Pizza Plant Presents Annual Tim’s Beer Show Tasting Event
The man who helped usher in the modern day craft beer movement in Western New York, Buffalo beer’s godfather and Flying Bison Brewing brainchild, Tim Herzog, will once again host New York’s longest running beer event, Tim’s Beer Show, at Pizza Plant Transit on Oct. 22 (7pm). The curated tasting experience features Herzog hosting a unique journey through beer, from light to dark to extreme as you sample, discuss and learn. Tickets are $50 and include a tasting glass, Pizza Plant breadsticks and 12 4oz. beer samples. Tickets can be purchased at Pizza Plant.
Tap & Craft Festival Comes to Riverworks This Weekend
The Tap & Craft Festival is coming to Buffalo Riverworks this weekend on Saturday, October 4, featuring more than 30 craft breweries, cideries, wineries and distilleries. There will also be live music from Buffalo Dead Alliance. Tickets still remain – VIP ($45 pre-sale only) includes a tasting glass, four hours of sampling, VIP-only tastings, pretzel necklace, and more. General admission ($35 pre-sale, $50 day of) includes a tasting glass and sampling. Designated Driver tickets are also available for $10. You can purchase tickets at tapandcraft.com. There will be a limited amount of tickets available at the door day-of.
And if you’re still thirsty after the festival concludes, the official after party takes place at BriarBrothers Brewing. Your festival wristband gets you $6 draft pours.
Hofbrauhaus Buffalo to Release Festbier
Hofbrauhaus will tap their Festbier on Oct. 2 (6 pm) with a ceremonial keg tapping parade led by special barrel tappers The Mafia Babes. The event will benefit the P.U.N.T. Pediatric Cancer Collaborative with live music, raffles for prizes such as signed Josh Allen and Dawson Knox memorabilia, Hofbräuhaus Stein Club Memberships and more, craft vendors including Threaded & Laced, Buffalo Braid Co., Charmed at the Bar, and more. Hofbrauhaus’ Festbier closely resembles the Americanized version of Oktoberfestbiers with notes of toasted bread, caramel and fruit, and, according to the brewery, pairs well with rich foot such as pork and sweet desserts like apfel stuedel. For reservations, visit www.hofbrauhausbuffalo.com.
Buffalo Brewing Company Beer Sale
Buffalo Brewing Company is blowing out their beer inventory, both in cans and on draft, at their Myrtle Avenue taproom, with a huge beer sale this week. All draft beer is buy-one-get-one free this week and cans, both 16oz. 4-packs and 12oz. 6-packs, are $9.99, including Manru Lager, Sunday Sauce Cream Ale, 1976 Grodziskie, Refined Simplicity Czech Dark Lager, Pineapple Cream Ale, 1825 NEIPA, Blanc Kolsch, All Shored Up Cream Ale, 1789 ESB and Golden Snowbeer. The sale will run as long as supplies last.
Oktoberfest Celebrations in Full Swing This Weekend
This weekend is big one for Oktoberfest celebrations and parties all across Western New York. Oktoberfest at Steel Leaf Brewing (October 3-5) features the launch of their Festbier, German-inspired food specials, seasonal beers, contests, giveaways, games, stein-holding competitions and more. Beer Kind Brewing Kindtoberfest (October 4) features new beer releases, food from Happy Tacos, cider donuts, kids’ activities, festive movies and more. At Oktoberfest at Gowanda Brewing (October 4), there will German beer such as Festbier, Oktoberfest, Schwartzbier and Pumpkin Ale, German food specials and live music, stein-hoisting competition, chicken dance contest and more. Woodcock Brothers’ annual Cocktoberfest (October 4, North Tonawanda) features German music, authentic German food, beer specials, and more. JL Fest 2025 at Johnson’s Landing is a two-day fall festival (October 3-4) filled with live music from Nineties By Nature, Crush Crush Crush and Hazzard County Band, food, vendors, photo booths, multiple bars, VIP section, axe throwing, mini petting zoo and more. Prost!
Hamburg Brewing to Release Special Stout Mix Pack
Colder weather is on the horizon and Hamburg Brewing is getting everyone ready with the release of a special mixed stout pack on October 8 (6-9 pm). The Nitro Stout Six Mix includes two cans each of Nitro OMS (oatmeal milk stout), Espresso Martini (milk stout with espresso) and S’Mores Stout (stout with marshmallow and graham cracker). There will be beer samplings, 6-packs available to go, live music from Maui Jim (7 pm), food specials and more. The release party is free and open to the public.
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 X (@buffbeerleague), Instagram, Threads and Untappd (@buffalobeerleague), and Facebook (@thebuffalobeerleague).
