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 exposes Pennsylvania's best kept secret. Michael touts a crowdfunded success. Stephen continues to edu...
Apr 09, 2020•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 93
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! Patreon.com/DontDrinkBeer DontDrinkBeer.com Instagram.com/DontDrinkBeers Instagram.com/MaltCoutureDDB Tw...
Apr 07, 2020•1 hr 11 min
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 Bottleshare. Head to our Patreon for weekly Small Batch episodes! Patreon.com/DontDrinkBeer DontDr...
Apr 02, 2020•1 hr 56 min•Ep. 92
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/DontDrinkBeers Instagram.com/MaltCoutureDDB Twitter.com/DontDrinkBeer DDBquestions@gmail.com...
Mar 26, 2020•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 91
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/MaltCoutureDDB Twitter.com/DontDrinkBeer DDBquestions@gmail.com...
Mar 19, 2020•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 90
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 latest Beer News and brings in a beer for the Bottleshare. Head to our Patreon for weekly Small Batc...
Mar 12, 2020•2 hr 18 min•Ep. 89
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 reality TV show and Deschutes launches a protein beer. Head to our Patreon for weekly Small Batch episodes...
Mar 05, 2020•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 88
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.com/DontDrinkBeers Instagram.com/MaltCoutureDDB Twitter.com/DontDrinkBeer DDBquestions@gmail.com...
Feb 27, 2020•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 87
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 needs to rethink their cocktail program, and Pittsburgh Woman changes baby in middle of taproom. Head ...
Feb 20, 2020•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 86
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 Beer Company. Recorded live at The Punch Line. http://bit.ly/FermentedLiveCalusaBrewing Head to our...
Feb 18, 2020•1 hr 29 min
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 following reports of Toronado San Diego shuttering soon. Head to our Patreon for weekly Small Batch episod...
Feb 13, 2020•1 hr 55 min•Ep. 85
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.com/DontDrinkBeer DDBquestions@gmail.com
Feb 06, 2020•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 84
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 episodes! Patreon.com/DontDrinkBeer DontDrinkBeer.com Instagram.com/DontDrinkBeers Instagram.com/MaltCo...
Jan 30, 2020•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 83
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/MaltCoutureSFSketchfest Head to our Patreon for weekly Small Batch episodes! Patreon.com/DontDrinkBeer DontDrinkBeer.com I...
Jan 23, 2020•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 82
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 Live at SF Sketchfest on January 25th! http://bit.ly/MaltCoutureSFSketchfest Head to our Patreon for we...
Jan 16, 2020•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 81
Medical Police co-creator, writer and producer Krister Johnson joins The Malty Boyz™ and talks about working on Children's Hospital, what Henry Winkler is really like, and coming up through the New York comedy scene. Stephen leads them through a game called Joel Osteen, Tony Robbins, or A Piece of Inspirational Home Decor You Can Buy At T.J. Maxx. Alex brings in a Nebraska hype job. See Malt Couture Fermented Live at SF Sketchfest on January 25th! http://bit.ly/MaltCoutureSFSketchfest Head to ou...
Jan 09, 2020•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 80
Brews from the Golden State face off to see who reigns supreme! The Malty Boyz™ search far and wide for beers that are synonymous with California and Alex brings in a traditional California treat. In the Beer News social media influencers get held accountable, jello shots are made with Pappy Van Winkle, and Charlotte, NC doesn't appreciate reindeer games. It's The California Classic, FUGGEDABOUTIT! See Malt Couture Fermented Live at SF Sketchfest on January 25th! http://bit.ly/MaltCoutureSFSketc...
Jan 02, 2020•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 79
Peter Bissell of Bissell Brothers Brewing drops by for the holidays just in time to discuss the Ballast Point sale, weather in LA, and briefly meets Lil' Custard. Stephen tests their Christmas movie Easter Egg knowledge during a round of A Christmas Egging. Michael brings in the biggest beer ever. See Malt Couture Fermented Live at SF Sketchfest on January 25th! http://bit.ly/MaltCoutureSFSketchfest Head to our Patreon for weekly Small Batch episodes! DontDrinkBeer.com Patreon.com/DontDrinkBeer ...
Dec 26, 2019•1 hr 56 min•Ep. 78
Writer, podcaster, and friend Nick Gligor joins The Malty Boyz™ to discuss the McRib, pro wrestling, "stan"ing, and lots more. Alex then leads the group through a Goose Island Bourbon County vertical from 2017 - 2019. See Malt Couture Fermented Live at SF Sketchfest on Jan. 25th at Punch Line Comedy Club. http://bit.ly/MaltCoutureSFSketchfest
Dec 25, 2019•1 hr 4 min
Stand-up comic Dana Donnelly joins The Malty Boyz™ to discuss dating apps, hypebeast culture, and how Dana used to brew her own mead in high school. Then, the script is flipped as Alex leads the group in horizontal of Voodoo Brewing's 2019 Hot Garbage. See Malt Couture Fermented Live at SF Sketchfest on Jan. 25th at Punch Line Comedy Club. http://bit.ly/MaltCoutureSFSketchfest
Dec 24, 2019•1 hr 1 min
On today's Small Batch we have comedian Curtis Rainsberry on to discuss beer. Unlike some of the other guests, i.e. all of them, Curtis knows a lot about beer so he and the gang dive in on his journey and experience in the LA craft beer scene. Then he and The Malty Boyz™ do a blind tasting of The Bruery's Black Tuesday variants. We have the highest ABV beer we've had on the show and Michael is forced to responsibly take a Lyft home. See Malt Couture Fermented Live at SF Sketchfest on Jan. 25th a...
