Half Acre Balmoral Tap Room

Chicago


The original Half Acre on Lincoln Ave got so popular it had to expand to this hulking facility on Balmoral Ave. Now it has become a destination brewery, where beer lovers go to try everything from passion-fruit ales to milk sugar IPAs and chocolate raspberry imperial stouts. It's always a happening scene, especially the picnic-table-dotted beer garden in summer.

The kitchen makes good pizzas and sandwiches, and there's even a kids' menu. Tours ($10) take place on Sundays at 1pm. Note the entrance is through the parking lot on Rascher Ave (which is one block north of Balmoral).


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