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Craig’s 30 Most Memorable Beers of 2018
This year in beer was unlike any other in recent memory. The Hazy IPA finally got recognized with its own BJCP and GABF category and spawned two similar styles that became popular – the sour IPA and...
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Ryan’s 30 Best Beers of 2018
The criteria for the list is simple: these are the best beers that I had this year that were released this year. Most of these were packaged but some were from draft pours or at festivals (if I had...
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GABF 2019: Top 40 Breweries
Here at ABV Chicago, we deal heavily in arbitrarity. Weekly, we review and rank beers as they wrap around our particular personal preferences, so we acknowledge that our opinions shouldn’t be taken...
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GABF 2019: Ryan’s 40 Best Beers
Still the biggest and best beer fest around, this year’s Great American Beer Festival featured over 800 breweries, which is roughly 10 percent of the breweries operating in the U.S. at this point in...
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Ryan’s Top 50 Beers of 2019
The criteria for the list is simple: these are the best beers that I had this year that were released this year. Most of these were packaged but some were from draft pours or at festivals (if I had...
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ABV Chicago Monthly Sampler: October 2020
Each month, we like to highlight twelve beers we found personally interesting, delicious, or exciting from (mostly) local sources with the hopes of passing on our recommendations to those that are...
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ABV Chicago’s FoBAB Fantasy League 2020: Draft Results
(If you’re interested in running your own Fantasy FoBAB league, check out our setup and Power Rankings in this post.) With the livestream of the Festival of Wood and Barrel-aged Beers happening this...
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ABV Chicago’s FoBAB Fantasy League 2020: Final Results
If there’s any positive to not having the best Chicago beer festival (and Illinois Brewers Guild fundraiser) this year, it was much easier to score the FoBAB Fantasy League, not having to juggle a...
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Ryan’s Top 50 Beers of 2020
The criteria for the list is simple: these are the best beers that I had this year that were released this year. In the past, I had included festival and draft pours that obviously were not much of an...
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Fantasy FoBAB 2021: Power Rankings
It’s kind of hard to believe, but FoBAB is back! Even though the venue has changed, and there will be a heightened focus on safety protocols both for Covid-related reasons and for improving the safety...
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ABV Chicago’s Fantasy FoBAB League: 2021 Draft Results
(If you’re interested in running your own Fantasy FoBAB league, check out our setup and Power Rankings in this post. But you might want to hurry…) With the Festival of Wood and Barrel-aged Beers...
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ABV Chicago’s Fantasy FoBAB League 2021 Results
The return of the Festival of Wood and Barrel-Aged Beers in its 19th year brought many changes, and almost all of them were for the better. Utilizing the main floor and concourse of the Credit 1 Arena...
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