42 North Brewing Barrel Jam V This Weekend

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 both 42 North taprooms or online at https://bit.ly/4fHwZ6A.

Wild East Brewing Tap Takeover at Brewed & Bottled

Brooklyn’s Wild East Brewing is taking over the taps at Brewed & Bottled in Lewiston on Jan. 24 (5pm). Brewery owner Lindsay Steen will be on-hand to hang out and chat beer and will be bringing along Mischief & Mayhem (Bohemian Style Wheat Lager), Turnstyle Nopal (Margarita Inspired Sour with Prickly Pear) and Bourbon Barrel Aged Belligerence Barleywine on draft and Moderance ESB with vanilla and cocoa on cask. A little more on Wild East Brewing – they combine classic European brewing techniques with modern American craft beer innovations to produce farmhouse-style & mixed fermentation ales, unfiltered hazy IPAs & pilsners, barrel-aged sours and more.

One-Eyed Cat Brewing Becomes One-Eyed Cat Craft House

Williamsville’s One-Eyed Cat Brewing has become One-Eyed Cat Craft House. They have stopped brewing and have shifted focus to serving local beer on tap and craft cocktails made with local spirits. They also have a new menu featuring food from Pork Bellies BBQ. “We’ve stopped brewing, but don’t worry; good things are coming your way! Expect some new thrilling changes pretty soon,” One-Eyed Cat announced via social media. “Here’s the drill: we’re planning to have local brews on tap and stock up your favorite local spirits.” Find more info at https://www.instagram.com/oneeyedcatcrafthouse.

Hamburg Brewing Company Gift Card Giveaway

Hamburg Brewing is teaming up with Evergreen Eye Care to give away a pair of gift cards to both businesses. The winner will receive a $50 gift card to Hamburg Brewing and a $50 gift card to Evergreen Eye Care. To enter, follow both accounts on Instagram, tag 3 friends in the comment section of the contest post and share that post for a bonus entry. The giveaway ends on Jan. 28 ⁠and the winner will be announced on Instagram. You can enter here.

New York Beer Project Beer Dinner at Rationales

For their next beer pairing dinner, Williamsville’s Rationales is partnering up with New York Beer Project on Jan. 30 (6pm) for a 4-course dinner. The menu will feature NYBP Amber Lager beer cheese soup served with New York Amber Lager, pear and goat cheese salad served with a Belgian Witbier, spicy turkey burnt ends on Texas Toast with roasted garlic green beans served with Hazy Crush IPA and house made chocolate fudge brownie with strawberry compote served with Havana Scotch Ale. Tickets for the beer dinner are $65 (includes tax) and are available at www.rationales.beer or by calling 716-427-8784.

Resurgence Brewing Drops White Russian, Big Lebowski-Inspired Beer

Resurgence Brewing has officially released Another Caucasian, Gary, a White Russian-style White Stout inspired by the film “The Big Lebowski” in cans. This beer, originally a homebrew created by the Buffalo Beer League’s Scott McMillan that won The Dude Hates Cancer Homebrew Contest, is light bodied and sessionable at 5.5% with notes of coffee, creamy vanilla, and chocolate. You can find Another Caucasian, Gary on tap and in cans at the brewery as well as wherever great craft beer is sold.

Other Half Buffalo Celebrates 11^th Anniversary

Other Half Buffalo is celebrating the brewery’s 11th anniversary in February with three weeks of beer releases and events. Amped! Week will kick off on Jan. 23 with the release of a number special beers, including DHDHC Double Citra Daydream, an Imperial Oat Cream IPA with hand-selected Citra hops, 11th Anniversary Imperial IPA, which features Citra, Anchovy, Nelson Sauvin, and Motueka hops, ⁠10th Anniversary Triple Dry Hopped Triple IPA, Juiced Juice Double NEIPA and more. Starting on Jan. 30, Other Half Buffalo celebrates Collab Week, and Anniversary Week begins on Feb. 6. Visit https://www.instagram.com/otherhalfbuffalo/ for more info.

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).

