It’s Thursday, April 26th. Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in and around New York after work tonight:

• It’s the First Anniversary of Barcade Jersey City (163 Newark Ave., at Erie St., Jersey City) tonight. Festivities get underway at 4pm with chili dogs and a very special beer list, including Founders Curmudgeon’s Better Half, Kane Heirloom Farmhouse Ale, Yards Olde Bartholomew, and many more surprises! At 8pm, they’ll also tap a keg of Dogfish Head World Wide Stout, so pace yourself!
  
  
• Bronx Ale House (216 W. 238th St., at Broadway, Kingsbridge) hosts a special Dogfish Head tap event tonight at 6pm. They’ll be pouring four very special kegs: 120 Minute IPA, Olde School barleywine, Midas Touch, and the Black & Blue. Hurry in, because they won’t last long!
  
  
• Not to be outdone, David Copperfield’s (1394 York Ave., at 74th St., Upper East Side) hosts a Dogfish Head event of their own starting at 6pm. They’ll be pouring ten beers, including Burton Baton, Aprihop, Immort Ale, and Ta Henket!
  
  
• Green Flash continues their tour of New York this week with an event at 4th Avenue Pub (76 4th Ave., at Bergen St., Boerum Hill) starting at 7pm. They’ll be pouring the West Coast IPA, Palate Wrecker, Rayon Vert, and more!
  
  
• Two for one! Wandering Star and Pretty Things take over the taps tonight at Alewife Queens (5-14 51st Ave., at 5th St., Long Island City) starting at 6pm. Try beers like Pretty Things’ Fluffy White Rabbits or Wandering Star’s Thunderbolt IPA. Plus, try a food pairing with a small plate, like Soup Dumpling Meatballs paired with the Mild at Heart.
  
  
• The Growler Station (26 W. 8th St., at MacDougal St., Greenwich Village) hosts a tasting from Kelso of Brooklyn tonight from 5-8pm. And across town, the Thursday Tap at Jimmy’s No. 43 (43 E. 7th St., at 2nd Ave., East Village) this week is Kelso’s Recessionator. Plus, brewmaster Kelly Taylor will be in the house starting at 6pm!
  
  
• Chelsea Brewing Company jumps the A Train to Brooklyn tonight with an appearance at Downtown Bar & Grill (160 Court St., at Dean St., Cobble Hill) from 7-9pm. Enjoy their Bourbon Stout, Strong Ale, Hop Angel, and more!
  
  
• It’s a Shmaltz Tap Takeover tonight at Bierkraft (191 Fifth Ave., at President St., Park Slope). Starting at 7pm, enjoy one of a massive fourteen beers from ‘em, including Rejewvenator Year of the Grape, Hop Manna IPA, Barrel-Aged Vertical Jewbelation, and a whole lot more!

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German brewer Paulaner will open its first beer hall in the U.S. later this year, and it will be located on The Bowery. The brewery already runs 17 Paulaner Brauhaus locations in other countries, but this will be the first in the Western Hemisphere. The 4,000 square foot beer hall will include German cuisine, communal seating, an outdoor space, and a working brewpub - which would be the third to open in Manhattan in two years. The space will be appointed with stained glass, iron fixtures, and copper kettles, to evoke a more historical German beer hall. The hall will be located at 265-276 Bowery, just south of Houston Street.

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It’s Wednesday, April 25th. Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in and around New York after work tonight:

• Anderson Valley pays a visit to Idle Hands Bar (25 Avenue B, at 2nd St., East Village) for their weekly $10 Bourbon and Beer Tasting Series. Enjoy beers like the Mexican Lager and the Imperial IPA! From 7-10pm, $10 gets you 2 full beers, a 3-beer tasting flight, a taste of McKenzie Rye Whisky, and an order of tater tots!
  
  
• Founders takes over the taps at Blind Tiger Ale House (281 Bleecker St., at Jones St., West Village) today starting at 3pm and running all night long. They’ll pour a 2010 vintage of the Breakfast Stout, the Winter Wheat and Oatmeal Stout (usually only available in the taproom in Michigan), and yes, they’ll tap a keg of the Canadian Breakfast Stout at 5pm.
  
  
• Beer Street (413 Graham Ave., at Withers St., Williamsburg) hosts an Italian Beer Tasting tonight from 7-9pm. Join brewmaster Brooks Carretta of Manhattan’s Birreria as he takes you through a tasting of beers from Birra del Borgo and Le Baladin. Then, take some of the beers home by buying a bottle or growler!
  
  
• Pretty Things heads to Brouwerij Lane (78 Greenpoint Ave., at Franklin St., Greenpoint) tonight at 7pm to pour their spring seasonal Tripel, Fluffy White Rabbits. Sip a brew from the Mass.-based gypsy brewer while their man in New York, Jim Barnes, spins records for your pleasure.
  
  
• Spring Lounge (48 Spring St., at Mulberry St., Little Italy) hosts Green Flash tonight starting at 7pm, pouring Palate Wrecker, West Coast IPA, and Hop Head Red!
  
  
• The East Coast v. West Coast Heavy Metal Brew Tour makes its way to Staten Island for its next stop tonight at Full Cup (388 Van Duzer St., at Beach St., Stapleton). At 8pm, enjoy some IPAs from both coasts. In the East Coast corner: Victory and Smuttynose! In the West Coast corner: Ballast Point and Lagunitas! You get to decide who reins supreme!
  
  
• Jimmy’s No. 43 (43 E. 7th St., at 2nd Ave., East Village) hosts a screening of the film Beerituality tonight at 7pm. The comedy film tells the story of a town that goes dry, and a bar owner who takes advantage of a loophole that allows alcohol at religious services to become… The Church of Beer!
  
  
• Our friends from Brooklyn Brew Shop do a live homebrewing demo tonight at 6pm at Top Hops Beer Shop (94 Orchard St., at Broome St., Lower East Side). Meet the authors of the Beer Making Book as they brew some beer, sign copies of their book, and sell their famous Beer Making Kits!

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Each week, we’ll feature a craft beer bar or store in New York - some that are well-known, and some that fly under the radar - in a feature we’re calling the “Beer Spot of the Week.”

In the corner of Staten Island barely a mile from Outerbridge Crossing sits an authentic German beer bar that has a long, storied history. It’s a long trip even from the Verrazano Bridge, but people on the South Shore of Staten Island have treasured this landmark since it returned to its current form about 15 years ago. For the uninitiated - or those simply afraid to cross a bridge or take a ferry - meet Killmeyer’s (4254 Arthur Kill Rd., at Sharrotts Rd., Charleston, Staten Island), our Beer Spot of the Week.

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A ruling last month in a lawsuit that an out-of-state beer importer brought against the New York State Liquor Authority has ended a major tax and fee exemption for small brewers in the state, which will cost them millions of dollars in previously-waived costs.

The lawsuit was filed by Massachusetts-based Shelton Brothers in the wake of the SLA’s rejection of a handful of Ridgeway beer labels in 2006 on the grounds that they would appeal to underage drinkers. The importer claimed First Amendment rights were violated by the Authority’s censorship of the labels, but then went one step further to also challenge the Constitutionality of the Authority’s label registration fees and excise taxes, which were levied for all out-of-state brewers and waived for small in-state brewers.

To resolve the lawsuit, the State Liquor Authority issued new rules [PDF] two weeks ago that lifted the 12-year old excise tax exemption, which applied to the first 200,000 barrels of beer brewed by in-state brewers. Since all but two in-state brewers brew less than that amount, nearly every drop of beer brewed by a New York craft brewery was previously not taxed by the state. It now will be, effective immediately, and retroactive to March 28th. In addition, the authority has re-imposed the $150 label registration fee that was previously waived on in-state batches of beer smaller than 1,500 barrels. Many of New York’s smallest brewers will be subject to this fee for the first time.

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

• Good Beer (422 E. 9th St., btw. 1st Ave. and Ave. A) hosts California’s Green Flash tonight starting at 6:30pm. They’ll be pouring the Palate Wrecker, West Coast IPA, Imperial IPA, and more super-hoppy West Coast goodness at discounted prices!
  
  
• The weekly Ten Buck Tasting at Jimmy’s No. 43 (43 E. 7th St., at 2nd Ave., East Village) features beers from San Diego! You’ll get six tastings of some West Coast brews for $10, including the Green Flash Rayon Vert, Alesmith Horny Devil, and the Ballast Point Pale Ale. The tasting gets underway tonight at 7:30pm.
  
  
• German brewer Schneider serves up several beers at Radegast Hall (113 N. 3rd St., at Berry St., Williamsburg) starting tonight at 7:30pm. They’ll be pouring the classic Weisse, Organic Wiesen Edel-Weisse, Schneider-Brooklyner Hopfen Weisse, and more, along with live music and free snacks!
  
  
• All day and all night, celebrate Spring at One Stop Beer Shop (134 Kingsland Ave., at Beadel St., Greenpoint) as they throw on a Spring beer tap extravaganza! They’ll pour the Blue Point Spring Fling, Otter Creek Spring Ale, Greenport Harbor Spring Turning Rye Saison, and more - a dozen in all! Plus, they’ll have special eight-beer tasting flights for just $14.
  
  
• Rattle-N-Hum (14 E. 33rd St., at 5th Ave., Midtown) hosts Allagash today starting at 4pm, with 15 beers on tap including the Confluence, Curieux, Tripel, and many more brews from the Portland, Maine brewer.
  
  
• Southampton visits The Brazen Head (228 Atlantic Ave., at Court St., Cobble Hill) tonight starting at 6pm, pouring the Bier De Mars, Double White, Burton IPA, Keller Pils, and more. The icing on the cake? From 6-8pm, they’re all just $4, and $5 all night long.
  
  
• Smoked 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 smoky brews - from Smoked Porters and Rauchbiers - with host and Bierkraft cellar manager Matt Barclay.

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