Surge White Claws are 8% ABV
The White Claw Surge variety is 8% ABV — double the standard formula — and the crew joked that it goes straight to homeless people.
Snapshot · Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast
Ep 618 - Officer Lemaire (feat. Charles Blyzniuk & Lemaire Lee)
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Jun 8, 2026
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Shane's NBA Finals Hangover and White Claw Surge
At 57:16 · chapter starts 56:35
Shane elaborates on his humiliating hangover day: he and friends drank White Claws in the van on the way to the NBA Finals, which always destroys him the next morning. He came home, went to his room, and couldn't emerge while the crew arrived, set up equipment, waited, and eventually left without recording. Charles asks what the Surge variant is, and the group establishes it's approximately 8% ABV — twice the alcohol of a normal White Claw. Shane immediately declares 'that's going straight to bums' and wonders why anyone else would drink it. The crew also discusses videos of homeless people getting weapons gifted to them before circling back to the AI and jobs conversation.
Shane Went to the NBA Finals and Ruined the Podcast
Shane drank White Claws on the way to the NBA Finals and was so hungover he couldn't leave his room the next day, causing the crew to set up and then pack down without recording. Now Matt's out of town and Lemaire's filling in.
White Claws caused brutal hangover
Shane Gillis admitted he was so hungover from drinking White Claws on the way to the NBA Finals that he couldn't get out of bed the next day and had to cancel recording.
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