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hop roundup winter 2025

Episode 577 – Hop Roundup: Winter ‘25

We love hoppy beers, and truthfully, we need to find an excuse to try more local releases that catch our attention. Introducing the Hop Roundup: a quarterly series of episodes focused on notable hoppy releases in a general timeframe. For...

riverlands

Episode 570 – Riverlands Brewing Company

Pride of the Fox River and St. Charles, Illinois, Riverlands Brewing is approaching six years with a refreshed love of their own lagers, thanks to their U.S. Beer Open Championship gold-winning pilsner, Kayak. We sit down with co-founder and head...

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...

hoppy wheats

Episode 495 – Hoppy Wheats

It’s another show about highly drinkable summer styles, and this minor trend of local breweries releasing hopped-up wheat beers caught our attention enough to put five beers in front of us for review. The styles differ despite their shared ingredient,...