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 tempting to beat the heat with a lime lager. Cold Crispy Lime by Pipeworks Brewing is an American Light Lager at 4.9%, just what you want for a day at the beach or next …

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 open cans of Beer Hates Astronauts from Half Acre Brewing. It’s always nice to revisit a solid IPA, and you can always count on Half Acre being a crew that delivers just tha…

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 crack open cans of Boss Berry. No, Boss Berry isn’t the newest Deep Woods beer. Boss Berry is a fruited sour from the good folks at Goose Island. This fruited sour hits just…

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 Nik White share a fancy table beer as they chat about what they have been doing the last couple of weeks. With events in full swing, the guys talk about the preview of Goose Islan…

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 On this episode of Chicago Beer Pass, Brad Chmielewski and Nik White have a can of Gampar, a 5.5% ABV Pale Ale from Old Irving Brewing. This Pale Ale is a great new release from O…

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 with Cinco De Mayo in their sights they open up Taco Fest, a Mexican-Style Lager from Ravinia Brewing. As the guys knock back a couple of these bright pink cans they wonder …

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 have a can of Locked & Loaded, a killer American IPA from Garage Band Brewing. As the guys crush a can or two of this one, they talk about Brad’s recent travels around the C…

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 open these delicious purple cans of Overhaze from Marz Community Brewing Co. As the guys knock back a few cans they talk about how good beer has gotten in Illinois and what …

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 full on St. Patrick’s Day on this episode. To get these green festivities going they have a Clurichaun Trap, an Irish Stout from Illuminated Brew Works. First this beer …

Chicago Beer Pass: Mildly Irish 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 ready for St. Patrick’s Day! Kicking things off, the guys open some cans of Lake Effect 5th Provence Irish Mild Red Ale. It’s been a whil…

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 have themselves a hazy double IPA from the Sauganash brewery, Alarmist. Bone Bone Bone… is the first time in a while that the guys have reached for this style, and it didn’t…

Chicago Beer Pass: IPA Snacks 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 have themselves a little IPA Snack to usher in what they hope is Spring and not Chicago’s “false Spring”. Brad picked up these cans of Raptor S…

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 crack open cans of Pennies from Prague, a Czech Dark Lager from the folks at BuckleDown Brewing. Brad made a quick little trip out that way and stopped at BuckleDown Brewing…

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 cracking open cans from Hidden Hands as well as a peach beer that Brad found in the back of his fridge. The winter blues are here and the guys haven’t been hitting up to…

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 brave the cold, cold weather that has been hitting the city to bring everyone a new episode of the pod. To go with this cold weather the guys have the newest release from Re…

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 open a couple cans from Burning Bush. Although we are deep in the cold zone with this weather, a golden ale can really hit the spot. As the guys knock back these beers they t…

Welcome to the Chicago Beer Pass: Your ticket to all the great beer events happening in and around Chicago. On this final episode of 2023, Brad Chmielewski and Nik White kick off the new year with a collaboration between Alarmist Brewing & Solemn Oath Brewing called Snaggle Jus. This beer is everything you want from both breweries: a big, juicy hop…

Welcome to the Chicago Beer Pass: Your ticket to all the great beer events happening in and around Chicago. On this final episode of 2023, Brad Chmielewski and Nik White celebrate the end of the year with fresh cans of Fistmas from Revolution Brewing. Last year, the guys ended the year with Fistmas as well, and it’s only fitting because Revolution …

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 crack open a couple cans of Cosmic Juice Box from Crushed By Giants… or maybe DyHop… Whoever is officially making this beer is making a great haze. As the guys knock back th…

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 crack open a couple cans from the recent Revolution’s Deep Wood series. It’s unfortunate that they haven’t kept up on these each month of the release because they are always…

This is the two hundredth episode of Shatter The Vain! It is a pretty big milestone to reach for a podcast or really any project and I couldn’t be happier with the episodes and content that I’ve created for the last few years. And yet, it’s time to step away from Vainglory and let the game carry on without me. It was a hard choice to make, but it’s…

This is episode one hundred and ninety-nine of Shatter The Vain. I’m Brad Chmielewski, and this is a podcast all about the mobile MOBA Vainglory created by Super Evil Megacorp. here is a battle happening right now between the community, pro players and Super Evil Megacorp and sadly someone is going to be the loser. It seems to be a very troublesome…

This is episode one hundred and ninety-eight of Shatter The Vain. I’m Brad Chmielewski, and this is a podcast all about the mobile MOBA Vainglory created by Super Evil Megacorp. There seems to be an influx of players leaving and coming back to Vainglory lately. 5v5 has really divided the players. One of those players and content creators that I’m r…

This is episode one hundred and ninety-seven of Shatter The Vain. I’m Brad Chmielewski, and this is a podcast all about the mobile MOBA Vainglory created by Super Evil Megacorp. This past week we saw update 3.1 get released and with the new hero Tony. Along with this update, there is a ton happening in the Vainglory community including a tournament…

This is episode one hundred and ninety-six of Shatter The Vain. I’m Brad Chmielewski and this is a podcast all about the mobile MOBA Vainglory created by Super Evil Megacorp. Sorry there is no beer in this episode, but I do have a couple awesome guests. This week I’m joined by SuNzNick & Kelsey of Team OutFox. The three of us chat about how the gro…

