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The Chicago Craft Beer Week kicked off at the Garfield Park Conservatory with the event, Beer Under Glass. Ken Hunnemeder and Brad Chmielewski we able to check out the event and even managed to chat with a few of the local brewers about projects that are under way. All of you home brewers should recognize our first guest, Randy Mosher. Randy talks about the great news that 5 Rabbit has signed a deal on a brewery facility in southwest suburban Bedford…
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While Brad Chmielewski and Ken Hunnemeder were out on the west coast for the Craft Brewers Conference they had a chance to meet up with a few friends in L.A. One of those people was Jimmy Han, owner of Beer Belly, one of L.A.'s newest craft beer bars. They recently just celebrated their one year anniversary and have been killing it. Offering a nice option of beers on draft and some really tasty eats like duck fat fries topped with duck skin cracklins.…
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The kick off of Chicago Craft Beer Week is just days away and there are a few things to know about the week. Brad and Ken share a beer with one of the volunteer organizers Jonathan Surratt to go over a few details of the 11 day festivities. One of the important items to note are the special lanyards with maps you're able to pick up at participating neighborhood venues that can be used to track all the locations you visit. Even if you don't bother…
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During the 2012 Craft Brewers Conference in San Diego, Ken Hunnemeder and Brad Chmielewski had the opportunity to visit White Labs for a private event they were hosting. White Labs makes and sells yeast for homebrewers as well as breweries offering a ton of different yeast strains for you to brew with. At the laboratory they have beers on tap highlighting different yeast strains available so you can see how each one effects the beer differently.
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In episode 173 of the Hop Cast, Brad Chmielewski and Ken Hunnemeder crack open one belgian beer and one belgian style beer. First up is the Vicaris Generaal from a newer belgian brewery Dilewyns. The brewery officially opened in May of 2011 and currently are brewing six staple beers. The Vicaris Generaal is Brad and Ken's first encounter with this brewery and this 8.8% ABV Abbey Dubbel was excellent. This might be a tricky beer to find at your liquor…
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