Reno has a wide variety of brew pubs for those bored with everyday beverages

So you want to go out for a drink, but you don’t know where to go. Sure you could always walk into the first bar you see and order a Coors Light or Sierra Nevada, but you can get those anywhere. You want to try something new, you want to try something different, you want to try something local. You’re in luck; Reno has a wide variety of breweries to choose from.

• Great Basin Brewing Company
846 Victorian Ave
Sparks, Nev.
775-355-7711
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Open daily at 11:30 a.m.
Happy hour from 3 – 6 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Gotta try: Ichthyosaur IPA


• Silver Peak Grill & Taproom (two locations)
135 N Sierra St
Reno, Nev.
775-284-3300
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124 Wonder Street
Reno, Nev.

Open daily 11 a.m. – 1 a.m.
Happy hour from 4 – 6 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Gotta try: Red Roadster


• Brew Brothers in Eldorado
345 N Virginia Street
Reno, Nev.
775-786-5700
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Open daily 11:30 a.m. for lunch, 11 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
Happy hour from 3 – 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Gotta try: Red Head Amber Ale


• BJ's Restaurant & Brewery - Summit Sierra
13999 S. Virginia St.
Reno, Nev. 89511
775-853-7575
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Open 11a.m. - 12 a.m. Sunday through Thursday, 
11 a.m. – 1 a.m. Friday through Saturday.
Happy hour Monday through Friday 3 – 7 p.m.

Gotta try: Jeremiah Red


• Fifty Fifty Brewing Co.
11197 Brockway Road,
Truckee, Calif. 96161
530-587-BEER

Open every day at 11:30 a.m.
Happy hour from 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Gotta try: Manifesto Pale Ale

• Rail City Ale House
2121 Victorian Ave.
Sparks, Nev.
(775) 359-9440

Monday through Thursday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Friday 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Specials run all day each day with domestic drafts at $1.50; premium drafts $2.50 and specials on beer tubes of original Rail Ale, Amber and Honey Blonde.

Gotta try: Rail Ale Honey Blonde

• Doppelgangers Bar and Grill
302 North Carson Street
Carson City, Nev.
(775) 882-7787
Open daily 11a.m.-midnight.

Happy hour 4 - 6 p.m. daily. Draft beers and well drinks are $2.75. Beers range from light, honey and pale to amber and stout. No less than eight on tap at a time.

Gotta try: V&T Honey Ale

• Buckbean Brewery
1155 S. Rock Blvd.
Suite 490
Reno, Nev.
(775) 857-4444
Open 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Tuesday through Thursday
11 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Friday and Saturday

Beers include Black Noddy, the Original Orange Blossom Ale and Tule Duck Red Ale. Buckbean Beer will not only be available at the brewery, but also at local bars, restaurants, and events, and at stores in cans.