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

• As we mentioned earlier today, Left Hand celebrates the release of their Milk Stout in bottles tonight from 5-8pm at Good Beer (422 E. 9th St., btw. 1st Ave. and Ave. A), Breukelen Bier Merchants (182 Grand St., at Driggs Ave., Williamsburg), The Growler Station (26 W. 8th St., at MacDougal St., Greenwich Village), City Swiggers (320 E. 86th St., at 2nd Ave., Upper East Side), Top Hops Beer Shop (94 Orchard St., at Broome St., Lower East Side), and Whole Foods Bowery Beer Room (95 E. Houston St., at Chrystie St., Lower East Side). Then, head to a Left Hand after-party at Union Hall (702 Union St. at 5th Ave., Park Slope) from 11pm-2am, with the Milk Stout and various other Left Hand brews on tap!
• The East Coast v. West Coast Heavy Metal Brew Tour makes its next stop tonight at The Gate (321 5th Ave., at 3rd St., Park Slope). At 7pm, they’ll play heavy metal from both coasts and serve beer 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!
• Coopers Craft & Kitchen (87 2nd Ave., at 5th St., East Village) celebrates Big Beers tonight! Starting at 6pm, get some big, flavorful brews like Mikkeller/Three Floyds Boogoop, Flying Dog Barrel-Aged Gonzo, North Coast Old Stock, and more!
• Head to Jersey for Climax Brewing Night at Barcade Jersey City (163 Newark Ave., at Erie St., Jersey City) starting at 4pm. They’ll be pouring the 15th Anniversary Barleywine, the retired Bavarian Dark, the classic Golden Ale, and more!
• Jimmy’s No. 43 (43 E. 7th St., at 2nd Ave., East Village) begins a new Thursday tradition: the Thursday Tap. Each week at 5pm, they’ll tap a rare keg, and you’ll get to unleash a frenzy on it. This week, it’s the Zymatore Thornbridge Raven Black IPA matured in Ransom Distillery Whiskey/Pinot Noir barrels. Sounds crazy? Crazy good, maybe!
• Anderson Valley hits The Growler (55 Stone St., at Pearl St., Financial District) tonight from 6-9pm, presenting some special edition brews from the Boonville, California-based brewers!
• Lagunitas visits Puck Fair (298 Lafayette St., at Houston St., Soho) tonight from 6-8pm. Enjoy some brews from California!
• No joke - it’s IPA Night at House of Brews (302 W. 51st St., at 8th Ave., Hell’s Kitchen) tonight from 6-9pm. Enjoy beers like Ballast Point Sculpin, Anderson Valley Hop Ottin, Victory Hop Devil, and more!

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The above is a demonstration of the brilliant new product from Longmont, Colorado’s Left Hand Brewing. For the past two years, they’ve been producing kegs of their Milk Stout on nitro, poured through a tap with a gas mixture that’s roughly 75 percent nitrogen, giving the beer a delicious creamy smoothness. But that creaminess is difficult to replicate with nitrogen gas in a bottle. Guinness, for example, uses a “widget” that releases nitrogen when the pressure within the bottle or can changes. But why with the widget? Why not just put the beer in a bottle?

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It’s Wednesday, March 21st. Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in and around New York after work tonight:

• The new Slantshack/Bronx Brewery jerky will be released at a public tasting event tonight from 6-8pm at Jimmy’s No. 43 (43 E. 7th St., at 2nd Ave., East Village). Enjoy the Bronx Pale Ale Jerky, and pair it with the Bronx Pale Ale on tap.
• Top Hops Beer Shop (94 Orchard St., at Broome St., Lower East Side) hosts our friend, beer writer Josh Bernstein, for a book signing and beer tasting starting at 7pm. They’ll pour American beers from down the street and across the county, like Avery/Russian River Collaboration Not Litigation and Southampton Abbot 12.
• Green Flash 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 Palate Wrecker, Hop Head Red, and the Le Freak Belgian IPA! From 7-10pm, $10 gets you 2 full beers, a 3-beer tasting flight, a taste of whisky, and an order of tater tots!
• Celebrate IPAs from East and West at The Stag’s Head (252 E. 51st St., at 2nd Ave., Turtle Bay)starting at 6pm tonight. Among many others, they’ll have the Cigar City Big Apple IPA and the Butternuts Snapperhead IPA on tap.
• Magic Hat will be pouring at Dive 75 (101 W. 75th St., at Columbus Ave., Upper West Side) tonight at 7pm. Enjoy the Vinyl spring lager, the Demo Black IPA from their IPA On Tour series, and more.

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While many of us have already taken off our outdoor drinking training wheels for the season, there’s months of outdoor drinking weather ahead. So, we’ve cobbled together a list of six of our favorite outdoor spots for drinking craft beer. Don’t call them beer gardens - some of them are rooftops, some are patios, and some are full-blown backyards, but all are great places to catch some rays and drink delicious craft beer.

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It’s Tuesday, March 20th. Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in and around New York after work tonight:

• Barrier Brewing takes over the taps tonight at Mission Dolores (249 4th Ave., at Carroll St., Park Slope), with the debut of Icculus Kolsch, plus the triumphant return of Gosilla Gose, Frau Blücher Rauchbier, and a cask of Sanity IPA… plus tons more available starting at 4pm. Plus, get ‘em all for $2 off from 7-10pm!
• New Jersey’s Cricket Hill celebrates their Brooklyn debut tonight at The Double Windsor (210 Prospect Park West, at 16th St., Windsor Terrace) starting at 7pm. Try the Colonel Blides Cask Ale, Reserve Russian Imperial Stout, Reserve Bourbon Barrel-Aged Porter, and more - all for just $5 each!
• Tonight at 7pm, Radegast Hall & Biergarten (113 N. 3rd St., at Berry St., Williamsburg) hosts a rare Belgian beer tasting, including the strong ale La Rullés La Grande 10, De Glazen Toren Jan De Lichte witbier, and Alvinne Gaspar Belgian IPA. The tasting is $25, and you’ll also get to partake in some live music from Koran Agan.
• This week’s Ten Buck Tasting at Jimmy’s No. 43 (43 E. 7th St., at 2nd Ave., East Village) celebrates Dieu Du Ciel! beers! $10 gets you six tastings of beers from the Quebec brewery like Rigor Mortis Abt and Peche Mortel,. The tasting gets underway at 7:30pm.
• The Left Hand Milk Stout nitro bottle makes its debut at Bierkraft (191 Fifth Ave., at President St., Park Slope) tonight at 7pm. Haven’t heard about this new-fangled beer-drinking device? Check it out!

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It’s Monday, March 19th. 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 the brand-new collaboration between Stone, The Alchemist, and Ninkasi: More Brown Than Black IPA.
• Get schooled in beer with Beer School at Taproom 307 (307 3rd Ave., at 24th St., Murray Hill). All March long, Beer Sommelier Hayley Jensen hosts an educational tasting each Monday at 6 and 8pm. For $50, experience an educational tasting, and get some beer goodies to take home when it’s over! This week’s topic is Beers of the British Isles! Call Taproom 307 at (212) 725-4766 to reserve a spot.
• Kelso of Brooklyn partners with Whole Foods’ foundation, Whole Planet, today from 3pm till close at On Tap at Whole Foods Columbus Circle (10 Columbus Circle, at 59th St., Upper West Side). They’ll have $5 pints, and proceeds will go towards the foundation, which helps to alleviate poverty through microcredits.

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