The Village is filled with bars that pour lots of beer, and most of it is of the swill variety that college students shove down their throats in large quantities. “You could sell ice-cold horse piss in that part of town and still pay rent,” a local beer bartender joked to us recently. He’s probably not far off. That’s why we’re surprised - and relieved - to see a place like The Malt House (206 Thompson St., at Bleecker St., Greenwich Village) open without the college-bar antics, macro beers, and chintzy atmosphere that comes with most bars in the area around NYU.

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It’s Tuesday, August 28th. Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in and around New York after work tonight:

• Kelso visits The Brazen Head (228 Atlantic Ave., at Court St., Cobble Hill) tonight from 6-8pm. Get $4 pours of beers like their Saison, Cabernet Barrel Aged IPA, Industrial IPA, and more! After 8pm, it’s still a nicely-priced $5.
  
  
• 4th Avenue Pub (76 4th Ave., at Bergen St., Boerum Hill) taps the Lagunitas Fusion 9 tonight at 7pm. The one-off white IPA with experiment hop strains was brewed with the help of 4th Avenue Pub owner Kirk Struble!
  
  
• Rattle-N-Hum (14 E. 33rd St., at 5th Ave., Midtown) hosts Colorado’s Breckenridge today starting at 4pm, pouring beers like their Summer Bright, Vanilla Porter, Regal Imperial Pilsner, and more all night long.
  
  
• This week’s free Tuesday Night Tasting at Bierkraft (191 Fifth Ave., at President St., Park Slope) features beers from Great Divide, hosted by brewery rep Dave Woodlock. Starting at 7pm, sample some of the finest beers Colorado has to offer!
  
  
• The Porterhouse at Fraunces Tavern (54 Pearl St., at Broad St., Financial District) hosts Troegs Brewery tonight for a tasting from 6-8pm. Enjoy some free samples of this Pennsylvania brewery’s beers WAY downtown!
  
  
• This week’s Ten Buck Tasting at Jimmy’s No. 43 (43 E. 7th St., at 2nd Ave., East Village) celebrates Sour and Wild beers from importer B. United. $10 gets you six tastings of beers, including Professor Fritz Briem Gruit, Birra Del Borgo Duchessic, and De Dolle Special Extra Export Stout. The tasting gets underway at 7:30pm.

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It’s Monday, August 27th. 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 BFM XIV, a hoppy IPA from Switzerland celebrating Brasserie des Franches-Montagnes’ fourteenth anniversary!
  
  
• Perilla (9 Jones St., at W. 4th St., West Village) continues their weekly Monday Night Beer Dinners. Tonight they feature the beers of 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.
  
  
• Jimmy’s No. 43 (43 E. 7th St., at 2nd Ave., East Village) hosts a Queens Night tonight starting at 6pm. They’ll have beers from the brand-new Rockaway Brewing and food incorporating fresh produce from the Queens County Farm on the menu all night long. Meet the farmer and the brewer, too!
  
  
• For a more educational experience, Uncle Barry’s (58 5th Ave., at Bergen St., Park Slope) hosts the first of their monthly Summer School beer tasting sessions tonight at 9pm. It’s a 45-minute tasting and discussion with their resident brewmeister Matt Volner that gives you five beer samples and a beer glass to take home. Plus, you’ll get $2 off pints of the featured beers for the rest of the night!

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The Barrier Brewing event at 61 Local this weekend won’t just include beer. This barrel will come in handy, too. (Photo via Twitter)

Summer is starting to wind down. Although if you looked at our local beer stores’ shelves, you’d think fall is into full swing. We’ve taken a stand against seasonal beer creep - the far-too-early arrival of seasonal beers - and so has Greenpoint Bar The Diamond (43 Franklin St., at Calyer St., Greenpoint) has taken a stand: they will not tap their keg of Southern Tier Pumking until the Autumnal Equinox. And we’re not talking just that day… the very hour and minute, too. On September 22nd at 10:49am, they’ll serve some breakfast (pancakes, cinnamon twists, and pumpkin pie) and tap a beloved fall seasonal beer… but not a minute sooner.

In the meantime, let’s keep summer going. Your list of beer events this weekend is after the jump…

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It’s Thursday, August 23rd. Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in and around New York after work tonight:

• Flying Dog pulls out all the stops tonight at Barcade (388 Union Ave., at Ainslie St., Williamsburg) starting at 5pm. They’ll pour over a dozen brews including the Barrel Aged Gonzo, Disobedience Dubbel, Single Hop Citra IPA, and the Raging Bitch on cask with habanero peppers!
  
  
• Across the river at Barcade Jersey City (163 Newark Ave., at Erie St., Jersey City), it’s Smuttynose Night, with the Pumpkin Ale, Rye IPA, Strawberry Short Weiss, and lots more on tap starting at 6pm.
  
  
• It’s Barrier Brewing Night at Bierkraft (191 Fifth Ave., at President St., Park Slope) tonight starting at 7pm. Our friends from Oceanside, Long Island roll out the barrels for this one, with beers like the Oil City Black IPA, Beech Street Wheat, and Bulkhead Red on tap, plus surprises like the Mollycoddle in a cask with maple syrup and coffee beans.
  
