It’s Wednesday, November 2nd… here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in New York after work tonight:

• Laughing Dog takes the taps at The Double Windsor (210 Prospect Park West, at 16th St., Windsor Terrace) tonight at 7pm. They’ll be serving up $5 pints of such beers as Crotch Sniffing Bastard (CSB), Alpha Dog Imperial IPA, and Saint Benny’s Hoppy Monk. Brewer Fred Colby will be on hand, along with some Idaho Spud candy bars.
• Pairing pizza and beer? Sounds good to us. Bronx Brewery will be pouring their Pale Ale tonight from 7-11pm as part of Bronx Restaurant Week at coal-oven pizza joint Tosca Cafe (4038 E. Tremont Ave., at Miles Ave., Throgs Neck).
• Jimmy’s No. 43 (43 E. 7th St., at 2nd Ave., East Village) pits wine against beer tonight at 7pm in their Beer vs. Wine Challenge. For $20, get four bites paired with four beers and wines, and decide who reins supreme.

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Last night, Brew York, New York stopped by two book release parties from local authors. Naturally, they were both releasing beer books.

Erica Shea and Stephen Valand of Brooklyn Brew Shop celebrated the release of their Beer Making Book at a loft in DUMBO, serving eight of their seasonal beer recipes in the book, along with tasty treats from local food vendors, including Kors d'Oeuvres and Whole Foods.

Meanwhile, at the cool and funky City Reliquary in Williamsburg, a crowd was on hand to celebrate the release of Joshua Bernstein’s Brewed Awakening, a scrapbook-like tour through the world of craft beer. Kelso, Barrier, and the forthcoming SingleCut Beersmiths served beer while the grill was chock full of carnivore and herbivore-friendly foods.

Congratulations to all of the authors for helping to put New York on the craft beer map!

A slideshow of a few pictures from the events are after the jump…

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It’s Tuesday, November 1st… here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in New York after work tonight:

• Celebrate the release of local author Joshua Bernstein’s new book, Brewed Awakening tonight at The City Reliquary (370 Metropolitan Ave., at Havermeyer St., Williamsburg). The party kicks off at 7pm and features food from Frankies 457 and beer from both Barrier Brewing and the forthcoming SingleCut Beersmiths. Tickets are $10 for beer and food, or $25 for beer, food, and a copy of the book!
• Harpoon Brewery is 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 enjoy the Winter Warmer, Leviathan Imperial IPA, Uber Bock, and more!
• This week’s Ten Buck Tasting at Jimmy’s No. 43 (43 E. 7th St., at 2nd Ave., East Village) celebrates Dutch beers! $10 gets you six tastings of beers from De Molen, Christoffel, and the intriguing Drie Horne Bananatana - an ale brewed with bananas and golden sultana raisins.
• Rattle-N-Hum (14 E. 33rd St., at 5th Ave., Midtown) throws on beers today from Idaho’s Laughing Dog starting at 4pm, including the CSB (Crotch Sniffing Bastard), Dogzilla Black IPA, and the Anubis Imperial Coffee Porter.

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Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in New York after work tonight:

• Bar Great Harry (280 Smith St., at Sackett St., Carroll Gardens) holds its Pumpkin Patch event tonight, with five pumpkin beers priced at $5 a pint all day and night. Choose from Shipyard Smashed Pumpkin, Barrier SaazSquash, Jolly Pumpkin La Parcela, and more!
• It’s Pumpkin Carving Night at Jimmy’s No. 43 (43 E. 7th St., at 2nd Ave., East Village). Buy a pumpkin to carve for $5, or bring your own pumpkin while they provide the supplies and you drink their selection of local seasonal beers, wines, and ciders.

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Our friends at Great South Bay are gearing up for their brewery expansion, which will undoubtedly give them a foothold in New York City. This morning, they took delivery on their new 30-barrel brewing system, which is a big step above their current system, which has forced them to brew some of their beer at other breweries throughout the New York area just to meet demand in their small footprint that’s been primarily focused on Long Island.

They hope to have the system up and running by the end of the year. In the meantime, you can spot their beer occasionally at Rattle-N-Hum (14 E. 33rd St., at 5th Ave., Midtown) who has the Robert Moses Pale Ale on tap right now. Also, look for the release of their winter seasonal Sleigh Ryed in the coming weeks. It’s a red rye ale brewed with juniper berries. They’ll celebrate the release with a pub crawl out on Long Island on November 25th, with a special cask at each of the four stops.

More news, from Sixpoint to Bronx Brewery, and cans to firkins, after the jump…

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Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in New York after work tonight:

• Spring Lounge (48 Spring St., at Mulberry St., Little Italy) celebrates the release of the Greenport Harbor and Southampton collaboration, Strong Ryeland, tonight at 6pm. Enjoy free food, the beer of honor, and several other beers from breweries representing the North and South Forks of Long Island.
• At Barcade Brooklyn (388 Union Ave., at Ainslie St., Williamsburg), Laugnitas takes over the taps starting at 5pm. Enjoy A Little Sumpin Sumpin, A Little Sumpin Wild, the 2010 Olde Gnarleywine, and many more.
• And at Barcade Jersey City (163 Newark Ave., at Erie St., Jersey City), it’s Allagash Night - a tap takeover of epic proportions! Enjoy Little Big Beer, Hugh Malone, the Vrienden collaboration with New Belgium, and their spontaneously-fermented autumn masterpiece, Ghoulschip.
• Up in Westchester, it’s the first official beer event for new Tuckahoe spot Growlers Beer Bistro (25 Main St., at Lake Ave., Tuckahoe). New York Brewer Night begins at 8pm, and features beers from (among others) Ithaca, Lake Pacid, Kelso, Empire, and of course hyper-local brewery Captain Lawrence.

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