Sly Fox Brewhouse & Eatery

Not because Beer Advocate anointed it third best brewpub in the nation last year. Not because Sly Fox got major props from beer guru Michael Jackson on a visit this spring. (His faves: the Pikeland Keller Pils, O'Reilly's Stout and Ichor.) Not because of the Growlers, 60-ounce jugs you buy for $12 — full — and get refilled for only $9 apiece (with every 11th one free Not even for the annual Sly Fox Goat Race (toasted with Weird Beard Maibock No, we go with the Fox because brewer Brian O'Reilly's idea of fun is to celebrate his ninth year in business by crafting nine different India Pale Ales.