Podcast Episodes

Metropolitan Forever

Season 10 Episode 513

For over 15 years, Metropolitan blessed this great city with high quality lagers and traditional German styles. They ushered in a second wave of Chic…

2 years, 8 months ago

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FoBAB Winners 2023

Season 10 Episode 512

Earlier in November, the Illinois Craft Brewers Guild put on the 21st Festival of Wood and Barrel-Aged Beers to recognize some of the breweries makin…

2 years, 8 months ago

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Chicago Browntown

Season 10 Episode 511

Hop on the Brown Line straight to Browntown with us, as we discover a hopefully-growing local resurgence of the brown ale with five examples from Chi…

2 years, 8 months ago

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Hop Waters

Season 10 Episode 510

Carbonated water treated with hops is pretty simple in concept, but these five breweries prove that there's a lot of variation and skill that goes in…

2 years, 8 months ago

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The DE Show

Season 10 Episode 509

Though it might be one of the smallest states, the brewing scene in Delaware is mighty, and we're ushering in our 33rd State Show with a lineup of fi…

2 years, 9 months ago

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FoBABlin' 5: Return to FoBABlin'

Season 10 Episode 508

Chicago's biggest, baddest and most-barreled festival is back in its 21st year, so we're eager to FoBABble about it for the first time in four years …

2 years, 9 months ago

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Cruz Blanca Luchadors 2023

Season 10 Episode 507

The seven barrel-aged beers that comprise this year's Luchador lineup feature styles and ingredients we have rarely - or never - seen in the past, an…

2 years, 9 months ago

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Torture Test: Seven Deadly Beers

Season 10 Episode 506

We're indulging in our capital vices for our yearly attempt to destroy each other over bad beers, and this one features some of the most unexpected p…

2 years, 9 months ago

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Lager Heads: Welcome to Chi-Taste-O

Season 10 Episode 505

Chicagoland is pretty gifted in lager-centric breweries, but now that trends have shifted back towards the more drinkable, almost every brewery is fe…

2 years, 10 months ago

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Amberama

Season 10 Episode 504

Now somewhat relegated to an occasional fall seasonal from breweries, the Amber style is essential to the history of American craft beer as we know i…

2 years, 10 months ago

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