We're often asked, "What makes a Good Beer Seal bar?" Well, there's a long answer and a short answer. The latter is "a bar committed to great craft beer and community." But what really makes a Good Beer Seal bar is when the public recognizes its presence in the greater NYC bar/restaurant community. This past … [Continue reading "Good Beer Seal Bars Compete in #BARchmadness"](https://goodbeerseal.com/2014/03/24/good-beer-seal-bars-compete-in-barchmadness/)
124 Old Rabbit ClubBlind Tiger Ale HouseChris O'Leary
Hear the letters IPA, and you probably have a pretty clear notion what your beer is going to taste like. But what if there were an actual Indian Pale Ale? This week on Beer Sessions Radio™ we welcome some of the team behind India's biggest craft beer initiative, Independence Brewing Company in Pune, India. James … [Continue reading "What You Missed On Beer Sessions Radio™ – A Taste Of India (03/05/13)"](https://goodbeerseal.com/2013/03/07/what-you-missed-on-beer-sessions-radio-a-taste-of-india-030513/)
BierkraftIndependence Brewing CompanyStone BrewingJames Tai
Pork and beans? How about pork and beer? If you think "bacon makes it better," you'll love the latest episode (#145, listen here) of Beer Sessions Radio™, the first of the new year. We have some truly cool guests, including Jeppe Jarnit-Bjergsø, the gypsy brewer of Evil Twin who now happily resides in Brooklyn, along … [Continue reading "What You Missed On Beer Sessions Radio™ – Evil Twin and Gruits (1/8/13)"](https://goodbeerseal.com/2013/01/10/what-you-missed-on-beer-sessions-radio-a-symphony-of-beer-1813/)
This Monday, July 16th, July Good Beer Month™ and the Good Beer Seal present Hopfest: Backyard Hops In Support Of BK Farmyards from 6:30-9:30 p.m. at Brooklyn Brewery. Hopfest will feature a three hours of unlimited walk-around food and beer tastings with local "backyard" hops growers throughout New York City. Teaching you how to grow … [Continue reading "Learn To Grow Hops… Or Just Enjoy Drinking Them"](https://goodbeerseal.com/2012/07/12/learn-to-grow-hops-or-just-enjoy-drinking-them/)
It sounds a bit like a witch's brew, but mugwort and horehound are but two of the many flowers that can make your beer bitter, along with more traditional hops. Ben Grainger of Bierkraft and Peter Kennedy of SimplyBeer.com discuss growing their own beer ingredients and the "Bible," The Homebrewers Garden (authors Joe and Dennis Fisher … [Continue reading "What You Missed On Beer Sessions Radio™ – Homebrewing And Bitter Beers (5/1/12)"](https://goodbeerseal.com/2012/05/04/what-you-missed-on-beer-sessions-radio-homebrewing-and-bitter-beers-5112/)
Just last week, brewer, author, intrepid beer personality and Brewer's Association President, Charlie Papazian called in to Beer Sessions Radio (TM) causing a bit of buzz amongst some of our close friends in the beer industry. Ben Granger of Brooklyn's treasured (and recent Good Beer Seal inductee) Bierkraft had this to say in a recent … [Continue reading "Bierkraft's Ben Granger on Charlie Papazian"](https://goodbeerseal.com/2011/06/26/bierkrafts-ben-granger-on-charlie-papazian/)
Tuesday, June 14: The Good Beer Seal announced the 2011 inductees into The Good Beer Seal with an awards party at Barcade in Brooklyn. Good Beer Seal Awards 2011 from Letitia Productions on Vimeo. Without further ado (drumroll please!) The new Good Beer Seal bars are: 4th Avenue Pub Bierkraft Brouwerij Lane The Double Windsor … [Continue reading "The New Good Beer Seal Bars Announced!"](https://goodbeerseal.com/2011/06/17/the-new-good-beer-seal-bars-announced/)
The Beer Sessions Radio-tm gang taped two shows at Brewery Ommegang this past weekend during Belgium Comes to Cooperstown, arguably one of the best beer festivals on the east coast. You can hear these two episodes August 24 and August 31 on the Heritage Radio Network. You'll hear some great interviews with nano- brewers Sean … [Continue reading "Hops, Cooperstown and Beer Sessions Radio"](https://goodbeerseal.com/2010/08/02/hops-cooperstown-and-beer-sessions-radio/)
