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hazy flagship ipa battle royale round 2

Episode 479 – Hazy Flagship IPA Blind Battle Royale: Round 2

The second installment in our ongoing (and expanding) arbitrary competition to determine what we deem to be the best Chicagoland Flagship Hazy IPA continues with this murderer’s row of five eclectic and skilled breweries. There are many joyous smells and...

dubbel play

Episode 424 – Dubbel Play

Inching ever-closer to our Belgian cycle, we finally reach for the Dubbel on this show by drinking the style-originator and several American examples – including one big-time medal winner. With such wide variety on the style that are mostly good...

back to the barrel

Episode 313 – Back to the Barrel

After taking a month to recover from our Barrel-Aged December, we hop right back in the wood with five big beers from Illinois breweries. It leaves us feeling pretty spoiled to have so many great Winter barrel-aged options that don’t...

cherry beer

Episode 266 – Cherry On Tap

Like a lucky slot machine pull, we have a winning lineup of cherries on this show as we try five different styles of beer from five breweries, all featuring cherry. We learn quite a bit about these versatile drupes while...