It’s Monday, April 8th. Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in and around New York after work tonight:

• 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 Smuttynose Bloom, a short batch beer brewed with eight kinds of edible flowers.
  
  
• Adobe Blues (63 Lafayette Ave., at Fillmore St., New Brighton)
  kicks off their second annual Mikkeller Week tonight. They’ll have the Koppi Coffee IPA, Wheat is the New Hops, and Monk’s Brew on tap, plus a huge lineup of bottles and each night, new vintage bottles on the menu. Definitely worth the trip to Staten Island!

• It’s Samuel Smith Night tonight from 6-9pm at Valhalla (815 9th Ave., at 54th St., Hell’s Kitchen). Head toward the Hudson to get your hands on some beers from across the pond.
  
  
• South 4th Bar & Grill (90 S. 4th St., at Berry St., Williamsburg) celebrates the NCAA championship tonight with the finals of their “Brewpointopia” competition between Blue Point and Sixpoint. From Long Island, it’s Spring Fling. From Brooklyn, it’s Bengali Tiger. Starting at 6pm, you drink $4 pints of these and the winner is determined by which beer kicks first!
  
  
• Jimmy’s No. 43 (43 E. 7th St., at 2nd Ave., East Village) is hosting a five-course beer dinner with Stillwater’s Brian Strumke tonight at 7pm. Tickets are $45, and details are here. Ticket sales have ended online, but call 212-982-3006 to reserve.

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Starting this week, you’ll finally be able to take some beer from Bronx Brewery home without lugging around a growler. The brewery’s flagship beer, the Bronx Pale Ale, is available in four-packs 16-ounce cans starting this week at beer shops around the city. The cans will allow for an aggressive expansion of the brewery in 2013, capped off with the opening of their brick-and-mortar location in the Bronx later this year.

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Stone Brewing Company’s Enjoy By IPA series has been distributed to select markets in several rounds already this year. The latest, Enjoy By 4.20.13 IPA, is as close as Connecticut, but didn’t make it to New York City. But the next one, Enjoy By 5.17.13 IPA, is coming here and will be available the week of April 15th after a bottling next Friday and a quick cross-country trip.

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There’s a lot going on beer-wise this weekend. First, there’s Beer for Beasts at The Bell House (149 7th St., at 3rd Ave., Gowanus) on Saturday, a great charity event put together by Sixpoint and Beer Advocate. That’s completely sold-out, so if you don’t have tickets, you might want to make alternate plans.

But we’re really looking forward to Session Beer Day 2013 on Sunday. The annual national celebration of low-alcohol beers is put together by Pennsylvania-based beer writer and cheerleader for session beer Lew Bryson. Honestly, this is something we’d like to observe every Sunday, not just this one. A couple bars in New York will celebrate with a solid lineup of flavorful, exciting sub-4.5% ABV beers on Sunday, so you can drink to your heart’s content. So, stock up on your session beers early and raise a glass to easy-drinking beer this Sunday!

Our full rundown of this weekend’s beer events is below…

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

• Like Saisons? You’ll love Saison Night at Bierkraft (191 Fifth Ave., at President St., Park Slope) tonight starting at 7pm. They’ll pour beers in this crisp, refreshing, sometimes funky style from Belgium and the USA all night long!
  
  
• Bronx Ale House (216 W. 238th St., at Broadway, Kingsbridge) taps two IPAs tonight: one from the East and West, and one from the Far Northwest. Try the Sierra Nevada/Dogfish Head Rhizing Bines and the Midnight Sun XXX Black IPA tonight at 7pm. Chef Eric will be preparing some special pork belly dishes to pair!
  
  
• The Thursday Tap at Jimmy’s No. 43 (43 E. 7th St., at 2nd Ave., East Village) features a different special keg or cask every week. This week, they’ll tap a keg of the incredible Great Divide Espresso Oak-Aged Yeti Imperial Stout today at 5pm.

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Ever wonder what inspired Brooklyn Brewery founder Steve Hindy to make beer at a time when craft beer was in its infancy in the United States? You might not know that thirty years ago, he was a Middle East correspondent for the Associated Press, dodging car bombs and learning about brewing in places where beer was illegal.

Learn how Hindy went from Beirut to Brooklyn in the video below. It’s the first in a series about the brewery’s heart and soul, exploring the people and stories behind Brooklyn Brewery in its 25th year.

Beirut to Brooklyn: The Origins of Brooklyn Brewery from Transient Pictures on Vimeo.

The videos will be posted on the Brewery’s website as the series continues.