Here are the beer-related goings-on after work tonight:

• It’s Great Divide Night at David Copperfield’s (1394 York Ave. at 74th St., Upper East Side). Starting at 7, they’ll be pouring an exceptional list of beers from the Colorado-based brewery, including the 16th Anniversary Wood-Aged Double IPA, both the Chocolate and Espresso Oak-Aged Yeti, and a cask-conditioned Belgica.
• Standings (43 E. 7th St., at 2nd Ave., East Village) is having their Chicagoland Blowout tonight. With the Cubs on at 4pm and the White Sox playing at 8pm, there’s no better excuse to break out five beers from Chicago's Goose Island, including Sofie, White City, Summer, and - of course - Bourbon County Stout. To wash it all down (and soak up the alcohol), they’ll serve free pizza at 8pm.

It’s been months in the making, but Bier International will pull away the plywood and open tonight at 7pm, serving mainly European beers in a communal beer-hall environment. The bar, located on Frederick Douglass Blvd. between 113th and 114th, will have nine beers on tap to start, plus a bottle list that spans the globe from Germany to Kenya and Japan to Long Island. Here’s the draft list:

Hofbrau Original
Weihenstephan
Reissdorf Koelsch
Erdinger Dunkel
Duvel Green
Jenlain Ambree
Krusovice
Fuller’s London Pride
Sixpoint Sweet Action

For those folks who think they’ll have to pack a bag for the night going this far uptown, relax. It’s a quick walk from the B/C at 110th-Cathedral or 116th Street.

News that’s fermenting in the beer world:

• Rumor Mill: will new East Village Belgian beer bar also be a brewpub? [DNAinfo]
• Urban Daddy buries the lede, ignores extensive beer list that will complement bourbon at soon-to-open Idle Hands [Urban Daddy]
• Next Knights of Bruklyn homebrew competition Tuesday at 7pm at Union Hall, free samples of beer and cheese [Brooklyn365]
• Donna the Buffalo added to lineup for Blue Point’s Rhythm and Brews Festival on August 29th in Patchogue [Blue Point via Facebook]
• Profile of Long Island’s Rocky Point Artisan Brewers, debuting this weekend at North Fork Craft Beer Festival [WPIX]
• Confirmed: Magic Hat sold to North American Breweries [Mutineer]

Meet Joe, Avery’s newest offering, available tonight at Blind Tiger Ale House.

Here are the beer-related goings-on after work tonight:

• Jimmy’s No. 43 is hosting a Chimay and Cheese night tonight at 8pm. They’ll have magnums of Chimay Grand Reserve and tap pours of Cinq Cents to complement a selection of local cheeses. They’ll also be raffling off t-shirts and glassware.
• Tonight marks the first Avery Event at Blind Tiger Ale House in a good long time, and they’re pulling out all the stops. You’ll be able to get your hands on the brand-new Joe’s Pilsner, an American Pilsner, as well as a full slate of big offerings from the Boulder, Colorado-based brewery:

Avery Joe’s Pilsner
Avery Ellie’s Brown
Avery ESB
Avery IPA
Avery White Rascal
Avery Karma
Avery Salvation
Avery Collaboration
Avery Reverend
Avery Czar
Avery Hog Heaven
Avery duganA
Avery Maharaja ‘08
Avery 15th Anniversary
Avery 17th Anniversary
Avery Samael’s Ale 
Avery Beast
Avery Mephistopheles’ Stout 

The newly-added grain selection in the Whole Foods Bowery Beer Room. They also have a grain mill on site.

On the heels of its new homebrewing department, the Whole Foods Bowery Beer Room kicks off their Local Homebrew Hero contest in less than two weeks. Beginning August 23rd, customers will be able to submit their homebrews (in four bottles) for judging. The winning brew will be brewed at Kelso of Brooklyn and served at Good Beer Seal bars across the city and at Whole Foods. On top of that, the winner gets $300 worth of homebrew equipment. (The runner-up wins $200 of equipment, and third place gets $100 worth.)

The contest runs through September 17th, so if you brew now, you can have something ready for submission before the deadline.

I’ll be brewing this weekend for this very reason, in fact. Unfortunately, my last two brews are both a bit over the 7% ABV limit. What can I say? I like big beers. 

To get all the contest guidelines, read the contest rules and entry form [PDF].

Here are the beer-related goings-on after work tonight:

• Bar Great Harry in Brooklyn has an impressive selection of beer for Allagash Brewery Night tonight starting at 6pm, including Fluxus, Hugh Malone, Curieux, Victor, and Victoria.
• Flying Dog takes over the taps all day today at Rattle-N-Hum, with 11 taps from the Colorado-cum-Maryland brewery, and a firkin of Wild Dog Coffee Stout.
• It’s another Ten Buck Tasting at Jimmy’s No. 43 tonight at 7:30pm. Last week, it was East Coast IPAs, so this week, it’s a selection of six West Coast IPAs curated by Mike Lovullo from Union Beer Distributors.