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2024
Episode 529 – Back to the Barrel 5
Episode 528 – Heavy Riff Brewing Company (feat. Rick Hagen)
Episode 527 – Local West Coast DIPAs
Episode 522 – Deep Wood: On Heavenly Jacket
Episode 520 – 10 Beers for 10 Years
Episode 519 – Hop Butcher: Taproom Edition (feat. Jude La Rose)
Episode 517 – Brandy, You’re A Fine Barrel
2023
Episode 516 – Bourbon County 2023 (w/ Ryan Tracy)
Episode 515 – WeldWerks Medianoches (feat. Neil Fisher)
Episode 513 – Metropolitan Forever
Episode 512 – FoBAB Winners 2023
Episode 511 – Chicago Browntown
Episode 508 – FoBABlin’ 5: Return to FoBABlin’
Episode 507 – Cruz Blanca Luchadors 2023
Episode 506 – Torture Test: Seven Deadly Beers
Episode 505 – Lager Heads: Welcome to Chi-Taste-O
Episode 503 – GABF 2023 (feat. Matt Brynildson, Ryan Fields, Colt Carpenter, Leo Sawadogo, Rick Hagen and Greg Meyer, Dave Lopez, and Ryan Wibby)
Episode 502 – Barrels Out West
Episode 501 – Road to GABF: Far Flung IL Medals
Episode 500 – Part Two w/ Josh Deth
Episode 500 – Part One w/ Jason Klein and Gabriel Magliaro
Episode 499 – Blind Oktoberfests
Episode 497 – Deep Wood Summer 3-Pack
Episode 496 – Half Acre Beer Co. (feat. Gabriel Magliaro)
Episode 494 – Private Press Brewing (feat. Brad Clark)
Episode 493 – Hazy Flagship IPA Blind Battle Royale: Championship Edition
Episode 492 – Saisons of SARA (feat. Adair Paterno)
Episode 490 – Hawkeye Homecoming
Episode 489 – Chicago Italian Pilsners
Episode 488 – Hazy Flagship IPA Blind Battle Royale: Round 5
Episode 486 – MoBAB 3: Barrel Warriors
Episode 485 – Hazy Flagship IPA Blind Battle Royale: Round 4
Episode 483 – Wax Wings Brewing (feat. Rob Hopkins)
Episode 482 – Hazy Flagship IPA Blind Battle Royale: Round 3
Episode 481 – B4ck to the B4rrel
Episode 480 – Cellar West, Chapter 2
Episode 479 – Hazy Flagship IPA Blind Battle Royale: Round 2
Episode 477 – Barrel-Aged Triptych
Episode 476 – Hazy Flagship IPA Blind Battle Royale: Round 1
Episode 475 – English-Style Chicago
Episode 474 – Irish Reds Blind
Episode 471 – Deep Wood: Vsoooo Good
Episode 469 – Hop Butcher: No IPAs
Episode 467 – Supermoon Beer Company
Episode 465 – New Year, New Glarus
2022
Episode 463 – Barrel-Aged Half Acre (Non-Benthic Edition)
Episode 462 – Barrel-Aged Stout Grab Bag
Episode 461 – Chicago BA Base Stouts Blind
Episode 460 – FoBAB 2022 Winners
Episode 459 – Weldwerks 3: Weirdwerks (feat. Neil Fisher)
Episode 457 – Cruz Blanca Luchadors 2022
Episode 456 – Deth Becomes Them
Episode 455 – Torture Test 666: Beer of the Beast
