A Bar in Every Park
from Craft Beer Republic
Cheers to you, craft beer drinkers. A hurricane floods Greg's Hawaii hotel, so he ends up in Portugal, where every park has a bar. Flex goes craft beer shopping for a hazy IPA, pours a clear West Coast, and nearly finishes it before the review. Alaskan Brewing's 40th birthday reminds Greg of a pumpkin beer that left him one of the sickest he's ever been. And a White Sox player skips the translator for his locker room interview, where his English is mostly "I'm drunk." Beers We're Drinking: Flex is drinking Dese, Dem & Dose from Hop Butcher for the World, a 6.7% IPA that pours clear. Greg is drinking Super Bock, a 5.2% lager from Portugal that's extremely crushable on a hot day. Listeners wrote in about the things they miss in craft beer: beer trades, black IPAs, and growlers. Greg calls growlers the worst vessel for your beer, yet Russian River growlers still sit on a shelf in his kitchen. He’s also just back from Portugal, the backup trip he planned in about a week after the hurricane took out Kauai. The little kiosks in Lisbon's parks look like information booths and turn out to be bars, so Flex names Portugal the Wisconsin of Europe. Later, news of Alaskan Brewing's 40th brings up the pumpkin beer that wrecked Greg. Shout-out to Vineland, New Jersey, our top listening city. Booze News: Bottle Logic and The Bruery form The Bruery Group. Alaskan Brewing turns 40 with a 40-pack. A fitness company wins the Rogue Ales auction for $2.82 million. Lost Coast Brewery is officially for sale. White Sox player Munetaka Murakami gives a very honest locker room interview. Follow your favorite beer podcast on the socials: Flex: Instagram: @flex_me_a_beer Craft Beer Republic: CraftBeerRepublic.com Instagram: @CraftBeerRepublic Facebook: CraftBeerRepublicPod Threads: CraftBeerRepublic Voicemail: (805) 538-2337 Follow & Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Spotify More links
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- 0:00 Intro
- 0:49 @CraftBeerRepublic (805) 538-BEER
- 1:04 Hi Vineland, NJ
- 2:32 Hop Butcher For The World - Dese, Dem & Dose
- 7:00 Flex Fun
- 7:50 Topos at the Brewer's Game
- 8:28 Too Much Grass!
- 9:30 Short Pour - Big Love
- 10:27 Growlers Were a Big Deal!
- 12:32 Miss Those Black IPAs
- 12:59 Hawaii Trip?
- 16:23 Nevermind... Portugal It Is!
- 21:34 Bullpen Beer - Super Bock
- 24:46 Extra Souvineer
- 26:31 Bottle Logic, The Bruery and Offshoot Beer Co. Form The Bruery Group
- 28:23 40 Years of Alaskan Brewing & Its Celebratory 40-Pack
- 29:47 Rogue IP Auction Ends with $2.82 Million Winning Bid from Fitness Company
- 32:15 California's Lost Coast Brewery for Sale
- 33:24 Flex Does Trivia?!
- 34:22 Munetaka Murakami Drinks the Champagne after beating Trashstros
- 37:14 @CraftBeerRepublic (805) 538-BEER
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