ABV Chicago Craft Beer Podcast

Episode 665 - FoBABlin': 8 Woods To Hold You

In its 8th installment, FoBABlin' is all about us going deeper on the Festival of Wood and Barrel-Aged Beers than anyone. And we're gearing up for the fest on November 13

Episode 664 - Torture Test X: Wheel of Torture: The Final Torture

One decade of suffering and despair is enough to push anyone to the limits, and on this FINAL INSTALLMENT of our annual Bad Beer Punish-A-Thon, we take things even furthe

Episode 663 - Kiss of Deth

It creeps up on us every year as it comes earlier and earlier, and this year's alluring part one lineup of Revolution barrel-aged beers has us feeling the love. We sample

Episode 662 - Pumpkin Patch Kidz

It's about every seven years that the great pumpkin beer show rises again, and this one is just Ryan running wild with some mixed six pack racks until we have a whole mes

Episode 661 - Alesmith Coffee and Beer

Back in the summer, we grabbed this mixed four-pack from San Diego's Alesmith because of some eye-catching collaborators and unusual style pairings with coffee. This smal

Episode 660 - Wild Chicagoland

Join Ryan and Craig, your guides to the (sub)urban beer jungle, as they experience the eccentric, offbeat, and unexpected Wild beers of Chicagoland! They imbibe four diff

Episode 659 - Cellar West, Chapter 4

The story of our ongoing Cellar West series goes back to a box sent to us by owner Zach Nichols in late 2020, and we've become quite literate in their mastery of many dif

Episode 658 - Pick of Destiny (with Mikerphone Brewing)

After being invited to taste through bourbon barrels by distillers for a few Mikerphone barrel picks, Mike Pallen said, "We should do that." And they have - now for the 3

Episode 657 - One Hop This Time

It's not so common anymore to see beers with just a single hop, but when we do, we embrace the opportunity to teach ourselves a little something. We have five beers, each

Episode 656 - Mikerphone Duets II (ft. Mike Pallen)

Perhaps the most prolific collaborators of any local brewery, Mikerphone has a rolodex the size of a mash tun and isn't hesitant to bring in friends of all kinds to brew

Episode 655 - Great Taste of the Midwest (Craig's Version)

As an experienced attendee, Craig was back in Madison yet again for the 2026 edition of the Great Taste of the Midwest and brought back interviews, festival-exclusive bee

Episode 654 - Toronto

Craig's summer travels brought him north of the border this year, which is why we're fortunate to drink five Toronto-based beers for this little taste of Canada - and we

Episode 653 - U.S. Open Beer Championship Illinois Winners 2026

The U.S. Open Beer Championship, started in 2009, is the third-largest competition that recognizes and rewards beers from all over the world - and this year, Illinois bre

Episode 652 - Wheat Hot American Summer

Summer still has some heat to beat, so we're drinking wheat. We round up five interesting wheat beers from five different states to quench our thirst and remember why the

Episode 651 - Beer Tropics

Who says you need a cocktail to drink tropical in the hot heat of summer? We found five different styles of beer that all fit nicely under a (miniature paper) tropical um

Episode 650 - Revolution Summer of Wood

These annual Revolution Deep Wood summer releases seemed to start off as fun little experimental takes on some of their core beers, but these days, they are truly bringin

Episode 649 - IPA All-Stars Blind, Round 7

The IPA will NEVER DIE, and neither will this series of blind tasting podcasts if we can successfully find more beers that fit our criteria. Thankfully, listeners Benji &

Episode 648 - Saint Errant Brewing (with Brent Banks and Roger Cuzelis)

As a brewery whose name acknowledges their wandering ways, Saint Errant has finally laid some roots in a familiar spot in Evanston - and we are excited to sit down with o

Episode 647 - Red, White, and Blue: Two Ways

With the impending 250th anniversary of this country of ours (AMERICA), we celebrate the only way we know how: by drinking three IPAs and three Belgian Trappist beers tha

Episode 646 - Hot Days, Cold Times

You can thank the lager renaissance for allowing this nerdy and delicious mixed 12-pack to exist, and Revolution absolutely knocks it out of the park with this one. Along