Episode 454.2 – GABF 2022, Part Two (feat. Kurt Kandler and Vinnie Cilurzo)
Episode 454.1 – GABF 2022, Part One (feat. Zach Kelly, Shyla Sheppard, Seth Morgan, Andrew Truemper, Kevin Davey, and Kelly Montgomery)
Episode 452 – Waypost Brewing Company
Episode 451 – Maximum Minneapolis (feat. Dan Herman and Tom Berg)
Episode 450 – Saison is the Reason (feat. Sarah Flora, Matt Sampson, and Mike Thorpe)
Episode 448 – Just Tables (feat. Mike Thorpe)
Episode 447 – BlackStack Brewing
Episode 445 – Portland, Oregon (feat. Jeff Alworth)
Episode 442 – Mixed Culture Cooler
Episode 441 – Hair of the Dog (feat. Alan Sprints)
Episode 440 – Saison Death Match: Chicago vs. Milwaukee
Episode 438 – Necromancer Resurrections (feat. Lauren Hughes)
Episode 436 – MoBAB 2: Dark Territory
Episode 435 – Giant Jones Brewing Company (feat. Jessica Jones)
Episode 434 – Kuhnhenn Brewing Company
Episode 432 – Azadi Brewing (feat. Bhavik Modi and Gator Schrand)
Episode 428 – Atrium Brewing (feat. Spencer Guy)
Episode 427 – Hot Drops! Part Deux
Episode 426 – The Louisville Show (feat. Andy Cobb)
Episode 425 – Ethereal Brewing (feat. Brandon Floan)
Episode 423 – Grape Expectations
Episode 421 – Back to the Barr3l
Episode 419 – Grave Jacket to Heaven
Episode 416 – Beers For Podcasting (feat. Dave Bleitner)
Episode 414 – Non-Alcoholic Adventure
Episode 413 – Cold IPAs (feat. Doug Veliky)
2021
Episode 412 – Double Barrel Blast
Episode 410 – Barrel-Aged Saisons (feat. Rob Brennan)
Episode 409 – FoBAB 2021 Winners
Episode 408 – Half Acre Benthic 2021
Episode 407 – The Cincinnati Show
Episode 406 – Cruz Blanca Luchadors 2021 (feat. Jacob Sembrano)
Episode 404 – Bourbon County 2021
Episode 403 – Torture Test V: Crypt Fever
Episode 401 – Duneyrr/Moderne Dune (feat. Tyler Davis)
Episode 400 – Barrel-Aged Chicago Stouts
Episode 399 – IL GABF Winners 2021
Episode 397 – Grocery Store IPAs
Episode 396 – Allagash Brewing Company
Episode 393 – Oxford Comma Stouts
Episode 391 – Hot Rev Summer (feat. John Carruthers)
Episode 388 – Keeping Together (feat. Averie Swanson)
Episode 387 – Necromancer Brewing (feat. Lauren Hughes)
Episode 384 – Single Hop Butcher (feat. Jeremiah Zimmer)
Episode 383 – Mikerphone Unplugged
Episode 382 – West Coast-Style Chicago
Episode 376 – Young Blood Beer Co. (feat. Tom Dufek)
Episode 373 – Around the Bend (feat. Dan Schedler)
Episode 371 – Back 2 The Barrel
Episode 365 – Revolution: Straight to the Ryeway
Episode 362 – Odious Cellars (feat. Reeve Joseph)
Episode 361 – Cellar West (feat. Zach Nichols)
2020
Episode 360 – Exciting! Barrel-Aged Stouts!
