Craft Beer Republic

Pull up a stool, craft beer friends. Greg gets replaced by Steph in an AI-generated PR pitch, Non-Murderer John keeps the beer trades coming, birthday week starts with hotel snoring plans, one guy FaceTiming from a bar sparks a debate on public phone etiquette, and Booze News includes free World Cup beer and a Nebraska woman who showed up to court with a .336 BAC. Beers We’re Drinking: Greg is dri...

Welcome back, craft beer people. Greg finds out five hazy IPAs hit a lot different than they used to, Flex discovers a cucumber lime blond ale that belongs in the drain, and Alaska somehow makes ordering a beer harder than it needs to be. Add a Fourth of July survival plan built around action movies, laundry, and a very nervous dog, plus an appearance from Nine Loko that nobody asked for. Beers We...

Welcome back, craft beer travelers. Flex finally makes it to New Glarus and comes home with a pear beer worth talking about, while Greg discovers double dry hopped Pliny and suddenly remembers why people get excited about Pliny in the first place. The guys try to fix modern mug clubs with secret passwords, member-only beers, and beer Olympics, Intern Brian mounts a legal defense for Florida Man dr...

Welcome aboard, craft beer passengers. Greg and Flex hit some IPA turbulence courtesy of Pilot Tom, Greg revisits a coffee stout email that tastes like old refrigerator coffee, and he remembers getting chased out of Hooters over a missing tip. A Florida man tries to explain why driving backward down a highway was better than swerving, a former WWE star suplexes his way into a DUI, BuzzBalls are do...

Welcome back to the craft beer multiverse. Greg and Flex get into Drecker doing Drecker things, Yuengling defending its crown as the most alright beer alive, and a whale testicle beer smoked over sheep poop because Iceland apparently looked at normal beer and got bored. There’s also a voicemail that explains why old beer sits on shelves forever, Flex gets fact-checked on Wisconsin badgers, Greg fi...

Welcome back, craft beer lovers. Steph from the Utah Brewers Guild joins Greg and Flex as Greg uncovers a five-year-old IPA lurking in the craft beer thrift shop, the hunt for the worst beer ever ordered adds a few strong contenders, and Psycho Bear calls in with a surprise update. Somewhere in the middle, Flex explains why he’d absolutely steal a penguin if given the opportunity, before Booze New...

Welcome back, craft beer people. Greg and Flex are joined by Utah Brewers Guild Executive Director Steph, who walks straight into a conversation about urine-fertilized beer, exploding smoothie cans, and why craft beer forgot how to have fun for a while. The crew gets into the weird peak of Covid-era beer trends, Ohio’s deeply suspicious chili spaghetti situation, and the possible return of Anchor...

Welcome back, craft beer people. Flex gets bullied by a cookie butter beer that smells like cookies and drinks like regret, Ryan sends in a pale ale that tastes like the YMCA, and Pilot Tom accidentally tells Dick Leinenkugel how mid his beer is. There’s also debate over whether Keystone Ice should’ve stayed dead, PBR catches stray bullets again, and Greg ends up defending 805 to a diehard Bud Lig...

Welcome to the Oregon Trail of craft beer. Flex drains two bad beers before a saison finally turns the night around, Greg checks out a brewery soft opening where every beer tastes suspiciously similar, and listener Steph joins the growing campaign to drag Flex to Great Taste of the Midwest. There’s also a coffee stout made with poop-adjacent beans, Cinco de Mayo drinking regrets, glow-in-the-dark...

Welcome in, craft beer sleuths. Greg checks out a new MLB park, survives a rain-soaked Dodgers game, and discovers that Lime scooters become a lot more fun after a few beers at Humble Sea on the wharf. Erica brings a hazy pale ale from Astoria and accidentally starts a long discussion about sea lions, Waymos, and whether pregaming ever actually saves anyone money. Meanwhile, a listener sends in an...

