Grizz (00:34)
That was my crack.
Ice Bear (00:36)
That was
Grizz (00:39)
You know what
else is provocative?
Ice Bear (00:43)
A a is that a Lagunitas?
Grizz (00:46)
There's a Lagunitas
Ice Bear (00:51)
I'm tickled to be frank with you.
Grizz (00:54)
Tickle me pink or purple.
Ice Bear (00:58)
boy.
Grizz (01:00)
my lord, that's a beautiful number right there. God damn.
Ice Bear (01:03)
Now, do you wanna tell me about yours or should I get into this bad boy?
Grizz (01:07)
Get into yours while I'm pouring mine.
Ice Bear (01:09)
I'm
I'm cautiously very optim well that is also a little tasty treat.
Grizz (01:17)
This is I'm pretty sure this is how an aerodactyl was born, to be honest. That old that old amber right there. That old amber.
Ice Bear (01:22)
Yep. Yep, that that that is that
is a resin containing a a fine fossil Pokemon for sure. Now now oftentimes when old Grizz and I are on the road, because we are air bears sometimes, we travel the world, something of something of globe hopping lads. We wind up in airports and the police are well, sometimes they're on our tails.
Sometimes they call us flight risks. This is a flight risk Margarita IPA.
Grizz (02:01)
Boy, what the f what the hell?
Ice Bear (02:03)
This is good work, good times, both of which we intend to have here tonight. A again, Margarita IPA, a strong beer, six percent, from Town Brewery in Whitby, Ontario.
Grizz (02:21)
Flight Risk is a great name for a beer.
Ice Bear (02:22)
Flight Risk
is a really good name. And also just look at this happy little flamingo or stork. Stork. I don't know. One of the two.
Grizz (02:27)
I do I do love like the the minimal
art. Look at that wolf behind you. There's a wolf behind you. There's a wolf behind you.
Ice Bear (02:34)
That's an angry little boy.
Grizz (02:38)
Bring it in the bringing in the stick.
Ice Bear (02:44)
No, my question to you is, are you feeling a little roboty?
Grizz (02:48)
I think I think you're right.
Ice Bear (02:51)
God.
Grizz (02:51)
sure about
pretty sure I'm roboty to you.
Ice Bear (02:54)
You are roboty to me. How? How after all this you know what this is? This is
Spike I mean Grizz What happened, buddy?
Grizz (03:09)
That is not what I thought was gonna be next, but I will take frickin' Edboy stuff anything.
Ice Bear (03:12)
Ha ha ha.
just ruined an already ruined version of Bebop so much.
Grizz (03:21)
You
you know can you
Ice Bear (03:25)
The "Spike"
Grizz (03:29)
It's
That's the callbacks are the best thing about it. I'll say I'll give it that. Now here's the thing. We got robots, we got invasions, we got things, and they're trying to take us down. They're trying to take us down and all the stuff. So that being said, I'm gonna get to my beer because it's already kind of warm now. Alright. This right here, this right here, this beer right here is from
Ice Bear (03:48)
Thanks a lot.
God. Get into it.
Grizz (03:59)
La granitas, which I think is one of the better like big big craft brewery brewers, right? This right here is a stoooopid release. This is a hundred and two IBUs. This is this is this isn't eight percent. This is one hundred and two Hop Stoopid
Ice Bear (04:05)
Mm-hmm. Yep, I'm with ya.
Jeez, I would hate that. my god.
That is just dumb. I would I would be miserable.
Grizz (04:31)
It's a double IPA came out in 2026 Takes a little bit of genius to get this stupid. That's what it's saying.
Ice Bear (04:39)
Bruh.
Grizz (04:41)
So that being said.
Ice Bear (04:48)
The sound thing it's it's
Grizz (04:49)
That's a that's a bitter that's a bitter fellow right there. God damn. That
Ice Bear (04:54)
that sounds brutal. I've
Grizz (04:53)
thing is bitter Whew.
And then like
'cause it's a little warm 'cause it's been sitting here because we got fucking heated.
It's super resinous too. Like it's so
Ice Bear (05:07)
so this sounds
like everything I hate in a beer. I would I would probably pour it out.
Grizz (05:11)
Yeah. So
Whew. I hope I'm gonna have a my god. I'm gonna have it cold. I'm pretty sure it's gonna be better cold. I guess it's not terrible. I don't mind a bitter beer. But like this was hidden. It's hid. It's it's really it's in it's in print a damn hard. God damn.
Ice Bear (05:20)
Woo e
I hope so.
It's it's rough. It's the rough stuff.
Geez.
I tried so hard to find a a a double digit, like a ten percenter, and I couldn't find a single one. They've like nerfed strong beers for the summer.
Grizz (05:53)
That sucks. I got a couple of like there's gonna be a couple of summer ones coming down the pike that I'm really excited for. But they are but they're they're also look kind of weak boys, but they just look interesting.
Ice Bear (06:05)
The other thing I've noticed, I don't know if it's the same there, but there is a large and in charge gathering of light beers that are under four point five. A ton. Like there's a bunch of wheats, there's a bunch of pilsners that are like three point five to four point four.
Grizz (06:26)
Do you think it's you think it's because of all the fucking the the Euro trash?
Ice Bear (06:31)
I I I don't know. That's I maybe. I I just don't understand it.
Grizz (06:35)
Like you you know what I mean? Because
of because of the whole World Cup stuff. That they're like 'cause it's can't it's Canada Canada's hosting games too, right? Yeah, so I'm like, you know, maybe
Ice Bear (06:40)
Ha
Yes. Yeah, there's there's
some there's some here and there's some in Vancouver. And maybe Montreal, but definitely here in Vancouver.
Grizz (06:54)
They can't go to Montreal. Only the only France can go to Montreal.
Ice Bear (06:58)
I'm pretty sure France is in the World Cup. I think I think they're they're one of the the favorites if if memory serves.
Grizz (07:07)
They're the favorites of nobody
The only the only
Ice Bear (07:13)
Tekisasu I love your hat. Sorry. It kills me every time.
Grizz (07:17)
That's awesome. Look, it's the the US Japan console collab with Texas Rangers.
Ice Bear (07:27)
That would look so good with my Adidas power lifts that are from the the Olympics that were in Japan. 'Cause it's the exact same color blue that you have. And then it has the little Japanese flags all over it too. Mm-hmm.
Grizz (07:40)
That's awesome. I love that.
I think
Yeah this beer fucking resonates. Resinous powerful
Ice Bear (07:51)
It's so it it's powerful.
Grizz (07:57)
You know what is also powerful and to kind of think as we go into the World Cup stuff. That's actually been really cool. Is like one of the my favorite things right now, and it's kind of it's been going on for a little bit, is all the videos of like the foreigners coming to the coming to the US and experiencing the US, but like the good US. One of the things that I am very pro as like I say this from a freaking giant city right now. Is
Ice Bear (08:23)
Mm-hmm.
Grizz (08:26)
The worst parts of the US are are like the coastal cities, like the coastal elite spots. Like, yeah, there's cool things in there in LA, there's cool things in New York, there's cool things there. But it's also like not the US.
Ice Bear (08:40)
That's fair. It's not a good representation.
Grizz (08:42)
so like 'cause I've had so many talks in general. Like again, I'm from Texas, I'm from the South. Like I I'm very, very, very, very, very partial to the South. I think I think most of the best culture comes from the South sans like fifty years ago, like, you know, start from you know like I mean like you know, the North doesn't got that great town. North still has sun down in towns, you know, or sunset towns, so it's you know. But
Ice Bear (08:59)
No look at the race. No look at that.
So it's very true.
Grizz (09:11)
Sans all that. You look at stuff in hip hop culture, you look at stuff and just like cowboys and just just get it done rough and tumble things and just freaking like all that stuff. Like, you know, like shooting hogs in the helicopter, frickin' s yeah, you can do it.
Ice Bear (09:30)
Jesus. I know I know you can,
but I love that that's that's the American.
Grizz (09:38)
Yeah, it's awesome.
