Malt Couture

Alex assembles four NA domestic beers featuring Schlafly, Fremont Brewing, Boulevard Brewing Co., and Bonn Place Brewing. How will the two Missouri favorites stack up in the power rankings against a Seattle powerhouse and a nice brewery for nice people in Pennsylvania. In the Beer News, a couple long-time, well loved breweries close down but a Catholic themed brewery rises up in Connecticut, and in Tater news, a new BTAC E.H. Taylor drops and lights up the trade boards.

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With the Triple IPA series in the rearview, it's time to dive into the world of NA beers again and this time it's an international affair as NA beers from Canada face off against NA beers from The UK. In the Beer News, Alex and Stephen ask the age-old question "if two breweries merge but they don't produce any tradeable, hype-worthy beers, do they make a sound?" Buffalo Trace restarts operations after sustaining flooding damage, it is just a matter of time before the Taters start clamouring for flood surviving bottles? And Anheuser-Busch pulls their sponsorship after 30 years in their hometown of St. Louis.

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To close out the Triple IPA series, Alex and Stephen go back to the beer that inspired this series: Russian River's Pliny the Younger. They also drink Claimstake Brewing's Ain't Getting Any Younger, Boneyard Beer's Notorious TIPA, and Pure Project Brewing's Perhops Perhops Perhops and put all four beers through the Power Rankings treatment. In the Beer News, sad news about Second City Meadery closing their physical location and Alex does a April Fools roundup.

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For the third installment of their Triple IPA Showdown series Alex and Stephen try a foursome of California TIPAs from Everywhere Beer, Beachwood Brewing, ISM Brewing, and There Does Not Exist and the IBUs get ramped up! In the Beer News, Alex breaks down beer consumption numbers for St. Patrick's Day, Corona starts a new marketing campaign, and Johnny Walker offers a premium whiskey experience. Stephen discovers what borg is.

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In Part 2 of the Triple IPA Showdown, Alex and Stephen try TIPAs from Alvarado Street Brewing, El Segundo Brewing, North Park Beer Company, and Tree House Brewing Company then put them through the Power Rankings treatment. In the Beer News, a Norfolk, VA brewery that's been stealing valor for years blames the "woke mob" for their closure, Canadian brewery Moosehead releases a 1,461 pack of beer to help Canadians get through the second Trump term, and San Diego pub O'Brien's wins the USA Today's Best Beer Bar for the second year in a row.

Thanks to Masthead Brewing Co. for sponsoring this episode. Follow them on Instagram @MastheadBrewing. Catch them at the World Beer Cup and FOBAB. Look out for their collab with Brouwerij De Bradandere at Belgian Beer Week.

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It's Pliny the Younger season so Alex and Stephen sourced 12 of the highest rated Triple IPAs and are putting them head-to-head for a three-part series. In Part 1 they try TIPAs from Wonderous Brewing Co., Pizza Port Brewing Company, Green Cheek Beer Co., and Monkish Brewing Co. In the Beer News, Monday Night Brewing gets into a legal battle with Coors Light over a "Case of the Mondays," BrewDog founder fancies himself the Elon Musk of the UK, and Stone Brewing gets a stern talking to by their main investment partner Sapporo.

Thanks to Cellarmaker Brewing Company for sponsoring this episode! Follow them on Instagram @CellarmakerBrewing. Visit Cellarmaker House of Pizza in San Francisco and their taprooms in Oakland and Berkeley.

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Alex and Stephen head back across the pond to sip on three NA beer offerings from Europe. For the Top of the Show beer, they take it all the way back to Batch 3 with Batch 3 of Mikerphone's Chicken-N-Waffles barrel-aged stout. In the Beer News, Stone Brewing does the opposite of Alex and Stephen as they pull their distro from the European markets, a San Francisco brewery offers $1 beers for life, and Budweiser is back on top of the Super Bowl commercial mountain.

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Alex sources a yet-to-be-bottled single barrel Black Tuesday aged in a 10-gallon rye whiskey barrel. How does it hold up against three non-alcoholic beer offerings from the Bottleshare in the Power Rankings? In the Beer News, Brewery De Molen is in danger of shuttering, legendary San Fransisco beer bar Toronado goes up for sale, and Alex and Stephen talk about a trio of marketing stunts from Sofia Colucci.

Thanks to Bonn Place Brewing Co. for sponsoring this episode! Follow them on Instagram @BonnPlace. Head to their store and get some GABF silver medal winner "Mooey" and bronze medal winner "Nemo."

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Alex and Stephen put on their hardhats, grab their plastic yellow tubs, and head into the Play-Doh mines in search of apple brandy barrel-aged stouts. In the Bottleshare, they drink the worst reviewed NA cocktails they can find. In the Beer News, a New Hampshire brewery steals tips and gets shut down, the TTB expands the types of containers they allow wine and spirits to be sold in, and known racist Hulk Hogan gets booed out the building while promoting his beer brand on WWE Raw.

Thanks to Beckett's Non-Alcoholic Cocktails and Spirits for sponsoring this episode! Follow them on Instagram @DrinkBecketts. Feeling NA curious? Use code "MALTY" and get 20% off your Beckett's order through the end of January.

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Two beer memelords team up for this special batch of Malt Couture as Wort Wrangler joins Alex and tackles a lineup of NA UK Stouts. In the Beer News, Cantillon gets hacked, Pliny Day 2025 tickets go on sale, and Rate Beer announces they'll be shutting down on February 1st, 2025.

Thanks to Jester King Brewery for sponsoring this episode! Follow them on Instagram @JesterKingBrewery. Jester King's Doom Forge Day is February 15th, 2025. Be the first to get their Doom Forge Imperial Coffee Stout while enjoying doom metal and the company of 30 goats.

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