LivingSocial just posted a deal you can use to get craft beer (and some of the best tots in the city) at a discount.

LivingSocial has a coupon for 50% off at Tonic. The coupon is valid at the Mount Pleasant as well as the Foggy Bottom location. Get the coupon here: http://livingsocial.com/deals/3433-50-off-tonic
For this deal, which expires at 5:00 AM tomorrow (Friday 7/30), you pay $20 for $40 worth of drinks and/or food. Keep in mind the coupon cannot be used during their happy hour, an already generous 1/2-price drafts.

Tonic is not necessarily a “craft beer bar”; they are neighborhood bars that happen to have some solid craft beer offerings amongst the macro brews. Tonic’s beer menu can be found on their website, but isn’t updated regularly, so here is a rundown of Tonic’s craft offerings.
* Special thanks to Tonic’s General Managers Patrice & Floyd for their help in putting together this up-to-date beer list.

MOUNT PLEASANT
DRAFTS
Magic Hat #9
Bells Oberon
Bells Two Hearted

BOTTLES
Leffe Blonde (Belgian Pale Ale)
Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold (Dortmunder Lager)
Great Lakes Eliot Ness (Vienna Lager)
Founders Porter
Unibroue Trois Pistoles (Belgian Strong Dark Ale)
Unibroue La Fin Du Monde (Tripel)
Goose Island Sofie (Saison)
Samuel Smith’s Nut Brown Ale
Lagunitas Maximus (Double IPA)
Ayinger Bräu Weisse (Hefeweizen)

Sponsorship

FOGGY BOTTOM
DRAFTS
Raven Special Lager
Abita Purple Haze
Schneider Aventinus (Wheat Doppelbock)
Bell’s Oberon (Ale)
Starr Hill Pale Ale
Bell’s Two Hearted Ale (IPA)
Ommegang Hennepin (Farmhouse Ale)
Great Lakes Eliot Ness (Vienna Lager)

BOTTLES
Delirium Tremens (Belgian Strong Ale)
Malheur 10 (Belgian Strong Ale)
Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold (Dortmunder Lager)

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