But you got that, you got barbecue, you got beer, you got guns, you have there's a lot of art, you got some cool ass shit, you got distilleries, you got th there's just all cool things come from there. Rodeos are cool as fuck. If you never been to rodeo, should go to the goddamn rodeo, it's fun.
Ice Bear (09:57)
Rodeos are fun
Grizz (09:59)
You know, and then like a lot of the cool people came from the South too. But anyways one thing I'll also say outside of just like onto the joking things is that like southern hospitality is very much a thing. Especially like in Texas and everywhere else. It's a little different in Texas than other southern states, but like everywhere else. And so that's one of the things like going to New York, going to LA, going to Seattle, going to all these spots. You don't really have that. And there's not this like like there's a coldness that's not that's
Just not there in the South that it makes me not like it here as much as down there. So like you have all these countries coming into the US into these towns that aren't the big city or aren't the main fucking like coastal cities, right? So you have people going to fucking they're in Greenville, fucking Alabama, right? They're like they're in Georgia, they're in Alabama, they're in Kansas, they went to fucking Dallas or
Ice Bear (10:51)
Mm-hmm.
Grizz (10:54)
You know, like there's in all these of areas of going through Arizona, they're driving fucking nine hours through Texas. And so they're experience and like half these small towns like know a World Cup's happening. Some of do, some a lot of them probably don't, to be honest. And they're just meeting people on the fly random. They're just a random stranger and they're like being treated like fucking great, like just like with general - southern hospitality. And so like you're seeing all these videos pop up of these people like "these people are fucking nice." "This is fucking awesome." Like, you know.
Ice Bear (10:58)
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm. Yeah.
Ha ha ha.
Grizz (11:23)
And like they're experiencing like the America that's the f like like the flyover states, right? Which I like I'm a huge proponent of. I always like arguing with the tiger in the beginning about like the flyover states are actually fucking dope as shit. And they're fucking actually like gorgeous and you just gotta you're just stuck in this LA New York mindset that you you know, like once you get out of that bubble you realize how fucking cool it is. But that aside, one of my favorite things
Ice Bear (11:28)
Mm-hmm.
Mm.
Grizz (11:52)
One of my favorite things is last week or this week or whenever the fuck this airs, the one of the first rounds, one of the first rounds of the World Cup, Japan landed in fucking Dallas. And so you had all these fucking Japanese experiencing Texas. And granted it's northern Texas and not the best Texas, but it is still great Texas nonetheless. And so it's fucking awesome. And so one of my
Ice Bear (11:59)
Ha ha.
Grizz (12:21)
absolute favorite things is this. So I'm gonna I I got some couple videos so we can kinda watch them so we can, you know, experience this together. So that's why I got my Tekisasu sir Cause of my good ol' Texas Japan.
'Cause also do.
Texas is cool as hell and there's also there's a lot of cool like there's like Texas bars in fucking Japan in Tokyo.
Ice Bear (12:50)
True. I've been to one. Can confirm.
Grizz (12:55)
Let's hit it with let's hit it with this system audio. Boom. We're sharing this. You ready for this? Alright, we see this. We're going here. Ready? whoa. We're hitting this. Squid Lid Liddu.
Ice Bear (13:04)
we sharing now boys. we see it.
Two.
Grizz (13:25)
That's true. He know he he knows he he knows exactly what he's talking about. So one of my one of my favorite videos that's been great is that's power. That was powerful. I love it. Please don't qu please don't quote. Please please don't quit watching. So this this one right here, this and this one right here isn't it's awesome. Is
Ice Bear (13:25)
Yeah, it's you can't you can't argue with that? That's accurate.
Everything is big.
That's for you, Danny.
This this will be the one where he quits watching. No comment, radio silence forever now.
Grizz (13:55)
This one it's so funny because it's like a it's what do you say? Like a vlogger, right? Like a s a travel vlogger. A Japanese travel vlogger for like going to Buc-cee's
Ice Bear (14:03)
Buc-cee's Okay. Okay, gotcha. All right.
R
Grizz (14:17)
Like this romantization of Texas fucking
Ice Bear (14:20)
Mm.
Grizz (14:22)
Ha ha ha.
Ice Bear (14:25)
I love this 'cause
Grizz (14:26)
It's so fucking great, dude. I fucking I fucking love monkeys.
Ice Bear (14:28)
I I I
I bet there's two people in Osaka right now just like laughing at some white person like romanticizing Family Mart. Like, what the fuck are you talking about? Family Mart?
Grizz (14:34)
Yeah.
Yeah.
Hell yeah, H B bro dude H B to D is a fucking life, bruh.
Ice Bear (14:43)
It che me to the one.
Totti mou kawaii. Hontoni. Hontoni kawaii this.
Grizz (14:53)
Ha
ha ha
Do but the shout out to H E B Tortillas is fucking up there.
Ice Bear (14:59)
Yeah, that was that was
awesome.
Grizz (15:03)
Hell yeah.
Ice Bear (15:07)
this is that was big good.
Grizz (15:08)
I'm telling you, the the the shout out to the H B tortillas is the truth. The H B tortillas because they're like they're the best but store brand tortillas because they're not cooked all the way through yet. So you have to finish cooking So they still taste very, very fresh. And they have spot and they have like little flecks of butter in it. Dude, it's so fucking good.
Ice Bear (15:25)
that sounds delicious.
Grizz (15:27)
Next one right here. So this one's just a post for us to read. But Japanese World Cup fans are discovering Texas barbecue and they can't get enough.
Ice Bear (15:35)
Okay, I don't know if you have this in here because I have not previewed what you sent, but I have seen a video of one of the guys having his first bite of short rib. And and he is losing his mind. He's like just absolutely going ham on this short rib.
Grizz (15:46)
I think I I I might have it in here. Alright, I might have it.
Ha ha ha.
A random ass comment. Spoke to multiple Japanese people tonight and they also and said Texas is ten out of ten so far and got barbecue into buggies. Barbu Texas barbecue delicious. Terry's black barbecue.
Ice Bear (16:08)
Yeah, as they should.
Th that is one thing if
here, for for our for our audience that's not in North America, should you ever come to the these here United of States and or Maple Land, there's two places you need to go. You need to go to Buckeys and you need to go to Wawa. Wawa's mid Atlantic Buckies.
Grizz (16:30)
Buggies. Yep. Yeah, so Mawa.
Yeah. And Wa Wawa Wawa deserves all the flowers. Wawa's great. I'm partial. They ain't got no beaver. But yes, Wawa is actually very great.
Ice Bear (16:42)
Wha wa wa the thing
that they do really well is the coffee. Because I don't know I mean I I've been gone a while, but the entire time I was in that region, you could get a one dollar gigantic cup of coffee and they had like on any given day maybe five different blends and they were all delicious. You you could easily drink them black. If you like to put stuff in, there's a full bar of stuff that you can you can add in whatever cream or sugars, blah blah blah.
Grizz (17:02)
That's actually really awesome.
Ice Bear (17:11)
And that's free, like there's no upcharge for that. But you can easily drink any of them black and they're fantastic.
Grizz (17:17)
That is awesome. Terry's Black Barbecue, which is okay, so Terry Black, Terry Black, the original one like closer to Austin's actually very, very good. The one in Dallas and the other ones are they're great. I like I will always go. There's a couple of like hold in the wall spots I'd say is way better than Cherry Blacks in Dallas. And they're like the like the Metro Blacks area. But when you're on a time limit, I always tell people to go to Terry Blacks 'cause it's like a good representation. It's solid barbecue. It's not the best barbecue, but it's like damn good.
Ice Bear (17:35)
Mm-hmm.
Were you telling me the best one is like a a little old Vietnamese lady?
Grizz (17:47)
So
that has some Vietnamese stuff, but like not that one. There's a Vietnamese spot that does like fusion creek creole. I mean they have she has this fucking like oxtail soup that she does on Sundays. So fucking good. God damn. But I saw this one. Terry Black Barbecue, Texas barbecue. Absolutely had to try. The meat is so juicy, meltingly tender and flaky. It's way beyond expectations. Sausage on another level of meat.
Ice Bear (18:01)
maybe that's what I'm thinking of. I might be mixing that one up. Yeah, that sounds really good. That sounds good.
