The Good Beer Seal is excited to welcome craft beer lovers around the city for the ninth annual July is Good Beer Month. When we launched the Good Beer Seal nine years ago with other great local bars (Blind Tiger, DBA, Burp Castle, Bar Great Harry and Jimmy's No. 43), it was as a response to the … [Continue reading "Welcome to the Ninth Annual July is Good Beer Month!"](https://goodbeerseal.com/2017/07/05/welcome-to-the-ninth-annual-july-is-good-beer-month/)
Blind Tiger Ale HousedbaIndustrial Arts Brewing CompanyJimmy Carbone
This week on Beer Sessions Radio™, we're honoring our home base: Bushwick Brooklyn! Aside from our studio inside of Roberta's, Bushwick is home to many special places including Good Beer Seal Bar Pine Box Rock Shop (owners Jeff and Heather Rush are in the studio), Arrogant Swine (owner Tyson Ho regales us of life as … [Continue reading "What You Missed On Beer Sessions Radio™: The Bushwick Beer Show"](https://goodbeerseal.com/2015/06/21/what-you-missed-on-beer-sessions-radio-the-bushwick-beer-show/)
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
How many NYC bartenders does it take to make a killer beer cocktail? Well, on this week's Beer Sessions Radio™ (Episode #176 – listen here), host Jimmy Carbone welcomes an eclectic—albeit super cool—group into the studio (and onto the Pilsner Urquel van!) for a discussion ranging from the history of beer on Staten Island to … [Continue reading "What You Missed On Beer Sessions Radio™: Wide World of Beer"](https://goodbeerseal.com/2013/07/25/what-you-missed-on-beer-sessions-radio-wide-world-of-beer/)
How is craft beer like pornography? Well, according to Brooklyn Brewery Brewmaster Garrett Oliver, "You know it when you see it." Or, "You know it when you taste it," at any rate. Defining what craft beer is a group of beer rock stars on this episode of Beer Sessions Radio™, including Garrett, host Jimmy Carbone, … [Continue reading "What you missed on Beer Sessions Radio™ – Craft & Cask – It's July Good Beer Month"](https://goodbeerseal.com/2013/07/10/what-you-missed-on-beer-sessions-radio-craft-cask-its-july-good-beer-month/)
Blind Tiger Ale HousePine Box Rock ShopBrooklyn BreweryHeavy Seas
The Good Beer Seal is happy to welcome Savor: An American Craft Beer & Food Experience to NYC, June 14th-15th. Several Good Beer Seal bars will be hosting special events, including a $1 off draughts Savor weekend (6/14-16) with the Craft Beer NY ap designed and curated by Josh Bernstein. As a lead-up to the … [Continue reading "Welcoming Savor to NYC!"](https://goodbeerseal.com/2013/05/31/welcoming-savor-to-nyc/)
Bar Great HarryBarcadeBrooklyn BreweryDogfish Head
As regular readers are fully aware, the Good Beer Seal now extends to all five boroughs, and on this very special episode of Beer Sessions Radio™ (Episode 148, listen here), host Jimmy Carbone represents Manhattan (Jimmy's No. 43) as he welcomes bar owners and brewers from the other four boroughs of NYC for a colorful … [Continue reading "What You Missed On Beer Sessions Radio™ – The Five Boroughs of Beer (1/29/13)"](https://goodbeerseal.com/2013/02/08/what-you-missed-on-beer-sessions-radio-the-five-boroughs-of-beer-12913/)
What do veganism and craft beer have to do with one another? Well, at Pine Box Rock Shop (at 12 Gratten Street, Bushwick), they are wed into a unique fabric for a community bar that regularly hosts community events in a sprawling space that, yes, once upon a time was a casket factory (hence the … [Continue reading "A Good Beer Seal Bar with a Vegan Twist: Pine Box Rock Shop"](https://goodbeerseal.com/2013/02/07/a-good-beer-seal-bar-with-a-vegan-twist-pine-box-rock-shop/)
It took awhile, but the Good Beer Seal has now reached the fifth and final Borough! Tonight at Jimmy's No. 43, it was announced that Staten Island's very own Adobe Blues and Killmeyer's Old Bavaria would be the first Good Beer Seal bars in the fifth Borough. The night celebrated new Good Beer Seal bars … [Continue reading "Good Beer Seal Awards 2012: GBS Bars Now In All Five Boroughs!"](https://goodbeerseal.com/2012/06/11/good-beer-seal-awards-2012-gbs-bars-now-in-all-five-boroughs/)
