Become a Creator today!Start creating today - Share your story with the world!
Start for free
00:00:00
00:00:01
After The Final Pour S10E02 - Goose Island "Shamrock Stout" 2023 (feat. Matthew Moldenhauer)
26 Plays15 hours ago
This week we welcome back Matthew and dig deep into Brandon's beer fridge to unearth a 2023 Barrel Aged Shamrock Stout from Goose Island.
Tickets for Meals on Wheels "Chicago on Tap" AVAILABLE NOW!
https://www.mealsonwheelschicago.org/cot
Thanks to Kevin and Deb Goggin for the theme song.
Outro music by Fluid Minds
Check out all our episodes at www.themaltinghour.com
Recommended
Transcript
Introduction to 'After the Final Pour'
00:00:30
Speaker
When life gives you an empty cup
00:00:45
Speaker
Welcome After the Final Pour, brought to you by The Molting Hour.
Meet the Hosts: Tony and Matthew
00:00:48
Speaker
I am one of your hosts, Tony Gullick, joined always with... Muscley arms. And special guest... Executive producer, I heard.
00:00:59
Speaker
We got back corned beef and snacks. He's back. Welcome back, Matthew. Welcome back, Matthew. Oh, thank you. so It's always lovely to be here. ah Brandon...
Goose Island's Shamrock Stout Experience
00:01:10
Speaker
What the fuck? What you drinking over there? By the way, your hair looks really cool right now. You have that one strand that just comes down the front. You look like greaser. Yeah. You're the bad boy right now. Cakes.
00:01:24
Speaker
they'll fight the roll my smokes in my yeah exactly uh we are drinking some variant of year of goose islands shamrock stout it doesn't say on the can i think it's two years old i think it's two years old two years old i think so too because i think that is the last time i bought this yes you did not buy it last year uh but it was canned on 317 in some mysterious year we're gonna say 2023 Yeah, I think 2023 was the last one you bought. And it's a crawler. Not like a can. We're going hard.
00:01:57
Speaker
We are going hard. So I still have one of mine left from this year that I'm going drink on Sunday. Oh, the... Yeah, the actual champagne. The bottle champagne. The bottle champagne. Which they still have. I've seen out in the stores. If you guys... I don't know...
00:02:11
Speaker
How far that's being distributed. Matthew looks perplexed. from i ah Like, how did this hold up in a crawler that long? Yes, that is exactly the look on my face. I was like, yeah, that tastes fine.
00:02:24
Speaker
Budweiser money. Better than fine. That's like Budweiser money, baby. Like, there's mint in there. There's chocolate in there. This tastes really good. It has vanilla. Like, it has everything it says. Yeah. I was like, good job on that crawler. Nothing about this to me feels like it's changed.
00:02:39
Speaker
And nothing to me feels like this is a two-year-old beer. No. Like, if I went in there now and this is what they serve me, I'd be like, great, man. Fan-fucking-tastic. Do you want to put this episode on pause? I'll drive home, grab this year's, drive back, we'll crack that open, and then drink them side-by-side? No.
00:02:56
Speaker
Okay. Yes. Oh. The executive producer says... Don't drink and drive. Thank you. um Yeah, this is this
Fun with Beer: Floats, Shakes, and Jokes
00:03:05
Speaker
is really good. Until after the show.
00:03:07
Speaker
No. um
00:03:11
Speaker
Guys. Drink all your drink first, then get the fuck out. Then you can leave. You need to drink a plethora of beer before you come get back in front of here. Get on the road. I'm excited to move without not being a walking distance anymore.
00:03:27
Speaker
Fuck! Stumbling distance is the best. Yeah. But, I mean, I'm actually blown away. When I was pouring it, and I think you guys were talking, and I took a sniff... Actually, when I opened the can...
00:03:39
Speaker
I kind of took a ah quick whiff, and I was like, holy shit, the first thing I got was mint. Yeah, like that's what I get on this, That came through, like, really well, and I was like, okay, this held up. book I mean, literally been sitting at the same temperature, same thing the entire time since I bought it, dropped it in there, and that's where it's stayed ever since. Maybe I'll make an ice cream float with my left. Well, yeah. Or make a shake. Yeah, that'd be great. Yeah, and the mint's, like, the proper level, because a lot of... yeah Mitten beers, you either have way too much or you wonder why they said mint. and this is
00:04:13
Speaker
You know what you need to do, Tony, is go to McDonald's, okay get a Shamrock Stout. Shamrock Stout? Or Shamrock Shake. Freeze it okay so it gets harder and then make a float with that.