Grizz (18:21)
Like insanely packed, mind blowing. The sides were delicious too. Don't disagree. Fort Worth stockyards. Well, so Fort Worth, if you don't know, it's part of the Metroplex Dallas Fort Worth. It's Cowboy Town. So the thing was Fort Worth is like the countryside of it. Fort Worth's fucking awesome. It's great. They're basically like a year-long rodeo. It's awesome. So Fort Worth Stockyards, Cowboy Town. The world feels like a time slip. And the Texas barbecue was absolutely delicious.
Ice Bear (18:26)
Mm.
Cowboy Town.
Grizz (18:47)
The barbecue portions they called one serving was so huge I really made me feel America.
Ice Bear (18:47)
I like
I like that
their handle is just sh I hope they changed it t for that reason.
Grizz (19:00)
This is the real deal barbecue, right?
Ice Bear (19:02)
Steak.
Grizz (19:04)
Texas barbecue emoji moji moji emoji meat. Super freaking delicious emoji emoji emoji. Best dinner in Dallas. Agreed.
Now we go. So this one I fucking see here's more there's more like tweets or X posts or whatever fucking call from Twix.
This is somebody put is a they posted a picture of the yellow school bus that like the yellow school regular school bus. And it says it's the yellow school bus I've only seen in movies. It's the real thing. Which is fucking awesome, right? 'Cause I I don't you don't even really think about that, but when if you like
Ice Bear (19:36)
Hold on,
are are we the only ones with a yellow school bus? Canada has yellow school bus.
Grizz (19:39)
I guess so. But if you think in I guess like in or maybe
like maybe like in the West in general, but like maybe maybe not in Japan or maybe like this model specifically.
Ice Bear (19:48)
You know what? Now that I think about it, Hawaii didn't have a yellow school bus. Cause 'cause everyone in Honolulu took the bus, like they took the public like the city bus.
Grizz (19:53)
Interesting.
Interesting.
What about in Maple Land?
Ice Bear (20:02)
They but we have like here we have yellow school buses just like we had back home in the US. They they look identical.
Grizz (20:06)
Yeah.
it's just like a West thing or a North America thing. or a mainland North America thing. It's a yellow school. So I thought that was cool. 'Cause I was like it I don't 'cause you you know when it can you go to Japan you're like, my god, it's the fucking stairs from this thing that I fucking saw on this one thing. It's like it's like I saw you know. So I think it's it's pretty much the same. It's really fucking cool.
Ice Bear (20:13)
Yeah. V very interesting. I've
Yeah. That that's the thing.
Yeah. Now here's my question to you. Have I maybe I've done this on the show already, which will be deeply embarrassing if I have. Have I gone on my rant about the Delaware school buses that they use for watermelons?
Grizz (20:43)
no. What the fuck? This seems extremely this seems extremely esoteric and fucking crazy.
Ice Bear (20:44)
Okay. Okay, I don't I don't want to gloss over this because this is wild.
So in Delaware, it is very commonplace to see a school bus with so looking at the bus here that we have in the picture, just go beneath the window that the kids are hanging out of and chop the bus off there. So the bus is basically a convertible school bus. The roof is gone, the windows are gone, it's just chopped off. And what they do is they typically paint them green, and then they remove all the seats and they fill the fucking thing with watermelons to the brim.
Grizz (21:05)
Hell yeah.
Ice Bear (21:20)
like overflowing with watermelons and that is how they transport watermelons and I have no idea why.
Grizz (21:25)
That I mean that is interesting. Huh. I mean huh.
Ice Bear (21:33)
I mean it's efficient. Ma here's here's my thought. This is what a
Grizz (21:35)
Yeah. I mean is there a lot of like watermelon
stuff like farms in Delaware?
Ice Bear (21:41)
Del Delaware and Eastern Maryland are all farms. The entire thing is farms. The o the only exception to that is when you get super north in Delaware, you get to Wilmington, which is basically Philadelphia light. But the rest of Delaware and all of eastern Maryland is farms. So yeah, it's
Grizz (22:00)
But is it watermel
like watermelon farms specifically?
Ice Bear (22:03)
Nope, just everything. Like they they 'cause it's a very it's a very mild climate, so they can grow pretty much everything there. I think the biggest thing in that region is chicken, 'cause the Purdue farms are out there.
Grizz (22:14)
Hell yeah.
Ice Bear (22:17)
But lots of fruit, lots of veggies.
Grizz (22:19)
So
So that's the thing like
But why so so why do you need such a big vessel for watermelons? That's kind of
Ice Bear (22:29)
Here here's
my best guess. This is completely this is based on nothing. This is just me going off a hunch. I would bet at some point the counties decommissioned school buses, they were still running, and they're like, We'll sell these things for blah blah blah. And someone's like, Man, that's a lot of storage. And then rather than have it where someone has to walk up onto the bus and load it, they thought, if we remove the roof.
And we remove all the seats, we can drive it literally straight down a field, and nine guys can just chuck watermelons up into this thing and load it rapid fire.
'Cause I've seen people loading it too, and it is like five guys on each side of the bus.
Grizz (23:13)
I mean that does make sense.
Damn, that is 'cause like 'cause like there are giant fucking pickup trucks or like not eighteen wheelers, what the fuck would you call Like semis? What would you what would you call like it's not an eighteen wheeler, but it's like definitely not a regular size truck.
Ice Bear (23:35)
Like a U-Haul type of thing?
Grizz (23:35)
Like
I I guess so, but it's more of like so you know like where they have the where they have the fucking where it's like open and it has like the wooden side panels or whatever where it's like, you know what mean? And it's basically an open box truck. So like here in Texas, I I've seen watermelons in those.
Ice Bear (23:50)
yes. Yes, I do. Yeah.
Grizz (23:59)
Like that's I I I definitely have seen the that specifically.
Ice Bear (24:05)
That type of truck in Delaware, that's what you would see chickens in.
They'd stack the little they'd stack the little the little cages of chickens up.
Grizz (24:12)
Inter interesting. like the okay.
I was gonna I was gonna say like that's kinda wild tying like chickens they'll just they'll just run away. But then I was like then I was like get there shit. All right.
Ice Bear (24:27)
Yeah, not l not loose. They're they're they're they're in cages.
They're just having a good
time like a fucking dog in the back of a truck. Clu cluckity cluck. Cluck, bro.
Grizz (24:38)
do a fucking did you ever
like with do you ever have like drive with one of your dogs in the I mean you probably haven't 'cause you're a responsible dog owner and like you love your animals. did you ever du drive with like your dog in the back of a truck?
Ice Bear (24:56)
No, we always kept him in the car.
Grizz (24:58)
Yeah, so I did that. Well, I remember like my uncle did that, and it was like the most fucking like sc-- nerve-wracking shit for me as a kid because I thought this motherfucker's gonna jump out. This motherfucker's gonna jump out.
Ice Bear (25:09)
It it's it's it stresses me
out. Anytime I see it, it's str I know people I know there's people out there that have trained their dogs that it's fine, but I
Grizz (25:19)
There's I just think there's
so much stimulation that for something to go wrong.
Ice Bear (25:23)
You you can't train out Prey Drive. I i it's just one rabbit or squirrel that happens to get the dog's attention away from yeeting out of the back of it. And and a dog has just as much fun hanging its head out the window. They're having just as good a time.
Grizz (25:34)
Yeah, I g I I it's yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah, it's it's it's one a a
Ice Bear (25:45)
No, I I'm I'm
petrified of when any a time I see it on the road I I just my my balls creep up into my throat. It's it's the the most nerve wracking thing ever.
Grizz (25:53)
Yeah, it it it's it's a hard one.
Super hard one. Going to the next one. Yeah. So Grapevine, it's a suburb of Dallas. Yesterday I stayed in a town called Grapevine near Dallas Airport. Small town that retains traces of old West Pioneer. There was a commemorative statue of Indians and settlers holding peaceful discussions. This is a tourist train and apparently you can actually ride it that you can. I thought it was a shopping street, but then a real train came rolling in. Everything I do is way too out of the ordinary and it's the best.
