Chicago Beer Pass

Welcome to the Chicago Beer Pass: Your ticket to all the great beer events happening in and around Chicago. On this episode of Chicago Beer Pass, Brad Chmielewski and Nik White survived FoBAB and what an amazing event it was! Nik managed to go to two sessions while Brad was just there for one and still together they barely scratched the surface of all the beer available. The guys run down who took home awards and thoughts on some standouts as well as how it all came together compared to previous years. Each year, FoBAB continues to grow and it’s going to be exciting to see where this event goes in the future as more people get excited about barrel-aged beer. Having issues listening to the audio? Try the MP3 (196.4 MB) or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes!

Welcome to the second episode of Chicago Beer Pass After Dark. These episodes are going to be a little different than the weekly episodes you have grown accustomed to hearing. Brad and Nik mostly are hoping these episodes don’t deteriorate into drunken rambling. The episodes are a bit more unfocused so expect some conversations to go off on tangents at times, but the guys do have a theme to keep them focused. For this second episode of Chicago Beer Pass After Dark, Brad, and Nik are joined by Sergio Salgado to open a few beers from Hill Farmstead. Sergio who has been on the podcast before and recently helped with the podcast intro was kind enough to share some of these beers that he brought back from the east coast. The guys talk about the hype around Hill Farmstead and how these NEIPA compare to the gold medal-winning beers we have from Alarmist Brewing and Old Irving. Having issues listening to the audio? Try the MP3 (140.2 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. On this episode of Chicago Beer Pass, Brad Chmielewski and Nik White are fresh off their visit to Revolution Brewing where they chatted with Communications Manager, John Carruthers. John was kind enough to open up some cans of hazy Mosaic Hero for the guys and they crack those cans on this episode. As they knock back these cans, they chat about trips to Midwest Coast Brewing, Cruz Blanca and Pipeworks.  Coming up this weekend is FoBAB! The Annual Festival of Wood & Barrel-Aged  Beers is already here and is one of the last big festivals for Chicago of the year and one of the greatest events of the whole year. There are still tickets available and there are enough other events happening before and after FoBAB to get you drunk for the entire month. Having issues listening to the audio? Try the MP3 (119.4 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. On this episode of Chicago Beer Pass, Brad Chmielewski and Nik White are on-location once again! This time the boys are at the Revolution Brewing Taproom chatting with John Carruthers who is Revolution’s
Communications Manager and the person behind all those tweets. The three of them talk about the Deep Wood Series, Hazy Heros and some great events coming up like their We Are Family event in December. It’s also inspiring to hear how Revolution continues to support their staff and community here in Chicago. Having issues listening to the audio? Try the MP3 (102.8 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. On this episode of Chicago Beer Pass, Brad Chmielewski and Nik White a have a lot to cover as Nik got down while Brad was out of town in Belgium and Barcelona. Brad quickly recaps some of the breweries he visited on his trip, including Cantillon. While Brad was away, Nik hit up a couple of whiskey events and then partied at Revolution for the first Deep Wood Series release and hit up the Bourbon County Stout media event where he got to try all of this years 2019 lineup from Goose Island.  As the guys chat about all this, they are knocking back some bottles of Paschke Pilsner from Argus Brewery and are very tempted to open those Deep Wood Series boxes. Don’t forget FoBAB is just a few weeks away, so be sure to get those tickets and keep a lookout for a special episode from Revolution coming next week. Having issues listening to the audio? Try the MP3 (177.4 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. On this episode of Chicago Beer Pass, Brad Chmielewski and Nik White are a bit off their game as they recorded this episode on a Monday. Nothing washes away a case of the Mondays like a GABF gold medal-winning beer! The guys crack open the freshly canned Very, Very Far from Off Color Brewing, and as a kicker they also have a bottle of Coffee Dino Smores. It’s a real treat to see Off Color beers in cans and hopefully, it means we’ll see more people picking up some of their beers when they see them at the store. As the guys knock back a few cans they talk about a few of the events they sadly missed last week like FestivAle and Dovetail Brewery and Begyle Brewing’s fourth annual Oktoberfestiversary! Unfortunately, time gets away from you and you just can’t make it to all the killer events happening in Chicago. Having issues listening to the audio? Try the MP3 (128 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. On this episode of Chicago Beer Pass, Brad Chmielewski and Nik White crack open cans of the newly crowned king of Hazy IPAs, Beezer from Old Irving. It’s a real treat to taste this GABF gold medal beer. As the guys knock back a couple cans, they run down all the awards Illinois breweries won at this years Great American Beer Festival.  Coming up this weekend, be sure to get tickets for FestivAle happening October 11th at Artifact Events. FestivAle is the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s annual craft beer tasting celebration! Get tickets and make a difference in the lives of those living with CF! Also, this weekend is Dovetail Brewery and Begyle Brewing’s fourth annual Oktoberfestiversary! Having issues listening to the audio? Try the MP3 (98.6 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. On this episode of Chicago Beer Pass, Brad Chmielewski and Nik White are fresh off two back to back location episodes with a visit to Midwest Coast Brewing & Argus Brewery. If you missed those, be sure to go back and give them a listen, very cool to hear what these folks are doing. To kick things off in this episode, the guys are opening cans of Footwork from Alarmist Brewing. This tasty IPA is just what Brad & Nik needed to get things rolling this week. The guys talk about Goose Island’s 312 Block Party, Revolution’s Oktoberfest, BeerHoptacular and a handful of other breweries they made it to over the last couple week.  Coming up this weekend, keep an eye out for those GABF awards and hopefully, Chicago can take home some Gold again. Having issues listening to the audio? Try the MP3 (100.4 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. On this episode of Chicago Beer Pass, Brad Chmielewski and Nik White are on location at Argus Brewery on the Southside with Nick Lubovich, the Brewery Historian. Nik has been speaking the praise of Argus for years and finally got Brad to head to the Southside for a visit. Argus has a ton of history, not only with what they are doing on the beer front but also the building and the neighborhood. The guys get into some of this, including Argus joining Glunz, which means you’ll see more of their beer but also about the stories behind the updated branding and the artists they are working with on it. Argus should be the beer that you’ll want to have in your fridge at home. Although Argus isn’t open every day because they are a production brewery, they do have tours on the weekend. Check the newly updated website for information about that and if you haven’t had an Argus beer in a while, give it another try. Having issues listening to the audio? Try the MP3 (100.4 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. On this episode of Chicago Beer Pass, Brad Chmielewski and Nik White are on location at Midwest Coast Brewing Company in the Chicago Brewing District. Midwest Coast Brewing opened their doors just a few weeks ago and honestly it had been an opening that Brad and Nik didn’t know about and had missed. The guys sit down with Brewer and founder Cameron Compton to talk about their beautiful space and delicious beers.  Brad & Nik chat with Cameron about how he got started brewing and how his home-brewing lead to opening up a brewery in Chicago. They also touch on the name and why there’s a dog with sunglasses in their logo.  Being just a few minutes walk from Goose Island and District Brew Yards means Midwest Coast Brewing is in the right place to get some beer lovers foot traffic. Even if the Green Line Damen stop isn’t going to be completed until 2021, there are plenty of thirsty folks already heading to that area. Hopefully, you enjoy this chat with Cameron and all the on-location episodes of Chicago Beer Pass, the guys are not only trying to drink beer from all these great breweries in Chicago but also capture their story. Having issues listening to the audio? Try the MP3 (69.3 MB) or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes!