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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">The U.S. Open Beer Championship, started in 2009, is the third-largest competition that recognizes and rewards beers from all over the world - and this year, Illinois brewers collected a considerable amount of hardware. We drink through five medal-winning beers while talking about the competition itself and looking back on some past years' winners as well. Also, Craig is thrust into an awkward "you-make-the-call" situation; Ryan recaps his U.S.O.B.C. mini-taproom tour, and we want to know exactly what makes a beer "extreme."</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Mikerphone Brewing - Misty Mountain Hop (Gold in American Pale Ale)</p> <p dir="ltr">Forbidden Root Brewing Company/Ology Brewing Co. - Sprinkles Required (Gold in Collaboration Beer)</p> <p dir="ltr">Flipside Brewing - Monochrome Dream (Bronze in New England/Juicy/Hazy IPA)</p> <p dir="ltr">Brothership Brewing - Exoplanet (Silver in West Coast Style IPA)</p> <p dir="ltr">Werk Force Brewing Co. - Humongous Chungus (Silver in Barrel-Aged Strong Stout/Porter Specialty)</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 652 - Wheat Hot American Summer</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 12:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">Summer still has some heat to beat, so we're drinking wheat. We round up five interesting wheat beers from five different states to quench our thirst and remember why the style got so many people into craft beer in the first place (and how it can go terribly wrong at times, too). Also, we work on a concept for a Michelin-starred pizza restaurant; 9 year old Ryan will take another virgin mimosa, please; Craig is dancing in the fields of gold with Sting; the nation's dads are up all night watching Crime 101; and we're looking to get rocked at the Umbrella Cover Museum. </p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Allagash Brewing Company - Slow Set (Light wheat beer w/ citrus peel)</p> <p dir="ltr">Phase Three Brewing - P3 Wheat (American wheat beer)</p> <p dir="ltr">Supermoon Beer Company - Garten (Wheat ale w/ spices)</p> <p dir="ltr">Sea Dog Brewing Company - Blueberry Wheat Ale</p> <p dir="ltr">Lost Coast Brewery - Tangerine Wheat</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 651 - Beer Tropics</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 12:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">Who says you need a cocktail to drink tropical in the hot heat of summer? We found five different styles of beer that all fit nicely under a (miniature paper) tropical umbrella, and no one will have to call the TropCops on you for bringing them to the beach. Also, we meet Mr. America and his secret weapons; Craig has a baffling reaction to one of the beer names; Ryan is readying the CurdBurglars for some squeaky cheese discussion; and now we have to add Ube to the list of things that we need to taste more.</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Pipeworks Brewing - Round of Tropical Margs Mango (Sour ale w/ mango, guava, peach, lime, and salt)</p> <p dir="ltr">Third Space Brewing - You Be You (Tropical pale ale)</p> <p dir="ltr">Cruz Blanca - Coco Frio (Lager w/ coconut and pineapple)</p> <p dir="ltr">Lakefront Brewery - Tropical Rabbit (Tropical IPA)</p> <p dir="ltr">Phase Three Brewing - Mana Wahine (Stout w/ coconut, coffee, and ube)</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 650 - Revolution Summer of Wood</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 12:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">These annual Revolution Deep Wood summer releases seemed to start off as fun little experimental takes on some of their core beers, but these days, they are truly bringing the heat with some of the best stuff they'll release all year. This lineup of four is just outstanding - with more than one that could be in our top ten Deep Wood beers of all time. On a similar note, we talk about unexpected brands we're weirdly loyal to; we get lost in the liminal backrooms of the beer forums; Craig finally shares his matcha review; and our algorithms are going absolutely nuts right now. coffeeberrybeer.</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Supermassive Café Deth</p> <p dir="ltr">Mixed Berry Supermassive Café Deth</p> <p dir="ltr">Double Barrel Straight Jacket</p> <p dir="ltr">Peach Apricot D.B.V.S.O.J.</p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">These annual Revolution Deep Wood summer releases seemed to start off as fun little experimental takes on some of their core beers, but these days, they are truly bringing the heat with some of the best stuff they'll release all year. This lineup of four is just outstanding - with more than one that could be in our top ten Deep Wood beers of all time. On a similar note, we talk about unexpected brands we're weirdly loyal to; we get lost in the liminal backrooms of the beer forums; Craig finally shares his matcha review; and our algorithms are going absolutely nuts right now. coffeeberrybeer.</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Supermassive Café Deth</p> <p dir="ltr">Mixed Berry Supermassive Café Deth</p> <p dir="ltr">Double Barrel Straight Jacket</p> <p dir="ltr">Peach Apricot D.B.V.S.O.J.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Episode 649 - IPA All-Stars Blind, Round 7</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">The IPA will NEVER DIE, and neither will this series of blind tasting podcasts if we can successfully find more beers that fit our criteria. Thankfully, listeners Benji & Suzanne went to California and brought back some all-West Coast, long-made IPAs to deepen our ongoing quest to find the country's best, and our scoresheets are showing high numbers on this one. We also discuss the deep thoughts of great philosophers (like a toddler in a shopping cart); Craig might've had a Mosaic breakthrough; and we share our overall Top 35 lists of every IPA we've drank through this series - and boy do we feel silly about some of the names at the bottom.</p> <p dir="ltr">IPAs Reviewed Blindly</p> <p dir="ltr">North Park Brewery - Hop-Fu!</p> <p dir="ltr">Societe Brewing Co. - The Pupil</p> <p dir="ltr">Ballast Point Brewing - Sculpin</p> <p dir="ltr">Elysian Brewing - Space Dust</p> <p dir="ltr">Highland Park Brewery - Hello, LA</p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">The IPA will NEVER DIE, and neither will this series of blind tasting podcasts if we can successfully find more beers that fit our criteria. Thankfully, listeners Benji & Suzanne went to California and brought back some all-West Coast, long-made IPAs to deepen our ongoing quest to find the country's best, and our scoresheets are showing high numbers on this one. We also discuss the deep thoughts of great philosophers (like a toddler in a shopping cart); Craig might've had a Mosaic breakthrough; and we share our overall Top 35 lists of every IPA we've drank through this series - and boy do we feel silly about some of the names at the bottom.</p> <p dir="ltr">IPAs Reviewed Blindly</p> <p dir="ltr">North Park Brewery - Hop-Fu!</p> <p dir="ltr">Societe Brewing Co. - The Pupil</p> <p dir="ltr">Ballast Point Brewing - Sculpin</p> <p dir="ltr">Elysian Brewing - Space Dust</p> <p dir="ltr">Highland Park Brewery - Hello, LA</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Episode 648 - Saint Errant Brewing (with Brent Banks and Roger Cuzelis)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>As a brewery whose name acknowledges their wandering ways, Saint Errant has finally laid some roots in a familiar spot in Evanston - and we are excited to sit down with our old friends (and co-owners) Brent Banks and Roger Cuzelis to talk about their new taproom and expanded production. We dip a little into some shared nostalgia - and their reintroduction of some Temperance beers into the market - but we're just happy to discuss all the growing pains and early opening successes that should have any Chicagoland beer drinker excited for what's to come. We also talk about pilot batches, niche brewery-world jobs in high demand, English beers, serving methods, meaningful collaborations, new hop products, the label artist/brewer relationship, and of course, barrel-aged beer in boxes.</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 647 - Red, White, and Blue: Two Ways</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 12:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">With the impending 250th anniversary of this country of ours (AMERICA), we celebrate the only way we know how: by drinking three IPAs and three Belgian Trappist beers that are only united by three common colors. We sample the Reds, Whites, and Blues of Lombard, Illinois' Noon Whistle Brewing and Chimay, Belgium's Brasserie de Chimay in a side-by-side that frankly makes no other sense (and creates a real boondoggle in rankings.) We get a bit nostalgic in a different way as we feel some 2012 coming back to us; we get some real superstars for our own patriotic backyard wrestling celebration; we entirely ignore proper chalice use; and we're just looking for someone to validate our chocolate. </p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Noon Whistle Brewing - Hop Prism Red (Red IPA)</p> <p dir="ltr">Noon Whistle Brewing - Hop Prism White (White IPA)</p> <p dir="ltr">Noon Whistle Brewing - Hop Prism Blue (American IPA)</p> <p dir="ltr">Brasserie de Chimay - Chimay Première: Red (Belgian Dubbel)</p> <p dir="ltr">Brasserie de Chimay - Chimay Cinq Cents: White (Belgian Tripel)</p> <p dir="ltr">Brasserie de Chimay - Chimay Grande Réserve: Blue (Belgian Strong Dark Ale)</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 646 - Hot Days, Cold Times</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 12:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">You can thank the lager renaissance for allowing this nerdy and delicious mixed 12-pack to exist, and Revolution absolutely knocks it out of the park with this one. Along with the four different lagers under the "Cold Time" brand, we add in a throwback Wit just for kicks - and we can anticipate many coolers full of Rev this summer. But also, we debrief on the first ever tornado delay on the podcast (and the legion of dads keeping an eye on it); we introduce Chunky Boy Lagers™ into the mix; and we create our ultimate dream mixed Revolution 12 pack.</p> <p dir="ltr">Revolution Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Cold Time (American Lager)</p> <p dir="ltr">Cold Time Dry (Japanese Rice Lager)</p> <p dir="ltr">Cold Time Amber (Amber Lager)</p> <p dir="ltr">Cold Time Extra (Export Lager)</p> <p dir="ltr">Bottom Up Wit</p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">You can thank the lager renaissance for allowing this nerdy and delicious mixed 12-pack to exist, and Revolution absolutely knocks it out of the park with this one. Along with the four different lagers under the "Cold Time" brand, we add in a throwback Wit just for kicks - and we can anticipate many coolers full of Rev this summer. But also, we debrief on the first ever tornado delay on the podcast (and the legion of dads keeping an eye on it); we introduce Chunky Boy Lagers™ into the mix; and we create our ultimate dream mixed Revolution 12 pack.</p> <p dir="ltr">Revolution Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Cold Time (American Lager)</p> <p dir="ltr">Cold Time Dry (Japanese Rice Lager)</p> <p dir="ltr">Cold Time Amber (Amber Lager)</p> <p dir="ltr">Cold Time Extra (Export Lager)</p> <p dir="ltr">Bottom Up Wit</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Episode 645 - Tales From The Kettle</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 12:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">It takes a certain level of trust in a brewery to join a membership program - and we have full faith in everything Milwaukee's Supermoon does, so Craig's re-upping every year he can. We get to sample the four quarterly, limited releases for members of Supermoon's Cellar Society from last year, and it's downright spooky how good they all are. Also, Ryan just might have to fight a bird, Craig is uncertain about mushrooms, and we are proposing that next year Rob make a bad beer, just to see what it's like.</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">No Sudden Moves (Flanders Oud Bruin-style Sour aged in oak w/ Montmorency cherries)</p> <p dir="ltr">Golden Teacher (Mixed Culture Saison w/ Sencha Green Tea & Chanterelle Mushrooms)</p> <p dir="ltr">Zig Zig (Mixed Culture Saison aged in French oak w/ red currants and red wine grapes)</p> <p dir="ltr">Cellargeist Reserve (Gin Barrel-aged Mixed Culture Saison w/ Tahitian Vanilla Beans)</p>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 12:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">While American craft breweries are cycling back to showing English appreciation, what's going on with craft beer from England? Thanks to friend & listener Ryan Lamb, we get to sample beers from five London breweries that prove that there's no loss of quality across the pond. We get the stories behind each of these producers while appreciating the subtle differences in their presentation that make us respect the British way. But also, Ryan is mad at Guy Fieri for tarnishing the name of dad jokes, so it's still the same old ABV Chicago. </p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Signature Brew - Studio Lager (Pilsner)</p> <p dir="ltr">Bianca Road Brewing Company - EASY (Session IPA)</p> <p dir="ltr">Anspach & Hobday - London Black (English Porter)</p> <p dir="ltr">Pretty Decent Beer Co. [collab w/ Apollon] - Spinning Plates (NEIPA)</p> <p dir="ltr">The Kernel Brewery - Export Stout</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 641 - Tennesseein' is Tennedrinkin'</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 12:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">It's been a long while since we've celebrated some of the great breweries of Tennessee, but thanks to Craig's Dollywood trip we have a lineup of solid and surprising options here from The Gulch and beyond. We study up on the breweries, which includes a "World's First…", and then we learn more about chestnuts than we expected. Also, we wonder if the music industry is de-valuing the album anniversary; Ryan's found the robustanut; and Craig shares the truth about Knoxville's Sunsphere - and why you really shouldn't jump in its elevator. </p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Yazoo Brewing Company - Daddy-O Pilsner</p> <p dir="ltr">Tennessee Brew Works - King Chestnut (Brown ale w/chestnuts)</p> <p dir="ltr">Marble Fox Brewing - Ghost Runner On 1st (West Coast-style IPA)</p> <p dir="ltr">Pretentious Beer Co. - New Kids (Double IPA)</p> <p dir="ltr">Yazoo Brewing Company - Sue (Imperial Smoked Porter)</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 640 - Lactose Tolerance</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">Some might say that using lactose is antithetical to good beer, but there's some distinct purpose in using milk sugar in certain beers despite it causing all us 40-and-ups some real tummy troubles. For this episode, we try four lactose-enhanced beers to see how it impacts mouthfeel and sweetness, and we are a little surprised by the all-bangers lineup that results. But also, Craig's got a new dog-walking mystery, we're trying to find the right pairing for meat crepes, Ryan's SNL audition was a little one-note, and we're popping those bungs through the ceiling with some Lemon Milk™.</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Hop Butcher for the World - Blazed Orange Milkshake (IPA w/ oranges, vanilla, and lactose)</p> <p dir="ltr">Pipeworks Brewing Company - Cow vs. Unicorn (Double IPA w/ lactose)</p> <p dir="ltr">The Explorium Brewpub - Carver's Peanut Butter Stout (Imperial stout w/ peanuts, chocolate, and lactose)</p> <p dir="ltr">More Brewing Co. - Rye Tide (Rye milk stout w/ lactose aged in rye whiskey barrels)</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 639 - IPA All-Stars Blind Rd. 6</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">Back from a brief IPA supply-based hiatus, we resume our quest to review and rank as many long-tenured and well-regarded flagship IPAs as possible - and this ragtag bunch is adding some unexpected twists to the results. Acquired while in Wisconsin, these five IPAs span the map and keep us guessing long past the end of the episode. Also, we continue our secondary purpose of being a CostCo podcast by talking about large backyard games; Craig's story about running into a bike is slightly exaggerated; and you get the pleasure of experiencing a blind show where the more convinced we get, the wronger we become.</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">3 Sheeps Brewing - Waterslides</p> <p dir="ltr">Odell Brewing Co. - IPA</p> <p dir="ltr">4 Hands Brewing Company - Incarnation IPA</p> <p dir="ltr">Terrapin Beer Company - Hopsecutioner</p> <p dir="ltr">Lakefront Brewery - IPA</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 638 - MoBAB 6: Back In The Groove</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">After a few months of recovery from Barrel-Aged December, we're back in the wood groove with four big beers from a Mt. Rushmore of Chicago's best breweries. Two stouts and two barleywines make the lineup here, and we're going to get a little extra sticky for the end-of-show cuvée. Also, Craig is ready to help someone discover the wonders of magnets; Ryan is angling for a little promotion bonus from a big streamer; we finally talk about that big local craft beer merger; and we are surprised by the shots being poured at Dave & Busters.</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Half Acre Beer Co. (w/ The Bruery) - Blue Morning (Bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout w/ blueberries, maple syrup, and vanilla)</p> <p dir="ltr">Maplewood Brewing Company - Barrel-Aged Cuppa Neat: WT15 (Imperial stout aged in Wild Turkey 15 barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">Revolution Brewing - Peach Brandy Barrel D.B.V.S.O.J. (Barleywine aged in bourbon, rum, and peach brandy barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">Old Irving Brewing Co. - 28 Months Later (Barleywine aged in bourbon barrels)</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 637 - Amber-Dextrous</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">Knoxville's Xul Beer Company first opened their taproom in 2020, and in under six years they've made a big name for themselves mostly on the back of their PB&J sour beer series. Craig had a chance to visit the taproom on PB&J Mixtape Day, and managed to catch co-founders Brad West and Seth Thacker for a quick interview. Then we sample a lineup of their most-loved beers, including a lineup of PB&J variants that lead to Ryan's atomic dream cuvée. Also, Craig faces down a food-based disappointment, Ryan shouldn't be huffing toys, and we both are brought back to a time when beer was fun.</p> <p dir="ltr">Brad West & Seth Thacker Interview (0:08:50 - 0:18:41)</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Toro y Oso (Mexican-style Lager)</p> <p dir="ltr">Paper Crowns (Hazy IPA)</p> <p dir="ltr">PB&J Mixtape (Gluten-free Sour w/ peanut butter & Concord grape)</p> <p dir="ltr">PB&J Mixtape: Strawberry (Gluten-free Sour w/ peanut butter & strawberry)</p> <p dir="ltr">Fit For A King (Gluten-free Sour w/ peanut butter & banana)</p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">When a batch of out-of-state breweries start showing up on local shelves, it doesn't get us as "hot" as it used to - but there's no shortage of warm and happy feelings with this lineup of five that'll make your next trip to the bottle shop hit different. We drink a variety of styles from some mostly familiar non-local names, and at least one of us is struggling not to put every single beer at the top of their rankings. Also, Craig needs to know more about the struggle of refried beans (or really anything that'll increase his food I.Q.); Ryan's throwing down those youth pastor vibes; and we are both ready for the Extreme Mild. </p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Forest + Main Brewing Company & Human Robot - Fellow (Mild)</p> <p dir="ltr">Outer Range Brewing Co. - Cool Cool (American Lager)</p> <p dir="ltr">Bottle Logic Brewing - Recursion (West Coast IPA)</p> <p dir="ltr">Supermoon Beer Company - Yesteryiers (Red Rye IPA)</p> <p dir="ltr">New Image Brewing - Penjamin Danklin (Double Red IPA)</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 634 - ESBs</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">A proper British Bitter actually exists on a spectrum of Ordinary, Best, and Strong - or as we mostly know them in the U.S., Extra Special. We try to make sense of this moving target of a style by trying five pretty varied examples - and yes, some are very special. Also, we appeal to the Girl Scout Cookie subreddit by testing out a Thin Mint theory; we're only a little worried about boat rot; and we wait a full 20 minutes before bringing up Sierra Nevada Pale Ale.</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Greene King - Morland Old Speckled Hen</p> <p dir="ltr">Goose Island Beer Co. - Honkers Ale</p> <p dir="ltr">Noon Whistle Brewing - NWB ESB</p> <p dir="ltr">Off Color Brewing - Beer For Bowling</p> <p dir="ltr">3 Floyds Brewing - Lord Rear Admiral</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 633 - WI Not?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">When you spend any amount of time in Wisconsin, you'd better leave room in your trunk for a whole lot of delicious beer - and that's exactly what Craig did on a recent stop in Madison. We throw caution and care to the WI-nd, as we open five beers from New Glarus and Madison's Working Draft with a range of styles that all do what we'd hope for - and better. Also, Craig accidentally stumbles into some stolen valor thanks to some brewery apparel; Ryan's ready to whip up that Matzo Ball Soup Sorachi Ace beer; some beers get poked that should never have been poked; and one host discovers that his jowls are not where he thought they were.</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">New Glarus Brewing Company - Coffee Stout</p> <p dir="ltr">New Glarus Brewing Company - Back 40 (Bock)</p> <p dir="ltr">Working Draft Beer Company - Serpent's Blood (Irish Dry Stout)</p> <p dir="ltr">Working Draft Beer Company - Hello, My Name Is: Simcoe (IPA)</p> <p dir="ltr">Working Draft Beer Company - Defrostinator (Maibock)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 632 - Wine, Not</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">Though beer has long lived in wine's shadow as a prestige drink, it can do an impressive job of borrowing flavors or even mimicking them from the grape-based beverage. We open four very different takes on wine-inspired beers, some that have aged gracefully, and some that go places with styles in a way we haven't experienced. Also, Craig discovers a new innovation in frozen pizza technology; we re-examine the arch of sour programs in the U.S. over the last decade; Ryan's trying his hand at being a Zoom-based magician; and we try to avoid the crash of flabby sweetness.</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Maplewood Brewing Company - Softcore Mutation: Foeder Pinot Noir 2022 (Mixed culture sour aged in oak foeders w/ Pinot Noir grapes)</p> <p dir="ltr">Mikerphone Brewing Company - Red Grape Supernova (Italian Red Wine Sangria-inspired fruited sour w/ Italian Sangiovese grape juice, Sicilian lemon puree, and tangerine puree)</p> <p dir="ltr">New Glarus Brewing Company - Champ Du Blanc 2023 (Bière de Champagne spontaneously aged in oak on white grapes)</p> <p dir="ltr">Half Acre Beer Company - Bazalt Wilderness of History (Double Barrel Barleywine aged in bourbon barrels & finished in Tokaji wine barrels)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 631 - DIPA Nostalgia</title>
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<title>Episode 630 - 'Nati Lights</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">We know from various beer festivals that Ohio has a pretty incredible craft beer scene, and this show courtesy of listener Ryan Lamb focuses on Cincinnati beers that take it easy on the ABV. We try six beers from three different breweries - including one now-closed legend - and find ourselves mapping out a road trip by the end of the episode. We also get our minds (and appetites) freaked by the Criss Angel Breakfast Lunch and Pizza (CABLP) menu, comment on those Arnold Palmer rumors, appreciate the art of the subtle pastry, and try not to lose that grain feeling. </p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Listermann Brewing Company - Losantiville Pre-Prohibition Lager</p> <p dir="ltr">Sonder Brewing - Voss (Kölsch)</p> <p dir="ltr">Sonder Brewing - Divot (Lemonade & Iced Tea Ale)</p> <p dir="ltr">MadTree Brewing Company - Legendary Lager</p> <p dir="ltr">MadTree Brewing Company - Queen City Pale Ale</p> <p dir="ltr">MadTree Brewing Company - Dreamsicle (Orange & Vanilla Ale)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 628 - A Goodbye Toast</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">The painful reality of 2026 craft beer is seeing great breweries make the decision to close, and this episode is a tribute to two of those that we admired greatly: Miskatonic and Alarmist. We drink up three beers from each brewery as a way to show appreciation to their contributions to Illinois craft beer - and for making all those weird styles that helped us plan many a podcast episode. In addition to sharing some nostalgia to help us reckon with these huge losses, we also talk about why the roller rink is so dangerous; we briefly join the Lace Gang; and Craig's looking for lactose and cosplaying a milkman. Cheers to over a decade of great beers courtesy of the fine folks at Miskatonic and Alarmist - your beers (and taprooms) will be sincerely missed. </p> <p dir="ltr">Miskatonic Brewing - Vox Pilsner (German-Style Pilsner)</p> <p dir="ltr">Miskatonic Brewing - West Coast Wizard (West Coast-Style IPA)</p> <p dir="ltr">Miskatonic Brewing - Goblin Couch (Smoked Porter)</p> <p dir="ltr">Alarmist Brewing - Crispy Boy (German-Style Pilsner)</p> <p dir="ltr">Alarmist Brewing - Le Jus (Hazy IPA)</p> <p dir="ltr">Alarmist Brewing (w/ Old Irving Brewing) - Runemaster (Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">The West Coast is still best when it comes to hoppy beers, and this episode provided to us by listener, Patreon supporter, and Californian Dave Adams has us considering the past and future of hops through a variety of IPA styles. Recorded back on Halloween in 2025, the only thing spooky about these five breweries' beers is just how quickly they decimate our sobriety. Also, Ryan's found a new hill to die on that involves Bruce Springsteen and jorts; Craig tries (and fails) to guess the number of locations each of these breweries operate; and we are inspired to establish Pellets & Cones Brewing (a subsidiary of Schwimmer Vintage Ales) - now hiring.</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Societe Brewing Company - The Coachman (Session IPA)</p> <p dir="ltr">Pure Project Brewing - Noc-Turtle (Murky IPA)</p> <p dir="ltr">North Park Beer Company - Stratacadabra (West Coast IPA)</p> <p dir="ltr">Pizza Port Brewing Company - Mongo (Double IPA)</p> <p dir="ltr">Duck Foot Brewing - Duckzilla (White Double IPA)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 626 - Deep Wood: Gap Year</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">To close out the most recent season of Revolution's Deep Wood series, we have quite an array of barrels in this foursome that - once again - has us smitten. With two 12-ounce cans and two big old pipes, we're staring down a blend for the ages once we can successfully reckon with our arbitrary rankings. Also, we're looking to get deep into the Bread Rave scene; Ryan's going to piss off a lot of folks in the cognac Facebook group; and Craig dons a new persona (and an old hat) to stir things up. We're going to need our moms to pick us up after this one.</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Dethurana (Imperial stout aged in bourbon and Amburana barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">Mineshaft Gap (Barleywine aged in Cognac barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">Sur Lie [collaboration with Surly Brewing] (Imperial stout aged in bourbon and red wine barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">Barleywinery D.B.X.O.J. La Cerise (Barleywine aged in bourbon and French cherry liqueur barrels)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 625 - 12 Year Blind: Feels LIke The First Time</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">We're celebrating a dozen years of providing our arbitrary craft beer opinions through a half-blind episode focused on six different styles (out of a possible twelve) that include both long-made stalwarts and brand-new (to us) Chicago brews. Craig and Ryan try to guess each other's blind beers while also attempting to solve some hidden themes - with some surprising results. Also, we hold our first ever Cheese Draft (vote in the comments of our social media posts, please!); we say hello to 10 Sack Craig; and we relive memories of infected beers we drank for the podcast. Thanks for listening and helping us get to 12 years.</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed, Half-Blindly</p> <p dir="ltr">Crushed by Giants/DryHop Brewers - Patio Padre (Mexican-style Lager)</p> <p dir="ltr">Brasserie Dupont - Saison Dupont</p> <p dir="ltr">Adams Street Brewery - Open Czech (Czech-style Pilsner)</p> <p dir="ltr">Revolution Brewing - Eugene (Porter)</p> <p dir="ltr">Burning Bush Brewery - Broken Pillar w/ Raspberry (Imperial Chocoalte Milk Stout w/ raspberries)</p> <p dir="ltr">Central Water Brewing Co. - Brewers' Reserve Bourbon Barrel Stout </p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 624 - Barrel-Aged Hop Butcher</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">Compared to the pace at which Hop Butcher releases IPAs, their barrel-aged offerings might as well be Halley's Comet. But when they do release a big beer aged in barrels, it's absolutely worth tracking down, just like the four beers on this episode. We continue our Barrel-Aged Winter with these Hop Butcher for the World beers that saw limited release from their taproom over the last year or so and try not to get yelled at by bourbon Facebook groups in the process. Also, we consider walking a mile in condiment shoes; Craig somehow still has faith in ice cream beers; and Ryan's on the lookout for a Beefy Boy.</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Lincoln Anniversary Stout II (Applewood Rye & Bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout)</p> <p dir="ltr">Lost In The Tropics (Rum, Banana Mead, & Bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout w/ toasted coconut, Madagascar vanilla and pineapple soft serve)</p> <p dir="ltr">Resplendence (Barleywine aged in Old Rip Van Winkle bourbon barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">Lincoln Anniversary Stout III (Double Barrel bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 623 - Hop Roundup: Premium Hops</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">We settle for no less than the best when it comes to choosing beers for our semi-regular hop roundups, and these five locals more than rise to the occasion. With our white gloves on, we're sampling some of the finest hops known to man, and sometimes we're surprised where we find the bitterness (or don't). Also, Craig needs grocery store advice, we touch on a brewery location rumor, Ryan's got some hot tips on curds (and nugs), and we both know now that we should've gone thick cut.</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Saint Errant Brewing - Lonely Negatives (West Coast IPA)</p> <p dir="ltr">Maplewood Brewing Company & Breakside Brewing - Wave Pool (West Coast IPA)</p> <p dir="ltr">Foreign Exchange - Keeping Secrets (Hazy Double IPA)</p> <p dir="ltr">Hop Butcher for the World & Madame ZuZus - Twilight to Starlight (Hazy Double IPA w/ tea)</p> <p dir="ltr">Suncatcher Brewing - Suncatcher ONE (Double IPA)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 622 - Amburana Aged</title>
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<title>Episode 620 - FoBAB Winners 2025</title>
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<title>Episode 619 - Decembeers</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">Taking a break from our usual Barrel-Aged December, we round up five festive beers that'll help make the holidays go down a lot easier. We span styles to appreciate the mostly-local lineup and their different seasonal inspirations while narrowing down our picks for what to bring to that work holiday party or extended family gathering. Also, we're learning language from musicians, we find a beer more rare than King Henry II, Ryan's inventing the next red hot beer gift, and Craig becomes a sometimes-seasonal Beer'd Al.</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Goldfinger Brewing - Winter Beer (Rye Lager)</p> <p dir="ltr">Art History Brewing - Wenceslas (Bohemian-Style Dark Lager)</p> <p dir="ltr">Hop Butcher for the World - Holiday Train (IPA w/ Rooibos tea, ginger, cinnamon, almonds, pistachios, and orange peel)</p> <p dir="ltr">Brouwerij St.Bernardus - Christmas Ale (Winter Ale)</p> <p dir="ltr">Pipeworks Brewing Company - Rudolph vs. Unicorn (Imperial Stout w/ peppermint, vanilla, cacao nibs, and lactose)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 618 - Deepest Woodest</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">Two things are absolutely certain when it comes to Revolution's yearly Deep Wood releases: one is that all the beers are going to be slightly varying levels of excellent, and the second is that we will find any excuse to drink them for the podcast. For this round of releases, a few old favorites return alongside the steadiest barleywine currently released, plus a new variant enters the fold as one of the best we've had yet. But also, we explore some surprising examples of the younger generation's borrowed nostalgia; we enter the fantasy factory for future Deep Wood releases; and our spirits ignorance is showing. My hat is like a shark's fin. </p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Gravedigger Billy (Scotch Ale aged in bourbon barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">Apple Brandy Barrel Ryeway (Rye Ale aged in apple brandy barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">Straight Jacket (Barleywine aged in bourbon barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">Rum V.S.O.J. (Barleywine aged in rum barrels)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 617 - Bourbon County 2025</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">Just in time for another Black Friday, we sat down with our good friend Ryan Tracy at his Beer on the Wall shop out in Elmhurst to sample through this year's somewhat uninspiring (but very well made) Goose Island Bourbon County Stout lineup. We ponder what's missing this year while also recognizing where the barrels are doing the heavy lifting, the impressive use of nuts (now that we're fully in the NutZone), and a surprising lean towards more subtlety than expected. Also, Craig is almost literally exuding Red Vines, we finally are pandering to the 10 year olds, Ryan is a surprising defender of a much-maligned Prop, and we take a little time to address the bear in the room. This is premium boxed content - and it all leads to our inevitable trip to Bourbon Country. </p> <p dir="ltr">2025 Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Bourbon County Brand Original Stout</p> <p dir="ltr">Bourbon County Brand Reserve Stout</p> <p dir="ltr">Bourbon County Brand Double Barrel Stout</p> <p dir="ltr">Bourbon County Brand Cherries Jubilee Stout</p> <p dir="ltr">Bourbon County Brand Chocolate Praline Stout</p> <p dir="ltr">Bourbon County Brand Proprietor's Stout</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 616 - 1840 'Til Infinity</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">This episode is a tribute to the great 1840 Brewing out of Milwaukee and a celebration of the beers and memories they made during their years of operation. </p> <p dir="ltr">If you can help the Vetter family during this period of unimaginable grief, please consider donating to the GoFundMe that has been established in Stephanie's memory:</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://gofund.me/b54fb2f25">https://gofund.me/b54fb2f25</a></p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Tasted</p> <p dir="ltr">Saaziwaka (Table Beer w/ Saaz and Riwaka hops)</p> <p dir="ltr">TBD (Dry-hopped Saison)</p> <p dir="ltr">Muumuu (Milk Stout)</p> <p dir="ltr">Sea Foam [2020] (Sour Ale w/ pineapple, passion fruit, blue spirulina, and lactose)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 615 - IPA All-Stars Blind Rd. 5</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">At the tail end of summer, we recorded this little gem when we knew we'd need it most to help keep us thinking warm thoughts as the temperature falls faster than the leaves. When our friend Aaron Keefner was in town, he dropped a heavy case of Pittsburgh goodies on us, and we use this episode to sip through an exciting lineup of lagers and hops. Also, Craig has found the perfect exclusive club for a first date (and bulk goods), Ryan wants to see a brewery who is dedicated to kicking ass, and we'll take that time machine straight back to a Wendy's SuperBar.</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Coven Brewing - River Knight (Lager)</p> <p dir="ltr">Coven Brewing - Honed Blade (Pale Ale)</p> <p dir="ltr">Dancing Gnome - West Coast Lustra (IPA)</p> <p dir="ltr">Grist House Craft Brewery - Technicolor Treetops (New England IPA)</p> <p dir="ltr">Lolev Beer - Prismatic (IPA)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 613 - Deth Proof</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">The barrel storm that is Revolution's Deep Wood series rages on throughout the Fall and Winter months, so we're catching up on the last release of their Deth's Tar stout and its variants - and this year's batch is better than they've ever been. We try to place these in the context of past years' releases and try not to overanalyze the calculated magic that comes out of Rev's barrels. But also, we are living for Dumpkin Spice season, we try to name a Skele-Boy, and we're sorry for all the talk about…well, you'll figure it out. </p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Deth's Tar (Imperial Oatmeal Stout aged in bourbon barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">Café Deth (Imperial Oatmeal Stout aged in bourbon barrels and steeped with fresh coffee beans)</p> <p dir="ltr">Vanilla Deth (Imperial Stout aged in bourbon barrels w/ vanilla)</p> <p dir="ltr">Cocoa Vanilla Deth (Imperial Stout aged in bourbon barrels w/ cocoa and vanilla)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 612 - Torture Test 9: Circles of Adjunct Hell</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">Unnecessarily crammed with junk, this year's spooky six-pack is an adjunct party that no one ever wanted to be invited to, as we're on to our ninth iteration of the infamous Torture Test. We both try to outdo one another by attacking our flavor weaknesses - or just finding straight-up old catastrophes of beers that were probably never good in the first place. The goal is to avoid the Cuvée of Doom, but we can't avoid descriptors like "rancid piña colada," "wet basement cardboard," dirty old pennies," "liquified grandma's candy," and "diet medicine." But also, you can find out what keeps Ryan awake at night, and Craig realizes he can't coast on last year's domination anymore. (Thanks to Joe for helping wreck our night by providing one of the beers!)</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Endured</p> <p dir="ltr">450 North Brewing Company - Jellied Pumpkin Swirl (Sour DIPA w/ pumpkin, pumpkin pie, pralines, vanilla & vanilla soft serve)</p> <p dir="ltr">Stone Brewing/Bear Republic/Fat Head's - TBA [2012] (Extra hoppy brown ale w/ molasses and brown sugar)</p> <p dir="ltr">Energy City Brewing - Mango'Rine Sorbet IPA (Sour NEIPA w/ mango & tangerine puree)</p> <p dir="ltr">DESTIHL Brewery - Spicy Pickle Sour Beer (Gose with spicy pickle brine)</p> <p dir="ltr">O'Fallon Brewery - Salted Caramel Pumpkin Beer (Pumpkin beer w/ lactose, Himalayan sea salt, and pumpkin puree)</p> <p dir="ltr">Rogue Ales - Voodoo Doughnut Grape Guerilla [2016] (Fruit beer w/ grape flavors)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 611 - FoBABlin': 7th Barrel Heaven</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">In our annual leadup to Chicago's best beer fest, we're talking all about the Festival of Wood and Barrel-Aged Beers as it is set to return early in November this year. Along with drinking and reviewing four barrel-aged beers from a few FoBAB regulars (and one new to the fest), we look over the new and returning breweries, share our picks for brewers not to miss, rattle off a few general festival tips, and conduct a mock draft of our Fantasy FoBAB teams. Also, Craig devises a plan for packing future festivals, Ryan keeps pushing that coffee bean, a girthsome and titan beer write-up is read, and we might actually have a reason to walk the awards stage this year - listen to find out why!</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Werk Force Brewing - Waylon (Bourbon Barrel-Aged Black Barleywine)</p> <p dir="ltr">River North Brewery - Barrel-Aged Nightmare Fuel (Imperial Stout w/ coffee and vanilla aged in whiskey barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">Half Acre Beer Co. - Ancho, Ancho Catch Hell (Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout w/ vanilla, cinnamon, and ancho peppers)</p> <p dir="ltr">The Lost Abbey - Peach Afternoon [2021 Vintage] - (Wood-aged Sour Ale w/ peaches and white tea)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 610 - GABF 2025</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">Denver is the closest to Heaven that we'll ever be, and we don't want to go home right now. Broadcasting amongst the Rocky Mountains (from our very cushy hotel room), we file our annual report on America's largest beer festival and competition: the Great American Beer Festival. We open three Colorado beers over two nights and relive our extended weekend celebrating beer and the people who make it by running through our Denver-area highlights, recapping the festival and awards results, and sharing from our long lists of favorite beers. Plus, we snagged some interviews with brewers from all over the country that share stories of crazy adjuncts, surprising medal wins, and faux-coctions. We also get into how to properly stress out hops and share a story of how we crashed a black tie concert featuring a 90s hitmaker band - but I won't tell you their name. </p> <p dir="ltr">Interviews</p> <p dir="ltr">Joe Short of Short's Brewing [Bellaire, MI] - (00:25:25 - 00:36:31)</p> <p dir="ltr">Rachael Hudson of Pilot Brewing [Charlotte, NC] - (00:46:02 - 00:54:21)</p> <p dir="ltr">Amos Lowe of The Austin Beer Garden Brewing Co. [Austin, TX] - (01:02:02 - 01:09:58)</p> <p dir="ltr">Jacob Sembrano of Cruz Blanca Brewery [Chicago, IL] - (01:22:20 - 01:25:22)</p> <p dir="ltr">Jaron Anderson of Helper Beer [Helper, UT] - (01:31:27 - 01:39:48)</p> <p dir="ltr">Matt Malloy of River North Brewery [Denver, CO] - (01:50:44 - 01:55:35)</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed </p> <p dir="ltr">WeldWerks Brewing - Gyro Gose (Sour Ale w/ Pita Bread, Yogurt, Cucumber, Lemon, Dill, Mint, Garlic & Sea Salt)</p> <p dir="ltr">Westbound & Down - Infinity Pils (West Coast Pilsner)</p> <p dir="ltr">River North Brewery - White (Witbier)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 609 - Triptych Quadriptych</title>
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<title>Episode 606 - Earth-Friendly Beers</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">Just like most good things in life, the beers we so love can be quite taxing on the planet before even getting to our glasses. But some breweries are taking the lead on exploring more sustainable practices, whether it's using regenerative grains, organic ingredients, or even solar-powered farms. The five beers on this show represent different ways breweries can make a difference for the sake of the planet - and we're glad to report that none of that comes at the cost of delicious tasting beers. Also, we call in the experts to help get us out of a regatta, we have our reservations about The L*nd Institute, Craig has to explain why he was buying rare Tickle-Me-Elmos, and we no-scope a Best By date like we never have before.</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Deschutes Brewery/Patagonia Provisions - Kernza Lager</p> <p dir="ltr">Off Color Brewing - Beer For The Future (Belgian Blonde w/ Kernza grain)</p> <p dir="ltr">Brooklyn Brewery - Fonio Rising Pale Ale</p> <p dir="ltr">Riggs Beer Company - Pilsner</p> <p dir="ltr">Giant Jones Brewing Company - Barrel-Aged Adambier</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 605 - Festbier v. Märzen</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">There are many essential ingredients for a successful Oktoberfest celebration, but none is more important than the beer. But which style is going to fill your massive stein: the younger, bright Festbier or the old-school, bready Märzen? We found four breweries making both styles to have a side-by-side of each to help determine our personal preference - and the only thing missing is the lederhosen. Also, we explore the world of Christian pirate shanties, consider acceptable adjuncts for Oktoberfest styles, and try not to piss off MC Hammer. </p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Paulaner Brauerei - Oktoberfestbier</p> <p dir="ltr">Paulaner Brauerei - Oktoberfest Märzen</p> <p dir="ltr">Moderne Dune - Fezzbier</p> <p dir="ltr">Moderne Dune - Monte Marzen</p> <p dir="ltr">Brothership Brewing - Festbier</p> <p dir="ltr">Brothership Brewing - Märzen</p> <p dir="ltr">Kinslahger Brewing - Festbier</p> <p dir="ltr">Kinslahger Brewing - Märzen</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 604 - Suburbaversary</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">The last few months have seen a steady number of big anniversary parties from suburban breweries - and some even released a beer to commemorate it. This show consists of 5 different beers brewed to mark an anniversary, all by brewers who work out of the suburbs of Chicago. We also face some style-based fears, greet the new Mayor of the Beach, develop new slow pour Pilsner techniques, and we meet Mr. No Coco. </p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Flipside Brewing - Double Stop Double IPA</p> <p dir="ltr">Goldfinger Brewing - Fifth Anniversary Bock</p> <p dir="ltr">Brother Chimp Brewing - Cheers to Five Years (Imperial Coffee Porter)</p> <p dir="ltr">Soundgrowler Brewing - Day Walker Triple IPA</p> <p dir="ltr">Miskatonic Brewing Co. - X Gon' Brew It To Ya (Barleywine w/ cocoa nibs)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 603 - Pittsburgh vs. Chicago: Blind Hazy Throwdown (with Aaron Keefner)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">When one of our oldest friends and beer industry vet, Aaron Keefner, came back into town from his adopted city of Pittsburgh, we knew we were going to have to throw down - with a blind hazy IPA tasting, of course! We each chose three of the top examples of hazy beers from our respective cities and enlisted the help of the excellent staff at Beer on the Wall in Elmhurst to arrange a blind tasting of all six to determine whose juice is the juiciest. Surprises abound! But also, we talk a lot about Aaron's experience as a Chicago expat adjusting to life in Pittsburgh - mostly in the areas of beer and food. Also, there's a few gooballs floating around; we discuss the perils of eating grapefruit; and we learn perhaps the most shocking fact about Pennsylvania Costcos. </p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed Blindly</p> <p dir="ltr">Old Thunder Brewing Company - False Kingdom</p> <p dir="ltr">Maplewood Brewing Company - Son of Juice</p> <p dir="ltr">Old Irving Brewing - Beezer</p> <p dir="ltr">Dancing Gnome - Lustra</p> <p dir="ltr">Lolev Beer - Lupula</p> <p dir="ltr">Riverlands Brewing Company - Dean Street</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 602 - Rev Heat Wave</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">For the last few years, Revolution Brewing has tried convincing us that barrel-aged stouts and barleywines can indeed be enjoyed on 90-plus degree days - and gosh darnit, they make a convincing case. On this episode, we dive into the first three 12-ounce Deep Wood beers for the release season and find some very pleasant surprises. We also let things get a bit wavier than usual as we have our first on-air THC beverage, which instantly switches on Craig's snack detectors. Also, we try to make sense on an anachronistic pizza place; Craig's chugging sixteen percenters at C2E2; and Ryan reluctantly befriends his local Pop Tart guy to get those rare drops. The beers are as good as two guys playing three guitars.</p> <p dir="ltr">Beverages Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Reverb Splash: Black Cherry Lime (THC & CBD drink w/ fruit juice)</p> <p dir="ltr">Thundertaker (Imperial Rye Stout aged in bourbon barrels)<br /> Strawberry Jacket (Barleywine Ale aged in bourbon barrels w/ strawberries)</p> <p dir="ltr">XV - Fifteen Year Beer (Blend of Barleywine Ale & Ryewine double barrel-aged in bourbon barrels w/ cherries)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 601 - Miskatonic Brewing (with Cory Davidson and Mik Dempsey)</title>
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<title>Episode 596 - is/was brewing (with Mike Schallau)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">Although he might use the term "silly little beers," Mike Schallau's is/was brewing is making some of the most thoughtful and impressive saisons anywhere in the country right here in Chicago. We travelled up to his Ravenswood brewery and taproom to talk about those beers and how he transitioned his nearly six year-old brewing project from using other people's spaces to his own in the last year and how that's allowed him to dive deeper into the wide range of interesting ingredients and experiments he's become known for. We get into the idiosyncrasies of saison from the outside perception of the drinkers of the style, to changing people's perceptions of Brettanomyces, why people are more important than the concept of "terroir," and how he develops his impressive restaurant and brewery collaborations. But also, there's some throwback talk to his Pipeworks days, a long tangent on Fantôme, a dive into the prison hooch subreddit, some risky urban foraging, and Mike's picks for his essential Chicagoland 6-pack. </p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Sampled</p> <p dir="ltr">Will Be</p> <p dir="ltr">Always Zag</p> <p dir="ltr">Long Thai Double Rainbow (collaboration with Half Acre)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 595 - West Coast Pilsners</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">Newly adopted as its own category for this year's GABF competition, the West Coast Pilsner has the hoppy influence of its namesake locale while also retaining much of what makes German Pilsners so repeatedly drinkable. We gather five locally-made examples from some of Illinois' top names in hops, and they help us build a case for the style's existence. Also, Craig has a new BFF through his new obsession; Ryan doesn't want to let go of his beloved goo pillow; and we outline exactly when it's okay to put cheese on a hot dog. </p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Hop Butcher for the World - Francheezie</p> <p dir="ltr">Brothership Brewing - Retrograde</p> <p dir="ltr">Maplewood Brewing - My Cousin Binny, Vol. 4</p> <p dir="ltr">Phase Three Brewing - Geo</p> <p dir="ltr">Old Irving Brewing - Doji</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 594 - Goldfinger Brewing (with Tom Beckmann)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">In just 5 years, Goldfinger Brewing Company has made Downers Grove, Illinois a true destination for lager-lovers and much of that is to the credit of founder, co-owner, and head brewer Tom Beckmann's tireless quest to make the most interesting lagers you'll ever drink. Tom sits with us for a while to sample through some new and upcoming beers while discussing why telling the stories of his lagers is a key part to reshaping the perception of the category. We also talk about his recent Polish medal for a Polish-style beer, how his first brewing jobs set him up to start his own business, what moves a brewery into the "CollabZone", which brewers he admires the most, and what specialty serving events could be in Goldfinger's future. Plus, get the exclusive on his first Citra and Mosaic beer, and marvel at the fact that I don't think we ever said the word "decoction" once. (No lies told here.) Check out Goldfinger's Fifth Lagerversary on July 18th, 19th, and 20th!</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Sampled</p> <p dir="ltr">Grodziskie</p> <p dir="ltr">Summer Beer</p> <p dir="ltr">Sparkling Lager</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 593 - Hop Roundup: Heating Up</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">In our second of our quarterly "random hoppy things" episodes wherein we gather notable hop-driven drinks from local breweries, we have a murderers' row lineup to lead us into the warmer months - and we even include one non-beer. The high quality of the beverages leads to steadily sloppier discussions of Craig's first Magic: The Gathering tournament, Ryan's transition into erotic craft beer fiction novelist, our desire for unique taproom experiences, and the assembly of a Hop Conclave to give these experimental varieties an identity. It's girthy - yet grippable, so grab an earful of this. </p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Hop Butcher for the World - Tropical Hop Water for the World (Sparkling Hop Water)</p> <p dir="ltr">Werk Force Brewing - Formerly Light (Session IPA)</p> <p dir="ltr">Suncatcher Brewing - MI Pale Ale (American Pale Ale)</p> <p dir="ltr">Mikerphone Brewing & Saint Errant Brewing - Pale Pauper 2025 (American Pale Ale)</p> <p dir="ltr">Half Acre Beer Company & Firestone Walker Brewing - Daisy Cutter Union (West Coast IPA)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 587 - Czech Light Lagers</title>
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<title>Episode 586 - Mosaic Immersion Therapy</title>
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<title>Episode 585 - Minneapolis Lagers</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">Adding non-essential components to a brew - ingredients sometimes referred to as adjuncts - can evoke strong dessert flavors and even a heavy dose of nostalgia. But does adding more and more adjuncts actually make a beer better? We test it out on this episode by drinking four barrel-aged stouts, with each successive beer adding one more flavor component over the previous. Premise! Also, Craig needs to know if he embarrassed himself in front of MJ Lenderman, we're recovering from a stacked week of March celebrations, and we go further with mint than we ever thought possible. </p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Cruz Blanca Brewery - Rey Cuvée Vanilla 2024 (Blend of barrel-aged imperial stouts w/ vanilla)</p> <p dir="ltr">Flipside Brewing - BA Decision Fatigue: Vanilla & Chocolate (Imperial stout aged in bourbon barrels with chocolate and vanilla)</p> <p dir="ltr">Goose Island Beer Co. - Shamrock Stout (Bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout w/ cocoa nibs, vanilla, and peppermint)</p> <p dir="ltr">Werk Force Brewing - Mint Chocolate Chip Sleepy Bear 2024 (Bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout w/ cacao nibs, vanilla, peppermint, and spearmint)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">A decade ago, if a beer spent a few months in a single bourbon barrel, its release would cause fanfare amongst craft beer obsessives. These days, beers are blended from an increasing number of different barrels for extended periods of time, so we decided to sample beers that represent an increasing number of different barrels to see if more barrels actually means better results. To help us better understand the barrel side of the beer world, we talk to Ethan Schulenberg of Midwest Barrel Company, who provides a variety of barrels for a large number of American craft brewers. He explains the role of a "barrel broker" and how he helps brewers find the right vessel for aging, among many other topics. Also, Craig shouts out Revolution's clever event planning, we challenge our highest ABV beer record, and one of us is slowing turning into E.T. by the end.</p> <p dir="ltr">Ethan Schulenberg Interview (00:06:49 - 00:45:26)</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Flipside Brewing - Barrel-Aged Decision Fatigue (Imperial Stout aged in Weller 12 barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">Mikerphone Brewing - Sweet Drams, vol. 2 (Triple Mash Imperial Stout aged 27 months in Pappy Van Winkle's Family Reserve 15-Year barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">Half Acre Beer Co. - Triple Barrel Wilderness of History (Barleywine aged in Weller, Russell's Reserve, and Cognac barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">More Brewing Company - Roaming Elephant (Barleywine aged in Eagle Rare 10 year, Parker's Heritage 14 year, Elijah Craig 18 year, and Elijiah Craig 19 year barrels)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 581 - Doppelbocks</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">Whether you're preparing for a fast or a feast, Doppelbocks are the German-born strong lagers you need if "liquid bread" is what you seek. We explore this style with one German version and four from Chicagoland to fine tune our expectations and enhance our overall appreciation of this malty wonder. Also, Craig gives sound advice to help Ryan navigate his children's interest in the White Sox; we alternate between goats and dragons; and we take a mouthfeel ride down the lazy river (of flavor). </p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Ayinger Privatbrauerei - Celebrator</p> <p dir="ltr">Goldfinger Brewing - Zlotonator </p> <p dir="ltr">Sketchbook Brewing - Illustrator</p> <p dir="ltr">Scorched Earth Brewing Co. - Doppelbock</p> <p dir="ltr">Seldom Beer Co./Miskatonic Brewing - Jabberbocky</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 580 - Cellar West, Chapter 3</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">It's been about two years since we last checked in with one of our favorite small breweries in America, and this lineup of five from Lafayette, Colorado's Cellar West is a real flavor ride. We talk about the medal-winning beers sent courtesy of founder Zach Nichols while trying to narrow down which we'd most like off of their cask engine. Also, Ryan's developing a habit of rubbing beers on himself, Craig is mystified by mustache twins, and we make some initial nominations for the ABV Chicago Outstanding Achievements in the Field of Craft Beer Excellence awards. </p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Tawny Otter (English Pub Ale)</p> <p dir="ltr">Farmhouse Saison</p> <p dir="ltr">Single Hop Saison: Cashmere</p> <p dir="ltr">Spinechiller 2024: Bourbon and Scotch Barrels (Imperial Stout aged in bourbon and scotch barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">Spinechiller 2024: Orange, Vanilla, and Rose (Imperial Stout aged in bourbon barrels w/ orange zest, vanilla beans, and rose water)</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 579 - Local & Historical</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">We get unreasonably excited when local breweries make historical and international styles that are infrequently brewed, so we jumped at the opportunity to bring five examples together. These suburban Chicago beers serve as tributes to centuries of brewing across three different countries, and we couldn't be happier about the results. We dive into the history and stories of these styles while also revisiting our college Newcastle phase, assuming control of our IP, and making our choices for the best vending machine selections on a road trip. </p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Bubblehouse Brewing Company - All Together Now (Altbier)</p> <p dir="ltr">Flipside Brewing - Noble Rogue (English Brown Ale)</p> <p dir="ltr">Goldfinger Brewing Company - Polotmavý 14° (Czech-style Amber Lager)</p> <p dir="ltr">Art History Brewing - Trent Bridge (English IPA)</p> <p dir="ltr">Miskatonic Brewing Company/Seldom Beer Co. - Kuddel Muddel (Kottbusser)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 578 - Werk Force Brewing</title>
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<title>Episode 575 - Deep Wood: Now and Later</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">To close out the 2024-2025 Deep Wood release lineup, Revolution somehow finds a way to do some new things with barleywine while retaining the spirit of their barrel program we've all come to know and love. It's all about interesting woods here (and a little help from some friends) as we've hardly been so happy about experiencing the barleywobbles. Also, Craig's sweet stock is in jeopardy, Ryan's recovering from hosting his 10 year old's birthday party, and we make some rankings promises that we actually keep (for once). It's audio Sur Lie, because we're definitely on the slop.</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Lumberstruck II (Black barleywine aged in bourbon and Amburana barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">Firestone Walker - Oakpocalypse Now (Triple-oaked barleywine aged in rye and red wine barrels w/ French oak staves)</p> <p>Oakpocalypse Later [Firestone Walker collaboration] - Oakpocalypse Later (Barleywine aged in rye whiskey and red wine barrels)</p> <p>Barleywinery D.B.V.S.O.J. (Barleywine aged in bourbon barrels)</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 574 - Supermoon Cellar Society</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">At a very reasonable price, Craig joined the exclusive Cellar Society for Milwaukee's Supermoon Beer Company so we could get our hands on a full lineup of exclusive releases from one of our favorite breweries in the whole world. And this lineup still finds ways to surprise us - from style to barrel to the occasional unusual ingredient. It's all just really really stellar. Also, Craig's wife is developing mundane yet useful superpowers; Ryan's ready for some more beer-inspired soaps; and we're keeping a watch on the Costco cheese aisle for rare releases. </p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Tabelbear (French oak fermented tart saison w/ tamarind)</p> <p dir="ltr">CS3 // Vineyard Reserve (Single barrel farmhouse ale aged in French oak w/ Frontenac grapes)</p> <p dir="ltr">Single Barrel 006 (Unblended farmhouse ale aged 3 years in French oak)</p> <p dir="ltr">Barbou (Bourbon barrel aged Midwest stock ale)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 573 - 11 Year Blind: Old Faves</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">To recognize our 11th year of releasing this weekly podcast, we're putting a new spin on our annual half-blind shows by…going old. We each divvied up the past years of the podcast and selected one favorite from a year until we ended up with seven to try and stump one another while we dig through our memories. Some represent fresh takes on old faves, and some are just old - which doesn't necessarily mean bad. Also, we talk about a cult Chicago landmark in Craig's neighborhood; Ryan no-scopes a few blind guesses; and Craig calls in a favor to make his secret blind theme work. </p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed </p> <p dir="ltr">Brouwerij De Brabandere - Petrus Aged Pale (Foeder-aged Belgian Sour) / <a href= "http://www.abvchicago.com/episode-240-belgian-sour-starter-pack/">Episode 240 - Belgian Sour Starter Pack (9/5/18)</a></p> <p dir="ltr">Flossmoor Station Restaurant & Brewery - Wooden Hell 2017 (Bourbon barrel-aged barleywine) / <a href= "http://www.abvchicago.com/episode-198-fobablin-2-fobablin-in-the-city/"> Episode 198 - FoBABlin' 2: FoBABlin' in the City (11/8/17)</a></p> <p dir="ltr">The Conrad Seipp Brewing Co. - Columbia Bock / <a href="http://www.abvchicago.com/episode-379-b-sides/">Episode 379 - B-Sides (5/12/21)</a></p> <p dir="ltr">Flipside Brewing - Rascal King (English Pub Ale) / <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/posts/low-abv-414-king-110338143">Low ABV 414 - Flipside Rascal King (8/19/24)</a></p> <p dir="ltr">Wild Onion Brewery - Drago 2018 (Bourbon barrel-aged Russian Imperial Stout) / <a href= "http://www.abvchicago.com/episode-117-midwest-ba-stouts-blind/">Episode 117 - Midwest BA Stouts Blind (4/20/16)</a></p> <p dir="ltr">Cruz Blanca Brewery - Rey Cuvée 2024 (3-year blend of barrel-aged imperial stout) / <a href= "http://www.abvchicago.com/episode-457-cruz-blanca-luchadors-2022/"> Episode 457 - Cruz Blanca Luchadors 2022 (11/9/22)</a></p> <p dir="ltr">New Glarus Brewing - Wisconsin Belgian Red (Sour ale w/ cherries) / <a href= "http://www.abvchicago.com/episode-74-new-glarus-fruit-beers/">Episode 74 - New Glarus Fruit Beers (6/24/15)</a></p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 571 - Heavy Riff: Dear Agony</title>
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<title>Episode 570 - Riverlands Brewing Company</title>
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<title>Episode 568 - A Side of Side Project</title>
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<title>Episode 567 - FoBAB Winners 2024</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">The Festival of Wood and Barrel-Aged Beers came in late November this year, and we have another episode to add to our wall-to-wall coverage of Chicago's best beer fest. As has become a delicious tradition, we have gathered medal winning beers from this year - but with a totally sessionable twist. Three gold medal winners, one bronze, and one Best in Show gives us a lineup of 4 that'll go down as one of the best we've done. Also, we break down FoBAB winners by the numbers, recap our festival highlights, and replace the Elf on the Shelf with Craig on the Keg. </p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Milieu Fermentation - smol. (Barrel-aged mixed culture table beer)</p> <p dir="ltr">Off Color Brewing - Funky Beer for Tacos (Gose fermented with wild yeast aged in lime gin barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">Cruz Blanca Brewpub - Tepache Cowboy (Mexican lager aged in añejo mezcal barrels with pineapple and spices)</p> <p dir="ltr">Half Acre Beer Co. - Orin (Bourbon and brandy barrel aged strong ale)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 566 - Deep Wood: Wine O' Clock</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">It's always wine o' clock somewhere, especially when you're opening up the finest barleywines and ryewines Revolution has to offer. This episode features three different 'wines and a special release stout as part two (or three?) of their barrel-aged Deep Wood series for this year, and at least one of us deems this the best set of four Rev has ever done. Also, we don't think we really want to smell our TVs; someone is in need of a little Halloween costume inspiration; and we get to know Captain Check (and his alter ego, Captain Czech). </p> <p dir="ltr">2024 Deep Wood Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Straight Jacket (Bourbon barrel-aged barleywine)</p> <p dir="ltr">Ryeway to Heaven (Bourbon and rye barrel-aged ryewine)</p> <p dir="ltr">Double Barrel V.S.O.R. (Bourbon and rye barrel-age ryewine)</p> <p dir="ltr">D.B.X.O.D. Le Troncais (Bourbon barrel-aged imperial oatmeal stout with French oak)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 565 - Bourbon County 2024</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">Even though Black Friday doesn't mean what it once did, Bourbon County is still an event - and we have Ryan Tracy with us at Beer on the Wall to help us taste through this year's lineup of six from Goose Island. Sure we were banned from the official media tasting, but we assess the whole group fairly - and find some surprises that are real standouts in the history of BCBS. Also, shenanigans may be afoot at FoBAB in regards to our Fantasy League; Ryan T. and Craig have a proposed wardrobe swap; we discuss BCBS variants that "don't exist"; Tracy shares a Rare Day story that can only lead to bias; we can't help but fondle the box; and we are finally sponsored by Jazz, the style of music. And don't miss out on our annual trip through Bourbon Country.</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Bourbon County Stout 2024 (Imperial Stout aged in bourbon barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">Bourbon County Brand Bardstown Cask Finish Stout (Imperial Stout aged in Bardstown Rye and Cherry Wood Oak Barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">Bourbon County Brand Rare Stout 2024 (Imperial Rye Stout aged in King of Kentucky Bourbon Barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">Bourbon County Brand Vanilla Rye Stout 2024 (Imperial Rye Stout aged in Rye Whiskey Barrels w/ Madagascar vanilla beans)</p> <p dir="ltr">Bourbon County Brand Macaroon Stout (Imperial Stout aged in Bourbon Barrels w/ cocoa nibs, sweet candied ginger, and toasted coconut)</p> <p dir="ltr">Bourbon County Brand Proprietor's Barleywine (Barleywine aged in Bourbon Barrels w/ tamarind, lime, whole Guajillo chiles, and piloncillo)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 563 - Thanksgiving Beer Feast</title>
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<title>Episode 562 - FoBABlin' 6: FoBAB Time Machine</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">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 breweries featured at this year's fest. Our jumbled attempts to look back at previous year's memories notwithstanding, we look ahead to new and returning breweries we can't wait to try, old favorites and dependable options to seek out for a first pour, our general tips for navigating FoBAB, and a little mock Fantasy FoBAB draft to round things out. Plus, Craig encounters a real life Air Bud, our time machine is broken, and we wonder why we only hit like five breweries every year.</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Off Color Brewing - Whiskey Barrel-Aged Beer for Pizza [2022] (Malt beverage w/ dark candi syrup, kola nut, lime juice, vanilla, lemon zest, orange zest, cinnamon, coriander, nutmeg, and citric acid aged in Tennessee whiskey barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">More Brewing - Barrel-Aged Doppelbock (Doppelbock aged in Elijah Craig bourbon and Old Elk barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">Mikerphone Brewing - I Believe In A Thing Called Lager (Imperial dark lager aged 21 months in Peerless Straight Rye Whiskey barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">WeldWerks Brewing & Toppling Goliath Brewing - Asesino De Medianoche (Imperial stout aged in Templeton Rye and Blanton's barrels w/ Madagascar bourbon vanilla beans)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 561 - Mega Deth</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2024 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">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 stouts - three as variants of their annual Deth's Tar line. We talk about what makes this year's lineup unique while Revolution supports its case as one of the most dependable barrel-aged programs anywhere. Also, Craig waited in a line only to learn about bad dog names; Ryan has basically forgotten the last two years of beer releases; and we get a little carried away with the tactile experience.</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Deth's Tar (Imperial oatmeal stout aged in bourbon barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">Café Deth (Imperial oatmeal stout aged in bourbon barrels w/ coffee)</p> <p>Deth by Bramble (Imperial oatmeal stout aged in bourbon barrels w/ blackberry, boysenberry, and marionberry)</p> <p>V.S.O. On & On Pt. 3 (Blended stout aged in bourbon barrels)</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 560 - Torture Test: The Hateful 8</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2024 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">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 year might be the most spiteful, mean-spirited collection of all. Seizing upon our known flavor aversions, each of us hosts finds something to attack our insecurities and threaten our actual livelihood through a half-blind tasting - all leading to an unimaginable Cuvée of Doom in the end. Also, we live out some mundane horror situations, we raise a few torture legends' jerseys to the rafters, and I'm pretty sure someone is getting sued by the end of this one. </p> <p dir="ltr">Beverages Endured</p> <p dir="ltr">Untitled Art & Speciation Artisan Ales - Michelada (Berliner Weisse-style w/ lime juice, Tabasco sauce, and sea salt)</p> <p dir="ltr">Unpossible Mead Inc. - Pickle-Ӧrt (Bread & butter pickle-inspired mead aged in a Malört barrel)</p> <p dir="ltr">Energy City Brewing - Bistro Strawberry Pineapple Habanero (Flavored Berliner-style Weisse)</p> <p dir="ltr">450 North Brewing - Bananafinger (Smoothie-style sour w/ banana, candy bars, peanut butter & milk chocolate)</p> <p dir="ltr">Beak & Skiff Orchards - Double Double Toil & Trouble (Candy Corn Hard Cider)</p> <p dir="ltr">Rar Brewing - Out Of Order: Mmm-hmm (American sour w/ cheesecake, butter pecan, pastry cream, and lactose)</p> <p dir="ltr">Twelve5 Beverage Co. - Rebel Berry Crisp Latte (Hard coffee w/ mixed berries)</p> <p dir="ltr">Twisted Pine Brewing Co. - Ghost Face Killah (Chili beer w/ ghost pepper, serrano, jalapeno, habanero, fresno, and anaheim peppers)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 559 - Farmhouse Fall</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">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 rusticity business. Whether it's due to ingredients, barrels, or aesthetic, each saison here is the liquid equivalent of jumping into a pile of crunchy leaves, and we have some wildly divergent rankings by the end. Also, Craig immediately destroys our attempts at having a classy show for once; we define what we mean when we say "rustic"; and we consider what we expect fall to taste like. (Thanks to Don Kasak and the folks at Hold Out for providing two of these beers.)</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Scratch Brewing Company - Wild Carrot and Nettle (Farmhouse ale w/ wild carrot leaves & stinging nettle)</p> <p dir="ltr">is/was brewing - Saison Effrayant (Autumnal Rye Saison w/ sage)</p> <p dir="ltr">Side Project Brewing - Loam: Vidal Blanc Orange Wine Process 2023 (Wheat saison aged w/ Vidal Blanc grapes)</p> <p dir="ltr">Waypost Brewing - Saison Du Bois (Oak-lagered Saison)</p> <p dir="ltr">Hold Out Brewing & Keeping Together - No Moon Tonight (Dark Saison w/ cinnamon, cocoa nibs, dried chiles & honey aged in Sotol barrels)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 558 - GABF 2024</title>
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<title>Episode 556 - Road to GABF 2024</title>
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<title>Episode 554 - Rice Lagers</title>
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<title>Episode 553 - Wisconsin Borderlands</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">Just a short drive north from Chicago, a land of interesting breweries awaits across the Wisconsin border, so we drink through five beers that'll hardly cost you a quarter tank of gas to pick up yourself. The beers bring up a lot of interesting discussion about beer styles loved and lost, and we even have a brief chat with G5 Brewing's head brewer Tim Goers about anchovy hops, gluten-free smoothie sours, and calling in for a little advice from Stone Brewing. Also, Ryan finally experiences the Dog Surfing National Championships and has a lot of questions; and Craig is still really hung up on the amount of lime flavor that constitutes a "hint." </p> <p dir="ltr">G5's Tim Goers interview (00:27:32 - 00:36:56)</p> <p dir="ltr">Low Daily [Burlington, WI] - Snacker (Session IPA)</p> <p dir="ltr">Public Craft Brewing Co. [Kenosha, WI] - Sweet Colleen's Irish Red Ale</p> <p dir="ltr">G5 Brewing Company [Beloit, WI] - Joanie (Gluten-Free Strawberry Shortcake Sour)</p> <p dir="ltr">Faklandia Brewpub [Saint Francis, WI] - NPC Cal (Imperial Lime Cream Ale)</p> <p dir="ltr">Second Salem Brewing Company [Whitewater, WI] - Bone Orchard (IPA)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 552 - BA Coconutz</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">Like some sort of softball-sized, hairy drupe falling from a tree to knock us on the head, within this lineup of four beers is a surprise that almost completely brings the show to a grinding halt. But otherwise, it's a fun little exploration of our relationship with coconut as an adjunct in barrel-aged stouts, and there's no suntan lotion to be found here. Also, 3 Floyds is normal now, Disney is entering ill-advised music territory, Head & Shoulders should sponsor this episode, and Ryan explains why the result of this show is like checking for a cockroach in your shoe. (It'll all make sense, later, we swear.) Thanks again to Dan Roemer for help in procuring the Phase Three!</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">3 Floyds Brewing - Cocomungo (Imperial stout aged in bourbon barrels w/ toasted coconut and maple syrup)</p> <p dir="ltr">Hop Butcher for the World - Steel (Bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout w/ vanilla beans and coconut)</p> <p dir="ltr">Phase Three Brewing - Eunoia Batch 2 (Barrel-aged imperial stout w/ coconut and Saigon cinnamon)</p> <p dir="ltr">Half Acre Beer Company - Double Barrel 2x4 Benthic 2023 (Double bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout w/ toasted coconut, vanilla, and coffee)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 551 - Holy Toledo</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">The titular exclamative comes thanks to Craig's unexpected finds during a recent trip to Toledo, Ohio. This lineup of five Toledo-area beers is almost total adjunct bacchanalia - and one that surprises us at every step. We get into the geography of Toledo while shouting out most of the bartenders that made this one possible. Also, we discuss odd school fundraisers, make some major baseball and football connections, choose syrup beard as the worst possible torture, and try to make sense of the ways kids talk these days. Hey Vern, how's about I open u a brewery?</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Maumee Bay Brewing Company - Ballgame (Kölsch w/ salted caramel & roasted peanuts)</p> <p dir="ltr">Inside the Five Brewing Company - Sunshine Sky (American Wheat Ale w/ lemon & orange)</p> <p dir="ltr">Twin Oast Brewing - Ship Burner (Porter)</p> <p dir="ltr">Earnest Brew Works - Wake & Bake Crunchy Hippie (Brown Ale w/ coffee, maple syrup, oats, wheat, brown sugar, honey, sunflower/flax/chia seeds, hemp hearts, raisins, and mixed berries)</p> <p dir="ltr">Pavlov's Brewing Company - Red Raspberry Wheat/Big Friendly (Wheat ale w/ raspberry blended with Imperial Stout w/ peanut butter)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 550 - Weekend Warriors: WI vs. MI</title>
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<title>Episode 549 - Hoppy Reds (Directors' Cut)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">Though this was recorded in the early summer months, this episode explores a broad style designation that's seeing a bit of a resurgence - and hopefully more so with the coming colder temperatures. We open five red ales to see what makes a good one and learn quite a bit about the broad variance that exists beyond simply "red" and "hoppy." Also, Craig recommends the horrors of MLB Rain Delay Twitter, we debunk a pretty dumb beer belief around ABV, and we make some picks for the worst candies ever made. </p> <p dir="ltr">And with the new directors' cut, you get to hear us drink a 6th beer that somewhat inspired this show - and why it might taste like Summer Craig dying.</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Brothership Brewing - Red Planet (Hoppy Red Ale)</p> <p dir="ltr">Pipeworks Brewing - Blood of the Unicorn (Hoppy Red Ale)</p> <p dir="ltr">Soundgrowler Brewing Co. - The Willing Blood (Red IPA)</p> <p dir="ltr">Maine Beer Co. - Zoe (Hoppy Amber Ale)</p> <p dir="ltr">Black Horizon Brewing - Walk the Plank (Imperial Red Ale)</p> <p dir="ltr">Directors' Cut Beer:</p> <p dir="ltr">Maplewood Brewing - Radio Silence (Red IPA)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 548 - Flipside Brewing</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2024 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">The story of Flipside Brewing begins and ends with Erik Pizer, the owner and head brewer whose career has led him back to Tinley Park with his now 2-year old brewpub. This conversation is a long-time coming as we've been fortunate to follow Erik's brewing career over the last decade - and we must concur that Flipside is an excellent showcase for his talents. After a few handfuls of garlic cheese curds, we sip through a nice variety of his high quality beers while talking about everything that brought him back to where his professional brewing career started. Also, we dig into his no-nonsense approach to recipes and brewing techniques across many styles; we have a little beer déjà vu; and we gotta talk about those bathrooms. Plus, we nerd out about Easter eggs on labels, English-style beers, and potential musician collaborations. KornWine.</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Sampled</p> <p dir="ltr">Sun Side (Kolsch)</p> <p dir="ltr">Last Stop (IPA)</p> <p dir="ltr">Monochrome Dream (Hazy IPA)</p> <p dir="ltr">Kobabazoobie (Hazy IPA)</p> <p dir="ltr">Double Stop (Double IPA)</p> <p dir="ltr">Barrel-Aged Decision Fatigue 2024 (Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 547 - One Crazy Rev Summer</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">These summer Deep Wood releases keep getting bigger and bolder, so we sample the three barrel-aged beers Revolution released in July (alongside a little leftover Springtime coffee pick-me-up) to once again fawn over the results. Craig puts on his silly sun hat while we sip through all 55.2 ounces, and Ryan lets his Revolution truth spill out with all the subtlety of Bobcat Goldthwait in a Godzilla costume. Also, Craig gets recognized and gifted ramen, Ryan's dreaming up the lozenge for weaning yourself off of barrel-aged beers, and we certainly aren't looking for 50 ways to leave your barleywine. </p> <p dir="ltr">2024 Deep Wood Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Supermassive Café Deth (Bourbon barrel-aged imperial coffee stout)</p> <p dir="ltr">Coconut Deth (Bourbon barrel-aged imperial oatmeal stout w/ toasted coconut)</p> <p dir="ltr">V.S.O.J. (Blended bourbon barrel-aged English barleywine)</p> <p dir="ltr">Cherry V.S.O.J. (Blended bourbon barrel-aged English barleywine w/ cherry)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 546 - APA Style</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2024 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">For all the high concept shows we've done over the past decade, we were shocked to learn that we've never just focused on the American Pale Ale - those clear, approachably hoppy styles of old. We have five Chicagoland examples here (well, two Lake Zurich and three Chicago, oddly) that are all impressive in their own way as we try to figure out what we look for in this style. Also, Craig is left with an infomercial cliffhanger, Ryan's got your next beer trip all figured out, and we accidentally flashback to the origin of Mosaic blindness.</p> <p dir="ltr">American Pale Ales Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Begyle Brewing - Sunny Afternoon</p> <p dir="ltr">Phase Three Brewing - Lake Trip</p> <p dir="ltr">Pipeworks Brewing - Lizard King</p> <p dir="ltr">Roaring Table Brewing - RTB Pale</p> <p dir="ltr">Alarmist Brewing - Pantsless</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 545 - Icy Treats: Italian Ice & Bomb Pops</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">We've covered a lot of summer-friendly light drinking beers on the podcast lately, but this one goes right for the freezer aisle. Taking inspiration from a few popular icy treats, this lineup is summer fun in a glass, for the most part, even if said "fun" isn't, like, "beer." We have two beers inspired by lemon italian ice and two beers (plus a seltzer) mimicking that blue raspberry-white lime-red cherry trio of classic American popsicle. Also, we consider what eating contests we might have an okay shot at to win, there's a new level of cuvée happening, and Ryan's weirdly hung-up on Craig's stubbornness around Mission: Impossible. Just be sure to toss the wooden stick when you're done.</p> <p dir="ltr">Drinks Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Hopewell Brewing Co. - Italian Ice (Citrus Lager w/ Meyer lemon)</p> <p dir="ltr">Old Irving Brewing Co. - Miko's Italian Ice (Sour ale w/ Meyer lemon)</p> <p dir="ltr">Quirk (Boulevard Brewing Co.) - Raspberry Rocket Pop (Hard Seltzer)</p> <p dir="ltr">Brothership Brewing - Plasma Wave: Bombs Away (Fruited sour w/ raspberry, lime, cherry, and lactose)</p> <p dir="ltr">Transient Artisan Ales - Bomb Pop Smolverine (Sour ale w/ blueberry, raspberry, cherry, key lime, vanilla ice cream, and lactose)</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 544 - Hop Water Revisited</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jul 2024 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">Since we last sampled a batch of non-alcoholic sparkling hop waters in November, we assumed the market would be flooded with new options from local and non-local breweries alike. That growth has proven to be a lot more gradual, but we hope the dam bursts sooner than later because this lineup of five hop-enhanced sparkling waters has us happier than we should be while sober. Also, Ryan throws Craig into the neighborhood Facebook group cesspool, we try to find a way to make drinking hop waters at work more socially acceptable, and we hope these adaptogens and neotropics restore Craig's ability to taste and smell Mosaic hops. All this with none of the calories. </p> <p dir="ltr">Hop Waters Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Pollyanna Brewing Company - Hop Water</p> <p dir="ltr">Noon Whistle Brewing - Lemon Lime Hop Water</p> <p dir="ltr">Short's Brewing Company - Thirst Mutilator: Lemon Lime</p> <p dir="ltr">HOP WTR - Mango</p> <p dir="ltr">Lagunitas Brewing - Hoppy Refresher: Berry Lemon</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 543 - The Beers of Summer</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2024 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">We can tell you that our love for these breweries will still be strong even after these beers of summer are gone, but heck, we'll enjoy them now while they're here. We drink through five beers marketed as easy Summer drinkers - three lagers, and two ales - to determine what's stocking our coolers for the next month-plus. Also, Craig has joined the gummy revolution, Ryan has a lot to say about CostCo, and we get a nice little Patrick Swayze story in as well. Put your Wayfarers on, baby. </p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Goldfinger Brewing Company - Summer Beer</p> <p dir="ltr">Half Acre Beer Company - Reef Knot</p> <p dir="ltr">Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. - Summerfest</p> <p dir="ltr">Revolution Brewing - Sun Crusher</p> <p dir="ltr">Solemn Oath Brewery - Total Midwest Love</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2024 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">These sweltering summer days have set off our symptoms that can only be diagnosed as a serious case of Pineapple Fever. For this show, we're as surprised as anyone that we have a swinging good time cruising through a whole set of pineapple beers in defiance of our usual fruit show disappointments. Also, we're finding ways to invite crows to the table; a chunky phase is never realized; Tim Allen answers for Craig now; and we request that our cakes stay right-side up. </p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Temperance Beer Co. - Greenwood Beach (Blonde ale w/ pineapple)</p> <p dir="ltr">Pipeworks Brewing Co. - Pineapple Guppy (American Pale Ale w/ pineapple)</p> <p dir="ltr">Energy City Brewing - Piña Sunset Sorbet IPA (NEIPA w/ pineapple & coconut)</p> <p dir="ltr">Triptych Brewing - Fruit Aisle: Pineapple Whip (Tart ale w/ pineapple, vanilla, & lactose)</p> <p dir="ltr">Young Blood Beer Co. - Pineapple Demogorgen In the Upside Down (Pastry sour w/ pineapple, marshmallow, graham cracker, and vanilla)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 541 - Maplewood At 10</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">In the 10 years since Maplewood started producing beers in Chicago, the brewery and distillery has become one of the most recognizable, available, and consistent craft brands in the city. We sit down with the crew of Roger Cuzelis, Adam Smith, and Adam Cieslak to talk about how the company has evolved over the last decade with their multiple medal-winning beers and spirits leading the way. We also drink through a 4-pack of their "Heritage Series" beers for their 10th anniversary which resurrects some old favorites - albeit made with the technical skill and top-notch ingredients they've acquired through ten years of business. Furthermore, we bring our own 4-packs back to our respective bunkers to give them a thorough dissection by mostly just raving about how perfect they all are. Plus, Ryan can't help but look awkward in photos, and Craig just wants the corn dogs to come back.</p> <p dir="ltr">Maplewood Interview (0:00:00 - 01:01:30)</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">The Charlatan (Pale Ale)</p> <p dir="ltr">Azacca Morris IPA</p> <p dir="ltr">Creepy Ginger (Belgian-Style Strong Golden w/ ginger)</p> <p dir="ltr">Husky Pants (Hazy Double IPA)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 540 - The Half Acre Report</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2024 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Episode 539 - Blinded by the Light Lagers</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2024 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">After years of pushing boundaries with flavor, craft beer has come all the way back to banking on uncomplicated light lagers built for summer coolers. For this episode, we test out five local versions of lighter lagers in a blind tasting, finding ourselves surprised by the amount of variation contained within. Also, Craig is reaching unprecedented levels of comfort, Ryan's confronting his lager biases, and we take a little run through the corn field. </p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed Blindly</p> <p dir="ltr">Hop Butcher for the World - Butcher Gold</p> <p dir="ltr">Pollyanna Brewing - Lite Thinking</p> <p dir="ltr">Noon Whistle Brewing - Frothie</p> <p dir="ltr">Old Irving Brewing - Windy</p> <p dir="ltr">Revolution Brewing - Cold Time</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 538 - MoBAB 4: Barrels in Space</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2024 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">Our fourth installment of drinking more barrel-aged beers (MoBAB) at about the halfway point to FoBAB lifts off into orbit with four different styles aged in bourbon and whiskey barrels. Sipping these leads to talk about length of barrel stays, some cocktail inspirations, and the hopeful regular return of a once-mighty barrel program. Also, Ryan's got an unexpected "kids in taprooms" take; we sort out some John Cusack 80s movie details; and Craig gets knocked off of his socks - which he was apparently standing on. </p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">BuckleDown Brewing - Barrel-Aged Wee Heavy (Wee Heavy aged 10 months in Four Roses barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">Third Space Brewing - Bourbon Barrel-Aged Ice Bear (Baltic Porter aged 2 months in Central Standard Cabin Strength barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">Pipeworks Brewing - The Murderous [2024] (Barleywine aged 4 years in Heaven Hill bourbon barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">Old Irving Brewing/Forbidden Root [Columbus] - Barrel-Aged Peace Treaty (Imperial Stout aged in Old Elk & Wild Turkey barrels w/ vanilla bean, cocoa nibs, and peanut butter)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 537 - Clearly Hazy</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2024 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">Science beckons us to drink these side-by-side versions of similar IPA recipes: one hazy and one clear. We want to know how much difference the yeast makes in the flavor, whether bitterness levels will be noticeably changed, and how the mouthfeel transforms the experience. We also want to know why we got so drunk by the end of this one. Plus, Craig's curious about condiment-based Monopoly, Ryan reveals the true worth of blue Jolly Ranchers, and we assert that we are indeed a grown-up podcast for serious grown-ups.</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Hop Butcher for the World - Unwind Your Mind (Hazy Double IPA)</p> <p dir="ltr">Hop Butcher for the World - Clear Your Mind (Clear IPA)</p> <p dir="ltr">Alarmist Brewing - Le Jus (Hazy IPA)</p> <p dir="ltr">Alarmist Brewing - Le Jus Clear (Clear Hazy IPA)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 536 - Live Oak</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">Austin, Texas' Live Oak Brewing has been making world-class lagers and traditional styles through step-mashing and decoction mashing going back to 1997, and their regionally-available beers have inspired brewers worldwide to embrace not taking any short cuts. Thanks to Craig's Austin trip, we have five stellar beers here, a lineup bookended by their other speciality: smoke. Also, Ryan explains how some food is homework and shares his story of the worst example of that; Craig withholds important beer storage information; and we are having it made in the shade.</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Grodziskie</p> <p dir="ltr">Gold (German-style Pilsner)</p> <p dir="ltr">Hefeweizen</p> <p dir="ltr">Kalt IPA (Cold IPA)</p> <p dir="ltr">Fumigator (Smoked Doppelbock)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 535 - The Hop Butcher Report</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2024 12:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">As the third in our recent unplanned trilogy of Carolina shows, this one proves that sometimes the B-sides are better than the album. We have five beers from various Carolina locations, thanks to listeners Benji & Suzanne, and each drink finds a way to impress us in unexpected ways. What else could inspire talk of cask alerts, EKG love, Double Table Beers, and foam beards? Also, Ryan needs advice on training his RoboVac, Craig is a beer grandpa, and there are some awkward t-shirt interactions. </p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Whaley Farm Brewery [Old Fort, NC] - Best Bitter Ale</p> <p dir="ltr">Hobcaw Brewing Co. [Mt. Pleasant, SC] - Same Old Sidewalks (Wheat saison)</p> <p dir="ltr">Baker & Brewer [Charleston, SC] - You're Kiwing Me Smalls (Kiwi sour ale w/ blue spirulina)</p> <p dir="ltr">Munkle Brewing Co. (w/ ThaCommunity) [Charleston, SC] - ThaCOMMUNITY (Belgian blonde aged in Uncle Nearest whiskey barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">Zebulon Artisan Ales [Weaverville, NC] - Belgian Patersbier (Trappist-style Blonde)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">Believe it or not, there was a time when breweries would release barleywines that were not aged in any sort of barrel, and the biggest choice you had to make was American-style or English-style. For this episode, we have four local takes on the barleywine, two of each style, none with any barrel or adjunct - and the sips are sending us back in time. Also, we test the impact of age on one barleywine, we wonder if any of these would actually be improved with barrels, and we dare Revolution to bring back the old Institutionalized. Plus, Ryan gets an early glimpse of summer, Craig reveals the amazing choice for the first mp3 he ever downloaded, and one beer actually gets docked for being "too drinkable.</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">More Brewing Company - Liquid Legacy (American Barleywine)</p> <p dir="ltr">Miskatonic Brewing Company/Flipside Brewing/Seldom Beer Co. - Pigloo (Barleywine)</p> <p dir="ltr">Off Color Brewing - Aqua Regia (English Barleywine)</p> <p dir="ltr">Werk Force Brewing Company - Mabel (English Barleywine)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">St. Louis' Heavy Riff Brewing has built a strong local following since 2013, and their mix of experimental styles, barrel-aged beers, and rock-n-roll sensibility has started to make its way up the state of Illinois. Craig talks with co-owner Rick Hagen about the past and future of the brewery before we try through a lineup of five standout beers. Also, Ryan takes us down the Robin Williams Quotes Facebook page rabbit hole, Craig is getting spoiled by all the lactose, and we agree that there's a lot going on in here. </p> <p dir="ltr">Rick Hagen Interview (00:13:20 - 00:32:50)</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Love Gun (Vanilla Cream Ale)</p> <p dir="ltr">Velvet Underbrown (Brown Ale w/ lactose)</p> <p dir="ltr">Vanilla Coffee Underbrown (Brown ale w/ vanilla & coffee)</p> <p dir="ltr">Gose to Fino's (Gin barrel-aged Gose w/ lemon and lime zest)</p> <p dir="ltr">Quadraphonic Euphoria (Belgian Quad-style Ale aged in port wine barrels)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 527 - Local West Coast DIPAs</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">A decade-and-a-half ago, West Coast DIPAs were changing the craft beer curious into full-on obsessives, and breweries were in an IBU arms race to melt faces with hop bitterness. Recently, now that some of the haze has settled, breweries are returning to the aggressive style again - with some bringing newer juicy hop varietals to the mix, while others attempt to throw it back to the classics. For this episode, we enthusiastically drink through five locally made West Coast Double IPAs and can't really agree on anything other than the beers taste too dang good. Also, Craig's hyped about the features of his new chair, Ryan swears he did his research, and we put a few hops into the Hop Hall of Fame. </p> <p dir="ltr">West Coast-style DIPAs Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Pollyanna Brewing Company - Beads on a String</p> <p dir="ltr">Maplewood Brewing Company - Sidewalk Surfer</p> <p dir="ltr">Miskatonic Brewing Company - West Coast Warlock</p> <p dir="ltr">Midwest Coast Brewing Co. - Vertical Canine</p> <p dir="ltr">Old Irving Brewing Co. - Chaos Weaver</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">It's been over a decade since Craig and Ryan have been out to beautiful San Diego, and thanks to listener Dave Adams, the podcast gets a lovely flavor vacation with beers from five of the city's breweries. The lineup is stylistically diverse, the rankings deviate in the middle, and at least one beer surprises at every step. Also, there's a lukewarm take on POGs from our youth; one brewer profile is seemingly inviting potential suitors; hop kief gets its introduction; and the path from Flavor Utopia is followed to meet Smokey Robinson at 'Gasmville. </p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Burgeon Beer Company - Invita (Mexican-Style Lager)</p> <p dir="ltr">Seek Beer Co. - Scenic Route (Strawberry & Banana Fruited Sour)</p> <p dir="ltr">Ketch Brewing - Celestial Navigation (San Diego-Style IPA)<br /> Pure Project Brewing - River Queen (Murky Triple IPA)</p> <p dir="ltr">White Labs Brewing Co. - Frankenstout WLP096 Frankenyeast Blend (American Stout)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">Sometimes you want a stout that's not sweet, adjunct-free, and stripped down to just the base style interpretation, and we were so excited to find five readily-available local examples. (No barrels, coconuts, vanilla beans, or cacao nibs were harmed in the making of this episode.) In addition to our straight stout sippin', we marvel at Dog Surfing Championships, discover that The Alley is still around, and speculate that one brewery must've put a chip in Ryan's brain.</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Roaring Table Brewing - Baby You Don't Know (Oat Stout)</p> <p dir="ltr">Revolution Brewing Company - Repo Man (Rye Stout)</p> <p dir="ltr">Half Acre Beer Company - Original Reaper (American Stout)</p> <p dir="ltr">Mikerphone Brewing - Symphonic Stout (American Stout)</p> <p dir="ltr">Hailstorm Brewing Co. - The Malt Slayer (Russian Imperial Stout)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 522 - Deep Wood: On Heavenly Jacket</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">Our 34th state show is just as sweet as it is sour, as we tackle five beers from South Carolina courtesy of listeners Benji & Suzanne. Even though it's a bit heavy on the tart beers, we learn about five breweries that represent a pretty good cross section of the South Carolina brewing scene. Also, Craig needs to bail someone out of the hellscape that is a community Facebook group, Ryan has stern words of warning about ranch delivery methods, and we're attempting to flex our marketing muscles again. </p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Munkle Brewing Co. [Charleston,SC] - Saison</p> <p dir="ltr">Holy City Brewing [North Charleston, SC] - Sparkly Princess (Sour IPA)</p> <p dir="ltr">Westbrook Brewing Co. [Mt. Pleasant, SC] - Ranch Water Gose (Gose aged in tequila barrels w/ lime & salt)</p> <p dir="ltr">Edmund's Oast Brewing Company [Charleston, SC] - Sour Mango Papaya (Sour ale w/ mango & papaya)</p> <p dir="ltr">Ghost Monkey Brewery [Mt. Pleasant, SC] - Jojo Coffee Stout</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 520 - 10 Beers for 10 Years</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">Ever since January 22nd of 2014, the ABV Chicago podcast has released a new episode every single week - and nobody could be more stunned about this fact than us. To commemorate a decade of arbitrary beer reviews, brewer interviews, and tipsy shenanigans, we open ten beers from ten breweries that all also got their start in 2014. The twist is that Craig and Ryan both present their five beers to the other as a blind tasting, forcing some surprising brewery, style, and "secret theme" guesses. Also, we spend a little time on memory lane, rank some celebrity hunks, and do what we do best: talk about candy, mostly. Thanks for checking us out at any point over these ten years, and expect a lot more to come because we literally don't know how to stop doing this podcast.</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed, In Half-Blind Order</p> <p dir="ltr">Middle Brow Beer Co. - Yard Work (Kölsch)</p> <p dir="ltr">Illuminated Brew Works - Clurichaun Trap (Session Stout)</p> <p dir="ltr">Imperial Oak Brewing - Roundabout (Pale Ale)</p> <p dir="ltr">Werk Force Brewing Company - Really Decent (Light Lager)</p> <p dir="ltr">Penrose Brewing Company - Day Off IPA</p> <p dir="ltr">Sketchbook Brewing Co. - Amistosa (Mexican-Style Lager)</p> <p dir="ltr">Marz Community Brewing Co. - Boogie Nights (Dark Wheat Ale)</p> <p dir="ltr">Pollyanna Brewing Company - In the Cards (Hazy American Pale Ale)</p> <p dir="ltr">Maplewood Brewing Company - Barrel-Aged Cuppa Stuffff (Imperial Stout aged in bourbon & whiskey barrels w/ vanilla beans, cacao nibs, and coffee)</p> <p dir="ltr">Noon Whistle Brewing - Good Piebrations: Banana Cream Pie (Hefeweizen w/ bananas & vanilla beans)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 519 - Hop Butcher: Taproom Edition</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">You don't turn to us for advice on a balanced breakfast, but we're happy to spoon up five cereal-inspired beers so good that even Mikey likes it. Through clever use of ingredients (or just throwing the cereal right in the beer), these beers really test the nostalgia influence of sitting a foot from the TV in our PJs while watching Captain N: The Game Master. Also, we consider all the different ways to attack the mat, share our own cereal biases, establish our independence through Cocoa Puffs, and endorse Malt-O-Meal above all. I'd say this episode is pretty gr-r-r-eat!!!</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">WeldWerks Brewing Co. - Bamm Bamm Rubble Rubble: Watermelon (Sour ale w/ fruity rice cereal, watermelon, milk sugar, vanilla, & marshmallow)</p> <p dir="ltr">Tripping Animals Brewing Co. - YABADABADU (Sour ale w/ orange, lemon, cherry, tangerine, vanilla, F**ty P*bbles, and milk sugar)</p> <p dir="ltr">Edmund's Oast Brewing Company Cereal For Dinner (Blonde ale w/ vanilla bean, toasted coconut, toasted almonds, and lactose)</p> <p dir="ltr">Artesia Brewing - FrankenStan (Sour ale w/ strawberries, marshmallow, and honey)</p> <p dir="ltr">Old Irving Brewing Co. - Cinnamon Prost (White stout w/ Saigon cinnamon, Tahitian vanilla bean, and milk sugar)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 517 - Brandy, You're A Fine Barrel</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">We fetch another round of barrel-aged beers for this episode, but with a twist: all four beers are aged in different kinds of brandy barrels. We explore the world of sweet brandy barrels and how they work on different styles, and we are totally surprised by our takeaways. Also, we talk mixed drinks, New Year sugar fears, John Entwistle, cooked malt, surprising personal revelations, and Jolly Rancher complaints. (Such a fine barrel.)</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Third Space Brewing - Wisconsinator (Doppelbock aged in Wollersheim Distillery brandy barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">Central Waters Brewing Company - Peach Brandy & Maple Barrel-aged Barleywine (English-style barleywine with honey aged in peach brandy barrels & Bliss maple syrup barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">Maplewood Brewing Company - Black Seed (Wheated stout aged in apple brandy barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">Half Acre Beer Co. - Cherry Brandy Benthic 2022 (Cherry brandy barrel-aged stout with coconut and vanilla)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 516 - Bourbon County 2023</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">Recorded on Black Friday (and previously released a month ago for our Patreon subscribers), this episode is our return to the Bourbon County lineup - after managing to get ourselves uninvited from the Goose Island media tastings. Luckily, we have our own beer sherpa in Beer on the Wall owner Ryan Tracy as he joins us to sip through all six beers in the back of his Elmhurst tasting room. Also, we measure the tasting against seeing the third Trolls movie in theaters, make plans to eat some rice cakes and drink some Dr. Fongs, try to eat everything at the fancy restaurant, shout out our special tube guy, and identify which store is actually ruining the BCBS release. In terms of beer rankings, two reviewers reach a consensus, and one is way out in left adjunct field. It's a fun one, folks.</p> <p dir="ltr">BCBS Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Bourbon County Brand Stout 2023</p> <p dir="ltr">Bourbon County Brand Eagle Rare 2-Year Reserve Stout</p> <p dir="ltr">Bourbon County Brand Angel's Envy 2-Year Cask Finish Stout</p> <p dir="ltr">Bourbon County Brand Backyard Stout</p> <p dir="ltr">Bourbon County Brand Bananas Foster Stout</p> <p dir="ltr">Bourbon County Brand Proprietor's Stout 2023</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 515 - WeldWerks Medianoches</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Dec 2023 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">In what is likely our most decadent Barrel-Aged December™ episode yet, we sample four enormous stouts from WeldWerks' Medianoche series that are as complex as they are thick (or thicc, as the kids say). Co-founder Neil Fisher gave us some mic time back during GABF that is shared here, and he helps us understand how his Greeley, Colorado brewery's signature stout series differs from others. Also, Craig gets some much-needed Cronch validation, Ryan's taking a trip down Peanut Butter Memory Lane, and I fear we veer towards Font Arguments Podcast again. </p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Medianoche 2023 (Bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout)</p> <p dir="ltr">Peanut Butter Cup Medianoche (Bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout w/ cacao nibs, peanut flour, and peanut butter cups)</p> <p dir="ltr">Tropical Medianoche (Bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout w/ bananas, coconut cream, and pineapple)</p> <p dir="ltr">Medianoche: Amburana Vanilla Luar (Imperial stout aged in bourbon and Amburana barrels w/ vanilla)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 514 - Marked For Deth</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">There's no escaping Deth, so we gather up four of the barrel-aged Revolution stouts from this year's Deep Wood lineup and drink with reckless abandon. It's no shocker that Revolution is still running the best barrel program in the city, but even with the bar raised as high as it is, the beers on the show clear it with ease. Even one beer challenges our "beer of the year" title (in a crowded year of stellar Rev beers). Also, we talk about odd movie theater experiences, cream some bean salad, escalate the Math versus English turf war, and remember how LMFAO was culturally significant at one point. Yes, we also talk about beer. But you can't deny that it would be better with two Keith Davids.</p> <p dir="ltr">2023 Deep Wood Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Deth's Tar</p> <p dir="ltr">Cafe Deth</p> <p dir="ltr">Deth by Cherries</p> <p dir="ltr">DBVSOD</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 513 - Metropolitan Forever</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">For over 15 years, Metropolitan blessed this great city with high quality lagers and traditional German styles. They ushered in a second wave of Chicago craft brewing back when there were next to no options available. It's safe to say that without Metropolitan, the Chicago craft beer scene wouldn't have grown the way it did. Now Chicago will have to move on without Metro, who will be closing their doors for good on December 17th. We take this episode as an opportunity to appreciate their excellent lineup one more time, share many meaningful personal memories about the beers and brewery, and to say thank you for stubbornly making lagers even when it wasn't cool to do so. Thank you, Metropolitan crew, and we wish you a clear and fulfilling path forward.</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Enjoyed</p> <p dir="ltr">Flywheel Pilsner</p> <p dir="ltr">Krankshaft Kolsch</p> <p dir="ltr">Stromhaus Helles</p> <p dir="ltr">Heliostat Zwickel Lager</p> <p dir="ltr">Arc Welder Dunkel Rye</p> <p dir="ltr">Afterburner Oktoberfest</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 512 - FoBAB Winners 2023</title>
