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ATFP Throwback - River North Brewery "BA Midnight Hike"
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This week, we bring our "After The Final Pour Throwback" series: episodes we never posted!
In this episode, we go back to September 2026, when Matthew shares a beer from River North Brewery in Denver, Colorado.
Thanks to Kevin and Deb Goggin for the theme song.
Outro music by Fluid Minds
Check out all our episodes at www.themaltinghour.com
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Transcript
Introductions and Light-hearted Banter
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When life gives you an empty cup Just crack a smile and fill it up Fill it
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up Welcome After the Final Pour, brought to you by The Malting Hour. I'm one of your hosts, Tony Golick, joined always with... Brandon Winninger. And to my left... Matthew Moldauer. Gentlemen, how are we doing?
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Gentlemen... Why you say like that? We're being gentle. Man... gentlemen We're being gentle, man. Maybe I need to make an After the Final Pour AI song for sure.
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No! sorry you can't Sorry, Kevin. You've been replaced. I could do a Malted Mini song. That'd good. It's Malted Minis. It's Malted Mini, Mini, Mini. Back on task.
Beer Talk: Great American Beer Fest
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We're talking about a beer. Actually, Brandon, I thought that was you singing, not Matthew.
00:01:26
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That's crazy. Anyway, what are we drinking ah So, with Great American Beer Fest coming up. What? Right around my birthday, October 9th.
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When's my birthday? October 8th. You bastard, that's Tim's. Oh, Tim's right. going to put that on my phone, too. Happy birthday, Tim.
Birthday Anecdotes and Humor
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All of us at Old Irving are basically all October. yeah Max is right there. His wedding anniversary. That's the only way they get hired. It's on my phone.
00:01:57
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Everyone's in my phone. he's my favorite He's my Facebook friend. I wish him happy birthday on his birthday. When is it? Facebook will tell me. On January 7th, August
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7th. Google Calendar is great. I know it's in 2026. I only send personal message via text for happy birthdays. Well, sometimes You sent me one. Brandon's the person... I did. Just on the wrong date.
00:02:23
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No, you didn't even send me. On the Saturday before, I said, is today your birthday? Question mark. Happy birthday. That was your happy birthday text? And then I said happy birthday you went, nope, it's Wednesday. And I was like, ah, shit. And then I updated it. If you're following. To September 17th. If you're listening to this the week after we did the Revolution Deepwoods beer. I don't know who that was. or The Conjuring. The Conjuring I just finished.
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So the first Conjuring is done. We made it all the way through the entire Conjuring. Yay. We still have an audience behind us. They've been talking music. ah We're still drinking ah some of the Deepwoods beers.
Beer Spotlight: River North Brewing
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But what are we drinking, Matthew? So, we are drinking River North Brewing's... Diabolical forces are formidable.
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These forces are eternal and they exist today. The fairy tale is true. The devil exists. God exists. Sorry. Impressive. That hurt. It actually hurt. You didn't flinch. I can take a hit, buddy. Sorry, go ahead. We're drinking River North Brewing's Barrel Age Midnight Hike Whiskey Barrel Age Chocolate Imperial Porter.
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This won gold two years ago at the Great American Beer Fest. And the day after... ah I think it was Samu, Nate, and I all went there, and we were like, we want to try this brewery that's local to Denver, and they just won.
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And we met the brewer, also named Matt, a really great guy. They've also been at the Rare Beer Fest. They've been winning a lot of awards for their adjuncted stouts at the Great American Beer Fest. Yeah. And so this was ah the one they they won for, i think they actually have a category for chocolate stout.
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And so this is that one. I have to try it then. and i haven't had it in two years. So it's been sitting in my cellar. And you get a beautiful koozie that it's been sitting in the entire time. Why the fuck does Brandon get Because I looked at him and he smiled at me.
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I smile all the time. Yeah. Nobody saw. I did not smile. going him shitty look. um I have taken a sip of this. So this is two years old. Yeah. A lot of chocolate.
