Perhaps it’s just a little shameless flattery, but Christina Perozzi and Hallie Beaune — beer connoisseurs and authors of “The Naked Pint: An Unadulterated Guide to Craft Beer” — think D.C. gets it when it comes to beer.
“It’s a good beer culture here,” Perozzi said when she and her co-author were in town Wednesday for a beer pairing and book signing event at CulinAerie sponsored by the National Beer Wholesalers Association lobbying group.
Perozzi and Beaune revealed to Yeas & Nays where they liked to stop in the District to get a cold one.
“I love, love, love Granville Moore’s,” Perozzi said, giving high marks to the rustic H Street Northeast spot for its great selection of Belgian beers.
Also on her list were K Street’s Brasserie Beck and Georgetown’s Pizzeria Paradiso, which has 16 beers on tap and 80 bottled beers to choose from in the restaurant’s basement bar.
Beaune said she was already a fan of the newly opened Logan Circle brew spot ChurchKey.
“That place is great because they organize their beer list by flavor,” Beaune said.
And though some of D.C.’s bars and restaurants boast impressive tap and bottle lists, Perozzi said she still saw room for improvement.
“I’m more interested in the restaurants — there’s a gaping hole in that area,” she said, noting D.C.’s fine dining establishments simply should have five different types of beer available for patrons.
“I wouldn’t say there’s a specific beer people should have, it’s more that people should have a variety of styles,” Beaune added.
