Belly Up Give Thanks For Liquid Edition

Last week the city's restaurants prepared us for the upcoming Thanksgiving gluttony; this week, they remind us how essential drinking is to that equation. Nacional 27 mixologist Adam Seger holds a happy-hour class Nov. 19 on making cocktails with pumpkin and cranberry. Thursday is also fake French holiday Beaujolais Nouveau, a marketing-gimmick-turned-festivity celebrating the release of the new vintage of Beaujolais Nouveau wine. Try it at Mon Ami Gabi, where on Thursday $35 will buy you unlimited wine and hors d'oeuvres from 6:30-8:30 p.m. The same wine hits Brasserie Jo's menu the following at $8 a glass. Saturday, Nov. 21, head over to The Globe Pub for Alphabeer, a lesson in beer-drinking organized along the alphabet, from Anchor Steam to Zywiec. Once you've moved through that study on hangovers, consider Smoke Daddy's ongoing brew series, which is back this Tuesday, Nov. 24. featuring West Coast IPAs. It's free to attend and sample; stick around for a three-beer flight for $10.

Fatsometer: 4. Lots of calories, most of them deliciously empty.