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Welcome in, beer nerds! This week is packed with laughs, swishes, and suds as Flex may or may not swirl his stout, Greg brags about his elite-level taco guy, and Steph returns to shake things up with her crispy takes and Kolsch-fueled wisdom. Steph also drops her wisdom from the brewers guild and is knee-deep in beerfest planning while Flex is letting his kids pick out his beer and Greg gets classy drunk (again). 

Beers We’re Drinking

• Flex is sipping on Teddy Bear Kisses by Upland Brewing, a boozy, bourbon-barreled stout that's shockingly smooth and deeply chocolatey.
• Steph is enjoying a Kolsch from Bohemian Brewery in Salt Lake City—crisp, traditional, and unapologetically coffee-free.
• Greg cracks open Here’s to Feeling Good All the Time by Bissell Brothers, a dank and piney DIPA that could use a little less malt and a little more chill.

Steph crashes the party again, and things immediately derail—mostly thanks to Flex’s stout-swirling scandal that launches an all-out war over what actually counts as a “swish.” Greg tries to keep order but gets sidetracked bragging about his personal taco guy (yes, that’s a thing), sparking a full-blown culinary class divide. The gang confesses to drinking more wine and seltzer than beer these days, which might be blasphemy on a craft beer podcast, but hey—hydration matters. And Steph tells us all about the planning of her upcoming beer festival: the Great Beer Mashup!

Booze News

• 🍸 California distillery sues New York for playing hard to ship—just let the booze flow already.
• 🍺 Utah’s got a beer fest where actual brewers pour the beer—imagine that.
• 🛒 Texas okays boozy RTDs in gas stations, because nothing says “road trip” like 17% ABV.
• 🧾 Colorado caps liquor licenses at 36 grocery stores—because nothing fixes a problem like weird math.
• 🎶 Brewpubs under attack by the music mafia—a Rick-Roll cold really cost them.
• 🍻 We’ve got the Top 10 Craft Breweries—and some NA beer snuck onto the list.

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