Chicago Beer Pass

Welcome to the Chicago Beer Pass: Your ticket to all the great beer events happening in and around Chicago.  This week Brad Chmielewski & Nik White have a special guest with them. Chris Jacobsen from hardcore craft beer joins them to talk about the recent DarkSide V event at Emporium Arcade. It’s always great to have Chris Jacobsen on the podcast to get an update on his brewery.  The guys also dive into their recent trips to Half Acre Beer, Hailstorm Brewing and Sink Swim. There was a lot to cover on this episode so you might need to crack open a couple beers to hear all that’s been happening in Chicago. Coming up this weekend will be loads of St. Patrick’s Day events but also on the 12th, head over to Scofflaw as they celebrate their 5 year anniversary.  All that and more on this weeks episode. Thanks for listening to Chicago Beer Pass! Having issues listening to the audio? Try the MP3 (79 MB) or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes!

Welcome to the Chicago Beer Pass: Your ticket to all the great beer events happening in and around Chicago.  This week on Chicago Beer Pass, Brad Chmielewski & Nik White are drinking and talking for much longer then normal, so grab yourself a beer before hitting play. The guys talk about Uppers & Downers, Saved By The Max and Darkside V. The guys will save most of the Darkside V talk until next week when Chris Jacobson joins them again. Since Nik and Brad talk for a while about this past weeks events, they only touch on a few of the upcoming events happening this weekend, including Day / Night Of The Living Ales and The Chicago Beer Festival at The Field Museum. All that and more on this weeks episode of Chicago Beer Pass! Having issues listening to the audio? Try the MP3 (58.1 MB) or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes!

Welcome to the Chicago Beer Pass: Your ticket to all the great beer events happening in and around Chicago. After a week off, Brad Chmielewski and Nik White are back with a new episode of Chicago Beer Pass. To kick it off the guys are drinking some new cans from Middle Brow. As they sip on these tasty brews they talk about Brad’s recent trip to New Orleans and Nik’s trip out to Upland Brewery. Coming up this weekend there are a couple of fun events happening. On Saturday, February 26th is Uppers & Downers at Thalia Hall, then on Sunday at Emporium is Darkside V. Brad and Nik have talked about Darkside a few times on the show and it’s always a great time, plus for $30 you get access to some killer beers.  All that and more on this weeks episode of Chicago Beer Pass! Having issues listening to the audio? Try the MP3 (44.5 MB) or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes!

Welcome to the Chicago Beer Pass: Your ticket to all the great beer events happening in and around Chicago. This week on Chicago Beer Pass, Brad Chmielewski & Nik White are getting in the spirit of Cider Week by opening up some bottles of Right Bee Cider. This is a semi-sweet cider coming in at 5.7% ABV, making it very easy to drink. As the guys knock back a few bottles they talk about the recent opening of Une Annee in Niles. Coming up this week you have some great events to check out happening all around Chicago Cider Week. On Thursday, February 9th at the Revolution Tap Room they are having a Gene Pool Party. And out at Tribes in Mokena this weekend is the 6th Annual Oyster Fest.  All that and more on this weeks episode of Chicago Beer Pass! Having issues listening to the audio? Try the MP3 (47.0 MB) or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes!

Welcome to the Chicago Beer Pass: Your ticket to all the great beer events happening in and around Chicago. This week on Chicago Beer Pass, Brad Chmielewski & Nik White are drinking twice as much beer. First the guys drink the Toppling Goliath Pseudosue and talk about the recent event at the Field Museum. Then as they are talking about the latest beer news and the recent announcement of Guinness opening a brewery here, they open some bottles of Guinness Milk Stout. All that and more on this weeks episode of Chicago Beer Pass! Having issues listening to the audio? Try the MP3 (55.4 MB) or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes!

