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After The Final Pour - S7E12 - Foregin Exchange "Aliena" (feat. Nik White and Afro Beer Chick)
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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
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Transcript
Introduction and Host Team
00:00:30
Speaker
When life gives you an empty cup
00:00:45
Speaker
Welcome to After the Final Pour, brought to you by the Malting Hour. I am one of your hosts, Tony Golic, joined Always With Brandon Weninger. And in the back with the green white sock shirt. Clark. And sitting at the bar, sipping on some water, chewing on some honey roasted peanuts. Denny. And our special guest from the Neat Pour podcast.
Beer Discussion: History and Tasting Notes
00:01:08
Speaker
Afro-beer shit! I was looking at Nick first, but that's okay. Hey, I'm Nick.
00:01:14
Speaker
I can't follow that. I know. That was pretty good. Actually, I wasn't looking at Nick, but I should have. I should have glanced at you first. Aren't some amazing women? Yeah. I'm sorry. Sorry. How are the honey roasted peanuts over there? It's good? All right. OK, good. All right. So Brandon, you have held on to this beer about a year now, right? I think it's only been a year since this beer was released. Has it been? I don't know.
00:01:38
Speaker
Has it been? I don't know. I feel like it's been longer than that. 2020. 2020? Ooh, two years. OK, sorry. Sorry, Dan. Welcome to the episode. You walked away when you were about to record. You sat down. You're sitting here like you fucking own the place. Hey, I'm like a fucking. Leave him alone. OK. Drink the beer. Sorry, sorry, sorry. Clark, why don't you tell everybody what we're drinking? Do you have it in front of you? Thank you. Yeah, it's a Russian imperial stout brewed with Madagascar vanilla beans. That's it? That's it. What's the name of the beer and who's it from?
00:02:08
Speaker
You're going to say the name of the beer. No, I'm not. Dick, what's the name of the beer? Alina? Sure. A-L-E. Yeah, Alina. I thought it was A-L-I-E-N-A. Take it easy. Take it easy, Sean. Yes, from Foreign Exchange. What's the, do you know the ABV on it? Because I can't, my old man, I just can't see this. 12. It's not Braille age, it's just a big imperial pastry stuff. Here we go. It's been a while since I've had this. Two years.
00:02:34
Speaker
It's been a while. It reminds me of Great America for some reason.
Experiences and Comparisons
00:02:39
Speaker
Gurney, Illinois. OK. This is my second time dating. It looks like, oh, you're getting peanuts. It looks like you're about to make yourself up. What? Where's the water? God damn. So I bought this beer back in 2020. Actually, you know, before you get into that story, Brandon, what are your impressions on this?
00:02:58
Speaker
um it's thick it's chocolaty border lining on that um like baker's fudginess um i'm getting slight vanilla not too much um but just a massively thick beer um and and at 12 percent like yay it's impressive
Flavor Experiments and Impressions
00:03:22
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Shalanda, please stop moving your right wrist. I like it. I like it. I'm not shaking the fucking brain. I'm just. Oh, my bad. Clark, is this your first time having this? First time. What do you think about it?
00:03:36
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I like it. I agree with Brandon. It is thick, but I don't know what it is. I don't know if it's the peanuts in my mouth and something with the vanilla, but like I'm getting something I've eaten at an amusement park. Interesting. Yeah, I think I could have avoided the honey roast. Yeah. Well, it's bringing me back. It's fun.
00:03:56
Speaker
Um, Shockwave. It is, it's sweet. I blacked out on Shockwave twice. However, if I was making a beer cocktail out of this, I would make a milkshake with this one. It's just how thick it is. A bourbon stout milkshake. I don't know how much is left, Brandon, but I might be able to make some ice cream probably enough.
