We celebrate 11 years as a podcast by trying some old faves from Flossmoor Station, Flipside, New Glarus, Seipp’s, Wild Onion, Cruz Blanca, and Brewery de Brabandere! Thanks to those who’ve listen to us over these last 11 years!
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The final Revolution Deep Wood 2024-2025 is this week! Read how good Lumberstruck (Batch 2), Oakpocalypse Later (collab with @firestonewalker), and Barleywinery DB VSOJ are! Plus my full 2024-2025 Deep Wood rankings!
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Oakpocalypse Later is next up from Revolution’s Deep Wood series. Very wine-forward with tons of jammy fruit notes.
Final Revolution Brewing Deep Wood release this week! Here’s a quick recap for Lumberstruck (Batch 2) with a full review coming later this week. More @vsomarty.bsky.social magic!
We sit down with brewers Eric and Brianna of @riverlandsbrewing.bsky.social and chat about their beers, influences, secret burrito accounting, unexpected collabs, amazing shark facts and majestic heads of hair!
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Craig’s 30 Most Memorable Beers of 2024 is up! Featuring @oldirvingbrewing.bsky.social @arthistorybrewing.bsky.social @alarmistbrewing.com Flipside, Mikerphone, Revolution, Half Acre, Heavy Riff, Acopon, Hold Out, Keeping Together, G5, Triptych and many more!
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All the styles come out to play tonight. Wishing you and yours a festive (and flavorful) holidays! #happyholidays #merrychristmas #chicago #chicagobeer #mke
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FoBAB happened a few weeks ago and we were able to get some winners from Half Acre, @offcolorbrewing.bsky.social, Cruz Blanca, and Milieu Fermentation and put ‘em up against each other. Some FoBAB by the numbers, our favorite beers of the fest, and Craig on the Keg!
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Join us as we celebrate Wine O’Clock with Revolution Brewing’s Deep Wood beers. We also cover classic wine o’clock topics like smelling our TVs, Halloween costume inspiration, and check in with Captain Check (or Captain Czech).
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Hell yeah, toast.
Hey! I finally updated the FoBAB Medal History sheet to include the 2024 winners! Sorted all the ways. Enjoy. #FoBAB bit.ly/FoBABMedalSh...
Some Bourbon County Rare 2024 at the Salt Shed on this chilly Black Friday. Liz Garibay with the photobomb!
Celebrating the holiday with friends old, new, and newly-acquired! Happy Thanksgiving to all! @offcolorbrewing.bsky.social #happythanksgivng #thanks #thanksgiving #chicagobeer #aurora #colorado
For those migrating over from #BeerTwitter over to BlueSky, here’s a work in progress “starter pack” of some of the former BeerTwitter community. Pack is updated regularly, so check back often, but a great place to start building out your #BeerSky network! #craftbeer #beer
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Want to run your own Fantasy FoBAB league this year? We’ve got what you need - plus our Power Rankings - in this post. Check it out, and we hope to see you at #FoBAB! bit.ly/HowFFoBAB
Congrats to Suncatcher Brewing on their opening yesterday! Intimate space and quality, low ABV options abound. Fall Bier and blonde ale were my favorites.
Revolution's next Deep Wood release - tomorrow! - might be the best one top to bottom. Straight Jacket, Ryeway to Heaven, DB V.S.O.R., and D.B.X.O.D. Le Troncais are all delicious in one way or another and worth your money.
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We’re previewing this year’s #FoBAB by drinking some Off Color, More, WeldWerks/Toppling Goliath, and Mikerphone barrel-aged beers! Craig runs into a real life Air Bud and our Time Machine is broken!
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This might be the best Revolution Brewing Deep Wood release lineup ever. Full review coming Thursday - after I sober up
It’s big beer season! Revolution Brewing’s Deep Wood beers are out so we take a look at the first release - Deth’s Tar, Café Deth and Deth by Bramble - along with BSO On & On: Part 3, their collab with Half Acre.
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St. Louis' Heavy Riff Brewing has been opened for 10 years so please forgive us for taking so long to get to their beer. We try 5 outstanding beers and Craig has a talk with owner Rick Hagen about the past, present, and future of Heavy Riff.
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Now is the time to stop at Hop Butcher - Tom Freaking Skilling and Regeneration Station.
January always brings about the end of Revolution Brewing’s Deep Wood season. This year they go out with a bang with 2 collaborations - V.S.O.R. Select (with Binny’s) and On and On: Part 3 (with Half Acre). Get psyched for pre-orders tomorrow by reading our review below!
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The Hop Butcher Lincoln Ave. taproom has been open a little over a year so a visit to chat with owner Jude La Rose was long overdue. We talk formulating recipes, lager program, BA stouts, and hazy beer and then try 4 different Hop Butcher beer styles!
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Barrel-aged December is all about big beers and few a bigger than WeldWerks Brewing’s Medianoche. We try four different ones and talk to Neil Fisher about the beer while also getting some Cronch validationand almost becoming a font argument podcast again.
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Barrel-aged beer season is in full swing and Revolution Brewing’s Deep Wood beers typically stand near the top of that list. We try all the Deth’s Tar beers from 2023 with predicable results!
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Sadly our first Bluesky post deals with Metropolitan Brewing closing. We take the opportunity to have a selection of their excellent beers while sharing memories about their beers and brewery and to say thank you for making lagers even when it wasn't cool. Metropolitan Forever!
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