I confirmed this with my contact at the brewery. Which bar, if I may ask?

Links Taproom in Chicago. It's a really good craft bar, recently voted #1 in IL by some crowdsourced publication. Probably just a mislabel on their menu.

http://www.linkstaproom.com/beer-menu/

My Boulevard contact always wants this kind of info so that he can make sure the Chicago reps are on top of it.

That place has got a nice list right now, mmmmm, Vietnamese Speedway Stout.....

That's refreshing, and not surprising, to hear about Blvd. Chicago's a crowded market.

I frequent that place often, and they're really cool people that are more than engaged with just the craft scene by throwing events/donating proceeds to various community causes. I'm sure it's just an oversight on their part. They're usually pretty on top of things, and yeah, they keep a great taplist. They had BA Darkness on for an entire week a couple weeks ago.

If you like Hefeweizens their fall seasonal, Weissheimer, is as close to tasting like Franziskaner as I have found.

Rocket Fuel is a good coffee porter.

They aren't say Buffalo Bayou but they are pretty good, I like their stuff more than say Karbach, and at the taproom it is pretty cheap.

I just went to one of those for the first time down here in SD - pretty cool concept. This one was just an open tab, pour as much as you like until you're ready to leave. Definitely a great way to sample a lot of different beers.

Cool.

I'm traveling to SD in June for the Royals/Pads series. Staying right near Ocean Beach. I'm not getting a car so I probably can't make it up north to Alesmith and a bunch of those others. I am excited to hit whatever is around OB/Downtown though. Would definitely take any recommendations if you have any.

OB has a some good spots, including my favorite (pizza port):
- Pizza Port
- Newport Pizza
- OB Noodle House
- Raglan
- Mike Hess

Should consider an uber to North Park, then all below are walkable:
- Modern Times
- Toronado
- Rip Current
- Waypoint Public
- North Park Brewing
- Mike Hess
- Tiger! Tiger!
- Blind Lady Ale House

Downtown:
- Ballast Point
- Bottlecraft
- Karl Strauss
- Resident
- Monkey Paw

There's also a nice Stone location at Liberty Station, which will be pretty close to you.

Petco Park has a lot of great craft beer, as well: http://www.petcoparkinsider.com/petco-park-beer-guide.

It's beer mecca here - you can't throw a rock without hitting a great taplist. Hit me up when you're in town, and if I'm around, we can go grab a beer somewhere. I'll probably look at going to that Royals game, too.

KCUnited snitching on the Chicago bars.

Not huge on Hefeweizens, but if theyre quality, I'll certainly try them. I enjoyed 8th Wonder, but you're right, Buffalo Bayou is better. Very underrated. I still suggest you make your way over to Brashland at some point as well.

LMAO

That'll teach them for messing with my untappd check-ins.

I've already had 2016 Rye-On-Rye-On-Rye!!!

Pizza Port is definitely towards the top of my list. If we decide not to catch all 3 games of the series, we might take a day and go up north.

Seeing the ocean, drinking some quality beers and catching a Royals game all in one day has me pretty excited.

Went to Lost 40 Brewing in Little Rock AR last weekend.

They have a DIPA called Snakebite, great beer, best DIPA I have had in a long time.

Damn tasty.

They have a Baltic Porter thats pretty solid as well.

Timbone can you get that stuff in your neck of the woods?

We get it up here. That DIPA is actually called Snake Party. We can get cans up here, though it's a seasonal/limited release. it's only like $11 a 4 pack, which isn't bad for their limited releases.

They also have a barrel aged stout called Nighty Night that's like $24 a four pack.. they're trying to do the whole Prairie thing, evidently.

Anyway, Lost 40 is good shit, and their taproom is awesome.

That's right, Snake Party. Wish I had tried the Stout.

The taproom is pretty fancy I must say.