Dec 23, 2019•1 hr 18 min
The Malty Boyz™ are back for another #BIL episode! This time Stephen digs into the deepest, darkest depths of his linen closet to line up a Barley Battle for the ages! A cicerone's patience is taken to the limit during a road trip from hell. All hail Lord Maris! See Malt Couture Fermented Live at SF Sketchfest on January 25th! http://bit.ly/MaltCoutureSFSketchfest Head to our Patreon for weekly Small Batch episodes! DontDrinkBeer.com Patreon.com/DontDrinkBeer Instagram.com/DontDrinkBeers Instagr...
Dec 19, 2019•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 77
Satanist hold a Black Mass at a brewery in Houston, beer made with algae, black cats with Instagram accounts, Bourbon County getting Black Friday releases at airports, more White Claw... the end times are upon us! Alex brings in a pastry stout to the Bottle Share while Michael reps Ohio. Stephen continues his old money ways. Head to our Patreon for weekly Small Batch episodes! DontDrinkBeer.com Patreon.com/DontDrinkBeer Instagram.com/DontDrinkBeers Instagram.com/MaltCoutureDDB Twitter.com/DontDr...
Dec 12, 2019•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 76
Actress and former Dr. America member Susan Song joins The Malty Boyz™ to discuss the New Belgium Brewing Company buyout, Pabst's latest delicious marketing stunt, and drink Side Project's latest batch of Beer:Barrel:Time. Michael tries to connect with Susan on a deeper level while Stephen brings in a dusty European import Head to our Patreon for weekly Small Batch episodes! DontDrinkBeer.com Patreon.com/DontDrinkBeer Instagram.com/DontDrinkBeers Instagram.com/MaltCoutureDDB Twitter.com/DontDrin...
Dec 05, 2019•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 75
The Malty Boyz™ return to the Bay Area, this time they're at Seven Stills in The Mission on the eve of the Toronado Barleywine Festival. There's finally closure for the Founders discrimination lawsuit saga. A man hosts a brewery inside his body and it's all caught on tape. Alex puts Michael and Stephen in the hot seat for a round of CICE-O-RONI: The San Francisco Treat! Head to our Patreon for weekly Small Batch episodes! DontDrinkBeer.com Patreon.com/DontDrinkBeer Instagram.com/DontDrinkBeers I...
Nov 29, 2019•1 hr 22 min
Lil' Custard invites himself over for The Malty Boyz™ Thanksgiving sesh and offers unsolicited hot takes. Stephen provides a Thanksgiving spread, Alex continues a revolution, Michael revisits a beer that was unacceptable the first time around, and canned wine makes its mark on the NFL. Head to our Patreon for weekly Small Batch episodes! DontDrinkBeer.com Patreon.com/DontDrinkBeer Instagram.com/DontDrinkBeers Instagram.com/MaltCoutureDDB Twitter.com/DontDrinkBeer DDBquestions@gmail.com...
Nov 28, 2019•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 74
Alex brings in some hype juice from Tired Hands in the form of a milkshake IPA. Then it's the longest Bottleshare ever when Stephen and Alex dust off some old money to mixed results while Michael brings in some new money heat. The saga between Stone and Keystone rolls on in Beer News. Head to our Patreon for weekly Small Batch episodes! DontDrinkBeer.com Patreon.com/DontDrinkBeer Instagram.com/DontDrinkBeers Instagram.com/MaltCoutureDDB Twitter.com/DontDrinkBeer DDBquestions@gmail.com...
Nov 21, 2019•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 73
Stephen and Michael eat cake made from Angry Chair beer while Alex can only watch due to non-beer related circumstances. Alex highlights everything that's right with how Maine Brewing Company treats their employees while Founders continues to flounder. Plus, more Dumb Beer Laws and Michael opens up to the audience about his deepest thoughts and insecurities. Head to our Patreon for weekly Small Batch episodes! DontDrinkBeer.com Patreon.com/DontDrinkBeer Instagram.com/DontDrinkBeers Instagram.com...
Nov 14, 2019•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 72
It's a beer battle for the ages when The Malty Boyz™ put America's finest Méthode Traditionnelle beers against tried-and-true Beligian lambics. They also look into the lawsuit against Founders Brewing and read through the deposition transcript. Kelsey Grammer opens a brewery to the delight of nobody. Head to our Patreon for weekly Small Batch episodes! DontDrinkBeer.com Patreon.com/DontDrinkBeer Instagram.com/DontDrinkBeers Instagram.com/MaltCoutureDDB Twitter.com/DontDrinkBeer DDBquestions@gmai...
Nov 07, 2019•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 71
For this very spooky Halloween episode, The Malty Boyz™ bring in either a trick or a treat for the Bottleshare. Michael discusses his journey to becoming a Master Cicerone. Plus, tales of corporate espionage, Satanic beer cults, and irresponsible scooting in Beer News! Head to our Patreon for weekly Small Batch episodes! DontDrinkBeer.com Patreon.com/DontDrinkBeer Instagram.com/DontDrinkBeers Instagram.com/MaltCoutureDDB Twitter.com/DontDrinkBeer DDBquestions@gmail.com...
Oct 31, 2019•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 70
