Brew York

Beginning March 5th, join these bars from the East Village and Lower East Side as they spend the 47 days of Lent featuring Trappist, Abbey and Belgians in the "Drink Like a Monk" tradition!

Every month, we update this list of the top 10 beer bars where our readers are drinking, based on your Foursquare check-ins.

Bars with the Good Beer Seal, which recognizes great independently-owned destinations that support craft beer, beer education, and the community. July is Good Beer Month! (www.goodbeerseal.com)

Tired of the same old song? Saddle up to this list of the newest craft beer spots to open in NYC - the newest is listed first. We'll update this list whenever a new spot opens, so check back often!

You don't have to go to Munich to celebrate Oktoberfest! Check out these spots to party German-style right here in New York:

A Beer Garden is outdoors, has natural vegetation, communal seating, and beer. PR flacks try to pass off backyards or German bars as beer gardens; they're not. Here are NYC's only 3 real beer gardens.