Hey, Chris. Hey, John. How are you? I'm doing
good. You know, just kicking around. Slightly
boomy room. Slightly boomy. I was just thinking
the exact same thing. Yeah. You started talking
and then I started hearing it. Like, oh, no.
Well, we are in a different location. We are.
Our normal place of recording got flooded, so
that was fun. Yeah. So, you know, just always
on our toes. Always moving around. Making adjustments.
Making adjustments. There you go. It's like the
IT guys just, I wouldn't even say creed. It's
so. It's just what you do. It has to happen.
Yep. So. You learn to get creative really fast.
Really, really fast. How do I problem solve this
ridiculousness? Mm -hmm. Anyway. Hey, you got
some beers over there. I do. I do, I do, I do.
Another. Pick six. Pick six. Hopefully no angry
reverends this time. You never know. Yeah. I
don't think we've had these on the show, and
I'm pretty confident I haven't had these specifically.
I've had other beers from these people. Okay.
Yeah, I see real ale. Y 'all like that crinkly
bag? Oh, my gosh. Okay, so what we've got, and
in keeping with the theme of starting with a
10%, although this is just a hair under, we should
start. With the real L, real heavy. Real heavy.
Scotch L. Okay. I like Scotch L. 9 .3%. Nice.
And then from there, we have got Deschutes. If
you remember, we had one of theirs before. That
looks familiar, but this is. This is the Black
Butte Porter. I thought it said Black Butter.
Black Butter. I don't know what I'm going to
do with that. That sounds like something that's
going to. I'm just going to roll with it. Give
my tummy some issues. And then the last one.
Is the Alaskan Amber. Okay. I've seen Alaskan
stuff. I actually have never had anything from
Alaskan. So there we go. And special bonus. And
special bonus. Really good. Do you want to tell
the folks at home? I don't. So again, if you're
not in Tyler. you probably don't have a Brookshire's
and you definitely, well, I don't think that
there's another fresh. Is there another fresh?
Do they have another fresh? It's the only one
so far. Okay. So fresh is like the whole foods
of Brookshire's. Yeah. And they have one in Tyler
and they got these different things that you
can get there that they don't have at other places.
Although they may have this at a Brookshire's.
I've never looked. It's possible. Yeah. Anyway,
they have a Cajun crab dip. That's amazing. It
is. So Chris did not know that I really liked
this crab dip. So we're going to tear through
it. He bought it anyway, and wow. It is, I mean,
I'm in for a treat. You people have no idea what
you're missing. We will see how well it pairs
with the beers. Okay, there you go. I mean, that's
legit. There's always an opportunity for. Being
disappointed there. Yes. And I did make sure
I brought my handy dandy fiber enclosure opener.
The fiber enclosure opener. That sometimes function
as a bottle opener. There you go. Looks good.
I was like, I think I have one, but you're going
to have to carry the show for a minute. Yeah.
I got to go find it. Actually, I've got one in
my pocket. This table is too big for this. It
is. We need to not. set up this far away from
each other next time. Well, um, it is what it
is. Yes. Yeah. So I, speaking of gear, um, I
found a knife that I really like, um, but I had
been using it for a few months and, uh, gave
it to a friend of mine to sharpen for me because
I'm not really good at that. Okay. Um, I know
I'm not, Not too insecure to say that. And this
friend of mine, it's the kind of guy that doesn't
have a lot of, like he doesn't, he's got a lot
of stuff like gear, and I would say tools is
really his gear of choice there. But there's
not usually anything that like he runs across
that he's like, oh, I really want that. But he
had him sharpen this knife for me, and he was
like, where'd you get this? I was like, well,
it's a Kershaw Launch 11 or something like that.
And he was like, I really like the way this knife
feels. And, you know, it's a push -button open
spring. nice in that in that sense and he's like
i really i mean i'm gonna find one of these and
so when he gave it back to me uh after he sharpened
it i was like why don't you just keep that because
i'm not like there are many times that i feel
like i know what to get you for whatever reason
so you just keep that nice um but All of that
to get around to. I moved back to a Gerber. Oh,
yeah. It's a multi -tool. What do they call these?
It's not the pry bar. The pry bar is the flat
one. This is the driver or something like that.
Hold on. Since we're talking about this piece
of gear. Yeah, we should look it up. I am just
blinking right now. Center drive? No, that's
the one that has the… The Dime? No, it's called
the Armbar Slim. Armbar Slim. I was about to
say Armbar, but that just makes it sound like
I've been watching too much UFC. Yes, you have.
Anyway, so I have had one of these before and
lost it, or my child took it from me, one of
the two, which is both are… They have an arm
bar that has scissors with it as well. But I
like the slim because of how small it is. But
it's like this little multi -tool that just has
a knife and a screwdriver that you can do. It's
just a bit that flips over to make it Phillips
or flathead. And then on the other end, it's
got this all slash bottle opener. And I forget
that I have this on me very much, but this is
a perfect time to open it up, use the bottle
opener. Not bad. So, you know, if you're a knives
guy, we'd love to hear what your favorite knife
is. Yeah. I think I'm carrying this, and then
I have a bigger Kershaw in my bag that is, frankly,
too big for me to put in my pocket most of the
time. There you go. All right. So. Wait, wait,
wait. Plano. Mine says Houston. Just saying.
Anyway. Yeah. I was trying to see. Real ale.
Real heavy. They've got a few things on here.
Yeah. So. Only in Texas. Yep. Working in the
hill country. Okay. From a foundation of time
honored brewing tradition. Real Ale believes
minimal processing produces maximum flavor. Sure.
And it says part highlands, part hill country.
Yeah, I saw that. I like the part highlands,
part hill country. Yeah. And was looking for
a little more. So they say on their site, this
is the beer that started it all. With notes of
rich chocolate and coffee, a luscious creaminess,
and a roasted finish, Black Butte Porter. doesn't
only have fans, it has followers. No, that's
the other one. Oh, I'm on the wrong. Yeah, this
is the real heavy. I failed. You jumped ahead.
Fail, fail, fail. I can't believe you jumped
ahead. Well, I misordered my tabs. It happens.
I'll blame it on something. Sure. So let's try
this again. Rewind it and reverse it. Okay. We'll
just cut that out in post. Okay, here we go.
The correct one. Real heavy Scotch Ale. A Scotch
Ale brewed by metal aficionados could be called
nothing else but real heavy. Our take on the
Wee Heavy style, Wee, W -E -E, is an imposing
malt forward brewing weighing in at 9 .3%. It
is brewed with English crystal malt, English
hops, and fermented with our house English Ale
yeast, resulting in a rich brown color. and a
toffee -accented malt character banging your
head with a couple of pints of real heavy. I
don't know how much of that was referring to
English things when it's supposed to be Scottish.
All the Scottish people are probably... Well,
this is Bruton, Texas. Yeah, no. We don't really
have anybody listening to us in Scotland. And
for those that want to know, it's a 27 on the
IBU scale, which is not bad. Not bad. Although
they're worrying me with their constant reference
to the English hops. I imagine England has more
bitterness in them than we do. Well, we're going
to find out. You say you have something wrong
with their hop. The bitter. Crackers, people,
crackers. They are the first people to have done
the IPA, so you know something's wrong with them.
Where I was going with that, you were talking
about bitter. I know. Ritz crackers, gotta love
them. Yeah, you really do. Or there's something
wrong with you. Yes. So at the beginning of Hitchhiker's
Guide to the Galaxy, when he takes Arthur into
the pub and he just walks in and he says, six
pints of bitter and fast. And it's like, well,
which beer do you want? And he just clearly just
says six pints of bitter. Yeah. It's an IPA for
sure. Oh, I have no doubt. All right, so. Here
we go. You messed with your palate before the
beer. You're right, I did, but I really wanted
one of those reds. Let's see. Yep, that's a good
Scotch ale. Getting a lot of founders out of
this one. Yeah, yeah. Here we go, down the hatch.
Unfiltered. I can hear that. Wow. That's great.
That's not bad. No, that's great. That's way
better than Reverend. Way better than Reverend.
It's very smooth. It is. Um, it's that, I mean,
it's what you're, it's what you're expecting.
Yes. Um, when you, when you drink a Scotch ale.
So definitely has that bourbon -y hit to it that,
uh, I don't, I don't know them. I think, you
know, Some people would call it sweet. I don't
really think of it as sweet. I don't know what
that is. Just bourbon. Yeah. Hold on. Yeah, I
like it. Yes. Not to go overboard here, but I
like it. I like it a lot. I like it a lot. One
of your personal favorites is a Scotch Ale as
well, right? Old Chub? Yeah, Old Chub is definitely
one of my personal favorites. So how does it
compare? I mean, right there, I think that it's
probably actually a little bit – I'm trying to
factor in that usually I'm – just push that over
to your side, and then I'll take it in a little
bit. We're trying to divvy up the crab dip here,
guys. I I'm trying to think about the fact that
like, I, I feel like if I was, if I drank old
chub, usually when I drink old chub, it's, it's,
um, it's, uh, colder than this beer is right
now. And I would say, uh, old chub feels like
it's got more of a bite, um, at this temperature
than this one does. So it's, it's, I'm not going
to, I guess smoother is the right word there.
I don't really know. Um, I don't know that I
like it better, but... I mean, it's right there.
I would say that that with the crab is not bad.
No, no. I wouldn't think it's bad. It's not a
bad combo. Good. Did you ever watch Friends?
Bits and pieces. Okay, so there's an episode
where Rachel, who is not a cook, makes a... But
she gets the, she messes up the, I almost said
menu. She messes up the recipe because two pages
in a magazine stick together. So she ends up
making what's like on the bottom layer is a trifle
and on the top layer is like. know oh no it's
like shepherd's pie on the bottom or something
like that and a trifle i don't know it was weird
um and no like everybody hates it except for
joey and he says what's not to like meat good
uh oh shoot meat good jelly good whatever good
good i just uh yeah not gonna not gonna be that
guy but It's good. Go get you some of this crab
dip. Yeah, it is the Cajun crab dip, not the
spinach and feta. Yeah, not the spinach and feta.
I can't recommend the spinach and feta, but the
Cajun crab dip, really good. Really good. Got
real crab in it, which we don't get a lot here
in Texas. No, and apparently you should pair
it with a real heavy. Yeah, there's a... I don't
know. Substitute for crawfish most of the time
here in Texas. Oh, man, that's good beer. When
was the first time you had crab? Oh, boy. Was
that a Bernard's thing for you? No, it would
have been before Bernard's. I would have probably
been somewhere between, I don't know. to 10 maybe
wow okay because i can remember we went it was
this was a big deal yeah we went to red lobster
whoa i know cheddar biscuits bro um so we typically
would only go when it was the unlimited shrimp
but on one of those my mom got crab legs okay
and that was my first introduction to crab and
that was really good yeah Now, crab legs there,
you had to really work to get the meat. I bet,
yeah. So there wasn't a whole lot there. Yeah,
I was probably about that age. Yeah, I think
I was because even when we went to Red Lobster
when I was a kid, no, I got some sort of fried
something always, shrimp or fish. It was always
fried because that was all I could really conceive
of eating. Um, I think the first time, the first
time that I remember having crab. So I, I'm pretty
sure it's the first time I actually had crab.
I was in college and we went to my brother -in
-law's parents' house. Um, and they're just,
they're those types of people that like they
can, I mean, they can make or cook anything.
Like dude's a master craftsman and. You know,
she is as well in so many different ways. And
so they had made steaks and king crab. And I
remember being like, this stuff is delicious.
I don't know where it's been. But you're right.
Like after you have like really good crab from
somewhere. Yeah. It's kind of hard to go back
to the little bidding. Imitation crab? Well,
the kind that make it all the way into East Texas.
Oh, that's true. That's true. Further, if you
know what I mean. Yep. I was looking back real
quick. The last one that we had, well, no, I'm
getting off. I'm trying to get off script again,
so I'll bring it up later. Later? I just keep
trying to jump to the next beer for some reason.
Oh, okay. I see what you're doing here. I was
trying to see. We just got to drink faster. Hold
on. Let me. Well, I'm trying to, well, let me
look on this one too. I've tried. Now I probably
need to go back, but I've tried to keep, you
know, when I'm doing the chapters for the show.
Yeah. I put in an image for whatever beer we
use on the show. And so I was trying to see what
some of the others were from the same company.
And I know that we had done. Something like Commissar.
But I'm not seeing any from Real Ale, and I know
that we had one. Okay, so I don't think I've
ever had it on the show, but Real Ale, what I
will always think of whenever I think of Real
Ale, and hopefully I'm not botching this completely
because that would be really embarrassing, is
Fireman's Four. Isn't that Real Ale? Possibly.
That's not a good sign. I'm not as familiar with
that one, so I'd have to look it up. Yeah, Fireman's
No. 4. Yeah, so we had Obsidian Stout from...
No, see, I'm trying to go wrong company. Again.
I keep trying to jump. There must be something
about... Real Ale makes a blonde ale called Fireman's
4 that was one of the first, like, I really like
this beer. Okay. um beers for me i think i think
i one time went to a uh alamo draft house to
watch a movie okay and may have drank an entire
pitcher during the movie but like it's blonde
and it's five percent so it was like you don't
really even realize that you're doing it it's
just the fact that the pitcher's out and you
realize nobody else drank out of that pitcher
just saying it must not have been too bad No,
I mean, so what I would say is as a young beer
drinker, probably like drinking it now as an
older beer drinker, I would say it probably lacks
a lot of depth. Okay, fair. But as a young beer
drinker, it was light enough where it wasn't
like I really think I've drank a lot of things
right now. Okay. So we've had two from Real Ale.
It was Commissar. Okay. That was one of our Russian
Imperial Stouts. Oh. Yeah. And the other one
was the Black Quad. The Black Quad. That was
a Belgian quadruple. Oh. I remember that one
being rather tasty. Okay. But yeah, the Commissar,
though, that was right before we had had... Old
Rasputin. And after Old Rasputin, we kind of
written off the Russians. If it sounds Russian,
we're not going to drink it anymore. No, no,
no. I have had from just on my own from them,
I've had Fireman's Four, Devil's Backbone, and
Hill Country Bock Beer. Hill Country Bock Beer
was a good like, I mean, again, it's like I just
mowed the yard beer. Okay. Which is probably
exactly what Fireman's Four is. It's definitely
that. Oh, and I've had their Oktoberfest, the
Bavarian. That's a seasonal. The Fireman's Four,
it needs to be really, really cold. Okay, yeah.
And the Devil's Backbone is a Belgian triple.
I saw that one there, but I didn't grab it. My
wife pulled one of those out of the refrigerator
since I had them in there, and she took one drink
and almost had a fit. It's not her thing. Okay.
I would try their Brewhouse Brown. Okay. Yeah.
I would maybe even try the 8 -track, which is
an amber. I don't think I'm going to do the Sisyphus
or however they pronounce that. That is a barley
wine ale. And we're going to call that Sisyphus.
Sisyphus. Barley wine style ale sounds like something
that Friar Tuck. Yes. Would have created. Where's
Robin Hood? Barley wine or barley. Yeah. 8 -Track
says looking back can provide a better perspective
on the future. In the good old days when things
were simpler, you could kick off your shoes,
crank up the tunes, and crack open a cold one.
This was our inspiration for 8 -Track, a malt
-forward amber ale. That's interesting. Well,
they say this is malt -forward, too. Yeah, but
I would say an amber, you're not usually malt
-forward. Anyway, malt forward, I feel like maybe
feels heavier, and amber is not really where
I would consider heavy. Designed to showcase
the simple beauty of a well -crafted beer, cutting
no corners and using only the purest ingredients.
Sure, everybody says that. Deep flavors of caramel
and toffee fade into a smooth finish. You know
you're drinking a beer. That's weird. I would
hope I know I'm drinking a beer. Now you put
those feet up and crank up some tunes. It's a
6 .5, so it's not nothing. Yeah, I'd be interested
in trying an 8 -track. I don't think that I really
want to go to the Sisyphus. That sounds like
something I'm supposed to stay away from. Avoid
the clap, Jimmy Dugan. Hey, that's good advice.
Anyway, they got a lot of IPAs too, which, you
know, if you're into that sort of thing, knock
yourself out. More for you because we're not
going to drink it. Nope. Crispy business. That
is straight out of the 80s. Yeah, it is. It's
like a Tron feel to that. Yeah. Yeah. Interesting.
German Pilsner. Okay, so something that I thought
that we could talk about as we finish this beer
and move on to the next before we get into our
whatever. This show is called Beer and Gear,
but something that we don't talk about very much,
I would say, is beer gear. Beer gear, okay. Okay,
so. All right, here we go, folks. Do you have
any gear? That you would consider beer gear.
I need you to think about that as you chew on
that Ritz. Because I'm going to stick this Ritz
in the crab dip. I mean, think about what that
would be. Well, my initial narrow, short -sighted
definition is I don't brew my own beer. No. I
do have a handful of beer mugs. Yeah. But then
when I try to widen that and I go, what kind
of gear would I use if I was drinking? Because
I know what gear I wouldn't be using. Stay away
from the guns. Stay away from the guns. Stay
away from the saws. Stay away from the nail guns.
Probably need to stay away from all the network
gear at the same time too. Just saying. Yeah,
that could get creative. Hey. What happened?
Hello, Switch. Turn into Gary Busey. Hello, Switch.
Hello, Nick. Computer. He's all, hello, pants.
If you remember that old Amazon commercial. Other
than a TV, I'm not sure that what I have I would
qualify as. Nice, a TV as beer gear. You got
a favorite TV out there right now? Well, probably
the one in my living room. Whichever one I have
in my living room, that's my favorite. Well,
actually, lately my favorite has been pulling
out the projector and shooting that up on the
wall at the house and then kicking back. Nice.
That's been my favorite TV. Yeah, that's not.
If you can call it a TV. That's not nothing.
That's a big deal. Okay, so just to. jump right
in there um i actually so did i really lose that
tab that would be terrible right now um surely
not okay there it is um so i was thinking about
this and you know gear is is really anything
that you use in order to enhance the Or make
possible the thing that you're whatever. So I
really do think like you nailed it with the mugs.
Okay. You got a mug collection. I actually am
fascinated by the different drinkware that you're
supposed to use with alcohol and in general.
Okay. Because I'm one of those guys that like.
I grew up playing golf. My dad is a golfer, so
I grew up playing golf. And I didn't grow up
playing golf well. I just grew up knowing that
there's a lot of rules to golf. There's a lot
of etiquette. There's a right way to do everything.
And there's a wrong way. And by there's a wrong
way, I mean there's a lot of wrong ways. And
I learned about every single wrong way to play
golf because it's not. Not usually kid -friendly,
especially not like ADD kid -friendly. Not that
kind of whatever. So I feel kind of the same
way when it comes to drinkware in general. Like
there's a lot of rules here that I don't understand.
I have a friend who made kind of his own rule
about it when it comes to beer, and that's I
only drink beer out of pint glass. I don't. It
can be glass or metal. He doesn't care, but he's
not drinking beer out of other types of glasses.
Okay. They bring it in a tulip glass, which evidently
is supposed to be used for certain things, and
he's not really down with that. Okay. I think
I could probably convince him with a mug or like
a Stein even. But he really just wants it out
of a pint glass. And by pint glass, I mean the
American pint glass, not even the Imperial pint
glass, because that's got some curves on it that
he's not okay with. So there's the things like
that. That's like, okay, you look at all the
different beer glasses and you're like, well,
this is my favorite one. So that's the one I'm
going to buy. And then I just, I pour all of
my beers into them. But there are different like
uses for these beers or these different. For
these glasses. Yes. There's supposed to be different
types of glasses used with different beers, which
is always funny to me because, like, we've got
a Rotolo's here close to us. Mm -hmm. And then
they also do it over at, oh, my gosh, what is
that place? True Vine. True Vine, for sure. Okay.
And then. You thinking the one downtown? No,
just the chain. Holy cow. BJ's? BJ's. Thank you.
They do it at BJ's too where they will bring
out, basically, it's either a pint or a tulip.
I mean, there's kind of some whatever. I guess
I've never had them bring it to me in a tulip.
I mean, I have. The one that we, when we went
for the other week. They were basically pouring
everything into solo cups at that point. I don't
know if their washing machine was dishwasher.
Sorry, not washing machine. Their dishwasher
was just broken or what, but they were done with
that. And then I've had a few people or a few
different places bring me like a Pilsner glass,
which is those like really tall ones with the
flat base. But there's the American pint. There's
the Imperial pint, which is like the, you know,
British version of a pint. It's got like the
little bulb, not bulb, but like the bump on the,
like close to the top. There's the Pilsner glasses,
which are tall and skinny. I actually have one
of these at home from Disney World. Thank you
very much. Okay. What's that place with all the
different countries? Epcot. Epcot, there you
go. And I think the Germans had a Pilsner glass,
which I thought was funny. It felt like it should
be a Stein. Anyway, there's the two glasses,
which we've all seen as like the little fluted
glasses. And then I've never heard of a thistle
glass. Have you heard of this? Okay, so it's
like a reverse. imperial pint mixed with a pilsner
glass or not a pilsner glass with like a with
like a goblet or a tulip and that it's got the
stem at the bottom and then there's this littler
bulb and then it flares out from there yeah yeah
i see that here um that one is a modified version
of the tulip glass the shape of the thistle glass
resembles scotland's national flower The thistle,
of course. It is characterized by a short stem,
bulbous bottom. Sorry, I'm a 13 -year -old. And
elongated top section that's noticeably more
sharp and angular than that of the tulip. You're
supposed to drink Scotch ales in this and wee
heavies. So that would have been a good glass
for this. Then you've got the goblet or chalice,
which we all like to feel like we're Viking lords
at some point. There's even an IPA glass, which,
Lord help us, I don't even know why it exists.
Nope. Which looks very similar, I will tell you
though, to a stout glass. It made me think of
what you would use for a whiskey for tasting.
Yeah. So a tulip glass and a stout glass look
very similar to me, except the tulip glass has
like a stem at the bottom and the beer goes all
the way to the bottom of the stout glass. Okay.
It's called a Spiegelau. I don't know. probably
German, designs a distinctive stout glass in
partnership with Left Hand Brewing Company from
Colorado and Rogue Ales from Oregon. And this
deserves a spot in every beer connoisseur China
cabinet. Okay. That was quite a sentence. Yeah,
it was. The shape of the base and the angle of
the bowl accentuate the roasted malts and notes
of rich coffee and chocolate that define stout
beers. I'm just saying maybe I need to get you
a stout glass. Hmm. And then there's the Weissen
glasses or Weissen glasses. Yes. For wheat beers.
And they're just tall. It's like somebody took
a Pilsner. It's like a tall version of the yard
glass. Yeah, there you go. Yeah, exactly. And
it's for wheat beers. So evidently a wheat beer
does well in a tall glass. This is a strange
glass. Have you ever heard of a strange glass?
That's basically just a tall straight glass.
I don't know that one. Strange meaning, which
comes from the German word for pole, which is
hilarious, is narrow, straight, and cylindrical.
It's like a champagne flute except. I don't think
that I would ever think of champagne flute when
I see that. No. It's just narrow. It's very cylindrical.
Now, the image I've got in front of me shows
two variations of the tankard mug. Okay. One
is straight and the other widens out towards
the bottom. Nice. Either way, you put beer in
it, I'm going to drink it. Yeah. And then there's
the stemmed beer glasses, which look a lot like
a wine glass. Yes. And then the beer mugs and
the... Glass beer boot, which... I was actually
going to make a comment about the boot. Being
from Texas, it's like, yeah, but evidently did
not start in Texas. No, but have you had a boot?
I mean, I've had a smaller boot. I think this
is talking about a bigger boot. Well, the boot
that I've had, unfortunately they don't do it
anymore, is Blake's in Columbus, Texas. No, I
haven't. But they had a boot. That was 44 ounces.
Goodness. It was amazing. So when we would have
our celebratory meal, which is the end of the
trip, we would go to Blake's. Food's on one tab.
Personal beverages is on a different tab. I don't
know what you mean. You're putting Dr. Pepper's
on a different tab? Yes, Dr. Pepper's on the
personal tab. That's weird. But we would get
a boot. And I would typically get it with Shiner
because that was about the darkest that they
offered. Isn't that funny? Yeah. What are you
doing? Yeah. But it was so good. They would bring
it to you right away. And so by the time you
get to the end of your meal, you're getting down
to the bottom of the boot. And it was good. So
evidently this was like an Oktoberfest tradition.
Okay. But like we have a lot of boot mugs in
Texas because, you know. boots but i think the
point was not for it to be decorative so much
as the size of a boot yes well i imagine somebody
somewhere back there just used their boot their
shoe their boot off and put it on the table and
said fill it fill it man i could see it oh yeah
and the other guys around said they come in boots
nice reference yes i i think I think if you can't
picture this, then you probably haven't been
around enough people drinking beer. How dare
you finish that? That's what I do. I'm like,
yeah, I got to hurry up here. I podcast and I
drink beer. You should talk more. So anyway,
there's that. I think the other types of like
gear that I was thinking around this. Have you
seen the, I'm a baseball guy. So, sorry. Yep.
It's all right. But they make like these mugs
now out of baseball bats, which feels way too
kitschy, I guess, to me. I've not seen the baseball
bat, but what comes to mind, and I don't know
if they do it anymore, but Dairy Queen used to
be able to get the ice cream in the baseball
helmet. Yeah. Yeah. I don't think Dairy Queen
does it anymore, but they do it at the like ballpark
and stuff like that. Usually there's a helmet
that you can. Buy a souvenir one. When we went
to a banana balls game down in Houston, banana
ball, not banana balls, my son wanted one, but
they come in Astros helmets. And so I said, no.
I was like, no. I'm not buying that. No. You
can't have it. I'm not allowing you to. No. We're
not doing that. If it came in a Savannah bananas,
like. Sure. then, yeah, I'd be fine with it.
But that right there, I can tell you they're
using the Houston Astros stuff and we're not
doing that. And probably the only thing worse
for you is if it would come in a Yankees. Actually,
I don't like Houston more than I don't like the
Yankees. Really? Yeah. Just saying. Okay. I think,
like, as someone who I do consider myself a baseball
fan, May or may not be everybody else's definition
of it. You can't discount the number of just
historic players that have played for the Yankees.
That doesn't mean that I'm an A -Rod fan. That
means that like Mickey Mantle and Babe Ruth and
Lou Gehrig and Joe DiMaggio and all of these
old, Like there's a reason that these guys are
kind of legendary. And it makes me be a Boston
fan for, you know, thinking about Ted Williams
and Yastrzemski and all these other guys. And
a Dodgers fan for kind of the same. I mean, there's
a whole freaking day where everybody wears a
Dodger player's number. And that like, you can't
know it was the Brooklyn Dodgers, not the Los
Angeles Dodgers back then, but still like, you
can't discount like the, just the history of
it. And as a lifelong Rangers fan, I think part
of it, my feeling inside of that is just has
to do with how the Rangers haven't been around
for very long in the grand scheme of things.
And so, you know, my grandfather was a, Cardinals
fan because St. Louis was actually the closest
team to where he lived in East Texas. Sure. And
he bought his wheat from up there. Okay. When
he had a bakery. Anyway, all these different
things mean like I can watch the Dodgers and
the Blue Jays. Cheer for the Dodgers because,
you know, Jose Bautista was a Blue Jay and I
freaking hate his guts. Anyway, there's a lot
of baseball, I think, and a lot of guys that
are baseball fans that would disagree with me
about why I feel the way I do about the Yankees,
but whatever. The other thing that I was going
to say, though, is I, like, okay, so. I've always
wanted a Stein, like a real Stein. I've gotten
some, I've gotten some little cute little Steins
that are like, Oh, that's neat. But like the,
the, like this is a Stein and this is for beer.
Like I'm, I'm waiting on the right one for that.
