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Episode 638 – MoBAB 6: Back In The Groove

After a few months of recovery from Barrel-Aged December, we’re back in the wood groove with four big beers from a Mt. Rushmore of Chicago’s best breweries. Two stouts and two barleywines make the lineup here, and we’re going to...

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Episode 632 – Wine, Not

Though beer has long lived in wine’s shadow as a prestige drink, it can do an impressive job of borrowing flavors or even mimicking them from the grape-based beverage. We open four very different takes on wine-inspired beers, some that...

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Episode 623 – Hop Roundup: Premium Hops

We settle for no less than the best when it comes to choosing beers for our semi-regular hop roundups, and these five locals more than rise to the occasion. With our white gloves on, we’re sampling some of the finest...

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ABV Chicago’s Fantasy FoBAB League: 2025 Draft Results

With the Festival of Wood and Barrel-aged Beers returning this weekend for the 23rd 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...