As the weather warms up, there’s not much we’d rather do than spend a Saturday at the ballpark. Going to a game is always thrilling, from the rush you feel the first moment you walk through the tunnel and that emerald green field opens up before you to the memories brought back from games you experienced years ago. Even for the casual sports fan, baseball is the perfect excuse to chow down on a hot dog, nibble some nachos, and wash it all down with a beer… or three.

Best Baseball Stadiums for Craft Beer Around the Country (Slideshow)

This year, we’ve got an exciting season in baseball: we’ll see if the Boston Red Sox can defend their title as the World Series champs (although of course we’d love to see those poor Cubs get their turn), and we’ll be saying goodbye to Derek Jeter after this final season on the Yankees. Even more excitingly, we’ll be able to drink more craft beers at stadiums across the country this year than ever before.

Last year, you may have seen a photo going around featuring the "Craft Beer Destination," a concession stand at Yankee Stadium that didn’t actually serve any "craft beer." Of the four drinks sold at the stand, one wasn’t even beer (it was cider) and all of them were produced by MillerCoors, a giant company whose beer cannot be considered "craft" for several reasons (detailed here.) And Yankee Stadium decided to rename the "craft beer destination" as the "beer mixology destination," which also makes us cringe — but we digress.

[slideshow:The photo became a symbol of the sad state of beer at baseball stadiums: it’s always expensive and it’s typically nothing special. Although that might be what most of us think about ballpark beer, it's not always the case. Several ballparks are featuring better and better beer — you just have to know where to find it. With that in mind, we explored Major League Baseball stadiums across the country to find the 10 best spots for beer.

Granted, you should probably have to have a reason aside from beer to actually go to these places — say, you want to see a baseball game? But if you end up at one of these ballparks, you can count on finding a good pint of beer instead of the lame beer options you’d have to settle for elsewhere.

Additional reporting by Jess Novak, Drink Editor.