Author: Ryan I.

fobab 2025

Best of FoBAB 2025

At this point, the Festival of Wood & Barrel-Aged Beers is such a well-oiled machine you’d think they’re lubing the gears with 16% stouts, but none of that happens by accident. Though this write-up will put the focus on the...

fobab fantasy draft

ABV Chicago’s Fantasy FoBAB League: 2025 Draft Results

With the Festival of Wood and Barrel-aged Beers returning this weekend for the 23rd time and the awards set for Saturday afternoon (which you can stream from the FoBAB website at 2PM), we will be in attendance with our scoresheets in hand to see...

gabf 2025

GABF 2025: Ryan’s Top 40 Beers

For a more detailed breakdown of this year’s Great American Beer Festival, along with interviews from a few select brewers that caught our attention (and appear on this list), be sure to check out our GABF 2025 podcast episode. Ryan’s...