Welcome in, craft beer lovers! World Beer Cup winners are out, Stone changes hands again, and 21st Amendment is getting revived on the East Coast. Flex is drinking a guava-heavy sour, Greg and Erica crack into a hazy from Sacramento, and somewhere along the way a brewery wins gold for a beer made with pig heads. There’s also a listener call about flat beer, a near HR incident involving Yuengling,...

Welcome in, craft beer fans! Greg finds a hazy that actually delivers, Flex accidentally grabs a milkshake IPA that’s way better than expected, and “healthy beer” becomes a full argument. There’s some price shock of pints around the nation, a longing for sour IPAs, and a few beers that no one asked for. We've also got crazy Bud Light truck drivers, blind beer tournaments, and a reminder that beer...

Welcome back to Craft Beer Republic where Flex finally ends his sober run in style, Greg gets called out for being a “beer snob,” and cheap beers at the Masters become a highlight of the week. There’s a voicemail that turns into a full-on defense case, a questionable corn-chewing beer origin story, and a reminder that not every bad pour is your fault. Plus, Bapple is back, whether anyone asked for...

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 at...

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: Greg is drinking Row 2 Hill 56 Pale Ale from Russian River, a cle...

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,...

Welcome in to the bat cave of craft beer. Greg is drinking free beer and it actually holds up, Flex is deep into his no-drinking stretch and catching heat for it, and Fontana Jim comes in hot with a full rules breakdown. There are some big brewery moves, a new segment featuring a beer made with bull testicles, and a reminder that DoorDashing champagne to a kid’s birthday party is always an option....

Welcome to the cave of craft beer solitude. Greg is still drinking for two while Flex continues his dry spell. Greg cracks open a hazy IPA that looked promising but had other plans, while the guys talk about a listener’s mushroom double experiment, a new idea to tax alcohol based on ABV, and a Brewers Association report that is not exactly encouraging. Somewhere in the middle they detour into a Se...

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 medical...

500 episodes of craft beer and somehow we’re still here. Greg cracks open the IPA that started his craft beer obsession, Flex rolls the dice on way too much tangerine, and Vanessa is handing out drunk Buc-ee’s tours. We do a little episode 500 reflecting, remember the good times, and talk about what craft beer might look like 500 episodes from now (in the year 2000). We’ve also got drunk dentists,...

Your favorite craft beer podcast is back! This week we’re talking overrated beer styles and why IPAs caught stray bullets, a Milwaukee extra pale ale that Steve absolutely misunderstood, Olympic athletes apparently doing cardio after hours, Corona owning the Olympic taps, a ballplayer sneaking beer into the dugout, and more brewery shakeups than anyone wants to see. It’s craft beer, sports-ish, an...

Grab a craft beer and join us. A listener calls in with a story about the worst beer he’s ever had, we debate whether Busch Light counts as a Wisconsin tumbleweed, and we learn a Scottish beer term that needs better PR. There’s talk about driving before Uber existed, Monster selling off more brewery equipment, Rogue heading to auction, Sam Adams pushing a 9 percent wheat ale, and a Florida man who...

Welcome back to your favorite beer podcast, where Greg and Flex conduct important game day beer research, argue about tortilla chips, and try to process a beer made with bear poop all in one episode. There’s Super Bowl talk without much Super Bowl excitement, snack rankings that draw some heat, a voicemail that turns into a travel guide, and multiple reminders that not every brewery idea needs to...

Welcome back to Craft Beer Republic, where Greg and Flex settle into the groove early, shout out the neighbors, and immediately prove that kids picking your beer can either go very right or very wrong. There’s a disco ball IPA, a listener confession that brings back the beer horror story era whether anyone asked for it or not, and a real discussion about why some brewery memberships feel like math...

Welcome to your favorite craft beer podcast. Flex lets his kids pick his beer at the bottle shop, which leads to a very pink can and a reminder that not everything good needs to be an IPA. There’s a listener message that brings back the Yule Log, Greg gets outside for some very official beer research, and a discussion about why hard cheese deserves more respect. We’ve also got a drunk guy in the w...