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<title>Episode 511 - Chicago Browntown</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">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 Chicagoland breweries on this episode. Adjunct or not, these brown ales all have a unique angle on the style - and most would absolutely kill on cask. We also discuss the worst possible colors for mayonnaise, we consider the best brown for the Thanksgiving table, Ryan shares his true feelings about the apple orchard, and Craig am become Cronch, destroyer of dry ramen. </p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Spiteful Brewing - Bowmanville Brown</p> <p dir="ltr">Phase Three Brewing - Midst</p> <p dir="ltr">Maplewood Brewing Company - Brownie Points</p> <p dir="ltr">Werk Force Brewing Company - Axis: As Bold As Beer</p> <p dir="ltr">Around the Bend Beer Company - Puffing Billy</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 510 - Hop Waters</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">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 into making these "zero/zero" drinks. And it shows that no matter how well non-alcoholic beers have progressed, some drinkers looking for a dry spell just can't quit the hops - and now they don't have to! We get extremely refreshed on this zero alcohol show while discussing many areas of potential for this rising trend. Also, Craig needs some real talk on a confusing bathroom arrangement, Ryan's watching his calcium intake, and we want to know if kids should be drinking hop water before one of us looks like a bad parent.</p> <p dir="ltr">Waters Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Sierra Nevada Brewing Company - Hop Splash</p> <p dir="ltr">Third Space Brewing - Hop Water: Citra Lemon</p> <p dir="ltr">Noon Whistle Brewing - Hop Water</p> <p dir="ltr">Revolution Brewing - Super Zero</p> <p dir="ltr">Marz Community Beverage Co. - Hop N' Honey Water</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 509 - The DE Show</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">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 five flavorful beers from five different breweries. Thanks to Ryan Tracy (and family), we're able to live vicariously through his travelogue while sipping these delectable beers, just missing out on the coastal views and massive plates of seafood. Also, Ryan flies too close to the sun with his back scratcher, Craig's working on the leg rolls, and one podcast studio gets absolutely drenched in an exploding beer.</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Blue Earl Brewing Co. [Smyrna, D] - Oktoberfest (Märzen)</p> <p dir="ltr">Mispillion River Brewing Company [Milford, DE] - Not Today Satan (American IPA)<br /> Thompson Island Brewing Company [Rehoboth Beach, DE] - Never Been Wrong (Barrel-Aged Sour Belgian Blonde)</p> <p dir="ltr">Big Oyster Brewery [Lewes, DE] - Noir et Bleu (Belgian Tripel w/ blueberries and black tea)</p> <p dir="ltr">Dewey Beer Company [Dewey Beach, DE] - Thrills: Strawberry, Watermelon, Lemonade (Fruited Sour)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 508 - FoBABlin' 5: Return to FoBABlin'</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Oct 2023 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">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 as a lead-up to the competition. We also open four barrel-aged beers from breweries that have been FoBAB staples (and previous medal winners) to lubricate our discussions of new and returning breweries at this year's fest, our "first pour" picks, festival attendee tips, sleeper breweries not to miss, and Fantasy FoBAB Power Rankings. Also, Ryan has a shameful admission about common bird identification, we ride the plot line of sniffs, and Craig's getting the BabyBjörn ready for his unprepared podcast partner.</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Off Color Brewing - Beer For Burgers: Prime Cut (Helles Bock aged in bourbon barrels blended with fresh Helles Bock)</p> <p dir="ltr">Short Fuse Brewing Company - What The Night Brings (Imperial stout aged in bourbon and cognac barrels w/ dates and figs)</p> <p dir="ltr">Half Acre Beer Company - Double Barrel Catch Hell (Double barrel-aged imperial stout w/ Madagascar vanilla and Saigon cinnamon)</p> <p dir="ltr">Mikerphone Brewing - Sweet Drams (Double mash imperial stout aged in Pappy 15 bourbon barrels)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 507 - Cruz Blanca Luchadors 2023</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2023 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">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, and no local "special release" lineup is getting as experimental as this one. Flavor master Jacob Sembrano is at it again, and we're here to drunkenly rave over the barrel-aged results. There are many true "wow" moments on this one, and at least one bird that tried to ruin it all for everyone. Also, Craig has neighborhood watch concerns about bananas, Ryan's ready to huff that bean bag, and beer jerseys are getting raised to the rafters. </p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Bad Mermaid (Imperial Blonde aged in rye whiskey and rum barrels w/ dulce de leche and coconut)</p> <p dir="ltr">Lucha Royal (Imperial Saskatoon ale aged in French black currant liqueur barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">Gigante (Double barrel blonde barleywine aged in Barbados rum barrels, finished in Colorado rye whiskey barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">El Petito (Double barrel blonde barleywine aged in Colorado rye whiskey barrel, finished in French apricot brandy barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">Rey Gordo (Imperial stout aged in bourbon barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">Señor Finito (Imperial stout aged in Colorado rye whiskey barrels w/ cocoa nibs, mesquite beans, and canella)</p> <p dir="ltr">Don Moustache (Imperial stout aged in bourbon barrel w/ Mexican Mazapan candy and cocoa nibs)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 506 - Torture Test: Seven Deadly Beers</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">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 pours we've ever seen. There's at least one beer here that unexpectedly brings out an extra large dose of wrath for one podcaster, and it's not even the mystery beer in the box. WHAT'S IN THE BOX?? Also, Craig is investigating some decapitated pigeons, Ryan's plan backfires, and we both learn to fear the SlenderCan. And make sure you stick it out for one of the most horrifying Cuvées of Doom ever concocted. </p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Endured</p> <p dir="ltr">[LUST] Kultowy Browar Staropolski - Bestbir Pszenica z Sokiem Pacific z Grejpfrutem (Grapefruit-flavored wheat beer)</p> <p dir="ltr">[GREED] O'Fallon Brewery - Cherry Chocolate Dark Wheat (from 2017??)</p> <p dir="ltr">[PRIDE] Dugges Bryggeri - Cola (Cola-inspired sour w/ nutmeg, lime, cinnamon, and vanilla)</p> <p dir="ltr">[GLUTTONY] RAR Brewing - Out of Order: It Wasn't Easy (Pastry sour w/ pineapple, lemon-lime, coconut, lactose, and pastry cream)</p> <p dir="ltr">[SLOTH] Penrose Brewing - Wild XI (Oak-aged American wild ale, from 2015)</p> <p dir="ltr">[ENVY] 903 Brewers - Dr. Seltzer (Hard seltzer slushy w/ fruit and spices)</p> <p dir="ltr">[WRATH] Aslin Beer Company - Pinkies Up (Quintuple IPA)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 505 - Lager Heads: Welcome to Chi-Taste-O</title>
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<title>Episode 501 - Road to GABF: Far Flung IL Medals</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">The Great American Beer Festival is right around the corner, and since we're attending again this year, we're providing an audio guide to what to drink at the fest while also sipping on some previous medal winners. These aren't just any Illinois medal winners; our four choices here are a good drive from Chicago while also representing more traditional styles. For the GABF preview, we cover what Illinois breweries are pouring, which "new-to-us" breweries have us the most excited; whose familiar faces we can't wait to see; and which "steady hand" brewers can't be missed. Also, Ryan's sharing an irrational fear, we develop an open floor taproom concept to maximize turnover, and we both agree the judges are pretty good at what they do.</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Crystal Lake Brewing - Too Much Cologne (Kolsch)</p> <p dir="ltr">Sew Hop'd Brewery - Alt 140 (Altbier)</p> <p dir="ltr">Mickey Finn's Brewery & Pub - Dark and Down (Dark rye lager)</p> <p dir="ltr">Tighthead Brewing Company - Scarlet > Fire (Irish red ale)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 500 - Part Two, with Josh Deth</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">For the second part of our big 500, we sit down with Revolution Brewing founder Josh Deth and talk about the last ten years of his brewery while sharing a rare beer from Craig's cellar. It's a fitting interview for this milestone, as no brewery has been featured on the podcast more - and it's not even close. Also, we open another cellar gem while recording in the ABV West bunker for the first time since the pandemic; we discuss some of our greatest hits; we continue our wax hatred for the 10th year in a row; and Ryan struggles through another ABV By the Numbers game. Thanks for listening anytime, anywhere, everyone. </p> <p dir="ltr">Josh Deth interview (00:08:58 - 01:05:14)</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Opened</p> <p dir="ltr">Side Project Brewing - Beer: Barrel: Time Rye 2023 (A blend of imperial stouts aged in rye barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">Phase Three Brewing - Eunoia Batch 1 (Barrel-aged imperial stout with peanut butter, chocolate & marshmallow)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">500 episodes is a long time to do arbitrary beer reviews, so we reach out for some help in reviewing a few beers from Craig's cellar. We chose brewers that have been around longer than the podcast to reflect on the last ten years in craft beer, and they chose a beer from our list. For this part one of two episodes, we sit down with Spiteful Brewing's Jason Klein and Half Acre's Gabriel Magliaro. We also sip through their cellar selections, and open up one more in the ABV West Bunker for a small but mighty lineup. Plus, Craig has discovered a potential Malort cure, and Ryan struggles through an ABV By The Numbers game. Stay tuned for Part Two.</p> <p dir="ltr">Jason Klein Interview (00:09:16 - 00:53:26)</p> <p dir="ltr">Gabriel Magliaro Interview (01:01:26 - 01:25:52)</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Hair of the Dog Brewing Company - Don 2023 (Double Barleywine aged over four years in rye, bourbon, port, calvados and maple barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">Sante Adairius Rustic Ales - West Ashley Cuvée (A blend of four consecutive years of West Ashley, aged in Pinot Noir oak barrels with apricots)</p> <p dir="ltr">Hanabi Lager Company - Hanabi Lager White Apron (Pilsner)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">We're bringing the dry heat with our 32nd State Show, drinking through five beers from five different Arizona breweries, courtesy of listener Ryan Lamb. There's a lot to like from this set with some essential Arizona ingredients and a few beers with heavy medal pedigree. But also, Craig's recent Disney trip has him looking at redoing some rides; Ryan reminds us that stouts are for closers; and we finally find out what love smells like. </p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Four Peaks Brewing Company [Tempe, AZ] - Kilt Lifter (Scottish-style ale)</p> <p dir="ltr">Arizona Wilderness Brewing Co. [Gilbert, AZ] - Cactus Juice (Prickly pear sour)</p> <p dir="ltr">Wren House Brewing Company [Phoenix, AZ] - Spellbinder (Hazy IPA)</p> <p dir="ltr">Mother Road Brewing Company [Flagstaff, AZ] - Tower Station (IPA)</p> <p dir="ltr">Fate Brewing Company [Scottsdale, AZ] - Hatch Chile Gatos (Golden ale w/ hatch chiles)</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 497 - Deep Wood Summer 3-Pack</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">Revolution is back at it this summer with a threesome of barrel-aged delights for an early kickoff to the Deep Wood series, and we take our time breaking down these complex blends to find our results to be pleasantly surprising. Also, Craig ruins going to the mall; Ryan's having breakfast with Velveeta; and we let the barrels take it to the X-treme (and Ex-Treme). </p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Dread & Breakfast (Breakfast Blend Ale with coffee aged in bourbon barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">Cuvée De Grâce (Cuvée Ale aged in bourbon barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">Life Jacket (Barleywine Ale with mango, guava, passionfruit, and coconut aged in bourbon barrels)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 496 - Half Acre Beer Co.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">We can give a lot of credit to Half Acre co-founder Gabriel Magliaro for helping awaken the craft beer scene in Chicago. And more than 16 years later, Half Acre is still a leader in craft in the city and all over the country, so we're thrilled to sit down with Gabriel for a deep dive into the history of his legendary brewery. We talk about how he was strongly advised against putting beer in 16-ounce cans, how opening a retail shop exposed the brand to a new audience, the evolution of their barrel program to its esteemed current status, and why the Lincoln taproom sale was the best of all outcomes. Then, Craig and Ryan open four Half Acre beers across a variety of styles to review, and it's kind of a cosmic gumbo. Also, we're trying hard to make Slowdem a real thing.</p> <p dir="ltr">Gabriel Magliaro Interview (00:07:29 - 01:09:02)</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Green Torch (Lime Lager)</p> <p dir="ltr">Bodem (IPA)</p> <p dir="ltr">Slow Wink (West Coast IPA)</p> <p dir="ltr">Double Barrel Benthic 2022 (Double arrel-aged imperial stout with toasted coconut and cinnamon)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 495 - Hoppy Wheats</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">It's another show about highly drinkable summer styles, and this minor trend of local breweries releasing hopped-up wheat beers caught our attention enough to put five beers in front of us for review. The styles differ despite their shared ingredient, and we're as excited about the big hops as we are comforted by the soft wheat. Also, we blue-sky some product design for Impractical Packaging Brewing Co.; Craig might drizzle some honey on that dry ramen snack; and Ryan's just looking for a little extra fiber.</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Riverlands Brewing Company - Lazy Fox (Hazy Pale Wheat Ale)</p> <p dir="ltr">Brothership Brewing - Citra Crop Circles (Hoppy Wheat Ale)</p> <p dir="ltr">Keg Grove Brewing Company - Vacation Haze (Hazy Wheat New England-Style IPA)</p> <p dir="ltr">Miskatonic Brewing Company/Seldom Beer Co. - Silver Sun (Hoppy Wheat Lager)</p> <p dir="ltr">DryHop Brewers - Shark Meets Hipster (Wheat IPA)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 494 - Private Press Brewing</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">Brad Clark is the man behind the highly sought-after blended barrel-aged beers of Private Press, and Craig sat down with him over some decanted barleywine to talk about the history and future of his members-only brewery. Brad shares how his background at the renowned Jackie O's in Ohio led to some of the more daring experiments at his current Santa Cruz brewery, and how peaceful running led to him inventing an entire style. Also, he shares details about his meticulous blending process, how his barrels travel treacherous terrain to reach their destination, where the inspiration for his labels and beer names originate from, and why he once had to set a barrel on fire in an attempt to save it. If that wasn't enough, we also open four of his beers that are just about unmatched in quality, and Craig talks about an unexpected visitor while dining at The French Laundry.</p> <p dir="ltr">Brad Clark Interview (00:10:02 - 00:55:28)</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Life is Round (Blend of barleywine ales aged in bourbon barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">A Silent Pursuit (Blend of barrel-aged Munichwine ales)</p> <p dir="ltr">Double Barrel Almond Suite - collaboration with Side Project (Imperial stout brewed with almonds and lactose, aged in bourbon and Cognac barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">Third Press (Blend of stout and barleywine ale aged in oak barrels)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 493 - Hazy Flagship IPA Blind Battle Royale: Championship Edition</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">After six episodes and 25 beers, we're finally putting our top 6 choices for best Chicagoland/Illinois hazy IPA to one last blind test. This showdown features four GABF gold medal-winners and two "underdogs" - and each beer impresses in its own way. Which brewery do we think is making the best cloudy juice utilizing Citra and/or Mosaic (and maybe like one or two other hops)? We'll have a definitive arbitrary answer by the end of the show. Also, Ryan is excited about his Goop Dupe, Craig's out there waiting for fruit to be thrown at him, and someone might just guess so good that they'll dab into the sun. </p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed Blindly</p> <p dir="ltr">DESTIHL Brewery - Deadhead: TourBus</p> <p dir="ltr">Alarmist Brewing - Le Jus</p> <p dir="ltr">Alter Brewing Company - Ambigram</p> <p dir="ltr">Riverlands Brewing Co. - Dean Street</p> <p dir="ltr">Penrose Brewing Company - Goofy Boots</p> <p dir="ltr">Old Irving Brewing - Beezer</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 492 - Saisons of SARA</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">We've been admirers of Sante Adairius Rustic Ales for a decade now, and Craig's recent trip to California brings us back the gift of SARA saisons - and a wonderful conversation with owner and co-founder Adair Paterno. The four barrel-aged saisons on this show are about as good of a lineup of beer we'll drink all year, so get ready for the lovefest on this episode. But the real highlight is Adair and Craig's talk which covers the early days to their now three-location status; how the house yeast culture came to be and has had to be resurrected; why so many taproom regulars have ended up joining the staff; and the time when they almost created yeast monsters underground. Also, Craig accidentally finds himself in the middle of parkour practice, and Ryan opts for opulence with the ultimate episode-ending Saison Cuvée.</p> <p dir="ltr">Adair Paterno Interview (00:09:10 - 00:50:38)</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Eye of the Needle (Saison aged in Venus Spirits' gin barrels w/ passionfruit, mango, and guava)</p> <p dir="ltr">Intentional Invitation (Saison aged in Venus Spirits' gin barrels w/ cara cara orange and grapefruit)</p> <p dir="ltr">Proper Discourse (Saison aged in Frederiksdal Cherry Wine barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">Westly (Saison aged in barrels with apricots)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">Summer Craig is starting off strong this year by bringing back five fantastic beers from California's Bay Area (and beyond) for us to fawn over and attempt to recreate those vacation vibes. We learn the backstories of these breweries and their unique approaches and cover other beer-ish topics like the follies of berry beers, aggressive bread, trad saisons, and the royal need for hop names. Also, Craig has discovered a new traveling superpower and parlor trick; Ryan has picked a winner in an East Coast vs. West Coast IPA battle; and we flip through the Sam Goody poster stand for a while. It's better than Semi-OK.</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing [Santa Cruz] - Hello Pretty (Organic blonde ale w/ strawberries)</p> <p dir="ltr">Wondrous Brewing Company [Emeryville] - Rote Augen (Franconian-style Rotbier)</p> <p dir="ltr">HenHouse Brewing Company [Santa Rosa] - Saison (Saison w/ black pepper and coriander)</p> <p dir="ltr">Fox Tale Fermentation Project [San Jose] - No Más (Gose w/ Persian lime, pink pepper leaf, and lacto-fermented honey)</p> <p dir="ltr">Ghost Town Brewing [Oakland] - Hammer Smashed EXP 586 (IPA)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 490 - Hawkeye Homecoming</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2023 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">Ryan's a University of Iowa graduate, and in the 15 years since his last visit, a few breweries have popped up and thrived in the area. After a weekend with the family in Iowa City, Ryan brought back five beers from the area to talk about what's been happening with beer in the decade-and-a-half since. Also, Craig's aghast to share Tom Emanski with an uninterested party, we're both a bit confused over TMNT villains, and Ryan's not mad about the algorithm figuring out he likes Mortal Kombat videos. We hope you like nostalgia with your beer reviews, this week. </p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Big Grove Brewery - Tailwind (Golden Ale)</p> <p dir="ltr">ReUnion Brewery & John's Grocery - Thrilla in Amarilla (Hoppy Wheat)</p> <p dir="ltr">Backpocket Brewing - Slingshot (Dunkel)</p> <p dir="ltr">Lion Bridge Brewing Company - Compensation (English-Style Mild)</p> <p dir="ltr">Iowa Brewing Co. - Cookie Oja (Baltic Porter w/ chocolate sandwich cookies)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 489 - Chicago Italian Pilsners</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">Another somewhat recent trend in the world of local lagers is the Italian Pilsner, a style with only about a 30-year history that adds a bit more noble dry-hop character to something close to the Czech-style pilsner. It's all winners on this show, except for the hosts who have to do rankings without the assistance of a large sandwich. Also, we welcome in Hot Grimace Summer, Craig's empty hand is ever-reaching for an IPL, and Ryan's got that soon-to-be-viral oyster cracker hack. </p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Mikerphone Brewing - Hey Mambo, Mambo Italiano!</p> <p dir="ltr">Riverlands Brewing Company - Picchi Pils</p> <p dir="ltr">Pipeworks Brewing Company (& J.P. Graziano) - Alla Salute</p> <p dir="ltr">Art History Brewing - Bella Strada</p> <p dir="ltr">Half Acre Beer Co. - italian Pilsner</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 488 - Hazy Flagship IPA Blind Battle Royale: Round 5</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">In our penultimate round before the championship, we have one spot up for grabs with these fan favorite hazy IPAs from Chicagoland breweries. Bringing our grand total of hazy IPAs blind-tasted up to 25, this episode still manages to bring some surprising sights and smells - and the show's winner isn't exactly what we expected. Also, we workshop a brewer's new brand concept, Ryan is dreaming of dunking on some suckers, and Craig just wants a banana shaped like a dolphin in his drink. </p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed Blindly</p> <p dir="ltr">Roaring Table Brewing - Tuba Solo</p> <p dir="ltr">Art History Brewing - Major</p> <p dir="ltr">More Brewing Company - Morever</p> <p dir="ltr">Short Fuse Brewing Company - Loosey Juicy</p> <p dir="ltr">Alter Brewing Company - Ambigram</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 487 - Hoppy Lagers</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">As we open our arms to embrace the start of summer, our empty glasses are going to need something flavorful yet refreshing. Luckily, Chicagoland breweries have been cranking out the hoppy lagers and pilsners lately, so we assemble five for this episode that are so good that they almost completely break the show. Also, Ryan speculates on banana pudding restaurants, The Queen's death is really holding up new hop names, and Craig's dry ramen-chomping has officially entered the canon.</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">More Brewing Company & Beer on the Wall - Take One Down (German-style Pilsner)</p> <p dir="ltr">Dovetail Brewery/Revolution Brewing - Thank You, Friends (Hopfenlager)</p> <p dir="ltr">Roaring Table Brewing - Melts Into Air (California-style Pilsner)</p> <p dir="ltr">Old Irving Brewing Co. - Doji* (Hoppy Lager)</p> <p dir="ltr">Mikerphone Brewing - Lager & Lace (West Coast-Style Lager)</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">*At the time of this recording the beer was known as Oni, but is now renamed Doji</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 486 - MoBAB 3: Barrel Warriors</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p> </p> <p dir="ltr">We're just about halfway to FoBAB, so we are once again doing battle with the barrel featuring a roundup of beers we've been saving for this very episode. These four barrel-aged beers jostle around in our arbitrary rankings as we just luxuriate in their decadence for about an hour and fifteen minutes. Also, we explain why you (and Billy Corgan) just have to pay your hackers sometimes; Ryan's got those Dairy Queen Blizzard flavor exclusives; and Craig gets called out for the snickerdoodle, again. More barrel-aged beers? We can never get enough. </p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Revolution Brewing Company - V.S.O. Gravedigger (Imperial Scotch Ale aged two years in bourbon barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">Old Irving Brewing Co./Phase Three Brewing - Barrel-Aged Migration 2023 (Bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout w/ coconut, vanilla, and Ecuadorian cocoa nibs)</p> <p dir="ltr">Half Acre Beer Company - Catch Hell 2023 (Bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout w/ cinnamon and Madagascar vanilla)</p> <p dir="ltr">Wax Wings Brewing Company - Mezcal Barrel-Aged Sweet Eddy (Imperial stout w/ vanilla, cacao nibs, and ancho chiles aged in Mezcal barrels)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 485 - Hazy Flagship IPA Blind Battle Royale: Round 4</title>
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<title>Episode 484 - The NC Show</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">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. We learn about these five breweries from across the state while appreciating how difficult they make the rankings segment, in more ways than one. Also, Craig shares tales of drive-thru beer stores; Ryan's got a weird robot obsession, and we're sold on the idea of the Sweltzer based on name alone. </p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Swells'a Brewing [Kill Devil Hills, NC] - Pea Island Parks Pilsner </p> <p dir="ltr">Southern Pines Brewing Company [Southern Pines, NC] - Man of Law (IPA)</p> <p dir="ltr">Raleigh Brewing Company [Raleigh, NC] - Coffee Hidden Pipe (Coffee Porter)</p> <p dir="ltr">Hopfly Brewing Company [Charlotte, NC] - Unity (IPA)</p> <p dir="ltr">Foothills Brewing [Winston-Salem, NC] - Jade IPA</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 483 - Wax Wings Brewing</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">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. This one features many more hops than just Citra and Mosaic, so it leads to the widest range of flavors yet. Will we agree on who moves to the championship, and will any beer make it on the bubble? Listen to find out that but also which brewery could potentially be profiting big from director K*vin Sm*th, why Craig's making a heel turn, and how we're implementing a simplified haze SRM scale to cut through all the fog. </p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed Blindly</p> <p dir="ltr">Revolution Brewing - Hazy Hero</p> <p dir="ltr">Around the Bend Beer Co. - Juice Trials</p> <p dir="ltr">Penrose Brewing Company - Goofy Boots</p> <p dir="ltr">Noon Whistle Brewing - Gummylicious</p> <p dir="ltr">Ravinia Brewing - Isle of Lost Hops: Medusa's Lagoon</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 481 - B4ck to the B4rrel</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">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 different breweries we love. We add a little blind twist to this one as all four are adjunct-free affairs: just delicious big stouts in world-class barrels. Also, Craig's totally serious about the tater tots offer, Ryan has found The Cheesecake of Beers™, and we both have a lot of thoughts about ramen. </p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Mikerphone Brewing (w/ Beer on the Wall) - Pick of Destiny #10: Raw Power (Imperial Stout Ale Aged in a Single Weller Wheated Bourbon Barrel)</p> <p dir="ltr">Central Waters Brewing Company - Twenty Five (Blended Bourbon Barrel-Aged Stout)</p> <p dir="ltr">WeldWerks Brewing Co. - Medianoche 2022 (Imperial Stout aged in Blanton's 15-year bourbon, Thomas H. Handy 6-year rye, E.H. Taylor 6-year bourbon, and Eagle Rare 10-year bourbon barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">Triptych Brewing - AJ's Stout Vol. 1 2022 (Imperial Stout aged in Heaven Hill Parker Heritage Collection bourbon barrels)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">Though still somewhat unknown around these parts, Cellar West Artisan Ales out of Lafayette, Colorado became known to us as an award-winning saison brewery. This episode further proves their proficiency with a variety of styles. Thanks to a porch box from founder and brewer Zach Nichols, we sample five cans of wildly drinkable and enjoyable beers as we calculate how many chapters it'll take us to get some beers on local shelves. Also, Craig relives his Cellar West taproom visit from last fall, we consider the advantages of wine-flavored bubblegum, and Ryan wishes he was warned about the Woodman's robot. </p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Silver Stream (Helles Lager)</p> <p dir="ltr">Unfed Mind, Vol. 1 (Pale Ale w/ Simcoe and HBC 630)</p> <p dir="ltr">Single Hop Saison - Emerald Spire</p> <p dir="ltr">Bourbon Barrel Spinechiller (Imperial Stout aged in bourbon barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">Bourbon Barrel Ginger Clove Spinechiller (Imperial Stout aged in bourbon barrels w/ ginger & clove)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 479 - Hazy Flagship IPA Blind Battle Royale: Round 2</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">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 even a false lactose spotting, but at least there are no glasses of SkittleMilk on this show. See who's moving on to the championship round, and who may find a second chance on the bubble.</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed Blindly</p> <p dir="ltr">Open Outcry Brewing Company - Delirio</p> <p dir="ltr">Alarmist Brewing - Le Jus</p> <p dir="ltr">Phase Three Brewing - Pixel Density</p> <p dir="ltr">Sketchbook Brewing Co. - Insufficient Clearance</p> <p dir="ltr">Midwest Coast Brewing Co. - Elevator to Nowhere</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 478 - The Smoke Shop</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">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 smoked malts in their production to give off a surprising variety of flavors - and a refreshing level of nuance. Also, we role play our own Chopped appearances, spend some time living in the aftertaste, and accept that this might be one of the best top-to-bottom lineups of beer we've done all year. Smoke 'em if you got 'em.</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Alarmist Brewing - Bamberger (Rauchbier)</p> <p dir="ltr">Maplewood Brewing Company - Over Fire Island (Smoked Porter)</p> <p dir="ltr">Soundgrowler Brewing Co. - Burning Hill (Rauch Marzen)</p> <p dir="ltr">Dovetail Brewery - Rauchdoppelbock</p> <p dir="ltr">Art History Brewing - Good Night Bamberg (Rauchbier)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 477 - Barrel-Aged Triptych</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">This year marks the tenth anniversary of Savoy, Illinois' Triptych Brewing and their creative, artfully-crafted brews, and we're toasting to them with four of their barrel-aged beers. We went into this one expecting quality beers, but the results far exceed what we could've imagined - and should have every Chicago big beer lover driving south for these specialty releases. Plus we're reaching alcohol-by-volume heights we hardly ever see, so we're soaring by rankings time. Also, Craig's only green t-shirt gets him into trouble, Ryan reaps what he sows re:BCBS, and we get a little sad thinking about a lonely whale. </p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Batch 969 [collaboration w/ Foreign Exchange] (Barleywine aged in Amburana and bourbon barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">AJ's Stout Vol. 2 [2022] (Blended barrel-aged imperial stout)</p> <p dir="ltr">Dearest Anna (Barrel-aged imperial stout w/ Intelligentsia coffee and Tahitian vanilla)</p> <p dir="ltr">52.5 Hz (Bourbon barrel-aged stout w/ pistachios and Ugandan vanilla beans)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 476 - Hazy Flagship IPA Blind Battle Royale: Round 1</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">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, flagship hazy IPAs to determine our favorites - and to move the top beer(s) onto the championship round. For this one, we start with two newer flagships, a top award winner, and two of the original local hazies - and the results catch us totally off guard. Also, Ryan's got a new swear word to consider thanks to his six year-old, we're expanding our merchandising brand, and Craig's Mosaic blindness actually comes in handy for once. Stay tuned for Round 2 in a few weeks, as we scour the shelves for more flagship hazy IPAs to toss into the ring. </p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed Blindly</p> <p dir="ltr">Old Irving Brewing - Beezer</p> <p dir="ltr">Hubbard's Cave - Fresh IPA</p> <p dir="ltr">Solemn Oath Brewery - Small Wave City Club</p> <p dir="ltr">Half Acre Beer Co. - Waybird</p> <p dir="ltr">Maplewood Brewing Company - Son of Juice</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 474 - Irish Reds Blind</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">St. Patrick's Day in Chicagoland is a whole season, and thanks to that more local breweries are making the curiously not-traditional Irish Red Ale. To learn more about this style (and give ourselves a nearly-impossible guessing challenge), we do a blind tasting of the five beers on this show. Also, we let the AI bots tell us more about ourselves, we're dancing in the aisles over that joyous romp The Banshees of Inisherin, and we're looking for new partners for our Glass Wavy™ line. So, whether you're a seasoned beer enthusiast or just starting out on your craft beer journey, ABV Chicago is definitely a podcast worth listening to for its lively discussions, informative interviews, and engaging content. Cheers!</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed Blindly</p> <p dir="ltr">Midwest Coast Brewing Co. - Irish Tommy</p> <p dir="ltr">Funkytown Brewery - Cuffin' Season</p> <p dir="ltr">Begyle Brewing - Dicey Riley</p> <p dir="ltr">Old Irving Brewing Co. - Lucky Linny</p> <p dir="ltr">BuckleDown Brewing - Good Times</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">Listener and friend Don Kasak conceptualized this show around five Illinois breweries that are practically suburbs of St. Louis, and we are more than happy to drink through a lineup from this mostly unfamiliar-to-us territory. We also can't get over Smokey Robinson's new album and song titles, Craig discovers that side-of-the-tongue flavor, and Ryan's got some hot tips on pretzel investments. </p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Millpond Brewing & Incubator [Millstadt, IL] - Lawrence (German-style Pilsner)</p> <p dir="ltr">Excel Brewing Company [Breese, IL] - Lefty's Lager (Helles Lager)</p> <p dir="ltr">Stubborn German Brewing Company [Waterloo, IL] - Stubbornfest (Märzen)</p> <p dir="ltr">White Rooster Farmhouse Brewery [Sparta, IL] - Syllables (Foeder-aged Mixed Fermentation Saison)</p> <p dir="ltr">The Old Bakery Beer Company [Alton, IL] - 7th Anniversary Imperial Stout (Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout w/ chocolate, coconut, caramel, and peanuts)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 472 - Dallas</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">We're taking our taste buds on a trip down south thanks to listener Crystal Nguyen we get to sample five unique and tasty beers from the Dallas area. There's a beer that's even better when sipped, one that might be made with "Skittlemalt," and one that inspires the singing of "SkaMan." Also, we're thinking big for our eventual Texas show; we look for new innovations in leather pants (and stray cat storage); and we're putting sippy-cup lids on snifters.</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed</p> <p dir="ltr">Celestial Beerworks [Dallas, TX] - Murphy's Law (Dark Lager)</p> <p dir="ltr">Turning Point Beer [Bedford, TX] - Dangerouser Salad (Berliner Weisse w/ blueberry, vanilla, coconut, almond, and granola)</p> <p dir="ltr">Community Beer Company [Dallas, TX] - Hop Unity: Green Edition (Double IPA)</p> <p dir="ltr">Bitter Sisters Brewing Company [Addison, TX] - Family Trip (Belgian Tripel)</p> <p dir="ltr">Peticolas Brewing Company [Dallas, TX] - The Usual (Barleywine w/ cherries, fresh orange peel, bitters and whiskey soaked American oak chips)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 471 - Deep Wood: VSoooo Good</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">We're flipping to Side B of the 2022-2023 Deep Wood releases for this episode, and it's a whole lineup of immaculate bangers. It's two ryewines, one stout, and two barleywines with a bigger emphasis on special barrels and extended wood-aging to create the magic in these 12 ounce cans. Plus, Craig's looking for new ways to trick his Apple Watch; Ryan will trade you half of an open can of DBVSOJ for a Switch controller; and we get to hear the syrup-drinking story again.</p> <p dir="ltr">Beers Reviewed (2022-2023 releases)</p> <p dir="ltr">Ryeway to Heaven (Ryewine aged in bourbon barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">Boss Ryeway (Ryewine aged in WhistlePig The Boss Hog VIII: LapuLapu's Pacific barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">V.S.O. Dark Mode (Imperial milk stout aged in bourbon barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">Straight Jacket (English Barleywine aged in bourbon barrels)</p> <p dir="ltr">D.B.V.S.O.J. (Cuvée of barrel-aged English Barleywines aged 1-3 years and rebarreled and aged in Templeton Rye barrels)</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 470 - Schwarzs Unseen</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">More breweries are embracing malt-forward easy-drinking options as an essential part of a seasonal lineup, and the Schwarzbier may be one of the styles seeing the most taplists these days. For this show, we put five locally-made Schwarzbiers through a blind tasting to help us better understand the style and see how subtle variations can make all the difference for our arbitrary rankings. Also, we fit Chicagoland breweries into boy band archetypes; Craig's going hard on the Schwarz puns; and Ryan tries to assert himself as the young/cheeky one. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Schwarzbiers Reviewed (Blindly)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Soundgrowler Brewing Co. - No Ice</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Skeleton Key Brewery - 7th Evil Ex</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Half Acre Beer Company - Schwarzbier</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Riggs Beer Company - Schwarzbier</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pipeworks Brewing Company - Select Schwarzbier</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 469 - Hop Butcher: No IPAs</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Since throwing open the doors to their Lincoln Ave. taproom just a few months back, Hop Butcher has worked to offer some draft variety by stepping outside of the style(s) for which they're most recognized. For this episode, we got our hands on four cans that are</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">not IPAs</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">to see how well one of the country's best haze producers can make something for the hop-averse. Also, we say hello (and goodbye) to Winter Break Ryan which opens an unclosable rift between the hosts over crewneck sweaters and turtlenecks. We also consider the missed opportunity of an Italian Pilsner show; Ryan bores the bartender with his old man shit; Craig's got a bizarre preference with beer and pizza; and we have a bold new marketing plan for HBFTW and the White Sox. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cricket Hill (ESB)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Supreme Being (German-Style Pilsner)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Double Saaz (Italian-Style Pilsner)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Magic [Collaboration with is/was brewing] (Saison)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 468 - 9 Year Blind</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To commemorate our 9th year of this podcast, we celebrate local breweries that opened since we first started broadcasting our shabby little beer reviews. Craig and Ryan each bring three blind beers to the table for the other to guess with a focus on years and a few additional mystery themes. It's also one of those shows where you get to hear Craig fall head-over-heels in love with a beer, which is always a treat. Also, we're angling to take that Girl Scout cookie taster position; Ryan's just completely flummoxed by a bomber; and Craig is Raging Against A Thin Stout.™ We want to thank everyone who has ever listened or supported the show in any way for making nine years a possibility - it feels truly</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">surreal.</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed Half-Blindly</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">One Allegiance Brewing [opened 2020] - Double Vanilla Rambler (Imperial Stout aged in Bourbon Barrels w/ vanilla beans and cocoa nibs)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Werk Force Brewing Company [opened 2014] - Genuine Authentic (Black Pilsner)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Miskatonic Brewing Company [opened 2015] - Rye Bell Witch (Imperial Stout aged in Rye Whiskey Barrels)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Skeleton Key Brewery [opened 2016] - Indomitable (Double Rye IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On Tour Brewing Company [opened 2017] - Apres (Black Lager)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Double Clutch Brewing Company [opened 2021] - Helles Rauchbier Lager</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 467 - Supermoon Beer Company</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2023 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After two years of selling bottles from what is essentially his front porch, Rob Brennan opened the doors to his Milwaukee taproom in 2022 - and his rustic farmhouse beers are absolutely worth a trip. For this episode, we drink through four funky and beautiful Supermoon bottles that show artistry beyond what you might expect from such a young brewery. Also, Craig has a bounce in his step (and not just because of the house cultures); Ryan shares some moon facts and comes up with the perfect collaboration; and we're both aching for that Yanni/Bootsy/McD collab to drop. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Saison Bay View (Farmhouse style saison brewed w/ pilsner, malted spelt and oats)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Oaxen (Abbey Style Pale Ale brewed w/ aged hops & fermented w/ Brettanomyces Bruxellensis in neutral French Oak)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Epitope (Bière de Coupage - Young saison blended w/ French oak fermented saison aged for 3 years)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Marbelle (A blend of mixed culture saisons fermented in French Oak aged 12 months, refermented on Petite Pearl wine grapes & Tart Montmorency cherries)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 466 - License to Dill</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2023 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We were just as surprised as anyone to find five beers that are made to mimic a briney jar of pickles, and it's certainly something you have to be really into - or just brace yourself and gulp. Both are true for us on this episode, as one host might have some major life regrets after going through all five of these puntastic pickle beers. Also, we play a short original dice-rolling RPG called "Pickle Me This, PickleMan"; Craig is trying to define that "classy energy"; and Ryan is just holding on for dear life.</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mikerphone Brewing - Slick Pickle Rick (Golden Ale w/ dill pickle juice)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Noon Whistle Brewing - Pickle Someone Your Own Size (Berliner Weisse w/ pickles)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Three Blondes Brewing - Dill With It! (Cucumber Dill Berliner Weisse)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">DESTIHL Brewery (& Suckerpunch Pickles) - Dill Pickle Sour Beer</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Prairie Artisan Ales - Spicy Pickle Monster (Sour Ale w/ dill pickles, orange, lemon, and lime)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 465 - New Year, New Glarus</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2023 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It's always a good idea to welcome a new year with good vibes, and we'd be hard pressed to find a brewery better than New Glarus to fit that bill. For this show, we have five seasonal or speciality release beers from Wisconsin's premier craft brewery, and the excellence unsurprisingly holds for the duration. Also, nothing beats a car full of jerky smells; Craig embraces the Live Más mentality; and Ryan's bloodlust is finally explained. Side effects of this episode may include sour throat, time traveling, and rabble-rousing.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">R&D Vintage 2021 (Gueuze-style Ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Black Currant '22 (Fruit Beer)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">R&D Champ Rosé (Belgian Strong Ale w/ grapes)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Weizen Doppelbock</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">R&D Bourbon Barrel Stout (Bourbon barrel-aged sweet stout w/ cocoa nibs, vanilla, and coffee beans)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 464 - Lagers In Wood</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2022 16:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It's not just stouts, barleywines, and sours that should receive the benefits of wood-aging. For our final episode of Barrel-Aged December, we try five beers from breweries brave enough to take their drinkable cold-fermented beers and let them rest in different types of wood for any matter of time. The results are truly unique and enlightening as to how wood can transform a lager, and we bend our elbows with almost too much confidence for the night. Also, there's motorized-cart mayhem in the grocery aisles, weather-based clothing gets a rebranding, and we play a soundbite-based game of Name That Wood. Happy New Year to all - and thanks for listening to us at any point in this past one. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Forbidden Root Brewing Company - Hoodie Weather (Oak-Aged Vienna Lager)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Werk Force Brewing Company - Rip Cut (Oat Lager aged in oak puncheons)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Solemn Oath Brewery - Foederface (Foeder-Aged Märzen)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Begyle Brewing - Foeder Doppelbock (Oak-Aged Dopplebock)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Waypost Brewing Co. - Keptwell (Bourbon Barrel-Aged Lager)</span></p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It's not just stouts, barleywines, and sours that should receive the benefits of wood-aging. For our final episode of Barrel-Aged December, we try five beers from breweries brave enough to take their drinkable cold-fermented beers and let them rest in different types of wood for any matter of time. The results are truly unique and enlightening as to how wood can transform a lager, and we bend our elbows with almost too much confidence for the night. Also, there's motorized-cart mayhem in the grocery aisles, weather-based clothing gets a rebranding, and we play a soundbite-based game of Name That Wood. Happy New Year to all - and thanks for listening to us at any point in this past one. </p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>Forbidden Root Brewing Company - Hoodie Weather (Oak-Aged Vienna Lager)</p> <p>Werk Force Brewing Company - Rip Cut (Oat Lager aged in oak puncheons)</p> <p>Solemn Oath Brewery - Foederface (Foeder-Aged Märzen)</p> <p>Begyle Brewing - Foeder Doppelbock (Oak-Aged Dopplebock)</p> <p>Waypost Brewing Co. - Keptwell (Bourbon Barrel-Aged Lager)</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Episode 463 - Barrel-Aged Half Acre (Non-Benthic Edition)</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2022 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Focusing on drinkable lagers, pales, and IPAs has already carried Half Acre to legend-status locally, but their barrel program has developed into an undeniable force over the last few years - and we're not even talking about Benthic for this one. We have five big barrel-aged beers from this year that are an impressive ode to one of Chicago's best breweries. Also, Ryan has developed a whole new family of app-based apps that'll revolutionize the dining industry. Plus, Craig dives deep into Half Acre's cosmic gumbo writeups; we get our Glass Wavy on; and there's a building nitro twist ending to this one. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Vim (Barrel-Aged Baltic Porter)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Orin (Blended Barrel-Aged Strong Ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Before Land Shook (Imperial Stout aged in bourbon barrels w/ marshmallow, vanilla, and sea salt)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sickle Through Sable (Barrel-Aged stout w/ cocoa nibs)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">World of Bog (Bourbon Barrel-Aged Barleywine)</span></p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Focusing on drinkable lagers, pales, and IPAs has already carried Half Acre to legend-status locally, but their barrel program has developed into an undeniable force over the last few years - and we're not even talking about Benthic for this one. We have five big barrel-aged beers from this year that are an impressive ode to one of Chicago's best breweries. Also, Ryan has developed a whole new family of app-based apps that'll revolutionize the dining industry. Plus, Craig dives deep into Half Acre's cosmic gumbo writeups; we get our Glass Wavy on; and there's a building nitro twist ending to this one. </p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>Vim (Barrel-Aged Baltic Porter)</p> <p>Orin (Blended Barrel-Aged Strong Ale)</p> <p>Before Land Shook (Imperial Stout aged in bourbon barrels w/ marshmallow, vanilla, and sea salt)</p> <p>Sickle Through Sable (Barrel-Aged stout w/ cocoa nibs)</p> <p>World of Bog (Bourbon Barrel-Aged Barleywine)</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Episode 462 - Barrel-aged Stout Grab Bag</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2022 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Throughout this year we've been collecting barrel-aged stouts from different states without a real purpose for them: until now. From five states we have three straight barrel-aged stouts and two that are</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">pastrified</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">- and all are in the running for top spots in our rankings. Also, we engage with some AI-generated characters for their opinions about which states make the best barrel-aged beers; we push for more BA brown ales in 2024; and we make a few dirty boy snack confessions. Big thanks to Aaron Carlson for a few of the beers, and Dolphin Man for his valuable perspective. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ethereal Brewing [Lexington, KY] - Baba Yaga (Russian Imperial Stout aged in bourbon barrels)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Warrior Brewing Company [Duluth, MN] - Barbarian (Imperial Stout aged in bourbon barrels)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Denton County Brewing Company [Denton, TX] - Night Witch (Bourbon barrel-aged Imperial Stout)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Toppling Goliath Brewing Co. [Decorah, IA] - Term Oil S'mores (Imperial stout aged in bourbon barrels with natural and artificial flavors)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">WeldWerks Brewing Co. [Greeley, CO] - Starry Noche 2022 (Imperial stout aged in bourbon barrels w/ coconut and hazelnut)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 461 - Chicago BA Base Stouts Blind</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2022 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As winter barrel-aged beer releases expand into more adjunct variants and special barrels, you can't overlook the base. For this show, we blind sample six barrel-aged local stouts that are part of a seasonal release lineup - but without any of the added gimmicks. We base our opinions only on the liquid in the glass, and we continue our rich tradition of being terrible at guessing the beers. There are more twists and turns than a high-occupancy vehicle-based action thriller, and we try not to be swept away by the relative viscosity. Hop on board.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">2022 Beers Reviewed Blindly (in order of appearance)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Goose Island Beer Co. - Bourbon County Brand Stout</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Revolution Brewing - Deth's Tar</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Old Irving Brewing - Krampus in the Buff </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Temperance Beer Co. - Might Meets Right </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Werk Force Brewing Co. - Sleepy Bear Single Barrel</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cruz Blanca Brewery - Rey Gordo</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 460 - FoBAB 2022 Winners</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We kick off Barrel-Aged December a little early with a six pack of mostly locals who took home medals at this year's Festival of Wood and Barrel-Aged Beers. Unsurprisingly, this lineup is all killer with no filler, but there are a few style surprises from some familiar breweries that steal the show. We stumble into covering a whole category's winners while running through an updated FoBAB "by the numbers." Also, we consider how much wood a beer must touch to qualify for an entry; Craig is gonna get so yelled at during rankings; and we implore someone at ICBG to let Randy Mosher check his coat. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Medal-Winning Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Off Color Brewing - Tequila Barrel-Aged Beer for Tacos (Gose style beer aged in oak tequila barrels with lime juice and salt added) -</span> <strong><em>Bronze in Other Pale Beer</em></strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Forbidden Root Brewery [Columbus ] & Derive Brewing Company - Well Positioned (Oak-fermented Saison) -</span> <strong><em>Silver in Other Pale Beer</em></strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ravinia Brewing Company - Spanish Cedar-Aged Steep Ravine (IPA aged w/ Spanish Cedar) -</span> <strong><em>Gold in Other Pale Beer</em></strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Around the Bend Beer Co. - 1825 (Barrel-aged Raspberry Ale w/ Brett) -</span> <strong><em>Silver in Wild Beer/Brett</em></strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">More Brewing Company - Lucky Bamboo (Rum barrel-aged Tiki Sour w/ pineapple, passionfruit, lemon, lime, and bitters) -</span> <strong><em>Silver in Fruit Beer</em></strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mikerphone Brewing & Goose Island Beer Co. - Double LP: Side B (English Barleywine aged in bourbon barrels) -</span> <strong><em>Gold in Barleywine/Wheatwine</em></strong></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 459: Weldwerks 3: Weirdwerks</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this return to one of our favorite Colorado brewery's beers, we find some of the more offbeat and odd offerings from Weldwerks. Also, Craig catches up with co-founder and head brewer Neil Fisher to chat about how they've decided to grow within Greeley, why their concept of collaborations has evolved, and what makes a Medianoche so dang thick. These five flavorful beers bring out 15 barrels of bad impressions, the duality of man, and the possibility of Canned Cocktail January. Also, why is Ryan's 6 year-old suddenly talking about Simon and Garfunkel? All that and more on this week's…</span><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">ABV CHICAGOOOOOO.</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Root Beer Float Stout (Milk stout w/ sarsaparilla, birch bark, milk sugar, vanilla, and natural flavors)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Smoke & Peaches (German-style smoked lager w/ smoked malt and smoked peaches)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wild Mountain Mint Mojito (Imperial sour ale w/ mint, lime, Turbinado sugar, and natural flavors)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Trade Secrets (Double IPA)</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Collaboration with Cerebral Brewing</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Midnight Magick 3: Last Barrel on the Left (Barrel aged imperial stout blended from 52-month bourbon barrel stout and 38-month aged bourbon barrel stout)</span></p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In this return to one of our favorite Colorado brewery's beers, we find some of the more offbeat and odd offerings from Weldwerks. Also, Craig catches up with co-founder and head brewer Neil Fisher to chat about how they've decided to grow within Greeley, why their concept of collaborations has evolved, and what makes a Medianoche so dang thick. These five flavorful beers bring out 15 barrels of bad impressions, the duality of man, and the possibility of Canned Cocktail January. Also, why is Ryan's 6 year-old suddenly talking about Simon and Garfunkel? All that and more on this week's…<em>ABV CHICAGOOOOOO.</em></p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>Root Beer Float Stout (Milk stout w/ sarsaparilla, birch bark, milk sugar, vanilla, and natural flavors)</p> <p>Smoke & Peaches (German-style smoked lager w/ smoked malt and smoked peaches)</p> <p>Wild Mountain Mint Mojito (Imperial sour ale w/ mint, lime, Turbinado sugar, and natural flavors)</p> <p>Trade Secrets (Double IPA) <em>Collaboration with Cerebral Brewing</em></p> <p>Midnight Magick 3: Last Barrel on the Left (Barrel aged imperial stout blended from 52-month bourbon barrel stout and 38-month aged bourbon barrel stout)</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Episode 458 - The New OR Show</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As we brace ourselves for an extended Barrel-Aged December, we dip back into the summer archives for this final Oregon-centric show from Craig's trip to highlight these Pacific Northwest breweries that are around a year old. And if you think new Oregon breweries can't live up to those legacy ones we all know, then you should give this one a listen. Also, we consider how breweries could ford their beers across bodies of water; we cast some liquid spells; and we share some beer drinking progression theory on a collegiate level. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Van Henion Brewing [Bend, OR] - Helles Lager</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fracture Brewing [Portland, OR] - Czech Dark Lager</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Funky Fauna Artisan Ales [Sisters, OR] - Right to Bloom (Saison w/ Tangerine, Plum, Strawberry, Grapefruit, Guava, Hibiscus Flowers and Rose petals)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Brujos Brewing [Portland, OR] - Sitra Achra (Double Hazy IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nebuleus [Portland, OR] - exchanging glances (Wine barrel-aged blended saison)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 457 - Cruz Blanca Luchadors 2022</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We're just going to come out and say it: this is the best lineup in the history of this series, and it might be the best complete lineup of barrel-aged beers to come out of Chicago this year. Cruz Blanca's playfully-conceptualized yet artfully-crafted Luchador series goes in directions many barrel-aged brewers don't - and all the big swings pay off. Nothing is lost with the switch to 12-ounce cans and only six offerings this year, especially when they all bang this hard. In addition to a possible "beer of the year" candidate for both of us, we're trying to solve the Fedora Pool Mystery, dreaming up the perfect donut pairings, and getting ready for the pit. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">La Tormenta (Imperial pineapple ale aged in Barbados rum barrels with canella and spices)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Barbarosa Con Café (Imperial black and red raspberry ale aged in red wine barrels w/ Metric coffee)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Señor Finito (Imperial stout aged in rye whiskey barrels w/ cocoa nibs, mesquite bean, and canella)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tarzan Boy (Imperial stout aged in Barbados rum barrels w/ banana, Mexican vanilla, piloncillo, and Metric coffee)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rey Gordo (Imperial stout aged in bourbon barrels)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rey Cuvée (2019, 2020, and 2021 Rey Gordo blended and rye barrel-aged w/ Mexican vanilla) </span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 456 - Deth Becomes Them</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2022 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With one summer and one fall release, Revolution has already put six cans of this year's Deep Wood series out into the world, and we're eager to have them all side-by-side. We sample five stouts and a black barleywine aged in a variety of barrels, and nothing here is threatening their title of best barrel-aged brewery in Chicago (in our opinion). Also, we brainstorm attractions that could be added to local taprooms; we trademark Tall and Dangerous grocery stores; Ryan's bringing back his Year One self; and Craig explains the drawback of bringing Deep Wood beers to C2E2. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed (Deep Wood: 2022-2023)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Deth's Tar (Imperial Oatmeal Stout aged in bourbon barrels)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Café Deth (Imperial Oatmeal Stout aged in bourbon barrels and steeped with fresh coffee beans)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Coconut Deth (Imperial Stout aged in bourbon barrels with coconut)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Deth by Currants (Imperial Oatmeal Stout with currants aged in bourbon barrels)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thundertaker (Imperial Rye Stout aged in bourbon barrels)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lumberstruck (Black Barleywine Ale aged in red wine barrels)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 455 - Torture Test 666: Beer of the Beast</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2022 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Unknowable horrors await us on our sixth annual Torture Test show, wherein we try to find weird, old, and terrible beers to blindly afflict one another, and this one's crawling with impossible-to-guess styles and shapeshifting ABV. We try to avoid adding ounces to the simmering Cuvée of Doom by guessing whatever we can about these beers while (often) choking down what's in the glass. Ryan pumps himself up with the</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Unsolved Mysteries</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">theme song, Craig keeps feeling the effects of a flavor creeper, and we experience The Longest Finish. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Survived</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Local Option Bierwerker - Dampf Loc</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">c. 2015</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">(Dampfbier)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rinkuškiai - Effin Awesome (Imperial Lager)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Grupo Modelo - Chelada Piña Picante (Pineapple and Pepper beer)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Athletic Brewing Company - Oktoberfest (Non-Alcoholic Beer)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bell's Brewery - Neptune: The Mystic (Imperial Stout w/ black pepper, hickory bark, dandelion root, spices, molasses, and maple syrup with cayenne peppers, star anise, raisins, and dates added)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Oliphant Brewing - Milkman Manbaby (Milky Weizen Dunkel Stout)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 454 - GABF 2022</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For the 40th year of GABF - and the first festival in three years - we had to go bigger than ever, so much so that we couldn't fit it into one episode. Even though Ryan stayed behind in Illinois, Craig succeeded in drinking all the beers Denver had to offer and bringing back some stellar interviews from some of his brewery highlights - along with an all-time bucket list guest. Even though we recorded this over two days and thousands of miles away, we manage to drink through some beers that have a GABF connection and give some one-sided reviews. For Part Two, Craig goes into his Saturday afternoon session experiences, and we discuss the highlights of this year's awards. Check that guest list below!</span></p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For the 40th year of GABF - and the first festival in three years - we had to go bigger than ever, so much so that we couldn't fit it into one episode. Even though Ryan stayed behind in Illinois, Craig succeeded in drinking all the beers Denver had to offer and bringing back some stellar interviews from some of his brewery highlights - along with an all-time bucket list guest. Even though we recorded this over two days and thousands of miles away, we manage to drink through some beers that have a GABF connection and give some one-sided reviews. In Part One, Craig talks about his experiences at WeldWerks, Peculier, Cellar West, Hops & Pie, and the Denver Rare Beer Tasting - in addition to his first two sessions at GABF.</span></p> <p><strong>Part One</strong></p> <p><strong>Beers Reviewed</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cellar West Artisan Ales - Spinechiller (Bourbon Barrel-aged Russian Imperial Stout)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cellar West Artisan Ales - Cone Country (Golden Wet Hop Pale Ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beachwood Brewing - Amalgamator (West Coast IPA)</span></p> <p><strong>Interviews</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Zach Kelly of HenHouse Brewing Company (Santa Rosa, CA) - 00:24:15 - 00:31:52</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Shyla Sheppard of Bow & Arrow Brewing Co. (Albuquerque, NM) - 00:43:09 - 00:51:54</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Seth Morgan and Andrew Truemper of Denton County Brewing Company (Denton, TX) - 00:58:15 - 01:10:30</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kevin Davey of Wayfinder Beer (Portland, OR) - 01:14:52 - 01:22:54</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kelly Montgomery of Third Eye Brewing Company (Cincinnati, OH) - 01:26:12 - 01:29:40</span></p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 30th installment in our State Show series takes us to the Southwest thanks to listener Don Kasak's recent trip to New Mexico. To beat that dry heat, things stay pretty light on alcohol with five beers from four breweries that fortunately aren't light on flavor. Also, Craig runs into a surprising t-shirt at a beer fest, Ryan looks for the flavors that exist in the negative spaces (</span><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">ooooooh</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">), and we would really love a be-turtlenecked Brian McKnight to sing a love ballad about kölsches. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Santa Fe Brewing Company [Sante Fe, NM] - NMX Standard (American Lager)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Boxing Bear Brewing Company [Albuquerque, NM] - New Mexi-Kölsch</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bow & Arrow Brewing Co. [Albuquerque, NM] - Rancho Light Lager (Light Lager w/ lemon zest)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bow & Arrow Brewing Co. [Albuquerque, NM] - Savage Times (Sour IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rowley Farmhouse Ales [Sante Fe, NM] - Germophile - Prickly Pear (Berliner Weisse w/ prickly pear)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 452 - Waypost Brewing Company</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Just off the Lake Michigan shoreline sandwiched between popular vacation beach towns, there's a little farmhouse brewery in Fennville, MI called Waypost. Opened in 2018, the folks at Waypost make a variety of styles exceptionally well (and even have a GABF Gold for Saison in their recent history). Ryan brought back five beers from his summer trip, and he's positively giddy to finally share them with Craig. Also, we are on the search for the perfect T-shirt, Ryan stands up for Little Caeser's pizza, and we're both kind of mesmerized by the oddities of the South Haven Meijer. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">House Lager (Zwickelbier)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Grisette (with Earl Grey tea)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Current (Pale Ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Flora (Foeder-fermented saison w/ elderflower and hibiscus)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Helles Bock</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 451 - Maximum Minneapolis</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Further expanding our recent slew of city-centric shows, Craig took a brief trip to the Twin Cities area and scored five killer beers from Minneapolis breweries. In addition to learning about weird Minnesota beer laws and Ryan trying to imagine Feather Bowling, Craig snagged an interview with Dan Herman and Tom Berg of Falling Knife Brewing. Also, we consider what it'd take to become a sommelier for pancakes (batterino), aim our gripes at the inventor of ducking autocorrect, and get goofily excited over a sticker. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Falling Knife Interview</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">(00:47:05 - 00:57:24)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Utepils Brewing Company - Helles (Helles Lager)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">La Doña Cervecería - Doña Oscura (Dark Lager)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Modist Brewing Co. - Small Hang Glide (Wheat Pale Ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pryes Brewing - Royal Raspberry Sour (Berliner Weisse w/ raspberry)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Falling Knife Brewing Company - Very Old Painless (Bourbon barrel-aged English Barleywine)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 450 - Saison is the Reason</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Who says you need a reason to saison? Saison is all the reason you need. On this</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">landmark</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">episode, we again drink five different takes on our favorite style of beer - but we pepper this one with some interviews. You'll hear from Sarah Flora from Flora Brewing on how she ended up releasing a saison with Chicago's Pilot Project, in addition to how the art world brought her to be one of the most popular homebrewers on social media. Then we hear from Sway Brewing and Blending's Matt Sampson on how a side project of a side project ended up releasing exquisite saisons in 16 ounce cans out of Door County, Wisconsin. And Afterthought's Mike Thorpe phones in briefly to talk about his Revolution collab. As a bonus, you get to listen in as Ryan experiences a beer as he never has before: blasted through his nasal cavities at an extreme rate of propulsion. If that's not enough, there's brewery theme parks, heavy bubbles, and a popcorn-based TikTok challenge. It's episode 450 -</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">something had to explode.</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Interview with Sarah Flora - (00:10:11 - 00:23:35)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Interview with Matt Sampson - (00:43:15 - 00:53:37)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Interview with Mike Thorpe - (01:13:44 - 01:15:32)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Flora Brewing/Pilot Project Brewing - Blossom Tonic (Saison w/ tart cherry juice, rosemary, and coriander)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Young Blood Beer Company/Fair State Brewing Cooperative - Death, Taxes, and 1-94 Construction (Dry-hopped Belgian-style saison)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sway Brewing + Blending - A Lovely Place to Be (Foeder-fermented mixed-culture spelt saison)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Seedz Brewery - Green Bottle Saison (Whole leaf hoppy saison)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Revolution Brewing Company/Afterthought Brewing - Foreknowledge (Dry-hopped saison)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 449 - The OR Show</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For our 29th State Show in our decade-long intermittent series, Craig's travels reward us with beers from one of the great beer states in the nation: Oregon. This impressive lineup of five different styles from five breweries put this one high on our all-time State Show list, and our rankings are more difficult than ever. Also, Craig learns the hard way about Oregon's gas-pumping law; Ryan is the reluctant IBU expert; and we play a location name game of "Oregon or Oregoff?" </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fort George Brewery [Astoria, OR] - Spruce Budd (Spruce Beer)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Von Ebert Brewing [Portland, OR] - Volatile Substance (American IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wolves & People Farmhouse Brewery [Newberg, OR] - Foothills (Barrel aged saison w/ pineapple sage, szechuan peppercorns, and lemongrass)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alesong Brewing & Blending [Eugene, OR] - Coconut Rhino Suit (Imperial Milk Stout aged in bourbon barrels w/ toasted coconut)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pelican Brewing Company [Pacific City, OR] - Mother of All Storms (Barrel-aged English Barleywine)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 448 - Just Tables</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2022 12:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It's our job to bring together five local table beers (and deal with Eddie Munster), so we seek to further understand this lighter cousin of saison by talking with Mike Thorpe of Afterthought Brewing about the style and his TableFest™ on September 11th. Also, Ryan finds the perfect work night beer; Craig says the brewery name that makes him squeamish; and we both create the flavor better known as Thunder. The tables are our corn.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mike Thorpe Interview (00:11:27 - 00:23:10)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Off Color Brewing - Beer For Lightweights</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Afterthought Brewing Company - Table: Contessa</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Metropolitan Brewing - Micro-Volt</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mikerphone Brewing - On the Table and Dreaming</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sundial Brewing & Blending - Table Chardonnay</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 447 - BlackStack Brewing</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">BlackStack Brewing has built quite a reputation off of exceptionally well-crafted hazy IPAs, and we have three of them in this lineup to prove it's true. Craig also managed to find two other styles to help us better understand this five year-old brewery out of St. Paul, MN. You gotta love a show that challenges your expectations of style, and this one reinvigorates some haze appreciation on our part. Also, Craig excitedly recaps his time at the World's Largest Bouncy Castle; Ryan invokes Patio Dad to gain a new perspective on haze; and we're a little nostalgic for the Kveik Days of 2019. Also, Google translates into peanut butter, Roll Your Own Ham nights, and (heavy sigh) Critical Meat Theory. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Giving Trees (Mixed culture foeder-fermented Berliner Weisse w/ apple cider, cinnamon, granola, and brown sugar)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">DDH 755: HBC 586 (NEIPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kveik 755 (NEIPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Trust the Process (DDH DIPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Maximum Drip (Milk stout w/ coffee)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 446 - The Peach Pit</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Unlike a usual episode where we rub our fuzzy faces and gaze at our navels, this peach beer show comes with a twist. Certainly we review five local beers under a shared theme of "beer with peaches," but we also foray into a dice-rolling RPG-style podcast with a whole game based around a popular mustachioed video game character (who is not Mike Haggar from Final Fight…sorry). Fortunately, the beers are much better than Ryan's dice rolls, and Craig's playing like he has a GameShark. Also, we talk about what Spirit Halloween does in the offseason, imagine other fruit-based mascots, and get some trivia on these five breweries to help move the game along. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Goose Island Beer Co. - Sounds Queer, I'm In (Wheat ale w/ peaches & natural peach flavor)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Phase Three Brewing - Raw: Passion Fruit// Peach (Wheat ale w/ passionfruit and peach)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Around the Bend Beer Company - Vivian (Pistachio cream ale w/ peaches)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pipeworks Brewing Company - Ride the Gnar (Sour ale w/ peach and white grape)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hopewell Brewing Co. - Fun Facts (Wild Ale w/ peach and black tea)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 445 - Portland, Oregon</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Known as Beervana for a reason, Portland, Oregon is maybe the premier beer destination city in the United States. Summer Craig recently spent some time getting to know the beers of the Pacific Northwest, and he got some help from accomplished beer writer Jeff Alworth. The</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Beer Bible</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">author gives us the story of Portland's beer proclivities and how they don't always follow the national trends. Also, Jeff gives us good Portland beer history, explains how the hazy trend might've actually started out west, and tells us whether or not "smoothie sours" made it into the recent reprinting of his book. We also review five stellar beers from Portland breweries, yell stuff at HackerMan, conceptualize Inkblot Brewing, and try to solve a beer snob mystery.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jeff Alworth Interview (00:14:58 - 00:51:24)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Breakside Brewery w/ Barley Brown's Beer - WanderJack (American IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ruse Brewing - Wolves in the Rain (West Coast IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wayfinder Beer - Original Cold IPA</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Little Beast Brewing - Dream State (Foeder-aged Ale w/ strawberries)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Upright Brewing Company - Pathways (Blended saison)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 444 - Local Hefes</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2022 14:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The hefeweizen is a pretty universally appreciated summer beer, and we've amazingly never dedicated an entire show to the style. But thankfully a bunch of cool local brewers have put their best non-hoppy hazies in cans for us to consider, as we rise from 5% ABV all the way up to 5.4% ABV in this lineup. Also, we do some summer PD by putting Summer Craig through a SWOT analysis; Ryan has rediscovered his Willi Becher; and we have Hefeweizen Opinions (on HBO). There's also a game that Ryan's unfortunately calling Beerdle, and Craig's wife gets in on the ranking action.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hefeweizens Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Revolution Brewing - El Hefe Loco</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Conrad Seipp Brewing Company - Bavarian Hefeweizen</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Hopewell Brewing Co. - Here & There</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Roaring Table Brewing Co. - Secret Beach</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Maplewood Brewery - Bavarian Dream</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 443 - The Bend Show</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2022 12:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Though it may not be many people's pick for Oregon's best beer city, it's hard to ignore the quality beers produced in Bend. From Craig's trip, we have five diverse beer styles from five different Bend breweries that both impress us with new flavors and stir up some nostalgia. Also, Craig talks about his trip to The Last Blockbuster and quizzes Ryan on related trivia. Plus there's talk of squirrels drunk off of tree fermenters, a Rule 34 Brewery, imaginary berries, and a desperate plea for someone to take Ryan's unwanted DVD of the movie "Funny People." Make it an ABV Chicago night, and we'll take care of those late fees.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Crux Fermentation Project - Island Pilz (Tropical Pilsner)</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Boss Rambler Beer Club - We'll Do It Cold! (Cold IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Ale Apothecary - Connor (American Wild Ale aged in Pinot Noir barrels w/ marionberries)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Boneyard Beer - Notorious IPA</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">3</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">(Triple IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Deschutes Brewery - The Abyss: Coconut (Imperial Stout aged in whiskey barrels w/ roasted coconut flakes, licorice, cherry bark & vanilla beans)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 442 - Mixed Culture Cooler</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2022 12:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Plunge that hand deep into the slushy depths of that beach-ready cooler and help yourself to a cold and refreshing serving of…lactobacillus, saccharomyces, and brettanomyces?! That's right - we are packing our coolers with refreshing and fruity mixed culture sour beers from local breweries to bring some new energy to our summer gatherings. These are the kind of tart beers that can only be measured in beach balls, deck chairs, patio lights, and floppy sun hats. Also, we imagine the stories behind memorable commercials and jingles; we identify the most well-rounded brewery in Chicago; Ryan does whatever the labels tell him to do; and Craig knows which fruit is the scariest. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Is/Was Brewing - Levain Yuzu (Saison fermented in oak w/ mixed culture and yuzu added)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Odious Cellars - Alabaster (Mixed-culture sour w/ white peach, wildflower honey, and vanilla)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Maplewood Brewing Company - Softcore Mutation: Foeder Raspberry (Mixed-culture foeder-aged sour w/ raspberries)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Duneyrr Artisan Fermenta Project - Sauvyn Tropica (Hybrid ale co-fermented with sauvignon blanc grapes, dragon fruit, mango, papaya, and pineapple)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hopewell Brewing Co. - Neon: Mangosteen Pitaya (Mixed-culture sour w/ mangosteen and pitaya puree)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 441 - Hair of the Dog</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2022 12:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For almost 30 years, Alan Sprints and his Portland, Oregon brewery Hair of the Dog pioneered American craft beer through some of the earliest barrel-aging experiments and developed potent beers built for aging, creating some of the original "whales" in the process. Once Alan decided to retire and close his legendary brewery in June of 2022, Craig booked a trip to experience Hair of the Dog for a final time and to get Mr. Sprints on the microphone to reflect on his career and look ahead to the joys of retirement. In addition to the interview, we are fortunate to drink through five Hair of the Dog beers and cross off a significant line on our beer bucket lists. We also speculate on the brewery's actual magical powers, open the oldest beer we've had on the show, and play some 1993-based trivia along the way. Thanks again to Alan and his whole crew - all of beer has been made better because of Hair of the Dog.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alan Sprints Interview (00:07:02 - 00:20:01)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Polka Dot (American IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Doggie Claws: 2012 (American Barleywine)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Matt: 2019 (Strong Ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Adam: Batch 102 (Old Ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cherry Adam from the Wood: 2022 (Barrel-aged Old Ale w/ cherries)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 440 - Saison Death Match: Chicago vs. Milwaukee</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The time has finally come to pit the world's premier saison producing cities - Chicago and Milwaukee, obviously - against one another in an arbitrary competition to determine once and for all whose farmhouses rule the I-94 corridor. We have six saisons, three from each city, going head-to-head in specified categories to help determine a "winner." Also, we evaluate which candies would make the best breakfast food, Craig's mundane superpower of ABV-detection, and our desire to drink fancy bathroom beers. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><strong>Round 1: Saisons with Brett</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Is/Was Brewing - Spandrel (Saison brewed w/ aged hops, raw spelt, and Brettanomyces)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">vs.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Radix Fermentation - Simpler Times: Batch 2 (Brett-conditioned saison)</span></p> <p><strong>Round 2: Saisons with Fruit</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Keeping Together - Watching the Mind, Watching the Body (Saison w/ Michigan pears, Chaat Masala, and honey)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">vs.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">1840 Brewing Company - Three Part Harmony (Saison w/ peaches)</span></p> <p><strong>Round 3: Barrel-aged Saisons</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Afterthought Brewing Company - Biere De Pieces #39 (Blended saison aged in mead and whiskey barrels)</span></p> <p>vs.</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Supermoon Beer Company - Many Phases: Blend 003 (Blended saison aged in French oak wine barrels)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 439 - Pfriem Pforever</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2022 12:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We've long loved Hood River's Pfriem Family Brewers, and thanks to Craig's recent travels, we are able to drink through five of their impressive beers. For this one, we experience a wider array of styles, and a few challenge the best of style available locally. Also, we dream of having our own Streisand-like underground malls, we settle into a good butt nook, and we try to forget some bad brut memories. If you're down with P(friem), then you're down with me. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Helles Lager</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sparkling IPA</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Druif Blanc (Barrel-aged grape ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rum Barrel-Aged Porter</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bourbon Barrel-Aged Barleywine</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 438 - Necromancer Resurrections</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2022 12:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pittsburgh's Necromancer has just crossed over a year in operation, and we're already onto our second show featuring only their beers. Why? </span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kuit beer is the reason.</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">We catch up with head brewer Lauren Hughes about five of her "Resurrection" releases - beers that were previously "dead" or so obscure that there's almost no example for comparison's sake. (Much like our beloved Kuit beer.) She also shares updates on Necromancer's expansion plans and what in the hell is a Pennsylvania Swankey. Also, we test our innovative snack ideas, battle a little foam gremlin, vape the vase water, and watch as Xander Cage solves global warming. (And shoutout again to Craig's mom, who picked up all the beers for this show.)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Forbidden Fruit: Mango, Guava, Passionfruit (Smoked sour Lichtenhainer w/ fruit)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rag And Bone (British Golden Ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Parkour (Bière de Printemps)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Münster Mash (Kuit Beer)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bitter As Death In the Gallows (Merseburger)</span></p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pittsburgh's Necromancer has just crossed over a year in operation, and we're already onto our second show featuring only their beers. Why? <em>Kuit beer is the reason.</em> We catch up with head brewer Lauren Hughes about five of her "Resurrection" releases - beers that were previously "dead" or so obscure that there's almost no example for comparison's sake. (Much like our beloved Kuit beer.) She also shares updates on Necromancer's expansion plans and what in the hell is a Pennsylvania Swankey. Also, we test our innovative snack ideas, battle a little foam gremlin, vape the vase water, and watch as Xander Cage solves global warming. (And shoutout again to Craig's mom, who picked up all the beers for this show.)</p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>Forbidden Fruit: Mango, Guava, Passionfruit (Smoked sour Lichtenhainer w/ fruit)</p> <p>Rag And Bone (British Golden Ale)</p> <p>Parkour (Bière de Printemps)</p> <p>Münster Mash (Kuit Beer)</p> <p>Bitter As Death In the Gallows (Merseburger)</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Episode 437 - Midwest Pils</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2022 12:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">No matter how much trends fluctuate, one of the steadiest beers to bank on is the pilsner. Everyone who loves beer loves a great pilsner, and in our opinion, no beer list is complete without one. So we pick five pilsners from five midwestern states to taste through and appreciate while trying very hard to banish the term "drinkable" from the show. Also, Bo Jackson is behind the wheel on the way to our pheasant-hunting trip; we talk about how going to New Glarus is like going to Six Flags; and we evaluate which bubbles make Craig feel happy. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fair State Brewing Cooperative [MN] - Superclear (German-style Pilsner)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">New Glarus Brewing Company [WI] - 22 Pils (German-style Pilsner)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Noon Whistle Brewing [IL] - Brüski (Czech-style Pilsner)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Moontown Brewing Co. [IN] - Anni IV (American Heirloom Czech Lager)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Seedz Brewery [MI] - Shark Pils (Czech-style Pilsner)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 436 - MoBAB 2: Dark Territory</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2022 12:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<span style="font-weight: 400;">It is once again time for us to drink more barrel-aged beers (MoBAB), with Craig and Ryan as the only two heroes that can withstand this lineup of sinister and imposing stouts. Because it's a sequel, we brought in ALL RINGERS for this one, and capping it at four beers was the best decision we could've made. Also, we sketch out Jef Lambic, Attorney at Law; struggle mightily against wax; and reflect on exactly what TMNT has taken away from us. </span> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mikerphone Brewing - Sir Blends A-Lot [Blend #2] (Blend of barrel-aged imperial stouts)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">More Brewing Company - Mehndi Special Reserve 2022 (Imperial stout aged in Old Rip Van Winkle 10 year bourbon barrels)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Half Acre Beer Company - Double Barrel Benthic (Imperial stout w/ coconut and cinnamon, aged in Willet/Heaven Hill bourbon barrels and apple brandy barrels)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Werk Force Brewing Company - Cowabungus Chungus (Double barrel-aged imperial pastry stout w/ coconut, vanilla, and cacao nibs)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 435 - Giant Jones Brewing Company</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2022 12:30:41 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Based in Madison, Wisconsin, Giant Jones is a woman-run, certified organic brewery specializing in big beers and obscure styles - a few of which are completely new to us. So we have on co-owner and brewer Jessica Jones to talk about how Giant Jones gets creative within the limits of organic ingredients, why some of their signature beers were born somewhat accidentally, and how they've evolved from their origins as a barleywine brewery. We also review five beers that each surprise and impress us - which serves as a distraction to how drunk they actually make us in the end. We also celebrate the return of Summer Craig and suffer angular smelling-related injuries. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jessica Jones Interview (00:07:42 - 00:51:13)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">English Style International Pale Ale</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pale Weizenbock</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Grand Porter</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Burton Ale</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kaves</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 434 - Kuhnhenn Brewing Company</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2022 12:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Established in 1998, Kuhnhenn remembers a simpler time for craft beer. But Kuhnhenn also remembers that there were big and flavorful beers done differently - to emphasize style while also honoring drinkability - in the early part of the 21st century. This lineup of five beers from the Detroit suburb-housed brewery gives us a lot of nostalgia while finding a way to keep up with some of the big flavors of today. Also, we explore the relationship between sandwich size and happiness, get our drippiest Gwar masks ready for TikTok, and get disturbed by innocuous words.</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Kuhnhenn remembers.</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Saucy Minx (Extra Special Bitter)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kuhnieweizen (Hefeweizen)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Imperial Crème Brûlée Java Stout</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">DRIPA (Double Rice India Pale Ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bourbon Barrel Fourth Dementia (Bourbon Barrel-aged Old Ale)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 433 - Smooj</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2022 12:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hard seltzers are starting to see a bit of a dip in sales, but it's probably because they're not all loaded up with chunky fruit and 250-plus calories per can. Last year's "phenomenon" of the smoothie hard seltzer was kicked off by an offshoot of Ann Arbor's HOMES Brewery that goes by the name of Smooj. Craig stopped by the Lab (which should really be called the Smoojery) to pick up five slim cans of thick and sludgy hard seltzer for us to review. And because we needed another layer of smoothness, Ryan subjects Craig to a complicated game of identifying Michael McDonald lyrics that has real stakes for the loser. Also, Craig should be the mayor of Hell, Lactose is Easy Mode™, and we drink the Smoovée and a can of what we're calling SmoojYO. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Smooj Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Strawberry Banana</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Piña Colada</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tropical Trip</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Orange Delight</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cara Cara Cran</span></p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Currently operating out of Pilot Project, Azadi Brewing may be small at the moment, but their flavors are big and inspired by ingredients from regions all over India. We talk with co-founders Bhavik Modi and Gator Schrand about their unusual collaborative process that results in a rich lineup of beers that seek to tell a story and educate the consumer about India, Indian food, and Indian communities in Chicago. (They also taste pretty great as well, we might add.) In addition, we learn about how they became featured in prominent Chicago Indian restaurants, how their logo is inspired by the Dabbawala, and when we might expect to see a taproom open. Also, we want in on the Taste Buds trading cards, dream of some perfect food pairings, and get a lesson in the chaotic Craig-style of reviewing things. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bhavik and Gator Interview: (00:10:37 - 00:36:33)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Devon (Gose w/ Telicherry black pepper, Himalayan pink salt, and Indian coriander)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cochin (Lemongrass Saison)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Shimla (Pale Ale w/ Columbus, Centennial, and Cascade hops)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chopta (Hazy IPA w/ Cascade, Sorachi Ace, and Hallertau Blanc hops)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hira (Belgian Quad w/ dates)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 431 - Bocks of Spring</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2022 12:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Malt-forward and flowery, the bock-style lager most made for the Spring season is typically a maibock, though not all breweries embrace the confines of that title. We collect five local bocks made with Spring in mind to help Craig make up his mind about this style that once literally saved a city. We also meet two diabolical breakfast buffet villains, get our minds freaked by food commercial secrets, and start feeling real</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">TOASTY!</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Shorts and a sweater? A dress and a jean jacket? We've got the lager beer pairing for you, lover of Spring weather.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">More Brewing Company - Bartlett Maibock</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dovetail Brewery - Maibock</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dutchback Brew Co. - Friar Bok (Lentebok)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Half Acre Beer Company - Spring Bock</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Church Street Brewing Company - Magisterium (Maibock)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 430 - Cream Team</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2022 12:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">One of America's few original styles also happens to be a commonly misunderstood one. The Cream Ale has no dairy or lactose (much to Craig's chagrin) but is instead much more similar to the flavorful and easy-drinking Kölsch. We drink through five examples of the style to better grasp its nuances and are once again surprised by the refreshing amount of subtle variation. Also, we discuss the ultimate mind game, foosball, and accidentally give the ice cream machine sentience. (And if you're interested in attending Gathering Place's Lager & Friends festival in Glendale, Wisconsin on June 4th, go to our Instagram for details on how to win some tickets.)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cream Ales Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Midwest Coast Brewing Co. - Three From the Tee</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Scout & Scholar Brewing - Kolbier</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mikerphone Brewing - C.R.E.A.M.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Gathering Place Brewing Co. - Midwest Chill</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Illuminated Brew Works - Mr. Monk's Cream Ale</span></p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of America's few original styles also happens to be a commonly misunderstood one. The Cream Ale has no dairy or lactose (much to Craig's chagrin) but is instead much more similar to the flavorful and easy-drinking Kölsch. We drink through five examples of the style to better grasp its nuances and are once again surprised by the refreshing amount of subtle variation. Also, we discuss the ultimate mind game, foosball, and accidentally give the ice cream machine sentience. (And if you're interested in attending Gathering Place's Lager & Friends festival in Glendale, Wisconsin on June 4th, go to our Instagram for details on how to win some tickets.)</p> <p>Cream Ales Reviewed</p> <p>Midwest Coast Brewing Co. - Three From the Tee</p> <p>Scout & Scholar Brewing - Kolbier</p> <p>Mikerphone Brewing - C.R.E.A.M.</p> <p>Gathering Place Brewing Co. - Midwest Chill</p> <p>Illuminated Brew Works - Mr. Monk's Cream Ale</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Episode 429 - Haze Court</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2022 12:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We've been summoned to do our civic duty in Haze Court, giving five hazy beers their due process through our arbitrary…arbitration. We're ready to be convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that we should drop the charges against haze, and sentence our taste buds to about an hour of hop service. Also, we imagine adding a twist to new MLB rules, experience the Mandela Effect with Sir Mix-A-Lot, and try to keep Craig's Hop Anger Meter below critical. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Old Nation Brewing Co. - DDH M-43 (Double Dry-Hopped New England-style IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Eagle Park Brewing Co. - Goon Juice (New England-style IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Brothership Brewing - The Arrival (New England-style IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hop Butcher for the World - Oblong (Double IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Old Irving Brewing Co. & Alarmist Brewing - Beez Jus (DDH Triple IPA)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 428 - Atrium Brewing</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2022 12:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<span style="font-weight: 400;">In less than two years, Atrium Brewing already has folks claiming them as the best brewery in Louisville - so Craig had to visit and find out for himself. Head brewer Spencer Guy hops on for an interview to talk about the brewery's origins, being known for kettle sours but having a penchant for clean beers, and what to expect once they are able to add more space. Then we drink through five diverse offerings that range from nostalgia-inducing classics to "how could this possibly work?" in a matter of minutes. Also, we look at craft beer trends as an economist might, help settle some Simcoe misconceptions, and once again summon The Chonk. </span> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Czech Pils</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">O'Beer (Sour w/ passion fruit, blue raspberry, lemon, and vanilla)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dumpster Cut (Simcoe NEIPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chocolate Covered Cherry Boy (Pastry Sour w/ cherry, cacao nibs, and vanilla)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Barrel Aged Hegemon (Bourbon Barrel-aged Russian Imperial Stout)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 427 - Hot Drops, Part Deux!</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2022 12:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<span style="font-weight: 400;">As if the Chicago shelves couldn't be more saturated with tantalizing options, a whole new round of hot drops has hit recently that got us out to the bottle shops to see if they'll take valuable fridge space away from our local faves.We have five very different beers from some notable out-of-state breweries - and we have our first ever D.O.A. Hot Drop. Also, Ryan is living with the horror of a room centipede, Craig's working through some hop anger, and we both are titillated by</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Burden of Stout.</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Hallelujah, it's raining DSW gift cards. </span> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fast Fashion/Keeping Together - Reality is an Atmosphere: Centennial (Belgian Pale Ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Civil Society Brewing - Fresh (New England-Style IPA)</span></p> <p>J. Wakefield Brewing - K.R.E.A.M. (Berlinner Weisse w/ strawberry, vanilla, and lactose)</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mason Ale Works - Cash (Imperial Coffee Stout)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cascade Brewing - Primordial Noir (Bourbon barrel-aged imperial red ale w/ cherries and spices)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 426 - The Louisville Show</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2022 12:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Well ahead of Derby Day, Craig trotted down to Louisville, Kentucky to check out their beer scene and bring back a five-pack, along with an interview. The range is wide on this one with easy-drinkers to adjunct-crammed sippers all fighting for the top spot in our arbitrary rankings. Also, Craig chats with Andy Cobb from Butchertown to learn about his growing operation, how to determine the right amount of coconut to cram into a stout, and the potential for kung fu showdowns over craft beer. Also, Craig shares some other unique highlights from his Louisville trip, Ryan's considering restoring a vintage Segway, and we end our boys trip with a friendship-strengthening fist fight.</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Andy Cobb from Butchertown interview (00:32:55 - 00:48:41)</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Gravely Brewing Co. - La Bamba (Mexican-style Lager)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mile Wide Beer Company - Army Had A Half Day (West Coast IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Butchertown Brewing - Arise: Coconut (Imperial Stout aged in bourbon barrels w/ coconut)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Holsopple Brewing - Apricot Pufflefluff (Fruited Sour w/ apricot and marshmallow)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Gallant Fox Brewing Co. - Blue Suede Brews (Peanut Butter Banana Old Ale)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 425 - Ethereal Brewing</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2022 12:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<span style="font-weight: 400;">Craig's recent travels brought him to Ethereal Brewing who have been bringing a wide variety of bold styles to Lexington, Kentucky for the better part of a decade. We hear from co-founder and head brewer Brandon Floan on the brewery's evolution, the real fifth element, the ease of barrel access in actual bourbon county, how making sake is different than making beer, and how to brew a beer that gives you weird dreams. We also talk about misunderstood roller coasters, Craig's entirely useless smell-based superpower, and the unfortunate way Baba Yaga and Dark Lord are connected. We also have a first on the show with sake - and we were totally, actually unprepared.</span> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Throwback (Pilsner)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fad-tastic (NE IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bellerophon (English Barleywine aged in bourbon barrels)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bananas Foster Baba Yaga 2022 (Imperial stout aged in bourbon barrels w/ bananas, Tahitian vanilla bean, molasses, and cinnamon)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Void Sake Co. - Echoes Horchata Nigori (Junmai Nigori Sake w/ vanilla bean and cinnamon)</span></p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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 in their own way, we try to examine what makes a Dubbel such a beloved style - even when you're not ingesting gamey meats. Plus, we introduce tickling to the Olympics, put Brendan Fraser and Hugh Grant into a buddy comedy, and explore your body as an intimate landscape. Now's a good time to remind our donors to "dubbel" their donation. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Brouwerij der Trappisten van Westmalle - Westmalle Trappist Dubbel</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Illuminated Brew Werks - Intimate Landscape</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sketchbook Brewing Co. = Back Alley Abbey </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Temperance Beer Co. - Quotidienne</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Vintage Brewing Company - Dedication</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 423 - Grape Expectations</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<span style="font-weight: 400;">We don't always have the best luck with fruit feature shows, so we hand our expectations over to some of our most trusted local brewers to give grapes a chance. All five bottles on this show feature unique grapes from the rest, so Craig schools us off the vine. Also, we have a therapeutic conversation about grocery stores, discuss how EastSide Gushy Got Chonked (Vol. 1), perform Nerds Box-to-mouth, admire the bold dismantling of a rotisserie chicken, and learn some new words. </span> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Off Color Brewing/Speciation/Native Species Winery - Garamond (Wit Ale fermented in Barolo Foedre then aged on Frontenac Gris grape pomace)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Supermoon Beer Company - Gloe (Mixed Fermentation Saison fermented w/ Brettanomyces in French Oak Barrels with La Crescent White Grapes)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Half Acre Beer Co. - Hot Hot Day (Mixed culture lager w/ Roussanne grapes blended with mixed culture witbier)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hopewell Brewing Co./Speciation Artisan Ales - Taxon Cycle (Wild Ale w/ Traminette Grapes)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Keeping Together - Creature of Infinite Contradiction (Barrel-aged Saison w/ Cabernet Franc and Merlot grapes)</span></p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sometimes you just gotta say, "What the f***?" and open five cans absolutely crammed full of fruit slurry and let the whole notion of beer just leave your mind. We're down with the thiccness for this episode, watching our glasses become opaque with a pulpy sludge while measuring the detritus on each glug-glug pour. So while they may not be</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">beer</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">per se, are they fun to drink? Also, we re-examine the days of the week, learn the truth about MC Hammer, develop some can-rolling techniques, and experience THE CHONK. Come on and get fruit stupid with us.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"Beers" Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">BlackStack Brewing - Are You There God? It's Me, Guava (Triple Guava Smoothie Sour w/ vanilla and lactose)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Energy City Brewing - Bistro Smoothie: Mango Pineapple Banana (Berliner-Style Weisse w/ mango, pineapple, banana, and natural flavor)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Phase Three Brewing Company - Double Nectar: Raspberry, Blackberry, Blueberry (Sour Ale w/ fruit)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">More Brewing Company - Peach Cobbler (Fruited Sour Ale w/ peach, vanilla, granola, and milk sugar)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Drekker Brewing Co. - Chonk: Spumoni (Sundae Sour w/ cherry, chocolate ice cream, pistachios, and lactose)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 421 - Back to the Barr3l</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2022 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For the third straight year, we return to the type of enormous barrel-aged beers that destroyed us throughout December…and fall in love all over again. This lineup of five is going down in the history books, as they not only compete for rankings on this show but several are also in the</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">very</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">early running for our year-end lists. Complex barrel blends and big adjunct additions go toe-to-toe with our sobriety, and it's a hell of a way to ring in Craig's birthday. Speaking of, we wonder about an alternate reality with #SoftCraig, throw out even more Milwaukee love, and contemplate the mysterious CD long box. (Plug in your Game Genie for the Enhanced episode.) </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Temperance Beer Co. - Might Meets Right: Orange Chocolate 2022 (Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout w/ roasted cacao nibs and dried sweet orange peel)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Private Press Brewing - Cosmic Echoes [Batch 1] (Blend of Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout and Barleywine Ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Central Waters Brewing Company - XXIV (Blend of Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Stouts)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Triptych Brewing - When Someone Asks If You're a God (Imperial Stout aged in bourbon barrels with cocoa nibs, marshmallow, vanilla beans & natural flavor)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Half Acre Beer Company - Triple Barrel Catch Hell (Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout w/ cinnamon and vanilla)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 420 - Dark Lagers 2</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Yeah we know what episode this is, and truthfully, the pressure of somehow delivering The Funny Weed Number Show was too much, leading us to sip on five delicious dark lagers instead. We explore some of the range a "Dark Lager" can have while finding ourselves in a real rankings-based bind. Also, we have run-ins with NBC sitcom doppelgangers in very unexpected places, we ascend (and descend) the flavor mountain, and we discuss if a Cold Black IPA is a thing. And we back our way into a 420-appropriate set of topics like White Castle 1921 burgers, Boston Dunkies, the Hotel Transylvania film series, and just the nastiest NSFW chips you can find. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Riverlands Brewing Company - Midnight Silence (Schwarzbier)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">1840 Brewing Company - Schwarzen Katze (Schwarzbier)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cellar West Artisan Ales - Metaluna (India Black Lager)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Old Irving Brewing Co. - Lifesblood (Dark Bock Lager)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pipeworks Brewing Company - Dunkel</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 419 - Grave Jacket to Heaven</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2022 13:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<span style="font-weight: 400;">We're finishing off this season's Deep Wood series from Revolution by doing all the non-stouts - and in many ways we've saved the best for last. Though the barrels deservedly get top-billing, it's hard to ignore how dialed-in the base beer recipe is in all of these - and somehow they get better every year. All these 'wines inspire a midshow 3-day nap, but we also invent a can-based Chopped challenge for your friends, dream up the inverted mozzarella stick, share tips for beating the Maple Man, and do uncouth things with the Super Mario 3 Strategy Guide issue of Nintendo Power magazine.</span> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Gravedigger Billy (Scotch Ale aged in bourbon barrels)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Straight Jacket (Barleywine Ale aged in bourbon barrels)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Maple Jacket (Barleywine Ale aged in bourbon barrels with maple)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Blackberry Finn (Barleywine Ale double barrel aged in bourbon barrels with blackberries)</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ryeway to Heaven (Rye Ale aged in rye barrels)</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">V.S.O.R. (Rye Ale aged in rye and bourbon barrels)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 418 - Tripel Threat</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Once brewed as a "superbier" to push the limits of ABV in a Belgian Blonde ale, the Tripel has almost a century of history with many American breweries embracing its fruity and spicy barrage. We try five Tripels, including the style standard, to better familiarize ourselves with this Belgian staple - and to help us complete</span> <a href= "http://www.abvchicago.com/episode-390-quad-goals/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">half</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">of our Belgian Beer Cycle. Also, Ryan gives the play-by-play in the 5 year olds basketball class, we sample the newest flavors of Jeez-Its, Craig wants all the brandy barrels, and we brace ourselves for the oncoming onslaught of Fiber-Forward IPAs. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Brouwerij der Trappisten van Westmalle - Westmalle Trappist Tripel</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Une Année Brewery - Tripel</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">New Glarus Brewing Company - Triple 5</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Church Brew Works - Millenium Tripel</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Imperial Oak Brewing - Beermuda Triangle: Peach Brandy BA Tripel w/ peaches</span></p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ushering in our 8th year of the podcast, this anniversary episode is a surprisingly sessionable trip down memory lane. Each host blindly leads the other through three beers of their choosing with the caveat being that all breweries must be Chicagoland local and would have already been open in 2013. Then, there are other connecting themes behind our choices that the other must guess - all while we find ourselves reeling pickled off of a bunch of 5% beers. Also, we decide which restaurants we would actually stay the night at, take drastic measures to put each other at aromatic disadvantages, and nod along to the Tart Suggestion. Pop two quarters in the blast chiller and get your plants out of my butt zone - we're already looking ahead to the next eight years.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed Half-Blind (in order of appearance)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Light the Lamp Brewery - Still Single (Belgian Blonde)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Une Année Brewery - Less Is More (Saison w/ oranges)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Horse Thief Hollow Brewing Co. - Little Wing (Pilsner)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Temperance Beer Co. - Smittytown (ESB)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Emmett's Brewing Co. - Munich Light (Helles Lager)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Off Color Brewing - Scurry (Dark Honey Ale/Kottbusser)</span></p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For the past two years, Off Color's line of Beer For… beers have been a steady source of creative pairings executed immaculately, so we talk with co-founder Dave Bleitner about the project he heads up. Dave shares some of his process for conceptualizing these beers, why it was the right time to do his first ever pale ale (and make it a year-round release), how the label art and merchandising comes about, and why you shouldn't sleep on a hop pillow for too long. We also drink through five of the Beer For beers while attempting to lure a new sponsor, removing the squeaking from televised basketball, and putting our whole mouths under the butter dispenser. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dave Bleitner Interview (00:09:39 - 00:41:46)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beer For Hoops (Cream Ale w/ peach puree and vanilla beans)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beer For Movies (Popcorn Kolsch-Style Beer)</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Beer For Lounging (American Pale Ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beer For Bathtubs (Belgian-Style Wit w/ citrus, flowers, spices, and epsom salt)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beer For Bowling (English-Style Session Ale brewed w/ wood)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 415 - Keeping 2gether</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2022 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A sequel to</span> <a href= "http://www.abvchicago.com/episode-388-keeping-together/"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> one of our favorite shows of 2021</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">might seem rushed, but Keeping Together's time in Chicago is limited. For this one, we drink five more of Averie Swanson's artful creations in an exercise that honestly feels shamelessly self-indulgent due to how good the beers are. Also, we speculate on a provolone problem, conjure up some Joey Pants, do a sitcom t-shirt reveal, and feel inspired to don windbreakers. Expect a very early contender for beer of the year that we never saw coming. Who says the sequel can't be better than the original??</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dreaming of a Common Language (Dry-hopped saison w/ Hallertau Tradition, Tettnanger, and Saaz hops)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Everything Glistened and Sparkled (Saison w/ roasted rhubarb, angelica root, and honey)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Earth Is What We All Have In Common (Bière de Garde w/ roasted chestnuts, dried oranges, and rosemary)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Make Art Not Content (Saison w/ coffee, sage, peach leaves, and honey)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Undulant & Impermanent (Barrel-aged saison w/ maple-roasted carrots and spent Fernet botanicals)</span></p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A sequel to <a href= "http://www.abvchicago.com/episode-388-keeping-together/"> one of our favorite shows of 2021</a> might seem rushed, but Keeping Together's time in Chicago is limited. For this one, we drink five more of Averie Swanson's artful creations in an exercise that honestly feels shamelessly self-indulgent due to how good the beers are. Also, we speculate on a provolone problem, conjure up some Joey Pants, do a sitcom t-shirt reveal, and feel inspired to don windbreakers. Expect a very early contender for beer of the year that we never saw coming. Who says the sequel can't be better than the original??</p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>Dreaming of a Common Language (Dry-hopped saison w/ Hallertau Tradition, Tettnanger, and Saaz hops)</p> <p>Everything Glistened and Sparkled (Saison w/ roasted rhubarb, angelica root, and honey)</p> <p>The Earth Is What We All Have In Common (Bière de Garde w/ roasted chestnuts, dried oranges, and rosemary)</p> <p>Make Art Not Content (Saison w/ coffee, sage, peach leaves, and honey)</p> <p>Undulant & Impermanent (Barrel-aged saison w/ maple-roasted carrots and spent Fernet botanicals)</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Episode 414 - Non-Alcoholic Adventure</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2022 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Though our very existence denies it, we love the idea of Dry January - a time when people can re-evaluate their habits around beer and explore more sober and healthy options. But we never really intended on doing this show - not until Ryan got Covid. So to keep this weekly show going amidst that diagnosis, we explore how non-alcoholic beers have come to mimic craft styles much more than they did half a decade ago. Also, Craig needs help with a t-shirt resolution, Ryan's just grateful he can still smell and taste things, and we find the perfect names for a few yet-to-be-founded NA breweries. Plus we still manage to talk about lactose a bunch.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Big Drop Brewing Co. - Pine Trail Pale Ale</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">WellBeing Brewing - Hellraiser Dark Amber</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Athletic Brewing Company - Free Wave Hazy IPA</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bravus Brewing Company - Oatmeal Dark</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Untitled Art - S'mores Dark Brew</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 413 - Cold IPAs</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2022 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Cold IPA itself is an oxymoron. So is it a hopped-up lager, or a lagered-down IPA? Or is it neither? We speak with Doug Veliky, CFO of Revolution Brewing and industry trend-spotter, about why the Cold IPA could be a legitimate trend, and what could keep it stuck in fermentation. Then we examine the style further by drinking through five local examples, hoping to create our own frame of reference. Additionally, Craig has a new workout plan for 2022, Ryan's creating the Slow Pour Cold IPA at-home device, and we class it up by talking about all the best smells in craft beer. Let's have a cold one together, shall we?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Doug Veliky interview (00:06:03 - 00:35:45)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Revolution Brewing - Subz-Hero (Cold IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Phase Three Brewing - Cold Pixel (IPL)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Riverlands Brewing Company - Cold Synergy (Cold IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Maplewood Brewing Company - Cold Chisel (Cold IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alarmist Brewing - Woodland Chill (Cold IPA)</span></p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Cold IPA itself is an oxymoron. So is it a hopped-up lager, or a lagered-down IPA? Or is it neither? We speak with Doug Veliky, CFO of Revolution Brewing and industry trend-spotter, about why the Cold IPA could be a legitimate trend, and what could keep it stuck in fermentation. Then we examine the style further by drinking through five local examples, hoping to create our own frame of reference. Additionally, Craig has a new workout plan for 2022, Ryan's creating the Slow Pour Cold IPA at-home device, and we class it up by talking about all the best smells in craft beer. Let's have a cold one together, shall we?</p> <p>Doug Veliky interview (00:06:03 - 00:35:45)</p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>Revolution Brewing - Subz-Hero (Cold IPA)</p> <p>Phase Three Brewing - Cold Pixel (IPL)</p> <p>Riverlands Brewing Company - Cold Synergy (Cold IPA)</p> <p>Maplewood Brewing Company - Cold Chisel (Cold IPA)</p> <p>Alarmist Brewing - Woodland Chill (Cold IPA)</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Episode 412 - Double Barrel Blast</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2021 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As if barrel-aging alone wasn't enough, breweries these days are taking beers that have already experienced an extended oak rest and dumping them into another barrel to age even further. We sample five beers that result from this process (or something similar) to see if all that patience pays off in the end. This final installment of Barrel-Aged December features two legit top ten candidates for beers of the year, and we attempt to extend our merchandising output. And as if two barrels for every beer wasn't enough, Ryan has brought the extra heat for this one: two Craigs. Get ready for the Craigboard. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Off Color Brewing/Metropolitan Brewing - Avec Le Guillotine (Blend of doppelbock, calvados foedre-aged Flemish-style with apples, and American Wild Ale aged in wine barrels with Cabernet Franc grape must; all refermented with cherries and aged in bourbon barrels and Pomegranate Fox Wild Ale barrels)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Church Street Brewing Company - Double Barrel Doppelbock (Doppelbock aged in bourbon and port barrels for 2 years)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Brink Brewing Co./Nine Giant Brewing - Double Bourbon Barrel-Aged Loose String (Barleywine aged in rye and bourbon barrels)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Private Press Brewing - Electric Roads (Double Barrel-Aged Barleywine)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mikerphone Brewing - Double Barrel-Aged Super Imperial Smells Like Bean Spirit (Imperial Breakfast Stout w/ maple syrup and coffee, aged in Heaven Hill rye barrels and Smoke Wagon rye barrels)</span></p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As if barrel-aging alone wasn't enough, breweries these days are taking beers that have already experienced an extended oak rest and dumping them into another barrel to age even further. We sample five beers that result from this process (or something similar) to see if all that patience pays off in the end. This final installment of Barrel-Aged December features two legit top ten candidates for beers of the year, and we attempt to extend our merchandising output. And as if two barrels for every beer wasn't enough, Ryan has brought the extra heat for this one: two Craigs. Get ready for the Craigboard. </p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>Off Color Brewing/Metropolitan Brewing - Avec Le Guillotine (Blend of doppelbock, calvados foedre-aged Flemish-style with apples, and American Wild Ale aged in wine barrels with Cabernet Franc grape must; all refermented with cherries and aged in bourbon barrels and Pomegranate Fox Wild Ale barrels)</p> <p>Church Street Brewing Company - Double Barrel Doppelbock (Doppelbock aged in bourbon and port barrels for 2 years)</p> <p>Brink Brewing Co./Nine Giant Brewing - Double Bourbon Barrel-Aged Loose String (Barleywine aged in rye and bourbon barrels)</p> <p>Private Press Brewing - Electric Roads (Double Barrel-Aged Barleywine)</p> <p>Mikerphone Brewing - Double Barrel-Aged Super Imperial Smells Like Bean Spirit (Imperial Breakfast Stout w/ maple syrup and coffee, aged in Heaven Hill rye barrels and Smoke Wagon rye barrels)</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Episode 411 - Faces of Deth</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2021 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is Deep Wood Stout Edition 2021 for our fourth Barrel-Aged December episode, as we drink through the five Revolution stouts in their fall/winter specialty release series. Each year, this lineup finds a new way to step forward - and there's one beer in particular here that surprisingly leaps to the top of our lists. Also, Ryan confronts Craig about the Hair Bag Incident, Craig keeps insisting on entering the chat, Ryan's High Life vertical is f*cked, and we just sort of have a love fest about Revolution's output in 2021. Stay tuned for the drunkest rankings of the year.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Deth's Tar (Barrel-Aged Imperial Oatmeal Stout)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Café Deth (Barrel-Aged Imperial Oatmeal Stout w/ coffee)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Deth by Raspberries (Imperial Stout aged in bourbon barrels w/ raspberries)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Vanilla Deth (Imperial Stout aged in bourbon barrels w/ vanilla)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dark Mode (Imperial Milk Stout aged in bourbon barrels)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 410 - Barrel-Aged Saisons</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2021 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">An oasis in a month of enormous beers, this episode resets our palates to ready us for the remainder of Barrel-Aged December. But that's not to say that saisons don't have quite a few tricks up their sleeves, like the five on this show certainly do. We also are introduced to Milwaukee's Supermoon Beer Company, and Craig grabbed an interview with co-founder Rob Brennan. Additionally, we have surprising strolls through the mall, and Craig tells you where he'll take his glitter. #DrinkSaisons</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Supermoon Beer Company - There Is A Plot (Gin Barrel Blended Saison)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Keeping Together - It Was Like A Holiday (Barrel-aged Saison w/ toasted coconut, lemon, orange, and honey)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Werk Force Brewing Company - Barrel-Aged Farmhouse Vultures (Saison w/ blackberries and raspberries aged Cabernet Sauvignon barrels)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Zero Gravity Craft Brewery - Après Vous (Gin Barrel-Aged Saison)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lawson's Finest Liquids - Saison Aged in Barr Hill Tom Cat Gin Barrels</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 409 - FoBAB 2021 Winners</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">No matter what your strategy is at the fest, it's almost impossible to avoid FoBAB FOMO. We were lucky to attend the 19th edition of FoBAB, but we also felt like we missed out on trying some of the exciting medal winners -</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">until now.</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">For our second Barrel-Aged December show, there are five medal winners from 2021 across various styles on this episode that confirm, hey, yeah, maybe the judges know what they're doing. We also brainstorm some local beer gift box ideas, find Craig roaming the island of misfit candy, and audition to #FineTuneFoBAB.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Hopewell Brewing Co. - Arrow of Time [Blend 002] (Oak-aged Wild Ale) -</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Silver in Wild Mixed Culture Beer (Acidic) Sours</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Black Horizon Brewing Co. - Gin Barrel-Aged Stand and Deliver (Gin Barrel-Aged Golden Strong Ale) -</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bronze in Other Pale Beer</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Milwaukee Brewing Company - Barrel-Aged Barleywine -</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Bronze in Barleywine/Wheatwine</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Short Fuse Brewing Company - Bourbon Barrel-Aged Precious Little Treats (Imperial Stout aged in bourbon barrels w/ vanilla beans) -</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Silver in Specialty Strong Porter/Stout</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Werk Force Brewing Company - Double Barrel Sleepy Bear (Double Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout w/ milk sugar, cacao nibs, and vanilla)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 408 - Half Acre Benthic 2021</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rising from the depths of an obsidian sea to bring about an experience both conceptual and elemental that bends past the traditional, or something: Benthic 2021. To kick off Barrel-Aged December</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">NFT</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">we wade through the cosmic gumbo for this show on Half Acre's big adjunct stout release for 2021. Five variants of the barrel-aged coconut stout are up for review and lead us to the 4PM Shedd Aquarium tour where things get a bit raunchy. Also, we talk about the podcast we would've started at age 15, a Craig soundboard for prank calls, and the symptoms of Fish Can Influence. Ready your decks and watch your hit points, folks.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Benthic (Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout w/ coconut and coffee)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">XTRA DUBL Benthic (Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout w/ 3x toasted coconut and 2x coffee)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Vanilla Benthic (Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout w/ coconut and vanilla)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rum Coconut Benthic (Rum and Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout w/ coconut)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Vampira Benthic (Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout w/ coffee and coconut aged 10-22 months)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 407 - The Cincinnati Show</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2021 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We take on five beers from the great city of Cincinnati for this episode, courtesy of listener Andrew who picked out an exceptionally fun variety of styles and odd ingredients. It's not every week we get beers with juniper berries, paw paw, and tayberries. Also, we discuss a tweet about which famous old people could identify Mario; we talk about some of our favorite signature fonts; and we have the majesty of dolphins ruined for us forever. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Streetside Brewery - Return of the Mac (Coffee blond w/ caramel creme coffee and vanilla)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rhinegeist Brewery - Infinite Dawn (Sour blonde ale aged in an oak foeder)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rebel Mettle - Volume (Schwarzbier with juniper berries)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Urban Artifact - Dilophosaurus (Barrel-aged wild ale w/ paw paw)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fibonacci Brewing Company - Ploidy (Imperial oatmeal stout w/ tayberries)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 406 - Cruz Blanca Luchadors 2021</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2021 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Add a 2021 FoBAB Gold Medal to the many reasons why Cruz Blanca's seasonal barrel-aged beer release is not to be missed, but you hopefully already knew that anyways. For this one, we chat with head brewer Jacob Sembrano before opening up all eight of these grapplers in the Luchador series. Jacob talks with us about growing Cruz beyond just a brewpub, what makes something a "Cruz beer," and some of the surprising flavor inspirations behind this year's Luchadors. Then we drink 'em all up, and it's a wild ride, y'all. Also, Craig has a hard time enjoying the aquarium, and Ryan just wants to talk about candles. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Escorpión (Imperial prickly pear and dragon fruit ale aged in Cabernet red wine and Barbados rum barrels)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Barbarosa (Imperial black and red raspberry ale aged in Heaven Hill bourbon and Cabernet red wine barrels)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Maravilla (Imperial blonde ale aged in Barbados rum and Woody Creek rye whiskey barrels with Mexican vanilla)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Coco Fantasma (Imperial blonde ale aged in Barbados rum and Woody Creek rye whiskey barrels with chocolate, coconut, and almond)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Carmelita Suave (Imperial stout aged in Barbados rum barrels with Metric coffee and dulce de leche)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Señor Bandito (Imperial stout aged in Woody Creek rye whiskey barrels with black, Morello, and Luxardo cherries, Mexican cassia bark, and Ceylon cinnamon)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rey Gordo (Imperial stout aged in Heaven Hill bourbon barrels)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rey Cuvée (2018 + 2019 + 2020 Rey Gordo blended and double barrel-aged in Woodford Reserve barrels)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 405 - Barreled Souls</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2021 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We're finally caught up on Craig's summer Northeast trip which took him to Barreled Souls, who do 100% oak-fermented beers out of their Maine location. The flavors are big and bold, and some work much better for us than others. But the standouts are incredible, and we're even getting some slushie vibes. Also, Craig considers his scent, Ryan runs down all the different sub-styles of soup beers, and we hold a community Fluff event. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Space Gose (Gose w/ coriander, Maine sea salt, and lemon zest)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Speakeasy Red Sangria (Red wine barrel-aged gose w/ Concord grape, cranberry, orange, currant, & lemon)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">8x Magnification (Quadruple IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Crazy Squares 2.0 (Barleywine w/ Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Woodford Bourbon Stay Puft (Imperial stout w/ marshmallow fluff aged in Woodford bourbon barrels)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 404 - Bourbon County 2021</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2021 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It's the episode where we drink all the Bourbon County beers being released on Black Friday this year, and give you our honest reactions to this eight-bottle lineup. Whatever we say probably won't influence your purchasing decisions whatsoever, but we had fun and got drunk while doing it. Honestly, we try to run our podcast with a set of principles as there's a drive into deep left field by Castellanos and that'll be a homerun. And so that'll make it a 4-0 ballgame.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bourbon County Brand Stout 2021</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bourbon County Reserve 150 Stout</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bourbon County Reserve Blanton's Stout</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bourbon County Cherry Wood Stout</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bourbon County Double Barrel Toasted Barrel Stout (BCDBTBS)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bourbon County Classic Cola Stout</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bourbon County Fourteen Stout</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Proprietor's Stout 2021</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 403 - Torture Test V: Crypt Fever</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2021 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In another tale of the macabre (beers), our palates are attacked and our bodies shake with that unmistakable burn: it can only be Crypt Fever! We once again try to outdo one another by picking beers we think are going to be revolting for a blind test of our tolerance for bad - and most of these drinks fit the horrible bill. We also envision the Skoilet, smell some sockfruit, invent Flushtones™, and discuss why hard seltzers are the future of the Torture Test. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Administered</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Bruery Terreux - Frucht: Cucumber (Sour Berliner Weiss w/ cucumbers)</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Hoppin' Frog Brewery - Verrückter Brauer (Strong Lager)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abita Brewing Company - Strawberry Lager</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Shipyard Brewing Company - Pumpkin Head Hard Seltzer</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">5 Rabbit Cervecería - ChocFruit Piña (Stout w/ pineapple, from 2016)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Forbidden Root - Money on My Rind (Wheat beer w/ juniper and grapefruit, from 2016?)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 402 - The SD Show</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For the 28th installment of our State Show series, our friend Don Kasak brought us back a nice (IPA-less) lineup from South Dakota. We have five different beers from five different breweries, although one host's personal curse seems hellbent on lowering that number. But in addition to these enjoyable brews, we construct five different nostalgia/pop culture-based Mount Rushmores of our own, which leads to discussions around cereal mascots, Seinfeld NPCs, classic WWF wrestlers, Saturday morning cartoons, and 90s bassists. We also find new ways to describe "yellow," dream of our favorite highly dangerous vehicles, and piledrive our friends. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Remedy Brewing Company [Sioux Falls, SD] - MarketBrew (Hoppy wheat ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sawyer Brewing Co. [Spearfish, SD] - Blood Orange Blond Ale</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Obscure Brewing Co. [Sioux Falls, SD] - SoDa Kölsch</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Eponymous Brewing Company [Brookings, SD] - Blueberry Indiglow (Barrel-aged sour w/ blueberries)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A Homestead Brew [Valley Springs, SD] - Blood Run Belgian Dubbel</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 401 - Duneyrr/Moderne Dune</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With Duneyrr Artisan Fermenta Project, Tyler Davis wants to explore the ways wine and beer fermentation can cross over into styles that defy traditional categorization. And with Moderne Dune, he is using newer ingredients and techniques with IPAs and lagers in thoughtful and artful ways. We talk with Tyler about his many projects and upcoming taproom, the origins of Duneyrr, his brewing history, choosing quality over locality when it matters, and how deep into the world of wine he's looking to venture. Then we drink five beers - two from Moderne Dune and three from Duneyrr - to better appreciate his vision and see how our beer-centric tastes react to his wine hybrids. We also threaten to kill the Cold IPA, Craig goes all Whitman on us, and Ryan's getting rich off those NFTs. Can we be franc?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Moderne Dune - River Yacht (Cold IPA w/ Mosaic, Meridian, and Motueka)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Moderne Dune - Invited Concept (DDH Lager w/ Loral and Citra)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Duneyrr Artisan Fermenta Project - Freya Franc (Sour Hybrid w/ strawberries and Cabernet Franc grape must)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Duneyrr Artisan Fermenta Project - Sauvÿn Blanc (Sour Hybrid w/ passion fruit, Sauvignon Blanc grape must)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Duneyrr Artisan Fermenta Project - Hazy Et Blanc! (Double IPA w/ Sauvignon Blanc grape juice, Phantasm, Citra, Hallertau Blanc, and Nelson Sauvin)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 400 - Barrel-Aged Chicago Stouts</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2021 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To recognize the improbable 400th episode of this show, we take it all the way back to the beginning - with a little added age. We revisit the same five local breweries from "Episode 1 - Chicago Stouts" - but this time, there are barrels involved. We take stock of all that has changed along the way and share a few memories from listeners. But there's also our Top 3 arcade cabinets, shameless Trader Joe's plugs, some babka truths, stout luge races, and a little old-fashioned Ryan rage over unwieldy beer prices. I'd buy that for a dollar. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Spiteful Brewing - Barrel-Aged Hostile Harry - Cinnamon Bun 2020 (Russian Imperial Stout w/ cinnamon and vanilla aged in Weller barrels)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Solemn Oath Brewery - Nourri Au Pistache (Imperial Milk Stout w/ vanilla and pistachio aged in bourbon barrels)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Half Acre Beer Company - Double Barrel Catch Hell (Imperial Stout w/ Vietnamese cinnamon and vanilla, aged in Four Roses Small Batch and Four Roses Single Barrel Select barrels)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pipeworks Brewing Company - Phantom Unicorn (Barrel-aged Imperial Stout w/ cacao nibs, vanilla, and lactose)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hubbard's Cave - Barrel-Aged Bananas Foster Imperial Stout 2021 (Barrel-aged Imperial Stout w/ cinnamon, maple, vanilla and banana)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 399 - IL GABF Winners 2021</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2021 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In a record year at the Great American Beer Festival, Illinois breweries captured 16 medals across a wide variety of styles. We ran all over Chicagoland to assemble six of the medal winning beers to sample while sharing a pretty comprehensive history of Illinois beers at GABF in the 21st century. Also, we pitch some ideas for Extreme Bingo, play a game of Stumptappd about beers with depressing movie names, and get stuck between a glitter bomb and a jamband. More lactose categories next year, please.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alarmist Brewing - Midwest Royalty (Bronze Medal in American-Style Lager)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pollyanna Brewing Co. - Party Penguin (Bronze Medal in Other Strong Beer)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">DESTIHL Brewery - DeadHead IPA Series: Haze of the Dead (Bronze Medal in Juicy or Hazy Imperial India Pale Ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Old Irving Brewing Co. - Della (Silver Medal in German-Style Koelsch)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Short Fuse Brewing Co. - Tropical Hurt Locker (Silver Medal in Fruited American Sour Ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Will County Brewing Co. - Bamm Bamm Loves Pebbles (Gold Medal in Fruit Wheat Beer)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For the complete spreadsheet of Illinois' GABF Medal History,</span> <a href= "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16ul7kMtGhsmS3BScxvht6b26Ba48E4AySNuHWP09mD0/edit?usp=sharing"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">click here</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 398 - The VT Show</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2021 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">From the rolling green hills of Vermont, we have five beers that span the state for our 27th installment in our State Show series. All five breweries included are new to the show with a wide variety of styles, and at least one beer elicits the strangest divergent reactions we've had in quite some time. Also, Ryan is living through an unwritten Seinfeld episode, Craig is disappointed by the lack of moose, and we both fixate on parts of songs we had never noticed before. You're going to have to speak a little louder - I had a Crunchwrap</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">®</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">today.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">von Trapp Brewing [Stowe, VT] - Vienna Style Lager</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Collaborative Brewing [Waitsfield, VT] - Salute Your Schwarz (Schwarzbier)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">River Roost Brewery [White River Junction, VT] - Neon Burning Bright (Mixed-culture saison aged in gin barrels w/ ginger, lime, and Cara Cara oranges)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Foam Brewers [Burlington, VT] - Galaxie 500 (Double IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hermit Thrush Brewery [Brattleboro, VT] - Rowdy Monk (Mixed-culture quadrupel aged in red wine and scotch barrels)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 397 - Grocery Store IPAs</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This week, we're perusing the aisles of three of the most popular grocery store chains who contract brew their own IPAs so they can sell them at a steep discount, all to determine if it's okay to skip your trip to Beer on the Wall every now and then. (It's not.) We have some, uh, spirited reviews of the IPAs made by Costco, Aldi, and Trader Joe's, with one nearly-redeeming surprise. Also, we welcome a live studio audience to the show for the first time, petition to take over the Challenge Butter Twitter account, and make people a little h*rny for soup beers. A true adventure awaits.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Costco: Kirkland Signature (Hopfen Und Malz/Gordon Biersch) - Citra Hop Session IPA</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Aldi: State of Brewing (Octopi Brewing) - Hopping Nomad Session IPA</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Aldi: State of Brewing (Octopi Brewing) - Hazy IPA</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Trader Joe's: Farm Island Brewing (Peak Organic) - Organic IPA</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Trader Joe's: Rhinelander Brewing Company - Boatswain Double IPA</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 396 - Allagash Brewing Company</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We've long been spoiled to have Allagash beers in the Chicagoland market, considering they still only distribute to about a third of the country, if that. But this show celebrates the brewery differently, with five brewery-only beers from Craig's recent travels to Portland, Maine. And yes, even when they're getting experimental, Allagash is as adept at balancing complexity with drinkability unlike few other brewers in the world. This lovefest also features a sentient (and inspiring) Gushy, for the love of B-sides albums, buddy cop films with two talking dogs, and some irate Pokemon fans. Branch beer, branch beer!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">From Maine, With Love #04 (Saison with Lemon Verbena)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">From Maine, With Love #05 (Tart Pale Ale with Juniper and Sea Salt)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">From Maine, With Love #06 (Belgian Lager)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">From Maine, With Love #07 (Pale Ale with Lemon and Sea Salt)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Coolship Cerise Estate (Spontaneous ale w/ cherries)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 395 - Portland, ME</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In a state where there's a brewery for about every 8,000 people, Portland is the ultimate beer-lovers' destination in picturesque Maine. Craig's travels bring us five unique and winning beers from five different Portland, Maine breweries. The beers are as charming as the coastal town that bore them, which leads to a little strokin' of Craig's ego. Also, we keep those cans a-rolling; Craig feels old thanks to promotional 90s nights; Ryan is a little worried about the sea water; and we're getting stupid with lactose. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rising Tide Brewing Company - Pisces (Gose)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Definitive Brewing Company - Radiant Days: Mandarin Orange, Raspberry, and Marshmallow (Fruited Sour)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Liquid Riot Bottling Co. - Blushing Star (Barrel-aged pilsner w/ Brettanomyces and Maine white peaches)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Battery Steele Brewing - Abstract Object (Coffee milk stout)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Belleflower Brewing Co. - Barn Hex: Mosaic, Strata, El Dorado (Double NEIPA)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 394 - The Alchemist</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2021 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Stowed away in Northern Vermont, The Alchemist has been a world-renowned brewery for almost two decades thanks to its tremendously popular and influential Heady Topper. Craig's recent travels to the area secured us that precious Heady along with four more beers of substantial quality that have us dreaming of green mountains. Also, Ryan resurrects the soundboard, Craig's missed opportunity lets us all down, and we reach a decisive conclusion to the "drink from the can" debate. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Zomerbier (Summer saison)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sterk Wit (Belgian-style imperial wit)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Skadoosh: Crystal (IPA)</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Crusher (Double IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Heady Topper (Double IPA)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 393 - Oxford Comma Stouts</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2021 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you're going to toss the whole pastry shelf into your stout, we better see some proper punctuation. For this episode, we've gathered five stouts that are on a three-adjunct minimum, and we sacrifice our daily calorie count by bringing you our arbitrary reviews. We also consider T-shirts for songs, recommend three flavors for that White Sox waffle cone, conclude our eight year journey of finding a better name for the podcast, pan for cookie dough, smile at bubbles, and bristle at your bold breakfast self-invitation.</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">You hear that, Doink?</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hop Butcher for the World - Mobula (Imperial stout with chocolate, coconut, and almonds)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">More Brewing Company - Arketype: Almond Fudge Macaroon (Imperial stout with almond, cocoa nibs, and coconut)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Prairie Artisan Ales & The Open Bottle - You Gotta Horchata (Imperial milk stout with cinnamon, vanilla, and sugar)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hitchhiker Brewing Company - Point of Confusion (White stout with oats, coffee, cacao nibs, maple syrup, and hazelnut)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cinderlands Beer Co. - Pastry Badge (Imperial milk stout with mint chocolate cookies, vanilla beans, and milk sugar)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 392 - Haze Suburbia</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2021 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On some episodes, we just wanna act stupid and have some fun, so for this one we're doing an all suburban, all haze, all blind show to prove that we don't give a sh*t about tomorrow. Will these five hazy Double IPAs help break Ryan free from his Low Haze Enthusiasm? Will either host hit a respectable average in guessing the blind lineup? How many friendships will be tested? Which White Castle is still squishing the ball? Listen to this tight 50 to hear that and why you</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">might as well papaya</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.™ </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed Blindly (in order of appearance)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Triptych Brewing - Batch 900</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mikerphone Brewing - Say Uhh! </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Phase Three Brewing/Roaring Table Brewing - Just Down the Road</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hidden Hand - Passioned Pastel</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">More Brewing - Elixir Fields</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 391 - Hot Rev Summer</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2021 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Revolution Brewing's mission is to dominate your whole calendar. They release one of the most coveted barrel-aged beers in the last few years as a surprise for the summer along with two returning favorites, but they also let you wash it all down with exquisite lighter-drinking beers like the pair from this episode. So we chatted with Rev's communications manager John Carruthers about these hot summer drops, the future of Rev's packaged offerings, his charitable pizza project and cookbook, and of course, the 90s X-Men Arcade game. Then we drink through a wildly incongruous lineup that has no business being evaluated on the same level, but we do what we know. There's also talk of souping-up Craig's Prius, Hall & Oates music videos, new lexicons for 40-year olds, and hope for VSOJ soft serve cones. Snap into a green bean!</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">John Carruthers Interview (00:07:52 - 00:45:52)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Riot (Bohemian Keller Pils)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pursuit of Freedom: Watermelon Mint (Session Sour)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Supermassive Café Deth (Barrel-aged Imperial Oatmeal Stout w/ Coffee)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Strawberry Jacket (Barrel-aged Barleywine w/ Strawberries)</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">V.S.O.J. (Barrel-aged Barleywine)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 390 - Quad Goals</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2021 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Belgian Quadrupel is a style one might associate with decades of Trappist-brewed tradition, when in actuality, it was first coined a style in 1991 in the Netherlands. History lesson aside, these strong dark Belgian-style ales have their American fanatics too, and we try to explore multiple facets of the style through this episode. Also, we talk about non-existent emojis, raw bread, a Sorting Habit, accidental chocolate hand, and Craig accidentally drinking syrup. Our pour discipline is poor on this one. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bierbrouwerij De Koningshoeven - La Trappe Quadrupel</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Spencer Brewery - Monks' Reserve Ale</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Une Année Brewery - Quad</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lo Rez Brewing - Rum Barrel-Aged Quad Core</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Old Irving Brewing Co. - Barrel-Aged As Time Goes By</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 389 - Pitt Stop</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2021 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Summer Craig's travels brought him to the Steel City of Pittsburgh to explore their vibrant beer scene and bring back five beers for the podcast. We have an unusual mix of styles from five different Pittsburgh breweries, but they impress in ways that make us want to wave our Terrible Towels. Also, Craig has a disorienting experience with the wrath of God at the amusement park, we honor the Warhol Museum Balloon Wrangler, bring Retchy into the fold for one particularly hungover host, and explain how our saggy beers support our pointy ales. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Old Thunder Brewing Company - Ordinary Stillage (English session ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Trace Brewing - Foeder Pils (Czech pilsner aged in an oak foeder)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cinderlands Beer Co. - Gregg (Blended saison)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Strange Roots Experimental Ales - Mortal Eidolon (Barrel-aged sour ale aged on grape must)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Grist House Craft Brewrey - Solar Submarine (Sour ale w/ tangerine, blood orange, chocolate, vanilla, milk sugar, and graham cracker)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 388 - Keeping Together</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Keeping Together, the saison-focused project from Averie Swanson, has brought world-class mixed culture farmhouse-style beers to Chicago - if even for all too short of a time. We catch up with Averie about the future of Keeping Together as its time in Chicago comes to a close, but we also talk with the Master Cicerone and former co-owner/head brewer at Jester King about her evolution as a brewer and business owner - and it feels like she's just getting started. Also, we extol the virtues of saison as a style, discuss the ups and downs of destination breweries, praise a few more local saison makers, explore the inspiration behind her beer names, and consider a few Chicago delicacies like Home Depot hot dogs and Chicago Handshakes. Then, there's a whole other segment where Craig and Ryan drink through five Keeping Together beers and just go on and on about how great they are, so you should listen to that too. We also talk about special occasion fonts, pastry saisons, and a new take-home edition of Gushy. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Interview with Averie Swanson (00:06:39 - 00:49:46)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At The Still Point of the Turning World (Saison made with buckwheat and rye)</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">We Are Not the Counter Culture (Saison brun)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">From the Outer Edge of Inner Space (Bitter saison with Galaxy hops and wildflower honey)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Grace of Maybe (Saison with peaches, vanilla, and lemongrass)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Preoccupied with Memory and Expectation (Saison with Japanese Red Shiso leaf, burnt honey, and dry-hopped with Sabro hops)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 387 - Necromancer Brewing</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2021 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The good folks at Necromancer Brewing in Pittsburgh want to bring dead beer styles back to life, learning from the past while also using modern techniques and ingredients to reinvigorate these long-dormant styles for a new audience. On the first day that their taproom opened, Craig happened to be in town and was lucky to chat with head brewer Lauren Hughes before buying up almost every can they had to offer. Lauren shares the journey that led to Necromancer's opening and the long-term vision of expansion, while articulating why these styles all deserve a second chance. Also, we consider a new take on BYO, sample the hot Jerrysauce, and open up our little bock book. Remember,</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">there's no resurrection in seltzer. </span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lauren Hughes Interview 00:08:36 - 00:25:45</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Square Dancing (Kentucky Common)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wildwood (Grisette)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Laissez-Faire (Witbier)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cold Feet (Cold IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Poker Face (Black IPA)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 386 - The LA Show</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2021 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In our 26th installment of our State Show Series, we get surprised with a box from listener Andrew F. and try to turn this admittedly New Orleans-heavy show into a loving exploration of Louisiana beer. Appropriately, the five beers are about as oddly different as they can be, and we have at least one thing we've never had in a beer before. Also, we revisit the events that must've led to Pitbull's performance at the 2018 Naperville Ribfest, try to put the baseball in New Orleans, fret over drinking a plastic baby, and hold down school in the weird fruit aisle.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Brieux Carré Brewing Company [New Orleans] - Teensy Pale Apparition (Grisette)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Miel Brewery & Taproom [New Orleans] - Flor De Jamaica (Gose w/ hibiscus, pink sea salt, and cinnamon)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rally Cap Brewing Company [Baton Rouge] - Wendy Peffercorn (White stout w/ coffee and vanilla)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Urban South Brewery [New Orleans]/Cruz Blanca Brewery - Desert Lights (Fruited sparkling ale w/ lemon, lime soda syrup, and prickly pear)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Zony Mash Beer Project [New Orleans] - King of Carrot Flowers (Fruited sour w/ mango, tangerine, carrot, and lactose)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 385 - Blind Kölsch</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2021 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Though the only true kölsch can be found in Cologne, Germany, the broad appeal of the style is an obvious draw for brewers and drinkers alike. We find six local examples of kölsch-style beers and sample them in a blind tasting, while trying unsuccessfully not to embarrass ourselves. We also share strange yet optimistic signs in a return to "normalcy," consider spicy cereals, discover raw bread, and create a bunch of new band names. Grab yourself six for the lazy river. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Sampled Blindly (in order)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Metropolitan Brewing - Krankshaft</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Maplewood Brewing Company/Goldfinger Brewing Company - Coaster King</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Half Acre Beer Company - Discus</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">middle brow beer co. - Yard Work</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dovetail Brewery - Kölsch</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Whiner Beer Co. - Curb Cutter</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 384 - Single Hop Butcher</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2021 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If only there was some relevant reason to do our first Hop Butcher show in a year...oh yeah! They released four single-hopped hazy beers! Well, there's that and the whole "purchasing the Half Acre Lincoln taproom to convert into their own space later this year" thing. We talk with our friend Jeremiah Zimmer from Hop Butcher for the World for a good while about the surprising taproom purchase, from what greased the wheels on the deal to what kinds of plans they have with a tentative late-October opening date. We also get real nerdy about hop acquisition, why different hop lots can make all the difference, and how the Suez Canal blockage is holding back a choice batch of hops. We also talk about how the Smashing Pumpkins collaboration came to be, and who those two handsome gentlemen might be welcoming you to the Hop Butcher taproom in the future. And that's not all, because the rest of the episode is dedicated to us tasting through four single-hop hazies while expanding on the 311 mythos that surrounds this show. (Welcome to our Mt. Rushmore, P-Nut.)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jeremiah Zimmer Interview (0:11:35 - 1:04:40)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beef Dipped (Simcoe-hopped Double IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Snorkel Squad (Citra-hopped IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lord Octopus (Mosaic-hopped Double IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Soul Head (Strata-hopped IPA)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 383 - Mikerphone Unplugged</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2021 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mikerphone has become notorious for being willing to toss anything edible (and usually sweet) into a beer, but they're not all style with no substance. For this episode, we tried to sample a more stripped-down version of Mikerphone, choosing five beers without much added (except for the occasional dry hop or barrel treatment). There are many delightful reminders that sometimes simple is better, but we also muck it up with a forced auction, the art of CD tracks, the seasons of Dexter*, a new future for Hellraiser, bad song parodies, and a game about MTV Unplugged in the 90s.</span> <a href= "http://www.abvchicago.com/episode-115-mikerphone-brewing/"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Welcome</span></a> <a href= "http://www.abvchicago.com/episode-128-mikerphone-remastered/"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to the</span></a> <a href= "http://www.abvchicago.com/episode-180-mikerphone-brewing-live/"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> five-timers</span></a> <a href= "http://www.abvchicago.com/episode-272-mikerphone-duets/"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> club</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Mikerphone!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jagged Little Pils (Dry-hopped pilsner)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Naked and Famous (Berliner Weisse)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Misty Mountain Hop (IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Barrel-Aged Flipped The Switch (Imperial Czech-Style Dark Lager aged in Smoke Wagon Bourbon Barrels)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Barrel-Aged Imperial Smells Like Birthday Suit Spirit (Imperial Stout aged in Heaven Hill Bourbon Barrels)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">*I was wrong about the Dexter.</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 382 - West Coast-Style Chicago</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2021 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Trends with IPAs come and go, but the West Coast-style IPA is foundational for what craft beer is today. So when a bunch of awesome local breweries set aside their hazy tendencies to deliver something more bitter and clear, we're ecstatic to drink through five of them. Also, we mount up for Michael McDonald, admire some Choice Cones©, and welcome the new steel drum player for the Smashing Pumpkins. We also roll out another round of Personal Preference, which leads to talk of boozy mayonnaise and Craig unsuccessfully crashing a Hood Internet show. We're getting throwback drunk on this one.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Phase Three Brewing - West Coast Pixel Density IPA</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Art History Brewing - Avenue of the Giants IPA</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Revolution Brewing Co. - DDH West Coast Hero DIPA</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hubbard's Cave - Clearly Hopsurd IPA</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Miskatonic Brewing Company - DDH Nelson Wizard DIPA</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 381 - The Collab Lab</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2021 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">More than just a mash paddle photoshoot for Instagram, these brewery collaborations focus on how their own pre-existing strong recipes can complement those of another. Enter the collab lab with us, as we taste through five inspired collaborations from local breweries, featuring a few medal winners to boot. Also, we pimp our windbreakers, break our lactose streak, imagine the limits of beer NFTs, and are just so done with</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">this</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">m</span><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">ask theatre.</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Set your windbreakers to yacht rock.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alarmist Brewing/Old Irving Brewing - Le Beez (Hazy IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Penrose Brewing Company/Noon Whistle Brewing - Gummy Boots (Hazy IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Is/Was Brewing/Hopewell Brewing Co. - If/When (Bière de Coupage/Saison)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Phase Three Brewing/Goose Island Beer Co. - If You're A Bird… (Imperial stout w/ panella, cocoa nibs, and coconut)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Goose Island Beer Co./Phase Three Brewing - ...I'm A Bird (Imperian stout w/ panella, cocoa nibs, and strawberry)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 380 - MoBAB</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Not to be confused with FoBAB (Festival of Wood and Barrel-Aged Beers) or MOBAB (Missouri's Board of Anime Bookstores), this episode simply promises</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">more</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">barrel-aged beers. Five dark beers with a few adjuncts and unique barrels thrown in, this lineup has more than one beer that'll be on our best of the year list. Also, we discuss a Zubaz incident, summon a Pacino moment, get frustrated again by Kid Craig, and call for more jiggly stouts. We're going to need moMoBAB. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bent Paddle Brewing Co. - Double Shot Double Black (Imperial black ale w/ coffee and vanilla, aged in bourbon barrels)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Third Space Brewing - Mystic Berry (Barrel-aged coffee imperial stout w/ blackberry, blueberry, and vanilla bean)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Werk Force Brewing Company - Bourbon Barrel-Aged Mint Chocolate Chip Sleepy Bear (Bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout w/ cacao nibs, vanilla, and mint)</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Half Acre Beer Co./The Veil Brewing Co. - Soak In Shadow (Imperial stout aged in apple brandy barrels w/ lactose)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Goose Island Beer Co. - Suffolk County Stout (Bourbon barrel-aged stout)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 379 - B-Sides</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2021 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This show is a tribute to when the b-side is even better than the a-side, as we drink through five beers that for random reasons didn't make the cut for recent episodes of the podcast. The styles and breweries are all over the place, which inspires us to dip into a slew of random topics like movies that should've been old SNES games, the best part of reading about the Columbian Exposition, and a whole game about b-side songs that upstage their a-sides. Grab your fancy hat and your absinthe dripper.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Conrad Seipp Brewing Co. - Columbia Bock</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Histrionic Brewlab - Tolvanera (Hazy IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tox Brewing Co. - Lily of the Valley Raspricot (Fruited sour w/ raspberry, apricot, lactose, and vanilla)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Delta Beer Lab - PTR.02 (Coconut chai stout)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Young Blood Beer Company - I'm Extraordinarily Humble (Milk stout w/ cinnamon, maple, and vanilla)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 378 - Madison Beers</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2021 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ticking off another Midwestern hotspot for beers, we try out five different beers from Madison, Wisconsin breweries this week. We drink as a badger does and uncover the surprisingly long and decorated histories of a few of these breweries, while we have a diverse lineup of tasty beers. Also, we jump on the video game-to-live action movie express, re-enact</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Fabulous Baker Boys</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, contrast our evolving personal style, and talk briefly about that time Elvis stopped a fight in Madison. We're all losers in a pun war. #TeamCream #BockSquad</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Giant Jones Brewing Company/The Lone Girl Brewing Company - Bière de Garde Ambrée</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Great Dane Pub & Brewing - John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt's Dunkel Doppel Hefeweizen Bock</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Vintage Brewing Company - Bock's O-Chocolates (Chocolate Doppelbock)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Next Door Brewing Company - Plumptuous (Scotch Ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Karben4 Brewing - Urge Tracker (Peanut Butter Cup Ice Cream Stout)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 377 - Baseball Beers</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2021 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In our minds, there's hardly a better combination than drinking beer and appreciating baseball - a pastime as wholesome as apple pie milkshake IPAs. So we step into the box, looking to square up five tasty beers from Midwestern breweries that certainly want you to think about baseball. We cram this one with baseball miscellany: Chicago food-themed uniforms, baseball and beer math, Hot Dog Summer, and baseball Stumptappd. Mercy!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Off Color Brewing - Beer for Ballgames (Cream ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Goose Island Beer Co. - White Sox Golden Ale</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Spiteful Brewing - Bleacher Bum (Blonde ale w/ peaches)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Noon Whistle Brewing - Gummiskey (Northeast India Pale Ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lion's Tail Brewing/Young Blood Beer Co. - Uecker On the Radio (Hazy Double IPA)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 376 - Young Blood Beer Company</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2021 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Looking to provide an "oasis for life and leisure," Madison, Wisconsin's Young Blood Beer Company had to bring the oasis to the people in their first year of operation. For this episode, Craig talks with co-founder Tom Dufek about rewriting business plans, adding a twist to every beer, and cultivating those dank and drippy vibes. We also drink through five cans of their beer while trying (and failing) to outdo their beer names with MadLibs. Plus, there's the threat of a lactose streak, a little W.C.W. love, and the mystery of the street burper.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Shower Bier (Helles Lager)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She's Fox Valley Rich (Buckwheat Saison w/ plum and cinnamon)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Boone's Farm Related Scar (Cherry Limeade Sour w/ cherry, key lime, and vanilla)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Templeton Ferrari the Third (Hazy IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Coffee Regular Silkshake (Cream Ale w/ coffee, milk sugar, and vanilla)</span></p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Looking to provide an "oasis for life and leisure," Madison, Wisconsin's Young Blood Beer Company had to bring the oasis to the people in their first year of operation. For this episode, Craig talks with co-founder Tom Dufek about rewriting business plans, adding a twist to every beer, and cultivating those dank and drippy vibes. We also drink through five cans of their beer while trying (and failing) to outdo their beer names with MadLibs. Plus, there's the threat of a lactose streak, a little W.C.W. love, and the mystery of the street burper.</p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>Shower Bier (Helles Lager)</p> <p>She's Fox Valley Rich (Buckwheat Saison w/ plum and cinnamon)</p> <p>Boone's Farm Related Scar (Cherry Limeade Sour w/ cherry, key lime, and vanilla)</p> <p>Templeton Ferrari the Third (Hazy IPA)</p> <p>Coffee Regular Silkshake (Cream Ale w/ coffee, milk sugar, and vanilla)</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Episode 375 - Fox River Five</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2021 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Head about 45 minutes west of Chicago, and you'll find a cluster of fresh craft beer options that are certainly destination-worthy. Ryan took a weekend to check out breweries in St. Charles and Geneva, and he brought back five different beers that'll have you planning a day trip. The background on these breweries is as fascinating as the beers are varied, and our rankings are about as different as they can be. Also, we talk for a while about chili dog-related issues, pull a Table the Label card, admire those beefy boys in Hobbs & Shaw, try to keep the over-fruited sour temps from dropping, and smash your label beers. (This episode is not paid for by the St. Charles and Geneva Tourism Bureau...but it'd be cool if it was.)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">93 Octane Brewery - Hugger Orange Whip (American Wheat Ale w/ orange, vanilla, lactose, and coriander)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Riverlands Brewing Company - Spring Rejuvenation (Maibock)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Penrose Brewing Company - Dryft (IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Art History Brewing - Fastenbier (Lenten Dark Smoked Lager)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">D and G Brewing Company/Obscurity Brewing and Craft Mead - The D.O.G. (Braggot Imperial Red Ale)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 374 - The CT Show</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2021 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In our triumphant return to our state series, we venture into the beers from the great state of Connecticut for our 25th installment. And we do so in a big way - with six beers of (mostly) very different styles that span all corners of the state. Thanks to Spenser for the help with the show - and for the small wooden...opening. We also talk about 10,000 hours of altbiers, the new maltwave, more plans for Craig's beer parody song career, skinfeel, ice cream challenges, and the Knight of the Mall. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Luppoleto [Windsor Locks] - Putting Down Roots (Altbier)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Counter Weight Brewing Co. [Hamden] - Headway IPA</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kent Falls Brewing Co. [Kent] - Ready to Drum (Barrel-aged saison w/ blueberries)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">New Park Brewing [West Hartford] - Blender: Raspberry (Berliner weisse w/ raspberry)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Transcend Beer Crafters [Southington] - 7 Layers of Sin (Imperial milk stout w/ cocoa, graham crackers, roasted peanuts, coconut, marshmallow, vanilla, and butterscotch)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fox Farm Brewery [Salem] - Avalonia: Blueberry (American wild ale w/ blueberry)</span></p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">From their first batch of beer released in 2015, Around the Bend has been committed to an unconventional take on traditional styles. The brewery's trajectory has also been anything but conventional, and we have founder Dan Schedler on to talk about the brewery's history and future. Dan also shares what led to his midlife career change, how they pivoted from a sudden facility closure, and why their ideas need to be reigned in from time-to-time. Additionally, we review five beers of divergent styles and have an odd night of aroma descriptors. Also, we assign an animal mascot to all the beer styles, listen to some Smooth Industrial music, tell tales of chicken butts, and pitch the tagline for our imagined Outdoor FoBAB. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rewind (Hefeweissbier)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Villainous (IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Control for Smilers (Hazy IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Proximal 2020 (English-style barleywine aged in rye whiskey/red wine barrels)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Eleusis (Barrel-aged imperial stout w/ vanilla, chocolate, habanero, and cinnamon)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 372 - Baltic Porters</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Despite the allure of warmer temperatures, we're not quite ready to be done with stout season. So we grab the next-closest seasonally appropriate alternative: baltic porters! In our latest episode in our Prestige Styles Series, these five beers challenge what we know about both porters and lagers, but they are no challenge to drink. We share some fractured history about the style, try to determine the best month for Baltic Porterfest, and designate the perfect animal mascot. Also, we imagine ice cream bars that match classic novels, praise the new era of home delivered beer, and play our new favorite game - 1987's Personal Preference. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dovetail Brewery - Baltic-Style Porter</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Empirical Brewery - Endothermic</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Haymarket Brewery & Taproom - Baltic Porter</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Third Space Brewing - Ice Bear</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Church Street Brewing Company/Illuminated Brew Works - Barrel-aged EGLé</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 371 - Back 2 The Barrel</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2021 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Finally ready to recover from Barrel-Aged December™, we assembled a star-studded sequel to last year's episode, bringing on five barrel-aged beers presented without additional adjuncts. The plethora of bourbon barrels and base beers make for some flavorful variations, and they leave us practically - and almost literally - floored. Also, we adjust to our new ISOs, discuss why Rev's collaboration choice was genius, consider Half Acre's barrel-aged beer plan, prepare for the inevitable stout slushie boom, and do a little fudge flirting. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Central Waters Brewing Company - XXIII (2-year Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Private Press Brewing - Life Is Round (Blended Bourbon Barrel-Aged Barleywine)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Half Acre Beer Company - Obsidian Throne (Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Revolution Brewing Company/Half Acre Beer Company - On & On: Part 1 (Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Rye Porter)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">More Brewing Company - Mehndi Special Reserve 2021 (Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout)</span></p>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2021 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It's always been exciting to drink Russian River - every bottle opened feels like an event, and it has felt that way for us for well over a decade. On this show we celebrate the brewery that changed the way we both drink beer. Though this episode seems to be about Pliny the Younger (and a lot of it is), the whole lineup is a marvelous progression. Also, we aim to bring back sticker books, open up the ABV Denver Fitness Club, get rolled for R.R., check the Midwestern forecast, and go on D.O.N.G. patrol. (Thanks to Mike R. for the assist!)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">STS Pils</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Happy Hops IPA</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Funky Foeder Cherry</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Intinction</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pliny the Younger</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 369 - Black IPAs</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2021 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Either through public demand or divine intervention, the Black IPA has made an unexpected comeback in 2021, and We. Are. Here. For. It. We snagged the first five Black IPAs we could to tap into the cultural zeitgeist, and Craig learns to stop worrying and love the style. We discuss why the style lost favor with the beer buying public, and speculate on where they may be going. Also, we consider which singers deserve their half birthdays recognized, nearly touch Dick Biondi with a roman candle, call breweries with our list of demands, seek the path to chocolate IPAs, and accidentally give someone the crinkle tingles. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Revolution Brewing - Jukebox Hero </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Stone Brewing - Sublimely Self-Righteous Black IPA</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bell's Brewery - Black Hearted Ale</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Phase Three Brewing - Mystic Infinity</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sew Hop'd Brewery - Blind Hem</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 368 - Local News</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2021 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tonight, we have the story of five breweries local to Chicagoland who opened amidst a global crisis, and the five beers that lifted the spirits of two weary beer reviewers. It's ABV Chicago with your Local News - new breweries and new beers with your old friends, Ryan and Craig. First, we open with a few surprising new buttons, then to one person's battle cry for ska; and later, a lactose-free label? You won't believe your ears. Then at 10, it's the new series: Jaws of Justice. All that after your number one source for arbitrary beer reviews recorded remotely from Chicago. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Art History Brewing - Gravitace (Czech-style Pale Lager)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Goldfinger Brewing Company - Vienna-Style Lager</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Histrionic Brewlab - After (FX) (Pale Ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Brothership Brewing - DDH Earth Go Hard (New England-Style DIPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Azadi Brewing Company - Kadak (Mumbai Chai Cutting Stout)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 367 - Bock to Basics</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The bitterly cold winter months call for rich and bready lagers, and the bock beer is ready to swaddle you in warming flavors. For this show, we try five very different bock beers that speak to the diversity of the style and contribute to the sudden inebriation of the hosts. We uncover the history of bocks while acknowledging the vast differences between substyles, but we can't resist driving the bock pun thing into the ground. Listen for Craig's surprising personality test, our two-decades late</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">XXX</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">movie review, the latest market advice on Beanie Babies, our VagueCast about</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The Crown</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, and the top three societal contributions of House of Pain. We also play a game of Stumptappd for bock beers. Whatever you do, please don't look bock in anger. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alarmist Brewing - Sebastian (Bock)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Great Central Brewing Company - Weizenbock</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Forbidden Root Brewing Company - Beanie Weather (Bock beer w/ orange & spices)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Maplewood Brewing Company - Silver Morning (Doppelbock)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pipeworks Brewing Company - Genuine Bock Beer</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 366 - OEC Brewing</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2021 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We've long sought out the strange and elusive beers of Connecticut's Ordinem Ecentrici Coctores - or OEC Brewing, informally - so we have a ritualistic orientation with six beers from their little secret society. There's a lot to love from this diverse lineup - not the least of which is that one of them comes in a</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">freaking blue bottle.