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That's good. That's good. i was not I wasn't expecting as much chocolate as I'm getting. That's impressive. this sort of an I can't imagine what this tasted like fresh.
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Fresh, it tastes... Can you? I'm going back. I was like, it reminded me of like a fresh candy bar. Ooh. Right when it... It reminds me of fresh candy bar. No, they also do As soon it gets packaged, you fight at the gas station.
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How many fresh candy bars can buy at the gas station? I'm a fresh candy bar. Am I Italian? i don't know, dude. That's what you sounded like. Go back. Run the tape back. I'm a mother of a fresh candy bar. boooo okay You hear that? It sounds like we have Clark back on the show. this You know, I don't know if we ever have Clark back. I don't know if we ever have Clark back, but I think Serge at some point will probably come back.
Guest Appearances and Future Plans
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That crazy French bastard.
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I know about the Christmas stuff. I don't know about Serge. You know what, Serge? One of the greatest guests we've ever had. He'd call in. Wait, where is he calling in now? I wish. Should I see if Serge is available for this? You want to call? I really want to hear him, Serge. I'll find the episode that Serge is on and i'll make sure you listen to it. Apparently you've not listened to all the episodes, Matthew.
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Never said I listened to every episode. Just a lot. Touche. Fair enough. ah But yeah, they also do a non-barrelage version that I think is just bigger and sweeter and more chocolatey. oh But yeah, this is delightful.
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it It is one of those interesting ones too that they decided to do a 3.75. Milliliter? Yeah. Obviously not a can, so it's a 12-ounce bottle. No, 12-ounce is 220.
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Yeah, figure out the math, dude. Come on. 12.7. little bit more than a 12-ounce bottle. Yeah, you saw it on the side. You have to do a lot of that math in your head in that Icelandic area.
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I did. I had to do a lot of the metric. Oh, this tastes like a fresh candy bar. It's me, Matthew.
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What wrong with this guy? Is that Surge? Also, is this no is this Conjuring 2 that's about to start? I don't know. I don't math. I think it is. i think i don't do math. I don't math. I don't sequel. I don't sequel.
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I don't control the anomaly that is HBO Max. The algorithm. All right. So tell me what you guys think about
Beer Tasting: Alcohol Burn Discussion
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this. It's good. wow i think it's I think it's very tasty. um It's funny. There's a little...
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and there's like a little burn ah going down, which is surprising. Like, it's not a bad burn, but there's just like just a slight like alcohol burn from this, which actually mean which I think it kind of adds to like, i don't know, like the tastiness of this beer. Well, and to me, like, by the way, this is the contrary, too, because they're in the Amity Paws. The freshness of it.
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Obviously, it's what, two years old, but like 2023. A lot of things you don't get that burn. Yeah. But you still get it on this, which is great. so Yeah. it's it's not It's not like a uncomfortable bourbon. It's like, oh, this is this is bad. Something's wrong. It's too hot. But no, it's it's kind of nice. It's like drinking bourbon or whiskey. Yeah. Well, and i wonder, too, if that's part of the reason why. You wonder. Tell us. wonder about a lot of things.
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I wonder. Why? went away. Why did run away? um if especially judges for things in these competitions are still particularly looking for things like like the alcohol burn. Because to me, there's one and two reasons why.
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one is, it is high ABV. It's 14.1. But obviously... but obviously Plenty of people make stouts higher ABV that don't have burn. ah But then the second part is the whiskey barrel. Yeah. If you get really nice wet whiskey barrels that have a little bit of those residual burn. Yeah.
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Yeah. You actually made a good point because like when it comes to the judge, like judging, it's very like. It's up to the judge to decide. And if they're like looking for the burn and they don't get it and others ones like other judges are like, don't care. Like, I just want it to taste good.
