Happy Hour: Thirsty Thursday

It’s Thursday, February 23rd. Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in and around New York after work tonight:

• Enjoy the latest beer from Greenport Harbor at Bierkraft (191 Fifth Ave., at President St., Park Slope) tonight starting at 7pm. Called Super Freekeh, it’s a collaborative beer between the brewery, Bierkraft, and East Village restaurant Back Forty. That beer will be on draft and pulled from a cask, along with a dozen other brews from Greenport Harbor.
• Brooklyn Brewery heads a few blocks over to take over the taps at Barcade Brooklyn (388 Union Ave., at Ainslie St., Williamsburg) tonight starting at 5pm. They’ll pour the 2009 Backbreaker, 2007 Monster Ale, a cask of the new Dry Irish Stout, and whole lot more!
• Breukelen Bier Merchants (182 Grand St., at Driggs Ave., Williamsburg) hosts Wandering Star tonight starting at 7pm. Try the new Thunderbolt IPA, plus enjoy favorites like Bash Bish Bock and Bert’s Disqualified Imperial Stout.
• Celebrate beer from cold, far away places tonight at the Bronx Ale House (216 W. 238th St., at Broadway, Kingsbridge), as they pour brews like Midnight Sun Panty Peeler, Evil Twin Ron and the Beast Ryan, and the Mikkeller/Three Floyds Boogoop starting at 6pm.
• Idle Hands Bar (25 Avenue B, at 2nd St., East Village) celebrates the release of Sierra Nevada cans tonight starting at 8pm! They’ll have 12-ounce cans of the Pale Ale and 16-ounce tallboys of the Torpedo, plus - quite appropriately - it’s Metal Night!
• On Tap at Whole Foods Columbus Circle (10 Columbus Circle, at 59th St., Upper West Side) hosts Flying Dog today from 4-8pm. Try samples and try the Kujo Imperial Coffee Stout or the In-Heat Wheat on tap!
• Rare beer alert! Jimmy’s No. 43 (43 E. 7th St., at 2nd Ave., East Village) taps a cask of the old-school English Porter, RCH Old Slug, brewed in Somerset, UK, today at 5pm.
• Over in Jersey, there’s an impressive list of Southern Tier beers lined up at the Copper Mine Pub (323 Ridge Rd., at Crystal St., North Arlington, NJ). Starting today at 3pm, enjoy the Gemini, Creme Brulee, Iniquity Black Ale, and a bunch more.

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