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Recommended Craft Beers

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  Bar/Lounge
  The Bad Apple North Center
  This spacious three-room bar always seems to be at least a little crowded, even at what ought to be dead hours, and it's not hard to see why—it has great burgers (I've heard it described as "Kuma's without the wait"), »
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  Craft Beer
  Gingerman Tavern Wrigleyville

  The back room at this friendly joint in a beautiful old wedge-shaped corner building has two lamp-lit pool tables, black-and-white tile floor, a good jukebox, and eclectic vintage decor. The big front-room bar offers a huge selection of bottled »

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  Bar/Lounge
  Hopleaf Andersonville  7
  For 15 years and counting, Hopleaf has been my favorite beer bar in Chicago. It's most famous for its selection of Belgian beers—almost half of the downstairs bar's 41 taps on any given day, plus the majority of its frankly »
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  Bar/Lounge
  Jaks Tap West Loop
  Friendly, casual West Loop sports bar peopled with regulars and folks from the neighborhood. There are 40 microbrews on tap, and the menu is more substantial than you'll find at most: in addition to the usual sandwiches and burgers there »
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  Bar/Lounge
  Local Option Lincoln Park
  With a handwritten sign inside reading "Welcome Nerds (You Know Who You Are)," custom neon for Mikkeller and Evil Twin above the bar, and a huge skull-and-crossbones mural whose German motto translates to "Shit beer will kill you," Local Option »
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  Music venue
  Map Room Wicker Park/Bucktown
  The Map Room honors its name with a huge relief map painted on the wall, flags of the world hanging from the ceiling, and an impressive draft list—24 taps and one firkin—that's roughly half imports, with regular appearances by Stiegl »
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  Bar/Lounge
  Maria's Packaged Goods & Community Bar Bridgeport
  In August of 2010 arts raconteur Ed Marszewski transformed his mother's packaged-goods bar into one of the city's premier watering holes for international craft beers and whiskeys. The bar offers more than 450 brews in bottles and on tap, along »
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  4 AM Bar
  The Owl Logan Square
  There's a waterfall behind the bar—that’s definitely something. Fortunately, though, the 4 AM spot brought to Logan Square by the people behind Estelle's, Easy Bar, and Alive One has a handful of other amenities, including a solid rotation of 20 »
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  Bar/Lounge
  Simone's Pilsen/Little Village
  This resto-pub is a poster child for repurposed materials—benches in each booth were constructed from old safety belts, chandeliers are industrial clusters of mismatched lamps, wood was reclaimed from Westinghouse High School—but the drinks and food transcend the spectacle. American »
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  Bar/Lounge
  SmallBar Division Wicker Park/Bucktown
  This cozy establishment was voted the country's best soccer bar in a 2010 U.S. Soccer Federation poll, and I'm voting it the only tolerable place to have a beer on the stretch of Division between Damen and Western. In fact, »
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  Bar/Lounge
  Twisted Spoke West Town/Noble Square
  
  Don't let the motorbike and its skeleton rider rotating on the post outside put you off: Twisted Spoke is a top-notch beer bar with a selection of whiskeys (almost 400) to rival Delilah's. Sure, there's plenty of ersatz bad-boy attitude—their »
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  4 AM Bar
  Underbar Roscoe Village
  As oxymoronic as it may sound, Underbar is a classy 4 AM bar. The inside is dark and candlelit, and the staff has a pretty firm handle on keeping the really drunk people out. The bar boasts an extensive selection »
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  Pizza
  Union Pizzeria Evanston
  Evanston's hipster lounge is located in this restaurant along a commercial strip dominated by grocery stores. A mix of funky and sleek looks, it's got old moderne couches arranged along its all-glass streetside wall. The bartenders are amiable, smart, and »
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  Classic Bar
  Village Tap Roscoe Village
  This Roscoe Village standby's main attraction is its beer list: 26 taps rotate a lineup of craft brews and imports sold at reasonable prices. This bar's other claim to fame? A festive enclosed beer garden that's open all year round. »

All Craft Beers

• • Acre

    5308 N. Clark St.

    Chicago, IL, 60640

    773-334-7600
  • Bangers & Lace

    1670 W. Division St.

    Chicago, IL, 60622

    773-252-6499
  • The Bar on Buena

    910 W. Buena Ave.

    Chicago, IL, 60613

    773-525-8865
  • Fatpour Tap Works

    2005 W. Division St.

    Chicago, IL, 60622

    773-698-8940
  • Fork

    4600 N. Lincoln Ave.

    Chicago, IL, 60625

    773-751-1500
  • Goose Island Brewpub

    1800 N. Clybourn Ave.

    Chicago, IL, 60614-4939

    312-915-0071
  • Joie de Vine

    1744 W. Balmoral Ave.

    Chicago, IL, 60640-1124

    773-989-6846
• • Long Room

    1612 W. Irving Park Rd.

    Chicago, IL, 60613

    773-665-4500
  • Mulligans Public House

    2000 W. Roscoe St.

    Chicago, IL,

    773-549-4225
  • Old Town Social

    455 W. North Ave.

    Chicago, IL, 60610

    312-266-2277
  • Public House

    400 N. State St.

    Chicago, IL, 60654

    312-265-1240
  • Rhythm Room

    1715 N. Maple Ave.

    Evanston, IL, 60201

    847-491-9723
  • Sheffield's

    3258 N. Sheffield Ave.

    Chicago, IL, 60657

    773-281-4989