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Episode 181 - Mystery Beers 2026
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This week Tony, Matthew and Brandon take turns surprising each other with mystery beers to see if each one of them can figure out what they are drinking.
Theme music provided by Myke Kelli (@mykekelli)
Outro provided by @FluidMinds
Check out all our episodes at www.themaltinghour.com
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Transcript
Introduction to The Maltang Hour
00:00:06
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What's the haps on the hops? Got yeast, that's peace. This the molten hour where we talk about our drink and tell you what we think every other week. And if we get drunk, well, we might slur our speech. Got the gift of gab, the friends who wish you had.
00:00:18
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Join us for a drink. Join us for a laugh. Time is never wasted. When you're getting wasted, the molten hour here. People, people taking places. People, people taking places.
00:00:32
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Welcome to the Maltang Hour. am one of your hosts, Tony Gullick, joined all plays with Brandon Winninger. And to his right, my left, Matthew Molenauer. you guys doing? Doing great. I'm doing fantastic.
00:00:44
Speaker
You married us for leaving while you left us?
Reminiscing Past Episodes
00:00:47
Speaker
What? When we hit the road and and when you hit the road and and we did a super special episode. You stayed in a fancy hotel. oh We slept on the ground. We recorded off of one mic and I tried my best to make it sound good.
00:01:00
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Oh, I did see it. I saw the picture with the mic. I'm like, what are you recording on? You got to hear the intro and the outro. They're pretty funny. The music wise. I had new songs for it. Did you have Homeless Tim on it? Yeah, Homeless Tim was on it.
00:01:13
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And then as I was trying to edit it, I realized you never said Tim's last name from G5.
00:01:20
Speaker
I'd have to look it up. What's G5? A brewery that is pretty much like Old Irving that we need to go up to and hang out at. Where? Beloit. So just across the border. Nobody nobody fucking goes to Beloit.
00:01:35
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You do when you're going to Madison.
Mystery Beer Concept
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Nobody goes Beloit. You drive through it as fast as you can. It was really beautiful. Sorry to all our Beloit listeners. Being up on the hill though.
00:01:47
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True. You can see great storms roll on through. I don't think I've ever been to Beloit. I've been to Beloit before. Yeah. But I don't know why. I'm just joking. Probably drove through when you were going to Beer, Bacon, Juice Fest. Yeah. Maybe. It's possible. don't know.
00:02:01
Speaker
I don't remember which way we came. The only thing I know is we stopped at... Moore. Moore. That was awesome. And then made our way up there. then did we get And then we stopped at New Glarus right away. Yes. because then We couldn't do that this time because they're still doing control because we did that and then we went straight up to Madison where our hotel was.
00:02:20
Speaker
Which was the coolest hotel and the coolest little barbecue place right next door with Pappy. Yeah, Pappy. It did have Pappy. Anyways, how have you guys been? um As I said before, since you've asked that question, lovely. I'm just trying to reiterate.
00:02:39
Speaker
The last 20 seconds, awful. This is the worst time of my life. Now I know how you feel. Shut the fuck up, Matthew. Anyways. No, the caffeine's awesome. ah Great. um So we decided to get back together and to do an episode and we've been gone for a little bit. Our lives are a little hectic, but we appreciate you guys still listening.
00:02:59
Speaker
This week we are doing something we've done before, but this time, is it a little different than before? don't know. I don't fucking remember. Anyways, it's another mystery beer episode. was going to say insert applause, but you did it. Because he wouldn't have anyways. It would have just said insert applause.
00:03:16
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I
Tasting Mystery Beers
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love going back and listening to those episodes of all the things I said I was going to do and then just didn't do it. And I'm legitimately excited. I like trying mystery beers. Cool. ah Let's just start. Have some more joy in your life, Tony. i have joy until I see you.
00:03:32
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And it just goes. up um Man, Brandon, I missed you so much. Doing that episode with him, i had to tell him and Tim to shut up.
00:03:44
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You loved it. Twice. i was like, all right, now you guys shut the fuck up. And then i started talking to Tim from G5 asking the hard-hitting questions.
00:03:53
Speaker
There was nothing hard-hitting about Oh my god, I love your beer. It's so good. if You're just like Old Irving. They really are like Old Irving. And the hazy pale ale I had was really, really good. It had... I'm talking about it off mic. Anyways, ah let's start with... Oh, we got a spam risk phone call. Should we answer it and see what they say?
00:04:14
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they done mic? No, they're done. They're done right. All right, so we got some random beers. We're going to hang out, drink these, and I'll start with mine. How about that? Everybody, hand me your glass...
00:04:26
Speaker
Thank you, sir. Okay. This one here. id like what you did there. don't Pour every beer behind the wall of Little Debbie. Interesting. Okay. like what you did there.
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right. Nice little color. Not perfectly clear, but... Nice little color. Ooh. There's some fruit. of fruits. It's like tropical. Mm.
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he's like
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Alright. Yeah, that does smell fruity. so Smells like Hawaiian punch. Okay. Yeah, I was going to say fruit punch. How about a nice Hawaiian punch? Alright, so Tony, what do you want to tell us about it? Nothing. I want you guys to tell me what you are smelling and tasting. I know exactly what's going on here.
00:05:15
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I will tell you guys this. You cheated. You looked at the beer you bought. That would be Actually, I should told the guys that beer on the wall would like, grab me three beers, throw it in a bag. They would totally do it. They totally would.
00:05:27
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going take a sip. I've never had this before. Okay. So it's kind of sour okay along with salty. You're going get a heartburn. No, I bought this.
00:05:38
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I mean, maybe.
Discussion on Beer Flavors
00:05:39
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but I would go Goza right off the bat just because I'm also getting the salinity. It's a Goza, don't you knowza? That was good. Brandon, we missed those jokes. Yeah. see i'm here for So I'll tell you this.
00:05:52
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To me, this really does taste exactly like what it says it is, which I thought was very interesting when I saw it. I went on Beer on the Wall's website today. I was going to, you know, I didn't want to get something that was like, hey, what pale ale is this, guys?
00:06:10
Speaker
Why not? Oh, sorry. Is that what you did? Brandon's going to bust out 3-1-2. I got like six different beers. You tell me what you want to do. I want be shocked. I'm going to bust out the oldest parallel I have, and you've got to guess the year. oh We did that last time. I didn't like that game. Yeah.
00:06:28
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Well, remember on the after the Final Four from Krampus? Trevor and Tim did get the a year and style or the year and variant of the Krampus, which was pretty impressive.
00:06:40
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This might give me a little bit of heartburn, but it is very, I'm not going to say anything else. Matthew, what what do you think we got going on here right now? Yeah, I'm going still a fruit punch on the nose. ah Mildly sour, acidic, um,
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i was If it's going to be something going be like a a silly straw kind of variant name. A silly straw? You know the sour straws? Oh, okay. Gotcha. okay yeah Interesting.
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Don't finish your beers because when I tell you guys where is, then have another sip then you'll have an idea. Brandon's plugging it into ai this is what it takes what bes He is so focused. He has the two fingers on the temple. So, um yeah, my descriptors are very much the same as Matthew's, so I can't Diving. into but I'm literally, it's fruit punch on the nose. I'm i'm getting i'm getting that like salty goes type um feel. ah Also, there's a slight burning in the back of my throat now after the fact.
