A Scottsdale institution, Old Town Tavern is worth a stop on your list of bars in this tourist town. Great selection of craft beers including a few local favorites like Four Peaks Peach Ale, Biltmore Blonde, Papago Orange Blossom, and others. Full bar for anything else you might want.
Best things going for OTT? It's not a typical, loud, douchey Scottsdale drinking spot. They have live music most nights of the week! And I've never paid a cover.
Worst things about OTT? It's TINY. Crowded and difficult to belly up to the bar or make your way to the bathroom if it's busy. I love that it opens up to a small patio, but smokers crowd out there (which is actually against AZ law as they have to be so far from an entrance) and smoke fills the bar.
But when it's not busy, and there's a great band, and maybe the weather is nice, OTT is a great, local watering hole.