Chicago is absolutely overrun with beer mania.  Even folks coming down from Milwaukee have to admit that Chicago's scene is insanely good.  If you're a Bible thumper and don't drink, don't agree with drinking, and are scared about what drinking leads to, then you must also be a complete moron if you're not in favor of bringing in more micro brews to AL.  The people who drink bc they like the taste are far less dangerous than those who drink only to get drunk.  And once you help the latter develop a taste for the products of the former, they become the former.  Basically, when you have a craft beer industry, you improve your restaurant industry and, within the bar industry, you trade a decent portion of your 20s demographic for 30s and 40s folks who are smarter, pay more, don't start fights, can carry a conversation, tip, and, importantly, know their limits, which means more money for cabs and less drunk driving overall