Tagged: phase three

late summer beer guide

ABV Chicago’s Late Summer Beer Guide

We may be on the other half of it, but there’s still plenty of summer left – and you have a lot more beers to drink.  Summers don’t have to be all about mass-produced hard seltzers and macro lagers. If...

apa style

Episode 546 – APA Style

For all the high concept shows we’ve done over the past decade, we were shocked to learn that we’ve never just focused on the American Pale Ale – those clear, approachably hoppy styles of old. We have five Chicagoland examples...

monthly sampler february 2024

ABV Chicago Monthly Sampler: February 2024

At the end of 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....

baltic porter

Episode 525 – Baltic Local

The Baltic Porter is making some more regular appearances in breweries’ seasonal lineups, so we find five local examples of the robust lager style to sample for this episode. We also ponder the benefits and drawbacks of barrel-aging this particular...