Malt Couture

Michael goes full homer after experiencing Bwizzle Day at Jackie O's. In Beer News, the $300 million merger between Boston Beer Co. and Dogfish Head is discussed, Alex looks at the Trademark Act of 1946, and dog bites man. Texas makes strides to make beer brunch again.

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BrewDog just can't stay out of the Beer News. This time BrewDog steps in it by stealing marketing ideas after setting up bogus job interviews and rehashing ideas from a marketing agency they've long since cut ties with. Stephen and Michael try to guess the new Dark Lord variants. Alex brings in Thor's favorite beer: Creature Comforts.

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Goose Island gave The Malty Boyz™ unprecedented access to their beer vault so that Alex could show Michael and Stephen how Goose Island made beer better while making beer fans worse during their polarizing rise to prominence in the Chicago beer scene between 2010 to 2015. Plenty of barrel aged goodness and fruit adjuncted trade bait was consumed. Recorded live at Goose Island's top secret barrel facility in Chicago.

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The Malty Boyz™ have finally recovered all the audio from their live podcast at Schubas! Experience their journey into the Polar Vortex of 2019 to drink VSOJ and talk about field goals, con artists, and Binny's!

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Shaun Berns drops by the maltiest AirBnB in Chicago's Ukrainian Village to talk about helicopters, barrel-aged beers, ridiculous burgers, leaving More Brewing, and starting Phase Three Brewing. Alex's orthodontist makes an appearance as well. Things also get a little meady when they try a bottle from Standard Meadery.

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The Malty Boyz™ take a trip to Michigan for this episode as all their beers are from breweries in located in The Mitten State! Alex reminisces about the days he had to trade for Bell's. In Beer News they take a look at a lawsuit between Patagonia and AB InBev and some recent beer mergers.

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Michael and Stephen are sick boyz for this episode but still power through. Alex brings in a non-barrel aged classic from East End Brewing. Michael gives Stephen a birthday gift. Stephen brings in a beer 10 years in the making.

Stephen celebrates 4/20 by hunting down some Lagunitas Hi-Fi Hops. Then Alex brings in not one but two lawsuits for Beer News that Stephen has to follow. Have you ever had to listen to a lawyer talk about beer related lawsuits while on Hi-Fi Hops? It's hard. We put Alex's Bottle Share beer through the ringer for a round of Tick This or Untappd. Dude.

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Hello Malt Mavens! Today we've got a special sneak peek at our weekly Patreon exclusive Small Batches. This episode is sponsored by our shows in Chicago THIS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, 4/19 and 4/20, at Goose Island! Friday will have a VIP Linen Closet Bottleshare followed by a comedy show and then on Saturday we'll be taking over their Barrel Facility for a live podcast covering their most polarizing period from 2010-2015. Tickets for both nights are limited so get them NOW!

This Small Batch features our friend, comedian, and actress Cheyenne Perez who can be seen on Girl Meets World and is a host for Gurl.com. In this episode, Alex and Cheyenne share details about the comedy show that was so good it had to be banned from ever happening again. Michael shares his secrets to comedy. Alex then leads everyone in a blind saison tasting.

4/20 - Goose Island Reluctantly Hosts DontDrinkBeer: An Evening with Malt Couture: http://bit.ly/GooseIslandReluctantlyHostsDDB

4/19 - VIP *Educational Bottle Share: http://bit.ly/ClybournVIPbottleshare

4/19 - Goose Island Tolerates Malt Couture Live at Clybourn Brewhouse: http://bit.ly/MaltCoutureLiveClybourn

The Malty Boyz™ move out of the Spider Den for their first episode recorded at the Bette Davis house! They welcome C-Gak and Steve Choi of Rx Bandits and The Sounds of Animals Fighting to talk about geology, french fry preferences and then they take the hot seat for a round of Brews or Tunes.

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