Malt Couture – Details, episodes & analysis

You think waiting in line for hours and hours is your ally. But you merely adopted line culture, The Malty Boyz™ were born in it, molded by it over the course of 276 episodes. They didn't think to hire proxies or ignoring the hype until they were men, by then it was nothing to them but another day with grandma waiting for Celly Drippins, grand opening Costco bourbon, and rare whiskey allotments in Ohio. Alex and Stephen talk a lot about line culture and Stephen tastes Celly Drippins in the Beer News before putting four NA beers through the Power Ranking treatment. 

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The Malty Boyz™ are making this batch an international affair with NA beers from France and one with roots in London care of Tom Holland. Plus, Coors Edge is thrown into the Power Rankings along with another NA beer with a start-up style momfluencer backstory. In the Beer News, Stephen tries a dusty relic from Green Flash's heyday, a 2010 Silva Stout, after Chuck SIlva announced he'd be shuttering Silva Brewing, Elysian Brewing loses a production facility a year after unionizing under the A-B/Inbev banner, and Sierra Nevada Brewing releases Celly Drippins which has Alex and Stephen remembering the good ol' days of mouth watering Beer News. 

Thanks to Fremont Brewing for sponsoring this episode! Follow them on IG @FremontBrewing. Use code ACTION10 for 10% off your order at FremontBeerToGo.com. If you're looking for Fremont Brewing's NA offerings, head to their NA section where it's flatrate shipping for 24 packs of NA beer. 

To get involved with the  "Life" International Barleywine Collab, click the link for info about the recipe, BSG discount, and links to help raise awareness of colon cancer. 

If you'd like to make a direct donation to help support Alex, head over to his GoFundMe. 

For more info about colon cancer and to help support the fight against it check out the Colon Cancer Foundation. 

Head to our Patreon for weekly exclusive content.

Get the Malt Couture Officially Licensed T-shirt.

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The NA train continues to roll on Malt Couture and in this episode Alex and Stephen crack open NA beers recommended by Malt Mavens! NA beers from Brooklyn Brewery, Bravus Brewing Company, Notch Brewing, and Go Brewing get put through the Power Ranking treatment. In the Beer News, Alex and Stephen navigate a new segment called "Closing Time" as various long standing beer institutions, both from the brewing, retail, and media side, announce unfortunate closures. 

To get involved with the  "Life" International Barleywine Collab, click the link for info about the recipe, BSG discount, and links to help raise awareness of colon cancer. 

If you'd like to make a direct donation to help support Alex, head over to his GoFundMe. 

For more info about colon cancer and to help support the fight against it check out the Colon Cancer Foundation. 

Head to our Patreon for weekly exclusive content.

Get the Malt Couture Officially Licensed T-shirt.

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In this Maltterrogation the Malty Boyz™ talk with founder of Keeping Together and Master Cicerone Averie Swanson! Hear about Averie's time as Brew Master for Jester King, moving to Chicago and consulting Half Acre before opening up Keeping Together. Then they dive into discussing her dream collaboration, favorite brewery facility, and the worst beer she's ever brewed.

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Enjoy this bonus Small Batch episode with Becca Scott as she talks about being a correspondent for Magic: The Gathering, hosting board game play thrus and tutorials for Geek and Sundry, and being part of Dr. America.

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Enjoy this Mailbag Black Friday bonus episode where we answer spicy questions submitted by Malt Mavens. In this mailbag, Stephen lists his favorite songs by The Mountain Goats while Alex explains Crass to Michael, the Malty Boyz™ discuss funny foods, give advice on how to break it to your beer group that you're tired of the game, and what their last beers would be and with who.

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After polling DontDrinkBeer fans about off the radar local gems, Alex sourced beers from four breweries that haven't been featured on Malt Couture yet. For the first time, the Malty Boyz™ try beers from Neubleus Taproom, Barrique Brewing and Blending, The Seed: A Living Beer Project, and There Does Not Exist then give them the power ranking treatment. In the Beer News, Wu-Tang Clan's GZA beer dinner in NYC is back and 450 North cereal bowls go on sale for $175. Plus, a special message from David Hayter, voice of Solid Snake.

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Alex and Stephen bring the heat when they record together in lieu of Michael who was on vacation. It's all bangers this episode when they pop barleywine from Orpheus Brewing, mead from Schramm's, black lager from Suarez Family Brewery, and a commercial batch of wild ale from Freak Folk Bier. In the Beer News, Larry Bell gets paid when Bell's is sold off to Kirin, a man who hates whiskey amasses a collection of miniature whiskey worth over $45,000, and Sonic's and Arby's get into the alcohol game.

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Behold! The most immersive experience in all of beer! Augmented Reality brought to you buy Coors! Eat this turkey leg! In the Beer News, Stone closes down shop in Napa amid rent disputes and Idaho's bourbon shitlords have the fate of their secondary industry left in the hands of the Idaho State Liquor Division. Lager powerhouses, Wayfinder, Bierstadt, and Heater Allen, combine forces to collab on an amber lager. Then the Bottleshare gets canned with offerings from Elder Pine, Oxbow, and Homage.

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Elon Musk announces he's entering the beer game and The Malty Boyz™ got some questions for the riches person in the world. Weathered Souls Brewing Co. heads to Charlotte to open up an incubation program that'll help minorities and women enter the beer industry. Alex recounts one of the most devious acts to ever go down at a bottle release then goes old money for the Bottleshare when he brings in Last Snow from Funky Buddha. Stephen brings in a non-hazy offering from Other Half.

Thanks to Phase Three Brewing for sponsoring this episode! Check them out at PhaseThreeBrewingShop.com and on Instagram @PhaseThreeBrew

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