It’s Monday, May 6th. Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in and around New York after work tonight:

• New spot Over The Eight (594 Union Ave., at Richardson St., Williamsburg) hosts its first beer event tonight at 7:30. It’s “East Coast Rarities,” with four unusual brews on tap: the Flying Dog Pumpernickel IPA, Element ES Oak, Pretty Things Baby Tree, and a cask of Greenport Harbor Otherside IPA dry-hopped with Amarillo & Chinook hops. You can get a flight of all four for just $15.
  
  
• It’s VSK (Very Special Keg) Monday at Blind Tiger Ale House (281 Bleecker St., at Jones St., Greenwich Village). At 5pm, they’ll tap a rare or unique keg of the bar’s choosing. This week, it’s The Bruery Five Golden Rings, a golden ale in The Bruery’s 12 Days of Christmas Series that can be enjoyed any time of the year.
  
  
• Jimmy’s No. 43 (43 E. 7th St., at 2nd Ave., East Village) hosts their Hitachino, Sake and Beer Prix Fixe Dinner with guest chef Cathy Erway tonight at 7pm, with a five-course dinner paired with Japanese beers and sakes. A few tickets are still available online for $45, or call 212-982-3006 to reserve.

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There’s a question that’s been asked quietly among beer geeks around New York this week: why hasn’t SAVOR sold out yet? SAVOR, the Brewer’s Association annual food-and-beer pairing event, is being held in New York this year for the first time, on June 14th and 15th at the Metropolitan Pavilion and Altman Building (125 W. 18th St., at 6th Ave., Chelsea). Tickets went on sale over two weeks ago, and have yet to sell out. This may not seem like a big deal, but the previous two iterations of the festival in Washington, DC, sold out in a matter of hours. Perhaps it’s the higher price point, as SAVOR’s ticket prices are up 59% compared to just two years ago. Or maybe it’s the fact that it’s in New York that’s scaring away the typical attendee. If that’s the case, take advantage of this situation… tickets are still available on Ticketmaster, as are tickets to many of the special food-and-beer salons that take place over the course of the festival.

Meanwhile, let’s delve into this weekend’s rundown of beer events.

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We were overjoyed last year when Terroir on the Porch (On The High Line, at 15th St., Chelsea) opened, pouring wine and craft beer in the Chelsea Market Passage on the High Line. This year, they’ve revamped their tap system to include more beer, and now with an exclusive local focus.

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It’s Thursday, May 2nd. Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in and around New York after work tonight:

• It’s the annual Founders Festival tonight at 6pm at Standings (43 E. 7th St., at 2nd Ave., East Village). They’ll have the 2012 Kentucky Breakfast Stout on tap, the 2013 Kentucky Breakfast Stout in bottles,and other Founders brews on tap along with - naturally - free pizza at 8pm.
  
  
• Oskar Blues takes over the taps at Bierkraft (191 Fifth Ave., at President St., Park Slope) tonight at 7pm.  They’ll be pouring some Colorado beers while our friend, OB’s man about town Yvon Pasquarello, gets weird with you. Don’t worry, he’s harmless.
  
  
• The Thursday Tap at Jimmy’s No. 43 (43 E. 7th St., at 2nd Ave., East Village) is a cask of the Climax Spring Bock. Spring has sprung in New Jersey, and so has this beer. Get there at 5pm to try it.

• Stinky Bklyn (261 Smith St., at Baltic St., Cobble Hill) hosts a free tasting with Barrier tonight from 5-8pm, with a beer and cheese pairing that features their easy-drinker, UNimperial IPA.
  
  
• It may still be snowing in the Midwest, but you can kiss Winter goodbye for good starting at 4pm at  Rattle-N-Hum (14 E. 33rd St., at 5th Ave., Midtown). They’ll pour some stouts and porters for one last time before the summer beers arrive, including the Southern Tier Backburner, Goose Island Bourbon County Coffee Stout, and the Greenport Harbor Black Duck Porter.

• Barcade Jersey City (163 Newark Ave., at Erie St., Jersey City) hosts Rogue tonight starting at 7pm. They’ll pour the 2010 Old Crustacean, Morimoto Imperial Pilsner, Chatoe OREgasmic Ale, and lots more great brew from Oregon.
  

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Sorry, folks. You can search up and down the island of Manhattan to find beers from these brewers, but you won’t find them.

It happens on a daily basis to beer store and bar owners all over New York. The questions that, to the industry insider, have an obvious answer. But to those unaccustomed to how the beer industry functions, the questions are fast and furious and almost always net a disappointing response.

Every day, their customers ask:
- Do you guys have Pliny the Elder?
- Do you have Fat Tire on tap?
- Do you carry Bell’s Two-Hearted?
- When is your store getting a shipment of Three Floyds?
- Where in the city can I get Surly Darkness?

The answers to those questions are: no, no, no, never, and nowhere.

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It’s Wednesday, May 1st. Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in and around New York after work tonight:

• It’s “Animal Mineral Vegetable” Beer Night at The Stag’s Head (252 E. 51st St., at 2nd Ave., Turtle Bay) tonight at 6pm. They’re dedicating a night to inventive and creative beers like the Ballast Point Indra Kunindra (brewed with madras curry, coconut, kaffir lime, cumin and cayenne), Abita Oyster Stout, the Ommegang Iron Throne (brewed with grains of paradise and lemon peel), and Elysian Maelstrom (IPA brewed with blood orange). They’ll also have free strawberry and cucumber gazpacho!
  
  
• There’s a Brooklyn Brewery Tap Attack at Luckydog (303 Bedford Ave., at S. 2nd St., Williamsburg) tonight starting at 8pm. They’ll be pouring the Lager, Summer Ale, Black Chocolate Stout, and more - all for just $3 a pour!
  
  
• Celebrate the beers of Pennsylvania at Sunswick 35/35 (35-02 35th St., at 35th Ave., Astoria) tonight starting at 7pm, as they pour beers from Penn, Victory, Stoudt’s, and Weyerbacher. Get into a Keystone State of Mind!
  
  
• If you’re more of a Colorado fan, Mudville 9 (126 Chambers St., at W. Broadway, Tribeca) hosts Colorado Beer Night tonight starting at 7pm. No Coors here - just good craft beer from Breckenridge and Oskar Blues on tap all night long.
  
  
• City Swiggers (320 E. 86th St., at 2nd Ave., Upper East Side) hosts a tasting of beers from Merchant du Vin importers tonight from 6-9pm. Try the Rochefort 6, 8, and 10, plus Orval and Lindemans Gueze!

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