Cold Open And Table Setup

Chris 1:00

This might not make the cut. It definitely won't make the cut. Coming in here hot with three out of fueled people are put up this other one. Wild experience, by the way.

Rob 1:12

We have clipped off. Welcome to Matt and Friend Brink the Universe!

Matt 1:24

Welcome back, everyone. We are doing the budget beer battle round two.

Rob 1:28

Round two.

Matt 1:29

Same crew as we did all the way back in season one. That's right. Let's go around the table, introduce yourselves. Uh, Big Z over here. What's up, everybody? It's Rob. I totally screwed with Rob right there. Looked at him and pointed at Chris because this is right after the wartime leaders episode, and some of us are still feeling it from last one.

Rob 1:49

Well, but I'll tell you, I uh reacted appropriately. Thank you.

Big Z 1:53

You did hold your own.

Rob 1:54

You anticipated.

Matt 1:55

Here we go.

Rob 1:55

So we did work by you. Head on a swivel.

Matt 1:58

We are gonna go around this table. We're gonna do this a little bit differently than we did last time. So subjective scoring. We're gonna taste some really bad budget beer.

Rob 2:07

Well, we don't know that they're bad. I think that that's that's that's an assumption you're making. We're gonna taste some low-priced beer.

Matt 2:14

Quality, we're gonna taste some unexcellent beer.

Big Z 2:19

Well, see. I mean it's sponsors.

Chris 2:22

He's campaigning again over that. We could get shocked. We were last we were.

Big Z 2:26

Lion's head, lion's head.

Chris 2:28

Crushed last time.

Big Z 2:29

Nipah, baby.

Matt 2:30

I'll give you the list up front here of what we got. And we're gonna go. You know what? We're not gonna do that. I'm just gonna have anybody everybody introduce their beer. We're gonna do two rounds. Rob's gonna go first. I'm going first. I'm going first. I'm gonna go first. And we're gonna go right around the table.

Chris 2:46

You're gonna go first. I am okay. Very decisive, this leader of ours. So hold on. Let's give everybody a cup.

Rob 2:53

Red solo cup.

Matt 2:55

A red solo cup. So I'm gonna say for this episode, I am using, I'm going back to season one. I got the Matt and Friends Drink the Universe, Yeti.

Big Z 3:03

I want to do that. I never remember to bring mine. I want to do that too. Yeah, I didn't bring mine today either.

Matt 3:08

I'm committed. Any pour I get, I'm finishing today. That's what we're doing.

Big Z 3:12

I agree.

Matt 3:13

Congrats. All right.

Chris 3:14

But remember, I don't think that's as that's not as much of a flex as it makes you. No, it's really not. It's really not because I'm gonna put like three drops of each in here. Yeah.

Matt 3:22

So we're all probably around 4%.

Big Z 3:24

Well, why don't you let someone else pour your beer for you then? So our first moved out quick, didn't you? Moved

Utica Club Kicks It Off

Big Z 3:30

on real quick.

Matt 3:31

They're moving, our first contender hailing from Utica, New York, is Utica Club Pilsner Lager Beer. As it says on the front.

Big Z 3:40

Shout out to Dave, upstate New York. Go on.

Matt 3:43

David, listen to our podcast. Absolutely. So this on the can here, we got two X's and pure. XX Pure.

Chris 3:51

That's one good and porn. We got the first. Not quite as sexy. The Utica beer. No, not quite sexy enough.

Big Z 4:00

This is just edging. Holy off the rails already. This beer just edges you for finish. Right out the gate.

Matt 4:10

Let's see what's going on. We got the first beer sold after prohibition, brewed from the best quality. Maltz. Now, how can we prove that? Choice is tops for the absolute is what you write.

Chris 4:21

Absolutely pure.

Matt 4:23

And it's got two X's. It says absolutely pure. And I I picked this one because Absolutely pure.

Big Z 4:29

Absolutely pure.

Rob 4:29

Can I ask, has anybody ever heard of this brand before? Well, Utica. Oh, you have? Okay. So there's there's two one. Have you heard of this before?

Matt 4:37

I actually have had this, but it's been 2018 is when I had this.

Big Z 4:41

NUDICA Brewing. This is Utica Club. Utica Club, yes. It's two very different things. It's two very different things.

Rob 4:49

Who is Utica Club brewed by? If not. Oh no. No.

Big Z 4:53

I'm just letting it happen. With all that head, there should be a third X.

Rob 4:59

With all the head all my pants are wet.

Matt 5:06

Pandemonium out the gate. My dad's the one who told me about this beer. He said he used to drink it back in college. It was like his budget beer when he desperately needed beer. I've seen it a couple, and then I was on a business trip way back in 2018. It was at the bar. I said, I'm going to try it. I had a sip. I can't, for the life of me, remember what it tastes like, other than like I did not perhaps enjoy the experience. So here we go.

Rob 5:28

Yeah, it's uh it's real heavy. That is.

Chris 5:33

Well, I didn't pour it. Oh God, we are.

Big Z 5:35

Oh, it smells delightful. No, it does not smell delight.

Chris 5:38

Starting off rough.

Big Z 5:39

This is not.

Chris 5:40

I mean All right, fellas, are we ready? This smells like the bathroom at a ball game. Oh, okay. I was gonna go Frat House, but yeah, ball game. Ball game is probably better. Walk quite walk into a baseball game.

Big Z 5:53

Okay, is this the men's room? Communal urine or the ones that's separated? Slightly separate.

Matt 5:59

Are you saying is this trough or trough separated? Yep. Okay.

Big Z 6:03

All right. Uh cheers, everybody.

Matt 6:05

Oh, God help us.

Big Z 6:06

Just drink it. Cheers.

Chris 6:10

Don't try to smell it. What are you thinking? Oh, it's not terrible. Super light in flavor.

Big Z 6:15

Actually, not not bad.

Chris 6:16

Like I barely get anything out of it.

Big Z 6:18

Yeah, I mean, like there's no flavor at all.

Chris 6:21

Yeah, this is water.

Big Z 6:22

It's just like carbon. I mean, I'm I'm getting malt.

Rob 6:25

Yeah. Like I'm getting malt and malt only. Like minor malt. But but it's like very watered down malt.

Big Z 6:30

What's the alcohol content on this?

Rob 6:33

Two.

Matt 6:34

Five. Five percent?

Big Z 6:36

Five?

Matt 6:37

That's surprising.

Big Z 6:38

This is the first beer after prohibition?

Matt 6:40

Uh well, according to the can.

Big Z 6:42

I mean it's it's I mean I've had worse beer. I have. If I was playing beer pong, I wouldn't mind this.

Chris 6:49

Oh, that's that's a good point. But it's five percent. This is gonna sneak up on you.

Big Z 6:52

Yeah, we're really gonna be a little bit more.

Chris 6:53

I mean yingling is also five percent, more or less. Four and a half.

Big Z 6:58

Give or take.

Matt 6:58

I was gonna say four, four and a half-ish, yeah. I don't think it quite makes it. Listen, it doesn't really matter to me. Yingling definitely heavier flavor than this. 100%.

Big Z 7:05

Well, no, this is that's what I mean. This is got nothing. You could just chug this back.

Matt 7:09

Yeah, yeah. This is the beer, though, that if you're playing beer pong with it, you're gonna play four or five games and it's gonna feel like you got punched in the face. And you're gonna be like, I agree, Matt. Oh, okay. I have made decisions today. That's that's gonna be this beer.

Big Z 7:23

Although the flavor has over I think five percent more than a Miller Light. Okay, so out of ten. I don't buy that.

Chris 7:30

Out of ten, I would give this a three. That's exactly where I already have it written down. That's where I'm at. I'm a three.

Big Z 7:37

I mean, it's got no flavor.

Chris 7:39

Yeah.

Big Z 7:40

I'm gonna go two.

Chris 7:42

I'm I'm gonna say three because I think there's at least one, if not more, that are going to be worse than this.

Big Z 7:48

I'm not I'm not doing that, Chris. I'm this is what what I taste. No, no, I I guess nothing.

Chris 7:53

I'm not saying that I'm not gonna reuse a three, but I just feel like there's gonna be a two or a one down there.

Big Z 7:58

I gave a point for the fact that it's flothed all over math.

Matt 8:01

Do you have a score for you? I'm gonna give it a four. Of course you are. And here's here's why. A, I brought it and I don't care. And B, I think it's gonna come out towards the top of the scale here if we keep doing this. I actually don't think this. I would buy more of this. Really? You think that? For $7.99 for the six pack? So you think six pack of tall boys? Okay, are you you're gonna add price into this?

Rob 8:28

I've listened I have no price information. I I did not pay attention to what I was buying. I'm sorry.

Big Z 8:33

Quick Google it. I'm sure that we could. Like for $7.99, you got exactly what you paid for. Nothing.

Rob 8:39

Yeah, no, no, I think that that's fair because Mike's two cancels out Matt's four. So basically it was three is across the board. That's that's a 12.

Foster’s Oil Can Reality Check

Rob 8:48

So I'm gonna go with mine next, which is Foster's Croiky! Australian for beer. I hope it's not Australian for piss. That baby ate my dingo.

Big Z 9:00

Wait, nope, the dingo ate my baby.

Chris 9:02

This is the this is the beer that everybody has had because we've all been to Outback before. And you go to Outback Steakhouse and you're like, I gotta drink a Foster's. So is that what you do?

Big Z 9:14

No.

Chris 9:14

Come on.

Rob 9:16

I'm not the only one here. Before I pour this, this is indeed 5% alcohol by volume.

Big Z 9:22

Spooge all over him.

Matt 9:24

I'm kind of disappointed. That was his MO for like two seasons, and he's been doing this.

Rob 9:28

Uh this is a big fat oil drum can. So uh let me give everybody their pour.

Big Z 9:35

We should not have let Rob do the pours. Yeah, you know.

Matt 9:38

It's about 20 years, I don't think I've had any of this.

Rob 9:41

I have a lot of this. Did that give you a lot of head? God damn it. I said that. I'm just gonna let it out there.

Big Z 9:49

The knob, Rob, I'm not surprised.

Rob 9:51

Oh boy. That's a throwback. I hope you release the wartime leaders episode first. You should definitely do that.

Matt 9:58

Do I need to make that t-shirt? Yes. Can it be a t-shirt? Yes.

Rob 10:01

No, it cannot be a t-shirt. Otherwise, it can't be.

Matt 10:04

You realize there's one right now that's a quote from you that says, I have terrible tastes in my mouth. Rob. Like that's a t-shirt people can go online and buy right now. I did not know. Visit our T public website.

Rob 10:15

You can buy that T-shirt. This one's for Steve Irwin. He's a crocodile hunter. He's dead. We love him, though. What a loving tribute. Wow. He said we love him, though.

Big Z 10:27

I was actually gonna say if you could sponsor it. Stingraid my heart, Rob.

Rob 10:31

Stingraid my heart knows on this better.

Big Z 10:34

Wow. So light again. There's such a distinct lack of flavor. There's less flavor in this than less the first one. Yeah, there really is. I'm so confused. It smelled better. It does. It smelled a lot better. Yeah. And then there's nothing.

Rob 10:53

That is an accurate description. I'll give this a strong two. Alright. Strong two.

Big Z 10:59

This is my problem with rating one at the gate. I I should have given the first one a three. Because I'm gonna give this one a two. It's okay. It's I mean, it's all right. Matt's gonna give this a seven. Hey, fosters, earmuffs. This is bad.

Chris 11:14

But again, this isn't not undrinkable. You know, like I can drink this, and I'm not offended by myself drinking.

Matt 11:23

Would you say the same about the Utica Club? Uh Did it offend your sensibilities?

Rob 11:28

No, neither of these are pretty on point with each other. Like, I don't know that this is any worse than Utica Club. I'm just getting it. This tastes a little bit less beery than the Utica Club, which is why I'm going two instead of three. Agreed.

Matt 11:41

So there's an armed conflict.

Rob 11:42

But I'm splitting hairs at this point. Rob, I'm I'm locked up with you.

Matt 11:46

There's an armed conflict between upstate New York and Australia. I think both sides will be drinking equally as good beer. I I'm I I'm giving this one. You know what? I'm gonna even it out. I'm gonna even it out. I'm gonna say four for this one as well.

Big Z 12:01

Where did you get your math from?

Rob 12:03

This is the Welszer. It is my podcast. It's the it's the Skevskala. It's the it's the skewed scale. Yes. Okay. I once wrote a song about this. We won't talk about it on this podcast.

Matt 12:17

It's because I don't like you and the reference. Finish your damn beer. Finish your shitty beer and then finish the whole can of fosters. Yo, pound that can. I mean, that's a big can. That is. That's what she said. You can do it. You are the champion. Did I ever tell that story on this podcast? It might be tired.

Rob 12:33

Oh, that's the best. You've probably told that story.

Matt 12:35

I don't know if I have. So Dingus over here, Staley, last name, decided he was gonna buy camo. Was it 5X? 5X. That's that's two more than porn. Yeah. Which was literally what he said when he bought the can. He was like, there's two X's more here than porn. We played Edward 40 hands. He did two 40s in what? Ooh. 11 minutes?

Rob 12:57

No, no. Stop. Go on. Pause. Was it two? If it was two, that is two. Oh god. So if it was two, this would make me a lot more impressed with myself. But uh but yeah, so your brother finished his 40s in like seven minutes. Okay. And then I was like, well, I can't be that far behind. I had like three quarters of my last 40.

Matt 13:24

It's a significant amount of 40. Let's say it was 3840.

Big Z 13:29

I mean, these are the same two people that came to my dorm room and drank an entire case of yingling. An entire case of yingling. And a whole bottle of rum.

Rob 13:41

It wasn't a bottle.

Big Z 13:42

It was a whole handle of rum in what three hours? Two and a half.

Rob 13:49

Listen, we were young, we were larger, we were drinkier. I don't know. Anyway, so not any smarter. So he finishes first, and I go, oh my God. I I feel behind now. And I had three quarters of my 40 left. And I thought the only way I can redeem myself here is to chug the three-quarters of this 40. That's right. So I did that.

Chris 14:11

Because we don't lose. This would be this would be 30 ounces of for those doing the math.

Rob 14:16

Right. So so I chugged that in what? Uh Matt, would you say it was under 20 seconds that I chugged?

Big Z 14:22

It was definitely under 30. You know, I'm not sure this is something you should be proud of.

Rob 14:26

There's nothing here you should be proud of. Yeah. So I chugged all of this in less than 30 seconds. Go on. And then I'm trying to belch the sentence, I am the champion. And then I just vomit the eggs and the hot dogs that I had eaten for breakfast from earlier that day. Yes, mind you, this was like noon.

Matt 14:49

So just so you know exactly how this occurred, it was I am the champion. And that is exactly in my very good friend's bedroom. This would be a good time for Rob to formally apologize for defiling your bedroom. Sorry, John.

Big Z 15:03

All right, all right. So this is an oil can.

Chris 15:06

How many ounces is it? Is it 25? So many.

Rob 15:09

So it's the same as what I bought. So 25.4 fluid ounces, 750 mils. So this is a fifth.

Chris 15:17

All right, Z, which uh beer are you going with first?

Coors Banquet Hits A New Low

Big Z 15:20

The Banquet Beer. Coors original.

Chris 15:22

Nice.

Big Z 15:23

The banquet beer. So picture yourself along the Colorado Rockies, along the river.

Chris 15:29

I am. I'm doing it right now. Right? And there's a bear. Am I on a Dodge Ram? Yeah, probably.

Big Z 15:34

Okay. And then some guy with a mustache is gonna pull out a six-pack of beer from the river, because that's where they keep it.

Rob 15:42

And give us a mustache ride. If you if you'd like.

Big Z 15:45

But then I want one. Course. The banquet beer. That's what we have.

Matt 15:52

For that, since we we hit Super Troopers references surprisingly early, I looked for Schlitz. I could not find six schlitzes. I could not find six free.

Big Z 16:02

All right, so this is the course. In the traditional medicine bottle. Bottle? Medicine now.

Rob 16:08

That is a cool bottle because it makes me feel like I've gone to the past.

Big Z 16:11

I know. It's kind of like the first time you have red stripe, and you're like, oh, I want just gonna drink this because of the bottle.

Rob 16:16

Jamaican for beer. I don't know what accent that was. It was Indian. I was way off.

Matt 16:24

140 money too. 140 shrimp three.

Rob 16:28

No, no, no.

Matt 16:29

Come on, Jamaica.

Rob 16:30

It's running.

Big Z 16:36

Alright, turns out I'm the heavy poor. My bad. I had to open the second bottle.

Rob 16:41

To be fair, these bottles are significantly smaller. Is it just me or does this have no nose at all?

Big Z 16:46

I haven't smelled it yet.

Rob 16:47

I just took a side. I can't smell anything.

Big Z 16:50

No, this has This has a noticeable nose. Excuse me. I have facts and no one's listening. Oh, facts. Alright.

Rob 16:58

Are they the facts of life? Are you Gary Coleman? No, they're not.

Big Z 17:01

But as of you take the good, you take the bad. As of 12.39 p.m. this mor this afternoon. Sorry. This cost me for a six-pack, a six-pack, six bottles, ten dollars and eighty five cents.

Rob 17:15

This is water, dude.

Big Z 17:17

Shut up for a second.

Rob 17:19

I just took a sip of this. Shut up. This has the least amount of taste out of the three things we've had in our bodies so far.

Big Z 17:24

I was kind of expecting that.

Rob 17:26

Yeah. I'm actually surprised by that. It smells like piss. I think I've gone cosmic.

Chris 17:35

This is the communal drop. I'll let you know.

Big Z 17:39

Oh, I've wildly underrated the first two beers. Uh-oh. I'm a little nervous to try it.

Rob 17:46

I I hate to tell you, dude. But just in comparison with everything thus far, this is a one for me.

Big Z 17:54

Oh, this is not good.

Rob 17:55

You know, like it's not that it's bad. It's just a it just has no flavor. It disappears so quick.

Big Z 18:01

That's what I'm saying. But no, it has something. It has something the other two beers don't have, and I can't pick calories? Nope. It's something. There's something there that makes me not want to drink this. So it's got something. Because the other two beers are drinkable.

Matt 18:16

Christopher, look at this. The single best picture view I've ever taken. We're gonna hold that one. We're definitely posting that one later.

Chris 18:23

It hits you hard like immediately. Right. And then disappeared.

Big Z 18:27

There's something. There's I don't know what it is. Yeah.

Chris 18:29

The flavor is poor.

Big Z 18:30

What is it? I don't know.

Chris 18:32

Um feet. This is feet. This is a one for me.

Big Z 18:35

It's a one for you? No, no, no. It's not skunky tasting.

Rob 18:38

But it's Matt, here's the problem, right? It's a one for me because it's worse than the other two we've had. And I gave one a three and one a two. Well, that's my.

Big Z 18:46

I mean you pigeonholed yourself.

Rob 18:47

Right?

Big Z 18:47

So, like, what do you want me to do here?

Matt 18:49

Hey, it's my podcast. Go to partial points if you need to. Point five crack the five. We've not done our job right. All right. So we got a 0.5 on this one. I mean, this is bad. Cores? You're going 0.5?

Big Z 19:02

Yeah, I'll go one. What do you think? I would go one. I would go one. If you want me to round up, I'll round up for fairness, but it's not good.

Rob 19:09

One of the revolving quotes of this podcast Sam Elliott, read our open copy for our intro. Rob's still going for it today. Latin friends. Drink the I can't.

Matt 19:22

So this quote has been said on this podcast many times. If the option were sobriety or this, I may choose sobriety.

Big Z 19:33

Oh no. If if it was like it was cores or a juice box, give me the juice box all day.

Matt 19:38

I might go to the juice box for this one. Chris, what was your number on this one? Why?

Big Z 19:42

I want this in my beer pong glass.

Matt 19:43

Alright, we got three ones and a.5, which has said 3.5. Chris, you're gonna culture us up here.

Peroni Brings Actual Beer Flavor

Chris 19:51

Oh, okay. Yeah. I brought the lovely Italian beer Peroni, which I used to love back in the day. I haven't had it in for forever. Here's a little taste of the can.