Episode 359 – Revolution: Deth Wish (feat. Marty Scott)
Episode 358 – Barrel-Aged Coffee Stouts
Episode 357 – FoBAB 2020 Winners (feat. Aaron Keefner)
Episode 354 – American-Made Mexican-Style Lagers
Episode 353 – Cruz Blanca Luchadors 2020
Episode 352 – Bourbon County 2020
Episode 351 – Torture Test IV: Zoom of Doom
Episode 347 – Illuminated Brew Works
Episode 346 – More vs. Phase Three Blind
Episode 345 – Old Irving Brewing (feat. Trevor Rose-Hamblin)
Episode 339 – Chicago Hop Leaders
Episode 337 – Saisonathon at Home
Episode 336 – Fruited Berliners
Episode 332 – Hop Butcher for the Quarantine
Episode 331 – Milkshakes Not Handshakes
Episode 330 – Café a la Maison
Episode 328 – Stone Redemption
Episode 325 – Third Space Brewing
Episode 320 – Girl Scout Cookie Press
Episode 318 – Peanut Butter Cup Stouts Blind
Episode 317 – Single Hop Blind
Episode 316 – Revolution: Deeper and Woodier
Episode 313 – Back to the Barrel
Episode 311 – Danks for Legal Weed
Episode 310 – Under the Table and Drinking
Episode 309 – Beer on the Wall Collabs
2019
Episode 307 – Bourbon County 2019 (w/ Ryan Tracy)
Episode 305 – Cruz Blanca Luchadors 2019
Episode 304 – Deep Wood 2019 Part 1
Episode 302 – Listener Supported
Episode 299 – Torture Test III: Pain Train
Episode 298 – FoBABlin’ 4 The People
Episode 296 – GABF 2019 (feat. Matt Johnson and Jason Green, Nick Walker and Max Arndt, Kelly Montgomery and John McGarry, Mike Czech and Kurt, Mitch Steele, Andy Maben, and Steve Pominski)
Episode 295 – Rev Against the Machine
Episode 293 – New Chicagoland Sampler
Episode 292 – Oktoberfest Blind
Episode 290 – Kveik Beers (feat. Ben and John Saller)
Episode 289 – Triptych Diptych
Episode 287 – Brew City (feat. Andy Gehl and Kyle Vetter)
Episode 286 – Eagle Park Brewing Company (w/ Max Borgardt and Jake Schinker)
Episode 285 – Phase Three vs. Hop Butcher Blind
Episode 284 – Rabid Brewing (w/ Raiye Rosado, Tobias Cichon, and Max Sterbenc)
Episode 280 – School of Brett (w/ Clint Bautz and Lance Shaner)
Episode 276 – Saisonathon 2019 Live (feat. Mike Thorpe, Jacob Sembrano, Adam Cieslak, Adam Smith, Randy Mosher, Kevin Lilly, and Brian Taylor)
Episode 275 – Angry Chair Brewing
Best of Low ABV 4: Flavor Adventures
Episode 272 – Mikerphone Duets
Episode 268 – The Legend of the Seven Sierras
Episode 265 – BA Vanilla Stouts Blind (w/ Ryan Tracy)
Episode 264 – Flagship February
Episode 263 – Central Wisconsin Craft Collective
Episode 262 – Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales
Episode 261 – Afterthought Brewing
Episode 260 – Deep Wood Deeper Dive
Episode 259 – Cruz Blanca Brewery (w/ Jacob Sembrano and Todd White)
2018
Episode 256 – The Full Vermonty
Episode 254 – Bitter Pops Advent Calendar
Episode 253 – Beer Gifts (w/ Ryan Tracy)
Episode 252 – Deep Wood Deep Dive
Episode 251 – BCBS 2018 with Mike Siegel
Episode 250 – Gueuz’n USA (w/ Doug Veliky; feat. James Howat, Jason Pallet, and Tomme Arthur)
Episode 249 – FoBABlin’ 3: Season of the Barrel
Episode 248 – The Torture Test II: Craig’s Revenge
