely. And it's just very true to a West Coast IPA. It does kind of have that Citra hop kind of flavor. I love Citra, I think it's because when you first start drinking IPAs. The OGs. It's just an OG. And it just kind of like sometimes it just feels good. Did it say it had Citra in it? I don't think it said. But anyways, this is just a really nice, bright,

true West Coast IPA that I recommend. And the can is cute, so I feel happy when I drink it. It's a pretty sweet can. I was. I would say ten out of ten for this one. Okay. Between the name the can being a classic West Coast seven. What do you say? Seven. Two. Seven. Two. I don't even need to drink it. And that's a ten out of ten for me. That's basically like good night for me right there. And I looked it up. You're right. It does have Citra. It's got Amarillo, Citra, Idaho 7 and Magnum. Damn. I'm good.

It didn't even say that in the description, but I could tell you that. Magnum dog. That's right. It is. So good. Double excel sheet, you ghost. Sheet. So I recommend this you guys. And it might be widely distributed because it's Sierra Nevada. I don't know. Greg. Have you seen it? I have not. I'm trying to think. I have not seen Trader Joe's. I was just there the other day. In fact, I looked for it because you sent me the picture of it.

I know I did. I guess I could go to Total Wine. But, you know, it's relatively fresh because it's something kind of recent, right? True. It's not been sitting there since last year. Yeah. As long as it's the first time around then. We should. Write then. You're probably pretty safe. You don't want to get 2024 West Coast. Yeah. That's right. Hey, I picked up this fresh 2017 can of West Ghost, done a Total Wine. And then like some aged West Ghost. Yes, it's a barrel aged,

no shelf aged. That's about right with Total Wine. Yeah. Well, fantastic. I'll look forward to some more. You know what? I bet like the regular grocery store has it. They always have Sierra Nevada stuff. I'll have to. Yeah. Check out the rig. It's just I like Trader Joe's. Couldn't get one at a time. Yeah. It is. That is pretty cool. I went in there with my kids and I was, like, cracking them off the four packs because I learned from you that you can swap around. My kids are like, what are you doing, mom? Mom, Greg said, it's okay. All right. I hope everyone uses that excuse. Craig says it's okay.

Get you a TJ, T and J sponsorship. That would be. Great. Like, at least your kids know who Greg is. But like, I want some randos to be like Greg said, it's okay. Like, who the fuck is Greg? What? He says this is the best bottle shop in town. Like what? I thought we're supposed to be here for vegetables? No. Aren't we getting spinach and artichoke right? By the way, Trader Joe's spinach and artichoke dip. Is it good? It's the best. It's frozen.

You throw it in the microwave. It's delicious. What do we get from trader Trader Joe's? Chocolate covered pretzels? They have great gluten free options. My oldest daughter is gluten sensitive. Oh, is she okay? So we get a shit ton of that. Nice. What else do we get? Trader Joe's. The jasmine rice. Oh, yeah. They got. Frozen. Yeah, that's. I love. That. It's so convenient. It's great. Throw the microwave for a minute. Shit. Ton of stuff. Oh, yeah.

Their kung pao chicken. Or whatever. They're Asian. Whatever. Yeah. Some of their Indian food, like their frozen Indian food. Meals are good too. Some tandoori chicken. That kind of. Man. Okay, this is not a Trader Joe's show. Nor a food show. I'm getting. Hungry. Food show. Look at us. All right, we got some later on. We got some GABF winners I was gonna talk about. But before we got there, I figured I had I had clawed. I'm trying out new AI. I had clawed pull some of the weirdest names out of the GABF list,

and I thought I would quiz you guys. I'll give you a weird name. You tell me what kind of beer it is. Ooh, I like this. First one's gonna be a little obvious, so it's a good starter till you take me higher. Like a sour. Yeah, I'm gonna say like a dill pickle. Sour. That's what I would say. Technically, it's under the experimental category, but yes, it's a pickle beer. Okay. All right. Next one is Admiral Chipperton sausage in the third sausage. I would say that a a smoked lager.

Okay. Yeah. I thought it was gonna be like some meaty, like the big meat from vinegar or something. It's just a craft malt beer. Oh, okay. Yeah. Yeah. From. From hot dog in Half Moon Bay beer. That's what I was looking for. Yes, that's what I was thinking. But face. I'm gonna say IPA. I mean, something dark, dude. Like. Like a porter. Yeah. Everyone's wrong. It's an amber. Okay, okay. It took bronze. It's from Ram Restaurant and Brewery in Tacoma, Washington.

