It’s Thursday, December 15th. Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in and around New York after work tonight:

• Barcade (388 Union Ave., at Ainslie St., Williamsburg) holds its annual Winter Beer Night tonight starting at 5pm… and the tap list is a doozy! The Bruery 4 Calling Birds, Dogfish Head Faithfull, He'brew Jewbelation 15, and the Kelso Cabernet Quad Bock are just a few of the 20 or so beers they’ll be throwing on tap tonight. Drink early and often, but save some for your dear editor, who celebrates his 30th birthday there on Saturday night.
• Pretty Things pays a visit to Breukelen Bier Merchants (182 Grand St., at Driggs Ave., Williamsburg) tonight from 7-10pm, pouring Our Finest Regards, Jack D'or, Babayaga, and more! And naturally, Pretty Things’ man about town, Jim Barnes, will be spinning the finest records possible to keep it classy.
• Head to The Gate (321 5th Ave., at 3rd St., Park Slope) for beers from Lagunitas tonight at 7pm. Would you believe this is their sixth year doing this event? Yup - and it’s just as good as ever. They’ll pour eleven brews from Petaluma, including the Sucks Holiday Ale, Hop Stoopid on cask, and a 2007 Brown Shugga for those mourning the fact that it wasn’t brewed this year.
• It’s that time again! The monthly IPA Night at Bierkraft (191 Fifth Ave., at President St., Park Slope) is tonight, with tons of IPAs on tap starting at 7pm. Among them, Bear Republic Racer 5, Roosterfish Raven Black IPA, Two Brothers Resistance, and a ton more that are pleasing to the bitter taste buds on your tongue.
• If you’re in the holiday spirit, it’s A Night of Christmas Ales tonight at Standings (43 E. 7th St., at 2nd Ave., East Village). They’ll have Anchor Christmas Ale, Sly Fox Christmas Ale, the new Harpoon Vermont Spruce Tip Ale, and more on starting at 6pm. As always, free food at 8pm… this time, it’s brats from Wechsler’s!
• It’s Troegs Night at Brouwerij Lane (78 Greenpoint Ave., at Franklin St., Greenpoint) tonight from 7-10pm. Enjoy the seasonal Mad Elf, Hopback Amber, and two beers from their Scratch Beer Series, #50 Belgian Brown Ale and #52 T2 Ale.
• For those into other fermented beverages, the Astoria-based Beyond Kombucha celebrates its debut at The Queens Kickshaw (40-17 Broadway, at 41st St., Astoria) tonight from 6-9pm. These aren’t your mother’s kombuchas: they’re an alcohol-positive kombucha brewer. They’ll present their Mava Roka, a maple vanilla Rooibos kombucha ale that clocks in at 6.3% ABV, tonight at the event. They make your standard low-alcohol kombuchas, too, for the less adventurous.

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City Swiggers, which celebrated its grand opening last week on the Upper East Side, is one of many new New York beer spots opening this winter (photo via Facebook).

Every now and then, we feel like new beer shops and bars open in waves. If that’s true, New York should brace for the doozy of a wave that’s headed our way. Over the next couple of months, some new beer spots are opening in New York that’ll cater to your every fancy: do you want a head-spinning number of beer options? Are you a beer cocktail drinker? Do you like your beer with some pan-Asian cuisine? Do you prefer to take your beer home? It’s all covered right here.

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It’s Wednesday, December 14th. Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in and around New York after work tonight:

• Taproom 307 (307 3rd Ave., at 24th St., Murray Hill) hosts Shmaltz tonight with a holiday tap takeover starting at 7pm. Appropriately, they’ll have 15 beers on tap to celebrate the brewery’s 15th anniversary.
• The Scratch Beer Series from Troegs goes on tap at Mudville 9 (126 Chambers St., at W. Broadway, Tribeca) tonight at 6pm. They’ll pour free samples of two beers from their experimental beer series, #50 Belgian Brown Ale and #52 T2 Ale.
• Third and Long (523 3rd Ave., at 35th St., Murray Hill) hosts Lagunitas tonight from 6-8pm, serving up the Lagunitas Sucks Holiday Ale.

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It’s Tuesday, December 13th. Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in and around New York after work tonight:

