Welcome to your favorite craft beer podcast. Flex is 41 days sober, but Greg and Steph are doing enough drinking to make up for it. Greg rolls the dice on a hype 4-pack while Steph dusts off a favorite she’s been hoarding. A listener writes in about his buttered popcorn lager horror story, Flex is trying to recruit for his beer guild, Wisconsin old fashioneds get publicly dragged, a Florida man attempts his own airport obstacle course, and Flex starts pitching TJ Maxx but for beer like it’s a real business plan.

Beers We’re Drinking:

1. Steph is drinking Sour Brainless on Pineapple by Epic Brewing – barrel-aged tart pineapple
2. Greg is drinking Apocalypse Road Trip Hazy IPA by El Segundo x Beer Zombies – tropical, mild pine bitterness

Flex opens hot with a full Midwest grudge against Illinois drivers that really escalates when the Cubs and Bears fans get brough up. A listener email about a buttered popcorn lager turns into a full-on diacetyl intervention. Greg revisits Electric Limbs, his “morning piss” beer saga only to find out someone else got a perfect can, but Intern Brian found the golden ticket in a perfect can. Flex breaks down the economics of a 6-pack in the 1980s vs now while Steph and Greg team up to dismantle Wisconsin old fashioneds while Flex tries to defend them like it’s a personal responsibility. And Flex works desperately to get people to join his beer guild.

Booze News:

1. Eagle Park scoops up Soul Boxer and jumps into canned cocktails.
2. Lost Abbey adds a fourth location and keeps things confusing.
3. Florida man tries speedrunning airport security with DUI bonus points.
4. The top MLB stadiums to catch a cheap buzz.

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Who’s ready to join Flex’s beer guild? Steph stops by to hang out and share one of her favorite beers of all time. Flex just got back from a baseball game and Greg had a fight with his Uber driver over some teams. We’ve also got beer fertilizer, a dumb baseball-beer challenge, and a new gross beer origin story.

Beers We’re Drinking:

1. Greg is drinking Row 2 Hill 56 Pale Ale from Russian River, a clean, crushable Simcoe pale.
2. Steph is drinking Secale from Red Rock Brewing, a rye barrel-aged doppelbock, rich and whiskey-forward.

Flex kicks things off by unofficially launching his beer guild, complete with membership rules and it’s first member. Greg shares a rideshare that turns into a full Dodgers vs Giants argument with a driver who won’t stop talking, which explains why he’s fully out on small talk. Steph drops back in like she never left and ends up in the middle of a real debate about Idaho’s beer scene before things drift into long-term goldfish survival, backyard memorial plans, and how a $10 fair prize somehow became a permanent responsibility.

Booze News:

1. St. Patrick’s Day still boosts draft beer even on a weekday
2. March Madness lifts Busch Light, Guinness, and Blue Moon
3. Firestone Walker takes over U.S. production of Trumer Pils
4. BrewDog drops from billion-dollar hype to discount buy
5. Natty Light turns spent grain into lawn fertilizer
6. Giants’ “9-9-9” challenge isn’t actually 9-9-9

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Crack open your favorite (or coldest) craft beer! Greg is drinking a hype beer thanks to a listener, Flex backs it like he’s been waiting for this moment, and then a listener drops a story about a pilsner that tasted exactly like hot dog water. This turns into the great hotdog debate of 2026. Flex gives us the inside scoop grocery store bribes, Greg reliving a Four Loko night he barely remembers, and a Florida golf cart ride that ends about as badly as you’d expect.

Beers We’re Drinking:

1. Greg is drinking MI, MI, MI, a Triple IPA from Old Nation Brewing. Thanks listener Andrew!

Greg wastes no time declaring his triple IPA a problem in the best way, while Flex basically co-signs every sip from a distance like a proud parent. A listener email about a pilsner tasting like hot dog water spirals into a surprisingly passionate argument over boiled versus grilled hot dogs, complete with ketchup crimes and Midwest speculation. Flex shares stories from his grocery days where frozen pizza reps were handing out perks like it was a low-budget mafia, including a short-lived run of unlimited free pizza that ended in a mysterious party theft. Thanks to our Obscure Beer Term, a new beer term gets fully adopted, Greg revisits a Four Loko blackout he barely survived, and Flex introduces possibly the dumbest employee he’s ever worked with, which says a lot.

Booze News:

1. Wine and spirits execs caught running a decade-long grocery store bribery game
2. George Clooney enters the NA beer chat with “Crazy Mountain”
3. Four Loko might be worth $400 million somehow
4. Tilray scoops up BrewDog’s U.S. spots, including that beer hotel
5. Florida man gets a DUI… on a golf cart… after his wife falls off

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Flex: Instagram: @flex_me_a_beer

Craft Beer Republic: CraftBeerRepublic.com

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2. Facebook: CraftBeerRepublicPod
3. Threads: CraftBeerRepublic
4. Voicemail: (805) 538-2337

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2. Spotify
3. More links