Today, we explore a less popular beer variety: the Rye. Sampling Aquanaut Brewing's Maiden Voyage Rye IPA and Miskatonic's Catchpenny Session Rye, we hope you enjoy our exploration of these special brews.

Episode 8 - Carving Up Some Pumpkin Ales

Oct 31st, 2016 22m 8s

Welcome to a special Halloween episode from the Baba and Ganoush Beer Tasting Podcast. We venture out of the Chicago area to sample a pair of pumpkin ales: Schlafly's Pumpkin Ale and Steven's Point Brewery's Pumpkin Ale. We'd love your commen

Episode 7 - Octoberfest Power Hour

Oct 1st, 2016 38m 31s

Willkommen! It’s beer season and we have a very special episode featuring 4 (!) Chicago-area Octoberfest beers. Grab your stein and settle in because we’ve got a lot to cover. Beers sampled in this episode: Revolution Brewing Oktoberfest Baderb

Episode 6 - The Season for Saison

Aug 30th, 2016 32m 17s

We hope you enjoyed your summer vacation! We're back to discuss a lesser known beer variety: the Saison. We've got two Chicago-area samples of this summer-time beer for your listening pleasure. The first is Apex Predator courtesy of Off Color B

Episode 5 - Live at Baderbräu

Jun 1st, 2016 10m 33s

Today, we venture into our first on location recording session at the Baderbräu grand opening. We try a total of five beers the brewery had on tap, discuss the next generation's failure to understand cornhole, and fail to remember the actual na

Episode 4 - The Illustrious Acronym

Apr 30th, 2016 21m 31s

In this episode, we sample IPAs from one Chicago brewery and oneChicago transplant: RevolutionBrewing's Anti-Hero IPA and Lagunitas Brewing's IPA.You can find pictures of these two brews on our website or ourFacebook page.And don't forge

Episode 3 - The Rabbit and the Golden Path

Apr 1st, 2016 24m 21s

In this episode, we sample two golden ales from Chicago-area breweries: 5 Rabbit from 5 Rabbit Cerveceria and Two Brothers' Prairie Path.Don't forget to go to babaandganoush.wordpress.com or facebook.com/babaandganoush to check out a picture o

Episode 2 - The Pony vs. The Phoenix

Mar 1st, 2016 21m 57s

In this episode, we contrast two Chicago-area Pilsners: Baderbräu Chicago Pilsner and Half Acre Pony Pilsner.Remember to go to the website (babaandganoush.wordpress.com) or the faceboook page (facebook.com/babaandganoush) to see the beers from

Episode 1 - Chicago Face Off

Feb 3rd, 2016 22m 34s

For your listening pleasure (we hope)! Launching the first episode of the Baba & Ganoush Beer Tasting Podcast.This episode features two of Chicago’s very own: Goose Island Beer Co.’s 312 Urban Wheat Ale and Revolution Brewing Company’s Bottom

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