Podcast Episodes

Thanksgiving Beer Feast

Season 11 Episode 563

Not content with waiting for one single day to stuff ourselves with our favorite traditional foods, we just had to drink our way through a feast of T…

1 year, 8 months ago

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FoBABlin' 6: FoBAB Time Machine

Season 11 Episode 562

As this year's Festival of Wood and Barrel-Aged Beers approaches, we dive deep into FoBAB topics while drinking through four barrel-aged beers from b…

1 year, 8 months ago

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Mega Deth

Season 11 Episode 561

The warmest thing about the colder months is that we have three different Deep Wood releases to look forward to, and we start the season with four st…

1 year, 9 months ago

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Torture Test: The Hateful 8

Season 11 Episode 560

The horrible tradition continues for an eighth year as we try to outdo one another in a test of our ability to withstand liquid torture - and this ye…

1 year, 9 months ago

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Farmhouse Fall

Season 11 Episode 559

After a long, arduous Brat Summer, we be-sweater ourselves for a little Farmhouse Fall by opening five autumnal saisons from some of the best in the …

1 year, 9 months ago

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Episode 558 - GABF 2024

Season 11 Episode 558

This year's Great American Beer Festival brought some new energy (with a small pour of confusion) to the four decade-old fest and competition, and we…

1 year, 9 months ago

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So Fresh, So Wet

Season 11 Episode 557

We're right at the end of hop harvest season, so now's the time to bask in the seasonal glory that is fresh and wet hop beers. We expand our understa…

1 year, 10 months ago

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Road to GABF 2024

Season 11 Episode 556

As we plan our 11th year of covering the Great American Beer Festival out in Denver, we take this episode to preview some of the Illinois beers pouri…

1 year, 10 months ago

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West Coast West Coast IPAs

Season 11 Episode 555

IPA can be a whole lot of things, but when we were cutting our teeth on hoppy beers, the West Coast style dominated. Appreciation of the style never …

1 year, 10 months ago

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Rice Lagers

Season 11 Episode 554

Using rice as a fermentable in an adjunct lager has been common in Japanese brewing for a long time, and recently more American craft brewers have ma…

1 year, 10 months ago

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