Ramrod. Okay. Ramrod car. Ramrod. Flex. You didn't say the thing. Did you get it? Yeah. Four is Satan's pony. Is that a red ale? An amber. Doubt. It's a Scottish style ale. Okay, that's kind of reddish, isn't it? Scottish reddish. Yeah. Okay. Come on. It took gold. Took gold. South Street Brewery in Charlottesville, Virginia. Okay. Zombie shark fight. Some sort of IPA. That's the first thing that crossed my mind.

I immediately went hazy on this. Okay. Italian Sal Pilsner. Jesus. Way off. It took bronze. It's from green cheek. I feel like Italian could have known Italian. Sal Pilsner zombie fight. Zombie shark fight. Number six. This might be obvious. Shower beer. Like. A light lager. A log. Yeah, like a lager. Yeah, yeah. American lager took gold from Masthead Brewing out of Cleveland. Number seven, feral garden gnome feral. Something earthy, like a.

Like. I don't. Know, I'm so stumped right now. I got nothing. All right. What's that? It is a Belgian style abbey. Yeah. I wasn't gonna get that. No. To gold from Liability Brewing in Greenville, South Carolina, and ended on this one. Fat. Randy's fat. Randy's stout. Yeah. I'm gonna.

I'll cosign stout. It is an IPA. It's a hoppy gluten free for sure for Flex daughter IPA. All right. Took bronze from Holiday Brewing out of Golden, Colorado. Get that. Will age it for nine years. So there you go. There you go. It'll be as fresh as the Total Wine beers. Actually, it might be better. Yeah, might be better. You'll be able to keep it in the fridge. Oh, shit. All right, before we find out what Flex is drinking.

Erica, I feel like you must have done some research since the last time we talked. Research? What have I done? Oh my gosh. You had some Beer Babes releases. And oh my gosh, so much has happened. Yeah, we had a Beer Babes release. It was actually a seltzer because mindscape fermentations tends to do, like really good seltzers. But we had like some of the super rad beer chicks like Rachel. Brews with Bukowski, who is now an advanced cicerone, I think there. I'm gonna get this wrong. Like 60 in the world. I don't know, very small number. She is such a badass.

So I will have to say that I used her credentials and told a local brewery that we were doing a bar crawl and that she was coming, and they set up this whole table and all these free tastings for us and took us on a tour. It was so cool because Rachel is such a badass. I think that's why they did it. Either. She is from Wisconsin for the record. I just want to put that out there. Yeah. Is that why she does ice fishing? What's that even? Is that a Wisconsin thing? Probably not. Yeah. No, it totally is. It's a Midwest thing. Okay?

It's a Midwest thing. Okay. And then she's like an Egyptologist and a curator and an advanced cicerone. She's like one of the most fascinating, amazing, fun people on planet. She works like four jobs because she just stays busy. Yeah. She's nice. Yeah. And she's just super rad. And so that was really cool. And then my sister in law's came and that was super fun and super cool that they still came to hang out after all the chaos that's been in life. And they. And then who else?

Yeah. So that was cool. We tried in the seltzer was like a mango kind of I can't think right now what it was, but it was, it was a pretty great seltzer. I'm obviously more of a beer person. Mindscape is super rad. And they made a, you know, a beautiful release for everyone. So we did that. And so definitely go out and get the brew. Beer Babes family is awesome. And all their proceeds go to, you know, giving women to women in beer grants for different things. And actually mindscape fermentations

in Northern California. Got that grant a couple years ago to buy keg washer. What else? Went to Nashville? Drank some beers with my sister in law. Got a tattoo? I do like Nashville beers. You also like her sister in law? Wow. You know, that's neither here nor there. She's pretty fun then. So we went to Tennessee Brewing Company there and tried some. Really? They had some really great beers. I honestly don't remember specifics because it was so long ago, and. I think they have the one with

the chicken on the label. Maybe that's not Tennessee. They have kind of like a Willie Nelson looking one. Oh, that's the one. That's the one I had. Yeah. But we had some really great service there and everything tasted pretty fantastic. That's a lot. Yeah. That's a lot more than I could say. And that was really condensed of like a lot that in that time that happened. Any Beerfest lately slinging pretzels? Oh no I have not. It is, you know, Oktoberfest season. So I've been selling them in cases of course, but I haven't been slinging

them at events so much because that's so time consuming. I'd rather. Just. Pack them and ship them out. I'm always happy to go to a beer fest and just drink and have a good time. But I feel you. I looked it up. Okay, Cicerones. There is level one certified beer server. There's over 170,000 people. Okay, level two certified Cicerone. There's 5100 people. Okay. Level three, advanced Cicerone. There's 211 people. This is worldwide. Okay.

