Malt Couture

The Malty Boyz ™ set off to explore the wild world of bourbon with a blind tasting showdown at the Malty Corral. Find out what they bring to the table when there are no price or proof limits. In the Beer News, Fantôme reopens, Kona Brewing causes problems with the AB InBev and Craft Brew Alliance merger, and Michigan makes changes to open container laws. Head to our Patreon for weekly exclusive co...

Finally, Flanders Red has come back to Malt Couture! If you don't like it then you can take your barleybobs and hype cans, turn 'em sum-bitches sideways, and stick 'em straight up your pastry stout asses! In the Beer News, Minnesota breweries prove to be the people's champ during a time of social change while a Georgia based brewery proves to be a bunch of jabronis.   https://www. communityjustice...

The Malty Boyz ™ head off on a quest to scour their local liquor stores for the oldest shelf turd in the land. What lightstruck treasures will they dig up? In the Beer News, Cantillon sold in mason jars, Peyton Manning buys a golf course, and Post Malone gets into the rose gam é . Head to our Patreon for weekly exclusive content! Patreon.com/DontDrinkBeer DontDrinkBeer.com Instagram.com/DontDrinkB...

It's Malt Madness for Batch 100! 12 beers enter but only one can leave with The Malty Cup! For this monumental episode, Alex, Michael, and Stephen each submitted four beers with the stipulation that they all must be 10% ABV or higher and barrel-aged for a blind tasting kumite. Who will emerge victorious in this malt bath of chaos? Plus, some Beer News and stuff. Head to our Patreon for weekly excl...

After eight weeks of quarantine, the Malty Boyz ™ are out of fresh(ish) options and resort to plumbing the depths of their linen closets for the oldest beer they have. What aged treasures be lurking behind ye bath towels and bulk purchased dryer sheets? In the Beer News, a questionable beer society is launched in Temecula, a Maine brewery goes full yokel, and a SNL story leads to a deep dive into...

The Malty Boyz™ square off in a three-way battle of brains, brawn, and intestinal fortitude. What happens when each Malty Boys is tasked with taking down a six pack while competing five malty challenges? Who has the fastest chug? Who has the strongest gag reflex? Who's the most in tune with Gen Z? Who's the King of Geography? Who can eat the most cold raviolis? All these questions will be answered...

The Malty Boyz ™ drink local when they order beer from the closest operating brewery to where they live. Do they start getting territorial once the Bottleshare starts? Are they blowing up spots that would otherwise remain secret? In the Beer News, CO2 supplies run low, Maui brewing is under investigation, and more art theft! Head to our Patreon for weekly exclusive content! Patreon.com/DontDrinkBe...

So it's come to this: a malt liquor episode. The Malty Boyz™ head to the corner store and pick out some thiccc cans and bottles of malt liquor for each other. They also discuss how they spent their stimulus checks. In Beer News, a heist goes down in Anaheim, Coors helps out an old lady with a timeless problem, and 450 North steps on another rake. Head to our Patreon for weekly exclusive content! P...

Stephen's favorite holiday rolls around but this time it's during a pandemic. How will the Malty Boyz cope with recording remotely? How high does Stephen get? Michael puts a sober Alex and a high Stephen through the ringer for a round of "California Weed Store or Pennsylvania Brewery?" Head to our Patreon for weekly Small Batch episodes! Patreon.com/DontDrinkBeer DontDrinkBeer.com Instagram.com/Do...

In this last recording before the quarantine times started a 5-star review stumps Alex, Michael recounts being a midwife for dogs, and Stephen's teeth hurt. In the Beer News, old dumb beer laws become new apocalyptic beer laws, Toronado Seattle shutters, and some breweries attempt terrible marketing tactics during these trying times. Head to our Patreon for weekly Small Batch episodes! Patreon.com...

Breweries are forced to change their business model as quarantine restrictions tighten, beer festivals are cancelled or postponed, and, of course, BrewDog steps on another rake during a time of crisis. Classic BrewDog. The Malty Boyz ™ get one more recording session in before the shelter-at-home orders take effect. Multiple trips to the ATM are taken for the latest Toppling Goliath release. Alex e...

The Malty Boyz ™ head to the Gulf Coast to get a little taste of Tampa Bay Beer Week and drink some wheatbombs in Sarasota at Calusa Brewing. Bob Sylvester tries to grease Alex to play DDB's greatest hits. Alex sets a new record for ABV on the show with a cursed beer. Michael brings in the preference of Cuba. Stephen becomes a weed advocate. Head to our Patreon for weekly Small Batch episodes! Pat...

The Barrel Barron of Tampa, Tyler Astl, joins the Malty Boyz™ to tell tales about the longest line for an Angry Chair release and what goes into their base beer for that sweet, barrel-aged Florida juice. Alex brings in the sourest beer he's ever had. Michael brings in a "Mexican Lager." Stephen stops by Jug & Bottle. Tyler drenches the Malty Boyz™ in pastrystout when he brings in a beer for the Bo...

