The Malting Hour

This week Brandon and Tony drink New Belgium "Voodoo Ranger Fruit Force". Beer description: Fruit Force is a high-flying, Fruit Punch IPA landing at a powerful 9.5% ABV. Prepare for take-off and hold on to your aviators. Thanks to Kevin and Deb Goggin for the theme song. Outro music by Fluid Minds Check out all our episodes at www.themaltinghour.com

This week Brandon and Tony sample some fruited from beers from the midwest. Then they go deep into their love of hot peppers, smoking meats and jerky - what a week! Beers on this episode: New Glarus - Strawberry Rhubarb Old Irving Brewing - Miko's Theme music provided by Myke Kelli (@mykekelli) Outro and break music provided by @FluidMinds Check out all our episodes at www.themaltinghour.com

This week Brandon and Tony celebrate their freedoms from labor with Ranger Creek Brewing and Distillery's "San Antonio Lager". "San Antonio Lager is an easy drinking German-style lager, brewed in honor of our city. Nostalgic enough for San Antonio’s amazing history but contemporary like our city today. It's refreshing while also flavorful enough for craft beer drinkers. Just like our city, It’s go...

This week Brandon and Tony tackle local beer for another week of Malted Mini's. Old Irving - A Different Kind of Helles Brewed with a lager grain bill including torrefied maize and lightly hopped with noble hop Saaz. Collab with Chicago metal band, Bloodletter. Noon Whistle - Squishy Gummy This Northeastern IPA is a big ol' hazy juice bomb packed with Citra, Mosaic & Simcoe hops; giving off flavor...

This week we take a deep dive into the beers Brandon brought back from his trip down south. Beers on this episode: Steel Hands - Pecan Brown Ale Palmetto Brewing - Huger St. IPA Naked River Brewing - Moon Pie Stout Theme music provided by Myke Kelli (@mykekelli) Outro and break music provided by @FluidMinds Check out all our episodes at www.themaltinghour.com

This week Brandon and Tony catch up after some vacation time and drink some delicious local beers. Goose Island - "35th Anniversary Cuvée" (description from Beer Advocate) For their 35th Anniversary, Goose Island offers this unique cuvee of five different barrel aged beers. The blend consists of 48% English style barley wine, 28% oatmeal stout, 13% rye stout, 8% American imperial stout, and 3% Bel...

This week's After The Final Pour we drink Maplewood Brewing Company's "Black Seed" barrel aged imperial stout. "A wheated stout aged in Apple Brandy Barrels. Black Seed is brimming with roasty notes of chocolate and caramel that play perfectly off the candy apple notes from the brandy barrels. Indulgent, dessert-like flavors that somehow carry a tinge of nostalgia, this is a bold but fun stout tha...

This week we celebrate Christmas in July via Christmas beers from 2022.  Also, we learn Danny has never seen Die Hard!  Theme music provided by Myke Kelli (@mykekelli) Outro and break music provided by @FluidMinds Check out all our episodes at www.themaltinghour.com

This week Brandon tries Old Irving Brewing's "Cushy Berry" and Tony tries Half Acre's "Way Bird". Old Irving Brewing "Cushy Berry" "Kettle-Soured Ale brewed with strawberry and raspberry and hopped with Hallertau Blanc. CUSHY is our series of easy-drinking, Fruited Sour Ales brewed to be slightly tart & sweet, and ultimately refreshing. Each beer is blended with real fruit juice concentrates, givi...

This week we're joined once more by Matthew Moldenhauer as we begin, rise, and return to the Summer of The Stout. We also fight a fly in the studio, Dan gets a new nickname, Alexa throws the show off the rails and Brandon announces his new podcast "F*** this S*** and F*** that S***!". Theme music provided by Myke Kelli (@mykekelli) Outro and break music provided by @FluidMinds Check out all our ep...

This week Brandon, Tony and Danny sample Afterthought Brewing Company's collaboration with Is/Was Brewing "This & That". Beer description: "Collaboration with Is/Was Brewing. Saison brewed with triticale plus Callista and Grungeist hops. Fermented in stainless steel with our mixed saison culture." Thanks to Kevin and Deb Goggin for the theme song. Outro music by Fluid Minds Check out all our episo...

This week Danny makes his triumphant return to the show with some beers from his recent travels as we round out our "Vacation Beers 2023" series. Theme music provided by Myke Kelli (@mykekelli) Outro and break music provided by @FluidMinds Check out all our episodes at www.themaltinghour.com

This week we drink Crystal Lake Brewing's "Sherman & Tingle’s Driver Nation" and Pipeworks Brewing's "Barrel Aged Saddle Up". Sherman & Tingle’s Driver Nation "We hear you Driver Nation. From lake- front concerto backyard barbecues, good times reserve a great beer. 97.1 FM The Drive's Sherman & Tingle, along with Crystal Lake Brewing, bring you a crisp, clean, classic lager that goes with everythi...

This week we're joined by Laurin Mack of Conrad Seipp Brewing Co. to share the story of her great, great, great Grandfather Conrad Seipp and "the beer that built Chicago."  https://www.seippbrewing.com/  Theme music provided by Myke Kelli (@mykekelli) Outro music provided by @FluidMinds Check out all our episodes at www.themaltinghour.com

This week we take a quick trip back on the train from Illinois Craft Beers Week's "Beer Under Glass" and sample a beer from Reserve Artisan Ales. All music provided for this episode provided by @FluidMinds Check out all our episodes at www.themaltinghour.com

This week Brandon and Tony catch up with all things going on in their lives (and a good amount of fast food talk) in between their recap of Beer Under Glass 2023. Theme music provided by Myke Kelli (@mykekelli) Outro music provided by @FluidMinds Check out all our episodes at www.themaltinghour.com

This week we dive into part 1 of our vacation beers. Brandon and Tony sample beers from Arizona and Arkansas. Only "A" states this week. Theme music provided by Myke Kelli (@mykekelli) Outro music provided by @FluidMinds Check out all our episodes at www.themaltinghour.com

This week we drink two beers we've never had before! Exciting! Riverlands Brewing Company - "Kayak Pils" German Pilsner with Hallertau hops. Our House Pilsner going forward, we retired the color designation from our previous Pils, Yellow Kayak, and now we bring you the new Kayak Pils. Applying lessons learned from all previous lagers we've brewed, we bring you a crisp, easy drinking yet flavorful...

Brandon tries to stump Ray Stout and Tony with a mystery pour of Revolution Brewing's "Supermassive Cafe Deth". Beer description: "Inspired in part by the disconcertingly large gravitational singularity at the center of our galaxy, we devised Supermassive Café Deth to be the midpoint of a theoretical bourbon barrel-aged stout-coffee continuum. After a painstaking eighteen months of aging, this sli...

This week we're joined by Illinois Craft Brewers Guild Executive Director Ray Stout to discuss this year's Beer Under Glass at Union Station and all things Illinois Craft Beer week (May 19-26). https://www.illinoisbeer.org/icbw.html Theme music provided by Myke Kelli (@mykekelli) Outro music provided by @FluidMinds Check out all our episodes at www.themaltinghour.com

This week we sample Destihl's "Dosvidanya Bourbong Barrel" stout. Beer description: Like a Matryoshka or 'nesting' doll, the secret of Dosvidanya® Imperial Stout lies locked deep within her mysterious & elaborate wooden layers. The hidden soul of this oak bourbon barrel-aged beer that we said Dosvidanya ('farewell') to several months before revealing, is its rich flavors like dark chocolate, toffe...

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...