Monster Energy buys CANarchy and the Malty Boyz™ hope this means Oskar Blues and Cigar City will get some choice sponsorship opportunities. In other Beer News, Russian River's Pliny the Younger gets a new release date and Marin Brewing Company closes it's doors. Alex brings in massive 21% barleywine that's bottled still, Michael brings is the best ham water to date, and Stephen catches both of them sleeping on some highly recommended rap music. Thanks to New Trail Brewing Co. for sponsoring this episode! Visit New Trail Brewing Co. at NewTrailBrewing.com and follow them on Instagram @NewTrailBrewing! Head to our Patreon for weekly exclusive content! Patreon.com/DontDrinkBeer Get the Malt Couture Officially Licensed T-shirt! TeeSpring.com/MaltCoutureOfficialShirt DontDrinkBeer.com Instagram.com/DontDrinkBeers Instagram.com/MaltCoutureDDB Twitter.com/DontDrinkBeer

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Batch 187: Monster Energy Smashes the CANarchy

Can you buy a hip, gently used brewery with just photos of apes? At Bad Boiz Castle Incorporated LLC we say, "Yeah, bruh. Yeah." Kings & Convicts is at it again purchasing yet another San Diego brewery, this time adding Saint Archer to their portfolio. In other Beer News, SweetWater's big weed overlords look to sell of what's left of Green Flash while Budweiser goes full Willy Wonka with their golden can contest. Alex brings in a saison from a brewery operating like it's 2005, Michael goes into homer mode, and Stephen goes pie-adjacent with a cobbler inspired beer. Thanks to Live Oak Brewing Company for sponsoring this episode! Visit Live Oak Brewing at LiveOakBrewing.com and follow them on Instagram @LiveOakBrewing! Head to our Patreon for weekly exclusive content! Patreon.com/DontDrinkBeer Get the Malt Couture Officially Licensed T-shirt! TeeSpring.com/MaltCoutureOfficialShirt DontDrinkBeer.com Instagram.com/DontDrinkBeers Instagram.com/MaltCoutureDDB Twitter.com/DontDrinkBeer

Batch 186: Bad Boiz Castle Incorporated LLC

Sometimes, a Tweet drops that shakes you to your core and makes you question the reality in which you live in. Pabst Blue Ribbon did just that and now the Malty Boyz™ will never be the same. Listen and find out which of the Boyz welcomes the new ass eating overlords and which one shuns ass eat and refuses to comply. Alex brings in what Evil Twin called their "best beer ever made" while Stephen continues his quest to make Malt Couture a pie podcast. Michael is let down by Drizly. Head to our Patreon for weekly exclusive content! Patreon.com/DontDrinkBeer Get the Malt Couture Officially Licensed T-shirt! TeeSpring.com/MaltCoutureOfficialShirt DontDrinkBeer.com Instagram.com/DontDrinkBeers Instagram.com/MaltCoutureDDB Twitter.com/DontDrinkBeer

Batch 185: Try Eating Ass!

Once again, Alex lights the Malt signal and asks for suggestions of hidden, local gems. The Malt Mavens have spoken and in this batch The Malty Boyz™ will try beers from Goldfinger Brewing Company, Jack's Abby, Godspeed Brewery, and Origin Beer Project before putting them through the Power Rankings. In the Beer News, a man brandishes a gun at Russian River Brewing, Green Flash and Alpine Beer Co. get gobbled up by Big Cannabis, and Sante Adairius keeps the spirit of a historic Oakland beer bar alive. Head to our Patreon for weekly exclusive content! Patreon.com/DontDrinkBeer Get the Malt Couture Officially Licensed T-shirt! TeeSpring.com/MaltCoutureOfficialShirt DontDrinkBeer.com Instagram.com/DontDrinkBeers Instagram.com/MaltCoutureDDB Twitter.com/DontDrinkBeer

Batch 184: Hometown Heroes Part II

Bro, get your peacock on with your steampunk goggles and big, loud hat because the Malty Boyz™ are exploring the game... the bourbon game. In Bourbon News, the Boyz™ discuss NFTs linked to rare bourbons stored in a "vault" to Buffalo Trace going high-tech to combat counterfeiting. Alex brings in a collab between The Bruery and Three Chiefs and gives an update about the status of Three Chiefs. Stephen ends 2021 with wine from Las Jaras Wines and interviews winemaker Joel Burt about the Dr. Steve Brule inspired Sweet Berry Wine. Thanks to Westbound & Down Brewing Company for sponsoring the Bottleshare! Visit WestboundAndDown.com and follow them on IG @westboundanddownbrewingco! Head to our Patreon for weekly exclusive content! Patreon.com/DontDrinkBeer Get the Malt Couture Officially Licensed T-shirt! TeeSpring.com/MaltCoutureOfficialShirt DontDrinkBeer.com Instagram.com/DontDrinkBeers Instagram.com/MaltCoutureDDB Twitter.com/DontDrinkBeer

