RCO is an obscure procurement agency that was created in 2003 to speed up getting military weapons systems. Its old unit patch was unremarkable, aside from the eye-catching Latin on the bottom: "Opus Dei Cum Pecunia Alienum Efficemus." That translates to "Doing God's Work with Other People's Money." A few months ago, Jason Torpy, head of the Military Association of Atheists & Freethinkers, stumbled across the little logo while he was looking for contact information for Air Force chaplains. (His group wants them to offer services for atheists and humanists.) Torpy sent a few emails -- six or seven over a couple months -- saying, essentially, "I'm surprised you have a motto that says you're violating the Constitution, would you mind changing it?" he recalls. "And apparently theyadorns Ballast Point bottles and cans. Figuring Chicago is a town that loves its sports, televisions are plentiful, including eight behind the bar.

More than 100 tap handles will pour 40 to 50 beers at a time, three or four of which will be made in the brewery facing Green Street.

The vast majority of the beer will come from Ballast Point breweries in California and Virginia. But Keith Faught, who has been with the company for three years, will brew a few times a week on the three-barrel system in Chicago. Among his first creations will be a New England-style IPA — one of the most popular styles in beer at the moment.

The kitchen will produce a combination of California staples (Baja-style fish tacos) and Midwest inspirations (bratwurst). Beer