To ease into the brew scene, start by checking in at Fitger's Inn, the original brick brewery complex right along Lake Superior. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this fine hotel is part of a complex that includes several shops, restaurants and a small museum. Fitger's Brewhouse, a separate entity within, is the largest brewpub in the state (by production) and spreads over two floors and several dining and drinking spaces.You can find the beer — 14 on tap — only there or at five restaurants across town. Brewer Dave Hoops came to Duluth in 1999, taking over for his brother Mike, the original brewer.