00:04:14
Speaker
Yeah, that sounds pretty good. Have you had this before? No, this is my first time. Nick, throwing over to you. Yeah, it's very much like birth cake kind of vibes underneath there, underneath this viscous... Have you had this before? Never. Never. I've only had Kitty White. No, it's birth cake. I like birth cake. Birth cake is kind of... It's a birthday cake! No, he said birth cake. You said birth cake. That's a birthday cake. A little birth cake sounds like... Nobody's trying to have a birth cake. I knew what you meant. I'm getting birth cake.
00:04:47
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I feel like nobody here has given birth but me. I can speak on birth cake. Nick's had birth cake. I'm here to tell you. I'm here to tell you. By the way. You smell algae before and what is birth cake?
00:05:04
Speaker
All's I know is that it's giving birth cake. My wife has another kid, and there's birth cake, and I have a problem. What is a birth cake? Where's the birth cake? I'm adding all my fellow moms. What the fuck is a birth cake? In some cultures, the placenta is the same. I was setting them up for that. I was waiting on them. I was waiting
Texture and Flavor Debate
00:05:26
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on them. You tossed the pitch, and Dan was like, here we go.
00:05:29
Speaker
I'm smart. I have lots of travel channel. What's the name? Zimmerman? That's what happens when you're with a room full of mandrick and beer and they're talking about birth and cake and none of them have given birth. I gave birth. When? I'm talking about off mic. This is my second time. This is my second time having this. This is not as thick as I remember. No, it isn't. No, it's actually like
00:05:57
Speaker
It's still like a very thick, viscous beer, but man, from what you and I were talking about, Dan, you and I remember having this. It was like sludge. Yeah, it was not, it was rough. This is if hot chocolate was a beer. Yeah, this is actually like, I get, as far as vanilla goes, it's like, you guys ever make your own vanilla extract before?
00:06:20
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Yeah a tincture. Yeah, and you've tasted if you taste it like over time and like yes That's what this is like fresh vanilla extract like over Overload in inside a beer like and I love vanilla beers vanilla stout specifically But that it's like a fresh vanilla extract in here, which isn't terrible It's too much for but yeah, it's it's it's a lot it there's there's it's missing It's kind of missing a balance of the beer and the vanilla for me and it's on that wolf pack too sweet
00:06:54
Speaker
Are we talking Tahitian vanilla beans we're talking Papa, New Guinea we're talking More of a Papa, New Guinea myself
00:07:10
Speaker
What's the perfect one? I'm a Madagascar guy. I'm a Madagascar guy. I'm a Madagascar guy. Which movie is your favorite? Madagascar 2. I like to move it. Isn't that what it's called? Madagascar 2 electric boo-la? Okay, tell me. I'm going to cut the sweetness.
Creative Beer Pairings and Ratings
00:07:26
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OK. Yes. OK. Now, I think for the first time tonight, I think. Is there anything left in the bottle? Yeah. That's done? OK. So I'm going to do. Because I was going to go on stage. I'm going to do what Chilanda did. Join the club. Please, sir, can I have some more? That cut the sweetness. I was asking her to give me the shot. Oh, the shot? All right. So I got it. I want a drink, or I'll go. You tell me.
00:07:50
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You guys are meant to be Drake, man. Drake wants to be Drake. Three. Tony is drinking, excuse me, pouring more into Brandon's glass. I don't want one, can you cut my sweetness? I got you. I love being the bartender. Tony is now pouring more into Nick's glass. You tell me when to stop, Nick. All right, okay, okay, okay, thanks. That's six to four ounces. You can't say okay, okay, okay. Okay, thanks was the stop, right? Okay, so I got it. Okay, nevermind. I take back how I reacted right now. Tony is a horrible bartender. Clark, can you tell me when to stop? Come here, I'm going to ask for more to give.
00:08:25
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and that's been my commentary back to the show all right welcome back to after the final pour we did pour a little bit of what do we pour in here i'm the journeyman distillery i said that distillery not a king rye to cut some of the sweetness
00:08:43
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And? I'll pour a little too much in it, I think. You've done that before. Huh? That's good. What did you say? That's good. See? That's good. Yeah. It's good. It needed a splash. I poured like a half a shot into like the little bit. How shaded you are. It needed a sail. You know what, Shalonda? It's enough. Shit. That's what Nick says on time, but whatever.
