Tagged: Maplewood

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ABV Chicago’s Fantasy FoBAB League: 2021 Draft Results

(If you’re interested in running your own Fantasy FoBAB league, check out our setup and Power Rankings in this post. But you might want to hurry…) With the Festival of Wood and Barrel-aged Beers returning this weekend and the awards...

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Morbidly Obese Pug: Cookies & Cream | Maplewood Brewing

the beer world, October usually means a few things. Oktoberfests abound, sometimes the Great American Beer Festival, and Maplewood Brewing’s Pug Day. Now going strong in its fourth year, Pug Day celebrates pugs everywhere, but specifically the namesake of Maplewood’s Fat Pug beer Otto. And every year, on Pug Day, they release a new version of Morbidly Obese Pug. For this year, that means Morbidly Obese Pug: Cookies and Cream.

great taste of the midwest 2021

Great Taste of the Midwest 2021

It’s been at least 16 months by my count since my last traditional beer festival. (FoBAB 2019 for me I believe.) Despite the Delta variant wrecking havoc on the nation, the Great Taste of the Midwest took place again in...

june 2021

ABV Chicago Monthly Sampler: June 2021

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...