Buffalo Beer Week 2019 by Buffalo Niagara Brewers Association

100+ events SeptEMBER 13TH – 22ND

Buffalo Beer Week Event Guide & Yearbook

2010 – 2019

CELEBRATING 10 Years OF BUFFALO BEER WEEK

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2019 Buffalo Beer Week Event Guide

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Table of Contents

Preface: “10 Years and So Many Beers” - The Beer Week Team 8 The Next 10 Years of Beer - Willard Brooks

A Beer Week Beer! Buffalo Celebration IPA

- Scott Panfil

18 Farm 2 Pint & Table Dinner @ Hotel Henry - Clint Perez

22 10 Truths & Tips for the Aspiring Homebrewer

- Scott Panfil

30 Buffalo Beer Week – An Origin Story

What’s Past is Prologue. A Lead-up to the Shelton Festival - Paul Marko

- Brian Campbell

Are On The Way

- Erik Wollschlager

38 Craft Beer Growth Report - Brian Campbell 44 Buffalo Ale Trail Debuts - Brian Campbell 47-48 Buffalo Beer Week Featured Events! 50 What is a Brewers Association For? - Willard Brooks 56 Buffalo Niagara Brewers Association Turns 7 Years Old! 60 Never Fear… More Breweries

66 Cheese & Beer Pairings with the Shelton Brothers - Willard Brooks

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Beer Week Events Listings

Unsung Heroes of Beer Week

- Events Happening All Week - Event Listings By The Day

Preface

10 Years and SO Many Beers…

WESTERN NEW YORK’S COMPLETE CRAFT BREWERY EXPERIENCE

Buffalo Beer Week is turning 10. Flashing back to 2010, Buffalo’s brewing scene was in its infancy. With only three operating breweries in Buffalo, this was a time before Hayburner, Sponge Candy Stout, Borderland, or any of the other hundreds of local beers that make up a craft-beer lover’s Untappd check-ins list. And just like an infant, once the local brewing scene got its feet firmly planted, it was off to the races from there. Over the past ten years, Western New York has added three dozen more breweries to its ranks. From production breweries, farm breweries, nano breweries, crowd-sourced breweries, and of course, meaderies and cideries, the selection is at an all-time high. Gone are the days of hoping for a craft beer or two on tap at your favorite restaurants or corner neighborhood dive; nowadays you can pretty much guarantee a selection of high-quality local beers at every selfrespecting venue. You can find them in bars, bowling alleys, beer stores, gas stations, grocery stores, and in your favorite brother-in-law’s beer fridge. It’s truly a good time to be a beer drinker in Buffalo. Each year for the past ten years, Buffalo Beer Week has come along to help illuminate the rich and inviting world of craft beer for every Western New Yorker. Focusing on food pairings, music, inclusion, and education, Buffalo Beer Week has always been about focusing on the positives in the local beer community. This year is no different.

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The 10th anniversary of Buffalo Beer Week brings with it all of the usual trappings you’d expect. And this book is filled with over a hundred events and locations to help you get the most out of all ten days. In the subsequent pages, you’ll find vital information, comprehensive articles, and essential spotlights designed to help introduce you to some local beer faces you may run into. But this year, Buffalo Beer Week brings with it new opportunities to become involved. Look for an expanded Buffalo Beer League – continued on page 6

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with new benefits and perks. Show your membership card at participating venues for discounts, or gain early entry to every Buffalo Niagara Brewers Association event. Look for more information in this very book! Also new this year, look for the brand new Celebration Beer at all of your favorite local breweries! It’s a Buffalo IPA brewed in-house at each of the participating breweries using at least 60% malt and hops from NYS farms. Each one will be slightly different, but all stay true to the Buffalo IPA style. What’s a Buffalo IPA? Glad you asked. It’s a version of the type of IPA that Buffalo breweries have been perfecting for years. Not quite a West Coast IPA and not quite a New England IPA, Buffalo IPAs are juicy and refreshing while still providing some resinous hop flavor and bitterness. You won’t find these celebration beers in stores; they’re pilot-sized and extremely limited. When the kegs kick, they’re gone. See the article in this book for more about these beers and where you can find them.

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Lastly, look for the upcoming Buffalo Ale Trail – a limited-edition growlerfill program for craft lovers that will roll out at over a dozen local breweries. For a one-time membership fee, you’ll receive a 32oz. growler fill at each participating brewery. Find out more information at BuffaloAleTrail.com and come get your growler at the official Buffalo Beer Week Kick-Off Gala at Flying Bison on Friday, September 13. See the article in this book for more information about the Ale Trail.

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If you can’t make it out to the Opening Gala, there are still plenty of opportunities to raise a pint of locally brewed goodness throughout Beer Week. The IPA Palooza, which features all local IPAs on tap, returns to Pizza Plant Canalside on September 15, Ballpark Brew Bash, an evening of craft beer tasting and fun, at Sahlen’s Field on September 21 and the second annual Borderland Music and Arts Festival, a two-day music and arts festival with craft beer, culture, artisans and food at Knox Farm State Park in East Aurora, on September 28 and 29. So keep this book handy and reference it often or see all the events for the 10th Anniversary of Buffalo Beer Week at BuffaloBeerWeek.com. We’ll see you all at a Beer Week event… Cheers!

