No, your eyes are not deceiving you. That’s a cute little four-pack of the new Sixpoint Resin Double IPA. We say “cute and little” because the beer is sold in new versions of their “nano-kegs” for high-test beers - 12-ounce tallboys. These skinny vessels are part beer can, part Red Bull can, but all parts colorful and awesome. And now, they can be yours, as they started to roll off the trucks over the weekend.

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We’ve been big fans of The Pony Bar (637 10th Ave. at 45th St., Hell’s Kitchen) since it opened back in 2009, and from the crowds that it draws on a nightly basis, we know we’re not the only ones. The Pony makes craft beer accessible, introduces good beer to the masses, and has one of a handful of active cask beer programs in the city. Of course, the only thing better than The Pony Bar is having two Pony Bars.

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It’s Tuesday, February 7th. Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in and around New York after work tonight:

• The weekly Ten Buck Tasting at Jimmy’s No. 43 (43 E. 7th St., at 2nd Ave., East Village) features beers more of Shelton Brothers Importers’ beers from around the world! You’ll get six tastings of some international brews for $10, including Hook Norton 12 Days, Mikkeller Centennial Single Hop, Nøgne ø Peculiar Yule, and others. What are the others? That’s for me to know and you to find out! The tasting gets underway tonight at 7:30pm.
• This week’s Bierkraft (191 Fifth Ave., at President St., Park Slope) Tuesday tasting is a night of brews from Lagunitas! They’ll have some goodies from California like the Censored Ale, Imperial Stout, Czech Pils, and maybe even the Imperial Red. Sorry, they won’t have any of that other kind of goodie that Lagunitas is known for. The free tasting gets underway at 7pm.
• Tonight at Franklin Park (618 St. John’s Pl. at Franklin Ave., Prospect Heights), the folks from Bitter & Esters homebrew shop in Brooklyn will show off the fruits of their labors from a hands-on classe in their “Brew Like a Pro” Series, where they brew clones of popular American craft beers. Tonight at 8pm, buy the original beer, Smuttynose IPA, and get an eight-ounce pour of the clone beer for free!
• It’s the first Tuesday of the month, so Cassius is at Blind Tiger Ale House (281 Bleecker St., at Jones St., West Village) from 8-10pm, spinning collaborative-themed records while they serve the collaboration Mikkeller/Three Floyds BOOGOOP!

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The weekend is so close, you can almost taste it! And with Super Bowl Sunday on the horizon, there will be a whole lot of beer sampling going on so you can choose the right beer to bring to the big game. Plus, this weekend, Sixpoint Resin, their new canned Double IPA, will make its debut. And, no matter which way the Super Bowl goes, someone at Brooklyn or Harpoon is going to get a good laugh (and some good beer).

Here’s your rundown of beer events this weekend. Enjoy!

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It’s Thursday, February 2nd. Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in and around New York after work tonight:

• It’s Midwest Beer Night at Barcade (388 Union Ave., at Ainslie St., Williamsburg) tonight starting at 5pm, with plenty of surprises from flyover country. You’ll see stuff like a 2010 Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout, the 17.5% Kuhnhenn Extraneous Ale, the 2009 Goose Island Night Stalker, and many, many more friendly Midwest beers.
• Bronx Ale House (216 W. 238th St., at Broadway, Kingsbridge, Bronx) rolls out the Dogfish Head Music Series, pouring all three brews starting at 7pm: Hellhound on My Ale, Miles Davis Bitches Brew, and Faithfull Ale. Collect all three!
• Evil Twin and Stillwater invade Alewife Queens (5-14 51st Ave., at 5th St., Long Island City) tonight starting at 7pm, pouring a ton of brews from both sides of the Atlantic, including Stillwater’s Bri-Witter Weisse, Cellar Door, and Our Side, and Evil Twin’s Monk Suffers Serious Sugar Rush on Barbados, Xmas Eve At a NYC Hotel Room, and Williamsburg Hipster Ale. Plus, brewers Jeppe Jarnit-Bjergsø and Brian Strumke will both be in attendance!
• It’s Smuttynose Night tonight at The Gate (321 5th Ave., at 3rd St., Park Slope). They’ll roll out an impressive tap list starting at 7pm, including a 2007 Barleywine, 2009 Baltic Porter, the good ol' Pumpkin Ale, and a cask of their Winter Ale.
• Flying Dog takes the taps at Bierkraft (191 Fifth Ave., at President St., Park Slope) tonight starting at 7pm. Expect a boatload of Maryland brews, including the K9 Crusier Winter Ale, Kujo Imperial Coffee Stout, Brewmaster’s Reserve Imperial Hefeweizen, and a Stranahan barrel-aged version of the Gonzo Imperial Porter. Whoa.

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New York is one step closer to giving small brewers a fair shake when it comes to their relationships with distributors. Senate Bill 1315, which loosens regulations that once protected small distributors from large breweries, passed the State Senate earlier this week by a 55-5 vote.

This year’s bill was immediately referred to committee in the Assembly. Since the Senate bill contained virtually identical language to a bill passed in the Assembly by a wide margin last year, the potential for this bill to become law this year is not only possible, but likely, meaning that by the first of next year, brewers will be granted the freedom to change distributors.

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