New Episode: Top Floor is Bottom Shelf 🍺🚗

The latest episode of Craft Beer Republic just dropped—and it’s packed tighter than a Buc-ee’s brisket burrito at lunchtime.

Flex is back from his summer road trip through the slightly-south-but-not-too-south lands of Ohio and Kentucky, and let’s just say… it was a wild ride. From the mystery of the best beer he’s ever had (that he may never identify again) to a full-on sprint through Buffalo Trace with only minutes to spare, this episode is loaded with hilarious detours, missed opportunities, and more delicious beer than a Jungle Jim’s cooler aisle.

Meanwhile, Greg is podcasting from a sketchy Orange County hotel, surviving thin walls, bad Wi-Fi, and questionable neighbors—all in the name of drinking local.

🎧 Episode Highlights:

• Flex’s IPA identity crisis – Is Bootsy Brewski the one… or was it all a lie?

• Jungle Jim’s grocery madness – A spice aisle so organized it should be illegal.

• Bourbon heartbreak – 4 minutes inside Buffalo Trace and pure panic.

• Buc-ee’s chaos – A $250 souvenir spree and zero beers worth mentioning.

• Greg’s “fine” bottle shop adventure – Recursion IPA from Bottle Logic to the rescue.

  
  

🍻 Beers in the Episode:

• Bootsy IPA by Fretboard Brewing – Or… was it?

• Recursion IPA by Bottle Logic Brewing – Dank West Coast greatness

  
  

📰 In This Week’s Beer News:

• Silver City Brewing gets acquired by Ackley Brands

• Urban Chestnut swallows O’Fallon’s beer brands

• TRVE Brewing in Denver shuts its heavy metal doors

• Hulk Hogan’s Real American Beer gets body slammed with another lawsuit

• A California man proves that 70 empty Bud Lights is too many for one drive

If you’re into craft beer, road trip adventures, and absurdly funny storytelling, this episode delivers all of it—and then some.

🔗 Listen Now:

🎙 Top Floor is Bottom Shelf – Craft Beer Republic