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Welcome to True Crime Brewery, Ty Grabbers. I'm Jill. And I'm Dick. It was the 1970s, a time of freedom and adventure for 17-year-old Jim Boucher and 19-year-old

Darrell Barber when they headed out from their Michigan homes to Daytona Beach, Florida for some fun

and some sunshine.

The two young men had saved for this trip, their first trip to Florida, having no idea that it would be their last.

Join us at the quiet end for road trip. When James and Daryl failed to check in daily as agreed,

their parents were concerned. But maybe the two were having so much fun that they'd just forgotten.

After all, they were young and on vacation. But when James and Daryl didn't

come home from their trip on their planned return date, their parents began to panic. The Daytona Beach

police didn't have the resources to look for them. There were so many young people who disappeared

from Daytona Beach, so it was left to their families to find out

what happened to them. So I'm doing a little bit of a different beer review this time. The boys

were murdered in Florida, so by rights I should be reviewing a Florida beer, but I'm kind of tired of

Florida beers. We have done a lot of Florida. So I'm going to take a Michigan beer because

that's where the boys lived. And that meant for me that I would review another beer from Founders

Brewing Company, one of my favorite brewers. And this is curmudgeon. I like the name too. It's an old ale.

I think it's around 11% alcohol by volume, so it's a heavy hitter. In a nice little

sniffer, the beer is dark reddish brown, medium-sized white head, a good amount of sticky lace,

aroma sweet malt, caramel, oak, dark fruit, and boozy. It has a caramel and butterscotch taste, along with plums and raisins.

Still fairly boozy.

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