  
• Breukelen Bier Merchants (182 Grand St., at Driggs Ave., Williamsburg) hosts Stillwater tonight starting at 7pm, pouring the Debutante, Our Side saison, and more on tap, plus stocking bottles of the Folklore, a stout aged in 20-year Pappy Van Winkle barrels.
  
  
• The Bronx Brewery will host a launch party for their newest beer tonight at 7pm at Randolph Beer (343 Broome St., at Bowery, Little Italy). Brewer Damian Brown, along with Brewery Manager Chris Gallant, will be on-hand to chat about the new Bronx Rye Pale Ale and offer up cask versions of both the Rye Pale Ale and the “new classic” Bronx Pale Ale.
  
  
• The Thursday Tap at Jimmy’s No. 43 (43 E. 7th St., at 2nd Ave., East Village) this week is the Freigeist Brettokolong, an unfiltered kölsch fermented with brettanomyces. Get there at 5pm and try this rare keg of this unique brew!
  
  
• Brouwerij Lane (78 Greenpoint Ave., at Franklin St., Greenpoint) celebrates the launch of the Pretty Things Meadowlark IPA tonight at 7pm. Jim “Bocky” Barnes will be on hand spinning tunes while you sip on a brand-new beer from the crazed minds in Cambridge.
  
  
• It’s a celebration of American Wheat beers tonight at House of Brews (302 W. 51st St., at 8th Ave., Hell’s Kitchen). Starting at 6pm, enjoy the Blue Point White IPA, Smuttynose Wheat Wine, Flying Dog Woody Creek, and more in an event they’re calling “White Light, White Heat!”
  
  
• Blue Point serves up some samples at Best Yet Market (2187 Frederick Douglass Blvd., at W. 118th St., Harlem) today from 5-8pm, with brews like the new Octoberfest and Pumpkin Ale on draft, plus Toasted Lager, Blueberry Ale, and Hoptical Illusion in bottles!

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It’s Wednesday, August 22nd. Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in and around New York after work tonight:

• Blind Tiger Ale House (281 Bleecker St., at Jones St., Greenwich Village) hosts Mad River and Friends today starting at 3pm. In addition to the IIPA, Barrel-Aged John Barleycorn, Chili Pepper Pale Ale, and more from Mad River, they’ll be pouring beers from Northern California’s Bear Republic and Mendocino, too!
  
  
• Southern California’s Stone takes the taps at The Double Windsor (210 Prospect Park West, at 16th St., Windsor Terrace) starting at 7pm tonight. They’ll be pouring the new 16th Anniversary Double IPA, plus nicely-priced bottles of the Ruination 10th Anniversary IPA and the Smoked Porter - both with chipotle peppers and vanilla beans.
  
  
• In Queens, Stone takes over at Mosaic Cafe (25-19 24th Ave., at 26th St., Astoria) tonight at 7pm, serving beers paired with the songs of the Rolling Stones. Enjoy beers like the Double Dry-Hopped Ruination and Arrogant Bastard while jamming to some great Stones tunes!
  
  
• It’s another East Coast-West Coast battle at George Keeley (485 Amsterdam Ave., at 83rd St., Upper West Side) tonight starting at 6pm, as they pour beers from Brooklyn (Blast!, Oktoberfest, The River) and Anchor (Brekles Brown, Small Beer).
  
  
• New York Beer Company (321 W. 44th St., at 8th Ave., Midtown West) hosts an Empire beer dinner tonight with a sweet deal: $19.95 gets you three courses each paired with a different beer, like Coconut Shrimp Fritters with the White Aphro and a Mini Maxed-Out Burger with the Black Magic Stout.
  
  
• Taproom 307 (307 3rd Ave., at 24th St., Murray Hill) hosts their Greetings from Idaho event tonight from 7-10pm. Enjoy brews from Ponderay, Idaho’s Laughing Dog and celebrate the beloved Idaho potato!
  
  
• The Stag’s Head (252 E. 51st St., at 2nd Ave., Turtle Bay) hosts Southern Tier tonight starting at 6pm, pouring Creme Brulee Stout, Harvest Ale, Oak-Aged Pumking, and more all night long! They’ll also pass around free pulled pork croquettes at 6pm.
  
  
• Southampton 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 7-10pm, $10 gets you 2 full beers, a 3-beer tasting flight, a taste of whisky, and an order of tater tots!
  
  
• Taste the brand-new Pretty Things Meadowlark IPA at Bierkraft (191 Fifth Ave., at President St., Park Slope) tonight starting at 7pm. Jim Barnes will be in the house spinning records as they sell bottles, pour some Pretty Things brews on tap.
  
  
• It’s an MLB Tailgate Party at Standings (43 E. 7th St., at 2nd Ave., East Village) tonight starting at 6pm, pouring baseball-themed beers like Wachusett Green Monsta IPA and Victory Summer Love. Plus, they’ll have free hot dogs from Paul’s at 7:30pm.
  
  
• Out in the Rockaways? Stay till 6pm and head to Caracas Rockaway (Beach 106th St., at the Boardwalk, Rockaway) for a Butternuts tap takeover, featuring the venerable Porkslap Pale Ale and more!

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