Author: abvchicago

west coast pilsners

Episode 595 – West Coast Pilsners

Newly adopted as its own category for this year’s GABF competition, the West Coast Pilsner has the hoppy influence of its namesake locale while also retaining much of what makes German Pilsners so repeatedly drinkable. We gather five locally-made examples...

goldfinger

Episode 594 – Goldfinger Brewing (with Tom Beckmann)

In just 5 years, Goldfinger Brewing Company has made Downers Grove, Illinois a true destination for lager-lovers and much of that is to the credit of founder, co-owner, and head brewer Tom Beckmann’s tireless quest to make the most interesting...

hop roundup heating up

Episode 593 – Hop Roundup: Heating Up

In our second of our quarterly “random hoppy things” episodes wherein we gather notable hop-driven drinks from local breweries, we have a murderers’ row lineup to lead us into the warmer months – and we even include one non-beer. The...

Episode 592 – IPA All-Stars Blind, Round 2

In our continuing quest to find the best legacy IPA (that also happens to be widely available), we blindly taste and rate a set of five here that represent four from the West Coast and one extremely familiar local. Are...