Ice Bear (25:59)
they went to Grapevine.
Grizz (26:26)
This is America at its finest, way too awesome. All the while they have fucking light rails like
Ice Bear (26:34)
Come on. Okay.
Grizz (26:36)
The authentic
tacos are delicious, relieved and not as big as I thought. So for those that don't know Torchis, Torchis is on like par with like Chipotle. In the sense of like in the sense of it's like I think it's like I think it was based in Austin. The tacos aren't bad. Now, Torchis, the Torchis Geso, top fucking tier. Torchis guess chips and guessos fucking phenomenal. Tacos are good. They're not they're not great. They're like I wouldn't go like
Ice Bear (26:46)
Okay. Yeah, I've I've n I've never heard of that one.
Good job, Torchis Caso.
Grizz (27:06)
I was gonna go like need to try some some Tex Mex some Mexican food.
Ice Bear (27:06)
Now now hold on, before before you move
on, let's do our due diligence. Now that one person has a Coors Light what is that second beer? Let's let's do so some bear vestigation. I don't recognize that label. we can't zoom in it.
Grizz (27:19)
what is that?
Is that a is
I can't. Is that a fucking hmm? Sounds like it's not a shiner 'cause that middle part doesn't look shiner. Is it a fucking Newcastle brown ale?
Ice Bear (27:35)
I think it is. It might be. Yeah, I think it might be. Who well welcome welcome to Amer I it's so funny 'cause of why wouldn't it be the same? Why wouldn't it be the same for someone that's touring America to just like the stuff that we think is so
Grizz (27:36)
Right? Newcastle Brown Ale yeah.
Yeah, that's just like normal kind of mid yeah.
Ice Bear (27:55)
Plebeian
for for lack of a better word, like
Grizz (28:00)
It is awesome. I think here's this one. World Cup trip, Texas Roadhouse. This place hasn't landed in Japan yet. It's a super popular steak casual dining spot in America. Which I would say that's for this fair. Right? Steak is the star, but the bread that came out first was mind blowing delicious. Whoa, this is insane. It was so good, I g I got it to go. Which I will agree, Texas Roadhouse, bloomin' onions are great. The steaks are like they're satisfying.
Ice Bear (28:13)
Yeah, hundred percent.
Grizz (28:30)
But the rolls. The the Texas they're not bad. Yeah, they're not bad at all. I I I am never disappointed. I am never disappointed leaving a Texas steakout. Yeah, yeah. I am never disappointed leaving Texas Roadhouse. I'll every time I go, I love it. You know, I ain't going there for the fucking quality. I'm going there because it's good. It's hardy. It's gonna taste actually no quality's good. The quality's there. I ain't going there because I'm fucking expecting, you know, the
Ice Bear (28:30)
I I think for the price the steaks are phenomenal. The the r the rolls are the best thing. That honey butter.
Yeah.
Grizz (28:57)
greatest thing ever. I'm going there expecting a good fucking meal that tastes great. That's fucking awesome. And those rolls with the honey butter is top tier amazing.
Ice Bear (29:07)
Yeah.
I would say for those that have not been, and this is funny because the seal, that is the one thing whenever we talk about going back to the US, that's the first thing she mentions. We we no, like Texas Roadhouse, she really wants to go again. We we often mention there's a spot right near the border in Watertown, New York that has one. And there's been several times where like we've considered taking a three hour drive just for that, because she misses it so much. So
Grizz (29:17)
The honey butter?
I think it's worth it. Yeah.
Ice Bear (29:36)
So so for for our for our World Cup enthusiasts that are that are visiting for the first time, here's what you get. You get a steak, you get as many of the biscuits and honey butter as they'll they'll give you. rolls, excuse me. And I like to get a loaded sweet potato. Baked potato's good too. Baked potato's really good too.
Grizz (29:53)
Baked potato. Lotus Okay, I never had a lot of sweet potato.
I'm a I'm a I'm a baked potato kind of fella.
Ice Bear (30:01)
So the sweet potato, they do marshmallow, brown sugar, and butter. So
Grizz (30:07)
so
it's a it's a Thanksgiving staple. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So I'm more of a say a savory fella. I'm more of a yeah, I'm more of a savory fella, so I like the cheese, the green onions, the bacon, the butter. You if you a fan of sweets, it's hard to go fucking wrong with the great beach.
Ice Bear (30:11)
Yeah, dude. Both of them are good. Like what you what you're talking about? The normal baked potato, fully loaded with the bacon and the sour cream and the cheese.
Yeah.
Ugh I either
either way. The the thing is that is one place where you can you can spend fifty bucks and you will be full and you'll be s it is here's how I would describe it. Quality wise it's like a seven out of ten. But but it's but it's at like a five out of ten price point for the restaurant. But
Grizz (30:44)
Yeah. I think it's I think it's perfectly fair.
Yep. And in and not only
that, like it's the meat just like sticks to your bones. Like the food just sticks to your bones. It is delicious. It is amazing.
Ice Bear (30:59)
I will also
say most Tex house Tex house Texas Roadhouse waiters and waitresses I've ever encountered seem to really like their jobs. I've never had unfriendly service there.
Grizz (31:12)
That's fair. Actually I yeah, I can agree with that. That's fair.
Dallas is hot and the sunlight is intense. And around the FB airport, there's seriously nothing there. All true.
Ice Bear (31:20)
Ha ha.
It's
it's really interesting to think about how a lot of places the airports are very centrally located. So you like Tokyo, for instance, you you can go on a subway from that airport and get to the city. You d y you don't have to leave the air you can just hop on a train from the airport and get to a city.
Grizz (31:40)
Yeah.
Yeah, certainly in Seattle
too. Like like the light rail from is in the airport and you can end up in West Lake. Yeah. You can end up in West Lake. You can go to Cap Hill. You can go like everywhere. Bellevue everywhere.
Ice Bear (31:50)
C Tac.
yeah. SeaTac's really interesting because distance wise it's not close to either. It's dead center from Seattle and Tacoma.
Grizz (32:03)
Yeah.
Yeah, so it's like probably a twenty five minute drive for me. Yeah.
Ice Bear (32:07)
Yep. It's
exact it's exactly that. Because when I when I was working at the hotel in God, what was that town called? Something place. University no? Damn, I forgot where I worked. Anyway, it was south of SeaTech, and one of my jobs was people that wanted the shuttle, I would drive them up to CTEC. And and I was already probably ten, fifteen minutes north of Tacoma, and it was still a twenty minute drive to that airport.
Grizz (32:26)
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
Yeah, this one right here, it's true. The the crazy thing about DFW Airport, people that like don't know, literally the entire size of DFW Airport's about the size, if not bigger, than Manhattan Manhattan. The airport itself is bigger than Manhattan.
Ice Bear (32:51)
Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah. The South the South has big boy airports. Like Atlanta, like Jackson Hartfield or whatever. That's a j th they have a little train in it from terminal to terminal.
Grizz (32:59)
Yeah, the Atlanta airport Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Same thing with the DFW Airport has like a little fast trail. Like if if you're if yeah, if you're not holding connected terminals, if you're not holding onto the bar, your ass is flying. That bitch is fast. Like like the moment I set foot in Dallas, the sneezes won't stop. What the hell? Dallas does have a lot of pollen. It is rough. When I first moved there, it kicked the shit out of me.
Ice Bear (33:08)
does it?
Ha ha
Paul me.
Poll me eat some honey. You'll be fine. Texrail
Grizz (33:29)
I am riding the Tex Realm now.
This is a cool train too. From the Dallas Airport toward North Fort Worth. It's TRE at Terminal B. It was easy four dollars with the app. Yep. Is this normal size in America? Julio's chips is one of the best fucking tortilla chips ever. They have that one, they have the spicy version, and I believe they have an Abenano version now too. And they're fucking delicious and they're fucking amazing. You need if you've never tried you need to try
Ice Bear (33:40)
There you go. Julius.
Wait,
what hold on, what what w what is that person surprised by? The size of the bag?
Grizz (34:00)
Yeah, I guess so.