– The Buffalo Beer Week Team (see page 94 for complete list of team members 6

The Next Ten Years of Beer

– Willard Brooks

As Buffalo Beer Week enters its 10th year, Buffalo’s brewery culture approaches its bicentennial after its inception in Black Rock at the Webb Brewery in 1825. Over this long beer history, Buffalo rose to prominence in brewing and malt making and was famous for its many small family-friendly German-American beer gardens. In these bygone days, the Buffalo beer scene was a true vertical industry with barrel makers, farmers, equipment manufacturers, architectural firms, and many breweries and malt houses. The most breweries Buffalo has ever had open at the same time was 38 in the late 19th century with a population of about 100,000 – which is 2,500 residents per brewery. Similarly, at this same time on the US national level for about 38 million residents there were 4000 breweries – which is 10,000 people per brewery. Fast forward to 2019 – Western New York has about 38 breweries again – which is about 32,000 people per brewery for about 1.2 million people. As a point of reference, Portland, Oregon, which is widely cited as having the largest number of breweries per capita in the US, had 112 breweries in 2018 for 2.7M metro area residents - which nets out to 25,000 people per brewery. On the national scale there are now an all-time high of 7,500 craft breweries (50,000 people per brewery) selling 26 million barrels of craft beer against a total beer market (including craft) of 194 million barrels. Furthermore, though no exact numbers are available, it’s often repeated by industry insiders that WNY sells about 725,000 barrels of beer per year of which local craft is often estimated to be lower than 10%. On the national level, according to the Brewer’s Association, craft beer is about 13% of the total volume sold. As the number of craft breweries grows, there is often talk of saturation. Yet, on the level of the number of breweries per population, and the size of the WNY beer market, there still appears to be room to increase market share in order to catch up to the national average (13%).

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That being said, the US craft beer market is clearly changing. The Brewers Association reported this year that year-over-year growth dropped to 4% in 2018, a decline of 1% from 2017 and the lowest growth rate in the last ten years. These numbers reflect what we are seeing anecdotally in Buffalo; that brewers are focusing on local markets and direct taproom sales rather than on higher-cost, lower-profit 8 – continued on page 10

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distribution networks far from home. These numbers are reflected by the fact that of the 7,500 US craft breweries, 35% are brewpubs, 62% are microbreweries (up to 15,000 bbl/yr), and 3% are regional breweries (15k to 6M per year). In terms of volume per brewery, about 75% of American craft breweries produce less than 1,000 bbl per year with the average size of brewery in 2019 being 400 bbl/year. Furthermore, growth in this 400 bbl/ year sector has been flat which implies that the overall industry growth is coming more from new breweries opening than expansion of existing ones. Overall, this represents a big change from how breweries operated ten years ago and this is reflected in the way Buffalo Beer Week works. A decade ago, only five breweries were operating: Flying Bison, Ellicottville Brewing, Southern Tier and Pearl Street. Buffalo saw the rise of the beer geek culture and Beer Week events in the early days emphasized beer bars and events around craft beer from breweries outside of the region. Now, with 38 local breweries, Beer Week has taken a strong focus on local beer at local bars, Beer Week public festivals (like the Opening Gala, Ballpark Brewbash, and Borderland), and events & beer releases at taprooms. The goal overall is to build depth close to home in order to raise awareness among loyal locals and interested travelers. The role of the Buffalo Niagara Brewers Association is to aid local breweries and craft beer businesses in building awareness among locals and tourists by hosting events like Buffalo Beer Week and four additional festivals (Brewers Invitational, 4th year, Farm to Pint, 7th year, Buffalo Brewers Festival, 7th year, Canadian American Beer Festival, inaugural). The Association would like to support the growth of local breweries and remain strong by growing the local enthusiast base through the efforts of its enthusiast club, the Buffalo Beer League. In ten years, it is expected that every neighborhood in WNY will have its own small brewery making fresh flavor forward beer. Our festivals and Beer Week will grow and attract many tourists from nearby metros such as Rochester, Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Toronto. A few local breweries will achieve fame on the national level. A few others will become regional status. Some may close or be purchased by larger breweries. The Buffalo Beer League will have thousands of loyal members. Buffalo will be a recognized destination for craft beer. We may win the Super Bowl and the Stanley Cup and drink a beer or two to celebrate. Sit back. Pop open a cold one from your favorite local brewery. Turn on the Bills game. Enjoy the ride. The next ten years is on its way.

Willard Brooks is past-president & founder of the Buffalo Niagara Brewers Association, founder of the Buffalo Niagara Slow Food chapter, former board member of Field & Fork Network, and advocate for the local Farm to Pint movement.

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Owner, Pizza Plant Italian Pub “2010… A clean-shaven guy in jeans and a t-shirt walks into a bar and asks if they have any IPAs on tap. Bartender responds, [Ithaca] Flower Power just kicked, but I’m putting on [Bear Republic] Racer 5 next. 2019… A bunch of bearded guys in jeans and hoodies go to their friends basement. One waited in line for his Chocolate Banana Milkshake IPA, another saved a crowler of Raspberry Hazelnut Pastry Stout his friend sent him and another poured the “canned-threehours-ago” Strawberry Peach Fruit Smoothie Sour. The last guy sat in front of the TV with a sixer of PBR’s.”

