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

• Three Heads Brewing’s inaugural tour of New York City heads to Brooklyn tonight! Meet the beer and the men behind it starting at 4pm at Barcade Brooklyn (388 Union Ave., at Ainslie St., Williamsburg) and at 6pm at Brouwerij Lane (78 Greenpoint Ave., at Franklin St., Greenpoint). They’ll pour the Bromigo Smoked Maple Amber, The Kind IPA, and many more!
  
  
• It’s a Victory Brewing tap takeover at Alewife Queens (5-14 51st Ave., at 5th St., Long Island City) starting at 6pm, pairing the brewery’s beers with the bar’s food menu tonight. Enjoy beers like the Ranch IPA, Summer of Love, Golden Monkey, and more!
  
  
• Blue Point visits Buddha Beer Bar (4497 Broadway, at 192nd St., Washington Heights) tonight from 6-9pm, pouring the White IPA, Hoptical Illusion, No Apologies, and many more. Plus, coveted giveaways like hats and t-shirts!
  
  
• Check out tonight’s Ithaca Beer Dinner at New York Beer Company (321 W. 44th St., at 8th Ave., Midtown West), which features a four-course meal paired with beers like Flower Power IPA, Partly Sunny, and the 14th Anniversary Ale. Dinner is available all night long starting at 5pm, but get your tickets in advance!
  
  
• Bronx Ale House (216 W. 238th St., at Broadway, Kingsbridge, Bronx) hosts the brotherly breweries of Mikkeller and Evil Twin. Starting at 6pm, try beers from each of the two Danish breweries, both owned by twin brothers, and you decide which twin is best!
  
  
• The Thursday Tap at Jimmy’s No. 43 (43 E. 7th St., at 2nd Ave., East Village) this week is the Dieu du Ciel! Rigor Mortis. Get there are 5pm to try this great blonde ale from Quebec!
  
  
• The Thursday Night event at Bierkraft (191 Fifth Ave., at President St., Park Slope) this week features all Farmhouse Ales on draft! If you like dry, funky, spicy beers, you’ll want to be there tonight starting at 7pm.

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We’re exhausted by the sheer number of beer spots that have opened in New York this year. But last week was yet another week with an opening. This one’s in the East Village, and will bring welcome relief to those who don’t want to trek over three avenues to buy good beer. Alphabet City Beer Co. (96 Avenue C, at 6th St., East Village) is now open. Does the East Village need another beer bottle shop? Even if they don’t need one, they’ve got one… and it comes with a pretty nice beer bar to boot.

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We’re less than a month away from the Brooklyn Waterfront Beer Festival. The craft beer festival will be held outdoors on the East River waterfront at North 11th Street in Williamsburg in two sessions on Saturday, June 16th. Now that the date is getting closer, the festival organizers have announced the beer list and food vendors that’ll be at the event.

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Meet the newest brewery to hit bars within the five boroughs, Three Heads Brewing. Since they’re in-state, these Rochester-based brewers didn’t need to jump through any big regulatory hoops to get their beer here, but they had to wait until they could brew enough beer to serve us properly. They’re already in Massachusetts and Illinois, but as of this week, they’re finally shipping their beer down to us!

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New York Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R-Nassau Co.) proposed a package of tax credits and tax cuts to spur growth in several industries across the state last week. Within the bill, called the 2012 New Jobs-NY job creation act, is another attempt to give much-needed relief to New York’s small breweries, who were just hit with a surprise new tax burden after a court ruling last month.

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

• We can’t go a minute without reminding you what you’re missing if you’re not at the New York City Brewers Guild launch party tonight from 7-10pm at Brooklyn Brewery (79 N. 11th St., at Wythe Ave., Williamsburg). It features rare beers from ten local brewers, plus great food from Guild members Eataly Birreria and 508 Gastrobrewery. Tickets are still on sale through Eventbrite for $75, or $125 with a Guild membership included.
  
  
• Uncle Barry’s (58 5th Ave., at Bergen St., Park Slope) hosts their first-ever beer event tonight at 9pm, featuring the beers of Oskar Blues. They’ll have four beers on, including the Deviant Dale’s and Gubna, plus some very special giveaways!
  
  
• Rattle-N-Hum (14 E. 33rd St., at 5th Ave., Midtown) hosts Cigar City today starting at 4pm, with a huge list of brews from the Tampa, Florida brewer, including Puppy’s Breath Chocolate Cherry Porter, Florida Cracker White, Hotter Than Helles, and the Vanilla-Aged Maduro Brown.
  
  
• The official Manhattan launch of Rochester’s Three Heads Brewing is tonight at 6pm at The Pony Bar UES (1444 First Ave. at 75th St., Upper East Side). Enjoy your first sips of their beers in New York, including their hugely-popular The Kind IPA.
  
  
• French craft beers are the subject of this week’s free Tuesday Tasting at Bierkraft (191 Fifth Ave., at President St., Park Slope) tonight at 7pm. You’ll get to sample several different brews from the French portion of Shelton Brothers’ portfolio with their woman on the ground in NYC, B.R. Rolya. Get there early for a seat!
  
  
• Top Hops (94 Orchard St., at Broome St., Lower East Side) hosts Sixpoint tonight from 7-9pm, featuring Apollo, Sweet Action, Crisp, and Diesel.
  
  
• The weekly Ten Buck Tasting at Jimmy’s No. 43 (43 E. 7th St., at 2nd Ave., East Village) features Bocks! You’ll get six tastings of brews for $10, including the Ayinger Celebrator, Einbecker Maibock, and Stoudts Smooth Hoperator. The tasting gets underway tonight at 7:30pm.
  
  
• It’s a celebration of summer beers at Radegast Hall (113 N. 3rd St., at Berry St., Williamsburg) starting tonight at 7:30pm. They’ll be pouring the La Trappe Witte, Sünner Kölsch, Urthel Saisonnière, and more, along with live music and free snacks!

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