Podcast Episode 485: Mike Schallau of Is/Was Is Brewing New World Saison For Modern Drinkers

By Jamie Bogner

While many brewers in North America have leaned into saisons with dialed-up flavors—with more acidity, plentiful phenolics, and big Brett—this small and focused brewery in Chicago’s Ravenswood neighborhood tones it down and shapes it up to make lighter, drier beers that drink full, glass after glass.

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