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Owner, Shatzel Group “It’s been a great and occasionally bittersweet ride since 2009 in the Buffalo/WNY Craft Beer Scene. Social media has really been the trigger. Online trade groups have brought once limited local releases to broader audiences. Facebook groups like Buffalo Beer Geeks seem to have risen above the wave of negativity that once threatened it. Ten years ago, Buffalo had zero chance of ever being the host city for an event like Shelton Brothers: The Festival. So the emergence of local breweries, beer stores and the general fervor for craft beer locally has really put WNY on 12 the craft beer map.”

Celebrate Buffalo Beer Week with Scott a Freshly Brewed Buffalo IPA –Panfil Go to a craft-beer bar. Find a guy with a beard. Strike up a conversation about IPAs. Here’s the trick: call it an “Indian Pale Ale” and wait for the “Well, actually…” He’ll probably tell you that it’s actually an “India Pale Ale” and it was brewed with excessive hops to survive the trip to British Colonial India. You see, the British beer at the time would spoil over the long, hot voyage and only the new highly-hopped IPA could survive to quench the thirst of the British Soldiers there. Upon returning to Britain, they demanded more of the beer they had fallen in love with while in the service. He would be, of course, be wrong… or at least mostly wrong. Pick up a copy of Joshua Bernstein’s book “Complete IPA: The Guide To Your Favorite Craft Beer” for a quick version of the actual history, or even better, Mitch Steele’s book “IPA: Brewing Techniques, Recipes and the Evolution of India Pale Ale” for a more in-depth look at the evolution of the IPA. No matter what the source material though, you’ll find it lacks the newest forms of IPAs, even though some are already being included in BJCP competitions as a separate category. (See Clint Perez’s BJCP article for more information about style guidelines). That’s because IPAs make up a substantial amount of the growth of craft-beer and brewers are constantly trying to differentiate their beers in an increasingly-crowded marketplace. Within the past two years, we’ve seen the rise of heavily-fruited IPAs, New England IPAs, Glitter IPAs, Brüt IPAs, Milkshake IPAs, and more. This year, the brewers of Buffalo are formally introducing what is known as a “Buffalo IPA.” Even with the wide array of IPA styles, you’ll recognize the Buffalo IPA as something unique. It’s the reason that local IPAs tend to resemble other styles, but fail to fall squarely into a single classification. They tend to borrow from the clear, bitter, citrus and pine flavored West Coast IPAs and from the hazy, soft, fruity flavored New England IPAs to blend something that tends to be slightly hazy, with strong hop aroma and flavors of tropical fruits, citrus, and piney or dank resins. In short, it’s a “juicy” IPA with some bite to it. Many Buffalo breweries already have a beer that matches this style in their standard rotation, and the number of taps at local restaurants that feature local IPAs proves their popularity. – continued on page 16

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To celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Buffalo Beer Week, a handful of breweries have collaborated to brew a “Buffalo IPA” specifically for Beer Week. Each will be known by a different name, but each can be ordered as a “Celebration Beer.” Using a similar agreedupon recipe and mostly New York State ingredients, each participating brewery will have a pilot-sized batch in their taprooms throughout Beer Week. A pilot-sized batch will vary in size depending on the pilot-system each brewery is using, but you can be assured that quantities will be limited, and when they’re gone, they’re gone. Find the “Celebration Beer” at the taprooms of the breweries below and make sure to check it in on your favorite apps. Embrace the “Buffalo IPA” as a style when sharing your favorite beers with out-of-towners. We wear it with pride. It’s not a West or East Coast IPA - it’s something uniquely Western New York, and stands toe to toe with anyone. Participating Buffalo IPA “Celebration Beer” Breweries:

• 12 Gates (Williamsville) • Prosper (North Tonawanda) • 42 North (East Aurora) • Rusty Nickel (West Seneca) • Big Ditch (Buffalo) • West Shore (Clarence) • Flying Bison (Buffalo) • Four Mile (Olean) • New York Beer Project (Lockport)

Scott is a home brewer and a member of Das Hausbrauers Homebrew Club. More information about Das Hausbrauers and Scott’s local beer podcast can be found at WNYBrews.com.

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Farm To Pint and Table Dinner 100 Acres @ Hotel Henry – Clint Perez The Hotel Henry is a true Buffalo historical landmark. This year for Buffalo Beer Week, the Buffalo Niagara Brewers Association is partnering with the Hotel Henry’s 100 Acres Restaurant to produce a special Farm-to-Pint-AndTable Dinner celebrating Western New York’s rich tradition of agriculture and craft brewing. “We have a long history of Farm-to-Table here at Hotel Henry,” said Kristie Pottle, Hotel Henry’s Director of Events. “Going back to the earliest days, we’ve had our own garden and served those vegetables in the facility. We carry on that tradition today with a Farm-to-Table menu featuring fresh vegetables from our garden.”

Courses include Intoduction to Brewing/ Distilling, Sensory Evaluation of Beer, Science of Brewing/Distilling, Food & Beverage Sevices and Sanitation, and Brewing/Distilling Internship… all designed to prepare students for eve employment in the ever-expanding industries of brewing and distillation. Students obtain hands-on experience with the Blichmann TopTier Modular Brewing System – the gold standard for equipment in the industry. And courses take place in Trocaire’s state-of-the-art brewing laboratory at our convenient location in Williamsville.

