Hosted by Brandon W and Anthony Golec · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 300 episodes
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The Malting Hour is a craft beer podcast hosted by homebrewers and beer‑obsessed friends Brandon W and Tony Golec, with frequent appearances from Matthew Moldenhauer, Director of Operations at Old Irving Brewing. Each episode blends home brewing insights, craft beer reviews, brewery interviews, and the kind of funny beer‑podcast banter that only longtime friends can deliver.Whether we’re talking brewing techniques, tasting new releases, hanging out with brewers we love, or diving into the stories behind great beer, we bring a mix of knowledge, humor, and genuine passion for the craft.If you’re looking for a beer podcast with personality — part homebrewing talk, part craft beer interviews, part friends‑talking‑beer — you’re in the right place. Every episode features a new beer style, guest, topic, or conversation to keep things fresh.Not sponsored by Old Irving Brewing.If you have an idea for an episode, email us at info@themaltinghour.com!Theme music provided by Myke Kelli (@mykek
Brandon W and Anthony Golec hosts The Malting Hour, a arts show with 300 episodes published.
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 b
Coming off the heels of Episode 176 and rounding out our AFTP Throwback series, Brandon treated us to this delicious triple imperial stout from Hoppin' Frog Brewery. T.O.R.I.S. The Tyrant Triple Imperial Stout Ext
On this edition of the "After The Final Pour Throwback", we're joined by Trevor Rose-Hamblin, Timothy Broyles, and Matthew Moldenhauer from Old Irving Brewing Co.. On this special forgotten ATFP, we see if the guys can g
This week, Brandon, Tony, and Matthew play catch-up while drinking a 3-year vertical of OIB's Kentucky Common, "Years" NA beers, and the random Binny's "Premium" BYO 4-Pack Tony built. Two AI country songs are also invol
This week, we preview Revolution Brewing's "Peach Brandy Barrel DBVSOJ" as well as Old Irving Brewing's "28 Months Later" barrel-aged barleywine. Theme music provided by Myke Kelli (@ mykekelli ) Outro music provided by
This week Matthew and Tony sit down face to face with one mic and try to put together an entire show together without their better third Brandon, who was on vacation. Beers on this episode: Old Irviing Brewing - Sir Regi
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. Tha
This week Brandon, Tony and Matthew sample through a few beers Tony and Matthew brought. Jimminey Schmicks makes his debut apperance, Matthew is berated and Tony's lack of editing is called out yet again. Be
This week Brandon, Tony and Matthew discuss the recent closing of local breweries, what still excites them about craft beer and also see the joy in using AI for comedic purposes only. Theme music provided by Myke
This week, Brandon, Matthe,w and Tony play catch-up while discussing what they've been up to lately, recent Chicago brewery closures, and their stance on Peeps. Beers on this episode: Alarmist Brewing - Pantsless Short F
This week we finish off our previews of the 2025 Deep Wood series from Revolution Brewing. Big thanks to Rev for letting us get a sneak peek before the beers are released. Be sure to preorder your beer January 20th
It's The Malteez 2025. This week we discuss our favorite beers from 2025. Thank you everyone for your continued support and we look forward to bringing you more beer fun in 2026. Cheers! Check out all our ep
It's our favorite time of year! Trevor Rose-Hamblin, Tim Broyles and Matthew Moldenhauer of Old Irving Brewing Co. join us once again for our annual tasting of Krampus Cookies and the variants. We taste our way thr
This week Brandon and Tony dive into the second Fall release of Revolution Brewings Deep Woods series.
This week Brandon and Tony recap their visit to Goose Island's Salt Shed taproom for the preview tasting of this year's Bourbon County lineup. The entire Bourbon County lineup will be available Friday November 28th 2025.
This week, Brandon, Matthew and Tony sample through the October release of Revolution Brewing's "Deep Woods" series. All four beers will be on sale, Tuesday, September 30th 2025. Theme music provided by Myke Kelli (@ myk
This week Brandon and Tony catch up with what they've been up to this summer and look forward to Fall and Winter beers. Theme music provided by Myke Kelli (@ mykekelli ) Outro music provided by @ FluidMinds Check out all
This week, while Brandon is on vacation, Matthew and Tony try their best to do a full episode without their faithful leader. Beers on this episode: Boulevard Brewing Co. - More S'Mores Old Irving Brewing Co. - Fireside K
This week Brandon, Tony and Matthew discuss the 2025 Goose Island BCBS lineup while sipping through some past Bourbon County Variants. Check out the full lineup here: https://www.gooseisland.com/bourbon-county-brand-stou
This week we revisit the "Summer of the Stout" series with our good friend Matthew. Beers on this episode: Miskatonic Brewing Company - Dungeon Master: Thunderbird Revolution Brewing - Cafe Deth Pipeworks Brewing Co. -Ba
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