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Big Ditch Brewing to Open New Taproom in Lockport

Big Ditch Brewing has announced plans to open a new brewery and taproom in the Historic Post Office Building, located at One East Avenue, in the city of Lockport. The Lockport taproom will feature seating for 250 guests over two levels, along with a large bar, main dining area, outdoor covered patio, and private event space. The venue will also include a small brewery for making experimental beers. It is anticipated that the new Big Ditch Brewing taproom will open by mid-2024. Big Ditch will soon begin hiring staff for the new taproom with available positions at bigditchbrewing.com/jobs.

Local Breweries Unite for VIP Night at Mr. Goodbar’s Cask Fest

Mr. Goodbar’s annual tradition of showcasing local cask beer returns Thursday, December 7. Tickets are $30 and include unlimited tastings of limited edition cask beers from Autark Brewhouse, Big Ditch Brewing, Community Beer Works, Flying Bison, Old First Ward Brewing, Pressure Drop Brewing , 42 North Brewing, Thin Man Brewery, Mortalis Buffalo and OSB Ciderworks. Tickets also include a complimentary tasting glass and Hanzlians sausage. Tickets can be purchased at Mr. Goodbar right now.

Small Business Saturday & Small Brewery Sunday This Weekend

Small business owners and brewery owners are one in the same, hence the need for, and the importance of, Small Business Saturday, November 25, and Small Brewery Sunday, November 26, a weekend that encourages support for local breweries, brewpubs, taprooms, and small businesses that contribute to local communities and economies during the holiday season and beyond. According to the Brewer’s Association, overall U.S. beer volume sales were down 3% in 2022, while craft brewer volume sales remained on par with 2021 with retail sales of craft increasing 5%, to $28.4 billion. Craft now accounts for 24.6% of the $115 billion U.S. beer market.

42 North’s Barrel Jam Returns January 27, 2024

42 North Brewing Company will host its annual Barrel Jam on Saturday, January 27 (2-5pm). The festival celebrates the art of barrel-aging beers with samplings, live music, and winter sports activities. Over a dozen breweries and cideries will join 42 North to feature their barrel-crafted offerings for festival goers. This year’s lineup includes Brewery Ardennes, Eli Fish Brewing, K2 Brewing, 1911 Hard Cider, Clarksburg Cider, and more. VIP tickets feature an additional hour of tasting. Tickets can be purchased via EventBrite or at the brewery.

Pressure Drop Brewing to Celebrate 6^th Anniversary

In honor of their 6th anniversary on November 25, Pressure Drop Brewing is throwing a party, a day of beer-driven fun. Not only is the brewery releasing a pair of new beers, 6 Freakin’ Years West Coast IPA, brewed with Citra, Mosaic, Simcoe, Chinook and Aaaroma hops, and Low Earth Orbit Schwarzbier, a new collab with Tokyo Aleworks, a 4.9% black lager with notes of chocolate and coffee, at 11am, they are tapping a cask of 6 Freakin’ Years (4:20pm) and popping magnums of Blackalicious Imperial Stout for an exclusive beer share (8pm). There will also be a new food menu and a brunch and Bloody Mary bar.

Eli Fish Brewing Black Friday Barrel Release

To celebrate Black Friday, Eli Fish Brewing is rolling out the barrels. Beers include Barrel Aged Heavy Maple (11.5% waterless wee heavy aged in Van Brunt Stillhouse Apple Brandy casks), Barrel Aged Autumn Maple (12.8% fall spiced waterless wee heavy aged in Van Brunt Stillhouse Apple Brandy casks), Where Wasn’t It? (16.4% imperial stout aged 16 months in a Black Button bourbon barrel, 8 months in a maple bourbon barrel, and 6 months in a Van Brunt Stillhouse Apple Brandy barrel), and The Truuf (6.2% mixed ferm saison rested in chardonnay casks with brett and then in apple brandy casks from Van Brunt Stillhouse with shaved black truffles). The event begins at 11am.

Other Half Brewing, Brewed & Bottled, Aurora Brew Works Collab Release

Other Half Brewing, Lewiston’s Brewed & Bottled Craft Beer Shop and East Aurora’s Aurora Brew Works have teamed up on a new beer, Deep Orbit: Budde & Howe, a barrel-aged imperial stout with vanilla, cacao nibs, and cinnamon, named in honor of Brewed & Bottled owner Chris Budde and ABW owner Darryl Howe. The beer will be on draft and in bottles at both locations, while supplies last, on Black Friday, November 24, at 11am.

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 are individually numbered and are meant to be enjoyed on each of the 24 days leading up to Christmas Day, beginning December 1. You can purchase Advent Beer Boxes at BTR Brews ($119), Fattey Beer Co. ($124.99), Bottle Rocket Beer Reserve ($120), New York State Brewer’s Association ($149), Magic Bear Beer Cellar ($119), Consumer’s Beverages ($89.99), and Premier Gourmet ($99).

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 (@buffalobeerleague), and Facebook (@thebuffalobeerleague).

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First Ever Froth Brewing Froth Fest Coming to Williamsville

Froth Brewing’s inaugural beer festival, Froth Fest 2023, will take place at Island Park in Williamsville on August 12. The event will feature more than 25 local breweries, local food, and live music from The Strictly Hip. The beer tasting portion of Froth Fest, 12:30-3:30pm, is ticketed. General admission tickets are $60 and VIP tickets are $100. VIP includes early access, exclusive Liquid Lollipop release, and custom glassware. Froth Fest will take place from 12-10pm and live music, food, and Froth beer trailers will be open to the public for free. You can purchase tickets here.

BTR Brews to Show Down Main St. for Kickoff to Summer

BTR Brews are shutting down Main St. on June 17 for their second annual Kick Off to Summer, which will feature craft beers, vendors, food trucks and live music. The event is free and drink ticket sheets are $20. There will be beer from Community Beer Works, Resurgence, Froth, Southern Tier, Ellicottville Brewing and more, live music by The Strictly Hip and Doubleshot, and food from Yankee BBQ, Coyote Cafe, Buffalo Bros., and more. There will also be a hot dog sale to benefit Buddy’s Second Chance Rescue, pretzel necklaces to benefit the Seneca Girls LAX Team, and more.

Tickets Remain for Rhythm and Brews Benefit at Kleinhans

A limited amount of tickets still remain for Rhythm and Brews at Kleinhans Music Hall on June 16. The event will feature beer from 13 local breweries and cideries, cuisine from Oliver’s, Britesmith, Creekview Restaurant, and Marcato by Oliver’s, and live music by My Cousin Tone’ and The John Bacon Quintet. Proceeds will benefit Kleinhans’s programming and building upkeep. General admission tickets are $45 and VIP is $75, which includes early admission, first tastings and reserved seating. For tickets, call (716) 885-5000 or visit kleinhansbuffalo.org.

Tickets on Sale for 2023 Ballpark BrewBash

While the 2023 Ballpark BrewBash at Sahlen’s Field is still a few months away (September 16), tickets are on sale now at all Consumer’s Beverages locations. General admission tickets are $35 and VIP tickets are $75. Consumer’s is currently running a special offer – purchase either a GA or VIP ticket and receive a Buffalo Bisons game flex ticket, $9 coupon for Sahlen’s Premium Meats Field Craft Corner and $10 gift card to Consumer’s.

Brewed & Bottled to Host Wandering Gypsy Cask Tapping

Wandering Gypsy Brewing will tap a cask of their Good Energy IPA at Brewed & Bottled Craft Beer Shop in Lewiston on June 17 (12pm). The cask, brewed by former Brickyard Brewing head brewer John Paul Meteer, who is currently brewing for Wandering Gypsy while building out his own brewery in Niagara Falls, Hammer & Crown, is a juicy, bitter and refreshing hazy IPA that’s triple dry hopped with Mosaic hops. Grab a pint while supplies last and chat with the brewer.

Registration Now Open for The Dude’s Homebrew Competition

Calling all homebrewers! Registration is now open for the 9th annual The Dude’s Homebrew Competition, which raises money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. This year’s event will be on August 20 (12-3pm) at Resurgence Brewing, where homebrewers will serve samples of their beer to attendees, who will vote for their favorite beer, which will be judged by a panel of local brewers. The winners will then get to brew their entry at Resurgence. For more information, click here. Tickets for the tasting event are not on sale yet. The event has raised more than $12,000 the past two years.

