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Episode 536 – Live Oak

Austin, Texas’ Live Oak Brewing has been making world-class lagers and traditional styles through step-mashing and decoction mashing going back to 1997, and their regionally-available beers have inspired brewers worldwide to embrace not taking any short cuts. Thanks to Craig’s...

GABF 2023: Ryan’s Top 40 Beers

After taking a week or so to gather my thoughts and review my notes, I came up with this (extremely arbitrary) top 35 list of the best beers I had on the GABF floor. Following this list, I’ve also highlighted...

GABF 2023: Top 40 Breweries at the Fest

With over 500 breweries pouring at the 41st Great American Beer Festival, you’re going to need a plan. Well, you’re going to need a ticket to the fest, travel, lodging, food before the fest, lots of water, comfortable walking shoes…and...

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GABF 2019: Top 40 Breweries

Here at ABV Chicago, we deal heavily in arbitrarity. Weekly, we review and rank beers as they wrap around our particular personal preferences, so we acknowledge that our opinions shouldn’t be taken too seriously. When it comes to narrowing down...