Monthly Archive: October 2023

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Episode 508 – FoBABlin’ 5: Return to FoBABlin’

Chicago’s biggest, baddest and most-barreled festival is back in its 21st year, so we’re eager to FoBABble about it for the first time in four years as a lead-up to the competition. We also open four barrel-aged beers from breweries...

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Episode 507 – Cruz Blanca Luchadors 2023

The seven barrel-aged beers that comprise this year’s Luchador lineup feature styles and ingredients we have rarely – or never – seen in the past, and no local “special release” lineup is getting as experimental as this one. Flavor master...

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Deep Wood 2023, Part 1 | Revolution Brewing

Barrel-aged season has begun. While that concept has become outdated with barrel-aged beer being released every week of the year, their typical concentration occurs during the last 3 months of the year (and continues through the first 3 months of...

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Episode 506 – Torture Test: Seven Deadly Beers

We’re indulging in our capital vices for our yearly attempt to destroy each other over bad beers, and this one features some of the most unexpected pours we’ve ever seen. There’s at least one beer here that unexpectedly brings out...