Inaugural Weirdly Wonderful Beer Fest Coming to Buffalo

The inaugural Weirdly Wonderful Beer Festival on July 22 (12pm), presented by Thin Man Brewery, will feature more than 60 breweries from all over the globe, showcasing their wares at Front Park. Beer will be available from Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen, Aslin, 450 North, Bellwoods, Carton, Seven Island Brewery, Sloop Brewing, Allagash, 3 Sons Brewing, Dancing Gnome, and more. Weirdly Wonderful will also play host to local food vendors, live music, local retail vendors, and more. General admission tickets are $65 and VIP is $150 (early admission, festival shirt, 2-500ML barrel aged stouts, 2 16oz. cans of festival beer). You can purchase tickets here.

Resurgence Brewing, K2 Brothers Team on New Fruited Sour

Resurgence and K2 have joined forces on Pie Smash Sour, a fruited sour with strawberry rhubarb and banana cream pie flavors. The beer will be released on June 17 (12pm) at Resurgence in the Park at the Parkside Lodge in Delaware Park. The release party will also feature other Resurgence and K2 beers for sale and lawn games like KanJam and cornhole. Pie Smash Sour will be available in single cans and 4-pack cans.

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 (@buffalobeerleague), and Facebook (@thebuffalobeerleague).

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Resurgence Brewing to Release New Resurgence to the Rescue Cans

A launch party to celebrate the release of “Jameson’s Summer Ale” and “Sven’s Session IPA” will be held on July 10 (12pm) at Resurgence Brewing. Sven, a service dog from WNY Heroes, last year’s champion, and Jameson, a mostly blind cat adopted from Niagara SPCA, are this year’s winners of the Resurgence to the Rescue Pet Photo Contest and will be featured on the Resurgence summer beer cans. Enjoy food, drinks, pet-related vendors, and more. Prizes will be awarded to pets with the best tricks and donations will be made to Ten Lives Club and City of Buffalo Animal Shelter.

Exclusive Magic Bear Beer Cellar x 42 North Brewing Collab

After collaborating with the likes of Lilly Belle Meads and Brewery Ardennes, Magic Bear Beer Cellar is now teaming up with 42 North Brewing on an exclusive collaborative beer, 42 Magic Bear-ries, a strawberry, blackberry & raspberry fruited gose made with 42 lbs. of each fruit. The beer will be available at the official release party at Magic Bear on July 8 (5pm). 42 Magic Bear-ries will also be available at 42 North next week.

Hofbrauhaus to Tap Pilsner with Bandits Head Coach

On July 7, Hofbrauhaus Buffalo will hold a special keg tapping of their Pilsner with Buffalo Bandits Head Coach John Tavares. There will be a ceremonial parade, followed by the tapping of the keg at 6pm. This Pilsner-style beer is crisp with a fine floral hoppy flavor. Die Haus Band will also perform at 6pm. You can make reservations at www.hofbrauhausbuffalo.com.

First Annual Basecamp Festival Coming to Swain Resort

On July 9 (2pm), the first annual Basecamp Festival, featuring live music from Organ Fairchild and Folkfaces, craft beer from 42 North Brewing, chairlift rides, hiking, vendors and more, is coming to Swain Ski Resort. Tickets range from $25 – $50 and include entry into the festival, chairlift rides, hiking, beer tastings, lawn games, craft vendors, product showcases and more. The first 200 guests receive a free mug from 42 North. Tent and RV camping are available for an additional fee. There will also be food and a beer garden. Purchase tickets here.

Thin Man, Brewed & Bottled Craft Beer Shop Launch New Beer Series 

If you find yourself with tickets to a concert at Artpark this summer, you can experience the true power of beer and music as Thin Man Brewery and Lewiston’s Brewed & Bottled Craft Beer Shop have teamed up on a new summer concert beer series, which consists of four beers brewed exclusively for four summer concerts. Current plans calls for four collaborative releases with more information to be announced soon. Thus far, beer releases include Golden Tear, a West Coast-style IPA brewed for Flogging Molly, and Not A Real Fur Coat, a NEIPA brewed for Barenaked Ladies. These beers will be available exclusively at Brewed & Bottled.

