As the weather cools off and we head into Fall, the beer festival scene is heating up in New York City with a slew of festivals in the next couple of months.

Leading off is the Second Annual Brooklyn Pour, being held on Saturday, October 6th in two sessions at Skylight One Hanson in Fort Greene (pictured above). Last year’s festival was a success, and this year is set to be even better. Among the most recent breweries to sign on to pour at the festival: newcomer to New York City Dark Horse Brewing, Milwaukee’s Lakefront Brewing, and Glens Falls’ Davidson Brothers. They join over sixty other breweries that are already on the roster.

Tickets are just $45 for General Admission, but you could win a pair of tickets to the Saturday afternoon session right here! Simply send an email with your name to brewyorknewyork[at]gmail.com and the subject line “Brooklyn Pour” by this Friday at 5pm and we’ll enter you into a random drawing to win a pair of tickets. We’ll also be giving away tickets via Twitter later this week, so follow us there for another chance to win!

After the jump, more beer festivals lined up for New York in October and November!

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Beer drinkers in San Francisco have been familiar with Rosamunde Sausage Grill for years. They’re the neighbors of famed beer bar Toronado, and the sausage joint lets bar patrons carry their baskets of tubed meat on bread down the sidewalk back to the bar. It’s a pretty sweet deal - great craft beer and delicious sausage come together in sweet harmony. Another location in San Francisco’s Mission brings them together under one roof, with sausage and two dozen tap lines.

Well, that tradition has headed east in the form of Brooklyn’s first Rosamunde Sausage Grill (285 Bedford Ave., at S. 1st St., Williamsburg), where the food and craft beer are together under one roof, the sausages are just as delicious as their West Coast counterparts, and the beer flows like water.

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It’s Monday, September 24th. Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in and around New York after work tonight:

• Uinta Brewing Co. pairs nicely with chocolate tonight at Nunu Chocolates (529 Atlantic Ave., at 3rd Ave., Boerum Hill). Starting at 6pm, enjoy pairings of five beers with five different chocolates for just $25.
  
  
• KelSo hosts a rare and unusual beer tasting tonight at Beer Street (413 Graham Ave., at Withers St., Williamsburg). Join at 7:30pm as the brewers discuss the beers while you taste the FUKU, Cabernet Barrel Aged IPA, and the Rye Barrel Aged Belgian Pale Ale. $20 gets you the talk, the tastings, and a 32-ounce growler of your choice!
  
  
• 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 Hill Farmstead Brewery Holger Danske, a collaboration brown ale with Anders Kissmeyer of Nørrebro Bryghus.
  
  
• Luca Bar (119 St. Marks Pl., at Avenue A, East Village) hosts Olivia Cerio of Empire Brewing for the third event in the bar’s Fall Beer and Food Series tonight at 7pm. Try different brews from the Brooklyn-and-Syracuse-based brewing outfit along with some $1 oysters.
  
  
• Perilla (9 Jones St., at W. 4th St., West Village) wraps up their Monday Night Beer Dinners for September, featuring Narragansett with a four-course tasting menu that includes Fried Clams with the Cream Ale and Slow Poached Flaked Haddock with the Summer Ale. Dinner is $60 and served all night long starting at 5:30pm; reservations are recommended.

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The folks in Munich are putting the finishing touches on the site of this year’s Oktoberfest celebration as we speak. And there will be plenty going on stateside to celebrate its start, as we’ve been telling you this week. But just in case you’re not one to hoist a one-liter mug of beer, there are a couple of other events that might be to your liking, too.

Your list of beer events in New York this weekend is after the jump…

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New Park Slope spot Die Koelner Bierhalle boasts a dizzying selection of German beers

Oktoberfest kicks off tomorrow in Munich, and New Yorkers are gearing up to drink their fair share of German beer, too. For many American beer drinkers, this is the only time each year that they give in to the temptation of German beers. That’s because there’s a common misconception that German beers lack the flavor and complexity of American craft beer. German beers are mainly brewed in accordance with the nation’s beer purity laws - which prohibit ingredients beyond water, malt, hops, and yeast. But despite this, there are plenty of flavorful German brews that will satisfy even the most snobbish American craft beer drinker.