00:07:50
Speaker
That might be the acidic acid that they used in the in the beer. I think we're all going to die. Maybe. well Actually, I'm just killing you guys. This is hydrochloric acid. The only other thing that maybe i was thinking of was like if that was vinegar, maybe this is some kind of like weird pickle beer. Interesting. Okay. now tell you a no What are you, dumb? almost did i would say this I almost did get a strawberry strawberry pickle beer, but I feel like maybe we've had it before. but I think we've had it before.
00:08:21
Speaker
You've had a strawberry pickle beer? clu I think so. all right I'll tell you this. so It's not fruit punch, but it is a specific fruit. I'll tell you this. well Is it a tropical fruit?
00:08:32
Speaker
I don't know. Dragon fruit. We can buy it here in Chicago. well Is it grown in Chicago? i mean, probably good. I was like, we have a lot of different foreign marcelots here in Chicago. It's a strawberry pickle beer. the I see the fruit punch on the nose.
00:08:52
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He forgot what it was. ah Passion fruit, lychee. I'll tell you this The specific fruit, because it's one specific fruit. It kind of tastes like a candied version of it. a candy version of it.
00:09:07
Speaker
Pineapple. You think that's pineapple? No. Okay, excuse me use your brain. Don't just say things. I will keep saying things until you tell us. That's how this game works. No.
00:09:18
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I want you actually dig deep. Seattle. Tastes like Seattle. I love land. So I'll tell you this. It is not a goza.
00:09:31
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Okay. Does it talk about any salinity? Technically. Okay. The salinity comes from a specific ingredient in this.
00:09:44
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Is it salt? Kind of. I mean, yes. I mean, there is salt, but it's specific. Is it a wild ale? No. No. Is it a Berliner Weiss? No.
00:09:58
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a Okay, so I'll tell you this So you were talking about, you said apricot. There is something Did you say apricot? He did. He said apricot at one point. So there is something in there that also gives that flavor.
00:10:12
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But it's not that specific fruit. It is, but it isn't. That makes sense? When i tell you what it is, you'll understand. Hopefully. Hopefully. Brandon, break them.
00:10:24
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Wait, them are we still guessing the fruit? Yeah, the the specific fruit. Is it peach? No, but I can see that. Is it a stone fruit? No.
00:10:36
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Oh. Is it a berry? No. Okay. Pear? No. No. No. that Yeah, this is like... Is it a fruit?
00:10:47
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Yes. tomato about this I'll give you another... ah It's a big fruit. Don't say my name. Cantaloupe? You're along the same... Shit, what are
00:11:03
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shit what are the other... No, watermelon. It's not durian. Is it watermelon? It's watermelon. Smell it and take another little sip. I got that right away. But also I feel like because knew... I can see that.
00:11:15
Speaker
You are definitely right. like jolly As soon as I think Jolly Rancher watermelon. i mean... Oh, yeah. i got I got the fruit. I understand what you guys said about the fruit punch.
00:11:26
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But knowing watermelon, it tastes more, it smells more like a fresh watermelon, kind of, but then tastes like a candied watermelon. I'm also more used to watermelon beers being a lot lighter. This has a heft to it yeah and a sweetness that typically watermelon beers, like Rev's, like Session Sour with watermelon. It's a very light. i almost By the way, I almost did Rosa for to see if you can figure that Oh, I do like is it.
00:11:53
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So is the brewery in the Midwest? Nope.
00:11:59
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approach two more So there's two more ingredients in this that are not for it. sea salt one of the ingredients? This ingredient has salt in it. You stupid son bitch.
00:12:13
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I'm over it. No, you know you're not. You're dabbing out already? We're like 12 minutes into the fucking episode. Did we say... There's so many beers. Um... We said it wasn't a goes, but is it a sour? Correct. It's a sour ale. It is a sour ale. So it's a fruited sour ale. It's a watermelon sour with two more things.
00:12:35
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I don't think you guys will get it, but we're right about thinking about... Watermelon tahin. Tahin is the second ah ingredient in there. Good As soon as you talked about this, like a little in your throat, like maybe it is spice. i was just to say you guys talked about spice and the salt. So that's where the salt comes from. Yep.
00:12:50
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The last one... That's where I said the apricot would come in. I'm not familiar with this ingredient. Tamarin? No. Alright, well that was my best guess there. That's pretty good.
00:13:05
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Brandon. I'm curious to see if my AI agent has figured this out. Oh boy. Is the brewery Owl Farm? No.
00:13:16
Speaker
Oh, you fucking suck AI agent. Yeah, this is AI. We knew AI sucks. The other one was Whistlepunk Brewing. Also, this is an 8% beer.
00:13:28
Speaker
Okay, so maybe that's more of the heft. but What do you guys think of it overall before we get to the last ingredient? It's really good. i mean, I like it. i like it in this sense of sharing it with small amount of it I think is good. I could not drink a 16-ounce can of this.
00:13:45
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I also think knowing about watermelon tahini actually puts my mind more at ease at accepting. yeah Blind tasting it, I was like, salty fruit punch, what is going on? Yeah, watermelon tahini is the greatest combo in the world. I just discovered that.
00:14:01
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Oh my gosh, excuse me. Yeah, so I was like, I like it a lot more after, but I don't necessarily like the heft of that 8% body and sweetness is a little bit too rich for me. Do they sell Martin House Brewing here?
00:14:15
Speaker
ah the It's not Martin House, is it? It is. A lot of watermelon?
00:14:23
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That is it. lot of watermelon-nada. Watermelon sour with tahin and chamoy. Yeah, that is it. Way to go, AI. Stop using AI. Hey, I'm the one with the computer. yeah so jamoy is I was just curious to see if i could if I could actually nail it down with the descriptors. Oh, I think absolutely.
00:14:42
Speaker
So, chamoy is a popular Mexican condiment made from pickled fruits like mango, apricot, or plum with chili peppers, salt, and lime. I do say i love, i do like tahina and watermelon. Absolutely. I just found that out this summer that that is a thing. and How did you, but I swear to God, like, pandemic-wise, I must have sent you a thousand Tic Tac videos of people putting tahina. Here's the thing. We have low-sodium tahina at work, and so I bring watermelon to work and eat it as a snack during in the day.
00:15:10
Speaker
But yeah, overall, we got this. So it's a watermelon sour 8% with tahini and tamoy. What do we think about this beer overall, Brandon? Let's go with you.
00:15:22
Speaker
How many watermelon seeds are you going this? For knowing what it is and um
00:15:30
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how... I will say this is perfect in like a five-ounce pour. I don't think I could do like a full... Because it would just be too... I don't know. Too much. 60-dose and it definite looks like It almost looks like a Rick and Morty day can almost. um I'd give it a solid four though. like it's it is It's exactly what it is. Knowing it's a watermelon, tahini, and chamoy, that nails it.
00:15:56
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But I do like the fact that You know, because we went in, it smelled like fruit punch, but saying, you know, the candied, it tastes like, you know, candied watermelon. Like a watermelon Jolly Ranch. Yeah. Yeah. almost um yeah Solid four for me. yeah Matthew?
00:16:14
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For knowing what it is, it is exactly what it says it is. It'd be great in one of those tasting boards where I could get that four ounces. Yeah. And you'd read on the menu and you're like, I need to try that.
00:16:24
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And then the four ounces would be good enough for me. ah So I'm going 3.5. Like, it's it's definitely solid. It's just not something I would go back to. I'm... ah that I totally, totally get it. I will say this.
00:16:37
Speaker
I'm with Brandon. I might go a little higher, like 4.1 because i do really like it. And... Definitely want to get like another can of it, but I'm not going to drink this on my own.
00:16:48
Speaker
Yeah. It's another beer to be like, it's a fun beer to be like, hey, try this. Do you like watermelon tajin? Here you go. Like a little spice, like a little tartness. Like I was worried that I was going heartburn. I don't have heartburn. What I have instead is the heat. Yeah. Just sitting in my chest from this beer. So yeah. Overall, I'd say. ah got natural heartburn. Yeah. Or unnatural heartburn. Unnatural.
00:17:09
Speaker
Yeah. and What would you... Yeah. It's unnatural. Okay. It is unnatural. I feel like heartburn should be unnatural. No, because that's stuff from your body causing you pain. I know. It's like your your body's doing what it's supposed to do and break you down when it gives you heartburn.
00:17:24
Speaker
Yeah.
Comedic Ad Read
00:17:25
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ah Great job, motherfucker. Great job, Martin House out of Fort Worth, Texas. And this is a super cool looking can. Have you got this from bottles and cans? Beer on the wall.
00:17:37
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This would be good for, i mean, this would be like ah a fun one to have like like when you have people over or something. yeah Like, hey, you want to try something different? like It would really be good. Hot summer night, around the fire, ice cold, sharing with friends.
00:17:53
Speaker
Go good with some tacos. oh I almost got mango beer for tacos to see if you guys can figure that And also, if I was like four light beers in, that's the perfect time for this. Yeah. I mean, this is... what I mean, should we have started with this? Maybe not, but I also... We didn't start with it. I was super excited to see if you guys could figure out what it was.
00:18:13
Speaker
Pallet wrecker. I've wrecked your pro and... All right. All right. Do you want to... Yeah, don't look it. Don't look it. Okay. Trust me, I try not to.
00:18:26
Speaker
Alright, well then, since you went pallet wrecker... I'm gonna go pallet cleanser. hiding so I can't see it. I brought a pilsner. Uh, no, but I am going something kind of odd for ya. I brought a farmhouse.
00:18:41
Speaker
Alright. Haha, I am done. I brought a Kolsch. Give me your glasses. feel like we should rinse these now. I brought a rock. Yeah, you probably should. know what? You probably should know would be good.
00:18:54
Speaker
Pour a little Chicago in there from Old Irving. Yes, Chicago. A hopped water from Old Irving Brewing. This version is Chicago Lime. It's a sparkling hop water. Zero ABB. Perfect to quench your thirst in the hot summer day.
00:19:08
Speaker
Old Irving's Chicago. That was a beautiful ad read. Yeah, this is the ah the new sample batch that we're trying. oh Can we start doing ads for your beers? That'd be awesome. Can you pass? Facebook ads.
00:19:24
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Jeff likes to run Facebook ads from time to time. Hey, Brandon, I'm real thirsty. How about you, bud? I could really go for a Chicago. Chicago? What's that? It's the refreshing lime hop water from Old Irving Brewing. Old Irving Brewing? I thought those guys just make delicious beer. No, no, no, my friend. They also make Chicago.
00:19:42
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And it comes in lime.
00:19:46
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that's pretty good I think we need to help at the end there. but yeah it's pretty good You guys are great at this. i mean We do have faces for radio.
Cookies and Cream Stout Review
00:19:56
Speaker
Mine was really good. all right who's really yeah i am I'm ready, daddy. Please give me nachicagua.
00:20:03
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all right so We got a nice ah straw colored beer. Nice white foamy head. i was like so i will say I had Tony in mind when I picked this beer.
00:20:17
Speaker
Ooh, Tony. what What styles does Tony like? Pale ales? Nope. I mean, you do. I like pale ales. Shut up.
00:20:29
Speaker
If that's an amber, that's not very dark. Is there an amber? don't know. It's an amber lager, isn't it? I'm saying it's an amber lager. You have to answer that. I actually don't know if it's an amber lager. Let's fucking look the camera.
00:20:44
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you Do you want... I forgot what beer I put in the... Jesus. All right, look away. Isn't it an amber lager? Yeah. Yeah. yeah There you go.
00:20:55
Speaker
I saw amber. Amber is the color of my energy. I thought it was just the name of the beer. thought this was Amber's lager. So we already guessed it. No. There's more to it? Oh, yeah.
00:21:07
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That's why it was more interesting.
00:21:12
Speaker
Not that interesting. kind I kind want to sample that for a song now. The reverb on that was great. As long as I get royalties. Absolutely. every bird Talking about reverb, though, did you guys hear that ah ah the Delta 9 is starting in November, going to be illegal in Illinois? Yeah.
00:21:30
Speaker
That's why I just bought 9,000 pounds of it. Why are you buying it in pounds? That's why I switched to... Are you British? Yeah. And that is why I switched to Cracked Cocaine.
00:21:42
Speaker
Cocaine? Cocaine. Okay, so it's an amber lager and then some? Mm-hmm. It's an amber lager now with more lager.
00:21:54
Speaker
Now with more amber. Is it a Jurassic Park amber lager? Is it a thing? don't It'd be cool it was. And it is a local brewery. Ooh. But they don't. City or? City.
00:22:08
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o Old Irving Brewery? No.
00:22:14
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We are doing an amber lager soon, but ah just straight Is Mars? No, but correct area of the city. there honey in this? No. Is there anything sweet in there?
00:22:32
Speaker
Not what people typically think of a sweet. Is there chamoy in there? Is there oats in there? I don't think so. Is there boats in there? Boats and hoes? Are there boats and hoes in this beer? You're both on the same page right there. I'm going to what Matthew did. I give up.
00:22:46
Speaker
Already? Yeah, I see. We're only about 10 seconds. I spent like five goddamn minutes with you and your chamoy. I have no placement of how far we are into the episode right now because we're...
00:22:57
Speaker
been recording for a while beforehand, but we are not 10 seconds into the episode. Well, 10 seconds into the taste of the beer, which he's also rocked about, or at least five minutes on the taste of this beer. That's about three minutes and 32 seconds.
00:23:09
Speaker
I'm supposed to have my back. Is it Chicago? No. I don't think so. Chicago, now with alcohol. But...
00:23:22
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I mean, I actually do a lot of chicago ah the Chicago Lime with ah over ice, some mezcal, and some bitters. Real nice. Okay, cool. Let's get back the beer. This a very Cousin Eddie.
00:23:35
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Yeah. Real nice.
00:23:39
Speaker
Cool, Matthew. Okay, so the fruit. Was fruit? Technically. There either is or there isn't. It's a citrus. A citrus,
00:23:51
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well Oh, it's a citrus? Here's the thing. You shouldn't have had us drink Lime Chicago before having a Citrus Amber Lager. Is it lime? There you go. That's why it
Debating Beer Styles
00:24:01
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was funnier.
00:24:01
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Actually, as soon as I took a sip, I go, it's probably fucking lime. Yes. So a Lime Amber Lager. Is Moody Tongue? Yeah. so Oh, shit. No. so so This is Off Hours, of which is remote book theater, which does all of the...
00:24:19
Speaker
The East Coast guys. Do you know Ramoga Theater? No. It's the theater on the south side ah that has... um
00:24:30
Speaker
I can't now. I think of the East Coast brewery that does all the hazies that they had come in and they're the ones who contract brew everything. But they call it off hours for their their brewery. Wait, what?
00:24:41
Speaker
Yeah, say that again. like Wait, is it East Coast brewery that does all the... Like Vermont? Yeah. like on New York. was say New York. Brooklyn? No.
00:24:52
Speaker
Maine? No, I was thinking of Brooklyn Brewery. Delaware? He said New York. said there's Brooklyn and then what's the other one? Six Point hamburg or something? can't remember. This is interesting.
00:25:04
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um Right off the bat, I did like it. And as we're going through it, and when you said fruit, i was like, what? I wish you didn't say fruit right away. i kind of wish I would have got there. You already said you gave up.
00:25:15
Speaker
Yeah, you did. You gave up. i tried to but Ten seconds in. I'll try to be like Matthew. I'm going honest, guys. of course Like Matt. If I could be like Matthew. I respected your wishes. and i ah Other half.
00:25:27
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a Other half. Oh, other half. Yeah, so. I'm glad we all went to fruit so far. Brandon, yours better be Utopia.
00:25:38
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Utopia.
00:25:41
Speaker
Did you give us a glass of brandy? We just get to drink whiskey. Just pour some Taylor. each Guess what bourbon this is. I don't know. So yes, they they actually brought in a mobile canner and ah they did two different beers.
00:25:55
Speaker
ah That they actually can't. This being one of them. The Amber Lager with Lime. Which I believe they also sell at the White Sox Stadium. Oh, a Guaranteed Field? Or is it called Rate Field?
00:26:08
Speaker
It's one of those places. I will say this. um It's very good. yeah i wouldn't have It's tasty. I would have never thought of lime going into an Amber Lager.
00:26:22
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I wouldn't have either, but at least that's why lager ended up making a lot more sense. Yeah. I'll tell you this. If I saw this, I would have definitely tried it and probably would have fallen in love with it as much as I like this right now.
00:26:35
Speaker
It's really good. It's really tasty. The artwork is interesting. What's going on? I believe this is made for all of the White Sox day that they do. is It looks like a hockey puck on there though.
00:26:51
Speaker
It does. There's sports balls on there. Oh, sports balls. There's no football. Sports balls. And and podcasting. Microphone, a fist, a baseball, an Asian gentleman, a football, a baseball, and a hockey puck.
00:27:05
Speaker
There's no basketball. On your feet. Interesting. want to look into that. Brandon, what's your takeaway on this? Amber lager. Wait. Amber lager with lime.
00:27:19
Speaker
I quite enjoy this. um This is one, like, I can definitely have a full one of these. yeah um
00:27:28
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Are we rating? Yeah. How many toes are you giving this? It's called On Your Feet. Oh. um i I'm like four and a half. This is, it's a solid beer. Yeah. Yeah. I enjoy it.
00:27:40
Speaker
Mateo. Yeah. I'm with a four, too. For me, i think it makes sense. There's a lot of... Four, two, or four as well? 4.2. Okay. Percent alcohol.
00:27:53
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No, that's 4.9. ah four point 4.9? nine Yeah. yeah Brandon's wasted. He had an A now for a week. But and for the last two years, a lot of breweries have been doing a lot of the just lime pilsners, lime loggers.
00:28:08
Speaker
And so doing the Ember, I actually like it. It gives it a little bit of something more interesting than what you've already seen. I like the lime loggers. There have been some, though, where I'm like, oof.
00:28:21
Speaker
Pithy. Like, I want the lime citrus. I want the lime juice. Yeah. necessarily want pith. And there's some where I didn't even tell there was any lime. Yeah, exactly. This one, I feel like, you kind of get a nice, ah I think...
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00:28:35
Speaker
I don't think there's pith. It's the ah bitterness that you would get kind of from an amber. Like what always say, like tea. You know, like when I have an amber lager, I feel like there's like a tea.
00:28:46
Speaker
like Like when you make tea, or rice tea, there's a bitterness in tea. feel like you get that in an amber. I've said that many times. Have you listened to episodes before when I've talked about ambers? Apparently not.
00:28:57
Speaker
That's why we'll never do another fucking Matthew and Tony hit the road. You'll remember to not do that again. Okay. I think it's Make a new song with Matthew. Brandon's about to get a brand new job and leave us behind.
00:29:15
Speaker
Maybe. Mr. Fancy Pants over here. But if he goes, I go. If Brandon goes, I go with him. I'm going to give this ah four and a half toes as well. This is really good. I like this. I would drink this regularly.
00:29:30
Speaker
I really would. Because i love amber beers and that little bit of lime citrus in there is really, really nice. so Yeah, I'm excited. We did a little pop-up with Chef there. a fucking course. I knew there was going to be a fucking old Irving time. Yeah.
00:29:46
Speaker
That was when we had like the 80 mile per hour winds and we couldn't end up cooking. $80 wings? Yeah. $80 wings. I know what said. 80 mile per hour winds.
00:29:57
Speaker
Yeah. Just joking. Chef charges good money for those wings. Those wings are fucking good. I would pay $80 for those wings. There's some foot pics with him. I'm sorry, what? wait What? On your feet, boys.
00:30:10
Speaker
Speaking of which. Foot pic time. gotta get my feet and take a whiz. And i think it's time for a break. We'll be right back.
00:30:21
Speaker
Wait, what did you say? What what does Brandon do? and Welcome back, everybody. I think that's how it goes. Wait, what does Brandon do? And we're bad back! Welcome back!
00:30:32
Speaker
sir stay your own lady man welcome back everybody To our mystery beer episode. We're, you know, trying some mystery beers. We're surprising each other with beers that we don't know what each other has brought. So far, we've had a watermelon sour with tahini and chamoy. Because Tony doesn't like us. No, come on, man. That was a good beer. Don't be a loser. And then we had an amber lager with lime.
00:31:01
Speaker
It was just so much flavor to start off with. I just wanted to wake you guys up. It's Tuesday, baby. After you complaining about how much caffeine I had? Yeah, I'm trying to bring you down. You just said you were trying to wake us up.
00:31:11
Speaker
Which is it? I'm waking you up by bringing you down. waking you up with the flavors bringing you down with the 8% alcohol. Oh, yeah. Brandon, are you asking AI what you poured for us? I'm pulling up descriptions. Gotcha. Let's get into this.
00:31:26
Speaker
It smells fudgy. It looks fudgy. It's thick. That was Brandon's descriptor. Oh, she thick. Oh, my God. That was like a fudge brownie.
00:31:38
Speaker
Yeah. Holy shit. um We need two more people to finish this. I don't. ah Okay, so it's a stab. Wow. Is it barely...
