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Malt Couture — 343 episodes

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Batch 315: Upstate New York Showdown

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Batch 314: Keeping Together Battles The Barrel-Aged Robots

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Batch 313: California Classic Part II

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Batch 312: New England Mosh Pit*

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Batch 311: Stupid, Sexy White Diddly Whales

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Batch 310: Bottles with Backstories

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Batch 309: Cool Aunts and Ice In Your Wine

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Batch 308: Geriatric Millennial Grifters

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Batch 307: PRRRTing in the Wind

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Batch 306: The Top 5 Whiskeys of 2025

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Batch 305: Barleywine is Life 7: The State of Barleywhales

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Batch 304: Good For The Goose, Good For The Gander

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Batch 303: The State of Whales Today

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Batch 302: Sober Due Diligence

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Batch 301: When Old is New

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Batch 300: The Oldest Currency

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Batch 299: Pacific Northwest Fresh Hopstravaganza

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Batch 298: Oops! All White Whales

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Batch 297: New Releases, Old Money Brewers

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Batch 296: Alex Kidd and the Amazing Technicolor 8.4 oz Can

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Batch 295: Sober Summer Refreshers

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Batch 294: Trappist Punjabi Prison Match

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Batch 293: Alex & Stephen's Trappist House

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Batch 292: Sacramento West Coast IPA Shootout

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Batch 291: Colorado West Coast IPA Shootout

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Batch 290: Just Add a Big Ice Cube

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Batch 289: We're All Here Together

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Batch 288: Well, It Was A Good Day At Pebble Beach For Us

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Batch 287: This Is An All-American NA Shootout

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Batch 286: International NA Showdown: Canada vs. The UK

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Batch 285: Triple IPA Showdown Part 4

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Batch 284: Triple IPA Showdown Part 3

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Batch 283: Triple IPA Showdown Part 2

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Batch 282: Triple IPA Showdown Part 1

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Batch 281: NA EuroTrip

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Batch 280: Just Another Manic Black Tuesday

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Batch 279: Into the Play-Doh Mines

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Batch 278: Professor DDB and the Curious NA UK Stouts

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Batch 276: The Malty Boyz™ Get In Line

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Batch 275: NA Drippins

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Batch 274: It's Time To Relax

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Batch 273: The NA Craft Beer Titans Face Off

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Batch 272: The Hunt For Sober October

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Batch 271: The Most Suggested NA Beers

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Batch 270: NA Best Sellers

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Batch 269: The NA-ortheast

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Batch 268: NA Cocktail Hour

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Batch 267: Oops, All NA Fruited Beers

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Batch 266: Listener Recommendations

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Batch 265: The Old Guard

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Batch 264: Hot Import (NA)-ights

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Batch 263: European NA Beer Battle Royal

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Batch 262: Malty Boyz™ Enter Their Macro NA Era

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Batch 261: Zyn, Zap, Zop

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Batch 260: The Malty Boyz™ Are Back With a NA Bottleshare

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Batch 259: The Alex and Stephen Beer News Hour

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Batch 258: The Mailbag Returns

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Batch 257: The Perfect Beer Glass and Sex Positive Vegans

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Batch 256: Pop-Up Dinners with Susan Song

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Batch 255: With Your Host, Michael Gabriel!

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Malty Bonus: Life Updates and Hyperlocal Food (A)Mus(bouche)ings

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Batch 254: Alex and Michael Ride Again!

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Batch 253: Return To Tradition, Almost

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Batch 252: The Malt Couture Holiday Gift Guide

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Batch 251: The Origins, Creation, and Legacy of the White Whale List with SpeedwayJim

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Batch 250: Homebrewing and Experimental Hops with Vinnie Cilurzo

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Batch 249: The Roast of Steal This Beer

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Batch 248: White Whale Missed Connections and GABF '23

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Batch 247: Oktoberfest and Pumpkin Beers

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Batch 246: Woodshop and Masumoto Family Farm Peaches with Chris Quiroga

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Batch 245: Foodie Boyz™

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Batch 244: DDB's Top 10 Beers of 2013

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Batch 243: Wine and Basketball with Devin Reed

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Batch 242: Fear and Loathing at the Great American Beer Fest

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Batch 241: Hop Water and NA Beers with Doug Veliky

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Batch 240: "Life" International Barleywine Collab with Drew Pool

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Batch 239: The Whole Gang is All Back Together!

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Batch 238: One GigaBier, Please!

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Batch 237: The 4th Annual 420 Episode: Mead Edition

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Batch 236: The Hop Water Era Has Begun

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Batch 235: 100% Beer, 0% Podcast

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Batch 234: Don't Be Like Water

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Batch 233: Just 2 Sweet!

