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chicago hop leaders

Episode 339 – Chicago Hop Leaders

Recent years have seen a surprising emergence of Chicago as one of the top destinations for hop enthusiasts, bolstered by a few well-publicized national medals and hype-inducing haze makers. But there were those that helped reshape our palates in the...

Ryan’s Top 50 Beers of 2019

The criteria for the list is simple: these are the best beers that I had this year that were released this year. Most of these were packaged but some were from draft pours or at festivals (if I had multiple...

most memorable 2019 ba vanilla blind

30 Most Memorable Beers of 2019

The Year in Beer 2019 featured some well-tread areas – shocking (and some not-so-shocking) brewery sales, cramming your grocery store shopping cart in the mash tun – along with some that we didn’t see or expect, such as hard seltzer...

dark lagers

Episode 301 – Dark Lagers

With winter approaching, one might feel it necessary to lament the passing of lager season. But dear listener, never fret! Brewers from all over the world have got your back! On this show, we salute our schwarz as we drink...