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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...

hop roundup heating up

Episode 593 – Hop Roundup: Heating Up

In our second of our quarterly “random hoppy things” episodes wherein we gather notable hop-driven drinks from local breweries, we have a murderers’ row lineup to lead us into the warmer months – and we even include one non-beer. The...

beer under glass 2025

Beer Under Glass 2025

The official kickoff for Illinois Craft Beer Week and the unofficial kickoff for drinking outside nearly everyday for the next four months, Beer Under Glass moved to the Harris Theater rooftop at Millennium Park for 2025 – and it was...

hop roundup winter 2025

Episode 577 – Hop Roundup: Winter ‘25

We love hoppy beers, and truthfully, we need to find an excuse to try more local releases that catch our attention. Introducing the Hop Roundup: a quarterly series of episodes focused on notable hoppy releases in a general timeframe. For...