00:04:25
Speaker
like your style, Brandon. That's how I roll. i'm ah I'm a connoisseur of the... Frozen arts? Well, the shamrock shake. Because that is one of my wife's favorite things. i feel like being a kind I feel like you should say that you're connoisseur of the frozen arts.
00:04:42
Speaker
Okay. Whatever. Okay, well. put Put that on your Instagram tagline. so Connoisseur of the Frozen Arts. And beef jerky. Because you make really good ice cream, too, man. Yeah, and I haven't done that in so long. I know, i'm planning on making some soon.
00:04:57
Speaker
This week. going to make some ice cream this week. i don't know what kind, though. What kind should i make, guys? let's get let's Let's talk about right here. It should have some ice and some cream. Okay, like where going. step. Sugar. fuck sugar. Well, are you making it before after Patrick's Day?
00:05:11
Speaker
Well, it's going to be after, considering St. Patrick's Day is Monday. don't you just go home and it NCAA and... um This one tastes like leather and sweat. I'm going to that's dark brown and call it Dookie for Duke.
00:05:28
Speaker
Anyway.
00:05:32
Speaker
You're wearing a Duke colored
Memories from Casa Bonita Adventures
00:05:34
Speaker
sweatshirt. Well, it's the Casa Bonita hoodie that I got when we went to Colorado last year. Casa Bonita. That was so much fun. We had a fun time, didn't we guys? Casa Bonita.
00:05:44
Speaker
Didn't we have a fun time? It was very fun. Thank you. The cliff divers ah were insane. The guy almost died. And I know we've talked about this on episodes past, but I do think we need to put that video on our social media of the guy cracking his head. That was so bad. It wasn't funny.
00:06:02
Speaker
I mean, it's funny now because the guy was completely fine. Or I don't know, maybe he had a concussion and then just dove into the water. But like that was literally for a table of drunk dudes sitting there...
00:06:14
Speaker
We weren't drunk yet. no No, but like, bunch of guys, well, coming off being drunk too, but like, just bunch of guys looking for a good time, and then are assholes, like, to each other, like, just watching a dude crack his head was like, the epitome of like, now this is a party. Yeah. but And that guy was just like, hit his head and he was like, what's up guys?
00:06:35
Speaker
I'm diving in. Oh God. I was waiting to see blood in the water. Yeah. You know? yeah Shark comes out. Dude, what if that happened? That would have been the greatest fucking day of my life.
00:06:47
Speaker
the worst for the guy. I mean, I don't want to see that guy die, but like... Your wedding day? The birth of your child? No. I was at Casa Bonita. A diver cracked his head open, dove into the water, blood everywhere. Jaws that came out. And in this random chlorinated pool, a shark appeared and just took the guy away. It was crazy. I'm pretty sure he's alive. freshwater shark?
00:07:07
Speaker
Yeah. Do think hazard pay? like mean I guess they don't assume that you're going to fucking miss the awning. or that's like The terrifying thing for me would be slipping and falling.
00:07:19
Speaker
Yeah. like That just seems like that's waiting to happen. Well, that's because you're over 40. True.
00:07:27
Speaker
those guys are trained Casa Bonita professionals. Sorry. They live off whatever that unlimited suite is that they give out. What was that called again?
00:07:37
Speaker
Oh, yeah, that honey. oh my god it was so good. I ate a bunch of it. Who was I eating that with? That guy. Yeah. Guess I ate lot of those. but We just kept going backwards. I forgot who i was eating it with.
00:07:50
Speaker
Someone at our table, were just eating it at the end. Probably me. I was drinking. well it was you, but then somebody else. I know you're... I know... Was Chris? Yes. Yeah. It was me and Chris. Chris and I were going, like, we both kept looking at it like, uh... Sorry. I'll just push this over.
00:08:08
Speaker
The Palomas, they were really good, too. Yeah. I mean, that place just blew my mind. i Like, I expected it to be cool. Yeah. awesome. expected it to be gimmicky, and it was both of those things. Yeah. But it was also just like, what a fucking cool thing to have. And like...
