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 open a beer that I don’t think you’d really see either of them drinking, the Pumpkin Spice Latte from Pipeworks Brewing. This beer is an oat ale with pumpkin puree, coffee, milk sugar, vanilla, and pumpkin spice...

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 getting into the Oktoberfest beers! Honestly, it still feels relatively early to bust out the steins since it’s still 80 degrees in Chicago, but the guys do what they need to do. Kicking off the season, they open...

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 open cans of a new beer from Old Irving, their Kentucky Common called Long Forgotten. Old Irving says this is one of only two or three beer styles considered indigenous to the United States, which was an unknown fact to the...

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 in full-on summer mode with a Mexican-Style Lager from the fine folks at Goldfinger. Although this may not have been the best beer the guys have had from Goldfinger, it was great to try something else from them. As the...

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 back after taking a little break… though don’t worry, there was still plenty of drinking during that time. They kick things off with cans of Half Acre’s Slow Melt, which is simply fantastic! As they crush a few, they re...

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 easing into the summer with a lighter show and some fresh local brews. They crack open Sub4, a hazy DIPA from Blind Corner Brewery that Brad picked up during a recent visit to Naperville. While Solemn Oath Brewery was j...

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 playing catch-up. With summer’s arrival, you can expect more episodes coming your way. For this one, the guys found a leftover from Brad’s St. Patrick’s Day party: Story Horse, an Irish-style stout fro...

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 still have some Irish Red Ales that they are drinking to clear out of the fridge. Although St. Patrick’s Day is long gone you can’t go wrong with one of these beers, especially this one from Hailstorm Brewing. A...

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 keeping things short… it’s been a hectic couple of weeks. Although the guys have been drinking a lot of Irish Red Ales lately they figured they should mix it up with a Dry Irish Stout, this one comes from t...

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 seeing green! The guys decide to dive into a few different cans of Irish Red Ales; one from Phase Three and another from Pollyanna, unfortunately these taste much more like Oktoberfest beers. As the guys try to figure o...

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 making up for lost time and have two beers to try on this episode, Lezak By Day and Lezak By Night both from Alarmist Brewing. These are a couple of the newest beers from Alarmist and it’s awesome to see them knoc...

Chicago Beer Pass: Swifties 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 back behind the microphones to kick off 2025. On this episode, the guys have a Taylor Swift-inspired collaboration from the folks at Forbidden Root. Although Forbidden Root has a brewpub in C...

Welcome to the Chicago Beer Pass: Your ticket to all the great beer events happening in and around Chicago. This episode of Chicago Beer Pass was recorded around Christmas and got a bit lost in the shuffle. Brad Chmielewski and Nik White also had some audio issues so unfortunately this isn’t the best-sounding episode. To go along with this holiday episode of the podcast the guys have cans of...

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 having a great Christmas with some cans of Great Lakes Christmas Ale. As the guys spread some Christmas joy they recap Friday night at FoBAB. There were some great beers and some even better stories from that evening. H...

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 have finally finished their Oktoberfest journey for the year and are now ready to ring in the new year. Although there is snow on the ground, they are enjoying a grapefruit pale ale for Horse Theif Hollow. As the guys knock...

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 joined by Sergio Salgado to close out their Oktoberfest journey. The three guys open over a dozen beers and do their best to choose their favorite. When all these Chicagoland breweries are making some great beers, it&rs...

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 have cans of Hopewell Brewing’s Oktoberfest. In a previous year’s showdown, the Hopewell Oktoberfest was one of the guy’s favorites. Also, the guys have a Pliny The Edler on the table because they need a b...

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 have a few cans of Oktoberfest from Printer’s Row Brewing. With so many Oktoberfest beers in the Chicagoland area, it’s kind of surprising how different they can be. As the guys knock back a couple of cans, they...

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 another Oktoberfest, but this time, they have a full mixed pack from Phase Three. Brad picked up these cans on his recent trip to the P3 in Elmhurst. On this episode, Brad took a bit of a break this past week sin...

Chicago Beer Pass: Rocktober 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 still on their Oktoberfest journey, and this time, they have cans from Riverland Brewing. As they knock back a couple of tasty fall Oktoberfests, Brad shares his recent journey through the s...