Rob 20:04

I'm enjoying the can. It was a very good can.

Matt 20:08

Rob giving us a quality brando over there.

Rob 20:11

I'm trying.

Matt 20:12

Thank you, Rob Father.

Big Z 20:14

The Burt Father? I'm just gonna write cores on my list as shit.

Rob 20:23

The beer was shit. It was no good.

Matt 20:27

I have had peeroni as well. It's been a hot minute since I have it.

Big Z 20:31

I have not.

Matt 20:31

I don't believe I've ever drank a peeroni before.

Chris 20:35

I'll tell you though. Apparently I'm like a cultural restaurant whore, and whenever I go to like uh an Italian place, I want a Peroni beer. And if I go to Outback, I want a Foster's.

Rob 20:47

Listen, I think that that's fair. I will also say, I don't know if my nose is quit, but to me, this smells the exact same as the course.

Matt 20:55

Rob's apparently Rob's senses are giving up one by one after doing this podcast for three years. This one's a little a little punchier.

Big Z 21:02

There there's more here. Yeah. I mean, like, there's a lot more.

Rob 21:06

Yeah. I'm gonna take a sip. Here we go. Very light.

Big Z 21:10

But there's there's something.

Rob 21:12

Yeah.

Big Z 21:12

It's kind of tasty, actually.

Rob 21:13

Scott. Oh my god. I don't like the back end. It's sad that I'm that I'm back to two. Like I think that this is very much in line with the fosters.

Big Z 21:22

I actually think this is better than anything we have on the table.

Chris 21:25

Yeah. Interesting. Yep. Not by much. No, but like there's more enjoyable flavor to this. But again, this is a beer where you taste it right away and then it it's gone.

Big Z 21:35

There's a computer.

Chris 21:35

I would be a problem with this. This would be a thousand percent. And again, this is great with Italian food or any food, honestly. Like this is gonna complement food.

Big Z 21:44

If you want a metal and what's going on, you know what's kind of surprising to me?

Rob 21:48

Not feeling it. Nobody here has a light beer. A whole whole thing. But they all are tasting like light beer.

Big Z 21:55

What do you mean you're not feeling it?

Matt 21:56

I'm not feeling it.

Big Z 21:57

Like what what aren't you feeling?

Matt 21:59

I don't like the initial taste. The back end's okay.

Rob 22:03

Everything else scores above what they deserve. What do you think? And then this one you don't like. This one actually has flavor.

Big Z 22:09

No.

Rob 22:09

Interesting.

Big Z 22:10

I'm not feeling it. Based on that fact alone, I want to put a four on this.

Chris 22:13

I have a four for it.

Big Z 22:15

Because out of everything we had on the table, this actually has flavors.

Chris 22:20

This is the first one that tastes like beer to me.

Big Z 22:23

Listen, I will go to a three fast. Yeah, it does. It falls off real fast, but it's good. I will go to a three.

Rob 22:27

All right, rounds of three. I will go to a three. I don't think this is any worse than anything we've had today, but I don't know that it's any better than anything we've had today.

Big Z 22:35

Well, I think it's way better than anything we've had today. Okay, that's fair. I I'm gonna go four, but here's what I'm gonna say. I'm gonna put this in a box. Agreed. For what it is, it's the best we've had on the table, for sure.

Matt 22:47

I vehemently disagree to the tune of a chew. No, I don't know. What do you skip a lot? Chew. Dose. Okay. Deuces. I just know. It's not the skiff.

Big Z 23:02

I mean, there's something.

Matt 23:05

Rob is so rarely hammered on this podcast, and he has five shades left of silver right now.

Big Z 23:12

Can we get your scores from this? You gave what to Utica Club?

Matt 23:17

Doesn't matter, my podcast. Moving on.

Big Z 23:20

No, I think that people want to know. What do you got for Udiclub? I didn't write.

Rob 23:26

Four. He gave a four to his own beer.

Big Z 23:28

Four to his own beer. Okay. And then to Chris's.

Matt 23:32

You gave a two to this? I gave it. No, I give a two to the fosters. And then and then No, what'd you give to this?

Rob 23:37

The Peroni?

Matt 23:38

Two. You give a two to this? Yeah. Do you give a two to this and a four to Utica Club? This does nothing for me. Absolutely nothing. I'm being generous. If it was sobriety or this in the cooler, I'm going for a bottle of Deer Park water. Thank you.

Big Z 23:53

Hold on. I'll be honest. So far. Next to the cores. You're telling me if you had a Peroni or a Cores or water, you're still going to water?

Matt 24:02

I'm going to the Utica Club over this.

Big Z 24:04

That's not in the question.

Matt 24:08

What's my cooler? Your cooler is your cooler. My cooler. That's the great part about drinking beer. We all have our own cooler. Listen, here's the thing for me.

Big Z 24:16

Yeah, some of us do so.

Rob 24:18

So far out of the stuff that we've done. I am doing that. Is the definition of subjectively. No, it's not. Okay, hold on. Can we all agree though? Out of the four that we've had so far, nothing is like leaps and bounds about it.

Chris 24:30

We haven't broken a five yet. We're already not been offended by anything. The course, I'm slightly offended, maybe.

Big Z 24:36

Oh, I was offended. I was offended.

Rob 24:38

I'm offended just because like I want to believe that this is like a cornerstone brand of American beer.

Big Z 24:45

This beer is on so many commercials.

Rob 24:47

But if I gave this to a man in Germany and said this is American beer, I would be embarrassed.

Big Z 24:53

My point is this your rating scale is nonsense.

Matt 24:58

Listen, man. It is my damn podcast, you son of a bitch. I will rate it.

Big Z 25:04

I was nice in the first episode we did. This is ridiculous. Alright, so after round one, I think we all three quarters of the table agree that Peronis is the best beer on the table. So far. I mean, it it tastes like something.

Chris 25:20

But it's still it's still meant. Did I give it a three? I gave it a three. I'm keeping track, my guy. I'm this most sober, so I think I should be tracking of the maths.

Rob 25:29

I think if I'm remembering correctly, we had a 12 for Utica Club. We had a 12 for Utica Club. Which seems hard. The next which was Foster's far off maths. Well, let's see how good I can recall this. I think the Fosters came out to about an eight. Okay, he did it right. Or nine. The Fosters, eight or nine. The Fosters

Round One Scores And Price Shock

Rob 25:50

was ten total. Oh, it was ten. Okay.

Big Z 25:52

All right, all right.

Rob 25:52

The cores, and the cores probably came out to a 3.5. 3.5 if I'm remembering. Screaming score. So Peroni, Peroni, if I'm remembering, I gave a three. You guys both had fours, and then Matt with a two. Yeah. So if I could math that, that's eight, ten, thirteen. That's thirteen. So Peroni, one one ahead, not wildly above Utica Club. No.