The dinner will feature craft beers and cider from four area breweries and cideries. Each beverage will be paired with a dish specially crafted by Hotel Henry’s chefs to accentuate both the beer and food. “We’ve done several beer dinners, but this will be the first in which we are able to bring in multiple breweries and share the breadth of what our craft brewing scene has to offer,” said Pottle. Participating breweries represent both the old and new in the Buffalo brewing scene. Thin Man Brewery, Froth Brewing, 42 North Brewing and Blackbird Cider Works will feature their beers and ciders. “We’re really excited to be partnering with the Hotel Henry,” said Willard Brooks, founder and former President of the BNBA. “This event brings together two great icons in Western New York and Hotel Henry is the perfect partner for us.” The event will take place Monday, September 16 from 6:00 - 8:00pm. Tickets are $50 and available via Hotel Henry.

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Willard Brooks

Founder/Past President, Buffalo Niagara Brewers Association “There are 38 breweries in WNY now and four 10 years back. Blue Monk opened then and made old world beers like Saison, Gueuze, and Orval popular. Then, ‘East Coast IPA’ meant bitter copper-colored maltbomb and ‘West Coast IPA,’ tongue rippers. Now, New England IPAs, Fruited Sours, and Pastry Stouts are riding high. I love a good example of any of these, but Sierra Nevada Pale Ale is still a masterpiece. Lagers from OFW and Thin Man and barrel-aged Saisons from 42 North. Prediction… Buffalo will become one of those well-travelled American craft beer destinations that all the cool kids talk about.”

John Paul Meteer

Head Brewer, Brickyard Brewing Co. “There are fabulous beers being made in WNY right now. Local brewers have seriously stepped up their game in the last couple of years. None of it would be possible without the undying support of local beer drinkers. [Thin Man] Trial By Wombat, anyone? [OFW Brewing] #SmashTag? OK, [Brickyard] White Bronco too. And can we talk about 42 North’s mixed fermentation program? As far as things to be jealous of… wow! I’m stoked for the future of WNY craft beer, and I’m glad that a bunch of folks had the guts to make 20 it happen (here’s looking at you, Tim Herzog).”

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10 Truths & Tips If You’re Thinking of Starting Homebrewing – Scott Panfil Do you brew beer? If you don’t, I’ll bet you know someone who does. I had my first taste of homebrew about 10 years ago and had the same thought many of us had: this isn’t as good as the stuff I can buy. It was because the person who made it had just started brewing. A handful of my friends started about 10 years ago, three years before I did. Since then, the amount of information and help available about brewing has exploded. New brewers don’t have to spend a year making bad beers through trial and error. Some still do of course, but it’s not for lack of information. You can get brewing help from books, podcasts, YouTube, blogs, or from experienced brewers themselves. Whenever possible, you should be talking to other homebrewers and tasting beer. If a beer really “wows” you, figure out what you like about it and ask them how they did it. Do the same for beers you don’t like, or those that have an off-flavor. Most homebrewers would love to talk shop about one of their beers. Where do you find other homebrewers? That’s the easy part. We have multiple homebrew shops in Western New York with knowledgeable owners and staff. Start there. When you go in to buy a kit, some ingredients, and some hardware, strike up a conversation. Ask questions like: “I’m brewing a hefeweizen, what do you suggest?” You’ll get useful advice from people who have brewed for themselves and have talked to thousands of others who have done the same. All of the local homebrew stores have been around for decades and can pass that experience to you. Just like anything else, you can look at those people who started 10 years ago and think “Why start now? I’ll never catch up. I’ve waited too long to start.” Or, you could imagine where you would be ten years from now. If you still think you’ll be DRINKING beer, do yourself a favor and start making it yourself. In the interest of starting, and to celebrate Buffalo Beer Week’s 10th year, I’ve spoken to many experienced homebrewers and will share with you this list of 10 truths and tips to get you going: – continued on page 24

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10. Brewing beer is NOT always cheaper than buying it. An individual batch can be very inexpensive if you buy in bulk and don’t count equipment costs, but expect to pay similar amounts for a good homebrewed beer compared to a good craft beer. 9. It’s addictive. Talking about those equipment costs, very few homebrewers I know stay with their first system. They’re always trying to upgrade some portion of their system to create better or more consistent beer.

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8. Homebrew upsets your stomach. I’ve heard this since I started, and if you’re swigging down the yeast at the bottom of a bottle-conditioned homebrew, you may pay for it afterwards, but it’s not a rule. It’s very easily avoided. 7. There are so many great beers out there, it’s not worth making it anymore. I suppose it’s up to you, but I enjoy brewing beer that I couldn’t get here, or couldn’t get fresh. A homebrewed traditional German style beer will be better than the export version that eventually makes its way across the ocean. 6. Your first homebrews will be slightly disappointing. It’s awesome to drink your first homebrew, but you’ll immediately start thinking about what you can do better. It’s part of the process. 5. Control your temperatures. If you upgrade anything on your system, start with fermentation temperature. Anything you can do to keep it constant or controlled is a step in the right direction. 4. It’s a deep well. There is so much to learn and so many sources from which to learn, that you’ll never run dry of reading or listening material. 3. There are best practices, but endless ways to make beer. You can get fancy or you can keep it simple. Stove-top extract beers can be just as good as commercial beers with a little knowledge. There is no reason to go big. You can fit this hobby to whatever lifestyle you want to live. 2. Clean and Sanitize. This is the best tip for beginners. Clean everything often. Sanitize before use. Many off-flavors can be prevented by good cleaning practices. 1. Get started. You improve by doing. You must get started to get better. Keep it simple, talk to other brewers, and start enjoying this rewarding hobby. It’s just as rewarding as any other hobby, except you end up with beer at the end! Cheers!

