2018
Buffalo Beer Week EVENT GUIDE Sept. 14 thru Sept. 23
10 Days 100+ Events
The Evolving History & Continuous Education of our Beloved Beverage
www.BuffaloBeerWeek.com
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2018 Buffalo Beer Week Event Guide
Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
Preface: “Embrace Buffalo Beer Week 4 Embrace Buffalo Beer” The Importance of Beer Education in 8 Western New York - Matt Kahn
- Brian Campbell & 14 The 2018 State of the Buffalo Beer Scene Address Jeff Ware - Clay Keel 20 Class Is IN Session
Homebrewing and You: Oh 24 the Beers That You’ll Brew!
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- Dan Baish
Brewing To Style: A Further Understanding of the Beer in Your Glass - Erik Wollschlager
Educating the Masses From 38 The Other Side of the Bar
- Aaron Thomas
42 Local Colleges Off a Major in Beer - Brian Campbell 46 The Buffalo Beer League Wants You! 48
Discovering the Difference Between Lagers and Ales
- Amy Brooks
55-56 Buffalo Beer Week Featured Events! Take Your Beer Career to the Next Level 58 with the Beer Goddesses - Brian Campbell
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A tale as Old as Time: Learning the Pairing 62 of Beer and Cheese - Tom Robson
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Things Are Brewing As Buffalo’s Beer Scene Continues to Grow - Erik Wollschlager
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Take The Clean Beer Initiative: The Last Line of Defence Against Bad Beer - Brian Campbell Farm to Pint… It Matters
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Beer Week Events Listings
Unsung Heroes of Beer Week
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- Events Happening All Week - Event Listings By The Day
- Jason Havens
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Preface
Embrace Buffalo Beer Week. Embrace Buffalo Beer.
WESTERN NEW YORK’S COMPLETE CRAFT BREWERY EXPERIENCE
CELEBRATE BEER. CELEBRATE BUFFALO. 55 East Huron St. • Buffalo, NY 14203 bigditchbrewing.com • 716.854.5050
The apex of civilization, from a Buffalo perspective, was about 100 years ago or so. Back then, Buffalo was a place of commerce where the streets were illuminated by Niagara Falls’ generated electricity, a city that produced two American presidents, the site of a World’s Fair, provided the muse of architects such as Olmsted, Richardson & Wright, and was among the wealthiest cities on the planet. Back then, Buffalo was home to a substantial brewing industry that employed thousands, drew large brewing conferences in 1897 and 1900, and was famous for its impressive breweries and beer gardens. We all know about the fall of Buffalo, the wide right, and the blizzard of ‘77. Buffalo was the place of rust, snow, and an empty also-ran post-industrial downtown. Yet Buffalo, to spite a Charlie Brown attitude that nothing good ever happens, has somehow held on to a vision of a world city with world class aspirations. Why not after all? It seems that big ideas lead to big actions and hence big results. Eradicating diseases, mastering flight, near-instant global communication, going to the moon; humans have developed a taste for making the impossible possible. Why not Buffalo and why not embrace a massive transformative purpose for Buffalo of becoming a world center for brewing? We have access to grain, water, hops, and our region is strategically located within 500 miles of 40% of the U.S. population. Our international border makes our region a bi-national gateway for commerce, facilitating $85 billion in annual trade between Canada and the United States. Our two countries are the world’s largest trading partners and our neighbor, Toronto, is their economic center. So why not dream big, embrace what it will it take to get there, and let that grand vision be our guide? 4 – continued on page 6
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The goal of Buffalo Beer Week is to foster knowledge of our brewing heritage and to showcase the innovation and quality of our local breweries and the venues that support them. We are also happy to welcome in and learn from the many wonderful American craft beers from other cities that are on offer during Beer Week. Local breweries, distributors, beer bars, pubs and restaurants have gotten enthusiastically on board for Buffalo Beer Week 2018 - more than ever. This year also marks the first time Buffalo brewers came together to brew a beer, specifically for Buffalo Beer Week, called Class Is In Session IPA, and we hope you get the chance to try it. It will be available in cans and draft all over the area during Beer Week. And with Buffalo Beer Week, our theme is beer education, where we celebrate the continuous education of our beloved beverage via the breweries and pubs of WNY. This will highlight the depth of knowledge and complexity of our favorite liquid - composed as it is of equal parts agriculture, art and science. Thanks to the sustained efforts of the local breweries, beer bars, and enthusiasts, the Buffalo craft beer market is growing amazingly well and with 35 breweries open or soon to open. It is no longer hard to imagine WNY with 50 craft breweries. Education is central to our goal of becoming a world destination for craft beer. We need to educate our local establishments of all we have to offer. We need to educate our beer drinkers and let the world know what we have to offer. World-class beer destinations have world-class breweries and also highly educated beer lovers. Dream big, crack open a beer book, and grab a pint. Come on out to one of our many festivals, dinners, educational events, or brewery spotlights. Feast your eyes, taste buds, and ears on the whole encyclopedia of flavors on offer for Buffalo Beer Week 2018 - it just gets better every year. Come on out! Prost Buffalo!
Clay Keel 42 North Brewmaster, (BNBA Vice President & Buffalo Beer Week Chair) Tim Herzog Flying Bison Brewing Company (BNBA President)
www.nybeerproject.com 6933 s. transit rd. lockport, ny
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Willard Brooks Founding BNBA Past President & Events Chair
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BUFFALO BEER WEEK 2018
The Importance Beer Education in Western New York – Matt Kahn PRESENTS
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To the general public, it might seem like craft beer is everywhere these days. As a brewery, even we are occasionally surprised at the bars, restaurants, and retailers that are interested in our beer. We’ll get often get comments like “Hey, my favorite bar X just got your beer on, I drink it all the time!” and so forth. This shouldn’t really come as a surprise. According to the Brewers Association, craft brewers experienced 117% growth from 2011 (11.5 million barrels of beer produced) to 2017 (25 million barrels produced). Of course, Western New York isn’t immune to this phenomenon. According to the Buffalo Niagara Brewers Association, WNY could claim five local breweries in 2011 (Buffalo Brewpub, Ellicottville Brewing Company, Flying Bison Brewing Company, Pearl Street Grill and Brewery, and Southern Tier Brewing Company). Today there are 29 in operation, with over a half dozen more in planning. These local breweries continue to experience growth as well; according to Buffalo Business First, local breweries produced about 134,985 barrels of beer in 2016, versus 156,390 barrels in 2017, or 16% growth. Despite this growth, the surprising part of the story is that craft beer is still the minority preference for most beer drinkers, as craft beer only represents 13% of the market on a volume basis (23% by dollars). For every craft beer you drink, there are 7 to 8 people drinking a “macrobrew.” For craft brewers, the challenge has been, and continues to be, how do we convert macro drinkers to micro drinkers? For myself, and for the BNBA, we feel the path lies through education, which is the theme of this year’s Buffalo Beer Week. “But,” you’re preparing to argue, “it’s beer! How much could there be to learn? And besides, I don’t want to think about my beer, I just want to drink it!” For sure, there is a time and place for drinking, we won’t argue with that. But, craft beer is so much more of an experience: from the tasting, to the process, to the stories behind why your local breweries opened, we’d argue that drinking craft beer is just plain better for your mind. 8 – continued on page 10
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Celebrate Buffalo Beer Week @ Hamburg’s Craft Beer Store! Fri. Sept. 14
Sat. Sept. 15 Sun. Sept. 16 Mon. Sept. 17 Tue. Sept. 18 Wed. Sept. 19 Thur. Sept. 20 Fri. - Sun. Sept. 21-23
Beer Week Launch Party: 12 Gates Brewing in house. Samples, beer education & live music with Fuzzy Thurston. Prost-toasts on the hour from 8 till close! Big Ditch pre-game, 5-7 pm with “Make Me Wanna Stout” on tap and in cans for retail sale to go. H&F Homebrew Winner - Ian Calder’s “Alec’s Amber Ale” brewed at Windy Brew on tap. Meet Ian @ 6pm. Super Hip Night! T-Hip tunes & $5 Guiness Pints all night. Meet the Brewer Night: Paul Alessi of Five & 20 Spirits and Brewing sharing stories from 6-8pm. Four Mile Brewing history day with their dry-hopped Pre-Prohibition Cream Ale. H & F Mug Club Night. Mystery Beer Day – freshy tapped from a local brewer. Come take your best guess! Oktoberfestival Kick-Off! Traditional Oktoberfest beer and local seasonals on tap. Specials all weekend.
Wear Buffalo gear on game days and we will waive all corkage fees! 284 Buffalo St. • Hamburg, NY hammfatteybeerco.com 716.427.4322
For someone new to the journey of craft beer, it helps if they have a knowledgeable and reliable tour guide. As brewers, our jobs must be more than just combining water with grains and dissolving hops and yeast into wort. We must serve as these Beer Sherpas, guiding our guests with colorful stories about our beer, our brands, and our history. For most new craft beer drinkers, beer falls into three categories: IPA = bitter, Dark = Guinness, Lager = Blue. However, according to the Brewers Association, there are over 150 different styles of craft beer. How would a novice even begin to navigate the differences between all of these? This is where the brewery can provide value. Our guests will sometimes tell us “I don’t really like beer.” We usually reply with “You don’t really like beer yet.” I’d say we’re successful in finding a match about 99% of the time. In addition to beer education, we must tell the stories of our history and brand. Every brewery brings a unique perspective and style to the art and science of making beer, and all of those stories are driven by a passion to create something great. These stories make drinking the beer fun, Beer drinkers… let interesting, and memorable.
go of your expectations and learn to appreciate and educate yourself on the range of flavors beer is capable of.
A final word to breweries, and perhaps even more so, to beer drinkers - Brewers must continue to innovate and break the boundaries of what beer is; and drinkers must continue to be open minded about these styles. The IPA “haze-craze” has resulted in excitement over a single style of beer; but craft beer has so much more to offer than a single style, and if craft brewers produce only one style of beer, we’re not much different than macro breweries that only produce adjunct lagers. Local breweries like 42 North (with their 42 Below Barrel House), Resurgence Brewing (with their Kegs and Eggs series), and Community Beer Works and Thin Man, who both frequently collaborate with other breweries, are good examples of the spirit of innovation alive in our local beer scene. Beer drinkers - let go of your expectations and learn to appreciate and educate yourself on the range of flavors beer is capable of. It’s one of the best things about beer, really! We’re truly living in a golden age of craft beer, where there are an amazing number of choices available to the consumer. Personally, I dream of a time where locally crafted beer is the only choice at every bar, restaurant, and retailer; funny enough, this used to be the case hundreds of years ago. If breweries continue to lead the way by educating, I feel confident my dream will become a reality.
Matt is the President and Owner of Big Ditch Brewing Company
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Head Brewer, Hydraulic Hearth “So many moments led me to love and appreciate beer and the brewing industry. If I have to choose one though, it has to be when I tried my first craft beer. It was a friend’s homebrew, and I remember being astounded at the difference between that beer and the others I had tried. I needed to know more about how it was made and where I could find others like it. The more new beers I tried, the more fascinated I became. Eventually that led me to a career in beer, and I am still very much in love.”