Chris 26:22

But above. No, and but but the Welser scale is skewing things quite a bit.

Big Z 26:26

I just want you to know. I gave Welser Matt, the host of this uh esteemed podcast.

Chris 26:32

Yes, yes.

Big Z 26:33

Esteemed. Esteemed. The course. And told him to have a sip of that. And then Peronis head-to-head, and he chose the course.

Matt 26:42

Say what you will about esteemed. We've been listened to in over 30 countries.

Rob 26:47

But why after that? Listen, we were he wasn't saying esteemed. Ironically, he was saying esteemed.

Big Z 26:54

I was I was I was esteeming. Esteeming. I was giving you credit. And then you did that.

Chris 26:59

So as a follow-up to uh Rob's wonderful recap of the scores. Thank you, Rob. Thus far, the cheapest beer was the Fosters. Oh second up was the Utica, then the Peroni. And Coors topping in as the most expensive beer so far. That is shocking to me as well. I'm it's not. Or wherever Z decided to buy this beer, ripping people off.

Big Z 27:30

Shout out to Jerry Simcoe. Jerry Simcoe, please sponsor for this.

Chris 27:40

For all your beverage needs.

Big Z 27:42

Rob is on like 10 of them, but you know.

Matt 27:45

Chris, you weren't here for the last episode. He is on an epic crusade for anybody. Like he was just throwing celebrity names.

Big Z 27:53

And it's like the last episode of Chris, I was just tagging people and telling them to listen to the podcast.

Matt 28:01

So when you see this episode come out in the last one, there are 35 hashtags with every episode.

Rob 28:08

All right, let's go get a second round of beers.

Intermission And Round Two Rules

Rob 28:10

We're gonna take a brief intermission. We'll be right back. Intermission. Okay, everybody. Um, should we to mix things up? Should we go the opposite way around the table? Let's go the opposite way.

Matt 28:24

Do we want to recap what we got the first round? I think we do. Let's go lowest score to highest here. So Cores Banquet coming in with an astonishing 3.5.

Big Z 28:33

You know, I'd like to say I'm sorry. Out of 10 not, because we all thought this would be something. Of 10.

Matt 28:38

Oh, I didn't do the average. That's just a total.

Rob 28:40

No, no, I'm sorry. Not out of 10. Out of 40. 40. Yes. Out of 40. What was that number again?

Matt 28:46

3.5. Wow. We have a significantly a significant jump then to Foster's at 10. Out of 40.

Big Z 28:55

Yeah, thanks, Australia.

Matt 28:57

Utica Club. That's 25% people. Yep. Upstate New York Utica Club coming in at 12. Yep. And then Peroni at 13.

Rob 29:07

Really edging them out there, Chris. At the moment. It's anyone's game.

Matt 29:13

Screw it. I'm going first and then we're going the other way. Shocker here.

Big Z 29:16

So this will be a 12, folks.

Matt 29:18

No, actually.

Chris 29:19

Let's get this

Iron City Tastes Like Nothing

Chris 29:20

out of the way. Because this is going to be terrible. Iron City. Go ahead, Matt. Introduce it.

Matt 29:25

I'm reading the can. I'm reading the can. The beer drinker's beer. Say that's an interesting can. Can I read it in Pittsburgh? Absolutely. Yin's guys. Iron City beer is a traditional American lager brewed over 160 years ago in classic Pittsburgh style. Crisp barley malt, notes of sweet corn and American hops. Barley malt? My malts? Crisp. Crisp barley malt. Oh, there's a pea on the internet. Okay. Notes of sweet corn and American hops create a flavorful, satisfying that's easy to drink and finishes clean. Since 1861, our signature recipe is best served, ice cold, and hard-earned. Iron City's marketing city company would love that read. Said the Amish. In case Yins didn't know.

Big Z 30:17

Oh, Yins are gonna love this.

Matt 30:18

I am a huge Steelers fan. I've said that. Let's just pour this.

Big Z 30:26

Yeah, it's garbage.

Matt 30:27

So it's it's been many years since I've had a good Iron City. Oh, it smells downtown with a sandwich from Permanes. This is this. Do you smell that? It's what they will put hair on your chest. Oh boy. Oh, you can all wait a minute. We're all avid football fans here. You will appreciate the experience. I did have an Iron City when it was Heinz Field watching a Pittsburgh game. That was a moment.

Big Z 30:51

Is that the last time they're at the Super Bowl?

Matt 30:53

But also It's been way too long.

Big Z 30:56

It's been 12 years since I bit made the playoffs.

Matt 30:58

But okay, I've I've always said the terrible towel is for two things. It's for swinging in joy and crying into, and for the last at least 10 years, it's definitely for crying.

Big Z 31:06

I actually think it's they're they're built for cleaning this shit up.

Matt 31:09

No, I don't think so. No, you don't ask the Tennessee Titans. You do not insult the towns.

Rob 31:15

Gentlemen, I didn't think that there would be a beer with less flavor on the table than what we've already experienced. I literally I taste nothing. I taste I am shocked by this.

Big Z 31:28

Nothing.

Rob 31:29

It's carbonated water.

Big Z 31:30

It's actually not as offensive as I thought it was gonna be. Yeah, same.

Chris 31:34

But again, what what's wild about this experience? It smells terrible. Everything has a smell to it. No, I agree. And this one smells terrible, but everything doesn't have a flavor to it. No, this is like and I'm the sober one. This is wild.

Rob 31:48

I'm gonna be honest, if I need to hydrate, Matthew, I'm giving this a 0.5. Oh this is the worst beer I've had today. Come on, 0.5. Matthew, I'm gonna be honest with you. I give this a 0.5. Big Z, what do you think?

Big Z 32:06

Chorus was so bad. I mean, it was so bad. Chorus, again, ears, earmuffs. We we don't want you. Who cares? We don't want you. This is better than course.

Rob 32:17

You think this is better than the course? I do.

Big Z 32:20

I taste nothing.

Chris 32:23

And that offended me. Hold on.

Rob 32:25

I was only offended by the chorus because I know the name of the chorus. No, no, try not to. I'm gonna taste the chorus.

Big Z 32:30

The chorus is offensive. This is good. I'm putting this as a one because it's got nothing, but at least it's not offensive. Chris?

Rob 32:36

One? Okay, I just drank it back to back. One point five. I'm going point five still. I I think that I don't taste anything on yeah, but I'm not tasting anything at all on the on the Iron City. The course I was offended by the taste because there was taste.

Big Z 32:52

Yeah, but that's the point. If you're gonna have taste and it tastes like shit, why should you get a better score for the city?

Rob 32:56

But why would you have a beer that has no taste?

Big Z 32:59

It tastes like water. Um Unica Club and Foster's where you at?

Chris 33:04

There's an argument to be had that at least a beer that doesn't have a terrible taste still gets you drunk. To that end. Yeah, Matt, what are you giving this? Four.