Ice Bear (34:02)
That didn't seem that big to me. But I guess we're also Americans, so
Grizz (34:07)
Right here. First time at Buc-cee's.
So also Amarillo, that's what I was talking about, like in these small towns. Amarillo, Texas is fucking like outskirts Texas, small town, ain't shit around it anywhere. Like it's half the size of a quarter of San Antonio. Like it's not a big town at all. So again, so like you have the like foreigner travelers like experiencing these small places is fucking awesome.
Ice Bear (34:38)
Yeah.
Grizz (34:46)
Ha ha ha.
Ice Bear (34:47)
What?
They don't have biscuits in Australia? Where is this lady from? Is she an Aussie?
Grizz (34:54)
She
sounds she sounds Aussie.
Which which honestly out of that whole lineup, the biscuits they're good.
Ice Bear (35:04)
Ca can you
please click on this lady's profile? I need to see if she's an Australian or a or a Brit bong. Okay. Alright, then. ba ba ba stories, everyday travel. Yep, okay. Josie lifting things. American This is Walmart This is Walmart.
Grizz (35:09)
She's one billion percent Australian.
Well make your
Actually, let's
Hey, let's do it. Yeah, Australians first time in Walmart.
Ice Bear (35:42)
why?
Grizz (35:44)
Cool.
Ice Bear (35:45)
Wow.
USA USA.
Grizz (35:56)
In Texas, they're all Texas flags. No American flags.
Ice Bear (35:59)
Good. Good for them.
where why do they not have things in Australia? Why is she surprised by these?
Grizz (36:12)
I mean, I'm assuming it's like called something else, right? Maybe just sweet potatoes, like they call it yams over there too.
That actually looks kinda crazy, right? Like if you use a small store like how far it just keeps going. That's fair.
Ice Bear (36:26)
Dude. Dude,
this is just a wall like this is a normal Walmart though.
Grizz (36:31)
Yeah.
Ice Bear (36:37)
You're not supposed to drink it at once.
Grizz (36:43)
Right there, okay. Everybody that knows game is right here. The superior top tier best pop tart in the world is the Wildberry. Bar none Wildberry.
Ice Bear (36:51)
Wildberry?
Dude, I I like
I like wild berry, but if you have a gun to my head, I'm doing brown sugar cinnamon every time.
Grizz (37:01)
Brown sugar cinnamon was I would begrudgingly eat it. I ended up growing to like it a more because I'm always like for me it's wildberry one, I'll plain ass strawberry, blueberry.
Ice Bear (37:15)
What about the fudge one?
Grizz (37:17)
Nah, fudge is probably s fudge and smart are probably the lowest tiers for me. Yeah. I don't I don't like the the chocolate.
Ice Bear (37:20)
Really? I I
I'll be honest, there's no Pop Tart I wouldn't fuck with. I like all of them.
Grizz (37:27)
Yeah, I'll eat all I again, I'm saying this as an I'll eat every Pop Tart. But but this but the the range of what I want.
Ice Bear (37:35)
Understood. Gotcha.
Grizz (37:44)
Great flavor.
Ice Bear (37:46)
hold on. Hold on. Time out. Time out. This is a good episode because we get to introduce people to all sorts of shit. Have you tried the new monster?
Grizz (37:52)
Yeah.
I the the the the the Murco one, I haven't tried it yet. the Patrick for Guava? no. no.
Ice Bear (37:57)
The passion no, the passion fruit one. No, just passion fruit.
Dude, it's so good. It's it's by far my favorite. So I maybe these have been out in the US for a while, but we just in the past little bit we got the Hawaiian one and the passion fruit one. And they're both good God, are they delicious.
Grizz (38:05)
Yeah.
I gotta look for it.
I gotta look for it 'cause my my favorite monster for years now was the rose.
Ice Bear (38:30)
That one's good. That one's very good.
Grizz (38:32)
That's my favorite one so far. Rosier the just a plain white monster.
Ice Bear (38:34)
There's really
I I think the only monster I don't like is the original. No, the original. The black one. I I think that's the only one I don't like. The strawberry one's okay. I would drink that. But I like the grape, I like the orange, I like the green one, I like the purple one. Yeah. yeah, the white, the white, the classic, the punch through walls, Kyle. Yep. Yep. Yep.
Grizz (38:40)
Strawberry. the okay that's fair.
The blue, the red, the white, yeah, the purple. Yeah. Anything from the Ultra series is great, to be honest. It's hard, it's hard to go wrong.
Okay, the maple brown sugar incident o meal is probably my top.
Ice Bear (39:09)
Now
I agree.
Grizz (39:20)
I just I just like 'cause of the bears, to be honest.
Ice Bear (39:23)
Me too. Yeah, I'm I'm a sucker for branding. I'm really bad about it.
Grizz (39:26)
Yeah. I've
never got because they're expensive. But every single time I'm like, I need to get for the bears. But then but then it's like pancakes don't fit my macros. And then so I'm like, there's no reason for me to get And then and then they came out with instant oatmeal stuff. I'm like, you know what, I could have. And I was like, I should get those. And then I was like, I can just get regular and it's much better. But it's like, but they give money to the bears. It's like like I try I I
Ice Bear (39:35)
Mm-hmm.
Yeah, the Kodi the Kodiak oatmeal's pretty good.
I don't think that's how that works. I don't think they're
paying the pay. I I I hope that is correct.
Grizz (39:55)
On the side of the box it says they donate to bears.
On the side of the box it says the do. So I I always try to gas my gaslight myself to buy it, but I'm like I can't bring myself to buy it. But I always try. I always try.
Ice Bear (40:04)
Ha ha.
Yeah.
D Do they not have goldfish in Australia?
Yes, y you're correct.
This is also a really empty Walmart. I'm sh I'm shocked at how little foot traffic they've got going on.
Grizz (41:07)
Yeah, actually one billion percent.
Yeah.
Ice Bear (41:16)
it's a blind box. yeah.
Grizz (41:18)
How
the Red Rider. I got the cover of Red Rider when she was like six.
Shoot your eye out, kid.
Ice Bear (41:28)
Well flee!
Grizz (41:30)
P because not a real gun. Well, she's Australian, sorry, that's fair.
Yeah.
Ice Bear (41:42)
Yes.
Grizz (41:54)
It's literally
It's literally BB Guts.
Ice Bear (42:00)
I I love that they're scared of B B guns. That's wild, man.
Grizz (42:09)
fuck, that's so great. I love it. They're so good.
I fucking love this. I I love this I I love the subgenre. fuck.
Ice Bear (42:22)
Australian, confirmed.
That's very good.
Grizz (42:41)
Ooh. Top tier pick. Top tier pick.
Ice Bear (42:45)
That looks good.
Yes, people people put cream in their coffee.
Grizz (42:57)
Right.
Italy and Spain are calling? What the fuck?
Ice Bear (43:04)
Like that this is this is that's that's weirder to to not see it as an option.
Grizz (43:06)
cappuccino cortado?
Yeah, like look, I
love me some black coffee. I if I get coffee I'm more ninety per eighty five percent of the time I'm drinking just black unless it's like shitty coffee. but
Ice Bear (43:20)
Same.
Grizz (43:23)
Or like if I'm going to a coffee shop.
A cappuccino or like a c I usually get a get a cortado. 'Cause good Or Cortado. That's probably my favorite 'cause I think to get.
Ice Bear (43:39)
Now now hold now hold your horses. You you hold on, sir. What is this? I don't know what this drink is.
Grizz (43:39)
What is
So because I was basically thinking like a Spanish cappuccino. But instead of being like half coffee, half like of the fucking steamed cream shit, right? It's steam steamed cream and an espresso shot.
Ice Bear (43:56)
Uhhuh.
intriguing. Alright. I'm on board. What's it called? Cordado? Cortaro Cortaro.
Grizz (44:08)
Yeah, so it's it's Cortado. Cortado. Yeah, it's like a span basically
thinking like an expan a Spanish expresso cappuccino. Yeah.
Ice Bear (44:19)
Okay, cool. All right,
I'm down. I like it.
Grizz (44:22)
Solid.
Like a beer.
