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Monday the 4th:
*The VSK (Very Special Keg) tonight at The Blind Tiger in the Village is the Allagash Grand Cru and will be tapped at 5 pm.
Tuesday the 5th:
*The $20 (note – new price) Tuesday Night Tasting at Jimmy’s No 43 in the East Village features beers from Allagash. Be there by 7:30 to get your share of the 6 featured beers:
- Allagash Grand Cru draft
- Allagash Fluxux draft
- Allagash Tripel bottles
- Allagash Yakuza draft
- Allagash Black draft
- Allagash Interlude bottles
*One Mile House on the Lower East Side has a Stout Fest beginning at 6 pm today. The line-up:
Drafts:
- Goose Island Bourbon County Stout
- Ballast Point Sea Monster
- Great Divide Espresso Yeti
- Oskar Blues Ten Fidy
- New Holland Dragons Milk
- Southern Tier Choklat
- Emelisse Coal Scotch Aged Imperial Stout
- Goose Island Nightstalker
- Founders Imperial Stout
- The Perfect Crime Smoking Gun (Collaboration between Stillwater and Evil Twin)
- and maybe some surprises
Bottles:
- Brooklyn Black Ops
- Hoppin Frog B.O.R.I.S. the Crusher
- Alesmith Speedway Stout
*The free Tuesday Night Tasting at Bierkraft in Park Slope features TBA and begins promptly at 7 pm.
*Rattle n Hum in Midtown has a Laughing Dog event today, with beers up by 4 pm. I’ll post a list if I get one.
*There’s a Tuesday Tasting at Radegast Hall & Biergarten in Williamsburg tonight featuring distilled beers beginning at 7 pm. Live music by Gypsy Evolution. These beers and their associated spirits will be available in flights or by the glass:
- Schneider Aventinus and Aventinus Edelbrand
- Reissdorf Kolsch and Reissdorf Edelster
- Schlenkerla Marzen and Schlenkerla Bierbrand
Wednesday the 6th:
*Sycamore in Ditmas Park presents Flight Night: Breckenridge. Flights of four 5oz pours will be available from 3-10pm and beers by the glass all day.
*The $10 Tasting at Idle Hands in the East Village features NY Breweries and Evan Williams Single Barrel. $10 at the bar between 7 & 10 pm gets you 2 full pours and 3 tastes of the beers (featured beers: Captain Lawrence Captain’s Kolsch, Ithaca Flower Power & Butternuts Porkslap draft), a taste of Evan Williams Single Barrel bourbon and an order of Tater Tots from That Burger with specially made dipping sauce made with a featured beer.
**The Stag’s Head in Midtown East hosts an Abita Mardi Gras event beginning at 6 pm. Free snacks will be served at 6 pm. The list:
- Restoration
- SOS
- Vanilla Double Dog
- Oyster Stout
- Andygator
- Mardi Gras Bocka
*Downtown Bar & Grill in Cobble Hill has an Brooklyn Black Ops cask event beginning at 6. These two beers will be on draft in addition to the cask:
- Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout 2010
- Brooklyn There Will Be Black
*Taproom 307 in Gramercy has a Harpoon event tonight.
Thursday the 7th:
*Breukelen Bier Merchants in Williamsburg has a Colorado Beer Night from 7 to 10 pm, featuring beers from Great Divide and Breckenridge.
*Mudville 9 in Tribeca has a Mardi Gras Carnival which includes a free Abita tasting from 7 to 9 pm.
*The Thursday Tap at Jimmy’s No 43 in the East Village is the Thornbridge Kipling, a South Pacific Pale Ale, and will be tapped at 5 pm.
Friday the 8th:
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Other upcoming events:
Impressive and/or larger events that are coming soon:
February 22-March 3: New York City Beer Week. There will be a slew of events this week. I’ll add more picks soon.
February 26: Alewife NYC in Long Island City is hosting a Dogfish Head beer pairing dinner, ‘A-Hop-A-Eclipse Now’. Five courses will be served at 8 pm for $65 a person. Go here to view the full menu and buy your ticket.