Rob 33:15

A fucking Jesus. Why? Why are you just giving yourself points? That's desperate and sad.

Matt 33:23

You are a point whore. I want you to know that. I'm sad for you. I feel bad for you. Let me tell you, I'm still behind out of her. That gives me that gives a spear ice.

Big Z 33:32

You're not gonna win because cheese.

Matt 33:33

I should have given it a 10 just to upset the entire Apple cart.

Chris 33:36

My guy, what uh I'm not gonna lie.

Matt 33:39

I got a 30-pack of wheel. I will drink the.

Chris 33:41

What's the cost of this sucker? Oh, for the 30-pack?

Matt 33:45

He got this at the dollar store. Hold on. I need to think for a second because I'm not quite sure.

Big Z 33:49

Uh let's see if uh Colorado River, Allegheny River. I'll take Alberta.

Matt 33:54

I'm pretty sure this was less than 20 bucks. I don't know how much less for a 30 pack it was less than 20, but it was less than 20.

Chris 34:01

I just did a little bit of math. Iron City, 0.069 per fluid outs. Bottom of the barrel price-wise so far. How much? God damn.

Big Z 34:10

What was that? It's the cheapest.

Chris 34:12

Yeah. Yeah, yeah.069 cents per fluid out.

Big Z 34:16

They did some ladles into that tri-river area, threw it over a little bit of barley and hops, and called it beer.

Matt 34:23

Here we go. You realize if you insult the gentle folk of Pittsburgh, it will not end well for you.

Big Z 34:27

I just worked with a bunch of them. I don't give a shit. We're rolling along. Pittsburgh Pirates. You got nothing else. Here we are. True statement.

Matt 34:37

Chris, take us south of

Corona Without Lime Debate

Matt 34:38

the border. Let's go. Paul Skeens.

Chris 34:40

I decided to go with everybody's favorite, and Rob might fight me on this, but everybody's favorite Mexican beer, a corona.

Big Z 34:48

Are you saying the La Paya awaits?

Rob 34:50

So this is this is standard corona, not Corona lime, not Corona. This is Corona Extra.

Big Z 34:56

And this is also Corona without the lime. There's no lime.

Rob 34:59

Yeah, we did we did not grab limes. That's fine. We're going straight cerveza, which is Espanyol for beer. They all smell remarkably similar.

Chris 35:11

It's pretty Why did you pour so much beer in my cup? Because you said you would finish whatever you poured.

Rob 35:17

You did say that was not English stuff, but it's okay. To me, this has a sharper nose to it.

Big Z 35:25

You know, ironically, I don't get a lot.

Chris 35:27

I don't get a lot.

Big Z 35:28

But again, there's There's more than the uh there's something there. I thought I was gonna drink this and be like, oh, it's a corona. It's gonna kind of blow the rest of them away. And I don't think it does that.

Chris 35:39

No. Personally. I think the lime the lime is carrying.

Big Z 35:44

No, I no, yeah.

Chris 35:45

This has way more than than nothing.

Big Z 35:47

Yeah, but hang on. In in Matt's defense, compared to everything else on the table, it doesn't really overshadow what's on the table. No. Agreed to do it. It doesn't, it doesn't, it's not like I would say this is.

Rob 35:58

I think it's on par with Peroni.

Big Z 36:00

Yeah, I'd like to know.

Rob 36:01

Maybe this is way better than Peroni.

Big Z 36:04

I wholeheartedly disagree that it's way better than Peroni. Oh, I see. I think it's on considerably better than that. I'm giving this my first four. I'd probably go four and a half because I know I gave something a four.

Rob 36:16

You gave the Peroni a four.

Big Z 36:18

Yeah. Yeah. I'm gonna go four point five for that.

Rob 36:19

This is eight point five so far, Christopher.

Chris 36:23

I'm just gonna do a four. I think it's tied with Peroni for me. Okay. There there's a difference in what I like out of this than the Peroni.

Big Z 36:32

I I that's fair.

Rob 36:33

There's a lot of things. We're at 12.5 already. We're only even if Matt gives us a half a point, we're tied for first place. You can't chug this the way you could have been. Where are you going? Like, I don't know.

Matt 36:42

Rob is concerned about my palate at this point.

Big Z 36:46

Nobody knows. No, we need to give it a two.

Matt 36:48

All right. So here's the thing it's crickets, but it's pleasant crickets as you're looking over field at the end of the night. I'm going for.

Big Z 36:56

I'm going for. I don't understand what you taste.

Chris 37:00

I was gonna make fun of him any regardless because he's done Mexico trips before, and you know this guy's pounded Corona. Oh, absolutely.

Rob 37:08

16.5? Is that is that what that just came out is?

Chris 37:11

It is. It is.

Big Z 37:12

I'm just like I want to say that I'm I'm confused as to why this is not more. Does that make sense?

Rob 37:19

Is that yeah, yeah. No, you would think this would be eights across the board, right?

Big Z 37:23

I thought we were gonna get the.

Rob 37:24

And I guarantee you, if we squeeze the lime in it, it would be. Well, even because it's transformative. Yeah, but really.

Big Z 37:30

Even without the lime, I thought maybe fives and sixes for sure.

Matt 37:33

We're not we're not going with beer augmenting fruit today. We're going with what comes out of the can. It's good.

Chris 37:40

It's a good light beer. This it's a great light. By light, you know what I mean. Like it's great. It's lighter beer. Easy to drink and and again, I'm laying in the pool.

Big Z 37:48

I'm on the beer. I'm not disappointed by this. No, I'm not, I'm not. I'm just what I'm saying is this kind of happened last time, too. What I'm saying is I thought this was gonna be like hands better. Yeah, yeah.

Rob 37:58

It's not, which is not. This is the PBR of this episode. Thank you. Something stole the words out of my mouth. Something that you have like he did. He did the last time he had PBR, but something that you have like muscle memory of that you remember being wonderful.

Big Z 38:16

Well, it's not I remember in your year. I go to places or I'm at a a barbecue and I'm like, oh, you got corona? Yeah, I can drink that. I'll take that.

Rob 38:23

Nope, no big deal. Who at this table would choose a land shark over Corona?

Chris 38:27

I was thinking about doing Corona and Land Shark, but I didn't want them like because they're so similar.

Big Z 38:33

I wish you had. I know I should have. I think I'm going Land Shark every day.

Rob 38:38

In my brain, if I'm at a concert and I see Land Shark and I see Corona, I'm getting Landshark. Yeah. I don't what is that?

Chris 38:45

I don't know why that is, because it's the less like big boxy, even though it's probably just as big boxy.

Big Z 38:51

No, it's definitely as big boxy. Yeah. Margaritaville.

