WHAT: Life’s a Beach: A beach-themed bash starring Rockaway Beach's favorite beers and food
WHEN: Saturday, January 27, 12 p.m.
WHERE: Rockaway Brewing (46-01 5th St., Long Island City)
COST: Free! (Except for the beers and food that you’ll so want to buy.)

January might be the least wonderful time of the year. After all the holidays have gone away, we’re stuck with cold days of endless grey, dreaming of warmer times and a return to the beach.

Summer is a long way off, but today we’re going to bring the best of Rockaway Beach to Rockaway Brewing. The sun-starved crew will cook special batches of summery IPAs like Muscle Beach (With a Sweater), as well as tapping Tacoway Beach to cook up its famously crunchy fish tacos.

Better still, we’ll have photo booths set up and DJs spinning sweet, summery tunes. Come dressed your finest tropical shirts, nose painted white with a streak of zinc, while watching surfing movies unspool in the wall. We’ll have…prizes? Sure, we’ll have prizes for the finest costume.

For one wintry day, at least, life will be a beach.