</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Also, we explore our legal options in a trademark dispute, let the funk do the talking, and play two games about stock symbols and airport codes. For Asgard!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rosé de Pétanque (Blended sour w/ coriander, orange peel, and blueberry juice)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Coolship Lager Black (Czech-style black lager)</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Tempus (Blend of lagered and oak-aged young saison, 1 year-old lambic style ale, and 4 year-old saison aged in red & white wine barrels)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Aether (Dry-hopped sour ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">BiFrost (Nordic-inspired Cryogenic Double Pale Ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Phantasma (Sour porter aged in cabernet sauvignon, merlot, and marsala barrels)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 365 - Revolution: Straight to the Ryeway</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We send off this season's Deep Wood series by opening up some of their finest 'wines. Big on barrel variation, this lineup of barleywines and ryewines features a few of the best things Revolution has ever done with these styles - and our rankings diverge quite a bit. We speculate on the next Deep Wood lineup, fail at recreating Honey Nut Cheerios, zoom in on physical pictures, praise the "Rock N' Roll Racing" soundtrack, and discuss fonts for a solid ten minutes. (This episode was maximized for CDBass® Boost Power.)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Straight Jacket (Bourbon barrel-aged barleywine)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Honey Jacket (Bourbon and rye barrel-aged barleywine w/ honey)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mineshaft Gap (Cognac barrel-aged barleywine)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ryeway to Heaven (Bourbon and rye barrel-aged ryewine)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Apple Brandy Barrel Ryeway (Apple brandy barrel-aged ryewine)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 364 - 7 Year Surprise</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This year is our seventh as a podcast, and because we couldn't throw a party like we usually do, we're bringing the drunken fun inside your head holes. It's certainly a nostalgia fest at times here as we relive our epic anniversary parties at Beermiscuous, but we made this one more interesting by dropping off some blind local beers to our remote recording spaces. We have six entries, with each host contributing three heavily wrapped beers, and we enjoy hearing each other squirm over style and brewery guesses. We also discuss classic movies whose plots fall apart with modern technology, relive Ryan's favorite Christopher Cross memory, and reconsider Mosaic-based torture. Thanks for your support at any point over these seven years, and we can't wait to party with you again soon.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed Half-Blind (in order of appearance)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">BuckleDown Brewing - Hooligan Soup (English-style Mild Ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Roaring Table Brewing - Whirlycaster (Sour IPA w/ blackberry, raspberry, Meyer lemon, milk sugar, vanilla, and rose hips)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dutchbag Brew Co. - Somewhat Informal (Sour saison)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pipeworks Brewing Company - Emerald Grouper (Double IPA w/ honey)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hopewell Brewing Co. - Pub Culture (English-style porter)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ørkenoy - Oscar Orchard (Gruit w/ sweet gale, yarrow, elderflower, and huacatay)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 363 - Brown Ales</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Though it may not be considered all that popular, the brown ale is resilient. Craft brewers have been making them for decades, and even now it's more common to see a hyped-up brewery release a brown as a change-of-pace. To dig deeper into English and American Brown Ales, we drink a mix of five from near and far. Craig also turns this show into his own personal gameshow, putting Ryan to the test on five rounds of music trivia based on the history of the Billboard Hot 100. We discover that no one brown ale here tastes like the other, and that we can thank the California Raisins for N.W.A. Also, the hops get a spa day, the chocolate IPA comes closer to reality, and disaster nearly strikes when we put Mark McGrath and Mario Lopez in the same room. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Samuel Smith - Nut Brown Ale (English-style Brown Ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">AleSmith Brewing Company - Nut Brown ale (English-style Brown Ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bell's Brewery - Best Brown Ale (American-style Brown Ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Midwest Coast Brewing Co. - West Town Brown Ale (American-style Brown Ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hubbard's Cave - Janet's Brown Ale (Hoppy American Brown Ale)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 362 - Odious Cellars</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2021 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Starting a sour-focused brewery comes with a unique set of challenges, especially when you enter the market in the midst of a pandemic. But Odious Cellars founder and head brewer Reeve Joseph forged ahead, lucking upon the facility at Pilot Project to help accelerate his beer-school dreams of producing exquisite sour and mixed culture beers. We talk with Reeve about his circuitous journey into making beer, why he intends to "keep it niche," and how many of his beers are just fermented on GoGurt. (It's zero, sadly.) We also drink through five of Odious' first offerings while escaping the fate of mundane tasks, doing it old world style, pushing for incredibly specific 90s cover bands, and circumventing the sandwich ban. And Craig is going to teach you all how to do the Odious Twist. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Symbol of Avarice (Golden sour aged on peaches)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Secret History of All Things (Brett-fermented petite saison)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cryptomnesia (Violet sour w/ Cabernet Sauvignon grapes, orange zest, cinnamon, and mulling spices)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Physis Nomos (DDH Brett IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fact or Fiction (Golden sour w/ Ethiopian coffee beans, toasted cacao nibs, and vanilla)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 361 - Cellar West</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2021 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In a city called Lafayette, somewhat between Denver and Boulder, Zach Nichols runs his farmhouse-focused brewery, Cellar West Artisan Ales. In under five years, the brewery has won two GABF medals, moved to a new location, and expanded their operation, including a side-label focused on trendier styles. Zach was kind enough to send us five of his beers for review, and he joined us on the Zoom to tell the story of Cellar West. And believe us - we're ready for more saisons in 2021. There's also a near-impossible video game choice, font letter rankings, long boil excitement, a desired Chuck Tingle collab, and Tom Petty slam poetry. Remember: #TableTheLabel in 2021. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Grateful Sled (Christmas IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nightingale (Oat saison dry-hopped w/ Nelson Sauvin & Citra)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Westfield (Saison aged in oak barrels)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Make Hay (Strong saison aged in oak with Brettanomyces)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">S'more Stout (Imperial oatmeal stout w/ cacao nibs, vanilla beans, and graham flour)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 360 - Exciting! Barrel-Aged Stouts!</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2020 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We might as well send off 2020 on an upbeat note and just get wild with the ingredients, so we let it all hang out on this mixed five pack of barrel-aged variant stouts from local breweries. Each of these releases represents a fun little twist on its barrel-aged base, and we're going to need a new word for "adjunct." In addition to our reviews, we attempt to tune the GAS scale, share the history of the base beers, dream up new brandy flavors, make some fresh savory pastries, and watch as the Orange Knight rises. Get! Excited!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Werk Force Brewing Company - Bourbon Barrel-Aged Sleepy Beer</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Off Color Brewing - Double Barrel-Aged Dino S'mores</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Half Acre Beer Co. - Cherry Brandy Benthic</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Old Irving Brewing Co. - Barrel-Aged Champurrado Krampus</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">DESTIHL Brewery - Dosvidanya Orange Chocolate Rye</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 359 - Revolution: Deth Wish</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The imperial oatmeal stout at the heart of it all, Deth's Tar may have seemed like a fun little pun back when it first came out of barrels in the early part of the decade, but now it's clearly the centerpiece of the best barrel-aged series in the city. We enlist the help of Revolution's own barrel wizard Marty Scott to join us via Zoom to talk all about this year's lineup of Deths, as well as a wide array of reasons why Revolution is working harder than anyone to release the best barrel-aged beers in the city each year. The rest of the episode is us over-indulging in this incredible lineup while also providing OG services, creaming those beans, and testing each other on analogies. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Revolution Deep Wood Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Deth's Tar (Bourbon barrel-aged imperial oatmeal stout)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cafe Deth (Bourbon barrel-aged imperial oatmeal stout w/ Dark Matter coffee)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Maple Deth (Imperial oatmeal stout aged in maple syrup bourbon barrels w/ BBA maple syrup)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Deth by Cherries (Bourbon barrel-aged imperial oatmeal stout w/ cherries)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Double Barrel V.S.O.D. (Imperial oatmeal stout aged in Weller Special Reserve barrels then Weller 10 Year barrels)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 358 - Barrel-Aged Coffee Stouts</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Coffee was once the only adjunct a good stout needed, until recent years has brought the entire pastry case with it. So finding five barrel-aged stouts with just coffee added was a bit of a challenge - but it's a welcome reminder that sometimes all you need is coffee. (And love? Probably love, too.) These five locally-made coffee stouts saw a small variety of different barrels, and the elevated ABV has us hacky-sacking beer cans around the room in no time. We also assemble our team of experts to compete with the Distillery Channel, survey the absolute not normal-ness of 4 Floyds, get a late start on Beanvember, and learn a lot about the man they call Ludacris. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Half Day Brewing - Barrel-Aged Warrior Paint Imperial Coffee Stout (coffee beans from Newport Coffee House)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lake Effect Brewing - Perkolator: Madeira Barrel-Aged (coffee beans from Perkolator)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Transient Artisan Ales - Blanton's Barrel-Aged Neckbeard Nectar (coffee beans from Tugboat)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lil Beaver Brewery - Adventures Ahead: Coffee (coffee beans from Sirius Roasters)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Revolution Brewing Company - Supermassive Cafe Deth (coffee beans from Dark Matter)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 357 - FoBAB 2020 Winners</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Barrel-aged December is now officially underway, and we're delighted to crack open four medal-winning Illinois beers from this year's Festival of Wood and Barrel Aged Beers. Appropriately enough, the barrels are the star of the show, as these four very different styles are presented without additional adjuncts - just wood-made magic. Also, we have our friend Aaron Keefner from More Brewing stop by the Zoom to talk about the beer entry fee he paid to be our first remote guest, but actually he talks mostly about what's new with More, their barrel-aging program, and their recent move into distribution. We also share our pitches for 90s-themed jukebox musicals, have a pretty weird night in the barn, dare brewers to make a barrel-aged hefeweizen, and determine what's a sipper and who's a gulper. Brace yourself for six feet of tube candy.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Imperial Oak Brewing - Savage Oak Gold (Belgian-style Sour Golden Ale)</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Silver Medal: Wild Beer Sours (Acidic)</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Urban Brew Labs - Abba G.O.A.T. (Apple Brandy Barrel-aged Doppelbock)</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Bronze Medal: Dark Strong Beer</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Horse Thief Hollow - Wrenly Rose (Belgian-style Tripel aged in Pinot Noir barrels)</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Gold Medal: Strong Pale Beer</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">More Brewing Company - Mehndi 2020 (Bourbon Barrel-aged Imperial Stout)</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Silver Medal: Strong Porter/Stout</span></em></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 356 - Sweet Treats</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If there's ever been a month for careless indulgence, it would be December of 2020, so we're going full-on dessert and pastry beer for this episode. These five entries have us nostalgic for vacation ice cream shoppes, cozy breakfast diners, and gourmet popcorn stores - despite some initial fears. Also, we are stocking our rage rooms, admiring the Sacred Leavings, sniffin' stuff at Whole Foods (again), and jiggling like a flan. Diet starts tomorrow.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Old Irving Brewing - Cinnamon Prost (White stout w/ Saigon cinnamon, Tahitian vanilla bean, and milk sugar)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Humble Forager Brewery - Coastal Sunrise V1 (Fruited breakfast pastry sour w/ blueberries, maple syrup, cinnamon, and vanilla bean)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hubbard's Cave - Rocky Road (Imperial stout w/ almond, walnut, chocolate, marshmallow, vanilla, and lactose)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Liquid Love Brewing - Y'all Come Back Now (Pastry golden ale w/ caramel and pecans)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lake Effect Brewing - Fannie's Bourbon Barrel-Aged (Imperial milk stout w/ chocolate cake, aged in bourbon barrels)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 355 - Triple IPAs</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Once more of a niche taproom-only style, the Triple IPA has become a more common sight on the shelves thanks to craft beer customers who never say no to more. Hazy or not, these five beers are aiming for the target between too sweet or too strong, and a few veer a bit off course. But they're still fun to drink, and we find ourselves in mid-show form pretty early on. Also, we are looking to improve our specialized email closings, attempting to decode the Enigma, addressing the butt chugging critics, and getting absolutely riled up over potato pancakes. Stream ya later! </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hop Butcher for the World - Brain Forest</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Old Irving Brewing - E.Nigma</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Double Nickel Brewing Company - Family Style</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Untitled Art - Hazier TIPA</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hailstorm Brewing Co. - Dominatrix</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 354 - American-Made Mexican-Style Lagers</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2020 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We're on flavor sabbatical for a week, so we're looking around for minor trends to cover that we haven't properly explored. As a twist on the traditional German lager, Mexican-Style lagers usually use maize or corn as part of the grain bill, but we find that no two American-made takes on this style are the same. (Thankfully!) There's also an ongoing game involving America's most prominent mutation of Mexican culture: Taco Bell. We also try and solve a nice balloon mystery, get hoisted by our own stupid petards, develop exciting new bar games, and gush over our new obsession - The Bell Beefer. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Buckledown Brewing - Cactus Pants</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cruz Blanca Brewery - Mexico Calling</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Crane Brewing Company - Odd Bird</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">21st Amendment Brewery - El Sully</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On Tour Brewing Company - Cities</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 353 - Cruz Blanca Luchadors 2020</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For a few years running, Cruz Blanca's Luchador series has been perhaps the most inspired and creative lineup of the holy trinity of Chicago barrel-aged beer special releases. We get a mouthful on this episode, as we drink through all eight of these big and burly beers aged in a seemingly endless number of different barrels. And it's only half stouts; find out what kind of magic Cruz gets up to with Imperial Blonde Ales and Imperial Rice Ales. In addition to our complete remote tasting (with head brewer Jacob Sembrano giving us frequent text updates), we talk about the new life philosophy to help endure the rest of the year, our desire for some dry-bushed beers, and why we might be bailing on barrel-aged December prematurely. Suizo!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">El PopStar (Imperial rice ale aged in American whiskey finished Spanish sherry barrels)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tigre Blanco (Imperial rice ale aged in Italian muscatel barrels with white vermouth botanicals)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Coco Fantasma (Imperial blonde ale aged in bourbon, rum, and rye whiskey barrels with chocolate, coconut, and almond)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Loco Dinero (Imperial blonde ale aged in bourbon, rum, and rye whiskey barrels with Sparrow Coffee)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rey Gordo (Imperial stout aged in 11 year Bardstown bourbon barrels)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rey Cuvee (2017 + 2018 + 2019 Rey Gordo blended and barrel-aged in American whiskey finished Spanish sherry barrels)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Senior Bandito (Imperial stout aged in rye whiskey barrels with sweet cherry, cinnamon, and spices)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tarzan Boy (Imperial stout aged in South American rum barrels with banana, Oaxacan coffee, piloncillo, and vanilla)</span></p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In preparation for a Black Friday like never before, we got a chance to sample through this year's full lineup of Goose Island's Bourbon County to help you decide exactly how many online lotteries to enter. Though there are no headline-grabbers like Double Barrel or Rare this year, the seven beer lineup is impressively consistent, even though our individual rankings are very divergent. Get the stories behind these beers (as relayed through us from the media tasting with the Goose team), and find out which one Craig calls a "throwback to Rare" and which one Ryan believes is the best of a particular type of variant that we've seen in ages. Also, we try and come up with the Seven Beer Wonders of the U.S., relive some missteps of BCBS past, and rebrand as just a couple of nuts in the flavorspace. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bourbon County Brand Stout 2020</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Birthday Bourbon County Stout (Imperial stout aged in Old Forester Birthday Bourbon barrels)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Anniversary Bourbon County Stout (Imperial stout aged 2 years in Weller 12 Year bourbon barrels)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bourbon County Caramella Ale (Wheatwine aged in Larceny Wheated Bourbon barrels w/ apple, cinnamon, and natural caramel flavor)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bourbon County Kentucky Fog Stout (Imperial stout aged in bourbon barrels w/ Earl Grey Tea, Black Tea, and clover honey)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Proprietor's Bourbon County Stout 2020 (Imperial stout aged in bourbon barrels w/ fresh pistachios, cacao nibs, candied Amarena cherries, and natural vanilla flavors)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bourbon County Special #4 Stout (Imperial oatmeal stout aged in bourbon barrels w/ Ethiopian coffee and bourbon barrel-aged maple syrup)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 351 - Torture Test IV: Zoom of Doom</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2020 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As if this year hasn't been cruel enough, we once again try and assemble a tapestry of nightmares out of old and bad beers. Each host brings the three worst beers they could find to this modified remote version of our yearly late October tradition, and the results are not at all what we would've expected. Also, Ryan is trying to make his kids not scared of ska, someone peed in Craig's soda, and we almost stumble backwards into a Red Ale show. This show is also a tribute to the resilient liquor stores and bottles shops that - despite insistence otherwise - refuse to take old beer off the shelves nor mark it down in any way. This episode is like a haunted beer museum with the ever-present threat of hearing someone gag on microphone - but, like, better than that sounds. The host will let you in....SOON.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviled</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Urban Legend Brewing - Elizabeth (Red Ale, c. 2015?)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alpine Beer Company - Willy Vanilly (Wheat ale w/ vanilla from 2016)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Stillwater Artisanal - Duck Sauce (DIPA w/ apricot, plum, pineapple, ginger, and candi syrup)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Browar Wąsosz - Jeżynowe/Blackberry Beer (Fruit beer)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rude Hippo - Wooden Nickel (IPA aged on oak from 2016)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Church Street Brewing Company - Brimstone (IPA from 2016)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 350 - Bless This West</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In need of a haze hiatus but unwilling to give up our hop addiction, we are ISO IBUs as we sample through five West Coast-style IPAs to travel back to a time of malt, bitterness, and clarity. It was exactly what we needed, as this lineup becomes one of the best front-to-back that we've had in a while. Also, we add some utility to our quarantine wardrobes, Craig is a self-appointed dank expert who once appeared on Nickelodeon's</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Legends of the Hidden Temple</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and Ryan is drinking a Celebration with his mind. We also discuss the world's most perfect song and explain why it's Vin Diesel's "Feel Like I Do." (Send Malort.)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Solemn Oath Brewery/Pollyanna Brewing Company - Full Moon Looks (IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Listermann Brewing Company - Purple Parrots (IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ology Brewing Co. - Resolved Enigma (IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Offshoot Beer Co. - Escape [it's your everyday West Coast IPA] (IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Miskatonic Brewing Company/Foreign Exchange - Unified Field Theory (DIPA)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 349 - GABF Memories</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2020 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For the first time since this podcast started almost seven years ago, there's no trip to Denver to drink beer at the Great American Beer Festival - and we're feeling a little sad about it. So we embark on a gleefully nostalgic and self-indulgent episode, wherein we revisit some favorite memories (and interviews) from the first five years at GABF all while drinking five beers to represent years 2014-2018. You'll hear some brief interview snippets from the past, including Sam Calagione (Dogfish Head), Jay Goodwin (The Rare Barrel), Jeff Stuffings (Jester King), Randy Mosher (Forbidden Root/being "The Mosh"), and Tomme Arthur (The Lost Abbey/Port Brewing/The Hop Concept). We also have a few ridiculous pizza stories, share our all-time top 20 beers from GABF, and fire up a game of Doom on a pregnancy test. It's also a bit of a meditation on how beer has changed since 2014 through the observation of trends shifting from year to year at America's largest beer festival. It's a long one, but we hope you dig it.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dogfish Head Craft Brewery - 90 Minute Imperial IPA</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Rare Barrel - Forces Unseen 2016 (Golden sour aged in oak)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jester King Brewery - Bière de Miel</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Forbidden Root Brewery (Columbus) - Cosmic Trust Fall (Double Hazy IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Lost Abbey - Ghosts in the Forest - Guava (Oak-aged wild ale w/guava)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 348 - Chill Pils</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2020 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It's as good a time as ever to take time to chill with some simple and refreshing pilsners, so we try to lower our resting heart rates through a little lager love. We drink five different pilsners that offer a surprising amount of variation for the style, and we try not to let the prospect of arbitrary rankings stress us out. Also, we workshop some tech puns for our IT friends, name all the crazy bassists (well, two of them), investigate the hot dog bun conspiracy, and reclaim our rightful title as "barely a beer show." And there's a game about CBD products as well because we were too blissed to say no. It's Chill Pils. Take one with us, friend. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On Tour Brewing Company - Lightning Will</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pipeworks Brewing Company - Premium Pilsner</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Modern Times Beer - Ice</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Foreign Exchange - Chicago-ish</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Conrad Seipp Brewing Co. - Seipp's Extra Pale Pilsner</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 347 - Illuminated Brew Works</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2020 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Enshrouded in a dark and mysterious energy, Illuminated Brew Works has become a cult favorite in Chicago - because they are probably an actual cult. Our initial apprehension becomes open-armed acceptance as we ingest Five Sacraments of IBW, and dabble in the mystic arts. (Actually, we just use a really bad online Ouija board, but hey, we're trying!) Additionally, we pay tribute to legendary baseball names both real and fictional, wonder what happened to mobile canning, weakly pitch the Magic 8-Ball movie, and face a few phobias. Will this podcast delight your senses? All signs point to, "maybe."</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Liquids Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pleiadian Play Date (Piquette-inspired malt beverage w/ wine grapes and hibiscus)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Trust (Lager)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Astronaut Eye Scream (DDH DIPA w/ lactose)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Watermelon Gun (Farmhouse ale w/ watermelon)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kreeper (IPA)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 346 - More vs. Phase Three Blind</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2020 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In a state chock full of great hazy IPA producers, More and Phase Three still stand amongst the best and most-revered. The fact that they have an intertwined history adds to the stakes of our totally arbitrary blind battle of the haze wherein one brewery will be crowned winner, and the other will be crowned, "still very excellent." We also attempt to guess the beers based on what we know about ABV, style, and hop profiles - and the results are mind-melting. Also, Craig gets caught up on six month-old beer twitter, Ryan buys a kite at a hardware store, Gerry Rafferty is on the line, and we demand to bring bitterness back. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed Blindly (in order of appearance)</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Phase Three Brewing - DDH Pixel Density (IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Phase Three Brewing - Mindspark (DIPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">More Brewing Company - DDH Double Dusty (DIPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Phase Three Brewing - Color Scheme (DIPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">More Brewing Company - Moreover (IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">More Brewing Company - Pillow Talkin' (DIPA)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 345 - Old Irving Brewing (ft. Trevor-Rose Hamblin)</title>
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<title>Episode 344 - Craft Seltzers</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We held out so long on seltzers, until the exact moment when we saw some of our favorite breweries releasing their takes on the flavored malt beverage craze. Are they any more refined or impressive than the tacky trendsetters filling a million Yeti coolers and frat house fridges? (And we would know, because we drank five of the highest-selling big seltzers before recording this very episode, and released the unsavory results on Patreon.) We spend most of the episode trying to break seltzers, but they end up breaking us. Also, we envision a dystopian future for breweries, seek out some experienced tree climbers for a highly-specialized mission, and find comfort in sugary yum-yums. I miss beer.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Seltzers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">City Water - Lime Coconut</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Untitled Art - Florida Seltzer: Pineapple Mango</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Odd Side Ales - POG (Passion fruit, orange, and guava hard seltzer)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">4 Hands Brewing - Contact High Hard Seltzer</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Transient Artisan Ales - Sparkle Water Green (Gin Fizz-inspired hard seltzer)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 343 - Double Your Fun</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When a brewery releases a double dry-hopped version of one of their go-to hoppy beers, it's often a surefire hit with consumers. Though it has somehow become synonymous with hazy beers, double dry-hopping has a longer history of adding bombastic hop aromas to beers as far back as the 1970s in the U.S. But does the added "DDH" really level up the beer? We try two local hazy standouts and one all-time hoppy classic alongside their DDH counterparts to figure out if it's actually worth all the extra hops. Though this episode eventually turns into a half hour love letter to Pliny, we have a fantastic lineup of beers while also reimaging ice cream trucks, being reborn in every episode, making all beers little, sipping on those slippery pillows, and getting aggressively Sabro. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Phase Three Brewing - Pixel Density (NE IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Phase Three Brewing - DDH Double Pixel Density (NE DIPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alarmist Brewing - Le Jus (NE IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alarmist Brewing - DDH Sabro Le Jus (NE IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Russian River Brewing Company - Pliny the Elder (Double IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Russian River Brewing Company - Pliny for President (Double IPA)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 342 - The KS Show</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2020 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After delousing in quarantine for 14 days, our Kansas show is ready to bring our State Show series up to #24, with the help of loyal listener Don Kasak. We traverse the state via quaffable liquid as we review five beers from five Kansas breweries - and no IPAs or stouts are in sight! Also, we come to terms with a terrible truth about our listeners; Craig is on college mascot watch; and we have a full-on SMOOTHIE EXPERIENCE. It's good for the optics.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wichita Brewing Company (Wichita, KS) - WuShock Wheat (American pale wheat)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Defiance Brewing Company (Hays, KS) - Willy Nilly (Golden ale w/ ginger and orange peel)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Three Rings Brewery (McPherson, KS) - Yankee Rose (Blonde ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sandhills Brewing (Hutchinson, KS) - Plum Wheat (American hazy wheat w/ plums)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Central Standard Brewing (Wichita, KS) - Ping Pong Banana Yard Games (Fruited gose w/ banana, passionfruit, and mango)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 341 - Off Color IPAs</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2020 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Quite possibly Chicago's best brewery, Off Color still doesn't make an IPA - nor do they have any plans to. And that's quite alright. Seven years in, this little critter-lovin' brewery continues to build one of the best brands around while furthering a stellar collection of esoteric small batches and inspired flavor combinations. We catch up with five recent beers that span the wide range of delectable oddities that make the Mousetrap patio "farm" one of the most interesting places to drink beer in the city. Also, Craig over-celebrates his citation, Ryan is still dealing with his caddy trauma, and we really explore the horrifying new applications of mayo. And listen to find out our picks for cutest label - probably the toughest ranking on the show. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beer for Golf (Wit-style beer w/ lemon and black tea)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beer for Burgers (Helles bock-style beer blended w/ bourbon barrel-aged lager)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Gator Time (Foedre-fermented wild ale w/ cherries)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Spots (Tiki weisse w/ passion fruit and grapefruit peel)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cave Draw-erz (Bourbon barrel-aged stout blended w/ farmhouse ale)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 340 - Barrel Heat</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2020 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our passion for barrel-aged beers doesn't disappear in August - it achieves a steady simmer below the surface, always ready to unleash itself when the opportunity arises. For this episode we have five barrel-aged beers - all different styles of beer and all from local breweries, four of which we interviewed when they were just starting out in the Chicago-area craft scene, so long ago. Other talking points include the further bastardization of the term "sour" in beer; an embarrassing mask faux pas committed by Ryan; how to capture Craig in full Funko form; and a controversial stance on chocolate chip pancakes that'll have the fan forums absolutely flush with debate. Feel feel feel feel feel...feel my barrel heat.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dovetail Brewery - Quetsche 2020 (Blend of spontaneous beers fermented in oak with Italian plums)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Revolution Brewing Company - Mixed Berry Ryeway (Rye whiskey barrel-aged ryewine w/ blackberry, raspberry, boysenberry, and cranberry)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On Tour Brewing Company - Barton Hall (Barrel-aged Scotch ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Imperial Oak Brewing - Quiet Giant - Double Barrel 2020 (Bourbon and rum barrel-aged imperial stout)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lo Rez Brewing/Delilah's - Delilah's Woodie Rascal 9000 - Jimmy (Brown ale aged in single barrel Wild Turkey barrels)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 339 - Chicago Hop Leaders</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2020 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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 early days: the local leaders of hops. For this show, we review five hoppy beers (</span><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Oops! All Hazy</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">) from some of the original hop-crazy Chicago breweries. Also, we take a seat on the Hot Bench, discuss seasonal drinkers vs. temperature drinkers, slam some Purplesaurus Rex with Dr. Applesauce, use nostalgia as a survival tool, and protect our precious cereals. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Half Acre Beer Company (f. 2006) - Sunset (Double) Vallejo</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Revolution Brewing (f. 2010) - DDH Mango Hero </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pipeworks Brewing Co. (f. 2012) - Chasing Extra</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Spiteful Brewing (f. 2012) - Diggable IPA</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Maplewood Brewery & Distillery (f. 2015) - Tropicamo</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 338 - So It Gose</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2020 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">So, was anyone going to tell us that gose puns weren't cool anymore? Well, at least the beers are better than they've ever been as we sample five enhanced goses from local breweries that only leave us feeling a little salty. Pineapples, coconuts, lavender, lactose - what won't these crazy breweries put in a gose these days?!? Also, we address the hairless bear in the room, remember when we used to do research, kill some time with some salt talk, sell our urban foraging secrets, rename our erotic fiction protagonists, and sing a little Mellencamp. Then there's a game about matching Muppets to types of beer drinkers, and we only manage to kill off one. So it goes.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">DESTIHL Brewery - Wild Sour Series: Piña Colada Gose</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dutchbag Brew Co. - Summer Kings (Gose w/ fresh strawberry juice, gray sea salt, coriander, and hibiscus)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Marz Community Brewing Co. - Lavender Lemon Gose (Gose w/ lavender, lemon, and butterfly pea flower)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pipeworks Brewing Company - A Nice Slice (Gose w/ lactose, key lime juice, cinnamon, and vanilla)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lake Effect Brewing - Gose Ale Aged in Port Barrels</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 337 - Saisonathon at Home</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2020 17:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Once we accepted the cancellation of beer fests for the foreseeable future, we knew we had a hole to fill. A farmhouse hole. So, we do our best to recreate one of our favorite annual events - our annual Illinois Craft Beer Week event, Saisonathon - by drinking a wide array of saisons from the comfort of our own homes. There are eight wildly different saisons - six from local breweries - that require us to seek a little off-mic assist from our wives. But mainly, we sing our sweet praises of the style we adore so much, and one of us even takes a full-on saison shower. We also talk about the persistence of GIFs, implement the Malort color scale, wish for regrettable saison flavors, visit the coaster whisperer, and get started on that "life of a beer podcaster" screenplay. It's Saisonathon 2020 - and you are invited. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Off Color Brewing - Marañón Predator (Saison with yeast isolated from a rare form of cacao)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Vennture Brew Co. - Vennture To the Farm (Brett saison w/ rye)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Keeping Together - Thoughts Without A Thinker (Mixed culture saison w/ Earl Grey tea, orange juice and zest, and saffron)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Is/Was Brewing - Maestro Marcelino (Saison w/ roasted agave)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lo Rez Brewing - Bière De Miel (Saison w/ honey)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cruz Blanca Brewery - Paloma (Grapefruit saison)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Allagash Brewing Company - Cascara Saison (Saison w/ cascara berries)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Afterthought Brewing Company - Saison Auran: Key Lime Gin Barrel-Aged (Saison aged in gin barrels w/orange juice and zest, rose hips, and key line juice)</span></p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If it seems that the string of 90-degree days will never end, well have we got a beer style for you. Berliner weisses experienced a considerable rejuvenation in the last five years, but they've also recently become synonymous with overfruited slurry beers that buck any sense of tradition. On this show, we seek five local Berliners that add fruit while keeping an eye on the original style. The results are pleasurable for your ears. Additionally, we embrace our new favorite sport (it's foot golf), confuse our THPs from our THCs and TVPs, track the nefarious Rawber Hortcu, create Beer for Hot Dogs, recommend our favorite Metamucil-sponsored manga, and experience illegal amounts of mayo. And hey, BuzzBalls - if you're out there, please let us know that you're okay. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Noon Whistle Brewing - Fuzzy Smack (Berliner weisse w/ peach)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lo Rez Brewing - Strawberry Shortcut (Strawberry Berliner weisse)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dutchbag Brew Co. - Maybe the Flamingo Ate Your Baby (Berliner weisse w/ pomegranate & fresh ginger)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Off Color Brewing - Beer for Brunch (Berliner weisse-style w/ orange & chardonnay grape juice)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mikerphone Brewing - Teleport Massive (Brambleberry Berliner weisse w/ raspberries & blackberries)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 335 - New Local Cans</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If it's been a while since you've last visited a craft bottle shop, you'll likely encounter a whole new slew of labels from local breweries to explore. We pick up five beers from a few breweries we know and from a few we don't to hopefully help you navigate those crowded shelves. Meanwhile, Ryan's tenure as the mayor of Hazytown is short-lived; Craig is going to get cancelled by Carly Rae Jepsen fans; and we uncover the truth about all the fireworks. Plus, there's beer-to-movie comparisons, doom yoga, mayo beers, mouth sweaters, and new growler innovations. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Soundgrowler Brewing Co. - Pan's Bread (Bock-style Lager)</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Roaring Table Brewing - Struts & Frets (Hazy IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rabid Brewing - Shadowstepper (Imperial milk stout w/ cacao nibs & lactose sugar)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Liquid Love Brewing - Round the Edges (DDH IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Brewer's Kitchen - Green Mountains Only (DDH DIPA)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 334 - 5new2us</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2020 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After months of curbside-only beer shopping, craft bottle shops have opened their doors to customers looking to pluck some single cans off the shelves in hopes of discovering a few new favorites. We did just that at The Open Bottle in Tinley Park, finding five beers from out-of-state breweries to check out, leading us to one mystery after another. But in that exploration, we learn a lot about ourselves, including just how much older we are than Willy Wonka. (I know, right?!?) This bevvy of contract and altprop beers steers us to remember our lustful sambas, ruin Craig's craft beer band name, and go on the most boring Mystery Date ever. (By the way, this show should've been called "80% Twelve Percent" but Craig wouldn't let me.)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Public Access Liquids - Constellate (Lager w/ yuzu)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Humble Forager Brewery - Elevated Perspective: Samba, Nelson Sauvin, Mosaic Cryo, & Strata (Imperial oat cream IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">______ Brewing - The One That Just Kicked (Double IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fat Orange Cat Brew Co. - Do the Escalator to the 13th Floor (Double IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Short Throw Brewing Co. - Low Brow Nobility (Imperial stout w/ toasted coconut, coffee, cinnamon, and maple syrup)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 333 - Meeting Beers</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2020 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">By the time you hit that third Zoom meeting of the day, you're likely thinking about a beer to drink discretely that won't get you in trouble. On this episode, we have five very different beers that all land under 6 percent, which should keep you out of trouble with HR. Craig seeks out some movie recommendations, Ryan wishes he had a Willi, and we discuss 3-time World Dabbing Champion Tom Emanski. We also discuss the merits of the margarita gose, get shocked to the core by a City Slickers revelation, try to fix Paw Patrol, and share the truth about horses. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Metropolitan Brewing - Jet Stream (Wheat beer)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Revolution Brewing Company - Rosa (Hibiscus ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dovetail Brewery - Grodziskie </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Off Color Brewing - Beer for Tacos (Gose w/ lime juice, coriander, and pink Himalyan salt)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">More Brewing Company - Lil' Space Booties (DDH Session IPA)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 332 - Hop Butcher for the Quarantine</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Even though people are chasing pre-orders instead of trucks these days, Hop Butcher is still as hot as ever thanks to their consistent schedule of mostly hoppy - and mostly hazy - releases. The variation amongst these six beers is surprisingly significant, despite all being some sort of play on IPA. This episode is a tribute to what this brewery has become, and we're satiating the Hop Butcher nerds with two trivia games and some additional information about all elements of their process - plus a tasty little nugget about a possible taproom. We're also talking about placebo buttons, Cold IPAs, Mai Tais, bad comics about beer, autocorrect malaprops, and Craig's Sabro insensitivity. We're bringing phenomenal back. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Deep Rinse (Centennial, Simcoe, Amarillo & Zuper Saazer-hopped Cold India Pale Ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dese, Dem & Dose (Simcoe, Motueka & Belma-hopped India Pale Ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Preserved In Three Dimensions (Sabro & Simcoe-hopped Double India Pale Ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kielbasa King (Mosaic & Nelson Sauvin-hopped Double India Pale Ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Circumpolar Cherry Cyclone (Citra & Strata-hopped Milkshake Double India Pale Ale Brewed with Lactose, Vanilla and Cherry)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A Deeper Dish (Citra & Vic Secret-hopped Triple India Pale Ale)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 331 - Milkshakes Not Handshakes</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Soothing that early summer heat with big ol' glasses of lactose and hops, we're sharing shakes from afar this week with the hopes of better understanding our complicated relationship with this popular style. We have five very different milkshake IPAs from some local favorites and - GASP - there may be a grifter in our midst! Other childish talking points include Green River floats, new Fun Dip slogans, the merits of Neapolitan ice cream, toilet ghoulies, shower sharks, and just who is at the top of the Milkshake Kombat Mountain. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Maplewood Brewing Company - Son of Shakey (Milkshake IPA w/ wheat, oats, lactose, and vanilla)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Riverlands Brewing - Strawberry Shaky Shaky (Milkshake IPA w/ strawberry, lactose, Mosaic hops, and vanilla)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mikerphone Brewing - Crushcrushcrush (Milkshake IPA w/ Citra, vanilla, and orange peel)</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Phase Three Brewing - DDH Mosaic Sabro Double Crème (DDH DIPA w/ Mosaic, Sabro, oats, and milk sugar)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hop Butcher for the World - Ocean Key (Citra & Motueka-hopped milkshake DIPA w/ pineapple, key lime, and vanilla)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 330 - Café a la Maison</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Since you won't find either of us sitting on some coffeehouse patio anytime soon, we're bringing the coffee home in the form of five stouts. While they all deliver the caffeine and the booze, each beer stands on its own unique merits - or is a victim of context. But we're also here to get Craig prepped to audition for the new Supermarket Sweep, including how to navigate the new craft beer aisle. We also feel nostalgic for beer travels, stop at Ryan's cooking corner, get VIP access to the fields of Charleston Chews, and observe a series of dissipating heads. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">More Brewing - Hush of Night: Chocolate City (Milk stout blended w/ Dark Matter Chocolate City coffee)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Trillium Brewing - PM Dawn (Imperial stout w/ Barrington Coffee Roasters cold brewed coffee)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">2nd Shift Brewing - Coffee Liquid Spiritual Delight (Imperial stout w/ coffee)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Maplewood Brewing - Cuppaccino (Imperial stout w/ Metric coffee, vanilla, and chocolate)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Noon Whistle Brewing - Dodging Traffic (Imperial stout w/ Tugboat coffee)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 329 - Fruit Salad</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Here's hoping that we can talk you out of attending that backyard barbecue by offering up this refreshing bowl of audio fruit salad to help your summer isolation feel a bit more festive. We have five different fruited beers that really span the range from "pleasant fruit accessory" to "chunky berry sludge" - and they honestly succeed in ways we didn't expect. We plan some totally radical ways to break up illicit social gatherings, please the Tootsie Pop conspiracy theorists, mistake Craig for Instagram, get hostile at Jamba Juice, and eulogize a good blender. Good gorf. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Haymarket Beer Company - Blood Orange Blonde (Blonde ale w/ blood oranges)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cruz Blanca Brewery - La Floridita (Sparkling rosé ale w/ hibiscus and passion fruit)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Third Space Brewing - FROG Weiss (Kettle sour w/ fig, raspberry, orange, and ginger)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Trillium Brewing Company - Daily Serving: Raspberry (Berliner weisse w/ raspberry)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">More Brewing Company - Frooted 3riberry ("Smoothie ale" w/ blackberry, strawberry, and raspberry)</span></p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here's hoping that we can talk you out of attending that backyard barbecue by offering up this refreshing bowl of audio fruit salad to help your summer isolation feel a bit more festive. We have five different fruited beers that really span the range from "pleasant fruit accessory" to "chunky berry sludge" - and they honestly succeed in ways we didn't expect. We plan some totally radical ways to break up illicit social gatherings, please the Tootsie Pop conspiracy theorists, mistake Craig for Instagram, get hostile at Jamba Juice, and eulogize a good blender. Good gorf. </p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>Haymarket Beer Company - Blood Orange Blonde (Blonde ale w/ blood oranges)</p> <p>Cruz Blanca Brewery - La Floridita (Sparkling rosé ale w/ hibiscus and passion fruit)</p> <p>Third Space Brewing - FROG Weiss (Kettle sour w/ fig, raspberry, orange, and ginger)</p> <p>Trillium Brewing Company - Daily Serving: Raspberry (Berliner weisse w/ raspberry)</p> <p>More Brewing Company - Frooted 3riberry ("Smoothie ale" w/ blackberry, strawberry, and raspberry)</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Episode 328 - Stone Redemption</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2020 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When you've been around as long as Stone, you're bound to take some lumps. And lumps we have delivered in the past by subjecting Stone beers to undeserved spots on our Torture Test episodes. Thanks to Lizzie at Stone, we are finally able to give the brewery its first proper set of arbitrary reviews, and we only ignore one "enjoy by" date in this episode. The beers on the show are mostly pretty great, but all the talk of redemption arcs has us reflecting on past bad beers. We do a comprehensive reflection on six-and-a-half years of the (subjectively) worst beers we've ever had on the show, because, well, we're quarantined and bored. Craig wants his MTV, Ryan just wants the commercials, and we're both missing the in-person sexual tension. There's also talk of slamming pogs, rough pours, ᴁon Flux nightmares, flavor descriptor shirts, and a long-held Eufórqestra grudge. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Stone Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Buenaveza (Salt & lime lager)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Notorious P.O.G. (Berliner weisse w/ passion fruit, orange, and guava)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fear.Movie.Lions (Unfiltered double IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Soaring Dragon (Imperial IPA w/ white tea)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Xocoveza (Imperial milk stout w/ cocoa, coffee, pasilla peppers, vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg)</span></p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When you've been around as long as Stone, you're bound to take some lumps. And lumps we have delivered in the past by subjecting Stone beers to undeserved spots on our Torture Test episodes. Thanks to Lizzie at Stone, we are finally able to give the brewery its first proper set of arbitrary reviews, and we only ignore one "enjoy by" date in this episode. The beers on the show are mostly pretty great, but all the talk of redemption arcs has us reflecting on past bad beers. We do a comprehensive reflection on six-and-a-half years of the (subjectively) worst beers we've ever had on the show, because, well, we're quarantined and bored. Craig wants his MTV, Ryan just wants the commercials, and we're both missing the in-person sexual tension. There's also talk of slamming pogs, rough pours, ᴁon Flux nightmares, flavor descriptor shirts, and a long-held Eufórqestra grudge. </p> <p>Stone Beers Reviewed</p> <p>Buenaveza (Salt & lime lager)</p> <p>Notorious P.O.G. (Berliner weisse w/ passion fruit, orange, and guava)</p> <p>Fear.Movie.Lions (Unfiltered double IPA)</p> <p>Soaring Dragon (Imperial IPA w/ white tea)</p> <p>Xocoveza (Imperial milk stout w/ cocoa, coffee, pasilla peppers, vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg)</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Episode 327 - SIP Lagers</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2020 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We were already becoming very good at staying home and drinking copious amounts of lager before this whole mess, so it's only natural that we shelter-in-place with a rich lineup of bottom-fermenting beers. Featuring six different lager styles from six Midwestern breweries, this episode highlights impressive flavor and mouthfeel variations so we actually, like, have stuff to talk about. Ryan takes unforeseen risks to increase contact with the outside world, Craig ponders, "What is cornbread?", and we show love for the legend himself Willi Becher. Other topical quarantine talking points include sourdough starter dread, Elon Musk is a douche, 3-word beer reviews, and schwarzbier horniness. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pollyanna Brewing Company - Lite Thinking (American Lager)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">2nd Shift Brewing - Technical Ecstasy (Czech-style Pilsner)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kinslahger Brewing Company - Prohibition Pilsner </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Third Space Brewing - La Cocina (Dark Mexican Lager)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pipeworks Brewing Company - Select Schwarzbier</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Maplewood Brewing Company - Gold Noise (Dortmunder-style Lager)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 326 - Curbside Haze</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2020 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This week, we celebrate the resilience of local breweries and bottle shops that are still finding a way to keep getting hazy IPAs into the begloved fans of the juice. Though not necessarily the most hyped haze producers in the area, the five breweries on this show prove to be absolutely worth your contact-free dollar. We have a rare first-timer on the show, share our drunk online shopping stories, give out orange slices to the whole soccer team, argue best milkshake flavors, and admire Craig's beach bod. Thicc pale daddies are welcome.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Illuminated Brew Works - Junior Astronaut Juice (DDH IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Foreign Exchange - Foreign Chemistry: Citra & Amarillo (DDH IIPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Around the Bend Beer Co. - Lost Words (Hazy IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Marz Community Brewing Co. - Crazy Straws (NE-style IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Riverlands Brewing Company - Gilded King (New England IPA)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 325 - Third Space Brewing</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2020 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Craig extends his curbside to wherever he may roam, and after a month of quarantine, he hit up Milwaukee, carbound and down to score some more Third Space. After</span> <a href= "http://www.abvchicago.com/episode-287-brew-city/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">our visit last July</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, we've been thirsting for more from this brewery that's just a Christian Yelich homerun away from Brewers' stadium. We have a nice variety of five beers, and we take inspiration from the brewery's Seinfeld obsession to run a round of Stumptappd about nothing. We also share some of our new quarantine names, reimagine the movie theater experience, chase grandma with some fireworks, seek solace in the filthiest chips, and really botch a Zoom call-and-reponse. My wife!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Summer Home (Hoppy Blonde Ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Unbridled Enthusiasm (Juicy Double IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Haunted Barrel 2019 (Barrel-aged candy bar porter aged in bourbon and rum barrels w/ cacao and vanilla)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Happy Place (Midwest Pale Ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mystic Knot (Barrel-aged Irish-style Coffee Stout)</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 324 - SIP Dark</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As we continue our shelter-in-place recordings, this time we've got a somewhat random mix of dark beers to distract us from *gestures broadly* and get us nearly incoherent by rankings time. Whether teeming with adjuncts or not, these five Midwestern porters and stouts compete in the Pretty Head Competition while the show becomes robust with distraction. We imagine an augmented-reality taproom experience, conduct a lunchbox check, break down existentially over Christmas music, get mesmerized by blacklight posters, and let Malt-O-Meal be our quarantine saviors. Let it levitate on your palate. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Shared - Base Weight (Robust porter)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pipeworks Brewing Company - Easy Keepers (Oatmeal stout)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Old Irving Brewing Co./Illuminated Brew Works - Ancient Magick (Imperial stout w/ cocoa nibs, vanilla, cinnamon, peanut butter and marshmallow)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Transient Artisan Ales/More Brewing Co. - Breakfast Sauce (Imperial oatmeal stout w/ coffee, vanilla, cinnamon, black tea, and chai spices)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lift Bridge Brewing Co. - Barrel-aged Silhouette (Barrel-aged imperial stout)</span></p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We're sheltered-in-place and slamming way more of some killer hoppy beers than normal, because we don't actually have to share. In our first remotely-recorded episode, we overcome a brief technical glitch before returning to what feels very normal: Craig and Ryan fumbling through flavor descriptors while distracting each other with random stories from our past. Craig has invented the perfect game for</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">these times</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Ryan's trying to make a deal with Greg Avola, and we catch up on each other's new quarantine hobbies. Other talking points include mint creamsicles, Mario Kart coaching, Idahos 1 through 6, Mr. Met, the shirt technique, statued asses, bad Altoids stunts, and the secret of the green river dye. </span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Recorded 4/7/20</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hubbard's Cave - Clean Pale (Midwest pale ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Half Acre Beer Company - Tome (Hazy pale ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cruz Blanca Brewery/Hop Butcher for the World - Hard Right Angle (Hazy IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Old Irving Brewing Co. - Beezer (Double dry-hopped IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hop Butcher for the World/Eagle Park Brewing Company - Swans of Lir (Milkshake DIPA w/ mint and vanilla)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 322 - The KY Show</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In lieu of, you know, actual travelling, we're taking our tastebuds down to Kentucky thanks to our good friend Sarah Rehmer. As our last in-person recording for a while, we couldn't have expected that a show with five different Kentucky beers would have so many standouts - along with one just</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">hateful</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">beer. We're building 90s quarantine playlist, claiming governance over each others' bodies, planning our binge-watching material, breaking down the grain brackets, and squeezing into our husky Arizonas. Also, Ryan has a stupid soundboard and is going total jazz with it before packing it away for the foreseeable future. Thanks for listening - and keep coming back, as we'll still have new episodes every week.</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Recorded 3/20/20</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Against the Grain Brewery</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">(Louisville, KY)</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">- A Beer (American Light Lager)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mile Wide Beer Company</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">(Louisville, KY)</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">- Catalina Breeze (West Coast IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Falls City Beer</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">(Louisville, KY)</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">- Slam Dunkel</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Monnik Beer Co.</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">(Louisville, KY)</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">- Tropic of Capricorn (Double IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Country Boy Brewing</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">(Lexington, KY)</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">- Nacho Bait (Habanero Blonde Ale)</span></p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In lieu of, you know, actual travelling, we're taking our tastebuds down to Kentucky thanks to our good friend Sarah Rehmer. As our last in-person recording for a while, we couldn't have expected that a show with five different Kentucky beers would have so many standouts - along with one just <em>hateful</em> beer. We're building 90s quarantine playlist, claiming governance over each others' bodies, planning our binge-watching material, breaking down the grain brackets, and squeezing into our husky Arizonas. Also, Ryan has a stupid soundboard and is going total jazz with it before packing it away for the foreseeable future. Thanks for listening - and keep coming back, as we'll still have new episodes every week.</p> <p><em>Recorded 3/20/20</em></p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>Against the Grain Brewery <em>(Louisville, KY)</em> - A Beer (American Light Lager)</p> <p>Mile Wide Beer Company <em>(Louisville, KY)</em> - Catalina Breeze (West Coast IPA)</p> <p>Falls City Beer <em>(Louisville, KY)</em> - Slam Dunkel</p> <p>Monnik Beer Co. <em>(Louisville, KY)</em> - Tropic of Capricorn (Double IPA)</p> <p>Country Boy Brewing <em>(Lexington, KY)</em> - Nacho Bait (Habanero Blonde Ale)</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Episode 321 - 3 Floyds</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We can all use a heaping helping of beer-based nostalgia right now, so we spend an hour drinking and talking about one of the most significant craft breweries Chicagoland has ever known: 3 Floyds. For the first time ever, we have five different beers from the Munster, Indiana-based brewery represented, including three that really get us story-telling. Though this was recorded at the early stages of quarantine, Ryan's lead-up indicates that it's already gotten to his head a bit. We also talk about wide mouthfeels, classic DIPAs, hop extract vs. other extracts, and the indefinite (and not totally unfortunate) end of line bottle shares. We've got that curbside weird you ordered all ready for you.</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Recorded 3/18/20</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Region X (Dortmunder-style Lager)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alpha King (Pale Ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Zombie Dust (Pale Ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Arctic Panzer Wolf (Double IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wigsplitter (Imperial Oatmeal Stout w/ Espresso)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 320 - Girl Scout Cookie Press</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2020 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Because, what else are we going to do? A while back, Ryan bought three French presses and was determined to make an absolute mess of some good beers for your entertainment. Craig picked out six beers from local breweries in a range of styles, and we drink and review those beers as normal before cramming a bunch of cookies into them and sampling the results. The flavor combinations are surprising and, in one case, life-affirming. Here's some other quarantine talking points from this long player: mysterious yard food, the indomitable Alton Brand, Ewan Macgregor's body painting, the problem with cookie trub, human-sized podcast bubbles, and the inevitable rise of Girl Scouts in the upcoming barter economy. Let us distract and disgust you.</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">(Support your local bar, restaurant, and brewery!)</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers reviewed + and the cookies we mash into them</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Is/Was Brewing - Methode Dust (Citra-style ale) + Lemon-ups®</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Church Street Brewing Company - Holy Cow (Milk stout) + S'mores®</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kinslahger Brewing Company - Dunkel (Dark lager) + Do-Si-Dos®</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Half Acre Beer Company - Original Reaper (Stout) + Samoas®</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Maplewood Brewing Company - Barley Butcher (English barleywine) + Toffee-tastic®</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alarmist Brewing - Juke Nukem (Double IPA) + Thin Mints®</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 319 - Jersey? Sure!</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2020 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It's good to have friends back East, as listener Mike Bobal sent us a box of New Jersey delights to reacquaint us with beers of the Garden State. And yeah, we snuck a ringer on. But there are many great beers to celebrate on this show, as we ponder many important questions. What kind of uncle will Craig be? Is a notebook technically a tree? Why does Craig feel compelled to sing 90's songs so much? Who doesn't want our new beer cold roller invention? What's in the New Jersey water? How did Ryan become the Paul Blart? Why is Craig's Gambit cosplay the worst? </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Carton Brewing Company - This Town (Helles Lager)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Czig Meister - Deep Sea Series: Oasis (New England IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jughandle Brewing Co. - Background Radiation (New England IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Icarus Brewing - Rain Sleet or Snow (Imperial Oatmeal Stout)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Referend Bier Blendery - Berliner Messe: Kyrie 2018.2 (100% spontaneous ale aged in oak, w/ cherries & raspberries)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 318 - Peanut Butter Cup Stouts Blind</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2020 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Three great tastes that taste great together: peanut butter, chocolate, and stout combine in all six beers on this blind tasting - and a few prove that there</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">is</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">a wrong way to drink a Reese's. Otherwise, we are lavishing in decadence throughout this show with six local-ish peanut butter cup stouts that help us regain our confidence in blind guesses. Ryan reports with the exclusive scoop on the 1st Annual Destination Toddler Rumble 2020 with interviews from a few participants, Craig has a photographic memory of forgotten video game characters, and we go hard for like 7 minutes on Supermarket Sweep. Just watch out for Cheese Jim. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed Blindly (in order of appearance):</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hop Butcher for the World - Fat Bear (Peanut butter imperial stout w/ chocolate)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hubbard's Cave - Peanut Butter Cup Imperial Stouts 2020-1</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Energy City Brewing - Bâtisserie Peanut Butter Cup Stout</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Transient Artisan Ales & The Open Bottle - Bowser & Koopa (Imperial stout with Violet Sky cocoa nibs and peanut butter)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">4 Hands Brewing Co. - Absence of Light Peanut Butter Chocolate Milk Stout</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Untitled Art/Hidden Springs Ale Works - Peanut Butter Cup Stout</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 317 - Single Hop Blind</title>
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<title>Episode 316 - Revolution: Deeper and Woodier</title>
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<title>Episode 315 - 1840 Brewing</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Back in July, we were lucky enough to spend a little time with Kyle Vetter at his 1840 Brewing in Milwaukee (which you can hear on our Brew City episode), and since then we've been dreaming about getting five bottles to the bunker for review. Craig's recent travels bring us a wide variety of styles from this two year-old brewery, and at least one of these beers will be written into the ABV Hall of Fame for eternity. The whole lineup offers an array of big flavors, and we are already planning our return to Milwaukee. Also, Craig ponders a sympathetic Godzilla, Ryan's been working on some disturbing fanfiction, and we almost get the podcast taken away from us. Ponder your pastry.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kascade Kid (Unfiltered lager w/ Hull Melon hops)</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Rouge (Spelt and wheat saison dry-hopped with Barbe Rouge)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hype Moves (Sour vegan gluten-reduced milkshake IPA double dry-hopped w/ Sabro, super-fruited w/ mango & pineapple, and conditioned on vanilla beans and toasted coconut)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sea Foam (Fruited sour w/ pineapple, passion fruit, blue spirulina, and lactose)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bere Cioccolato (Imperial stout w/ cacao nibs, coffee, hazelnuts, and lactose aged in grape brandy and two-fill whiskey barrels)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 314 - More Brewing</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Villa Park's More made a big splash from the moment they opened their doors in 2017, due to their hiring of a rising star brewer and their embrace of big flavor beers. Much has changed in a few short years, with a different (yet equally talented) head brewer at the helm, a gigantic new facility opening in Huntley at the end of the month, and...those lagers. Thanks to Aaron Keefner, we were gifted an assortment of More beers, and we review five varied styles in our usual arbitrary way. Along with our realization that we're becoming boring old boomers, listen for Ryan's singing debut, Craig's beer label nightmares, a crazy game of mocha, the upcoming sequel to Davidoff's Cool Water, and a rogues gallery of lager characters. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">More to Life (American Lager dry-hopped with Lemon Drop hops)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">DDH Double Space Boots (DDH DIPA w/ Citra and Galaxy)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Peaches & Cream Marbles (Milkshake IPA w/ peaches, milk sugar, and vanilla)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Henna: Cherry Truffle (Imperial stout w/ sweet & tart cherry, cocoa nibs, and vanilla)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dark Lager (yup)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 313 - Back to the Barrel</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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 rhyme with Bevolution and Bruce Guyland. Craig starts things off a bit morbid, but we soon invent "smoot" and Staygurt for adults. This episode also contains notes of emotional wort, whipped leather, root beer, chocolate IPA, and Cadbury mini-eggs. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Get yourself to Beermiscuous on Saturday, February 8th for our anniversary party.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sketchbook Brewing Co. - Barrel Aged Turbulence Vanilla Bean (Russian imperial stout aged in bourbon barrels with vanilla beans)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Temperance Beer Company - 2019 Hot Cocoa Barrel-aged Might Meets Right (Imperial stout aged in Heaven Hill barrels w/ cacao and vanilla beans)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Half Acre Beer Company - Orin (Bourbon barrel-aged strong ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Brickstone Brewery - Dark Secret: Double Barrel 2019 (Imperial stout aged 10 mo. in Buffalo Trace barrels and 10 mo. in Four Roses barrels)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">More Brewing Company - Barrel-aged Imperial Falling Colors: Karmic (Imperial porter aged in four bourbon barrels w/ cinnamon, cocoa nibs, and coconut)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 312 - Goose Diaspora</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The complex story of Goose Island extends far beyond their innovations and acquisition, because throughout their history, they've cultivated a truly impressive brewing team. This appropriately-numbered episode is a tribute to all the brewers who developed under Goose's tutelage and moved on to start or brew at other impactful breweries. (Somebody should write a book about this stuff.) It's a Goose Island show with no Goose Island beer! Craig tries to get a gritty reboot going that results in an ongoing discussion of grizzled actors, Ryan discovers the secret SRM scale, and we scream out the subtext.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Come to Beermiscuous on Saturday, February 8th because we told you to!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Perennial Artisan Ales - Foeder Coupage Blend 1 (Foeder-aged saison and fresh blond ale blend)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Firestone Walker Brewing Company - Old Man Hattan (Barrel-aged blended strong ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Southern Tier Brewing Company - Nitro Hot Cocoa (Imperial milk stout)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Penrose Brewing Company - Spontaneous 2019: Strawberry (Blended spontaneous ale aged in oak w/ strawberries)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fremont Brewing - B-Bomb 2019 (Barrel-aged winter ale)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 311 - Danks for Legal Weed</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The start of legalized marijuana in Illinois has been a real mixed bag with massive lines and product shortages dominating the headlines. So rather than feeling empty-handed, why not head to the beer aisle for a taste of the dank? We sample six IPAs that are united under the simple idea of "heh heh, weed" to see if we can get lifted in another totally legal way. And of course, we talk just a whole bunch about 311 through trivia, personal experiences, inspired lyric readings, and the most 90's quote we could find. We also weigh in on some recently announced reboots, Ryan apologizes to a high school friend, and we make the lazy river even lazier. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Don't miss our 6th anniversary party at Beermiscuous on February 8th!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Burnt City Brewing - Kveik Minded III: The Dankening (New England IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">SweetWater Brewing Co. - 420 Strain G13 IPA</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Oskar Blues Brewery - Can-O-Bliss Citrus IPA</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lagunitas Brewing Co. - Hazy Memory (New England IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Odd Side Ales - Dank Frank Juice (Double IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Revolution Brewing Co. - Legal-Hero (Double New England IPA)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 310 - Under the Table and Drinking</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It's flavorful yet restrained. It's refreshing and sessionable. And it's loosely bound by any real style designation. It's the table beer! We explore five Chicago-area takes on this non-style that seems to borrow a little magic from Belgian farmhouses before going in a variety of flavorful directions, all while staying under 5% ABV. With this light-weight lineup, we do some heavy lifting by developing two new musical concepts; Ryan works on his verbal plating; Craig doesn't want to tip the toilet sherpa; and we have our refreshnodes massaged. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Remember to mark Saturday, February 8th in your calendar for our 6th Anniversary party at Beermiscuous!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Off Color Brewing - House Lion</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Une Année Brewery - Table</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Is/Was Brewing - Bourgeois Daydream</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Casa Humilde - Mesita</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Keeping Together - The Art of Holding Space</span></p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We're quite transparent about two things on this podcast: we genuinely enjoy supporting our sole long-time sponsor, and we love getting free beer to review. So when Beer on the Wall had their 3rd Anniversary party featuring a wide array of interesting collaborations with great local breweries, they saved us five to review. We also wrap up the year in music with our top albums, open some new flavor doors, pitch some cookie hefeweizens and cake bocks, and further demonstrate why no one really wants us to collaborate on a beer. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">(Also, keep the night of Saturday, February 8th open to come celebrate our 6th Anniversary at Beermiscuous!)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers reviewed (all collaborations with Beer on the Wall)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Around the Bend Beer Company - Biscoff the Wall (Cream ale w/ cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and allspice)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pipeworks Brewing Company - TreESB (Red IPA dry-hopped w/ cedar chips)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Miskatonic Brewing Company - Second Breakfast (Coffee hazy IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Illuminated Brew Works - The Ballad of the Peanut Butter Pony (Stout w/ peanut butter and cocoa)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mikerphone Brewing - Eat to the Beat (Imperial blond stout w/ white chocolate, cocoa nibs, and vanilla)</span></p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Following the story of middle brow has been a privilege for us, as their generosity and selflessness has been pretty well-documented during years of limited production and no actual brewery to call home. But within the last year or so, middle brow has won a gold at FoBAB, bought a few foeders, and opened their cozy brewpub "bungalow," which recently won the designation of</span> <a href= "http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/November-2019/Chicagos-Best-Pizza/"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">best pizza in the city by Chicago Magazine</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. And their status as a brewer of elegant and inspired wild ales - like their signature bread - is on the rise. So handsome Pete from middle brow dropped us off a box of beer (and bread!) to catch up on what our old friends have been up to, and we are objectively impressed. Also, we talk about dumb Chicago food traditions, dream up a GueuZero, conduct a Challenge Butter Cultural Butter Challenge, plead for that Chocolate IPA, and envision vengeful beer ghosts. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">beers reviewed.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For You (Wild lager blend)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bloom (Co-fermented wine beer hybrid brewed w/ 40% frontenac gris grape juice)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Solarium (Mixed-culture solera saison)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Other People (Co-fermented wine beer hybrid w/ negroamaro wine juice)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Neighborhood (Farmhouse w/ locally-captured yeast and Midwestern grains)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 307 - Bourbon County 2019</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wherein we consume over a gallon of Bourbon County, this episode attempts to balance detailed reviews with what is basically stunt drinking. We enlist the help of Beer on the Wall's Ryan Tracy to try all eight variations under Goose Island's 2019 Bourbon County brand. We spend a lot of time dissecting the annually most-argued-over beer release while also planning our 311 heist, uncovering box-related conspiracies, checking to see if our wort is fully worted, and tearing away our pleather pants. Absolute. Fudgebomb.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">2019 Bourbon County Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bourbon County Brand Stout</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bourbon County Brand Wheatwine</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Reserve Rye Bourbon County Brand Stout</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">2-Year Reserve Bourbon County Brand Stout</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bourbon County Brand Mon Chéri Stout (w/ cherries, oats, granola, and brown sugar)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bourbon County Brand Café de Olla Stout (w/ Intelligentsia coffee, cassia bark, orange peel, and panela sugar)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Proprietor's Bourbon County Brand Stout (w/ toasted pecans, coconut, cocoa, and vanilla)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bourbon County Brand Double Barrel Stout</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 306 - FoBAB Winners</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To continue Barrel-Aged December, we track down five beers that brought home medals from this year's Festival of Wood and Barrel-Aged Beers. (We swear this isn't a month-old FoBAB recap show.) We put on our judges' hats and try to find the secret to what makes a beer medal-worthy at Chicago's premier beer competition. Craig lazily tries to shoehorn Baby Yoda into the show, Ryan just wants to be recognized for his cake, and we act like a couple of drinking cockswains. Pour it on your ham!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Church Street Brewing Company - Holy Moly (Barrel-aged milk stout) -</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Bronze in Classic Styles</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hacienda Beer Co. - L'hiver (Foeder-aged Brett. saison w/ ginger, orange peel, and green cardamom) -</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Silver in Wild Beer/Brett</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Crystal Lake Brewing - Boathouse Reserve Rye Whiskey Barrel Aged Imperial Stout -</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Silver in Strong Porter/Stout</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pollyanna Brewing Company - Orenda Volume 02 (Belgian-style quadrupel aged in grape brandy barrels) -</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Silver in Other Strong Beer</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cerebral Brewing - Vanilla Rye Here Be Monsters (Rye barrel-aged stout w/ vanilla beans) -</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Gold in Specialty Strong Porter/Stout</span></em></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 305 - Cruz Blanca Luchadors 2019</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At some point, these guys can't stay "underrated" or "under the radar" with the ridiculous blends and adjunct-enhanced beers from barrels they release every year. Cruz Blanca's Luchador series may still be young in the Chicago specialty release annual tradition, but the resulting beers are outpacing their seasoned competitors in quality and accessibility. In what is likely an ill-advised move, we sit down and drink through all six of these high-ABV barrel-aged beers to review and rank them. The episode is also an extended tribute to Challenge Butter, Your Intimidating Kitchen Friend</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Ⓡ</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">. We also get on about noseburns, flowereaters, The Simpsons arcade game strategy, and Bourbon County sharkjumping. Listen to us wrestle with sobriety!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rey Gordo (Imperial stout aged in Basil Hayden bourbon barrels)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Santa Cruz (Oatwine aged in rye whiskey & red wine barrels)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tarzan Boy (Imperial stout aged in rum barrels with banana, coffee, & vanilla)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Señor Incognito (Imperial stout aged in rye whiskey barrels with toasted coconut, pecans, & cinnamon)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Loco Dinero (Imperial blonde ale aged in rum & rye whiskey barrels with Sparrow coffee)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lady Luminada (Imperial blonde ale aged in rum & rye whiskey barrels with chocolate, strawberry, cherry, & blackberry)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 304 - Deep Wood 2019 Part 1</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The best yearly barrel-aged release series has hit its halfway point, so we're using that as an excuse to drink through the five newest releases in Revolution's Deep Wood series. It takes some real nitpicking to find flaws in any of these beers, so we mostly just talk about why they are all awesome in their own way. Plus, Craig schemes to be the next Everyday Hero, Ryan reveals he's a real PlumBum, and we order out for some CrunchWraps. We also plan out our social media wall-of-fame and wonder what it would take to convert Craig to drinking actual coffee. There's plenty of room on our tongue futon.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Deth's Tar (Barrel-aged Imperial Oatmeal Stout)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Deth By Plums (Barrel-aged Imperial Oatmeal Stout w/ plums)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Café Deth (Barrel-aged Imperial Oatmeal Stout w/ coffee)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Straight Jacket (Barrel-aged Barleywine)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">V.S.O.R. (Rye ale aged in Rye barrels)</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Special thanks to Revolution Brewing for providing the beers for this show!</span></em></p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When a beer festival with national interest comes through Chicago, beer consumers are met with a whole new array of options at their favorite bottle shops, even if only for a short time. For this episode, we take advantage of some FoBAB-influenced "hot drops" of out-of-distribution breweries ending up on local beer store shelves. Is it better for the local beer drinker than it is worse for the local beer producer? The five beers on this show certainly make our response to that complicated. Also, Ryan tries to start the new hot coffee mug phrase, Craig just wants to listen to "Fields of Gold" by Sting, and we struggle through maybe the drunkest rankings ever.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pure Project Brewing - Fingers of Gold (Murky IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Listermann Brewing Company - Barrel-Aged Chickow! (Hazelnut Double Brown Ale aged in Heaven Hill barrels)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beachwood Blendery - Funk Yeah (Gueuze-inspired Sour Ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Other Half Brewing Co. - Triple Nelson Daydream (Imperial Oat Cream IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jackie O's Brewery - Bourbon Barrel Oil Of Aphrodite (Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout w/ Black Walnuts and Belgian Candi Syrup)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 302 - Listener Supported</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We took last week to recover from FoBAB, so this week we dip into our short-storage vault for this episode we recorded back in May with five listener-donated beers. This beer lineup features both minor misses and absolute hits, but we're feeling genuinely warmed by the listener love. Impending summer makes us looser than ever as we cover the positives and negatives of non-craft beer bars; we imagine Playdoh-aged beers; Ryan draws the line at Baudoinia or Bust; and Craig breaks the podcast through one simple simile. Cream those beans!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Southern Grist Brewing Company - Lemon Meringue Pie Gose (Provided by Matt Milam)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ale Asylum - Bock'd & Loaded (Maibock aged in Tequila and Chardonnay barrels, provided by Gary Nidetz)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lo Rez Brewing - Apricot Knockout (Farmhouse Ale w/ apricots, provided by Sarah Rehmer)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Perennial Artisan Ales - Sump Coffee Stout 2018 w/ Ethiopian Roba (Provided by Don Kasak)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ozark Beer Company - BDCS (Imperial milk stout aged in bourbon barrels, provided by Chris Butler)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 301 - Dark Lagers</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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 seven different dark lagers, with four coming from our own backyard of Chicago. We learn a bit about the schwarzbier by soaking up the words of the experts, and we're pleasantly surprised to find variation all throughout this lineup. Also, Ryan's age is showing, we mourn the brief life of windbreaker season, we try not to throw away any ghosts, and we take a hard stance on beer made with human ingredients. Touch of molasses!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Metropolitan Brewing - Magnetron (Schwarzbier)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Köstritzer Schwarzbierbrauerei - Köstritzer Schwarzbier</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Argus Brewery - Cygnus X-1 (Dark lager)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Budějovický Budvar - Czechvar/Budweiser Budvar B:Dark (Euro dark lager)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Spiteful Brewing - Dark Lager</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Krombacher Gruppe - Krombacher Dark (Schwarzbier)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Maplewood Brewing Company - The Shade (Schwarzbier)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 300 - 3 Fonteinen</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2019 13:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We're celebrating our big 300 by treating ourselves to the exquisite (and expensive) beers from one of Belgium's longest-running gueuze producers, Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen. Despite the occasion, we just do it like we have for the last 300 by reviewing carefully crafted beers as sloppily as possible, only diverting to mini-tangents about Craig's assassin dog, horse accoutrements, Goozzwords, vacation mouth, forced floors, nighttime TinglersⓇ, and Mosher's leveled-up skill set. Thanks for listening at any point during our 300 episodes - we hope it's been entertaining (and just a little informative). </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Oude Geuze </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Oude Geuze Cuvée Armand & Gaston</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Oude Kriek</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Framboos (2014)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hommage</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 299 - Torture Test III: Pain Train</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2019 16:26:04 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The most terrible tradition returns with our third annual gauntlet of gore as we try and outdo each other with the absolute worst-tasting beers we can find. Throw in some Zombie Skittles, and you have a profane exhibition of freakishly-bad flavors. We also try to avoid adding ounces to our Cuveé of Doom by guessing details on our brutal blind pours. We share some Halloween party conversation starters, recreate the general mood of</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Deer Hunter</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, dine at UmamiBloodMeat, and fight against our Pavlovian smelling instincts.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Malignant Beers Reacted To</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mikkeller - Spontanbeetroot (Lambic-style ale w/ beets)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">3 Floyds Brewing - Barrel-aged Chevalier 2013 (Barrel-aged Biere de Garde w/ brett)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Stone Brewing - 17th Anniversary Götterdämmerung (Double IPA from 2013)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rinkuškiai - Crazy Brewski (Imperial Pilsner)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Brewery Vivant - Tart Side of the Moon (Dark Farmhouse Ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Goose Island Clybourn - Silver Jubilee (Double Pale Ale from 2013)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 298 - FoBABlin' 4 The People</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2019 13:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In our yearly tribute to Chicago's biggest and best beer fest, we continue our tradition of giving our recommendations for the Festival of Wood and Barrel-aged Beers while drinking from a distinguished lineup of attendees - but that's not all. We introduce the FoBAB Fantasy Draft into the world, give you instructions on how to run your own league, and hold a mock draft between ourselves (before our real league draft). But we don't forget to hurl some major superlatives at the barrel-aged beers on the show, and talk about sad dinosaur stories. (Keep your eyes peeled on our website for the next week to get more info on running your own FoBAB Fantasy Draft. And buy tickets to FoBAB, if you haven't already.)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Revolution Brewing - Strawberry Jacket (BA Barleywine w/ strawberries)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Revolution Brewing - Honey Jacket (BA Barleywine w/ honey)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Around the Bend Beer Co. - Proximal (BA Barleywine)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Begyle Brewing - Barrel Aged Imperial Pajamas (BA Imperial Oatmeal Stout)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">WeldWerks Brewing Co. - Medianoche Premier Vol. 1 (BA Imperial Stout blend)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 297 - Craig's Choice</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Oct 2019 12:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It's a joyous time in the ABV bunker as we celebrate Craig's engagement by letting him pick a lineup of seemingly incongruous beers that are as significant as they are interesting. With a mix of cellar dives and recent finds, Craig imbues this episode with a certain personal resonance while also napalming Ryan's esophagus. Craig shares his creative and beer-related proposal story, but we also expound upon our fat voices, weird produce, Craigaoke, misheard Beyonce lyrics, Zach Afrin, and the worst beer collaboration ever imagined. Congratulations to Craig and Liz!