00:09:06
Speaker
Well, Nick and I have been at the real Wheeling. I just turn on peacock and start watching old wrestling. Oh boy. Anyways, we're gonna go through... Clark, how many Madagascar movies would you give this?
00:09:28
Speaker
Again, which Madagascar movie? Two. Still working with two? Still working with two. Electric Boogaloo. Three, three eight. Three eight Madagascar two Electric Boogaloo. Correct. Okay, well, how many would you get it with the whiskey that you had? Did you put whiskey in it? I was done with mine before we got the whiskey, unfortunately. Oh, Clark, well, you're in luck, because there's a little bit left in here. I just want to dream about what it would taste like. Got it. Got it.
00:09:55
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Dan, how many mascot... How many Madagas... I haven't seen them. You think I saw it? I have a 22 year old daughter. I don't even fucking never seen any of the Madagascar films. She was younger when they came out.
00:10:10
Speaker
Me too, Brian. One o'clock. I'll be whoever you want. Oh, Jesus. I got to give this a three. Madagascar 2 Electric Boogaloo. Three of them? Three. Do you like it more than the last time? Yeah. Yeah. I still don't like it. OK. Brian, how many Madagascar 2 Electric Boogaloos would you give this before the shot? How many ring-tailed lemurs would you give it? I'm 375. With the shot.
00:10:41
Speaker
Is it because Shalanda's here and she told you to do it? No. No, I think the... It's okay if you say that, yes. The four made it like a good barrel-aged thing for me, so... Yeah. Alright, alright.
00:10:52
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Nick, how many Madagascar 2 electric boogaloos would you give this? You know, it's got some redeeming qualities. And just because the whiskey, you know, gave it a boost means it's something that had to be good there to begin with. So I mean, I'll go a solid three four on the base. I mean, you know, it was very rich, but it had some it had some
00:11:12
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Some fun stuff going on in there. What about with the shot that Shalanda suggested for us? I'm with Brandon. I go solid for her. I enjoyed it a lot with the shot actually. Yeah. It was pretty good. Shalanda? Women's are always last. I'm without the shot. Last one I'll leave. Last one I'll leave. You go and save the best for last. Let me see. Thank you. Thank you. This is my favorite podcast ever.
00:11:37
Speaker
Without the shot goes in your mouth. Okay, so without the shot I'm gonna give it a three. Nobody wants to talk to Dan. Sorry, what'd you say? Without the shot I'm gonna give it a three. No, I take the back. Without the shot I give it a 2.5.
00:11:54
Speaker
Really? 2.5? Me and Josh. We're talking Madagascar movies. She fucking hated Madagascar. I love the movie. The penguins are great. But with the shot, I'm gonna give it a four.
00:12:14
Speaker
Because for me- So wait, we went from a two to a four? The reason why is because the older I get, the less, I don't like it, it's super sweet. Sweet, okay, fair enough. I don't like to feel like I'm drinking cavities when I'm drinking a stout. So, but when I put the whiskey in there, it cut that sweetness, it gave it more layers, so I'm gonna give it a four. Definitely. If I had to give it a rating of Madagascar two,
00:12:39
Speaker
Electric Boogaloo. I'm going to base here. Thank you, Braden. I appreciate that. I love doing the show with you. Brutally honest. Number one, Clark can go to hell for judging me on my bartending skills.
00:12:54
Speaker
Yeah, well, actually I do want to point out the second Madagascar is actually Madagascar escape to Africa.
Humor and Movie Comparisons
00:13:00
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So it's not electric. Should we do this again one more time? How many Madagascar? No, if basing it off the last time I had it without the shots, I'm going to say 3.75, but I'd still want to share it with somebody. Like I don't, I can't, I can't drink the full bottle of this. I want to share it with somebody. And that's that with the shot.