Alex visits an Avis to pick up the latest Kuhnhenn Brewing eisbock release. More taprooms are shuttering while people wait in line for phantom beer releases. Some Dumb Beer Laws get updated. Stephen continues to force old money on Michael with a La Fin du Monde from Unibroue. Head to our Patreon for weekly Small Batch episodes! Patreon.com/DontDrinkBeer DontDrinkBeer.com Instagram.com/DontDrinkBee...

Alex brings in a beer that was 20 years in the making. The Bette Davis House era is over as Stephen moves. Sweaters and university systems are discussed at length. In the Beer News, Untappd purchases BeerAdvocate and Slipknot does a whiskey collab. Head to our Patreon for weekly Small Batch episodes! Patreon.com/DontDrinkBeer DontDrinkBeer.com Instagram.com/DontDrinkBeers Instagram.com/MaltCouture...

From the gentle art to the art of brewing, Vince "Bear" Quitugua joins the Malty Boyz™ to discuss his journey from chasing stouts to in-person trades with Alex to starting Three Chiefs while running the legendary jiu jitsu brand Shoyoroll. Stephen leads them through a round of "What Flipped for More?" to see if beers or jiu jitsu gis sold for more on the secondary market. Plus, Bear dishes on the...

It finally happened, Pliny the Younger has been bottled and the secondary market goes insane for them. Michael gets his first sip of Russian River's fabled TIPA. Alex revisits his early days in the beer game with an Inland Empire classic. Stephen goes '97 Finals game 5 Jordan when he records this episode while suffering from the flu. In the Beer News, beer's royal family, The Busch's, get a realit...

Alex tasks Michael and Stephen to bring in beers from breweries that haven't been featured on the show yet, do they make new brewery friends or are they forced on a play date they didn't ask for? Plus, we follow up on Jester King's goat birthing saga and hard seltzer makes the Beer News again Head to our Patreon for weekly Small Batch episodes! Patreon.com/DontDrinkBeer DontDrinkBeer.com Instagram...

Comedian and writer Nick Gligor joins The Malty Boyz ™ again after getting his feet wet on a Small Batch where he tried the Goose Island BSBC Vertical Collection ('17, '18. '19). This time he sits down for a 2019 Bourbon County variants cagematch! In the Beer News, a man tries to register beer as his emotional support animal, people think Corona beer is causing the coronavirus, Alamo Draft house n...

The Malty Boyz™ head to back to the San Francisco, this time for SF Sketchfest! They discuss where Patreon money really goes and the time Alex was a beer cuck. Stephen celebrates the Lunar New Year to surprising results. Michael does a live beer auction. Alex ticks not one but two beers from the OG White Whale List when he opens a Kate the Great from Portsmouth Brewing and Rorie's Ale from Odonata...

The czar of Capitola Tim Clifford joins The Malty Boyz™ to talk about what Sante Adairius is up to, the time Alex attempted to bribe his staff with sandwiches, and what happens when you get caught trying to flip a SARA's Cellar club beer. Tim's skate punk credentials are put in the hot seat for a round of Brewer, Skater, or Dictator. The death of a beer institution is discussed in Beer News follow...

The Malty Boyz™ turn into Meady Boyz for this very sweet mead episode. We're drinking mead so you don't have to, talkin' 'bout Mead News, and have a very meady Bottleshare. It's all mead all the time! Mead. MEAD. MEEEEEAD!!! #MeadIsLife Head to our Patreon for weekly Small Batch episodes! Patreon.com/DontDrinkBeer DontDrinkBeer.com Instagram.com/DontDrinkBeers Instagram.com/MaltCoutureDDB Twitter....

After an ABV record setting Small Batch drinking a Black Tuesday vertical, Curtis Rainsberry returns for a Coffee Vanilla Whale Cagematch because where Curtis goes, big stouts follow. Offerings from Forager, 3 Floyds, and Modern Times go head-to-head in this sticky battle. Plus, Icelandic beer brewed with whale testicles is discussed in the Beer News! Head to our Patreon for weekly Small Batch epi...

Alex hunts down a controversial Cantillon and gives it the StockX treatment. Stephen brings in Kelsey Grammer's beer after an anonymous benefactor divulges the hot goss. In Beer News, an update on 450 North Brewing's ABVgate saga and old dumb beer laws get replaced with EVEN MORE STUPID beer laws See Malt Couture Fermented Live at SF Sketchfest on January 25th! http://bit.ly/MaltCoutureSFSketchfes...

Ford the river! The Malty Boyz™ drink beers from Oregon and try to avoid dying from dysentery and snakebites. From lupulin power, OG white whales, to an obsessive hunt for the perfect brewery location, Oregon's beer scene does not disappoint. Plus record hop harvests, Russian River finally bottles Pliny the Younger, and 450 North's ABV-gate saga rolls on in Beer News See Malt Couture Fermented Liv...