The Malting Hour

This week drink Goose Island's "Very Chill Cold IPA". Beer description: Very Chill emphasizes the clean drinking profile of a lager while leaning into the experimental hop profiles of new school IPAs — equally as crispy and hoppy. Some people call it a Cold IPA. Some people call it an India Pale Lager. We call it insanely good. !!REMINDER!! To get tickets for Chicago On Tap 2023: e.givesmart.com/e...

This week we visit Chicago's Midwest Coast Brewing Company. We're joined by owner and brewer Cameron Compton, brewery manager Timothy Ficken and brewer and cellarman Kevin O'Brien to discuss the history of Midwest Coast Brewing and what to expect from them in the near future. Also, Dan's back.. so.. that's cool I guess? Check out Midwest Coast Brewing Company: https://www.midwestcoastbrewing.com/...

This week we jump back into our "Malted Mini's" format to bring you a review of Ballast Point's "High West Barrel Aged Victory at Sea (2017)" Beer description: We partnered with our friends at High West® Distillery to create a barrel-aged version of Ballast Point Victory at Sea, our award-winning Imperial Porter with cold-steeped coffee and vanilla. From a blend of Ballast Point Victory at Sea age...

This week we sample some beers we have dubbed "Spring Beers of 2023". Beers on this episode: Off Color Brewing - Beer For Baseball Bell's Brewery - Oberon Old Irving Brewing - Oni Midwest Coast Brewing - Hanging Curve Begyle Brewing - Free Bird Pipework's Brewing - Dawn of the Shed To get tickets for Chicago On Tap 2023: e.givesmart.com/events/uUN/ Also, if you send an email to info@themaltinghour...

This week we're joined by our friend Matthew Moldenhauer to drink through some beers we had lying around. We're also joined by Laura Vertucci to discuss Meals on Wheels Chicago's upcoming fundraising event "Chicago On Tap" on April 27th, 2023. Beers on this episode: Old Irving Brewing: Goat Destroyer Dogfish Head: 2018 Fruit-full Fort Black Dragon Meadery: 2018 Blue Dragon Blueberry Cyser Fireston...

This week we same 3 Floyd's latest release "ZOMBIE ICE" double pale ale. "Crafted with an unholy amount of citra hops, this Undead Double Pale Ale heralds the zombie evolution after the dust has settled from the apocalypse." Thanks to Kevin and Deb Goggin for the theme song. Outro music by Fluid Minds

This week we drink through our annual St. Patrick's Day beer lineup. It's also Dan's first St. Patrick's Day beer episode! Beers on this episode: Great Lakes Brewing Co. - Conway's Irish Ale Breckenridge Brewery - Nitro Irish Stout Sullivan's Brewing Company - Malting's Red Ale Theme music provided by Myke Kelli (@mykekelli) Break and outro music provided by @FluidMinds Check out all our episodes...

This week we try three random beers we've never tried before. Beers on this episode: Phase Three - Comic Cake Marz Brewing - Cream Puff Paczki Stout Alarmist - Bamberger

This week Brandon and Tony sample Hard MTN DEW (regular and Baja). Yep.. we did it. "HARD MTN DEW is a new flavored malt beverage (FMB) available in four bold flavors, including MTN DEW, Baja Blast, Black Cherry, and Watermelon." Thanks to Kevin and Deb Goggin for the theme song. Outro music by Fluid Minds

This week we reach into the way back of the fridge to bring you "Empty The Fridge Part 2". Beers on this episode: Cruz Blanca - Barbarosa Sketchbook - H2OP Sprakling Water Lake Effect - Gose Reposada Hop Butcher - Meet The Simcoes Piperworks - Ninja Vs. Unicorn Lo-Fi - Blueberry Wheat Theme music provided by Myke Kelli (@mykekelli) Break and outro music provided by @FluidMinds Check out all our ep...

This week we sample Chicagp's "Is/Was" brewing's "This & That(Brettanomyces)". "Collaboration with Afterthought Brewing. Saison brewed with triticale and Sugar Creek wind malt and bottle conditioned with Brettanomyces." Thanks to Kevin and Deb Goggin for the theme song. Outro music by Fluid Minds

This week we're back in the studio together, minus Clark, to enjoy some Trappist beer styles. Beers on this episode: Achel 8 Blond Tynt Meadow Westmalle Tripel Trappistes Rochefort 6 Theme music provided by Myke Kelli (@mykekelli) Break and outro music provided by @FluidMinds Check out all our episodes at www.themaltinghour.com

This week we wrap up our January "Malted Mini" series with an IPA from the Logboat Brewing Company. Also, Tony gets mad at Dan... again. Beer description: Space Junk was created with our good friend, Beth Bombars and her band in response to Beth's 52 week song writing project. Sabro, Idaho 7 and Azacca Cryo hops helped create a citrus forward yet bold, IPA. Whether your writing/performing music or...

