Oh, there’s several more that aren’t on the list. I just listed the ones I remember offhand and have had beers from.
It depends on the location. In SoCal, all of the beer is produced at the Brea location and sent out to the other restaurants. I know a couple of the brewers there, which is why I mentioned Owen. When he gets a chance to do something other than the standards on the menu, he can get quite creative.
I’ve never known a beer that I wouldn’t find more enjoyable to drink than water.
I don’t think I could say that about horse piss.
Here, have a Michelob Ultra. 
ETA: Seriously, though, I would enjoy just about any beer over water, but there are plenty of beers where the taste doesn’t justify the calories and alcohol to me.
Bud, Miller, Coors…just give me tap water instead.
Thought I’d replied earlier, perhaps not. There’s some sort of Belfast ale floating about, but its not been recommended to me. Better to stick to the whiskey distilled further north near the coast.
Founders and Bell’s are largely considered to be Chicago based brewers too. Lots a pretty good stuff, though Illinois’ state distribution laws make things pretty tricky for these guys to compete in this market.
Tough to the extent that Bell’s doesn’t even distribute their beer in Illinois any longer.
Which, I might add, is held in Denver… 
Berghoff
New Glarus
Leinenkugels
Rock Bottom brewpub
Riverwest… something. Not that tasty.
Sprechers (their root beer is far superior to their crappy Amber)
Err, Miller/Pasbt et al. is here.
That’s off the top of my head. My favorites are Berghoff’s Dark Ale, and New Glarus Spotted Cow. And Leinie’s Oktoberfest.
Riverwest Stein, it’s a malt beer, but the brewery is Lakefront. They also make Cattail Ale, East Side Dark, Fuel Cafe Coffee Stout and several others.
We also have Ale Asylum (Ambergedden and Hopalicious), and Sand Creek who makes Badger Porter and Cranberry Special Ale amongst others.
A new player is Lazy Mutt. Haven’t tried it, it only got a C on beeradvocate, but it’s cheap for a craft beer. Maybe $7 for an 8 pack.
Currently it is being sold under the brand name “Kalamazoo” with a subheading “by Bells Brewery”, the inverse of it’s previous labeling, right now in Chicago. Legal wrangling will certainly ensue.
Otherwise, come up to Wisconsin. Can’t not find it here. I think even the mega marts have at least Two Hearted Ale or Oberon.
Oh, Lakefront! Forgot them.
Toronado in San Fransisco is without a doubt the best beer bar in the U.S. Probably one of the top 3 in the world.
Every local brew I’ve ever had tastes like pasteurized deer piss. And I continue to try the local brew everytime I travel. They have a perfect “oh fer” record…
Huh. Oooooh yes it will. That’s interesting, though; I don’t think I’ve noticed any and I go to pretty decent stores. I’ll have to take a closer look now that I know it might be out there.
No way, for my next north-of-the-border beer run I’m getting what I do every time - a whole metric assload of New Glarus beers. Those are only sold in Wisconsin and I love 'em.
We’ve been to Toronado, it is awesome. And we’ve met lots of Toronado regulars at RRBC that make the trip up our way for the awesome beer. City Beer is a great place for bottles and whatever happens to be on the few taps they have.
We might hit up Toronado or City Beer on our quest this weekend, but this journey is really about places that actually brew in the city. 
Doubt you’ll have any luck. So far all I’ve seen is draft beer downtown. I don’t think they intend to lay out the cash for new bottling and labeling until they get an idea of how much fight there will be from Chicago Beverage and/or Union Beverage. Could be quite a while before it makes it to the suburbs, let alone any package stores.