Seneca Brewtopia Beer Festival at Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino
The first ever Seneca Brewtopia Beer Festival at Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino will take place on Nov. 23. Breweries scheduled to attend include Resurgence Brewing, BlackBird Cider Works, Founders Brewing, Great Lakes Brewing, 42 North Brewing, Labatt, Wicked Weed and Kona Brewing with more to be announced. Tickets are $40 (if purchased before Oct. 1) and $55 (if purchased Oct. 2 or after) and include commemorative sampling glass, $15 ticket exchange voucher and a soft pretzel. Tickets for the event can be purchased here.
Fifth Annual NYS Pint Days Returns May 2025
The 5th annual New York State Pint Days, a statewide event where $1 per pint glass sold at participating breweries directly supports the New York State Brewers Association, returns May 1-5, 2025. Each year the NYS Pint Days Glass features a unique design that celebrates NYS craft beer. This year’s commemorative glass will be designed by Em Sauter, an award-winning cartoonist and founder of Pints and Panels, a site dedicated to visual beer education. Participating breweries will be announced in the coming weeks and months.
Habitat for Humanity 2025 Craft Brew Tour Cards on Sale
The 2025 Habitat for Humanity’s Craft Brew Tour Card is available for pre-sale now. For $40, you’ll get a free drink at 33 of Western New York’s best breweries, distilleries, and bars, including 12 Gates, 42 North, Beer Kind Brewing, Big Ditch, Brazen Brewing, Buffalo Olde Brewery, Flying Bison, Hamburg Brewing, Hofbrauhaus, New York Beer Project, Pod City Beer Labs, Prosper, Resurgence, Southern Tier Buffalo, Steelbound Brewery, Windy Brew, First Line, The Ridge West Seneca, Mystic Hills, and Woodcock Brothers, cider from Blackbird Cider, mead from Lilly Belle Meads and Queen City Meadery, and more. Only 3,000 will be available. All proceeds support Habitat Buffalo in building a home for a family in need. You can purchase online here.
Advent Beer Boxes on Sale Around Western New York
If you want to ring in the holiday season in style, consider picking up an Advent Calendar Beer Box. Each box includes 24 craft beers in a variety of styles, such as lagers, ambers, stouts, IPAs, sours and more. Cans and bottles are individually numbered and are meant to be enjoyed on each of the 24 days leading up to Christmas Day, beginning Dec. 1. You can purchase Advent Beer Boxes right now at Magic Bear Beer Cellar ($119), Consumer’s Beverages ($89.99), Fattey Beer Co. ($139.99), New York State Brewers Association ($149) and Bottle Rocket Beer Reserve ($120).
Enter to Win a $100 Bar Tab From Beer Kind Brewing
Step Out Buffalo and Beer Kind Brewing are teaming up to give away a $100 bar tab to the brewery and their self-pour tap wall. All you need to do to enter is click here and enter your name and email address. The giveaway runs through Nov. 25. In addition to their self-pour tap wall full of their own beer and some guest taps, Beer Kind offers hard seltzers, non-alcoholic beverages and more. Beer Kind’s beer is also now available in cans, either in single 16oz. cans or 4-packs, to purchase to go.
42 North Brewing Announces Barrel Jam V
42 North Brewing will host the fifth annual Barrel Jam on Saturday, Jan. 25 (2-5pm), which celebrates the art of barrel-aging beers with live music and winter sports. Participating breweries include Brewery Ardennes, Eli Fish Brewing, Meier’s Creek Brewing, Jack’s Abby, Drowned Lands, Ommegang, Strangebir, Prison City, Ellicottville Brewing, 1927 BrewHouse, 1911, and 42 North. The event also includes a Rail Jam ski/snowboard competition, live music from Olmsted Dub System and more. VIP tickets ($50) include all samplings, commemorative tasting glass and early entry and general admission tickets ($40) include samplings and tasting glass. Tickets are available at the 42 North taproom and at https://bit.ly/4fHwZ6A.
Big Ditch Brewing Drops Non-Alcoholic Beer, NA Burner
Big Ditch Brewing has released NA Burner, the first non-alcoholic brew canned in Buffalo in nearly a century. NA Burner packs all the hoppy aroma and flavor of Hayburner into a non-alcoholic IPA – a 12oz. can contains less than 0.5% alcohol by volume and contains only 50 calories. NA Burner is available now in 6-packs of 12oz. cans at Big Ditch’s taproom. The beer will also be available wherever great craft beer is sold and supermarkets across Western New York, including Wegmans, Consumer’s Beverages, Tops, Dash’s, and more.
Brian Campbell is co-founder and Brand Manager of the 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 brian@buffalobeerleague.com, on Twitter (@buffbeerleague), Instagram, Threads and Untappd (@buffalobeerleague), and Facebook (@thebuffalobeerleague).