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Owner, Clean Beer Initiative “When I service the local breweries, I am lucky enough to have a behind the scenes look (and taste) at the brewing process and the passion, time and effort it takes the brewers to make sure that they are providing a delicious beer every time! This experience really makes me realize just how important my job is, not only to the breweries, but for all of their consumers as well. It is very important to me that customers taste the same delicious beer they would at the brewery as they would at every establishment that utilizes The Clean Beer Initiative.” 12
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www.Buff a BrewersA loNiagara ssociation .org & The 2018 State of the – Brian Campbell JeffWare Buffalo Beer Scene Address Unless you live under a rock or perhaps in a cave, you’d be hard-pressed to ignore the rapid pace at which the Buffalo beer scene is growing. The Buffalo-Niagara region, already home to nearly 30 breweries, is increasing at breakneck speed; Community Beer Works has shifted operations to a massive new brewery, construction has begun at Resurgence Brewing’s new location in the Old First Ward and Rusty Nickel Brewing, 42 North Brewing and Woodcock Brothers also have plans to expand down the line. With nearly half a dozen (along with BlackBird Cider Works Buffalo Cider Hall and Bar Cultivar cider bar at the Barrel Factory) more breweries in planning and/or opening soon, how is such hasty development at all sustainable? Resurgence Brewing President Jeff Ware believes that we are only now just getting started and that we are truly on the cusp of something much bigger and much greater.
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“I would say that we are on the cusp on greatness,” Ware says. “We’ve come a really long way in the last few years, to a point now where people are talking about Buffalo on a much larger scale; maybe not entirely on a national scale yet, but it’s certainly on the map, and not just for one brewery or one style of beer, but for a collective whole. From talking to the team at Visit Buffalo Niagara and other breweries from around the state and country, people are saying things about Buffalo, people are drinking our beer and coming here and enjoying it. As a whole, the quality has really improved; the community, from brewer to brewer has never been better or bigger, which is really fun and exciting, to be able to have that true Buffalo beer scene. We’re coming into our own and I think we’re only at the starting point of how great this can really be.” Craft beer isn’t just gaining market share in Buffalo either. The Brewers Association reports that in the first half of 2018, craft brewers brewed five percent more craft beer in the first half of this year compared to the previous period in 2017, adding that 6,655 breweries are now operating in the country with as many as 3,000 more in planning. So what exactly do all of those metrics mean for us here in the Queen City? Ware believes that there is enough room for all of the breweries to have their slice of the pie, even though he says that he is seeing early signs of market saturation. He says that every city will have the requisite larger breweries, but that not every one of them will grow because everyone’s outlook is different. 14 – continued on page 16
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“Well,” Brewery Owner Jeff says, “there is lots of room to grow,” but Sales Manager Jeff says that “we might be seeing early signs of saturation, and I think all of the breweries are seeing that, because there are just a lot of brands out there right now.” Jeff also adds, “I think that you are going to continue to see breweries grow but it might not be all of the breweries growing. And maybe not all of the breweries want to grow. I don’t really think it’s as much saturation as it is maturation; I think you’re starting to see the market mature a little bit.” “Every city is going to have several regional, larger breweries (5,000 – 15,000 barrels), and we are going to see some of those emerge here. There won’t be 30 of them, maybe more like 4-6. Beyond that, the majority of breweries will fall into the 2,500 – 4,000 barrel range or smaller, and the rest will be 1,000 barrels or under. I think it is really going to be based on preference; where the proprietor wants to see their business go. Not everyone has the same goals.”
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In addition to growing in both sales and volume, the Brewers Association also reports that the craft beer industry is on pace for a record number of brewery closures in 2018, though Ware doesn’t believe that bad beer is to blame, adding that its ultimately the business decisions that will lead to said closures. In fact, Ware doesn’t even believe that the so-called craft beer bubble many say looms overhead even exists, explaining that the craft beer movement isn’t going to slow or fade anytime soon because craft beer is about more than simply the beer itself - it’s more about the experience. “I don’t think there is a craft beer bubble. I think there are people who make bad business decisions, but I do not think that craft is going away. There’s just no way that you can drink a fresh locally made IPA, fall in love with it, and then a year later decide that you are going to go back to Budweiser. It’s just not going to happen. It’s not just the beer – it’s the scene, it’s the community, the engagement – that a national brand cannot capture. I don’t think it’s going anywhere, it’s going to be engrained into society moving forward because local breweries are going to be your neighborhood spots and points of pride for people in their communities, a fun place to bring your friends from out of town, and fresh beer is going to be part of that identifiable marker for that city. For example, if – continued on page 18
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you’re in New York City, you’re going to see Times Square and the Chrysler Building, and you’re also going to go to the local breweries and taste their local flavor, and I think Buffalo is going to be no different. I don’t think it’s going to burst at all.”
Brewed Just a Little Different
The theme of this year’s Buffalo Beer Week is beer education. When it comes to beer, one of the simplest questions to ask is, what exactly is craft? How you know that the can or bottle in your hand was produced by a true craft brewery? One easy way to discern that is by looking for the Independent Craft Brewers Seal, a visible and tangible stamp that allows consumers to discern if the beer they are buying is independently produced or not. The seal, an upside-down beer bottle emblazoned with the words ‘Independent Seal,’ informs beer drinkers that they are choosing a beer from a brewery that is independently owned. If the Buffalo beer scene is going to continue to be able to not only grow, but also ultimately sustain, it’s clear that it is going to take more than just a few dedicated craft fans. We are all going to have to do our part, and luckily, our part is simple. All we have to do is drink local beer. The brewers do the hard part; they write the recipes, they brew the beer and they get it on tap for us. All we have to do is visit a brewery, brewpub or bar and simply ask for a pint of something local. If we all do our part, the Buffalo-Niagara region can ultimately become the craft beer destination it deserves to be. And what better way to start than during Buffalo Beer Week. Cheers.
An educational deconstruction of food and beer with Ebenezer Ale House
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Brian is the Co-Founder/Social Media Coordinator of the Buffalo Beer League and can be reached at buffalobeerleague@aol.com www.facebook.com/thebuffalobeerleague Twitter/Instagram: @buffbeerleague Untappd: @buffalobeerleague
Jeff is the President of Resurgence Brewing Company and Chair of the Buffalo Brewers Festival.
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Class is IN Session!
– Clay Keel
On August 8, 2018, for the first time in the history of Buffalo Beer Week, over 20 Western New York brewers came together to brew a beer for Buffalo. The brew is a juicy IPA born from the collective minds of Buffalo brewers called “Class Is In Session.” As I am writing this, the beer is fermenting so I can only hypothesize as to what it will taste like, but I do know what it represents. This beer represents collaboration, comradery, and above all community.
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That simple word, community, is a complicated thing. There are at least two definitions per Webster’s Dictionary. The first, “a group of people living in close proximity with common interests,” describes most cities in our country. Buffalo, however, represents one of the few places where community matches the second definition: “a group of people with shared interest, history, beliefs and common goals.” Our sense of community is developed by long winters and hardened by challenging times. This amazing, unique sense of community transfers to the Western New York brewers. Few cities have the sense of cooperation between breweries like Buffalo. The Buffalo Niagara Brewers Association and a large community of talented homebrewers laid the foundation for a tremendous brewing community. Now, any brewery that opens in Western New York will find a welcomed reception from existing industry members. We meet monthly to share lessons, ideas, techniques, and a few beers. If this unique cooperation can maintain, Buffalo has a bright future as an even bigger craft beer destination. The first beer week collaboration beer, Class is in Session IPA, exemplifies the amazing cooperation between Buffalo breweries. Just about every Western New York Brewer contributed Pale malt, Galaxy hops, or some other ingredient to the finished product. The brewery community came together to work toward a shared goal of a successful beer week and successful Buffalo beer scene. Through strong cooperation, Buffalo beer will only continue to grow and become a destination for beer lovers nationwide. So grab yourself a Class is in Session and enjoy a true Buffalo community beer.
Clay is the Chair of Buffalo Beer Week, Chief Brewing Officer for 42 North Brewing, is a graduate of the Siebel Brewing Institute and is a Certified Cicerone.
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Andrew Hardin
Head Brewer, SATO Brewpub
“One person who has really pushed me further down my path of beer education is, of course, an author. When I first started out, I read everything I could. One author I kept coming back to was Randy Mosher. The first book I read was “Tasting Beer: An Insider’s Guide to the World’s Greatest Drink.” It blew my early brewing mind with the amount of information Randy could fit into this book. In 2015, he released “Mastering Homebrew,” another great resource. Randy and his books have been a huge source of motivation and education in my time as a brewer.”
Amy Brooks
Co-Owner, Content on Draft “Growing up, my older sister worked at craft beer bars and brewpubs, and her stories about the intricacies of beer first piqued my interest. My appreciation for beer continued to grow when I lived in Galway, Ireland, but I really dove headfirst into the craft beer scene when I moved to London. While earning my master’s degree in International Journalism, I quickly learned that most people did not want to spend time talking to a student. Brewers, however, were always happy to chat about their craft. Their willingness to geek out with me fueled my passion for writing about beer.” 22
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Homebrewing and You: Oh, The Beers That You’ll Brew! – Dan Baish Beer making is a hobby enjoyed by hundreds of Western New Yorkers. It is a rewarding experience with a very affordable entry point - a deluxe starter kit that includes equipment for making 5-gallon batches, supplies to keep it all clean, plus quality ingredients for your first batch, can be had for about $150 at the local homebrew shops. Just use your own 12+ quart stockpot and collect 50 empty bottles with caps and capper that come in the kit. Then, once you have your equipment... Congratulations! You have all your gear. Today is the day you start making great beer. It can have malt on the tongue or hops in the nose. You can brew any style that gets proposed.
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All through the process, knowledge is gleaned, like what piece goes where and how to keep it all cleaned. The steps are quite simple; you’ll perform them with ease. It’s about as complex as making Kraft Mac and Cheese. “Oh, the beers that you’ll brew!” After a few weeks’ fermentation, the beer is complete. It’s bottled, it’s carbonated and tastes wonderfully sweet. You pop open some bottles to share with your friends. You’ve totally nailed it and they all sing your praises to no end. Batch after batch you brew, they keep coming out great. Nothing can go wrong with the beers you create. Whatever you brew will be best of the best. With each beer you make, you will top all the rest. Except when you don’t. Because sometimes you won’t. I’m sorry to say, but sadly it’s true, that bang-ups and hang-ups can happen to you. Too fizzy, too flat, a bad aftertaste? Time to find out what’s wrong, and do it post haste. Thoughts about your new hobby have started to go downward. Now who can help with this problem you’ve encountered? There are many great brewers who have been there, done that. And they’ll gladly help you at the drop of a hat. – continued on page 26
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Beer is made with flowers! Hops, the chief ingredient that makes beer bitter, is in fact the female flower of the humulus lupulus plant.