And level four, master cicerone, 29 people. Okay, so that's right. So she's the the advanced 211. And I think there are maybe 60 women. Okay. And that's what it was. And there's only one in Arizona. I may be quoting this wrong and that's her. It's pretty impressive. I mean. Yeah, I don't care who you are, what you are. That's impressive. Yeah, it's freaking rad. It's freaking rad. Yeah. So and the thing is, she's not pretentious either. She will. I mean, she'll have her PBR

whatever Miller Lite and, you know, drink out of whatever glass, but she knows her shit too. So it's just like the perfect person to have a beer with. To be honest. It's a good combo of trash, beer and good beer. Exactly. Like, no. Yeah. Because, yeah, you don't want to hang out with some advanced cicerone that's like got their pinkies up and it's like, is this gloss perfectly clean, you know? That's so not how she is. She's just like, yeah, I will. I'll chug a beer with you. Do we need we need to chug another beer. Let's do it. Let's have some tequila shots

and then we'll chug a beer. Oh my God. Yeah, I can't do that. I can do the beer part, not the tequila part. Oh. We did have a few shots. I don't even know if I can chug beer anymore. Well. I'll try. I used to be. Really? I shouldn't say really good at it. I used to be really decent at it. Really? What about shotgunning a beer? I'm okay. I've done a few in my lifetime. I've actually gotten better at chugging as I get older. I do like to pour the beer out and let it sit for a little bit.

Oh, you're trying to kill some of that carbonation, aren't you? In the coldness. Have you ever been iced? That fucking. That sucks. Who would do that? I don't know, just a real jerk. When we were. When we were like 19 to 21, that's all we would do at, like, we would go to parties or somebody would plan a party and we would just set ices up in random fucking spots just knowing, oh my gosh, like, like random but obvious spots where you knew somebody had to go, right?

Like you knew it was happening, right? So then like you knew they were gonna get it. And yeah, it was, it was great. Well, I think I told you guys that last year I iced the Beer Babes. I wasn't that organized this year, but they all got a little gift bag. And every single one of them, when they opened it touched the ice. It was freaking amazing. I got this video of them all. Of course, everybody's in their like, swimsuits by the pool and they're all like chugging their. I didn't want to post it because it's a little invasive. Everyone's like in there, but it was hilarious. They were like, you bitch. I'm like, drink that. Nailed it.

I learned it. Go to Craft Beer Republic dot com. This is the jerk that taught me about it. That guy's an asshole. Oh. Very nice. All right, before we talk about some newsy things, let's talk about what Flex is drinking over there. Yeah, sure. In the world where craft beer is king, a world where muscles are bigger than growlers, only one tongue can guide us. One man, one tongue, one Tongue-jobber. In this world, we must find out what

is Flex drinking? Well well, well. Today Flex is drinking rectifier from Eagle Park Brewing o rectifier. Yes. Yeah. Not rectum. Fire rectifier. It's after you eat too much spicy food. Si. Si, senor. Funniest thing I said all day, everybody. Thank you.

So, one little story. I don't speak a lot of Spanish. I used to when I was in high school. So when people say something to me in Spanish, my first go to response is si. That's it. Perfect. Perfect. So when my kids ask me stuff, sometimes I'll just hit em with a C. So it's, it's something that it's a go to for me. Any any weasels. With some Portuguese. It's seem s I'm. Not gonna do.

That okay. But I appreciate that. Now I'm trilingual. Yeah, exactly. I was bad today, I didn't plan, I forgot we were recording. And when you texted me about recording, I was actually at Eagle Park meeting with the guys. Isn't that ironic? So I got some to go. Beers from them. Classic Flex. But this is kind of a flag shippy by them. It's a West coast Untappd has it as a American IPA which same thing.

Kind of this one's brewed with. I don't see Untappd here, says West Coast style IPA, so I was right with Mosaic. Chinook Simcoe and cashmere hops, 2.8 thousand ratings and a 3.79, which is grossly underappreciated for what this beer is. And I'm drinking out of the can because I'm just kind of a trash bag right now. You fucking trash person with your tattoos and your beer cans. I'm so trashy. So on the nose.

