BKLYN Green Drinks

Dang, it’s hot!

BKGD invites you to come and cool off with your fellow environmentalists at Franklin Park, one of Brooklyn’s most unique bar and garden spaces. Built from the rubble of an old mechanic’s garage, this local watering hole boasts two separate bars and welcomes guests with its lush furnished yard. Cool your parched throat with one of the many beers on tap and bond with your fellow urban tree huggers over a friendly game of skee-ball or foosball.

We look forward to sweating you… umm, I mean, seeing you there!

Photograph: Melissa M.

We know, May is a big month; International Compost Awareness Week and Endangered Species Day! But spring in NYC is in full bloom and this May we’d love for you to join Brooklyn Green Drinks at t.b.d. bar in Greenpoint!

Our May 19 event will take place in what was once an old warehouse. Owners Diane Foley and Allen Welch converted that warehouse into a lounge perfect for Brooklyn Green Drinkers to meet, greet, and laugh. With 12 microbrews on tap, a drink special just for us, and rotating original artwork, t.b.d. bar in Greenpoint will provide plenty of inspiration. Whether you rock a green collar or are of a green state of mind, come have a blast with some of the best company in the city.

Photograph: Konstantin Sergeyev

Mix n’ mingle with the hippest, most cutting edge designers at the hippest party in the borough: a BKLYN DESIGNS After Party with BKLYN Green Drinks!

Sandwiched in the middle of the packed schedule of this awesome annual design exhibition, we’re thrilled to play a part in hosting our borough’s most exciting sustainably minded designers in the sort of soireé that we know best. Come join the fun with us at our favorite spot, reBar in DUMBO.

With its 15 beer taps, a selection of sustainable, organic and biodynamic wines, and a delicious full menu, there’s nowhere better for celebrating BKLYN DESIGNS 2010.

reBar will extend its happy hour prices to all BKLYN DESIGNS™/BKLYN Green Drinks attendees.

Photograph: Gavin Thomas

Looking for a way to enjoy the sunny weather and the Earth today? Come out to Clinton Hill and hang in the streets with Still Hip!

There’ll be live music, crafts, composting, clothing recycling collection, and all around Brooklyn liveliness from now (11AM) till’ the the evening! Hope to see you there!

Let’s face it, April is the best. Spring has sprung, baseball has begun, love is in the air, and this April we can all be proud to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day!

This April we will be posting up at Washington Commons in Prospect Heights. Washington Commons features over 15 brews on tap, all of which are $2 off until 8pm, along with an idyllic outdoor patio in the rear, where in light of the special month, some of the brightest green minded businesses and non-profits will be featured. Come chill, learn, or just drink along side some of the best eco-minds in the City.

Photograph: Patrick Siggins

What better way to welcome sobriety back, after a week of post-St. Patty’s Day (the *other* “green” drinks) hangover, than to booze it up once more? Only this time, instead of green paper hats, you’ll have green-minded Brooklynites. Don’t worry, the beer’ll be the same.

For our March event, we’re checking out Fort Greene’s new beer garden, Der Schwarze Kölner. With long tabled communal seating, this chess-floored beer hall makes it easy to get to know your fellow Green Drinkers. But don’t let that distract you. Boasting eighteen taps of German’s finest, a selection of almost twice that in bottles, and one of the only spots in town to serve organic Bionade (if you’re going non-alcoholic), owners Dale Hall and Randi Lockemann weren’t kidding around when they opened up shop at this choice corner of Fulton and Greene. They even squeezed in some tasty German cuisine, from pretzels, to sausages, to cheeses.

Photograph: Daniel Krieger

Blizzard got you down? It’ll be worth it braving the frozen slush for this month’s BKGD!

Warm up with a chat and a beer with fellow environmentalists at one of our favorite regular haunts, DUMBO’s reBar.

You’ll have your choice of 15 taps of the world’s finest beers as well as a selection of sustainable, organic and biodynamic wines. The space is a reclaimed factory loft featuring vaulted ceilings, reclaimed ironwork, antique chandeliers and stained glass windows.

RECYCLE AND RELIVE – Brooklyn Green Team 2nd Anniversary Party!

Co-hosted by us!

Local and/or organic drink specials. Silent Auction. ’80s music all night long. Special Guest City Council member Brad Lander. $20 gift certificates to Green Apple Cleaners for all! DJ AT 11PM. screening of Green Team videos! $10 suggested cover.

Our party will celebrate the environment and your hard work on the eco-challenges. Proceeds benefit electronics recycling for the community.

Meet resource providers: the Fort Greene Compost Project, Project LeafDrop and Council on the Environment of NYC

Silent Auction gifts generously donated by Green Apple Cleaners, 3rLiving, Dvir Salon, yoga instructor Lindsay Sage, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, World Music Institute, Council on the Environment of NYC, green team members and more.

Bar Reis Photograph: Michael Kirby