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Homebrew clubs offer tastings, troubleshooting, advice. Someone else had your same problem, maybe once, maybe twice. Correcting an issue’s easy when you know what’s the problem. “Change this one thing, your next beer will be awesome.” It doesn’t stop there with what clubs bring to the table. There’s so much to learn so attend if you’re able. “Why’s this a Porter, not a Northern English Brown Ale? What’s the name of the compound that makes beer taste stale?” Clubs provide education on ingredients, beer styles, defects. You’ll learn about the hobby, all the different aspects. Beginners, old timers, people who haven’t even started. There’s a place for you and you’ll be welcomed wholehearted. But where do they meet and how do you become part of the group? Search them on the web or on Facebook to stay in the loop. Northtowns, Southtowns, the heart of the city. A club meets near you and you can get there quite quickly. The secret is out now and you know where to go. You’ll meet some great people, your knowledge will grow. And will you succeed? Yes, you will, indeed! (98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed). So… whether you fancy Stouts or Dubbels, Witbier with orange peel, or a juicy New England IPA with a pillowy mouthfeel. You’re about to brew a great one, today is your day! There are empty bottles waiting, so get on your way!
Find a monthly meeting near you: North Tonawanda: NiagaraBrewers.org Hamburg: DasHausBrauers.com Buffalo: SultansOfSwig.com Everywhere: BuffaloBeerGoddesses.com
Dan is a proud father of three little girls and an avid homebrewer since 2002
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Brewing To Style: A Further Understanding of the Beer in – Erik Wollschlager Your Glass As craft beer cuts deeper into the market share domestically and internationally, people have a desire to know more about the beer they’re drinking. Fortunately, we live in an age where that information is not only readily available, but is updated regularly to keep pace with craft beer’s innovative arc. The Beer Judge Certification Program publishes its judging guidelines on the internet, and is available to download for print for digital reference. This guide is full of detailed information and definitions that can help to inform every beer enthusiast - from the most experienced brewers to someone enjoying their first beer from an independent brewer. Perhaps the most often-referenced portion of the guide is that of the style families. Separated into 14 styles, these categories encompass the entire beer spectrum, from pale, crisp lagers to deep, dark stouts, each have a place in the BJCP style guide. There are several factors that determine style. Basic observational characteristics like color are considered, as well as the malts used, the hop profile, and the fermentation process. The two most definitive definitions of beer are lagers and ales. The yeast used in fermentation will define which category the beer falls into. From there, malts lend a lot of characteristics that dictate style. Dark malts will give a beer a deeper color and are classified accordingly. Lighter malts result in lighter colors and often lighter flavors, which can qualify a beer as ‘pale.’ Wheat beer is its own style, and use of other sugars for fermentation has a place in the guide as well. Some styles are defined by strength (alcohol by volume) and some by flavor. There are malty beers, hoppy beers, sour beers - everyone has a favorite flavor. These factors also help to establish the style of beer one is drinking.
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Beyond the style guide, brewers frequently give their clients additional information to give them the opportunity to make informed choices. Malt selections are often listed in beer descriptions, and brewers are especially descriptive with their hop selections and the flavors/aromas these buds impart. 28 – continued on page 30
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The offerings are nearly as limitless as the information available on the styles of beer available to selective enthusiasts. Thanks to organizations like the BJCP and your friendly neighborhood brewer, you too can learn all about the frosty goodness that fills your glass.
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The Buffalo Niagara Brewers Association Turns Six Years Old! The Buffalo Niagara Brewers Association exists to unify the Buffalo-Niagara craft beer community in order to increase regional sales of craft beer through promotions, marketing, public awareness, consumer education, and to promote the growth of the craft brewing industry in the BuffaloNiagara region. The BNBA Board of Directors is made up of:
Tim Herzog (BNBA Co-Founder & President, Flying Bison Brewing Co.) Clay Keel (Buffalo Beer Week Chair &
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Founder/Brewer)
Scott Donovan (Treasurer,
BlackBird Cider Works)
Ted Hawley (Farm to Pint Program Chair,
New York Craft Malt, President)
Jeff Ware (Buffalo Brewers Festival Chair,
Resurgence Brewing Co., President)
Peter Krieinheder (Ellicottville Brewing Co.,
President)
Jaye Beattie (Membership Chair,
Four Mile Brewing Co., Founder/Owner)
Dan Syracuse (Retail Committee,
Pizza Plant Founder)
Daryl Howe (Retail Committee,
Aurora Brew Works President/Founder)
Scott McMillan (Buffalo Beer League) Kelly Krupski (Brewers Invitational Chair, New York Beer Project, Owner) Willard Brooks (BNBA Founder/Past President, BNBA Events Chair,
Canadian American Beer Festival chair)
“There is a renaissance in cities across America, including Buffalo, in rediscovering the heritage of craft beer making,” Brooks says. “Beer making is just going back to its natural roots and in turn is creating a new economy not only in supply chain and locally grown products, but also as a tourism draw through festivals and celebrations as well as our world class pubs that are bringing beer enthusiasts to Western New York from across the region and the country. 32 – continued on page 34
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The BNBA was formed as a way to showcase Buffalo’s rich beer-making history and to stimulate further interest in the local beer industry from surrounding counties in the region, as well as Rochester and Southern Ontario.” Now in its sixth year, the BNBA has established a number of annual marquee events, including the Buffalo Niagara Brewers Invitational, which features rare, small batch local beers (New York Beer Project, January 20, 2019), Farm to Pint Week, which highlights our region’s hops, grains and malting industries (May 11-19, 2019), Buffalo Brewers Festival, which features over 30 local breweries and local food trucks (Canalside, June 22, 2019), and Buffalo Beer Week, a 10-day celebration of the entire BuffaloNiagara craft beer scene (September 13-22, 2019). Lastly, the 1st Annual Canadian-American Beer Festival, an unprecedented cross border beer festival that will feature never-before-seen collaborations between Buffalo-Niagara and Ontario breweries, will take place on April 13. For more information about the Association, including membership, please visit: www.buffaloniagarabrewersassociation.org
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During the turn of the century (19th-20th), Buffalo was the place to be. We were a 12-hour train ride from the major cities in the mid-west to the eastern seaboard - Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, and Boston. We were the largest grain port in the world, and our economy was booming because of our natural resources, location, and gritty, hardworking, attitude. It is here that beer has always played a part in our successes. The 21st century has revealed a resurgence in Buffalo beer culture. It stands to reason that six months of winter brings us closer together as a city, neighbors, and beer enthusiasts. Is there any better place to beat cabin fever than a local bar or brewery? Hell, even a former mayor (Jimmy Griffin) famously quipped, that when the temps dip, and a blizzard is imminent, “grab a six pack and stay inside.” With that being said, it’s time to make Buffalo a world class (beer) destination. I am an educator. I teach at a local college, and I moonlight as a tapkeeper at 42 North Brewing Company. If that last part seems an odd place for an educator, let’s begin the journey. Educating consumers involves listening and asking the right questions and helping someone arrive at his/ her own conclusions albeit with some help along the way. Beer boards and lists can be sensory overload for the common customer. On any busy night, watch the dynamic of a patron as he/she stares at endless beer lists with quippy, sometimes hard to pronounce names and styles that were all but extinct just a decade or two ago. Sometimes I hear a hesitation in the order of someone unaccustomed to craft beer, and it stands to reason; there are people waving money, other customers are burrowing their way to the bar, and questions are swirling through their minds, “there’s no Bud Light? “What the hell is Schwarzbier?” And here stands the tapkeeper. Like any industry, there is a lot to learn. Craft beer is no different, but it is important to remember that this is an industry that is open to everyone. There is a myriad of beer styles, tens of thousands of breweries, a common vernacular, and so much more. Bridging gaps is where educating comes into the industry. When we are 38 – continued on page 40
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willing participants, on either side of the bar, we open the door to learning something new and trying new things. Now, when someone says they enjoy a “lighter” beer – do they mean SRMs? Calories? Mouthfeel? These aren’t uncommon questions, and they’re not uncommon concepts we might introduce. As tapkeepers, brewers, and beer “geeks,” we are the first line when it comes to teaching and learning, and as drinkers, we owe it to ourselves and our patrons to be educated. I don’t recall my father asking his server the IBU of the beer he was drinking, or even expecting his bartender to know what that meant. He was never asked if he liked “bitter like grapefruit or black coffee?” Now, that question comes up multiple times when I’m serving, and it has led me to believe that an educated consumer is our best consumer. The popularity of breweries as gathering places for friends and families is steadily on the rise, which means that an educated critic is sure to come in for a pint. And more educated critics are good for all of us, they’re good for our beer, our experiences, our likes, dislikes, wants and needs. During a recent conversation, with local tapkeeper, Matt Reis (of Hamm and Fattey’s), he mentioned that, “it’s good to be critical. Let me know what you like and why - I can find you something you’ll enjoy. Let me know what you don’t like and how we can improve upon it.” I agree with Matt, it’s good to be critical at times. It helps us know that we are putting out a good product. Our brewers ask daily what people think of the newest releases. They’re eager to know, eager to tweak. They want to produce great beer that people want to come back for, and that people both in the know and on their way to the know, want to drink again and again.
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From the late 1800’s to the end of the first World War, the Belt Line made moving around Buffalo a welcome part of everyday life. Working dutifully hard as both a freight and commuter rail service, the line had 19 commuter stations supporting nearly two dozen trains per day. A trip cost 5 cents. A beer, not too much more. Soon, this earnest hardworking spirit will live on at Belt Line Brewery & Kitchen– one cold, hand-crafted beer at a time.
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It may sound like a dream born out of an 80’s college movie, but you can now go to college for beer. No, you did not read that wrong. There has perhaps never been a better time to want to become a brewer in Western New York. The sheer amount of resources available is staggering, and there is no lack of educational institutions to teach you how to do things correctly. Trocaire College, Erie Community College, Niagara Falls Culinary Institute are Niagara College Teaching Brewery all offer degree programs to prepare you for employment in the beer industry. Trocaire’s Brewing/Distilling program prepares students for employment in brewing, microbrewing, brewpub and distilling industries via handson training. The college utilizes a 3-vessel, 1/2 bbl Blichmann brewhouse that was modified to use pumps for transfer of brewing liquor and wort in their teaching kitchen. Visit https://trocaire.edu. ECC’s Brewing Science and Service Certificate Program provides graduates with educational coursework and skills to enter the craft beer world. The curriculum will prepare graduates for employment in the brewing, microbrewing, and brewpub industries through hands-on training to enhance knowledge in related fields such as brewing technology, operations, sales and management, and advanced beer-related or brewery-related business sectors. Visit https://ecc.edu/brewing.