00:08:26
Speaker
Going in there was was the epitome of like, what the fuck is this place? Because they had security checking some folks in. People were getting wanded. I'm like, what? Who's in there? my head, I'm like, who is it? Who goes there?
00:08:39
Speaker
Is it like Matt Stone and Trey Parker? Are they like on a pedestal up in there? And you have to like kiss their ring when you walk in? Which we would. Which we would. um But yeah, it was it was was it was a cool time. At one point, I know we all kind of disbanded, and I somehow ended up with Tim.
00:08:55
Speaker
And Tim and I went wandering together, and that was fun. Yeah, like you could spend the entire day. We owe we were there for, what, two? A little over two hours. We had enough time, I think, just to go back and like nap for a half hour before going back to the fest.
00:09:09
Speaker
Yeah, some folks were there getting tattoos. Oh, the face, yeah. Face tattoos. Yeah, that was awesome. That was pretty cool. Matthew was one of them. Yeah, that's when we left you guys. We're like, all well, we're going to go.
00:09:21
Speaker
And then you can post with a picture where you guys meet back with me at JVF with the face. That's right. I think we may that may have been posted, actually. I don't remember. But that was a fun trip. I'm always, i am very much looking forward to going again this year, hopefully.
Exploring Stout Fests and Goose Island Variants
00:09:35
Speaker
Are you guys going to to Great Taste of the Midwest this year? It depends on we got another Metallica concert.
00:09:42
Speaker
You're just a roadie now? Yeah. Well, it's it's now and Brandon's tradition that weekend can that we go and see Metallica no matter where they're playing. Oh, we've got to go look at that Nashville concert see if we get tickets there. With Limp Bizkit and Metallica? Come on.
00:09:54
Speaker
Doesn't get better than that. In Nashville, though? Yeah. Yeah. That sounds awesome. Think I play a little bit of country? A little bit of rock and roll. Hey! ah Way to go, Goose. This is delicious.
00:10:08
Speaker
Actually, no notes. Honestly, i mean i i mean weve weve we just recently had this. This is more of is more of what After the Final Four normally is. yeah Talking about random other shit. I was expecting to tell Brandon, please don't bring any more crawlers that are two years old and retract that statement.
00:10:26
Speaker
Keep doing that. This is... This one held up really well. Yeah, and I will say this. This does not... I think we talked about this when we did the last Shamrocks, there the this year's.
00:10:38
Speaker
And we were like, oh, is this like a Bourbon County base? And I don't know if it is. And if it i mean with it being barrel-aged, I don't know if it's a blended, like blended like Bourbon County. It's not like thick mouthfeel like Bourbon County. This is more of a lighter-bodied stout.
00:10:55
Speaker
It's not a light body style. Lighter than I think than Burbank County. And there is lactose. Yeah. So my guess is it is a slightly different, but probably Burbank County with lactose.
00:11:06
Speaker
Yeah. pretty much Well, I mean, the other thing is that it's, you know, a four pack of 12 ounce bottles is only $20. You know, you can't really go wrong with that. It's $5 a bottle. Barrel-aged. Yeah. Wow.
00:11:18
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah, the, this year's, variant was really good. I enjoyed that. Yeah, this this and this version is, and if I'm not mistaken, wasn't that Crawler like 30 bucks?
00:11:30
Speaker
let me Let me check the old thinking statement. Maybe like 20 to 30 dollars. They were on Osner. I think it was 20 to like 30 bucks when you got this.
00:11:42
Speaker
um Crawler on Osner? Because you and i there was the first, one of the years you and I bought it together This might have been the year. That we bought, you bought two. i think I sent you money and we drank one and we said we were going to save one.
00:11:59
Speaker
So we talked about doing this for like Christmas, like a mint chocolate one. But I'm glad we saved it because i hope Goose continues to put these out because I do look forward to this coming out.
00:12:09
Speaker
Yeah. And they're bringing back Stoutfest this year. Are they? And they're going to do it. Yeah. They're going to it. The Solchad? Yep. And Trevor's going to be there. they it with Solchad?
00:12:24
Speaker
I'm assuming make space. Do it outdoors too? Probably ticket people. Do you want me to explain how a beer fest works? You know what? Shut the fuck up, Matthew.
00:12:35
Speaker
We went to the last Stout Fest that they had. and that's my favorite i Some of my favorite little tasters are from there because we had Bourbon County shakes, mint shakes, and the little Stout Fest glass was awesome. Were you there? You were there.
