Buffalo Beer Buzz: 2020 Buffalo Niagara Brewers Invitational, Belt Line x Bolton Landing Collab Release, Hamburg Just Saying, DBL DBL release, Brewed & Bottled Moving

Official Beer List Announced for the 2020 Brewers Invitational

The beer list has been announced for the 2020 Brewers Invitational, which takes place January 26 (2-5pm) at New York Beer Project. Limited tickets are on sale now ($45) and include a commemorative glass, food voucher and access to over 50 innovative brews. Such beers include Big Ditch Sour Peach IPA, Five & 20 Port Wine Barrel Aged Barleywine, Four Mile Chocolate Peanut Butter Stout, Pressure Drop Rum Barrel Aged Blackalicious Imperial Stout, Flying Bison Bison Seltzer, Ellicottville Trippin’ Bogs Belgian Tripel and New York Beer Project Brett Barrel Aged Sour and Whiskey Barrel Aged Barleywine. Limited tickets at EventBrite.

Belt Line Brewing to Release New Bolton Landing Collab Sour IPA

This weekend, Belt Line Brewing will release Long Distance Promises Sour IPA, their new collaboration with Lake George’s Bolton Landing Brewing, on January 25 (12pm). Long Distance Promises is a sour IPA dry-hopped with Hallertau Blanc and fermented on Pineapple and Tangerine. It’s hoppy, tropical and tart. The beer will be available on draft, in crowlers to-go and in 16oz. 4-pack cans. Also, if you missed it, Belt Line still has cans and draft of their latest hazy IPA, Sunday Show New England IPA, available at the brewery. The DDH IPA features Motueka, Michigan Copper & Citra hops.

Hamburg Drops Just Saying IPA Volume 3, New Imperial Coffee Milk Stout

Hamburg Brewing has dropped the latest entry into their Just Saying IPA series, Volume 3: We Do It Nice ‘Cause We Do It Twice Double IPA, as well as a new version of DBL DBL Imperial Coffee Milk Stout. Brewed with Mosaic, Simcoe Cryo and Cascade hops, Just Saying Volume 3 features notes of passionfruit, lychee and mango, while DBL DBL, brewed with coffee from Finger Lakes Coffee Roasters, features massive roasted coffee and cream. Available on draft only at the brewery with 16oz. 4-pack cans available to go. Cans will also be available wherever great beer is sold soon.

Lewiston’s Brewed & Bottled Bottle Shop Closes, Moving to New Location

Lewiston’s Brewed & Bottled Craft Beer Shop has closed the doors at their original location at 402 Center Street and is relocating to 442 Center St., after Gallo Coal Fire Kitchen announced plans to expand at the location. Owner Chris Budde said he made the decision to move after ‘careful consideration and various floor plans,’ none of which he felt they could make work. He adds that customers can except ‘the old B&B vibe with some refining and tweaks,’ including a private backyard beer garden. Though no official timeline has been established, he is hoping to reopen in 2-3 months.

Brian Campbell is a co-founder/Brand Manager of the BNBA’s enthusiast arm, Buffalo Beer League, and writes the weekly Buffalo Beer Buzz column. If you have beer news that should be included in the Beer Buzz, Brian can be reached at buffalobeerleague@aol.com, on Twitter (@buffbeerleague), Instagram (@buffalobeerleague), Facebook (@thebuffalobeerleague) and www.buffalobeerleague.com.