No Pintful column today -- due to my furlough last week -- but two beer events this week I can't let pass without a mention.

The first is Casks for a Cure 4 at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Big Boss Beer in Raleigh. The event -- which costs $10 -- raises money for the state's Leukemia and Lymphoma Society chapter. Top area homebrewers and Haw River Farmhouse Ales will offer a number of interesting brews. Here's the beer lineup:

--From Haw River Farmhouse Ales: Cask of Vuilaard, a sour-tart Flanders Oude Bruin.

--From the homebrewers: Paul Hobson and Lara Murphy: Blood Orange Saison; Dan Caswell: Chocolate Brown Ale; Matt Shellington: Farmhouse IPA; Allan Mason: Robust Porter; Andrew Turner: Top Withens, a strong pale ale.

And this weekend is the big Brewgaloo 2013 event in Raleigh's City Plaza from 3 to 9 p.m. The event features North Carolina craft breweries, local food trucks and bands.

Among the breweries: Big Boss, Lonerider, Aviator, Natty Greene's, White Street, Duck-Rabbit, Railhouse, Starpoint, Deep River, Four Friends and Bombshell. Buy tickets online and get more information here.

Raleigh's Big Boss Brewery is hosting a food truck event starting at 5-10 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13. (It's their second annual Big Food Truck Harvest and it will benefit UNC's Lineberger Cancer Center.)

The following food trucks plan to be in attendance: Only Burger, Valentino's, Chirba Chirba Dumpling, Slippin' Sliders and Olde North State BBQ.

The brewery will be serving their pumpkin beer and The Cupcake Brewery will be serving up pumpkin ale-infused cupcakes. Plus, there will be a carved pumpkin contest.

Go HERE to read more about the event and the pumpkin-carving contest.

If you can't make this event, there are two more upcoming food truck gatherings, one in Raleigh and the other in Durham. Go HERE to read about those events.

If you're looking for some unique holiday music, the folks at Raleigh's Big Boss Brewery are happy to oblige.

Today, the local beer maker launched bigbossjingler.com, a website where people can listen to popular holiday classics played on Big Boss bottles, kegs and other equipment. Appearing on the site are all of the top sellers for Big Boss, including Hell's Belle, Angry Angel, Bad Penny and Aces & Ates.

The website, which is a joint project with Durham marketing firm McKinney, allows users to apply a number of keys and special effects to the holiday songs. And, of course, when you've perfected your tune, you can share it with your friends via e-mail, Twitter or Facebook.

That's holiday fun without the hangover.