00:12:49
Speaker
Tim was there. too yeah I did the COVID The COVID one where Trevor and I got to go around and talk to people. Everyone was seated and all the stouts were brought up to people one by one.
00:13:04
Speaker
Whoa. Now, the cool thing about that Stout Fest is everyone drank every single stout. Wow. That's insane. And there was like 30 of them. It was $30. Yeah.
00:13:15
Speaker
Yeah. Because I think we both... I think we bought... Did you buy two this one? Check it back. only bought one. thought there was a year that we bought two. that was the first year? Yeah, there was the first two years they did it, I bought two each year.
00:13:32
Speaker
and then they did it in... Maybe I didn't give you money for them. 2021, 2022... twenty twenty one twenty twenty two And then 2023. They may have done it in 2020 and like i just never got it.
00:13:43
Speaker
We definitely didn't do last year. no we didn't. We did not. i know. Did they do it? Did they release it? I think they did. They probably did. I think we decided we weren't doing it because we already had one or we just weren't.
00:13:56
Speaker
but no But I'm glad they brought it back. And hope they keep doing these one-offs. That's exciting about Stout Fest, by the way. i am excited. i would yeah I would definitely like to go back, you know, and maybe we can get an invite. Hey!
00:14:10
Speaker
see that's about. That'll be fun. But it was a lot of fun last time. I remember ending the day with drinking Crispy Boy from Alarmist. Crispy Boy is always a good one. Alarmist just celebrated their 10th anniversary. Yeah, so congratulations. Happy birthday, cunts.
00:14:30
Speaker
It's Gary's favorite word. Definitely. Go back and listen to the Alarmist episode and it will feel less jarring that I just said that. Okay. If you know Gary. Well, I think you have to go back to the first episode and just listen to every single one of the Malting Hours.
00:14:46
Speaker
Then get to here. And then you'll realize Tony's a cunt. And then you'll understand. Me? what Hey! Hey! i'm pretty sure the introduction and on Spotify is still calling this the 212 Roundtable. Yeah.
00:14:58
Speaker
The bumper at the end is still from 2022 that mentions Clark and dan Dan, who have not been on the show for years now. Has Dan been on a show? No. clark Clark's also not been on a show.
00:15:11
Speaker
One day, maybe. Clark's only been partially on when you did the episode in Michigan and we recorded it. Oh, yeah. and he didn't he realize He wasn't even really on it. He was just talking in the background. Yeah.
00:15:22
Speaker
What a jerk. Thanks a lot, Clark. By the way, he't he is a listener. He does listen to stuff. I tried to talk to him about stuff last weekend. He goes, yeah, i heard it on the podcast.
Listener Interactions and Podcast Memories
00:15:30
Speaker
I was like, what the fuck? He doesn't text you afterwards. He's not like you when we have questions.
00:15:37
Speaker
I think that's just a me issue where I'm like, I know the answer. I need to send someone the answer. No, appreciate it. We appreciate it. It's nice to know. I mean, that's how we ended up meeting you because we asked to meet somebody from Old Irving to have them on an episode. and we had questions about Krampus. Yeah.
00:15:53
Speaker
And then they were answered. And and here you are. Now we're all good friends just hanging out, you know, having a good gay old time. Going camping. Hell yeah. It's going fun.
00:16:06
Speaker
my tent Sounds weird. I will bring in my teeth the more Barrel-Aged Sour if we do that. What's up? but Three of us go camping. I'll bring the more Barrel-Aged Sour. I will bring some Tomahawks.
00:16:17
Speaker
And I will bring... Your smile. My... i don't have anything funny. Lovely eyes. Yeah. Button nose. But we definitely... I'll bring the bomb. We should do Washington Island.
00:16:31
Speaker
We do need to do a Washington Island trip. like I would do that, like, i think in the summer would be awesome because,
00:16:39
Speaker
like, everything will be open there. Because we went, like, tail end of September where, like, a lot of the shit kind of shuts down. um But if we went up on, like, a Friday and stayed the weekend, like, I think that would be...
00:16:50
Speaker
Yeah, it was it was a lot of fun, and well we may not need to get like tomahawk steak, so we can just get regular steak if we want to get steak. No, what the fuck is wrong with you? Sorry, my bad, dude.