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Niagara College’s Teaching Brewery, Canada’s first ever teaching brewery, offers a Brewmaster and Brewery Operations Management program, with hands-on training in the Teaching Brewery to prepare graduates for employment. This program includes specialized instruction in brewing technology, sensory evaluation, quality control, brewery operations, sales management, and advanced business applications specific to beer-related sectors. Visit https://www.ncteachingbrewery.ca. NFCI’s Associate in Applied Science Brewery Operations degree program is designed for students who plan a career in – continued on page 44
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the beer-making industry. The program gives students handson preparation and knowledge necessary to be successful in the field of beer making. Students will learn to manage a brewery, and to evaluate a property for successful hop growing. Visit http://www.nfculinary.org. The WNY beer scene continues to grow at a high rate with new breweries opening seemingly every few months. Those breweries are going to need brewers, so get yourself enrolled, get educated, then get brewing. Brian is the Co-Founder/Social Media Coordinator of the Buffalo Beer League and can be reached at buffalobeerleague@aol.com www.facebook.com/thebuffalobeerleague. Twitter/Instagram: @buffbeerleague. Untappd: @buffalobeerleague
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Discovering the Difference Between Lagers and Ales
– Amy Brooks
When you walk into your favorite brewery or craft beer bar, you’re faced with a difficult choice. Which beer are you going to get? As the craft beer industry has grown, a seemingly endless stream of new styles and sub-styles have developed. From the growing popularity of sours to the fan favorite pilsners to roasty porters and chocolatey stouts, there are so many options to choose from. But looking at a beer list and seeing an option for an amber lager and an amber ale can be downright confusing. They’re both beer and they’re both amber, so what is the difference?
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Beers tend to fall into two major categories - ale and lager. Each of these categories then branch out into the multitude of styles that we see on tap lists. While there can be major variations in flavor, mouthfeel and color in each of these larger categories, there is one major factor that defines them - yeast. Without getting into the nitty gritty scientific details of the plethora of yeast strains used in brewing, the simple explanation is that an ale uses “top-fermenting” yeast and lagers are brewed with “bottomfermenting” yeast. This means that ale yeast strains hang out at the top of the fermenter while they work and then drop to the bottom as they die off, whereas lager yeasts stay near the bottom during the entire process.
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That’s not where the differences stop though. Ale yeast ferments at higher temperatures and more quickly than lager yeast. Ale yeast strains are happiest at room temperature - about 68 to 74 degrees - where lager yeast works best at temperatures just above freezing. While ale fermentation lasts for a few days, lager fermentation, or “lagering” can last for several weeks or even months! The word “lager” stems from the German “lagern,” meaning “to store.” Before modern refrigeration was invented, German brewers stored their beer deep in cold caves. Actually, it was in nearby Bavaria where lagers were officially discovered. During the Middle Ages, – continued on page 50
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Bavarian brewers noticed that their beers continued to ferment while they were stored in caves for months. The result was a smoother, mellower tasting beer. In 1553, Bavaria’s Duke Albrecht V decreed that brewing could not be done during summer months, making lagers a more practical choice for the country. The popularity of the brew also increased in the surrounding region where the ability to brew during long, cold winters was a marked advantage. In fact, some of the most well-known lager styles including kölsch & Berliner weisse were developed in Germany, and pilsners were created in the Czech town of Pilsen.
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The development of ales varied depending on the region where they were brewed, but Britain was a main focal point. Hops became a widespread ingredient used in British ales in the fourteenth century, and in the middle of the eighteenth century they famously became an integral part of India Pale Ales, valued for their ability to preserve the beer during the long journey from Britain to British colonies in India.
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Today, lagers are consumed more widely around the world than ales - a fact that is usually not apparent when you walk into your local brewery. That’s because small, independent craft breweries tend to lean toward more of an ale-centric tap list, a trend that could be explained by the relatively quick brewing time for ales compared to lagers. On the other hand, present-day lagers have a tendency to be associated with “big beer” like Budweiser, Miller and Coors. These “macro brews” account for much of the popularity of lagers worldwide.
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The history of ales can be traced back even further than their coldfermenting counterparts, back to a time before hops were even used in beer. Early brewers let wild yeast ferment their grain and used adjuncts like honey, berries and other herbs.
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However, just because these companies have mass-produced lagers doesn’t mean that they have a monopoly on the style. Independent craft brewers have a knack for creating lagers that have intricacy and depth to their flavor. They play with these styles to produce lagers that are just as delightful as the ales they brew, even if they aren’t quite as plentiful. So the next time you have a choice between a lager and an ale think about whether you’d rather have a crisp, clean tasting brew or one whose fruity esters linger on your tongue. And if anyone asks you what the difference is, ask them if they want the short explanation, or the long one. Amy is the Content Director for Content on Draft and a Certified Beer Server. When she isn’t writing about local brews, she’s traveling the world and documenting her beerventures on Instagram.
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“I started brewing in 2009 after helping brew with a friend from graduate school. It was fun, and I was impressed that he made beer that was nearly as good as some craft beer. Considering my knowledge of microbiology and chemistry, I figured I could make some tasty beer as well. I did not realize I would become obsessed with brewing. As a novice, I was lucky enough to shadow my friend Mike Tonsmeire, aka “The Mad Fermentationist,” during some all-grain brews. The opportunity to learn from someone as knowledgeable and experienced as Mike was invaluable to a 52 beginning homebrewer.”
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Take Your Beer Career To The Next Level… – Brian Campbell with Buffalo Beer Goddesses Cicerone Scholarship Program For those that don’t know, a Cicerone is one of the highest levels of accreditation in the beer industry one can obtain. They are someone who showcases proven experience and knowledge in properly selecting, acquiring and serving beer, or, in short, they know their stuff when it comes to all things beer. The Buffalo Beer Goddesses want to ensure the role of women in the future of the program by helping facilitate the influx of skilled talent through their Cicerone Scholarship, which they offer every year to one worthy applicant. pick up your complimentary pub tour cards at 42 north, aurora brew works and at borderland music & arts festival
The Buffalo Beer Goddesses offer a $700 scholarship to the woman selected, which covers the $395 Cicerone Exam fee as well as travel (lodging and test related expenses). Funds for the scholarship are raised throughout the year at BBG tent pole fundraising events such as the Buffalo Beer Prom, Annual Buffalo Beer Week Party and Tour de Cask, which also helps to raise funds for other WNY charities that the Beer Goddesses support. “The Certified Cicerone certification has become the benchmark of beer knowledge and expertise. Certified Cicerones carry with them a vast knowledge of tasting, styles, pairing and brewing alike. To further our support of women involved in the beer world, we have created a scholarship program to help assist in the financial aspect of this certification,” the Buffalo Beer Goddesses’ official website states. “We invite all WNY women who are interested in the Certified Cicerone certification to help them advance in their industry careers to apply for this scholarship. Our board members will assist in a three step application process in selecting one candidate to receive our third annual scholarship.” The application period opens in late fall and involves a three step process. The application is completed online and goes live once it is available. From there, the BBG have a panel of members who review all the applications and interview a group of three candidates who best fit their criteria. The recipients of the award are usually announced at the Goddesses’ post-holiday party in January and 58 – continued on page 60
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commit to take the exam during the following calendar year (IE: The 2017 award recipient will take the cicerone exam before the end of the year). “The Certified Cicerone exam allows individuals to quickly demonstrate that they possess a professional body of knowledge and essential tasting skills related to beer,” the website continues. “Those who pass earn the right to use the title “Certified Cicerone®” and display the logo on their card and correspondence. They also get listed in our certification directory where anyone can verify their status. Certified Cicerones enjoy enhanced respect and prestige that can help improve their business success and career prospects.” Thanks to their successful fundraising efforts as of late, the Goddesses have been able to also offer a $70 scholarship for an additional applicant to take the Certified Beer Server Cicerone Level 1 exam, in addition to the Cicerone Scholarship.
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“The Women’s Cicerone scholarship is for WNY women who are passionate about craft beer, want to become more involved in the scene and gain more credentials to further their career,” BBG Co-Chair Rebecca Decker says. “Our primary scholarship is for an individual who is interested in becoming a Cicerone Level 2, or a Certified Cicerone. The scholarship program helps us to realize our mission as an organization; to increase the presence of women in the beer industry by providing educational and networking opportunities to WNY women in order to elevate their knowledge of craft beer.” If you’re interested in applying for the 2019 Goddesses’ Cicerone Scholarship, you’re in luck, because they will begin accepting applications after their Buffalo Beer Week Anniversary Party, which takes place Thursday, September 20 at Mr. Goodbar, with a final due date of December 1. The second round of interviews will then be held during December, and the scholarship will be awarded in January at the BBG’s post-holiday party. For more information on the Buffalo Beer Goddesses, and to apply for their Cicerone Scholarship, visit https://www.buffalobeergoddesses.org. For questions about this scholarship, please contact buffalobeergoddesses@gmail.com. The Buffalo Beer Goddesses, formed in 2013, is a group of WNY beer-loving women whos mission is to increase the presence of women in the beer industry by providing educational and networking opportunities to WNY women in order to elevate their knowledge of craft beer. Brian is the Co-Founder/Social Media Coordinator of the Buffalo Beer League and can be reached at buffalobeerleague@aol.com www.facebook.com/thebuffalobeerleague. Twitter/Instagram: @buffbeerleague. Untappd: @buffalobeerleague
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A Tale as Old as Time: Learning Through the Pairing of Beer and Cheese – Tom Robson We specialize in custom keg work, metal fabrication, mobile sanitary welding, metal repair, on-site welding, and much more! We’ve completed metal work for several local breweries, bars and restaurants – including customized tables, railings, taps, signs and a variety of other projects. Please don’t hesitate to contact us for any metal work projects that you may have! Retailer for Blichmann/Anvil Brewing Products. Call/Text: (716) 578-8300 • Buffbrewfab716@gmail.com
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There has been a symbiosis for centuries between the beer and dairy industries. Spent grain from breweries has often been given to farmers for animal feed, and secondhand dairy equipment has often been bought by brewers desiring affordable hygienic vessels. However, this relationship could well be in its last years. 2017 saw over 13 dairy farms a week closing their parlors for good in New York alone. Nationwide we lost a total of 1600. This can be attributed to the poor price farms receive for their milk, currently hovering around 17 cents a pint, and when that pint costs 21 cents to produce, it’s quick math to see hot water. This issue is only compounded by a large amount of media scaremongering regarding dairy, even though it’s one of the safest, and most regulated of the food industries in the U.S. In cases of food born illness, dairy came in at 11th place with 116 cases, after herbs. Luckily, there is still a plethora of reasons to keep this symbiotic relationship thriving. Scientists have been helpful enough to show us that both beer and cheese (in moderation) benefit our health by increasing good cholesterol, decreasing the risk of heart disease, strengthening bones, and more. Beer and cheese really have an amazing amount in common, which make them great to consume and pair together.