Chris 38:54

It's um but in your brain, marketing-wise, Corona's been around forever. Our parents drank it, you know, and you're like, ugh, Landshark, that's the new hip cool corona beer.

Rob 39:05

I just want to throw that out there. I know it's mildly irrelevant.

Matt 39:09

Because it's not on the table, but the next budget beer.

Big Z 39:12

You mean Land Shark and Corona?

Matt 39:13

Yeah, I'd enjoy Landshark, and I I don't not enjoy Corona, if that makes any sense. As Chris said, I I've been I've had the Mexican vacations. It's been easy. What is a loaded shark? I inform me. What is a loaded land shark?

Chris 39:30

Tequila shake it up. Shake it up sounds like a terrible decision.

Big Z 39:34

You know what I mean. Like you mix it around with a few.

Chris 39:38

Okay, so part three. We are gonna do comparisons of cheap beer. So we'll do a Corona and a Land Shark. I can't. And we'll do like a garage beer and uh Miller Light or whatever. Yeah. You know? We'll we'll find out some pairs. I like that.

Big Z 39:59

Think. I'm gonna give you some answers.

Garage Beer And Beer Pong Energy

Rob 40:02

Listen, I I don't know about you guys. Uh well, listeners, you can't see what's on the table right now, but but right now, bad decisions there is about to be a beer that is cracked that I have such high hopes for comparatively to what we've had this whole episode, and I really hope that it's as delicious as I think it will be.

Big Z 40:24

So I stand before you with a beer made by arguably the smartest people on the football field. Who are offensive linemen. I'm not gonna let you answer. No one cares about quarterbacks.

Matt 40:34

Because you were an offensive lineman.

Big Z 40:36

Because we're smarter than everybody on the field, Matt. Yeah.

Matt 40:38

All right, and this is emphasis on the offensive.

Big Z 40:41

This in particular position is the smartest of all of them, and that's the center. So this beer is created by Jason and his dumb brother Travis, no one cares about. But Jason Kelsey, who is the center for the Philadelphia, well, was the center for the Philadelphia Eagles, and I'm not an Eagles fan, but I am an offensive lineman fan. So this beer is gonna be as good as he was as an offensive lineman.

Matt 41:01

All right, let's be honest here for a hot second. It is really hard not to like Jason Kelsey. Because he's an offensive lineman. Travis as well. Like, you hear the podcast. Jason and Travis Kelsey. Listen to our podcast. Yeah, Jason, you live less than 30 miles south of me right now.

Big Z 41:20

New Heights, Matt and Friends combo. I'm just saying.

Matt 41:24

Whoa! We could have a good time. We could have a good time.

Big Z 41:27

If Tay Tay's there, I'm not I'm not upset.

Matt 41:30

I'm not upset with that. I'm also I will also say I do believe that Jason and Kylie are the king and queen of Philadelphia.

Rob 41:37

That's fair. I smell beer. I smell beer. Anybody else smell beer for the first time today? I mean, I I've smelled it before though.

Chris 41:44

Again, this is a beer that was designed to be extremely drinkable.

Rob 41:50

No, that's very much is.

Chris 41:53

Yeah.

Rob 41:53

And I'll say Matt has the lime version of this, which is head and shoulders above. I agree. I just thought it would be unfair to bring that to the I agree. I agree because we're trying to go beer flavor beer, right? I will give this a solid 3-5. I don't think that I can go all the way to four, which is the highest score is doled out today. Well, my but I would give this a 3-5.

Big Z 42:16

My problem is I would drink this over the Peronis. Honestly. But I don't think I would drink it over the Corona.

Rob 42:22

One, to be fair, I scored the Peroni three and I score scored the uh Corona four. So three five is right. Yes. Listen, Peroni, Corona. Peroni three. Corona four. Why three five?

Chris 42:39

Z, why would you say you would drink this over the Peroni?

Big Z 42:43

You know, I think it's my love of offensive linemen. Hey. I'm just gonna be honest here. I'm not necessarily sure it tastes better than the Peroni.

Chris 42:55

There you go. I'll accept it. I'm not I'm not here.

Big Z 42:59

I'm not here to pander.

Chris 43:00

Uh I mean, you kind of are then pandering to the offensive lineman. Shut up, Chris. Shut up. Uh but I'll allow it.

Big Z 43:09

Yeah, I'll allow it.

Chris 43:10

Yeah. The pandering allowed.

Big Z 43:13

All right. Well, I mean, that's a that's a fair call out, though. I you're not wrong. No, but I again I'm always scared.

Chris 43:19

I would say I would drink this over the peeroni because it's probably hipper. So, like if you want to be not a a quote unquote pretentious beer drinker, I'm not about to bring a six-pack of Peroni to the the cookout, right? So garage beer, good beer. Not offensive to me.

Big Z 43:39

I don't think it's terrible. No. I would drink a ton of them.

Rob 43:41

Yeah. I can I can I be bold and say bold, bold most beer pongiest beer we've drank all day.

Big Z 43:50

Oh yeah, 100%.

Matt 43:51

Oh, this one, yeah.

Rob 43:53

100%. Like like like if I was if I was pulling this out of cups during Pong.

Big Z 43:58

It has better flavor than some of the beers we had on the table. Chris is right.

Chris 44:01

Lowest ABV so far.

Big Z 44:02

It's only four percent.

Chris 44:03

What is it? Four?

Big Z 44:04

Four.

Chris 44:05

Okay. Even more, even better suited than for bad. Z, what are you giving this?

Big Z 44:11

I'll match Peroni then. I think it's only fair.

Chris 44:13

A four? Damn. Which is lower than Corona for you. Corona was four five for you.

Big Z 44:18

Yeah, no, that's that's accurate.

Chris 44:20

Okay, so a four.

Big Z 44:21

I think I think if I had to drink beer, Chris, I'd choose a Corona over seven.

Rob 44:26

So we are at 7-5 at the moment.

Chris 44:28

Rob, what you got?

Rob 44:29

No, we're at a I was at I said three five. Oh, you're at 3-5.

Chris 44:33

I'm I'm a three on this. That makes it 10. Uh 10. 10-5. 10-5. Matt, what are you going with the uh garage beer?

Rob 44:39

He's going to ten. Two five. He's going five. Fifteen five. We are at the highest score now with garage.

Chris 44:50

The Welser scale, it's an enigma. Nobody knows it. No rhyme or reason to it.

Big Z 44:57

I hate every single one of you equally as much. I think the lime version of this is way better.

Chris 45:04

Oh, yeah. We've got to try this.

Big Z 45:05

I just want to be very honest with everybody, but I just feel like to come to a table with non-fruited beers. See here's the thing, I think it would be unfair.

Matt 45:12

It's the same price that's the same price as the regular garage beer, but it flights much higher.

