Chicago Beer Pass

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 at Dusek’s Board & Beer with Jeff Van Der Tuuk. The guys are in the beer cellar just below the dining room chatting about beer, events and why Dusek’s is a must visit. There are more and more great places popping up in Pilsen but Dusek’s still stands out as one of the best. If you’re looking for beer, food or a great band, make your way over.Cheers and have a great week! Thanks for listening to Chicago Beer Pass! Having issues listening to the audio? Try the MP3 (28.7 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 diving into those cans of Forbidden Root Ghost Tropic that was released the other week. From the new guidelines that recently came out, this beer hits all those juicy and hazy marks and is worth picking up. As the guys knock back these cans they chat about trips to Alter Brewing, Burnt City and Corridor. You’re going to want to make sure you get yourself a beer for this episode because this is a long one with a lot of beer news to talk about.  Cheers and have a great week! Thanks for listening to Chicago Beer Pass! Having issues listening to the audio? Try the MP3 (58.8 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. This week on Chicago Beer Pass, Brad Chmielewski & Nik White are celebrating the week with tallboy cans of dry-hopped 312 from Goose Island. It’s nice to see Goose Island doing something a little special for the fans here in Chicago and hopefully they do another run of this when the weather warms up. As the guys crush these cans they talk about whiskey and searching for that haze since Brad made a trip to Forbidden Root for their can release. Coming up this weekend it’s going to be hard not to join in on the St. Patricks Day events. Get yourself an Irish Stout and make your way to Chief O'Neill’s. Cheers and have a great week! Thanks for listening to Chicago Beer Pass! Having issues listening to the audio? Try the MP3 (45.7 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 cracking open tallboy cans of Charlatan Maplewood. As they sip on this tasty, tasty American Pale Ale they talk about Goose Island and Alarmist Brewing.  This week be sure to make it out for some of the 312 events happening around the city and be sure to pick up cans of the dry-hopped 312. If you don’t make it to any of the 312 events head over to Bangers & Lace on Thursday for some Cigar City beers on draft.  Cheers and have a great week! Thanks for listening to Chicago Beer Pass! Having issues listening to the audio? Try the MP3 (52.4 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 are drinking cans of Aleman as they dive into an event filled weekend. They talk about stouts at Revolution, Uppers & Downers and Darkside 6. You would think this was FoBAB with the amount of stout beer talk and drinking that happened this weekend. We both went to some great events and it was awesome to chat with so many cool beer peeps at them. There are some fun events happening around the city as Cigar City drops into the market. Check out the calendar from your favorite beer bar because there is a good chance they have a tap takeover going on. Thanks for listening to Chicago Beer Pass! Having issues listening to the audio? Try the MP3 (43.4 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 are drinking cans of Oscars Pardon from Haymarket Brewing. As the guys sip on these they talk about visits to Metropolitan, Revolution and Goose Island.   This is a pretty awesome weekend for events in Chicago and the suburbs. In Chicago you have Uppers and Downers happening on Saturday and then Sunday is Darkside at Emporium. If you’re looking to make it out to the west suburbs then you’ve got Naperville Ale Fest happening from 12:00 - 4:00.  Hopefully, you can make it to one of these and if you see Brad or Nik, be sure to say hello.All that and more on this weeks episode. Thanks for listening to Chicago Beer Pass! Having issues listening to the audio? Try the MP3 (45.7 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 cans from Ravinia Brewing Company as they continue to hide from the snow. As they sip on this tasty IPA, they chat about Brad’s recent trip to San Francisco, Nik’s visits to 18th street and drinking Kwak on the southside. As winter is starting to draw to a close, the events and festivals seem like they are starting to pick up and many tickets have started to go on sale. Along with the events, Brad and Nik have a ton of beer news to discuss including the recent Stone Brewing and Keystone lawsuit. All that and more on this weeks episode. Thanks for listening to Chicago Beer Pass! Having issues listening to the audio? Try the MP3 (41.3 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 are drinking cans of Mirror Ball from Hop Butcher For The World. This 7.5% ABV Double IPA is a real treat on these cold winter days. While the guys sip on this they talk about going to Cruz Blanca Brewery and navigating the huge beer selection at Binny’s.  Along with the beer news the guys added a new segment called “Best Beer We Drank This Week”. Hopefully this shines some light on those one-off beers from the brewpubs or even the out of state beers.  All that and more on this weeks episode. Thanks for listening to Chicago Beer Pass! Having issues listening to the audio? Try the MP3 (45.7 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 have a special guest with them. Chris Jacobsen from Hardcore Craft Beer joins them to talk about the upcoming DarkSide event at Emporium Arcade on February 25th. It’s always great to have Chris Jacobsen on the podcast to get an update on all the different projects he is working on.  The guys also dive into their recent trips to On Tour Brewing and Corridor. With the Super Bowl this weekend it seems like a quiet time for events, but we did find a few to checkout if you have time. All that and more on this weeks episode. Thanks for listening to Chicago Beer Pass!Having issues listening to the audio? Try the MP3 (60.4 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 are joined by a beer comrade, Gavin Morrissey. Gavin has been trying to get his hands on the Northwoods from Goose Island so the guys decide this is the perfect time to pop a bottle. Along with this big stout Gavin has brought with him a collection of other beers that get opened throughout the episode.  The main event the guys talk about on this episode is the 8th Annual Stout Tap Takeover that took place Jan 20th at The Beer Bistro. Be sure to stick around for the news this week because Brad and Nik mention beer festival tickets that are going on sale soon. Having issues listening to the audio? Try the MP3 (48.3 MB) or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes!