Welcome back to Beer, Booze & B.S. — filmed at Frontier Liquor in Zimmerman, Minnesota 🍻🥂

In Episode 15 Part 1, Chrissy and the crew sit down with Chris and Kati Grabrick, the founders of Hoodlum (Helping Out Others During Life’s Unkind Moments) — a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit built to step in when life hits hard.

But before Hoodlum became a movement, Chris’s life was chaos.

Chris opens up about being homeless in Saint Cloud, living under a bridge, fighting to survive, and the reality of doing time in Minnesota prison — including how hierarchy works inside and what it takes to make it out.

He also shares his battle with meth addiction, the moment that changed everything, and how becoming a dad helped flip his life around for good.

And of course… we do what we do best: taste-test drinks and rate them 🔥
✅ Chocolate Crown Cold Brew cocktail
✅ Ketel One Lemon Drop Martini (ready-to-pour bottle)
✅ Monaco “Porn Star Crush” (9% vodka cocktail)

If you love wild true stories, real redemption, and people who turn pain into purpose — this episode is for you.

❤️ Hoodlum nominations / info:

Nominations are open at hoodlumnonprofit.org
(You can’t nominate yourself.)

Chapter 1 – Living under a bridge in St. Cloud (homeless survival story)
Chapter 2 – Theft charge / consignment RV + shady RV lot story
Chapter 3 – Addiction talk: meth, no needles, how it started
Chapter 4 – Doctor/needle panic stories (running out, blocked door, jokes)
Chapter 5 – Official show intro + milestones + introducing Chris & Kati Grabrick
Chapter 6 – What Hoodlum stands for + becoming a 501(c)(3)
Chapter 7 – How Hoodlum started (the $100 bill moment)
Chapter 8 – Hoodlum members vs active members + how to join (fees/shirt)
Chapter 9 – Favorite Hoodlum events (parades, candy, ring-pop proposals)
Chapter 10 – Most memorable families helped (100th family + firefighter fish house + rent help)
Chapter 11 – How to nominate a family + rules + who’s running it this year
Chapter 12 – Drink #1: Chocolate Crown Cold Brew cocktail (taste + reactions)
Chapter 13 – Chris’s childhood (born in Mississippi, raised in Minnesota)
Chapter 14 – Family life + school years (Elk River ‘96, honor roll, growing up)
Chapter 15 – Homelessness deep dive (shelter waitlist, bridge life details, fights, working nights)
Chapter 16 – Drink #2: Ketel One Lemon Drop Martini (taste + reactions)
Chapter 17 – Taste buds & steak talk (Manny’s, 801 Chop, rare steaks, raw meat)
Chapter 18 – Adoption decision + contact (or not) with the birth mom
Chapter 19 – Prison time #1 (St. Cloud intake/gladiator school, fights, hierarchy/segregation)
Chapter 20 – Prison time #2 / trafficking case (wiretaps lost, sentences reduced, RV charge)
Chapter 21 – The turning point: quitting meth (Hailey “moonlight” moment, no treatment)
Chapter 22 – Drink #3: Monaco Porn Star Crush + ratings recap
Chapter 23 – How Chris & Kati met + relationship start (moving in fast, “I love you”)

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