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Best of D.C. 2009
Best: Hypothetically, the Brickskeller
Second-best: Off-menu choices at Birreria Paradiso
If the Brickskeller actually stocked all of the 1,000-plus bottles its menu promises, it would have quite a library. But any veteran will tell you that when ordering at the Brick, choose a Plan B beer—and a Plan C. For an elusive menu with a better payoff, sidle up to the Birreria bar on a quiet weekday and chat up bar manager Greg Jasgur. If he’s not too busy, he might have time to fetch you an off-menu bottle. These beers aren’t really secret; usually they’re just ones that are nearly out of stock. When inventory gets low, he pulls them off the menu. Thus no one orders them and they sit, maturing, for months or even years. Not all beers benefit from time in the clink, but a stout old ale or barleywine will emerge a changed beer: sweeter, more mellow, and ready to make friends with an empty glass.
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10:34 am
Not only do you need a Plan B and Plan C beer at Brickskeller, but a blast chiller to cool down the inevitably warm bottle they will hand you. Where are they storing these things, Hades? The serious beer drinkers can't take this place seriously anymore.
1:14 pm
Seriously, The Brick is #1. Even hypothetically, their menu is absolutely nothing special. And off menu choices at Paradiso? Really? Oh yeah, it's cause their regular drafts and bottles are full of Bud Lite and kin. They never have anything good to offer on the menu. Give me a break.
11:06 pm
Dan is delusional. The Brick's menu is now strictly a work of fiction. And when they do have the beer you want, it's probably warm. BP is not a great beer bar-- it's a great pizza place that happens to have an excellent beer selection. But, in DC, it's the best bee place we now have, and it runs circles around the Brick.