Batch 183: Make Out Counts and NFTs

It's another Beersmas here in the Maltyverse and once again old Ebenezer Kidd is visited by the ghosts of Beersmas Past, Super Past, Present, and Future. And all he got was a scorpion to eat and digest. That's right, Alex eats a scorpion carcass this episode! Serves him right working Stephen and Michael to the bone the way he does. Alex should have eaten at least two or three more scorpions tbh frfr. Guess that makes him the scorpion king or whatever. Anyway, in the Beer News, Barefoot Wines collabs with Oreos and Side Project release levels of madness ensues and Miller Lite introduces Beernaments that the Malty Boyz™ will pay $1000 for. Thanks to Fox Farm Brewery for sponsoring this episode! Visit Fox Farm at FoxFarmBeer.com and follow them on Instagram @FoxFarmBeer! Head to our Patreon for weekly exclusive content! Patreon.com/DontDrinkBeer Get the Malt Couture Officially Licensed T-shirt! TeeSpring.com/MaltCoutureOfficialShirt DontDrinkBeer.com Instagram.com/DontDrinkBeers Instagram.com/MaltCoutureDDB Twitter.com/DontDrinkBeer

Batch 182: A Beersmas Carol 2: The Scorpion King

The Malty Boyz™ drop into the dive bars of South Dakota to the dive bars of Alabama and learn telling someone "Ur bad" is a flirtatious to tell someone they are good. In the Beer News, a stream in Hawaii registers a 1.2% ABV, Budweiser gets into the NFT game, and Miller High Life releases a gingerbread kit to build your own authentic dive bar. Miller High Life... ur bad. Michael gets put on a jury. Alex revisits an east coast remnant of The Great IBU Wars. Thanks to The Bruery for sponsoring this episode! Visit The Bruery at TheBruery.com and follow them on Instagram @TheBruery! Head to our Patreon for weekly exclusive content! Patreon.com/DontDrinkBeer Get the Malt Couture Officially Licensed T-shirt! TeeSpring.com/MaltCoutureOfficialShirt DontDrinkBeer.com Instagram.com/DontDrinkBeers Instagram.com/MaltCoutureDDB Twitter.com/DontDrinkBeer

Batch 181: Ur Bad

Alex's favorite magazine, Esquire, the official periodical of all lawyers, endorses the opinion that people should only drink half their beer then discard the rest. Does this endorsement hold any integrity? No. In other Beer News, aluminum tariffs threaten to destroy the Ball Corporation unless breweries start ordering no less than 1 million cans. In the Bottleshare, Alex brings in a hidden gem of a barleywine from Wax Wings Brewing Co. that caused a local scandal. Stephen is back on his shelf turd shit again. Thanks to Good Word Brewing for sponsoring this episode! Visit Good Word Brewing at GoodWordBrewing.com and follow them on Instagram @GoodWordBrewing! Head to our Patreon for weekly exclusive content! Patreon.com/DontDrinkBeer Get the Malt Couture Officially Licensed T-shirt! TeeSpring.com/MaltCoutureOfficialShirt DontDrinkBeer.com Instagram.com/DontDrinkBeers Instagram.com/MaltCoutureDDB Twitter.com/DontDrinkBeer

Batch 180: Just Drink Half

Alex speaks it into existence declaring this to be Michael’s funniest episode. Does Michael deliver or does he make Alex look like a fool? How many knee-slapping punchlines will Michael deliver while drinking barleywine from Kros Strain? Will Michael bust out his best roast jokes when talking about the return of the Festival of Wood and Barrel-Aged Beer? What zingers will Michael come up with when discussing Topo Chico releasing their hard seltzer in glass bottles? How hard will Michael burn Goose Island when The Malty Boyz™ drink 2013 Bourbon County Barleywine? What comedy will Michael mine out of revealing a deep rooted truth about Stephen’s Bottleshare beer? Ladies and germs, don’t forget to tip the veal and try the waiter! Thanks to Drake’s Brewing Co. for sponsoring this episode! Visit Drake’s at DrinkDrakes.com and follow them on Instagram @DrakesBeer! Head to our Patreon for weekly exclusive content! Patreon.com/DontDrinkBeer Get the Malt Couture Officially Licensed T-shirt! TeeSpring.com/MaltCoutureOfficialShirt DontDrinkBeer.com Instagram.com/DontDrinkBeers Instagram.com/MaltCoutureDDB Twitter.com/DontDrinkBeer

Batch 179: Michael’s Funniest Episode?