Scott is a home brewer and a member of Das Hausbrauers Homebrew Club. More information about Das Hausbrauers and Scott’s local beer podcast can be found at WNYBrews.com.

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What’s Past Is Prologue

– Paul Marko

A lead-up to The Shelton Brothers Festival The year was 2006. I was a relative craft beer “greenhorn,” lucky enough to find myself on a beer trip of a lifetime… without enough knowledge to even know it was happening. But that would quickly change as the unfettered access and beer VIP introductions quickly snapped me into the reality that I should perhaps not drink so much of the free beer constantly being offered, keep my wits about me and pay attention to what was going on!

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This was a “working vacation” and my first time in Europe. I was traveling with Dan and Will Shelton of the highly respected (albeit confrontational) Shelton Brothers Importers as a photographic assistant. I was doing quite a bit of graphic design for the company by then, so Dan and Will thought that it would help if I had some first hand knowledge of the interworkings of their business and meet some of the brewery owners that I was interacting with. Although I had to pay my own way, who would say no to that? Despite having VIP access to breweries such as Kulmbacher, Spezial and Mahr’s in Germany, Thellier and Au Baron in France, plus a host of others in Belgium, my true epiphany didn’t arrive until waiting in line at Cantillon’s “Open Brew Day” to witness the koelship in action. As I stood gingerly on the attic wooden steps, wondering just what photographing spontaneous fermentation might entail, I turned around to see Sam Calagione (Dogfishhead founder) and Vinnie Cilurzo (Russian River founder) conversing in line behind me.

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Perhaps it was the legendary Pajottenland wild yeast in the air, or Sam and Vinnie’s words of just how awe-inspiring the scene was, but the thought that I was in a rarefied time and space had started its fermentation. Quickly! (there’s also the story of me prompting Sam with the idea for a group of us to pick up and move a car that was blocking our bus from leaving “Grote Dorst” lambic festival - but ask me about that one in person) My craft beer indoctrination continued in the USA as well. The next year, while volunteering for the Shelton’s at Ommegang’s “Belgium Comes to Cooperstown” Festival, I witnessed first hand just how far the importers had to go on their “in order for us to be successful, education is everything” quest. To serve everyone in line, we had to rapidly uncork Cantillon gueuze bottles and pour away at the 26 – continued on page 28

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outstretched arms. Despite knowing that there was Cantillon “aging” on the shelves of Premier Gourmet back home, I was still shocked to witness at least 25% of those in line spilling out their samples! “This beer is bad/ infected/awful” they would yelp while quickly overturning their glass. Now that I had the knowledge (and Lambic appreciation) - I was infuriated to see this happen at a BELGIAN beer festival. Certainly it would take decades for Americans (Western New Yorkers) to embrace these beers.

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Fast forward just a few years and Blue Monk opens in our city. The game changer (with major props to Pizza Plant for preparing the field). I finally had a place to enjoy the beers I had to struggle mightily to obtain and hopes were raised, but just because the amazing portfolio of the Shelton’s was on the chalkboard, didn’t mean they would sell. Bottles would still gather shelf dust and glasses would still pour into drains, right? Well, we happily know the answer to that question. Curiosities were quelled, knowledge was gained, sixtels were emptied, apps were loaded, palette’s expanded, bottle shops opened, Zwanze Days obtained and breweries would pop up like flowers on a spring day… and those Cantillon gems would never be seen sitting on a shelf again. At this point (despite slowing imported craft beer sales) The Shelton Festival was well on it’s way to becoming the best traveling beer fest in the country - if not the world. Myself, along with other local fanatics, would travel to other cities to enjoy the vast wealth of world-class beer. But this amazing event could never, ever come to our city of good neighbors, right? In just over a decade (okay, more like 15 years) I’ve watched this incredible transformation happen. I couldn’t be happier or more proud that “we” right in here in the City of Good Neighbors, have The Shelton Fest in 2019 (October 4 & 5th, Central Terminal) and that ticket sales were faster than for any of their previous events. If attending The Festival, try to expand your beer horizon and sample from breweries you may not of heard of. Try different styles and expand your palate. Perhaps in 10 years future, you’ll look back and realize it was the best thing you’ve ever done. Paul is a graphic designer/photgrapher and craft beer enthusiast in Buffalo, NY. He’s also an avid supporter of local breweries and is a moderator on “Buffalo Beer Geeks” Facebook group. Send in your follower request!