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Batch 232: And Then There Were 13 Trappist Breweries

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Batch 231: Batch 1 Was Better

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Batch 230: New Year, Same Ol' Malty Boyz™ (unforch)

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Batch 229: Alex's First In-Person Trade

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Batch 228: A Beersmas Carol 3: The Kidd Ultimatum

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Batch 227: Hometown Heroes West Coast IPA Edition

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Black Friday Bonus: 5th Annual-ish Bourbon County Preview Review

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Batch 226: Fantôme Batch Zero

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Batch 225: The Malty Boyz and the Giant Crack Apple

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Batch 224: Alex's Freudian Slip

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Batch 223: Concrete Eggs & Dark Lord

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Batch 222: Paninis Will Save the Brewery, Grandma!

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Batch 221: Dooby Dooby Doo...

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Batch 220: QUINTUPLE TIME!

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Batch 219: Midwest Legends!

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Batch 218: Now With More Kratom!

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Batch 217: Levi Funk of Funk Factory Geuzeria & Untitled Art

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Batch 216: Mr. Olympia Mumford & Sons

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Batch 215: Stephen's Alive!

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Batch 214: Sunken Treasure Tax Evasion

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Batch 213: RL Stine presents Lakeside Amusement Park

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Batch 212: Mezcal Madness

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Batch 211 with Deanna Belos from Sincere Engineer

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Batch 210: Michael Caine Brewing

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Batch 209: the 2022 Assies

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Batch 208: The Anniversary Cup

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Batch 207: Malty Boyz™ in the Dark

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Batch 206: The Lowest ABV Episode Ever!

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Batch 205: 25 Year Contract

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Batch 204: Something Something The Square Something Something

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Batch 203: Vote Michael Gabriel For Mayor!

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Batch 202: Beers of Fame: IPAs

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Batch 201: Beers of Fame: Double IPAs

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Batch 200: The Malty Cup II

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Batch 199: 40oz of Dogfish Head to Freedom

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Batch 198: The Coconut Cup Triple Threat Death Match

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Batch 197: Now With More Dracula!

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Batch 196: Alex and Stephen Ride Again!

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Batch 195: The Side Project Cinnamon Shootout

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Batch 194: Basement Bottle Shares

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Batch 193: Kill... Blastoise...

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Batch 192: Record Profits and Twitter Meltdowns

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Batch 191: The Millennial Commercial Bowl

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Batch 190: Give Sofia Colucci A Raise

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Batch 189: Barleywine is Life: Stephen Edition II

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Batch 188: Indiana: The Warm Beer State

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Batch 187: Monster Energy Smashes the CANarchy

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Batch 186: Bad Boiz Castle Incorporated LLC

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Batch 185: Try Eating Ass!

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Batch 184: Hometown Heroes Part II

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Batch 183: Make Out Counts and NFTs

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Batch 182: A Beersmas Carol 2: The Scorpion King

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Batch 181: Ur Bad

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Batch 180: Just Drink Half

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Batch 179: Michael's Funniest Episode?

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Black Friday Bonus: Maltterrogation with Averie Swanson of Keeping Together

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Black Friday Bonus: Small Batch with Becca Scott

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Black Friday Bonus: November 2021 Mailbag pt. 1

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Batch 178: Hometown Heroes

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Batch 177: 2 Malty Boy Power Trip

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Batch 176: Eat This Turkey Leg!

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Batch 175: The Gigabatch

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Batch 174: Revenege of the Pumpkin Beers

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Batch 173: Can I Sell You A Tchotchke?

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Batch 172: The Customer Is Always Right

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Batch 171: "Weird Stout" Episode

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Batch 170: Old Gueuzers

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Batch 169: It's Not A Phase, Brewers Association!

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Batch 168: Open Mic with a Two Barleywine Minimum

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Batch 167: Starring Pizza Dood and Featuring Horus

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Batch 166: Return of the DDB

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Interview with Ash Eliot of Brave Noise and Women of the Bevolution

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Batch 165: Beer vs. Pie

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Batch 164: Trickle Down Beeranomics

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Batch 163: The Lactose Episode

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From The Cellar: The Malt-terrogation - Alan Sprints of Hair of the Dog Brewing Company

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Batch 162: Gabagool... and Scene

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Batch 161: What's Your Yeast Sign?

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Batch 160: Beer-jecto Seato, Cuz!

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Batch 159: All Aboard The Hypetrain!

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From The Cellar: The Malt-terrogation - Tim Clifford of Sante Adairius Rustic Ales

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Batch 158: Big Jim Gravy's Revenge

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Batch 157: 2 Francs, a Dunkel, and a Pizza Place

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Batch 156: The Smoothie Seltzer Cup

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Batch 155: Old Barleywine Is Life

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From The Cellar: The Malt-terrogation - Cory King of Side Project Brewing

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Batch 154: The Celebrity Tequila Mogul Episode

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Batch 153: Year Of The Ratmagnet

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Batch 152: Helles is Other Ferengis

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Batch 151: Enter Stupid Contests, Win Stupid Prizes

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Batch 150: Maple Showdown

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From The Cellar: The Malt-terrogation - Paul Arney of The Ale Apothecary

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Batch 149: Hello Wisconsin (Fruit Beers)!

