Time Out New York Beer Issue hits newsstands

It’s back! The 2012 edition of Time Out New York’s Beer Issue is out, and is chock full of tips, tricks, and insight about New York’s burgeoning beer scene. Local writers, brewers, and beer experts contributed to the issue, and there’s plenty of new information even for the city’s most seasoned beer geeks - including a new beer brewed in honor of the issue with Sixpoint. Among the things we learn:

The trend that everyone’s talking about this year is sessionability. After years of “bigger is better,” people are hoping that flavorful, low-alcohol beers make a splash in the beer market. In the issue, three beer experts extol the virtues of session beers, and TONY suggests a bar crawl through Greenpoint and Williamsburg for session beers.
Park Slope spot Beer Table (427B 7th Ave., at 15th St., Park Slope) once again bolsters its credentials of being the place to get an education in beer. In a TONY video, owner Justin Phillips takes a beer novice through some unique styles that can transform people’s opinions of beer.
Five new local breweries get nods in the issue, including Bronx Brewery, Long Island’s Spider Bite, and the Hudson Valley’s Crossroads Brewing. Also, there’s a profile of Manhattan’s newest brewpub, 508 Gastrobrewery.
In the interest of appealing to beer drinkers of all types - and supporting our theory that there’s a right time and place for every beer - the issue suggests beer happy hours where the prices hover around a couple bucks a brew. Obviously, don’t expect much craft beer here, but when you’re choosing your beer solely on price, beggars can’t be choosers.

Finally, as we mentioned, Sixpoint and Time Out have partnered on a beer again this year in celebration of the beer issue. Last year, it was Time Out For Porter… this year, it’s Ich Bin Kein, a Berliner Weisse that fits the bill perfectly given the issue’s running theme of session beer. Berliner Weisses typically clock in at a very sessionable ABV… although perhaps not the most sessionable flavor - even one or two of these could wreck your palate for the night. This one’s just 3.4%!

To celebrate, the beer will be released simultaneously tonight at 7pm at beer bars across the five boroughs! Here’s where you can find it:

Manhattan
- The Growler Station (26 W. 8th St., at MacDougal St., Greenwich Village)
- Rattle-N-Hum (14 E. 33rd St., at 5th Ave., Midtown)
- Blind Tiger Ale House (281 Bleecker St., at Jones St., West Village)
- The Cannibal (113 E. 29th St., at Park Ave., Murray Hill)
- Jimmy’s No. 43 (43 E. 7th St., at 2nd Ave., East Village)
- City Swiggers (320 E. 86th St., at 2nd Ave., Upper East Side)
- Earl’s Beer and Cheese (1259 Park Ave., at 97th St., Upper East Side)
- Taproom 307 (307 3rd Ave., at 24th St., Murray Hill)

Brooklyn
-The Double Windsor (210 Prospect Park West, at 16th St., Windsor Terrace)
- Barcade (388 Union Ave., at Ainslie St., Williamsburg)
- Bar Great Harry (280 Smith St., at Sackett St., Carroll Gardens)
- Mission Dolores (249 4th Ave., at Carroll St., Park Slope)
- 61 Local (61 Bergen St., at Smith St., Carroll Gardens)
- Brooklyn Tap House (590 Myrtle Ave., at Classon Ave., Bed-Stuy)
- Pine Box Rock Shop (12 Grattan St., at Bogart St., East Williamsburg)
- Spuyten Duyvil (350 Metropolitan Ave., at Havermeyer St., Williamsburg)