I mean, it is what it is. It's a classic West Coast, right? You got some citrus and some pine out there. It will warm up the old Tongue-jobber here. In a minute. Thank you for doing that. It's a quick warm up that's been sitting too long. Sometimes you don't need much. It's been. It's been a while. For a while. So. So on the taste buds, you know, same thing. Super classic, very crisp, very refreshing. West coast, citrus pine.

You get the bitterness of the West Coast, but it's not like hanging on to you. And you're just like, Holy shit, this beer is fucking good, you know? And then toss in some hints like passion fruit. This thing I'm telling you, it's it's a banger at 7.8%. Is it more new style and like clean? Or is it more old school and malty? I would say new and clean. Perfect. Like I said, it's it's crisp as opposed to, you know, the heavy malt bready. Yeah. Like gonna weigh you down.

Yeah. And like I said, it's 7.8. They only sell it in 12 ounce cans, which is brilliant. Love it. Because if you had this in 16 ounce cans, you're gonna get fucked up. The world needs more 12 ounce cans. I'm just gonna happen. Yeah. That's what they do. What I like about this brewery is they really went towards the 12 ounce cans. That's cool. And they do a lot of four packs of 12 ounce, especially with the IPAs. Nice. Yeah. Love it. Big fan. Of that. And everybody knows the French

fries are the best. The best your kids ever. Like the whole craft Beer Republic fan base. And yeah. Everybody in southeastern Wisconsin. Okay, perfect. Did I ever tell you the story that they changed the fries, like a year ago? No. This might even mean it might, might still. Going. Might even have been longer. They they changed fries and everybody, everybody was like, dudes, what the fuck? It's like going to Wendy's changed their fries. So it lasted about 2 to 3 weeks.

Oh that's it. And they immediately went back to the old fries. I believe it. It's smart. It was wild. I remember going there with the family. It was like a random Friday night. My wife was like, oh, you know, it's like it's always exciting when my wife says she wants to go there, right? Oh, yeah. I'll fucking fucking go. And everybody ordered their food and server came and got it to them. And we were all just kind of like, looked at each other like, what the fuck is this? And then you ate them and you were like, what the fuck is this? Why would they do that when one.

They had such a good thing. So they went back. They went back and everything is a okay. Okay. I don't give a shit about your beer. What's wrong with these fries? Yeah. Yeah, 100%, man. That's so random. Like, why did they get rid of the, like, what are they called? Something Mexi fries at Taco Bell. What was it? So we're all still pissed about whatever happened. They're like. Really? Like nacho fries or something. Is that what? No. Like or. No, just the tot like things. I can't think of them.

I don't think I ever had them. I just remember the potato oles from Taco John's. Yeah. I don't know what you're saying. That they mess up, that. You don't know Taco John's. No. Oh, gosh, we sound like a bunch of stoners. Yeah. You know who I you know who would know this answer about Taco Bell? Guaranteed. I was just gonna say Deb, because she knows her brands. And she loves her some Taco Bell. Does she? I could see that I. Drunk Deb. Freaking miss Deb, I'm coming. I'm coming to visit.

I love, I love, I don't love, I enjoy some burritos from Taco Bell, but every time I eat Taco Bell, I feel so lethargic afterwards. It's like everything in what they're giving me. Just my body. There's nothing good for you. Makes me shut down. But so that's the thing. They are one of the healthiest fast food restaurants. What? Maybe the healthiest. Seriously, you could look it up. It's like it's a real thing.

I don't believe you. It is. It's a real is healthy. Dude. Their beans are dehydrated and they mix water in to make their. They are up there for like healthiest fast food restaurant. You know what? Okay, wait a minute. I actually, I could see this because a cheeseburger versus like a taco. I mean, how much fat and stuff is in like a taco, like. Versus. A cheeseburger. A taco is a cheeseburger just in a. But a tiny little bit of meat and like mostly lettuce and some tomatoes and stuff on top. Right. I guess I don't know. Are we now defending Taco Bell?