Ice Bear (44:29)
Ha ha ha.
I love all the Buc-cee's brand stuff. That's what I would want.
Grizz (44:44)
You can get s Hell yeah. You
the Bucky they have a Bucky Sasparilla sorta.
Ice Bear (44:50)
fuck yeah.
Grizz (44:57)
Buggy Nuggies.
Ice Bear (44:57)
Ha ha.
Grizz (45:05)
They are they are Kellogg's corn pops on crack.
Ice Bear (45:09)
Okay. All right.
Grizz (45:11)
Phenomenal deložous.
Ha ha ha.
Ice Bear (45:24)
Ha ha.
Grizz (45:25)
Valid va valid expense hall.
Hell yeah. You need to get it with the pickled onions and pickles.
Not for brisket.
Look how how much brisket's in that fucking shit. Nine dollars is not expensive for that much brisket.
Ice Bear (45:46)
That's that's a crazy amount of brisket. Yeah, that's not that's not
bad.
Grizz (45:55)
They go fast brisket on the board.
Ice Bear (45:58)
Mm-hmm.
That's insane to me that they don't have biscuits.
Grizz (46:21)
Don't don't the UK call bris biscuits cones?
Ice Bear (46:25)
I I guess. I mean, but I would know what a scone is too.
Grizz (46:29)
Yeah, but like I you know what I mean? But for them a biscuit would be 'cause isn't a biscuit a fucking cookie?
Ice Bear (46:35)
In in yes, I think they call cookies biscuits, but in my brain a scone is a denser version of a biscuit.
Grizz (46:38)
Yes.
Yeah. But I think they call biscuits cones. Or my I may I may be tripping. But I know biscuits are cookies.
Ice Bear (46:49)
Yes.
Grizz (46:56)
Yeah yeah. Yeah yeah.
Ice Bear (46:57)
man
that looks good. Yeah.
Grizz (47:01)
Yeah.
Yeah, you can't you can't
Ice Bear (47:05)
Yes.
Grizz (47:08)
Any variation of a cinnamon roll you can't fucking beat. You can't beat at all. You can't beat it all.
Tiger's favorite flavor right there. Mine's a jalapeno
Not bad. Not bad at all. Here we go. All right. Same the the food blogger that romanticized Buc-cee's She's trying barbecue now. Ready?
Ice Bear (47:40)
Yep. I I'm I'm ready.
I'm I'm I'm mentally prepared.
Grizz (47:51)
Actually a great fucking BBQ spot too.
Ice Bear (47:54)
Yeah.
Grizz (47:56)
It went to a fucking solid one.
Ice Bear (48:03)
that looks good.
Grizz (48:03)
Look at that smoke ring
there. Fuck barbecue pork ribs. Look at those look at the fucking smoke ring on that shit. Look at that smoke ring right there. Top tier fucking.
Ice Bear (48:14)
That's so so
good.
Grizz (48:24)
Hell yeah.
Ice Bear (48:25)
A brisket on a sandwich.
I'm so hungry now, man. This is bad.
Grizz (48:37)
Right.
Right.
Damn.
Ice Bear (48:43)
Th this lady does really good B roll though. This is this is quality like this is making me hungry. They should all all all of these places need to send her a a paid little sound bite here. Alright.
Grizz (48:46)
She really does.
She really she does fucking phenomenal. So here's
It's fucking great. So this next
one here this next one here is great to me, 'cause like I have a story. This is a Brit. This is look at this red coat.
Ice Bear (49:01)
Britbong. Let's let's see what we got.
in this course banquet at hell yeah.
First time with biscuits and gravy?
He's about to he's about to transcend. Yeah I was gonna say
Grizz (49:19)
Yep. Yep, look at that.
Ice Bear (49:31)
Yeah. Biscuits and gravy are fire.
Grizz (49:37)
State of euphoria. Now, tell me this. What judging from the background, where his where is he at?
Ice Bear (49:46)
I would think he's at a cracker barrel.
Grizz (49:48)
Exactly. That's a fucking cracker barrel. So no, Cracker Barrel is a
chain restaurant it is not bad. You can get a you can get a good meal. I would put it on par with with Texas Roadhouse in the sense of like it's not nothing great, but it is satisfying and you're gonna be sat you're gonna be happy leaving it. But is it the best one? It's not. That being said,
Biscuits and gravy is one of the greatest fucking breakfast foods ever. So one of the first trips me and the Tiger took, we went to Solvang, that like Nordic, Swedish town or whatever the fuck in California. And we stopped at a diner. And I'm looking at I'm looking at a thing and I see they have biscuits and gravy and I'm like
Ice Bear (50:27)
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
Grizz (50:37)
'Cause look, if
I go to a diner, it's a country fight steak with eggs. That's that that's my meal. If they don't have that, biscuits and gravy, right? Like that's that's those are the top two.
Ice Bear (50:42)
Yeah. Yeah.
Grizz (50:49)
I was gonna getting biscuits and gravy and I was like, you know what? Because that's something I had my eye on and I was like, All right, I don't know this fucking little town. All right, guy. I was like, all right, waiter guy. I was like, What's your favorite thing on here? Whatever your favorite thing is, give me that. 'Cause you I'm trying to I'm trying to be I'm trying to I'm trying to adventure out, right? I'm in this weird ass little n little skin right, yeah. So yeah. And he's like, The biscuits and gravy. I'm like I'm like beta that's that's what I was gonna get if I that's what I was get if I was by myself. So let's go.
Ice Bear (51:06)
Uh-huh. Be a local guy.
yeah. All right. Let's let's do it.
Left to
my own accord.
Grizz (51:20)
Biscuits and gravy.
So he's like, cool. The tiger never had it in her entire life. Three decades on this earth never had biscuits and gravy. So I was like, so yeah, so I was like, you ain't you ain't never had no biscuits and gravy. And she sees it and she's like, What the fuck is that? I'm like, No, no, no, no. You need to try this first. You you need to try. She tried this and she was this freaking red coat right here. Like
Ice Bear (51:41)
Mm-hmm.
Yeah, I believe
it. I believe it.
Grizz (51:49)
And since then she's talked about biscuits and gravy.
Ice Bear (51:52)
Yeah,
I believe it, man. So here here's the thing about Cracker Barrel for me, right? Cracker Barrel is in my brain pure nostalgia because it is linked to every road trip. 'Cause it it's always the spot where you've been driving way too long and you just need to pull off the road. That is the one thing on the Interstate I seventy s you know, it's it's gonna be a cracker barrel. And you pull in, it always hits.
Grizz (52:18)
And it always hits.
Ice Bear (52:22)
'Cause you're exhausted, you just need to be out of the car or the truck or whatever. And and you know, your parents are probably tired, or if you're you're an adult, you know, maybe your kids are tired, like whatever. But it's just it's just this, all right, we get to relax for a minute. You get this hearty, savory, just fucking slop, but goddamn is it delicious.
Grizz (52:44)
so fucking phenomenal. Dude, their country fried steaks aren't bad either. They got a solid country fried steaks They're they they are. I I I would put Yeah. I would put them like with Texas Roadhouse
Ice Bear (52:48)
Yeah, they they're they're really not. They're really not bad. And they have good lemonades too.
Grizz (52:58)
Like is it the top tier of what they do? No, but like it for for what you're paying it hits way above what you're paying. You're gonna leave happy as fuck. So we're gonna look at this guy. He looks f he looks really, really cool. He is a he is a frog, but as far as I'm concerned as far as far as I'm concerned, he's a good one. And I give I give all my salutes to this guy.
Ice Bear (53:00)
Yep. Yep, I'm with ya. Yep, I'm I'm with ya. Yep, I'm with ya.
All right.
huh.
Grizz (53:54)
Ha ha ha.
It's it's top tier
Ice Bear (54:28)
Good for him. Good for him.
Grizz (54:31)
best thing. So this is a guy this German guy named Freddie that's been like like live tweeting or live X posting, whatever the fuck you call it. It's his his his escapades in the US following the German team, right? And so here this is fucking great.
Ice Bear (54:42)
hell yeah, escapades.
Grizz (55:21)
Yeah.
