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half acre report

Episode 540 – The Half Acre Report

CHICAGO (ABV) – With the 15th anniversary of the American Pale Ale that changed craft brewing in Chicago – Daisy Cutter – we file an urgent report on Half Acre beers recently released and break some news about the potential...

light lagers

Episode 539 – Blinded by the Light Lagers

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...

barrels in space

Episode 538 – MoBAB 4: Barrels in Space

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,...

clearly hazy

Episode 537 – Clearly Hazy

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...