Home Brews | Rundown | Chicago http://rundown.com/chi/2187-home-brews Meet Your Newest DrinK HOME BREWS of Choice (Or 5… ESCAPING THE CLUTCHES OF ANHEUSER BUSCH The Best Colorado SKi Resort You've Never… Blow Her Away at Chicago's 5 Classiest… AGONY IN SLOW MOTION The Secret to a Cooler Bedroom You, DeNiro, and Sin City's Most Opulent V… With Bud gobbling up Goose Island, beer purists everywhere face an identity crisis: what's the next great indie brew? LucKily for Chicago, the city is drunk with microbreweries. And lucKy for you, we've crafted this handy guide to the city's best craft brewmasters who don't fall under the command of Anheuser-Busch (yet): Revolution Brewing The newest addition to the scene is a scene in itself with a huge, hip oak-finished space where they serve up pub grub in addition to 35 different home beers, from the Coup d'Etat (dry, spicy French saison with German hops) to the hop-heavy Anti-Hero IPA. If that's not enough, Che Guevara-style shirts and hats are on sale to feed your anarchist soul. 2323 N. Milwaukee Ave., Logan Square. (773-227-2739) Half Acre Beer Company The friendly, community-conscious folks at Half Acre host $10 brewery tours every Saturday while sponsoring local cycling club Half Acre Cycling. Pair beers like their TOP IN NIGHTLIFE dank, aromatic Daisy Cutter Pale Ale or Baume chocolate rye stout with pretzels and mustards in their free tasting area, while watching huge steel filtering vats and clarifying Meet Your Newest DrinK of Choice (Or 5 of Them) tanks do their thing (it's hypnotic). 4257 N. Lincoln Ave., Northcenter. (773-248-4038) Vote for Chicago's Best Bar Metropolitan Brewing It's all about the smooth, mellow flavors and dry finish of German lagers at this converted Where to Go When You're Really, warehouse in an industrial section of Mayor Emanuel's hood. ChecK out the toasty Really Good-Looking malts of the Cologne-styled Krankshaft Kolsch or the spicy aroma of the reddish Can You Name the Top 5 New Bars Dynamo Copper Lager. This small DIY operation was the first on the scene in 2008; now This Spring? they feel like elder statesmen. 5121 N. Ravenswood Ave., Ravenswood. (No phone) Prepare to Laugh Your Pants Off MORE STORIES Your Cure for a Common Case of March Madness Will Smith Finally Tofu Chocolate Movie Bloopers 12 Things You Make Your Own Breaks Silence On Cake Sounds That Are Funnier Didn't Know About Tasty Pop Tarts Uncle Phil's Passing Strange But Is Than The Actual Netflix Delicious Movie RECENT RUNDOWNS 2 of 3 3/31/14, 1:25 PM.