#fobab

Chicago’s biggest, baddest and most-barreled festival is back in its 21st year, so we’re eager to FoBABble about it for the first time in four years as a lead-up to the competition. We also open four barrel-aged beers from breweries that have been FoBAB staples (and previous medal winners) to lubricate our discussions of new and returning breweries at this year’s fest, our “first pour” picks,…

Episode 409 – FoBAB 2021 Winners

No matter what your strategy is at the fest, it’s almost impossible to avoid FoBAB FOMO. We were lucky to attend the 19th edition of FoBAB, but we also felt like we missed out on trying some of the exciting medal winners – until now. For our second Barrel-Aged December show, there are five medal winners from 2021 across various styles on this episode that confirm, hey, yeah, maybe the judges know…

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.

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.

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 finally back!! While Brad was off in Japan, Nik was busy traveling all over Chicagoland hitting up some breweries the guys haven't been to before, or haven't visited in a long time. While Nik recaps these adventures, Brad shares some of his craft beer stories from China and Japan.

To pair these travel stories the guys are drinking cane from Triptych Brewing. These where two beers that Triptych brewed for the Japan House at the University of Illinois... talk about a perfect pairing to go with Brad's Japan stories.

Be sure to get your FoBAB tickets, the official day is coming up fast! a