It’s Thursday, March 1st. Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in and around New York after work tonight:

• Jimmy’s No. 43 (43 E. 7th St., at 2nd Ave., East Village) plays host to Clown Shoes tonight at 6:30pm. Matt Gamble will be in the house as they pour Hoppy Feet, Hoppy Feet 1.5, Eagle Claw Fist, and more!
• Been looking for Troegs Nugget Nectar? Well, they’ll have that and more from Troegs on tap tonight at The Long Room (120 W. 44th St., at 6th Ave., Midtown) starting at 6pm. They’ll also pour the Pale Ale, Java Head, and Dreamweaver Wheat.
• Growler Station (26 W. 8th St., at MacDougal St., Greenwich Village) has a Kelso of Brooklyn tasting tonight starting at 6pm, pouring tastes and growlers of two beers, including the Cabernet-Aged IPA.
• Head to the English Beer Draft Event at Bierkraft (191 Fifth Ave., at President St., Park Slope), with tons of British brews on tap starting at 7pm. Tip-tip and a cheerio!
• Join Blue Point at The Irish American (17 John St., at Nassau St., Financial District) tonight from 5-8pm, as they pour their latest release, the Spring Fling, along with Rastafa Rye and their flagship Toasted Lager.
• Over in Jersey City, The Iron Monkey (97 Greene St., at York St., Jersey City, NJ) hosts Flying Fish as part of their Meet the Brewery series starting at 6pm. They’ll pour the Red Fish, Abbey Dubbel, the brand-new Exit 8 Chestnut Brown Ale, and more!

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It’s Wednesday, February 29th. Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in and around New York after work tonight:

• Since Leap Day only comes around every four years, here’s a beer event that comes around once a year: The Gate (321 5th Ave., at 3rd St., Park Slope) pulls out some vintage beer from 2008. Try the Hitachino Nest Commemorative Ale, Sprecher Bourbon Barrel Scotch Ale, Allagash Curieux, Sam Adams Chocolate Bock, and more - all aged four years!
• Pretty Things throws a Polka Party at Brouwerij Lane (78 Greenpoint Ave., at Franklin St., Greenpoint) tonight at 6:30pm. Jim Barnes will spin some polka records while you try brews like their new late-winter seasonal, Lovely St. Winefride.
• Take a flying leap across the East River for Flying Dog at Sunswick 35/35 (35-02 35th St., at 35th Ave., Astoria). They’ll have five brews on tap from the offbeat brewers, including Garde Dog Biere de Garde, Gonzo Imperial Porter, and Kujo Imperial Coffee Stout starting at 7pm.
• Narragansett and Idle Hands Bar (25 Avenue B, at 2nd St., East Village) team up for the bar’s weekly $10 Bourbon and Beer Tasting Series. Celebrate canned beer! From 7-10pm, $10 gets you 2 full beers, a 3-beer tasting flight, a taste of whisky, and an order of tater tots!
• Dogfish Head heads to the Upper West Side tonight to take the taps at George Keeley (485 Amsterdam Ave., at 83rd St., Upper West Side) starting at 6pm. The long tap list includes 120 Minute IPA, Ta Henket, Noble Rot, and a cask of the 75 Minute IPA.
• Sycamore (1118 Cortelyou Rd., at Westminster Rd., Ditmas Park) celebrates Leap Day with Sixpoint tonight at 7pm. They’ll have four brews on tap, including the 7th Anniversary Ale and Spontaneous Construction, and all pints are just $5!
• Ballast Point takes over the taps at City Swiggers (320 E. 86th St., at 2nd Ave., Upper East Side). They’ll have eight Ballast Point beers on tap starting at 6pm, including the infamous Sculpin IPA, Sextant Oatmeal Stout, Three Sheets Barleywine, and Abandon Ship Smoked Lager.