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To make beer, we steep grains to create a sugary porridge, remove solids, and retain the fermentable liquid. But in cheese, we remove liquid (whey), and retain the solids (curds), which we also ferment. In cheese, the fermentation process eats through lactose to produce lactic acid, whereas in beer we ferment sugars to create alcohol. The fermentation in cheese creates a safe environment for it to age well and develop flavor. Over at East Hill Creamery, we use our own raw milk, which means that we age for a minimum of 60 days in our caves. We have a primary cave and a secondary cave, which is a cooler temperature, to slow the effects of aging once a wheel has reached its prime. Both these wonderful products start with grass, the quality of which has a 62 – continued on page 64
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huge effect on the flavor and goodness within a mouthful. You might be surprised to experience a peppery note in a cheese and then learn that the cows have been eating rye grass. As you may know, when the rye grain is present in beer, it creates a very similar spiciness.
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The earliest written evidence of beer and cheese is from ancient Sumeria, located in modern day Iraq and Syria. Pliny the Elder’s own writings show that imported cheese was a product enjoyed by the elite of ancient Rome. Pairing beer and cheese together can create eureka moments that will stay with you. So how does one pair a beer to a cheese or vice versa? The most basic way would be to follow the guidelines of Compliments and Contrasts between the two products: Intensity - The most important component of a good pairing. If you pair an intense Roquefort blue with a light bodied pale lager, the chances are that all you will taste is the blue cheese. Try my favorite pairing of a creamy blue with a high alcohol Belgian Dubbel, then praise the lord because you just rose. Mouthfeel – A tickling, highly carbonated sip from a [Belgian] Tripel has a great ability to refresh the palate after a thick mouthful of a fatty cheese. The heaviness of an English Barleywine when drank alongside a dense, crystalline aged Gruyere can combine into a fudgy, indulgent experience. Acidity – Cheeses create lactic acid as part of their natural process. Goat cheeses, for example, have a long slow fermentation that lends to a tart character, which I like to compliment with the hop acids in an American Pale Ale or IPA. Take your favorite, bracing American Sour Ale and sip it alongside a mellowing triple crème to ease those astringent cheeks of yours. Bitterness – A key, highly sought after component of a beer in today’s hop mad landscape is a fault in the cheese world. So look for acidity in a cheese, find the sharpest cheddar you can to pull the reigns on and pair with an 80+ IBU beer. Aroma – Cheese has a wide variety of grassy, barnyard, and Umami-like compounds that complement or contrast the myriad beer aromas. Take a caramel-like Norwegian Gjetost, now take a big whiff of a black or chocolate malt beer to experience a cinder toffee burst. 64 – continued on page 66
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I don’t mind paying a bit extra for beer because I know the ingredients are produced at a higher quality, to provide a better flavor than macro beer. So why would I mind paying for higher quality cheese - the two go hand in hand. If we want to seek out the best local beers around, why not seek out the best local cheese, you’ll be surprised how many there are. Here are a few of Tom’s Pairing Suggestions for Western New York produced beer and cheese: East Hill Creamery – Silver Lake with Flying Bison Bisonfest Oktoberfest Lager
Reverie Creamery – Palomino with Big Ditch Brewing Company Low Bridge Hoppy Golden Ale
Lively Run Goat Dairy – Gorge Trail Gouda with 42 North Brewing Company Ben Nevis Scotch Ale
East Hill Creamery – Cave Monster with Resurgence Brewing Company Citmo IPA
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– Erik Wollschlager In 2015, the Buffalo Niagara Brewers Association published an editorial criticism of the idea of a ‘Craft Beer Bubble’ in Western New York. With helpful commentary from Big Ditch Brewing Company’s Matt Kahn, the conclusion was that there was plenty of room for growth in Buffalo, and statistically, we hadn’t even approached the peak number of facilities. Fast forward three years, and Kahn’s predictions appear to ring true. Not only has the number of regional breweries grown since that fateful interview, the quality of beer has increased as well, with many local favorites boasting award-winning brews. As Buffalo Beer Week kicks off the final quarter of 2018, there seems to be no stopping the growth of the Buffalo beer scene. No fewer than 32 breweries, meaderies and cideries exist, with seven more coming soon, and another two known breweries still in the planning stages. Froth Brewing suffered a few setbacks early in its planning stages, but things are progressing quickly at the Military Road location, and owner Jesse McLaughlin received quite a gift at the end of July, with the delivery of the Ss Brewtech system. It won’t be long before Froth is testing their equipment and delivering brand new brews inside the city limits.
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Deep South Brewery is moving quickly inside a third Deep South Taco location. The restaurant/brewery will feature three house beers that will include LuchaBrew Lager, a Mexican cerveza style beer that is currently brewed, kegged, and canned by 42 North. Big Inlet Brewing is the brainchild of Randy Henderson, Brent Henderson and Mike Starks, with Starks serving as head brewer. He has won several awards in his ten years of homebrewing, and will bring the same love and attention to Mayville’s newest farm brewery.
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hiring its brewery staff, as well as employees to work its state-of-the-art kitchen – including bringing on Matt Redpath (formerly of Woodcock and Gordon Biersch) as head brewer. Unlike anything else in Jamestown, JBCo is putting the finishing touches on construction within the facility.
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Swan Street will soon have a new neighbor as Belt Line Brewery & Kitchen completes the construction of its production facility. According to the brewery’s Facebook page, owners are hoping for an October open. The setup is a modern homage to the city’s rich history - especially its commuter rail service. Former Resurgence Brewing Assistant Brewer Erik Greiner serves as head brewer. Tonawanda’s Prosper Brewing is also eyeing an autumn open, and the Webster Street brewery is coming together nicely. A comfortable mix of crisp stainless steel accompanies rich woodwork and antique accents. Prosper avows that it will break the city’s 70-year brewing drought when production begins. Of course, these new breweries are indicative of the growth potential of craft beer in Buffalo, but two established breweries - Community Beer Works and Resurgence Brewing have expanded to new locations that allow for more of their delectable beer to be brewed and consumed. CBW recently opened its doors at its 7th Street location, complete with food service, and of course, plenty of Frank for everyone. The strength of our beer scene and its ability to adapt to constantly changing trends is the breweries themselves, who strive and succeed in offering a different experience to customers. Like a snowflake, no two are exactly the same, which is why the potential for growth is possible. They brew the beer, now it’s up to you to venture out and drink it. Stay tuned to their respective Facebook pages, and to www. buffaloniagarabrewersassociation.org for updates.
Springville native and South Buffalo resident Erik is a writer, beer enthusiast, and proud member of the growing community that Buffalo beer has become.
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Whether you’re reaching for a pint of that trendy new hazy IPA or simply enjoying a pour of a Happy Hour Special macro, the fact remains the same – you want that beer to taste its absolute best. One of the biggest culprits of bad beer is also one of the easiest to overlook – dirty draught lines. Well, have no fear, because The Clean Beer Initiative of Western New York is here to make sure that each and every beer poured through the lines of your favorite watering hole are as fresh and as clean as they can possibly be. Clean Beer Initiative’s Owner/Operator Andy Dvornski says that he started the business a few years ago with the goal in mind to help deliver every pint of beer to the customer just as the brewer originally intended. “Clean Beer Initiative is determined to set industry standards for beer line cleaning and draft system maintenance in Western New York and the surrounding areas,” he says. “I have a passion for, and take pride in, maintaining draft systems but find it equally as important to educate establishments AND the average beer loving consumer of the importance of having beer lines that are properly maintained. Ultimately, my goal is for my clients to give each customer a pint just as the brewer intended. I wanted to start something that had the potential to change the landscape of this industry.” Having clean lines is important for a number of reasons. Dirty draught lines cannot only affect the smell and appearance of the beer, they can also drastically alter the flavor, introducing buttery or sour off flavors. “Beer is a food product and we need to start treating it as such,” Dvornski says, “and the consumer deserves a quality product for $6-$10 per pint. New York State is one of the few states that doesn’t regulate beer line cleaning, while most other states require cleanings weekly or bi-weekly. I am also a consumer and I know firsthand the disappointment of getting a bad draft beer.” Dvornski says that most cleanings take about two hours to complete, though no two establishments have the same draft system. “The actual line cleaning itself takes about 20 minutes. – continued on page 74
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Cleaning all of the shanks, faucets, couplers and all of the draft system hardware takes more time than the actual line cleaning. Most jobs take about two hours. This is a consistent cleaning every time whether it’s an account with 50 taps or an account with four. It’s a time consuming process to be effective. If your beer line cleaner is finishing up quickly, they aren’t completing the job effectively.”
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The Clean Beer Initiative takes their line cleaning to the next level with their “Certified Clean Program,” which ensures cleanings at participating venues every two weeks. You will recognize these establishments in WNY because a “Certified Clean Draft System” sticker will visible at the establishment. Current Certified Clean participants include 42 North Brewing, Buffalo Brewing Company, World of Beer, Brewed & Bottled Craft Beer Shop and Butera’s Craft Beer and Craft Pizza. “The Certified Clean program is an effort to showcase our clients that have their system cleaned every two weeks,” Dvornski says. “These are the establishments that the consumer can go and order a pint with confidence every time. Basically we want the consumer to know we were there, and also to know that the owners of these establishments are putting in the effort in maintaining a quality product. The Brewer’s Association recommends that lines be cleaned every two weeks. I also recommend every two weeks as contaminates begin to form in the line starting on days 10-12 after a beer line cleaning.”
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“You can be sure that ANYTHING that touches your beer has been cleaned,” Dvornski adds. So, now that you’re more educated on the importance of clean beer lines, the next time you stop into your favorite pub or brewery, feel free to ask the last time the lines were cleaned. Most venues should have that date prominently displayed, but if they don’t, it’s your job to ask and ensure you’re drinking the best tasting beer you possibly can.
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Matt Matuszewski
Production Brewer, 42 North Brewing Company
“About 11-12 years ago, I was getting into craft beer and my girlfriend bought me a homebrew kit, which came with an Irish Stout recipe and Palmer’s How to Brew. After reading the book, I dove in. The brew day took about 10 hours, I made a mess and the beer was bad, but I had a lot of fun and I drank every ounce. Now, a decade later, that girlfriend is my wife and I’m a brewer at 42 North. Without that kit and support from my wife, I wouldn’t be in the game today. It’s all her fault.”
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“From a desire to find something better than the macro brews I tolerated – on top of wanting to support local businesses - my craft beer experience started, in part, to having Southern Tier in the backyard of my hometown of Jamestown as well as Ellicottville fortuitously opening in Fredonia as I was finishing up college. Another local feature, the snow, led me to finding out about the Beer Goddesses when stuck at home during Snowvemeber 2014. Through them, I have been able to meet others in all aspect of the industry, attend amazing events, and give back to our community, all while 76 enjoying the great beer that Buffalo has to offer.”