I'm just saying it's like a thing. It's a real thing. It's a real thing. All right. Let's take your word for it. Greg's backhanded me right now. I'm so hard. He's so snide. He's like, oh, yeah, that's a real thing. Yeah. I'm talking about really healthy. Greg doesn't. Not that it's really healthy. It is that it is the healthiest fast food option. I mean. I'm I'm googling. Pretty sure it's a thing. Yeah. Aside from subway, which, you know, it's not healthy because the guy like, I mean,

I don't know. Whoa whoa whoa whoa. All right, so Google just gave me a list of one, two, three, four, five, six things. And is Taco Bell even on there in order? Kava. Kava. No. Never heard of it. Not real. Okay. Mediterranean grain in salad bowls. What? Okay. Nobody gets that. Here's what I searched for. I said, what is the healthiest fast food chain? Followed by Chipotle. Is it fast food? Yeah. See what I say when I say fast food,

I mean a fucking drive thru, right? Okay. Like, I wouldn't consider Qdoba fast food. Right. Same thing as Chipotle, except better. Followed by Panera. It's definitely not fast. Definitely not. Fast. And slow is. Full of calories. That's terrible. Yeah. Followed by Sweetgreen. Never heard. Of it. We have them out here, followed by chick fil A. What? That's horseshit. Nothing but fried. And then Taco Bell. Oh, it's on the list. All right. Flex. You win. It's on. Taco Bell can be surprisingly low

calorie if you order order items. Fresco style, which replaces cheese, sour cream, and heavy sauces with diced tomatoes. Sounds awful. You get rid of my cheese, I'm dead. No. There is no reason to live. It is the last thing I will give up on this earth. Take my cheese. I'll dice your. Tomatoes. Cheese, beer. I understand how cheap Taco Bell is with all their ingredients. Just imagine them tomatoes, then. Yeah. Are they even really tomatoes? Yeah. They're tomatoes. Tomatoes. They're, like, grown in a lab and

probably half like candy corn. What do you know about them? Lab Matos. That's right. Le Matos. All right, before before we get to off the rails with Taco Bell. Yeah. A few things to get to first. GABF happened last weekend. What was the weather like? As any of you guys go? No, I heard it was outside. It was outside. It was like near 80 degrees. They ended up having nice weather. Wow. We talk so much shit about how it's Denver in October,

and there was a 5050 chance that it'd be 90 degrees or 20 degrees. Right? And they got closer to 90. So good for them. Okay. So GABF handed out it's 2026 medals. Last Sunday for the first time, the festival was outdoors. There were 7267 beer and cider entries, 243 brewers, breweries and cideries that took home medals. The biggest category was. Any guesses? Some type of lager.

I don't know. If I can say IPA. I feel like IPAs are just big. West Coast IPA. There you go. 277 entries. Flex West coast surprises me, though. It's still bigger than hazy, unfortunately, at least out here. It's not unfortunate. It's not. Don't say unfortunate. No, it's you know, it depends. I just I. Have you had a West Coast IPA. Erica and I today both have some West coast. That's true. Both pretty legit. So gold in the West coast category

went to before and after science like the name from human people. Beer in Seattle. I like the brewery name. Yeah. Silver went to Born Hoppy from Taproom Beer Company in San Diego. Never heard of them. Okay. And bronze went to Mosaic plus Krush cryo. West coast IPA. Real creative there. Get a better name? Yeah. From Fram family Brewers in hood River, Oregon. Oh, yeah. Frame. Yeah. They're really good. Hazy IPA was the next most entered with 260 entries,

so only 17 different. Pretty close. Gold went to because science from Bend Brewing in Bend, Oregon. Heck yeah. That sounds so bend more science. Here's one for Erica. Silver went to Icy Fog from Mcmenamins. Oh, really? Mcmenamins in Portland. In Portland. Wow. They. They buy old places like old, like a firehouse or something, and they convert it into a brewery and like, keep the character of it.

They'll have like a movie theater and all these random things. I love that they're so freaking cool. Sorry I didn't. They're kind of beer is standard, so that's super rad. Well, now they have one good one. I love it. They have a Ruby. That's amazing, but good for them. Okay. And bronze. Bronze went to the goat from New York Beer Project in Orchard Park, new York. Brewery of the year is split up by how much beer a brewery makes up to 250 barrels.

Blendery in Alexandria, Virginia. Get some. Yeah, okay. 251 to 500 barrels. Is this up or up? It's up. All caps. Hell, yeah. Liquids. Get up and bend, Oregon. Okay. That's why I've seen it. 1 to 1000 barrels. Cannonball Creek Brewing in Golden, Colorado. 1001 to 2000 barrels Craft Coast in Oceanside, California. Okay. 2001 to 5000 barrels.

Morgan Territory Brewing in Tracy, California. Yes. Look at the west west side. Just raking. Them in. Sorry. Flex 5001 to 15,000 barrels is fieldwork brewing at a Berkeley, California. Okay. West side. Somebody's paying these judges. It's working. But just you wait. Flex. Because 15,001 to 100,000 barrels. Breakside brewery in Milwaukee. Oh, they have a breakside, too, because so does Portland or.

You read that right. I was gonna say Portland. They have one in Astoria. 18 to 100. It's quite the quite the stretch. Yeah. That's what I got stopped at. I didn't know there was a Milwaukee in Oregon that was so good. When I know. Where it's located in Milwaukee because it's near Portland. Because when when you said, okay, sorry. Flexy okay, keep going. Greg. Get ready to be disgusted because over 100,000 barrels went to Goose Island. Ooh, like Bourbon County Stout

brewery. Yeah. And here's one I'm sure none of us have heard of, but cider maker of the year, went to snow capped cider in Austin, Colorado. Now. Austin, Colorado. Okay. A lot, a lot of weird mismatched city states. Yeah, yeah. Is the cider thing new or is that has been. A couple. Years. Okay. Yeah. Okay. This year added some new categories. Rice lager, drew 110 entries and I. Do enjoy rice lager. Harland has a really good rice lager. Harland and I like Harland's

logo in their hats. Yes. My hat. Oh is it here we have the hat thing. Flex. I love a good freaking hat. Well, gold did not go to Harlem. Gold went to Oni Girl from Masthead Brewing in Cleveland. That's good. Solid. Yeah. And Hot Water got its first entries into GABF and gold went to Hoppy Mood from founders. Oh. And Goose Island's 2025 Bourbon County proprietor. Stout won gold in dessert or pastry beer? Yeah. Okay. Yeah.

Okay. I don't care. Outside and lost their taste buds. I can't remember if it was like, it was like 2019, 2020, or 2021. My brother in law had gotten me a bottle from Costco. Whatever the year, just the regular bourbon barrel, whatever. Bourbon County. Bourbon County. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And I let it sit in my fridge for like a couple months. I'm like, man, I don't want to drink this. I want to drink this. Nobody does. And there was one night where I was like, fuck it. There's like 16, 15 or 16%,

like, I'll just fucking have it. Greg and I poured it out. I took a sip and it was really good. Oh, it was good. It. It was really good. Okay. Good for you. I used to. Oh go. Ahead. I was like, son of a bitch. All I ever do is rag on these guys. All we ever do is rag on these guys. And this was really good.

And it was just. It wasn't even like the the variants, you know. The variants sound awful. Oh, they always do whatever I do or whatever the fuck. Yeah. And it was just the, the regular. Cow semen stout. It was really good. I used to wait in line for some dumbass that I knew on like Thanksgiving Eve or whatever. I don't even remember to get this stuff. And I think it's still sitting on a shelf somewhere. Yeah. You don't even have to wait anymore. You can just go to Costco.

Yeah, exactly. It was a thing. Or you go to your local liquor store a week later when there's no line and you're like, oh, you still have stacks of these. Who knew? Or if you like your barrel aged extra barrel age, just go to Total Wine a couple years later, it'll still be there. Yeah, they age it for you, right? Exactly. They don't even charge you more for it. That's crazy. Three aging. Raging. You just tell him I'll be back for this in a couple of years, or. I'm sorry. I believe in beer world. It's called Cellaring, I apologize. Oh, okay. That. No, that's my fault. Get it. Right.

It's not on. You guys get it right. That's all right. Oh, you're not an advanced cicerone. But if Rachel were here, she'd know. I'm just saying. True. She'd correct us right away. She would. She. She'd put us in line. If you guys don't mind, I'm gonna talk about my beverage over here. Will you please have a drink? Quite thirsty. I hope it's not a poop beer. Gate given his title for tonight. Okay. He calls to the bullpen for beer. I am drinking two weeks in a row thanks to still properly named Non-Murderer John.

Cause you are still here. Cause I'm still here. Right on Ober Creek Brewing Company's sole purpose, which is a single hopped, pale, hazy. Pale. Ooh. Okay. And this one is with. Wait wait wait wait wait. Favorite. My favorite. One of your favorites. Not Krush. I'm just gonna. Say Krush. HBC. What is 10000? Nelson. Yeah! Yeah. I know my favorite. 5% out of 262 ratings has a 4.34.

That's crushable and highly rated. First off, Hear. It a Nelsen pale. Nelsen. Never have I ever. Look at that. That's that's crazy. This is a pale ale brewed solely with our favorite Nelsen hops, both in the whirlpool and in the dry hop. That's all it says. Okay, gorgeous. What? Last week, we said if you had a cartoon. Hazy. That's what it looked like. This is not too dissimilar. I would believe that's the same

beer you had last week. It almost looks exactly the same. Just like half the ABV. Right. It's just like animated. Like yellow gold color. I like, like the 5% range, too. I'm excited to hear. I mean, it's well rated. I'm thinking this is going to be a winner. We do like you when you have like two 7%. So. It doesn't take much does it my friend? That is true. Yeah. This is a good time. It is a great time. It is fun.

Get a couple of double IPAs in Erica. Right to. Read something while you're. At it. Yeah, this. First of all, it's pale. It's 5%. The body on this drinks like it's a solid IPA. It is not lightweight feeling in any way, shape or form. You're getting all the great Nelson for fresh, fruity, sort of grassy qualities in it. The mouthfeel like I said, is is full, but it's also very pillowy soft. This is such an easy drinker.

I've just been sipping on this the whole time. Okay, so you're saying like, wow, it feels like the full body, but doesn't give you the effect, right? And it's delicious and you enjoy the experience. Yeah. World class pale ale. Everyone knows I get rocked for a hazy, pale. Yes you do. And let me just say, this definitely cannot stand up. He's got a boat because he's got a boner. That's right. Okay.

Thank you. For. Yes. Thank you for. No, I just wanted. I just wanted to make it clear. Like. It's like when you you fall asleep in study hall. Then the bell rings and you wake up and you're like, shit, I need a couple minutes. Bell. Okay, that's one of the few things I guess I feel bad for guys. I guess it's one of the few things to like. That in PE. Man, those shorts were soft. Oh, never had that issue. Oh, really? Not in PE. I was oh, in that case. Me neither.

Two to competitive. But yeah. Falling asleep in study hall. Shit. You know. I never went to study hall, so I guess I never had that issue. Really? Yeah. Oh. Bad boy. So that beer is pretty amazing. Yeah. Gentlemen. That's right. Way to bring it back around. Erica standing up. Look at me. I can stand up. Yeah. Weird. Flex. Erica must be nice. Yeah. This is this is great. And like we said last week, if not,

Non-Murderer John in fact, is just, you know, fattening me up a la Hansel and Gretel. For the murder. For the eventual murder. If you keep feeding me this, it's really not gonna be that bad. Okay? He's gonna he's gonna get murdered, a happy man. You'll go down or you'll go up a happy man either way. Oh, wow. It'll be. Yeah. Won't be going down, but yes. Yes, indeed. Maybe that's what he's looking for. I just, I don't know, I don't know, just throwing it out there.

I would love to find a constant source of delicious varietal beers like a Non-Murderer John. That's amazing. So he's. Still. Non-Murderer John so I that's my favorite part. What a win. What a win. Everyone wins here except for maybe my wife and my life insurance policy. We'll get there eventually. Shannon's a saint. That's true. All right, a little news for you to wrap things up. Kraft Maltster. Admiral Maltings has closed up shop.

That's a real thing. Oh, yeah. Kraft maltster. Oh, people who make malt. Oh, okay. Yeah. Admiral Maltings is super popular in the craft beer world, at least in the West Coast. They have ceased operations as of Friday with its final batch of malt coming out of the kiln. The company also shut down the rake on October 18th that shared in social Post last week. They said we wish it weren't so. We never worked harder on anything, the company wrote. Despite our best efforts, we couldn't make and sell malt economically. That's too bad. Like all the fancy brewers I know,

use Admiral Maltings and. Oh, that does sound familiar now. Okay, yeah, that's too bad. Constellation Brands buys spiked aid. Spiked aid. Yeah. They announced on Tuesday that it had bought spiked aid for $75 million. Not quite the billion that it bought. Ballast Point for. Spiked aid is a ready to drink brand that mixes sport drink flavors with a vodka base. It's zero sugar, 100 calories, and not carbonated. That sounds awful.

Constellation says the deal is meant to strengthen its spot in the ready to drink category. Aid in quotes drinks inspired by sport drink flavors are an emerging part of that category. Constellation will now handle Spiked Aid's production, oversight, marketing, and distribution. Never even heard of this. They bought it for 75. Not carbonated. That sounds just like syrupy. Yeah. Spiked aid. Never heard of it. Sounds awful and syrupy. Okay, okay. I agree with all y'alls.