Like I'm, I'm waiting to see the right one for
that. But Stanley actually has a cool little
Stein. I would say it's even, they've got a version
that even has the, top on it okay um but i just
can't bring myself to get it because everybody's
all stanley and i came in as a yeti guy whenever
the you know yeti started doing their drink wear
stuff so yeti if you're listening you're not
i get it but if you're listening can you come
out with a stein please yeah i see this stanley
um intriguing yeah but uh you know i mean even
down to like the 12 ounce uh can cooler like
the colster i think it's they call it instead
of a koozie um my dad had a stein when i was
a kid because he was stationed in germany nice
yeah when he was in the army yeah i don't know
what happened to it but it was it was awesome
because it was actually from from germany he
brought it back that's amazing and it had the
the the cap on the top yeah just seems like the
right thing to do so that you know The fly doesn't
make it into your beer. Exactly. It keeps other
people out of your beer too. That's right. You
stay away from. I need the lid on it to have
like a fingerprint situation where it's like
only my finger opens this. Yes. Everybody else
gets spikes into their hand. Oh. But like, you
know, Yeti, again, just talking about like coolers
because that's a gear. It is. Yeah. Been a Yeti
guy for a long time. I've got a 65, which honestly
is a little bit big most of the time when you're
just trying to haul around beer. But instead
of going smaller, the other 65 I have because
it fits in between on like a regular 16 -foot
canoe. It fits in the canoe. But they also make
a 105. They make a 110. Which I think a lot of
people get. But the 105 is the same width of
the 65. It's just taller. Okay. And so I think
probably even though it's $500. Ouch. Yeah. And
the 110 is $440. I just want to throw something
sometimes. Anyway, that's probably going to be
the next one that I get instead of getting one
that's actually better for pulling around. beer,
like the 35 or the, you know, even one of the
50s that has the wheels on it. Just saying. That's
expensive, man. If you've ever looked at this
stuff, it is not cheap. No, it is not. It makes
you start wondering what Arctic is coming out
with. Yes. But then the other thing was the last
thing I want to kind of point you, or two websites
I want to point you at. There's one called Keg
Works, which has just a ton of peripheral stuff.
This is for people who have bars or are building
a bar or something like that. But they actually
have the different types of glasses that we talked
about. And then there was a, have you ever heard
of aged and or I would say no. So aged and or,
um, aged and or .com. Um, they make like gear
to carry around your spirits and your, uh, what
do you call it? Cigars. And they have some stuff
for, like, just sitting at home. They have, like,
decanters and things like that. But they really,
like, I was like, what is the thing that's like
that? And honestly, I don't really have a good
beer version of this yet. So if you know of one,
please let us know. I just like that travel humidor.
Yeah, right. Isn't that nice? I think I bought
that for – no, I didn't. I bought a different
one. I was going to get that one, but I bought
a different one for a friend of mine. I have
the Neat Travel, which is really cool because
it's actually that glass broke, which sucks.
But it's a glass that a little whiskey container
fits in the glass, and then that fits in this
holder. But you've got to be really careful when
you get it home and your kids are doing the dishes.
Oh, yeah. Because they'll just break that crap
immediately. I can see that. Anyway, the flight
bottles, they've got little bottles that fit
in a little container that zips up, and that's
really cool. They've got a travel decanter. Anyway,
all these things and their little glasses, their
neat glasses. I don't know which version of the
glass we would call that, but it's like a whiskey
version of that tulip kind of without the stem.
I did find a – there's a site called elevatedcraft
.com. Okay. And they have a pint glass that I
really – I'm intrigued by that has a, it's like
the glass pint glass. You can keep like a whole
bunch of those in your freezer, which is what
I like to do with beer glasses, put them in the
freezer. And then they've got like these, it's
almost like a koozie, but it's a metal outer
that you slide the glasses into. And that's what
you're holding on to so that your hand isn't
freezing. But the bottom of those outer shells,
what do they call it? The vacuum insulated steel
base. There you go. Sounds fancy. The bottom
of it has a bottle opener on it. Just saying.
Sounds fancy. If there's a beer thing, it should
probably have a bottle opener on it. Yes. I know
there's a science behind the reason why they
say this is the glass that you should drink our
beer in. But I've never really tried to dig into
that because like Chimay, we love Chimay. Yeah.
We've just had it out of the mugs that we have,
but they actually have their own glass. And then
when you start looking at a lot of the other
Belgian beers that are out there, typically.
It seems like every one of them that is a Trappist
tends to have their own preferred glass that
you would use. A lot of these look like goblets.
Yeah, the Chimay is for sure. Like the new Belgian
14 -ounce is a snifter. A snifter. Which looks,
I mean, it's got that stem to it. There's a bad
joke and I'm not going to say it. I'm just going
to stay over here. Let it go. Let it go. Yeah,
those Chimay's are definitely, they look hefty.
I almost got that Chimay beer tasting pack that
has the glass in it. Did not pull the trigger.
That's why I have mine. There you go. They've
got a Chimay Belgian beer, Stein. It's got the
red with the sword on it. Anyway. This is a.
This is a type of gear we've not talked about.
This is a type of gear we haven't talked about.
And there's even a site called the beer gear
store. Oh, it's not the beer and gear store.
It's just the beer gear store. Um, where you
can find all kinds of fun little things. We all
know what you've been doing in your spare time.
Well, I mean, you know, you look for it every
once in a while, and then you're like, oh, yeah,
I found that, didn't I? Because I was looking
at tap handles. Yeah. Not that I need tap handles
for anything, but I think they're cool. It would
be a fun thing to, like, collect, I guess. You
find a tap handle for every beer that you really
liked. Yeah. Oh, we didn't even talk about, like.
What's your favorite? Like you've got your. Well,
I have the one on my key chain. You have the
one on your key chain. And then I've got the
one that I typically keep in the backpack. Yeah.
I don't remember the name of the brand, but it's
the one that you see everywhere. It's kind of
horseshoe shaped and it's got the opener on the
one end of the horse track and the other end
just got the circles. You can just kind of hang
it up. Yeah. Oh. I'd be in trouble for this one.
Oh, that's a horrible version too. Oh my gosh.
I kind of butchered that. I was looking up beer
tap handles. And if anybody has ever seen the
movie Dogma. Yeah. They have the buddy Jesus.
Yeah. Well, it's a buddy Jesus tap. But then
when you actually click on the image to look
at it, they kind of butchered it. Oh, that's
terrible. Yes, it is. I guess it's really small.
Hopefully it's really small. That looks pretty
butchered to me. I was not expecting to see that
in the beer tab search results. Well, there you
go. Anybody got a favorite koozie out there?
Just saying. Oh, we can do. Oh, is that? I bought
an inappropriate one one time. For like a road
trip with my wife. Okay. And she threw it away
when we got home. Oh. I was like, good for you.
You got in trouble. I did not. I mean, I did,
but not like. I knew what I was doing. It was
not unintentional. Pushing the buttons. That's
what we do. She said, I am so disappointed in
you. I am so disappointed. I don't even know
how to tell you. That's some of the worst when
you get that from your parents. I am so disappointed
in you right now. Oh, I don't want to think about
that right now. Oh, those are brutal. Mm -hmm.
Golly. Why'd you have to bring that up? Give
me another beer. Another beer. Here we go. The
Porter. The Black Butte. Oops. Boom. Chris, that
says butt. Butte, B -U -T -T -E. This is a family
-friendly show. What are you doing? I'm just
saying. He touched the button. What you could
say is kick save and a butte. And a butte. Jason
will appreciate that joke. Jason, you don't get
to answer. Any of you kitties out there know
what that's from. I think we've said it, though,
before. Never mind. We potentially have. Yeah.
So there's a couple of things that we should
talk about real quick before we get towards the
end. First of all, we passed our two -year anniversary
and then just didn't even talk about it. Didn't
even talk about it. We just kept going. Three
or four shows back now. Yeah. I thought it was
just two. It's every other week that really.