Remember New York beer’s roots. While there was beer long before Germans started immigrating to the U.S. in large numbers, it was the explosion of the German population in New York that made Brooklyn the largest beer-producing city in America back in the late 19th century. And the numerous German beer gardens that once peppered The Bowery kept those breweries in business until Prohibition.

After a long hiatus, brewing of German beer styles like Kolsches, Weissebiers, and Marzens have been returned Stateside in the recent past thanks to American craft brewers. Local beers like Brooklyn Oktoberfest and Captain Lawrence Captain’s Kolsch have German roots, and they’re hugely popular around these parts. So why not try some of the originals? Here are some of the beer bars boasting New York’s largest selections of German beers.

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

• Brooklyn Brewery comes to the Bronx tonight at Bronx Ale House (216 W. 238th St., at Broadway, Kingsbridge). Starting at 6pm, enjoy nine of their brews on tap, including the Fiat Lux, Gold Standard, Oktoberfest, and Post Road Pumpkin Ale.
  
  
• It’s San Diego Beer Night at Breukelen Bier Merchants (182 Grand St., at Driggs Ave., Williamsburg) starting at 7pm. Enjoy beers on tap from Mission, Green Flash, and Alesmith that’ll bring out the Southern Californian in you!
  
  
• It’s New Holland Night tonight at Barcade (388 Union Ave., at Ainslie St., Williamsburg) starting at 4pm. Enjoy beers from newest Michigan import to New York, like the Dragon’s Milk barrel-aged stout, 2008 Pilgrim’s Dole wheatwine, Mad Hatter IPA, and more.
  
  
• Speaking of Michigan breweries, The Guilty Goose (131 W. 23rd St., at 6th Ave., Chelsea) celebrates the annual release of the Founders Breakfast Stout today at 4pm with the tapping of their first keg!
  
  
• The Thursday Tap at Jimmy’s No. 43 (43 E. 7th St., at 2nd Ave., East Village) this week is Brasserie de la Senne Jambe de Bois. Get there are 5pm to try this rare, full-bodied Belgian Tripel!
  
  
• It’s Troegs Night at Bierkraft (191 Fifth Ave., at President St., Park Slope) tonight starting at 7pm. They’ll pour seven lines from the Pennsylvania brewery, including the Sunshine Pils, Perpetual IPA, Dead Reckoning Porter, and more!
  
  
• Brouwerij Lane (78 Greenpoint Ave., at Franklin St., Greenpoint) hosts Lagunitas tonight starting at 6pm, pouring nine lines, including the Fusion 9, Hop Stoopid, and Lil Sumpin Wild.
  
  
• Sierra Nevada heads over to Rye House (11 W. 17th St., at 5th Ave., Union Square) tonight at 6pm to debut their Beer Camp Hop Syndicate India Pale Lager, along with nearly a dozen other Sierra draft lines!
  
  
• Malt & Mold (221 East Broadway, at Clinton St., Lower East Side) hosts a free Harpoon tasting from 5-8pm tonight, with live music and beers like Oktoberfest, Pumpkin UFO, 100 Barrel Series White IPA, and more!
  
  
• Loreley (64 Frost St., at Meeker Ave., Williamsburg) hosts an Oktoberfest Beer Tasting tonight, complete with food pairings, for $25. Seven beers and three courses will be served starting at 7pm. Tickets can be purchased in advance here.
  
  
• George Keeley (485 Amsterdam Ave., at 83rd St., Upper West Side) continues their Oktoberfest celebration with Oktoberfest beers from Great Divide, Mission, Erdinger, Ayinger, and more, plus glass giveaways every night this week!
  
  
• Barcade Jersey City (163 Newark Ave., at Erie St., Jersey City) hosts New Jersey’s own Kane Brewing tonight at 7pm. They’ll be pouring the Double Dry-Hopped Overhead Imperial IPA, Heirloom Saison, Head High IPA, and lots more.

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