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gabf 2022

GABF 2022: The Recap

After what feels like forever, the Great American Beer Festival (GABF) held the “beer festival” portion of its name for the first time since 2019. And just like that almost everything was back to the way it was. Volunteers pouring...

gabf 2022 part 1

Episode 454.1 – GABF 2022 Part One

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,...

monthly sampler february 2022

ABV Chicago Monthly Sampler: February 2022

Each month, we like to highlight twelve beers 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. Some of these drinks...

dark lagers 2

Episode 420 – Dark Lagers 2

Yeah we know what episode this is, and truthfully, the pressure of somehow delivering The Funny Weed Number Show was too much, leading us to sip on five delicious dark lagers instead. We explore some of the range a “Dark...