Happy anniversary. Happy anniversary. Crazy to
think we've been at it for two years plus. Can't
believe you forgot our anniversary. Yes. And
then two. I am disappointed. Is we got to indoctrinate
my son on his 21st birthday. We did. And that
was huge to me because you were there, Jason
was there, my dad was there. Yeah. And so he
got to be surrounded by some guys and just have
a good time and try some different beers. I mean,
I got a bone to pick here, Jason. Uh -oh. No
beer? He was in the middle of his carnivore.
You don't have to stand up for him. We're on
the show right now, Chris. I heard his excuses
in the moment. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But, like, no
beer? Really? And he wasn't in the middle. He
was almost at the end. Yeah. So are you done
yet? Thursday. Okay, so Thursday, after Thursday,
we need to go take a trip. It sounded like maybe
he wasn't going to come back. Jason. But it was
cool for me. Nobody likes a quitter. To share
that milestone with you guys. Absolutely. It
was so cool of you to invite us into that. Yeah,
and it was awesome that it just happened to fold.
That was the right night for his birthday on
Saturday, which was nice. And I love the fact
that he agreed that he would never drink another
IPA in the rest of his life. Yeah. So that was
quite fun. The pact has been formed and sealed.
He gets it now. And he got to hear John share
the story of why you don't drink IPAs. Yeah,
no, that's disgusting. Guys, this is not meant
for consumption. And I am glad that my dad didn't
try to. get you off into the girl conversation.
That was kind of nice. We were over there ordering
the pizzas and Garrett and I, and I'm just kind
of looking back and I'm like, I should have warned
him before I walked away. That's funny. I mean,
honestly though, it was a little bit loud in
that room. So he could have said something and
I didn't hear it. Yeah, that's fair. But one
other thing. He's like, why did he respond that
way? It's because he couldn't hear what you were
saying. Garrett and I went to BJ's on Saturday
night. Okay. To try another round to see what
he might like because they do a flight of beers
as well. Okay. So he liked the Jeremiah Red.
I think that was his favorite of it. That's one
of my favorites. He liked the Tatanka Stout.
Yes. And I know he liked it because he completely
drank the entire flight. Like he did Jeremiah
Red. We did not like the Oasis. Okay, that's
one of my like. It was okay. Yeah, I've gone
back to that one a few times. He took a couple
of drinks and he just left that one sitting.
And then separately, what do they call it? They
got rid of the pea importer. Was it too bitter?
Like why didn't he like the Oasis? He felt it
was hoppy. Okay. That's interesting. What is
the name of the new one? The new porter? That
replaced the PM porter. Which one was the 10?
Was that the Tatanka? Tatanka. Yeah, the new
porter is called Sweet Sin Chocolate Porter,
and you do taste Ghirardelli chocolate, which
is exactly what they say on the menu. Like a
dark Ghirardelli chocolate? I didn't taste dark.
Just chocolate? Just kind of a sweet chocolate.
Wow. Okay. So I liked it. He didn't so much like
it. Interesting. So, um, so, but yeah, again,
it was great to be able to share his 21st birthday
with y 'all kind of a milestone thing. Yeah.
Um, unfortunately all his friends are underage,
so they couldn't partake. Yeah. So maybe a year
from now, as his buddies start to hit 21, he
can be a part of what they're doing and share
them. Pact of not drinking IPAs. Don't raise
another generation of IPA drinkers. No. That's
all I'm saying. Okay, so I'm realizing we opened
this and we didn't talk about it. I haven't even
taken a drink yet. Oh, I did. Ooh. So. I'm just
going to say that I like the Real Heavy more
than the Black Butte. Fair. So they say this
is me going back to the beginning of the show,
folks. So, yeah, it's going to sound like you've
already heard this. I'm like, wait a minute.
This is the beer that started it all. With rich
notes of chocolate and coffee, a luscious creaminess,
and a roasted finish, Black Butte Porter doesn't
only have fans, it has followers. Weird. Tastings,
pairings, gatherings, there's nothing like, there's
nothing this classic can't do. And they say flavor
is chocolate, coffee, and creamy. The malt is
a dark chocolate malt, wheat crystal 75 malt,
premium two -row malt, And carapils malt. The
hops are cascade and tetanang. That almost sounds
Asian to me. Yeah, I don't know anything about
it. I don't know that. But it's available year
-round. So here we go. You would think if they're
calling it their starter, the classic, that it
would be available year -round. Go ahead and
drink. I mean, it's fine. There's nothing. I'm
not like. against it, but it doesn't taste as
good to me. And I don't think it pairs as well
with the crab. No. Which is a big deal right
now because the crab is so good. Yeah, it is.
And you would think something from Bend, Oregon
would taste better with crab. You would think
so, yeah, being on the coast. Come on, Oregon.
It almost tastes flat. Interesting. That's how
I would describe it. There's no bite. There's
no carbonation of any kind of feel. It's like
the flatness feel of a flat soda. There's nothing
there. I had that on one of the ones that we
had. last show or the show before that i can't
remember which one this one i don't know i guess
i'm probably because i just had some of that
crab dip i'm getting some of the it's hard to
tell like the the spiciness of the crab dip and
it's not that the crab dip is spicy don't get
me wrong no like that that cajun element of it
um i think is making it taste a little bit like
it's got some some more bite to it than it does
it to me it's the it's the end of it the very
end of the the of this porter is like hold on
let me try it again yeah i just expect a porter
to be i guess smoother than that and that that's
hard to I'm rationalizing my brain with you saying
that it tastes flat because flat sometimes is
kind of a smooth, but it's not like I'm not really
getting a flat. I'm getting a weird finish. What
doesn't come through is the chocolate. Yeah,
no, not at all. And typically with the porter,
I expect chocolate. I mean, maybe I'm just getting
a lot of coffee, but it doesn't taste like coffee
to me. It's definitely coffee. But that's not
the end. No, no, no. And I don't get the creamy
either. No. No. And, you know, maybe we got a
bad set of bottles here. Maybe. But I don't know
that this is going to be. I definitely recommend
real heavy. I don't know that I'm going to be
a. Black Buck fan. That was just for you. Thank
you. Appreciate it. Everybody else is like, what
a jerk. It's always good for a laugh, folks.
You hear every other week, two weeks. Yeah. There
you go. Every other week. Wow. Those are expensive.
What? Clicked on a site that specializes in beer
taps. Okay. Like custom beer taps? No, no, no,
no, no. It looks like you would buy them to put
them in your own bar. Okay. Because it's got
Bush Light and it's got Stella Etoile. This is
just a normal. Yeah, Budweiser. But even like
the Natty Light, $75. No, absolutely. It looks
like it's tall. No, you can't put Natty Light
on something and then it costs $75. That is a
pallet of beer. Yeah, pretty much. The only thing
that's allowed to cost $75 from Natty Light is
a pallet of beer. A keg. No, a bunch of kegs.
You're not allowed to, no. Natty Light, are you
kidding me? No, people don't pay money for that.
I bet a keg would still be, well, I don't even
know what a keg goes for anymore. Well, no, but
I'm saying it shouldn't. Hmm. This is me with,
I'm the old man who's saying gas is too expensive.
Yes. I mean, it definitely is, but you know what
I'm saying. Poor Mr. Sasquatch. There's a Sasquatch
tap, and unfortunately, the screw's going right
up the back end. That is not nice. Sorry, Mr.
