2012 is apparently not just the year of the pending apocalypse, but also the pending A-Pork-alypse.

Get Real NY is back with another new festival, and this one is a celebration of pork and beer called aPORKalypse Now! On Saturday, February 25th, loads of meat and booze will be wheeled into The 404 Event Space (404 10th Ave., at 33rd St., Hell’s Kitchen) for the day-long event. 10 “swine-centric” chefs will be given ten organic local whole hogs to prepare 20 different pork dishes. Among the chefs: Matthew Hyman from Alewife Queens, Philippe Roussel of Café d’Alsace, and Antonio Mora from Prime Meats.

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

• Check out the explosive tap list from Cigar City at Blind Tiger Ale House (281 Bleecker St., at Jones St., West Village) all night long. Festivities start at 3pm. They’ll pour three aged versions of their collaboration with The Bruery, a high gravity ale with coriander, ginger and sweet orange peel called Dos Costas Oeste. Plus, they’ll be pouring the Cucumber Saison, Hotter Than Helles, Minaret ESB, and a whole lot more.
• Founders takes over the taps at The Stag’s Head (252 E. 51st St., at 2nd Ave., Turtle Bay)tonight starting at 6pm, pouring Double Trouble, the Imperial Stout, Red’s Rye, and more… including a poor man’s version of their most elusive beers: Breakfast Stout poured through a randall of bourbon and maple syrup-soaked oak chips!
• Coopers Craft & Kitchen (87 2nd Ave., at 5th St., East Village) hosts Brewery Ommegang tonight from 6-10pm, pouring Rare Vos, Three Philosophers, and more!
• 21st Amendment pays a visit to Idle Hands Bar (25 Avenue B, at 2nd St., East Village) for their 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!

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It’s Tuesday, January 31st. Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in and around New York after work tonight:

• The Farm and Beer Expo is tonight at Brooklyn Brewery (79 N. 11th St., at Wythe Ave., Williamsburg). For $38, celebrate food and beer from Brooklyn, Sierra Nevada, Tundra Brewing, Kelso of Brooklyn, and more, see farm demonstrations, and best of all - benefit Gorzynski Ornery Farm, a family farm in the Catskills that was devastated by Hurricane Irene.
• Bronx Brewery hosts a tasting of their Pale Ale at the brand-spankin’ new Growler Station (26 W. 8th St., at MacDougal St., Greenwich Village). From 6-9pm, sample the beer and meet the men behind New York’s newest brewing operation!
• The Pony Bar (637 10th Ave. at 45th St., Hell’s Kitchen) hosts Abita tonight starting at 6pm, pouring the Andygator, Restoration Pale Ale, Jockamo IPA, and many more of ‘dem Cajun beers!
• Good Beer (422 E. 9th St., btw. 1st Ave. and Ave. A) hosts California’s North Coast tonight from 6:30-9:30. They’ll be pouring Scrimshaw Pilsner, Brother Thelonious Belgian Ale, Le Merle Saison, and more!
• This week’s Bierkraft (191 Fifth Ave., at President St., Park Slope) Tuesday tasting is a night of Porters! They’ll have American Porters and English Porters alike, including a cask of the RCH Old Slug straight outta the UK. The free tasting gets underway at 7pm.
• The weekly Ten Buck Tasting at Jimmy’s No. 43 (43 E. 7th St., at 2nd Ave., East Village) features beers from California! You’ll get six tastings of some West Coast brews for $10, including the Green Flash Tripel, Firestone Walker Union Jack, and North Coast Old Rasputin. The tasting gets underway tonight at 7:30pm.
• It’s New England Beer Night at Rattle-N-Hum (14 E. 33rd St., at 5th Ave., Midtown) starting at 4pm. In an ill-timed event given the Giants’ opponent this Sunday, enjoy brews like Clown Shoes Hoppy Feet, Geary’s Winter Ale, Wandering Star Zingari Wit, and many more!
  

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The next beer in Brooklyn Brewery’s ever-evolving Brewmaster’s Reserve series is out this week: Mary’s Maple Porter. You can probably take a good guess about what’s in it, but it’s not just any old maple syrup… it’s maple syrup from brewery Quality Control Manager Mary Wiles’ family maple trees in Onondaga, New York!

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It’s Monday, January 30th. Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in and around New York after work tonight:

• IMPORTANT NOTE: For those who were planning to head to Blind Tiger Ale House (281 Bleecker St., at Jones St., West Village) for their Midnight Sun NYC release party, that’s been pushed back until this Sunday at 3pm. They’re still awaiting a very important beer shipment, so you’ll just have to wait. Trust us, it’ll be worth it!
• Belgium’s St. Feuillien will be doing some free sampling at Bier International (2099 Frederick Douglass Blvd., at 113th St., Harlem) tonight from 6-8pm. What’s better than free beer on a Monday? Nothing.
• Idle Hands Bar (25 Avenue B, at 2nd St., East Village) gives out free mini-burgers from That Burger Tent with the purchase of $5 or more in beer tonight at 7pm. Okay, maybe free burgers on a Monday might be the one thing better than free beer. That’s for you to judge.

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New York, meet your newest brewery to distribute on Manhattan’s shores. It’s an Alaskan outfit - the second one to reach the city - and it’s not the brewery you might expect. After all, people have asked us about Alaskan for years, and their distribution has now inched its way into the Midwest. Instead, we’re getting a much smaller brewery in size that is unmatched in quality.

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