ABV Chicago Podcast

Episode 617 – Bourbon County 2025

Episode 617 – Bourbon County 2025

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...

ipa all-stars round 5

Episode 615 – IPA All-Stars Blind Rd. 5

The latest installment in our journey to discover America’s best IPA, we’re going coast-to-coast for a pretty special lineup that’ll help us further define what makes an IPA both an “all star” and, uh, “very good.” We’re getting pretty good...

fobab 2025

Best of FoBAB 2025

At this point, the Festival of Wood & Barrel-Aged Beers is such a well-oiled machine you’d think they’re lubing the gears with 16% stouts, but none of that happens by accident. Though this write-up will put the focus on the...

revolution deep wood 2025

Deep Wood 2025: Part 2 | Revolution Brewing

It’s November so that means it’s the biggest month for barrel-aged beers. FoBAB, Black Friday, special releases – November has it all barrel-aged. Revolution, of course, releases their next round of Deep Wood beers this month (they give you December...