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After The Final Pour - S8E78 - JW Lee's "Harvest Ale 2007" (feat. Matthew, Trevor and Tim of OIB)
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This week Brandon breaks out at 16 year old Barleywine for us to try with the guys from Old Irving Brewing.
Beers description:
Released in limited quantities in December, Harvest Ale gives a rich, strong flavour, beloved by beer connoisseurs. It can be laid down like a vintage wine for enjoying in later years.
Thanks to Kevin and Deb Goggin for the theme song.
Outro music by Fluid Minds
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Transcript
Introduction to After the Final Four Podcast
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When life gives you an empty cup Just crack a smile and fill it up, fill it up Welcome to After the Final Four, I'm one of your hosts, Tony Miller.
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Brought to you by the Malting Hour, joined always with Brandon Winniger. Brandon, we've got some fun friends with
Annual Tradition with Burial Age Beers
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us. We just did the Krampus episode and as tradition has followed for the last year, now we're on year two of doing this and we're gonna keep doing this. We have to do it after the final four with you guys because when you do a whole bunch of Burial Age beers, which always blows my mind because there's five of us,
00:01:14
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And we did five beers, and we definitely, I mean, we basically drank maybe like one. It's one each. It sounds like nothing. I feel like maybe I had a little bit more. I mean, oh, well, that's right. There was two different bourbons of all. I'm joined with, to my left. Trevor Rose Hamblin. And to his left. Matthew Moldhauer. And his left.
00:01:33
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Thank you guys again for joining us.
Mystery Beer and Family Jokes
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Brandon, are we taking a sip of this? You poured a mystery beer. I don't know if anybody saw it. I didn't see it. I think Tim finished his. I stole a little bit of Trevor's. I was never aware that we were doing things. Not going to be in the beginning of this.
00:01:51
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But I'm gonna go back and listen to it and maybe send it to you guys. So basically folks, what happened was- Don't do it, don't do it. What happened was- We're eating these, that's cheeseburgers. Let's talk about stepdads real quick you guys. My stepdad is 81 and he has the same name as me and the joke was that my mom married a guy who has the same name as me, you put the joke in there.
00:02:09
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Brandon, do we're going to take a sip of this? Yeah, go ahead. And then guess what we're drinking? You're not going to be able to guess it. Wait, I'm sorry. Can we back up? No. I missed the whole, like, your stepdad. My stepdad has the same name as I do. And so the joke was when my mom married my stepdad that
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that is
Tasting Notes & Humor
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I mean on the nose it's just like dried fruit pie. I'm getting lots of reason. Lots of reason. What's the aftertaste? Is it because I had the cheese bones? What's the aftertaste in there?
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some white
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You guys got anything weird? It's dusty. It's almost biggest minty. It's like it's been sitting in your basement for 16 years. No, there is something like it's dusty. Yeah, you're not wrong. Everything up there, the aroma, the taste is very good. It's like taking black pepper and crushing it directly on top of the liquid, and then you drink it, and then the spice continues. It's like black pepper. There you go. Because it's not like oxidation. But like rye black pepper. And it's not like oxidation either. There's not like a weird. I don't know if it's good.
00:03:31
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I'm not saying it's good. No, no, no, no. I'm actually going to disagree with you and say that there is definitely oxidation in there. So I should have got a 16 year old. I should have got my good instinct when I was saying there's not oxidation, but actually I did think there was oxidation. Yeah. And Tannen. Just like my mom. Just like how my mom should have married someone that has the same name as her son. Jesus Christ, dude. Why do you get to throw in stuff like that? Get off your boat and sail away.
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Hey, so I will say, I believe there is some oxidation in this beer. Brandon, there's no oxidation. Totally fresh. This beer was brewed yesterday.
Revealing JW Lee's Harvest Ale 2007
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No, this beer is from JW Lee's.
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It's a harvest ale from 2007. Jesus Christ. Wow. Is it? It's a harvest ale? Oh, seven? Yeah, but it's classified as a harvest ale. Okay, that is outstanding for 07. Actually, yeah, without like... I said 16 years. No, no, no, I know, but like... Math, folks. You're asking Tim to do math after Krampus? We're not trying to do that, man. Oh, I'm not even pretending to do math. Krampus. But I will say that that is... It was a 16-year-old beer. That's pretty good. For a 16-year-old beer.
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The palette reads like raisins followed by pink peppercorns like the spiciness. Yeah Yeah, it's like that numbing pink peppercorn. I wonder if that's like aged hops. What the fuck is that? What's going is that barrel? Yeah, I don't know just a straight-up barley wine not a barely it's barely wine at all No, it has to be barely. It doesn't say it does say the bottle
00:05:09
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the the fully fermented strong ale has been brewed by JW Lee's as a celebration of the brewers art harvest ale can be a or can be
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Enjoyed now or late. Drink like a fine wine in years to come. I don't disagree with that, actually. It's not. Yeah. It's definitely not bad. Actually, kind of outstanding for a 17-year-old beer. Like that's kind of silly. Whatever. 15-year-old beer. Who knows when it was probably actually brewed. Does anybody want to riff?
00:05:51
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I believe that's a lovely deer. Honestly, like 11.5%.
Beer Quality Ratings & Side Discussions
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Where's this been, Brandon? Has this always been in your collection? Nope. No, I got it like a year or two ago. Okay. It's one of the few ones that I don't think I've ever seen, because I feel like I've seen all of the bears that you've had. I will say it's a surprising little lovely. Weird side by side, though?