Big Z 45:17

It's just underwhelming. The garage beer is underwhelming? Yeah, for what I thought it was going to be, yeah, it's underwhelming. Much like the Corona, I thought it was going to take the corona and be like, that's a winner. That's a winner. That's going to be a winner. I thought it would be my corona and garage beer going on neck and neck through this.

Rob 45:32

We have a table full of mediocrities. Listen, I mean, that's kind of the point of this, though, right? Yeah.

Big Z 45:37

Like that's what we were trying to do. But I was looking for a better budget beer, right? And I'm not sure garage beer, in and of itself, without the lime, gets you to where you're going. And I'll I'll say this as well.

Rob 45:50

I think that this episode has opened my eyes about the first episode. Lion's Head had so much more flavor than anything we've tasted today. Silly head and shoulders above anything we've tasted today.

Big Z 46:04

Lion's Head was a complex beer. None of these beers hit the complexity.

Chris 46:09

The Garage beer, I think points per cost is probably gonna be the highest.

Big Z 46:14

Oh really?

Chris 46:14

Now the Modello might change our minds.

Big Z 46:18

Let's do I have the most expensive beer to the table?

Chris 46:21

No, no, no, no, no. I'm just saying you you do have the most expensive beer with that chorus. The Banquet Beer. But Garage was 0.106. So it's like not the cheapest, not the most expensive. It's kind of in the middle.

Big Z 46:34

Gotcha.

Chris 46:35

But has scored pretty well.

Big Z 46:37

So I mean, I don't think it's terrible. No, no, it's what we've had in the table. It's definitely up there.

Chris 46:42

It worked well.

Big Z 46:43

I think the crone is better.

Chris 46:45

Oh my god. We almost had another disaster, but Rob saved it. No, we're good. Yeah,

Modelo Finally Tastes Like Beer

Chris 46:51

we're good.

Rob 46:52

Alright. Guys, we're we're gonna move on to the last beer of the day. Modelo Especial 1925. It's a cerveza out of Mexico, which is uh Mexico for those of you who don't speak English. Um 4.4 ABV. And I think that this is gonna be interesting to compare to Corona. Christopher, here you are. Sorry, thank you. You're welcome. Michael, you good here?

Big Z 47:20

Absolutely, sir.

Chris 47:21

All right.

Big Z 47:22

I ain't no bitch.

Chris 47:24

This is the most different smelling beer of the day.

Big Z 47:28

I mean, it's got notes, folks.

Matt 47:31

It's more than one. It has a nose, which is much more than we've had so far. Wow. There's a smell to this.

Big Z 47:40

Let's see what happens. Here we go. Cheers, gentlemen.

Rob 47:44

Cheers. Damn.

Big Z 47:47

Uh-oh. Beer.

Rob 47:49

Ladies and gentlemen, beer. We've arrived at beer.

Big Z 47:52

I it took this long. Is this episode's lion's head?

Rob 47:57

Good lord. It could be.

Big Z 47:58

Now listen, of course. I mean, I don't think that it could be. This is it. Yeah. This is out of out. What we've had on the table, this is this is the beer.

Rob 48:05

I'm gonna say this, okay? Best beer of this episode, but I I do want to commend you for the lion's head choice of last episode because I would still say Lion's Head, who had Lion's Head last episode? Kristen, yeah.

Big Z 48:19

I've thought I've thought about bringing bringing lions. I drink Lion's head.

Rob 48:23

Still above this beer, in my opinion.

Big Z 48:26

But out of these is without having them next to each other, I can't make that statement.

Rob 48:30

Well, I think Lion's Head has a very more distinct lager flavor. This is not just a little lager to me.

Matt 48:37

This is beer flavored beer. This has a depth to it that the other ones did not.

Big Z 48:43

Yeah. I would like to have a I'm going six.

Matt 48:46

You know, on six.

Big Z 48:47

I'm going six.

Rob 48:47

I'd go six.

Matt 48:49

I'm going six.

Rob 48:50

Everybody is six. Six times four, twenty-four. Leaps and bounds. The seller sip. Math. E. Not the button I thought we were gonna hit.

Science Sound 49:02

We're talking about numbers.

Rob 49:04

I tried to predict what button you were gonna hit, but that is that was math.

Matt 49:12

How much did you pay for this one? Is this budget beer?

Rob 49:15

Well, I feel like this fits. I think it was $12.99 for the six-pack, I believe, is what I paid for it.

Chris 49:21

So I I just pulled because uh Tanzos had 24 ounces of this as well. Okay, so I just used that cost. This is the same as the Corona and the Peroni. Then it it it fits. So I hate that it fits, but continue. Points per cost. So, like what we scored it versus the cost of it. Go on. This crushed everything.

Big Z 49:44

Yeah, I'm not surprised actually. Woo!

Chris 49:47

195. Uh, the next up would have been garage beer at 145. So a big brick flair listened to our podcast. Yeah. I just hit you with a woo. I don't have every beer's ABVs, and by every I mean specifically the two beers Matt brought don't have ABV printed on their pins.

Matt 50:07

Patently false, hold on.

Chris 50:09

So I disqualify them just immediately because of that. Points per ABV, Modello also crushes, crushes. The next up would be both the garage and the corona.

Rob 50:20

So yeah, I mean Modelo just slayed a little under the average ABV. I think most stuff was at five.

Chris 50:30

This is four four. Yeah, we we had a lot at five and a lot in the fours. Again, don't know about Utica or Iron City, but the other three in in round one were fives. Yeah, you can look at it. Four four is a median. Uh-huh. And then Corona 4-6, Garage 4, Odello 4-4.

Matt 50:52

Utica Club is five, Iron City is 4.7.

Rob 50:55

So nothing nothing above five this episode, which which I think is is pretty cool.

Big Z 51:00

I mean for a budget beer, I think that's what the way it looks like.

Rob 51:03

I think that's pretty standard.

Big Z 51:04

This episode we had a couple 40s that were running in here.

Matt 51:07

Until you get into the crafts and the IPAs. Five is average. That's average score for beer. What is Yingling?

Rob 51:14

Is Yingling five? I believe it's 4-7. 4-7. Okay.

Matt 51:18

Chris, give us the final scores. Suspense here. Let's hear who the winner is. Suspense.

Final Rankings And The Winner

Chris 51:25

In order of worst to best, shittiest to least shittiest. Let's go. Core's Banquet, 3.5, terrible. Iron City, pretty terrible at a 7. Foster's at a 10. Utica at a 12. Both uh affected by the Welser scale, I'll just point out. And whoa. Garage Beer at a 15.5. Corona at a 16.5. Uh oh wait, I skipped over Peroni at a 13. But the winner at a 24, Modello. No contest, bitches.

Matt 52:01

Rob Staley's Modello.

Rob 52:04

Thank you. Stellar Sandy. I will bask in that until I have to pee very badly. Which is right now. Yeah, I was gonna say it was immediately. I hope you all have a great day.

Matt 52:16

Thanks for listening. It's been something.

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