Question of the Day - 16 September 2012

No, Sin City Brewing Co., which was founded by the ex-CEO of another successful local brewery, namely Gordon Biersch, has three locations within casino shopping malls -- the Flamingo, Miracle Mile at Planet Hollywood, and The Grand Canal Shoppes at Venetian -- but this local brew is not served on any casino floor, and neither is Gordon Biersch.

If you want to sip a local brew while gambling, here are your options:

• Barley's Casino and Brewing Company -- this Station-owned casino in Henderson (4500 E. Sunset Rd.) offers slots and video poker, plus a race and sports book, but no table games. As the name suggests, they also serve Barley's range of master-crafted beers from their on-site brewery, available to any player on the casino floor.

• Main Street Station is home to the Triple Seven Restaurant and Microbrewery, purveyors of fine brews, including Black Cherry Stout and their best-selling Hefeweizen, and the beers are available to players throughout the casino.

• Chicago Brewing Company, which offers an extensive menu of microbrews, has a venue inside the Four Queens. The beers are available as comps to video poker/slot players in the restaurant bar, but not to slot players on the main casino floor; a couple of their brews are on tap at the King's and Palace Bars, but these are available as comps only through the pit. A second venue on the west side at 2201 S. Fort Apache offers their full beer menu to video poker players.

• Ellis Island Casino & Brewery -- this name's another dead giveaway and the popular off-Strip venue serves microbrews on the gaming floor, as as well as offering slots, video poker, blackjack, roulette, and craps. It's also home to some great dining specials and seasonal home-made eggnog. The microbrews are available to players at the group's various Village Pub video poker bars throughout the valley, too.

That's it, as far as we know, in terms of casinos, but there are also a couple of microbreweries around town that operate bars and taverns, where you can enjoy their distinct brews while playing video poker. These include:

• Big Dog's -- Following the sale of the Nellis location to Dotty's earlier this year, this popular sports bar now operates just two venues in the valley, at 6390 W. Sahara and 4543 N. Rancho, both of which carry Big Dog's range of beers. ales, and stouts.

• Tenaya Creek Brewing Company -- This local brewery supplies its brews to a lot of liquor stores, bars, and restaurants around town, but they're not available on any casino floor that we know of. You can enjoy them while playing video poker at the main location at 3101 N. Tenaya Way (just west of Cheyenne), however.