It isn't every day you walk into a bar and the bartender can tell you the backstory of any beer on the menu. But when your bartender also happens to be Able Baker co-owner James Manos, he definitely can.

Such was the case when I ordered Swimming With Debré, a barrel-aged Brett Saison named after the former French minister of defense, Michel Debré, who famously swam in the Mururoa Lagoon just hours after conducting a nuclear test there in the 1970s. Fans of Belgian Tripels like Unibroue's Le Fin Du Monde will love Debre's yeasty and complex sweetness. (For imbibers who like a little side of history, Able and Baker are the names of the first two atomic bombs detonated at the Nevada Test Site in the 1950s.)

Able Baker boasts more than 30 beers brewed in-house—and its gorgeous brewery equipment is on display for all to see while drinking, eating or watching a game on the TVs. (You can schedule a brewery tour at ablebaker brewing.com.) The room is spacious, with plenty of rustic wooden tables and a patio that's perfect for nice weather.

The owners of 595 Craft and Kitchen on Rainbow—branded here as Arts District Craft & Kitchen—supply the food. You can feast on barbecued chicken or steak banh mi, a pork belly burger, a juicy and spicy Nashville hot chicken sammy, fried cauliflower and loaded nachos. Order a beer flight and you even get a little rubber ducky to take home. It's a nod to the legendary atomic duck—and Nevada's explosive history.

ABLE BAKER BREWING 1510 S. Main St., 702-479-6355. Sunday-Thursday, noon-midnight; Friday-Saturday, noon-1 a.m.