Buffalo Beer Week: An Origin Story

– Brian Campbell

The storied history of Buffalo Beer Week as told by those who helped shape it

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“For Beer Week, I imagine the talks started after seeing ads for other Beer Weeks popping up in the Great Lakes Brewing News with Philly being the main one. Dan Syracuse, Bill Metzger, Willard Brooks & myself started talking about establishing a Buffalo Beer Week and a Buffalo Beer Hall of Fame. This was at a time where the only local breweries in the city were Flying Bison Brewing and Pearl Street Brewery. So most of the on premise craft beer drinking occurred at the likes of Coles, Pizza Plant, Mister Goodbar & Alternative Brews. I believe there were a few locations participating the initial year and it just grew from there.” Mike Shatzel

Owner, Shatzel Group

“The idea of a Beer Week seemed to click because it was something that different cities could do. And at the time there weren’t many people promoting beer in Buffalo, so Mike [Shatzel], Dan [Syracuse], Bobby [Rabb] from Mr. Goodbar and myself decided to do something to better promote the beer being made here in Buffalo. At the time, I was publishing newspapers on beer and those guys were running craft beer bars, so the few of us started Buffalo Beer Week. Within a couple of years a lot of people signed on and it really got really big, as did the entire craft side of the industry. When we started back then, there weren’t that many craft beer places, but it was the idea of building upon the movement of pushing beer to where it is today, promoting it and focusing on quality and small businesses. Now, here we are today and there are tons of places, people and events.” Bill Metzger

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“The story of Buffalo Beer Week for me began years before our Beer Week started. A friend of mine, who was really into the heritage of California breweries, opened a brewery and got me interested. Anchor Brewing had a sign in their taproom that said “Don’t Say Beer Say Buffalo.” Turns out the biggest brewer of Steam Beer was called Buffalo Brewing Company and was founded by Hernan Grau from Buffalo, who was the son-in-law of Alfred Ziegele, who started the Phoenix Brewing Company.”

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Shatzel. This was when Blue Monk opened and people were talking about Buffalo maybe becoming a world-class beer destination for craft beer again. I started Buffalo Beer Geeks, which now has 5000 members. I also started thinking about an association capable of managing the growth of Buffalo Beer Week. After some thought and study of beer weeks like Philly and San Francisco, we came to the conclusion that what we needed was a brewers association - the thinking being that great beer cities have great breweries. Thus was born in 2013 the Buffalo Niagara Brewers Association. Now Beer Week is turning 10, Buffalo has 38 breweries and the rest is history.” Willard Brooks Founder/Past President,

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The Buffalo Beer Symposium is a panel discussion on the history and future of brewing in Buffalo. The panel features brewers and industry experts that will discuss the evolution of brewing in Buffalo and where the craft beverage industry is headed. Both the public and indust industry members are invited to join us.

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“After tossing around the idea of celebrating all things BEER, Mike Shatzel, Bill Metzger and I convened in a booth at the Walker Plaza Pizza Plant in early 2010 to discuss ideas. At this time, the Buffalo area’s beer scene was mostly at bars, so like other Beer Weeks nationally, we knew the venues just needed to host unique beer related events, which is of course, much easier said than done. We talked about creating a logo, which should definitely include local ties, and Mike described how we should make it like a nickel with a beer-filled buffalo. Next, we needed an online presence. Bill had the web platform with the Brewing News, so I registered the name “BuffaloBeerWeek.com,” and his staff created our first website, complete with the ability to upload events and display ads. The response was positive, and it spurred creativity for the beer bar scene to market themselves, because Beer Week is just that, a wonderful scheme to give us all another reason to enjoy some beer with friends.” Dan Syracuse Owner, Pizza Plant Can you predict what the state of Craft Beer will be in ten more years… in 2029? Hazy IPA’s brewed in space, dry-hopped with Martian Galaxy hops? It’s fun to think about it, no?

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“I think Buffalo brewers are being pushed to make bigger, more badass beers than ever before, which is driving all of us to be more creative and develop new techniques that push the envelope of what we call beer. Our brewing scene is now packed with some amazing new badass brewers that really interact phenomenally with the ever-growing craft beer drinking population. I can pick up my phone and call over 10 brewers from different Buffalo breweries to just chill and shoot the shit with over some beers anytime, which shows how well the brewing community vibes well together.”

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“At 21 years old, ten years ago the only thing I knew about craft beer was Pearl Street making their own beer and [Flying Bison’s] Rusty Chain. Seeing the industry expand to over 30 breweries and to be working in the business is mind blowing. If you’re picky, there’s something for you somewhere! It’s not even just about beer; there are high quality hops and barley being grown around WNY, and being used to create the best local beers around. I’m proud to see how far we’ve come! I love that 36 the Buffalo beer scene feels like one big family.”

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Craft Beer Gets High Marks as Brewers Association Releases – Brian Campbell Growth Report The Brewers Association has released their annual craft beer industry growth report, which craft beer passed with flying colors thanks to 4 percent total growth. The report states that, in 2018, craft brewers produced 25.9 million barrels, increasing craft beer’s market share by volume to 13.2 percent. That marks a 0.6 percent increase over 2017, and a 1.1 percent increase over 2016.

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Furthermore, the growth report states that retail dollar value, estimated at $27.6 billion, represents 24.1 percent market share and a 7 percent growth over 2017, despite the overall beer market dropping 1 percent by volume in 2018.

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However, perhaps the most important metric was that craft brewers provided more than 150,000 jobs nationwide, an increase of 11 percent over 2017. 7,346 craft breweries operated in 2018, including 4,521 microbreweries, 2,594 brewpubs, and 231 regional craft breweries, with only 219 brewery closings over the past year as compared to 1,049 openings.

