Hop Cast

For the second time Ken Hunnemeder and Brad Chmielewski are at the Aragon Ballroom for the beer Hoptacular. In this episode Ken and Brad sample a ton of great beer and even find a few moments to talk with a few brewers / owners. They even wander into the midwest distillers room where they sample... View Article

Ken Hunnemeder and Brad Chmielewski are at SmallBar Fullerton drinking Lefthand Milk Stout in episode 155. Ken and Brad are always enjoying beers from the bottle and on tap but its hard for them to pass up having beer off of nitro. Lucky for them SmallBar had one of their favorites, the Lefthand Milk Stout.... View Article

In episode 154 Brad Chmielewski and Ken Hunnemeder are sipping on a couple tasty bourbon barrel beers. First up is the Cincinnatus from Listermann Brewing. This guy backs a ton of flavor for a 9.5% stout. The bourbon really comes through more like something you’d expect from a larger ABV beer. Overall quite enjoyable, but... View Article

In episode 153 Ken Hunnemeder and Brad Chmielewski are ready for halloween and are enjoying a couple pumpkin beers. They start off the episode enjoying Lakefronts Pumpkin Lager. This beer comes in at 6% ABV and is pretty easy for us to track down here in the midwest. Ken and Brad follow the Pumpkin Lager... View Article

Brad Chmielewski and Ken Hunnemeder are doing another vertical tasting in episode 152. This time they visit three years of Terrapin’s Coffee Oatmeal Imperial Stout. It was fantastic to get to try three years of this beer, big thanks for Donald Monroe for sending them to us. Each year proved to be very different then... View Article

In episode 151 of the Hop Cast Ken Hunnemeder and Brad Chmielewski are joined by Brad Stark . The three of them crack open two beers that were sitting in the cellar for a while. Both beers are from Flossmoor Station and were brewed by former head brewer Bryan Shimkos. Bryan is currently brewing at... View Article

Ken Hunnemeder and Brad Chmielewski are back on location in Racine, Wisconsin for the 2011 Great Lakes Brewfest. But this year the location has been moved to the Racine Zoo. For the past three years Ken and Brad have been to the Great Lakes Brewfest and recorded an episode each time. The two of them... View Article

Ken Hunnemeder and Brad Chmielewski are still enjoying beers in the backyard on the couch in episode 149. Rather than reaching for more hopped up ales the two of them reach for a lager. This episode they try the Black Star Double Hopped Golden Lager from Great Northern Brewing Co. This 4.6 % ABV beer... View Article

Its time for a little vertical tasting in episode 148 of the HopCast. Ken Hunnemeder and Brad Chmielewski have been sitting on these two bottles of Dogfish Head Olde School Barleywine for quite a while. They picked up the 2004 and 2008 bottles while they were out at the Dogfish Head brewery a few years... View Article

For episode 147 Brad Chmielewski and Ken Hunnemeder are joined by Jake Williams. The three of them crack open a few cans from Sixpoint that Lee Williams, aka Hoptopia was nice enough to drop off with us on his way out west. Both of these beers are lower in ABV and meant to be session... View Article

Ken Hunnemeder and Brad Chmielewski have pulled out a couple De Struise Brouwers beers from the cellar. To start things off they open the De Struise Brouwers Cuvee Delphine. This 13 % ABV Russian Imperial Stout was a treat to try since it’s rarely seen here in the states. The second De Struise Brouwers beer... View Article

It’s an east coast, west coast beer face off in episode 145 of the Hop Cast. Ken Hunnemeder and Brad Chmielewski sample a couple different beers from different ends of the United States. First up is the Sorachi Ace, a great saison from Brooklyn Brewery. This 7.6 % ABV saison features the rare Japanese developed... View Article

Ken Hunnemeder and Brad Chmielewski get to sample a couple harder to find beers from Dogfish Head in episode 144. The first one they open is the SAVOR Flowers. This beer was a collaboration with Dogfish Head and Samuel Adams for the SAVOR American craft beer & food event in D.C. The SAVOR Flowers was... View Article

Brad Chmielewski and Ken Hunnemeder are hitting the canned beers again in episode 143. This time the two of them reach for a couple cans from Ska Brewing. The first one is the Mexican Logger, a 4.2 % ABV American Pale Lager. This is one of the newest beers from Ska to go out in... View Article

Ken Hunnemeder and Brad Chmielewski decide to experiment and blend the three Captain Lawrence Smoke from Oak beers they opened in episode 142. The wine barrel, the apple brandy and the rum barrel were blended all together to see what sort flavors stand out. Thanks for watching the Hop Cast! Having issues watching this video?... View Article