Another East Coast trip where the least-bad way home is via ORD (lol)... time for another beer layover, which is where I intentionally book a 7 hour connection, give the CTA $10, and visit some breweries.

Anybody got any brewery suggestions, preferably close-ish to the Blue Line? Last beer layover included Revolution and Forbidden Root (which had a cloudy IPA tap takeover that tempted me to miss my flight and stay longer). The challenge is that it's mid-day on a Thursday, so a lot of the breweries without restaurants aren't open in time. It doesn't necessarily have to be breweries, either--craft beer bars with good/unique stuff are also welcome. No Belgian-style places, please; we have enough of those in Brussels