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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. So I was out having beers with some friends last night at a unnamed Austin brewery.

And I hang out there fairly regularly on Sundays.

At this unnamed brewery?

Yes.

Okay.

I've gotten to know the bartenders fairly well.

And so it's not just a place where I go in and order a beer and they hand me a beer and I go sit down. And there's usually like a little bit of conversation that happens. And so I was talking to him about one of the new beers they had on draft. And I was like, hey, would you guys put this in Crowlers? And he's like, no, this is a special release. We're not putting him in Crowlers. And I was like, okay, no worries. He's like, we have some bottles of it, though, in the fridge, if you want it. And I was like, okay, cool.

And I turned to walk away.

Like, oh, okay, no worries. He's like, we have some bottles of it, though, in the fridge, if you want it.

And I was like, okay, cool.

And I turned to walk away.

He's like, oh, hey, Mark.

And I turned around.

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