July Good Beer Month is just a few short days away! It’s time to plan your July. Are you going to take the Pub Crawl challenge and visit all 27 Good Beer Seal Bars in 31 days? Are you going to join us for one of these big July Good Beer Month Events?
July 8: Edible Pursuits at Brooklyn Brewery
July 11: Meatopia: BBQ NYC
July 28: Good Beer at BAM
July 31: The Great Hot Dog Cookoff at Kelso Brewery
Check our Events Calendar for more July Good Beer Month Events!
Tomorrow night at 5:00 PM, Jimmy and Ray will sit down with some of the most discerning beer drinkers in the industry. Jon Lundbom of B. United will be back for his second appearance on Beer Sessions Radio. No doubt he will bring some treasures with him, as will Ben Granger of Bierkraft fame. We’ve mentioned Bierkraft so often on the show that it is only fitting Ben finally joins us at the mic. Mike Cadoux, co-founder of Peak Organic Brewing will round out the guest list before he heads over to dba where some Peak brews will enjoy a place of honor on Ray’s beer list!
Speaking of honor, it’s always great to hear back from some of our listeners. Recently, Brew Lounge mentioned Beer Sessions Radio as a “must listen” podcast. Thanks, Brew Lounge for listening.
A few of us enjoyed a pleasant side trip to Philly Beer Week. We visited bars like Monks Cafe, Benelux, Nodding Head Brewpub, and Triumph Brewpub. While there, we met up with 12 Percent Imports rep Maggie Fuller, aka “Beer Guru” and a brewer from Brouwerij t’Gaverhopke.
Tonight on Beer Sessions, Jimmy Carbone and guest host Manuela Totah were the first to sample some new beers from Keegan Ales. An Oak Aged Mother’s Milk and a Rye Whiskey Aged Hurricane Kitty were tasted in studio and on air. Geoff Wenzel and Mike Martinez of Keegan Ales shared their wares with fellow brewer, Kelly Taylor of Kelso, who brought some treats of his own including a Saison that delighted the production crew at Heritage Radio Network who licked their chops from behind the studio glass.
Who could blame them? There was so much delicious beer to go around it was hard not to salivate. In addition, our thoughtful guest co-host, Manuela, brought some great cheeses from Saxelby Cheesemongers to pair with the beers!
Many thanks to our great guests who share their time, talents, and beers!
Recently, Rachel Wharton did a posting about our May 25 induction ceremony. In said post, she gave a tantalizing preview of one of our favorite July Good Beer Month events, Good Beer at BAM on July 28, 2010. If you love good food, you know that good food goes even better with good beer! You can check out Rachel’s post here and check out the information for Good Beer at BAM right here.
Tomorrow night Dave Brodrick, our roving beer reporter, returns to Beer Sessions Radio with all the craft beer news we can handle, and then some. Hopefully, the “and then some” will end up on this very blog if we can coax Dave into contributing in print as well! Tune in to hear guests talk about IPAs, among other things, and submit your questions to beersessions@gmail.com.
The Pony Bar hosts Drink Up , a program on the new Cooking Channel, on Sunday May 30 at 10:30 PM. Check out The Pony Bar’s own Sam Masotto as he speaks about American Craft Beer with host Darryl Robinson.
On May 25, 2010 The Good Beer Seal announced that 12 new bars would be added to the original list of 15. Today, there are 27 Good Beer Seal bars in New York City!
The Good Beer Seal packed the joint at DBA in Brooklyn to welcome its new members, soon to be added to our calendar and links section. The new bars are, 124 Rabbit Club, Swift, Rattle N’ Hum, George Keeley’s, Pacific Standard, Waterfront Ale House, Brazen Head, Rebar, Lucky Dog, Mugs Ale House, Sunswick 35/35, and Bronx Ale House.
Good Beer and Good Food were joined by Good Company. In addition to the Good Beer Seal bar owners (both old and new), brewers, beer reps, beer writers and beer lovers all stepped out to support The Good Beer Seal and meet “the new guys”. Delicious eats were provided by Tchoup Shop and Ray Deter’s beer list at DBA did not disappoint the crowd!
Best of all, the camaradarie between The Good Beer Seal bar owners made the night truly enjoyable. One party goer quipped, “It is like a beer family reunion! I can’t remember the last time I got to see any of these guys!” Ahh. The Good Beer Seal, its like family with better beer and less baggage.
Metromix was kind enough to cover the event and took so many pictures it is almost like being there!
For a taste of the evening, check out May 25 episode of Beer Sessions Radio where the guys from Pacific Standard and Rattle N’ Hum dish with Rachel Wharton and, of course, Jimmy Carbone and Ray Deter. Expect more fun stuff from The Good Beer Seal as July Good Beer Month is just around the corner!
Tomorrow night at 5:00 PM on Beer Sessions Radio, the studio’s gonna be lousy with bar owners! The daring Rachel Wharton, deputy editor of Edible Brooklyn, Edible Manhattan and host of Brooklyn Eats, will be surrounded by purveyors of good beer. Co-hosts Jimmy Carbone and Ray Deter, owners of Jimmy’s No. 43 and DBA respectively, will join Rachel at the mic with Patrick Donagher of Rattle N’ Hum and John Rauchenberg and Jonathan Stan of Pacific Standard.
On the Beer Sessions Radio Facebook page, there’s a discussion about a rather broad question from one of our listeners who wants to have a beer to represent every participating nation in the FIFA World Cup. That’s a tall order. I am pretty sure that there are some of our beer experts out there who could send him in the right direction. Right? Check out the Facebook page and add your two cents.
