ABV Chicago Podcast

half acre report

Episode 540 – The Half Acre Report

CHICAGO (ABV) – With the 15th anniversary of the American Pale Ale that changed craft brewing in Chicago – Daisy Cutter – we file an urgent report on Half Acre beers recently released and break some news about the potential...

light lagers

Episode 539 – Blinded by the Light Lagers

After years of pushing boundaries with flavor, craft beer has come all the way back to banking on uncomplicated light lagers built for summer coolers. For this episode, we test out five local versions of lighter lagers in a blind...

monthly sampler may 2024

ABV Chicago Monthly Sampler: May 2024

At the end of each month, we like to highlight twelve drinks we found personally interesting, delicious, or exciting from (mostly) local sources with the hopes of passing on our recommendations to those that are interested in reading arbitrary reviews....

barrels in space

Episode 538 – MoBAB 4: Barrels in Space

Our fourth installment of drinking more barrel-aged beers (MoBAB) at about the halfway point to FoBAB lifts off into orbit with four different styles aged in bourbon and whiskey barrels. Sipping these leads to talk about length of barrel stays,...