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Episode 641 – Tennesseein’ is Tennedrinkin’

It’s been a long while since we’ve celebrated some of the great breweries of Tennessee, but thanks to Craig’s Dollywood trip we have a lineup of solid and surprising options here from The Gulch and beyond. We study up on...

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Episode 640 – Lactose Tolerance

Some might say that using lactose is antithetical to good beer, but there’s some distinct purpose in using milk sugar in certain beers despite it causing all us 40-and-ups some real tummy troubles. For this episode, we try four lactose-enhanced...

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Episode 639 – IPA All-Stars Blind Rd. 6

Back from a brief IPA supply-based hiatus, we resume our quest to review and rank as many long-tenured and well-regarded flagship IPAs as possible – and this ragtag bunch is adding some unexpected twists to the results. Acquired while in...

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Episode 638 – MoBAB 6: Back In The Groove

After a few months of recovery from Barrel-Aged December, we’re back in the wood groove with four big beers from a Mt. Rushmore of Chicago’s best breweries. Two stouts and two barleywines make the lineup here, and we’re going to...