In this Maltterrogation the Malty Boyz™ talk with founder of Keeping Together and Master Cicerone Averie Swanson! Hear about Averie's time as Brew Master for Jester King, moving to Chicago and consulting Half Acre before opening up Keeping Together. Then they dive into discussing her dream collaboration, favorite brewery facility, and the worst beer she's ever brewed. For more bonus content subscribe to our Patreon for weekly interviews, videos, and more! Patreon.com/DontDrinkBeer

Black Friday Bonus: Maltterrogation with Averie Swanson of Keeping Together

Enjoy this bonus Small Batch episode with Becca Scott as she talks about being a correspondent for Magic: The Gathering, hosting board game play thrus and tutorials for Geek and Sundry, and being part of Dr. America. For more bonus content subscribe to our Patreon for weekly interviews, videos, and more! Patreon.com/DontDrinkBeer

Black Friday Bonus: Small Batch with Becca Scott

Enjoy this Mailbag Black Friday bonus episode where we answer spicy questions submitted by Malt Mavens. In this mailbag, Stephen lists his favorite songs by The Mountain Goats while Alex explains Crass to Michael, the Malty Boyz™ discuss funny foods, give advice on how to break it to your beer group that you're tired of the game, and what their last beers would be and with who. For more bonus content subscribe to our Patreon for weekly interviews, videos, and more! Patreon.com/DontDrinkBeer

Black Friday Bonus: November 2021 Mailbag pt. 1

After polling DontDrinkBeer fans about off the radar local gems, Alex sourced beers from four breweries that haven't been featured on Malt Couture yet. For the first time, the Malty Boyz™ try beers from Neubleus Taproom, Barrique Brewing and Blending, The Seed: A Living Beer Project, and There Does Not Exist then give them the power ranking treatment. In the Beer News, Wu-Tang Clan's GZA beer dinner in NYC is back and 450 North cereal bowls go on sale for $175. Plus, a special message from David Hayter, voice of Solid Snake. Thanks to Bissell Brothers Brewing for sponsoring this episode! Visit BissellBrothers.com and follow them on IG @BissellBrothers! Head to our Patreon for weekly exclusive content! Patreon.com/DontDrinkBeer Get the Malt Couture Officially Licensed T-shirt! TeeSpring.com/MaltCoutureOfficialShirt DontDrinkBeer.com Instagram.com/DontDrinkBeers Instagram.com/MaltCoutureDDB Twitter.com/DontDrinkBeer

Batch 178: Hometown Heroes

Alex and Stephen bring the heat when they record together in lieu of Michael who was on vacation. It's all bangers this episode when they pop barleywine from Orpheus Brewing, mead from Schramm's, black lager from Suarez Family Brewery, and a commercial batch of wild ale from Freak Folk Bier. In the Beer News, Larry Bell gets paid when Bell's is sold off to Kirin, a man who hates whiskey amasses a collection of miniature whiskey worth over $45,000, and Sonic's and Arby's get into the alcohol game. Thanks to Westbound & Down Brewing Company for sponsoring the Bottleshare! Visit WestboundAndDown.com and follow them on IG @westboundanddownbrewingco! Head to our Patreon for weekly exclusive content! Patreon.com/DontDrinkBeer Get the Malt Couture Officially Licensed T-shirt! TeeSpring.com/MaltCoutureOfficialShirt DontDrinkBeer.com Instagram.com/DontDrinkBeers Instagram.com/MaltCoutureDDB Twitter.com/DontDrinkBeer

Batch 177: 2 Malty Boy Power Trip

Behold! The most immersive experience in all of beer! Augmented Reality brought to you buy Coors! Eat this turkey leg! In the Beer News, Stone closes down shop in Napa amid rent disputes and Idaho's bourbon shitlords have the fate of their secondary industry left in the hands of the Idaho State Liquor Division. Lager powerhouses, Wayfinder, Bierstadt, and Heater Allen, combine forces to collab on an amber lager. Then the Bottleshare gets canned with offerings from Elder Pine, Oxbow, and Homage. Thanks to Pelican Brewing Company for sponsoring this episode! Celebrating 25 years of amazing beers! Visit PelicanBrewing.com and follow them on Instagram @PelicanBrewing! Head to our Patreon for weekly exclusive content! Patreon.com/DontDrinkBeer Get the Malt Couture Officially Licensed T-shirt! TeeSpring.com/MaltCoutureOfficialShirt DontDrinkBeer.com Instagram.com/DontDrinkBeers Instagram.com/MaltCoutureDDB Twitter.com/DontDrinkBeer

Batch 176: Eat This Turkey Leg!

After 7 years of being anonymous, 1.5 million words written about beer, and preaching the gospel of Barleywine is Life, Don't Drink Beer's Alex Kidd gets into the deep, dark world of podcasting. Joining him are his co-hosts, comedy writers and performers Stephen Loh and Michael Gabriel. Together they explore the absurd underbelly of the craft beer world while also discussing movies, music, video games, pop culture, and their sad, basement dwelling lives.

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