Derailed 57 Bar

3.5 stars.
So here’s my thought process when it comes to Derailed 57:
2 stars for only having 1 (yes — one! 1. Uno.) beer on tap.
+0.5 stars for the quality of the one beer on tap (Founders Redankulous — an imperial red IPA)
+1 star for the Giant Jenga they have! Totally a great way to spend the night drinking with good friends. (I’d like to announce that my friend and I are the current reigning champs).
That makes 3.5 stars total, but hell, I’ll round up for the Giant Jenga.

So we go here for a final drink for the second period of the blackhawks game (you do know they have a sign in the window that says it’s an official blackhawks bar) because kridz feels as though she’s run her luck on the devil boxes at Memphis. I order a BCS (like in the picture) and she gets a Revolution Fistmas. The second period ends, and we go back to the devil boxes. I lose 20, she loses a bit more than that. Not a lot bit, just a little bit more. We watch the blackhawks win. I order a Founders ReDANKulous. I call it a ReDANKuLIZ, because i’m funny like that. We close out and go to the house.
In bed before the daily show ends, and i’m asleep by the middle of the nightly show. I wake up at 3:46 and go to the bathroom. When I get back in bed I think I can get another 3 hours of sleep, so that’s cool.
Except I start having night terrors. Not the normal «there’s a ghost in the room», these we really weird. It started with me thinking Kridz was just talking in her sleep, until I heard a second voice coming from that side of the bed. Then when the voice came from my side of the bed, it started to get really weird. Normally, it’s just a feeling like something is in the room. This time, it was talking, and there was like 15 of them, all talking. Sometimes making appearance in my sleep. Mostly faces I didn’t know, or didn’t recognize. I feared that it would be like the librarian in the beginning of Ghostbusters, but never did the face turn into the scary creature lunging at me. Perhaps that’s because I didn’t yell «GET HER!»
I tried the usual things to get them to go away. Usually physical contact with another human ends it, but not last night. They made me lose feeling in my arms, so the contact did nothing. Usually rolling over helps, it’s only ever been when I’m sleeping on my back, not last night.
I’m not sure exactly what time it stopped, but it was a night of very restless sleep.
Derailled has a nice selection of whiskey.

Low key, lots of places to sit, giant jenga. Gaming in the back is not my taste, but it feels separate from the rest of the bar so it doesn’t matter. Great selection of beers and cider… I appreciate that there were a ton if non-​liquor items for people who don’t want beer. There are three hard root beer options here right now… amazing! This would be a good place to come with a big group who just wants to chill out after dinner downtown or a football game. Not sure if I would want to come alone or with just one other person since there doesn’t seem like a lot of mingling right now.

Edit: Going to bump this to two stars cause the bartender was actually not bad, I must of been in a bad mood when I wrote that :) It took forever to pour the beer cause it was all foam, but he filled me up again after I finished a half pour (though I probably should have said no because the peanut butter beer was that bad, at the same time that is not his fault). Still not all that impressed with the bar however.
This is a college bar, a bad one at that, which has somehow invaded downtown Champaign. A few tables outside, a bar inside, with more tables lining the narrow bar area with couches and TV’s. Bad 90’s music that you wish you would never hear again, but there it is. I guess this is a late night spot cause i have never seen anyone here. It is a shame that part of the old Vriner’s shop is part of this crap.
The one bartender did his job and that is about it. He was not that knowledgable on the three taps available (mm, yeah not that hard). Though he did provide drink for me and one other person sitting at the bar, so I guess not that bad for service, if I grade on a curve.
Three taps, one is Bud Light, another is a mead (or cider, it was not clear) and another peanut butter stout thing that was beyond bad. From the other reviews it appears the taps are relatively new. They do have a somewhat decent bottle and can list. Though nothing that other places around, literally within a block, don’t have.
A dive and sports bar, in a bad way. Beer list is pedestrian to say the lease, even though they do try to be somewhat of a beer bar. I would go almost anywhere else in downtown Champaign.

Great sports bar. Lots of tv’s, leather couches and nice bartenders! Nice selection of beers. Minus 1 star because there are no draft beers. We had a great time there on a Saturday afternoon. Great place to chill out with friends.

This place has the potential to really KICK it up a notch. I’ll HOLD judgement on the 5^th star for now. No draft beer which hurts the overall experience for me. Kinda feels like a touchdown without the EXTRA POINT.

This bar has great potential!
The only reason for the minus stars is because of their lack of some drinks and no beers on draught.
The owner (l think) was very willing to purchase any new ingredients needed for future drinks currently unavailable.
There are TONS of TVs to watch sports. It’s clean, open, and fun. I will come back and hopefully have a 5* experience :)