Episode 246 – Pumpkin Chuckin’
Episode 245 – Weldwerks Brewing (feat. Neil Fisher)
Episode 244 – Hops! We Did It Again
Episode 243 – GABF 2018 (feat. James and Melissa Priest, Tony Corder and Drew DeWees, Mike Donovan, Jason Pellett, Marty Nachel, Blake Arrowood, and Tomme Arthur)
Episode 241 – Road to GABF 2018
Episode 240 – Belgian Sour Starter Pack
Episode 239 – The WI Show (feat. Clint Lohman, Allyson Rolph, Sam Yanda, Dr. Scott Kelley, and Dr. Jimmy Gosset)
Episode 238 – 450 North Brewing (feat. McKinley Minniefield and Brian Pine)
Episode 235 – American Kriek (feat. Hagen Dost and Bill Wesselink)
Episode 234 – Bearded Iris Brewing
Episode 231 – Still Hazy After All These Years
Episode 230 – SaisOn the Shelf
Episode 229 – Lager Me Blindly
Episode 227 – Chicago Sour IPAs
Episode 225 – Halfway to Black Friday (w/ Josh Noel)
Episode 223 – The Science of Saison (w/ Mike Thorpe)
Episode 221 – The Old/Fresh Blind Test
Episode 220 – Smoked Beers Everyday
Episode 218 – Hop Butcher for the World
Episode 217 – The S’more You Know
Episode 215 – Yazoo: Embrace the Funk
Episode 214 – Energy City Brewing
Episode 213 – Cigar City Brewing
Episode 212 – German-Style Chicago Reboot
Best of Low ABV Volume 3: Hops n’ Games
Episode 209 – Lost Forty Brewing
Episode 207 – New Taproom Tour
Episode 206 – pFriem Family Brewers
2017
Episode 204 – Holiday Party 2017 (feat. Jon Naghski, Ross O’Neill, Jude LaRose, Neal, Beck, and Josh)
Episode 201 – Lineless in Chicago
Episode 200 – The 200th Episode Extravaganza (feat. 90s trivia screamed at Jacob Sembrano, Dave Dahl, Brian Krajack, Chris Betts, Matt Johnsen, Matt LaFleur, Claudia Jendron, Karina Shimkos, Chris Kingston, Peter Anderson, Doug Hurst, Roger Cuzelis, Brent Banks, Neil Fisher, Mike Pallen, Shaun Berns, Josh Noel, Brad Pulver, and Ryan Jacobs)
Episode 199 – Metal Monkey Asmodeus (feat. Dan Camp and Jason Janes)
Episode 198 – FoBABblin’ 2: FoBABblin’ in the City
Episode 197 – Blinded by the Haze
Episode 196 – The Torture Test
Episode 195 – Vanilla Stout Bottle Share (feat. MC Johnsen, Matt Johnsen, Brent Banks, Randy Adorable, and Daniel Pauley)
Episode 194 – GABF 2017 (w/ MC & Matt Johnsen; feat. Paul Reiter, James Dugan, Gavin Lord, Chris Frosaker, Evan Price, Marc Schulz, Ben Maeso, Randy Mosher, Zack Dunbar, Mark Legenza, Mark Poffenberger, and Chris Davison)
Episode 190 – The MI Show (feat. John Lustina, David Coyle, David Cockell, and Mitch Ermatinger)
Episode 189 – Face/Off: WI vs. IL
Episode 188 – Around the World in 5 Beers (feat. Pete Gillespie)
Episode 187 – Saint Errant Brewing (w/ Brent Banks and Ryan Jacobs)
Episode 185 – Can’t Stop the Hops
Episode 184 – Hops for Downloads
Episode 183 – Transient Artisan Ales (w/ Chris Betts)
Episode 182 – Dovetail and Riggs: Crossfire
Episode 181 – Narrow Gauge Brewing Company
Episode 180 – Mikerphone Brewing Live! (w/ Mike Pallen)
Episode 179 – Chicago Cooler Beers
Episode 177 – Jackie O’s (feat. Seth Morton)
Episode 175 – The PA Show (feat. Brendan Benson)
Episode 174 – Can Do, Chicago!
