ABV Chicago Podcast

mixed culture cooler

Episode 442 – Mixed Culture Cooler

Plunge that hand deep into the slushy depths of that beach-ready cooler and help yourself to a cold and refreshing serving of…lactobacillus, saccharomyces, and brettanomyces?! That’s right – we are packing our coolers with refreshing and fruity mixed culture sour...

hair of the dog

Episode 441 – Hair of the Dog

For almost 30 years, Alan Sprints and his Portland, Oregon brewery Hair of the Dog pioneered American craft beer through some of the earliest barrel-aging experiments and developed potent beers built for aging, creating some of the original “whales” in...

be sweet goose island

Be Sweet | Goose Island/Japanese Breakfast

Summertime in Chicago means one thing – music festivals. Lollapalooza remains the biggest one every year but, depending on the acts the bill, the Pitchfork Music Festival sometimes has the better lineup. (I would argue that case this year.) With...