00:31:51
Speaker
Do think it's barrel aged? It's definitely high ABV. I get a little bit the alcohol, but I don't think it is. I think it is barrel aged. Well, I think barrel aged just because ABV and Brandon stores things forever, so probably has to be barrel aged.
00:32:04
Speaker
no No, I don't know. Brandon's got a bunch of random shit. And it was in the the cooler, which he doesn't put as many. No, but there's barely stuff. that's brandish I am not sure.
00:32:15
Speaker
um so I'll tell you this. While Brandon's looking at it, I feel like there's like a lot of rich cocoa. Like chocolate. I'm getting like big chocolate.
00:32:27
Speaker
Is there a pastry involved with this, Brandon? There is not. Really? That throws my idea right out the window. You know what I thought this was, Brandon? What? A very old Lake Effect Fanny's cake.
00:32:39
Speaker
No. But there is, this tastes like... I wish I had more of those. I mean, this is, yeah, straight like chocolate fudge cake. Yeah, this is fucking good. And I can't, like, I see the, that's, and honestly, when I was thinking that, I'm like, okay, I see the shape of the bottle.
00:32:54
Speaker
But then I was like, Brandon's looking at it. He would know that this was Barry. If it was, like, if Fanny's. Yeah, that's a 500 mil bottle. So i was like, it's not Prairie. um Is it a local brewery?
00:33:06
Speaker
Local, no. Main Brewing. So not in Illinois. Correct. Main Brewing Company. Just going off the bottle. It is within driving distance.
00:33:18
Speaker
Okay. Okay. Like what you did there. Is it from Michigan? Yes. Is it from Transient? Yes.
00:33:32
Speaker
Let him cook. Is it one of those wolf beers where they get the little... I don't know, but why don't we go back to talk about what's... Sorry, sorry, sorry. I jumped in. No, no, no, it's fine. But talking about what's in the beer, because I think once I say what it is... i get chocolate and vanilla.
00:33:50
Speaker
I thought you said there was no pastry, so like... No, there's not. Not like cake, not like a brown. I meant that really is like... He was saying that for the Fanny's beer because they actually put cake in there. But it is a pastry style. I guess you could... I guess you could... Are sugar adjuncts vanilla...
00:34:09
Speaker
Things that are besides the It's a fucking beer, dude. It's sugar. Yeah, but yes, there's there's a lot of things in there. Got it. I thought when he said pastry, you said no i was like, there's no adjuncts in this beer? No, i but... so Okay. It's all flavored by the stout or the the barrels and the blah, blah. It is barrel-aged. I'll tell you this. I didn't know you had any...
00:34:32
Speaker
transient beers lying around so this is one of the beers that i got from somebody who lives around the corner i'm not gonna look at the picture yeah who posted one day he was just like hey anybody want these barrel-aged stouts he's like i don't want them carl and it was just like a ton of them not a ton but it was like eight eight or nine beers and literally just walked around the corner So mean got a bag of them. who watched home So it's a Junie. Is it a Junie beer?
00:35:00
Speaker
What's a Junie beer? It's the type of, there's a whole bunch of beers. It's a series. i don't know that answer. If it's on the, it would be on the label. There would be like a dog on there and it would say Junie something.
00:35:15
Speaker
It does not say Junie. Okay. Then I don't know what to guess. I mean, it's a Junie beer. Is there coffee in here? There is. there is Coffee is not and interesting. Talk about coffee. yeah Let me see if I i want to see.
00:35:28
Speaker
Oh, this is a 2023 vintage. So the coffee may have fallen off slightly. No, I. So when you said it wasn't June. So i I'll be honest. I am using my thoughts of all the transient beers that I've had.
00:35:41
Speaker
And then I started thinking about, oh, and I took another sip before I said, is there coffee in it? There is a... That's where I think the bitterness kind of comes from. Yeah. Because I was thinking dark cocoa, but it's definitely chocolate. Is there vanilla in there?
00:35:56
Speaker
If there is, i don't think it's a lot.
00:35:59
Speaker
But I feel like there is. Where'd you go, picture? Come back. Come back, Allie. Come back, Allie, sister. ah Yes. So vanilla. Does it actually say cacao or chocolate? Cocoa nibs. Cocoa nibs. Cocoa nibs. I was like, there's no way. So you've you've nailed... There's one...
00:36:23
Speaker
two two Two other descriptors or two other adjuncts that you have not nailed. You know what's funny? But think breakfast. I didn't. Maple. Maple. Yeah. Maple syrup. i did It was on the nose. didn't even think that seeing that bottle, they didn't even come into my mind.
00:36:40
Speaker
Yeah. Until we started tasting more of it. Was there cinnamon? No. No. Blueberry. Pecan. Nope. Well, I think like... Bacon.
00:36:51
Speaker
No. I'm sorry. I think like a... I've got to go back. I've got to make sure it's still recording. Think like something you would put on like a decadent French toast.
00:37:03
Speaker
So we said syrup. Powdered sugar? We did syrup, not powdered sugar. <unk> i mean, i don't get any fruit. What else like goes with chocolate and also starts with a C?
00:37:16
Speaker
Cream? Whipped cream? mi cream oh no We didn't see him open the bottle. Oh, no. That's where I got the salty bacon. I did.
00:37:29
Speaker
He helped. Let's see. ah Cheese. Chicken. um shelly moy No, like something, you know, if you were doing like a decadent, like rich French toast, you would pour it over.
00:37:44
Speaker
Chardonnay. Chardonnay. but Champagne. It's a salted version of caramel salted caramel. So salted caramel. Oh, man. Okay, hold on. Let go back.
00:37:58
Speaker
Where have you been where you have salted caramel and French toast? Home. Well, yeah the thing was caramel in general. I could i feel like my brain's searching for yeah salinity. Yeah.
00:38:11
Speaker
And maybe it is there. The hint? I get it, but I feel like... Compared to tahini, there's not saltiness. I'm getting it, but I feel like maybe because I got the bottom of the thing. like I don't know if you want to try this, but like I'm feeling like there's a little bit of saltiness. Once we set it... Because I've got like sediment in my mouth. Yeah, he has a little bit of the... it Probably chunks of caramel. Dude, we what do we have where we had like chunks of caramel like,
00:38:41
Speaker
I was like, I think that might just be chunks of caramel at the bottom. Yeah. Like, a look at that. You should drink that for sure. I'm bathing it. That's really... So, we got chocolate, caramel, vanilla, coffee.
00:38:58
Speaker
What was the other Maple? Maple. And Coco Nibs. I said chocolate, sir. yeah what What beer is this, Brandon? So first I will read the descriptor. ah It's a rye whiskey and maple syrup bourbon barreled aged Imperial Rye Stout.
00:39:15
Speaker
Wow. With vanilla tugboat coffee, salted caramel, Coco Nibs, and maple syrup. Holy shit. The beer, it's 15% alcohol.
00:39:26
Speaker
Wow, we didn't hold back tonight. ah It is Hello Barkness, my old friend. Let me see the label real quick. That's Junie on there, baby, and I've had this before. It's not a Junie beer, but that is Junie. Yes.
00:39:44
Speaker
Oh, man. So their Junie series is really good. It's all like their big Imperial stuff. yeah um I will say this. The last three that I bought when I was up there, other than the old-fashioned one, I was trying to save it for us. That was the best one.