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“Farm To Pint” is a phrase coined to represent a beer that is brewed locally with local ingredients. So, what is it really? Who can make a “Farm 2 Pint” beer? Why should you care? What does it offer you that any other beer doesn’t? F2P beer is your gateway to local, really, really local. Sure, local means something different to everyone. Local is very important to Rusty Nickel Brewing Co. (RNBC) and a lot of the breweries in Western New York. The direct impact - locally sourced materials supply local breweries, create jobs and opportunities, and bolster the economy. What does it take to be classified as a F2P beer? Some interpret F2P to mean adding a single ingredient locally sourced in NYS, perhaps not even grown on a farm. We at Rusty Nickel feel that to be a F2P beer, the recipe should meet or exceed the states minimum requirements for ‘NYS labeled beer.’ Wait, NYS labeled beer? Yes, the state has a definition for a beer to considered ‘NYS Labeled Beer.’ In 2012, NYS crafted a law allowing NYS brewers to buy a license to be a “NYS Farm Brewery.” Advantages to this license include the opportunity for additional retail locations, and an on-premise tasting room. Through the end of 2018, to be a NYS Farm Brewery requires every beer produced to utilize a minimum of 20% NYS hops and grains. This threshold moves to 60% come January 1, 2019. The same criteria defines NYS Labeled Beer, and why we believe it’s a great way to define F2P beer. NYS Labeled Beer allows NYS breweries who are not NYS Farm Breweries the opportunity to categorize a beer, meeting the states requirements for hops and grains, to be a NYS Labeled Beer. This is a great way for NYS Breweries to market local beer and provides the consumer assurance that what they are buying is made with local ingredients. As a consumer, I care about the quality of products I buy. As a business, we expect our customers to also want the best quality – continued on page 80
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for their dollar. Beer isn’t a commodity, yes, it costs more to make a F2P beer and it may cost more to buy a F2P beer, but you absolutely deserve the best quality product. Quality is more than just taste; it includes aroma, mouthfeel, aftertaste, flavor and perceived bitterness. All of these characteristics are affected by freshness of a beer. You deserve fresh, especially Farm to Pint fresh. image from a Genesee Brewing ad, circa 1950
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There are challenges when using local ingredients. Consumers have come to demand certain ingredients in beer, the most obvious being hops. Most of today’s more popular hops are proprietary and can’t be grown here in NYS because they’re licensed. That can be challenging when trying to create a beer that is competitive in a style category like IPA’s because breweries are restricted by the volume of proprietary out-of-state ingredients they can use and that restriction triples next year. But fear not, as Cornell Co-Operative are currently developing NYS proprietary hops. NYS is a mecca for hop growing and we have only begun exploring what researchers can splice into the next popular hop variety. NYS funding to Cornell University is also focused on research for a number of critical grain production needs, including malting barley varietal evaluations, breeding programs for NY grain varieties, loss reduction from disease and technical assistance for farmers, maltsters, brewers and distillers. NYS is primed to produce the next high demand beer style with its own NYS Farm To Pint flavor profile. Think West Coast IPA or juicy IPA and their market demand, the NYS style is coming – let’s call it the Empire State (insert your favorite style here). So, for your next beer-centric discussion at the pub or brewery, Farm To Pint is an exceptional way to celebrate local and enjoy fresh NYS beer. NYS Farm Breweries are a holy grail of F2P in every glass and locally sourced. The quality and variety of F2P beers will continue to improve as growers and producers refine and explore their processes. F2P has only scratched the surface with the local flavor in your favorite beer style and we will see a market demanded beer soon. Farm To Pint. Fresh Matters. Cheers to Local Beer!
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The Evolving History & Continuous Education of our Beloved Beverage
ALL WEEK/MULTI-DAY EVENTS Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant Happy Hour Gordon Biersch Happy Hour Murphy Browns Craft Beer Empourium All Day Octoberfest! 5 & 20 Spirits and Brewing All day Special barrel-aged beers featured on tap Riverworks All day $4 pints at Riverworks with this guide Pearl Street Grill & Brewery All day $3.50 pints of any Pearl Street seasonal beer Lafayette Brewing Company All day $3.50 Pints of any Lafayette Brewing Co. Beer
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Butera’s Craft Beer & Craft Pizza All day Pressure Drop Brewing Beer Pairing Menu Pizza Plant Canalside All day $2 off any Buffalo Draft Beer (with ad coupon) Niagara Tradition Homebrew Supply All day Buffalo Beer Week Sale! Hamm and Fattey’s All Day
Hamm & Fattey’s Oktoberfestival
Fri., Sept. 14 • 5:00 –9:00pm @ Flying Bison Brewing Co. • 840 Seneca St., Buffalo, NY $20 at the door » Includes a Buffalo Beer Week Tasting Glass and Sample Tickets – Featuring Beer From All Your Favorite Western New York Breweries – Live Music (Leroy Townes & The Panfil Family Bluegrass Band) – Food Trucks (Lloyd’s & LomoLomo)
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Buffalo Beer Mob 09.20.18 FRIDAY : SEPTEMBER 14 Mr. Goodbar 12PM - Close
$1 Off all Craft Pints. $4 selec drafts. Live music with Hundred Plus Club & Marque Grand
Murphy Browns Craft Beer Empourium 5PM -9PM Beer Week Kick-Off Consumers Beverages (Abbott Road) 4:30PM - 6:30PM Ellicottville Brewing Beer Tasting Wegmans (Amherst Street) 4PM - 6PM Big Ditch Sampling
Habitat Buffalo/Women Build and the Buffalo Niagara Brewers Association are teaming up for a
City-Wide Local Beer Tap-Takeover with Women Build Guest Bartenders!
Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant 4PM - 7PM Gordon Biersch Happy Hour New York Beer Project 5PM - 10PM Rum Raisin Belgian Dubbel Release
Habitat Buffalo volunteers will be on hand at partnering bars, breweries, and restaurants to serve beer during Happy Hour on Thursday, September 20, 2018 to raise funds for Habitat Buffalo Women Build.
Premier Gourmet 5PM - 7PM
Thursday, September 20, 2018 Happy Hour: 5:30-8:30pm
Four Mile Brewing 6PM - 10PM
Live music with Ade Adu
42 North Brewing 6PM - 8PM
Beers & Bags
Hamm and Fattey’s 7PM - 10PM
Beer Week Kick-off with 12 Gates Brewing in house
The following bars and breweries are pairing up for this exciting event:
Aurora Brew Works with 42 North Hamm & Fattey’s with Hamburg Brewery Blackbird Cider Hall with Blackbird Cider Works Fat Bob's Smokehouse with Community Beer Works Pizza Plant Transit with Westshore Brewing Pizza Plant Canalside with Resurgence Brewing Rusty Nickel Brewing with RNBC's FemAle launch Schnitzel & Co. with Flying Bison | Colter Bay with Four Mile Contact the individual venues for information regarding details for each location
Community Beer Works Beer Tasting
Flying Bison Brewing Company 5PM - 9PM Buffalo Beer Week Opening Gala
Hamburg Brewing Company 7PM - 10PM Jessika & The Feels Lilly Belle Meads 7PM - 9PM
Live Music
Brennan’s Bowery Bar 7PM - 9PM Southern Tier Tasting 12 Gates Brewing Company 8PM - 11PM Live Music: Bob Schiele Eli Fish Brewing Company 9PM - 11:55PM Rebel’s Posse Thin Man Brewery 10PM - Close
Brendan & the Strangest Ways [No Cover]
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SATURDAY : SEPTEMBER 15 Resurgence Brewing Company 12PM - 11:30PM RBC’s Annual Oktoberfest Bash Consumers Beverages 12PM - 2PM Big Ditch Sampling (8580 Transit) 12PM - 3PM Southern Tier Tasting (3025 Sheridan) Premier Gourmet 12PM - 2PM
12 Gates Beer Tasting
Wegmans (4960 Transit Rd) 12PM - 2PM Ellicottville Brewing Co. Beer Tasting Tops Markets (2140 Grand Island Blvd.) 12PM - 2PM Ellicottville Brewing Co. Beer Tasting Community Beer Works 12PM - 5PM CBW Makers Market Pizza Plant (Canalside) 12PM - 5PM Buffalo IPA Palooza 2018 Flying Bison Brewing Company 12PM - 8PM Bisonfest 2018 Wegmans (3740 McKinley Parkway) 2PM - 4PM Ellicottville Brewing Co. Beer Tasting
2018
Buffalo Beer Week
Buffaa Brewed
Black Canyon Lights
Murphy Browns Craft Beer Empourium 2PM - 6PM Benefit for Joanne O’Hara Sato Brewpub 4PM - 12PM
Sato Brewpub One Year Celebration!
Mr. Goodbar 5PM - 1AM
$1 off all NYS Pints. Live music w/ Creating a Sinner
Hamm and Fattey’s 5PM - 7PM
Pre-game with Big Ditch
Schnitzel & Co 6PM - 10:30PM
Octoberfest Tent Party
Imagine Event Center 7PM - 11PM Buffalo Brewed - PA Line & Black Canyon Lights West Shore Brewing Company 7PM - 9PM Live music with Acoustified Duo 42 North 8PM - 11PM
Saturday, Sept. 15 • 7:00pm
$10 Cover • PreSale Tickets Available @ imagineeventcenter.com
Includes Live Music from Buffalo’s hottest new bands in the best sounding live music venue in town, plus your first draa beer of the night (first 75 through the door).
» Local Beer Tap Takeover with Selections from All Your Favorite Western New York Breweries 71 Military Rd. • Buffalo NY
www.BuffaloBeerWeek.com
Live music with Michael DiSanto Trio
Eli Fish Brewing Company 9PM - Mid Live music with Old Hippies Thin Man Brewery 10PM - 1AM
Mosswalk [No Cover]
Lilly Belle Meads 6PM - 10PM
Lancaster Village Wine Walk After Party
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Buffalo Cider Hall Opening Sept. 15, 2018!
SUNDAY : SEPTEMBER 16
WNY’s Premier Craft Hard Cider Destinations Buffalo Beer Week Brewer’s Social Monday, Sept. 17 | 6:30 - 8:30 pm See the New Buffalo Cider Hall and our Buffalocal Beer and Cider Draft Line-up!
Visit our rustic tasting room in Barker, NY or our new Cider Hall in Buffalo to sample the area’s largest selection of craft hard ciders, all hand crafted from apples grown in our estate orchard. Learn about various styles of hard cider from our knowledgeable staff as you sample our bottled, canned and draft hard ciders. Take advantage of daily Buffalo Beer Week Specials in our tasting rooms! ~ Proudly distributed throughout Niagara and Erie counties by Try-It Distributing ~
8503 Lower Lake Rd. Barker, NY
155 Chandler St. Buffalo, NY
www.blackbirdciders.com
716 Food and Sport 12PM - 4PM
Buffalo Brewers Tailgate for Bills Home Game
Premier Gourmet 1PM - 3PM
Beer and Cheese Pairing
5 & 20 Spirits and Brewing 1PM - 4PM Sunday Sesh with Tyler Smilo The Burg 2:30PM - 4:30PM
Southern Tier Tasting
Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant 4PM - 7PM $8 Growler Fills All Day Hamm and Fattey’s 6PM - 8PM
Hamm & Fattey’s homebrew contest winner. Ian Calder’s “Alec’s Amber Ale” brewed at Windy Brew on tap
Pizza Plant (Both Locations) All Day Bottle and Can and Free Glassware usty Nickel Brewing Company R All Day Sunday Fun-day! Pressure Drop Brewing (At The Barrel Factory) All Day Dog Birthday Party Release!