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hill Farmstead Brewery - Civil Disobedience #6 (Blended wine barrel-aged saison)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">de Garde Brewing - Imperial Apricot Bu (Berliner Weisse aged in oak w/ apricots)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Triptych Brewing - And I Think My Spaceship Knows Which Way To Go (Hazy Double IPA w/ Galaxy & Ella hops)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Funk Factory Geuzeria - Framquartet (Méthode Traditionnelle blend aged w/ red, purple, black, and golden raspberries)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Bruery - Black Tuesday Reserve (Double barrel-aged imperial stout)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 296 - GABF 2019</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For three whole days, we are the masters of our domain - which is the expansive festival hall in Denver, Colorado for the Great American Beer Festival. We're double dipping on this episode as we combine interviews from the festival floor with beer reviews and a weekend recap from the comforts of our hotel room. We stop short of two hours on this one, but it's filled with takes on our favorite beers from the fest, a recap of Illinois medal winners, and highlights from drinking around Denver all weekend. Also, hear about a few surprise breweries coming to FoBAB, a beer that was literally aged on grunge, how the guy who wrote the book on IPAs feels about the haze craze, the actual best chili in Cincinnati, what it means to win it all at Hunaphu's Day, and which brewery makes the most Seinfeld references. It's gold, listener! Gold! Here's to feeling good all the time.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bierstadt Lagerhaus - Slow Pour Pils</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Baere Brewing Co./Mr. B's Wine & Spirits - The Baeres And the B's (Sour ale w/ Gewurztraminer grapes and Nelson Sauvin hops)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Great Divide Brewing Company - S'mores Yeti (Imperial Stout brewed with Chocolate, Marshmallow and Spices)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Interviews from GABF</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Matt Johnson and Jason Green of IMBĪB Custom Brews (Reno, NV) - [00:14:26 - 00:18:26]</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nick Walker and Max Arndt of Ology Brewing Co. (Tallahassee, FL) - [00:21:23 - 00:25:04]</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kelly Montgomery and John McGarry of Brink Brewing Co. (Cincinnati, OH) - [00:30:34 - 00:35:43]</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mike Czech and Kurt of Pure Project Brewing (San Diego, CA) - [00:44:46 - 00:53:03]</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mitch Steele of New Realm Brewing Company (Atlanta, GA & VIrginia Beach, VA) - [01:00:47 - 01:11:00]</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Andy Maben of New Sarum Brewing (Salisbury, NC) - [01:20:37 - 01:29:44]</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Steve Pominski of Barrage Brewing Company (Farmingdale, NY) - [01:36:18 - 01:43:51]</span></p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Already an established force in IPAs, Revolution was curiously slow to embrace the hazier varieties. Not rushing in has afforded them the ability to learn from others and perfect their approach, starting over the last year through wildly popular test batches at the brewpub. But since this summer, Revolution has jumped in head first by releasing two murky Hero varieties and collaborating with a few of the hottest local haze producers. We sample five beers that represent this new side of Rev, hoping for a new hero to come along. We also recorded this after being at a beer fest all day, so you'll get a few diversions on odd t-shirts, a pocket full of George, 311 inspiration in the produce aisle, a new solo podcast venture, and what it'll take to unleash Milkshake Hero. Time for a game wavy.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Northeast Hero (NE IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Base (West Coast-style Pale Ale) - Collaboration with Hop Butcher for the World </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Superstructure (Imperial Hazy IPA) - Collaboration with Hop Butcher for the World </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Reverrant (DDH NE IPA) - Collaboration with Saint Errant Brewing</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hazy Hero (NE IPA)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 294 - Road 2 GABF</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this long-awaited sequel, we are filling our meters with GABF excitement as we talk about the upcoming fest while drinking some local medal winners. We sample four Chicagoland beers that have previously earned medals - and deservedly so. There's also a lot of tips for the Great American Beer Festival for 2019, including our Illinois brewery picks, which new-to-us breweries we're most excited about, and all the other breweries that can't be missed. Also, we develop an emergency plan in the case of a skitching, plead for more care in pug diets, resist feeling the Mitch Steele, and seek the weirdest weird beers. #rebootALF</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Illinois Medal Winners Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Maplewood Brewing Co. - Fat Pug (Oatmeal Milk Stout) -</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">2017 Bronze in Oatmeal Stout</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Smylie Brothers Brewing Co. - Purple Line (Wheat w/ hibiscus, blueberry, and blackberry) -</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">3-time medal winner </span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Piece Brewery & Pizzeria - It's Your Fault Alt (Altbier) -</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">2017 Silver in German-style Altbier</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Eris Brewery and Cider House - Foiken Haze (New England-style IPA) -</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">2018 Bronze in Juicy or Hazy India Pale Ale</span></em></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 293 - New Chicagoland Sampler</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The number of breweries in or around Chicago has surpassed 200 at this point, deflating the opinions of those that speculated about a major bubble bursting in the last few years. But that market density means that breweries must start strong to gain their footing with consumers. On this episode, we're sampling five beers from five Chicagoland breweries that have opened or begun releasing beers in the last few months, and this show gives us a lot to be excited about. We also write a tubular eulogy for the 90s, anger a few breweries on the moon, beg for more cask beers, become proud brew daddies, and live out Summer Craig's dying wish. This one'll leave you feeling like a head human with the lungs. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Casa Humilde - Maizal (Mexican Lager)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Is/Was Brewing - Will Be (Saison w/spelt and triticale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Midwest Coast Brewing Co. - The Colonies (ESB)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Black Lung Brewing Company - Mr. Willy Sub For A Day (Maltshake Hazy Double IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Riverlands Brewing Company - First Catch of the Day (Imperial Stout w/ coffee, maple, and vanilla)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 292 - Oktoberfest Blind</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2019 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Like hooded sweatshirts and nutmeg-dusted coffee drinks, Oktoberfests make the impending colder temperatures much more bearable. Is it beer's most popular seasonal? Probably! We had no problem finding nine different Oktoberfest/Märzen beers, most of which were brewed right here in Chicagoland. So we put them into a big blind tasting to determine which malty lager rises to the top, and we are desperately seeking jumbo pretzels by the end. Craig has a chicken-wing experiment, Ryan is a BelVita Biscuit Boy, and we do a little urban foraging. If this episode is making you thirsty, you should check out Beer On The Wall's TRUCKTOBERFEST on Saturday, September 14th! Tell them Craig and Ryan sent you to receive one (1) complimentary quizzical look!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed Blindly (in order of appearance)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. (w/ Bitburger Braugruppe) - Oktoberfest</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Half Acre Beer Co. - Lager Town</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Miskatonic Brewing - Oktoberfest</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Werk Force Brewing Co. - Werktoberfest</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">BuckleDown Brewing - Oktoberfest</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Banging Gavel Brews - Civil Code</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Goose Island Beer Co. - Oktoberfest</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pollyanna Brewing Co. - Fruhauf</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Burnt City Brewing - Oktoberfest Lager</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 291 - The NH Show</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2019 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our state show journey reaches New Hampshire, courtesy of listener and friend David Leshinski, who sent us a state sampler box with *</span><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">record scratch</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">* no hazy IPAs?!? We enjoy this welcome and scenic diversion from our usual (lactose) fare with five different beers from five different New Hampshire breweries, and we're livin' free. Also, Craig Pokémons his dog and relives his time at Riverdance U, Ryan has a parenting and superhero dilemma, and we aspire to live like famous treasure hunter Nicolas Cage. But back on the beer side, we get into the complicated story of Smuttynose, remember goses, yearn for more gruits, and get enthusiastic over another new sour program. And shield your Tekus, because Craig's hitting the high notes.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Schilling Beer Co. [Littleton, NH] - Hanse (Keller Pils)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Liars Bench Beer Co. [North Conway, NH] - Private I (India Pale Lager)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Moat Mountain Brewing Co. [North Conway, NH] - Bone Shaker Brown (English-style Brown Ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Earth Eagle Brewings [Portsmouth, NH] - Indian Summer (Gose w/ plum)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Smuttynose Brewing Co. [Hampton, NH] - Baltic Porter</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 290 - Kveik Beers</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The *ahem* hot new yeast on the scene for both homebrewers and professionals alike is actually an ancient and pastoral tradition, propagated by Norwegian farmers and evolved by necessity. Kveik yeast offers undeniable positives for brewers: it ferments fast and clean at unusually hot temperatures, often infusing the resulting beer with a welcome fruitiness that seems to match most styles. To learn more about Kveik, we drink five beers made with different strains of the Norwegeian yeast, and we talk with Ben and John Saller of Burnt City Brewing, hosts of</span> <a href= "https://burntcitybrewing.com/event/kveikfest2019/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Chicago's first ever Kveik Fest</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. It's refreshingly educational for our brand, as we lean on many different experts to learn about how Kveik differs from other well-known farmhouse yeasts, what brewers can do to prevent bastardizing ancient tradition, and why some Norwegians scream into their fermenters. Also, Craig shares some well-aged Great Taste of the Midwest highlights, we explore some strange fjords, and we consider the end of the Brut IPA. Check it out - we think you'll kveik it. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Burnt City Brewing - Li'l Sparky (Meyer Lemon Grisette)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Strange Days Brewing Co. - Two Fjords (Double IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Working Draft Beer Co. w/ Third Space Brewing and Omega Yeast - SMÖRGÅSBORD VOSS (IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bold Dog Beer Co. - Covered In Fur (Peach and Kiwi Berliner Weisse)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Solemn Oath Brewery w/ Adler Planetarium, Binny's, Omega Yeast, Et Al. - Project Apollo (IPA)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 289 - Triptych Diptych</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Though it's been three years since their last feature on the podcast, Triptych has remained one of our favorite downstate breweries while continuing to grow into fine purveyors of all things hazy and beyond. For this one, we sample six different beers from the Savoy-based brewery (and "Memery") to try and make an arbitrary case for which super flavorful beer is better than the others. It's a tough job. Also, Craig attempts to fill in some gaps in his 80s movie watching quest; we marvel at the most words ever printed on the bottom of a can; Ryan gives a waffle pep talk; Craig makes a bonkers Taco Bell analogy; and we bring the noise, bring the skunk. The end of this one gets a little sloppy.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Czech, Czech, & Czech (Czech pilsner)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tarnt: Cherry Bomb (Kettle-soured ale w/ cherry juice and Saigon cinnamon)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Way Is Shut (Triple Dry-Hopped Mosaic Double IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A Wizard Is Never Late (Hazy DDH IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Once, But Never Again (Blueberry ale w/ vanilla)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Imperial Hawaiian Shirt Day (Imperial IPA w/ mango and passionfruit)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 288 - Gaga for GA</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2019 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the three years since we last drank five Georgia beers on the show, there have been significant law changes allowing breweries to sell directly to consumers, resulting in another wave of craft beer growth in the Peach State. Listener Brandon Ramirez sent us a box of tasty treats for our review, and none are short on flavor. We also mark a historic event before it happens, fire up the Aquafier, gain some sympathy weight, and smell some warm hugs.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Arches Brewing - Lloyd's Light (American Light Lager)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pontoon Brewing - The Most Humble Pie (Berliner-style w/ strawberries, raspberries, vanilla, and lactose)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wild Leap Brewing/TrimTab Brewing - Coco Flamingo (Double IPA w/ tangerine, coconut, and lime)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">New Realm Brewing Company - Transcendental IPA (Double IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Monday Night Brewing - Sympathy Weight (Maple Bourbon Barrel Wee Heavy/Scotch Ale)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 287 - Brew City</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2019 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Milwaukee's great reputation as the home of brewers (and The Brewers) was long built on cheap adjunct lagers. But in three years time, the Brew City has been reborn as a craft beer destination. Ryan and Craig had a torrid affair with Milwaukee's beer scene in 24 hours, gathering beers and interviews along the way to provide a whole episode that is basically beer tourism propaganda. Listen as we welcome Andy from Third Space to hazetown, and he guides us through a speed-tasting while explaining how they sold their beer to Miller Park and won three GABF medals in two years. Kyle Vetter from 1840 shares a green beer with us while talking about his sometimes unconventional methods of achieving liquid perfection and where he sees the brewery growing in the near future. We also pop open four beers to review while reliving our experiences at Vennture, Good City, Hacienda, Lakefront, and the locally infamous Wolski's. And you learn the totally relatable ways we manage to stay so fit, and admire Leather David. Remember - there's more to life than lactose.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Interviews Featured</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Andy Gehl of Third Space Brewing (00:08:58 - 00:30:03)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kyle Vetter of 1840 Brewing Company (00:37:38 - 00:58:36)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Third Space Brewing - Happy Place (Midwestern pale ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">1840 Brewing Company - Rickety Elevator (Mixed culture saison)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hacienda Beer Co. - Time Is An Illusion (New England DIPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Good City Brewing - Lord Lyon - Rye Barrel Aged (Scotch ale)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 286 - Eagle Park Brewing Company</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2019 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Even though they're not even three years old, Eagle Park Brewing Company has already acquired its third location to brew their top-tier beers to serve the Milwaukee area. We chat with co-owners Max Borgardt and Jake Schinker about their explosive growth while sipping through a taproom lineup of flavorful show-stoppers. Everything about the business' past, present, and future is explored, from how a band of brothers practicing in their parents' basement and brewing in their garage led to lengthy lines at their Milwaukee taproom releases - and ultimately to their $3 million new facility in their hometown of Muskego. We discuss their first speakeasy taproom, how they are scrambling to meet demand, the rapid acceleration of the Milwaukee craft beer scene, and the dream collaborations that still leave them awestruck. There's talk of driving albums, what beers not to drink on stage during a concert, the influence (and non-influence) of Untappd reviews, and how Martha Stewart inspired a milkshake IPA. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Sampled</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">DDH Goon Juice (Hazy IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">DDH Set List (IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Feet Don't Fail Me (Milkshake IPA w/ lactose sugar, aged on plums, pineapple, and vanilla)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Apricot Peach Sour (w/ apricot and peach)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Booze For Breakfast: French Toast (Imperial breakfast stout with Vermont Maple Syrup, Cascara Cinnamon, and Madagascar Vanilla)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bourbon Barrel-Aged Booze For Breakfast (Imperial breakfast stout with Vermont Maple Syrup, Bourbon Barrel Aged Coffee Beans)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 285 - Phase Three vs. Hop Butcher Blind</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The two great local conquests of the haze-chasers in Chicagoland for 2019, Phase Three and Hop Butcher have built a hype train of hops that has no signs of slowing down. So we do some blatant pandering to the beer geeks by having three double IPAs from each brewery in a blind tasting to finally determine...well, very little, actually. Taste is subjective, our opinions are arbitrary, and we have weird palates. It's really just a fun experiment diving into these hazy monsters while doing just a sh*t job of guessing what they are, so enjoy the ride! Also, Craig went to an anime convention and has some predictably odd cosplay thoughts; Ryan confuses a beer with some late-night cinema; and we work out our cross-promotion with Trolls World Tour. There's also font talk, gradient love, topical fruits, a terrible survival plan, and untrue life hacks for getting rid of Bud Light Orange. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Tasted Blindly (in order of appearance)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hop Butcher for the World - Green Moss</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Phase Three Brewing - Energetic Mind</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Phase Three Brewing - Rule of Thirds</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Phase Three Brewing - Discipline for Passion</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hop Butcher for the World - Normalize the Signal</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hop Butcher for the World - The Jewels</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 284 - Rabid Brewing</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Founded in 2017 as the first brewery in Homewood, Rabid Brewing combines mythical lore with artistic passion to bring a diverse and delicious beer menu to their taproom. We sit down with co-owners and co-founders Raiye Rosado and Tobias Cichon, along with brewer Max Sterbenc, to taste through the whole taplist while talking about how Rabid came to be and where things are headed. In the process, we learn what Rabid does to provide a unique experience for their customers while embracing art and music to make an environment welcoming to everyone. But we also go on about goatskin chaps, hop acquisition, The Feast of the Goat Queen, bathroom chalk art, 3 Floyds inspirations, beer cocktails, the Omega Yeast difference, their milkshake IPA resistance, and a long-dead beer style that should probably stay dead. And Max's dad Joe steps in to talk about how his 35 years of homebrewing inspired some of the recipes at Rabid, and why his head is plastered all over the taproom. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Sampled</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Shadowstepper (Chocolate milk stout)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dripping Teats (Lactose IPA)</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hexed (Blackberry apricot ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Singularity 007 (SMaSH IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lycan Pils (Dry-hopped American pilsner)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Battle Monk (Belgian Dubbel)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Zuul (DDH Juicy IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Apollyon (DDH Juicy DIPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dwarves of Doom (Chocolate coffee imperial stout)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Horus (Triple IPA)</span></p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We're taking a liquid voyage to the great state of Tennessee for our 21st state show, thanks to listener Matt Milam. There are five beers from four breweries for us to sample, and at least one of us gets injured in the process. We learn a bit about these great breweries, even if one of us refuses to learn how to properly pronounce their names. Craig reports on his scooter experience, Ryan takes a big bite out of the BubbleTape, and we have a sour program. There's also Corporal Nut, Steven Moist, the canning demon, Alcohol Rich, and Betty White's eyes. Tennesseein' is Tennebelievin'! </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alliance Brewing Company [Knoxville] - Cubano Coffee Brown (Brown ale w/ lactose, turbinado sugar, and cold brew coffee)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tailgate Brewery [Nashville] - Southeast IPA</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Smith & Lentz [Nashville] - German Pils</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Yazoo Brewing Company [Nashville] - Funk Fest 2019 (Tripel w/ brett. aged in peach brandy and vanilla bean bourbon barrels)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alliance Brewing Company - Imperial Centennial IPA</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 282 - Untitled Art</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Born from a union of Funk Factory's Levi Funk and Octopi Brewing's Isaac Showaki, Untitled Art was launched in late 2016 to bring exciting new styles to Wisconsin before everyone was doing them. Now that</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">everyone is doing them</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, how has Untitled Art grown to establish itself? Well, it certainly helps to have really cool friends. On this show, we gallery walk through five flavorful collaborations and discover we have yet another reason to drive to Wisconsin. Also, we train for our sick scooter tricks, suss out who smuggled the African hops, suffer Untappd-related brain damage, bravely draw the line at congealed beers, and birth Fardar into existence. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Art Consumed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pilsner w/ South African Hops (collaboration with TRVE Brewing Company)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Terpene IPA (collaboration with American Solera)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Spritzer Weisse (collaboration with J. Wakefield Brewing)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hazy IIPA (Version 5) (collaboration with Narrow Gauge Brewing Company)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Espresso Marshmallow Stout (collaboration with Equilibrium Brewery)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 281 - Diet Beers</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Though we'd all like to pretend Hazy IPAs or pastry stouts represent the most significant trends in beer over the last decade or so, the real big money game-changer is the astronomical growth of Michelob Ultra. So how does craft (or "craft") beer respond? We find out by drinking a lineup of low-calorie, low-carb beers that will help counter our lactose-enhanced waistlines. We pitch some fitness innovations for beer (and beyond), classify common dad problems as genres of music, master our asses, and put some pressure on our exotic fruit dealer. It's an episode made for</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">DOING!</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Anheuser-Busch - Michelob Ultra Pure Gold (American light lager)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ballast Point Brewing - Lager (American light lager)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lagunitas Brewing - DayTime IPA</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Deschutes Brewery - Da Shootz! (Pilsner)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Boulevard Brewing - Easy Sport (Blonde ale w/ tangerine peel & sea salt)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dogfish Head Craft Brewery - Slightly Mighty (Session IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Marathon Brewing Company [Boston Beer Co.] - 26.2 Brew (Golden ale w/ sea salt & coriander)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 280 - School of Brett</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2019 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For decades, brewers have been harvesting the funk from brettanomyces yeast strains for a variety of purposes. Whether it's to add some phenolic funk to a sour beer or some fruity depth to an IPA, brett has become a household name in brewing. Chicago's Lake Effect Brewing and Omega Yeast Labs collaborated on a mixed 4-pack, titled School of Brett, by dosing a wine barrel-aged base saison with three different strains of brettanomyces to help educate about the differences between the strains. For this episode, we have Lake Effect's founder and owner Clint Bautz along with Omega's co-founder and co-owner Lance Shaner to talk about the collaboration and what makes these brett strains unique. We also talk a lot about what's new with both businesses, Craig mines for some yeast puns, Ryan just</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">had</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">to dig up that Brett Trois story again, and we literally bathe in tropical light. Join us and learn more about brett - it's the yeast you can do.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Tasted</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lake Effect Brewing/Omega Yeast Labs - "School of Brett"</span></p> <p>Base Saison</p> <p>Claussenii</p> <p>Bruxellensis</p> <p>Lambicus</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 279 - Farm to Podcast</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2019 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">More sustainable and definitely more rustic than your city brewery, these five beer producers also operate in conjunction with a farm, using ingredients grown on their lands for a uniquely artisanal experience. We have a range of styles from Illinois, Tennessee, and Vermont that teach us a lot about ingredients and just basic vocabulary, to be honest. Ryan subjects Craig to a game of Two Truths and a Lie: Farm Animal Edition, Craig clears up confusion about his America's Next Top Model history, and we get real psyched about gruits. It's a premium farm to our mouths to your ears experience.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Scratch Brewing Company (Ava, IL) - Turmeric Tonic (Gruit-style ale with turmeric and nettle)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Big Thorn Farm & Brewery (Georgetown, IL) - Wood Thyme Tart (Kettle-soured gruit w/ farm-grown thyme and aged on charred hickory logs)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hill Farmstead Brewery (Greensboro, VT) - E. (2014; Dry-hopped barrel-aged saison)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rolling Meadows Brewery (Cantrall, IL) - Coffee Break (Brown ale w/ coffee)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Blackberry Farm Brewery (Maryville, TN) - Abbey Quad</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 278 - The OK Show</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2019 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For our 20th State Show, listener and friend Jim Plachy offered to round up five Oklahoma beers, and we said that'd be alright with us. And with a lineup this flavorful, we wish we would've done this state sooner. Fill your ears with some word jazz as we talk about movie tropes, melty faces, weird tongue stuff, Chris Elliott, and whipping jerseys at babies. Mmm, Zangy!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Prairie Artisan Ales Brewpub (Tulsa) - Rockets and Dreams (Saison w/ chamomile and plums)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Stonecloud Brewing Company (Oklahoma City) - Chug Norris (Mosaic pale ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Heirloom Rustic Ales (Tulsa) - Chapel Visitor (Blended barrel-aged wild ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">American Solera (Tulsa) - BK...OK (DIPA, collaboration with Other Half)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cabin Boys Brewery (Tulsa) - The Bearded Theologian (Belgian Quad)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 277 - Haze Buds</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What's better than hanging with your buds and sipping on some murky hop suds? We don't know because everyone's preferences are subjective! On this episode, we drink five hazy IPAs that happen to be collaborations between local breweries and their cool friends. We start this Sweeps Week out right with the three P's; we try to make two half-Phase Threes into a whole; Ryan peels back the layers on the punion; Craig enters a meditative tasting state; and we fill everything up with a little zazz.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Brickstone Brewery (w/ Phase Three Brewing) - Brick Phas'd (NEIPA w/ lactose)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Corridor Brewery & Provisions (w/ Phase Three Brewing) - Set Phazers to Stun! (NEIPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pipeworks Brewing (w/ Hop Butcher for the World) - Seismic Positvity (Oat IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Maplewood Brewing Company (w/ Saint Errant Brewing) - Steamless in Chicago (No-boil DDH DIPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">WeldWerks Brewing (w/ Mikerphone Brewing) - Auto Tune (Hazy DIPA)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 276 - Saisonathon 2019 Live</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For the third straight year - and our first at Forbidden Root - we celebrated Illinois Craft Beer Week by bringing together some of the area's best saisons and saison brewers. On this episode recorded (mostly) live at Forbidden Root, we sample a wide variety of the style with some of our best friends in beer. There's a lot of great technical talk for saison nerds, but we also explore the Power of Oak, new shower curtain smells, an odd revelation about Minecraft, and ghost pigs. Also, Randy Mosher takes us to style school as he discusses the beauty of saison, finding synergy in unusual ingredients, and what the hell a kvass and a kuit beer are.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Segments</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">00:07:57-00:26:48 - Mike Thorpe (Afterthought Brewing) & Jacob Sembrano (Cruz Blanca Brewery) tasting Afterthought's Batch 100 and Cruz Blanca's Todo Uno</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">00:26:53-00:40:41 - Adam Cieslak and Adam Smith (Maplewood Brewing) tasting Maplewood's Cool August Moon and Transient's O'tay</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">00:40:50-00:59:03 - Randy Mosher (Forbidden Root) tasting Forbidden Root's Urban Farmstead II and Middle Brow's May 4th, 2019</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">00:59:08-01:11:52 - Kevin Lilly (Lo Rez Brewing) and Brian Taylor (Whiner Beer Co.) tasting Lo Rez's Voxel and Whiner's Bumbo</span></p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The folks from Angry Chair are not shy to admit that non-locals are likely most familiar with their heavily-hyped stouts. We try and do right by this Tampa brewery by sampling a few other styles from Craig's recent visit - but of course we didn't forget about the stouts. We propose a more weather-appropriate spinoff brewery, Craig recaps meeting a famous dog at the taproom, and we are a little awestruck by the oddity that is the dessert Florida Weisse. We also really cram in the verbal adjuncts through a shocking discovery about Tetris, the oddest 90s "it" couple, how to Lawnmower-Man yourself with a Game Shark and a Game Genie, and a whole trivia game about celebrities featured in old video games.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Vodnik (Czech Pilsner)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Evan And Dolly (New England IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On Second Thought [Omnipollo collaboration] (Berliner with pineapple, bananas, coconuts, & tahitian vanilla)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fudge Bucket w/ Bolivian Cacao (Imperial sweet stout)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Popinski (Rye barrel-aged Russian imperial stout w/ vanilla)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 274 - Tampa Bay Beers</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When Craig vacations, we all win. This show is the result of Craig's recent trip to Florida for a week of Harry Pottering and beer hopping on the Bay as we drink five different beers from five breweries local to the Tampa & St. Petersburg areas. There are many questions addressed on this show: Why do Floridians love such big, boozy beers? Can you use a coolship in Florida? Which taproom is a front for the Illuminati? Why is the grass so crunchy? Where's my lactose? We also get another fantastic Dog Tale, feel like old narcs for not understanding CBD, hold a word measuring contest, and have high carb hopes.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Green Bench Brewing - Sauvage Miel (Wild w/ orange blossom honey)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hidden Springs Ale Works - Zero Fucks Given (Dry-hopped-only pale ale w/ Citra, Mosaic, and Motueka)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Late Start Brewing - Colorbars (Mint coffee chocolate imperial stout)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">7venth Sun Brewery - Vultures From the Past (Whiskey barrel-aged barleywine)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cycle Brewing Company - Roadtrip Series: Don't Know What I'm Gonna Do (Barrel-aged stout w/ barrel-aged coffee, cocoa nibs, and cinnamon)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Best of Low ABV 4: Flavor Adventures</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For more than three years, we've been releasing weekly one-shot episodes - Low ABVs - exclusively for our Patreon Patrons. In addition to interesting beers reviewed, these short shows are home to some of our goofiest asides, weirdest games, and hysterical disasters. This week we've compiled four of our very favorites from the last year with beers that span the country while representing the diverse range of styles from adjunct stout to hazy IPA to adjunct stout to hazy IPAs. They're not all good. There's also a very timely Game of Thrones-based trivia game, LARPing for Pizza, misquoted Eleanor Roosevelt, the answer to an important 311-based question, a little too much about Sonic the Hedgehog, our favorite goth sushi place, the unwanted return of the Bathroom Boys, and the most niche Calvin Peeing sticker ever made. And that's just about half of it. For more content like this every single week, plus annual holiday gifts, bottle share invites, a special offer (as mentioned in the intro), and early access to each week's episode - support what we do and</span> <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/abvchicago"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">sign up on our Patreon today</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lows Compiled</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Low ABV 142 - Dancing Gnome Dead Sleep (starts at 7:51)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Low ABV 130 - Abnormal Hazy Dreams (starts at 23:19)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Low ABV 135 - Dragon Banana (starts at 42:43)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Low ABV 122 - SciPAs (starts at 1:03:45)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dancing Gnome - Dead Sleep - Chocolate (stout w/ chocolate)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abnormal Beer Co. - Hazy Dreams (IPA)</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">New Holland Brewing - Dragon's Milk Reserve: Banana Coconut (BBA stout w/ real banana and natural flavors)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pipeworks Brewing Company - Unicorn Vs. Science (NE IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hop Butcher For The World - Traveling Scientist (NE Pale Ale)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 273 - Blind Saisons</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It's that magical time of year again where the warm weather and budding flowers necessitate the enjoyment of saisons - and it's also when we have our annual Saisonathon event during Illinois Craft Beer Week on Tuesday, May 14th at Forbidden Root! Outside of a few other shameless plugs for the event, this show is one we've always wanted to do. We take seven saisons, mostly representing more "classic" interpretations, and we review and rank them in a blind tasting. As usual with our blind shows, the results are a total surprise, and our guessing abilities are....limited. We also talk about Spring Break Craig's wardrobe, Big League Chew, ultimate buffet pairings, That Beer Craig Had In Germany, and Saison Detectives.</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">(Pssst….go to that thing we mentioned.)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Saison Reviewed Blindly (in order of appearance)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Brasserie Dupont - Saison Dupont</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Brasserie St. Fuellien - Saison</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Funkwerks - Saison</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Off Color Brewing - Apex Predator</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Allagash Brewing Company - Saison</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Boulevard Brewing Co. - Tank 7</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Forbidden Root - Saison</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 272 - Mikerphone Duets</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mike Pallen and his crew at Mikerphone are some of the most prolific collaborators in the business, and each year they expand their Cool Beer Friends Club by throwing an invitational they call Smells Like A Beer Fest. So to ready ourselves for this year's shindig on April 27th, we drink five collaboration beers between Mikerphone and five other excellent breweries. Craig also gives us his White Sox Beer Review for the year, Ryan serves up a game of "Did They Duet?," and we fixate on one of the worst songs and videos of all time. There's also a new Beer Crank Bucket (inspired by Twitter), a little beer negging, and some real irie vibes. Stumble down the palate with us.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Windmill Brewing & Mikerphone - Feel Good Inc. (Milkshake-style IPA made with passion fruit, coconut, lactose, and vanilla)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cerebral Brewing & Mikerphone - Just The Two Of Us (Blonde ale w/ marshmallow fluff, raspberry puree, cacao, and lactose)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lil Beaver Brewery & Mikerphone - Cupcakes, Cookies, & Rainbows (Imperial stout with milk sugar, chocolate and vanilla)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Bruery & Mikerphone - Icky Thump (Imperial stout w/ Tugboat coffee)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">WeldWerks Brewing Co. & Mikerphone - Sweet Disposition (Imperial Stout brewed with maple syrup, Madagascar Bourbon vanilla beans, and Papua New Guinea vanilla beans, aged in a mix of bourbon and rum barrels for 18 months)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 271 - Cellar Roulette</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It's a high concept week in the bunker as we gamify our cellars by letting a roll of the dice determine the show's lineup. Both Craig and Ryan dug deep into their closets to offer up a range of twelve interesting offerings that go from forgotten oddity to valuable rarity. Each host rolls a six-sided die three times to determine the six beers for the show, and the tension is more than could've ever been imagined. This was a crazy fun time to record, and we hope you enjoy the results - you'll have to listen to find out the final lineup. There's also some stuff about Doomsday Preppers, perpetually wet floors, Pappy Kong, and a cuvee of dolphins. (Also, mark your calendars for Tuesday, May 14th as we bring Saisonathon to Forbidden Root!)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our Twelve Cellar Offerings, in order of dice value</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Craig</span></p> <ol> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Transient Artisan Ales - Sporadic #2 (Wine barrels)</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hoppin' Frog Brewery - Barrel Aged B.O.R.I.S. Van Wink Oatmeal Imperial Stout</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Evil Twin Brewing - Imperial Biscotti Break Bourbon Barrel-Aged</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hill Farmstead Brewery - E.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cycle Brewing Company/Mikkeller - DOS Brunch</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cigar City Brewing - Double Barrel Hunahpu's</span></li> </ol> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ryan</span></p> <ol> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Avery Brewing Co. - Mephistopheles (2011)</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Draai Laag Brewing Co. - R2 Koelschip</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Paradox Beer Co. - End of the Beginning Vol. II</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">De Struise Brouwers - Cuvée Delphine (2013)</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Firestone Walker Brewing Co. - Double DBA (2013)</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Goose Island Beer Co. - Proprietor's Bourbon County Stout (2013)</span></li> </ol>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 270 - Forager Brewery</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Though the name suggests a more rustic approach, Forager Brewery out of Rochester, Minnesota is finding an audience with their adjunct-laden stouts and mixed-culture sours. We get our hands on four dark beers and one barrel-aged sour to learn more about this brewery that wowed us at GABF in 2017. Succumbing to the fudge giggles, we also find ourselves considering cereal smells, questioning our broken palates, and getting stickier than ever before. (Also, we share the big news about Saisonathon 2019, so tune in to this one for some details - or keep an eye on our website for more!)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sherpa's Survival Kit (Imperial stout)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pudding Goggles (Imperial porter w/ coconut, cinnamon, vanilla beans, and cacao nibs)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Obscurely Referenced (Sour blonde ale aged in gin barrels - collaboration with Fair State Brewing)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Happiness Layer (Imperial milk stout w/ roasted pecans, toasted coconut, vanilla beans, and cacao nibs)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mexican Mocha (Imperial stout w/ vanilla beans, cacao nibs, habanero, guajillo, ancho, and mulato peppers, ceylon cinnamon, and coffee)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 269 - SARA Revisited</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2019 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A sequel almost five years in the making, this episode reunites us with the beers of Sante Adairius Rustic Ales thanks to listener Mike Rousseau. Recognized by RateBeer as the 10th best brewery in the world, SARA may have built its legacy on oak-aged saisons, but here we get to sample some of their recent forays into IPA. Craig seeks out some dog walking advice, Ryan shares the smartest snack, we practice a little tantric sipping, and we explore themes of the next films in the Expendables franchise. Decanting suggested!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Woven (Oak-aged blonde ale - collaboration with Half Acre)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tomorrow, Today (IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Then Again (Blend of 1-, 2-, and 3-year old barrel-aged saisons)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Of This World (Triple IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cask 200: Batch 2 (Solera-style saison)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 268 - The Legend of the Seven Sierras</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">An ancient prophecy foretold of a legacy brewery that would make a baffling number of IPAs to be available all at the same time, and that those IPAs would remind two lowly podcasters about why they fell in love with beer in the first place. Yeah, the Sierra Nevada love is strong on this one, especially from Ryan, whose CostCo shopping made this show possible. But we do find a lot of interesting variation in the seven IPAs in this lineup. Craig tries not to lean too hard into the "tastes like a beer" angle, we explore the next frontier in cooking shows, and there's a bunch of bizarre stuff about dinosaurs. Dig those whiffs!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sierra Nevada Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Resilience IPA</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Torpedo Extra IPA</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tropical Torpedo IPA</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Brut IPA</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hop Solo IPA</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sidecar Orange IPA</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ruthless Rye IPA</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 267 - The HI Show</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2019 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To help push us through the last bits of this awful Chicago winter, we drink beers from paradise to tackle our 19th state show. This episode features five beers from five Hawaiian breweries, and they taste pretty great even without the tropical background. We also introduce our extremely on-brand Sweet 16 bracket challenge, give you Something Else to Complain About Ⓡ, and explain how Craig's mom is awesome (and better than Ryan). You'd expect us to say "aloha" here, but we didn't. Ha.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lanikai Brewing Company (Kailua) - Route 70 (Saison w/ hibiscus and honey)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Waikiki Brewing Company (Honolulu) - Hana Hou Hefe (Hefeweizen w/ strawberry puree and orange peel)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Big Island Brewhaus (Kamuela) - Overboard IPA</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mehana Brewing Company (Hilo) - Volcano Red Ale</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Maui Brewing Company (Kihei) - Imperial Coconut Porter (w/ toasted coconut and cacao nibs)</span></p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To help push us through the last bits of this awful Chicago winter, we drink beers from paradise to tackle our 19th state show. This episode features five beers from five Hawaiian breweries, and they taste pretty great even without the tropical background. We also introduce our extremely on-brand Sweet 16 bracket challenge, give you Something Else to Complain About Ⓡ, and explain how Craig's mom is awesome (and better than Ryan). You'd expect us to say "aloha" here, but we didn't. Ha.</p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>Lanikai Brewing Company (Kailua) - Route 70 (Saison w/ hibiscus and honey)</p> <p>Waikiki Brewing Company (Honolulu) - Hana Hou Hefe (Hefeweizen w/ strawberry puree and orange peel)</p> <p>Big Island Brewhaus (Kamuela) - Overboard IPA</p> <p>Mehana Brewing Company (Hilo) - Volcano Red Ale</p> <p>Maui Brewing Company (Kihei) - Imperial Coconut Porter (w/ toasted coconut and cacao nibs)</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Episode 266 - Cherry On Tap</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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 we rank this group that has a few transcendent flavor experiences. This one is also ripe with diversions that include Zen gardens, Dairy Queen flagships, screaming lemons, the worst Sunday alibi, Al Borland Cosplay, hateful Hobby Lobby aromas, Dan Cortese's filmography, and a BuzzBall the size of a baby's skull. It's certainly not…..the pits.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Casey Brewing & Blending - Casey Family Preserves: Golden Cherry (Oak-aged Saison)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sketchbook Brewing Co. - Ripe Now Farmstand Porter w/ Cherries</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Transient Artisan Ales - Cherry Anachronism (American Wild Ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hop Butcher for the World - Circumpolar Cherry Cyclone (Milkshake Double IPA w/ lactose, vanilla, and cherry)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pipeworks Brewing Co. - Barrel-aged Cherry Truffle Abduction (Imperial stout w/ cacao and cherry, aged in bourbon barrels)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 265 - BA Vanilla Stouts Blind</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With a secondary price tag higher than our mortgage payments, this show is an embarrassment of riches in flavor and in rarity. But will we be embarrassed by our blind rankings of eight barrel-aged vanilla stouts released in 2018? You bet your sweet tooth we will. We are joined by Ryan Tracy at his Park Ridge establishment, Beer on the Wall, as we fumble through our guesses and evaluate these high gravity beers based only on what's in the glass. It's a fun way to hear our beer careers come to an end. If that's not enough, we talk about confusing road signs, classic Chi-Chi's commercials, the best doorbells to lick, and waffles. And it's totally not scripted, we swear.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Tasted Blindly (in order of appearance)</span></p> <ol> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Transient Artisan Ales - Gray Skies Barrel Aged Neckbeard Nectar</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bottle Logic Brewing - Fundamental Observation: Batch 4</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Goose Island Beer Co. - Bourbon County Brand Vanilla Stout (2018)</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Angry Chair Brewing - Barrel Aged Ultra Violence</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Voodoo Brewing - Big Black Voodoo Daddy (Aged in Bourbon barrels w/ vanilla beans)</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">More Brewing - Barrel Aged Henna (Vanilla Caviar)</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">3 Floyds Brewing Co. - Dark Lord: Marshmallow Handjee</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Revolution Brewing - Vanilla Deth</span></li> </ol>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 264 - Flagship February</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Whether you see it as beer's #version of Record Store Day or as a viral marketing ploy to drive sales for struggling brands, we here at ABV Chicago embrace these classics with open arms. And our arms are very open on this episode as we sample 12 of the most important beers in American craft beer, all of which either launched or propelled legacy brands. No one in the world really needs our take on these beers, but here you go! Before pronunciation becomes a problem, we share the plagiarised stories of these beers' varied histories, Craig accidentally ends up in a porn, Ryan forgets about Fat Tire, and we workshop some stuff for Spontaneous September. We also try and sell Jim Koch our palates, Craig yearns for the Days of Malt, and Ryan reviews Baker's Square from the 90s. Come for the classic beers; stay for the Moist Steven.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Flagships "Reviewed"</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Anchor Brewing Company - Anchor Steam Beer</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. - Pale Ale</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Boston Beer Company - Samuel Adams Boston Lager</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bell's Brewery - Amber Ale</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Great Lakes Brewing Company - Dortmunder Gold</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Yuengling Brewery - Traditional Lager</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Deschutes Brewery - Black Butte Porter</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lagunitas Brewing Company - IPA</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Allagash Brewing Company - White</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">New Glarus Brewing Company - Spotted Cow</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Oskar Blues Brewery - Dale's Pale Ale</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dogfish Head Craft Brewery - 60 Minute IPA</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 263 - Central Wisconsin Craft Collective</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Deep in the heart of Wisconsin, there exists a not-so-secret society of like-minded artisans - specializing in beer, liquor, and wine - that have formed a collective to bring more tourists to the area. And for some reason, they thought that giving us a bunch of booze would be a good idea to promote their brand. Well luckily the liquids are all tasty-to-impressive, and we have a hell of a time lining them up on this show. In addition, Craig shares his week of Final Destination-style close calls, Ryan shares his notes on 20WineTeen so far, and then there's stuff about robot cereal and socially-anxious vampires. We also play the very literal new hit game, Name Ten Badgers, and we try to stay on the good side of Seagram's Jim. And hey, next time you're up North, say hi to Gary Koziak for us.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Craft Liquids Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sunset Point Winery [Stevens Point, WI] - Northern Lights Blackberry Midnight (Merlot infused with blackberries)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">McZ's Brew Pub [Rosholt, WI] - Campfire Rauchbier</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">O'so Brewing Company [Plover, WI] - Bruin in a Bramble (Black raspberry sour Oud Bruin)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Whole Hog/Stevens Point Brewery [Stevens Point, WI] - Casper (White stout)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Central Waters Brewing [Amherst, WI] - Black Gold 2018 (Barrel-aged imperial stout)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Great Northern Distilling [Plover, WI] - Herbalist Gin (used in a</span> <a href= "http://www.greatnortherndistilling.com/recipes-2/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Ginger Smash cocktail</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">)</span></p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Deep in the heart of Wisconsin, there exists a not-so-secret society of like-minded artisans - specializing in beer, liquor, and wine - that have formed a collective to bring more tourists to the area. And for some reason, they thought that giving us a bunch of booze would be a good idea to promote their brand. Well luckily the liquids are all tasty-to-impressive, and we have a hell of a time lining them up on this show. In addition, Craig shares his week of Final Destination-style close calls, Ryan shares his notes on 20WineTeen so far, and then there's stuff about robot cereal and socially-anxious vampires. We also play the very literal new hit game, Name Ten Badgers, and we try to stay on the good side of Seagram's Jim. And hey, next time you're up North, say hi to Gary Koziak for us.</p> <p>Craft Liquids Reviewed</p> <p>Sunset Point Winery [Stevens Point, WI] - Northern Lights Blackberry Midnight (Merlot infused with blackberries)</p> <p>McZ's Brew Pub [Rosholt, WI] - Campfire Rauchbier</p> <p>O'so Brewing Company [Plover, WI] - Bruin in a Bramble (Black raspberry sour Oud Bruin)</p> <p>Whole Hog/Stevens Point Brewery [Stevens Point, WI] - Casper (White stout)</p> <p>Central Waters Brewing [Amherst, WI] - Black Gold 2018 (Barrel-aged imperial stout)</p> <p>Great Northern Distilling [Plover, WI] - Herbalist Gin (used in a <a href= "http://www.greatnortherndistilling.com/recipes-2/">Ginger Smash cocktail</a>)</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Episode 262 - Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Since our first encounter with James and Sarah Howat's Black Project back at GABF in 2015, we've wanted to dedicate a show to their spontaneously-fermented wild ales. So we're understandably jazzed about this whole deal, and the lineup of five beers on this show go beyond our expectations. In addition, Craig does the following things: quizzes Ryan on government conspiracies; solves the mysteries of</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Shining</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">; invents the worst Slip-n-Slide; and starts his Soundcloud rap career as Must Buoy. We also look into chipmunk storage, face tattoos, horny cats, Prilosec murders, dank basement cheese, and sopping wet corks. That's what happens when the beer is this good.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">FOXBAT (Spontaneous ale w/ with peaches, rosemary, sage and sea salt)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">TAGBOARD (Wet-hopped Méthode Traditionnelle ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">CLOUDMASTER (Spontaneous sour wheat ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">CYGNUS: Cherry [Blend A] (Méthode Traditionnelle ale w/ cherries)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">ROSWELL: GRUDGE (Lambic-inspired ale w/ raspberries)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 261 - Afterthought Brewing</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2019 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Now that bottles of Afterthought beers are starting to leave Lombard to reach more drinkers in the Chicagoland area, we celebrate by popping five elegant saisons from Mike Thorpe's small-yet-acclaimed brewery. Using mostly Midwestern ingredients, Afterthought's saisons are about as diverse as they come, while being mistakable for some of the bigger-name farmhouse-made beers from around the country or world. Amidst our appreciation of these top-tier beers, we somehow find time to debate about horse diapers, determine the right application for gummy worms in beer, take our parts in the Chili's theme song, and - gulp - go into the Mosherverse. Zangy!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Saison Illinois (Saison w/ all Illinois ingredients)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Raspberry (Ale refermented w/ raspberries)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Black Currant (Saison fermented in oak w/ black currants)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Saison Amer: Galaxy (Hoppy saison fermented in a Sauvignon Blanc barrel)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bière De Pieces #7 (Blend of Saison Meer: Buckwheat, Faible: Passion Fruit, and barrel-aged Faible with paw paw)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 260 - Deep Wood Deeper Dive</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After the first five Deep Wood releases, Revolution Brewing could've taken the rest of the season off and enjoyed a victory lap. Instead, they drop five more barrel-aged beers that might be collectively better than the first half. We taste through this colorful - and strong - array of styles with an early appearance from joyful inebriation. We work through the tingles by proving our age through technology, coming up with secret beer orders, weighing the seriousness of a high fudge tolerance against fudge fatigue, suggesting a legitimate new FoBAB category, and by sipping on that session bourbon. Should've asked for a Cherry Coke.</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">**Correction: The Beer on the Wall event we mentioned, the Deth's Tar Crawl, has NOT yet happened, so you should go and do it on January 31st. Check the</span></em> <a href= "http://wehavegreatbeer.com/events.html"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">events page on their website</span></em></a> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">for more info!**</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Gravedigger Billy (Bourbon barrel-aged Scotch ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ryeway to Heaven (Ryewine aged in rye barrels)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Vanilla Deth (Imperial oatmeal stout aged in bourbon barrels w/ vanilla)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Straight Jacket (Bourbon barrel-aged barleywine)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Boss Ryeway (Ryewine aged in Armagnac barrels)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 259 - Cruz Blanca Brewery</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In almost three years, Cruz Blanca has quietly become one of the city's best breweries, churning out everything from lagers that pair perfectly with a smokey tlayuda to wild ales that will captivate even the nerdiest bottle share. Now with 6-pack cans of three crowd-pleasing beers out in the market, Cruz is poised to build a bigger fanbase than ever. We sat down with brewers Jacob Sembrano and Todd White to sample a broad array of their beers while exploring why they're ok with being the sleeping giant that they've become. The discussion ranges from brewing technique, craft maltsters, Brut IPAs, and barrel blends to the history of Mexican lager, the surprising origin of Cruz Blanca, and the inspiration behind their distinctive artwork. There's also some truly unfortunate nicknames, freestyle Tetris, crunchy water, a little P.F. Chang's inspiration, and just a little yelling about bière de gardes. Don't tell your friends!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Enjoyed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Corn Grisette (100% corn malt mixed culture grisette)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Blood of the Flamingo (Black raspberry Brett Berliner)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Amigovio (Oak-aged wild ale w/ peaches)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Crushada (Wine barrel-aged Flemish Red Ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Brut Suit Riot (Brut IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Three Kings (Hazy DIPA w/ guava and tamarind)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Loco Dinero (Imperial coffee blonde ale w/ lactose, aged in rye whiskey and Barbados rum barrels)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rey Gordo (Imperial stout aged in Barbados rum barrels)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Senor Incognito - (Imperial stout w/ toasted coconut, pecans and Mexican cinnamon, aged in rye whiskey barrels)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 258 - Blind Bruts</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Opinion on Brut IPAs seems to be passionately divided between love and hate. But many brewers are banking on it gaining traction with the hopes that their version of this wildly inconsistent style will come to define the Brut as we know it. On this episode, we attempt to find out exactly what makes a Brut IPA and carve out our own subjective idea of what makes the good ones stand out. Through a blind tasting, we sample six Brut IPAs - three local, and three from afar - with the added challenge of guessing the lineup. We also plot out the next Neil Breen film, discover why tiny bubbles aren't always good (and it's not Don Ho's fault), and indulge in some more bad puns. Hackback!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Tasted Blindly</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Stillwater Artisanal - Extra Extra</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">New Belgium Brewing - Brut IPA</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Stone Brewing - Enjoy By 01.01.19 Brüt IPA</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sketchbook Brewing/Illuminated Brew Works - Resistance W.I.T.C.H.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Middle Brow Beer Co. - Trademark Brut</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hopewell Brewing Co. - Clique</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 257 - The CA Show</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We're truly in Beer Country now as our States Series takes us to the home of the most breweries in the nation: California! We have six beers on from six breweries, split evenly between the halves of the state, and we are shook by the unfaltering quality. Craig makes an impossible sacrifice for 2019, Ryan educates you on the brewing facts you won't find in textbooks, and we both enter rankings less clear and less sober than we've been in a long time. Come to basketball land, you get dunked on.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fall River Brewing Company (Fall River Mills, CA) - Blood Knot IPA (NE-style IPA w/ blood orange)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cellador Ales (North Hills, CA) - Berlinerish Blueberry (Barrel-fermented Brett Berliner w/ whole organic blueberries)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">New Glory Craft Brewery (Sacramento, CA) - Wakey Wakey (Oatmeal Coffee Porter w/ vanilla beans)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Highland Park Brewery (Los Angeles, CA) - Twiced Pinot (Barrel-Aged Saison with Pinot Noir Pomace)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Moksa Brewing Co. (Rocklin, CA) - Cape of Good Hops (NE-style DIPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bottle Logic Brewing (Anaheim, CA) - Fundamental Observation: Batch 4 (Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Vanilla Stout)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 256 - The Full Vermonty</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When you are gifted a mix of beers from Hill Farmstead and The Alchemist, you stop everything and drink them. Thanks to listener/Patreon supporter/forever friend Josh Sissman we have five canned beers from both nü-classic Vermont breweries, and we review them with a tactical precision unseen for nigh on 50 episodes. But we still find time to announce our most exciting brush with fame, the last place you want to find pine needles, our wildly different perception of the Mosaic hop, check the creamy chart, ask for a percent on every unit sold - in perpetuity, and fear the inevitable naked Craig torture.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hill Farmstead Brewery - Society & Solitude #5 (Imperial IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hill Farmstead Brewery - Society & Solitude #12 (Imperial IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Alchemist - Alena (American IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Alchemist - Beelzebub (American Imperial Stout)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Alchemist - Luscious (British-Style Imperial Stout)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 255 - WeldWerks 2.0</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When Neil Fisher crushes your porch with a big box of WeldWerks beer for sampling, you don't hesitate to revel in the flavorful delights contained within. Recorded in October, this 2nd edition (in ten episodes) of us marvelling at the expertly-crafted hype-machine beers from the Colorado brewery includes likely the best beer either of us have had all year. But there's also some important contributions to the ABV Chicago canon, like "flerbals" and "flavor aliens," so you can hear what that's all about. And to really bring the magic to this sequel, there are two games: one about WeldWerks beers, and one with an unmentionable name about discontinued snack items. #keepinitflerbal</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fake Item Box (New England-style Milkshake Session IPA w/ lactose and vanilla)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Blackberry Cobbler Berliner (Kettle sour w/ blackberry puree, vanilla, graham crackers, and lactose)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Piña Colada Milkshake (New England-style Milkshake Double IPA w/ toasted coconut, pineapple puree, and vanilla)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cosmic Torero (New England-style Double IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mexican Medianoche (Imperial stout aged in Woodford Reserve barrels for 20 months, aged on vanilla beans, cinnamon sticks, and cacao nibs)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 254 - Bitter Pops Advent Calendar</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2018 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Adults have proven time and again that all childhood nostalgia is better with booze, so beer advent calendars became a thing. Bitter Pops makes one of the best surprise 24-packs of beers, and they've outdone themselves this year. So we're outdoing ourselves by reviewing and ranking the first 12 beers of the calendar. Yes, there is some light caroling (Craiging?) and some overall Xmas music appreciation chatter. But we also share a tasty holiday punch recipe, shamelessly mine for retweets from Xmas-adjacent celebrities, turn up our noses at Winter Craig, and assert that hot beer is the next big trend. #hotkvass</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And a partridge in a pear tree.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Calendar Beers Reviewed</span></p> <ol> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sketchbook Brewing/Bitter Pops - Catch Me If You Can (Brown ale w/ orange zest, cinnamon, clove, ginger and nutmeg)</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alarmist Brewing - Dorado Fields (New England-style IPA)</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Great Lakes Brewing Co. - Christmas Ale</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Half Acre Beer Co. - Cape Dune (India Pale Lager)</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Penrose Brewing Co. - Blackberry Lemon Rosé (Sour ale)</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Stone Brewing - W00tstout 2018 (Partially barrel-aged stout with pecans)</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Solemn Oath Brewery - Kidnapped by Vikings (American IPA)</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Central Waters Brewing Co. - Cassian Sunset (Bourbon barrel-aged stout w/ coffee, cinnamon, and vanilla beans)</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Off Color Brewing - Known Gnome (Porter)</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Noon Whistle Brewing - Freshman @ Life (Kolsch)</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">BrewDog - Choco Libre Nitro (Mexican hot chocolate imperial stout)</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Deschutes Brewery - Jubelale (Winter Ale)</span></li> </ol>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 253 - Beer Gifts</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2018 13:47:58 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Have a fellow beer lover in your life that you want to spoil during the holidays? Or are you heading to some ugly sweater, ornament-decorating, cookie-binging holiday party and need a beer to bring that'll help you make it through? We enlist the help of Ryan Tracy from Beer on the Wall to suggest some beers that make good gifts for all different types of drinkers. In addition, because we're on site, we talk about our sponsor Beer on the Wall from their start to their very exciting future, which includes expansion and a second location. And because Ryan is fully aware of our usual antics, we talk about beer pranks, whale lists, gnome sharing, jewel heists, forest nymphs, creepy doll basements, hot dog beers, wrestling-style intros, meads n' improv, and a weird faith in Taco Bell. Come on out to Park Ridge - they're rippin' Undies out here.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hailstorm Brewing - Hotel Life (Lager)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Brickstone Brewery - APA (Galaxy And Huell Melon Dry-Hopped)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lake Effect Brewing - Barrel-aged Super Shake (Chocolate malt-inspired Imperial Stout)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Ale Apothecary - Ralph (Mixed-fermentation wild ale w/ white fir tips)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Superstition Meadery - BlackBerry Hex (Blackberry mead)</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Schloss Eggenberg - Samichlaus Classic (Doppelbock)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 252 - Deep Wood Deep Dive</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Revolution has taken some serious steps towards becoming THE barrel-aged beer producer in the city of Chicago by churning out varied, high-quality product in an accessible format over a fairly casual release schedule. Simply put, they are killing it. So we couldn't be more eager to line up the first five releases of 2018's Deep Wood series to review and rank, giddy with knowing that there will still be five more to come. We also chip away at two different wood-based trivia games, dust off the Playstation and some bottles of schnapps, fear the #BiL backlash, and speculate on the upcoming sequel to beer: Beer 2. Kick! Punch! It's all in the mind.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Code Switch (Imperial Ale aged on blackberries in whiskey and bourbon barrels)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">V.S.O.J. (Cuvée of two- and three-year aged bourbon barrel barleywines)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Deth's Tar (Barrel-aged Imperial Oatmeal Stout)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Café Deth (Barrel-aged Imperial Oatmeal Stout w/ Dark Matter coffee)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Deth By Currants (Barrel-aged Imperial Oatmeal Stout w/ black currants)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 251 - BCBS 2018 with Mike Siegel</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Every Black Friday, Goose Island strives to deliver on a year-plus promise of bringing together consistent quality and technical innovation for a Bourbon County lineup that succeeds in besting the previous year's. We sat down with Mike Siegel, head of Brewery Research & Development, to walk us through a tasting of some of this year's offerings while highlighting the processes that brought these beers into existence. There's also questions about the major changes instituted since the infection year; how specific ingredients are chosen and integrated to match a flavor concept; what quality concerns led to Bourbon County Brand Coffee Stout getting passed over this year; how much AB-InBev's influence plays a part in the yearly release; and how a new variant goes from a simple idea or blending experiment to a nationwide offering. There's an absolute ton of other material here that would be best enjoyed while shivering in a pre-dawn line for Bourbon County, or while sitting and revelling in your spoils while sipping on a glass of barrel-aged stout. Dust off your Randall, because we're infusing your brains with some tasty Bourbon County talk.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Tasted</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bourbon County Brand Wheatwine</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Reserve Bourbon County Brand Stout (aged in 12 year-old Elijah Craig Barrel Proof bourbon barrels)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bourbon County Brand Midnight Orange Stout</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bourbon County Brand Vanilla Stout</span></p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For our big 250, we bring together a show that's been over four years in the making about beers that take at least three years to produce. It's all American-style gueuzes - er, Méthode Traditionnelle, in some cases - from six sour beer makers. We're joined by Doug Veliky of Revolution Brewing, just because we wanted a friend to share these with. But Doug shares with us a bunch of Revolution updates, and spoils our dreams on why we'll likely never see a canned Gueuze. If that weren't enough, this show also features brief drop-in interviews from James Howat of Black Project (and one of three board members for Méthode Traditionnelle Society), Jason Pellett of Orpheus Brewing, and Tomme Arthur of The Lost Abbey. Thank you for your listenership at any point along the way of these 250 episodes, and thank you more sincerely for tolerating our terrible Gueuze puns.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Gueuzes Cruised</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales - Oxcart: Blend A (2018)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">New Glarus Brewing Company - R&D Vintage 2017</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Orpheus Brewing - Everything Lasts Forever</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jester King Brewery - 2017 Spon 4</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bullfrog Brewery - Le Roar Grrz (2016)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Lost Abbey - Duck Duck Gooze (2016)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 249 - FoBABlin' 3: Season of the Barrel</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 16th annual Festival of Wood and Barrel-Aged Beers is almost upon us, and we continue our yearly tradition of geeking out about our favorite Chicago festival. We have five beers from brewers who will be pouring at this year's fest while we also share some festival tips and breweries to seek out. Ryan also has done his homework as he subjects Craig to a few rounds of FoBAB history trivia. But we also review the bathrooms at the Google HQ, recklessly redefine the word "subtle", enter the Apriverse, discover a new fetish, and get a little oxidation in our eyes. It's more fun than you can fit in a...uh...some kind of….uh...liquid-holding vessel?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cerebral Brewing - Deep Thought (Chardonnay barrel-aged saison)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cruz Blanca Brewery - Paz Y Piña (Saison refermented on pineapples in Chardonnay barrels)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cellador Ales - Seconds (Blended barrel-aged sour with apricots)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Indeed Brewing Company - Rum King 2015 (Rum barrel-aged imperial stout)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Revolution Brewing - V.S.O.J. (Blend of 2 and 3 year-aged bourbon barrel barleywines)</span></p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The 16th annual Festival of Wood and Barrel-Aged Beers is almost upon us, and we continue our yearly tradition of geeking out about our favorite Chicago festival. We have five beers from brewers who will be pouring at this year's fest while we also share some festival tips and breweries to seek out. Ryan also has done his homework as he subjects Craig to a few rounds of FoBAB history trivia. But we also review the bathrooms at the Google HQ, recklessly redefine the word "subtle", enter the Apriverse, discover a new fetish, and get a little oxidation in our eyes. It's more fun than you can fit in a...uh...some kind of….uh...liquid-holding vessel?</p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>Cerebral Brewing - Deep Thought (Chardonnay barrel-aged saison)</p> <p>Cruz Blanca Brewery - Paz Y Piña (Saison refermented on pineapples in Chardonnay barrels)</p> <p>Cellador Ales - Seconds (Blended barrel-aged sour with apricots)</p> <p>Indeed Brewing Company - Rum King 2015 (Rum barrel-aged imperial stout)</p> <p>Revolution Brewing - V.S.O.J. (Blend of 2 and 3 year-aged bourbon barrel barleywines)</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Episode 248 - The Torture Test II: Craig's Revenge</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What horrors abound in this blind gross-out tasting challenge, wherein we try to inflict suffering on each other through liquid terrors? After the inaugural Beer Purge we did last year, Craig's hungry for sweet and sickening revenge. We pour six of the worst beers we could find while challenging one another to guess what's in the glass while trying to lessen the volume of our pours from the Cuveé of Doom finalé. Listen in as Craig cackles while committing an unspeakable evil, and Ryan warns that Stephen Malkmus could be coming for your identity and bank account. Don't listen to this one alone.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Poured With Extreme Malice</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Stone Brewing Co. - Smoked Porter w/ Chipotle Peppers (2011)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Stone Brewing Co. - Ruination DIPA 10th Anniversary (2012)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dogfish Head Craft Brewery - Chateau Jiahu (2013)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Baltika Breweries - Baltika #9 Extra</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Steel Brewing Co. - Steel Reserve 211 Alloy Series Blue Razz</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Country Boy Brewing - Nacho Bait Habanero Blonde Ale</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 247 - The IN Show</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our 50 States Quest continues as we take on our fireworks-selling neighbors to the East: Indiana! Recorded over the summer after Craig returned from a jaunt around the Indianapolis area, this episode features five diverse Hoosier beers that show Indiana beer is much more than that one metal brewery on the border. And because this was recorded in August, we get Craig's recap of the Wizard World Comic Con including the cultural penetration of Golden Girls, Funko Pop everything, and what surprising offerings they were pouring at the Goose Island station. But then we talk about terrible Bobby Knight, kicking some barrels, Dick Tracy villains, and Quad IPAs. Count us IN.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Oaken Barrel Brewing - Razz-Wheat (Raspberry Wheat Beer)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Taxman Brewing Company - La Maison (Saison w/ clover honey)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Windmill Brewing - Memeosa (Milkshake IPA w/ lactose, vanilla beans, and orange juice)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Deviate Brewing - Continued Clarity (Imperial stout with vanilla, chocolate & hazelnut)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Bier Brewery - Bourbon Barrel Sanitarium (Belgian Quad aged in bourbon barrels)</span></p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Our 50 States Quest continues as we take on our fireworks-selling neighbors to the East: Indiana! Recorded over the summer after Craig returned from a jaunt around the Indianapolis area, this episode features five diverse Hoosier beers that show Indiana beer is much more than that one metal brewery on the border. And because this was recorded in August, we get Craig's recap of the Wizard World Comic Con including the cultural penetration of Golden Girls, Funko Pop everything, and what surprising offerings they were pouring at the Goose Island station. But then we talk about terrible Bobby Knight, kicking some barrels, Dick Tracy villains, and Quad IPAs. Count us IN.</p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>Oaken Barrel Brewing - Razz-Wheat (Raspberry Wheat Beer)</p> <p>Taxman Brewing Company - La Maison (Saison w/ clover honey)</p> <p>Windmill Brewing - Memeosa (Milkshake IPA w/ lactose, vanilla beans, and orange juice)</p> <p>Deviate Brewing - Continued Clarity (Imperial stout with vanilla, chocolate & hazelnut)</p> <p>The Bier Brewery - Bourbon Barrel Sanitarium (Belgian Quad aged in bourbon barrels)</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Episode 246 - Pumpkin Chuckin'</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The proliferation of pumpkin-flavored everything has slowed significantly compared to five years ago, and that seems to be the case in beer as well. Even in a year's time, pumpkin beer entries at GABF dropped from 66 in 2017 to 38 in 2018. Are pumpkin beers on their way to the porch to be picked apart by squirrels or obliterated by little rapscallion neighbors? Or is the trend deserving of a Great Pumpkin-like return? We try five unique pumpkin-featuring styles on this show (and one terrifying pre-made mixed cocktail) to determine if we should even care at all. We also learn more about Fall Craig, pick our ideal piano man at Mariano's, explain why Bengston's is terrible, and share some tasty, tasty rage. Good gourd, it's an interesting journey.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pumpkin Beverages Consumed</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">BuzzBallz - Pumpkin Pie Eater (Mixed vodka drink w/ "fresh dairy cream and natural flavors")</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lakefront Brewery - Pumpkin Lager</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hoppin' Frog Brewery - Frog's Hollow Double Pumpkin Ale</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Seattle Cider Company - Pumpkin Spice cider</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Epic Brewing Co. - Barrel-Aged Imperial Pumpkin Porter</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Saugatuck Brewing - Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Pumpkin Chai</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 245 - WeldWerks Brewing</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2018 12:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>When we first met Neil Fisher from WeldWerks <a href= "http://www.abvchicago.com/episode-143-gabf-2016/">back in 2016</a>, we couldn't help but root for him: an affable guy making outstanding beers that were poised to reach a larger audience. Fast forward to the present, and WeldWerks is making some of the most exciting beer in all of Colorado, and the growing demand for the beers reinforces it. For this show, we have five WeldWerks beers to review along with five segments of an interview we did with Neil this year on the GABF floor. You'll learn about WeldWerks' 100 Beers project, plans for increasing capacity, benefits of not having an annual specialty stout release, and the most difficult beer they've ever made. But then there's some other stuff about Craig's new fur baby, 10-inch nose aromas, next year's new GABF styles, and some 90s grittiness. Woop woop!</p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>Keller Pils 2.0</p> <p>Hefeweizen</p> <p>Quadruple Dry-Hopped Juicy Bits</p> <p>Double Peach Milkshake IPA</p> <p>Medianoche (2018)</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 244 - Hops! We Did It Again</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Taking three New England-made hoppy beers and pitting them against three Chicago ones in a blind taste test would seem like a novel idea, if we hadn't already done it like 11 months ago. But here it's a fresh crop of hops from some big names in IPA, and our blind assumptions prove to be challenging yet again. Ryan is trapped in meme purgatory, Craig unveils his worst version (down with Fall Craig!), we say Mosher's name 3 times to see what happens, and the throat hops return. Come feel safe in the grip of haze, and we'll be sure to pepper in the chucklef*cks. Alan!</p> <p>Beers Reviewed Blindly (in order of appearance)</p> <p>Hubbard's Cave - Fresh IIPA: One Hop Simcoe</p> <p>Trillium Brewing Company - Storrowed</p> <p>Tree House Brewing Company - Haze</p> <p>Pipeworks Brewing Company - Infinite Galaxy</p> <p>Goodfire Brewing Co. - CMYK</p> <p>Alarmist Brewing - Oatshaker</p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As IPA further becomes a parody of itself, we stare down the ultimate challenge to our perception of what hoppy beers could - or should - be. Milkshake IPAs are a newer variation on the fruit-forward and bitterness-free take on the IPA that features lactose and/or vanilla to raise sweetness while incorporating wheat or oats into the grist to increase its heft. Listen as these six beers slowly chip away at our reservations around this hot new trend, and we learn to love again. Sort of. Also, Ryan refuses to let Craig continue to forget Leg Day, we invent the Beach IPA, and we fall into another tangent trap about candy and Doritos. Put the pectin in it!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Odell Brewing Co. - Cloud Catcher</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Collective Arts Brewing - Liquid Art Fest (w/ passionfruit, mango, and vanilla)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Energy City Brewing - Milkshake Nawi Mango (w/ mango and vanilla beans)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hop Butcher for the World - Blazed Orange Milkshake (w/ oranges and vanilla)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hailstorm Brewing Co. - Boat Drinks (w/ orange & pineapple juice, and toasted coconut)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Marz Community Brewing - Cocktail Umbrellas (w/ pineapple)</span></p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>We're counting down the days to the 37th annual Great American Beer Festival, and going into our fifth year attending, we finally feel like we're qualified to give advice for those attending, or provide escapism for those that would like to be. Also, we drink five beers from five Illinois breweries we've never had on the show - and who also happen to be pouring at this year's GABF! In regards to the fest, we share general advice, Illinois brewery pour lists, our picks for must-try breweries, and a rundown of interesting Denver-area events during the week. Also, Ryan plays Six Degrees of LMFAO on the opening, Craig discovers that every beer is a WeldWerks collab, and we write font-based romantic fiction. Whether you're going to GABF or not, you can't deny that we say the names of a lot of beers in this episode. We are sincerely sorry for party rocking.</p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>Midnight Pig - Hook & Hatchet (Vienna Lager)</p> <p>Tangled Roots Brewing Co. - Oktoberfest</p> <p>Alter Brewing Co. - ALTERior Motive (IPA)</p> <p>Band of Bohemia - Jasmine Rice (Lager)</p> <p>Werk Force Brewing Co. - Sleepy Bear (German Chocolate Cake Russian Imperial Stout)</p> <p><a href= "http://www.abvchicago.com/gabf-2018-illinois-breweries-pour-lists/"> <em>Check out the GABF 2018 Illinois Brewery Pour List here</em></a></p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Years ago, before every other American brewery had a koelschip or a "sour program," the options to foster a love for sours was mostly limited to shelf-available Belgian beers. As Ryan's long-gestating audio lovechild, this episode represents a time when exploration of sour styles meant green-bottled imports and hard-to-pronounce names. But our reverence for these classics is apparent as we try five different Belgian sour beers done in five different styles. We learn about the beers themselves including the odd stories about how some of them were willed into existence by non-Belgians. We talk about IRL Mario Kart, put our best foudre forward, sup the cup, and buttdial our Boon buddy. And as this is (sort of) our pledge drive episode, check out</span> <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/abvchicago"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">patreon.com/abvchicago</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">to donate to the show and get a ton of extra content and gifts!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Brouwerij De Brabandere - Petrus Aged Pale</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Brouwerij Van Steenberge - Monk's Café Flemish Sour Ale</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Brouwerij Verhaeghe - Duchesse de Bourgogne</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Vanberg & DeWulf/Brouwerij De Troch - Lambickx</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Brouwerij Boon - Oude Geuze Boon Black Label</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 239 - The WI Show</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2018 13:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>From the Stüssy of craft beer podcasts, this episode focuses on five Wisconsin breweries that aren't that one you were just thinking about. Along with four interviews Craig gathered at the Great Taste of the Midwest, this show features five stellar beers that reach across the Badger State. Craig recaps some of his experience from the Great Taste, Ryan tries out a new color identifying app, we deal with a potential toilet Ghoulie situation, and we imagine a reality with Grambo. Taste the Robot World! </p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>Working Draft Beer Co. - Hindsight (German-style Pilsner)</p> <p>Earth Rider Brewery - Superior (Pale Ale)</p> <p>Badger State Brewing Co. - On Wisconsin! (Red Ale)</p> <p>The Brewing Projekt - Dare Mighty Things (New England-style IPA)</p> <p>Raised Grain Brewing Co. - Black Walnut Coffee Stout (Belgian Imperial Stout)</p> <p>Interviews Included</p> <p>Clint Lohman of Working Draft (0:07:33)</p> <p>Allyson Rolph of Earth Rider (0:24:45)</p> <p>Sam Yanda of Badger State (0:42:11)</p> <p>Dr. Scott Kelley and Dr. Jimmy Gosset of Raised Grain (1:04:47)</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 238 - 450 North Brewing</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Situated on a farm that also serves as a winery and restaurant, among other things, this unassuming Indiana brewery has made a name for itself through the perfect combination of eye-catching packaging and well-executed, in-demand beer styles. Craig visited the brewery and brought back a few interviews to help shed light on this growing operation while we drink through five different beer styles that range from "fresh take on a classic style" to "is this even a beer anymore?" There's also a Fast and Furious proposal, some praise for an exceptional beer server, a potential can grenade, a 4-pack price game, and the HopHeads of the Corn. Extra thanks to McKinley and Brian from 450 North for the brief interviews!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pay Day (Hoppy Pilsner)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bouncy Castle (Creamy oat IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">SLUSHY Fruit Cocktail (Berliner Weisse w/ peach, pineapple, mango and cherry)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Diamond Nuggets (Triple dry-hopped Triple IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Piece of Cake - Black Forest (Pastry stout w/ chocolate, vanilla, and cherry)</span></p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>We finally realize our champagne wishes and IPA dreams as we gather some of the first beers released locally under the new Brut IPA style. What makes this San Francisco-born variation on IPA so special, and do we even really understand what a Brut IPA is by the end of the show? Maybe! There's some light research on the history and science behind the style before we both turn into bubbles. Also, there's a lot of old Batman talk, Craig faces his embarrassing e-mail shame, Drunk Ryan emerges very early, we coin the "pFriem standard," and we explore the beauty of nunchuk art. Now we toast!</p> <p><br /> Brut IPAs Reviewed</p> <p>Mikerphone Brewing/FinBack Brewery - Brut-ee-licious (Dry-Hopped Brut IPA w/ Citra and Enigma Hops)<br /> Hailstorm Brewing/Arrowhead Ales - Hopsecco (w/ sauvignon blanc juice)<br /> Middle Brow Beer Co. - Art Brut<br /> Miskatonic Brewing - The Cryomancer<br /> Illuminated Brew Works - Radionic Amplifier</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 236 - St. Louis Six</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This one's for all you Breeniacs out there. Listener Don Kasak hooked us up with a mixed bunch of St. Louis goodies, and ranking them does not prove to be easy. This show reinforces why St. Louis is one of the best beer cities in the nation once you look past the Budweiser building. There's also a lengthy discussion of the trailer for the new film by provocative auteur and actual human Neil Breen (</span><a href= "http://www.twisted-pair-film.com/trailer/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">see it here</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">) before we settle on some beers to</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">pair</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">with the movie. We also taste some hoppy beers that happily harken back to simpler times, and have some odd memories of the game Earthbound for the SNES. Welcome to the virtual metaverse. I'll be right…..here.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Civil Life Brewing Co. - American Brown Ale</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Perennial Artisan Ales - Prism: Mosaic (dry-hopped saison)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Shared - Oranges on Wheat (witbier)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Modern Brewery - Citrapolis (IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Earthbound Brewing - Meteor IPA</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Narrow Gauge Brewing - Meersalz - Apricot/Peach (gose)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 235 - American Kriek</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2018 17:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A little background noise for your next de-stemming party, this episode has us drinking American takes on the cherry-featuring "kriek" - with four of the five produced in the style of traditional lambic. There's also a brief chat with Bill and Hagen from Dovetail about their recently-released (but long-planned) kriek beer and some very exciting news about future releases. Elsewhere on this Extra Luxury show, we share a little kriek history, try our hand at defining the style, marvel at the marvelous mouthfeels, and go full-on fanboy on one brewery in particular. Also, we try to solve a dwindling natural resource crisis, Ryan confesses to a 28 year-old crime, Craig wants a canned lambic, and we shame stupid Jeremy for his stupid SuperSoaker taking all the water from California. Damn it, Jeremy!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Arclight Brewing Company - Soursmith Kriek</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">New Belgium Brewing - Transatlantique Kriek</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">pFriem Family Brewers - Oude Kriek</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dovetail Brewery - Kriek</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Funk Factory/O'So Brewing - Door Kriek (2015)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 234 - Bearded Iris Brewing</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2018 19:51:04 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>For the past three years, Bearded Iris has been bringing some exciting flavors to its home of Nashville, Tennessee, and thanks to listener Matt Milam, we get to indulge in some of their hazy and sweet offerings. We sample five beers on this show for our arbitrary review, and one beer is an "all-timer." Also, Craig has some fresh ideas for the Fast & Furious franchise, Ryan waxes nostalgic about his Woodstock '94 necklace, and we hear from the Grumpy Gardener. And then Ryan explains Supreme to Craig, we dream of Teddy Grahams, and Craig relives some Krispy Kreme past. Guard your crepes.</p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>Homestyle (IPA)<br /> Mood Ring (DIPA w/ blood orange, pineapple, and mango)<br /> Moon Dust (Imperial milk stout w/ chocolate, graham cracker, vanilla, lactose and Moon Pies - collaboration with WeldWerks)<br /> V. Latte (Imperial oatmeal stout w/ cocoa nibs, vanilla bean, lactose, and espresso coffee)<br /> Fresh Baked (Imperial oatmeal stout w/ vanilla, lactose, and chocolate chip cookies)</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 233 - Rosé Three Ways</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2018 19:47:58 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Like diamonds, we have many facets. And on this highly Instagrammable show, we explore rosé as a wine, as a cider, and as a beer. Will our complete inexperience in drinking rosé (or wine in general) skew the rankings towards our "home" style, beer? You will be surprised by the outcome on this one! We talk a lot about rosé - with only one angry rant - and whether or not we're experiencing "pastry wine." There's also stuff about beer trends vs. wine trends, great bar TV, illegal Hi-C dipping, bad clowns with hard seltzer, and two wine-drunk hosts. Our words will evoke the great philosopher Sommelierates.