ABV Chicago Podcast

Ryan’s Top 40 Beers of 2024

The criteria for the list is simple: these are the best beers that I had this year that were (mostly) released this year. I undoubtedly left off many other great beers I had this year because I’m not a very...

craig's most memorable beers 2024

Craig’s 30 Most Memorable Beers of 2024

At the beginning of last year’s listicle, I warned about breweries starting to close. We lost some ones close to us in 2023, but that paled in comparison to 2024. It seemed like every week another brewery announced its closure....

side project

Episode 568 – A Side of Side Project

It may not be the main course, but we make a meal out of this four bottle Side Project lineup, gifted to us by listener and friend Don Kasak. We may think we know where things are going with these...

fobab winners 2024

Episode 567 – FoBAB Winners 2024

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...