00:40:01
Speaker
And I opened it up when I'm like, ah, fuck this. don't know next time we're recording. I opened it up. That's why I checked it in and I told Clark, I'm like, You gotta get me one. He's like, we're going up in September. You can probably grab another one.
00:40:11
Speaker
This one Once again, going in September. inviting anybody else. This is why nobody likes Clark. Yeah, Clark. Dude, you gotta start inviting these guys. I can't do it. I don't have a say in it.
00:40:23
Speaker
Granted, it's our little romantic trip. Just me and you. doing our thing Sometimes your dad hanging out. Yeah, but not in the house anymore. dad Daddy's got a house for his own.
00:40:33
Speaker
That was just me and... I just ah almost said Brandon. Just give me the address. I'll be there. um Transient does really good barrel-aged beers. and they do like A lot of them focus heavily on Tugboat Coffee and the chocolate and vanilla.
00:40:51
Speaker
yep the This one, though, might... That old-fashioned one is really good. This one, though, is really fucking good. Do you feel... Look at it dripping. Oh, my God. Dude, you gotta heat that. You gotta to heat that. Make sure it's not sediment. Find out if it's caramel.
00:41:13
Speaker
yeah yeah get buy sure With a little camera? like Yeasty shits. Yeasty shits, or is it actual caramel? Both. Looks like a turd in the cup. Let's i zoom in. I will say that...
00:41:26
Speaker
In terms of flavor and everything else, I think this beer is amazing. Yeah. My only little gripe. There it is. saying that okay only little gripe is Older Rivinga.
00:41:39
Speaker
I mean, a little bit. ah But like, rye barrel, like, do you get any rye? So that was when I was like, oh, wow, oh, wow. Because there's it's a rye stout and rye barrel.
00:41:52
Speaker
I get a bitterness, but it's that's not a rye-like spice. No, but but I also feel like all... There's so many sweet adjuncts in there. It just took over. So that's my only issue is that you have a barrel aged beer that you can't find any of the barrel.
00:42:07
Speaker
The flavors are delicious. I found a barrel. I say sa was just barrel aged. But I didn't get rye. I could tell it was barrel aged. I'll tell you this though. i be Had I known it was rye I probably wouldn't have bought it.
00:42:19
Speaker
huh Well yeah because typically you get more of that spice little bit thinner.
00:42:28
Speaker
Matthew's chair is making some weird noises. i don't know if it's his chair or his butthole. Seriously, it's making noises even while you're not moving. like We
00:42:43
Speaker
need a butt mic for Matthew for moment. Can I get the hot mic? You're not wrong, though, about the rye. Hearing the rye, that's why I was like, oh, oh. I'm going to switch chairs. Jesus Christ. Okay.
00:42:56
Speaker
yeah right on your phone face baseally like yeah turn Bring it over. Bring it stand. It's like we're on the road again. It's nothing like when we're on the road.
00:43:09
Speaker
Yeah, your hand's not in his lap. Ayo! Not yet. How did you know? ah yeah If I had read Rye... He's got tracker on his web. Rye.
00:43:19
Speaker
Red Dead Red Dead Red Dead Rye Red Dead Rye Redemption. oh oh that was howard street remember they did that rye ention beer
00:43:30
Speaker
Or talked to Chuck recently. I have. I text him every now and then trying to hook up. And, you know, sometime this year I told him, like, we should all hang out. What up, Chuck? If you're listening, we miss you. We love you.
00:43:41
Speaker
Howard Street forever. Can you make some barbecue? hey Reading the rye in there would have put me off, but I'm happy knowing that I don't taste the rye, and it's one of those things where I'm actually not upset.
00:43:56
Speaker
like you know Sometimes like we've talked about like oh what this beer is supposed to be. i'm not happy about that, or I'm happy about that. For this beer in particular, I'm happy I don't get the rye spice from the rye barrel and the rye stout.
00:44:12
Speaker
So this is a 2023 beer. Does knowing that, like how, like it doesn't fully come through, does, would that make you reconsider like a barrel aged rye? If it had like all these adjuncts in it. I'll tell you this. If they have a 2026 version of this, I would try it. You know what I mean? Like it was the exact same beer and 2026 version of it. I would try it to see how they would want it, how they were trying to present it.
00:44:42
Speaker
yeah And to see if, you know, how many those spices work with this beer. Because, I mean, the adjuncts are very, i mean, we were able to nail those almost right away, except for the caramel. Which is, on the positive, I will say that being three years old, yeah the adjuncts coming through that heavily still, like, amazing job with the adjuncts and the flavor.
00:45:05
Speaker
But to me, that's where, being three years old, you would expect more of the adjuncts to fall away and have more of the barrel Maybe coming through the alcohol. yeah Did it say how long it was aged in the rye barrels?
00:45:20
Speaker
Let's go film. Not on the bottle at least. I really wish sometimes we did film these episodes so people wouldn't watch them. Your view at the looking down and you just go, no.
00:45:35
Speaker
No, why would you ask that? um Two weeks. No. i would I would like to try. i I'm going to look into if they do this often or is this just a one-off?
00:45:47
Speaker
I mean, they do... a whole bunch of them. Like, I mean, Transience Stouts and Barrel Age beers are, if you ever get a chance to go up there in Michigan, definitely stop over there.
00:46:01
Speaker
The tap room's awesome. Their beers are great. um They don't just have big stouts and, you know, hazy IPAs. They do have, i think, some Pilsners and Pale Ales. But yeah, this is this is really good. This is this is up there for me, man. This is like, especially being three years old, even though we're not getting the rye, which to me is a plus, if this this beer right here right now is is perfect.
00:46:31
Speaker
it's It's really good. So, yeah, this might be a multi's. So this is ah according to the AI machine. They stopped this in 2023. This was the last one.
00:46:44
Speaker
And so I asked that bottle was the last one. The one you have. Yeah. That one was the very last bottle. Very last bottle ever made. So what I asked was like how long the the beer was aged. And apparently it's a blend.
00:46:56
Speaker
Okay. Of a Junie and a Buckley Reserve. Okay. So, yeah. So, the Junie component, the base of the beer relies on Trangian's Junie Imperial Stout, which typically...
00:47:07
Speaker
typically Typically matures in standard barrels for 12 to 24 months to get its thick, oaky foundation. Buckley Reserve component. The rest of the blend utilizes a portion of their highly acclaimed Buckley Reserve.
00:47:21
Speaker
Transient often employs an extended multi-aging process. So this could have been that could have been one to two years on that. And then they blended them. Question for your AI machine. Are they sourcing it?
00:47:31
Speaker
Or is this is what the AI machine says? What? Well, I'm like, it could be someone on Untappd who knows the brewery and just spouts off. Oh.
00:47:42
Speaker
And they're like, I think it's this and this. I'm thinking it's probably from... um it tells me the sources untapped and tavor it pulled information from which would be user generated content well yeah it's all well if you go to untapped and look this up i'm sure you're probably gonna grab that information well yeah because it also i'm gonna look it up i'm gonna not trying to defend ai but i do want to know you you are you are absolutely right about like is it pulling it from user what what's this called Hello, Barkness, my old friend. Hello, Barkness, my old friend. I swear to God, I think I probably had this. Oh, I found it. I have not checked it in.