Welcome to the Chicago Beer Pass: Your ticket to all the great beer events happening in and around Chicago. This week on Chicago Beer Pass, Brad Chmielewski & Nik White kick off the show by opening some cans from Temperance. Escapist is one of the newest beers to get canned my Temperance and is tasting awesome. As the guys knock back a few cans they chat about Tighthead Brewing and Gino’s East. Coming up this weekend is the Chicago Ale Fest, Winter Edition at Navy Pier. This is a killer event for the price, at $40 per session you’ll be able to sample a great lineup of beers.  Finally, as always the guys wrap up the show with a bit of beer news, so be sure to stick around for their thoughts and opinions on everything happening in the beer world.  All that and more on this weeks episode of Chicago Beer Pass! Having issues listening to the audio? Try the MP3 (45.8 MB) or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes!

Welcome to the Chicago Beer Pass: Your ticket to all the great beer events happening in and around Chicago. It seems like the events are once again starting to fill up the calendar but before diving into those Brad Chmielewski & Nik White open up some cans from Miskatonic Brewing. Their Catchpenny is a light rye beer that’s really refreshing especially if it was a 90 degree day in Chicago. Coming up this weekend is the Chicago Beer Society’s 19th Annual Brewpub Shootout at Baderbrau. The Brewpub Shootout is an absolute blast to attend and it’s something you need to check out at least once. Also this week tickets went on sale for Winter Wonderland and Uppers & Downers so be sure to get those tickets before they sell out. All that and more on this weeks episode of Chicago Beer Pass! Having issues listening to the audio? Try the MP3 (42.3 MB) or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes!

Welcome to the Chicago Beer Pass: Your ticket to all the great beer events happening in and around Chicago. This is the first episode of 2017 and Brad Chmielewski & Nik White couldn’t be happier to be back in the studio. This week the guys do a little recapping of their last two weeks and then dive into Brew Year’s Eve, the closing of Goose Island Clybourn and the opening of Haymarket in Michigan. All this great beer conversation takes place as they sip on a bottle of 2016 Half Ace Big Hugs that Brad’s uncle was able to pick up. It looks like it’s going to be an exciting year for beer in Chicago and Brad & Nik couldn’t be happier to see how it all plays out. Having issues listening to the audio? Try the MP3 (57.3 MB) or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes!

Welcome to the Chicago Beer Pass: Your ticket to all the great beer events happening in and around Chicago. This week on Chicago Beer Pass, Brad Chmielewski & Nik White kick off the show a little differently. The guys do a bit of a recap of 2016 and talk about some of their favorite events, bars and festivals. Diving into a new event every week and a new beer, it can almost seem a bit much some weeks. Still it’s nice to take a moment to look back, especially with the year coming to an end. As the guys go over their year highlights, they sip on a few cans of Milkstachio from DryHop Brewers.  Since it’s Christmas this weekend Chicagoland is a bit light for events but it isn’t light on the news. Brad & Nik talk about the recent closings of Ale Syndicate & Arcade Brewery. This story was a bit of a surprise for a lot of people and there’s already a number of stories written about the closings.  Both Brad & Nik wish everyone a very happy holiday and thank you for listening to Chicago Beer Pass this year.  Having issues listening to the audio? Try the MP3 (53.1 MB) or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes!

Welcome to the Chicago Beer Pass: Your ticket to all the great beer events happening in and around Chicago. This week on Chicago Beer Pass there are zero hugs going around. Sadly, Brad Chmielewski & Nik White were both unable to get their coffee stout loving hands on any bottles of Big Hugs this year. For some consolation, the guys are drinking cans of Half Acre Daisy Cutter as they chat about Brad’s attempt to score Big Hugs and Nik drinking Jack Daniels.  As the year draws to a close, there seems to be less and less beer events happening. One event you should be checking out is the first official release of Bold Dog Beer Company beers at Bitter Pops on Friday, December 16th. The duo behind Bold Dog have been listeners, guests and supporters of Chicago Beer Pass and it’s exciting to finally see their beer getting out there to the public.    The guys wrap up the show with a bit of news and talk about the endless issues surrounding Finch’s. All that and more on this weeks episode of hicago Beer Pass. Cheers!  Having issues listening to the audio? Try the MP3 (41.4 MB) or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes!