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Just a block from Times Square, you’d expect to find some sort of tourist-trap bar where you’re going to get slammed with an $8 Bud Light. We all breathed a sigh of relief when we realized New York Beer Company (321 W. 44th St., at 8th Ave., Midtown West) isn’t one of those places. While it’s not a temple to high-end, rare beers, it’s an excellent option for a good, local craft beer, and it’s a crowd-pleasing kind of bar, too.

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It’s Tuesday, February 28th. Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in and around New York after work tonight:

• Lagers 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 bottom-fermented beers, with your host, Bierkraft cellar manager Matt Barclay.
• Dogfish Head pays a visit to The Pony Bar (637 10th Ave. at 45th St., Hell’s Kitchen) tonight starting at 6pm, pouring a bevy of brews from Delaware: 20 brews in all on tap, plus a cask!
• Peak Organic visits The Brazen Head (228 Atlantic Ave., at Court St., Cobble Hill) tonight from 6-8pm, with $4 pints of their latest seasonal release, Simcoe Spring Ale, plus the Winter Session Ale, the Oak-Aged Mocha Stout, and more!
• Narragansett and the famous Gansett Girls head to One Stop Beer Shop (134 Kingsland Ave., at Beadel St., Greenpoint) tonight at 8pm for some “coaster trivia,” giveaways, and - naturally - some free beer.
• Wechsler’s Currywurst (120 1st Ave., at 7th St., East Village) hosts a four-course beer pairing dinner tonight from 7-9pm. Enjoy dishes like Smoked Farmer’s Sausage with Sauerkraut paired with Schneider Hopfen-Weisse and Prunes wrapped in bacon paired with Kulbacher Eisbock. The dinner is just $30.
  
• This week’s Ten Buck Tasting at Jimmy’s No. 43 (43 E. 7th St., at 2nd Ave., East Village) celebrates the German beers from B. United Imports’ portfolio! $10 gets you six tastings of beers, including Schlenkerla Oak Smoke and Professor Fritz Briem 1809 Berliner Weisse. The tasting gets underway at 7:30pm.
• Cider lovers can head to Coopers Craft & Kitchen (87 2nd Ave., at 5th St., East Village) for a Crispin promotion from 9-11pm. Hurry, before Miller Coors ruins them! We’re kidding, of course, but don’t think this news isn’t going to do to cider snobs what the Goose Island acquisition did to beer snobs.

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61 Local (61 Bergen St., at Smith St., Carroll Gardens) has been celebrating local beer since it opened a year ago, but this week, it goes one step further: serving local beer from their friendly neighborhood homebrewers.

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It’s Monday, February 27th. Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in and around New York after work tonight:

• Washington Commons (434 Park Pl., at Washington Ave., Prospect Heights) and the folks at Bitter & Esters homebrew shop show off the fruits of their labors from two hands-on classes in their “Brew Like a Pro” Series, where they brew clones of popular American craft beers. Tonight at 7pm, buy the original beers: Ballast Point Victory at Sea Imperial Coffee Porter and Sculpin IPA, and get a pour of the cloned beers to compare along with it!
• Rare beers from Danish brewer Mikkeller are on tap tonight at Valhalla (815 9th Ave., at 54th St., Hell’s Kitchen). Starting at 7pm, enjoy beers like their Three Floyds collaboration, Boogoop, the Green I Beat You Imperial IPA, and Monk’s Brew.
• Resto (111 E. 29th Street, at Park Ave., Kips Bay) hosts a Stone beer dinner tonight at 7pm. It’s a five-course meal with pairings like short rib, celery root, and fig paired with 11.11.11 Vertical Epic Ale and Ham and Smoked Cheddar Terrine, Black Bread, Fuji Apple Mustard paired with the Smoked Porter. The cost is $75. Call Resto for details and reservations at (212) 685-5585.
• Homebrewers in Brooklyn can head to Beer Table (427B 7th Ave., at 15th St., Park Slope) tonight at 9pm for their monthly homebrewers’ meetup. Share your homebrew, try others, and meetup with fellow homebrewers for some tips and tricks to perfect your brews.

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