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 (@buffalobeerleague), and Facebook (@thebuffalobeerleague).

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If you’re reading this, chances are high that you drink craft beer. And if you drink craft beer, chances are even higher than you listen to music while doing so. Music and beer is perhaps the most powerful sensory pairing imaginable, one that can conjure memories regardless of time passed. If you find yourself with tickets to a concert at Artpark this summer, you can experience the true power of beer and music as Thin Man Brewery and Lewiston’s Brewed & Bottled Craft Beer Shop have teamed up on a new summer concert beer series, which consists of four beers brewed exclusively for four summer concerts.

First up is Golden Tear, a West Coast-style IPA brewed for Saturday’s Flogging Molly concert. The beer, whose name is plucked from the liner notes of the band’s song “What’s Left of the Flag?” features notes of dank pine and resin and light malt sweetness. It’s an extremely drinkable, old school IPA worthy of firing you up before an energetic show.

And if you want some of Golden Tear, cans and draft are ONLY available at Brewed & Bottled.

Brewed & Bottled Owner Chris Budde says that when he was first approached by Thin Man about the Summer Concert Series, it was a no brainer.

“Mike Shatzel and the Thin Man crew approached me with the idea to create a collaboration for Lewiston’s Summer Concert Series,” he explains. “In the past, we’ve had pop-ups and tappings, but this is next level. The idea was awesome and, of course, I said yes! I’m ecstatic to be a part of this and to have named Golden Tear after Flogging Molly’s song, “What’s Left of The Flag.” I am humbled to be able to have the Brewed & Bottled logo on a can label. How cool is that?”

Thin Man’s Rudy Watkins says that this new collaboration was born out of a mutual love of craft beer and music.

Current plans calls for four collaborative releases this summer with more information on those to be announced in the coming weeks and months. Budde says that the Summer Concert Series will be a continuing series that we’re going to expand even further next summer. Watkins further explains that when it comes to future beers in this series, “you can expect tasty, refreshing beverages and great label artwork.”

“We have four releases planned, so far,” Budde explains. “I can tell you that the next beer (draft and 4-pack) will be dropping before the Barenaked Ladies show on July 5.”

That beer is Not A Real Fur Coat, an easy drinking 7% NEIPA was brewed to match the incessant good-vibe, kitschy, 90s nostalgia of Canada’s Barenaked Ladies.

Music makes beer taste better, plain and simple. It’s a scientific fact. In the world’s largest ever multi-sensory experiment, by matching the tastings, aromas and flavors to instruments, notes and soundscapes, Charles Spence, a professor of experimental psychology at Oxford University, researched 3000 people’s reactions to taste, sound and light while drinking a selection of beer. The study found that changes in both color and sound can immediately change taste by nearly 10%.

For the study, Spence paired American wheat beers Goose Island 312 and Blue Moon with Neil Young’s “Harvest Moon,” concluding ‘both wheat beers suggested lazy summer evenings, the sun draining slowly over the distant skyline; and Blue Moon edged ahead through its, and the music’s, richly sweet timbre and notes of dreamy melancholia.’ He also paired Belgian blonde Duvel with The Pixies’ “Debaser.” ‘The grunge band’s hyper-ventilating guitar and surrealist lyrics set against Duvel’s frenetic blond bubbles and throat-grabbing, lip-wiring flavors.’

“This is a next level moment for me, one of the coolest things to have happened yet in the history of B&B and for me as a beer lover,” Budde says. “High five to the Thin Man crew for being awesome to us.”

“Why do they go together?” Watkins asks of the beer and music pairing. “What’s better than watching a band while enjoying a frosty beverage? I’ve always tried to imbue beers with music I love. This is a great opportunity to work on that!”

Stay tuned to https://www.facebook.com/BrewedBottled for more details.