Yeah, well, that's why we're here. It's one big circle of agreeance. We'll end it on this one. A drunk woman on scooter attempts to flee just after 8 p.m. on October 3rd. Officers responded to Orchid Drive and Golden Eagle Road regarding a welfare check involving a woman reportedly operating a motorized scooter who had fallen over and appeared to be intoxicated. An officer searched the area and found 29 year old Nina Teresa

Jimenez, who matched the report's description near a business in the 14,000 block of this other street. Don't even try. No, don't. I love when he tries. It doesn't matter. For the story. Not gonna read it. She allegedly attempted to drive away. Well. Scoot away. Officers reported that during contact, Jimenez showed several indicators of possible intoxication, including difficulty maintaining her balance, glossy eyes, slurred speech, and a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage.

A witness stated that Jimenez had was seen driving the scooter before falling over. After the fall, she received help and drove away. Field sobriety tests revealed that Jimenez had lost the normal use of her mental or physical faculties due to the introduction of alcohol. She was placed under arrest for driving while intoxicated. She later provided Beth Wow breath specimens resulting in readings, breath specimens. That's a new one. That is a new one. Yeah. Any guesses on her level of

intoxication? Two. Two. Very close. The two readings were two, five, two and two. Four. Okay. Both. Obviously more than three times the legal limit. Hey. Are you okay? Yeah. Thanks for the help. This picture. Because we've we've watched it together. Bio-dome. Bio-dome. Oh, they got the little scooter

and he figures out how he's been getting around and. Yeah. And that's how I picture this lady doing. Toodaloo mother. Those things are dangerous. I mean, I've been riding them when I'm up in San Francisco. I love. You. Oh, yeah. The lime scooters. Okay. They're fucking great. Okay. Probably not. Absolutely not. I made the mistake of letting my. My boss was telling me about how his son had, like, hurt himself on one of those who's much younger than I am.

And I said, oh, those things are great. He goes, what do you mean? I was like, oh yeah, like the lime scooters. Those things are so much fun. He's like, you ride those. And I was like, yeah, when I'm up in San Francisco, I, you know, I get around on the lime scooters. He's like, do you know how much money I would pay you not to ride those ever again? And I was like, so we can talk. Dude, you need to keep telling other stupid shit you're gonna do. That's perfect. Oh, yeah. Hey, I'm gonna go skydiving this. Weekend, right? What's it gonna cost? I love it. Yeah. Gonna go deep sea diving in the Marianas Trench. Hey, what do you think, 40,000ft.

We need to start coming up with different things Greg's gonna do. Yeah, yeah. Perfect. Well, he still hasn't paid up for the scooter thing, so. Oh, okay. Don't count your chickens yet. Okay? Yeah. So we'll see. I enjoy the shit out of those things I love. Scoot. Scooting. Probably too old for it. I think I said it on the show. I saw a dude eat absolute shit in the middle of Market Street in San Francisco. Very busy street. He was on one of those scooters and he just hit this giant. It was one of those potholes where it's like, dude, did you

not see that? Like what happened? It's this giant pothole flies over the handlebars and like, it was a bad crash. And I was getting over. I was getting ready to walk over and see the guy's okay. And before I could, somebody else ran over and I was like, I don't want to make a scene. So I just watched the other. So the other guy, you know, ran over and the guy was like, no, no, I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm fine. And like brushed him off, you know? Thank you. I'm fine. Gets back up on the scooter and like, starts to ride away, but one of his arms is tucked in. He can't hold on to the handlebars with it. I was like, oh, this dude broke his arm for sure.

Oh, gosh. Yeah, he'll be in the E.R.. Yeah. So I do want to try him. I'm going to the Bay with a friend in November for a concert weekend, and I think that would be a fun. They're fun. Thing to do. I heard from someone whose friend is a dentist that like, the number one thing they're seeing now. Are. Teeth injuries. Oh, I got mine still, so I'll just I'll be fine. Yeah. Put in your your Steph Curry mouthpiece and. Yeah. Hell yeah. Hit the fucking scooters. All right. Let's wrap things up.

Thank you all for listening and hanging. Erica. Thanks for hanging. It's been way too fucking long. So awesome to see you guys. Yes. So awesome to see you. Yeah. It's awesome to be seen. Lovely. Kumbaya. My friends, we start singing. No, maybe not. Follow us all. @CraftBeerRepublic @Necknosh @necknosh dot com. For all your pretzel goodness and @flex_me_a_beer underscores in between. God damn, we're all rocking out. 8055805532337 email Craft Beer

Republic dot com. I think that's everything. I also think Flex is having a seizure I think. I hope everyone is staying very well hydrated. And on that note. Good night everybody. One more for the good guys.