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Brewers Karl Kolbe of Pressure Drop & Andrew Hardin of Sato
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Thin Man Brewery 10PM - 1AM Industry Karaoke Night with Tone Bone
• Official TAP TRAIL provider of the Buffalo Beer League (Free custom Trail with Memebership) Your Search for Craft Beer Starts Here! Search “Taptrails” to download our FREE APP for iPhone or Android
New York Beer Project Triple Crown Imperial Stout Beer Tasting
Buffalo Cider Hall 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Buffalo Beer Week Brewer’s Social
Tonawanda Bowling Center 6:30PM - 8:30PM Ellicottville Brewing Co. Beer Tasting
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shango style! buffalo beer week events at shango
Premier Gourmet 5PM - 7PM
MONDAY, SEPT. 17TH » BEER & CHEESE TASTING
Shango Bistro 6PM - 9PM
Cheese & Beer Pairing Evet with East Hill Creamery & Local Brews
Mr. Goodbar 7PM - 12PM
$1 off Pints of Great Lakes Turntable Pils. Indie Rock Happy Hour and Vinyl Pop Up Shop at 7pm
Rusty Nickel Brewing Company 7PM - 9PM DJ Trivia, Beer Week Edition & Brew Bus Buffalo Hamm and Fattey’s All Night
Super Hip Night. Tragically Hip Tunes and $5 Guiness Pints
Certified Cicerone Tom Robson of East Hill Creamery and Chef Jim Gaurino team up to pair the award winning cheeses of East Hill Creamery with local craft beer from 42 North, Steelbound, Hamburg, and Resurgence. Meet the chef, the cheesemaker, and the brewers – taste and learn. A la carte small plates. Cheese & Beer $35.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 28TH » BEER & MUSIC HAPPY HOUR
Farm-to-table taps menu with live music by Leeron Zydeco. Featuring a selection of local brews.
~ Innovative Cajun Creole Cusine
~ Local, Regional & Sustainable Food
~ Serving Dinner & Sunday Brunch
~ Award-Winning Wine List Patio at Hamm & Fattey’s
3260 Main Street, Buffalo, NY • ShangoBistro.com • (716) 837-2326
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TUESDAY : SEPTEMBER 18 Flying Bison Brewing Company 4PM - 9PM Food Truck Tuesday Rusty Nickel Brewing Company 5 - 9PM Beyond The Pairing - food and beer with Ebenezer Ale House Thin Man Brewery 5PM - 10PM
Tuesday Night Clams
Premier Gourmet 5PM - 7PM
Four Mile Brewing Beer Tasting
Lafayette Brewing Company 5PM - 8PM Lafayette Brewing Oktoberfest Contact: Christopher.goss@phly.com ~or~ (716) 541-9552
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New York Beer Project 6:30PM - 10PM NYBP Spectacular 4 Course Magical Beer Pairing Evening lying Bison Brewing Company F 6:30PM - 8:30PM Buffalo Beer Goddesses Trivia Night Hamm and Fattey’s 6PM - 8PM
Meet the Brewer night. Paul Alessi of Five & 20 Spirits and Brewing
Waterstone Grill 6PM - 8PM
Rohrbach Tasting Night
Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant 6PM - 9PM Live music with Busted Stuff Schnitzel & Co 7:30PM - 8:30PM
DJ Trivia
Gene McCarthy’s (Old First Ward Brewing) 7PM - 9PM Trivial Tuesday World of Beer 7PM - 9PM
Steelbound Brewery Tap Takeover
Trocaire College 7PM - 9PM
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WEDNESDAY : SEPTEMBER 19
585 Tap Takeover Invades Buffalo Brewpub Wednesday, Sept. 19th • 5:00 - 9:00PM
» CB Craft Brewers » Three Heads Brewing » Triphammer Bierwerks » Rohrbach Brewing Company plus Three Heads/Buffalo Brewpub Collaboration Altbier! Serving Lunch & Dinner Daily | Fine Beers Brewed on Premise
(716) 632-0552 | 6861 Main St. • Williamsville, NY BuffaloBrewPub.com Q D E
Hamm and Fattey’s 12PM - 10PM
Four Mile Brewing History Day with their dry hopped Pre-Prohibition Ale. Mug Club Night.
716 Food and Sport 2:30PM - 5PM
Resurgance and (716) Pilot Batch collaboration brewing on site.
Rusty Nickel Brewing Company 5:30PM - 9PM Steak. Cigars. Whiskey. Beer. Thin Man Brewery 5 - 10PM
Wednesday Free Taco Night
Community Beer Works 5PM - 11PM 42 North Bar Swap Premier Gourmet 5PM - 7PM
Big Ditch Sampling
Pizza Plant (Transit) 5PM - 7PM
Brewdog Bites Buffalo
716 Food and Sport 5PM - 7PM
Resurgance Tap Takeover
Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant 5PM - 8PM Festbier Tapping Party
Clarence’s Only Brewery & Taproom
TAPROOM HOURS Saturday, Sept 22 • 2-10pm
» Octoberfest / SlowRoll » Brickyard / West Shore Colab Can Release. Das Blep NEIPA! 11am @ Brickyard • 5pm @ WestShore
Thursday: 5-9pm • Friday: 4-10pm Sat.: 2-10pm • Sun.: Noon to 5pm Please check our website or Facebook for complete event details and beer releases.
www.WestShoreBrewing.com • 10995 Main St. • Clarence, NY (connected to Picone Construction)
Buffalo Brew Pub 5PM - 9PM
585 Tap Takeover Invades Buffalo Brewpub
Mr Goodbar 5PM - Close
Hoppy Hump Day - $1 off All Hoppy Beers - Live music with: The Rust Belt Brigade at 10pm - 2nd Floor: Karaoke at 10p
Riverworks 6:30PM - 9:30PM
Buffalo Riverworks Behind The Scenes
Flying Bison Brewing Company 6PM - 9PM Weekly Cornhole Tournament Sterling Tavern 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Ellicottville Brewing Co. Beer Tasting
World of Beer 7PM - 9PM
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THURSDAY : SEPTEMBER 20 12 Gates Brewing Company 12PM - 11PM Randall Thursday MultiVenue 5:30PM - 8:30PM
Buffalo Beer Mob Tap Takeover fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity/Women Build
Hamm and Fattey’s 5PM - 10PM
Mystery Beer Night. Local brewery - take a guess!
New York Beer Project 5PM - 10PM Vanilla Muffin Oatmeal Stout Release
Brewery - Distillery - Restaurant - Bar Ask for Steelbound where fine craft beer is sold. www.steelboundevl.com
Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter @SteelboundEvl
CELEBRATE THE GODDESSES 6 YEAR ANNIVERSARY! during Buffalo Beer Week…
Premier Gourmet 5PM - 7PM
Woodcook Bros. Beer Tasting
Pearl Street Grill & Brewery 5PM - 8PM Tapping of The Pumpkin 5 & 20 Spirits and Brewing 5PM - 8PM Buffalo Beer Week Pint Night Flying Bison Brewing Company 5PM - 9PM Halfway to St. Patrick’s Day Party Live music with with Emerald Isle Pizza Plant (Both Locations) 5PM - close Draftcard with a Pod. Alchemy Wine & Beer 6:30PM - 8:30PM Big Ditch Sampling World of Beer 6PM - 8PM
Jack’s Abbey & Springdale Brewery Tap Takeover
Rusty Nickel Brewing Company 6PM - 9PM Female Batch no. 5 Release Party and Pink Boots Buffalo Meet and Greet Mixer Trivia @ F lyingNight Tue., SeptBison 18 6:3 0pm
6:00 - 7:00 pm Members only $5 7:00 - 10:00 pm $10 general admission
We can’t believe it’s been SIX years either!
Thur. Sept. 20th Mr. Goodbar (upstairs)
www.facebook.com/ BuffaloBeerGoddesses
Includes: Food, one pint of beer & door prizes!
Mr. Goodbar 7PM - 10PM
Free Beer Tasting featuring Founders Brewing Co. - Live music: Good Thursday’s w/ Alt Buffalo 107.7 - Buffalo Beer Goddesses 6th Anniversary Party
Casa Di Pizza 7PM - 9PM
Southern Tier Tasting
Buffalo Tap House 9PM - 11PM
Ellicottville Brewing Co. Beer Tasting
Moor Pat 5PM - 9PM
Industrial Arts Tap Takeover Torque Wrench Can Release
Shango
Beer, tapas & music with LeRon Zydeco
5PM - 7PM
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Canada’s First Teaching Brewery Niagara College’s Brewmaster and Brewery Operations Management program
FRIDAY : SEPTEMBER 21
Visit and join our Growler Club for beer tasting nights, exclusive monthly brews, complimentary tastings, 20% off merch and more! All growler club and tap room sales benefit the students.
Mr. Goodbar 12PM - Close
$1 off all Craft Pints Noon to 10pm $4 Select Drafts 10pm to Close - Live Music with Scarlet Begonias @ 10pm - Live Music with Younger Then @ 8pm
Premier Gourmet 5PM - 7PM
Ellicottville Brewing Co. Beer Tasting
Consumers (Clinton Street) 5PM - 7PM Ellicottville Brewing Co. Beer Tasting
135 Taylor Road Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
Black Button Distilling 5PM - 8PM Triple Crown Imperial Stout Tasting Party
(905) 641-2252, ext. 4099 www.niagaracollegebeer.ca
Four Mile Brewing 6PM - 10PM
Live music with Nick Kody and The Creek Road Band
Woodcock Brothers Brewery 6PM - Midnight New York Fall Beer Fest Coca-Cola Field 6PM - 9PM
Consumer’s Beverages Ballpark Brew Bash
Lilly Belle Meads 7PM - 9PM
Live music with Shaky Stage
World of Beer 7PM - 9PM
Empire Brewing Tap Takeover
12 Gates Brewing Company 8PM - 11PM Live music with Adam Schmidt Eli Fish Brewing Company 9PM - 11:55PM Justin Williams
Plan a career in the beer-making industry at NIAGARA FALLS CULINARY INSTITUTE!
Murphy Browns Craft Beer Empourium All Day IPA Grand Finale Weekend
Brewery Operations 28 Old Falls St. • Niagara Falls, NY 14303 716-210-2525 • nfculinary.org
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SATURDAY : SEPTEMBER 22 2018 BUFFALO BEER WEEK SPECIALS! ~ Featured Beer All Week ~
WET HOP IPA BREWED WITH LOCALLY GROWN HOPS FROM NIAGARA HOPS
WNY FALL BEER FEST FRI. SEPT 21 • 6–11:00PM
TRY FALL SEASONAL BREWS FROM 20 BREWERIES IN WNY & CNY. LIVE MUSIC, FOOD TRUCKS, GAMES & PRIZES.