Welcome to the Chicago Beer Pass: Your ticket to all the great beer events happening in and around Chicago. No guest on this weeks episode but if you missed last weeks episode be sure to check out that interview with Josh Seago from Josh Seago. This week it’s just Brad Chmielewski & Nik White in the studio sipping on some cans from Pipeworks Brewing. Kicking things off, the guys talk about Brew Lights at Lincoln Park Zoo and a visit to Half Day Brewing in Lincolnshire.    Coming up this weekend is a beer release that we’re always a big fan of, Big Hugs. Sunday at Half Acre you can purchase bottles of Big Hugs and a number of the variants that they will be releasing this year.  Cheers & thanks for listening to Chicago Beer Pass! Having issues listening to the audio? Try the MP3 (43.0 MB) or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes!

Welcome to the Chicago Beer Pass: Your ticket to all the great beer events happening in and around Chicago. This week on Chicago Beer Pass, Brad Chmielewski & Nik White are joined by Josh Seago from Lou Dog Events. Josh was on the podcast at the end of 2014 and we had a great response when he was on. Well, he’s back again to talk about this years Brew Year’s Eve, it’s a great way to ring in 2017. The guys also recap the recent beerhoptacular and give a little preview of the upcoming Naperville Ale Fest in February.All this beer chat takes place as Brad, Nik & Josh dive into the boombox themed 12 back from Marz Brewing.  Cheers & thanks for listening to Chicago Beer Pass! Having issues listening to the audio? Try the MP3 (42.4 MB) or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes!

Welcome to the Chicago Beer Pass: Your ticket to all the great beer events happening in and around Chicago. This week on Chicago Beer Pass you’re in for a longer episode and a bit different of a format. Since it’s Black Friday this week and as always that also means the release of Goose Island’s Bourbon County Stout. Unfortunately, Brad Chmielewski & Nik White were unable to get their hands on new bottles to taste on the show but instead they reach into their cellar to pull out some vintage bottles of Bourbon County Stout. Before getting into the events and the news this week, the guys open a 2008, 2009, 2011 & 2012 bottle of Bourbon County Stout to see how the beer has been aging and to celebrate this years release. Cheers & thanks for listen to Chicago Beer Pass! Having issues listening to the audio? Try the MP3 (56 MB) or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or Stitcher.

Welcome to the Chicago Beer Pass: Your ticket to all the great beer events happening in and around Chicago. This week on Chicago Beer Pass, Brad Chmielewski & Nik White are drinking some Jukebox Hero as they dive into their talk about FOBAB. Once a year FOBAB descends onto the Chicago beer scene and it’s an event you really don’t want to miss. Brad and Nik chat about some of the beers they tried and go over some of the winners.  A lot of the beers you see at FOBAB won’t be seen again but there are a few that get bottled for limited release and that’s what you’re seeing this weekend. Barrel-aged beers from Begyle, Half Acre Tighthead are all getting released this weekend at each of their taprooms. Be sure you check out one of these if you’re looking to get a taste of what you might have missed at FOBAB.  Cheers & thanks for listen to Chicago Beer Pass! Having issues listening to the audio? Try the MP3 (42 MB) or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or Stitcher.

Welcome to the Chicago Beer Pass: Your ticket to all the great beer events happening in and around Chicago. This week on Chicago Beer Pass it’s Brad Chmielewski & Nik White back in the studio, no guest this time. If you missed last weeks episode with Frank Lassandrello, the Brewmaster at Motor Row Brewing be sure to check it out. Before diving into the events this week Brad and Nik talk about a few breweries they hit up and give a little re-cap of Beerhoptacular. Coming up this weekend is FOBAB! FOBAB is an amazing festival and slightly overshadows a lot of other events during the week but there are still a few worth checking out. One of those events that you should check out is November 10th at Village Tap and is their “2016 Couldn’t Get a Ticket to FoBaB Barrel Aged Beer Event.” This event is a great excuse to go drink some barrel aged beers. Cheers & thanks for listen to Chicago Beer Pass! Having issues listening to the audio? Try the MP3 (46.4 MB) or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or Stitcher.