Its time for my annual training in St. Charles, IL, but I gotta hit Chicago before I'm hauled out into the burbs. I'll only have from about noon until 10 p.m. Last year we had a blast at Lagunita's. The taproom was closed on Mondays but we took the tour and had a bunch of samples. After the tour, the guides were cool enough to let us hang out and poured us full beers in the tour tasting room. Half Acre's beers are awesome but the tasting room is closed on Monday.
I've heard about a ton of small nano breweries popping up in the city. Which breweries have the best taprooms and the best beers in Chicago these days?