Under-the-radar beers you need to try

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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/)

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/)