Welcome to the Chicago Beer Pass: Your ticket to all the great beer events happening in and around Chicago. On this weeks episode of Chicago Beer Pass, Brad Chmielewski and Nik White crack open a bottle of Half Acre Brewing’s Vanilla Big Hugs as they chat about last Saturday’s Big Hugs release. They also go into some stories about enjoying hard ciders. With all the holiday parties and family requirements it’s been a light week of drinking around town. That theme will continue as we move into the week of Christmas. If you’re not seeing Star Wars this weekend, then get your ass to some of the great Chicago beer events happening around town. A couple this weekend you should check out are happening on Saturday. First up at 12:00 PM at Blue Island Beer Company is the bottle release of Underground Communique. Then, also Saturday at the Plank Road Tap Room is a Cask & Special Tappings with Revolution Brewing. All that and more on this weeks episode of Chicago Beer Pass! Cheers! Having issues listening to the audio? Try the MP3 (46.9 MB) or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or Stitcher.