Sasquatch. A Natty Light keg is $90. Oh, my gosh.
That, I just, I'm not. Only way to justify that
is you've got to get it so stinking cold. Because
it changes the, in my opinion, it changes the
flavor profile. And Natty Light starts to taste
pretty darn good. I don't think it tastes good
no matter how cold it is. I would argue that
the colder it gets, the better it gets. Well,
absolutely that's the case. I just don't think
it ever gets cold enough to... Okay, wait, you
can get a half barrel. For $76 .99. Oh. Just
get the whole thing and be done. Jeez. It's like
2 % beer. Anyway. Yikes. Man. Well, there you
go. I don't like you. No, it's not one of my
favorites. So that kind of gives us two from
them, I guess, now that we've not been pleased
with. Pleased with. Deschutes. What was the other
one from them? The Black Obsidian or Obsidian
Black. Let's see. Hold on. Because that sounds
like one that I liked. Deschutes Brewery. Obsidian
Stout. Obsidian Stout. Yeah, no, I remember not
liking that one. Yeah, I don't think that we
enjoyed that one at all. Really don't. So they're
striking out. Sorry, Oregon. You're just... I
guess your beer's a little too woke for me. Not
our favorite thing. Nope. Bring back the Texas
beer. Hold on. I got to drink this really fast
so that we can get on to the last one. Oh, yeah.
You said, oh, yeah. I just can't say it. Please
cut this part out of the podcast. You're forcing
it down like I did the river. Yeah, this is not
good. No. Okay, I did it. It's making me wish
that I had kept some of the real heavy to fix
that. It's like the more you chugged it, the
worse. Yeah, and let me just say, it is not the
worst beer that we have had. No, no. It is hard
to go from one that I liked as much as the real
heavy to that. Because that doesn't feel right.
That feels like I have made an enormous mistake.
And that's a second beer. What have I done? Has
that been the first beer? I really don't think
it would have gone well. All right. So we're
going Alaskan? Alaskan and... So this is a red.
This is a red, yes. Do you have a... What do
you call it? security breach talk for us or not?
I was supposed to, however, however, I do not.
Cause we were going to do a Linux breach, right?
We were going to do a Linux breach. So let's
see what I can pull off, off the top, off the
top of your head. Well, let me just say like,
go check out elevated craft. It seems like they
got a lot of stuff. Aged in or if you're into
the more scotch, bourbon, whiskey side of things,
maybe you want to be able to take that stuff
with you. Hey, if you like the show, then how
about donating? Will they save you money on therapy,
do you think? Travel humidor, whatever you call
it. And then tell us what your favorite Stein
is because I would love to know. If anybody has
some steins that they're like, oh, this one,
you should get this one. Because I'll go get
it. I'm a fan. We already have massive mugs.
Yeah, we do. From World Market. They work quite
well. They hold a lot of beer. Yes, they do.
I don't know that I've ever filled it. I did
when we had leftover Archangel. Yeah, out of
the... Took it home, filled it up, and proceeded
to drink it. Because you could have just drank
it out of the growler. I could have. Yeah. But
it's not as fun as drinking from the mug. Yeah,
I mean, I know, like, y 'all were firmly in the
Archangel camp. I got to say I'm a Shepherd Boy
fan. No, not for me. I mean, it's not bad. It's
not bad. No, I get what you're saying. It's not
bad. But, like, it definitely was the one that
I liked better. And I don't know if it's because
of the – I mean, I really do like Dragon Slayer
more than – Yeah, that's a good one. What's the
other one? Archangel is Giant Slayer and St.
James Gate. And then yours that you're talking
about is, oh, no, no, no. No, it's Giant Slayer
and St. James Gate is the Shepherd Boy. Is Shepherd
Boy, yeah. So it's Giant Slayer and, yeah. Oh,
it's killing me. Whatever their other stout is.
Yeah. Sanctimonium. Sanctimonium. Sanctimonium.
It's because I don't really, like I'm not a huge
Sanctimonium fan. Oh, I like the Sanctimonium.
I think I like Giant Slayer better than Sanctimonium.
That's close. That's close. That's tough. Go
to Truevine and tell us what you think. Both
of those are good. Did you find something from
Linux? Not quite what we hoped for. Man, I was
stalling like nobody's business. I know. You
were doing a great job. I was trying so hard.
You were doing a great job. Right. I'm going
to try this Alaskan Amber and we're going to
find out what we think here. All right. It's
a 5 .3 alt style ale. That's weird. Yeah. Does
that have a... So it says, the name of this beer
style comes from the German word alt, meaning
old. Oh. This refers to the aging... that alts
undergo since they ferment more slowly and at
a colder temperature than most ales. Slow fermentation
helps condition the flavors in Alaskan Amber,
contributing to its overall balance and smoothness.
Okay, you need to smell this before you drink
it because it is not what we've been drinking.
There's some apple juice in this. I'm just saying,
like, we're about to experience something very
different than what we were just drinking. So
just from the smell, I can't actually see the
color of this beer. I'm going to say this is
a lot lighter than, like, this is probably a
light red. I don't think this is a normal amber.
Well, let's find out what we got. Take a minute.
You've preconditioned me to what to expect now.
Well, you smell that, right? Am I making that
up? It's a little sweet, yeah. All right, here
we go. Okay, here we go. Okay, it's not apple.
It's pear. That's pear juice. That's what that
tastes like to me. That's pear juice. And I have
had two. So a, a 9 .3 and a five, right? Is it
five? Where's the 5 .5, 9 .3 and 5 .5. I'm telling
you, this is a, this is a, this is, it's not
an apple juice beer. It's like a pear juice beer.
Okay, here's what they say. Pear. Rich, malty,
and long on the palate. With just enough hop
backing to make this beautiful amber -colored
old -style beer noticeably well -balanced. Alaskan
Amber is made with a generous blend of the finest
quality European and Pacific Northwest hop varieties
and premium two -row pale and specialty malts.
Our water originates in the 1 ,500 -square -mile
Juno, Juno, Icefield. Did you just Juno? I Juno'd
the Juno, yeah. Whatever that means. There you
go. And the more than 90 inches of rainfall we
receive each year. It's an 18 on the IBU, which
I would agree with. Oh, yeah, no, it's not bitter
at all. So, and then what is the history? Ooh,
the story behind the label. The story behind
Alaskan? That's what it says, the story behind
the label. There are no roads connecting the
remote coastal community of Juneau, Alaska, to
the lower 48 or even the rest of the state. Everything
must travel by air or sea. Ocean -going vessels
from fishing trawlers to small skiffs are a common
sight as they travel the icy waters of southeast
Alaska. Each evening, fishermen from all walks
of life return to a safe harbor and close the
day with a cold Alaskan amber. I'm going to call
bull on that last line. Yeah, I don't think so.
I think they're probably going to go with something
that's going to heat them up a little more. This
is for sure a lawnmower. Or sorry, I shouldn't
say lawnmower because that's an actual beer.
This is a I just finished. Mowing beer. Mowing
beer. I cannot get over the pear taste. It tastes
like you know those canned pears? Yeah. It's
like you drank the pear juice. I get it. There's
some water in there. But other than that, what
you taste is pear juice. And I would be willing
to say it pears well. With the crab dip. Joke.