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New York State was a major driving force behind craft beer’s growth nationwide, accounting for 19,918 jobs, approximately 2 million barrels produced and $5.4 billion in total economic impact. Narrowing the scope to the Buffalo-Niagara region, Erie County leads the way with $294,637,850 of total revenue output (24 breweries, 1,385 jobs). Behind Erie sits Chautauqua County ($86,468,759, 6 breweries, 268 jobs), Cattaraugus ($62,725,265, 4 breweries, 307 jobs), Niagara ($30,161,713, 3 breweries, 178 jobs) and Wyoming ($14,097,070, 3 breweries, 71 jobs). That growth can certainly be felt right here in our own backyard with a number of breweries either opening, expanding or opening second locations. Community Beer Works upgraded their digs, – continued on page 40

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going from a garage on Lafayette to a beautiful new facility on Seventh, Resurgence Brewing’s opulent new 25,000 square foot brewery in the Old First Ward is open now on Chicago Street and even more breweries have, or are planning, second locations. Woodcock Brothers has a new brewpub inside the Wurlitzer Building in North Tonawanda, Thin Man Brewery opened a second home on Chandler across the street from the

Buffalo Cider Hall, the second location of Barker’s BlackBird C i d e r Works, New York Beer Project now has a second home in Victor, Steelbound’s new location in Springville is coming soon and Rusty Nickel also has a downtown Buffalo location in the works. And that’s not even to mention expansion projects at 42 North Brewing in East Aurora and Brickyard Brewing in Lewiston, the recent brewhouse upgrades to Old First Ward Brewing and West Shore Brewing, and the recent openings of Jamestown Brewing (Jamestown), Belt Line Brewery and Kitchen (Larkin), Froth Brewing (Military), Big Inlet Brewing (Mayville), In the Mix Brewing and Creamery (Barker) and Prosper Brewing (North Tonawanda).

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Head Brewer, Buffalo Brewpub “Since 1986 the Buffalo Brewpub has had a front row seat watching the evolution of the beer scene in WNY. In particular, the past 10 years have been extremely interesting! The innovation and diversity in beer styles has exploded. The hyper-focus on local is benefiting everything from the consumer to the economy. The healthy competition that exists among our tight brewing community continues to grow and, as a result, the quality is following suit! The bar keeps getting higher! We’re extremely proud to support and be a part of the Buffalo-Niagara brewing community!”

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“I started out trying some nationally distributed craft beers and enjoying them, but it wasn’t until I realized that craft beer is a way of life and not just a beverage that made me completely hooked. Craft beer in Buffalo is about crafting the highest quality beers possible, working diligently to perfect a variety of styles, sharing those styles, giving back to our communities and by providing jobs, and providing people a place to have fun and connect with neighbors while enjoying the best food, music, and beer. What’s not to love about the 42 Buffalo beer scene 10 years later?”

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– Brian Campbell From brewhouse expansions to new breweries popping up all over town on a seemingly monthly basis, the Buffalo-Niagara craft beer scene is experiencing a true renaissance period right now. And luckily there is a new way to be a part of all this booming growth without saddling yourself with a hefty Uber bill – the Buffalo Ale Trail, a uniquely fresh experience of what makes Buffalo’s beer scene stand out - the beer and the passionate brewers putting our city on the map! The Buffalo Ale Trail, which runs from Westfield to Tonawanda, Ellicottville to Batavia and all points in-between, is an exciting way to visit over a dozen breweries, cideries and meaderies by just simply sampling the handcrafted wares at each trail stop. Just grab a beer (or mead or cider) and listen to the stories from those across the bar – you’re most likely speaking to someone who has a direct hand in the process of getting that liquid into your glass. How does the Buffalo Ale Trail work, you ask? It’s very simple. Membership is $75 for the year, which entitles you to a special 32oz. Ale Trail growler and growler fill passport. From there, all you have to do is take your growler and passport to each participating venue, get it filled and your passport stamped. Then take your growler home and enjoy it yourself or better yet, share it with friends. Then, once it’s empty (which shouldn’t take long), rinse it out and repeat the Growler Fill Passport Club process. See? It’s just that easy. Now for the fine print. This is limited to one 32oz. growler fill per participating venue per month BuffaloAleTrail.com (certain exclusions may apply). No cash value, memberships/growler fills non-transferrable. The Ale Trail is a limited edition program, as only 200 growlers will be sold. So make sure you get them while you can or you’re in for case of serious FOMO. Participating venues include 12 Gates Brewing, 42 North Brewing, BlackBird Cider Works, Brickyard Brewing, Buffalo Brewpub, Five & 20 Spirits and Brewing, Eli Fish Brewing, Gordon Biersch, Lilly Belle Meads, New York Beer Project, Prosper Brewing, Resurgence, Steelbound and SATO Brewpub. More venues are being added, so be sure to check back often. Start today! You can purchase a Buffalo Ale Trail membership and get your growler and passport at the Buffalo Beer Week Opening Gala at Flying Bison Brewing Company on Friday, September 13. Proceeds from this program will help to fund an annual Western New York craft beer market study that will help WNY develop marketing programs specifically aimed at expanding craft beer sales and increasing beer tourism. 44 For more information, please visit www.buffaloaletrail.com

I. Buffalo Beer Week Opening Gala

VI. Funky Fruity Friday

Fri, Sept. 13 • 5-9pm • Flying Bison

Fri, Sept. • 20 5pm | Coles & Mr. Goodbar

Featuring beer from WNY Breweries, plus Live Music & Food Trucks Complimentary Buﬀalo Beer Week Gala tasting glass & tasting tickets. $20 @ door.