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Drinks Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Union Wine Company - Underwood Rosé Wine</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Swish Beverages - Babe Rosé with Bubbles</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Virtue Cider - Rosé</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">2 Fools Cider - Rosé</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Anderson Valley Brewing - Framboise Rose Gose</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Forbidden Root - Sparkling Rosé Ale</span></p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Like diamonds, we have many facets. And on this highly Instagrammable show, we explore rosé as a wine, as a cider, and as a beer. Will our complete inexperience in drinking rosé (or wine in general) skew the rankings towards our "home" style, beer? You will be surprised by the outcome on this one! We talk a lot about rosé - with only one angry rant - and whether or not we're experiencing "pastry wine." There's also stuff about beer trends vs. wine trends, great bar TV, illegal Hi-C dipping, bad clowns with hard seltzer, and two wine-drunk hosts. Our words will evoke the great philosopher Sommelierates.</p> <p>Drinks Reviewed</p> <p>Union Wine Company - Underwood Rosé Wine</p> <p>Swish Beverages - Babe Rosé with Bubbles</p> <p>Virtue Cider - Rosé</p> <p>2 Fools Cider - Rosé</p> <p>Anderson Valley Brewing - Framboise Rose Gose</p> <p>Forbidden Root - Sparkling Rosé Ale</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Episode 232 - Just Peachy</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2018 18:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Well this episode isn't THE PITS! Get it?!? We sample six pretty different beers that prominently feature peaches to pick our favorites. We talk about the secrets to finding the best peaches, how the lambic brewers of the world can come together, and what makes something a "festival sour." We also explore some new breakdancing names, call for the Peach Police, smack down a ludicrous conspiracy theory, and get caught in a bit of a Looper situation.</p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>Revolution Brewing - Freedom of Speach (Session sour)<br /> pFriem Family Brewers - Peche (Lambic-inspired ale)<br /> Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project - Colorado Reserva Palisade Peach (Golden sour aged in oak)<br /> Casey Brewing and Blending - The Mix: Bourbon Peach Bank (Saison aged in bourbon barrels)<br /> Illuminated Brew Works - Gay Agenda (Double dry-hopped double IPA)<br /> Triptych Brewing - Prairie Peach Picnic (Mixed culture ale)</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 231 - Still Hazy After All These Years</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2018 23:16:26 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We were shocked to learn that it's been 8 months since our last hazy beer/New England-style IPA-focused show - can we learn to love them again? Well, the six beers on this show certainly make a strong case, as we drink newly canned hazy offerings from a variety of local brewers. We also add to our Wall of Fame with our latest celebrity run-in, Craig explains what the hell "throat hops" are, and Ryan predicts future IPA trends.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alarmist Brewing - Le Jus (New England-style IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Horse Thief Hollow Brewing - Spoonful (Hazy IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Saint Errant Brewing - Takers & Leavers (DDH IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Noon Whistle - Gummypocalypse (Northeast DIPA)</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Hubbard's Cave - Fresh IIPA V4 (Imperial IPA w/ Mosaic and Simcoe)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cruz Blanca Brewery - Freetown (DDH DIPA)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 230 - SaisOn The Shelf</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2018 16:58:35 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Our love of saisons runs deep - far deeper than our technical knowledge of them - but nevertheless, we get excited when we see new saisons filling up our local beer stores. We taste five recently released saisons that are all pretty different takes on the style, while figuring out which ones we'll add to our must-buy list. There are two pieces of important information about Christopher Cross, a story about a mysterious object on a fishing pole, the semantics of band-aid licking, some real flower eaters, and a proposal on napkin taxes. So, you know, the usual. (Also, we are putting it here in writing that we are trademarking the term Farmhouse IPA™ without doing any actual research if it already exists, but you know, just in case.)</p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>Perennial Artisan Ales - Saison de Lis (saison w/ chamomile flowers)<br /> Middle Brow Beer Co. - Neko (rye ginger saison)<br /> New Belgium Brewing - Belgian Reserve Sour Saison<br /> Solemn Oath Brewery - Larry Powder the Magical Boy (dry-hopped saison)<br /> Hop Butcher for the World - Weirdsmobile (Nelson Sauvin & Vic Secret-hopped saison)</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 229 - Lager Me Blindly</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Lagers still represent the most consumed style of beer in the U.S. and it's not even close. But consumers demand more than the watered-down adjunct-laden fare peddled by the biggest brewers and have pushed slightly less-big brewers to make some tastier options. We blind taste eight lagers - four from "macro" brands, and four from "non-macro" brands* - and try to guess what we're drinking while ranking our preferences. It's another one filled with blind surprises and one very unhappy host, but we'll also take you to Dark Walgreens, toss a few barbs at the band Korn, and introduce you to The Ham Gambler. You can hang your hat on that.</p> <p>Beers Tasted Blindly (in order of appearance on the show)</p> <p>Hamm's Premium Lager<br /> Firestone Walker Lager<br /> Ballast Point Longfin Lager<br /> Pabst Blue Ribbon<br /> Coors Banquet Beer<br /> Founders Solid Gold Premium Lager<br /> Spiteful Lager<br /> Old Style</p> <p>*Founders is 30% owned by leading Spanish beer brand Mahou-San Miguel; Ballast Point is 100% owned by Fortune 500 company Constellation Brands; Firestone Walker is owned by the Duvel-Moortgat brewery; Spiteful is owned by some nice guys named Brad and Jason</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 228 - Candy and Cakes</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2018 12:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>It's like an hour-long cheat day, for on this episode, we indulge in everything sweet and sugary to enrobe ourselves in stouts just in time for the summer. We review five stouts that all feature a bevy of big flavors and adjuncts to create boozy, liquid desserts. There's also talk about this year's Riot Fest lineup, a game about candy bar ingredients that Craig is terrible at, and some timely Sega Genesis game reviews. Our diet starts tomorrow.</p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>Lil' Beaver Brewery - Happy For Pecans (Milk Stout w/ pecans)</p> <p>Saint Errant Brewing - Cauallier (Imperial Stout w/ chocolate and roasted peanuts)</p> <p>Hubbard's Cave - French Toast (Imperial Stout w/ cinnamon, maple syrup, vanilla, and lactose)</p> <p>Mikerphone Brewing - Smooth Whopperator (Double Milk Stout w/ chocolate malted milk)</p> <p>Hop Butcher for the World - The Dog House (Chocolate cake shake stout w/ vanilla and lactose)</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 227 - Chicago Sour IPAs</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>As an amalgamation of two styles seen as so disparate in their processes, it's easy to call Sour IPAs a gimmick - a style that cannot nor should not exist - or simply, liquid clickbait. We put our own skepticism to the test with five of our favorite local breweries and their spin on the tart, juicy, and (supposedly) hoppy trend. We learn about the different methods brewers use to create these mashups, all while we're desperately seeking the IPAness. Hear our Saisonathon night experiences, a fear of disembodied mouths, a call for Gravy IPAs, a plug for Ryan's old websites, and the reason why we oh so desperately could use some more mugwumps right now. #liqbait</p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>Forbidden Root - Assembly Required V2 (Sour IPA w/ key lime and vanilla)</p> <p>Marz Community Brewing - tart'n'tangy (Wild NE IPA w/ lactose)</p> <p>Maplewood Brewing - Fizzle Drizzle (Sour IPA w/ raspberry)</p> <p>Illuminated Brew Works - Mugwump Brunch (Sour DIPA w/ orange juice)</p> <p>Corridor Brewery & Provisions/Forbidden Root - New Wave Dance Craze (Sour IPA w/ almond, cherry, cinnamon, and lactose)</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 226 - BeerCrimes</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>In the world of brewing, beer is brewed by two separate yet equally important groups: the independent brewers who make interesting beer, and the corporate brewers who imitate the former. On this show, we investigate six offerings, mostly brand new to the market, that big beer companies want to trick you into drinking. We try to be open-minded - empathetic, even - but some of these crimes can never be forgiven. Can we be accused of being elitist craft beer jerks for spending an hour dumping on big beer's version of innovation, when so many of these are objectively bad? That's where you get to be the judge. Hey - you do your job, I do my job, ok buddy? Also, we get nostalgic about murder, upset fans of punishment shots, read some ridiculous marketing copy, and set up an ill-advised beer bong challenge. We also share some of our highlights from this year's Beer Under Glass, because the whole show can't just be us throwing the book at bad beer.</p> <p>BeerCrimes Investigated and Prosecuted</p> <p>The Plank Road Brewery (MillerCoors) - Two Hats Pineapple</p> <p>Blue Moon Brewing - Mango Wheat</p> <p>Guinness - Blonde American Lager</p> <p>Old Style Brewing - Cooler By the Lake (Radler)</p> <p>Pabst Brewing - American Pale Ale</p> <p>Anheuser-Busch - Bud Light Orange</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 225 - Halfway to Black Friday</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2018 12:49:41 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>It'll be another six months before the next wave of Bourbon County hits the supermarkets, so we check in on the 2017 lineup to see how they're tasting after half a year. We are joined by Josh Noel, author of the brand new book <em>Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out: Goose Island, Anheuser-Busch and How Craft Beer Became Big Business</em>, to review the beers and talk all about Goose Island and the story behind the book. Never has a craft beer drinker's relationship with a brewer been more complicated, and we reminisce on the pre-sale days of innovation in styles and marketing. Then we talk plenty about what has changed since that fateful day in 2011 and all the people responsible for what we now know as Goose Island and how the craft beer world has been redefined with the acquisitions race of the last five years. But also, is this the least impressive lineup of Bourbon County to date? And how can Goose reinvigorate the legacy of their premier release? We try and figure it out before the ABV catches up to us.</p> <p>See what indie bookstores near you carry Josh's book here: <a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781613737217">Indiebound</a></p> <p>Bourbon County 2017 Lineup:</p> <p>Bourbon County Brand Stout</p> <p>Bourbon County Brand Barleywine</p> <p>Bourbon County Brand Coffee Stout</p> <p>Bourbon County Brand Northwinds Stout</p> <p>Proprietor's Bourbon County Brand Stout</p> <p>Reserve Bourbon County Brand Stout</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 224 - New Crush</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2018 12:47:42 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Stealing furtive glances from across the liquor store, you let your gaze finally fix on what could be your new summer crush - a local canned beer under six percent alcohol. We flirt with some new releases from some favorite locals, and put them on our Crushometer©™ along with our usual rankings. You'll also hear the rare double lead-up, Craig's review of the Impossible slider, a super sneaky (and deadly) Mosh', some old Playstation games, and the terrifying threat of improv poetry. Kick! Punch! It's all in the mind.</p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>Blue Island Beer Co. - Limón Pepino (Witbier w/ cucumber and lime)</p> <p>Middle Brow Beer Co. - Little Crush (Session IPA)</p> <p>Maplewood Brewing - Zip Zap (Extra Pale Wheat)</p> <p>Forbidden Root - Hay Fever (Dry-hopped Farmhouse)</p> <p>Pipeworks Brewing - Blood Orange Guppy (Session IPA w/ blood orange and honey)</p> <p>Half Acre Beer Co. - Fader (German-style Pilsner)</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 223 - The Science of Saison</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2018 16:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Few styles are as satisfying as a perfectly executed saison. It's no wonder that the devotees of this heterogeneous style are as passionate as they are, passing on the latest fad IPA to reach for some stubby green bottle with the hard-to-pronounce Belgian name. This show is dedicated to saisons of much variation, and we're joined by saison lover and brewer Mike Thorpe of Afterthought Brewing in Lombard. Though Mike's mixed culture and oak-aged saisons are being made in extremely limited volume, the beer is already approaching expert levels of refinement. For this show, we drink seven distinct saisons or farmhouse ales from all over to experience the variations in the style while Mike gets technical about the process. There's a lot about Afterthought, but we also just luxuriate in the wonders of saison and what makes it different than just about any style. Also, there's a huge development in the Craig Eating Celery Saga that you won't want to miss. And if you truly love saisons, check out our Illinois Craft Beer Week event, Saisonathon, at Pub Royale on Monday, May 21st. More details here: <a href= "http://bit.ly/Saisonathon2018">bit.ly/Saisonathon2018</a></p> <p>Beers Tasted</p> <p>Brasserie de la Senne - Taras Boulba</p> <p>Blackberry Farm Brewery - Classic Saison</p> <p>Jester King Brewery - Le Petit Prince</p> <p>Afterthought Brewing Company - Saison Meer: Lilac</p> <p>Brasserie Fantôme - Fantôme (Saison)</p> <p>Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales - L'épouvantail Noir</p> <p>Brouwerij De Ranke - XX-Bitter</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 222 - Polish Beers</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2018 13:53:10 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To commemorate everyone's favorite early-May drinking holiday, we have six beers to celebrate Polish Constitution Day! (Thursday, May 3rd!) Though this show cost only $15 to fill, its true value lies in providing the literal worst singular beer experience either us have ever had. Seriously. But there are also some killer value finds, along with stories of dumb eye injuries, the return of Black Phillip, and a Craig celery update.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tyskie Browary Książęce - Tyskie Gronie (Pale Lager)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Browar Amber - Koźlak (Bock)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Browar Wąsosz - Miodowe (Honey Beer)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lulu Craft Beer - Peach Gose</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Grupa Żywiec - Żywiec Porter</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Browar Okocim - Okocim O.K. Beer (Pale Lager/Pilsner)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 220 - Smoked Beers Everyday</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2018 17:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Episode 219 - Spring Cleaning</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Slow growth is better than no growth - and it may be even better than rapid growth, as the crew at Hop Butcher for the World proves. After nearly two years of intermittent releases of their (mostly) hoppy offerings, the demand for Hop Butcher beers has surpassed all of their local peers - and few breweries deserve it more. But now that their operation has moved down to Miskatonic's space in Darien, the canned releases are coming with more volume and frequency while not compromising their excellent quality. For this show, the guys at Hop Butcher sent us five of their more recent releases to sample and review, and we try to balance our high standards for their beers with our usual garbage arbitrary opinions. Also, Ryan feeds the 90's vampire, Craig asserts his new stout authority, and we come up with our most excellent podcast idea to date. (To all those Herbs: please apply at <a href= "mailto:abvchicago@gmail.com">abvchicago@gmail.com</a>)</p> <p>Beers Review</p> <p>Blazed Orange (IPA)</p> <p>Ole Knotty (IPA w/ Hobson Oak and Vanilla) <em>Collaboration with Solemn Oath and Miskatonic</em></p> <p>Galaxy Bowl (DIPA)</p> <p>The Beer That Should Not Be (DIPA) <em>Collaboration with Miskatonic</em></p> <p>The World's Colombian Coffee Exposition (Imperial Coffee Stout)</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 217 - The S'more You Know</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2018 18:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the grand order of the pastriarchy, the s'more stout reigns supreme again and again. But are they any good when you remove the hype? We blind taste five s'more-mimicking stouts in order to determine our arbitrary, ooey-gooey rankings. And no joke - the craziest thing happens at the end of this episode when the beers are revealed that completely left us stunned (and one of us very, very sad). The rest of the show is pretty pun-centric, with a lot of talk about different ways to consume or inhale chocolate, and then just an unexpected amount of time talking about Bam Margera. Also there's some camping trivia that seems tipped in Craig's favor, and we address the whale in the room. Kumbaya, my Lord, kumbaya….</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Tasted Blindly</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Short's Brewing Co. - S'more Stout</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pipeworks Brewing - S'more Money, S'more Problems</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">More Brewing Co. - Henna (Batch 3: S'more)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Off Color Brewing - Dino S'mores</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mikerphone Brewing - S'more Cowbell</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 216 - Top IPAs Blind</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>The most beloved and influential American IPAs of the last decade are being churned out in record volume, yet the juicy beers are getting all the hype while diluting the meaning of the very style. We reignite our love for six of the country's most-revered IPAs that are now all available in grocery stores all over Chicagoland - and we do it in the dark. This blind tasting will once-and-for-all determine our completely arbitrary opinions about the best IPA that even your weird coworkers have heard of - and we are totally surprised by the results. Because we're Chicagoans, we also spend a lot of time playing, "Is this Anti-Hero??" and expose our general ineptitude at guessing beers. Craig makes a bad suggestion for March Madness, Ryan tries to break the Baba Yaga's Craig curse, and we talk about our favorite Aerosmith-inspired shooting game. Oh and there's misheard 311 lyrics, a simple request about a Frasier shirt, a fact check for the English majors, and our memories of sitting out in the Quad. And all this content is stuffed into the shortest episode we've released in over a year, so turn your playback speed back down to "1x" and enjoy!<br /></p> <p>Beers Reviewed, Blindly (in order of appearance on the show)</p> <p>Surly Brewing Co. - Furious</p> <p>Bell's Brewery - Two Hearted Ale</p> <p>Cigar City Brewing - Jai Alai</p> <p>Maine Beer Company - Lunch</p> <p>Ballast Point Brewing Company - Sculpin</p> <p>Revolution Brewing Company - Anti-Hero</p> <p><em>Thanks to</em> <a href= "http://www.wehavegreatbeer.com/index.html"><em>Beer on the Wall</em></a> <em>for gathering up the freshest beers available to make this show possible!</em></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 215 - Yazoo: Embrace the Funk</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Our hearts are wide open and ready to embrace the funk, but will it embrace us back? Yazoo Brewing out of Nashville, Tennessee has been brewing since 2003, but their obsession with making complex sour works of art started in 2012. We have four beers from Yazoo's funky side thanks to listener Matt Milam, and we can't help but wonder why they haven't taken over the world yet. We also are very confused about this year's Pitchfork lineup and the sudden soaking swell of Wet Daves. Oh...hold on. BRB. Craig's back from his Taco Bell run.</p> <p>Beers Reviewed </p> <p>Saison de Bois <em>(Saison aged in 20 year old French Oak Bordeaux Red Wine Puncheon casks with mixed cultures of lactobacillus, pediococcus and brettanomyces)</em></p> <p>State of Funk 2017 Release 3: What'cha Want <em>(A sour blonde ale aged 15 months in a Cabernet barrel with a Passion Fruit secondary fermentation and Pineapples and Cherries for a tertiary fermentation)</em></p> <p>State of Funk 2017 Release 4: No Fakin' the Funk <em>(15 month Chardonnay barrel aged mixed culture Saison brewed with Tennessee Oats, Tennessee Wheat and secondary fermentation with Pink Guava)</em></p> <p>State of Funk 2017 Release 5: Cuff And A Crease <em>(13 month High West Bourbon barrel aged sour brown ale conditioned on Pluots)</em></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 214 - Energy City Brewing</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>What would you do if you were a brewer at a one barrel brewery with a family and full time job with only a handful of brew days each month? Well if you're Energy City Brewing, you'd probably open one Saturday a month and drop some exceptional beers on the unsuspecting public of greater Batavia. Thanks to our daddy Ross O'Neill, we have five offerings from homebrewer-turned-pro (and human sentence) David Files that are released in an extremely limited quality to an increasing fanbase. Hear us experience the wonderful and weird that this new-ish outfit has to offer before they scale up to reach a larger audience. We're cool like that. But then we destroy that façade by talking about flagshops, chocolate IPAs, New England-style beer tiers/tears, and the angel love that is "Swella." Seriously though, how <em>do</em> you talk to an angel?</p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>Hop Waka (New England-style IPA)</p> <p>Green to Brown (Imperial American Brown Ale)</p> <p>Hop Nawi (New England-style IPA)</p> <p>Hop Revenge - Anomaly (New England Wild Tropical Stout)</p> <p>Poputchik (Russian Imperial Stout)</p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>About two years after a buyout from a private equity firm that joined them with crafty canning giants Oskar Blues, Cigar City Brewing is poised to make 2018 a year of expansion. Now that their world-class beers are being faithfully reproduced on a larger scale, it's due time they entered the crowded - yet thirsty - Chicagoland market. We try four of the canned beers they're bringing to town and one bottle (that won't see our shelves) just for the fun of it. You'll hear about the best brown ale we've had in forever, the possible progenitor of pastry stouts, and why no one should consider Jai Alai as "just another IPA." We also improve the CiceroneⓇ exam, have a break down over beer freshness, trash some bouncy houses, and get nostalgic for five years ago. Plus there's a great "Florida man…" game that is fun for the whole family (over the age of 21). It's straight CANarchy on this one. (*slide whistle*) Thanks to Beer on the Wall for providing the four canned beers and for their continued sponsorship! Check them out at <a href= "http://www.wehavegreatbeer.com/">wehavegreatbeer.com</a>!</p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>Guayabera Citra Pale Ale</p> <p>Invasion Pale Ale</p> <p>Maduro Brown Ale</p> <p>Jai Alai IPA</p> <p>Hunahpu's Imperial Stout (2017)</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 212 - German-Style Chicago Reboot</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><a href= "http://www.abvchicago.com/episode-7-gernam-style-chicago/">Four years ago</a>, no one wanted to hear us drink German styles coming out of Chicago. Now that more local breweries are paying homage to the biers from Deutschland, we reboot the concept with a grittier lineup and go for that <em>hard</em> PG-13 rating. We dive into these styles by reading from a few dusty tomes, and those that are excited by the word "decoction" should take notice. We also plan for our messy divorce, sing a bad song, author some bock beer puns, call for beer copulation, and feel unnatural things about bacon. (And thanks to our first-ever actual sponsor, <a href= "http://www.wehavegreatbeer.com/index.html">Beer on the Wall</a>, for providing the doppelbock.)</p> <p> </p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>Baderbräu - Five Star Lager (Helles Lager)</p> <p>Piece Brewery & Pizzeria - Dark-N-Curvy (Dunkelweizen)</p> <p>Great Central Brewing Company - Weizenbock</p> <p>Dovetail Brewery - Rauchbier</p> <p>Tighthead Brewing Company - Reformator (Doppelbock)</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 211 - The AR Show</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2018 13:46:12 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Although Arkansas is known for many important things, brewing beer isn't exactly one of them, as it ranks near the bottom in the nation for breweries per capita. But of course a passionate few are looking to change that reputation as we sample beer from about 1/7th of the breweries in The Natural State. Thanks to listener Chris Butler, we check off our fifteenth state show, and somehow manage to avoid hazy IPAs, sours, or barrel-aged adjunct stouts - it's an Ozark miracle! We also give you white-hot takes on the new Timberlake record, corny adjuncts, valuable printing errors, and night showering. There's also two name games around John Grisham and the Duggar family, and we acknowledge the odd juxtaposition of significant Arkansas historical achievements. And we only make one attempt at a pirate joke, <em>thank god.</em> </p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>Bike Rack Brewing - Urban Trail Golden Ale</p> <p>Bike Rack Brewing - Slaughter Pen IPA</p> <p>New Province Brewing - Fallen Queen Witbier</p> <p>Ozark Beer - Double IPA</p> <p>Lost Forty Brewing - Forest Queen Milk Stout</p>]]></description>
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<title>Best of Low ABV Volume 3: Hops n' Games</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Each week for the past two years, we've released special mini-episodes for our Patreon supporters that we call Low ABVs. It's our small way of saying thanks to those who commit even a small amount of money to us each month. To say thank you to everyone else, we've compiled some of our favorites that feature both hoppy beers and our irreverent brand of games into a slightly massive release this week. Sure, there are beer reviews. But there's also all of these tantalizing topics: Ryan's new career in drums, the world's most precious prank, playing games with pseudo-celebs, the problem with mass-produced NEIPAs, Craig's prison future, traumatic childhood movies, a sudden spike in toilet talk, our two degrees of 311, Robitussin lambics, and the absolute best beer label. Thanks to everyone who has listened over these four years, and if you want to support us and gain access to over 26 hours of Low ABVs (with some full "lost" episodes never widely released to the public), go to <a href= "http://www.patreon.com/abvchicago">www.patreon.com/abvchicago</a> and become a valued member of our….uh….Passionate Plenty aka The Cream Team. (The name's still a work in progress.)</p> <p>Low ABV 78 - Revolution Heroes Issue 3 + Hops on Urban Dictionary Game (starts at 6:59)</p> <p>Low ABV 44 - Hoof Hearted ....Best Fwendz + Race Horse Name Game (starts at 32:26)</p> <p>Low ABV 61 - Narrow Gauge DDH OJ Run + 90's Timeline Game (starts at 49:30)</p> <p>Low ABV 68 - Goose Island Juicy Double + "One Week" Lyrics Game (starts at 1:12:05)</p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Each week for the past two years, we've released special mini-episodes for our Patreon supporters that we call Low ABVs. It's our small way of saying thanks to those who commit even a small amount of money to us each month. To say thank you to everyone else, we've compiled some of our favorites that feature both hoppy beers and our irreverent brand of games into a slightly massive release this week. Sure, there are beer reviews. But there's also all of these tantalizing topics: Ryan's new career in drums, the world's most precious prank, playing games with pseudo-celebs, the problem with mass-produced NEIPAs, Craig's prison future, traumatic childhood movies, a sudden spike in toilet talk, our two degrees of 311, Robitussin lambics, and the absolute best beer label. Thanks to everyone who has listened over these four years, and if you want to support us and gain access to over 26 hours of Low ABVs (with some full "lost" episodes never widely released to the public), go to <a href= "http://www.patreon.com/abvchicago">www.patreon.com/abvchicago</a> and become a valued member of our….uh….Passionate Plenty aka The Cream Team. (The name's still a work in progress.)</p> <p>Low ABV 78 - Revolution Heroes Issue 3 + Hops on Urban Dictionary Game (starts at 6:59)</p> <p>Low ABV 44 - Hoof Hearted ....Best Fwendz + Race Horse Name Game (starts at 32:26)</p> <p>Low ABV 61 - Narrow Gauge DDH OJ Run + 90's Timeline Game (starts at 49:30)</p> <p>Low ABV 68 - Goose Island Juicy Double + "One Week" Lyrics Game (starts at 1:12:05)</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Episode 210 - Holy Mountain</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 01:32:16 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This Seattle brewery's been on our wishlist for quite some time, and listener Raj Shah sent us a heavenly array of Holy Mountain beers to review. Big hops, barrels, and Brett make for some pretty flavorful beer - and almost all of it is impressive and unique. We encounter the ugliest beer we've seen in a long time, try to rhyme things with yuzu, share the secret to erudite beer reviews, get mistaken for famous wizard Brian Potion, and express concern over our future beer-related ailments. Put away that copy of EsophaGigli, get the #craigarmy together, and let us be your sherpas on this ascension to Holy Mountain.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lesser Ritual (Hoppy Pilsner)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sunroom (Mixed culture saison brewed with Nelson Sauvin and fermented in oak barrels)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Astral Projection (Double IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wraith (American wild ale aged in oak with blackberries and raspberries)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Midnight Still (2016) (Imperial stout aged in bourbon barrels)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 209 - Lost Forty Brewing</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2018 14:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Unknown to most of us Midwesterners but regarded highly in their native Arkansas, Lost Forty Brewing is canning up some stellar takes on a wide variety of styles. We taste five beers from this Little Rock-based brewery thanks to listener Chris Butler. These extremely tasty beers quickly chuck us over the hill and into one of the most far-fetched game ideas Ryan has ever had, in addition to a real rogue's gallery of diversions: the worst way to ruin your phone, the problem with Spencer's Gifts, weird sleepovers, the California Raisins, a controversial statement on convertible pants, and a Brazilian butt mystery. #BossBabyisLife</p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>Logger Rita (Mexican-Style Vienna Lager)</p> <p>Trash Panda (New England Style IPA)</p> <p>Baltic Porter</p> <p>Snake Party (Double IPA)</p> <p>Nighty Night (Imperial Stout aged in cabernet, bourbon, and rye whiskey barrels)</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 208 - The IA Show</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2018 13:48:11 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Our 14th state show is with beers from all over the Hawkeye state, thanks to listener TJ Osborn. We review five beers from five different Iowa breweries and run into our first-ever CrowlerFreak.Ⓡ Ryan gets to relive a little of his college days in Iowa City by drinking too much and wearing an adult-sized onesie; Craig just tries to figure out what the hell we're drinking. There's two games on this one that Ryan uses to torture Craig: Name that Slipknot Tune and Dan Gable: Fact or Fiction? And it won't even cost you a single cheddar cube.</p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>Barn Town Brewing - Hop Skewer IPA (maybe….)</p> <p>SingleSpeed Brewing Co. - Cocoanut Oat Porter</p> <p>Franklin Street Brewing - Drugstore Cowboy (New England IPA)</p> <p>Lake Time Brewery - Peanut Butter Cup Porter</p> <p>Iowa Brewing Company - Moray (Barrel-aged Scotch Ale)</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 207 - New Taproom Tour</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2018 13:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Episode 205 - F*** Off 2017</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Dec 2017 18:52:57 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The perfect soundtrack to setting your 2017 calendars ablaze over your electric stove, this episode features five beers that are, like,</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">sooooo</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">2017. We kiss off this s***ty year with a combination of hazy IPAs and sweet/pastry stouts before the World Premiere of our brand new parody song, "We Didn't Start the Fire (2017 Beer Edition)". Other topics include Trader Joe's mysterious Island calligraphy, desecration of a sacred Ullgump, "Pimp My Vape Rig", and how CBS is</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Independence Day.</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;"> Van Damme Milkshake!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Anchor Brewing/Trader Joe's - Joe Joe's Cookie Stout (Milk Stout)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Trinity Brewing - Hype Forager (East Coast Super Juicy Turbid IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sierra Nevada Brewing - Hazy Little Thing IPA</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Marz Community Brewing - Pastry Boy (Double Milk Stout w/ graham crackers, lactose, cinnamon, and vanilla)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Founders Brewing - Canadian Breakfast Stout (2017) (Imperial coffee stout with chocolate aged in maple syrup bourbon barrels)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 204 - Holiday Party 2017</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>A shining star led many wise men and women to our place of recording, with each bearing wondrous homages of beer as we give audio birth to this blessed baby podcast. Actually, it's just our holiday party with a bunch of great guests and stellar beer. Between handfuls of snacks, we manage to record ourselves drinking five beers (with so, so many more off-mic) and persuade a few brewers and loyal listeners to join in the fun. It's a grab bag of topics featuring waffles with Santana, international brewpubs, exquisite hop rubbings, the new Maplewood Lounge, Craig's lubricant secret, dank Chicago food, Three Penis Wine, and the Rapsittie Street Kids. Happy holidays to everyone listening!</p> <p>Segment #1: Jon Naghski (Goose Island Brewhouse) and listener Ross O'Neill drink Goose Island Clybourn's Night Fights, a "ghost whale" version of their barrel-aged Impervious Stout, with raspberries added.</p> <p>Segment #2: Jude La Rose (Hop Butcher for the World) and listener Neal taste two collaborations with Colorado's WeldWerks Brewing: Mikerphone's Juicy Hits, a double IPA with pink guava and blood orange, and Hop Butcher's Render the Phat, a double IPA with passionfruit.</p> <p>Segment #3: Listeners Beck (@a.girl.rates.beer) and Josh try this year's Coffee Abraxas from Perennial (courtesy of Don Kasak) and Saint Errant Brewing's newest IPA, Chapter 1: Citra.</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 203 - Nuts 4 Stouts</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Few things pair with falling temperatures, snow flurries, and holiday stress as well as big roasty and nutty stouts, so we get cracking on five beers that feature unique nut additions. We learn about the awfulness of black walnuts, give credit to the brewery that started pastry stouts, talk strategy for TMNT II: The Arcade Game, and discover some <em>fascinating</em> facts about nuts through the magic of listicles. There's also a long bit at the beginning about miniature horses, and we end it with Craig trying to get Ryan to understand fecundity. Love this ugly baby.</p> <p> </p> <p>Hop Butcher for the World/DryHop Brewers - Milkstachio (Milk Stout w/ cacao nibs and natural pistachio flavor)</p> <p>Pollyanna Brewing - Fun Size (Milk Stout w/ peanut, cacao nib, vanilla beans and sea salt)</p> <p>Jackie O's Pub & Brewery - Oil of Aphrodite (Imperial Stout w/ black walnuts and dark Belgian candi sugar)</p> <p>Prairie Artisan Ales - Pe-Kan (Imperial Stout w/ vanilla and pecans)</p> <p>Odd Side Ales - Hazel's Nuts (Imperial Stout aged in bourbon barrels w/ coffee and natural hazelnut flavor)</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 202 - The CO Show</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2017 13:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Recorded after our return from this year's GABF in October, we add to our State Show Series by sampling five beers from five Denver-area breweries, completely neglecting the rest of this beer-rich state. We recap our visits to four of the breweries and take our riffing to new above sea-level heights by talking about cask ales, dubstep pedicabs, a bathroom clown, terrible houseguests, Weird Sal, and your grandma's unsettling Twitter handle. There's also a little game of "Weed Strain or Colorado Beer Name?" for which Craig is woefully unprepared. (And don't forget to look out for Schwimmer Vintage Ales in 2019!)</p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>Little Machine Beer - Razz Against the Machine (Tart Raspberry Beer)</p> <p>Hogshead Brewery - Lake Lightning (English Pale Ale)</p> <p>Amalgam Brewing - Ascension (Golden Sour Ale)</p> <p>4 Noses Brewing - 'Bout Damn Time (American IPA)</p> <p>Cerebral Brewing - Cheat Code (Double IPA)</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 201 - Lineless in Chicago</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Nov 2017 13:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Did you strike out on BCBS this year? Is your Black Friday haul picture too pitiful to boastpost to that one Facebook group? Be not dismayed weary barrel-aged beer seekers - we have a whole show of beers that required waiting in no lines to obtain! We found five barrel-aged beers that were both more affordable and available than any Bourbon County variant - and guess what - some of them might be better than that beer that launched a thousand pitched tents. We start this one by reviewing the grisly details of this year's Black Friday chaos while desperately searching for our roommate Derek. Last we saw him was by the port-o-potties with a paper Dixie cup full of some guy's warm pour of Bramble, so if you've seen him please hit us up. He sometimes answers to DerBear.</p> <p>Beers Reviewed </p> <p>Oskar Blues Brewery - Barrel-Aged Ten Fidy</p> <p>Revolution Brewing - Deth by Cherries</p> <p>Nickel Brook Brewing - Cafe Del Bastardo</p> <p>Moody Tongue - Bourbon Barrel-Aged 12 Layer Cake</p> <p>Dogfish Head Brewery - Oak-aged Vanilla World Wide Stout</p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Did you strike out on BCBS this year? Is your Black Friday haul picture too pitiful to boastpost to that one Facebook group? Be not dismayed weary barrel-aged beer seekers - we have a whole show of beers that required waiting in no lines to obtain! We found five barrel-aged beers that were both more affordable and available than any Bourbon County variant - and guess what - some of them might be better than that beer that launched a thousand pitched tents. We start this one by reviewing the grisly details of this year's Black Friday chaos while desperately searching for our roommate Derek. Last we saw him was by the port-o-potties with a paper Dixie cup full of some guy's warm pour of Bramble, so if you've seen him please hit us up. He sometimes answers to DerBear.</p> <p>Beers Reviewed </p> <p>Oskar Blues Brewery - Barrel-Aged Ten Fidy</p> <p>Revolution Brewing - Deth by Cherries</p> <p>Nickel Brook Brewing - Cafe Del Bastardo</p> <p>Moody Tongue - Bourbon Barrel-Aged 12 Layer Cake</p> <p>Dogfish Head Brewery - Oak-aged Vanilla World Wide Stout</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Episode 200 - The 200th Episode Extravaganza</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2017 22:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>To commemorate our big 200, we ditched all of our high concept ideas to bring it back to the podcast's origins by having a bottle share of random beers that interested us. But we couldn't stop there, as this star-studded episode also features a ridiculous number of brewers and industry folks as we shout trivia questions at them during FoBAB. Some of the beers we drink are stellar, one is downright terrible, and the episode-long 90's trivia game of us versus the brewers is a belligerent cabaret of fun and follies. We also talk about our new podcast project, rolled ice cream, the bomber curse, a little show history, and getting extreme. Whether you've been there for 2 episodes or 200, we sincerely thank you for tuning in to our show and hope we can continue to delight your beer-loving ears. And thanks to all of the brewers and industry friends for embarrassing themselves for our twisted pleasure on this show. #CARSTAB</p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>August Schell Brewing - North Star Collection: Tidal Disruption (Berliner Weisse w/ blackberries)<br /> Hubbard's Cave - Fresh IIPA V8 (w/ Citra & Simcoe)<br /> Middle Brow Beer Co. - The Milk-Eyed Mender Oat Whiskey Aged (Imperial spiced milk stout with peppers, orange zest, vanilla beans, and cacao nibs, aged in Koval oat whiskey barrels)<br /> Casey Brewing & Blending/Side Project Brewing - Jammy (Barrel-aged saison w/ blackberries)<br /> Epic Brewing - Triple Barrel Big Bad Baptist (Imperial stout aged in whiskey and rum barrels with cacao nibs, barrel-aged coffee, and barrel-aged coconut)</p> <p>90's Trivia Game Subjects (in order of appearance)</p> <p>Jacob Sembrano (Cruz Blanca Brewery & Taqueria)<br /> Dave Dahl (Lo Rez Brewing)<br /> Brian Krajack (Forbidden Root Brewing)<br /> Chris Betts (Transient Artisan Ales)<br /> Matt Johnsen (Horse Thief Hollow)<br /> Matt LaFleur (@DoodleMatt)<br /> Claudia Jendron (Pipeworks Brewing) & Karina Shimkos (Blue Island Beer Co.)<br /> Chris Kingston (Metropolis Coffee) Peter Anderson & Doug Hurst (Metropolitan Brewing)<br /> Roger Cuzelis & Brent Banks (Corridor Brewery & Provisions)<br /> Neil Fisher (WeldWerks Brewing)<br /> Mike Pallen (Mikerphone Brewing)<br /> Shaun Berns (More Brewing)<br /> Josh Noel (Chicago Tribune)<br /> Brad Pulver (Smylie Brothers Brewing)<br /> Ryan Jacobs & Brent Banks (Saint Errant Brewing)</p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To commemorate our big 200, we ditched all of our high concept ideas to bring it back to the podcast's origins by having a bottle share of random beers that interested us. But we couldn't stop there, as this star-studded episode also features a ridiculous number of brewers and industry folks as we shout trivia questions at them during FoBAB. Some of the beers we drink are stellar, one is downright terrible, and the episode-long 90's trivia game of us versus the brewers is a belligerent cabaret of fun and follies. We also talk about our new podcast project, rolled ice cream, the bomber curse, a little show history, and getting extreme. Whether you've been there for 2 episodes or 200, we sincerely thank you for tuning in to our show and hope we can continue to delight your beer-loving ears. And thanks to all of the brewers and industry friends for embarrassing themselves for our twisted pleasure on this show. #CARSTAB</p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>August Schell Brewing - North Star Collection: Tidal Disruption (Berliner Weisse w/ blackberries) Hubbard's Cave - Fresh IIPA V8 (w/ Citra & Simcoe) Middle Brow Beer Co. - The Milk-Eyed Mender Oat Whiskey Aged (Imperial spiced milk stout with peppers, orange zest, vanilla beans, and cacao nibs, aged in Koval oat whiskey barrels) Casey Brewing & Blending/Side Project Brewing - Jammy (Barrel-aged saison w/ blackberries) Epic Brewing - Triple Barrel Big Bad Baptist (Imperial stout aged in whiskey and rum barrels with cacao nibs, barrel-aged coffee, and barrel-aged coconut)</p> <p>90's Trivia Game Subjects (in order of appearance)</p> <p>Jacob Sembrano (Cruz Blanca Brewery & Taqueria) Dave Dahl (Lo Rez Brewing) Brian Krajack (Forbidden Root Brewing) Chris Betts (Transient Artisan Ales) Matt Johnsen (Horse Thief Hollow) Matt LaFleur (@DoodleMatt) Claudia Jendron (Pipeworks Brewing) & Karina Shimkos (Blue Island Beer Co.) Chris Kingston (Metropolis Coffee) Peter Anderson & Doug Hurst (Metropolitan Brewing) Roger Cuzelis & Brent Banks (Corridor Brewery & Provisions) Neil Fisher (WeldWerks Brewing) Mike Pallen (Mikerphone Brewing) Shaun Berns (More Brewing) Josh Noel (Chicago Tribune) Brad Pulver (Smylie Brothers Brewing) Ryan Jacobs & Brent Banks (Saint Errant Brewing)</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>As Metal Monkey Brewing in Romeoville gears up for the largest release in their almost two-year history, they decided that we should spread the word on the four barrel-aged versions of their huge Asmodeus stout. Was it a wise idea? For us, it certainly was as the beers are damn enjoyable and lead us to the worst game we've ever played on this show. There's also a 15-minute chat with brewers Dan Camp and Jason Janes about the history of Metal Monkey and how the base stout for this beer was almost deemed completely cursed. Within the rest of this audio word cuvée, you'll hear some talk of kids shows, Ray Romano, lip smacking, coffee roasting, IHOP, and the wall of Mexican chocolate. Also, screw Bon Jovi.</p> <p> </p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p> </p> <p>Barrel Aged Asmodeus (2017)</p> <p>Barrel Aged Asmodeus - Coffee</p> <p>Barrel Aged Asmodeus - Maple</p> <p>Barrel Aged Asmodeus - Mexican Chocolate</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 198 - FoBABlin' 2: FoBABlin' in the City</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Each fall, Chicago holds one of the best beer fests in the country, so don't blame us for getting all giddy about it. We talk a lot about what we're excited for at the 15th Festival of Wood and Barrel-Aged Beers and review beers from some of the better breweries set to pour. Yes, a lot of the FoBAB talk has a bit of a relevancy expiration date, but there's a lot more general beer and festival discussion as we sip five impressive barrel-aged beers. But also, we answer humanity's best question, take sides on two late 90s teen movies, reveal Craig's jelly aversion, and get ready for some hot Jeff-on-Jeff action.</p> <p>Beers Reviewed // FoBABlin' Segments</p> <p>pFriem Family Brewers - Pruim (Lambic-inspired ale w/ plums aged in French Oak) // Festival Tips</p> <p>Atom Brewing Company - Raspberry Harvest (Oak barrel-aged raspberry ale) // Little known breweries to try</p> <p>Fremont Brewing - Bourbon Barrel Dark Star Coffee Edition (Imperial oatmeal stout) // Known breweries not to miss</p> <p>Flossmoor Station Restaurant & Brewery - Wooden Hell 2017 (Bourbon barrel-aged barleywine) // Locals & potpourri</p> <p>Off Color Brewing - Papillon (Gin barrel-aged wild ale) // Festiquette</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 197 - Blinded by the Haze</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Be cautious beer audio traveler, there's a dense fog advisory covering this episode as we blindly taste through six New England-style hoppy beers. We pit murky IPAs and DIPAs from Illinois against the opaque juice bombs from other states in a blind faceoff-matchup-tasting thing, because we've run out of original ideas. Despite our presumptuous hazy expertise, we are still shocked by a few of the results. Beyond that, we talk about around-the-house jeans, beard tips, prospective beer names, Rummikub, and papayneapples. Now I just kind of want some Jamba Juice.</p> <p> </p> <p>Beers Tasted Blindly (in order tasted) </p> <ol> <li>Old Nation Brewing - M-43 (IPA)</li> <li>Forbidden Root - Night Moth (IPA w/ oak spirals)</li> <li>Mikerphone Brewing - Super Special Sauce (DIPA)</li> <li>Weldwerks Brewing - Extra Extra Juicy Bits (DIPA)</li> <li>Tree House Brewing - Doppelgänger (DIPA)</li> <li>Corridor Brewery & Provisions - SqueezIt (DIPA)</li> </ol>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 196 - The Torture Test</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>In what will surely become a Hellish yearly tradition, we get gruesome on this show by trying to break each other by pouring the worst beers we could find. It's a contest of depravity as we each selected three beers for the other to experience blind, and the results are horrifying. There's a game aspect to the whole show, wherein punishment points are gathered for a final rankings drinking of The Punishment Cuvée™ (aka The Cuvée of Doom™). If you don't like two guys being disgusted by a diverse range of terrible beers, then proceed with caution. But if you want to hear us suffer at each other's hands (kinky!), this will be your favorite episode of this show. Either way, I'm pretty sure we have violated the Geneva Conventions and will be going to forever prison.</p> <p>The Tortuous Collection</p> <p><em>Craig's Choices</em></p> <p>Half Acre Beer Co. - Beer Hates Astronauts (IPA - 2013)</p> <p>Pipeworks Brewing - A Couple Two Tree (Scotch Ale w/ spruce tips and oak spirals)</p> <p>Bell's Brewery - Eccentric Ale (Herb/Spice Beer - 2011)</p> <p><em>Ryan's Choices</em></p> <p>Founder Brewing Co. - Mango Magnifico (Fruit Beer - 2013)</p> <p>Camo Beer Co. - Camo Black Extra (Malt Liquor)</p> <p>Rinkuškiai - Hell on High (Quad Bock)</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 195 - Vanilla Stout Bottle Share</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Oct 2017 12:57:35 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>For many years now, vanilla has been the adjunct that takes a beer's status from gold to platinum, instantly raising its secondary value to ridiculous levels. Not wanting to waste a drop, we invited a bunch of our friends - who brought a whole lot more beer - to taste 15 (!!) vanilla adjunct beers that are mostly stouts. We are joined by MC Johnsen (<a href= "https://worth1000beers.com/">Worth a Thousand Beers</a>), Matt Johnsen (<a href="http://horsethiefbrewing.com/">Horse Thief Hollow</a>), Brent Banks (<a href= "https://www.facebook.com/SaintErrantBrewing/">Saint Errant Brewing</a>), and two loyal listeners and friends - Randy and Daniel. Although some of the beers aren't solely enhanced by vanilla, we do learn from real brewers how to extract the best vanilla flavor in a brew. But in our long quest to find the best vanilla adjunct beer, we take some diversions to discuss micropancakeries, Craig stink, ice cream safe zones, Tootsie Roll songs, Wafflehouses, sad fruits, and whether or not Ryan should trade a "Prop" for a Nintendo 64 with Goldeneye. (He should.) #VSBS</p> <p>Beers Sampled</p> <p>Avery Brewing - Vanilla Bean Stout</p> <p>4 Hands Brewing - Madagascar (2015)</p> <p>FiftyFifty Brewing - Eclipse - Vanilla (2016)</p> <p>Hill Farmstead Brewery - Twilight of the Idols (2015)</p> <p>Saint Errant Brewing - Tepoztecatl</p> <p>Transient Artisan Ales - Bark Lord (2017)</p> <p>Mikerphone Brewing - Imperial Smells Like Bean Spirit Vanilla</p> <p>Pipeworks Brewing - The Hyper Dog (Elijah Craig barrels)</p> <p>Transient Artisan Ales - Neckbeard Nectar (2016)</p> <p>Jackie O's Pub and Brewery - Bourbon Barrel Vanilla and Coffee Bean Dark Apparition (2017)</p> <p>Pipeworks Brewing - The Jones Dog (Bourbon barrel aged)</p> <p>The Bruery - White Chocolate</p> <p>Cycle Brewing - Rare Dos Double Barrel (Vanilla)</p> <p>Goose Island Brewery - Bourbon County Brand Vanilla Stout (2010)</p> <p>Bottle Logic Brewing - Fundamental Observation (2017)</p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Our Fourth Annual GABF Recap Spectacular is bursting with content, as we gathered more interviews and drank more beer than ever before! Recorded from our Denver hotel room, this show - featuring MC Johnsen - serves as our recap of the 36th Great American Beer Festival, as we share our overall highlights, favorite beers, and many interviews from the floor. We also drink two area beers - one from Cerebral and the other from Wiley Roots - to help us hold on to the glory days a little longer. We also recap a few of the related events, with focus on the weekend-long Melvin bacchanalia that penetrated the whole city. Also, hear about the Illinois medal winners while hearing from two of them, including Matt Johnsen, who stayed awake for part of this one. Relive the greatest weekend in beer and get mile high with us.</p> <p> </p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p> </p> <p>Cerebral Brewing - DDH Rare Trait (New England IPA)</p> <p>Wiley Roots Brewing & Outer Range Brewing - Neature Walk (Double IPA)</p> <p> </p> <p>Interviews</p> <p> </p> <p>Great Notion Brewing (Portland, OR) - Paul Reiter & James Dugan <em>(00:08:39 - 00:11:30)</em></p> <p>pFriem Family Brewers (Hood River, OR) - Gavin Lord <em>(00:17:00 - 00:24:07)</em></p> <p>Hi-Wire Brewing (Asheville, NC) - Chris Frosaker <em>(00:33:19 - 00:37:55)</em></p> <p>Green Cheek Beer Co. (Orange, CA) - Evan Price <em>(00:43:08 - 00:52:41)</em></p> <p>Prison City Pub and Brewery (Auburn, NY) - Marc Schulz & Ben Maeso <em>(00:57:57 - 01:03:53)</em></p> <p>Randy Mosher (01:10:43 - 01:22:46)</p> <p>Forager Brewery (Rochester, MN) - Zack Dunbar <em>(01:27:36 - 01:33:20)</em></p> <p>On Tour Brewing (Chicago, IL) - Mark Legenza & Mark Poffenberger <em>(01:39:14 - 0:1:41:32)</em></p> <p>Wolf's Ridge Brewing (Columbus, OH) - Chris Davison <em>(01:45:11 - 01:50:20)</em></p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>We broke our self-imposed hop hiatus in spectacular fashion, thanks to listener Mike Rousseau. Five super sexy hoppy cans from the Golden State don't even stand a chance here, as no drop is left undrank. Thus begins a journey of pure inebriation, as we explore Craig's doppelgangers, draw up some sick face tattoos, get largely aromatic, and perseverate on label fonts and kerning. There's a game called "Rap Songs All White Guys Know the Lyrics To", and we try to hold on to the memory of Pudgy Craig. Long live Pudgy Craig.</p> <p> </p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p> </p> <p>Fieldwork Brewing - Sea Farmer (IPA with sea salt and grapefruit)</p> <p>Fieldwork Brewing - Pulp (IPA)</p> <p>Fieldwork Brewing - King Citra (Double IPA)</p> <p>Monkish Brewing/The Answer - Red Beans and Rice Didn't Miss Her (Double IPA)</p> <p>Bottle Logic Brewing - START: Konami Code (Double IPA)</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 192 - Too Many SKUs</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2017 12:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>There is a ridiculous amount of options for the Chicagoland beer buyer, but that won't stop five more established breweries from carving out some shelf space! We try five beers from these new arrivals to try and determine how they will play to the Chicagoland consumer - and some are going to be hard to overlook. We also try to be a beaming light of beer positivity despite our cynical proclivities, talk at length about the proper definition of a New England IPA, discuss the power of the mixed six pack advantage, and play a game called Know Your SKUs! There's some prognostication about Twenty Kuitteen (and Twenty Schwarty), Craig's problem with yogurt, and Ryan's joy-diverting beer-clickbait article rant. Grab a new beer, and let us eat that slime ham for you.</p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>Alaskan Brewing Amber</p> <p>Sun King Wee Mac Scottish Ale</p> <p>Trinity Brewing Seven Day Sour</p> <p>Epic Brewing Citralush New England Style IPA</p> <p>Perrin Brewing Unfinished Business (Barrel-Aged Japanese Emperor Stout)</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 191 - Kane Brewing</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2017 12:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>The third show in our own Jersey Trilogy (thanks to listener Mike Bobal), we finally get to try more from a brewery that's blown us away at festivals in the past - Kane Brewing. We have three hoppy cans, two potent bottles, and two irreverent trivia games on this episode as we spiral towards a drunken blackout. Craig extols the majesty of bunting, Ryan works on his interview technique, and we both do a little ghost hop hunting. And don't listen to this one alone in a room with your vacuum because it could be <em>pretty awkward</em>.</p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>Sneakbox (American Pale Ale)</p> <p>Head High (IPA)</p> <p>Overhead (Double IPA)</p> <p>Morning Bell (Imperial Coffee Porter)</p> <p>Vengeful Heart (American Barleywine)</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 190 - The MI Show</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Sep 2017 13:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>We've been smitten with The Mitten for as long as we've loved beer, because Michigan just might be the best beer state in the Midwest. We stick to the western coast of MI as Craig gathered four interviews and five beers for this 11th stop in our ongoing State Show series. You'll hear from John Lustina from Beer Church about how sometimes a good concept needs to be rushed; David Coyle from Arclight on their hopes for Chicago distribution; David Cockell from Watermark on how his biochemistry degree helps him keep yeast happy; and Mitch Ermatinger from Speciation on deriving character from patience. We also do our best to review these beers before Ryan succumbs to death by heartburn and before the new Pudgy Craig gets audibly winded. There's also talk of communion wafer smells, cheesecake love, and an update on Ryan's brewery concept. If you seek a pleasant state show, listen about you.</p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p><br /> Beer Church Brewing - Crooked Cross (Cream Ale)</p> <p>Arclight Brewing - Soursmith Strawberry (Sour Ale aged w/ strawberries)</p> <p>Watermark Brewing - Wild Vibes (Sour Imperial Stout)</p> <p>Speciation Artisan Ales - Incipient (Tequila barrel-aged American Wild Ale w/ blood orange, guava, limes, and salt)</p> <p>Perrin Brewing - No Rules Vietnamese Porter (Imperial Porter aged in bourbon barrels w/ coconut and turbinado sugar)</p> <p>Interview Segments</p> <p>Beer Church's John Lustina (00:09:08 - 00:23:37)</p> <p>Arclight's David Coyle (00:30:46 - 00:38:00)</p> <p>Watermark's David Cockell (00:47:16 - 00:57:00)</p> <p>Speciation's Mitch Ermatinger (01:10:38 - 01:23:23)</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 189 - Face/Off: WI vs. IL</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2017 12:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This episode will, once and for all, determine which state is the greatest on Earth: Wisconsin or Illinois? We find</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">sort-of</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">equivalent beers in pretty specific styles from each state to vie for our arbitrary love. This episode is soft dystopia for soft adults, with mentions of FroBAB, the ReinheitsgeBot, and drunken Cinnabon. One beer leaves us almost completely speechless, and another blurs style lines unlike any we've ever experienced. We also drop some advice on must-hit beer stops on a Chicago visit, and get confused over popular songs from like 4 years ago. It's brats vs. Polish sausages; cheese curds vs. deep dish; cheese heads vs. ....Ditka mustaches? Whatever it is, it'll be interesting.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Faced</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Buckledown Fritzicuffs vs. New Glarus Hometown Blonde</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hubbard's Cave El Zacatón vs. Untitled Art/3 Sons Oaxacan Stout</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Goose Island Brasserie Blanc vs. Funk Factory Cervino</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 188 - Around the World in 5 Beers</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2017 12:53:14 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Taking a much-needed vacation from hops, we let our taste buds travel to five different continents to sample beers from around the world. In addition to an interview with Pete from Garage Project, this episode contains a valuable lesson about getting out of America every once in awhile. How long can we keep up a shaky plane metaphor? What do we have to say about esophageal displeasure, hotshipping with a volcano, and carbonated gravy? Well, grab your passport, hop on the Turbulence, and find out with us!</p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>Garage Project [New Zealand] - Bastard Rye (Imperial Rye Blond aged in bourbon barrels)</p> <p>Ölvisholt Brewery [Iceland] - Lava (Smoked Imperial Stout)</p> <p>Kiuchi Brewery [Japan] - Hitachino Nest Red Rice Ale (Belgian Strong Pale Ale)</p> <p>Way Beer [Brazil] - Sour Me Not Caju (Sour Ale)</p> <p>Tusker [Africa] - Lager</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 187 - Saint Errant Brewing</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2017 21:19:53 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>While many of their friends were starting breweries and gaining notoriety, Brent Banks and Ryan Jacobs were honing their craft as home brewers while juggling jobs in finance and the medical field. At the urging of their comrades, the pair finally decided to go pro and start Saint Errant Brewing. Currently, they contract brew out of the Mikerphone space in Elk Grove Village, and as of mid-August, they released their first (solo) offering, Strange Loops, in bottles and kegs. We sat down with Brent and Ryan to taste through several recent brews and test batches to discover that starting a brewery in 2017 isn't so crazy when the beers taste this excellent. We cover a lot here including the difficulties of beer names, the significance of yeast variables, Chicago's perplexing lack of love for sours, where to shop for the best peaches, and how those Vermont trips with Fitz helped them dial in their New England style IPA recipes. (Shout out to Julio Rosenstein!)</p> <p>Beers Sampled</p> <p>Get It Together (Double IPA with mangos/collaboration with Mikerphone)<br /> Strange Loops (Double IPA)<br /> Mr. Hanalei (Berliner-style sour ale with guava, passionfruit, and naranjilla)<br /> Pitseleh (Sour saison with peaches)<br /> Between Waves (Milkshake IPA with apricot, lactose, and vanilla)</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 186 - Carton Brewing</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2017 16:59:10 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>From the tip of New Jersey's elbow, Carton Brewing makes beers sometimes born of unusual inspiration that combine culinary artistry with just the right amount of whimsy. Listener Mike Bobal sent us six Carton beers for this one, and the flavors are as big as the alcohol content. We talk about Carton's namesake leader Augie and his prolific internet presence while tasting through beers that steeply rise in ABV pretty early in the show. Naturally, this leads to asides about drunken oaring, Chupa Chups, sex stuff with oranges, proper nachos, and Craig's monogamous cereal life. We also hop on the CanniBus to Weed Church before everything goes all orange on us. Don't put this one in a box! (Because that would be physically impossible as this is a digital medium.)</p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>Wit Whale (Hoppy Wit Beer)<br /> 077XX (East Coast Double IPA)<br /> Cosmonaut (Russian Imperial Stout with Freeze-Dried Ice Cream and Spices)<br /> All Orange Everything (Triple IPA - Collaboration with Other Half Brewing)<br /> Regular Coffee (Imperial Cream Ale with Coffee)<br /> Café Y' Churro (Imperial Cream Ale with Coffee, Vanilla, and Cinnamon)</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 185 - Can't Stop the Hops</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>We love hops - and more importantly, our listening audience loves hops too. So to keep pushing those download numbers higher, we take our palates to the limit with six random hoppy beers. We talk about the wacky world of beer pricing, the shelf life of hazy beers, and the best brewery that Chicagoans aren't talking about. If those hot takes aren't enough to get your download fingers twitching with anticipation, then we also tackle the important issues like which deli meat is the stickiest, and why Joey Pants is the best, and what are the most lethal Slip N' Slides? Plus, Craig trademarks his beer gym idea, and we set straight something very important about Gushy. Thanks for the clicks! #hazybeer #hazyipa #KregTightjacket #LilTeashat #BobUecker</p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>Marz Community Brewing Co. - Jungle Boogie (pale wheat ale w/ rooibos tea)<br /> Haymarket Brewery - Oscar's Pardon (Dry-hopped Belgian pale ale)<br /> Sun King Brewing - Fistful of Hops (IPA)<br /> Triptych Brewing - Wake Up Neo (New England-style DIPA)<br /> Transient Artisan Ales - Mind to Devour (DIPA)<br /> Untitled Art - Hazy IIPA</p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>It's been a year and some months since Chris Betts made Transient Artisan Ales not-so transient by opening up a brewery and taproom in Bridgman, Michigan. We take the short jaunt around the tip of Lake Michigan to catch up with Chris over some of his world-class beers and talk about some of the big things coming for the brewery. We learn about the brewery's expansion plans, the truth about the shelf life of hazy IPAs, what he's doing with a barleywine, why people criticising some of his prices are dead wrong, and how being surrounded by wineries has helped his transition into Michigan. There's also talk of the future of contract brewing, the odd parameters people use to evaluate beer, the secret to conditioning hazy hoppy beers, the way he avoids lambic faux pas, the odd charm of the Norway beer scene, the influence of local flora on his Michigan Wild Ales, and the possibility of more Transient meads. And stay until the very end for some exciting news about the future of Transient in Chicago. Just don't mind all the bungholes.</p> <p>Beers Sampled</p> <p>Czech Yourself (Czech-style Pilsner)<br /> Big Rip (IPA with Michigan-grown hops)<br /> Ardent (wine barrel-fermented mixed grain and mixed culture saison)<br /> Anachronism (Michigan Wild Ale)<br /> Foeder #2 w/ Black Currants (Michigan Wild Ale)<br /> Purest Expression (Mead made with blueberries in collaboration with Four Fires Meadery)</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 182 - Dovetail and Riggs: Crossfire</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2017 13:05:21 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Two Illinois brewing traditionalists inspired us to dig deeper into lagers and hefeweizens, so we pitted a bunch against each other in a goofy Crossfire showdown. Riggs Beer Co. out of Urbana and Dovetail Brewery out of Chicago know the German way and have expertly paid homage to tradition at their year-old breweries. But that wasn't enough as we brought in other examples of each style, either American or Bavarian. We get caught up in the crossfire as we also lagerjam our way into another potpourri of pop culture word association that you would expect from a typical episode of this show. Tradition, y'all.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beer Combatants //</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lagergeddon:</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Riggs Beer Co. - American Lager</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Surly Brewing Co. - #Merica!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dovetail Brewery - Lager</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan - Weihenstephaner Original</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hefeweight Championship/HefeRock:</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Riggs Beer Co. - Hefeweizen</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">New Glarus Brewing Co. - Bubbler</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dovetail Brewery - Hefeweizen</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ayinger Privatbrauerei - Ayinger Bräuweisse</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 181 - Narrow Gauge Brewing Company</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2017 15:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>From the basement of an Italian restaurant just outside of St. Louis, Narrow Gauge has started to gain a name in the Midwest and beyond as purveyors of great hazy IPAs - and other outstanding beers, as we find on this episode. We review four crowlers of beer that Craig schlepped back from a recent trip to Missouri, and the mix of quantity and quality has us hurtling towards shambling inebriation. We try to find Narrow Gauge's place in the current hazy beer wars, and wax philosophical about the Perception of Aqueosity and the Arbitrarity of Rankings. Ryan introduces two new segments, and Craig will just put anything in his mouth.</p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>FloMO Pils</p> <p>Fallen Flag IPA</p> <p>Cloud City IPA</p> <p>Old Town Porter</p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From the basement of an Italian restaurant just outside of St. Louis, Narrow Gauge has started to gain a name in the Midwest and beyond as purveyors of great hazy IPAs - and other outstanding beers, as we find on this episode. We review four crowlers of beer that Craig schlepped back from a recent trip to Missouri, and the mix of quantity and quality has us hurtling towards shambling inebriation. We try to find Narrow Gauge's place in the current hazy beer wars, and wax philosophical about the Perception of Aqueosity and the Arbitrarity of Rankings. Ryan introduces two new segments, and Craig will just put anything in his mouth.</p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>FloMO Pils</p> <p>Fallen Flag IPA</p> <p>Cloud City IPA</p> <p>Old Town Porter</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Episode 180 - Mikerphone Brewing Live!</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jul 2017 14:22:35 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Mike Pallen opened the doors on the tasting room for his new Elk Grove Village brewery back in March, and the rarest thing - besides some of his beers - is finding an open seat at the bar. We sat down with Mike at the new location to dive deep into what makes Mikerphone Brewing something like a phenomenon. And you'll find out why opening a tasting room was the best thing Mikerphone has ever done. Over many bottles, we discuss the New England styles that have helped make a name for the brand, how he intends to try and fill the demand for Smells Like Bean Spirit (while creating more demand for some upcoming, crazy barrel-aged versions), the future of packaging for Mikerphone, how he uses Untappd for QC, his plans on establishing a flagship beer or two, what's to come with distribution of his highly-coveted beers, and much more. At some point, we lose sight of the whole "interview" part of the show, and Mike just slides right into the 3rd host chair by joining us on diversions about New Glarus, Easter eggs on labels, music references, Skittles, and the local "gentleman's club." So, open up a few hazy ones because we hope you enjoy this longplayer even a fraction as much as we enjoyed recording it.</p> <p>Beers Featured</p> <p>Beautiful Oblivion (Imperial Stout w/ almonds, cocoa nibs, & vanilla)</p> <p>DDH IPA ABC BBD (Double Dry-Hopped IPA with Mosaic and Motueka Hops)</p> <p>Spacebar (Galaxy-Hopped DIPA)</p> <p>Educated Fool (Double Dry-Hopped Double IPA with Ekuanot Hops)</p> <p>Vinyl Frontier (Lactose Double IPA w/ El Dorado Hops</p> <p>Creamsicle IPA (collaboration with Untitled Art)</p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mike Pallen opened the doors on the tasting room for his new Elk Grove Village brewery back in March, and the rarest thing - besides some of his beers - is finding an open seat at the bar. We sat down with Mike at the new location to dive deep into what makes Mikerphone Brewing something like a phenomenon. And you'll find out why opening a tasting room was the best thing Mikerphone has ever done. Over many bottles, we discuss the New England styles that have helped make a name for the brand, how he intends to try and fill the demand for Smells Like Bean Spirit (while creating more demand for some upcoming, crazy barrel-aged versions), the future of packaging for Mikerphone, how he uses Untappd for QC, his plans on establishing a flagship beer or two, what's to come with distribution of his highly-coveted beers, and much more. At some point, we lose sight of the whole "interview" part of the show, and Mike just slides right into the 3rd host chair by joining us on diversions about New Glarus, Easter eggs on labels, music references, Skittles, and the local "gentleman's club." So, open up a few hazy ones because we hope you enjoy this longplayer even a fraction as much as we enjoyed recording it.</p> <p>Beers Featured</p> <p>Beautiful Oblivion (Imperial Stout w/ almonds, cocoa nibs, & vanilla)</p> <p>DDH IPA ABC BBD (Double Dry-Hopped IPA with Mosaic and Motueka Hops)</p> <p>Spacebar (Galaxy-Hopped DIPA)</p> <p>Educated Fool (Double Dry-Hopped Double IPA with Ekuanot Hops)</p> <p>Vinyl Frontier (Lactose Double IPA w/ El Dorado Hops</p> <p>Creamsicle IPA (collaboration with Untitled Art)</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Episode 179 - Chicago Cooler Beers</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2017 16:11:14 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Whether it's for a barbecue or a beach, choosing the right refreshing beer for your summer outing is more daunting than ever with so many choices. So, for your benefit, we drink eight Chicago-area beers that are built to pulled from ice and <em>crushed.</em> (For safety purposes, we must advise against you <em>literally</em> crushing beers, unless you own a CraigBot.) We also spend a lot of time with Summer Craig, get ball-punched by Peanut Tillman, conceptualize some mayo beers, bring down the PunGate, push for #NoMoLoMaNoMa, put out a can date mandate, talk about bad Untappd reviews, and slingshot some hams. So, it's basically par for the course on an eight beer episode. Grab your longboard!</p> <p>Beers C-C-C-C-CRUSHED</p> <p>Middle Brow Beer Co. - Copacetic (cream ale with popcorn, lime, and peppers)</p> <p>Temperance Beer Co. - Greenwood Beach (blonde ale with pineapple)</p> <p>Pollyanna Brewing - Summerly (wheat ale with raspberries)</p> <p>5 Rabbit Cervecería - Paletas Guava (wheat ale with guava and pink peppercorns and tarragon)<br /> Hailstorm Brewing Co./The Open Bottle - Boing! (NE-style pale ale w/ pineapple, lactose, and vanilla)</p> <p>Hop Butcher for the World - AleMerica the Beautiful (pale ale)</p> <p>Moody Tongue - Peeled Grapefruit Pilsner</p> <p>BuckleDown Brewing - Grapefruit Belt & Suspenders (IPA w/ grapefruit)</p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Whether it's for a barbecue or a beach, choosing the right refreshing beer for your summer outing is more daunting than ever with so many choices. So, for your benefit, we drink eight Chicago-area beers that are built to pulled from ice and <em>crushed.</em> (For safety purposes, we must advise against you <em>literally</em> crushing beers, unless you own a CraigBot.) We also spend a lot of time with Summer Craig, get ball-punched by Peanut Tillman, conceptualize some mayo beers, bring down the PunGate, push for #NoMoLoMaNoMa, put out a can date mandate, talk about bad Untappd reviews, and slingshot some hams. So, it's basically par for the course on an eight beer episode. Grab your longboard!</p> <p>Beers C-C-C-C-CRUSHED</p> <p>Middle Brow Beer Co. - Copacetic (cream ale with popcorn, lime, and peppers)</p> <p>Temperance Beer Co. - Greenwood Beach (blonde ale with pineapple)</p> <p>Pollyanna Brewing - Summerly (wheat ale with raspberries)</p> <p>5 Rabbit Cervecería - Paletas Guava (wheat ale with guava and pink peppercorns and tarragon) Hailstorm Brewing Co./The Open Bottle - Boing! (NE-style pale ale w/ pineapple, lactose, and vanilla)</p> <p>Hop Butcher for the World - AleMerica the Beautiful (pale ale)</p> <p>Moody Tongue - Peeled Grapefruit Pilsner</p> <p>BuckleDown Brewing - Grapefruit Belt & Suspenders (IPA w/ grapefruit)</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Episode 178 - The NJ Show</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jun 2017 17:07:46 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thanks to listener Mike Bobal, we are able to drop another pin in our map as we tackle the Garden State. We review five beers from five different New Jersey breweries while trying not to offend every single person in that state. Also on the agenda, we try to refresh our tired review language, experience extreme visibility, meet Professor Nosebody, and talk about cat food with cheese in it. There's a trivia game comparing one of Jersey's favorite sons to a lunatic cult leader, but we also talk a little Springsteen. And the beers are tasty enough to send this boat hurtling towards the Jersey Shore.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Magnify Brewing - Low Visibility Pale Ale</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jersey Girl Brewing - Rake Breaker IPA</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Carton Brewing - Shinshu (cream ale with miso)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Double Nickel Brewing - Marbled Buffalo (bourbon barrel-aged rye beer)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kane Brewing - Christian Patrick (imperial stout)</span></p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;"> Starting back in 2005, Jackie O's has grown from a brewpub to include a production brewery, bakeshop, and farm. Recently, Craig went down to Athens, Ohio and recorded about 20 minutes with the head brewer of the production brewery, Seth Morton, before bringing back a stash of beer for us to review. We try six of their excellent beers, three of which are barrel-aged, and we get completely SlamJammed. There's also some kettle sour crankery, Dope Ass Doilies, piney beers, and a barleywine intervention. Come on and get SlamJammed.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style= "white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;"> Beers Reviewed</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style= "white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;"> Berliner Weisse</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style= "white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;"> Oro Negro (imperial stout w/ cacao, habanero, oak, cinnamon, and vanilla)</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style= "white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;"> Bourbon Barrel Dark Apparition (Russian imperial stout)</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style= "white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;"> Pockets of Sunlight (mixed culture saison w/ honey, coriander, and lemon verbena)</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style= "white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;"> Bourbon Barrel Black Maple (imperial porter with maple syrup)</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style= "white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;"> Bourbon Barrel Brick Kiln Nuts! (English-style barleywine w/ six different nut varieties)</span></span></p>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 31 May 2017 12:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;"> We add another pin on our map with a Pennsylvania show that rings our damn Liberty bells so hard that rankings have rarely been drunker. We have five beers to review from Craig's travels, and a brief interview with East End Brewing's Brendan Benson. The vibes are good, as we goof on podcast names, Nic Cage, and the Friends timeline. Also, Craig does poorly in two PA-centric trivia games, and Ryan reveals his greatest invention idea. (For the dedicated listeners, play a game of "find all the continuity errors" as we recorded this one back in mid-April, yet have referenced it in many already-released episodes!)</span></p> <p style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style= "white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;"> Beers Reviewed</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style= "white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;"> Brew Gentlemen - General Braddock's IPA</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style= "white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;"> Forest & Main Brewing - Solaire (Saison)</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style= "white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;"> Lavery Brewing - 1847 Rye Stout</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style= "white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;"> East End Brewing - Gratitude (Bourbon Barrel-Aged Barleywine)</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style= "white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;"> Bullfrog Brewery - Le Roar Grrrz Aardbei (Gueuze-style with strawberry)</span></span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 174 - Can Do, Chicago!</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;"> We're not quite ready to let another Chicago Craft Beer Week go, so we grabbed five new-ish canned beers from Chicago breweries to review. This show also serves as our Beer Under Glass festival recap - at least, what we can remember about it. Five highly-drinkable beers and two slightly hungover hosts - what else can we say?</span></p> <p style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style= "white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;"> Beers Reviewed</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style= "white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;"> Hopewell Brewing - First Lager</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style= "white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;"> Around the Bend Beer Co. - Vera (Pistachio cream ale)</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style= "white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;"> Hop Butcher for the World - Grid (APA)</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style= "white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;"> Finch Beer Co. - Plumage (IPA)</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style= "white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;"> Whiner Beer Co. - Miaou (Blended barrel-aged Belgian wheat)</span></span></p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Bring your raincoat and galoshes as there's bound to be some moisture as we sip six DrippyIPAs© on this episode. We're simply sodden with delicious hoppy ales, but one beer is the biggest shocker we've had in a long time. We also revisit our odd time at the Chicago Beer Classic on Soldier Field, long for a visit to St. Louis, relive Craig's car accident, pray to Pope Meltivus IV, get horses to talk, and discuss all the 90s commercials that matter. (Sorry to Matt Pinfield on this one.)</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Beers Reviewed</strong></span></p> <p>Shared - J Dub Fan Club (dry-hopped pale ale w/ passion fruit)</p> <p>Perennial Artisan Ales - Cave Torch (dry-hopped IPA w/ oranges)</p> <p>Mikerphone Brewing - I Want My IPA</p> <p>Tired Hands Brewing - Drippy Church (oat IPA w/ orange)</p> <p>Bearded Iris Brewing - Double Scatterbrain (double IPA)</p> <p>Transient Artisan Ales - Honeystone (double IPA w/ honey)</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 172 - Milky Treats</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Sweet creamy delights fill our mouths on this engagement as we savor five adjunct-heavy milk stouts, and most are true to their intentions. It's a roguish gallery of dessert flavors featuring coconut, chocolate, peanut butter, strawberry, cacao nibs, vanilla, cinnamon, peppers, and orange zest. We announce our big buyout, Craig's bad creamer decision, proper jelly application, ice cream strategies, and a disturbingly erotic beer label. Bite the Bubble Tape. (BT2)</p> <p>Beers Consumed</p> <p>The Brew Kettle - Kitka (Chocolate Coconut Milk Stout)</p> <p>TailGate Beer - PB&J Milk Stout</p> <p>Saugatuck Brewing - Neapolitan Milk Stout</p> <p>4 Hands Brewing - Horchata Chocolate Milk Stout</p> <p>Middle Brow Beer - The Milk-eyed Mender (imperial milk stout made with oranges, peppers, cacao nibs, cinnamon & vanilla)</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 170 - Pizza Boy</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Hot and ready at your ear doors, this episode is all about the Pizza Boy - Brewing, that is. Craig delivers another tasty lineup with five beers from his visit to this Enola, PA brewery. Of course this brewery awakens our appetites and we talk a bit about pizza and breakfast, with a serious diversion into ska. Also, find out Craig's signature beer-transforming review trick before we get sneak-up drunk on this one. Put it on the pizza!</p> <p>Beer Slices</p> <p>Citra Pils</p> <p>Moonstomp (Berliner weisse)</p> <p>Sunny Side Up (Bourbon barrel aged stout w/ coffee)</p> <p>Arck Angel - Peaches (Double IPA w/ peaches)</p> <p>FLEMboyant (Flanders inspired wild ale aged in oak)</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 169 - The OH Show</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Apr 2017 16:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Continuing our intermittent liquid tour of the nation, the Buckeye State is the focus of this one with five beers from five Ohio breweries. Craig regales us with tales of his recent travels through Ohio, and he nailed the lineup here with five damn tasty brews. We also share a chat Craig had with Black Cloister Brewing founder (and Lutheran pastor) Tom Schaeffer to learn more about the divine inspirations that led to the opening of his rising Toledo brewery. Also, there's an odd dual game of trivia, a plea for malt in IPAs, Craig's two tongues, and Ryan's conflicted barleywine feelings. We're monking our asses off over here!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Yellow Springs Brewery - Captain Stardust (Saison)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hoof Hearted Brewing - Hot Probz (Double dry-hopped pale ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rhinegeist Brewery - Penguin (Blonde stout)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Brew Kettle - White Rajah (IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Black Cloister Brewing - Chained Dog (Belgian strong golden ale)</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">(Black Cloister/Tom Schaeffer interview starts at 57:29)</span></em></p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Hailing from Toronto, Canada, Left Field Brewery makes an array of beers you can suck down alongside nine innings of baseball. The beers lead off strong and hardly let up, as we're all too happy to bat around some bad baseball metaphors as we sample. The talk is a bit White Sox-centric at times, with Craig's review of the impressive new Craft Kave (<em>ugh</em>) at Guaranteed Rate Field (<em>UGH</em>). But there's also talk of racist Spencer's, Bud's new ad slogan, Ryan's glory days, and a shout out to the Diverticuguys. And don't forget our Saisonathon at Pub Royale is coming up on Monday, May 22nd - it's going to be a grand run slam! A real home dinger! </p> <p>Lineup</p> <p>Maris* Pale Ale</p> <p>Anniversary No. 4 Saison</p> <p>Prospect Single Hop IPA (Hallertau Blanc)</p> <p>Squeeze Play Sour Ale (w/ blood orange and cherries)</p> <p>Eephus Oatmeal Brown Ale</p> <p><br /> <em>Thanks to listener Christopher Nyren for the beers!</em></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 167 - Half Acre & Heavy Gem</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Apr 2017 12:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Chicagoans have long been lucky jerks to be able to call Half Acre their own, and now with the mysterious new Heavy Gem project between Half Acre and Tired Hands, it just got even better. We sample some newer Half Acre offerings before trying to get to the bottom of the mystifying Heavy Gem and their obfuscating, trippy website. We also talk about the awfulness that is Hawk Harrelson, a literal Craig situation, and our upcoming Saisonathon event at Pub Royale on May 22nd. (Saisonathongs not included.)</p> <p> </p> <p>Half Acre - Tuna (Extra Pale Ale)</p> <p>Half Acre - Double Daisy Cutter (Double Pale Ale)</p> <p>Half Acre - Big Hugs Salted Chocolate Espresso (Imperial Stout)</p> <p>Heavy Gem - Humanimal Stasis (Double IPA)</p> <p>Heavy Gem - Virga (Ale fermented in oak barrels)</p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Chicagoans have long been lucky jerks to be able to call Half Acre their own, and now with the mysterious new Heavy Gem project between Half Acre and Tired Hands, it just got even better. We sample some newer Half Acre offerings before trying to get to the bottom of the mystifying Heavy Gem and their obfuscating, trippy website. We also talk about the awfulness that is Hawk Harrelson, a literal Craig situation, and our upcoming Saisonathon event at Pub Royale on May 22nd. (Saisonathongs not included.)</p> <p> </p> <p>Half Acre - Tuna (Extra Pale Ale)</p> <p>Half Acre - Double Daisy Cutter (Double Pale Ale)</p> <p>Half Acre - Big Hugs Salted Chocolate Espresso (Imperial Stout)</p> <p>Heavy Gem - Humanimal Stasis (Double IPA)</p> <p>Heavy Gem - Virga (Ale fermented in oak barrels)</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Episode 166 - New Chicago Brewery Tour</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 31 Mar 2017 18:09:07 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>The show is on the road for this one as we dropped into four Chicago breweries that are all under a year old to chat with brewers and procure some beers to review. Our first stop is at Pilsen's yet-to-open Lo Rez Brewing to talk with Dave and Kevin about how their tech background led them to opening a non-mainstream brewery focused on malt-forward and Belgian-style brews. Our second stop is at On Tour Brewing on the Near West side to take in their gorgeous taproom and chat with the two Marks about how they both found themselves back in their home state after years away. Our third visit is with our old friend Jacob Sembrano at Cruz Blanca Cervecería to sample styles ranging from culinary-inspired lagers to big imperial stouts and talk about his plans for bottling beers and their upcoming first anniversary. Our final stop is at the German-inspired Dovetail Brewing to talk with Hagen and Bill about how every step of their process pays homage to tradition but creates some of the most stunning clean beers in the city - at least until they unleash their Lambic-ish beers in the future. In addition to all that, we return to the bunker to review four growlers/crowlers and confront Craig's Zelda obsession, among other things. A huge thank you goes out to everyone that helped make this show possible and spent time with us on a whirlwind day of drinking - Chicago's beer scene has never been richer with great beer and generous people.</p> <p> </p> <p>Tour Stops (Interview & Review Segments)<br /></p> <p>Lo Rez Brewing (00:04:50 - 00:27:34)</p> <p>On Tour Brewing (00:27:35 - 00:49:00)</p> <p>Cruz Blanca Cervecería (00:50:54 - (01:15:10)</p> <p>Dovetail Brewing (01:15:11 - 01:41:16)<br /></p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>Lo Rez Brewing - Dæmon (Belgian Golden Strong)</p> <p>On Tour Brewing - Gin Barrel-Aged It Takes Two (IPA)</p> <p>Cruz Blanca Cervecería - Larger Than Lager (Double Red Lager)</p> <p>Dovetail Brewing - Hefeweizen</p>]]></description>