Episode 171 – Midwestern Wheats
Episode 169 – The OH Show (feat. Tom Schaeffer)
Episode 168 – Left Field Brewery
Episode 167 – Half Acre & Heavy Gem
Episode 166 – New Chicago Brewery Tour (feat. Dave Dahl, Kevin Lilly, Mark Legenza, Mark Poffenberger, Jacob Sembrano, Hagen Dost, and Bill Wesselink)
Episode 163 – Race to Juice Mountain
Episode 161 – Deciduous Brewing
Episode 159 – BCBS Vertical (w/ Josh Noel)
Episode 158 – Suburban Fruit Basket
Episode 157 – Central Waters Anniversary (w/ Jack Muldowney, Tom White, and Nick Costa)
Episode 156 – Escape to Canada: Bellwoods Brewery
2016
Episode 153 – Cypress Grove Meets Chicago
Episode 152 – Holiday Party 2016 (feat. Doug Veliky, Matt Johnsen, MC Johnsen, and Marie Cummins)
Episode 151 – Stocking Stuffers
Episode 149 – Bourbon County 2016
Episode 148 – FoBAB Hangover 3: Non-Alcoholic Beers
Episode 145 – Bright Green Bangers
Episode 143 – GABF 2016 (w/ MC Johnsen; feat. Neil Fisher, Ryan Fields, Eric Larken, Jonathan Wakefield, Jeff Stuffings, Bob Kunz, James Howat, and Jeremy Tofte)
Episode 142 – Darkness (w/ MC Johnsen)
Episode 141 – Triptych Brewing (feat. Anthony Benjamin)
Episode 139 – Funk Factory Geuzeria
Episode 137 – Best of Low ABV, Volume 1
Episode 136 – The FLA Show (feat. Matt Manthe and Cory Artanis)
Episode 135 – NOW That’s What I Call Nepotism! Vol. 1
Episode 134 – Funky Buddha, Little Buddha (feat. Jeff Rose)
Episode 133 – Hop Butcher For the World (w/ Jeremiah Zimmer)
Episode 132 – Goose Island Clybourn II (w/ Jon & Steve)
Episode 129 – The GA Show (feat. Ford McLure and Joran Van Ginderachter)
Episode 128 – Mikerphone Remastered
Episode 126 – Maplewood Brewery & Distillery (w/ Adam Smith, Adam Cieslak, and Paul Megalis)
Episode 125 – Goodbye ABV West
Episode 124 – Random Acts of Hoppiness
Episode 122 – Saved by CCBW: The New Class
Episode 118 – Dark Lord (w/ Josh Noel)
Episode 117 – Midwest BA Stouts Blind
Episode 116 – Trillium, Again (w/ MC Johnsen)
Episode 115 – Mikerphone Brewing
Episode 114 – Une Annee: Le Seul
Episode 113 – Short’s vs. Odd Side: Illinois Edition
Episode 112 – Speedway Stout Grand Prix (w/ Mike Zoller)
Episode 111 – Stoneface Brewing Co.
Episode 110 – Just A Little Off…..Color
Episode 109 – Cider House Rulez (w/ Kim Leshinski and MC Johnsen)
Episode 108 – Side Project II: The Secret of the Booze (w/ Steph Byce)
Episode 107 – New Glarus R&D 2015
Episode 106 – Collaboration Nation
Episode 105 – Casey Brewing and Blending
Episode 102 – Yet Another Beershow
2015
Episode 100 – Holiday Party 2015 (feat. Kim Leshinski, Ken Getty, Nick Burica, Chris Betts, Marie Cummins, Dennis Lee, MC Johnsen, and Matt Johnsen)
Episode 99 – Spiteful Barrel Aged Ballers
Episode 98 – Pipeworks: The Quest for Cans
Episode 97 – Bourbon County 2015(w/ Dennis Lee)
Episode 96 – FoBAB Hangover & Craft Sodas
Episode 95 – The Other Illinois
Episode 94 – West Coast Shelf Takeover
Episode 92 – Gueuze Crueuze (w/ MC Johnsen and Matt Johnsen)
Episode 91 – Night of the Hunter (w/ Colin Joliat)
Episode 90 – Door County Brewing Co.
Episode 89 – Saisons Across America
Episode 88 – GABF 2015 (feat. Jonathan Wakefield, Sean Lawson, James Howat, Paul Kreiner, Craig Mycoskie, Jason zumBrunnen, Jay Goodwin, and Jeremy Tofte)
Episode 85 – Beer For Breakfast (w/ Dennis Lee)
Episode 83 – Brett Friends Forever
Episode 82 – Hill Farmstead 3:Rise of the Growlers
Episode 81 – House of 1000 Hops
Episode 80 – Tree House Brewing Company (feat. Dean Rohan)
Episode 79 – CAN You Feel The Love Tonight?
