Tagged: Maplewood

gabf

GABF 2018 – Illinois Breweries Pour Lists

There are a fair amount of Illinois breweries attending the 2018 Great American Beer Festival (GABF), so who better than us (um, a lot of people!) to provide a list of what the Illinois breweries are pouring and our recommendations....

sour ipas

Episode 227 – Chicago Sour IPAs

As an amalgamation of two styles seen as so disparate in their processes, it’s easy to call Sour IPAs a gimmick – a style that cannot nor should not exist – or simply, liquid clickbait.

crush

Episode 224 – New Crush

Stealing furtive glances from across the liquor store, you let your gaze finally fix on what could be your new summer crush – a local canned beer under six percent alcohol.

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Ryan’s Top 50 Beers of 2017

Take a little trip with me. Come back to a time when people cared about year-end lists – approximately three and a half weeks ago, or perhaps never – and allow me to share my completely arbitrary rankings of beers...