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 (@buffalobeerleague), and Facebook (@thebuffalobeerleague).

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Brewed & Bottled has been temporarily closed at 402 Center St. since January 12.

“The building we will be located in was originally a firehouse in the early 1900s and is currently being completely redesigned and renovated,” Budde says. “It’s very important for us to stay in Lewiston. Not only do I live in the community, we add a truly unique experience to Center St. Before I opened the shop, I had always wanted a bottle shop and beer bar here in Lewiston – so I made that happen. I honestly cannot think of Lewiston without Brewed and Bottled. This is where we are meant to be!”

The move was necessitated after the owners of Gallo Coal Fire Kitchen purchased the plaza with plans for expansion. Budde explains that while he was initially planning on keeping the shop in the plaza, in the end that idea just wasn’t feasible.

“Originally, we would be moving to the end of the plaza and continuing to operate on the property,” he explains. “After careful consideration and various floor plans, we could not make our business fit in the space that was offered to us. The owner of the property that we are relocating to has great enthusiasm for and dedication to his future tenants, we were impressed and inspired by his positivity and decided that’s where we would like to be.”

Budde can’t help but reminisce a bit about their old space, saying “I’ll miss the memories that we made in the original location. Many beer firsts for Niagara County happened in that space!” But looking ahead to the new location, he shares his overwhelming excitement about his new neighbors, especially a brewery. “I’m looking forward to having a brand new build out and great neighbors. We will be joined by Sgt. Peppers Hot Sauces Etc. and Mad Hatter Tea House. We’re between the Frontier House (built in 1824 and currently going to be redeveloped after years of sitting vacant), one of the most historic and iconic buildings in Lewiston and our friends at the Brickyard Brewing. Lewiston’s two beer-centric businesses will be next door neighbors. I’m also very excited to have a backyard beer garden. We had a great space up front at our original location; however we now have the opportunity to create a great green and private space.”

As far as what customers can expect from the new space, Budde reveals that they can expect ‘the old B&B vibe with some refining and tweaks,” including some brand new additions the new location will allow for that were not a possibility at their former space, including outdoor space. “We will have a great [new] private outdoor space that will be very relaxing. [Additionally], Other Half Brewing can drops will continue when we reopen and now we [will] have the ability to collaborate with Brickyard Brewing easier,” he adds.

“Our timeframe depends on the building and licensing of our new space,” he admits. “We’re anticipating spring, but do not want to give a firm timeline yet.”

For any and all updates on Brewed & Bottled, please visit https://www.facebook.com/BrewedBottled.

***All photos courtesy of Brewed & Bottled

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.

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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.

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As I write this, I’m indifferent. Sure, it’s Friday, which is awesome and we have Fruity Funky Friday at Coles and Goodbar and  Funk Fest at New York Beer Project on tap for tonight, but that also means there is only today, then the weekend, left for Buffalo Beer Week. While I won’t entirely miss just how freaking busy I have been on the daily, I look forward to being able to take naps again. Yes, I’m old.

Regardless, there are tons of events going on today. From beer festivals and sour beer events to tap takeovers and beer walks, there’s something for everything tonight. If you want to go out and just grab a beer and listen to some live music, then that’s on the docket for today as well. Take a look for yourself.

Today is also the final day to win some free beer from my friends at Buffalo Brewing. And it’s easy to get in the running. They are giving away a case of beer – fresh cans of 1932 Oat Cream IPA and 1906 New England IPA – now through 11pm tonight. All you have to do is visit them on Instagram (@buffalobrewingcompany), follow them and tag three friends in the comments. If you win you can pick up your beer on Saturday during retail hours. It’s just that easy. A few clicks and you could be one case of beer richer.

Woodcock Brothers is gathering up over 20 New York State breweries serving all fall seasonal style brews at their Wilson headquarters, along with live music (Experimental Sandwich, 7pm), food trucks, distilleries, ciders and lawn games at the third annual NY Fall Beer Festival (6pm). $3 per drink ticket, good for a 5oz pour.