00:17:01
Speaker
It's got to be the time. We've got to recreate. I want to... i mean We'll get the safe camping spot. Matthew's got to fall into the fire pit. I'll have to pretend to be the bear. that? Did you have to pretend to be a bear?
00:17:14
Speaker
yes
00:17:18
Speaker
Everybody bring fucking inflatable mattresses. I have everything ready this time. i have my own tent, too. so Well, I'll sleep in your tent still. Thanks, bud. And I got a little mouth snoring guard now. We'll see if that works.
00:17:31
Speaker
I have to go to the dentist first before I can start using it. so Once I get that taken care of. I'll get real personal on this episode. Hey. I'll bring my CPAP. Cool, dude.
00:17:43
Speaker
Plug it into my car and run a battery all night. Bring this barely-inch beer out. I'll be good. Yeah. We have to bring a bottle of Buffalo Trace. We did that, too. We did. Yeah.
00:17:54
Speaker
And we drank a lot of that Buffalo Trace. That was a great episode, though, the camping one. I want to go back and listen to that. It good time. We made some really good food. Remember doing the the little pancakes over the the sausage patties while drinking the pancake...
00:18:12
Speaker
cakes the cake uh from uh what is it what's it hu too no no maplewood their pastry cake it was a like ah a pancake one it was like maple syrup it was so good my favorite one from them is their rice crispy treat one oh yeah i would like to i would like them to bring that back yeah
Beer History and Humor
00:18:30
Speaker
definitely tastes exactly like rice yeah it was crazy it was like i had a four i think i bought it one from ah beer on the wall and tried it i was like holy shit this really good yeah i go to the one in parkridge Yeah.
00:18:42
Speaker
You ever been to Elmer's? No. Actually, I've never been to the Elmer's one. Elmer's one actually has a Ferkin's. Okay. Well, let's go. You guys want to go right now? think they're open? Yeah. Yeah.
00:18:54
Speaker
baby me yeah no They're Maybe. No. They're definitely not open right now. We're way... What year is it? 1995. They don't even exist.
00:19:06
Speaker
Craft beer is only a pipe dream for some. For others...
00:19:12
Speaker
They're making money. This is the history of beer. That'd actually be a great podcast voice. You should do a side one, just the history of beer in that voice.
00:19:22
Speaker
Hello, I'm Tony Golick, joined with this guy. And we're going to tell you about the history of beer. We like beer. Do you like beer? If you don't, why are you listening, you weirdo?
00:19:36
Speaker
There's 1201. Women are making the beer. Men, don't do shit. When you would tell women to get in the kitchen, it was to go and make the beer.
00:19:50
Speaker
Fun fact. That's why women were called witches you get in the kitchen is because because of beer. i mean, it makes sense. It's potion that makes me tell the truth and want to take my clothes off.
00:20:02
Speaker
I have another another side story to the why they were called witches thing. so Because...
00:20:12
Speaker
Bitches like witches. don't know. So... This might be... We're going to get canceled for this episode. Back in the olden days... We, you. So this was a story that I heard. Back in the olden days, there was... All these people were dying from all these rare diseases.
00:20:27
Speaker
And they found out that these diseases were coming from mice. Like, people... Like... Places were just rat infested and all that kind of shit. And people were getting attacked and eaten by mice.
00:20:38
Speaker
But... Women, traditionally, women who lived alone or women, like even with family, sometimes had cats. ah Ah. And the cats would ward off... Pussycats. The cats would ward off the the rats and the mice and things like that.
00:20:55
Speaker
So they were the ones that lived... And because they lived, people thought that there was something wrong with them, that they were doing some kind of dark magic to make themselves live, when in reality they just had a fucking cat that was... Which is awesome. That's why witches have cats.
00:21:12
Speaker
And why... That's why everyone should have a cat. Bada bing. That's why everybody have a witch. Also, yes. I got witch.
00:21:26
Speaker
Cool. Oh, you got so smiley. I did. ah Guys, Brandon, also, going to do this right now. i don't know Is it spicy, Brandon? Try it. Okay. This is, you know as some of you know, Brandon and I did a Hot Ones challenge at Hubbard's Cave Unani earlier this year. Did
Conquering the Hot Ones Challenge
00:21:42
Speaker
you know that?
