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old irving of lochs and monsters

Of Lochs and Monsters | Old Irving Brewing

Even so often, we here at ABV Chicago manage to time things up just right. Case in point – March 2023. We’ve done an Irish Red show and I’ve reviewed Off Color’s Drowning Shamrock, all in honor of March’s only...

irish reds blind

Episode 474 – Irish Reds Blind

St. Patrick’s Day in Chicagoland is a whole season, and thanks to that more local breweries are making the curiously not-traditional Irish Red Ale. To learn more about this style (and give ourselves a nearly-impossible guessing challenge), we do a...

monthly sampler february 2023

ABV Chicago Monthly Sampler: February 2023

Each month, we like to highlight twelve drinks 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 were...

30 most memorable 2022

30 Most Memorable Beers of 2022

After what seemed like forever, we finally reached something very close to normal in 2022. Festivals returned in their pre-2020 form (for better or worse) while people wanted to get out again. Breweries were more than happy to oblige, having...