Celebrate the 10^th Anniversary Buffalo Beer Week in the beautiful Village of Lewiston. Start at Brewed & Bottled Craft Beer Shop (5pm), where you’ll taste beer and learn about history of craft beer in the area. Sample beers at select village establishments from there. Pay as you go.

In honor of Sour Beer Day, New York Beer Project are funking up the taps (in a good way) at the first ever Funk Fest: A Celebration of Sours (5pm). They are pulling out all the sour stops as, not only are they returning four of their most beloved sours, they are debuting half a dozen new brews, including a sour take on a classic refreshing beverage, four Berliner Weisse variants born out of a friendly competition between NYBP brewers, and a barrel aged sour.

Pizza Plant Transit are tapping a few Mortalis Brewing beers (5pm). They are featuring Orion Double IPA (Mosaic, Citra & Nelson hops) and Venus Strawberry Fig Newton Milk Stout.

Osborn Nash will be performing at Big Inlet (6pm), Tommy Link will take to the stage at Four Mile (6pm) and Qwister will perform at 12 Gates (8pm).

Are you a sour beer lover? This day is perfect for you! Enjoy a selection of session, fruity and barrel aged sours at Mr. Goodbar and Coles in honor of Sour Beer Day at Fruity Funky Friday (5pm). Mr. Goodbar will tap Gun Hill City Island Gose, Discord Disconnected Sour IPA, DuClaw My, My, My Key Lime Pie Sour IPA, Almanac Cherry Sournova and more, while Coles will tap Upstate Lemonade Sour, LIC Beer Project Gal Friday (Cherry & Vanilla) Berliner Weisse, Sixpoint Firecracker Sour IPA, Thin Man Minkey Boodle and bottles of Crooked Stave. Free entry. A la carte pints.

Elsewhere during Buffalo Beer Week, as has become custom, Buffalo Brewing Company will be open every single day. Pearl Street (seasonal beers with Beer Week booklet) and Lafayette Brewing are offering $3.50 pints all Beer Week long, and score $2 off pints at Pizza Plant (both locations) and $4 pints at Riverworks Brewing with coupons you can find in the official Beer Week book. Also, Blackbird Cider Works have daily specials, Hamm & Fattey’s and Fattey Beer Co. are running select $3 pint specials (check Buffalobeerweek.com for more details) and Five & 20 will be donating a portion of the proceeds from their specially priced Beer of the Month to Habitat for Humanity during the entire course of Buffalo Beer Week.

If you’re drinking something local during Buffalo Beer Week, post it on social media and tag the BBL – @Buffalobeerleague (Instagram), @Buffbeerleague (Twitter) and @Thebuffalobeerleague (Facebook). Also, use the hashtag #Buffalobeerweek.

Keep it locked to www.buffalobeerweek.com for more daily blog posts regarding all of the beers, all of the events and all of the happenings going on throughout Buffalo Beer Week. To see all the events that are happening over the next 10 days and to read the official Buffalo Beer Week book, visit http://www.buffalobeerweek.com. The theme this year is ‘ten years of craft beer.’ For more information, please visit Buffaloniagarabrewersassociation.org and Facebook.com/BuffaloNiagaraBrewersAssociation.

These next 10 days are about beer yes, but above all else, drink responsibly and be safe. If you need a ride home, try Lyft, Uber or Liberty Cab’s Ride Local. There are plenty of options to both drink and get home responsibly.

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 for Step Out Buffalo. 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) and Facebook (@thebuffalobeerleague).

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Lewiston’s Brewed and Bottled Craft Beer Shop to Remain Open (For Now)

Brewed & Bottled Craft Beer Shop, Lewiston’s only craft beer bottle shop, will not close their doors on March 24 as had been originally announced. Owner Chris Budde announced a few weeks back that they had lost their lease and were being forced to vacate their current location at 402 Center Street. That is no longer the case, though no additional information was provided. “While we don’t have any hard details to share right now, we can safely say that we’re NOT closing on March 24th as originally announced,” Budde recently announced. You can find the latest news and updates, as well as B&B’s hours of operation, at https://www.facebook.com/BrewedBottled.

