Episode 637 – Amber-Dextrous
We can’t overstate the importance of the Amber beer on early craft beer culture, as just about any brewpub worth its malt back then would have a shaker pint of a rusty red-ish ale or lager ready to pour at...
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Episode 587 – Czech Light Lagers
The lighter beers produced in the Czech Republic have inspired a bevy of lighter lagers stateside, so we get as Bohemian as we can with five different beers – four from the Chicagoland area. We brush up on our definitions...
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...
ABV Chicago’s Late Summer Beer Guide
We may be on the other half of it, but there’s still plenty of summer left – and you have a lot more beers to drink. Summers don’t have to be all about mass-produced hard seltzers and macro lagers. If...