Episode 74 – New Glarus Fruit Beers (w/ Marie Cummins)
Episode 73 – The Beerists Cellar Invasion (w/ John Rubio, Anastacia Kelly, and Mike Lambert)
Episode 72 – The Mostly ME Show
Episode 71 – Crooked Stave 2: Crookeder Stave
Episode 70 – Night Shift Barrel Society
Episode 69 – Temperance Beer Company (w/ Claudia Jendron)
Episode 68 – Imperial Oak Brewing (w/ Grant Hamilton, Brett Semenske, and Chris DiBraccio)
Episode 67 – Mexican Hot Chocolate Blind
Episode 65 – The Open Bottle (w/ Patrick and Julie Bisch)
Episode 64 – Welcome to Chicago
Episode 60 – Transient: Bindle of Fun
Episode 59 – Barrel-Aged What’s New Chicago?
Episode 57 – Middle Brow Chocolate Homebrew Contest (w/ Nick Burica and Bryan Grohnke)
Episode 54 – Dark Horse Disaster
Episode 52 – Revolution Deep Wood
Episode 51 – Cantillon (w/ Ken Getty)
Episode 50 – Hill Farmstead II: Back 2 The Farm
2014
Episode 48 – Holiday Party (feat. Chris Betts, Nick Burica, Marie Cummins, Matt LaFleur, Dennis Lee, Kim Leshinski, and Ken Getty)
Episode 47 – Firestone Walker Anniversary Ales
Episode 46 – The Art of Beer (w/ Matt LaFleur)
Episode 45 – BCBS Alternatives
Episode 44 – Bourbon County 2014
Episode 43 – Barrel Aged Pipeworks (w/ Dennis Lee)
Episode 42 – Russian River: The Tioning
Episode 41 – Goose Island Clybourn (w/ Nick Barron, Jon Naghski, and Jacob Sembrano)
Episode 40 – Founders Brewing Co.
Episode 39 – What’s New, Chicago?
Episode 38 – GABF (feat. Linus Hall & Brandon Jones, Walt Dickinson, Marks Lanham, Jesse Friedman, Chris Betts, Jay Goodwin, Jeremy Tofte, and Sam Calagione)
Episode 37 – The Great Pumpkin Beer Show! (w/ Kim Leshinski)
Episode 36 – Chicago After Dark
Episode 33 – Chicago Berliner Weisse
Episode 32 – Horse Thief Hollow (w/ Dave Williams and Neil Byers)
Episode 31 – Transient Artisan Ales (w/ Chris Betts)
Low ABV 1 – Great Taste of the Midwest 2014 (feat. Dan Caray, Mike Saboe, Adam Vavrick, and Michael Kiser)
Episode 30 – Sante Adairius Rustic Ales (w/ Ken Getty)
Episode 29 – Beermiscuous (w/ Paul Leamon and Austin Bainard)
Episode 27 – Toppling Goliath (w/ Marie Cummins)
Episode 26 – Goose Island with Brett Porter
Episode 25 – Chicago Fruit Basket
Episode 22 – Blind Session IPAs
Episode 21 – Chicago Growlers (w/ Marie Cummins)
Episode 20 – 4 Hands Brewing Co.
Episode 19 – Pipeworks Gets Weird
Episode 17 – Bee’s Knees and Chicago Brews (w/ Chris Ferguson)
Episode 15 – Wheat Home Chicago
Episode 14 – Lawson’s Finest Liquids (w/ Dennis Lee)
Episode 9 – Half Acre (w/ Dennis Lee)
Episode 8 – Central Waters Brewer’s Reserve
Episode 7 – German Style Chicago
Episode 6 – West Coast Bias: San Francisco
Episode 5 – Pipeworks Ninja Retirement Party