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Batch 148: Why Don't They Just Make Enough For Everyone?

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Batch 147: The Peanut Butter Cup

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Batch 146: Whose House? Runzas House.

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From The Cellar: The Malt-terrogation - Lee Lord of Narragansett Beer

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Batch 145: Bald People Are The Smartest

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Batch 144: Stick To The Script

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Batch 143: M.I.L.F. (Mother, I Love Filosophy)

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Batch 142: Ghosts Are Pretty Pimp

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Batch 141: Vanilla Showdown

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Batch 140: No One Likes The Tuna Here!

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Batch 139: The Health Inspector and a Trash Bag Full of Fries

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Batch 138: Exceptional Vibes

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Batch 137: Jigglypuff Returns

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Batch 136: Third Tier Law School

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Batch 135: New Money Banana Republic

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Batch 134: The Boyz™ Are Back In Town

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Batch 133: Tale of Two Hosts

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Batch 132: Celebrity Rosé Tinted Glasses

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Batch 131: Totally Eised Out

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Batch 130: A Beersmas Carol

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Batch 129: Shhhh, We're On A Secret Mission

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Batch 128: The Mand-Ella Fitzgerald Effect

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Batch 127: Y'all Got Anymore Of That Smooj?

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Bonus Batch: 3rd Annual Bourbon County Preview Review

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Batch 126: The Thanksgiving Hazelnut Feast

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Batch 125: White Whales and Drinking Dog Beer

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Batch 124: Can I Speak To Your Line Producer?

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Batch 123: For Sale: BBT, Never Opened

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Batch 122: Tick or Treat

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Batch 121: Lucky You

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Batch 120: All Rye, All Rye, All Rye

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Batch 119: The Real Alligator Wives of Jazz Country

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Batch 118: The Crispiest Episode So Far

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Batch 117: Just One Smooch

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Batch 116: Gems and Side Quests in Pennsylvania

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Batch 115: Beer But Make It Tobacco

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Batch 114: A Streetcar Named Expresso

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Batch 113: Barleywine is Life: BARLEY BATTLE! Michael Edition

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Batch 112: Old Money and the Chocolate Factory

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Batch 111: Beers of Fame: United Kingdom

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Batch 110: Beers of Fame: Germany

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Batch 109: Beers of Fame: Belgium

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Batch 108: TavourGate and the 4.8ers

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Batch 107: Too Weird to Brunch, Too Rare to Drink

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Batch 106: Drink Beer, Don't Do Comedy

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Batch 105: The New Normal

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Batch 104: The Hazy Cup Hype Haze Shootout

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Batch 103: Big Blind Bourbon Batch

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Batch 102: The Stupid Sexy Flanders Red is Life Episode

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Batch 101: Out of Code

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Batch 100: The Malty Cup

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Batch 99: The Linen Closet Raid

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Batch 98: The Six Pack Challenge

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Batch 97: Locals Only

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Batch 96: The Malt Liquor Episode

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Batch 95: The 420 Episode: Quarantine Edition!

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Batch 94: Lockdown and Stout

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Batch 93: Quarantine and Bottleshare

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Fermented Live in Sarasota at Calusa Brewing!

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Batch 92: Tyler Astl of Angry Chair Brewing

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Batch 91: It's La Fin du Monde As We Know It

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Batch 90: Brewerhood of the Traveling Barrel

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Batch 89: Vince "Bear" Quitugua of Three Chiefs Brewing Co.

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Batch 88: We Ain't Gettin' Any (Pliny the) Younger

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Batch 87: New Breweries, New Friends

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Batch 86: Bourbon County Cagematch Horizontal with Nick Gligor

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Fermented Live at SF Sketchfest!

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Batch 85: Tim Clifford of Sante Adairius

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Batch 84: The Mead Episode

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Batch 83: Where Curtis Rainsberry Goes, Heavy Stouts Flow

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Batch 82: Blåbær and Scrambled Eggs

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Batch 81: The Oregon Episode (The Beer-ver State)

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Batch 80: Drinkin' and Dunkin' with Krister Johnson

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Batch 79: The California Classic

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Batch 78: Kinda, Sorta Our Christmas Episode with Peter Bissell of Bissell Brothers Brewing

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Small Batch Bonus Episode - Nick Gligor

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Small Batch Bonus Episode - Dana Donnelly

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Small Batch Bonus Episode - Curtis Rainsberry

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Batch 77: Barleywine is Life: BARLEY BATTLE! Stephen Edition

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Batch 76: Cease and Hail Satan!

