"Wibby Brewing is fast becoming the place to go for classic lager styles, and we call up owner/brewmaster Ryan Wibby to chat with him about his brewery and beers. As we chat, we sample one of their special offerings, a Russian Imperial Lager with 4 varian

"It's a visit to Bloomingdale this week, as we settle down in the Snug at Wolfden Brewing to chat with Kris and Katie Wolf, and discover how they turned a 150-year old house into a brewpub that not only has great beer, but great ambience as well. Listen i

"It's the first podcast of the New Year, and we are reporting from a cask ale event from The Firkery, and hosted at Skeleton Key. It's a cavalcade of craft brewing celebrities and friends of the show, all being corned by The Brit. And the tables are turne

"Part 2 of our Central Illinois beer show, plus we hear about FOBAB winning Holy Moly, and raise our glasses for our traditional Christmas toast. Finally, we play the Pub's rendition of The Night Before Christmas which we hope will bring the spirit of the

"This week we are back in the Brit and Yankee pub, and we have part 1 of a bumper show, which recorded so long we decided to break it up into 2 shows...that, and it's the holidays and the pub staff are swamped with revelers and holiday parties! It's 3 bre

"We have a different episode this week where we visit the Naperville Red Arrow Taproom, and learn about self-serve craft beer. Owner and founder Joe Tota is our host and with my co-host, Ken McMullen, we learn about how it all works and how they embrace i

"In this edition, recorded at Iron and Glass Taproom and Bottle Shop, we talk with the 6 breweries who each provided a pin of real or cask-conditioned ale. We experience beer from a handle-pull engine, and from a draft gravity tap. Brandon Wright from Wer

"Our Thanksgiving podcast reports on a trip to De Kalb IL for The Brit and his stand-in co-host John Karwoski, as they visit with head brewer John Sanderson at the Forge Brewhouse. With John is his wife Christen, who is also sales and marketing for the Th

"We gather a panel of experts to review fall favorite, porters. Joining The Brit is Ken McMullen, head brewer at Hopvine, Chuck Fort brewer at Church Street, craft beer enthusiast Kevin Herbst, and national beer judge and font of beer knowledge, Mark Nask

"Church Street's TJ Bacholz and Chuck Fort join Mark Naski and Tom Ryan for our annual review of Stouts where we arbitraly assume that a change of weather means a change of styles. We lead in with an award-winning Altbier as our palate calibrator, but qui