It’s Wednesday, April 18th. Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in and around New York after work tonight:

• It’s Lovullopalooza all day at Blind Tiger Ale House (281 Bleecker St., at Jones St., West Village). Celebrate the birthday of Union Beer Rep Mike Lovullo starting at 3pm and running late into the night. Don’t know Mike? Ask someone to introduce you to him, man. He’s a neat guy. And the tap list is impressive: Sierra Nevada Fritz & Ken’s Barleywine, Pretty Things Our Finest Regards, Hill Farmstead Phenominology of Spirit, and tons more!
  
  
• On Day 5 of the Brooklyn Beer Summit, it’s a Girl Scout Cookie and Beer Pairing at The Double Windsor (210 Prospect Park West, at 16th St., Windsor Terrace) tonight at 7pm.They’ll be pairing a flight of Speakeasy beers with four Girl Scout Cookies for just $8! Among them, try the Scarface Imperial Stout with Thin Mints and the Payback Porter with Tagalongs!
  
  
• The Stone 2012 Russian Imperial Stout arrives at City Swiggers (320 E. 86th St., at 2nd Ave., Upper East Side) tonight starting at 6pm. They’ll also have the vintage 2011 Russian Imperial Stout, Sublimely Self-Righteous Ale, and more on tap, along with sampling from 12 different bottled beers from Stone!
  
  
• Ballast Point visits The Stag’s Head (252 E. 51st St., at 2nd Ave., Turtle Bay) tonight starting at 6pm, with six beers on tap from San Diego. Try the Victory at Sea Imperial Porter, San Salvador Saison, and more, plus get some free snacks!
  
  
• Mudville 9 (126 Chambers St., at W. Broadway, Tribeca) hosts Flying Dog tonight from 7-10pm, pouring the brand-new Wildeman and Underdog Atlantic Lager.
  
  
• He'brew stops by Manchester Pub (920 2nd Ave., at 49th St., Midtown East) tonight from 7-9pm, pouring the Genesis Dry Hopped Session Ale, Hop Manna IPA, and Bittersweet Lenny’s RIPA!

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We teased you about Sixpoint’s release of Apollo back in February, and now its release is nearly upon us. Sixpoint released the above video this week to tease the release of its next nano-keg (not pico-keg), which should hit shelves in the next couple of weeks. You’ll notice that the trailer has a decidedly German flair to it, thanks in part to the scenery, and also in part to Sixpoint Founder Shane Welch’s conversation in German with their braumeister, Jan Matysiak.

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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.”

Tucked away in a narrow space along North 7th Street between Bedford Ave. and the East River, we often forget about d.b.a. Brooklyn (113 N. 7th St., at Berry St., Williamsburg), but we don’t want to let you forget. This offshoot of its Manhattan sister bar has all the good things we like about the East Village original - a great tap list, a backyard garden, and a “barrel retirement program” - and a few extra perks - a laid-back vibe, a rotating cask beer program, and food from pop-up cajun purveyors Tchoup Shop. In a sea of great Williamsburg beer bars, it deserves to stand out.

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It’s Tuesday, April 17th. Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in and around New York after work tonight:

• It’s Day 4 of the Brooklyn Beer Summit, and Mission Dolores (249 4th Ave., at Carroll St., Park Slope) hosts Clown Shoes tonight starting at 7pm. Enjoy the Clementine witbier, Hoppy Feet black IPA, the massive Vampire Slayer imperial stout, and many more - and even better… they’re all $2 off between 7 and 10pm!
  
  
• The Pony Bar (637 10th Ave. at 45th St., Hell’s Kitchen) brings in more than a dozen beers from New Hampshire’s Smuttynose tonight starting at 6pm. Enjoy the Gravitational Quad, the wild ale Brett & I, Vunderbahr Pilsner, and many more!
  
  
• B. United’s Zymatore Project, which “creates liquids of unheard flavors and aromas that destroy the boundaries of beer, wine, mead, cider & spirits,” serves up several beers at Radegast Hall (113 N. 3rd St., at Berry St., Williamsburg) starting tonight at 7:30pm. They’ll have flights that include unique brews like Schneider Hopfen Weisse matured in a Ransom Old Tom Gin barrel and the Birrificio Italiano Tipo Pils matured in a Belgian Owl Whiskey barrel.
  
  
• This week’s Ten Buck Tasting at Jimmy’s No. 43 (43 E. 7th St., at 2nd Ave., East Village) features the favorite beers of Union Beer Distributors’ own Mike Lovullo! He’ll be raiding Jimmy’s cellar to pour beers like Oskar Blues Gubna, Professor Fritz Briem Grodziskie, and Firestone Walker Sucaba. You’ll get six tastings for just ten bucks starting at 7:30pm!
  
  
• Imperial IPAs 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 big, boozy and hoppy brews with cellar manager Matt Barclay. Get there early for a seat!

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The Brewers Assocation, the industry group representing American breweries, released their annual list of the top 50 craft brewing companies in the U.S. by sales volume today. Two local brewers - and all three New York State brewers - moved up the list this year, a sign of the growing demand for craft beer in the Northeast.

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Last weekend’s Brooklyn Blackout was Mary’s Maple Porter’s swan song. Brooklyn Brewery’s previous Brewmaster’s Reserve beer, a rich, sweet porter, has given way to a newer, lighter-bodied beer that lends itself well to the warmer weather… welcome the new Gold Standard Export, a kellerbier.

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