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After drinking like the maple syrup crackers, is that like a lot of the vibes are kind of lining up? Oh, also, I think I know why it's kind of gritty on the tongue. Oh, yeah. You got some sediment? I did not. Oh, good. I feel good. I got clean. So PSA for everyone, you can find this at a lot of different places. My friends and I actually did a vertical of like 2007, 9, 11, and like 12 last year. Did you say 9-11?
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Not cool. Never forget. Not cool, man. Never forget. It wasn't. Never forget. It wasn't cool. You're right, Tony. It wasn't cool. That's like Clark and I. That's the thing I know about 9-11. It was that cool. That's like Clark and I were in Michigan. We walked into a brewery because you couldn't be outside. And it said, alcohol rules. And there was a whole bunch of rules. And then Clark just really goes, alcohol rules? I agree.
00:07:18
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Sorry, Matthew, what were you saying? Something about 9-11. Our collaboration is going to be called something about 9-11. Oh, fuck. This has now become the worst after the final horror hour. Don't take my mind off of myself. Can we stop talking about parents? What is it? What is it about us where we get together, we drink a bunch of booze and all of a sudden, let's talk about our parents. Or politics.
00:07:44
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I don't want to talk about my parents! Trevor, I said it in the campus episode. I don't have to go to therapy this month. It's okay. You don't worry, we're all good. We covered that. Me and Matthew hugged about having quadriplegic stepfathers. We thought about Tim has a weird arm. Like, this is a crazy time. I missed the whole thing about Tim's weird arm because I was over there taking pictures of him. Look at his arms, dude. They got a weird arm. Nothing looks weird about Tim's arms from here.
Additional Beer Reviews and Humor
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It doesn't. He's not even told us ever about his weird arm. That's awesome. It's true. And we realized it on this episode.
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guess what no one works harder than tim though tim fucking doesn't you would never let you know that he's twice left i'm so big what are you over here though real quick what's the name of this beer brand beer harvest ale harvest ale how what do you guys think when you think about harvest what's the first word one word that comes to your head for pumpkins corn what else swathes swathes did you say swathes slaves okay wow jesus christ Trevor is not racist i'm not racist i'm just saying like
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I do not think America's fucked up. I thought farmers, maybe? No, harvest would be like corn, pumpkins, things like that. Cut out the slave stuff. Matthew, what are you thinking about when harvest stumps your name? Head. Autumn. Autumn. OK. She sounds nice. Tim, how many autumn leaves are you going to give this out of five? Now, bearing in mind, it's a 16-year-old beer. I'm going to give it. Based on what we have.
00:09:07
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Four out of five, so four, like all the same color, because we're not gonna... Yeah, shut up. I'll be honest, that's a fucking phenomenal beer. I'll be honest, I actually really enjoyed that beer. All right, Trevor. Can we go to Matthew and I? Okay, Matthew, how many autumn leaves out of five are you giving this one? 3.7. Brandon, how many autumn leaves are you giving this one? I made a four too.
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as well okay for as well oh you're saying portillo um me okay if you're ever still eating meat i'm gonna go with uh yeah i'm gonna go three eight i think three eight maybe three nine leaning on that like it's it's actually a 16 year old beer i'm i'm really impressed with how it turned like the sweetness of it there is that little bit of like
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It was said like dusty, maybe a little oxidation on the back end, but not enough where it's like you crack it open and drink and you're like, well, woof, I'm not gonna finish, this is garbage. Yeah. Trevor,
Playful Banter and Episode Wrap-Up
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now that you have sucked down all that meat, do you need some balls? That's weird. No, I'm good. Trevor has sucked down a lot of meat, so. Okay, well. It is true. It's all chill out. Are we gonna bring up 9-11 in slaves again, guys, in this one after the final board? Okay, listen, all I was talking about was the, anyway. These guys work for Budweiser.
00:10:25
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You guys are embarrassing me now? I was just saying that America's... Tony, you're fired.
00:10:33
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I only threw that out there because they wouldn't tag their actual purring. I appreciate that. So that final beer was really nice. I like the caramel notes. I like the reductive notes. I do think that that pepperiness is a little bit concerning. If you're giving it to me in a blind, I'd say three. If you're giving it to me knowing how long it's been aged, I'd say like, yeah, three, five, three, six, something like that. But definitely not highs, no. Yeah, no. It's for what it is.
00:11:02
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Okay, you're good. There was meat stuck in my throat. Let's make a sexual joke. What are you eating? What kind of meat was that this time? Honestly, this was the most aggressive one. This is the lamb, which is concerning. I'm going to do that. I'm going to get into this lamb. I will say, it is impressive for a 16-year-old beer. That's what we're doing. And that's how it's turning out. This is now the oldest beer we've had on the podcast. I can fucking smell this coming from the goddamn package. Holy shit.
00:11:31
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The lamb. The lamb. Or Tim. This is my least favorite of the jerkies. That's his beard. Not terrible. Having on the time. Yeah. Didn't eat that much time on this one. I didn't tell you to eat them. You just opened them. I think he left them on the bar. No, no. I mean, they were there for you to eat. I didn't tell you which ones to eat, though. Now it's time for Zumbrettes. You guys, thank you so much for joining us, especially after doing the Printer Campus episode. Best not ever play this episode. Brandon, I love you.
00:12:02
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Let's watch Scooby! We're back at 10! Now we're playing the goddamn multiverse. You guys, thanks for joining us this morning. The multiverse? Okay. The multiverse. Oh, the multiverse! Bye. Christ, bye. Why would you guys go down to the forever episodes?
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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. Brandon 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.
00:12:53
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