Add one more spot for outdoor beer drinking this summer: a parking lot. At the north end of the soon-to-open section 2 of The High Line, an empty parking lot at 30th Street and 10th Avenue will transform into an urban playspace, food truck oasis, and - yes - an outdoor bar.

Tom Colicchio will curate the food trucks and the 350-seat bar, which will be positioned underneath the High Line itself. The big news for beer lovers, though, is that he’ll partner with Brooklyn Brewery on an exclusive beer to be served at The Lot: High Line Elevated Wheat. The beer, an American Wheat Ale, will be brewed with New York State-sourced ingredients. They’ll use red winter wheat from North Country Farms in the St. Lawrence Valley and honey from Tremblay Apiaries in Van Etten, just south of Ithaca. The Lot also promises to serve other local craft beers as well.

The target opening date is in June, in conjunction with the opening of Section 2 of The High Line.

Here are the beer-related goings-on after work in and around New York tonight:

• The moment you’ve been waiting for is here: Sixpoint cans are in! They’ll have them tonight at Bierkraft (191 Fifth Ave., at President St., Park Slope) during their Tuesday night tasting at 7pm.
• Founders takes over the taps today at 4pm at Rattle-N-Hum (14 E. 33rd St., at 5th Ave., Midtown). Enjoy easy-drinking favorites like Centennial IPA, or go for the strong stuff, like Nemesis, Canadian Breakfast Stout, and yes, Kentucky Breakfast Stout. Founders head brewer Jeremy Kosmicki will be on hand, too.
• It’s Sierra Nevada night at Good Beer (422 E. 9th St., btw. 1st Ave. and Ave. A), with five great California beers and complimentary cheese from 6:30-9pm. Enjoy Bigfoot barleywine, the Southern Hemisphere Harvest, California Common, and more.
• Over at Spring Lounge (48 Spring St., at Mulberry St., Little Italy), Victory is front and center starting at 6pm. Enjoy the Scarlet Fire rauchbier (and free brats cooked in it), Headwaters Pale Ale, Golden Monkey, and more.

Brooklyn Brewmaster Garrett Oliver breaks the news to a crowd at the Brewery last night.

Last week, we told you about the latest beer in Brooklyn Brewery’s Brewmaster Reserve Series, and we called it The Tonic. Well, the powers that be - specifically, the Federal Alcohol Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau - put the kibosh on that name. As Brooklyn Brewmaster Garrett Oliver told a crowd at the beer’s release last night, the TTB claimed that calling it “The Tonic” was a “health-related statement.”

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It may be a bit too raw outside to think about those warm summer days, but two new beer spots are opening in Manhattan today, just in time for the unofficial start of summer. One is fully outdoors, one is truly authentic, and both are more on the upscale side.

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So the world is apparently ending today. At least that’s what one California preacher will tell you. Why not ring in the end of the world with some great beer events in New York?

We’ve got four events for you after the jump. And if the world doesn’t end today, so what? You’ll still have some great beer!

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Here are the beer-related goings-on after work in and around New York tonight:

• There’s our little event tonight at 6:30pm at 92Y Tribeca (200 Hudson St., at Canal St., Tribeca), called Summer Suds: A Craft Beer Tasting. We’ll be pouring light-bodied, easy-drinking summer beers from Narragansett, Brewery Ommegang, and more. Tickets are $25, call ahead at 212-415-5500 to confirm availability.
• Barcade (388 Union Ave., at Ainslie St., Williamsburg) pits two breweries against each other tonight in a showdown: Sly Fox vs. Southampton. In the Sly Fox corner: the Helles Lager, the Ichor quad, and a three-year aged Panacea barleywine. In the Southampton corner: Biere de Mars, the NYDP Double IPA, and the Old Herb barleywine. The battle gets underway at 5pm.
• Brooklyn Brewery celebrates the release of their Summer Ale in cans tonight from 6-10pm at Good Company (10 Hope St., at Havemeyer St., Williamsburg). Enjoy $3 cans and free hot dogs from Meat Hook.
• River Horse takes over the taps at Bierkraft (191 Fifth Ave., at President St., Park Slope) tonight at 7pm. They’ll have eight lines from New Jersey, include the Summer Ale, Hop Hazard, and the Tripel.
• Brouwerij Lane (78 Greenpoint Ave., at Franklin St., Greenpoint) hosts Smuttynose tonight from 6-9pm with the Old Brown Dog, Shoals Pale Ale, Big A IPA, and more on tap for half-pints, pints, and growler fills.
• Maine’s Shipyard is all over the place tonight, including a free tasting from 5-8pm at the Whole Foods Bowery Beer Room (95 E. Houston Street, at Chrystie St., Lower East Side), and simultaneous events at all three Dive Bars on the Upper West Side starting at 7pm.
• Across the river in New Jersey, Boulder Beer takes over Copper Mine Pub (323 Ridge Rd., at Crystal St., North Arlington, NJ) all night tonight. They’ll have Singletrack, Mojo Risin, and the world-famous Hazed & Infused on tap, plus a few more ways to really tap the Rockies.