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Deep Wood 2023, Part 1 | Revolution Brewing

Barrel-aged season has begun. While that concept has become outdated with barrel-aged beer being released every week of the year, their typical concentration occurs during the last 3 months of the year (and continues through the first 3 months of...

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Episode 506 – Torture Test: Seven Deadly Beers

We’re indulging in our capital vices for our yearly attempt to destroy each other over bad beers, and this one features some of the most unexpected pours we’ve ever seen. There’s at least one beer here that unexpectedly brings out...

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Episode 505 – Lager Heads: Welcome to Chi-Taste-O

Chicagoland is pretty gifted in lager-centric breweries, but now that trends have shifted back towards the more drinkable, almost every brewery is featuring more and more lagers. This is an extremely good thing. For this show, we do a blind...

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ABV Chicago Monthly Sampler: September 2023

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....