ABV Chicago Craft Beer Podcast
1) Episode 624 - Barrel-Aged Hop Butcher
Compared to the pace at which Hop Butcher releases IPAs, their barrel-aged offerings might as well be Halley's Comet. But when they do release a big beer aged in barrels, it's absolutely worth trackin...Show More
2) Episode 623 - Hop Roundup: Premium Hops
We settle for no less than the best when it comes to choosing beers for our semi-regular hop roundups, and these five locals more than rise to the occasion. With our white gloves on, we're sampling so...Show More
3) Episode 622 - Amburana Aged
Aging beer or spirits in the wood from the Amburana cearensis tree native to South America can add noticeable cinnamon spice and vanilla - and brewers have been more than happy to experiment when they...Show More
4) Episode 621 - Let The Fun Be Gin
For the first time in Barrel-Aged December history, we have a whole show of gin barrel-aged beers - and we'll tell you why that's something of a rarity. With an all-star lineup of breweries, nothing h...Show More
5) Episode 620 - FoBAB Winners 2025
We're hot on the case of the Festival of Wood and Barrel-Aged Beers 2025's best medal recipients (that we have access to), and we'll solve the mystery of whether or not the gold medal winner in this b...Show More
6) Episode 619 - Decembeers
Taking a break from our usual Barrel-Aged December, we round up five festive beers that'll help make the holidays go down a lot easier. We span styles to appreciate the mostly-local lineup and their d...Show More
7) Episode 618 - Deepest Woodest
Two things are absolutely certain when it comes to Revolution's yearly Deep Wood releases: one is that all the beers are going to be slightly varying levels of excellent, and the second is that we wil...Show More
8) Episode 617 - Bourbon County 2025
Just in time for another Black Friday, we sat down with our good friend Ryan Tracy at his Beer on the Wall shop out in Elmhurst to sample through this year's somewhat uninspiring (but very well made) ...Show More
9) Episode 616 - 1840 'Til Infinity
This episode is a tribute to the great 1840 Brewing out of Milwaukee and a celebration of the beers and memories they made during their years of operation. If you can help the Vetter family during th...Show More
10) Episode 615 - IPA All-Stars Blind Rd. 5
The latest installment in our journey to discover America's best IPA, we're going coast-to-coast for a pretty special lineup that'll help us further define what makes an IPA both an "all star" and, uh...Show More