“Cocktoberfest” SAT. SEPT 22 • NOON-9:00PM TRADITIONAL GERMAN STyLE FARE, LIVE GERMAN BANDS AND COCKTOBERFEST LAGER ON TAP!
638 LAKE STREET, WILSON, NY 14172 • 716-333-4000 WWW.WOODCOCKBROTHERSBREWERY.COM
Flying Bison Brewing Company 11AM - 3PM Urban Trail Run Series Brickyard Brewing Company 11AM - 8PM Brickyard and West Shore Brewing Collaboration Can Release Brickyard Brewing Company 11AM - 8PM Brickyard Brewing Company Oktoberfest Knox Farm State Park 11AM - 9PM Borderland Music and Art Festival Woodcock Brothers Brewery 12PM - 10PM COCKTOBERFEST Wegmans (370 Orchard Park Rd) 12PM - 2PM Ellicottville Brewing Co. Beer Tasting Consumers (1375 Union Road) 12PM - 2PM Ellicottville Brewing Co. Beer Tasting
Fine Quality Pipes, Tobacco & Accessories to Pair with all Your Beer
Wegmans (601 Amherst St) 12PM - 2PM Ellicottville Brewing Co. Beer Tasting West Shore Brewing Company 1PM - 10PM Oktoberfest! Slow Roll. Das Blep Release. Premier Gourmet 1PM - 3PM
visit us at…
Buffalo Beer Opening Gala September 14, 2018 • 4 - 9 pm Flying Bison Brewing » Larkinville
» Over 400 Choices of Imported Cigars » Pipes Repaired While You Wait
Consumers Beverages (444 Cayuga) 1PM - 4PM Southern Tier Tasting World of Beer 3PM - 6PM
Thin Man Tap Takeover
Flying Bison Brewing Company 4PM - 7PM Bark Happy Buffalo: Pup Crawl Benefiting Buffalo CARES
Game Time Patio Party September 23, 2018 • 1 - 5 pm BB Cigars & Harpoon Beer Specials. BBQ, Fat Bob’s Smokehouse » Allentown
(716) 675-6195
www.SmokersHavenWNY.com 1167 Union Rd. • West Seneca, NY
Bell’s Brewing Beer Tasting
Mon-Fri: 9-8 • Saturday: 9-5
More events scheduled for S aturday, September 22 listed on next page
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SATURDAY : SEPTEMBER 22 continued from previous page… Mr Goodbar 5PM - Close
1886 Malt House is proud to partner with New York’s finest grain growers to create a variety of 100% New York produced malts. State-of-the-art malting technology, proven quality systems, and expert personnel will help 1886 Malt House ensure the reliable, consistent production and delivery of the highest quality malt to the craft brewing industry.
1886malt.com 1886 Malt House • 1850 Owens Road P.O. Box 427 • Fulton, NY 13069
schnit el swiss german pub
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9210 Transit Rd, 689-3600 2763 Eggert Rd, 834-4404
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$1 Off all NYS Pints. Live music with THIS
Adam Mickiewicz Library & Dramatic Circle 6PM - 10PM Buffalo Brewing Company Tap Takeover 12 Gates Brewing Company 8PM - 11PM Live music with Zak Ward Eli Fish Brewing Company 9PM - 11:55PM Live music with Grizzwoode Rusty Nickel Brewing Company All Day Seafood Boil with Ebenezer Ale House East Aurora (Pub Crawl) All Day East Aurora Tour de Pub. 14 stops at East Aurora’s finest locations: - Arriba Tortilla - American Grille - Tony Rome’s - Rookies - Roycroft - Leo’s Pizzaria - Elm Street Bakery - North Star Tavern - Wallenwien’s Hotel - Riley Street Station - Griffon Gastropub - 42 North Brewery - Aurora Brew Works
schnit el & co. swiss german pub
SEPTEMBER 10 - OCTOBER 28 Join us as we celebrate Oktoberfest with our incredible specials all season long! Beer Tasting Dinners, Flight Nights, Sing-A-Longs & New In-Haus Menus! Sign up for more info at SchnitzelandCo.com and friend us on Facebook.
OCTOBERFEST TENT PARTY!
&
Sat, Sept. 15 at Transit Rd Sat, Oct. 6 at Eggert Rd with The Frankfurters
Aurora Brew Works
with The Auslanders
Enjoy live music, great beer & a fantastic evening filled with German fare! Sit-down Dinner $20 pre-sale ($25 at the Door). 6pm start.
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Cheers to Another Buffalo Beer Week! Buffalo • Albany e3communications.com
Over 20 years of Craft Beer Design and Photography Experience •graphic design •label/package design •event marketing •product photography •360° Virtual tours •wholesale print management •Video Production •killer beer cellar
SUNDAY : SEPTEMBER 23 Lilly Belle Meads 10AM - 1PM
Beatles Sing-Along Brunch
Multi-Venue 11AM - 1PM
Happy Ending Taproom Brunches - Thin Man - 4 Mile - 42 North - Brickyard - Riverworks - Lafayette - Community Beer Works - New York Beer Project - Lilly Belle Meads
Brickyard Brewing Company 11AM - 8PM Oktoberfest Knox Farm State Park 11AM - 9PM Borderland Music and Arts Festival Premier Gourmet 12PM - 2PM
Graft Cider Beer Tasting
Mr. Goodbar 12PM - 5PM
Fredonia and Friends Fight Back a Cystic Fibrosis Fundraiser
World of Beer 2PM - 4PM
Blue Toad Cider Tap Takeover
Rusty Nickel Brewing Company 3PM - 6PM Malt Madness Home Brew Competition Hot Mama’s Canteen 3PM - 7PM
Rutherford B. Haze Funeral March
Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant 4PM - 7PM Happy Hour Fat Bob’s Smokehouse All Afternoon Patio Party featuring Smokers Haven and Harpoon Brewing
Fat Bob’s Smokehouse
716.348.7272
paul@downloaddesign.com
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Spend your last day of beer week with the happiest ending you could ever imagine . . . Brunch at your local taproom. Thin Man • 4 Mile • 42 North • Brickyard Community Beer Works • New York Beer Project Riverworks • Lafayette • Lilly Belle Meads – All brunches start at 11:00 AM – Contact each brewery directly for details.
Ben Hamm
Co-Owner, Hamm & Fattey’s Beer Co. My interest in craft beer began somewhat unknowingly when I was 17. I was on a U.S.A. wrestling team that traveled to Germany and visited my first brewery, the Schneider Weisse brewery. Every step of the process wowed me. Since then, the ongoing influences have been the comradery and chronicle that craft beer has created in my life. Now my passion has grown into helping others discover their next favorite beer at my shop. And, sadly no, my last name has no found connection to that tasty treat “from the land of the sky blue waters”.
Beer & BBQ perfectly paired special patio party to smoke cigars, eat bbq, watch football & drink beers from
harpoon brewing on sun Sep 23, 2018 716.887.2971 | | 41 virginia pl Fatbobs.com |
tickets & details on our facebook page 42 North Brewing Company photo by Kevin Wise
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A New York State hops farm with “Something Different”! Specializing in new and experimental varieties like MI Copper, Mackinac, Multihead and Cashmere, with more for 2019.
What is a Craft Brewery?
~ Call for pricing and options ~
6700 Holden Road, Addison, NY • (607) 377-0393 • www.crookedcreekhopsfarm.com
11:30AM AT W. MOHAWK ST. BETWEEN FRANKLIN ST. AND DELAWARE AVE.
$15 ADV. | $20 DAY OF
TICKETS AVAILABLE AT PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS AND MEATBALLSTREETBRAWL.COM FOR THE
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MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION | MICHAEL DONALD PERRY FUND AT RESPONSE TO LOVE CENTER | MEALS ON WHEELS HOSPITALITY SCHOLARSHIP FUND FOR THE NYS RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
An American craft brewery is: » Small – Annual production of 6 million barrels of beer or less » Independent – Less than 25 percent of the craft brewery is owned or controlled by a beverage alcohol industry member that is not a craft brewer. » Traditional – A brewer that has a majority of its total beverage alcohol volume in beers whose flavor derives from brewing ingredients and their fermentation. Look for the Seal The Brewers Association, launched a seal for independent craft brewers in summer 2017. The design is an upside beer bottle, which symbolizes how craft beer has essentially turned the beer market on its head. The seal sends a “clear message to the beer drinker” that a beer is made by a small and independent brewer, explains Brewers Association Director Paul Gatza. Look for it on brewery websites, beer packaging, menus and more. That’s how you know you’re buying beer made by an independent craft brewer.
Article Reprinted from CraftBeer.com https://www.craftbeer.com/breweries/what-is-a-craft-brewery
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Recognizing the Unsung Heroes of Buffalo Beer Week Buffalo Beer Week is essentially a giant collaboration between brewers, business owners, beer enthusiasts, and a motley crew of dedicated volunteers. And without the selfless commitment and hard work of our volunteer staff, Buffalo Beer Week truly would not be possible. Their efforts are usually behind the scenes, often late at night (working against one deadline or another), and never in the spotlight. But the quality and significance of their contributions most certainly deserve a curtain call. Ladies and gentlemen, give a big hand to your BBW18 staff and volunteers… Clay Keel, BNBA Vice-President & Buffalo Beer Week Chair (Buffalo Beer Week Beer project manager) Willard Brooks, Founding Past-President (editorial, accounts, feature events, printing and distribution) Brian Campbell, Editor (writing, editing, social media) Paul Marko, Creative Director (graphic design, editing, printing and distribution) Scott Panfil, Lead Account Manager Jen Reed, Account Manager Dan Giacomini, Account Manager Tom Kane, Account Manager
BREWING WORKSHOPS
AT TROCAIRE COLLEGE DRINKING IN STYLE September 18 • 7-9 PM • Cost: FREE
Brian Barrows, director of Trocaire’s Brewing, Distilling & Fermentation Science Program, will discuss and offer tastings of beers that have been brewed “to style.”
SEASONAL BREWS:
Brewing With Unique Ingredients
October 13 • 1-4 PM • Cost: $30
Join us with RUDY WATKINS, HEAD BREWER from THIN MAN BREWING, to discuss unique and unusual brews, from rich pumpkin beers and winter warmers to light fruit and sour beers, and many others in between.
BREWING ECLECTIC IPAs November 3 • 1-4 PM • Cost: $30
Join us with JOHN DOMRES, THE PRESIDENT AND BREWER at BUFFALO BREWING COMPANY, as he describes the processes used to develop the myriad flavors and aromas in IPAs.
From planning and scheduling hundreds of events; to coordinating with dozens of local craft beer businesses throughout the region; to developing, printing, and distributing this nifty little booklet you’re holding — our volunteers put in countless hours to make 2018’s Beer Week the biggest and best yet. Take a bow, Buffalo Beer Week staff and volunteers!
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In solidarity,
Clay Keel, Chair Buffalo Beer Week 2018
For more information:
TROCAIRE.EDU/BREWING
716-827-4310 • WorkForceDev@trocaire.edu
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