On the first Saturday in May, the biggest thoroughbred race of the years is held at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, as three-year-olds race head-to-head in the world famous Kentucky Derby.

We can give you a sure winner: on May 4,  Rattle N Hum will host its second annual Kentucky Derby Party, from 4 to 8 pm.

We’ll be showing the race on nearly all our TVs. We’ll be serving Mint Juleps, as well as Kentucky-inspired appetizers.

Why watch the Kentucky Derby at Rattle N Hum?

We offer 40 ever-changing taps of craft beer, a number of cask ales and more than 100 types of beer in bottle.

We also offer a fresh take on classic pub fare, with items such as Baby Lamb Sliders and our Celtic Cubano, all of which we suggest beer pairings for.

Come watch the Derby with us and you’ll agree that Rattle N Hum is one of the best NYC bars.

On Tuesday, April 2, we’ll be featuring a wide range of beers from Stone Brewing, one of our most popular breweries.

On Cask:  Ruination dry-hopped with Chinook and Amarillo hops.

On tap:

• The Perfect Crime

• Stone Old Guardian Barley Wine 2012

• Stone Imperial Russian Stout 2011

• Stone 15th Anniversary Ale

• Stone Smoked Porter with Vanilla Bean

• Stone Pale Ale
• Stone Levitation Ale
• Stone IPA
• Stone Cali-Belgique IPA
• Stone Sublimely Self-Righteous Ale
• Stone Ruination IPA
• Arrogant Bastard Ale
• Oaked Arrogant Bastard Ale
• Stone Vertical Epic 12.12.12

If you visit the Theater District, visit our brother bar, Beer Authority, the best sports bar in Times Square and one of the best restaurants near the Javits Center.

Rattle N Hum, the best beer bar in NYC, will be showing many of the World Cup Qualifier matches on March 22 and March 26.

We’ll be the only one pairing a fine view of a large screen TV with a fine view of a chalkboard of 40 craft beers on tap.

Add in our superb pub fare, from Shepherd’s Pie to four types of sliders, to a bevy of salads and wraps, and you’ll agree that Rattle N Hum is the best bar in NYC for World Cup Qualifiers.

Call us at 212-481-1586 if you want to be sure we’ll be showing your team’s match!

If you ever take a walk on the West Side of Manhattan, visit our brother bar, Beer Authority, the best sports bar in Times Square and one of the best restaurants near the Javits Center.

On Tuesday, March 26, our beer event will feature most of the lineup of beers from Brooklyn’s Sixpoint Brewery, where “Beer is Culture.”

You may note that we don’t list the style of beer next to each of the offerings below. This is because, as Sixpoint explains, “It does not matter whether it is a Craft Ale or a Crisp Lager – if it is a Sixpoint, it cannot be defined.”

This is the expected list of beers that we’ll be offering:

Come out this Tuesday and try of all these amazing Sixpoint brews!

We’ll be pouring some of these all week, as well, and possibly offering some on “Kick the Keg” Sundays.

Rattle N Hum hosts events such as this every week. These events make for excellent group outings, from team-building to mini-reunions, and make us one of the best NYC bars for parties and enhances our reputation as one of the best beer bars in NYC.

If you ever take a walk on the West Side of Manhattan, visit our brother bar, Beer Authority, the best sports bar in Times Square and one of the best restaurants near the Javits Center.

New York City Beer Week 2013 will be held from February 22 to March 3.

Needless to say, Rattle N Hum will be celebrating it all day and all night, each and every day.

We’ll be featuring more than a dozen of the finest brewers in NYC, the greater NY area, and across the country.

This is a major event for each of our brewery partners, so many of the head brewers will be visiting Rattle N Hum over the course of the week, and the marketing teams will be here in a big way with giveaway items. Don’t miss it:

The schedule for the week:

02/22 – 02/24: Dog Beers Weekend! (Dogfish Head, Laughing Dog, Flying Dog, Lagunitas etc.)

02/25: New Jersey/ Pennsylvania Beers Night

02/26: Ommegang Brewery Night

02/27: New York Beers Night

02/28: Colorado Beers Night

03/01: California Beers Night.

On Tuesday, February 19, our beer event will feature a large number of beers from Harpoon Brewery, from Boston, MA and Windsor, VT.

Take this tour of Harpoon’s brewing process.

The list of beers is still being finalized, but we expect that Harpoon will be showcasing about 20 of its brews, including some rare specialty beers. Names that will likely be included:

Chocolate Stout

Czernobog (Russian Imperial Stout)

Coffee Porter

Uncle Fester

Director’s Cut

White IPA

Black IPA

Harpoon IPA

Rich and Dan’s Rye IPA

UFO Hefeweizen

UFO Pale Ale

UFO Raspberry

UFO White

Harpoon Cider

Harpoon Celtic Ale

Harpoon Dark

Come out this Tuesday and try of all your Harpoon favorites! We’ll be pouring some of these all week, as well, and likely offering some on “Kick the Keg” Sundays.

Rattle N Hum hosts event such as this one every week. They make for excellent group outings, from team-building to mini-reunions, and make us one of the best NYC bars for parties.

If you ever take a walk on the West Side of Manhattan, visit our brother bar, Beer Authority, the best sports bar in Times Square.

This week we’ll start celebrating Christmas with our full line of Christmas beers, which we’ll be tapping at an event on Tuesday, December 18.

We’re still adding names to the list, but at this point it includes:

• De Ranke Noel
• Delirium Noel
• Corsendonk Xmas
• Mahrs Xmas
• Mikkeler Santa Lil Helper
• Ridgeway Bad Elf
• Ridgeway Lump of Coal
• Ridegway Very Bad Elf
• Ridgeway Criminal Elf
• Ridgeway Seriously Bad Elf

We’ll be pouring them for as long as they last. Some won’t last through the event, others will be available all week.

Did you know Rattle N Hum has an outstanding lunch menu, with $10 specials every day?

Make sure to visit our friends at Beer Authority, one of the best bar in Times Square.

On Tuesday, December 11, we’ll all be California Dreamin, as we again host Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits of San Diego, CA.

This brewery’s events are always big hits with our customers. It also  has one of our favorite, all-time taglines:

“Real beer lovers making real good beer.”

Among the lines we’ll be pouring:

• Victory at Sea
• Pescadero Pilsner
• Sculpin IPA
• Sextant Oatmeal Stout
• Piper Down Scottish Ale
• Wahoo Wheat Beer
• Calico Amber Ale
• Serrano Pale Ale
• Smoke Screen
• BA Black Marlin
• Abandon Ship Smoked Lager
• Even Keel

We will also have bottles of all of Ballast Point’s spirits – Barrel Aged Three Sheets Rum, Three Sheets Rum, Old Grove Gin, and Fugu Vodka,

Did you know Rattle N Hum has an outstanding lunch menu, with $10 specials every day?

Make sure to visit our friends at Beer Authority, one of the best bar in Times Square.

On Tuesday, December 4, we’ll be showcasing a wide array of beers imported by Total Beverage Solutions, which brings to the US the best beers, wines and spirits from Europe, as well as from Shipyard of Maine.

Lines that we’ll be pouring include: