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Hey, we're the bearest.

We're passionate about beer.

I want to help you find the tastiest ones.

Each week, we try a bunch,

tell you what we think,

and crack a few jokes along the way.

Because drinking beer is fun,

and a beer podcast should be too.

I'm a good. podcast should be too. You're out last week. You're out last week.

I was.

And you being back is cool and all, but you did scare the other two people out.

Is that why they're not here?

They're not here because you're back.

Wow.

I heard last week was a great episode, too.

Holy crap, dude. That was just so surprising.

I didn't even listen to this episode yet, but you guys were raving about it. And it's funny because in the text messages, how y'all phrased it made it sound like it was a complete shit show.

It was awful. And you guys had terrible beer. And then the end punchline was that

it was like some of the highest rated beers you've ever had on the show. And I was like,

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