That said, I do think seasonally (a rye India pale ale works better in March than July) and often tend toward beers and breweries new to Chicago (Brewery Vivant, Perennial Artisan Ales, Uncommon Brewers and Oskar Blues all debuted here last year). Sometimes I try to be counterintuitive (it comes from a massively popular brewery, but Robert the Bruce is a woefully underrated Three Floyds beer). And sometimes I just pick a beer I love (Uinta's Dubhe).