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Under-the-radar beers you need to try

 
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Dry City Brew Works

Dry City Brew Works
(timeout.com)

Brewery Location: Wheaton, Illinois Where their beers can be found: At their speak-easy style bar and tasting room. To Try: Timeout.com suggests the Ginger Saison and Pumpkin Porter (drycitybrewworks.com)

 
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Blue Island Beer Company

Blue Island Beer Company
(@BlueIslandBC, Twitter)

Brewery Location: Blue Island, Illinois Where their beers can be found: The brewery allows you to carry-out their beers. To Try: The 5 Bridges Kolsch, available on tap at the brewery and now available in cans. (blueislandbeerco.com)

 
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Black Abbey Brewing Company

Black Abbey Brewing Company
(@BlackAbbeyBrew, Twitter)

Brewery Location: Nashville, Tennessee Where their beers can be found: Outside of the breweries open tasting hours, they allow you to order kegs online for special events To Try: Best-seller The Rose, a spicey Belgium blonde ale. (blackabbeybrewing.com)

 
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Creature Comforts

Creature Comforts
(Creature Comforts Facebook page)

Brewery Location: Athens, Georgia Where their beers can be found: Select locations in the Athens and Atlanta areas, with occasional shipments outside those areas according to BeerAdvocate.com To Try: Start with the ever-popular Tropicalia IPA. (creaturecomfortsbeer.com)

 
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Trillium

Trillium
(trilliumbrewing.com)

Brewery Location: Boston, Massachusetts Where their beers can be found: Facilities at Fort Point and the newer Canton, Mass. locale. To Try: Availability for trying their brews is updated daily. The Fort Point Pale Ale is a good place to start. (trilliumbrewing.com)

 
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Kilowatt Brewing

Kilowatt Brewing
(beeralien.com)

Brewery Location: San Diego, California Where their beers can be found: At the namesakes brewery, which rotates in different food trucks for meal-and-beer pairings. They are also open to tour buses visiting. To Try: This brewery boasts some great dark brews. Start with the wine barrel aged red. (kilowatt.beer)

 
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Toolbox

Toolbox
(@ToolboxBrewing, Twitter)

Brewery Location: Vista, California Where their beers can be found: The brewery recently teamed up with California Craft Distributors to spread the beers to new locations across the state. To Try: Before diving into their sours and weisses, try the West Coast Funk double India Pale Brett. (toolboxbrewing.com)

 
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Coppertail Brewing

Coppertail Brewing
(coppertailbrewing instagram photos/instagram24.com)

Brewery Location: Tampa, Florida Where their beers can be found: A variety of Florida-based companies distribute Coppertail beer. To Try: Their Sarlacc Stout, which is available on rotation. (coppertailbrewing.com)

 
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Town Hall Brewery

Town Hall Brewery
(@THBrewery, Twitter)

Brewery Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota Where their beers can be found: The brewpub serves their beers on site, although they have made headlines over the years for wanting to expand distribution. To Try: The award-winning Hope & King Scotch Ale (townhallbrwery.com)

 
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Wicked Weed

Wicked Weed
(@wickedweedbeer/ Twitter)

Brewery Location: Asheville, North Carolina Where their beers can be found: Their website includes a list of over 400 local spots where their brews are sold. To Try: The Black Angel Cherry Sour (wickedweedbrewing.com)

 
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Beaver Island Brewing

Beaver Island Brewing
(@BeaverIslandSTC/Twitter)

Brewery Location: St. Cloud, Minnesota Where their beers can be found: The brewery has been expanding its distribution in 2016 to seaport city Duluth to expand its St. Cloud reach. To Try: The Ripple, a malty German-inspired ale that is available year-round. (beaverislandbrew.com)

 
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Fat Bottom Brewing

Fat Bottom Brewing
(CraftBeerDrnkr/ Instagram)

Brewery Location: Nashville, Tennessee Where their beers can be found: In-state distribution. To Try: A tall can of their Knockout IPA. (fatbottombrewing.com)

 
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Sweetwater Brewing

Sweetwater Brewing
(beerpulse.com)

Brewery Location: Atlanta, Georgia Where their beers can be found: According to beerpulse.com Sweetwater expanded distribution to New Jersey and Pennsylvania in 2015. To Try: The 420 Extra Pale Ale, named for the date it was first brewed. (sweetwaterbrew.com)

 
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NoDa Brewing Company

NoDa Brewing Company
(@NoDaBrewing/ Twitter)

Brewery Location: Charlotte, North Carolina Where their beers can be found: Two NC locations plus distribution to other locales per the brewery's website. To Try: Their Hot Cakes American Double Imperial IPA is available on rotation. (nodabrewing.com)

 
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Blank Slate Brewing Company

Blank Slate Brewing Company
(blankslatebeer.com)

Brewery Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Where their beers can be found: Distribution outside of the taproom to local bars and restaurants, with bottling of their beers starting production in 2015. To Try: Something off the beaten path--the Shroominous, brown ale with shiitake mushrooms. (blankslatebeer.com)

 
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Modern Times

Modern Times
(sandiego.eater.com)

Brewery Location: San Diego, California Where their beers can be found: A variety of watering holes in the Southern California area, San Francisco and Hawai'i. To Try: Their line of sours, like the seasonal apricot sour available March through May. (moderntimesbeer.com)

 
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Societe Brewing Co.

Societe Brewing Co.
(@societebrewing/ Twitter)

Brewery Location: San Diego California Where their beers can be found: Various taprooms in the greater SD area, as well as up north in the surrounding San Francisco Bay Area. To Try: Roustabout IPA, which reportedly took home a gold medal at SF Beer Week over NorCal stand-by Pliny The Elder. (societebrewing.com)

 
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Abnormal Beer Co.

Abnormal Beer Co.
(@AbnormalBeerCo/ Twitter)

Brewery Location: San Diego, California Where their beers can be found: This brewery is just a little over a year old--expansion outside of the brewery/winery/taproom in the works To Try: The M2 Imperial Oatmeal Stout, which the brewery's website describes as "a candy bar in a glass." (abnormalbeer.co)

 
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Sycamore Brewing-Charlotte

Sycamore Brewing-Charlotte
(@SycamoreBrewing/ Twitter)

Brewery Location: Charlotte, North Carolina Where their beers can be found: The greater Carolina area To try: 'Moonlight White Wheat', described by the brewers as 'Light and summery, this beer is perfect for sunny beer garden days!' (http://sycamorebrew.com/)

 
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Green Flash

Green Flash
(GreenFlashBeer/ Twitter)

Brewery Location: San Diego Where their beers can be found: Throughout the U.S. To try: Cosmic Ristretto 'Breathe in its coffee aroma and sweet malts, and savor its smooth, espresso, chocolate flavor. Don’t fight its gravitational pull.' (http://www.greenflashbrew.com/)

Chelena Goldman grew up on a street where the boys played street hockey and yelling at baseball and football over the radio was a standard -- making life as a sports geek the perfect fit. She believes in dominance on the blue line, good red wine, and the theory that you can never be too overdressed for any occasion. You can find her gabbing away on Twitter at @ChelenaGoldman.

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