Living in Buffalo and being a craft beer fan is an embarrassment of riches. Each week, seeming each day, I’m blessed with an overabundance of great options each time I open my fridge and reach for a beer. Through the Buffalo Beer League, I am always looking for new ways to promote all of the delicious liquid being created right here in Western New York, so consider this column, The Best Thing I Drank This Week, just another vehicle to help spread the word of great local craft beer.
In this column, each week I will highlight the best beer I had the pleasure of imbibing the previous week, and will ask my BBL cohorts to submit their selections as well. So, not only will you get the best thing I drank this week, you will also be presented with further options and opinions from the rest of the guys as well. That way, if you’re looking for some new stuff to stock your beer fridge with (and you always should be), then you’ll have more than one item to add to your shopping list.
The Best Thing I Drank This Week: Pressure Drop Brewing Death Lettuce IPA
Brought back in honor of Pressure Drop’s third anniversary, the newly reimagined Death Lettuce is now a hazy IPA, one that features notes of dank tropical fruit with a clean, refreshing finish. While the original version lent itself more to a West Coast IPA, the new Death Lettuce is more aligned with East Coast IPAs, though there are some West Coast tendencies to be found here.
Our Sunday consisted of football, a @BuffaloBills win, and tacos as we continue to raise a glass to three years of @pressurebrewers. We’re enjoying Death Lettuce Hazy IPA – dank tropical fruit with a clean finish. Now time to binge the first season of “Locke and Key” on @netflix. pic.twitter.com/mb67OBYmBc
— Buffalo Beer League (@buffbeerleague) November 30, 2020
Other receiving votes:
- Scott: New York Beer Project Brewer’s Reserve Barrel Aged Sour
- Jesse: Resurgence Brewing Head in the Clouds DIPA
- Mark: Pressure Drop Death Lettuce IPA
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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).
