Recipients of the Good Beer Seal celebrate Thursday at Jimmy’s No. 43 (Photo courtesy Good Beer Seal)

In a ceremony at Jimmy’s No. 43 capping off July Good Beer Month, the Good Beer Seal committee announced fifteen new bars as inductees on Thursday Night. These bars will now proudly display the Good Beer Seal, which certifies bars that don’t just merely offer craft beer, but celebrate it. In addition to adding several bars in the five boroughs, the committee chose to add three more bars on Long Island and, for the first time, two bars in Westchester County.

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One of many pieces of equipment to be removed from Greenpoint Beer Works before its closure later this summer (photo courtesy Chris Cuzme)

Greenpoint Beer Works, a brewery in Brooklyn that’s pushed out hundreds of thousands of barrels of beer since 2003, is closing up shop at the end of this month. Even loyal beer drinkers in New York City might not be familiar with the brewery; they’ve been quietly churning out been for well-known brands for over a decade, but they’ve only had a taproom for the past year. The facility brewed Heartland Brewery’s beer from its inception, with Kelly Taylor at the helm, who later started his own brand out of the same brewery, KelSo. The brewery made its last batch earlier this month, and equipment (and the brewing operations) will be relocated to other brewing facilities in New York State.

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Drink on the East River on July 30th at the New York Super Craft Beer Festival (Photo: Chris O’Leary)

The weather is really heating up, and those Summer Fridays aren’t going to plan themselves. More beer festivals are on the calendar in the second half of July in and around New York City, and we’ve got the scoop on what they offer and how to get your hands on tickets.

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A new bar on the Lower East Side lets you pour your own beer.

Every month, we’ll bring you a list of the new places we’ve added to our Brew York Beer Guide, the best way to locate beer venues across the five boroughs. Among the spots you’ll see in this month’s update: a new spot where you can pour your own beer, uptown’s newest summer jam, a UWS outpost of a Midtown champion of good beer, and more.

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The number of breweries in New York State continues to grow at a rapid clip. New York was #2 in new brewery openings in 2014, and that clip continued in 2015, albeit at a slightly slower pace. It took around three years for New York to get from 100 to 200 breweries, but it may take less than two to get from 200 to 300. By our count today, there are 275 brewing licensed facilities in New York state, including brewpubs. Another 29 have pending licenses, meaning they should be open soon.

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Every year, Draft Magazine releases their list of the 100 best beer bars in the U.S. The 2016 list has eight entries from New York City - down from ten in 2014 and 2015, which was the city’s best showing ever on the list. It’s not exactly a slight to New York – with so many good beer bars, there are always bound to be some glaring omissions. Here’s who made the cut from the city:

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