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<title>ABV Extra: Best of Low ABV, Volume 2</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Mar 2017 22:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As a peace offering while we ready some hot new content for this week, here's a compilation of our favorite Low ABV episodes that were previously only available to our Patreon Patrons. We review five beers in total over four segments, and only one is included because you like to hear us suffer. As is the case with all Low ABVs, we spend a significant time gleefully off topic whilst scrapping together passable beer reviews. Hear tales and tangents about</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">my</span></em> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">boy</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Peter Gabriel, Sunny D, bomber fatigue, awful Chicago nicknames, the letter X, and the only (most important) rule at Craig's brothel. To get a whole lot more stuff like this (and more!), become a Patron by visiting</span> <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/abvchicago"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">patreon.com/abvchicago</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">to help keep us listener supported! Thank you!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Episodes Compiled:</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Low ABV 16 - Mikerphone The Get-Fresh Flow</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">(Recorded 7/6/16)</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Low ABV 21 - Hop Butcher Paris on the Prairie</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">(Recorded 9/16/16)</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Low ABV 24 - Heady Topper vs. 2x4</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">(Recorded 11/4/16)</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Low ABV 35 - Stone Chocolate Coffee Enjoy By 2.14.17</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">(Recorded 2/10/17)</span></em></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 165 - Old Barleywines</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2017 13:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>The general beer aging debate rages on, but barleywines have long been a staple for cellar keepers with the promise of better beer always further ahead. For this episode, we take on a murder of aged barleywines, chiefly American in style, often barrel-aged, and mostly just downright unpleasant. Perhaps we were influenced by our Bracket Fever, but this show brings a lot of lousy old hops and sickly sweet malts, one completely flat beer, and an overflowing Dumpy the Dump Bucket. We do sample some cheese pairings while also discussing Craig's Shameful Bed Cheese Incident, faded cops, and what killed off the elders of craft beer. Science!</p> <p> </p> <p>Beers Tasted (For Science)</p> <p> </p> <p>New Glarus Barley Wine (2012)</p> <p>Central Waters Kosmyk Charlie's Y2K Catastrophe Ale (2013)</p> <p>Founders Bolt Cutter (2012)</p> <p>Dark Horse Monster 29 (2012)</p> <p>3 Floyds Barrel-Aged Behemoth (2013)</p> <p>Flossmoor Station Fireside Chat (2013)</p> <p>Stone Old Guardian (2010)</p> <p>Firestone Walker Sucaba (2014)</p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Get ready to journey through time with a nearly 200 year-old Belgian brewery on an episode that took us two weeks to record! Rodenbach makes some of the best sour beer in the world that is often overlooked in favor of those U.S. acid bombs that garner high trade value. We try to figure out why the hell that is, to little avail. But we sample five absolutely perfect beers here, and they give us all the mouthfeels. We also talk about when it's right to start macerating, breaking down beer borders, the J-man (and the K-man) and that Magic Eraser life. But seriously, THAT MOUTHFEEL.</p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>Rodenbach Original</p> <p>Rodenbach Grand Cru</p> <p>Rodenbach Vintage 2014</p> <p>Rodenbach Caractère Rouge</p> <p>Rodenbach Alexander</p>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2017 13:44:14 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>It's all about those juicy hops on this episode, as we review five beers from larger breweries looking to capitalize on the current juice obsession in hoppy beers. It's a perilous summit to the top, but we arbitrarily agree on which beer should be on your grocery list. We go over the many other large breweries making similar beers, talk a lot about mixed 12-packs and Costco, and show off our sick snowboard tricks. Also, Craig is a mothball-eating garbage boy who wants a musket. Just to summarize.</p> <p>BEERS MOUNTED</p> <p>Stone Ripper Pale Ale</p> <p>Samuel Adams Rebel Juiced IPA</p> <p>New Belgium Citradelic</p> <p>Odell Drumroll APA</p> <p>Two Brothers Pinball Pale Ale</p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Revolution has done something downright heroic for hoppy beer fans by assembling a mixed 12-pack of their Hero beers that will see variations as a year-round release. We crack into a fantastic foursome along with one rogue Hero and rank them all. We speculate on some hero backstories, imagine the Mt. Rushmore of Chicago beer, and spin the bottle with Randy Mosher. There's also Craig's comic book game, nostalgia for Buy the Weigh, and a hot take on Batman Returns. My piney sense is tingling.</p> <p> </p> <p>Heroes Reviewed</p> <p> </p> <p>Anti-Hero</p> <p>Galaxy Hero</p> <p>Amarillo Hero</p> <p>Local Hero</p> <p>Mosaic Hero</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 161 - Deciduous Brewing</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2017 13:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>We pop five beers from New Hampshire's Deciduous Brewing, and it gets a little Gushyⓒ. But the beers are impressive all around, and we finally learn what a "pLambic" is. The tangents are frequent and our talking points include wrestling and the SLAMbic, bizarre aroma descriptors, fruit soup, the Tannic Suggestion, a blood orange crime, Lap Gushy, and Craig's take on the RenFair. Oh no, the growler boys are back in town. Thanks to David Leshinski for providing beers on this one!</p> <p>Beer Reviewed</p> <p>Auranja (pLambic with oranges)</p> <p>Auroral Batch 4 (Berliner weisse with blood orange and lychee)</p> <p>Nelson Sylph (Farmhouse ale)</p> <p>Renascence (Porter)</p> <p>Predestination (Blended sour aged in armagnac casks)</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 160 - Odell Brewing</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2017 13:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Made to cellar and improve with age, this episode was recorded back in 2014, and we release it now to coincide with Odell's entrance into the Chicago market. The younger version of us tastes through seven (!) different beers from the Fort Collins brewery, and we are pleasantly surprised throughout. There's also some "interviews", history on the brewery, very old sours, Craig sniffing plastic, Four Loko, and some good old boat eating. Honestly it just feels good to live back in 2014 again for just a little bit. Do we have to leave?\</p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>Loose Leaf (Session Pale Ale)</p> <p>St. Lupulin (Extra Pale Ale)</p> <p>90 Shilling (Scottish Ale)</p> <p>5 Barrel (Pale Ale)</p> <p>New Belgium/Odell - Hop Kitchen #6: FOCOllaboration (Pale Ale)</p> <p>IPA</p> <p>Myrcenary (Double IPA)</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 159 - BCBS Vertical</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2017 13:53:01 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Eight years of Bourbon County tells an interesting story about Goose Island as a brewery, so we have the guy who is literally writing the book on it join us for a vertical tasting. Josh Noel from the Chicago Tribune helps us nitpick our way through eight years of BCBS. There's Goose info galore including the backlash over Josh's sleuthing on the beer's true origins, and how the brewery went from nearly out of business to being the juggernaut it is. You'll also hear about the debate over aging beers, Craig the vanilla locomotive, Loggins Run, and actual news about Josh's book release date. Don't live life two ounces at a time, man!</p> <p>Years of Bourbon County Brand Stout Tasted, Vertically</p> <p>2009 (22 oz.)</p> <p>2010 (12 oz.)</p> <p>2011 (12 oz.)</p> <p>2012 (12 oz.)</p> <p>2013 (12 oz.)</p> <p>2014 (12 oz.)</p> <p>2015 (16.9 oz.) <em>bottled 11/9/15</em></p> <p>2016 (16.9 oz.)</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 158 - Suburban Fruit Basket</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2017 13:41:40 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Summer Craig is back and ready to fire up the boat and mix up some cocktails! Actually, it's Ryan's stupid idea to put a bunch of fruit in these five suburban-brewed beers that were all very good before we screwed with them. We review and rank these diverse offerings, and we also get to know Afterthought Brewing well before they are an actual working brewery: brewer/owner Mike Thorpe endures a brief interview with Craig to tell us what we can expect out of Lombard from Afterthought in the (hopefully) near future. We also muddle it up with the worst Zelda joke, a shocking theory about blood oranges, and other whatnots. Summer Craig, I still believe in you!</p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>Hailstorm & Imperial Oak - LMFAgOse (gose w/ watermelon, blueberry, and salt)</p> <p>Afterthought Brewing - Saison with citrus zest (mixed culture saison aged in oak)</p> <p>Noon Whistle - Cozmo Orange (pale ale with oranges)</p> <p>Middle Brow Beer Co. - Show Me Love (blonde farmhouse aged in wine barrels w/ raspberries)</p> <p>Buckledown & Haymarket - BA Awkward Exchange (dark Belgian ale with blackberry juice aged in bourbon barrels)</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 157 - Central Waters Anniversary</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2017 14:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Over the last half-dozen years, Amherst, Wisconsin's Central Waters Brewing have released a special barrel-aged imperial stout for their anniversary at their annual party. Craig is a loyal attendee, so we have a five-year vertical to tackle with the help of Tom, Jack, and Nick from The Hop Review. Along with trying to discern the differences in each vintage, we talk to the Hop Review guys about some of their favorite interviews and what they're excited about in Chicago for 2017. We also address Craig's Mosaic blindness, relive the worst Dark Lord Day experience ever, almost make contact with rock royalty, and finally figure out how to capture the elusive Mosh.</p> <p>Vintages Reviewed</p> <p>1414</p> <p>Fifteen</p> <p>Sixteen</p> <p>Seventeen</p> <p>Eighteen</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 156 - Escape to Canada: Bellwoods Brewery</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2017 15:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Good news to all our future expats, Toronto's Bellwoods Brewery is making outstanding light hoppy beers that are bulging with deliciousness. Thanks to listener Christopher Nyren, we sample four fresh brews that cross-check us</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">with flavor.</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Craig gives a brief overview of Canada's confusing beer laws and liquor sales, then quizzes Ryan in a round of "Dead or Canadian?" There's also a Ghostbusters lullaby, proper beer presentation, schnapps talk, Craig's French mishaps, some mall walking, and the worst Afroman album ever.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Stay Classy (Light Pale Ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wizard Wolf (Pale Ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jutsu (Pale Ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jelly King (Dry-Hopped Sour Ale)</span></p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 155 - Chi NEIPAs</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2017 13:40:04 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bring your bendy straw, we're dipping into some juicy, hazy New England-style IPAs made locally. Whether it's an actual style or not, stores can hardly keep any brewery's NEIPA in stock - so we evaluate seven of them in a blind tasting. We share everything we know about this trend, say "creamy" a few hundred times, and somewhat fail at recognizing Mosaic. There's some shoe-eating, retired slogans, Sunny D, and our vow to become brother husbands. Disappear into a glass with us, and let your juice loose. I don't know what the hell that means.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Tasted Blindly</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">#1 Transient Artisan Ales - The Juice is Loose DIPA</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">#2 Maplewood Brewery - Son of Juice IPA</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">#3 Forbidden Root - Snoochie Boochies DIPA</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">#4 Hailstorm Brewing - Stratus DIPA</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">#5 Marz Community Brewing - NE MDW Chi PA</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">#6 Hop Butcher for the World - Reply Hazy, Try Again DIPA</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">#7 The Ram Restaurant & Brewery (Schaumburg) - Morning Fog DIPA</span></p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A Craig divided against itself cannot stand - especially if he's drinking a bunch of high ABV coffee stouts. We challenge Craig's hatred of coffee and love of stouts by opening four flavorful beers on this one. It'll take a serious horse-breaking for Ryan to teach Craig anything about coffee, so instead we talk about cereal and double barrels and David Duchovny. But we also have a beer that so completely nails its intentions that it is nearly flawless - and another surprising beer brimming with luxurious coffee aroma but sorely lacking in the flavor department. Listen to find out which is which, and be careful with your cheeseballs! (Huge thanks to Eric Nakamoto for two of the beers on this one!)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Short's Brewing - Cup A Joe (Coffee Creme Stout)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Weldwerks Brewing - Coffee Coconut Stout</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Epic Brewing - Big Bad Baptista (Whiskey barrel-aged stout with Mexican coffee, cacao nibs, vanilla & cinnamon)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Revolution Brewing - Café Deth (Bourbon barrel-aged imperial oatmeal stout with coffee)</span></p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Our new best friends at Cypress Grove make some of the finest goat's milk cheeses in the country, and they sent us some to pair with local beers. Win your New Year's party by learning from our pairing experiments, or find out which cheeses to make a staple of all your future bottle shares. We learn a bit about rennet, apply a few brewing ideas to cheesemaking, and once again fail to break the curse that eternally binds us together. Live deliciously!</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Beer and Cheese Pairings</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Two Brothers Twenty-Plus Pilsner and <a href= "http://www.cypressgrovecheese.com/cheese/fresh-chevre/purple-haze.html"> <span class="s2">Purple Haze</span></a></span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Suller's Past Maiden Berliner Weisse and <a href= "http://www.cypressgrovecheese.com/cheese/soft-ripened-cheeses/humboldt-fog-grande.html"> <span class="s2">Humboldt Fog</span></a></span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Off Color Sibling Rivalry Tripel and <a href= "http://www.cypressgrovecheese.com/cheese/soft-ripened-cheeses/truffle-tremor.html"> <span class="s2">Truffle Tremor</span></a></span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Hop Butcher Hoppy Days Are Here Again IPA and <a href= "http://www.cypressgrovecheese.com/cheese/soft-ripened-cheeses/bermuda-triangle.html"> <span class="s2">Bermuda Triangle</span></a></span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Arcade Brewing Mega Milk II* and <a href= "http://www.cypressgrovecheese.com/cheese/aged-cheeses/midnight-moon.html"> <span class="s2">Midnight Moo</span></a>n</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1"><em>*Note: This episode was recorded back in November before we - or anyone - could anticipate Arcade Brewery's</em> <a href= "http://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/drink/beer/ct-arcade-brewery-shuts-down-future-unclear-for-ale-syndicate-20161219-story.html"> <span class="s2"><em>sudden and unfortunate closing</em></span></a><em>. We had many of their beers on the show over the years, and we will miss their contributions to the ever-changing Chicago beer landscape. We sincerely wish Chris, Jay, and Lance the best in all of their future endeavors.</em></span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Our new best friends at Cypress Grove make some of the finest goat's milk cheeses in the country, and they sent us some to pair with local beers. Win your New Year's party by learning from our pairing experiments, or find out which cheeses to make a staple of all your future bottle shares. We learn a bit about rennet, apply a few brewing ideas to cheesemaking, and once again fail to break the curse that eternally binds us together. Live deliciously!</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Beer and Cheese Pairings</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Two Brothers Twenty-Plus Pilsner and <a href= "http://www.cypressgrovecheese.com/cheese/fresh-chevre/purple-haze.html"> <span class="s2">Purple Haze</span></a></span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Suller's Past Maiden Berliner Weisse and <a href= "http://www.cypressgrovecheese.com/cheese/soft-ripened-cheeses/humboldt-fog-grande.html"> <span class="s2">Humboldt Fog</span></a></span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Off Color Sibling Rivalry Tripel and <a href= "http://www.cypressgrovecheese.com/cheese/soft-ripened-cheeses/truffle-tremor.html"> <span class="s2">Truffle Tremor</span></a></span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Hop Butcher Hoppy Days Are Here Again IPA and <a href= "http://www.cypressgrovecheese.com/cheese/soft-ripened-cheeses/bermuda-triangle.html"> <span class="s2">Bermuda Triangle</span></a></span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Arcade Brewing Mega Milk II* and <a href= "http://www.cypressgrovecheese.com/cheese/aged-cheeses/midnight-moon.html"> <span class="s2">Midnight Moo</span></a>n</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1"><em>*Note: This episode was recorded back in November before we - or anyone - could anticipate Arcade Brewery's</em> <a href= "http://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/drink/beer/ct-arcade-brewery-shuts-down-future-unclear-for-ale-syndicate-20161219-story.html"> <span class="s2"><em>sudden and unfortunate closing</em></span></a><em>. We had many of their beers on the show over the years, and we will miss their contributions to the ever-changing Chicago beer landscape. We sincerely wish Chris, Jay, and Lance the best in all of their future endeavors.</em></span></p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="p1">Our new best friends at Cypress Grove make some of the finest goat's milk cheeses in the country, and they sent us some to pair with local beers. Win your New Year's party by learning from our pairing experiments, or find out which cheeses to make a staple of all your future bottle shares. We learn a bit about rennet, apply a few brewing ideas to cheesemaking, and once again fail to break the curse that eternally binds us together. Live deliciously!</p> <p class="p1">Beer and Cheese Pairings</p> <p class="p1">Two Brothers Twenty-Plus Pilsner and <a href= "http://www.cypressgrovecheese.com/cheese/fresh-chevre/purple-haze.html"> Purple Haze</a></p> <p class="p1">Suller's Past Maiden Berliner Weisse and <a href= "http://www.cypressgrovecheese.com/cheese/soft-ripened-cheeses/humboldt-fog-grande.html"> Humboldt Fog</a></p> <p class="p1">Off Color Sibling Rivalry Tripel and <a href= "http://www.cypressgrovecheese.com/cheese/soft-ripened-cheeses/truffle-tremor.html"> Truffle Tremor</a></p> <p class="p1">Hop Butcher Hoppy Days Are Here Again IPA and <a href= "http://www.cypressgrovecheese.com/cheese/soft-ripened-cheeses/bermuda-triangle.html"> Bermuda Triangle</a></p> <p class="p1">Arcade Brewing Mega Milk II* and <a href= "http://www.cypressgrovecheese.com/cheese/aged-cheeses/midnight-moon.html"> Midnight Moo</a>n</p> <p class="p1"><em>*Note: This episode was recorded back in November before we - or anyone - could anticipate Arcade Brewery's</em> <a href= "http://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/drink/beer/ct-arcade-brewery-shuts-down-future-unclear-for-ale-syndicate-20161219-story.html"> <em>sudden and unfortunate closing</em></a><em>. We had many of their beers on the show over the years, and we will miss their contributions to the ever-changing Chicago beer landscape. We sincerely wish Chris, Jay, and Lance the best in all of their future endeavors.</em></p> <p class="p1">Our new best friends at Cypress Grove make some of the finest goat's milk cheeses in the country, and they sent us some to pair with local beers. Win your New Year's party by learning from our pairing experiments, or find out which cheeses to make a staple of all your future bottle shares. We learn a bit about rennet, apply a few brewing ideas to cheesemaking, and once again fail to break the curse that eternally binds us together. Live deliciously!</p> <p class="p1">Beer and Cheese Pairings</p> <p class="p1">Two Brothers Twenty-Plus Pilsner and <a href= "http://www.cypressgrovecheese.com/cheese/fresh-chevre/purple-haze.html"> Purple Haze</a></p> <p class="p1">Suller's Past Maiden Berliner Weisse and <a href= "http://www.cypressgrovecheese.com/cheese/soft-ripened-cheeses/humboldt-fog-grande.html"> Humboldt Fog</a></p> <p class="p1">Off Color Sibling Rivalry Tripel and <a href= "http://www.cypressgrovecheese.com/cheese/soft-ripened-cheeses/truffle-tremor.html"> Truffle Tremor</a></p> <p class="p1">Hop Butcher Hoppy Days Are Here Again IPA and <a href= "http://www.cypressgrovecheese.com/cheese/soft-ripened-cheeses/bermuda-triangle.html"> Bermuda Triangle</a></p> <p class="p1">Arcade Brewing Mega Milk II* and <a href= "http://www.cypressgrovecheese.com/cheese/aged-cheeses/midnight-moon.html"> Midnight Moo</a>n</p> <p class="p1"><em>*Note: This episode was recorded back in November before we - or anyone - could anticipate Arcade Brewery's</em> <a href= "http://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/drink/beer/ct-arcade-brewery-shuts-down-future-unclear-for-ale-syndicate-20161219-story.html"> <em>sudden and unfortunate closing</em></a><em>. We had many of their beers on the show over the years, and we will miss their contributions to the ever-changing Chicago beer landscape. We sincerely wish Chris, Jay, and Lance the best in all of their future endeavors.</em></p>]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2016 13:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We manage to throw a holiday party with no eggnog, ugly sweaters, or inappropriate mistletoe placement - just great friends and great beers. Actually, Craig does wear an insane gaudy suit, but it only enhances our talks with four guests over five beers. We are joined by our good friends MC Johnson (</span><a href="https://worth1000beers.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Worth 1000 Beers</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">), Marie Cummins, Matt Johnsen (Horse Thief Hollow), and Doug Veliky (Revolution Brewing & @beeraficiando) to sample some tasty treats and review our favorite events and stories of 2016 - and what gets us excited for 2017. Then we talk about the year in beer trends, the excellence that is Dovetail Brewing, the Gary Busey woods, chipmunk tickling, winning big time beer medals, Schwimmer Vintage Ales, and how to become an Instagram star by taking pictures of beer. Listen, or I'm telling Santa.</span></p> <p>Beers Shared</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Une Année - Le Grand Monde I</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dovetail Brewing - Holiday Bock</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Horse Thief Hollow - Bad Mama Jama (Imperial stout with chocolate aged in Buffalo Trace barrels)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Horse Thief Hollow - Barrel-aged Cinnamon Girl (Bad Mama Jama with cinnamon and vanilla)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Lost Abbey - Veritas 017 (Oak-aged wild ale with blackberry)</span></p> <p> </p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> </p> <p>We manage to throw a holiday party with no eggnog, ugly sweaters, or inappropriate mistletoe placement - just great friends and great beers. Actually, Craig does wear an insane gaudy suit, but it only enhances our talks with four guests over five beers. We are joined by our good friends MC Johnson (<a href="https://worth1000beers.com/">Worth 1000 Beers</a>), Marie Cummins, Matt Johnsen (Horse Thief Hollow), and Doug Veliky (Revolution Brewing & @beeraficiando) to sample some tasty treats and review our favorite events and stories of 2016 - and what gets us excited for 2017. Then we talk about the year in beer trends, the excellence that is Dovetail Brewing, the Gary Busey woods, chipmunk tickling, winning big time beer medals, Schwimmer Vintage Ales, and how to become an Instagram star by taking pictures of beer. Listen, or I'm telling Santa.</p> <p>Beers Shared</p> <p>Une Année - Le Grand Monde I</p> <p>Dovetail Brewing - Holiday Bock</p> <p>Horse Thief Hollow - Bad Mama Jama (Imperial stout with chocolate aged in Buffalo Trace barrels)</p> <p>Horse Thief Hollow - Barrel-aged Cinnamon Girl (Bad Mama Jama with cinnamon and vanilla)</p> <p>The Lost Abbey - Veritas 017 (Oak-aged wild ale with blackberry)</p> <p> </p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Episode 151 - Stocking Stuffers</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2016 13:44:11 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Need a stocking stuffer or an effective mood-lifter for a family gathering? We try six different Christmas beers to help you better lubricate your holiday train. Our top beer is a huge surprise, but the whole lineup proves to be a Christmas miracle. And like two slightly tipsy yet overly productive elves, we play two games on this one, talk fruitcakes, explore the Hintonverse, make our ideal gingerbread man together, transcribe the Ying Yang Twins, share some Color Me Badd fan fiction, make a case for The Wallflowers, get banned from pillow fights, plan our pop-up shop, and implore you to stop doing <em>that</em> to our snowman. It's our gift to you, listeners. Happy Holidays, everyone!</p> <p>Beers Unwrapped</p> <p>Revolution - Fistmas Ale</p> <p>Anchor - Christmas Ale 2016</p> <p>Great Lakes - Christmas Ale</p> <p>Three Floyds - Alpha Klaus Porter</p> <p>Prairie Artisan Ales - Christmas Bomb</p> <p>Brouwerij Huyghe - Delirium Noël</p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Need a stocking stuffer or an effective mood-lifter for a family gathering? We try six different Christmas beers to help you better lubricate your holiday train. Our top beer is a huge surprise, but the whole lineup proves to be a Christmas miracle. And like two slightly tipsy yet overly productive elves, we play two games on this one, talk fruitcakes, explore the Hintonverse, make our ideal gingerbread man together, transcribe the Ying Yang Twins, share some Color Me Badd fan fiction, make a case for The Wallflowers, get banned from pillow fights, plan our pop-up shop, and implore you to stop doing <em>that</em> to our snowman. It's our gift to you, listeners. Happy Holidays, everyone!</p> <p>Beers Unwrapped</p> <p>Revolution - Fistmas Ale</p> <p>Anchor - Christmas Ale 2016</p> <p>Great Lakes - Christmas Ale</p> <p>Three Floyds - Alpha Klaus Porter</p> <p>Prairie Artisan Ales - Christmas Bomb</p> <p>Brouwerij Huyghe - Delirium Noël</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Episode 150 - The Seasons</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2016 16:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>We celebrate the big one-five-oh with the most valuable lineup of beers we've ever put to our lips - and the bottles practically pop themselves in revelry. Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen made these four special gueuzes to save itself after a terrible mishap and released them in very limited quantities back in 2011, and we're lucky to have them all here. We also commemorate the occasion by resurrecting everyone's favorite beer podcast reviewing game: Beers Against Humanity. So while we try to wrap our brains around the deliciousness of these world-class beers, we talk about what Billy Corgan smells like and other matters of equal import. Craig introduces a successful new segment, and we duck for cover from flying corks. (It says corks, just to be clear.) Cheers to another 150!</p> <p>Beers Sipped Upon, Luxuriously</p> <p>Armand'4 Oude Geuze Herfst (Autumn)</p> <p>Armand'4 Oude Geuze Winter</p> <p>Armand'4 Oude Geuze Lente (Spring)</p> <p>Armand'4 Oude Geuze Zomer (Summer)</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 149 - Bourbon County 2016</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>In our yearly moment of clearheadedness after the Festival of Barrel-Aged Beers, we take on four non-alcoholic beers for the sake of science. To take our minds off of these near beers, we go over all of our FoBAB beer highlights. But you'll learn a lot about how non-alcoholic beer is made, why there are no NA-IPAs, and what might be the worst beer-like drink we've had on the show. We also find out what Craig is doing in a Petsmart (Petco?), what happens when Ryan pours his own beer, and how to elevate High Life beyond reproach.</p> <p><strong>NA Beers:</strong></p> <p>Buckler Non-Alcoholic Beer (Heineken)</p> <p>Krombacher Weizen Alkoholfrei</p> <p>Kaliber (Guiness)</p> <p>Clausthaler Dry-Hopped</p> <p><strong>Ryan's FoBAB Top 5 List:</strong></p> <p><strong>5. Horse Thief Hollow - Margarita Gose</strong> (Gose w/ black limes, orange peel, and sea salt aged in tequilla barrels)</p> <p><strong>4. Mikerphone - Dynamite with a Laser Beam</strong> (Saison w/ blueberries, raspberries, and tart cherries aged in wine puncheons)</p> <p><strong>3. Weldwerks - Peach Climacteric</strong> (Sour blend w/ peaches aged in bourbon barrels)</p> <p><strong>2. Goose Island Clybourn</strong> - Big Lazy Joe (Imperial brown ale aged in bourbon barrels and blended with coffee)</p> <p><strong>1. Trinity - President's Club</strong> (Sour pale ale w/ tangerine zest, coriander, peaches, and apricots aged on French oak)</p> <p><strong>Craig's FoBAB Top 5 List:</strong></p> <p><strong>5. Off Color - Market Rate</strong> (Wild ale aged in red wine barrels with green strawberries)</p> <p><strong>4. Jester King - 2016 Spon 3</strong> (<em>or 4?</em>) (Gueuze-style blended sour aged in wine puncheons)</p> <p><strong>3. Goose Island Clybourn - Impervious</strong> (Imperial stout aged in Woodford Reserve barrels)</p> <p><strong>2. Weldwerks - Peach Climacteric</strong> (Sour blend w/ peaches aged in bourbon barrels)</p> <p><strong>1. Wicked Weed - White Angel</strong> (Sour ale w/ Muscadine grapes aged in wine puncheons)</p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Wisconsin's O'so Brewing has dabbled in sour beers for a few years, <a href= "http://www.stevenspointjournal.com/story/money/companies/2016/09/02/oso-brewing-buys-land-expansion/89781782/"> and while the whole brewery grows rapidly</a>, their "Extreme Beers" are finding a captive audience with sour beer lovers. We review five tasty barrel-aged sours and try not to turn this episode into a Tums commercial. We discover "TA" and struggle to make sense of it. Craig explains why SNL was better back in the 1930s. Ryan reveals the true source of his pain. And you'll pretty much never think of The Giving Tree the same way again. And yes, Craig is totally DTC.</p> <p>Beers Reviewed<br /></p> <p>Project Lo (Barrel-aged sour blonde)</p> <p>Blood of the Cherry (Barrel-aged sour blonde with cherries)</p> <p>Arbor Qui Donne (Barrel-aged sour blonde with peaches)</p> <p>Berry Gibb (Barrel-aged sour with blueberries and ginger)</p> <p>The Continental (Barrel-aged blended sour refermented on champagne currants)</p>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2016 18:38:12 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>The Festival of Wood and Barrel-Aged Beers (FoBAB) enters its 14th year as one of Chicago's premier beer fests, and we are so pumped for it that we drink four beers that'll be pouring over the weekend. Expect some festival advice, relive FoBAB days of yore, and hear about the beer Ryan named. There's also talk of the 39th Annual Illinois Craft Beer Awards, Fartboy Slim, the Weekend at Bernie's unrealized trilogy, and the most evil of bottle sealings. Craig also quizzes Ryan on the many states represented at FoBAB, and we even discuss proper fest attire. Roll damn tide.</p> <p>Beers (p)Reviewed</p> <p>Transient Artisan Ales - Double Barrel Obelus (Wine Barrel-Aged Saison)</p> <p>Goose Island Clybourn - Ground Control (Bourbon Barrel-Aged Old Ale)</p> <p>Noon Whistle - Imperial Bernie (Bourbon Barrel-Aged Milk Stout)</p> <p>Weldwerks Brewing Co. - Barrel-Aged Mexican Achromatic (Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout with cacao nibs, vanilla, and cinnamon)</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 145 - Bright Green Bangers</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2016 12:41:02 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Pure joy will emanate from your listening devices on this one as we taste some of the best hoppy beers on the planet. We can hardly contain our giddiness with a mixed six pack of beers from both Tree House Brewing of Massachusetts and The Alchemist from Vermont, courtesy of listener Josh Sissman. In between moments of bliss, we talk about Belgian warlocks, blacklight posters, inventive ways to steal beer, and Goldilocks and the Artisanal Porridge. Experience our most divergent and most meaningless rankings ever! Hear our smiles!</p> <p>Beers Enjoyed</p> <p>Tree House Brewing - Green (IPA)</p> <p>Tree House Brewing - Very Hazy (DIPA)</p> <p>Tree House Brewing - Bright (DIPA)</p> <p>Tree House Brewing - Bright w/ Nelson (DIPA)</p> <p>The Alchemist - Focal Banger (IPA)</p> <p>The Alchemist - Crusher (DIPA)</p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pure joy will emanate from your listening devices on this one as we taste some of the best hoppy beers on the planet. We can hardly contain our giddiness with a mixed six pack of beers from both Tree House Brewing of Massachusetts and The Alchemist from Vermont, courtesy of listener Josh Sissman. In between moments of bliss, we talk about Belgian warlocks, blacklight posters, inventive ways to steal beer, and Goldilocks and the Artisanal Porridge. Experience our most divergent and most meaningless rankings ever! Hear our smiles!</p> <p>Beers Enjoyed</p> <p>Tree House Brewing - Green (IPA)</p> <p>Tree House Brewing - Very Hazy (DIPA)</p> <p>Tree House Brewing - Bright (DIPA)</p> <p>Tree House Brewing - Bright w/ Nelson (DIPA)</p> <p>The Alchemist - Focal Banger (IPA)</p> <p>The Alchemist - Crusher (DIPA)</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Episode 144 - Wiseacre</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2016 13:11:42 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>We welcome Wiseacre to the Chicago market by sampling five of their beers and discovering that they will be a welcome addition even in this highly-competitive region. This show features three regular offerings, one seasonal release, one special release, and two slap-happy hosts. You'll hear us threaten to Flowzie something, try to appeal to the youth, plea for some Sex Syrup, and kill off Jerry Lawler. Piledrive this episode into your eardrums!!</p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>Tiny Bomb (Pilsner)</p> <p>Oktoberfest: Gemütlichkeit</p> <p>Gotta Get Up To Get Down (Coffee Milk Stout)</p> <p>Ananda (IPA)</p> <p>Astronaut Status (Barrel-aged Imperial Stout)</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 143 - GABF 2016</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2016 12:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For our third annual pilgrimage to Denver, we again recorded mere hours after the closing of GABF from our hotel room to recap the fest, share some interviews, and drink even more beer. We review beers from Weldwerks, Odd13, and Copper Kettle with some help from MC Johnsen of</span> <a href= "https://worth1000beers.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Worth A Thousand Beers</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. There are also interviews with a bevy of brewers: Neil Fisher from Weldwerks Brewing, Ryan Fields from Beachwood Blendery, Eric Larken from Odd13 Brewing, Jonathan Wakefield from J. Wakefield Brewing, Jeff Stuffings from Jester King Brewery, Bob Kunz from Highland Park Brewery, James Howat from Black Project Spontaneous and Wild Ales, and Jeremy Tofte from Melvin Brewing. We discuss our personal festival highlights, Illinois medal winners, non-festival events, the Hanson brothers, Party Chapazian, Schwimmer Vintage Ales, the Tappening, and Little Lemmy & Friends. But the beer professionals we interview share knowledge on branding, coolships, mixed fermentation, the interplay of art and beer, green bottle experiments, a parking spot barrel house, fermenting with weeds, upscaling problems, and some "high" stakes brewer bets. (It'll all make sense in the end.)</span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Beers Reviewed</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Weldwerks Brewing - Fruity Bits IPA (Pina Colada Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Odd13 Brewing - Hawaiian Bartender (Mango & pineapple Brett sour)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Copper Kettle Brewing - Mexican Chocolate Stout</span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Featured Interviews</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Neil Fisher from Weldwerks Brewing (11:23 - 18:44)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ryan Fields from Beachwood Blendery (21:22 - 24:32)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Eric Larken from Odd13 Brewing (31:46 - 36:43)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jonathan Wakefield from J. Wakefield Brewing (43:52 - 46:43)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jeff Stuffings from Jester King Brewery (49:56 - 55:05)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bob Kunz from Highland Park Brewery (1:09:15 - 1:12:38)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">James Howat from Black Project Spontaneous and Wild Ales (1:22:07 - 1:27:40)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jeremy Tofte from Melvin Brewing (1:31:34 - 1:35:39)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 142 - Darkness</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ah, you think Darkness is your ally? Well, it is! Anticipating this year's big release day, we drink a vertical-plus of Surly's special release Russian Imperial Stout, and we're briefly joined by head brewer Ben Smith to talk about what makes Darkness what it is. MC Johnsen sits in with us to help us make sense of these delectable beers and keep us from going too far off the rails. She succeeds in one of those, as we share some Darkness Lore, invent(?) chocolate Coke, describe Craig's wild gestures, and give tips on sneaking beer into the Olive Garden. (This episode is not sponsored by Crossfit, even though MC is.)</span></p> <p><strong>Surly Darkness "Vertical"</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Darkness 2012</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Darkness 2013</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Darkness 2014</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Darkness 2015</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Barrel-Aged Darkness 2015</span></p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you haven't heard of Triptych yet, you're not alone - at least for now. On the edge of the University of Illinois campus, this brewery is making a variety of stellar beers - and we've got five to taste for this episode plus an interview with founder/owner/brewer Anthony Benjamin. Learn why you should schedule your Savoy trip soon, how they got connected with the Pygmalion fest, and what Triptych does with their beers that a lot of larger breweries wish they could. Throw in a few drunk texts from Craig, another Ryan's Produce Minute, and the lasting impact of Stefan Urquelle, and you've got yourself another ABV Chicago podcast. We hope you like it.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Little Secret (Session IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">These Aren't the Blueberries You're Looking For (Berliner weisse)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pygmalion Pilsner</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Because, Chocolate (Imperial Cocoa Stout)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Here Be Dragons (Imperial IPA)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 140 - Chicago Porters</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2016 12:47:39 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It took a surprising amount of heavy lifting to bring together five Chicago porters, and</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">*record scratch*</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">none of them are actually porters! Sort of! This is a deep exploration of the porter style with our usual reviews, and the variance is wide. We draw from some of the great beer books to piece together a paraphrased history of the porter, and why what's common today is so radically different than what it used to be. The asides are similarly rich and roasty, with loose ponies, Girl Scout cookies, breakaway glass failures, Craig's Hunger Corner, prowlers, Sidney Poitier, and Taxidermied Churro. And Ryan does the worst thing he's ever done on the show, ever.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Revolution Brewing - Eugene</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Aquanaut Brewing - MoonRay</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Moody Tongue - Carmelized Chocolate Churro Baltic Porter</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Arcade Brewery - Rye Resolution</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cruz Blanca Cerveceria - Winnow</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 139 - Funk Factory Geuzeria</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2016 12:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Levi Funk is taking the foundation laid by breweries like Russian River and Allagash and making American lambic-style beers to match the quality of Belgian masters. Or at least approach them. We have five sours from the Funk Factory Geuzeria, and we pimp that coolship. There's a whole cast of new characters here: Gushy the Bunker Bucket, Jean Cheese, Curtis Mercer, and Dreggy Topoff. Beyond a lot of spontaneous fermentation and lambic talk, there's also Kraig's Kandy Korner, Ryan's Produce Minute, and a graphic mustache experience. We ain't funkin' around.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dweller on the Threshold (Blended American sour)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cassis (Blended lambic-style beer with Champagne currants)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">White Lodge Reserve (American Gueuze-style beer)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Frampaars (Blended lambic-style beer with purple raspberries)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bosbes (Blended lambic-style beer with blueberries)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 138 - The WA Show</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2016 12:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Parched after an evening of marmot spotting, we continue our 50 states quest by sipping on some Washington. We review six beers from six breweries from The Evergreen State thanks to Raj Shah and only mention grunge a half dozen times. We play a Blood Brothers-based game, do the alternating-brewery-name-pronunciation tango (the forbidden worddance), and discuss "the problem" with New England-style IPAs. Beware the mouth goblin.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bale Breaker Brewing - Field 41 Pale Ale</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Urban Family Brewing - Herr Kinski's Apricot Dream-Spiral Berliner Weisse</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cloudburst Brewing - Market Fresh Saison #6: Peaches & Grains of Paradise</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Holy Mountain Brewing - The Goat Brett Saison</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Three Magnets Brewing Co. - Little Juice IPA (Smoothie Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Stoup Brewing - Citra IPA</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 137 - Best of Low ABV, Volume 1</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2016 12:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>It's New Baby Hiatus time at ABV Studios, so we have gathered some of our favorite Low ABV episodes that were previously only available to our Patreon donors. Uh, sorry Patreon donors. But you'll hear four beers reviewed, and a very loose - and edgy - Ryan & Craig on these mini shows that are sure to be the talk of Craft Beer Town. There's an MC Johnsen appearance, SMaSH desires, 90s rock karaoke, hot takes on some local breweries, a story about a 26-inch hot dog, and a noxious cloud of Hoobastank - all while we seemingly look to find the tag beyond "Explicit" on iTunes. To get access to a whole mess more of these types of shows, go to <a href= "http://www.patreon.com/abvchicago">www.patreon.com/abvchicago</a> and donate to help keep our show listener-supported an ad-free.</p> <p> </p> <p>Low ABVs Compiled:<br /></p> <p>Low ABV 2 - Buckledown's Citra Clencher</p> <p>Low ABV 4 - Cycle Brewing's Tuesday</p> <p>Low ABV 7 - Lord Hobo's Boom Sauce</p> <p>Low ABV 10 - Moody Tongue's BA Chocolate Barleywine</p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It's New Baby Hiatus time at ABV Studios, so we have gathered some of our favorite Low ABV episodes that were previously only available to our Patreon donors. Uh, sorry Patreon donors. But you'll hear four beers reviewed, and a very loose - and edgy - Ryan & Craig on these mini shows that are sure to be the talk of Craft Beer Town. There's an MC Johnsen appearance, SMaSH desires, 90s rock karaoke, hot takes on some local breweries, a story about a 26-inch hot dog, and a noxious cloud of Hoobastank - all while we seemingly look to find the tag beyond "Explicit" on iTunes. To get access to a whole mess more of these types of shows, go to <a href= "http://www.patreon.com/abvchicago">www.patreon.com/abvchicago</a> and donate to help keep our show listener-supported an ad-free.</p> <p> </p> <p>Low ABVs Compiled:</p> <p>Low ABV 2 - Buckledown's Citra Clencher</p> <p>Low ABV 4 - Cycle Brewing's Tuesday</p> <p>Low ABV 7 - Lord Hobo's Boom Sauce</p> <p>Low ABV 10 - Moody Tongue's BA Chocolate Barleywine</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Episode 136 - The FLA Show</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2016 13:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Our next stop on our mission to taste the whole USA brings one of the overall most satisfying lineups - and maybe Craig's favorite beer of all time. Five Florida breweries are featured with two brief interviews with brewers poised to make a huge name for themselves. Matt Manthe from Odd Breed Wild Ales talks taproom plans and how they do spontaneous fermentation in the Florida climate. Corey Artanis from 3 Sons Brewing explains how he gets the flavors just right - and damn do we have an example of that on the show. We also mention the increased instances of brewers contracting wort and working double duty. Plus, there's some etiquette talk with Craig, Pitbull trivia, stuff Craig saw on Twitter, being flavor-forward in Florida, and nerding out at J. Wakefield's taproom. Dale.</p> <p><br /> Beers Reviewed</p> <p>Wakefield Brewing - Every Gose Has Its Thorn (Gose w/ grapefruit)</p> <p>Odd Breed Wild Ales - Peaches (Barrel-aged wild ale w/ peaches)</p> <p>Wynwood Brewing - Tres Puentes (Blended saison)</p> <p>Cycle Brewing - Monday (Maple bourbon aged coffee cinnamon imperial stout)</p> <p>3 Sons Brewing - Summation (Bourbon barrel aged imperial vanilla coffee stout)</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 135 - NOW That's What I Call Nepotism! Vol. 1</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2016 17:40:14 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>At one point, this show had a purpose and a modicum of decency - but this episode takes it pretty far from either. We review a bunch of our favorite (favored?) breweries' beers and debut our new theme song. It all starts with just a shameful lead-up thanks to Craig, and ends with a whole new meaning for the abbreviation "ABV" thanks to <a href="http://inclementweather.bandcamp.com/">Inclement Weather</a>. In the middle there's talk of can-conditioning, pizza beers, the New England IPA non-story, Joey "CoCo" Diaz, and the problem with mouthfeeling everything. Hold me closer, greasy dancer.</p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>Transient Artisan Ales - Weko (Brett Pale Ale)</p> <p>Maplewood Brewing - Juice Pants (IPA)</p> <p>Middle Brow Beer Co. - Low (Brown Gose)</p> <p>Mikerphone Brewing - Mad Flavor, Batch #2 (Double Dry-Hopped IPA)</p> <p>Une Année Brewery - Framboise (American Raspberry Wild Ale)</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 134 - Funky Buddha, Little Buddha</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2016 14:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>No one can ever accuse Funky Buddha of false advertising, but their brewing methods certainly seem unholy. We taste a few dessert beers and one IPA that are perfect executions of this Florida brewery's intentions. And because Craig was in Florida recently, there's a little interview with brewer Jeff Rose included here. Much more funkiness abounds as Ryan confesses a crime, Craig loses a job over khakis, and we plan a brewery sitcom. There's also a Mario 2/Jesus connection, The Nerding Hour, "Coach" and Applebees talk, Soaky Toast, and a Hurricane of Elbows. And we play a game called "311 or Buddha?" You got to come original.</p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>Lemon Meringue Pie (Blonde Ale)</p> <p>Muy Bonita (Double Brown Ale)</p> <p>3 Years & Brewing (IPA with mango)</p> <p>French Toast (Double Brown Ale)</p> <p>Barrel-Aged Chocwork Orange (Imperial Milk Porter)</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 133 - Hop Butcher For The World</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2016 17:12:07 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">How does a brewery that owns a single fermenter in a borrowed space with a staff of three people with other full-time jobs not only survive but thrive in the marketplace? Jeremiah from Hop Butcher gives us the whole story - and a lot of tasty beers. Few stones are left unturned as we talk about the name change (from South Loop Brewing), the brewery's prospective growth, the importance of good artwork, the difficulty of hop contracts, and how they've managed to sell their beer to a few major Chicago sports institutions. We get a little sweaty, taste a very rare barrel-aged treat, and thank Jeremiah for not trolling the show as he had planned.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Sampled</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Your Wish Is Granted (Double IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alemerica the Beautiful (Mosaic-Hopped American Pale Ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Good Ryes Wear Black (Black Rye IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The World's Colombian Coffee Exposition (Imperial Coffee Stout)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The World's Colombian Coffee Exposition: Bourbon Barrel-Aged</span></p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It's been almost two years since we first recorded in the legendary Chicago institution, and as much as things have changed, Goose Island Clybourn is still about creative small batches from some of the most passionate brewers around. Brewers Jon and Steve join us to talk about the implications of the sale to AB InBev including equipment upgrades, recipe ownership, franchising the brewpub model, and the public reaction to "selling out." They also pour us some unbelievable beers, including maybe our first recorded experience with a "ghost whale." Also expect to hear about their current issues with brewing sour beers, how they handle bottle releases and determine pricing, and a little teaser regarding Belgian Fest. Steve also absolutely schools us on Old Ales and Stock Ales, Jon gets to bask in his proudest beer-naming moments, and we all give some sweet love to Cory King. This one is chock full of goofs and goodies, folks, so grab a few beers and enjoy.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Tasted:</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sara Later (Belgian pale ale)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cran-Bruin (Oud Bruin with cranberries aged in red wine barrels)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Barrel-Aged Dark Crusader Coconut (Imperial stout aged in bourbon barrels with coconut added during bottling)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nutulhu (Imperial stout aged in bourbon barrels with toasted hazelnuts and vanilla beans)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Side Project Brewing - Saison du Fermier Pinot (Wild saison aged in pinot noir puncheons)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 131 - IPA Plus</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Well dammit if we can't just be happy with our regular ol' IPAs, brewers have been adding all sorts of stuff to our favorite hopdrinks. This show features five IPAs...with a TWIST! Might it be possible that we built this show around a "ringer"? Perhaps. But all of the beers more than hold their own, and they bring out an unusual array of distractions: Björk, WiiKush, Offspring beers, and BagelFest. We also challenge each other to come up with a list of unusual ingredients that have yet to be used in IPAs - so brewers take note! Cream bomb:</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">out</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Considered</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Middle Brow Beer Co. - Karin (Belgian IPA + farmhouse ale blend)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Like Minds Brewing Co. - Archimedes (IPA + Brettanomyces)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Burnt Hickory Brewery - Killboy Powerhead (IPA + orange & vanilla)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Stone Brewing - Mocha IPA (DIPA + cacao & coffee)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Other Half/Half Acre - Rainbow Never Ends (DIPA + oats, rice flakes, rice syrup, & kölsch yeast)</span></p> <p><br /> <span style="font-weight: 400;">(</span><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Producer's Note</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">: Like Minds now has</span> <a href= "http://likemindsbrewing.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">a fancy website</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">but did not at the time of this recording.)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 130 - Chicago in Wood</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2016 16:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Used to be that a beer aged in wood was a rare shelf find, but now you can't throw a bottle cap without hitting one. For this episode, we have five barrel-aged "Chicago" beers, and the results are...unexpected. We have one of the most mysterious beers we've ever opened, experience nostalgia for the days of bottle-waxing, and try to resist the urge to jibboo. And Craig might not be hunting whales, but he sure is hunting something.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Whiner Beer Co. - Le Tub (blended wild farmhouse aged in cabernet barrels)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nomad Brewery - Batch #1 (imperial brown ale aged in bourbon barrels)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mikerphone Brewing - Jibboo (farmhouse ale aged in wine puncheons)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Off Color Brewing - Barrel-Aged Dino S'mores (imperial stout aged in bourbon barrels)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Transient Artisan Ales - Kentuckley (imperial breakfast stout aged in bourbon barrels)</span></p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 129 - The GA Show</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2016 16:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Not so long ago, Craig took the midnight train to Georgia and came back with a bushel of tasty beers. Here we drink five of them and throw in a few brief interviews, including yeast talk with Ford from Orpheus, and chattin' beer styles with Joran from Three Taverns. Craig also recaps his Georgia trip including ballpark food, his guest spot on Beer Guys Radio, and the profoundly stupid beer laws of the Peach State. We'll also learn how Ryan continues to make the freshest dunks and the actual hotness of 98 Degrees. But then Craig refuses to take us to Stankonia. :-( :-( :-(</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Second Self - Maverick & Gose</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Orpheus - Atalanta Tart Plum Saison</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Creature Comforts - Tropicália IPA</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Three Taverns - Inceptus American Wild Ale</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Burnt Hickory Brewery - Kolb's Farm Imperial Stout</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 128 - Mikerphone Remastered</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2016 15:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Mike Pallen is releasing instant classics on a regular basis, and since the rabid fans demanded it, we drink some "updated" versions of his beers from our recent go-round with Mikerphone - with one bonus "track." This one also involves a little music trivia, Craig's new catch phrase, Ryan's advice for winning at strip-anything, and a huge wax boner. Rock over London! Rock on Chicago! Polaroid: see what develops.</p> <p> </p> <p>Beers Sampled<br /></p> <p>Hang Me Up To Dry Dry-Hopped Sour</p> <p>Special Sauce (Batch #2) Double IPA</p> <p>Travelin' Man Dry-Hopped Saison</p> <p>Imperial Smells Like Bean Spirit Breakfast Stout</p> <p>Stop, Collaborate, & Listen Vanilla Rice Stout</p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 127 - Oxbow Brewing</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2016 22:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Just a spit trail east of Cowshit Corner in Newcastle, Maine, Oxbow Brewing has been making actual farmhouse beers since 2011. We're lucky to try five of their low-SRM ales - most of them thanks to David Leshinski - and talk about what makes them unique. Craig has an exciting update on a long-time fugitive, Ryan explains how he chooses music for the show, and we break the space-time continuum. Also: Stuff to shave into your head! Grisette addicts! Crystal IPAs! Ska talk! FrankenCraig! Listen, or tell it to Jimmy Teku.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed:</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Farmhouse Pale Ale</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Loretta Grisette</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cross Fade Saison</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Saison de Kuaska</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Goods from the Woods Farmhouse Ale</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 126 - Maplewood Brewery & Distillery</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2016 15:34:26 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Only one brewery in Illinois is also in the distilling business, and we leave the bunker to record amongst those lovely vapors. Maplewood is not only crushing it in the beer department, but they'll soon release their own small-batch spirits. Joining us are Adam Smith (brand manager/assistant brewer), Adam Cieslak (Co-founder/head brewer), and Paul Megalis (Co-founder/business manager), and they share several of their flawless beers and let us pop the bung for a little whiskey sampling. Topics include the upcoming taproom, label makeovers, unique challenges of a brewery/distillery, canning vs. bottling, the dynamics of yeast, selling to CostCo, and the (im)practicality of SMaSH beers. And because it's our show, we also talk about the band Train, Disney sing-alongs, and who has the best hair at Maplewood. Hike up those juice pants and get ready for an adventure.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Sampled:</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Charlatan Pale Ale</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Creepy Ginger Belgian Golden Strong Ale</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mandarina Bavaria Saison</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Azacca Morris IPA</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 125 - Goodbye ABV West</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2016 21:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Get ready for a ton of nostalgia as we drunkenly bid farewell to the original recording space for the podcast. We clean out five of Ryan's cellar beers to help reduce the load and reveal our origin story. You'll learn about our convoluted early attempts at rankings, the many beta versions of the podcast, and why we've never had guests at ABV West. There's also a ton on aging beer, Malort, the Fire sauce quota, and an excellent addition to our ever-growing list of band names. Shades up, ABV West. Shades up.</p> <p> </p> <p>Beers Unloaded:</p> <p> </p> <p>Founders Furniture City Stock Ale (2012)</p> <p>Allagash Mattina Rossa (2015)</p> <p>New Glarus 20th Anniversary Strong Ale (2013)</p> <p>The Bruery White Oak (2013)</p> <p>Goose Island Cherry Rye BCBS (2012)</p>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2016 12:29:50 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>After last episode's penance, we are blessed with five outstanding hoppy beers on this one. United by their hop-forward nature, these beers prove that a perfectly-made IPA is no longer a rare find in the wild. And with great beer, it loosens up our conversation into all sorts of unpleasant, juvenile places. So, behold pellicle porn, a lot of wang talk, Jeff Bridges, cartoon personas, Yaz, and the drunkest rankings we've likely ever recorded. Good ol' Yaz.</p> <p>Beers Reviewed:</p> <p>Toppling Goliath Citra Double Dry-Hopped PseudoSue Pale Ale</p> <p>The Veil Crucial Taunt DIPA</p> <p>Hoof Hearted Wängbär Oatmeal DIPA</p> <p>Hubbard's Cave Fresh IIPA V2</p> <p>515 Brewing Hopititis DIPA</p>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2016 14:06:33 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Hoppy beers are best enjoyed fresh - that's just a fact. But what happens when you let them age well beyond their suggested shelf life? On this episode, we subject ourselves to a little experiment for educational purposes. We discuss a variety of hop-related topics like bottle dates, the insignificance of IBUs, alcohol as a preserver of hoppiness, trusting your bottle shop, and the benefits of canning. Craig recaps a few final CCBW highlights, Ryan has a theory on Zombie Dust's inflated reputation, and we both experience second puberty. But then it all ends in the NONIC PINT OF DEATH. Come on - grow old with us.</p> <p>Don't forget to vote for us once a day at <a href= "http://www.podcastawards.com/">podcastawards.com</a> in the Arts category!</p> <p>Beers Experienced:</p> <p>Short's HumaLupaLicious (2016) & HumaLupaLicious (2013)</p> <p>Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA (2016?) and 120 Minute IPA (2012)</p> <p>Bell's Mars DIPA (2014)</p> <p>Bell's Hopslam DIPA (2014)</p> <p>Bell's The Oracle DIPA (2013)</p> <p>Bell's This Goes To 11 Imperial Red Ale (2012)</p> <p>Bell's Harvest Ale (2012)</p> <p>Great Lakes Lake Erie Monster DIPA (2013)</p> <p>New Glarus IIPA (2013?)</p> <p>Dark Horse Double Crooked Tree DIPA (2013)</p> <p>The Alchemist Heady Topper DIPA (2013)</p> <p>Three Floyds Arctic Panzer Wolf DIPA</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 122 - Saved By CCBW: The New Class</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2016 13:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>It's alright, because it's Chicago Craft Beer Week! We mark the occasion by drinking six beers from local breweries we've never featured before - and we've been missing out. We try to give some background on these breweries, but our "research" has truly reached a new low. There's also talk of marketing angles, bleach lambics, bomber fatigue, skateboarding orphans, noisy dick, head nipples, dweebs, geeks, and ladders. Ryan reviews the many name changes that some of the these breweries have made, and Craig files his Beer Under Glass report.</p> <p>Beers Reviewed:</p> <p>Around the Bend Beer Co. - Ghost of 'lectricity Kolsch</p> <p>Motor Row Brewing - New Phenix Lager</p> <p>Alarmist Brewing - Phobophobia Patersbier</p> <p>Maplewood Brewing - Crushinator Session IPA</p> <p>Hop Butcher For The World - Watch for Falling Coconuts Tropical Pale Ale</p> <p>Illuminated Brew Works - Kallisti Golden Ale</p> <p>Local Bands/Artists Featured:</p> <p>Blizzard Babies, Meat Wave, Twin Peaks, The Brokedowns, Yoko and the Oh Nos, Lil Tits, Chance the Rapper</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 121 - NIPAs</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2016 14:12:18 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sometimes the show is about what we don't drink, and on this one, we have No IPAs. It's really just a cute name for a random beer show we recorded while already drunk late on a Friday. There are five beers from a few locals and a few others, and at least for some, we're happy we didn't say "No" to them. And hopefully you won't refuse us as we sloppily pitch movies, scrutinize our own similes, and visit Pen Island. We also find one of the best deals in beer currently. There's also about four minutes of the drunkest blather Ryan has ever not edited from the show at the end. Go ahead and listen - we'll just be over here, covering our NIPAs.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Une Anneé Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien (American Wild Ale w/ lime zest & dry-hopped w/Citra)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sketchbook Turbulence (Imperial Stout)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lindemans Oude Kriek Cuveé René (Kriek Lambic)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Blue Island Beer Co. Lost Weekend (Barleywine)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Central Waters Cassian Sunset (Bourbon Barrel-Aged Stout w/coffee, vanilla, & cinnamon)</span></p> <p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 120 - Other Half</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2016 13:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Other Half Brewing is the latest small East Coast operation churning out heavily-hopped (and hyped) beers that are increasingly in demand. We scrutinize five of these Brooklyn-born ales on this show, trying to determine if their growing reputation is well-deserved. And because it's us, we also do some "NBA Jam" trivia, drink Sea Monkeys, ruminate on JNCO jeans, and stick our fingers in beer. We also respond to a few listeners and acknowledge our almost aggressive lack of hipness. Boom shakalaka.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed:</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Forever Ever (Session IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hop Showers (IPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">All Citra Everything (DIPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Green Diamonds (DIPA)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Peachwood-Aged (Sour farmhouse w/peaches)</span></p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Other Half Brewing is the latest small East Coast operation churning out heavily-hopped (and hyped) beers that are increasingly in demand. We scrutinize five of these Brooklyn-born ales on this show, trying to determine if their growing reputation is well-deserved. And because it's us, we also do some "NBA Jam" trivia, drink Sea Monkeys, ruminate on JNCO jeans, and stick our fingers in beer. We also respond to a few listeners and acknowledge our almost aggressive lack of hipness. Boom shakalaka.</p> <p>Beers Reviewed:</p> <p>Forever Ever (Session IPA)</p> <p>Hop Showers (IPA)</p> <p>All Citra Everything (DIPA)</p> <p>Green Diamonds (DIPA)</p> <p>Peachwood-Aged (Sour farmhouse w/peaches)</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Episode 119 - Fonta Flora</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2016 13:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>At the foot of the Appalachian mountains just outside of
Asheville, Fonta Flora embraces local ingredients while honoring
the history of a flooded sharecropping community. For some reason,
reviewing four of their beers brings out our feisty side - and the
most violent reaction to a beer we've ever had. We hope you also
want to hear about Spanish Yoda, Craig's cartoon hands, a little
spooning, Byron Allen, sharecropping, and Nazi Fanta. The apology
list might be long on this one. But at least most of the beers were
good.</p>
<p>Beers Reviewed</p>
<p>Sun Gold Appalachian Grisette</p>
<p>Land Trust Appalachian Apple Saison</p>
<p>Vestige Bloom Wild Ale (aged in wine barrels w/kiwi)</p>
<p>Sal De Gusano Imperial Stout (aged in Mezcal barrels with sea
salt & cacao)</p>
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<title>Episode 118 - Dark Lord</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2016 14:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Another Dark Lord Day approaches, so we review a vertical of 3
Floyds' signature special release with a little help from the
Chicago Tribune's beer columnist Josh Noel. Should you ever age a
Dark Lord? Is it really just a decent beer? Are the variants worth
it? The answers will probably not shock you. But we do our best to
contribute to the conversation by talking about the changes to the
fest itself, this year's variants, and 3 Floyds' place in local
beer culture. There's also some Goose Island talk, thoughts on the
next era of beer, Josh's day of karmic realignment, and the most
Indiana story ever. Jud Jud.</p>
<p>Beers Reviewed:</p>
<p>Dark Lord (2012)</p>
<p>Dark Lord (2013)</p>
<p>Dark Lord (2014)</p>
<p>Dark Lord (2015)</p>
<p>Bourbon Barrel-Aged Vanilla Bean Dark Lord (2015)</p>
<p>Jarring metal music transitions courtesy of the lineup for this
year's Dark Lord Day, which you can find here: <a href=
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<title>Episode 117 - Midwest BA Stouts Blind</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2016 15:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Nothing is certain and all of life is a lie. We drink five Midwestern barrel-aged stouts without knowing what they are to test their true quality and our very confidence in ourselves. And it is discovered that we, in fact, are terrible. But major surprises abound as we mostly play a new game we should call “Is This Bourbon County?” And we learn that spotting a fresh stout in a sea of aged beers is not as easy as one would expect. There’s also stuff about Everclear, pro-wrestling, Wu-Tang, the “Clue” movie, Craig’s hog, and Ryan’s newest brewery idea. Is it getting existential in here, or is just me?</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Beers Reviewed, Blindly</p>
<p>Wild Onion Drӓgo (2015)</p>
<p>Goose Island Bourbon County Stout (2013)</p>
<p>Dark Horse Bourbon Barrel Plead the Fifth (2013)</p>
<p>Bell’s Black Note (2012)</p>
<p>Central Waters Bourbon Barrel Stout (2013)</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 116 - Trillium, Again</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2016 14:17:24 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We’re all too eager to try more from Boston’s Trillium Brewing Company as we were positively gobsmacked by their beers last time. This time around, we have MC Johnsen from </span><a href="https://worth1000beers.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Worth 1000 Beers</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to help us review these five offerings and steer us into some serious streams of consciousness. We talk a bit about Trillium’s expanded production and second location, saison brewing, and hop blindness. For the digressions on this one, we go deep on candy (of course), feeling cheese, bad accents, ranch-flavored things, elbow dancing, and The Eagles. There’s an exciting announcement for our Patreon patrons; Craig shares his report on new craft beers at U.S. Cellular this season; MC promotes her </span><a href="https://www.rawartists.org/chicago/trend"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“RAW” event at the Metro</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">; and Ryan joins the creamy revolution. </span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Help nominate us for a Podcast Award by going to </span><a href="http://podcastawards.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">podcastawards.com</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and entering “ABV Chicago” in the </span><strong>Arts</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> category between April 15th and April 30th.</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rankings</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ryan</span></p>
<ol>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Pot & Kettle Oatmeal Porter</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Sleeper St. IPA</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Double Dry-Hopped Fort Point Pale Ale</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Melcher St. IPA</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Free Rise Saison</span></li>
</ol>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">MC</span></p>
<ol>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Melcher St. IPA</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Double Dry-Hopped Fort Point Pale Ale</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Pot & Kettle Oatmeal Porter</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Sleeper St. IPA</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Free Rise Saison</span></li>
</ol>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Craig</span></p>
<ol>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Double Dry-Hopped Fort Point Pale Ale</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Pot & Kettle Oatmeal Porter</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Sleeper St. IPA</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Melcher St. IPA</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Free Rise Saison</span></li>
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<title>Episode 115 - Mikerphone Brewing</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2016 13:05:55 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Check. Check. Is this thing on? Everybody wants some Mikerphone Brewing, and we find out exactly why on this episode. With a mixed 4-track of Mike Pallen’s beers, we have our asses rocked by a few of the best beers we’ve had in a long, long time. We share an update on Mikerphone’s new location, and discuss New England style IPAs, beers as musical instruments, and the fault of first impressions in craft beer. But then there’s some disgusting stuff about buckets, Gloria Estefan, Halloween masks, and girdles. Also, there’s some weak high fives, Craig’s day of action, and a game about Nirvana lyrics. Goodnight, Chicago!</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nature’s Candy Peach Berliner Weisse</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Special Sauce Double IPA </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">G Funk Era Golden Ale (w/ grapefruit)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Smells Like Bean Spirit (Batch 3) Breakfast Stout</span></p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Check. Check. Is this thing on? Everybody wants some Mikerphone Brewing, and we find out exactly why on this episode. With a mixed 4-track of Mike Pallen’s beers, we have our asses rocked by a few of the best beers we’ve had in a long, long time. We share an update on Mikerphone’s new location, and discuss New England style IPAs, beers as musical instruments, and the fault of first impressions in craft beer. But then there’s some disgusting stuff about buckets, Gloria Estefan, Halloween masks, and girdles. Also, there’s some weak high fives, Craig’s day of action, and a game about Nirvana lyrics. Goodnight, Chicago!</p> <p> </p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p> </p> <p>Nature’s Candy Peach Berliner Weisse</p> <p>Special Sauce Double IPA </p> <p>G Funk Era Golden Ale (w/ grapefruit)</p> <p>Smells Like Bean Spirit (Batch 3) Breakfast Stout</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Episode 114 - Une Année: Le Seul</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2016 13:12:14 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Somewhat quietly, Jerry Nelson from Une Année has been making some of the best sour beers in Chicago - or anywhere, frankly. On this show, we review the first five beers from the Le Seul series of wild ales and fall in love with the solera method. We also talk about Une Année’s recent news, share some info on the souring process from Jerry, and discuss the challenges of a sour beer membership program. Also, Craig’s voice is eating itself, Ryan gives Chris from Transient Artisan Ales tips on naming beers, and we play another (a)rousing round of Beers Against Humanity. The phrase “canonical dingleberry” has never been so appropriate.<br /> </p>
<p>Beers Reviewed:</p>
<p>Le Seul I (Reddish brown sour with tart cherries and cranberries)</p>
<p>Le Seul II (Hoppy golden sour with raspberries)</p>
<p>Le Seul III (Wild ale with blackberries)</p>
<p>Le Seul IV (Blended golden sour with peaches)</p>
<p>Le Seul V (Blended golden sour with kiwifruit)</p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Somewhat quietly, Jerry Nelson from Une Année has been making some of the best sour beers in Chicago - or anywhere, frankly. On this show, we review the first five beers from the Le Seul series of wild ales and fall in love with the solera method. We also talk about Une Année’s recent news, share some info on the souring process from Jerry, and discuss the challenges of a sour beer membership program. Also, Craig’s voice is eating itself, Ryan gives Chris from Transient Artisan Ales tips on naming beers, and we play another (a)rousing round of Beers Against Humanity. The phrase “canonical dingleberry” has never been so appropriate. </p> <p>Beers Reviewed:</p> <p>Le Seul I (Reddish brown sour with tart cherries and cranberries)</p> <p>Le Seul II (Hoppy golden sour with raspberries)</p> <p>Le Seul III (Wild ale with blackberries)</p> <p>Le Seul IV (Blended golden sour with peaches)</p> <p>Le Seul V (Blended golden sour with kiwifruit)</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Episode 113 - Short's vs. Odd Side: Illinois Edition</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2016 14:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Two Michigan breweries enter Illinois; only one will be declared victorious. Well, not really, as we’re sure that both Short’s Brewing and Odd Side Ales will make a lot of new fans in Illinois. We pit six of these Michigan export beers head-to-head on this episode - and the real winner is good taste. But also, we take asides on Craig’s Street Fighter knowledge, offensive beer names, Johnny Cage the Elephant, and that time Ryan almost witnessed Sugar Ray die. (Long live Sugar Ray!) And yes, there will be a little Ween.</p>
<p>Beer Matchups</p>
<p>Round 1:</p>
<p>Short’s Bellaire Brown vs. Odd Side Bean Flicker</p>
<p><br /> Round 2:</p>
<p>Short’s Huma Lupa Licious vs. Odd Side Citra Pale Ale</p>
<p>Round 3:</p>
<p>Short’s Soft Parade vs. Odd Side Flash Golden</p>
<p> </p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Two Michigan breweries enter Illinois; only one will be declared victorious. Well, not really, as we’re sure that both Short’s Brewing and Odd Side Ales will make a lot of new fans in Illinois. We pit six of these Michigan export beers head-to-head on this episode - and the real winner is good taste. But also, we take asides on Craig’s Street Fighter knowledge, offensive beer names, Johnny Cage the Elephant, and that time Ryan almost witnessed Sugar Ray die. (Long live Sugar Ray!) And yes, there will be a little Ween.</p> <p>Beer Matchups</p> <p>Round 1:</p> <p>Short’s Bellaire Brown vs. Odd Side Bean Flicker</p> <p> Round 2:</p> <p>Short’s Huma Lupa Licious vs. Odd Side Citra Pale Ale</p> <p>Round 3:</p> <p>Short’s Soft Parade vs. Odd Side Flash Golden</p> <p> </p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Episode 112 - Speedway Stout Grand Prix</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2016 14:02:47 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We disengage our clutches and rev up our car metaphors for a whole show dedicated to the Speedway Stout from AleSmith. Mike Zoller from </span><a href="https://www.porchdrinking.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">PorchDrinking</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> joins us to taste five versions of this coffee-fueled, high-octane stout, and it’s a damn good thing we’re not actually driving. We talk about aging coffee beers, infected beers, and barrel-aging’s impact on ABV. But we also discuss Wacky Races, recoil from political talk, step on Craig’s pole, and try not to offend any volcanoes. And someone gets threatened with his own Cicerone pin. There are no friends at 200mph. Got speed? Drive Hard; Get Dirty. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Speedway Stout (2015)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Barrel-Aged Speedway Stout (2015)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Speedway Stout - Vietnamese Coffee </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Speedway Stout - Kona Coffee</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Speedway Stout - Hawaiian (with coconut and vanilla)</span></p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We disengage our clutches and rev up our car metaphors for a whole show dedicated to the Speedway Stout from AleSmith. Mike Zoller from <a href="https://www.porchdrinking.com/">PorchDrinking</a> joins us to taste five versions of this coffee-fueled, high-octane stout, and it’s a damn good thing we’re not actually driving. We talk about aging coffee beers, infected beers, and barrel-aging’s impact on ABV. But we also discuss Wacky Races, recoil from political talk, step on Craig’s pole, and try not to offend any volcanoes. And someone gets threatened with his own Cicerone pin. There are no friends at 200mph. Got speed? Drive Hard; Get Dirty. </p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>Speedway Stout (2015)</p> <p>Barrel-Aged Speedway Stout (2015)</p> <p>Speedway Stout - Vietnamese Coffee </p> <p>Speedway Stout - Kona Coffee</p> <p>Speedway Stout - Hawaiian (with coconut and vanilla)</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Episode 111 - Stoneface Brewing Co.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2016 15:07:53 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Episode 111 - Stoneface Brewing Co. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Since 2014, the people of Stoneface Brewing Co. have been focused on churning out a small variety of high quality brews. We drink five from the New Hampshire brewery, and there’s nary a complaint to be made about these great beers. But the diversions we take are more, uh, graphic than ever. Expect to hear about a Mozzapocalypse, perfect rimjobs, the genius of Neil Breen, eating babies, Nick Nolte’s Sea Captain period, and Craig’s sexual proclivities. It’s actually not as bad as it sounds. But we do say maybe the worst words we’ve ever said, Craig reveals he’s a Certified Beer Server, and Ryan subjects Craig to a game of “Name That Stone or Face.” Caution: it gets frothy. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Blip (Session IPA)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rye (India Red Rye Ale)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Porter</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">RIS (Russian Imperial Stout w/coffee and vanilla beans)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">BA RIS (Rum barrel-aged)</span></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">CORRECTION: Marvin Berry in </span></em><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Back To The Future</span></em><em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is actually Chuck Berry’s cousin, not his brother. ABV Chicago would like to formally apologize for this error.</span></em></p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Episode 111 - Stoneface Brewing Co. </p> <p>Since 2014, the people of Stoneface Brewing Co. have been focused on churning out a small variety of high quality brews. We drink five from the New Hampshire brewery, and there’s nary a complaint to be made about these great beers. But the diversions we take are more, uh, graphic than ever. Expect to hear about a Mozzapocalypse, perfect rimjobs, the genius of Neil Breen, eating babies, Nick Nolte’s Sea Captain period, and Craig’s sexual proclivities. It’s actually not as bad as it sounds. But we do say maybe the worst words we’ve ever said, Craig reveals he’s a Certified Beer Server, and Ryan subjects Craig to a game of “Name That Stone or Face.” Caution: it gets frothy. </p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>Blip (Session IPA)</p> <p>Rye (India Red Rye Ale)</p> <p>Porter</p> <p>RIS (Russian Imperial Stout w/coffee and vanilla beans)</p> <p>BA RIS (Rum barrel-aged)</p> <p><em>CORRECTION: Marvin Berry in </em><em>Back To The Future</em><em> is actually Chuck Berry’s cousin, not his brother. ABV Chicago would like to formally apologize for this error.</em></p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Episode 110 - Just A Little Off.....Color</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2016 14:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To celebrate the opening of their new bottle shop, Off Color has released a few unique beers that we combine with two other shelf selections for review on this episode. And because Craig spent the day acquiring cideries at the Cider Summit, we try to keep it brief and on topic - which fails quickly. There’s a little talk of food color byproducts, two new Craig characters (John Apple and French Stupid), Ryan’s trouble in the produce aisle, a reappearance from the orgy tarp, and a solid eight minutes on our second favorite subject: candy. Furry little creatures are welcome.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bare Bear (Sahti)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Le Woof (Biere de Garde)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Whiskers (American Wild Ale)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Space Tiger (American Wild Ale)</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 109 - Cider House Rulez</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2016 15:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We enter unfamiliar territory on this one by doing our first-ever cider show. Kim Leshinski of Hail to the Ale and MC Johnsen of Worth 1000 Beers join us to educate us on these fermented apple beverages. You’ll learn a lot about how ciders are made, apple varieties, local cider sources (including Broken Nose Cider), heirloom apples, and “the long pour.” We go from “cider stupid” to just plain stupid at times, as the diversions here are frequent and give Craig a good core workout. And Ryan is made to feel stupid by being the only one familiar with Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader. Listen and let us be the apple of your...ears?</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ciders reviewed</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Farnum HIll Dooryard Cider</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Shacksbury Farmhouse</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bantam The Americain</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Uncle John’s Apple Hard Cider</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Vander Mill Chapman’s Blend 2014</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wandering Aegnus Wanderlust</span></p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We enter unfamiliar territory on this one by doing our first-ever cider show. Kim Leshinski of Hail to the Ale and MC Johnsen of Worth 1000 Beers join us to educate us on these fermented apple beverages. You’ll learn a lot about how ciders are made, apple varieties, local cider sources (including Broken Nose Cider), heirloom apples, and “the long pour.” We go from “cider stupid” to just plain stupid at times, as the diversions here are frequent and give Craig a good core workout. And Ryan is made to feel stupid by being the only one familiar with Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader. Listen and let us be the apple of your...ears?</p> <p> </p> <p>Ciders reviewed</p> <p>Farnum HIll Dooryard Cider</p> <p>Shacksbury Farmhouse</p> <p>Bantam The Americain</p> <p>Uncle John’s Apple Hard Cider</p> <p>Vander Mill Chapman’s Blend 2014</p> <p>Wandering Aegnus Wanderlust</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2016 14:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Straight out of the cellar and into your earholes, five Side Project beers are on the table for this one as Steph from </span><a href="http://thegirlandherbeer.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Girl and Her Beer</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> joins us to review these ridiculous works of liquid art. It’s not news that Cory King makes badass 100% barrel-aged beers, but you can live vicariously through us as we experience them. There’s also a musical side projects game, blending talk, a wall of acetone, origins of blue raspberry candy, ideas on how to make wax better, and a gusher we won’t soon forget. We also find out how Craig screens potential guests, and the details will SHOCK you. CLICK to find out MORE!!!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Marietta Ave. Saison</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pulling Nails (Blend 2) Wild Ale</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Black & Wild (Blend 1) Wild Black Ale</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Origin Imperial Stout</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Blueberry Flanders</span></p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Straight out of the cellar and into your earholes, five Side Project beers are on the table for this one as Steph from <a href="http://thegirlandherbeer.com/">The Girl and Her Beer</a> joins us to review these ridiculous works of liquid art. It’s not news that Cory King makes badass 100% barrel-aged beers, but you can live vicariously through us as we experience them. There’s also a musical side projects game, blending talk, a wall of acetone, origins of blue raspberry candy, ideas on how to make wax better, and a gusher we won’t soon forget. We also find out how Craig screens potential guests, and the details will SHOCK you. CLICK to find out MORE!!!</p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>Marietta Ave. Saison</p> <p>Pulling Nails (Blend 2) Wild Ale</p> <p>Black & Wild (Blend 1) Wild Black Ale</p> <p>The Origin Imperial Stout</p> <p>Blueberry Flanders</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Episode 107 - New Glarus R&D 2015</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2016 17:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">From the caves and laboratories of New Glarus, these four beers undergo our own “research and development” - by which we mean we “review” them and get surprisingly “drunk.” But the beers are of the usual New Glarus quality, so it gives us a lot to talk about: if Barney Rubble smells worse than a band-aid; what a “funk blanket” is and how to use it to get out of your Cicerone exam; and whether or not Craig has ever eaten celery. We also give some tips on beers with Belgian yeast and read an absurd poem.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wild Bitter </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Vintage 2014</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wild Barrel </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Golden Ale</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 106 - Collaboration Nation</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2016 15:04:57 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We dipped into our vault this week to bring you our little tribute to working together. All five beers on this show were the product of collaboration featuring at least one local brewery (or liquor store) and a brewing buddy. Recorded back in August, this episode just got buried in our release schedule, but we’re proud to finally bring it to you so you can hear our trite discussions of the Aggro-Crag, smelly toys, One Direction, supple buttcheeks, and our idea for a naughty collaboration beer. Also, stay tuned to the end for some HOT TIPS on how to totally ignore bottle release allotments. Grab a friend and do it together!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And come to Beermiscuous on February 6th for our 2nd Anniversary party!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Off Color/Side Project - Corybantic (American Wild Ale)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Arcade/Ale Syndicate - Dubbel Time (Dubbel with cocoa nibs)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pipeworks/4 Hands - Black Tuna (Black DIPA with honey)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hubbard’s Cave (Slapshot/Une Année) - Imperial Stout (with vanilla)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jester King/West Lakeview Liquors - Encendia (Mezcal barrel-aged saison with agave nectar, ancho chiles, and epazote)</span></p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We dipped into our vault this week to bring you our little tribute to working together. All five beers on this show were the product of collaboration featuring at least one local brewery (or liquor store) and a brewing buddy. Recorded back in August, this episode just got buried in our release schedule, but we’re proud to finally bring it to you so you can hear our trite discussions of the Aggro-Crag, smelly toys, One Direction, supple buttcheeks, and our idea for a naughty collaboration beer. Also, stay tuned to the end for some HOT TIPS on how to totally ignore bottle release allotments. Grab a friend and do it together!</p> <p>And come to Beermiscuous on February 6th for our 2nd Anniversary party!</p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>Off Color/Side Project - Corybantic (American Wild Ale)</p> <p>Arcade/Ale Syndicate - Dubbel Time (Dubbel with cocoa nibs)</p> <p>Pipeworks/4 Hands - Black Tuna (Black DIPA with honey)</p> <p>Hubbard’s Cave (Slapshot/Une Année) - Imperial Stout (with vanilla)</p> <p>Jester King/West Lakeview Liquors - Encendia (Mezcal barrel-aged saison with agave nectar, ancho chiles, and epazote)</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Episode 105 - Casey Brewing and Blending</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2016 14:54:17 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>It’s about to get all rustic up in here with four tart beers from Casey Brewing and Blending. Troy Casey subscribes to the Old World philosophy of brewing by using local Colorado ingredients and 100% oak fermentation to create these masterful brews. We subscribe to the ABV philosophy of getting completely off-topic from our beer reviews to create a fever-dream of a podcast. In addition to our take on these finely-crafted ales, there’s bits about Craig’s garbage mouth, overzesting your lemons, spaghetti sauce beers, and a long discussion of what styles of beer pair with certain weather and/or clothing. Because why the hell not.</p>
<p>Beers Reviewed</p>
<p>East Bank Saison (with honey)</p>
<p>Apricot Fruit Stand Saison</p>
<p>Oak Theory Wild Ale</p>
<p>The Cut: Montmorency Cherry Wild Ale</p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It’s about to get all rustic up in here with four tart beers from Casey Brewing and Blending. Troy Casey subscribes to the Old World philosophy of brewing by using local Colorado ingredients and 100% oak fermentation to create these masterful brews. We subscribe to the ABV philosophy of getting completely off-topic from our beer reviews to create a fever-dream of a podcast. In addition to our take on these finely-crafted ales, there’s bits about Craig’s garbage mouth, overzesting your lemons, spaghetti sauce beers, and a long discussion of what styles of beer pair with certain weather and/or clothing. Because why the hell not.</p> <p>Beers Reviewed</p> <p>East Bank Saison (with honey)</p> <p>Apricot Fruit Stand Saison</p> <p>Oak Theory Wild Ale</p> <p>The Cut: Montmorency Cherry Wild Ale</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Episode 104 - Beers for Bowie</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2016 15:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To clumsily pay tribute the only way we know how, we drink some beers to honor David Bowie that have some tangential relationship to his career. And though we don’t attempt to give Bowie a proper send off, the beers turn out really damn good and silliness abounds. We talk Monster cereals, sing some Cher, fear “target character drift”, defend Elisabeth Shue’s honor, and recall Quantum Leap. And there’s more conclusive evidence that Craig is our greatest living beer poet. Thank you, David Bowie.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bayerischer Bahnhof - Berliner Style Weisse</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Marz Community Brewing - Marzcal Kolsch</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Half Acre Beer Co. - Space IPA</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Revolution Brewing - Blue Gene BA Porter</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Uinta Brewing - Labyrinth Quadruple Black Ale/Imperial Stout (2013)</span></p>
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<title>Episode 103 - Mother's</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2016 15:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>It’s a mother-loving good time on this episode as we drink six different beers from Springfield, Missouri’s own Mother’s Brewing Company (Thanks Jeb and Eden!). And just like our own mothers, these beers fill us with warm feelings and happiness and alcohol. So we also rattle on about resolutions, crappy candy, hard root beer, TV moms, and Craig’s eHarmony profile. One beer brings out the 15 year-old in both of us (take a wild guess), and then there’s a little coffee talk - no big whoop.<br /> </p>
<p>Ryan</p>
<ol>
<li>Winter Grind Coffee Stout</li>
<li>Vanilla Winter Grind Coffee Stout</li>
<li>MILF Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout</li>
<li>Foggy Notion Barleywine</li>
<li>Raspberry Imperial Three Blind Mice Brown Ale</li>
<li>Three Blind Mice Brown Ale</li>
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<p>Craig</p>
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<li>Winter Grind Coffee Stout</li>
<li>MILF Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout</li>
<li>Vanilla Winter Grind Coffee Stout</li>
<li>Foggy Notion Barleywine</li>
<li>Raspberry Imperial Three Blind Mice Brown Ale</li>
<li>Three Blind Mice Brown Ale</li>
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<title>Episode 102 - Yet Another Beershow</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2016 23:59:06 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Who says a little danger can’t be a lot of fun? Well on this show, we drink five random beers we had around and give them the ol’ arbitrary review treatment. Ryan shares his complete pitch for </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Yet Another Stakeout</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, the prospective third film in the </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Stakeout</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Trilogy. And for some godforsaken reason, the whole show is soundtracked by the music of Steven Seagal. It’s like we’re challenging you not to listen - so thanks if you do! </span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Craig</span></p>
<p> </p>
<ol>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Anchorage Brewing Company - A Deal With The Devil (Cognac Barrel-Aged Barleywine)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Grimm Artisanal Ales - Double Negative (Imperial Stout)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> The Alchemist - Petit Mutant (American Brett Ale with Cherries)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Stone/4 Hands/Bale Breaker - Sorry Not Sorry (DIPA with Peaches)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Prairie Artisan Ales - Brett C. </span></li>
</ol>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ryan</span></p>
<p> </p>
<ol>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Grimm Artisanal Ales - Double Negative (Imperial Stout)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Anchorage Brewing Company - A Deal With The Devil (Cognac Barrel-Aged Barleywine)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Stone/4 Hands/Bale Breaker - Sorry Not Sorry (DIPA with Peaches)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> The Alchemist - Petit Mutant (American Brett Ale with Cherries)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Prairie Artisan Ales - Brett C. </span></li>
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<title>Episode 101 - Winter Warm-Up</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2015 17:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s sweaters and stouts season again, and we bask in the warmth of five dark beers on this episode. We also look back on the year in beer by reminiscing on some of our favorites beers and events of 2015. There’s a lot of love for local favorites like Middle Brow, Temperance, Transient, Imperial Oak, Spiteful, Pipeworks, Pollyanna, and Une Annee; but some of the best beers of the year came from out East thanks to Tree House, Trillium, and Voodoo. Also experience a magically truncated rant on bottle release lines, weird homophone problems, a baby dinosaur Craig (awwww!), and a generally unpleasant walk-up we’ll call Fart Wars. No, Star Farts. No, Star Wars: The Farts Awaken. Yeah, that’s the one. </span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ryan </span></p>
<ol>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Transient/The Beer Cellar Neckbeard Nectar (imperial stout w/vanilla, cinnamon, coconut, and molasses)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Brickstone Barrel-Aged Dark Secret (imperial stout aged in 12-year Elijah Craig barrels)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Half Acre Big Hugs (imperial coffee stout)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Ballast Point Peppermint Victory at Sea (porter w/coffee, vanilla, and peppermint)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Funky Buddha Last Snow (porter w/coffee and coconut)</span></li>
</ol>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Craig</span></p>
<ol>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Brickstone Barrel-Aged Dark Secret (imperial stout aged in 12-year Elijah Craig barrels)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Transient/The Beer Cellar Neckbeard Nectar (imperial stout w/vanilla, cinnamon, coconut, and molasses)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Funky Buddha Last Snow (porter w/coffee and coconut)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Half Acre Big Hugs (imperial coffee stout)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Ballast Point Peppermint Victory at Sea (porter w/coffee, vanilla, and peppermint)</span></li>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For the big 100, we threw a little holiday party and invited our friends - and to our delight, they came bearing gifts of beer! On the show, we drink with them and give our usual reviews while catching up with them and taking many topical detours. Joining us are Kim Leshinski (Hail to the Ale), Ken Getty (from CHAOS Homebrew Club), Nick Burica (of Middle Brow Beer Co.), Chris Betts (of Transient Artisan Ales), Marie Cummins (Down the Hatch beer blog), Dennis Lee (of The Pizzle), MC Johnsen (Worth 1000 Beers) and Matt Johnsen (of Horse Thief Hollow and The Beer Cellar). In addition to thrilling excerpts from </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Agent-Santa-Brothers-Arms/dp/0373698704"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Secret Agent Santa</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Harlequin 2015), we talk about kettle sours, sensuous languor, the troubles with opening a brewery, fingerless gloves, and much more. Thanks for listening and happy holidays!</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beers Reviewed:</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kane Brewing - Cortijo (Agave Nectar Saison Aged in Tequila Barrels)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">OEC Brewing - Malefactus (Wine Barrel-Aged Stout)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Transient Artisan Ales - Black Raspberry Maigre (Berlinner Weisse)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lake Effect Brewing - Imperial Stout (Bourbon Barrel-Aged)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">BrainDead Brewing - Bent De Garde (Wine Barrel-Aged Biere de Garde)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">de Garde Brewing - L’Hiver Melange No. 2</span></p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On this episode, we sit in the sticky lap of luxury and sip on some premium barrel-aged offerings from Spiteful Brewing. We review four beers: two of which rightfully won gold medals at FOBAB, and one that leaves us speechless (and hallucinating). In addition to all the beer and brewery talk, we audit Craig’s purchases, preview Ryan’s “Goonies 2” script, and drink some semi-legal absinthe. It’s gross. But it’s all worth it in the end, trust us.</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Craig</span></p>
<ol>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Barrel-Aged Malevolence Chocolate Caliente</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Barrel-Aged Malevolence (2014)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Barrel-Aged Belligerent Bob Barleywine</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Absinthe Barrel-Aged G.F.Y. Stout</span></li>
</ol>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ryan</span></p>
<ol>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Barrel-Aged Malevolence Chocolate Caliente</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Barrel-Aged Belligerent Bob Barleywine</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Barrel-Aged Malevolence (2014)</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">4. Absinthe Barrel-Aged G.F.Y. Stout</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 98 - Pipeworks: The Quest For Cans</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>2015 might as well be deemed “The Year Pipeworks Came to Cans”, because as this show proves, it’s one of the best things to happen to Chicago beer in a while. We review the five currently available canned beers from Pipeworks because we were too impatient to wait for the sixth. Additionally, we unveil a new game (temporarily) titled “Beer Carnac,” and it goes off better than expected. We also give advice about Beer of the Month clubs, Ryan joins the “Smells Creamy” movement, and Craig is terrible at animals. And we tell a story about the Worst Trivia Prize ever. Caw-caw!</p>
<p>Craig</p>
<ol>
<li>Lizard King Pale Ale</li>
<li>Ninja vs. Unicorn Double IPA</li>
<li>War Bird Session Ale</li>
<li>Close Encounter Stout</li>
<li>Blood of the Unicorn Red Ale</li>
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<p>Ryan</p>
<ol>
<li>Ninja vs. Unicorn Double IPA</li>
<li>Lizard King Pale Ale</li>
<li>War Bird Session Ale</li>
<li>Blood of the Unicorn Red Ale</li>
<li>Close Encounter Stout</li>
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<title>Episode 97 - Bourbon County 2015</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2015 15:35:55 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">No tents were pitched in the making of this episode as we review the 2015 lineup of Goose Island’s signature special release stout. And we went extravagant on this one, pairing all six Bourbon County beers with special chocolates and the scandalous commentary of one Dennis Lee from The Pizzle. Find out if we think if these were worth waiting in line for on a cold Black Friday morning. In addition to our unique take on these most-desired beers, you’ll get to sup upon our sordid stew of nail polish remover, Charo, porns, Juggalos, David Lynch, Arby’s, salt sticks, and banjos. We also do some crappy improv, talk about Dennis’ tiny hands and Craig’s muppet voice, and spoil some movies. Thanks to Goose Island for providing a few of the beers to help make this vulgar trainwreck possible.</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rankings</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ryan</span></p>
<ol>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Bourbon County Brand Stout </span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Bourbon County Brand Barleywine</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Rare Bourbon County Brand Stout</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Bourbon County Brand Coffee Stout</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Bourbon County Brand Regal Rye Stout</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Proprietors’ Bourbon County Brand Stout</span></li>
</ol>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Craig</span></p>
<ol>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Bourbon County Brand Stout </span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Bourbon County Brand Barleywine</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Bourbon County Brand Regal Rye Stout</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Rare Bourbon County Brand Stout</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Bourbon County Brand Coffee Stout</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Proprietors’ Bourbon County Brand Stout</span></li>
</ol>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dennis</span></p>
<ol>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Bourbon County Brand Stout </span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Rare Bourbon County Brand Stout</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Bourbon County Brand Barleywine</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Bourbon County Brand Coffee Stout</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Bourbon County Brand Regal Rye Stout</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Proprietors’ Bourbon County Brand Stout</span></li>
</ol>
<p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 96 - FoBAB Hangover & Craft Sodas</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2015 21:34:26 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For our brief, annual sabbatical, we drink ten different craft sodas while recapping our experience at this year’s Festival of Wood and Barrel-Aged Beers. We attempt to review the sodas, with five produced locally, but spend a lot of time reliving our favorite FoBAB moments. Our highlights include beers from Perennial, Off Color, 2nd Shift, Goose Island Clybourn Brewpub, Spiteful, Brickstone, The Lost Abbey, Metropolitan, Moody Tongue, August Schell, Half Acre, Temperance, Hardywood, and more. But there’s a lot of craft soda information packed in here too, and you’ll learn why we’re so grateful for Prohibition. We also work on Craig’s arts-and-crafts-based standup routine. Come for the FoBAB, stay for the sodas, leave with a gut full of sugar.</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">FoBAB Moments:</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">(00:11:30 - 00:18:18) Overall festival talk: organization, glassware gripes, expedited lines, strip club music, and more.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">(00:26:20 - 00:32:27) Ryan’s top five beers of FoBAB, plus a drunk volunteer story</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">(00:34:44 - 00:38:22) Craig’s top five beers of FoBAB</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">(00:42:10 - 00:50:16) Other beer highlights</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">(00:54:29 - 00:59:19), (01:00:38 - 01:04:14) The beer lowlights </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">(01:06:59 - 01:11:02) What we missed</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">(01:14:12 - 01:15:45) Ranking previous FoBABs</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Craft Sodas Reviewed:</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">WBC Chicago-Style Root Beer</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Virgil’s Black Cherry Cream Soda</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Green River</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fentiman’s Curiosity Cola</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Deadworld Slow Decay Vanilla Root Beer</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cicero Beverage Co. Salted Caramel Root Beer</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Berghoff Orange </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sioux City Orange Cream</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Filbert’s Strawberry</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Boylan Creamy Red Birch Beer</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 95 - The Other Illinois</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2015 18:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On Craig’s day off, he went due south to central and southern Illinois to check out their burgeoning beer scene. He brought back five beers for us to review, and we’re all over them like Abe Lincoln on a steamin’ stack of corn cakes. Amidst the beer talk, we touch on such provincial topics as adhesive, hand growlering, the Kennedys, spray shields, penguin movies, Charleston Chews, service ducks, and Paul Walker. And stay tuned to the end when we pay tribute to the late Jonathan Taylor Thomas. We’re never getting out of this one-stoplight town.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ryan</span></p>
