Episode 306 – FoBAB Winners
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!
ABV Chicago Episode 306 – FoBAB Winners
Beers Reviewed
Church Street Brewing Company – Holy Moly (Barrel-aged milk stout) – Bronze in Classic Styles
Hacienda Beer Co. – L’hiver* (Foeder-aged Brett. saison w/ ginger, orange peel, and green cardamom) – Silver in Wild Beer/Brett
Crystal Lake Brewing – Boathouse Reserve Rye Whiskey Barrel Aged Imperial Stout – Silver in Strong Porter/Stout
Pollyanna Brewing Company – Orenda Volume 02 (Belgian-style quadrupel aged in grape brandy barrels) – Silver in Other Strong Beer
Cerebral Brewing – Vanilla Rye Here Be Monsters (Rye barrel-aged stout w/ vanilla beans) – Gold in Specialty Strong Porter/Stout
*We were informed by Hacienda that the L’Hiver we had on the show was the 2018 batch, not the medal-winning 2019 batch, for whatever it’s worth.
