"Bar Month" at OnMilwaukee.com – brought to you by Hornitos, OR-G, Party Armor, Red Stag, Absolut, Fireball and Malibu – is back for another round! The whole month of February, we're serving up intoxicatingly fun articles on bars and clubs – including guides, the latest trends, bar reviews and more. Grab a designated driver and dive in!

The votes are in and the winners have been selected for OnMilwaukee's Best: Bars & Clubs, 2012. Find readers' results in 50 categories, including an editors' pick, in this series of articles that run daily in the Bars and Clubs section of OnMilwaukee.com.

Nobody likes a watered-down drink, and according to OnMilwaukee.com readers, you don't have to worry about that at Bryant's Cocktail Lounge.

It's true: from the signature Brain Buster to the classic Mai Thai, there's not a drink on the lounge's non-existent menu (the bartenders know the scores of drink options by heart) that's shy on booze.

Bryant's won this category by a landslide, and no doubt about it, the OnMilwaukee.com editors love a Bryant's outing, too, but they picked Uptowner as their favorite place to drink a stiff one. The no-nonsense corner tavern has good prices on drinks with kick.

But be careful with the strong drinks, people. Too many of 'em and you'll wind up with an equally-as-strong hangover the next day.

OnMilwaukee.com editors' pick: Uptowner

Runners-up:
2. Hi-Hat
3. The Hotel Foster
4. Palomino
5. Tonic Tavern
6. The Newport
7. Ten Bells
8. Uptowner
9. Art Bar
10. 106seeboth
11. Paulie's
12. 4th Base
15. Screamin' Tuna
15. Palm Tavern