For the first time ever, the Tap & Craft Festival comes to Buffalo RiverWorks on Saturday, Oct. 4, featuring more than 30 craft breweries, cideries, wineries and distilleries.
The fourth annual festival has something for every drinker. There will be craft beer available from West Kill Brewing, Other Half Brewing, Talking Cursive Brewing, BriarBrothers Brewing, Brewery Ardennes, Nomxd Brew, Mortalis Brewing, Eli Fish, Imprint Beer, Heavy Reel Brewing, Urban Artifact, Trillium Brewing, Drekker Brewing, Dancing Gnome, Resident Culture Brewing, Maine Beer, Strangebird, Rising Storm Brewing, The Drowned Lands, Evil Twin Brewing, Brazen, Spotted Octopus, Pearl Street Brewing and more.
There will also be cider from Tree Hugger Cider, wine from Vieni Estates, spirits from Hartman’s Distilling, Shankys Whip and Lock One Distilling, canned cocktails from Lake Hour and Long Drink and mead from The Bull and Bee Meadery.
There will also be live music from Buffalo Dead Alliance (3-6:30 pm).
VIP tickets ($45, pre-sale only), include a tasting glass, four hours of sampling, VIP-only tastings, a pretzel necklace, a Lock Tender sticker, and more, and General admission tickets ($35 pre-sale, $50 day of) include a tasting glass and sampling. Designated Driver tickets are also available for $10.
Paper tickets can be purchased, without fees, at the Lock Tender in Lockport until October 3.
You can purchase tickets and find more information here.
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).