00:13:23
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I'm gonna do a 3.5. Went down. I went down. I think it's because I poured too much. At least half an ounce. Yeah. I did not need the shot in there. I thought it was okay, but Chilanda, that was... Your other recommendations this evening were fantastic. I just didn't care for that one. That's so good. Thank you. I think it was breaking too. Oh, I always mix up Madagascar and breaking.
00:13:53
Speaker
Oh geez your fucking Instagram name is hip-hop's and you okay He's 17 he said He was still born in
00:14:18
Speaker
Absolutely breaking two is better though. I gotta be honest my personal opinion Breaking two they were like fixing the school breaking Street dancer named ozone in that movie
00:14:34
Speaker
Nick and I are going to have our own movie podcast now coming up. So that'll be called... First of all, no. Nick could not. You want to know why? Because Nick falls asleep. That's fine. I'll be like... No, no, no, no. I'll fill him in on the end. I'll tell you about the first half hour. I don't want to second half. Our first date. Done.
00:14:50
Speaker
Our first date, Nick fell asleep. Two dudes watch one movie and piece it together. Like, wait, Nick, I don't understand why this was happening. He wouldn't understand it either. No, he would, because he can tell me the beginning and I'll tell him the end. No. No, first of all, he can tell you the first two minutes and then he's knocked out. We went to go see Michael Jackson. This is it.
00:15:08
Speaker
And they had those seats that let up. You know, the arm lets up. You can't go all the way. And that was it. It was game over. We were talking about very first date. And he falls asleep. I'm like, OK. He's like, oh, that movie was good. Like, how would you know? Your ass had to sleep. Maybe if he had some blue cheese, he would have stayed awake. What the fuck? Two dudes. Tony understands me, man. Nick, your voice sounds good for you. Nobody's going to get that until the 100th episode. Thanks, Tony. This is coming out after the 100th episode.
00:15:36
Speaker
All right, Clark. Hey, man. Thanks for showing up again. You're welcome. And thank you for correcting everybody on what Madagascar do. Yeah, I do also want to point out a pair. I still haven't seen this movie, but apparently there's a guy named Michael Boogaloo Shrimp Chambers. Yeah! That's where Tony was confused with the electric boogaloo. Yeah, well, isn't there somebody in Madagascar almost named the exact same way? Yeah, you gotta watch it, Clark. Oh, Michael Shrimp? Yeah. Is there shrimp in Madagascar, too?
00:16:03
Speaker
Michael the Shrimp. I remember the penguins. I'm dancing with the penguins. I'm pretty sure that's how the song goes. Dan, good to see you. Brandon, I'm gonna save you for last. Shalanda, thanks for joining us again. Thank you. So great. You haven't been on After the Final Four.
00:16:24
Speaker
No, I haven't. This is your first day after the Final Four? It is. Wow. It only took you four episodes, and it's Nick's first episode. I mean, it only took you four hours to invite me to the Final Four. That's true. That's my own favorite, isn't it? Tony didn't invite me. I love how you skip over me when I said that. Yeah. Nick, you're welcome back anytime you want, man. You sound great, by the way, Tony. Hey, man. Thanks. Right back at you,
Closing and Social Media Invitation
00:16:45
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buddy. Sounds good about the eye. Brandon, love you, buddy. Love you, too, bud. I can go to hell. We'll see you guys next week. Thanks. Bye.
00:16:54
Speaker
This has been The Malting Hour. Be sure to follow us on all social media by searching The Malting Hour and at themaltinghour.com. You can also follow us individually on social media. Brandi can be found on Instagram as bmdub81, on Twitter, bdub81, and on Untapped as bdubdrinksbeer. Tony can be found on Instagram and Untapped under Ace of Hope Chicago. On Twitter, The Ace of Hope Chicago. Clark can be found as Clarkowski on all three.
00:17:22
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