July Good Beer Month is designed to showcase Good Beer Seal Bars and what they do best; serve good beer! During the month of July, Good Beer Seal bars will roll out their best brewery nights, tastings, pairings, rewards programs and specials that are specific to their unique place of business. After all, that’s what a Good Beer Seal bar is all about; they serve their communities in ways unique to that specific bar, neighborhood and clientele. There’s nothing generic about a Good Beer Seal bar and July Good Beer Month celebrates that special something that makes a great bar stand out from the rest. To see a complete list of events at Good Beer Seal Bars, check out our Events Calendar.
A Good Beer Seal Bar cares about beer and the community at large, which is why during July Good Beer Month the people behind those bars band together with local breweries and charitable organizations to bring some other great events to the people of New York City. Below is a preview of these events:
July 6 – Kegs and Kluckers – 6-9 p.m. at Brooklyn Brewery
Just Food and NYC Homebrewers Guild present this fun and delicious event for urban chicken keepers, aspiring urban chicken keepers, home brewers, chickens, and the people who love them. K&K will include home-brewed beers, delicious local fare, Egg Olympic Games (at 8 o’cluck, yes we said “cluck”) and appearances by NYC chickens. Admission is $15 or a growler or two of your homebrew to share will also gain you entry.
All proceeds will support Just Food’s City Chicken Project, which provides the training, coops and hens that schools and community gardening groups need to raise healthy chickens and delicious eggs.
July 8/9 – “Get Real” Belgian Beer Fest – Various session times at the Altman Building (135 W. 18th Street)
Get Real’s festival is the granddaddy of Belgian beer festivals, featuring 100+ of the most diverse, unique and hard-to-find Belgian and Belgian-inspired brews around from craft breweries at home and abroad. To help wash down all the amazing beer, there will be plenty of tasty Belgian bites on hand from local NYC restaurants and artisanal food shops, including mussels, oysters, artisanal cheeses and meats, chocolates, Belgian waffles, pommes frites, bratwurst and more. Tickets start at $85.
July 10 – Cook Out NYC – 11:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. at Governors Island
The featured event in Mayor Bloomberg’s 3rd Annual “July Good Beer Month,” this all-grill event is co-hosted by Sixpoint Craft Ales, Dickson’s Farmstand Meats, Mama O’s Kimchi, The Good Beer Seal, and radio hosts from Heritage Radio Network, Cook Out NYC is the city’s ultimate outdoor cooking and country fair event. The pinnacle event in Mayor Bloomberg’s 3rd annual “July Good Beer Month”, Cook Out NYC will exclusively showcase the best of NYC breweries featuring limited edition beers and nationally renowned and award-winning BBQ chefs. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Just Food’s Farm School. Community partners include Earth Matters, Teen Battle Chef, Kingsborough Community College Culinary Program, and Brooklyn Food Coalition. Media Partners are Edible Manhattan/Brooklyn, Yankee Brew News, and Heritage Radio Network. Bluegrass music will accompany the all-day event.
July 15 – “Craft/Beer/Jam” WNYC Webcast – 7:00 PM at Greene Space (44 Charlton Street)
After a successful second season with Battle of the Boroughs, participating bands turn out to perform and celebrate New York City’s July Good Beer Month with the best craft breweries NYC has to offer, as The Greene Space teams up with The Good Beer Seal to present CRAFT/BEER/JAM.
Jimmy Carbone, host of Beer Sessions Radio (TM) and co-founder of July Good Beer Month, leads a lively discussion about New York City as a great brewing town and the history of local breweries in NYC; the economic and political challenges facing small breweries in New York State; and beer vs. wine.
July 19 – “Shoe Town to Brew Town” at Brooklyn Brewery 7:30- 10:00 PM
Join us for a fun and informed discussion of how breweries can be the centerpiece of a sustainable regional development plan. Attendees will include craft brewers, green designers and many others. The inimitable green scientist Paul Mankiewicz will start things off with the story of what Louis Pasteur found while working with beer and wine microbes. The rest is up to you!
Tickets are $40 per person. We will provide food, drink and the forum to guests. As a benefit event, most of the proceeds will be donated to the Gaia Institute to support their important projects which are aligned with this event’s ethos.
July 23 – The Great Hot Dog Cookoff – Time TBA at Kelso Brewery
Now in its sixth year, the Great Hot Dog Cookoff, a party originally conceived of by Kara Masi, calls on home cooks to bring their most creative dogs to the grill for a sizzling throw down. Benefits Food Bank for New York City.
July 26 – Edible Brooklyn & Edible Manhattan’s Good Beer Soirée – 6-9 p.m. at BAM Café
Our flagship event in its third year offers more than 20 craft beers including Kelso, Brooklyn Brewery, Sixpoint, among others, and food from over 20 of the city’s best restaurants. Tickets available at eventbrite.com at $40.