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Batch 75: Beer, Barrel, and Ramekins with Susan Song

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Fermented Live in San Francisco at Seven Stills!

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Batch 74: The Thanksgiving Episode II: Lil' Custard's Revenge

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Batch 73: Milkshakes and Old Money

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Batch 72: Let Them Eat Cake

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Batch 71: Méthode Traditionnelle vs. Belgian Lambics

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Batch 70: Trick or Treat

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Fermented Live in Denver!

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Batch 69: All Fantôme Everything

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Batch 68: Ashleigh Carter of Bierstadt Lagerhaus

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Batch 67: Peter Mumford of Mumford Brewing

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Batch 66: South Carolina Roadtrip with Permanent Hangover

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Batch 65: I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream For Beer

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Fermented Live in San Diego at The Casbah!

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Batch 64: Infinity Stones and Sell Outs

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Batch 63: St Luna-TICKS

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Batch 62: Anything But Beer with Charlie Fu

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Batch 61: Old Money Strikes Again

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Batch 60: Oxi and Me

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Batch 59: I'll Take a Crab Juice

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Batch 58: Second Runnings with Beer Snobbin

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Batch 57: Kevin Schmaltz of Societe Brewing

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Batch 56: The Summer Beers Episode

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Batch 55: An International Deal with the Devil

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Greg Thomas - Small Batch Sneak Peek

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Batch 54: Beers, Sports, and Barleywine with Carl Tart

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Batch 53: Michael's First Trade

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Batch 52: Kyle Harrop of Horus Aged Ales

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Batch 51: More Ham Water

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Fermented Live in Paso Robles at Kilokilo Brewing

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Batch 50: Old Money Vampires

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Batch 49: There's Nothing Wrong with Ohio

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Batch 48: Unclean Hands Doctrine

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Goose Island Reluctantly Hosts Malt Couture

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Fermented Live in Chicago at Schubas!

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Batch 47: Shaun Berns of Phase Three Brewing

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Batch 46: Drinking in Michigan

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Batch 45: Germs and Gratitude

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Batch 44: The 420 Episode

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Small Batch Sneak Peek - Cheyenne Perez

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Batch 43: C-Gak & Steve Choi of RX Bandits and The Sounds of Animals Fighting

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Batch 42: Ten to One

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Batch 41: B3K, Bump, Bump, Bump

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Batch 40: One Per Household

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Batch 39: Ta-Tah-Ta-Tah-Ta-Tah (The St. Patrick's Day Episode)

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Batch 38: Another Mailbag Episode

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Batch 37: Back to the Spider Den

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Batch 36: John Laffler of Off Color Brewing

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Batch 35: Joe Gebavi and Scott Coffman of Pipeworks Brewing Co.

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Batch 34: Pastry Dawgs Adjunct Artisan Ales

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Batch 33: Barleywine is Life: BARLEY BATTLE!

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Batch 32: Friendships & Lawsuits

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Bonus Batch: Whale Mail with Beer Snobbin'

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Batch 31: The Great Label Lockdown

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Batch 30: Winter Vacation

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Batch 29: Farmhouse Manifesto

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Batch 28: Billy Hamilton of Silverstein

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Batch 27: Sugar Water for White Elephants

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Batch 25: Barrel Power & Responsibility

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Batch 26: Sorry Not Sorry

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Batch 24: Öl! Öl! Öl! (Beer! Beer! Beer!)

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Fermented Live in San Francisco!

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Batch 23: The Thanksgiving Episode

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Bonus Batch: Bourbon Country Preview

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Batch 22: The Great Pumpkin Beer Episode

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Batch 21: Goats on Goats on Goats

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Batch 20: My Three Floyds

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Batch 19: The SpooOOoOoOOoky Episode

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Batch 18: The Due Diligence Episode

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Batch 17: 635 Days Later (Michael's Plight)

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Batch 16: Fresno to LA with Chef Nick Erven

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Batch 15: The Fantôme Menace

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Batch 14: Vito Trautz of Brouwerij West

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Batch 13: See You At The Crossroads

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Batch 12: Drinking Along the Pacific Northwest Trail

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Batch 11: The Barleywine is Life Episode

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Batch 10: The Mailbag Episode

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Batch 9: Michael's First Horizontal

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Batch 8: Alexandra Nowell of Three Weavers Brewing

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Batch 7: Heatwave in Beavertown

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Batch 6: Yeast Mode

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Batch 5: The Goose Island Lawsuit

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Batch 4: Have Your Cask and Eat It Too

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Batch 3: Hella Beers

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Batch 2: Florida State of Mind

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Batch 1: Tick the Podcast

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