It’s Tuesday, April 10th. Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in and around New York after work tonight:

• Head to the Founders Tap Takeover at One Mile House (10 Delancey St., at Bowery, Lower East Side) tonight at 7pm. They’ll be pouring the Imperial Stout, Double Trouble, Porter, and yes - the Kentucky Breakfast Stout!
  
  
• Radegast Hall & Biergarten (113 N. 3rd St., at Berry St., Williamsburg) hosts Farmhouse Ale Night tonight starting at 7:30pm, with live music, free snacks, and flights of beers like Haandbryggeriet Hesjeol, Nøgne-Ø Saison, Kissmeyer Saison, and more!
  
  
• This week’s Ten Buck Tasting at Jimmy’s No. 43 (43 E. 7th St., at 2nd Ave., East Village) celebrates different yeast strains! Enjoy a variety of beers that utilize different types of yeast, and learn about how it works, all for just $10, starting at 7:30pm.
  
  
• Original Sin Cider is the subject of the Tuesday Night Tasting at Bierkraft (191 Fifth Ave., at President St., Park Slope). Starting at 7pm, get guided through a free tasting with cidery founder Gideon Coll.
  
  
• W&T Seafood and Brooklyn Brewery host a beer and oyster pairing at Brooklyn Brewery (79 N. 11th St., at Wythe Ave., Williamsburg) tonight starting at 8pm, with six unusual draft-only offerings from Brooklyn, plus six East and West Coast oysters for your slurping enjoyment. It’s $45 online or $55 at the door.

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Vermont Brewery (and former brewpub) The Alchemist has had a wild year. Just a week before they were about to cut their ribbon on a brewery up the road from their location in Waterbury, Vermont, flooding from the remnants of Hurricane Irene gutted their brewpub. It was a total loss, but given the lauding they had already received from beer geeks, the craft beer community came out in full force to support them (and the town of Waterbury) after the disaster. And as the cleanup began, so did canning of their well-respected double IPA, Heady Topper, and the buzz around The Alchemist never stopped. Even Vermonters go out of their way to find this beer at stores across the state. And now, it’s coming to New York City.

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After its initial announcement nearly eight months ago, beer lovers who commute through the Port Authority have been eagerly awaiting the opening of the aptly-named  Beer Authority (300 W. 40th St., at 8th Ave., Hell’s Kitchen). It seems to have been worth the wait, and while it may not be a perfect temple to craft beer drinkdom, it’s exactly what the neighborhood needed.

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It’s Monday, April 9th. 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., West Village). At 5pm, they’ll tap a rare or unique keg of the bar’s choosing. This week, it’s another beer straight outta Vermont, the Hill Farmstead Columbus Pale Ale, a single-hop ale brewed with Columbus hops.
• Mikkeller Week kicks off tonight at Staten Island’s Adobe Blues (63 Lafayette Ave., at Fillmore St., New Brighton). All week long - or at least until the beer runs out - they’ll celebrate the Danish brewer with beers like I Hardcore You and the Our Side Saison on tap, and much more in bottles, too.
• Chelsea Brewing Company has overlooked the Hudson for years, but now it finally crosses it with its launch in New Jersey tonight at Barcade Jersey City (163 Newark Ave., at Erie St., Jersey City). Starting at 6pm, celebrate Chelsea’s debut in the Garden State with several of their beers on tap.

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We told you last week about Brooklyn Brewery’s Blackout Party this Saturday night. From 9pm-2am, the brewery becomes one big late-night dance party that’ll feature dark beer (like their Dry Irish Stout and their delicious Brewmaster’s Reserve Mary’s Maple Porter), cupcakes from Ovenly, and “dark dance music” spun by DJ Seek10. Tickets are just $20 and available here, but we’re giving you a chance to win two tickets, too! How? Well, get your cameras ready…

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Well, the weekend of what may be the most sexually-suggestive beer festival name has arrived! Beers ‘N Balls kicks off tomorrow afternoon in two sessions at the 404 Event Space (404 10th Ave., at 33rd St., Hell’s Kitchen). Still undecided about this beer-and-meatball extravaganza? There’s still a few tickets left - and if you want to save 10%, buy now and use the discount code “BrewYork.” But act fast! It’s nearly sold out.

Meatball-related boozing aside, here’s a rundown of this weekend’s beer events:

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