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

• Good Beer (422 E. 9th St., btw. 1st Ave. and Ave. A) hosts Cottrell Brewing out of Pawcatuck, Connecticut tonight from 6:30-9pm. Try their newest beer, Oktoberfest, plus their old standards, Old Yankee Ale and Mystic Bridge IPA. They’ll have discounts on pints and growlers, too!
• Head to DBGB Kitchen & Bar (299 Bowery, at 1st St., East Village) for another Pretty Things Good Time Beer Social tonight from 6-9pm. Owners Dann and Martha Paquette will be “fresh off the boat,” literally, as they disembark from the Queen Mary 2 this afternoon and head right down to DBGB. They’ll serve some classic Pretty Things beers and properly-paired tapas plates, too.
• Tonight at 7:30 at Jimmy’s No. 43 (43 E. 7th St., at 2nd Ave., East Village), it’s another ten buck tasting - this one focusing on “Oktoberfest-ish” beers. Yes, our good friend Mike Lovullo picked a slate of six German-style beers to serve tonight for $10, including Smuttynose Maibock, Schlenkerla Krausen, and Weissenohe Monk’s Fest.

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Slowly but surely, beers from R.J. Rockers Brewing Company are popping up at bars and beer stores around the city. We’ve spotted them recently on tap at Rattle-N-Hum (14 E. 33rd St., at 5th Ave., Midtown) and in the coolers at Good Beer (422 E. 9th St., btw. 1st Ave. and Ave. A), but they’re stepping up their game on will soon see distribution at other beer bars and stores across the five boroughs.

Where’s this beer from? Spartanburg, South Carolina.

Stop it, we know what you’re thinking. They make beer in the South? Yeah, surprisingly, they do, and even more surprisingly, it doesn’t taste like Bud Light or Moonshine or anything else you might think Southerners drink.

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Remember Happy Hour? After a weeklong hiatus for New York Craft Beer Week, it’s back! And a lot of people are taking the night off to recover, but here’s one the beer-related event in New York after work tonight:

• Seattle’s Elysian Brewing takes over the taps tonight at Valhalla (815 9th Ave., at 54th St., Hell’s Kitchen) tonight at 6pm. Try the Avatar Jasmine IPA, the seasonal Night Owl Pumpkin, and the Loser Pale Ale - a tribute to indie record label Sub Pop Records.

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The Pony Bar is adding even more sandwiches to its already bountiful selections above.

Now that New York Craft Beer Week is over, let’s talk about food for a second. A few local beer spots in the city have revised and retooled their food menus for the fall for maximum enjoyment of both food and beer.

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There are dozens of beer events throughout New York Craft Beer Week, so each day, we make our picks on the best events. For a full list of every event, check out the Events section of the New York Craft Beer Week website.

NEW YORK STATE OF MIND CASK FESTIVAL
Location: Rattle-N-Hum (14 E. 33rd St., at 5th Ave., Midtown)
Time: 2pm-1am
Cost: Free
As New York Craft Beer Week starts to wrap up, there’s no better way to celebrate local beer than with a good old festival of New York State beers. Enjoy casks from Greenport Harbor, Sixpoint, Southern Tier, Long Ireland, and many others from in and out of state.

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There are dozens of beer events throughout New York Craft Beer Week, so each day, we make our picks on the best events. For a full list of every event, check out the Events section of the New York Craft Beer Week website.

MEET THE BREWER WITH SIERRA NEVADA
Location:Mugs Alehouse (125 Bedford Ave., at N. 10th St., Williamsburg)
Time: 7pm
Cost: Free
Meet Terence Sullivan of Sierra Nevada, who brought along some goodies from Chico, California, including the Life & Limb 2 collaboration with Dogfish Head, the FOAM Pilsner, and the return of Hoptimum.

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