Yep. Sorry. Pear juice pairs well? Pairs well
with the crab dip just because it's so sweet
compared to like the Cajun flavor. I really am
trying not to say spicy because it's not spicy.
I don't want anybody to think like don't get
the crab dip because it's spicy. No. If you don't
like spice, don't. Discount this crab dip. It
is weird to me that it talks about like the Blair
Bonnet or whatever had something about the, I
don't know, I was almost thinking like saltwater
taste to it because it's not like there's nothing
about it that's even remotely savory. No, no.
I don't think you'll find this beer in my refrigerator
anytime soon. No. It's not bad. I am really wishing
that I had like a clear mug to pour this into
just so I could see the flavor of it, the color
of it. Because as much as they're saying, not
saying, it's called Amber. It's a red can. Yeah.
I just don't think this is a red. It feels like
it's on the very blonde side of red. Yeah. I've
got a little just kind of there in the top of
the can, and that's not very amber. No. And so,
like, again, if somebody wants to. actually pour
this into something and find out more power to
you. I would not, the way it tastes is not super
red. No, I don't think I, I don't think I like
this one. It's not, again, it's not a bad beer.
I like it better than the Butte. Oh, by far,
by far. But having just recently had the Jeremiah
red. Yeah, see, that's what I call a red. Yeah,
that was good. That's a red. Yes, absolutely.
I like reds that are on the, I don't know how
to say this, on the brown side of red. It's not
a brown ale. Brown ales to me taste too much
like nuts. Yeah, that's fair. But that's fair.
And there's nothing wrong with that. It's just.
That's not my preference. I would say I'm firmly
in the like dark or red and this one I don't
really, I don't think I would count it as a red.
Even though it's called amber. That's messing
with me. True. But maybe that's a byproduct of
drinking too. I don't know that I would like
some of their other. Because they get in the
IPAs and they get in the seltzers. Well, that's
what I'm saying. Like, I've seen the Alaskan
brand before, and I've never been like, yeah,
I'm going to try that. Because even the, like,
what's the, like, they've got a, yes, I'm 21.
They've got a 12 -can mixed pack or whatever.
What is this? There's a Husky IPA, a white, and
a Kolsch. So these are not really our beers.
And I would say probably the amber is more on
the pale side than ambers that come from brewing
companies that maybe have a darker beer. I will
say, after the last show, I did try the Kolsch.
I haven't had the Hefe yet. It's still sitting
in the refrigerator. I mean, it's a wheat beer.
The Kolsch was not bad. It's not my go -to beer,
but it wasn't bad. Okay, what did it taste like?
To me, it just tasted like what I would just
call a textbook light beer. Okay. I mean, there
was nothing spectacular about it. It was reasonably
smooth. Needs to be really cold. Yeah, and whether
it was cold or not, I don't know. as far as cold
enough. But, I mean, it wasn't bad. Uh -huh.
I don't know that I have a whole lot more to
say about it other than it wasn't a bad beer.
There's a lot of beers that fall into that category.
They're not bad, but I just don't have a whole
lot to say about them, and especially after you've
already drank it and you don't have a lot of
description for it. It's just kind of, man, it's
okay. It's man. Yeah, that's why we do this while
we're drinking it. Correct. Yeah, now I'm looking
at the Alaskan Brewing site. They do have a porter.
Okay. I thought I saw another one, but they've
got one called a smoked porter. And a bottle.
This is a specialty or a limited run porter.
It's got a, I don't know, reindeer on the front
of it. Known as a Roche beer. In German, smoke
-flavored beers were virtually unknown in the
U .S. until the Alaskan Smoked Porter was developed
in 1988. The dark, robust body and pronounced
smoky flavor of this limited edition beer make
it an adventuresome taste experience. So this
makes me wonder, like, is this like the, you
know, the bourbon aged version or the scotch
aged version of like a bourbon beer? Or is it
like, what kind of smoke are we talking about
here? Alaskan smoked porter is produced in limited
vintages every year and released every fall.
So it is every year and every fall. Unlike most
beers, this smoked porter may be aged in the
bottle for years, much like fine wine. So they
just hold on to it for years. That seems like
something that's like an IPA. Like you shouldn't
drink this when it first arrives. Correct. Wait.
Wait a while, please. You'll thank us later.
Yeah. I don't know what to do with that. This
feels like they don't. It's just not like darker
beer is not their thing. I would agree. Please
tell us if we're wrong, but this is the general.
Yeah, I don't know that I'll be trying an Alaskan.
Anytime soon. Don't get me wrong. I really want
to go on an Alaskan cruise. Well, I don't, and
I think I've told you about that before. Yeah,
didn't we talk about that? It may have been even
last show, but it's typically old people die
on the Alaskan cruises. That's what you said.
I was like, I've never heard that. I don't even
know what you're talking about. When my wife
is ready to go on the Alaskan cruise, I know
she's ready to off me. Yeah. Because she watches
all of the... True crime stuff. Oh, my gosh.
To learn what to do and what not to do. Yeah,
I told you about the, we talked about this because
then I told you about the Jim Gaffigan bit. Yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, that was the last show.
Yep. Yeah. No, we're not doing that. No. Oh,
my gosh. This guy's just sloppy. It's like he
wants to get caught. Yep. Some of them are, that's
for sure. It's just they snapped. This is happening.
And they did what they did in the moment, and
then afterward it's like, oh, boy, how do I cover
this up? All right, we have babbled here long
enough. Did you find anything? Not enough for
what I need to do. Okay. So I will take the L.
That is a loss on my part, and I will bring Linux
in two weeks. All right, I'm going to go ahead
and end the show with this here find that I just
made. I've never heard of Light in the Box as
a site. Lightinthebox .com. Okay. Feels like
I'm sending you all to something that you shouldn't
go to, but there is a Thor Hammer beer mug for
Oktoberfest. It looks like Mjolnir. That was
Light in the What again? Lightinthebox .com.
Light in the box. Is that kind of like light
in the loafers? I hope not. But the thing sure
does look like, you know. Oh, and on the other
side it does have an opener. Oh. Yeah, that's
definitely how you want to do that right there.
That's legit. Okay. I would drink a beer out
of the Thor hammer. That's intriguing. No, I
don't want you to know where I am. Don't order
something from this website. I don't feel like
your credit card information is going to be safe.
But, like, that's funny. You should look that
up. Okay. Whosoever holds the hammer shall be
worthy to drink the beer. Shall be worthy of
the power of Thor, I guess is what it says. It's
on its side and upside down. I'm like, I'm not.
Somebody didn't think that through. No. Yeah,
it's, well, it should be worthy of the power
of Thor. Which is direct from the movies. But
I do, to your point, I do like the. If he be
worthy. The opener on the bottom. That's kind
of in. Kind of nice. Yeah, for sure. And I see
it in gold and in silver. You know, in case you
want to get. I'd take the silver. Yeah. If I
was picking. If I was picking. Anyway, that is
for sure a tourist trap. They have a regular,
it looks like a coffee mug, but it's got Santa.
Beer mug. And it says, it's the most wonderful
time for a beer. That's all the time, right?
That's all the time, yes. All right. Thanks for
joining us. Thank you, everybody. I'm going to
sit here and eat some more crab dip. Sounds good.
See you. See you. That was a humdinger of a show.
How do they do it? Nobody knows.