Hops like these in Washington State will take a back seat to local hops in a late-year release by Bronx Brewery.

The Bronx Brewery announced today a partnership with Bronx Green-Up and the Cornell Cooperative Extension to grow hops for their beer at community gardens in the Bronx. 125 Cascade hop plants were planted this spring as the brewery teamed up with the Botanical Garden’s community outreach program and even a local Catholic parish. Community gardeners across the borough will maintain the plants for a harvest at the end of the season. The crop will be used to make a special-release Urban Hop beer come harvest time, with all proceeds from the beer going to the Bronx Green-Up Program to support further growth of community gardening in the Boogie Down.

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It’s Tuesday, May 15th. 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., West Village) kicks off their two-day Pacific Northwest Beer & Oyster Fest. Starting today and noon and running until close tomorrw, they’ll serve up oysters from the waters of the great Northwest, and pour beers from Elysian, Midnight Sun, Hair of the Dog, and Rogue - including four rare beers from their Chatoe Rogue series, with ingredients sourced from Rogue’s own hopyard and barley farm.
  
  
• The weekly Ten Buck Tasting at Jimmy’s No. 43 (43 E. 7th St., at 2nd Ave., East Village) features Beers of the Northeast! You’ll get six tastings of regional brews  for $10, including the Maine Beer Company Peeper Ale, White Birch Tavern Ale, and yes, The Alchemist Heady Topper. The tasting gets underway tonight at 7:30pm.
  
  
• Celebrate American Craft Beer Week with a Pennsylvania Beer Night at Good Beer (422 E. 9th St., btw. 1st Ave. and Ave. A). Starting at 6:30pm, they’ll offer up discounts on pints and growlers of beers from Weyerbacher, Stoudt’s, and Victory. Plus, get a pint glass with the purchase of any growler!
  
  
• It’s North Coast Night at Mission Dolores (249 4th Ave., at Carroll St., Park Slope)! Starting at 4pm, they’ll pour the Old Rasputin, Pranqster, Le Merle Saison, the 2011 vintage Old Stock, and more! And they’ll have discounts on pints from 7-10pm!
  
  
• Rattle-N-Hum (14 E. 33rd St., at 5th Ave., Midtown) hosts Harpoon today starting at 4pm. They’ll have over a dozen brews from the Boston-based brewers, including the 2010 Leviathan Barleywine, the Rich and Dan’s Rye IPA, and their 100-Barrel Series Catamount Maple Wheat.
  
  
• Empire wraps up their two-night event at Upstate (95 1st Ave., at 6th St., East Village) tonight. From 5pm-Midnight, enjoy any of five Empire beers on tap, like White Aphro, Liv & Let Rye, or Empire State Pale Ale, for just $5!
  
  
• Beer and Chocolate pairings 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 with cellar manager Matt Barclay, and pair them with five different chocolates from Taza Chocolate. Get there early for a seat!
  
  
• The Growler Station (26 W. 8th St., at MacDougal St., Greenwich Village) serves up a free tasting of Kona Longboard Lager to celebrate its new release in cans! Give it a whirl tonight from 5-8pm.
  
  
• Tickets are still available for the Extrava-Canza tonight at DBGB Kitchen & Bar (299 Bowery, at 1st St., East Village). $80 gets you access to a whole hog feast from 7-10pm. It’s a slow roasted Provencal suckling pig stuffed with tomato, fennel, niçoise olives, and bacon and served with beer braised sauerkraut, grilled asparagus, spring peas, and fingerling potatoes and ramps. So what about the beer? Well, it’s perfectly paired with canned beer from Sixpoint! Buy your tickets here.

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The long-awaited Upper East Side spinoff of The Pony Bar swings its doors open to the public today at 3pm. We were lucky enough to check out the place last night, and we can safely say that if you like the Hell’s Kitchen location, then you’ll be pleasantly surprised to know that very little has changed in its second incarnation at The Pony Bar UES (1444 First Ave. at 75th St., Upper East Side).

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It’s Monday, May 14th. Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in and around New York after work tonight:

• Empire kicks off a two-night event at Upstate (95 1st Ave., at 6th St., East Village) tonight. From 5pm-Midnight, enjoy any of five Empire beers on tap, like White Aphro, Liv & Let Rye, or Empire State Pale Ale, plus six oysters for just $12! And tomorrow, all Empire pints will be $5 from 5pm-Midnight.
  
  
• As we mentioned earlier today, the Very Special Keg at Blind Tiger Ale House (281 Bleecker St., at Jones St., West Village) tonight is not a keg at all, but rather cans of The Alchemist Heady Topper. They’ll be released at 5pm today, so get there early or you’ll probably get shut out.
  
  
• A nationwide simultap of the Boulder Flashback India Brown Ale on nitro takes place tonight at 6:20pm (4:20pm MT). Here in New York, Alewife Queens (5-14 51st Ave., at 5th St., Long Island City) and Washington Commons (434 Park Pl., at Washington Ave., Prospect Heights) will be tapping the beer at 6:20 sharp!

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Few things in the world are better than craft beer. And if you throw in hot dogs and skee-ball, you might have the greatest combination known to mankind.

We here at Brew York, New York like to bring people together over great beer and good times.

That’s why we’re teaming up with Full Circle Bar and Google Places to put together a special version of their famous Brewskee Ball tournament on Wednesday, May 30th. We’d like to give you an opportunity to try your hand at unlimited skee-ball, unlimited drinks, snacks, and maybe even take home a trophy - all just for sharing your opinions (about your favorite beer halls, gardens and bars) on Google Places!

More details and the entry form can be found here. Happy reviewing!

The long wait is over. We mentioned last month that Vermont brewery The Alchemist was planning to ship their much-praised Heady Topper double IPA to New York City, and we’ve confirmed that the shipment of tallboy cans has arrived to Union Beer’s warehouse.

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