Close your eyes.  Picture a dive bar.  Open your eyes.  You’re in The Duck Tavern.

 
How do you know you’re in a good dive bar?  How do you know this is where the locals go?  Well, I arrived at 4PM thinking it would be close to empty only to discover it was as busy as most places would wish to be in “prime time”.  I found the one and only vacant seat at the bar.  Everyone there knew one another and everyone knew I was a newbie.  The bar was lined with trophies and plaques for their sponsored teams of patrons.  Yes, this was definitely a locals bar.
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Their beer selection was excellent for such a small place.  I was disappointed (yes, I am a beer snob) to see people drinking  Millers and Buds when their beer list was exceptional for a place of this caliber.  I guess they can argue drinking those beers are cheaper, but I can counter that while you are drinking that water beer at a lower price, you could pay twice as much for a craft beer that tastes delicious and has a higher alcohol content.  Therefore it takes you buying three of your cheaper beers to equal the alcohol level (and none of the taste) of the craft beers.