This weeks "Malted Mini" episode, we sample Guinness Open Gate Brewery's "Old Fashioned Inspired Ale" and get into a deep converation on orange jucie pulp.. riveting podcasting right here. Beer description: "We love a cocktail-inspired beer here at the OGB. This time around, we bring back an experiment we launched initially more than two years ago - a Barrel-Aged Old Fashioned-Inspired Ale. We sta...

This week we bring you a new format we might use from time to time that we have dubbed "Malted Minis". Not a full episode, but not an After The Final Pour. This week we sample Petoskey Brewing's "Super Trooper", a brown ale brewed with Columbian coffee beans and donuts from a local producer. Intro and outro music provided by @FluidMinds Check out all our episodes at www.themaltinghour.com

This week we sit down with Chuck Patella of Howard Street Brewing to learn about the most northern Chicago brewery in Rogers Park. Theme music provided by Myke Kelli (@mykekelli) Break and outro music provided by @FluidMinds Check out all our episodes at www.themaltinghour.com

Happy New Year! To start the year off we're bringing you our list of favorite beers we drank in 2022. Theme music provided by Myke Kelli (@mykekelli) Outro music provided by @FluidMinds Check out all our episodes at www.themaltinghour.com

This week we end the year with a continuation of the fun from episode 100 with Nik White and Afro Beer Chick of The Neat Pour Podcast. We sip on and discuss a big imperial stout from Foreign Exchange: Aliena. "Russian Imperial Stout brewed with Madagascar Vanilla Beans." Thanks to Kevin and Deb Goggin for the theme song. Outro music by Fluid Minds

We made it episode 100! And what better way to celebrate 100 episodes than with Nik White and our old friend Afro Beer Chick of The Neat Pour podcast!? We sample some fun beers and some bourbon celebrating 100 episodes of The Malting Hour. Theme music provided by Myke Kelli (@mykekelli) Break and outro music provided by @FluidMinds Check out all our episodes at www.themaltinghour.com

This week we pick up right where last weeks episode left off with Trevor Rose-Hamblin, Tim Broyles and Matthew Moldenhauer of Old Irving Brewing. Dan has been kind enough to share his "7 Swans-A-Swimming" from The Bruery. "The seventh verse of our Twelve Days of Christmas series of beers showcases the rich, malty character of a Belgian-style quadrupel. Happy Holidays!" Thanks to Kevin and Deb Gogg...

This week we welcome back Trevor Rose-Hamblin, Tim Broyles and Matthew Moldenhauer to sample through this year's Krampus Barrel-aged stout line up from Old Irving Brewing. It's always a blast hanging out with these guys and there was over 2 hours of recording to edit through. We also start talking over each other (more) towards the end so.. there's that. https://oldirvingbrewing.com/ Theme music p...

This week we go back in time and revists a lost After The Final Pour from August of 2022 and sample Monkish Brewing Comapany's "Bomb Atomically". https://www.monkishbrewing.com/ Thanks to Kevin and Deb Goggin for the theme song. Outro music by Fluid Minds

This week we sample 3 variants from this year's Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout lineup. Thankfully, Clark found the studio. Theme music provided by Myke Kelli (@mykekelli) Outro music provided by @FluidMinds Check out all our episodes at www.themaltinghour.com

This week we try Rabid Brewing's double barrel aged "Manticore". "A beautifully smooth, endlessly attractive, and utterly timeless Russian Imperial Stout. A chimera of brewing deftness and a hefty dose of oatmeal, this crating pushes the tradition of stout making into The Halls of Immortals. This one goes to eleven. Double barrel aged in bourbon and pecan whiskey barrels." https://www.rabidbrewing...

This week Brandon and Tony recap their experience at the Festival of Barrel Aged Beers 2022. Remember to support the Illinois Craft Beer Guild https://www.illinoisbeer.org/ Theme music provided by Myke Kelli (@mykekelli) Outro music provided by @FluidMinds Check out all our episodes at www.themaltinghour.com