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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 knock out lagers that are this great. For right now, expect the podcast to come out every couple of weeks, this gives Brad and Nik a bit more time to visit some places and deal with whatever life serves up.

As the guys drink these beers from Alarmist they talk about Pilot Project and a few other changes that seem to be happening in the beer scene.

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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 Chicago, these were canned in Ohio, so they are somewhat local. As the guys knock back a couple of cans, they talk about the places they checked out recently and get up to speed with some rumors of who is closing and who might be opening.

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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 Revolution Brewing’s Fistmas.

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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. Happy Holidays!

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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 back a few cans of Boogie Chillen’, they talk about Goose Island and Deep Woods and get hyped for FoBAB.

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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’s hard to decide who makes the best because you can’t go wrong most of the time.

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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 bit of an Oktoberfest break. As the guys knock back a few, they talk about Brad’s visit to Temperance before they closed on October 27th, and Nik shares some info about the newest brewery in Homewood.

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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 talk about Alarmist Brewing, Illuminated Brew Works, Printer’s Row Brewing, and Duneyrr Fermenta. Finally, they close out the show by talking about the closing of Temperance in Evanston. If you want to have one last beer at Temperance, you only have a few days… and if the weather is still nice, you can enjoy it on their patio.

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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 since he had a big suburbs adventure last week. Nik did make it out and he shares a few places he visited on the south side of Chicago. Finally, the guys wrap it up with the rumors about Temperance Brewing.

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Chicago Beer Pass: Rocktober

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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 suburbs. Over the weekend, Brad checked out Riverlands, Obscurity Brewing, Fox Republic, and a stop at Yorktoberfest. There is so much happening around town this month that the guys are getting a bit behind on episodes as they try to squeeze in every ounce of nice weather they can.

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On this episode of Chicago Beer Pass, Brad Chmielewski and Nik White continue their Oktoberfest journey, but this time, they have das boot! Filling up their boots, they drink cans of More’s Oktoberfest that Brad picked up on his recent suburban journey. As they attempt to drink from their boots, they discuss Phase Three Brewing, More Brewing and Lunar. Yes, Lunar Brewing! Brad finally returned to this Villa Park brewery to give it another chance and see what it was like on a Saturday night. Grab your steins, mugs, and boots and enjoy those Oktoberfest beers!!

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