00:48:21
Speaker
It says, bourbon barrel-aged Juni blended with Buckley Reserve 2 with salted caramel, cacao nibs, vanilla, tugboat coffee, and maple syrup. So, i mean, kind of. But it doesn't go into the details.
00:48:32
Speaker
No.
00:48:34
Speaker
No, but that was literally just tells you how long they do the Juni and how long they do the Buckley, and then they just blended them. Where does the...
00:48:43
Speaker
to know where rye comes in. It's got to be the Buckley.
00:48:49
Speaker
No one knows. I'm not looking at it right Buckley's makes the rye bear. Buckley. get some maer Get some brisket. Brisket and Buckley's. Which I do love during the World Cup. Have you seen all the Europeans? Oh, yeah. ah They're going to Buckley's and just loving it.
00:49:06
Speaker
The big thing I saw was that shut up chat up tap up matthew Buckley is aged in a... Buckley number two. What about Brandon? is age and He's fine. Fodor's Crafter's first ever whiskey Fodor.
00:49:18
Speaker
After six months, sort of is that okay whatever it was then aged in maple syrup bourbon barrels to become a double barrel Canuckley, which I've had before. Do you wanna to know what the Fodor is? I want to know where the rye comes in.
00:49:34
Speaker
Where the rye barrel comes in. Because what does it say is the description for this actual beer? Where did you get the rye? it on the bottle? Yeah. It says a rye whiskey and maple syrup bourbon barrel.
00:49:48
Speaker
Aged imperial rye stout with vanilla, tag about coffee, salted caramel, coconut nibs, and maple syrup. We're getting lot of different information here. Yeah. Don't trust the machines.
00:50:04
Speaker
Have you seen Short Circuit? No. Johnny Five? No. He's the one robot you can trust. He's alive. He doesn't want to be disassembled. No disassembled. He thinks Five's a stupid name. Johnny Five's Kevin. He's like, I want different name.
00:50:22
Speaker
Kevin or Dave. And then he's like, Johnny. Johnny Five. And that's how the movie ends. Ally Sheedy, Steve Goonberg. No? I love Who's Johnny?
00:50:32
Speaker
He said, look well in a special way. Who's Johnny? He said. I think we might get it. Los locos kick your ass. Los locos kiss your face. Los locos kick your balls into outer space. Now, granted, the one actor who was not in Indian.
00:50:50
Speaker
I forget his name. The white man. He regrets it. He does regret it. But, you know. He didn't regret the paycheck at the time, I'm sure. Probably should have donated something.
00:51:03
Speaker
Fuck, what's his name? trying to remember his name. Not Indian guy. Damn. So it's not Apu? Okay, that's... You're so racist, man. Dude, what's his name? That's the actor who decided to stop As soon as Grant says it, man, I'm going to be so mad because...
00:51:23
Speaker
know where it is. He's like a little bald white dude now. Fisher Stevens. Yeah, Fisher Stevens. That's the only robot you can trust. And maybe Wally. He played an Indian man. that guy right there.
00:51:36
Speaker
Wally. that's the only machine you can trust. short Johnny Five and Wally. That's it.
00:51:45
Speaker
Did I send you the video of like somebody built a Johnny Five that's going around Astoria? Yeah. Dude, there're all the Johnny Five stuff is great. Did you see my Johnny Five shirt yet? Yeah, yeah, you should be.
00:51:55
Speaker
Did it say Johnny Five? No, it's just a picture of him like this. It's pretty amazing. For all the listeners at home, I looked up to the sky and put my hands in the air. And I got Virginia hands in cartoon version because he wasn't trying to crush a butterfly. He thought a butterfly was beautiful.
00:52:12
Speaker
You mean like the butterfly cookies that Virginia made? Absolutely. One for you, three for Brandon. Is she selling them yet? yeah I'm going to make a proposal. You can take me up on this or not. um This has been a fun episode. Do three beers.
00:52:27
Speaker
Go outside, light a fire, and have a final beer. Sure. If you guys want to. Absolutely. If you guys want to sit in the yard for a little bit. That sounds good. 817. Can I do one more? i have so many fun beers share. Okay. That's fine, too.
00:52:40
Speaker
Okay. Just one. Just a sip. But if we do that, i'm not going to sit in the yard. No, you will. Because it's just a sip. We're going to chug No, because I... It's just a sip when we chug it. I'm going to... All right. I got to go home. I think we do need to... We're trying to go home and have dinner. almost died.
00:52:55
Speaker
You didn't eat before? No, because we did this early. didn't have enough time. I had mac and cheese before. doing my... And coffee. Refried bean tacos. Rancher cut.
00:53:08
Speaker
Okay. You drink it. too
00:53:16
Speaker
There's a little more. Come on. Drink your water. He's always telling me what to do. Drink some. Eat some Takis. I mean, I might. can get you some beef jerky. Okay. So this is my other flavored bun beer. This is coffee. There's coffee involved.
00:53:33
Speaker
Nope. I want to see if you guys can guess. that That's roasted so much that I'm going to taste tin. What is fun about the beer that I am pouring them is what they actually did in the process for this beer.
00:53:51
Speaker
Oh, you know the beer already? is that what it's called? ah is You're oddly close and I don't know if you know it. wow they don't Is it a stout? It is. Okay. I'm okay with that. There's no coffee, so it's all roasted. her yeah that smells Actually, that smells like kind of like fresh wort.
00:54:20
Speaker
It's very sweet. Uh-huh. So... Which is... No, no, i no, no, i know i don't want that i don't want that i don't want that i'm not gonna finish that that's okay we're gonna go to a fire soon that's very sweet which is crazy because we just came off of a baraged pastry stout and the next thing i dream it tastes like fucking sweet tea that's why This is like sweet tea.
00:54:49
Speaker
Well, I think part of it the the sweet tea part for you is because it's not a 15% stout that it's not nearly as thick. But it's so sweet and that 15% stout is sweet. There is a big reason for the sweetness here. Is there honey involved in this?
00:55:07
Speaker
Nope. Is there fucking gallons of sugar? Kind of. okay um I'm really waiting for Brandon to come back and try this. I'm waiting for Godot.
00:55:20
Speaker
Brandon, I need to know what you think about this beer.
00:55:25
Speaker
not going to make face. I'm not going say anything. What the fuck? no I know what your thoughts are, then I'll take my thoughts.
00:55:38
Speaker
He's going back and forth. He's taking big whips. He's pouring a little into his mouth. He's taking a sip.
00:55:47
Speaker
He's thinking about it. He's not asking... Is it? Is it coffee? No. nope Is it tea? Dude, that's what I said. know what I said it tastes like? Fucking sweet tea from the south.
00:56:00
Speaker
Hell yeah. How is this sweeter than the last barrel aged pastry salad you just had? It's not honey.
00:56:12
Speaker
It's very sweet. i mean, that's literally all I'm getting is like sweetness. So I tried their version. jimmy world sweet Is it a stout? yeah It is an American stout. Crazy little America.
00:56:25
Speaker
So they did a cinnamon toast crunch version of this. They should have kept to it. And so I wanted to try it because obviously you do cinnamon.
00:56:38
Speaker
just you know He and I just both slammed water. Lime is an interesting take on that.
00:56:47
Speaker
Mine was regular water. So don't finish it because... I think after I tell you about it, similar to the Chamoy, as soon as you think about it, as I've been sipping it and I know what this is, I'm like, ah, I totally get now. Okay. okay Local brewery? Yes, no. ah Just outside of... Chicago land area? 18th straight?
00:57:07
Speaker
Indiana. 18th straight? No. Three boys?
00:57:13
Speaker
That's where brain breaks. What? Oh, Gnosis. Gnosis. Oh, same one before. Look at you. Yeah, the American... Way to cap end it, dude. You're welcome. I swear to God. Is this the first time you've recorded with me? i
00:57:29
Speaker
Implement my strategies. I know, but you do give us a lot of beer water. ah So, this is American style rested on chocolate sandwich cookies.
00:57:40
Speaker
Because they can't say it's rested a Oreos. What? ah Yeah. Think about it. Cookies and cream. You know what?
00:57:52
Speaker
I kind of get it. I do think it would come through a little more if it was warmer. i mean And this is not terribly cold. But I feel like feel like this one needs to be like straight up room temperature to get that Thicker.
00:58:07
Speaker
Yeah, a little thicker too. Tony says that about everything. It's true. I do love everything thick. You like that, that cream? Don't die. I actually kind of like it. Coming from that thick where that was 15%, I'm really enjoying it. It's not so thick. So I will be, I'm over-exaggerating, obviously, while we're drinking this. It's very sweet. It's very sweet. Now you told me what it is, that makes sense.
00:58:34
Speaker
My problem is it's so... I'm going to go back a couple years. Tony has a problem. I'm going to go back to my friend... Count them. Daniel Hip-Hops. 99.
00:58:46
Speaker
Daniel Hip-Hops. It's aqueous. It's little too aqueous to have that much sweetness. And I do taste the sandwich cookie. What's the ABV on it? three
00:59:00
Speaker
It doesn't on the can, they have a QR code. I believe it's about 7%. Okay, here's the thing. If you're doing a sandwich cookie, you have to have body. This is like if I took an Oreo and like multiple Oreos and left it in a glass of water and I drink it.
00:59:18
Speaker
In my... And then poured sugar on top of it. in my days as a young man, boy, living at my parents' house. young man, boy? And I was trying to give myself the diabetes.
00:59:32
Speaker
Of course. I wasn't trying to, but I was... don't know what is. But one of my favorite things in the world to do was take a whole sleeve of Oreos, put it into a glass, smash it up, pour some milk over it. Yeah, milk, I get it. And then I would just eat it like a slurry. Yeah, that sounds good.
00:59:47
Speaker
this is and then I would throw up all over my body. This is the same idea, except you took tap water and did the same thing.
00:59:57
Speaker
No, i you know what? I would say... For me, it's like if you took the thinnest body stout and just poured it over this. 6.5. This needs to be... needs help.
01:00:13
Speaker
And not in the flavor department. like When you drink something this sweet, you need a thicker profile. You need more mouthfeel. Yeah.
01:00:24
Speaker
Flavor-wise, this is not a terrible beer. Like, it it you know, knowing what it is now, like, it kind of nails that. But, like, I feel like it just needs to be a little bit of a thicker boy. And then, like, you know, up the ABV to, the like, 12% 13%, and then you get yourself a party.
01:00:41
Speaker
Okay, sorry. This one's actually 5.8. Just canned on 62. It's getting worse. ah We also added a variant for the debut of this Ohm Stout series, Cookies and Cream.
01:00:51
Speaker
The special version of our Ohm Stout was rested on chocolate sandwich cookies, infusing with decadent flavors of creamy goodness. Savor the rich notes of chocolate and vanilla with every sip and let the nostalgia of one of your favorite chocolate hookies childhood cookies take over.
01:01:15
Speaker
And obviously, the community disagrees with Tony. It's 4.2 on What would happen if we took this beer and French pressed it with some Christmas cakes?
01:01:27
Speaker
Dahlia. Your blood sugar would spike so far. Let's do it. Let's go have a beer at the fire and let this rest on some cooking. Let's go ahead and rate this. Let's go ahead and rate this one.
01:01:40
Speaker
We don't have to because it's not going to be good for me. I actually quite like this. i'd say four for me because it tastes exactly what it's supposed to. Tastes like sweet tea.
01:01:52
Speaker
It tastes like... Yeah, but I feel like this was a bad one to come off of from the last one because there was so much flavor in that. But once I knew what it was, so like 375 just because I know like once I knew what it was supposed to be.
01:02:09
Speaker
Again, it wasn't coffee or... Although I did get, like, once you said sweet tea, I'm like, oh, I see where you're going there. but And it's only because the body is so light on it. Like, it's got that sweetness, but, like, yeah, the body was weird.
01:02:23
Speaker
See, I think that's actually, I've been missing lighter stouts with flavor. you mean You're missing lighter stouts with fucking diabetes. Yeah. Yeah.
01:02:33
Speaker
This is a tooth. o This is not good. I'd be interested to see your take on it, like, without having anything else.
01:02:44
Speaker
Sure. I'm willing to do that. I'm willing to come back on the show and do it. If you're invited. what yeah Because I murder you both in the next two minutes.
01:02:56
Speaker
That's why I want to go out to the fire. I'm not trying to be a dick, but this one is not for me. um i I am over-exaggerating, but it's not for me. It's very sweet. And then when you said the sandwich cookie, I was like, yeah. It's just very light, and it does just kind of remind me of like, oh, not sweet tea, but if an Oreo was in water, and then I drank the water. If Oreo had a baby that drowned.
01:03:19
Speaker
And say that. Jesus. Yeah, it's just not for me. Going where your brain's going. But, like you said, Matthew. To me, it's way better than giving me tahine and salt on a watermelon to start off the episode.
01:03:31
Speaker
Fuck that. That tahine watermelon blows us out of the water. In terms of you wrecked all our palates, yeah. So you would drink this over that any day of the week? Oh, yeah.
01:03:42
Speaker
You're off the show. You're out of here. Matthew's gone. Matthew, thank you for being here. That's when Tony was murdered at the fire. i it I know. Let's go to the fire, guys. It'll be fun. Who are the fire guys? It'll be fun. Trust me. ah that was good That was good. Thank you, you guys, for those beers. That was a lot of fun to do ah Matthew, thank you as always.
01:04:06
Speaker
You're not welcome. Brandon, you're welcome. love you Tony. Give me one of those cans in there so I can fucking chuck them in the alley and watch them explode. go but Take this transient bottle and just smack Matthew in the head. Help me murder him before I murder you. I mean, whatever.
01:04:24
Speaker
Murder him first, please. Okay. don't watch him There will be no murder. i want to watch him dead All three of us are dead and all of a sudden this podcast now is a Netflix documentary. It gets taken over my AI! What happened?
01:04:37
Speaker
That would be a fun mystery. I don't want to die. Matthew, love you. see you next time. Brandon, love everybody. Love you too, man. We'll see everybody next time. Bye. Cheers.
01:04:51
Speaker
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01:05:05
Speaker
Until next time, cheers.