Do you hear a beep?
That's my stomach.
Your stomach beeps?
Yeah.
Why?
Did you swallow a watch?
I'm bionic.
I have a bionic stomach.
Can you make license plates with it?
I can.
How do you-
Don't ask.
Welcome back to the Happy Hour Guys and Happy Holidays!
It's time for our holiday tradition!
Let's look back at where we've been and what we've done.
And thanks to Thurston, that's the Happy Hour Guys Mobile,
we've put a lot of mileage under this year and seen some really cool things.
So welcome to Looking Back on 2011 or Travels with Thurston.
Really?
Do you know what bourbon is?
I think we know some people who know what bourbon is.
We might have taken a wrong turn because I think we've ended up in a Wyeth painting.
Here's looking up your old address.
So what we have behind us here is the legendary warehouse Z.
Welcome back, Happy Hour Guys.
It's for display purposes only.
I'm a snowman at Wild Turkey.
Put it down.
I'm the happiest snowman in the world.
Put it down, they're gonna kick us out and we haven't been in yet.
Some days you ride the turkey.
Some days the turkey rides you.
Welcome back to the Happy Hour Guys and welcome to Bardstown Kentucky.
The old Talbot Tavern which was opened in 1779 in Bardstown Kentucky.
I am staying in the Daniel Boomeroo.
Jimmy is just down the hall in the Anton Heiner group.
We've just been informed that these are actually two of the reportedly most haunted rooms in the weekend.
Some say our ancestors were smaller than us.
I'm not so sure.
Let's get inside and hear the story.
It's four roses.
And let's say seven words or less.
What is bourbon?
The five basic requirement has to be how many words or less?
I feel very honored today to be with Tom Bullitt of Bullitt Bourbon.
Yes, we do have a lot of family history in Bourbon.
In fact, Bourbon isn't a great-great-grandfather.
Sure we do, Iggy.
And so how Booker would involve his mouth, put the bourbon in your mouth and chew on it, I guess.
That's good.
Here's a hammer.
Pound on this.
You bleed bourbon.
I was conceived, warehouse C, second floor.
No, I'm just kidding.
Don't put your laundry on the ground.
I love that song.
Let's try to do it before this car passes.
Okay, welcome back to the Happy Hour, guys.
And welcome to Pachock, New York.
We're at the Blue Point Brewing Company.
And that's Jeff Scott Carey on the camera.
We're at the Southampton Public House.
It's public.
It's in Southampton, but it's not a house.
I'm taking the van.
If we push really hard, we can take the van.
Do we can't take the van?
No.
Welcome back to the Happy Hour, guys.
And welcome...
Where'd you go?
Welcome to Brooklyn.
It's a milestone.
We are at Kelso of Brooklyn with Kelly Taylor.
You are one of the owners and the head brewer.
Is that right?
That's correct.
It was in 2006.
Personally, I've never even tasted Guava before I made that beer.
I just wanted to do something different with that.
You're going the wrong way.
I'm going the wrong direction. The beer's this way.
At the end of the beers was Boo Master.
I'm just like, yes.
It's sort of like the clouds parted and the angels are...
You know, it was that kind of moment.
Honk if you want beer.
Honk!
What are you looking about?
Woohoo!
I don't know what to say right now except that this is awesome.
Cheers, everybody.
For people that might not understand why you would choose to can a beer
or who haven't quite gotten their mind around how a really high quality beer can be in a can,
can you tell them what led you to that decision?
Because you can crush them on your forehead without getting cut.
We are here at the Boston Beer Company, better known to you as the makers of Sam Adams.
Grant, what's that?
That's Utopia's.
Can we try some?
Absolutely.
Yes!
Welcome back to the Five Napkin Burger beer and bourbon vlog.
We are the happy hour guys.
I'm Timmy Ludwig.
I'm Marco.
This is Boston.
Something shiny went by?
I got some beer to drink and a great way to get there.
Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
We're here to visit the Portsmouth Brewery, home of some of the best beers you can find anywhere,
including the ever elusive, Kate the Great.
Wow.
So the O9 cave is kind of fun.
There's some good bottles and there's some bad bottles.
In fact, Tyler, let's look at one of those old knives.
Oh yeah!
I love that, huh?
Well, I'm doing the happy dance here for a second.
Don't try this at home.
I'm a dreamer.
Look at that.
That's gorgeous.
Right now we're bottle and copper ale.
Oh, it's one of your flagship beers, yeah?
It is the flagship.
It's been the flagship for 20 years.
I think I was in a jam like this at the Lincoln Tunnel once.
So join us and happy hour guys.
I'm Jimmy Ludwig.
I'm Mark Aldrich.
Yeah.
And our camera's about to fall off.
We are at the Harpoon Brewery and we are the happy hour guys.
I'm Jimmy Ludwig.
I'm Mark Aldrich.
Pork taquitos.
Not heavily spiced.
Did I steal that?
Totally stole it.
Totally did.
I saw an opportunity and I took it.
And I called it 30 seconds before it happened.
I was watching as he was going to steal my idea.
So are we getting back to the stomach thing?
Yeah.
Don't ask me.
That is a nano brewery.
I know it looks like a house, but it's also a nano brewery.
Thomas McKenzie.
I'm the master of this stuff.
Brian McKenzie.
I'm the owner and president.
Are you guys related?
No relation.
I'm Mark McKenzie.
For today.
I'm Jimmy McKenzie.
At least for the next 20 minutes.
I shook your fan victory in a month and fell out.
It was Jimmy.
Dolph Tillings.
Welcome to Fayetteville, West Virginia.
I'm hungry.
Let's get some lunch.
This is so good.
So, Amy, what do you suppose the simple folk are doing today?
We won't say a word.
Welcome to the streets of Manhattan.
The skyscraper, canyon, busy, taxi filled avenues of the...
I have three words for you.
Lobster, mac and cheese.
That's for you.
The Ann Arbor Beer Wines, we love her so much and it's been such a pleasure to be here at your place.
Yes!
Yes!
There's Belgians in New York.
I don't see any Belgians.
First of all, how do you feel about this festival?
This is not working.
And welcome to Astoria Queen.
That's right.
We are here at Sunswick.
33 years old.
We're here.
And welcome to Astoria Queen.
That's right.
We are here at Sunswick.
35, 35.
But these guys were here first.
They were here first.
They still keep that neighborhood pub, bar, joint feel.
And I have to look.
The cheap laugh, if it's available, he'll take it.
It's like having a four-year-old.
Slippery three-year-old.
So, happy New Year from the Happy Hour, guys.
And Mark, may I say, you smell terrific.
Yes, you may.
2011 was a great year.
2012 going to be even better.
And Thurston will be getting us to you all over the U.S.
And a huge thank you to all of you for taking the travels with us.
We couldn't do it without you.
And we hope you know that every time you sit down with a quality beverage,
there's a little happy hour guy inside of you.
That's a little weird.
I know that's why I said it.
Real emphasis on preserving their environment
and giving back to their community.
All the things that we look for in a place they have.
And you get to pour it into a glass and taste it.
How cool is that?
Yeah.
Now, there's supposed to be a lake around here somewhere.
Let's go find it.
Okay.
Do you know where it is?
Oh, we'll see you guys next time.
Yeah.
Cheers.
Where's that lake?
This is what goes on between the beer drinkings.
Beer drinkings?
I know.
I just made that up.
I like it.
