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 don’t have a guest joining them but they do have a four pack of Alarmist Brewing’s Entrenched IPA to make this episode that much more fun. Kicking things off, Nik talks about his visit to the Off Color Bottle Shop to pick up Alfalfa Kang, a beer that Brad thought was an April Fools day prank. Brad also shares about his trip to the new Haymarket Brewery that will be opening in Bridgman, Michigan. There will be an episode of Hop Cast coming soon about this so keep an eye out. On the way back from Michigan he also made a stop at 18th Street for a beer or two. Hope your calendar is free this weekend because there are some pretty great events happening around Chicago. In Lombard on Saturday at Noon Whistle Brewing is having a release party for their Opus One Barrel Aged “Swanky Smack” Red Sour. Also on Saturday in Tinley Park from 5 - 10 PM is the Tinley Park Brew & Vine. All that and more on this weeks episode. Thanks for listening to Chicago Beer Pass! Having issues listening to the audio? Try the MP3 (43.8 MB) or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or Stitcher.