Park Slope Ale House

in Brooklyn serves good beer and has happy hour all night on Tuesdays!

I discovered this at the end of a pretty interesting day in New York City this week-- Peace Corps interview (went well!), visiting the World Trade Center, lunch with my good old Heather at some delicious place near her work on Avenue of the Americas near Rockefeller Plaza, three and a half hours of wandering and people watching to kill time until Heather was off work. We then traveled to Brooklyn to this lovely place around the corner from her place, and were eventually met by my good friend from college Ross.

Did you ever have an evening spent with two awesome people who don't know each other, but both are so awesome that it's just a great time? That happened.

And beer happened--

Harpoon Chocolate Stout: I've had this before, but think it's worth rementioning. It's a really good, smooth, creamy chocolate stout, and really focused on the chocolate. If you like chocolate and stout but not necessarily coffee or weird fruits or whatever other flavors might float around in some stouts, this is a good one for you. And it's a good one for me too.

Chelsea Brewing Company's Hop Angel: Right out of New York City, I found this to be a pleasant and unobtrusive IPA, which was good considering I started with the heavier, more flavorful beer. It was refreshing but not distracting, and bonus points for being extremely local. I don't know what made me follow up the good stout with an IPA, maybe because this is what Heather was drinking (and apparently frequently drinks), but I enjoyed it.

Good beer and good company is such a good combination.