Ice Bear (55:24)
Th this is th so this is another thing that this is even hard for me to explain to my Canadian friends. A there are plenty of college and even high school football stadiums in the South that rival professional stadiums elsewhere.
Grizz (55:41)
yeah, easy.
Even even like here in the US, like the
south compared to the north is way different. Like one of my my lord.
Ice Bear (55:48)
Well well let her
on! Bring her on the show Bring her on the show
Grizz (55:51)
not bringing her on i i am not ain't no way
i ain't ain't
no way you just you just interrupted the show your your handle is on the show now because i'm not bringing her on the show yes yes yes you she goes
Ice Bear (56:02)
How how dare you not bring her on the show? All right.
Ha ha.
Grizz (56:18)
So
Ice Bear (56:20)
so good.
Grizz (56:21)
It and that's the thing. So so like again, so like my stepfather, his he's from the north, he's from Michigan. So when he came to when he moved to Texas like a decade, two decades ago, he was blown away that the fucking high school the high school football stadiums were like as big as the colla like the fucking Michigan's college stadiums over there. Like it was so insane to him.
Ice Bear (56:42)
Yeah. Now
n now like that's if he's Ann Arbor's a big fucking stadium. So if he's talking about that he's lying through his teeth. But if he's talking about like Kalamazoo or something.
Grizz (56:53)
Have you seen have you
seen like some of the high school in Texas? Some of the state the high school stadiums in Texas?
Ice Bear (56:57)
I ha I d dude, I
I am not saying those are small. I know there's plenty of crazy multimillion dollar beautiful pro level stadiums in Texas, but I'm just saying if we're comparing it to Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor is world class stadium.
Grizz (57:13)
Yeah, 'cause he 'cause he was mo 'cause he was saying he was like, This shit's basically almost as big as our fucking college stadium like what the fuck is this? This is fucking high school.
Ice Bear (57:22)
Yeah.
Yeah. But the thing like people people outside of Texas, I don't think you can unless you grew up in it, you can't understand the level of money that boosters generate.
Grizz (57:36)
1 billion percent. And and even this, like, it's so huge that when you go through towns in Texas, because every single town, even suburbs in the cities, have their own water tower. Literally every single town you go through, you'll look at it, it'll say the city's name or the town's name, and then it'll say the last time they won a fucking championship in the state. Like it is that huge, that big.
Ice Bear (57:56)
Yep. Yep.
Yep.
Grizz (58:02)
Like when it when when I I don't know how else to explain it. Like it's like in Africa when the those that one f tribe that like gets the crocodile fucking scales cut into them, right? And they have to like stay in the water overnight to like numb their bodies so they can with a razor like cut all these wounds and stuff it to infect it so they can get like these like crocodile scars. Like that rite of passage for that tribe is like Texas and football.
Ice Bear (58:34)
That is the wildest comparison I've ever heard, but it's not that far off.
Grizz (58:32)
Like it is ridiculous. It's like I
'Cause the
thing like I try to explain how big this sport is just to like the life of kids in Texas. Like it is a rite of passage and if you like don't play it as like
Ice Bear (58:53)
h
here's h all right, here's here's how we do it. Here's how we how here's how we introduce this to non non southerners. go watch Friday Night Lights. The show, not the movie. That's a that's a pretty good that's a pretty good example.
Grizz (59:10)
Yeah, it's fair. Fernando's Fernando was good.
Ice Bear (59:14)
But I th I think it captures the the the smallest of towns will absolutely rally around football.
Grizz (59:22)
Yeah, I get it's insane. They're like literally local celebrities.
Ice Bear (59:25)
Yep. Yep.
Grizz (59:28)
Like it's and it's it's not an exaggeration.
Ice Bear (59:31)
And what's what's extra funny is I'm I'm sure you had friends like that you grew up with were probably their dads played. So so so you so you wind up with like lineage. You wind up with like, you're you're so and so's son? all right. I'm watching you tonight. I'm expecting something from like so Yeah, man. Yeah.
Grizz (59:39)
No yeah. My dad. Yeah. Yeah.
that it
it's it it's it's such a thing i it's so hard to explain like how much it is like it's intrinsic to like the the upbringing of like the youth i don't know it it it's very very very hard to to describe let's go with
Ice Bear (1:00:05)
Yeah. Yeah.
Grizz (1:00:22)
Ha ha ha.
Ice Bear (1:00:33)
Yeah.
Grizz (1:00:34)
Somebody said eating dinner at one AM off of a Buc-cee's deer feed table while on the road trip is a uniquely American experience. Yeah.
Ice Bear (1:00:41)
It it absolutely is.
Grizz (1:00:50)
Like again, it's I love the fact that all these foreigners are like experiencing the best part of the US.
Ice Bear (1:00:50)
Hell yeah, Freddie.
Grizz (1:01:03)
Do you f do you like boiled peanuts? I fuck a lot of boiled peanuts, I'll fuck with
Ice Bear (1:01:05)
Yes. Yeah.
They're they're very good.
Grizz (1:01:32)
Ha ha ha ha.
Ice Bear (1:01:33)
Ha ha ha.
Grizz (1:01:45)
Ha ha
Top tier. There's bo if there's Cajun both peanuts you go for Cajun every single time.
That's a message. Message.
That's a that's a southern pastor talent or there.
Ice Bear (1:02:46)
Laugh at it, babe.
The honestly, but good good on those people for for like representing their store in that fashion.
Grizz (1:03:01)
Ha ha.
The thing the thing is like it's so normal, like most of these people don't give a fuck about the World Cup or anything. So they don't really know what's going on. It's like it's just them normal, like, you're not from here, go go ahead, try it. Like it's literally
Ice Bear (1:03:18)
I know.
I know I I n
I know, I I but I I just love the the fact that they're accidentally delivering some fantastic marketing for the location they work at.
Grizz (1:03:32)
Yeah.
You know what I mean? Like like that and and that's what makes it so fucking amazing.
Ice Bear (1:03:36)
yeah, yeah.
Ha ha ha! that's cajun boy! boy, that's cajun. that's the bino there.
Grizz (1:03:42)
Yeah.
Ha ha ha.
Ice Bear (1:03:52)
he's he's turning. He's slowly turning.
Grizz (1:03:55)
Yeah.
here's this one's this one's valid cause 'cause I I I this one's valid 'cause I just I just went to Yosemite with the tiger and it was fucking like ethereal You wanna you wanna feel like how s little your existence is in the grand scheme of things in this world? Go to Yosemite.
Ice Bear (1:04:01)
Yosemite. Okay.
Yeah, Eusemides Yosemite's interesting.
Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah. Yo Yosemite and Avenue of the Giants are both just Yeah. They they they make you feel weird.
Grizz (1:04:23)
insane like
like it it it feels you know what it feels like
You know what it feels like? it feels like in shows or anything like what like when they like when humans step into like the worlds of the gods or whatever and they're like, I shouldn't be here. Like that's what Yosemite feels like.
Ice Bear (1:04:46)
Yeah.
Grizz (1:04:51)
Like
Ice Bear (1:04:52)
Ha ha ha.
Yep. Yep.
Grizz (1:05:02)
Ha
ha
It's so real, like I'll cap it down like all of it. Like it's fucking insane.
Ice Bear (1:05:16)
There's there's okay, so I would say Yosemite did that. There's also a stretch of I ninety when you get from the western part of Montana and you're going into Idaho. There there there is about an hour and a half of drive that is so mind numbingly beautiful. Cause so all right, so for those that have never been there, they call Montana Big Sky Country. And and it's there is something
Grizz (1:05:28)
Mm-hmm.
yeah.
Yeah.
Ice Bear (1:05:46)
Bizarre. When you look at the horizon, it feels too big. Like if you're from the East Coast or the West Coast or the South, and it feels like the sky is literally bigger and it's weird. And also, you're just there's the mountains, there's rivers, the roads are curvy. It it it just it you feel like this is probably how humanity was meant to live. Like you feel in
Grizz (1:05:51)
Yeah, yeah.