00:21:42
Speaker
No. Really? in January. January, yeah. It's literally 10 wings, all 10 sauces from Da Bomb. Da Bomb Hurt. I have Da Bomb, by the way, if you want to try some.
00:21:53
Speaker
And I have the last dab. I have the two hottest ones at my apartment, so if you're interested. Yes. Let's do it. got the whole hot ones challenge that we have just waiting at the brew pub. Invite us. We'll come by and do it with you guys.
00:22:07
Speaker
I'll do it one more time. if we can ever get people to actually coordinate. I will do it. Let me and Brandon coordinate it Please. We'll run it, and then we'll eat it with you guys. And then I drank like four glasses of milk during it.
00:22:17
Speaker
We finished. We ate every single wing. um towards the end though I did what Brandon did and took like meat off of the bone and just kind of ate it like that Brandon it the last one you had like a couple bites and you were like this is think you got like halfway through the wing you were like three quarters you're like I can't do this if I do anymore something bad may yeah happen but it was a smart move what the crazy thing was after I left got in my car took off I felt fine i yeah I went and got ice cream and I was like, I'm fucking enjoying my ice cream. I went home and I was like, woke up the next day. There was no pain.
00:22:54
Speaker
My stomach bothered me that night because of how much dairy I consumed that day, plus the two bananas I had before to help coat my stomach. cause what did you Did you drink milk beforehand, too?
00:23:05
Speaker
a small vanilla milkshake, two bananas, and a thing of chocolate milk before we started. You child. Yes. Then i had two beers while we were there.
00:23:16
Speaker
Then we ate the wings. While we were eating the wings, I also drank two and a half glasses of milk. And about three glasses of water. And I don't drink milk. I don't really consume dairy that much. So that was a lot of dairy into my body.
00:23:29
Speaker
Plus the hot sauce. It only was uncomfortable one time the next day. And that was it. And it wasn't even that bad. It was like, oh, that's that that's hot.
00:23:41
Speaker
And then I was like, and I'm done. That was it. So I'm going to try this chip. This is the Pringles. Hot ones. Rojo. Los Calientes chip. Now the Rojo isn't that spicy.
00:23:53
Speaker
No. It's pretty good.
00:24:00
Speaker
Oh, that's tasty. Yeah. No, they're good Like, I had to stop myself. Got another can upstairs. there's Had to stop myself from eating them. Yeah, we're definitely wanting do this challenge.
00:24:13
Speaker
The raw whole sauce is one of my favorites. Oh, yeah. That's fantastic. Those are my favorites from the day. The one after that, whatever the fifth sauce was, that's the one that hit me.
00:24:25
Speaker
Yeah. I didn't get hit until the last dab, and that's when I was like, oh, okay. but three have Three, four, and four, right? Something like that. Or fourth, yeah, something like that, wings at a time.
00:24:40
Speaker
The fifth one is what got me Like, my eyes started watering and my nose was running a bit. We got through it. The bomb is what got me. Yep, same here. DeBomb. Seems like it got you on a memory there. Yeah, it's funny because it's like the this the chip kind of tickled my throat there, and I said DeBomb, and was like... It is rough.
00:25:02
Speaker
Because the other thing is that it's like, those wings are just covered. Those wings are just completely covered, and Brandon and I did a pretty good job of of like cleaning them off, and like I'm very proud of how far we got in that and were able to finish it yeah it's pretty much the last two that I didn't get fully through because the deb bomb knocked me out. Because what but Tony was saying is, like literally, we'd we'd get the plane front of us, we had gloves on, and I was just i stripped everyone, and I just shoved it in. strip it shove it in Strip it, shove it in And then like, it was crazy. Back to the four daughters. And then we did all that and then I didn't have milk until I think the bomb.
00:25:40
Speaker
And we did all this, and we were talking to the guy next to us, and like ah we weren't really paying attention to him while we were eating, but then at the end, he was like, has anybody else not had anything to drink? I haven't had anything drink. in that Yeah. That dude cleared all of his way Nothing to drink and no gloves. He was badass.
00:25:55
Speaker
Oh, I have his information, too, because he knows somebody. yeah, I forgot. Homebrew. was a homebrew contact there. Yeah. of Chaos. Yeah, so he was like, that guy was just like legit. And it's funny because his family was there like cheering him on and his kids were like walking. I think I know the guy you're talking about because he's part of the Chaos Homebrew Club. Well, he's not. He had a friend that was.
