Tuesday, May 14, at Georgetown we are tapping five beers from the Crux Fermentation Project out of Bend, Oregon. Crux is a newer brewery having just arrived in Washington, DC. A representative from the brewery will be there.

The beers include: Scotch Ale, Insider, Porter, Snow Cave and Triskel.

From their website: ”Crux brewmaster Larry Sidor is always in pursuit of the next great beer—beer that defies taste profiles with its complexity and creativity. We’ve designed our brewery to allow for non-traditional brewing methods like decoction mashing, open fermentation, oak barrel aging, wild yeast strains and experimental hops.”

Now in its 20th year, Pizzeria Paradiso has been a hit since its first location opened in 1991. It’s been a mainstay on our Cheap Eats list for several years and was the winner of our 2009 Pizza Pool. This week’s registered dietitian, Carole Havrila, understands the hype. “I can see why this place is popular—the pizzas have really healthy toppings, and the salads are fantastic,” she says. “I want to eat here.” … Check out Havrila’s recommendations.

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Find “paradise on a pizza pie crust” at these “friendly” “must-stops” where “fresh dough and fresher ingredients” add up to “some of the best” ’za for “miles around”, though the “awesome beer menus” that include “hard-to-find drafts” may be the “real prize”; the Georgetown venue boasts a “cozy cellar complete with fireplace” and Dupont’s “homey” digs are “larger and brighter” (there’s also a new post-Survey branch on Old Town’s main drag) but no matter: “there’s still a wait” “during prime dining hours.”

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Dupont:

Allagash FV-13, Alvinne Zymatore Cuvee Freddy, Anchor OBA,
BFM Abbaye de St. Bon Chien, The Bruery White Oak,
Captain Lawrence Golden Delicious, Elysian The Dread,
Evolution Fall Migration, Glazen Toren Jan de Lichte Zymatore,
Jolly Pumpkin Oro de Calabaza, Harviestoun Ola Dubh 21 yr,
Local Option Morning Wood,, 3 Stars Sea Change w/ Oak (Cask)

Georgetown:

Allagash Curieux, Baladin Super (Wooden Clad Cask), Boulevard Rye on Rye,
Devils Backbone Wood Aged Kilt Flasher, DDVK Peated Oak Aged Embrasse,
Flying Dog Doggie Style w/ Cedar (Cask), Founders The Doom
JW Lees Harvest (Lagavulin), Loverbeer Duvabeer,
Mother Earth Window Pane Raisin & Fig, New Belgium Oscar,
Oxbow Freestyle #30, Struise Rio Reserva
Three Floyds Barrel Aged Black Sun

Old Town:

Allagash Odyssey, Bavik Petrus Aged Pale Ale, BFM √225,
Blue Mountain Local Species, The Bruery Sour in the Rye,
Dogfish Head Burton Baton, Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron,
Firestone Walker 2011 Parabola, Harviestoun Ola Dubh 12 yr,
Heavy Seas Big DIPA (Cask),  New Belgium La Folie,
Terrapin Oak Aged Big Hoppy Monster, Schlafly Oak Aged Imperial Stout,
Stone Oaked Arrogant Bastard, Verhaeghe Duchesse de Bourgogne