<ol>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Brickstone Brewery APA</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Rolling Meadows Brewery Lincoln Lager</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> JT Walker’s Barrel Series #2</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Triptych Brewing You Don’t Win Friends with Sours #004</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Big Muddy Brewing Vanilla Stout</span></li>
</ol>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Craig</span></p>
<ol>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> JT Walker’s Barrel Series #2</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Brickstone Brewery APA</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Triptych Brewing You Don’t Win Friends with Sours #004</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Rolling Meadows Brewery Lincoln Lager</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Big Muddy Brewing Vanilla Stout</span></li>
</ol>
<p> </p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Man, it’s a hot one. We try five West Coast beers that have started popping up on Chicagoland shelves to determine if they’re worth your all-important dollar with our arbitrary reviews. Learn about these new entries to the Chicago market while we pay tribute to a song that defined a generation. Plus, we rant about beer pricing, brewery buyouts, the Better Business Bureau, the Rule 34 of beer, doing the Haka, and using “Mambo #5” for terrorism. We’ll be your Drunken Holiday Uncle. Or else forget about it. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Craig</span></p>
<ol>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Cascade Kriek (2013)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Logsdon Seizoen Bretta</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Almanac Wakatu Sour</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> AleSmith Anvil ESB</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Alpine Hoppy Birthday Session IPA</span></li>
</ol>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ryan</span></p>
<ol>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Logsdon Seizoen Bretta</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Cascade Kriek (2013)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Almanac Wakatu Sour</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> AleSmith Anvil ESB</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Alpine Hoppy Birthday Session IPA</span></li>
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<title>Episode 93 - Wicked Weed</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Listener Keef Debonzo sent us a box of treats from Wicked Weed Brewing, and we sat down on Halloween night to taste ‘em. We’re downright giddy to find out that this Asheville brewery is doing just about everything right. To add to the wickedness of this show, we play our favorite game, Beers Against Humanity, and it elicits talk about Cialis, Nickelback, orgies, Def Leppard, and more. We also talk craft beer Halloween costumes, shelf life on hoppy beers, herbaciousness, and naming your brewery. Check out Keef’s band The Debonzo Brothers on <a href="http://www.debonzobrothers.com/">their website</a> and iTunes!</p>
<p>Ryan</p>
<ol>
<li>Black Angel Cherry Sour</li>
<li>Freak of Nature Double IPA</li>
<li>Pernicious IPA</li>
<li>Oblivion Sour Red (w/blackberries and dates)</li>
<li>Silencio Dark Sour (w/coffee and vanilla bean)</li>
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<p><br /> Craig</p>
<ol>
<li>Black Angel Cherry Sour</li>
<li>Pernicious IPA</li>
<li>Oblivion Sour Red (w/blackberries and dates)</li>
<li>Silencio Dark Sour (w/coffee and vanilla bean)</li>
<li>Freak of Nature Double IPA</li>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Listener Keef Debonzo sent us a box of treats from Wicked Weed Brewing, and we sat down on Halloween night to taste ‘em. We’re downright giddy to find out that this Asheville brewery is doing just about everything right. To add to the wickedness of this show, we play our favorite game, Beers Against Humanity, and it elicits talk about Cialis, Nickelback, orgies, Def Leppard, and more. We also talk craft beer Halloween costumes, shelf life on hoppy beers, herbaciousness, and naming your brewery. Check out Keef’s band The Debonzo Brothers on <a href="http://www.debonzobrothers.com/">their website</a> and iTunes!</p> <p>Ryan</p> <ol> <li>Black Angel Cherry Sour</li> <li>Freak of Nature Double IPA</li> <li>Pernicious IPA</li> <li>Oblivion Sour Red (w/blackberries and dates)</li> <li>Silencio Dark Sour (w/coffee and vanilla bean)</li> </ol> <p> Craig</p> <ol> <li>Black Angel Cherry Sour</li> <li>Pernicious IPA</li> <li>Oblivion Sour Red (w/blackberries and dates)</li> <li>Silencio Dark Sour (w/coffee and vanilla bean)</li> <li>Freak of Nature Double IPA</li> </ol> <p> </p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Episode 92 - Gueuze Crueuze</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2015 22:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>For this episode, we blend with the Johnsens - MC and Matt - for this special trip on the Gueuze Crueuze™. We taste-tour five Belgian gueuzes and attempt to rank them, which is mixed in with some lambic education, brewery history, Belgium travel stories, and more diversions than usual. Here’s a small sampling of non-beer topics: Nazi ghosts, Eddie Bauer, peanut butter tapeworms, wine bongs, home coolshipping, DMX, pipe-aging, Magic Eye puzzles, Belgian motorcycle gangs, and dangerous roadside Limburger. We also add a few to the Great Band Names List, and Craig continues to smell weird. Check out MC’s excellent visual beer blog <a href="http://worth1000beers.com/">Worth A Thousand Beers</a> and buy her kickass art!</p>
<p><br /> </p>
<p>Matt & Ryan</p>
<ol>
<li>Cantillon Gueuze</li>
<li>3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze</li>
<li>Oude Gueuze Tilquin à l'Ancienne</li>
<li>Girardin Gueuze 1882 (Black Label)</li>
<li>Boon Oude Geuze</li>
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<p><br /> </p>
<p>MC</p>
<ol>
<li>3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze</li>
<li>Cantillon Gueuze</li>
<li>Oude Gueuze Tilquin à l'Ancienne</li>
<li>Girardin Gueuze 1882 (Black Label)</li>
<li>Boon Oude Geuze</li>
</ol>
<p><br /> </p>
<p>Craig</p>
<ol>
<li>3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze</li>
<li>Oude Gueuze Tilquin à l'Ancienne</li>
<li>Cantillon Gueuze</li>
<li>Girardin Gueuze 1882 (Black Label)</li>
<li>Boon Oude Geuze</li>
</ol>
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<title>Episode 91 - Night of the Hunter</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 14:38:35 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>18th Street Brewery from Gary, Indiana is just over halfway through their Hunter variant series, and we round up five beers to review for this one. Colin Joliat from Boozist joins us to knock back this vertical of Hunter beers and to help us not end up horizontal. Craig is the game master on this episode with several “hunter”-themed trivia segments. We also discuss the Neo and Ne-Yo conundrum, Rare Day, sun tan lotion, blue licorice, and androgynous vampires. This episode is brought to you by Lions Gate Entertainment's “The Last Witch Hunter” starring Vin Diesel, opening October 23rd.* Hunt forever. Live forever.</p>
<p>Ryan</p>
<ol>
<li>Hunter Cherry</li>
<li>Hunter Coffee</li>
<li>Hunter Vanilla</li>
<li>Hunter Double Milk Stout</li>
<li>Hunter Coconut</li>
</ol>
<p>Colin</p>
<ol>
<li>Hunter Cherry</li>
<li>Hunter Vanilla</li>
<li>Hunter Double Milk Stout</li>
<li>Hunter Coffee</li>
<li>Hunter Coconut</li>
</ol>
<p>Craig</p>
<ol>
<li>Hunter Coffee</li>
<li>Hunter Cherry</li>
<li>Hunter Coconut</li>
<li>Hunter Double Milk Stout</li>
<li>Hunter Vanilla</li>
</ol>
<p>*We’re really not sponsored by this. Please don’t sue us, fine people at Lions Gate Entertainment. Without you, we’d have no Madea.</p>
<p> </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 90 - Door County Brewing Co.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2015 13:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Before the weather all goes to shit, we look to the north for a flavor vacation with beers from Door County Brewing Co. We try almost everything they make while helping you plan your next vay-cay on Wisconsin’s Prehensile TailⓇ (Segway Tours are highly recommended.) We talk about beers with an eco-conscience, the Doors, fish boils, bottle dating, Shebobs N’ Such, and, of course, Kevin Bacon. Thanks to Sarah Rehmer and Danny McMahon for the beers for this episode!</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Craig</span></p>
<ol>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> L’Automne Farmhouse</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Silurian Stout w/Vanilla</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Pastoral Saison</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Biere De Seigle Rye Farmhouse</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Little Sister Witbier</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Polka King Porter</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Big Sister Hibiscus Witbier</span></li>
</ol>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ryan</span></p>
<ol>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Biere De Seigle Rye Farmhouse</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Silurian Stout w/Vanilla</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> L’Automne Farmhouse</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Pastoral Saison</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Polka King Porter</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Big Sister Hibiscus Witbier</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Little Sister Witbier</span></li>
</ol>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 89 - Saisons Across America</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2015 12:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>We load up the wagon for a cross-country tour of saisons, and we go all ‘Murica on you anyways despite drinking delicate Belgian-style beers. On this episode, we review five saisons from five different states all over this great land. You’ll hear some talk of serving temperatures, food pairings, and off flavors as we lazily audition for a freebie Cicerone certification. There’s also some creepy man-crush talk about Cory King and Troy Casey, a digression about the hyper-religious 90’s, some dangerous note-taking, and a few gushing saison problems. We also try hard not to turn it into one giant lemon party. God Bless America.</p>
<p>Craig</p>
<ol>
<li>Hill Farmstead Anna</li>
<li>Side Project Saison du Blé</li>
<li>Casey Brewing and Blending Saison (Batch 3)</li>
<li>Sante Adairius Rustic Ales Saison Bernice</li>
<li>Jester King/Crooked Stave/Trois Dames Sin Frontera</li>
</ol>
<p>Ryan</p>
<ol>
<li>Side Project Saison du Blé</li>
<li>Hill Farmstead Anna</li>
<li>Sante Adairius Rustic Ales Saison Bernice</li>
<li>Casey Brewing and Blending Saison (Batch 3)</li>
<li>Jester King/Crooked Stave/Trois Dames Sin Frontera</li>
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<title>Episode 88 - GABF 2015</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2015 14:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Once again, we concluded our extended weekend of drinking and chafing in Denver at the Great American Beer Festival by recording an episode chock full of interviews and arbitrary beer reviews. You’ll hear interviews with Jonathan Wakefield (J. Wakefield Brewing, Miami, FL); Sean Lawson (Lawson’s Finest Liquids, Warren, VT); James Howat (Black Project Spontaneous and Wild Ales, Denver, CO); Paul Kreiner (Noon Whistle Brewing, Lombard, IL); Craig Mycoskie (Rahr & Sons Brewing, Fort Worth, TX); Jason zumBrunnen (Ratio Beerworks, Denver, CO); Jay Goodwin (The Rare Barrel, Berkley, CA); and the lunatics from Melvin Brewing (Jackson, WY). We cover many highlights and aspects of the fest, while still allowing time for our usual random digressions. Craig discusses his weekend spent stalking Troy Casey, and Ryan shares his numerical observations about babies, dreadlocks, and sandals. When you get this high, coming down is the hardest part.</p>
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<p>Beers Reviewed/Mutual Rankings</p>
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<li>Casey Brewing and Blending Cherry Fruit Stand</li>
<li>Crooked Stave Flor D’Lees</li>
<li>AC Golden Hidden Barrel Kriek (Batch #3)</li>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2015 20:24:59 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Prost! This week, we put nine Oktoberfest/Märzen-style beers into an ultraviolent cage match of arbitrary opinions. Beers from Germany, the U.S., and Chicago all enter, and a lot of them are kind of the same, but it’s the small differences that are amplified. We give a real informal history of the style, ponder what Germany smells like, and talk about the common problem with reviewing beers from Europe. But also, we smell creamy, maintain the cage, talk about goalie fights, and discover why we don’t let Craig do the walk-up. How high have we raised the discourse with this episode? So high.</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rankings</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ryan</span></p>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> New Glarus Staghorn</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Metropolitan Afterburner</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Surly SurlyFest</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Revolution Oktoberfest</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Two Brothers Atom Smasher</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Great Lakes Oktoberfest</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Spaten Oktoberfest ur-Märzen</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Paulaner Oktoberfest-Märzen</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Hofbräru Oktoberfestbier</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Craig</span></p>
<ol>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Metropolitan Afterburner</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> New Glarus Staghorn</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Revolution Oktoberfest</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Two Brothers Atom Smasher</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Spaten Oktoberfest ur-Märzen</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Surly SurlyFest</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Paulaner Oktoberfest-Märzen</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Hofbräru Oktoberfestbier</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Great Lakes Oktoberfest</span></li>
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<title>Episode 86 - de Garde Brewing</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2015 14:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The brewers from Oregon’s de Garde Brewing use a coolship to ferment their beers year-round before aging them in oak, and we taste five of the resulting beers. Despite moments of oppressive heartburn, we find that the Oregonian Coast is blowing some sweet pixie farts into these wonderful beers. We try not to be too self-gratifying, but clutch tightly as this episode includes a touch of French speak, a rub of new band names, and a gentle caress of sensual GoGurt. Craig also loses control of his spittle. And Ryan pleases himself with a very satisfying musical theme. Bu. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ryan</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Imperial Cherry Marion Bu Berliner Weisse</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Amarillo Hose Gose </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Special Rouge American Wild Ale</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Oude Rruin Flanders Oud Bruin</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Peach Bu Berlinner Weisse</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Craig</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Imperial Cherry Marion Bu Berliner Weisse</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Special Rouge American Wild Ale</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Amarillo Hose Gose </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Oude Rruin Flanders Oud Bruin</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Peach Bu Berlinner Weisse</span></p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">The brewers from Oregon’s de Garde Brewing use a coolship to ferment their beers year-round before aging them in oak, and we taste five of the resulting beers. Despite moments of oppressive heartburn, we find that the Oregonian Coast is blowing some sweet pixie farts into these wonderful beers. We try not to be too self-gratifying, but clutch tightly as this episode includes a touch of French speak, a rub of new band names, and a gentle caress of sensual GoGurt. Craig also loses control of his spittle. And Ryan pleases himself with a very satisfying musical theme. Bu. </p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Ryan</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">1. Imperial Cherry Marion Bu Berliner Weisse</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">2. Amarillo Hose Gose </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">3. Special Rouge American Wild Ale</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">4. Oude Rruin Flanders Oud Bruin</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">5. Peach Bu Berlinner Weisse</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Craig</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">1. Imperial Cherry Marion Bu Berliner Weisse</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">2. Special Rouge American Wild Ale</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">3. Amarillo Hose Gose </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">4. Oude Rruin Flanders Oud Bruin</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">5. Peach Bu Berlinner Weisse</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Episode 85 - Beer For Breakfast</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2015 16:05:39 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In the annals of ABV Chicago, this one will certainly go down as Craig’s masterpiece. We have five maple syrup and coffee breakfast beers and pair them with five doughnut creations from local baking geniuses </span><a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.goglazed.com/"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Glazed & Infused</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. Once again we are joined by Chicago Reader’s </span><a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/food-writer-of-your-mama-jokes/BestOf?oid=18028539"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">2015 Best Food Writer</span></a><a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.thepizzle.net/"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Dennis Lee</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, and like the feeling of syrup in the corners of your mouth and the rot of sugar in your belly after a giant stack of pancakes, he will make you feel disgusting yet oddly satisfied. Dennis shares some Pizzle updates, a sad birthday story, his thoughts on a Freegan challenge, and some helpful explanations of “Red Velvet” and ganache. But mostly we hear about his garbage life and Tinder disappointments. Other topics include continental breakfasts, the film “Independence Day” (and the eternal Paxton or Pullman debate), new CK scents, and Craig’s awful diet. Please send insulin. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Featured Glazed & Infused Donuts </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.goglazed.com/product/terrys-mocha-koffee-toffee"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Terry’s Mocha Koffee Toffee</span></a></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.goglazed.com/product/8"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Maple Bacon Long John</span></a></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.goglazed.com/product/99"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Sweet Tooth</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> (w/Butterfinger topping and vanilla glaze)</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.goglazed.com/product/5"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Red Velvet</span></a></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.goglazed.com/product/4"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Chocolate</span></a></p>
<p> </p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Rankings </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Craig</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Toppling Goliath Mornin’ Delight</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Tree House Good Morning</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Transient Buckley</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Terrapin French-Toasted Wake-n-Bake Coffee Oatmeal Imperial Stout</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Funky Buddha Maple Bacon Coffee Porter</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ryan</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Tree House Good Morning</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Toppling Goliath Mornin’ Delight</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Funky Buddha Maple Bacon Coffee Porter</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Transient Buckley</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Terrapin French-Toasted Wake-n-Bake Coffee Oatmeal Imperial Stout</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Tree House Good Morning</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Toppling Goliath Mornin’ Delight</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Terrapin French-Toasted Wake-n-Bake Coffee Oatmeal Imperial Stout</span></p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">In the annals of ABV Chicago, this one will certainly go down as Craig’s masterpiece. We have five maple syrup and coffee breakfast beers and pair them with five doughnut creations from local baking geniuses <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.goglazed.com/">Glazed & Infused</a>. Once again we are joined by Chicago Reader’s <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/food-writer-of-your-mama-jokes/BestOf?oid=18028539">2015 Best Food Writer</a><a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.thepizzle.net/">Dennis Lee</a>, and like the feeling of syrup in the corners of your mouth and the rot of sugar in your belly after a giant stack of pancakes, he will make you feel disgusting yet oddly satisfied. Dennis shares some Pizzle updates, a sad birthday story, his thoughts on a Freegan challenge, and some helpful explanations of “Red Velvet” and ganache. But mostly we hear about his garbage life and Tinder disappointments. Other topics include continental breakfasts, the film “Independence Day” (and the eternal Paxton or Pullman debate), new CK scents, and Craig’s awful diet. Please send insulin. </p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Featured Glazed & Infused Donuts </p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.goglazed.com/product/terrys-mocha-koffee-toffee">Terry’s Mocha Koffee Toffee</a></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.goglazed.com/product/8">Maple Bacon Long John</a></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.goglazed.com/product/99">Sweet Tooth</a> (w/Butterfinger topping and vanilla glaze)</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.goglazed.com/product/5">Red Velvet</a></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.goglazed.com/product/4">Chocolate</a></p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Rankings </p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Craig</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">1. Toppling Goliath Mornin’ Delight</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">2. Tree House Good Morning</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">3. Transient Buckley</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">4. Terrapin French-Toasted Wake-n-Bake Coffee Oatmeal Imperial Stout</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">5. Funky Buddha Maple Bacon Coffee Porter</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Ryan</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">1. Tree House Good Morning</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">2. Toppling Goliath Mornin’ Delight</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">3. Funky Buddha Maple Bacon Coffee Porter</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">4. Transient Buckley</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">5. Terrapin French-Toasted Wake-n-Bake Coffee Oatmeal Imperial Stout</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Dennis</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">1. Tree House Good Morning</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">2. Toppling Goliath Mornin’ Delight</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">3. Transient Buckley</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">4. Terrapin French-Toasted Wake-n-Bake Coffee Oatmeal Imperial Stout</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">5. Funky Buddha Maple Bacon Coffee Porter</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Episode 84 - Trillium</title>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Craig</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Artaic Double IPA</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Congress Street IPA</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Bees American Wild Ale with Honey</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Fort Point Pale Ale</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Stonington Barrel-Aged Wild Saison</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6. Day and Night Blonde Barleywine with Coffee</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ryan</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Fort Point Pale Ale</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Artaic Double IPA</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Bees American Wild Ale with Honey</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Congress Street IPA</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Stonington Barrel-Aged Wild Saison</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6. Day and Night Blonde Barleywine with Coffee</span></p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">The spoils of Craig’s epic East Coast trip come to an end here, and boy are we spoiled! Trillium Brewing Company out of Boston is making a variety of beers better than pretty much everyone, we discover. Six beers of varying styles get our unequivocal praise here, which leaves plenty of time for Craig to talk about his visit to the brewery, their upcoming expansion plans, and why they should be on everybody’s radar. Also, hear us explain how your stinky ass can help you appreciate beers, the difference between bags and cornhole; our vague memory of “Good Will Hunting” quotes, a story where Craig effortlessly connects drinking syrup and Zelda, some SRM insanity, and something about a fat robot. Trill recognize trill, homie.</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Craig</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">1. Artaic Double IPA</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">2. Congress Street IPA</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">3. Bees American Wild Ale with Honey</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">4. Fort Point Pale Ale</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">5. Stonington Barrel-Aged Wild Saison</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">6. Day and Night Blonde Barleywine with Coffee</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Ryan</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">1. Fort Point Pale Ale</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">2. Artaic Double IPA</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">3. Bees American Wild Ale with Honey</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">4. Congress Street IPA</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">5. Stonington Barrel-Aged Wild Saison</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">6. Day and Night Blonde Barleywine with Coffee</p> <p> </p>]]></content:encoded>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ryan</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Goose Island Clybourn - Brettanomite Sour Wheat Ale</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Lake Effect - Session Brett Extra Pale Ale</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Une Année - Xellensis Belgian Blonde Ale</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Transient - Peur Saison</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Middle Brow - Cobrastyle Saison</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Craig</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Lake Effect - Session Brett Extra Pale Ale</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Transient - Peur Saison</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Goose Island Clybourn - Brettanomite Sour Wheat Ale</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Une Année - Xellensis Belgian Blonde Ale</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Fat Head’s Brewery - Head Hunter IPA</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6. Lawson’s Finest Liquids - Super Session #2 IPA</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Matchups:</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Baderbrӓu Chicago Pilsener vs. Kӧnig Pilsener</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Metropolitan Flywheel Bright Lager vs. Weihenstephaner Pilsner</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Local Option Outlawger vs. Kaiserdom Pilsener</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Half Acre Pony Pils vs. Wolters Pilsener</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Craig</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Weihenstephaner Pilsner</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Metropolitan Flywheel Bright Lager</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6. Kӧnig Pilsener</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Half Acre Pony Pils</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Metropolitan Flywheel Bright Lager</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Twin Peaks - “Flavor”</span></p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p id="docs-internal-guid-7bab1c64-2707-2842-cc7e-3f3e37aee493" dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The fine folks of New Glarus brewing in Wisconsin have been brewing the highest quality fruit beers around for longer than just about anyone in the U.S. We invite Marie Cummins back to the show to help us review and rank eight of these outstanding brews. We pair all of the beers with Wisconsin cheeses based on New Glarus’ recommendations, and one is a spectacular failure. Also, hear us talk about booze-soaked Strawberry Shortcake, Chocolate Rain, Hawaiian Punch, “Still the One” by Orleans, and Star Wars. Craig explains why he is the body and face of the show, Ryan basks in sweet heartburn revenge, and Marie puts up with all of Craig’s shit. Did we mention the beer is incredible?</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Rankings</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Marie <br /></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Belgian Red</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Serendipity</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Apple Ale</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Raspberry Tart</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Cran-bic</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6. R&D Sour Fruit (Very Sour Blackberry)</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">7. Strawberry Rhubarb</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">8. Enigma</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ryan <br /></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. R&D Sour Fruit (Very Sour Blackberry)</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Belgian Red</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Serendipity</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Cran-bic</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Raspberry Tart</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6. Apple Ale</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">7. Strawberry Rhubarb</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">8. Enigma</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Craig <br /></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. R&D Sour Fruit (Very Sour Blackberry)</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Belgian Red</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Serendipity</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Cran-bic</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Raspberry Tart</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6. Apple Ale</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">7. Strawberry Rhubarb</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">8. Enigma</span></p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p id="docs-internal-guid-7bab1c64-2707-2842-cc7e-3f3e37aee493" dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">The fine folks of New Glarus brewing in Wisconsin have been brewing the highest quality fruit beers around for longer than just about anyone in the U.S. We invite Marie Cummins back to the show to help us review and rank eight of these outstanding brews. We pair all of the beers with Wisconsin cheeses based on New Glarus’ recommendations, and one is a spectacular failure. Also, hear us talk about booze-soaked Strawberry Shortcake, Chocolate Rain, Hawaiian Punch, “Still the One” by Orleans, and Star Wars. Craig explains why he is the body and face of the show, Ryan basks in sweet heartburn revenge, and Marie puts up with all of Craig’s shit. Did we mention the beer is incredible?</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"> </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Rankings</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"> </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Marie </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">1. Belgian Red</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">2. Serendipity</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">3. Apple Ale</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">4. Raspberry Tart</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">5. Cran-bic</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">6. R&D Sour Fruit (Very Sour Blackberry)</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">7. Strawberry Rhubarb</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">8. Enigma</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Ryan </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">1. R&D Sour Fruit (Very Sour Blackberry)</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">2. Belgian Red</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">3. Serendipity</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">4. Cran-bic</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">5. Raspberry Tart</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">6. Apple Ale</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">7. Strawberry Rhubarb</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">8. Enigma</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Craig </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">1. R&D Sour Fruit (Very Sour Blackberry)</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">2. Belgian Red</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">3. Serendipity</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">4. Cran-bic</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">5. Raspberry Tart</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">6. Apple Ale</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">7. Strawberry Rhubarb</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">8. Enigma</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Beerists swept through this city like a drunken typhoon, and they stopped by to wreak some havoc on Craig's cellar. John Rubio, Anastacia Kelly, and Mike Lambert join us to do what they've been doing for longer than us: review delicious beers. We talk about their Austin-based award-winning podcast, highlights of their Chicago trip, and their observations on this city's beer culture. Also, Anastacia gives spot-on food pairings, Rubio sings, and Craig and Mike become closer than we are comfortable with. You're welcome!</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Rankings</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Rubio and Mike</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Goose Island Rare Bourbon County Brand Stout</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. DeGarde Imperial Blackberry Bu</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Toppling Goliath Assassin (2014)</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. The Lost Abbey Duck Duck Gooze (2013)</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Funk Factory Framrood</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Craig and Ryan</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Goose Island Rare Bourbon County Brand Stout</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. DeGarde Imperial Blackberry Bu</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. The Lost Abbey Duck Duck Gooze (2013)</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Toppling Goliath Assassin (2014) </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Funk Factory Framrood</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Anastacia</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. DeGarde Imperial Blackberry Bu</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Goose Island Rare Bourbon County Brand Stout </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. The Lost Abbey Duck Duck Gooze (2013)</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Toppling Goliath Assassin (2014) </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Funk Factory Framrood</span></p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">The Beerists swept through this city like a drunken typhoon, and they stopped by to wreak some havoc on Craig's cellar. John Rubio, Anastacia Kelly, and Mike Lambert join us to do what they've been doing for longer than us: review delicious beers. We talk about their Austin-based award-winning podcast, highlights of their Chicago trip, and their observations on this city's beer culture. Also, Anastacia gives spot-on food pairings, Rubio sings, and Craig and Mike become closer than we are comfortable with. You're welcome!</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Rankings</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Rubio and Mike</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">1. Goose Island Rare Bourbon County Brand Stout</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">2. DeGarde Imperial Blackberry Bu</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">3. Toppling Goliath Assassin (2014)</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">4. The Lost Abbey Duck Duck Gooze (2013)</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">5. Funk Factory Framrood</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Craig and Ryan</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">1. Goose Island Rare Bourbon County Brand Stout</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">2. DeGarde Imperial Blackberry Bu</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">3. The Lost Abbey Duck Duck Gooze (2013)</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">4. Toppling Goliath Assassin (2014) </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">5. Funk Factory Framrood</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Anastacia</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">1. DeGarde Imperial Blackberry Bu</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">2. Goose Island Rare Bourbon County Brand Stout </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">3. The Lost Abbey Duck Duck Gooze (2013)</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">4. Toppling Goliath Assassin (2014) </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">5. Funk Factory Framrood</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Episode 72 - The Mostly ME Show</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We bust into some beer mail from Maine and New Hampshire, thanks to our new best friend Dave. We review six beers of varying styles with the help of our most regular and precious guest, Dennis. In addition to our typically eloquent aroma and taste descriptors, we bring a veritable symphony of randomness and small wind instruments. Topics include coolships, “tart” vs. “sour”, agreeable hop profiles, local IPA comparisons, Weird Al, LeVar Burton, Flintstone vitamins, that guy from </span><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mr. Show, </span><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">and weed. We also get to the bottom of why Craig doesn’t like hoppy stouts. Be one with the trees.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Craig</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Allagash Coolship Resurgam (2015) Gueuze </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Stoneface Mozaccalypse DIPA</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Foundation Forge Russian Imperial Stout</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Stoneface IPA</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Bissell Brothers The Substance IPA</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6. Oxbow Barrel-Aged Farmhouse Pale Ale</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ryan</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Allagash Coolship Resurgam (2015) Gueuze </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Bissell Brothers The Substance IPA</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Foundation Forge Russian Imperial Stout</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Stoneface Mozaccalypse DIPA</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Stoneface IPA</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6. Oxbow Barrel-Aged Farmhouse Pale Ale</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Dennis</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Allagash Coolship Resurgam (2015) Gueuze </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Foundation Forge Russian Imperial Stout</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Bissell Brothers The Substance IPA</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Stoneface Mozaccalypse DIPA</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Stoneface IPA</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6. Oxbow Barrel-Aged Farmhouse Pale Ale</span></p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">We bust into some beer mail from Maine and New Hampshire, thanks to our new best friend Dave. We review six beers of varying styles with the help of our most regular and precious guest, Dennis. In addition to our typically eloquent aroma and taste descriptors, we bring a veritable symphony of randomness and small wind instruments. Topics include coolships, “tart” vs. “sour”, agreeable hop profiles, local IPA comparisons, Weird Al, LeVar Burton, Flintstone vitamins, that guy from Mr. Show, and weed. We also get to the bottom of why Craig doesn’t like hoppy stouts. Be one with the trees.</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Craig</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">1. Allagash Coolship Resurgam (2015) Gueuze </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">2. Stoneface Mozaccalypse DIPA</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">3. Foundation Forge Russian Imperial Stout</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">4. Stoneface IPA</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">5. Bissell Brothers The Substance IPA</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">6. Oxbow Barrel-Aged Farmhouse Pale Ale</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Ryan</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">1. Allagash Coolship Resurgam (2015) Gueuze </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">2. Bissell Brothers The Substance IPA</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">3. Foundation Forge Russian Imperial Stout</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">4. Stoneface Mozaccalypse DIPA</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">5. Stoneface IPA</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">6. Oxbow Barrel-Aged Farmhouse Pale Ale</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Dennis</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">1. Allagash Coolship Resurgam (2015) Gueuze </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">2. Foundation Forge Russian Imperial Stout</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">3. Bissell Brothers The Substance IPA</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">4. Stoneface Mozaccalypse DIPA</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">5. Stoneface IPA</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">6. Oxbow Barrel-Aged Farmhouse Pale Ale</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Episode 71 - Crooked Stave 2: Crookeder Stave</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2015 17:14:33 +0000</pubDate>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Craig</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Blueberry Petite Sour</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. L’Brett D’Or Grand Cru</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Raspberry Origins</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Blackberry Dark Origins</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Passionfruit Petite Sour</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6. L’Brett D’Pluot</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ryan</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. L’Brett D’Or Grand Cru</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Blueberry Petite Sour</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Blackberry Dark Origins</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Raspberry Origins</span></p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">We acquaint ourselves with six more of Chad Yakobson’s fine funky brews from his Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project in this episode. These 2014 Cellar Reserve offerings are all oak-aged and brettanomyces-fermented with fruits added, so rankings become difficult. Ryan is prepared this time with a few homemade heartburn remedies, so hear him experiment and suffer. We talk a lot about Chad & Brett. (4-eva), candy, cereal grain, crossbreeding, yogurt, fancy candles, and Craig’s upcoming memoir, Tough to Touch. Burundi is so happy you’ve come to visit!</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Craig</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">1. Blueberry Petite Sour</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">2. L’Brett D’Or Grand Cru</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">3. Raspberry Origins</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">4. Blackberry Dark Origins</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">5. Passionfruit Petite Sour</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">6. L’Brett D’Pluot</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Ryan</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">1. L’Brett D’Or Grand Cru</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">2. Blueberry Petite Sour</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">3. Blackberry Dark Origins</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">4. Raspberry Origins</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">5. L’Brett D’Pluot</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">6. Passionfruit Petite Sour</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Pluto (Sour ale aged with raspberries and brettanomyces)</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Nebula (Berlinner Weisse aged with brettanomyces and prickly pears)</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Quasar (Barrel-aged ale with brettanomyces and passion fruit)</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Orion (Sour dark ale aged in oak barrels) </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Big Dipper (Rye wine aged in Nicaraguan rum barrels)</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ryan and Dennis</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Pluto (Sour ale aged with raspberries and brettanomyces)</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Orion (Sour dark ale aged in oak barrels) </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Nebula (Berlinner Weisse aged with brettanomyces and prickly pears)</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Quasar (Barrel-aged ale with brettanomyces and passion fruit)</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Big Dipper (Rye wine aged in Nicaraguan rum barrels)</span></p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Ed from Boston brought us beers from Night Shift Brewing’s 2014 Barrel Society, and we all review five of them with the “assistance” of Dennis. This solid lineup from the Massachusetts brewery includes many brettanomyces-enhanced sours and barrel-aged goodies. In addition, Dennis provides his expertise on dog food and how the food industry uses specific descriptors to trick you. We try and diagnose what’s wrong with Ryan. There’s a debate over forest floor or forest flora or forced floor. And Craig reads from the bottle and watches the Blackhawks. We somehow manage to talk beers amongst a mixed bag of distractions that also includes mousy taints, Garfield, “Hanging Yoga”, Cool Water by Davidoff, horses, and David Schwimmer. Someone please hire Dennis.</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Ed and Craig</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">1. Pluto (Sour ale aged with raspberries and brettanomyces)</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">2. Nebula (Berlinner Weisse aged with brettanomyces and prickly pears)</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">3. Quasar (Barrel-aged ale with brettanomyces and passion fruit)</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">4. Orion (Sour dark ale aged in oak barrels) </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">5. Big Dipper (Rye wine aged in Nicaraguan rum barrels)</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Ryan and Dennis</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">1. Pluto (Sour ale aged with raspberries and brettanomyces)</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">2. Orion (Sour dark ale aged in oak barrels) </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">3. Nebula (Berlinner Weisse aged with brettanomyces and prickly pears)</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">4. Quasar (Barrel-aged ale with brettanomyces and passion fruit)</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">5. Big Dipper (Rye wine aged in Nicaraguan rum barrels)</p> <p></p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Episode 69 - Temperance Beer Company</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2015 15:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Temperance Beer Company is churning out medal-winning beers from their Evanston brewery, and brewmaster Claudia Jendron invited us up to try most of their portfolio. Turns out that spending an afternoon drinking ten beers with Claudia makes for pretty great conversation. In addition to plenty of brewing notes, Claudia talks about the experience of winning a medal at GABF; her extreme commitment to quality control and customer service; and her preference for English ingredients to create a unique take on refreshing, approachable beers. She also talks about moving from receptionist to brewer at Goose Island and how the AB-InBev buyout impacted the brewery. We learn about the challenge of hop contracts, canning’s benefits over bottling, and the calculated risks in barrel-aging. This is a great listen, and by the end, you’ll want to start a hop farm.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Our Top Beers</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">1. Grapefruit Escapist IPA</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">2. Restless Years Rye APA</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">3. Smittytown ESB</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Craig</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">1. Smittytown Tart ESB</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">2. Restless Years Rye APA</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">3. Gatecrasher English IPA</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Gatecrasher English IPA</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Restless Years APA</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Escapist IPA</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Smittytown ESB</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Grapefruit Escapist IPA</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Smittytown Tart ESB</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Greenwood Beach Blonde</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Quotidienne Dubbel</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Root Down Porter</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Manhattan Barrel-Aged Might Meets Right</span></p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Temperance Beer Company is churning out medal-winning beers from their Evanston brewery, and brewmaster Claudia Jendron invited us up to try most of their portfolio. Turns out that spending an afternoon drinking ten beers with Claudia makes for pretty great conversation. In addition to plenty of brewing notes, Claudia talks about the experience of winning a medal at GABF; her extreme commitment to quality control and customer service; and her preference for English ingredients to create a unique take on refreshing, approachable beers. She also talks about moving from receptionist to brewer at Goose Island and how the AB-InBev buyout impacted the brewery. We learn about the challenge of hop contracts, canning’s benefits over bottling, and the calculated risks in barrel-aging. This is a great listen, and by the end, you’ll want to start a hop farm.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Our Top Beers</p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Ryan</p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">1. Grapefruit Escapist IPA</p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">2. Restless Years Rye APA</p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">3. Smittytown ESB</p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Craig</p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">1. Smittytown Tart ESB</p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">2. Restless Years Rye APA</p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">3. Gatecrasher English IPA</p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Beers Sampled: </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Gatecrasher English IPA</p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Restless Years APA</p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Escapist IPA</p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Smittytown ESB</p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Grapefruit Escapist IPA</p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Smittytown Tart ESB</p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Greenwood Beach Blonde</p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Quotidienne Dubbel</p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Root Down Porter</p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Manhattan Barrel-Aged Might Meets Right</p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p> </p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Episode 68 - Imperial Oak Brewing</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Imperial Oak Brewing is approaching their first anniversary, and we visit them at their Willow Springs brewpub to sample their beers and talk about their operation. Brewers and owners Grant Hamilton and Brett Semenske are getting the most out of their 7-barrel brewery through constant experimentation with post-fermentation additions and barrel treatments. Owner Chris DiBraccio talks about his decade-plus experience running Brixie’s Beer Bar in Brookfield and how it’s helped keep Imperial Oak flowing smoothly. We learn a bit about their unique artwork, the plethora of growler and merchandise selections they sell, and why the local bikers love them. Craig also geeks out a lot on Star Wars, and someone finally calls Ryan out on his shit. It’s a trap! (Please don’t sue us, George Lucas.)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Times;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Craig</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">1. Billy Dee’s Coconut Pecan Porter</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">2. Barrel-aged Admiral Ackbeer It’s a Barrel-aged Trap!ist Dubbel</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">3. Barrel-aged Odin’s Beard Imperial Red Ale</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">4. Brother’s Keeper Imperial Honey Saison </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">5. Crank It Hop - Amarillo IPA</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">6. Admiral Ackbeer It’s a Trap!ist Dubbel</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Ryan</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">1. Barrel-aged Odin’s Beard Imperial Red Ale</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">2. Crank It Hop - Amarillo IPA</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">3. Billy Dee’s Coconut Pecan Porter</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">4. Brother’s Keeper Imperial Honey Saison </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">5. Admiral Ackbeer It’s a Trap!ist Dubbel</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">6. Barrel-aged Admiral Ackbeer It’s a Barrel-aged Trap!ist Dubbel</span></p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">Imperial Oak Brewing is approaching their first anniversary, and we visit them at their Willow Springs brewpub to sample their beers and talk about their operation. Brewers and owners Grant Hamilton and Brett Semenske are getting the most out of their 7-barrel brewery through constant experimentation with post-fermentation additions and barrel treatments. Owner Chris DiBraccio talks about his decade-plus experience running Brixie’s Beer Bar in Brookfield and how it’s helped keep Imperial Oak flowing smoothly. We learn a bit about their unique artwork, the plethora of growler and merchandise selections they sell, and why the local bikers love them. Craig also geeks out a lot on Star Wars, and someone finally calls Ryan out on his shit. It’s a trap! (Please don’t sue us, George Lucas.)</p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Craig</p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">1. Billy Dee’s Coconut Pecan Porter</p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">2. Barrel-aged Admiral Ackbeer It’s a Barrel-aged Trap!ist Dubbel</p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">3. Barrel-aged Odin’s Beard Imperial Red Ale</p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">4. Brother’s Keeper Imperial Honey Saison </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">5. Crank It Hop - Amarillo IPA</p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">6. Admiral Ackbeer It’s a Trap!ist Dubbel</p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Ryan</p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">1. Barrel-aged Odin’s Beard Imperial Red Ale</p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">2. Crank It Hop - Amarillo IPA</p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">3. Billy Dee’s Coconut Pecan Porter</p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">4. Brother’s Keeper Imperial Honey Saison </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">5. Admiral Ackbeer It’s a Trap!ist Dubbel</p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">6. Barrel-aged Admiral Ackbeer It’s a Barrel-aged Trap!ist Dubbel</p> <p> </p>]]></content:encoded>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ryan</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Spiteful Malevolence: Chocolate Caliente</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Perennial Abraxas</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Cigar City Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout (2014)</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Westbrook Mexican Cake (2013)</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Hailstorm Vlad the Conquistador</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6. 18th Street Bitches’ Bank</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Craig</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Spiteful Malevolence: Chocolate Caliente</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Cigar City Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout (2014)</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Perennial Abraxas</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Westbrook Mexican Cake (2013)</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Hailstorm Vlad the Conquistador</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6. 18th Street Bitches’ Bank</span></p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">It’s adjunct stout hour featuring chocolate, vanilla, cinnamon, and peppers - all tasted and reviewed blind! We review and rank six “Mexican hot chocolate” style beers, and only you - the lisener - will know what we are drinking. Get ready for some Telenovela-sized plot twists in this one, as we ruin Craig’s favorite beer for him forever and an unexpected local brewery handily defeats all the others. Bring your mouth!</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Ryan</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">1. Spiteful Malevolence: Chocolate Caliente</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">2. Perennial Abraxas</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">3. Cigar City Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout (2014)</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">4. Westbrook Mexican Cake (2013)</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">5. Hailstorm Vlad the Conquistador</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">6. 18th Street Bitches’ Bank</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Craig</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">1. Spiteful Malevolence: Chocolate Caliente</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">2. Cigar City Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout (2014)</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">3. Perennial Abraxas</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">4. Westbrook Mexican Cake (2013)</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">5. Hailstorm Vlad the Conquistador</p> <p>6. 18th Street Bitches’ Bank</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><strong id="docs-internal-guid-da669160-05f6-b056-4ec7-f0e9fb790c98" style="font-weight: normal;"></strong><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Craig hates coffee, but he loves coffee beers. Ryan makes Craig taste and smell coffee, and then we drink five high alcohol coffee beers. With the help of massive amounts of caffeine, we answer all of your questions about coffee and coffee beers. What are the best coffee beers out there? How do brewers add coffee during the brewing process? What happens when you pour cheap canned espresso into BCBCS? How does Craig put his cream in? Why do we talk about Four Loko for so long? Remember Goldfinger?</span><strong id="docs-internal-guid-da669160-05f6-b056-4ec7-f0e9fb790c98" style="font-weight: normal;"></strong></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Craig</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Coffee Stout (2014)</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2. Off Color Coffee Dino S’mores Stout</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3. Epic Big Bad Baptist Imperial Stout (Release #30)</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4. Lagunitas High-Westified Imperial Coffee Stout</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5. 4 Hands Three Kings Barrel-Aged Tripel</span></p>
<p><strong style="font-weight: normal;"> </strong></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ryan</span></p>
<p><strong style="font-weight: normal;"> </strong></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. Epic Big Bad Baptist Imperial Stout (Release #30)</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2. Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Coffee Stout (2014)</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3. Off Color Coffee Dino S’mores Stout</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4. Lagunitas High-Westified Imperial Coffee Stout</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5. 4 Hands Three Kings Barrel-Aged Tripel</span></p>
<p><strong style="font-weight: normal;"> </strong></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Coffees</span></p>
<p><strong style="font-weight: normal;"> </strong></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Passion House Coffee Roasters Pitch Delay Blend (tasted and reviewed)</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Intelligentsia El Diablo Dark Roast (smell test)</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Big Shoulders Falcon Blend (smell test)</span></p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Craig hates coffee, but he loves coffee beers. Ryan makes Craig taste and smell coffee, and then we drink five high alcohol coffee beers. With the help of massive amounts of caffeine, we answer all of your questions about coffee and coffee beers. What are the best coffee beers out there? How do brewers add coffee during the brewing process? What happens when you pour cheap canned espresso into BCBCS? How does Craig put his cream in? Why do we talk about Four Loko for so long? Remember Goldfinger?</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Craig</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">1. Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Coffee Stout (2014)</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">2. Off Color Coffee Dino S’mores Stout</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">3. Epic Big Bad Baptist Imperial Stout (Release #30)</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">4. Lagunitas High-Westified Imperial Coffee Stout</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">5. 4 Hands Three Kings Barrel-Aged Tripel</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Ryan</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">1. Epic Big Bad Baptist Imperial Stout (Release #30)</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">2. Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Coffee Stout (2014)</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">3. Off Color Coffee Dino S’mores Stout</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">4. Lagunitas High-Westified Imperial Coffee Stout</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">5. 4 Hands Three Kings Barrel-Aged Tripel</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Coffees</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Passion House Coffee Roasters Pitch Delay Blend (tasted and reviewed)</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Intelligentsia El Diablo Dark Roast (smell test)</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Big Shoulders Falcon Blend (smell test)</p> <p></p>]]></content:encoded>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Totally Arbitrary Rankings!</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. 350 Brewing Crook County IPA</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Imperial Oak Prediction?...Pain! DIPA</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6. Imperial Oak Prediction?...Pain! DIPA</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6. Sweetwater 420 Extra Pale Ale</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ryan</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Control Freak Rakau Imperial IPA</span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Down Over Vienna Lager</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Pill Hill Vanilla Porter</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6. East Clintwood Harvest Ale</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. The Mayor Cream Ale</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Control Freak Rakau Imperial IPA</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. The Poll Tax Scottish Export Ale</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Down Over Vienna Lager</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Craig</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Ritterguts Gose</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Freigeist Geisterzug Gose</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Westbrook Gose</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Westbrook Gozu</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Leipziger Gose</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6. DESTIHL Here Gose Nothing</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">7. Anderson Valley Blood Orange Gose</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">8. Against the Grain There Gose The Neighborhood</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">9. Marz Ruby’s Tears</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Ritterguts Gose</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. DESTIHL Here Gose Nothing</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Westbrook Gose</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Westbrook Gozu</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Leipziger Gose</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">7. Against the Grain There Gose The Neighborhood</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">8. Freigeist Geisterzug Gose </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">9. Marz Ruby’s Tears</span></p>
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<title>Episode 60 - Transient: Bindle of Fun</title>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Craig</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. Presque (Red Wine)</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2. Pentameter </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3. Henry</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4. Presque (Apple Brandy)</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5. Cuvier</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ryan</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. Presque (Red Wine)</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2. Pentameter</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4. Henry</span></p>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">For too long we’ve neglected beers from the Eastern seaboard, so we’re dedicating this episode to The Bay State. We sample beers from three Massachusetts breweries, and everything is coming up great (like the mid-aughts Toronto music scene, according to Craig). </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Trillium Brewing Night and Day (Imperial Stout with cold brewed coffee)</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Tree House Brewing Lights Out (APA)</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Night Shift Brewing Cape Codder Weisse (Berliner Weisse with cranberries and orange zest)</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Trillium Brewing Vicinity (DIPA)</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6. Night Shift Brewing Mainer Weisse (Berliner Weisse with blueberries and cinnamon sticks)</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Tree House Brewing Haze (DIPA)</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Trillium Brewing Night and Day (Imperial Stout with cold brewed coffee)</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Tree House Brewing Lights Out (APA)</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Trillium Brewing Vicinity (DIPA)</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Night Shift Brewing Mainer Weisse (Berliner Weisse with blueberries and cinnamon sticks)</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6. Night Shift Brewing Cape Codder Weisse (Berliner Weisse with cranberries and orange zest)</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Homebrews sampled include:</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Pecan Brown Ale with cocoa nibs</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Chocolate Rye Saison</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Chocolate Hazelnut Porter</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Imperial Oatmeal Stout with coffee, hazelnuts, and vanilla bean</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Pappy Van Winkle Black Magick</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Buffalo Trace Black Magick</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Laird’s Apple Brandy Black Magick</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6. Wynona’s Big Brown Ale</span></p>]]></description>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 20.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">1. Goose Island Bourbon County Stout (2009)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 20.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">2. (tie) Pipeworks Crimson Snapper and Arcade Winter Slayer</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 20.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">5. Une Année/DryHop The Devil’s Reign</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 20.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">6. 18th Street Rise of the Phoenix</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">5. XVI (10%)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">4. XVII (15%)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">2. XV (20%)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">4. XVII (15%)</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(Beer Rankings)</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Craig</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6. Arcade William Wallace Wrestle Fest</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Solemn Oath Ravaged By Vikings</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Pipeworks Cherry Truffle Abduction</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Firestone Walker/Three Floyds Ol’ Leghorn</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Off Color Le Predateur</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Transient Wayward</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ryan</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6. Solemn Oath Ravaged By Vikings</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Firestone Walker/Three Floyds Ol’ Leghorn</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Arcade William Wallace Wrestle Fest</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Pipeworks Cherry Truffle Abduction</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Off Color Le Predateur</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Transient Wayward</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Matt</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6. Arcade William Wallace Wrestle Fest</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Pipeworks Cherry Truffle Abduction</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Solemn Oath Ravaged By Vikings</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Firestone Walker/Three Floyds Ol’ Leghorn</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">It’s been a long, stupid week in craft beer thanks to Bourbon County madness, so we wanted to find some substitutes to feed those cravings on a budget and a whim. We review five bourbon barrel-aged beers that are pretty easy to find. It mostly doesn’t work out well. We talk about other barrel-aged beers that regularly inhabit shelves and whether or not length of aging makes a difference. Then the belligerence begins and we use bizarre aroma descriptors, discuss “Battletoads” erotica, and recklessly bash a few breweries in the process. There’s no substitute for our hilarity! Sorry.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">5. Abita Bourbon Street Imperial Stout</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">2. FiftyFifty Eclipse Four Roses 2013</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">With another Black Friday approaching, we sat down to sample most of this year’s Bourbon County lineup, and things get soulful. If you’re looking for divisive opinions or a contrarian stance on the corporate-owned hype machine that is Bourbon County, then you’ll be disappointed. These beers are delicious. And Goose Island gave them to us for free. We share tales of Black Fridays past, and we divert briefly to talk barrel-aging temperatures, autobiographies, the </span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sad Reality of Baudoinia Fudgy</span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, and Craig’s ideas on how to improve the BCBS label. There’s also five minutes of Brett Porter talking about this year’s Bourbon County Coffee variant, since Goose Island forgot to send us that beer. If loving Bourbon County is wrong, then I don’t wanna be right.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Craig</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Proprietor’s Bourbon County</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Bourbon County Vanilla Rye</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Bourbon County Brand Barleywine</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Bourbon County Brand Stout</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ryan</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Proprietor’s Bourbon County</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Bourbon County Vanilla Rye</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Craig</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Nice! Spring Water</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ryan</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Pedialyte Mixed Fruit</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Nice! Spring Water</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Vita Coco Coconut Water</span></p>
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<title>Episode 43 - Barrel Aged Pipeworks</title>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Pipeworks has rolled out more barrel-aged beers, and we invite general public nuisance Dennis Lee to drink them with us. In addition to reviewing the beers, we let Dennis talk about </span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Times;"><a href="http://www.thepizzle.net/"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc;">his blog</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">, depression food, black truffles, and the term “foodie.” There’s also a cogent discussion of how experimentation could be impacting Pipeworks brand loyalty and the general overvaluation of barrel-aged beers. Then Dennis sings as Korean Lorde after sous-viding us a poached egg. This is real life.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">1. As You Wish</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">2. Murderous</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">3. Over the Line</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">4. The Coqui</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">5. The Delicatessen</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">1. Murderous</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">2. As You Wish</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">4. Over the Line</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">5. The Delicatessen</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">1. As You Wish</span></p>
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<title>Episode 42 - Russian River: The Tioning</title>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">This compilation of appreciation for Russian River’s wild, sour, and funky “-tion” beers ends in much exultation. We drink eight different beers, many aged in wine barrels, and experience much elation, with some acidification. We share some listener feedback, Ryan gives tips for vegetarian craft beer drinkers, and Craig plays a few rounds of “Name That Russian!™” What a country!</span></p>
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<title>Episode 41- Goose Island Clybourn</title>
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<title>Episode 40 - Founders Brewing Co.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2014 16:54:58 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Founders Brewing Company has been influencing the way Midwesterners drink for almost two decades, so we show our appreciation by drinking their beers to excess. We review eight diverse 12-ounce offerings from the Grand Rapids brewery, only pausing briefly to play a little Founding Fathers trivia. Well, actually, the beers are so good that we get obscenely inebriated and talk about Craig’s DJ name, fond Breakfast Stout memories, getting Hop Fades™ for FoBAB, and who’d win in a fight between us. It’s that kind of show, folks!</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ryan</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Backwoods Bastard</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Breakfast Stout</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Imperial Stout</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Mosaic Promise</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Dark Penance</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6. Devil Dancer (2012)</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">7. KBS</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">8. Harvest Ale</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Craig</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Breakfast Stout</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Dark Penance</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Imperial Stout</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Backwoods Bastard</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6. Devil Dancer (2012)</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">7. Mosaic Promise</span></p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Founders Brewing Company has been influencing the way Midwesterners drink for almost two decades, so we show our appreciation by drinking their beers to excess. We review eight diverse 12-ounce offerings from the Grand Rapids brewery, only pausing briefly to play a little Founding Fathers trivia. Well, actually, the beers are so good that we get obscenely inebriated and talk about Craig’s DJ name, fond Breakfast Stout memories, getting Hop Fades™ for FoBAB, and who’d win in a fight between us. It’s that kind of show, folks!</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Ryan</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">1. Backwoods Bastard</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">2. Breakfast Stout</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">3. Imperial Stout</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">4. Mosaic Promise</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">5. Dark Penance</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">6. Devil Dancer (2012)</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">7. KBS</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">8. Harvest Ale</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Craig</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">1. Breakfast Stout</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">2. Dark Penance</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">3. Imperial Stout</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">4. KBS</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">5. Backwoods Bastard</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">6. Devil Dancer (2012)</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">7. Mosaic Promise</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">8. Harvest Ale</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Episode 39 - What's New, Chicago?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2014 23:46:10 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We have five beers new to bottles from Chicago-area breweries and find that you don’t need a lot of experience to impress us. Five unique styles are up for our review, and we unsurprisingly get hammered in the process. There’s a few GABF remnants, Ryan consults his Urban Dictionary, and Craig talks about Mega Man for a while. Trust us - you won’t even need to use a continue.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ryan</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Middle Brow Robyn</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Cahoots Brewing Barrel-Aged AmEn</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. 51st Ward The Krispy Karl</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Arcade Brewing Mega Milk Stout</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Forbidden Root Sublime Ginger</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Craig</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Middle Brow Robyn</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Arcade Brewing Mega Milk Stout</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Forbidden Root Sublime Ginger</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">1. Stevens Point Whole Hog Pumpkin Ale</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">2. Ten Ninety De Ogen</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">3. Southern Tier Pumking</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">4. Schlafly Pumpkin Ale</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">5. Lakefront Imperial Pumpkin</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">6. Cigar City Good Gourd</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">7. Slapshot Gourd Damn</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">8. Dogfish Head Punkin</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">1. Stevens Point Whole Hog Pumpkin Ale</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">2. Ten Ninety De Ogen</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">3. Southern Tier Pumking</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">4. Lakefront Imperial Pumpkin</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">5. Dogfish Head Punkin</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">6. Slapshot Gourd Damn</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">7. Schlafly Pumpkin Ale</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">8. Cigar City Good Gourd</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">1. Stevens Point Whole Hog Pumpkin Ale</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">2. Southern Tier Pumking</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">3. Ten Ninety De Ogen</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">4. Lakefront Imperial Pumpkin</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">5. Schlafly Pumpkin Ale</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">6. Cigar City Good Gourd</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">7. Slapshot Gourd Damn</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Turn the lights down low, because we’re drinking six dark Chicago beers of varying styles. We attempt to eloquently marvel at dark malts and their multiple applications, but then we play another filthy round of Beers Against Humanity. Aside from our usual reviews, topics include cat huffing, actresses named Emma, Robot Dong, proper cookie pairings, awkward sexy talk, and Randy Mosher. And we’ll be very pleasantly surprised by a few beers. (This episode is rated NC-17 for audio nipple.)</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ryan</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Goose Island Night Stalker (2012)</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Ale Syndicate Omega Midnight</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Only Child Night Terrors</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. 5 Rabbit 5 Vulture</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Metropolitan Arc Welder</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6, Off Color Scurry</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Craig</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. 5 Rabbit 5 Vulture</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Goose Island Night Stalker (2012)</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Ale Syndicate Omega Midnight</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Only Child Night Terrors</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Off Color Scurry</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6. Metropolitan Arc Welder</span></p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p id="docs-internal-guid-737340a2-aa1c-7199-64ad-3ddc6c39dfbd" dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Episode 36 - Chicago After Dark</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Turn the lights down low, because we’re drinking six dark Chicago beers of varying styles. We attempt to eloquently marvel at dark malts and their multiple applications, but then we play another filthy round of Beers Against Humanity. Aside from our usual reviews, topics include cat huffing, actresses named Emma, Robot Dong, proper cookie pairings, awkward sexy talk, and Randy Mosher. And we’ll be very pleasantly surprised by a few beers. (This episode is rated NC-17 for audio nipple.)</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Ryan</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">1. Goose Island Night Stalker (2012)</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">2. Ale Syndicate Omega Midnight</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">3. Only Child Night Terrors</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">4. 5 Rabbit 5 Vulture</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">5. Metropolitan Arc Welder</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">6, Off Color Scurry</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Craig</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">1. 5 Rabbit 5 Vulture</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">2. Goose Island Night Stalker (2012)</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">3. Ale Syndicate Omega Midnight</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">4. Only Child Night Terrors</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">5. Off Color Scurry</p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">6. Metropolitan Arc Welder</p> <p> </p>]]></content:encoded>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Perennial Artisan Ales’ Abraxas is Craig’s favorite beer, so we drink it four times. Actually, we have a mini-vertical and experience two variants - one far superior to the other. Our third different guest named Chris joins us to drink our beer and chat about 80’s “extreme sports” movies and Santana. We also pair the amazing beers with some </span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Times;"><a href="http://beeskneesfood.com/"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc;">Bee’s Knees</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> Mexican Hot Chocolate Almonds, Ryan’s </span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Times;"><a href="http://espressoandcream.com/2011/05/cinnamon-toast-crunch-cookies.html"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc;">Cinnamon Toast Crunch cookies</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">, and some </span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Times;"><a><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc;">Spicy Man Jam</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">. And yes, we get a little emotional over Barrel-Aged Abraxas. Sexual chocolate!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">2. Abraxas (2012)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">3. Abraxas (2013)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">4. Coffee Abraxas (2013)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">1. Barrel-Aged Abraxas </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">2. Abraxas (2013)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Things get funky with Crooked Stave in our 10<sup>th</sup> episode. We try six of their barrel-aged offerings - many with that funky Brettanomyces leading the flavor train. Hear why Denver-based Crooked Stave is one of the best artisan breweries going, and let the funk take you over.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Big thanks to our friend Marek for the reserve society beers!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ryan</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span>1.Raspberry Dark Origins</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span>2. Origins</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span>3.Vielle</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span>4. Bourbon Barrel Cherry Origins</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span>5. Persica Blend #1</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span>6. Persica Blend #2</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Craig</p>
<p>1. Raspberry Dark Origins</p>
<p>2. Origins</p>
<p>3. Bourbon Barrel Cherry Origins</p>
<p>4. Persica Blend #1</p>
<p>5. Vielle</p>
<p>6. Persica Blend #2</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Ryan’s Top 6 songs with “Funk” in the title from this episode</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> 1. </span></span></span>Funky President – James Brown</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> 2. </span></span></span>Get the Funk Out Ma Face – Brothers Johnson</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> 3. </span></span></span>Bad Motherfunker – Rose Royce</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> 4. </span></span></span>Funky Stuff – Kool and the Gang</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> 5. </span></span></span>Everything I Do Gohn Be Funky – Lee Dorsey</p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Things get funky with Crooked Stave in our 10th episode. We try six of their barrel-aged offerings - many with that funky Brettanomyces leading the flavor train. Hear why Denver-based Crooked Stave is one of the best artisan breweries going, and let the funk take you over.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Big thanks to our friend Marek for the reserve society beers!</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Ryan</p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">1. 1.Raspberry Dark Origins</p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">2. 2. Origins</p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">3. 3.Vielle</p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">4. 4. Bourbon Barrel Cherry Origins</p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">5. 5. Persica Blend #1</p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">6. 6. Persica Blend #2</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Craig</p> <p>1. Raspberry Dark Origins</p> <p>2. Origins</p> <p>3. Bourbon Barrel Cherry Origins</p> <p>4. Persica Blend #1</p> <p>5. Vielle</p> <p>6. Persica Blend #2</p> <p> </p> <p>Ryan’s Top 6 songs with “Funk” in the title from this episode</p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3;">1. 1. Funky President – James Brown</p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3;">2. 2. Get the Funk Out Ma Face – Brothers Johnson</p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3;">3. 3. Bad Motherfunker – Rose Royce</p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3;">4. 4. Funky Stuff – Kool and the Gang</p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3;">5. 5. Everything I Do Gohn Be Funky – Lee Dorsey</p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3;">6. 6. Do You Wanna Funk? – Sylvester</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Episode 8 - Central Waters Brewer's Reserve</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>In January, we sat down with Central Waters' Brewers Reserve beers to commemorate their 16th anniversary. No infections here! We fawn over 6 bourbon barrel aged beers, Craig shares his account of the 16th anniversary party, and we invent more band names. Hear our thoughts on 2014 Peruvian Morning and what should have been.</p>
<p>Rankings</p>
<p>Ryan</p>
<p>1. Peruvian Morning</p>
<p>2. 16</p>
<p>3. Bourbon Barrel Cherry Stout (2013)</p>
<p>4. Bourbon Barrel Barleywine</p>
<p>5. Bourbon Barrel Stout</p>
<p>6. Bourbon Barrel Scotch Ale</p>
<p><br /> Craig</p>
<p>1. Peruvian Morning</p>
<p>2. Bourbon Barrel Barleywine</p>
<p>3. 16</p>
<p>4. Bourbon Barrel Stout</p>
<p>5. Bourbon Barrel Cherry Stout (2013)</p>
<p>6. Bourbon Barrel Scotch Ale</p>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2014 03:24:25 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Craig just came back from San Francisco, and he brought some beer back with him! Craig also spins yarns about his trip and we try to diversify our advertising porfolio with Nabisco and Tums. Let our mouths take your ears to the wild, wild west.</p>
<p>Rankings</p>
<p>Ryan</p>
<p>1. Rare Barrel SKUs Me</p>
<p>2. Sante Adairius Maiden Fields</p>
<p>3. Hopocalypse Black Label TIPA</p>
<p>4. Russian River Blind Pig IPA</p>
<p>5. Hopocalypse White Label DIPA</p>
<p>6. Speakeasy Syndicate No. 1</p>
<p>Craig</p>
<p>1. Sante Adairius Maiden Fields</p>
<p>2. Rare Barrel SKUs Me</p>
<p>3. Russian River Blind Pig IPA</p>
<p>4. Hopocalypse Black Label TIPA</p>
<p>5. Speakeasy Syndicate No. 1</p>
<p>6. Hopocalypse White Label DIPA</p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>We send off the Pipeworks Ninjas (in name) in style by throwing them a retirement party for the ages. To complement these massive double IPAs, we taste two varieties of delicious Bee’s Knees nuts. We also play the new beer reviewing game that we invented that’s rapidly going viral: Beers Against Humanity. </p>
<p>Rankings:</p>
<p>Ryan</p>
<p>1. Australian Summer Ninja</p>
<p>2. Citra Ninja</p>
<p>3. Marilime Law Ninja</p>
<p>4. Centennial Ninja</p>
<p>5. Cascade Ninja</p>
<p>6. Simcoe Ninja </p>
<p>Craig</p>
<p>1. Citra Ninja</p>
<p>2. Australian Summer Ninja</p>
<p>3. Simcoe Ninja</p>
<p>4. Marilime Law Ninja</p>
<p>5. Cascade Ninja</p>
<p>6. Centennial Ninja </p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 4 - Double India Pale Ales</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2014 18:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Six of the most beloved double IPAs are on the menu for this show, and we drunkenly try to make sense of how to rank them. Also, we talk about Craig’s travelling philosophy, and Dennis stops by the microphone to do the only two impressions he can. Plus, Ryan gets really drunk and lets Craig know his true feelings about their friendship.</p>
<p>Rankings</p>
<p>Craig</p>
<p>1. Russian River Pliny the Elder</p>
<p>2. Surly Abrasive</p>
<p>3. The Alchemist Heady Topper</p>
<p>4. Pipeworks Citra</p>
<p>5. DC Brau On The Wings of Armageddon</p>
<p>6. Lagunitas Sucks</p>
<p>Ryan</p>
<p>1. Pipeworks Citra</p>
<p>2. Surly Abrasive</p>
<p>3. Lagunitas Sucks</p>
<p>4. The Alchemist Heady Topper</p>
<p>5. DC Brau On the Wings of Armageddon</p>
<p>6. Russian River Pliny the Elder</p>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 3 - Chicago Barrel Mix</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2014 22:42:43 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><br /><em>Ryan and Craig (same)</em></p>
<p>1. Haymarket Clare's Thirty Ale (crowler)</p>
<p>2. Revolution Deth's Tar</p>
<p>3. Local Option Morning Wood</p>
<p>4. Two Brothers/Solemn Oath Brotherhood of the Barrel</p>]]></description>
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<p>Beers</p>
<p>Clara</p>
<p>Sankt Hans (Grassroots)</p>
<p>Phenomenology of Spirit (2013)</p>
<p>Twilight of the Idols (2012)</p>
<p>Birth of Tragedy (2012)</p>
<p>Genealogy of Morals (2013)</p>
<p>Rankings</p>
<p>Ryan</p>
<p>1. Genealogy of Morals</p>
<p>2. Birth of Tragedy</p>
<p>3. Twilight of the Idols</p>
<p>4. Phenomenology of Spirit</p>
<p>5. Clara</p>
<p>6. Sankt Hans</p>
<p>Craig</p>
<p>1. Birth of Tragedy</p>
<p>2. Geneaolgy of Morals</p>
<p>3. Twilight of the Idols</p>
<p>4. Clara</p>
<p>5. Sankt Hans</p>
<p>6. Phenomenology of Spirit</p>
<p>This episode is dedicated to Craig's dad, who passed away right before the recording of this episode.</p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>We try 5 Chicago Stouts (with Bee's Knees nuts) and rank 'em. Simple. Plus Ryan goes on a small rant and we air our grievances. </p>
<p>The list:</p>
<p>Spiteful I Hate My Boss Coffee Stout</p>
<p>Solemn Oath Combat Marshmallow</p>
<p>Half Acre Big Hugs</p>
<p>Pipeworks Hey, Careful Man, There's a Beverage Here!</p>
<p>Une Annee Airing of Grievances</p>
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<p>Ryan:</p>
<p>1. Une Annee Airing of Grievances</p>
<p>2. Half Acre Big Hugs</p>
<p>3. Spiteful I Hate My Boss Coffee Stout</p>
<p>4. Solemn Oath Combat Marshmallow</p>
<p>5. Pipeworks Hey, Careful Man, There's a Beverage Here!</p>
<p>Craig:</p>
<p>1. Une Annee Airing of Grievances</p>
<p>2. Pipeworks Hey, Careful Man, There's a Beverage Here!</p>
<p>3. Half Acre Big Hugs</p>
<p>4. Spiteful I Hate My Boss Coffee Stout</p>
<p>5. Solemn Oath Combat Marshmallow</p>
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