00:26:16
Speaker
No, no, he was a part of Chaos. Oh, Yeah, because the guy I met from that when we'd done a collab with Chaos, this guy was telling me how he went to some chicken eating contest with like a spice. Yeah.
00:26:28
Speaker
And he won a bunch of money in whatever else just because... Well, there was no money in this one, but... Yeah, but he just like went... I think this just... He's a fucking is what he is. I think it wasn't Spice though. I think it was just like total number of chicken wings. he's like, need a lot of chicken wings. And and he he wasn't even a ringer. was just like a guy that likes beer who eats chicken wings.
00:26:47
Speaker
I miss when they used to do Wing Fest in Chicago. that was fun bring it back free get back But it got crazy. like The last time I went, like people would come, like dudes would go there with garbage bags wrapped around their neck.
00:27:05
Speaker
They didn't even know what they were getting. They would just walk up and be like, throw it in the bag, throw it in the bag, throw it in the bag, throw it in the And they would try to fill their fucking garbage bag up and then go sit in a corner and start eating with the hopes that like anything they didn't eat, they would just take the bag and throw it over their shoulders. And they used to let people do that because people would come with Tupperware and like just take the leftover wings and heat out.
00:27:26
Speaker
It was insane. I don't know why they don't do it anymore. Yeah. Well, yeah, because I'm like, dude, if you're going to go with it anymore. That's insane people talk, right? Well, yeah, I'm like, if you do that, like, don't let people come in with shit like that.
00:27:39
Speaker
Give people a plate. That's what they get. Yeah. Like, that's what they eat. And then move on. Like, so, like, it blew my mind when people were doing that shit and they were just, like, cool with it. And then they had a winging eating contest there. And I was like, man, the the amount of shit that, like, people would walk out with was, like, fucking mind-blowing.
00:27:56
Speaker
Yeah, I don't want all those wings mixed. That's insane. What if you had, like, really spicy ones? Well, yeah, that's what I'm saying. like things Some of those people did not even fucking know. They were just, like, walking down the line, like, throw in throw it throw in. And it's like...
00:28:08
Speaker
Throw it in. Yeah, how do you not sell a puzzle? No, it doesn't sound fun. No. But, I mean, the event in itself was pretty
Wings, Flavors, and Fests
00:28:16
Speaker
cool. like Because if you go there like a normal person, and you get your plate, and they throw, like, two wings on there, and you eat the two wings, go to the next place, eat the two wings. Like, that was awesome. I would like to do another wing thing this year. Now, it doesn't have to be, like, a...
00:28:29
Speaker
I did Wing Fest last year. yeah Yeah, I was supposed to do with you. That was awesome. Yeah, if that happens again this year, let's do it. would love to because that sounded fun. The peanut butter and jelly one, did you have like that? yeah. That was fucking fantastic.
00:28:41
Speaker
It was Jake Melnick's did like a peanut butter jelly wing. Oh, yeah. Yeah, it was like a peanut butter coated wing and then like they had like jelly sauce that you just dip it in it was so fucking good.
00:28:52
Speaker
was like, I like the one that you made when we did the cookout. Oh, yeah, that's right. That's what you're inspired by, wasn't it? Yes. Yeah, we should do that again too. So many things to do. When we go camping, we can relive everything.
00:29:03
Speaker
Dude, we'll just relive our past five years of our lives in one camping trip? Indeed. Bring all the Krampus that you have. Oh, I have probably... know, I've seen your Krampus collection.
00:29:16
Speaker
Oh, yeah. I need to drink it. Bring couple. be fun. We won't make it out line. We had Summer Krampus last weekend. We did. I saw that. i knew I knew why you had it, too. i was like, that's son of bitch. had people over, and she was like, do you have a beer with coffee, like a stout with coffee in it? And I was like going through stuff, and I was like, ooh, Summer Krampus.
00:29:32
Speaker
So I poured some for her. She goes, this is the best fucking beer I've ever had. Great. We have another OIB plug. How much did he give you for that one? Yeah. Nothing. Just some chicken wings.
00:29:43
Speaker
The fuck, those wings? yeah i look He asked for a garbage bag full of chicken wings, and I didn't ask. Now I understand. But I had some of it, too, and I was like, man, this is drinking fucking fantastic. That was my last one, too, sadly.
