My favorite place in the city to get a beer remains Birreria Paradiso, the basement bar of the Pizzeria Paradiso in Georgetown. They have a fine selection of perhaps 16 taps or so and one selection on cask, plus tons of bottles if you want to go there. The taps are half price during happy hour, 5pm-7pm, every Tuesday and Wednesday, which is a deal that is unheard of for the quality of the brews. The selection usually switches out every two or three weeks, with some popular recurring mainstays. (Curse you, St. Bernardus Abt 12!)
Oh, yes, the lineup on the taps largely consists of Belgian beers with some fine American microbreweries mixed in. So along with your St. Bernadarus, Corsendonk and Delirium Tremens, you can receive some fine Ommegang, Lagunitas or Dogfish Head (Go, Delaware!).
As a comic book aficionado, I usually pick up my new books on Wednesday and scoot around the corner to Birreria Paradiso at the start of Wednesday happy hour for a pint or two, perhaps every other week recently. The space is cozy and warm and the people are congenial and serious about good beer (90 percent of the time, anyway).
Right now is a good time for both wheat beers and hoppy beers. Ommegang Witte and Brooklyn Weisse are on tap, providing some different perspectives on wheat. And Sierra Nevada Early Spring Beer and the smooth and hoppy Troegs Nugget Nectar provide more bitter offerings. As an added bonus, the cask this week contained Victory Hop Wallop IPA, a flavorful ale from Downingtown, Pa.
Be certain to get some suggestions from the ever-knowledgeable Jesse, bicyclist extraordinaire, whether he is behind the bar or serving tables!
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