• Victory takes over the taps at The Pony Bar (637 10th Ave. at 45th St., Hell’s Kitchen) tonight starting at 6pm, with 22 beers on tap including Old Horizontal barleywine, Moonglow Weizenbock, Hop Wallop on cask, and a whole lot more. Plus, order a pint of the Prima Pils and get a free pour of the homebrewed Prima Pils clone brewed as part of the “Brew Like a Pro” Series at City Brewshop last month.
• Good Beer (422 E. 9th St., btw. 1st Ave. and Ave. A) hosts Troegs tonight.  Grab a pint of Troegenator, Java Head, Mad Elf, and a beer from their Scratch Beer Series and enjoy! They’ll do it all from 6:30-9pm!
• This week’s Tuesday Night Tasting at Bierkraft (191 Fifth Ave., at President St., Park Slope) features Long Island’s Greenport Harbor Brewing Co., tonight at 7pm. Get free samples of the brand-new Chinook'red that’s part of their Project Hoppiness, plus Black Duck Porter, the 2010 Triton barleywine on cask, and more. Get there early for seats!
• It’s another Pretty Things Social at Sunswick 35/35 (35-02 35th St., at 35th Ave., Astoria) tonight from 6:30-9:30pm. Have their holiday barleywine, Our Finest Regards, along with a special import from Ridgeway: the holiday favorite Bad Elf!
• Third and Long (523 3rd Ave., at 35th St., Murray Hill) hosts Sixpoint tonight from 7-9pm, pouring samples from “nanokegs” of Righteous, Bengali Tiger, Autumnation, and more!

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There are plenty of places that Southern Tier could debut its new Oak-Aged Imperial Pumking. But the second coming of the Pumking, which, as you can imagine from the description, is an oak-aged version of the much-beloved original, will appear on tap for the first time anywhere right here in New York City this Wednesday.

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A bar crawl, a beer festival, and brunching can help make your weekend perfectly full of beer. After the jump, everything you need to know about beer events in and around New York this weekend. Enjoy!

The full calendar is after the jump…

FRIDAY

• Try some Victory at Eagle Provisions (628 5th Ave., at 18th St., Park Slope) from 2-4pm and A&K Supermarket (409 5th Ave., at 7th St., Park Slope) from 5-7pm, including the Headwaters Pale Ale and Yakima Glory.
• Head to Brew York City Growler Bar @ The Corner (2069 Broadway, at 72nd St., Upper West Side) for a free tasting of Duvel Single from 5-7pm and Whole Foods Union Square (4 Union Sq. S., at University Pl, Union Square) for tasting from the Duvel Gift Pack from 3-7pm.
• At Idle Hands Bar (25 Avenue B, at 2nd St., East Village), it’s a holiday beer celebration, as they celebrate their 2nd Annual White Christmas Winter Warmer Extravaganza starting at 7pm. They’ll have a bunch of winter warmer beers on tap all night long. Plus, starting Friday and straight through January 8th, you can purchase a passport at the bar for $53 that gets you 12 different winter beers, including 21st Amendment Fireside Chat, Greenport Harbor Antifreeze, Full Sail Wassail, and a bunch more. If you show up in festive gear, dressed like Santa or an elf, get a free whiskey shot.

SATURDAY

• The first-ever Beer Bar Fest - celebrating the beer and food served by eight New York beer bars - happens Saturday at The 404 Event Space (404 10th Ave., at 33rd St., Hell’s Kitchen) in two sessions: 1-4pm and 6-9pm. VIPs get in an hour early, but snap up those tickets now, because they’re going fast. It’s $35 for all-you-can-drink and eat, and only an extra $10 for VIP passes.
• Barcade and Sixpoint are teaming up for a crawl that buses you between all three locations. They’re calling it “Highway to Help,” a crawl to benefit food banks in Brooklyn, New Jersey, and Philadelphia. The whole thing starts Saturday at noon at Barcade Brooklyn, then returns to Brooklyn after midnight. Each bar will have 10 beers on tap from Sixpoint, including two exclusive beers that are only available at Barcade. The trip is $100 and includes beers, the bus ride, some food at the Philly location, and some treats on the bus. Tickets are available through Brown Paper Tickets.
• Manchester Pub (920 2nd Ave., at 49th St., Midtown East) hosts a five-course beer and whiskey pairing dinner with Captain Lawrence Saturday with two seatings at 6:00 and 8:30pm. Pairings include a Seared Diver Scallop with Liquid Gold, Slow-Roasted Sirloin with Brown Bird, and a Smoked Gouda Cheesecake with Hudson Single Malt Whiskey. The dinner is $60 and information is on their site.

SUNDAY

• Founders is front and center during brunch at Blind Tiger Ale House (281 Bleecker St., at Jones St., West Village) on Sunday. Starting at 11:30am, they’ll have a bunch of brews from the Michigan brewery, including Dirty Bastard, Reds Rye PA, the intense Devil Dancer Triple IPA, and, of course, Breakfast Stout.
• Jimmy’s No. 43 (43 E. 7th St., at 2nd Ave., East Village) partners with our friend Mary Izett from My Life on Craft for a Crafty Sunday Brunch from noon-3pm. Create a free holiday card with materials supplied, and enjoy some craft beer and Jimmy’s tasty brunch menu!
• Dram (177 S. 4th St., at Driggs Ave., Williamsburg) hosts Pretty Things for a Sunday Beer Social from 4-8pm. Hear Pretty Things’ man about town, Jim Barnes, spin some tunes while you sip a St. Botolph’s Town.