00:29:57
Speaker
I know you have other you still have other Krampus. Oh, yeah. I have officially, I think, right before I moved out, I had my last Krampus from this year. Sorry, man. Do you guys still have some at the shop? We only There was Rocky Road there the other day.
00:30:11
Speaker
Was it Rocky Road? How many weeks ago were you? No. No, Pirate. No, Rocky Road. ah There is... Pirate? No, there was... I think i think it's a half case of Pirate left that looked this week and about five cases left of OG. Really? wellji When we went but we went to to have lunch two weeks ago, there was Rocky Road in in the case.
00:30:34
Speaker
Interesting. Two weeks ago. Yeah, well, I'm saying. like But that was two weeks Don't do that, Matthew. But that's what I saw. I was like, oh, i was and I was shocked. I was like, there's Rocky. I was expecting to see Pirate.
00:30:45
Speaker
i If Pirate, ah, man, now I want to Pirate again. That was my favorite the last year's. I think I got one. Probably. I so ah still, the last barrel-aged beer that I have from last year, excuse me is um Rare from Goose Island. That's the last one I got left.
00:31:03
Speaker
Hmm. So, Waiting for the right time to drink that. Maybe when you guys come to my place. Crack that open. Hot ones challenge. No, that's a bad time to drink a barrel-aged beer. It's never a bad time to drink a barrel-aged beer. With Chomperado? I did.
Reflecting on Goose Island's Chomperado
00:31:20
Speaker
did really enjoy last year's Chomperado, too. It's my favorite Chomperado guys ever did.
00:31:24
Speaker
Hey, look at you guys. Way to go. Got good taste. What can I say? That's why I do a podcast with my best friend here. Hmm. We need to get hot ones to give us the spices and do like a hot ones chomperado.
00:31:40
Speaker
Whoa. was yourringle Hey, what's his name is from Chicago. shots Yeah. Sean Evans from Chicago. Chicago native, baby. All right.
00:31:51
Speaker
Might have to do some digging there, man. You heard it here first. Tag him in this social. Listen to the last five minutes. Don't listen to anything else. Then we can Hot Ones Challenge in the malting hour.
00:32:03
Speaker
Hey-o. and We did talk about doing that. We should we still yeah should do that. But I think we should drink IPAs during it to increase the heat. Lovely. All doji.
00:32:14
Speaker
oh All doji all the time. All right. um Hey, this Shamrock style was delicious, Goose. Good job. It was. Yeah, I mean, held up fantastically. its it was It was really good. Brandon, thank you for giving me the Bourbon County glass, too. I felt very special. Four to me and the Clover.
00:32:32
Speaker
ah How many four-leaf clovers am I giving it? How many leaves on a clover? oh I'm giving this a four. For being fucking two years old, what I believe it is. It is. Four, five, four, six, maybe. like it's just like I already really like the beer.
00:32:47
Speaker
itself But knowing how well it held up in the crawler, that's great packaging. Held up very well. Good adjuncting. Way to go, Goose. I love this. Yeah, I agree. I'm in the um'm in the same space. Do you have another one?
00:33:02
Speaker
Nope. That was it. Can you check? Because I think we should have another one. Just for another one. Right now. Let's do like a two hour after the Final Four. I think we can do like a full two hour after the Final Four one time.
00:33:15
Speaker
Tonight's not that night though, guys. You want to practice or something?
Episode Closing and Social Media Shout-outs
00:33:19
Speaker
I mean, I do have, I mean, there is a Pipeworks in there still that I brought. Could do another NFL pour. It will be. It'll still be there. All right. Matthew, thanks for joining us again.
00:33:28
Speaker
Thank you. And Brandon. Hello, everybody. Let me do that. We'll see you right next week. ah e
00:33:37
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. Brandon can be found on Instagram as bmdub81, on Twitter bdub81, and on Untappd as bdubdrinksbeer.
00:33:55
Speaker
Tony can be found on Instagram and Untappd under AsaFelpsChicago, on Twitter the AsaFelpsChicago. Clark can be found as Clarkowski on all three. Dan can be found on Instagram as hip underscore underscore hops and to hip hops on YouTube. Be sure to subscribe, like, and rate the show on your preferred podcast listening platform. Until next time, cheers from all of us at the Malting Hour.