It’s Thursday, September 5th. Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in and around New York after work tonight:

• Bierkraft (191 Fifth Ave., at President St., Park Slope) hosts Victory tonight for a tap takeover starting at 7pm. Hang with the brewery’s man about town, RJ, and enjoy beers like the Red Thunder and lots more.
  
  
• Have a round on Brooklyn Brewery tonight! They’ll be storming the West Village, visiting Tavern on Jane (31 8th Ave, at Jane St., West Village) at 5:30, Barrow Street Ale House (15 Barrow St., at W. 4th St., West Village) at 7, and Bayard’s Ale House (533 Hudson St., at Charles St., West Village) at 8:30.
  
  
• The weekly Thursday Tap at Jimmy’s No. 43 (43 E. 7th St., at 2nd Ave., East Village) this week features Sixpoint’s Mad Scientist Series #14: The Gratzer, a smoked session wheat beer, tonight at 5pm, to get them pumped up for this weekend’s Pig Island event.
  
  
• Head to Brooklyn Bridge Wine Bar (Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park) for KelSo Night on this spectacular evening. Enjoy $3 pints of the Pilsner starting at 7pm.
  
  
• Tribeca Tap House (363 Greenwich St., at Franklin St., Tribeca) hosts Sierra Nevada tonight from 5-7pm. Enjoy the Pale Ale, Tumbler, and other beers from the Chico, California brewery’s lineup!
  
  
• The NFL season kicks off tonight, and Standings (43 E. 7th St., at 2nd Ave., East Village) is celebrating with beers from Baltimore (for the Ravens fans) and Denver (for the Broncos fans) and free pizza tonight starting at 8pm.

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It’s Wednesday, September 4th. Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in and around New York after work tonight:

• The freshly-remodeled Breukelen Bier Merchants (182 Grand St., at Driggs Ave., Williamsburg) is the site of our monthly Clues & Brews Trivia Night tonight at 7:30pm. The winners of each round get a round of delicious craft beers, and the overall winners take home a gift card!
  
  
• New Holland and Idle Hands Bar (25 Avenue B, at 2nd St., East Village) team up for the bar’s weekly $10 Bourbon and Beer Tasting Series. From 7-9pm, $10 gets you a 3-beer tasting flight, from this Michigan brewer, plus a taste of whisky, and an order of tater tots!
  
  
• Sam Adams takes the taps tonight at Taproom 307 (307 3rd Ave., at 24th St., Murray Hill). Starting at 6pm, enjoy some brews from the Boston Beer Company on the cheap, and learn that there’s more to life than the Boston Lager!
  
  
• Rattle-N-Hum (14 E. 33rd St., at 5th Ave., Midtown) celebrates its 5th Anniversary tonight, with beers from Singlecut, Sixpoint, Bronx Brewery, and more, plus giveaways, $5 beer specials, and a toast at 8pm.

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Brooklyn Brewery’s exclusive beer for New York Comic-Con returns this year, with a new look and a new style. This year, it’s a hoppy American Black Ale that the brewery claims will “strike fear into the heart of those who would forget the virtues of true beer.” Its accompanying dark superhero, designed by Cliff Chiang, is "willing to brave any bar to defend against his gallery of rogues the ‘Foam Jobs’.”

The beer will be released in a special event on Saturday, September 21st at Brooklyn Brewery (79 N. 11th St., at Wythe Ave., Williamsburg) from 8pm-Midnight. The release celebration will include an open bar, giveaways of tickets to Comic-Con, special guests, and more. Your only way in is to RSVP.

But if you can’t make it that night, there are several ways to get your hands on the beer - and an exclusive pint glass you can take home.

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It’s Tuesday, September 3rd. Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in and around New York after work tonight:

• Michigan’s Founders takes the taps Rattle-N-Hum (14 E. 33rd St., at 5th Ave., Midtown) today starting at 4pm. Get there early to buy presale tickets for a pour of Bolt Cutter, Curmudgeon’s Better Half and Kentucky Breakfast Stout, tapped at 5:30, 6, and 6:30. If you miss those, though, no worry - they’ve got the NYC debut of Artprize Black IPA, a 2011 vintage Imperial Stout, Mango Magnifico, and many more on tap all night long!
  
  
• Bierkraft (191 Fifth Ave., at President St., Park Slope) features a special selection of five beers tonight at 7pm for their free Tuesday Tasting… get there early for a seat!
  
  
• Bar Catalonia (206 W. 41st St., at 7th Ave., Midtown) continues their series of Sixpoint Live Sessions, featuring local musicians and their beer. The Markham Group, a jazz ensemble, will perform as you enjoy The Crisp.
  
  
• Radegast Hall & Biergarten (113 N. 3rd St., at Berry St., Williamsburg) features the “last sips of summer” in their Tuesday Tasting tonight at 7pm. Enjoy beers like Engelszell Benno, Hofstetten Hellerbock Saphir, La Rulles Estivale, and more along with live music from The Fatom Brothers. You can get a tasting flight, or just enjoy the beers as you please.
  
  
• Ulysses’ Folk House (58 Stone St., at Pearl St., Financial District) hosts their Brewery Tuesday series with Stoudt’s tonight from 5-7pm. Get in on free samples of Pennsylvania’s first craft brewery.

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September is here! Not only does that mean that we can actually fathom drinking a pumpkin beer now (as opposed to five weeks ago), but it also means there’s a whole slew of beer events coming up to plan for now that your summer vacations are over.

We’ve got a rundown of this month’s beer events for you to sink your teeth into, from festivals to talks to homebrew competitions…

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It’s Thursday, August 29th. Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in and around New York after work tonight:

• Barcade Jersey City (163 Newark Ave., at Erie St., Jersey City) hosts our friend John Holl as he releases his new book, The American Craft Beer Cookbook. Enjoy beer from brewers like Bolero Snort, Great Lakes, and Harpoon. They’ll also be serving a few dishes from the cookbook as kitchen specials that evening, and the book will be available for sale as well.
  
  
• Barcade Brooklyn (388 Union Ave., at Ainslie St., Williamsburg) hosts Barrier Brewing tonight starting at 5pm, with a whopping 16 brews from the small Long Island outfit, including the rare Red Button, Moochelle milk stout, and the Evil Giant Rye IPA on cask.
  
  
• The weekly Thursday Tap at Jimmy’s No. 43 (43 E. 7th St., at 2nd Ave., East Village) this week features Yonkers Brewing. Enjoy the Lager, IPA, Stout on nitro, and the Belgian Pale Ale starting at 5pm. Nick Califano, Jackie Rubbo, Sharif Abou-Taleb and John Rubbo from the brewery will be on hand as well starting at 6.
  
  
• Dive Bar (732 Amsterdam Ave., at 96th St., Upper West Side) puts Anchor Brewing and Brooklyn Brewery head-to-head tonight starting at 7pm. East Coast and West Coast beers will battle for supremacy, with matchups like the Anchor Zymaster Fort Ross Farmhouse Ale vs. Brooklyn Sorachi Ace and the Anchor Small Beer vs. Brooklyn Halfling.

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