Episode Details

Craft beer in hand, headphones on head. A listener meets Flex in person with Heady Topper, and Flex lives to test the hype. Greg’s hunt for one decent beer at a Weezer concert ends with a hazy that isn’t. Poop Beer Gate is back with a strawberry cheesecake sour and a bartender who already knew. And an Ohio man gets a courtesy ride home from police and blows it.

Beers We’re Drinking:

• Flex is drinking Heady Topper from The Alchemist, an 8% double IPA hype beer that leaves him a little underwhelmed.
• Greg is drinking Wild Grove Hazy IPA from Malibu Brewing Company, a 6% hazy with coconut, citrus, and a sunscreen vibe that drinks real easy.

Episode Highlights

Listener Davis is in Flex’s neck of the woods for a Chicago beer trip and a Packers game, so he drops off some Heady Topper, one of the OG craft beer hype beers. Flex survives the meetup and throws on the lab coat to see if the can’s “drink from the can” rule really matters. Out in Los Angeles, Greg and Intern Brian walk half of Staples Center looking for anything but Michelob Ultra, Bud Light, and Stella, and find a $24 canned cocktail at 7%. Meanwhile, Poop Beer Gate brings listener Brian’s cheesecake sour that tasted like someone got sick on a roller coaster, and Vanessa calls in about dumping entire flights in brewery bathrooms. Shout-out to Austin, Texas, last week’s top listening city, and Flex explains what happens when customers wear cowboy hats in Wisconsin.

Booze News:

• Grand Theft Auto VI beers hop off the screen and into real cans.
• Stone’s old Escondido home gets a new name: Quarry Escondido.
• Goose Island’s Bourbon County Triple Barrel Stout clocks in at 18.7%.
• Ohio man passes out three or four times, then turns a ride home into a ride to jail.

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