ABV Chicago Podcast

rice lagers

Episode 554 – Rice Lagers

Using rice as a fermentable in an adjunct lager has been common in Japanese brewing for a long time, and recently more American craft brewers have made their own versions with an emphasis on the remarkably dry finish of the...

wisconsin borderlands

Episode 553 – Wisconsin Borderlands

Just a short drive north from Chicago, a land of interesting breweries awaits across the Wisconsin border, so we drink through five beers that’ll hardly cost you a quarter tank of gas to pick up yourself. The beers bring up...

ba coconutz

Episode 552 – BA Coconutz

Like some sort of softball-sized, hairy drupe falling from a tree to knock us on the head, within this lineup of four beers is a surprise that almost completely brings the show to a grinding halt. But otherwise, it’s a...

holy toledo

Episode 551 – Holy Toledo

The titular exclamative comes thanks to Craig’s unexpected finds during a recent trip to Toledo, Ohio. This lineup of five Toledo-area beers is almost total adjunct bacchanalia – and one that surprises us at every step. We get into the...