Ice Bear (1:06:12)
tune with nature and you're still driving on a fucking paved road, but it just feels correct. Like you're like, this feels like how Earth should look.
Grizz (1:06:23)
Yeah, like that's yeah, anything towards Montana is that or even like do even Utah going into like going towards Idaho. Utah like northern Utah going towards Idaho is otherworldly. That's another one. Like I I will shill Utah always. And every time it's like you gotta do you gotta go to Utah. Everybody's always like, The fuck? Like, no, no, you have to go to Utah.
Ice Bear (1:06:30)
Yep, you you Utah's another beautiful one.
Yeah, Ogden's beautiful.
Yeah, for and and for
driving through the salt flats, like down by Bonneville, is also really fucking weird. Cause it feels like you're on a lake. I I remember the the first time I drove through, I didn't know what I was on. I didn't know what it was. I was like, Am I hallucinating? Because I was really tired. I was young, I was probably twenty. And I didn't realize what that was. And I was like, what is this body of water that's taking this long? And I was like, this seems like a road. I don't feel like I'm on a bridge. What is this? But the salt flats in certain times of day.
Grizz (1:06:52)
And
Yeah, I get
Ice Bear (1:07:16)
The way they reflect light, i you feel like you're on just a never ending lake. It's really wild.
Grizz (1:07:21)
Just
just think of the Tokyo goal intro and it's that's a self-less.
Ice Bear (1:07:26)
Yep. Yeah, that's a good that's a good way to describe it.
Yeah, Yosemite's beautiful.
And and so this video is not really doing the the majesty of that that elevation justice. It it it feels crazier.
Grizz (1:07:41)
Yeah, it's no videos or pictures. Yeah.
No videos or pictures 'cause even all the pictures I took when I was at Yosemite like a month ago does not capture the sheer magnitude of what it is. It is absolutely phenomenal. This one right here is just like here here's just again. This is just a good time.
Ice Bear (1:07:51)
Yeah.
Yeah.
Not the choppers, not the choppers.
Grizz (1:08:23)
I had to throw that in there I'm just
Ice Bear (1:08:21)
Ha ha ha
Ha ha.
Grizz (1:08:36)
Ha
ha
Ice Bear (1:08:46)
it's very good.
Grizz (1:08:52)
And the Japanese come back to Texas every summer.
It is just so good.
So awesome. Love it. And this one's actually great too. So Mas Chingon actually wild spot. Just in Dallas, right? So Japan means Mas Chingon
Ice Bear (1:09:13)
that's
Grizz (1:09:23)
Yeah, like just just just watch it.
it didn't show everything, but alright. Let's see. And this is the greatest thing. One of the biggest things that the Europeans discovered while being in America was fucking ranch dressing. And the way they were raving about ranch dressing is insane. But also like if you've never had ranch dressing and use your first time having it, I get it.
Ice Bear (1:09:54)
interesting.
Really?
Okay.
my god.
Grizz (1:10:50)
Mm-hmm.
Ice Bear (1:10:51)
Okay. There you have it.
Grizz (1:10:53)
And so outside of all the US stuff, one of the greatest things is one of the big romances in World Cup history c from coming from twenty eighteen is Korea and Mexico. Right? Because we know the thing, right? Because Korea won the game, Mexico went for it because of them. And so like there was that one chant at the embassy in twenty eighteen was like the Koreano, Edmano, whatever, whatever, whatever. Right, yeah, yeah, yeah. So now
Ice Bear (1:11:21)
Mm-hmm.
Grizz (1:11:23)
What's funny is that people aren't realizing people that don't know that they're like, I can't believe these Koreans are wearing some brows like this is crazy. You know what I mean? Whatever. I'm like, but you don't fucking know. You don't know, this is like a decade nearly a decade old thing. Bro bro fits right in. How dare you disparage this man? Right wrong one. How no, also wrong one. Rong one. Right here. Look at this guy.
Ice Bear (1:11:31)
Ha ha ha.
Grizz (1:11:52)
He fits right in. Well, come just started with the music. See, bro fit bro blends right in. He one billion percent does. Well here's the best thing. So so another one. The Japanese got to Atlanta.
Ice Bear (1:11:54)
He's he's he's ready to go.
He's re He's ready to go. A hundred percent.
Grizz (1:12:17)
Ha ha ha ha ha.
Didn't understand. That's fair.
Again, ranch top tier.
Right. She's delicious.
To be fair, when I first saw one of those, I was like, what the fuck is this?
Ice Bear (1:12:56)
Yeah, the the the soda machines are really good.
Grizz (1:13:13)
Wendy's escalation or to be fair.
Ice Bear (1:13:15)
Now
now hold on, I have a question for you 'cause the the seal just came home and dropped me a little treat. Does America have the the crafted sodas at McDonald's yet?
Grizz (1:13:26)
not that I there's not really a close McDonalds to me here. So I don't know.
Ice Bear (1:13:30)
So
Maple Land has what they call a crafted soda now. So basically the bottom of this, the dark part, is a strawberry coke. And and and the top part, the cloud part, is I I think it's like a a whipped cream or a heavy cream. But this drink is it's the only full sugar drink I like, but my god, is it it's just crack. It's so good.
Grizz (1:13:35)
Ooh.
Ooh.
That sounds fucking amazing.
Well we'll fast forward these with this wind wind with outside of the US, Korea, Mexico love because any World Cup talk needs this.
Look at that. Look at this guy. That's great. I thought I'd throw that in there real quick. But right here, look at this. You can't you can't go wrong with Mexico Korean lava.
Ice Bear (1:14:20)
this is good edits.
Grizz (1:14:37)
The amount the amount of hoppa babies are gonna be born in nine months is insane.
Ice Bear (1:14:51)
Not the Opa Gangam style luchador that was
Grizz (1:14:52)
Like opa gunusai and Korean and
luchador masks. This isn't the perfect blending of everything. Like w you dunno what is I have wild time in Mexico. They're going to the cantinas.
Ice Bear (1:15:20)
Man.
Grizz (1:15:22)
The amount of tequila that's in there is absurd.
Ice Bear (1:15:23)
Hola,
Hasio
Grizz (1:15:28)
Ola Haseo is great.
One of my favorite things too, especially the Texas thing. For Texas weebs, here here you go. I'm gonna I'm I'm putting you on game. You ready?
Ice Bear (1:15:41)
I'm ready.
Grizz (1:15:43)
Howdy goes I must.
Ice Bear (1:15:45)
Howdy howdy goes, I must
Grizz (1:15:51)
howdy. howdy goes on.
Ice Bear (1:15:50)
That's very good. How do
you go Zamas?
Grizz (1:15:56)
I think I think there we're gonna end we're gonna end with a feel good, great time.
Ice Bear (1:16:02)
Mm-hmm.
tell you. Flight. Flight risks. I think just partly because because it was it was a hoot and holler and I had a great time. I I feel like I'm rating these too highly, so I'm gonna nerf them a bit. I'm gonna nerf them a bit from my my gut instinct because I think I'm I'm being too favorable based purely on on the fun and the merriment, not so much on the drink. So I'm gonna downgrade them to a B- Because
Grizz (1:16:06)
What what's you what's you go on?
Okay.
Beam I
beam is still solid.
Ice Bear (1:16:36)
I think that's that's what they probably really deserve. My gut in the moment is telling me an A- but I I feel like if I wasn't having a hoot and holler B-. So I'm giving them B- for flight risk. Still a good job, still a good time. I would I would not discourage anyone from trying them out.
Grizz (1:17:02)
Yeah, so
I mean that's still a solid beer. It's above average. It's an above average beer. So I that's for me right here. Not as big as you. Not as strong. Hop stupid right here.
Ice Bear (1:17:10)
Yes it is.
Grizz (1:17:18)
You were almost a D+
Ice Bear (1:17:21)
man. Well, I I
Grizz (1:17:25)
The cold one, it's a C+. I enjoyed the cold one. I enjoyed the cold one. It warm, it was rough. But cold saved ya. That being said.
Ice Bear (1:17:27)
Okay. All right. That's good. That's good.
Good job.
Temperature. Yeah.
Grizz (1:17:44)
You call that a knife?