This is episode one hundred and ninety-five of Shatter The Vain. I’m Brad Chmielewski and this is a podcast all about the mobile MOBA Vainglory created by Super Evil Megacorp. I’m mixing things up this week and grabbing a beer. On this episode, I’m joined in-person by Jeff from Halcyon Masters! The two of us crack open a few cans of beer as we talk…

This is episode one hundred and ninety-four of Shatter The Vain. I’m Brad Chmielewski and this is a podcast all about the mobile MOBA Vainglory created by Super Evil Megacorp. Right now there isn’t a ton of news coming from SEMC but the community is very busy with tournaments, gathering and content creation. Plus, we’re all messing around with 5v5 …

Welcome to another minisode of Shatter The Vain, these are sort of “Brawl Mode” episodes where we’ll focus on one topic that may not always be Vainglory related but will tie-in somehow. On this minisode, I’m joined by ttigers. There was a recent article that ttigers wrote on medium that gave some really good insight into the 5v5 meta in the current…

This is episode one hundred and ninety-three of Shatter The Vain. I’m Brad Chmielewski and this is a podcast all about the mobile MOBA Vainglory created by Super Evil Megacorp. 3.0 has been released and it seems like the Vainglory community is having a blast on Sovereign’s Rise! Joining me this week to talk about update 3.0 and give her thoughts on…

This is episode one hundred and ninety-two of Shatter The Vain. I’m Brad Chmielewski and this is a podcast all about the mobile MOBA Vainglory created by Super Evil Megacorp. It’s here! 3.0 is finally released and everyone in the Vainglory community can now enjoy Sovereign’s Rise! This episode was recorded before the release of 3.0 and was more of …

This is episode one hundred and ninety-one of Shatter The Vain. I’m Brad Chmielewski and this is a podcast all about the mobile MOBA Vainglory created by Super Evil Megacorp. The golden ticket holders have now had 5v5 for about a week and it’s time to get some thoughts on how it’s feeling. Joining me to give me his insight is huhas. The two of us a…

This is episode one hundred and ninety of Shatter The Vain. I’m Brad Chmielewski and this is a podcast all about the mobile MOBA Vainglory created by Super Evil Megacorp. Here we are and 5v5 is now here for everyone with a golden ticket to play and enjoy. Right now we’re all still trying figure things out and there is lots of speculation on how it’…

This is episode one hundred and eighty-nine of Shatter The Vain. I’m Brad Chmielewski and this is a podcast all about the mobile MOBA Vainglory created by Super Evil Megacorp. Right now we’re in a slow news period for Vainglory as the SEMC gets ready for the 5v5 update. To continue the talk about 5v5, I’m joined once again by idmonfish. I wanted to…

This is episode one hundred and eighty-eight of Shatter The Vain. I’m Brad Chmielewski and this is a podcast all about the mobile MOBA Vainglory created by Super Evil Megacorp. We are just a couple weeks into the new year and I hope your 2018 is off to a vainglorious start. Last week CurvyBarbie touched on most of the major topics that have been ru…

This is episode one hundred and eighty-seven of Shatter The Vain and the first episode of 2018. I’m Brad Chmielewski and this is a podcast all about the mobile MOBA Vainglory created by Super Evil Megacorp. I hope everyone has been having a great holiday and your 2018 is off to a vainglorious start. The past couple weeks have been kind of crazy for…

This is episode one hundred and eighty-six of Shatter The Vain. I’m Brad Chmielewski and this is a podcast all about the mobile MOBA Vainglory created by Super Evil Megacorp. I hope everyone has been having a great holiday. There wasn’t a ton of Vainglory news this past week due to the holiday and the massive news reveal we got from 5v5. Now that w…

This is episode one hundred and eighty-five of Shatter The Vain. I’m Brad Chmielewski and this is a podcast all about the mobile MOBA Vainglory created by Super Evil Megacorp. It is finally here! We have all now seen the new 5v5 map and it look’s amazing. During the Vainglory Worlds we got to learn about Sovereign’s Rise, see a few matches played a…

This is episode one hundred and eighty-four of Shatter The Vain. I’m Brad Chmielewski and this is a podcast all about the mobile MOBA Vainglory created by Super Evil Megacorp. It’s been another week and we are getting closer to Vainglory Worlds and the reveal of 5v5. The Vainglory Twitter account has been giving us a drip drip drip of news and it’s…

This is episode one hundred and eighty-three of Shatter The Vain. I’m Brad Chmielewski and this is a podcast all about the mobile MOBA Vainglory created by Super Evil Megacorp. Update 2.11 is here and we’re getting closer to Vainglory Worlds and the reveal of 5v5. Now, Vainglory Worlds will be played on update 2.10 but all of us will be enjoying 2.…

This is episode one hundred and eighty-two of Shatter The Vain. I’m Brad Chmielewski and this is a podcast all about the mobile MOBA Vainglory created by Super Evil Megacorp. We’re getting very close to Vainglory Worlds happening in Singapore so to give a little insight into what is happening over there I’m joined by idmonfish. idmonfish has been p…