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festbier

Episode 605 – Festbier v. Märzen

There are many essential ingredients for a successful Oktoberfest celebration, but none is more important than the beer. But which style is going to fill your massive stein: the younger, bright Festbier or the old-school, bready Märzen? We found four...

west coast pilsners

Episode 595 – West Coast Pilsners

Newly adopted as its own category for this year’s GABF competition, the West Coast Pilsner has the hoppy influence of its namesake locale while also retaining much of what makes German Pilsners so repeatedly drinkable. We gather five locally-made examples...

fobab fantasy draft

ABV Chicago’s Fantasy FoBAB League: 2024 Draft Results

With the Festival of Wood and Barrel-aged Beers returning this weekend for the 22nd time and the awards set for Saturday afternoon (which you can stream from the FoBAB website at 2PM), we will be in attendance with our scoresheets in hand to see...

hoppy reds

Episode 549 – Hoppy Reds (Directors’ Cut)

Though this was recorded in the early summer months, this episode explores a broad style designation that’s seeing a bit of a resurgence – and hopefully more so with the coming colder temperatures. We open five red ales to see...