It’s that time of the year again. Dissatisfied with having only one beer-drinking holiday each year, more and more beer bars in New York have been jumping on the Oktoberfest bandwagon - offering copious amounts of beer to coincide with Saturday’s start of Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany.

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It’s Thursday, September 19th. Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in and around New York after work tonight:

• It’s Talk Like a Pirate Day! You can talk like a Piraat today starting at 4pm at Third Avenue Ale House (1644 Third Ave., at 92nd St., Upper East Side). They’ll be dressing in swashbuckling garb and serving up a fine Belgian beer.
  
  
• Bierkraft (191 Fifth Ave., at President St., Park Slope) hosts Evil Twin tonight for a tap takeover starting at 7pm. They’ll be pouring beers like Ryan and the Beaster Bunny, Justin Blabaer, Spicy Nachos, and many more!
  
  
• Barcade Brooklyn (388 Union Ave., at Ainslie St., Williamsburg) hosts favorite Fisherman’s out of Massachusetts today starting at 4pm. They’ll have the Deadeye DIPA, Great Wit Whale, 2010 Imperial Pumpkin Stout, and many more on tap all night long.
  
  
• The weekly Thursday Tap at Jimmy’s No. 43 (43 E. 7th St., at 2nd Ave., East Village) celebrates Barrier Brewing. They’ll be pouring the Bumble Double Wheat IPA, Rembrandt Robust Porter, Oblong Dark Strong Rye, and more starting at 5pm.
  
  
• Whole Foods Bowery Beer Room (95 E. Houston St., at Chrystie St., Lower East Side)hosts a tasting of Ballast Point beers tonight from 5-8pm. Try the Pale Ale and Sculpin from a can, and the Thai Chili Lime Ginger Wahoo Wheat on tap.

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It’s Wednesday, September 18th. Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in and around New York after work tonight:

• Fourth Avenue Pub (76 4th Ave., at Bergen St., Boerum Hill)rolls out the new Smuttynose and Stone collaboration, Cluster’s Last Stand, a historically-influenced beer modeled after a 60 IBU IPA brewed in the 1930s. It happens tonight at 7pm. Come in period costume and get happy hour prices all night!
  
  
• City Swiggers (320 E. 86th St., at 2nd Ave., Upper East Side) hosts Robert Reeves of Latis Imports for a free Rodenbach tasting tonight from 6-9pm. Taste the Classic, Vintage 2010, and Grand Cru… plus they’ll be giving out some free glassware!
  
  
• George Keeley (485 Amsterdam Ave., at 83rd St., Upper West Side) holds its second annual Bill Murray Party tonight starting at 7pm. He may not show up, but they’ll still be pairing his movies with beers from Allagash, Ballast Point, Troegs, and more.
  
  
• In Queens, Founders takes over at Mosaic Cafe (25-19 24th Ave., at 26th St., Astoria) tonight at 6pm, debuting the 2013 batch of Breakfast Stout, plus Doom, Double Trouble, and more.

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It’s Monday, September 16th. Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in and around New York after work tonight:

• Idle Hands Bar (25 Avenue B, at 2nd St., East Village) celebrates their third anniversary tonight with $3 craft beers on draft and $3 bourbon shots from 5pm till close!
  
  
• This is the opposite of an event: Blind Tiger Ale House (281 Bleecker St., at Jones St., Greenwich Village) is closed for repairs for today through Thursday, just so ya know!

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Ah, mid-September. Crisp, cool air, fall leaves, and OH MY GOD THE RAREST BEER ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH. Okay, not really. But the way people talk about the annually-released Cantillon Zwanze, you’d wonder. After all, they stopped bottling the beer altogether in 2011. The year before, the beer was on the black market, being sold on eBay for well above its retail price. That didn’t sit well with brewer Jean Van Roy, so he created Zwanze Day, a single day each year where the beer, now on draft only, is released at the same time at bars around the world. This year, that time is Saturday at 3pm Eastern Time. Two bars in New York have the pleasure of serving it, but you’re going to have to get there early to enjoy it.

Details on Zwanze Day celebrations, and the rest of this weekend’s beer events, are below…

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I like big bottles and I cannot lie (courtesy @BeerWorksBK on Twitter)

We love the experience of drinking fresh beer off the tap at a bar, but sometimes, you just want to take home a growler or six-pack, plop yourself in front of a TV, and drink a beer in peace. Thankfully, three new beer shops in Brooklyn and Manhattan have made that easier to do than ever before.

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