Podcast Episodes

The NC Show

Season 10 Episode 484

In our 31st installment of our decade-long State Show Series, we are sampling a hop-heavy lineup from North Carolina courtesy of listener Rodney Knox…

3 years, 2 months ago

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Wax Wings Brewing

Season 10 Episode 483

Though they're maybe not the first brewery that comes to mind when you think of Kalamazoo, Michigan, Wax Wings Brewing (est. 2018) flourished during …

3 years, 3 months ago

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Hazy Flagship IPA Blind Battle Royale: Round 3

Season 10 Episode 482

A new set of five hop warriors enter the extremely flimsy ring for another blind tasting to lead us to our favorite Chicagoland flagship hazy IPA. Th…

3 years, 3 months ago

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B4ck to the B4rrel

Season 10 Episode 481

If it wasn't obvious from the totally easy to understand episode title, this show is a return for us to a whole lineup of barrel-aged beers from diff…

3 years, 3 months ago

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Cellar West, Chapter 2

Season 10 Episode 480

Though still somewhat unknown around these parts, Cellar West Artisan Ales out of Lafayette, Colorado became known to us as an award-winning saison b…

3 years, 3 months ago

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

Season 10 Episode 479

The second installment in our ongoing (and expanding) arbitrary competition to determine what we deem to be the best Chicagoland Flagship Hazy IPA co…

3 years, 4 months ago

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The Smoke Shop

Season 10 Episode 478

Seemingly popping up on more local taplists than ever, smoked beers are moving past being a niche brewery-only oddity. We find five beers that enlist…

3 years, 4 months ago

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Barrel-Aged Triptych

Season 10 Episode 477

This year marks the tenth anniversary of Savoy, Illinois' Triptych Brewing and their creative, artfully-crafted brews, and we're toasting to them wit…

3 years, 4 months ago

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Hazy Flagship IPA Blind Battle Royale: Round 1

Season 10 Episode 476

In this first round of what will become an ongoing arbitrary competition, we conduct a blind tasting of five Chicagoland breweries' go-to, year-round…

3 years, 4 months ago

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English-Style Chicago

Season 10 Episode 475

Even without a proper cask engine, we sample five Chicagoland interpretations of centuries-old English styles to appreciate what is hopefully a still…

3 years, 4 months ago

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