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

• Jimmy’s No. 43 (43 E. 7th St., at 2nd Ave., East Village) hosts the official launch of the new Bronx Black Pale Ale from Bronx Brewery tonight at 7pm. They’ll serve it on tap and in a cask along with their flagship Bronx Pale Ale. The staff of the brewery will be on hand to discuss the beer, too.
  
  
• Bierkraft (191 Fifth Ave., at President St., Park Slope) hosts the Brooklyn debut of Long Island’s Port Jeff Brewing out of Port Jefferson! They’ll be pouring 7 taps and two casks starting at 7pm, including the Low Tide Black IPA, Runaway Ferry Imperial Smoked IPA, Cold North Wind Barleywine, and more!
  
  
• Join Ballast Point for a free tasting tonight at Malt & Mold (221 East Broadway, at Clinton St., Lower East Side) from 5-8pm. Same some beers from the San Diego brewery, and enjoy some free cheese samples, too!

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The ever-entertaining Chris Cuzme has taken the helm at The 508

There’s a new brewer at the helm of The 508 Gastrobrewery (508 Greenwich St., at Spring St., SoHo), but to those who spend time drinking beer in New York, his name may not be unfamiliar. Chris Cuzme joined the 508 late last year, and he brings years of experience as a longtime homebrewer and recent professional brewer with Wandering Star to the little subterranean brewery in a SoHo basement.

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

• Enjoy a flight of Full Sail beers until 10pm tonight at Sycamore (1118 Cortelyou Rd., at Westminster Rd., Ditmas Park). They’ll be offering a n $8 four-beer flight from the Oregon brewery, including the classic IPA and Amber, plus the Wassail and LTD 06 Czech Black Bock.
  
  
• In Astoria and into homebrewing? Brewstoria’s monthly meeting is tonight at 7pm at 5 Napkin Burger Astoria (35-01 36th St., at 35th Ave., Astoria). They’ll be hosting Rich Castagna of Bridge & Tunnel Brewery for a chat and sampling of his beers.

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As we march forward into 2013 for more craft beer, it’s time to take a look back at the openings, news stories, and highs and lows in New York in the past year. The beer industry continues to march ahead in New York. In fact, 2012 saw the opening of more breweries in the New York City limits than any year in almost a century. Even though that number is a mere three, it’s still a big step forward for a city that’s been considered behind the curve on the craft beer craze for the past few years. And catching up has its pluses and minuses, as we’ll see below.

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It’s sad, but it’s an inevitability in a world of rising beer prices. Effective January 1st, both The Pony Bar HK (637 10th Ave. at 45th St., Hell’s Kitchen) and The Pony Bar UES (1444 First Ave. at 75th St., Upper East Side) will raise the price of a pour of beer to $6 from its current $5. While the news is likely to disappoint some bar-goers, it’s the rising cost of beers at wholesale - especially small-batch, specialty kegs - that has made it difficult, the bar’s owner says, to absorb the cost any longer.

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It’s Thursday, December 20th. Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in and around New York after work tonight:

• It’s Winter Beer Night tonight starting at 4pm at Barcade (388 Union Ave., at Ainslie St., Williamsburg), and they’ve got some surprises up their sleeves. Among the brews on tap: for the first time in New York, the Snake River Zonker Stout, the big and boozy He’Brew Jewbelation Sweet 16, the brand-new Dogfish Head Birra Etrusca, and the rare Rogue 19 Original Colonies Mead.
  
  
• Alewife (5-14 51st Ave., at 5th St., Long Island City) hosts their Apocalypse Eve event with Elysian, appropriately serving beers from their 12 Beers of the Apocalypse Series. They’ll pour the Fallout Green Cardamom Pale, Omen Belgian Raspberry Stout, Maelstrom Blood Orange Ale, and a whole lot more weird beers from the series starting at 6pm.
  
  
• The Thursday Tap at Jimmy’s No. 43 (43 E. 7th St., at 2nd Ave., East Village) this week celebrates Queens’ newest brewery: Singlecut Beersmiths’ 19-33 Lagrrr! and Dean PNW Mahogany Ale. Get there at 5pm and try these two local brews.
  
  
• Don’t miss the sausage party! Head to Rosamunde Sausage Grill (285 Bedford Ave., at S. 1st St., Williamsburg) as Green Flash and Ommegang duke it out in an East Coast/West Coast head-to-head battle. They’ll have beers from both breweries on tap that you can enjoy along with their tasty sausage starting at 7pm.
  
  
• Burp Castle (41 E. 7th St., at 2nd Ave., East Village) serves three special European beers tonight at 6pm: Dupont Avec Bon Voeux, Scaldis Noel, and Hofstetten Sour Barleywine. They’ll also have free frites at 7pm!
  
  
• Barcade Jersey City (163 Newark Ave., at Erie St., Jersey City) hosts Great Divide tonight at 6pm, with great brews like the Claymore, Wolfgang Doppelbock, and the 2010 Espresso Yeti, plus a special brew from the pilot system at the brewery!

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