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GABF 2024: 50 Can’t Miss Breweries at the Fest

As the 42nd iteration of the Great American Beer Festival gets underway in the second week of October, there’s no possible way to sample something from all 500-plus breweries, cidermakers, and beverage producers at the fest. With this year being...

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ABV Chicago Monthly Sampler: May 2024

At the end of each month, we like to highlight twelve drinks 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....

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Episode 536 – Live Oak

Austin, Texas’ Live Oak Brewing has been making world-class lagers and traditional styles through step-mashing and decoction mashing going back to 1997, and their regionally-available beers have inspired brewers worldwide to embrace not taking any short cuts. Thanks to Craig’s...

GABF 2023: Ryan’s Top 40 Beers

After taking a week or so to gather my thoughts and review my notes, I came up with this (extremely arbitrary) top 35 list of the best beers I had on the GABF floor. Following this list, I’ve also highlighted...