Thin Man to Host Péché Day for Third Straight Year

Thin Man Brewery is one of only 68 establishments worldwide who will serve as official hosts of Péché Day 2019, a celebration of the beloved Imperial Coffee Stout from Montreal’s Brasserie Dieu du Ciel, on March 23 (11am). In addition to Péché Mortel 2019, Thin Man will also tap a number of variants, including Péché Mortel Bourbon 2018 & 2019, which is aged in bourbon barrels, Péché Mortel Cerise Imperial Coffee & Cherry Stout, Péché Mortel Coconut Imperial Coffee & Coconut Stout, Péché Mortel Islay, which is aged in Islay scotch barrels and Péché Moka Imperial Coffee & Cocoa Stout.

12 Gates Brewing to Release Hermetic IPA in Cans, Preorder Now

12 Gates Brewing are canning their Hermetic IPA, and will release the former seasonal IPA on March 30 (12pm). The beer, brewed with Citra, Amarillo, Mosaic, Rakau and Waimea hops, features notes of pineapple, grapefruit and tropical fruit. 16oz. 4-packs will cost $14 (includes tax and deposit, limit 2 cases per person), and you can preorder yours now at HopMule (https://app.myhopmule.com/#/releases) to ensure you do not miss out. Additionally, if you order a case (6 x 4-packs), you will receive a limited edition can art poster (only 100 available). Each poster is signed and numbered by Head Brewer Scott Shuler.

Drink Local Beer and Explore the Buffalo Museum of Science at Beerology

Learn about the science of beer as you explore the best the Buffalo Museum of Science has to offer with a fresh craft beer in hand at Beerology, the museum’s annual fundraising event, on March 23 (6-10pm). Sample from some of the best breweries and cideries in the area, snack on beer-friendly foods and enjoy presentations on homebrewing, a variety of beer-related topics and more. Admission includes 10 drink tickets (good for one tasting each), food samples, live entertainment and access to all of the museum’s permanent exhibits and galleries. Those looking for tickets can visit https://www.facebook.com/events/2285065688231484/ to check availability.

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.

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Brewed & Bottled Craft Beer Shop, Lewiston’s one and only beer store and one of Western New York’s premier craft beer shops, will close their doors on March 24. Owner Chris Budde announced in a Facebook post that they have lost their lease and are being forced to vacate their current location at 402 Center Street. Brewed & Bottled have been in business since August 5, 2016.

“To our customers and friends, it is with disappointed, heavy hearts that we announce that Brewed And Bottled Craft Beer Shop will be vacating our location at 402 Center Street in Lewiston,” Budde’s announcement read. “We have lost our lease. While our plans have always been to remain in the plaza, unfortunately, we are at the mercy of circumstances out of our control. Our last day of business at our current location will be March 24. Please come hang out with us and help us give our first home a proper sendoff!”

Budde continues that he and his wife, fellow owner and operator Jessica Budde, are not closing their doors for good and are currently looking for a new location in Lewiston to reopen their shop.

“We absolutely love Lewiston and have no intentions of abandoning our community. We’re currently exploring other opportunities in the area and hope to be back in action as soon as possible.”

The response to Brewed & Bottled’s closing has, aside from mostly sad and sorrowful, been overwhelmingly positive and full of support from the community at large. Budde adds that it’s been difficult to process all of the support they have received in these trying times.

‘I confidently feel you’ll come back bigger and better. Keep the vision strong!’ one commenter on Facebook said. ‘Thanks for the amazing service and kindnesses you’ve shown us. Just know that wherever you go we will follow!’ said another, while others said ‘thank you for all your service…this is just a speed bump to a great future’ and ‘I’m sure this will just be a bump in the road, and will not stop you from finding something bigger & better in the near future.’

“There aren’t enough words to express how grateful we are for all the support from our customers over the last two and a half years, and it is with absolute fire and enthusiasm that we look forward to the next chapter in store for our beer family,” Budde concludes. “Stay tuned for further updates.”

You can find the latest news and updates, as well as B&B’s hours of operation, at https://www.facebook.com/BrewedBottled. We will also have updates across all Buffalo Beer League social media platforms.

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.

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