The Tapster

Perhaps the most unique user experience in Chicago’s bar scene, Tapster is a pour-your-own beer bar with a timely mission: “Freedom of choice is the American way, and we at Tapster have embraced this basic human right.” Thirty-eight taps are kegged with regularly rotating beers (another two dozen are set aside for cocktails, wine and kombucha), all of which can be sampled or sipped by the ounce and logged on vending cards. There is no physical bar. Instead, staff mill about the crowd, ready to gush about an of-the-moment sour or seasonal saison.