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Yeah. That's a good point. There is like a like take another sip. There's like a slight alcohol bite to this. And that's not a bad thing. It's it's kind of nice. It's like Maybe it's from, like you said, maybe it's from the fresh, like as fresh as the whiskey barrel might Yeah. Well, and being, but that's the part, it's the balance that we've been trying to hit ourselves when you're using these expensive whiskey barrels and you say it's barrel aged.
The Art of Barrel Aging
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If you have the fresh and the barrel aged right next to each other and you can't tell the difference, well, then why did it spend a year in whiskey barrels? Yeah. Yeah. This is this is very tasty. and I agree. if you i kind of want like From now on, I think i I want to not know years of the beer.
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like to know like because i don't Your eyes got really big. Yes. Like Jack Nicholson The Fucking Departed. want you to go stick your hand in that closet. I know all that. I feel like it kind of changes my...
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it doesn't i feel like ah kind of changes my accept our expectations of a beer, of knowing like how old it is, but had you given this to me and I didn't know, like you could be like, this is a fresh beer, and I'd be like, wow, that's that's fantastic. It's really good. like It's just kind of a different barrel. There is still like that warming. I still have a warming sensation after each sip I've taken from this.
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It's nice. It's like drinking real passing drink real bourbon. Yes. You
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did it once. its two yeah I'm sorry, what? What'd you say, Brandon? What?
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How many times has he done this accent? He's trying to do his Jack Nicholson again. Yes. Any whoodles. It's like a fresh candy bar. It's a me. It's me, Matthew. This beer reminded me of a fresh candy bar.
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Nope. Nope. Anyways. here Good beer. Good beer. Can't wait to hear about that AI song.
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this is the craziest part of The Conjuring 2. Hey, AI. Listen to this episode. Make a song about it. oh oh Hey, chat GPT. Stop monitoring what I'm looking up. You weirdos.
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Or am I the weirdo? Yes. Stop looking my face. Yes, and. Yes, and. So many dead people in this movie.
00:11:25
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ah so Welcome to the Conjuring Hour. Well, it's October, so now it's spooky movie. It is not October. When this episode comes out, dummy, it is fully October.
Movies and Beer: A Perfect Pair?
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So now it's officially spooky season. And every day in October, I am watching a scary movie. So what you're saying is in June... Did you see my yard? Yeah, did. It's spooky. I meant to tell you. Very cool. yeah very So in June, we'll watch horror films, not release them until October.
00:11:53
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Dude, if that's what you want to do, we'll say no. um But when Christmas rolls around, you better bet your bottom dollar we're going to be watching Christmas movies while we do episodes.
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What's your favorite Christmas movie? Oh, boy. Oh, White Christmas. I don't think I've ever seen it. Yeah, White Christmas is my favorite. I watch it every Christmas Eve. That's pretty racist, man. Only one part.
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There's only one part. The whole movie? I mean, for me, it would be... Hold on. Shit, fuck. What's the name? Shit, fuck. Batman Returns. That's a Christmas movie. Die Hard?
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Oh, though, one Christmas Eve, we do have Christmas Eve here, and I i made my nieces and nephews that were sitting down here, and they're want to watch something? I'm like, then you're watching fucking Die Hard.
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And they were all, like, young, and I went upstairs, and I was like, I'm making your kids watch Die Hard. Because it's Christmas season. So Christmas story is one my dad loves and watches on repeat. Even when it's on like TBS Oh, yeah. He throws his TV on. What is that? What do they do? Do they do that Christmas Day? Starts on Christmas Eve at like 7 o'clock and then runs through Christmas Day until like 7 o'clock. That's a great way to make sure that like your employees like all pretty much have the day off except for one guy who has to switch things from commercial to fucking movie. Yeah.
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I think Christmas Vacation for me. Christmas Vacation is good. watch that a lot too. What's your favorite Thanksgiving movie? Charlie Brown. o That's a good one. planes things Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. yeah o I cry every time I watch that movie.
