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hazy flagship ipa battle royale round 2

Episode 479 – Hazy Flagship IPA Blind Battle Royale: Round 2

The second installment in our ongoing (and expanding) arbitrary competition to determine what we deem to be the best Chicagoland Flagship Hazy IPA continues with this murderer’s row of five eclectic and skilled breweries. There are many joyous smells and...

smoke shop

Episode 478 – The Smoke Shop

Seemingly popping up on more local taplists than ever, smoked beers are moving past being a niche brewery-only oddity. We find five beers that enlist smoked malts in their production to give off a surprising variety of flavors – and...

gabf 2022 part 2

Episode 454.2 – GABF 2022 Part Two

For the 40th year of GABF – and the first festival in three years – we had to go bigger than ever, so much so that we couldn’t fit it into one episode. Even though Ryan stayed behind in Illinois,...