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| - After seeing that the Blind Pig was the highest rated bar on Yelp in Champaign, I decided to check it out on my recent visit. It was a Monday night, so my expectations were low, but I actually quite enjoyed it. It is a beer bar: so if you go, take advantage of the amazing beer selection. Seriously, I don't recall ever going to a bar with such an impressive selection: probably about 30 beers on tap (and they change every now and then) and maybe 150 bottled beers or so... not bad! They're all also pretty cheap (most of them go for $3.50). I tried a few that I'd never had before: Rogue Hazelnut Brown on tap (a little dark to my taste, with a very unusual taste of... hazelnut), Avery IPA, Goose Island Honker's Ale (from Chicago, not bad at all), and a couple others. The bartenders are pretty nice and they know they sh*t, so you should feel free to ask them for recommendations: they'll even give you samples of some of the beers on tap. They have specials as well ($1 PBR and $2 Jameson on the night that I went...). Pub atmosphere and cool decor, interesting crowd (a mix of rednecks, Indian grad students, tattooed girls, computer nerds with glasses...). Not to be missed if you ever wind up in Champaign and want to go out for a drink. 4-1/2 stars.
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