Just a quick note about an awesome event I went to yesterday: the NYC Craft Beer Festival.
It was held at the Lexington Avenue Armory, which is an awesome old slice of NYC history:
There were upwards of 70 brewers giving out tastes of their stuff, free with the cost of admission ($50).
Some favorites were Gun Hill, Abita, Atlantic, Ballast Point, Perennial, Kuka and Oskar Blues.