Beer bar recommendations - by state

Let me be the first to add Ohio bars, then, damnit.

Toledo: Swigs; Ye Olde Cock and Bull
Columbus: The Elevator; Barleys
Cincinnati: Winks

Here's a few good ones:

Three Penny Taproom - Montpelier, VT
Black Back Pub - Waterbury, VT
Hollingshead's Deli - Orange, CA

Athens, Georgia - Trappeze - Always a great selection of craft beers. 30+ taps. Great food as well. Pretty sure if made the list of 50 best beer bars in America a couple of years ago.

The Anchor here in Wichita, KS is the best in town. http://www.anchorwichita.com/

A few of my favorites for Massachusetts:

The New World Tavern, Plymouth, MA- http://thenewworldtavern.com/
Driftwood Public House, Plymouth, MA - http://www.driftwoodpublickhouse.com/beer.html
British Beer Company, Plymouth, +12 other locations throughout MA- http://www.britishbeer.com/index.php?local/plymouth/
Flynn's Irish Pub, Sagamore, MA-http://www.gotoflynns.com/
Dirty Truth, Northampton, MA- http://dirtytruthbeerhall.com/
Northampton Brewery, Northampton, MA- http://www.northamptonbrewery.com/
McLadden's Irish Public House, Northampton, MA- http://www.mcladdens.com/noho/
Captain Jimmy's, Agawam MA- http://www.kaptainjimmys.com/

Beer Run - VA
Vermont Pub and Brewery - VT
Hop Leaf - IL

The entire city of Asheville North Carolina

Kentucky:
Apocalypse Brew Works - Louisville

I used to work at birch and Barley / churchkey!!!

Oso's Taphouse, Plover WI. 40 Wisconsin Beers on tap. Nothing more, nothing less.

Free State Brewery, Lawrence Kansas
Moon River, Savannah Georgia

The Birch Bar, Norfolk Virginia

mcshaw16 said:

A few of my favorites for Massachusetts:

The New World Tavern, Plymouth, MA- http://thenewworldtavern.com/
Driftwood Public House, Plymouth, MA - http://www.driftwoodpublickhouse.com/beer.html
British Beer Company, Plymouth, +12 other locations throughout MA- http://www.britishbeer.com/index.php?local/plymouth/
Flynn's Irish Pub, Sagamore, MA-http://www.gotoflynns.com/
Dirty Truth, Northampton, MA- http://dirtytruthbeerhall.com/
Northampton Brewery, Northampton, MA- http://www.northamptonbrewery.com/
McLadden's Irish Public House, Northampton, MA- http://www.mcladdens.com/noho/
Captain Jimmy's, Agawam MA- http://www.kaptainjimmys.com/

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New World Tavern is great...so glad we got a nice craft bar in my town. Driftwood is awesome too!

biochemedic said:

Currently sitting in a great little taproom in York, PA...The Holy Hound...30 on tap and a light but delicious menu, friendly and knowledgeable bartenders...

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When I worked for ESAB I spent a lot of time in Hanover, I was floored when I found out the the place I was introduced to craft beer in was closed. 32 taps, 300+ bottles and if you asked for a Bud Light their response was "we don't have that here". And Wednesday night blues night. RIP K.C. Klingers.

More from Ohio.

Columbus
Bob's Bar
Bodega
The Pint Room
Columbus Brewing Company
101 Beer Kitchen

Cleveland
Fat Heads Brewery
The Brew Kettle Tap Room
Great Lakes Brewing
The Buckeye Beer Engine

Zanesville
Weasel Boy Brewing

And another for North Carolina

Black Mountain N.C (Asheville area)
Pisguah Brewing Company

If you're on the north side of Atlanta
Hop alley in Alpharetta Georgia is one of my favorites-
http://www.hopalleybrew.com/

Houston, Texas:

Cedar Creek, Onion Creek, Cottonwood Club, Moon Tower Inn

El Lago, Texas:

Boondoggles, Chelsea (service sucks, selection is great)

Cincinnati, OH - Moerlein Lager House, Marty's Hops and Vines

Another vote for Heurot in Muncie, IN. Had to head up there last week for a funeral and made some time one evening to decompress. The selection was fantastic and it was nice to get to try some things I can't get here in Texas.

In East Lansing, MI
Crunchy's- 27 taps- features a lot of great local beers. Founders, Arcadia ales, new holland, and Bells are usually available. Lunch special of burger, fries, and beer for $5.50 (bmc, but you can upgrade)
HopCat- haven't been yet myself, but thy have 100 taps

Kansas
Free state brewery - lawrence
The blind tiger brewery- Topeka
Tall grass brewery- manhattan
River city brewery- wichita
Renaissance cellars- st marys

I second Trappez, with two p's other wise you get something most definitely not beer related, up in Athens. Great tap and bottle list and they do half pours with a really good food to boot.

Also in Atlanta The Wrecking Bar Brew Pub, great food and house made brews. They do Wood-Aged Wednesday's which are great! Good ration of taps and its the only place you can get their brews.

These two are must adds for the Georgia list.

In my home town i like the Parkway Tavern
http://www.parkwaytavern.com/
The Red Hot Tavern
http://redhottacoma.com/
and the awesome bottle shop Pint Defiance
http://www.pintdefiance.com/

When in L.A. visiting friends I like Eagle Rock brewery
http://eaglerockbrewery.com/main
and the York on York
http://www.theyorkonyork.com/