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Suds and Sunshine ENJOY A COLD PINT ON THE PATIO AT VEGAS'S BEST CRAFT BEER BARS AND BEER GARDENS. B&B Burger & Beer There is no great mystery to the menu at the new B&B Burger & Beer, inside Venetian. But those burgers are made from USDA Prime Black Angus beef ground fresh daily, and California craft brews make a respectable showing on the beer list. Enjoy a hoppy West Coast IPA on the 2,000 -square-foot, 100 -seat outdoor patio facing the Strip. Venetian, 702-414-2220; bandbburgerandbeer.com Bar + Bistro Located inside the Arts Factory, a former industrial warehouse transformed into a thriving arts center, Bar + Bistro offers a loosely Latin/ Mediterranean/Arabic fusion menu alongside an excellent selection of craft beers from trendy national breweries, including Dogfish Head, Brooklyn Brewery, Ommegang, and Nevada's own Great Basin Brewing. The large patio is a great place to post up during First Friday (or any other day), with live entertainment of all varieties and a fire pit to keep you warm on chilly nights. Don't miss the bluegrass brunch every Sunday. The Arts Factory, 702-202-6060; barbistroaf.com Bier Garten Beercraft & Foodery Bier Garten calls itself Downtown's "backyard," and its beer garden features a living wall, actual grass underfoot, authentic beer-hall tables from a Munich Oktoberfest in the 1980s, and, coming soon, entertainment on Friday and Saturday nights. Inside there are 24 craft beers on tap and a kitchen that cranks out artisanal sausages with fancy toppings (Cheez Whiz!) and giant Bavarian pretzels. The Plaza; biergartenlv.com Flour & Barley From the fine folks behind the Strip hot spots Holsteins and Public House comes Flour & Barley, inside The Linq, serving pastas, panini, and wood-fired pizzas, plus a selection of 50 craft beers, barrel-aged cocktails, and wine on draft. Enjoy it all on the 1,200 -square-foot patio. The Linq, 702-430-4430; f lourandbarley.com Gold Spike The former casino and hotel is now a big, beautiful, nonsmoking, nongaming bar and lounge open 24/7. Inside, in the Living Room, you'll find a bed, beanbags, dartboards, pool tables, a jumbo game of Connect Four, and a DJ spinning pop hits. Out in the Backyard, there's a giant Jenga tower, beer pong, cornhole, patio furniture, fire pits, and a stage with live music on weekends. But for beeries, the best part is the beer list: a nice selection of domestic and imported craft brews, such as Innis & Gunn Rum Aged, most of them at the very un-Vegas price of $4 – $6. 217 N. Las Vegas Blvd., 702-476- 1082; goldspike.com La Cave Nestled away in Wynn is La Cave Wine and Food Hideaway, with an open-air patio overlooking the Wynn gardens and pool. Enjoy a cheese and charcuterie board along with one of the fantastic regional or European craft beers, like La Cave Select, a British Double Barrel pale ale brewed exclusively for the restaurant by California's Firestone Walker Brewing. Wynn Las Vegas, 702-770-7375; lacavelv.com Park on Fremont Schlitz and Colt 45 inhabit the same menu as Delirium Tremens and Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA, and that's really Park on Fremont in a nutshell: hipster chic with refined tastes. Park is one of the hippest haunts downtown, and its spacious backyard patio is an urban drinking oasis. 506 Fremont St., 702-834-3160; parkonfremont.com Tenaya Creek Brewery The Las Vegas brewery Tenaya Creek produces quality craft beers found in stores throughout the valley. You can also pay a visit to the brewery itself, which has a taproom with live music on weekends and a patio for relaxing outside with a pint, be it a sweet and malty Baltic Porter, with dark fruity and roasty f lavors, or a f loral Hop Ride IPA. 3101 N. Tenaya Way, 702-362- 7335; tenayacreek.com V Its Venice setting may be faux, but B&B's food is authentic Batali. Hofbräuhaus serves up an ample taste of Bavaria. PROST! Hofbräuhaus celebrates a decade of year-round Oktoberfest. Hofbräuhaus Las Vegas, a replica of the original 400-year-old brewery and beer hall in Munich, opened in 2004. The raucous beer hall has live music daily, complete with sing-(slur?)-alongs and all the "zigge-zagge, zigge-zagge, hoi hoi hoi" chants you could ever hope to hear. The menu's recipes come straight from the mother country and include German specialties like schnitzel, spätzle, and schweinebraten. All house beers are imported from the Munich brewery, use the original recipes handed down by the Duke of Bavaria more than 400 years ago, and are served in steins sized Big, Bigger, and Bierfest. Enjoy them all in the covered, temperature-controlled beer garden, complete with a ceiling painted to look like the sky, a terrace, and faux foliage. It's just like being outside! 4510 Paradise Road, 702-853-2337; hofbrauhauslasvegas.com 146 VEGASMAGAZINE.COM GUIDE imbibe 145_V_BOB_G_Imbibe_MAYJUNE_14.indd 146 4/21/14 1:06 PM