Highlights of tonight’s beer events in our Event Calendar:

> 3:00pm: VSK Day at Blind Tiger (West Village)
> 5:00pm: “Out of the Cellar” Grand Reopening at Idle Hands Bar (East Village)
> 6:00pm: An Epic Battle: Artisanal Importers vs. Belukus at Beer Authority (Midtown)
> 6:00pm: Ballast Point Tappings at The Stag’s Head (Midtown)
> 6:00pm: An Open Conversation With Greenport Harbor’s Greg Doroski at Jimmy’s No. 43 (East Village)
> 7:00pm: Sour Beer Night at Breukelen Bier Merchants (Williamsburg)

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Highlights of tonight’s beer events in our Event Calendar:

> 4:00pm: Winter Beer Night at Rattle-N-Hum (Midtown)
> 5:00pm: Stone Brewing Rides the Pony at The Pony Bar (Hell’s Kitchen)
> 6:00pm: Ommegang Tap Takeover at The Pony Bar (Upper East Side)
> 6:00pm: Green Flash Night at The Jeffrey (Upper East Side)
> 7:00pm: Tuesday Tasting with Brouwerij Huyghe at Radegast (Williamsburg)
> 7:00pm: Blue Point Fall Beer Tasting at Little Town (Union Square)
> 9:30pm: Braven Brewing Company Kickstarter Finish Line Party at Passenger Bar (Williamsburg)

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The folks at brewery-in-planning Braven Brewing Company are now within 10% of their Kickstarter goal with just five days to go. The plan to open a brewery in Bushwick, started by homebrewers Marshall Thompson and Eric Feldman, is inching closer to the reality, but they’ll need more help to get over the top. Once they hit their goal, they’re throwing a party to celebrate next Tuesday night, November 19th at Passenger Bar (229 Roebling St., at S. 3rd St., Williamsburg). They’ll pour free Braven Black and Braven White samples, Sailor Jerry Rum, and offer up a ton of entertainment starting at 9:30pm that night.

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