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top beers 2022

Ryan’s Top 40 Beers of 2022

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...

gabf 2022

GABF 2022: The Recap

After what feels like forever, the Great American Beer Festival (GABF) held the “beer festival” portion of its name for the first time since 2019. And just like that almost everything was back to the way it was. Volunteers pouring...

gabf 2022 part 1

Episode 454.1 – GABF 2022 Part One

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,...

monthly sampler february 2022

ABV Chicago Monthly Sampler: February 2022

Each month, we like to highlight twelve beers we found personally interesting, delicious, or exciting from (mostly) local sources with the hopes of passing on our recommendations to those that are interested in reading arbitrary reviews. Some of these drinks...