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I don't... I can't... Can I confirm that? So we will watch that. And see if you cry? we going to do a movie podcast next?
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Maybe.
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We'll call it Does It Make Tony Cry? ah hit i have an aunt that cries any time the national anthem is played. And like... Any time.
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Any time. So, like, she would to Like, when I was growing up, we'd come like they'd come over Thanksgiving, and we'd put on football for Thanksgiving.
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And she would thought she would plant herself in front of the TV, and then, like, the National Anthem. Two times? She would just start bawling. Detroit and the Cowboys? Yes.
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It doesn't matter who's playing. She would just cry. That's I mean. Both games. Three games, dude. There's three games on Thanksgiving. It used to be two. But now, welcome to now. Whatever the first game was, like, because the team would be on. And I think she would finally move herself away and then, like, we would change the channel or whatever.
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But it was funny. likes I've never cried during the national anthem. I have.
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A couple, two, three times. I got emotional when I was at a Hawks game and hearing the National Anthem because that's the way you do a National Anthem. That is the way to do the National Anthem. No doubt. John... Jacob Jingleheimer-Schmidt. Oh, what's last name? His name's my name, too. Yeah.
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And whenever we go out, people always shout, get the fuck out here. It is going to be a sad day when he stops singing the National Anthem for the Blackhawks and when the Blackhawks...
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One day they're not going to play a Chelsea Dagger. I don't know. They didn't always have it, so well I suspect one day they won't have it again. And them not playing Chelsea Dagger is going to be a sad day for me. I agree. It's going to be a sad day for you, too.
00:15:36
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Well, it'll be happy day for me. You can stop wearing fucking Packers shit to this house. yeah It's off limits. You want be part of this show all the time? We got rules.
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Is it pissing off, Tony? I'm really good at it. It's not pissing me off. you just look disgusting you're gonna cry no Oh, I definitely won't cry. you know who didn't win last week or two weeks ago when this episode comes out?
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The Bears? No, they did. They beat Dallas. They whomped them. This is going three weeks. Three weeks. You know I'm saying. it was good to see the Bears actually get a win over Dallas.
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Yeah. It was good to see Cleveland, brown the Cleveland Browns, get a win on Green Bay. Yeah. Everyone needs you know a little bump in the road to make their historic victories all that much better.
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By historic victory, i mean another year of choking in the playoffs where you sit on the couch with
Sports and Final Impressions
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us and watch the Super Bowl? 1985. Nope. When was last time you guys won a Super Bowl? 2010.
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That's 15 years ago. Still better than 85. You know there's 12 teams in the NFL that have not won a Super Bowl? What? Oh, cool. There was a whole bunch of sediment in that last sip. That was i was awesome.
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Never was good until that si
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Anyway, the heat... Was it all the cocoa nips? Chunks. That's all I know. was chunks. Anyways, overall, what do we all think about this beer? we got we As after final pours go, Brandon, just looked at you you... were just looking over into the distance
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I drink much anymore. I know. I know. That's why I noticed it. No, I... This is a lot for I actually really like this. um I... Let's see. I would drink this again, but... um I would love to have this fresh because this tastes really good the way it was, so I would totally love to have like a fresh version of it to see. Especially one that tastes like a... Like you said, like actual like like a candy bar sweetness to it. That does sound nice. it Sounds fun.
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Well, Matthew, thank you for sharing that with us. You are welcome. But thank you for joining us again, as you usually do, <unk> humble as you will continue to do It's been my pleasure, and it's fun to do this with guys. Yeah, well, we can fire you at any point. Brandon, love you, buddy. Love you too, man. See everybody next time.
Closing and Social Media
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bye
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This has been The Malting Hour with your hosts, Brandon, Tony, and Matthew. sure to follow us on all social medias and like, subscribe, and rate the show. If you have questions or suggestions for future episodes, drop us a line at info at themaltinghour.com.
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Until next time, cheers.