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wild chicagoland

Episode 660 – Wild Chicagoland

Join Ryan and Craig, your guides to the (sub)urban beer jungle, as they experience the eccentric, offbeat, and unexpected Wild beers of Chicagoland! They imbibe four different ales fermented with wild yeasts and bacteria while aged in oak and review...

Episode 647 – Red, White, and Blue: Two Ways

With the impending 250th anniversary of this country of ours (AMERICA), we celebrate the only way we know how: by drinking three IPAs and three Belgian Trappist beers that are only united by three common colors. We sample the Reds,...

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Episode 634 – ESBs

A proper British Bitter actually exists on a spectrum of Ordinary, Best, and Strong – or as we mostly know them in the U.S., Extra Special. We try to make sense of this moving target of a style by trying...

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ABV Chicago: Ryan’s Top 40 Beers of 2025

Of course there are plenty of stories of contractions and closings in the current reality of craft beer, but I truly believe this one thing: the best beer in history is being made right now. There’s never been greater technical...