Batch 305: Barleywine is Life 7: The State of Barleywhales
Malt Couture
Alex Kidd
4.9 • 812 Ratings
🗓️ 15 January 2026
⏱️ 123 minutes
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Summary
Alex and Stephen start 2026 with a visit from Lord Maris for the seventh Barleywine is Life episode with four Barleywhales that have been lighting up the tradeboards on the secondary market. Featuring barleybobs from The Veil (STARVE: Exhibit H), Goose Island (King Henry II), Anchorage Brewing (Penta Oaked A Deal With the Devil), and Half Acre (Bazalt Wilderness of History). In the Beer News, Jim Beam temporarily shutters a distillery, Disneyland offers a $250 adult beverage, and Bells Brewing tests the spelling skills of their fanbase for this year's Hopslam release.
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| 0:00.0 | All right, all right, welcome to |
| 0:07.3 | Don't Trade Beer Presents Balcon, |
| 0:08.6 | toward the world's jangiest beer podcast. |
| 0:10.7 | This is match number 305. |
| 0:14.3 | And it's Barley Wine is live. |
| 0:17.5 | One more time. |
| 0:18.4 | We've resurrected the Barley Wine's Life episode, Alex. You know, I saw you post that photo on Instagram. And I was like, I'm not excited for it. And then I realized, oh, they're all barley wines. And now I am excited for it. I'm sitting here. And I'm looking forward to this, this, this iteration of barley wine is life. |
| 0:42.0 | This episode is going to be spicier than Cayaocho, Mr. 305. |
| 0:47.0 | Pit bull. |
| 0:49.1 | Yes, Stephen, barley wine is life seven, the state of barley whales. |
| 0:54.6 | That's right. |
| 0:55.2 | If you have been following Malkator for the last seven years, then you know that we've |
| 1:00.7 | been doing these pretty consistently up until sobriety kicked in. |
| 1:05.8 | And now Stephen has to pay the price once again. |
| 1:09.2 | We had our first one in batch 11, then batch 33, and batch 77 was the Stephen edition |
| 1:15.6 | Part 1. |
| 1:16.9 | We had Barley Wine and His Life in batch 113. |
| 1:20.1 | I think that's a Michael episode. |
| 1:21.8 | That was finally the Michael episode. |
| 1:23.6 | And then in batch 189, Stephen Edition Part 2. |
| 1:27.2 | Yeah. |
| 1:27.8 | And we had like, yeah, an old Barley Wine's Life episode, 155. |
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