Author: Ryan I.

Ryan’s Top 50 Beers of 2019

The criteria for the list is simple: these are the best beers that I had this year that were released this year. Most of these were packaged but some were from draft pours or at festivals (if I had multiple...

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ABV Chicago’s Arbitrary Decade-End Survey (and Raffle!)

Being teachers, we value feedback, revision, and “teachable moments” even when it comes to our silly beer podcast. So, we’re gathering feedback about our show, in addition to some outside perspective about the last ten years in beer. To encourage...

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ABV Chicago’s FoBAB Fantasy Draft 2019

As if drinking barrel-aged beers from 229 breweries, cideries, and meaderies from all over the country (and the world) was not exciting enough, we’ve come up with a simple way to make the Festival of Wood and Barrel-Aged Beers (FoBAB)...