"Join the Brit, the Fin AND the Yankee for a miscellany of Instant Brew Reviews, recorded at the Brit and Yankee annual Memorial Day BBQ. Mike Lingafelter brings a selection of brews back from the Ohio area, and Mark Naski throws in a contribution from Ne

"Join the pub staff and guests, plus a full house of patrons as we closeout Chicago Craft Beer Week. Our show is recorded from the The Brit and Yankee Pub studios and Mark and Phil welcome guests John Karwoski, and Mr. Illinois Beer, John Bittermann. Re

"The Pubcast staff head south down Route 59 and head to Plainfield, IL to visit with brewer Brandon Wright at Werk Force Brewing. We taste some of their brews, and Brandon heads to the back and hooks up a keg of one of his Otters series. Brandon talks ab

"We record a show over at John's Tavern in Winfield, and we're getting violent on this show with some Smack and Bruising! Noon Whistle has been producing their Smack series of beers and we have 2 of the barrel-aged varieties to review. We have Swanky S

"Phil revisits with Sean Curry from Sketchbook Brewing, and this time Sean brings out some special brews from his extensive cellar. All these can be considered 'Leather Chair' beers, in other words those that require you to sit down, relax, and sip them

"This week we are joined by Sketchbook Brewing co-founder, outdoors man, urban farmer, brewer, Untappd moderator, and cool dude, Sean Curry. Well, at least that's what his Facebook page says! Also joining us is beer aficionado and Sean's buddy, Tom Ryan

"TJ Hagen from Urban Legend Brewing in Westmont, has provided John's Tavern with a cavalcade of brew samples, and John has called in the Brit and Yankee Pubcast to help him taste and select his next in-house beers. A great opportunity for us to run throu

"The show welcomes John Karwoski, Chuck Fort from Church Street, plus his wife Mimi, and we pull out some bottles from Scottish brewers, Innis and Gunn. We try several of their barrel-aged brews which probably get over-looked in this age of local craft b

"Mark and Phil head out to Downers Grove and sit down with head brewer, Mark Hedrick, of Alter Brewing Company. Nearly 4 months old, this brewery has a wide range of draft beers available at the brewery tap room, and across a growing number of pub outlet

"On this show we head away from Illinois and across the Mississippi into Missouri for an interview with a brewery who have quite a reputation there, and will hopefully soon be distributed into Illinois. 2nd Shift Brewing are currently based in Newhaven,