<description>&lt;p&gt;Welcome back to your favorite craft beer podcast. Flex gives up drinking for Lent, but Greg is making up for it. That leads to dirty soda experiments, Daytona Bike Week bar stories involving baby bird shots and hurricane slaps, and the phrase mack and scrote has entered the chat. We also get into bloated tap lists and wrap with Booze News packed with brewery buyouts and a DUI story that is medically impossible.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Beers We’re Drinking:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li data-list="bullet"&gt;&lt;span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Greg is drinking Million Dollar Hazy from &lt;a href="https://shelterdistilling.com/pages/beer?srsltid=AfmBOoonbYjkM2UaWcsODfPYCzNBEFCj7Dl6OW4ZbhctVwKIv8ZDPVHW" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Shelter Beer Company&lt;/a&gt;, a hazy IPA brewed with Mosaic, Citra, and Sabro hops.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li data-list="bullet"&gt;&lt;span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Flex is drinking a dirty soda made with Diet Coke and French vanilla coffee creamer.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;A listener writes in about breweries running huge tap lists and we get into whether more options actually make things better or just harder to pick a beer. Flex shares stories from Daytona Bike Week including a baby bird shot and a hurricane shot that ends with water in the face and a full slap, which begs the question: which one would you take? A bar conversation introduces the term “mack and scrote” and it immediately becomes part of the show. 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Craft Beer Republic

Craft Beer Republic

Drinking for Two

MAR 4, 202637 MIN
Craft Beer Republic

Drinking for Two

MAR 4, 202637 MIN

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Welcome back to your favorite craft beer podcast. Flex gives up drinking for Lent, but Greg is making up for it. That leads to dirty soda experiments, Daytona Bike Week bar stories involving baby bird shots and hurricane slaps, and the phrase mack and scrote has entered the chat. We also get into bloated tap lists and wrap with Booze News packed with brewery buyouts and a DUI story that is medically impossible.Beers We’re Drinking:Greg is drinking Million Dollar Hazy from Shelter Beer Company, a hazy IPA brewed with Mosaic, Citra, and Sabro hops.Flex is drinking a dirty soda made with Diet Coke and French vanilla coffee creamer.A listener writes in about breweries running huge tap lists and we get into whether more options actually make things better or just harder to pick a beer. Flex shares stories from Daytona Bike Week including a baby bird shot and a hurricane shot that ends with water in the face and a full slap, which begs the question: which one would you take? A bar conversation introduces the term “mack and scrote” and it immediately becomes part of the show. Flex explains his Lent break from alcohol and the accidental discovery of dirty soda, which somehow leads to a conversation about sedation dentistry and extreme fear of the dentist.Booze News:Tilray acquires BrewDog’s brand, brewery, and UK pubs for £33 millionDrake’s Brewing and Figueroa Mountain launch the West Coast Craft ventureLeft Hand Collective adds Bootstrap BrewingLatitude Beverage expands with the House of Mason platform acquisitionMonster’s alcohol sales drop and the company records a $53.7 million impairmentAngel City Brewing announces April 30 closureColorado driver arrested after being 12 times the limit!Follow your favorite beer podcast on the socials:Flex: Instagram: @flex_me_a_beerCraft Beer Republic: CraftBeerRepublic.comInstagram: @CraftBeerRepublicFacebook: CraftBeerRepublicPodThreads: CraftBeerRepublicVoicemail: (805) 538-2337Follow & Subscribe:Apple PodcastsSpotifyMore links