Are you a sour beer lover? This day is perfect for you! Enjoy a selection of session, fruity and barrel aged sours at two great bars in honor of National Sour Beer Day! A la carte pints. Free entry.

II. Pizza Plant Buffalo IPA Palooza

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

iii. Buffalo Beer League Bash

Sat, Sept. 14 • 6-9pm Pizza Plant Transit

Join the Buﬀalo Beer League, literally, as reduced BBL memberships will be for sale. BBL members will receive $10 oﬀ Pizza Plant draa cards. Live music, beer and can specials. Free entry.

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ViiI. Ballpark Brew Bash

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Tues, Sept. 17 • 6-9pm @ Buffalo Cider Hall

A panel discussion on the history and future of brewing in Buﬀalo featuring an expert panel consisting of Matt Kahn (Big Ditch), Mike Shatzel (Thin Man), Scott Donovan (Blackbird), Willard Brooks and more. Free entry.

Consumer’s Beverages presents the 2019 Ballpark Brew Bash, an evening of craa beer tasting and fun! Check out your favorite breweries from near and far, sample their latest releases, and get to know the people who make the brews. Tickets at all Consumer’s locations, Buﬀalo Bisons Ticket Oﬃce, and Tickets.com.

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Sat-Sun, Sept. 21-22 Knox Farm State Park A two-day music and arts festival featuring over 22 bands, local craa beer and cider, culture, artisans and food at Knox Farm State Park in East Aurora. Tickets at BorderlandFestival.com.

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V. Buffalo Brewers Symposium

Sat, Sept. 21 • 3-7pm Sahlen Field

X. Happy Ending Taproom Brunches

Sun, Sept. 22 • 11am-1pm | Various taprooms

Spend the last day of Beer Week with happiest ending you could ever imagine, brunch at your local taproom. Contact each location directly for details. Buﬀalobeerweek.com for details.

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Just What is a Brewers Association For?

– Willard Brooks

For If you have been following craft beer for some time you may have noticed that the industry has given rise to several different nonprofit companies containing the phrase “brewers association” in their names. Some examples are the “Brewers Association,” the Bay Area Brewers Guild, the California Craft Brewers Association, the San Diego Brewers Guild, the Michigan Brewers Guild, the Vermont Brewers Association, the New York State Brewers Association, and the Buffalo Niagara Brewers Association. It is the assumption of the author that many every day beer drinkers have heard of these groups but are unclear on who they are, who they represent, what they do, and why they even exist. Fortunately, it is simple to untangle. Simply put, Brewers Associations are 501.c.6 trade associations that operate on either federal, state, or the local level to advocate for craft brewers on each of these levels. Let’s look at each level in turn. National Brewers Associations This level contains a single national association called the “Brewers Association,” which was established in 2005, through a merger of the “Association of Brewers” and the “Brewers’ Association of America” to “promote and protect small and independent American brewers, their craft beers and the community of brewing enthusiasts.” Two of the largest programs supported by the BA are the American Homebrewers Association which was founded in 1978, the annual Great American Beer Festival (GABF) founded in 1981. Other events the BA puts on are the Savor beer and food event, the World Beer Cup international competition, and the Craft Brewers Conference annual trade show for member craft brewers. The BA has 5,240 US brewery members and 46,000 members of the American Homebrewers Association along with allied trade, beer wholesalers, retailers, individuals, associate members and BA staff. The work of the Brewers Association includes: Government Advocacy (especially in Washington, DC around taxes), Best Practices, Community Building, Supply Chain Support, Marketing, and Brewer Education. 50 – continued on page 52

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State Brewers Associations State brewers guilds and associations are nonprofit trade organizations formed to provide an effective, united voice for protecting and promoting the interests of brewers in a given state or region. All 50 states have some form of brewerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s guild. Many are highly organized with executive directors and support staff. State associations are at the forefront of the effort to raise up, put into action, defend, and keep in place beer policies at the state level. In NYS, the relevant organization is the NYS Brewers Association founded by Tim Herzog of Flying Bison Brewing Company and Dave Katleski of Empire Brewing Company. The NYS Association, currently led by Executive Director Paul Leone, has won many legislative victories since its inception that have helped maintain the growth of the craft beer industry in NYS. The NYSBA also puts on several key beer events around the state - including collaborating with the Buffalo Niagara Brewers Association on its annual festival, the Buffalo Brewers Festival at Canalside this past June. New York has approximately 400 breweries and the NYSBA has about 250 members. Local Brewers Associations Local brewers associations operate at the level of the region or the municipality. Well known examples of local brewers associations are the San Francisco Brewers Guild, the San Diego Brewers Guild, and the New York City Brewers Guild. Most of these groups are less than ten years old and coincide with the expansion over the past ten years in the number of breweries in the US, which has given rise to promotional needs of a more granular nature than what state or national associations can offer easily. Many of the local brewers associations have a few annual events that anchor their activities, such as a large annual festival or a beer week. The mission of local associations tends to be more simplified as compared to State and National associations. The reason for this is that the relevant laws that govern craft breweries exist principally at the state and federal levels and much less so on the local level. However, the preponderance of breweries in the US has given rise for the need for local associations to market local breweries to residents and 52 tourists. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; continued on page 54

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This is what has given rise to the Buffalo Niagara Brewers Association, founded by Willard Brooks (the author), Tim Herzog (Flying Bison), and Robert Free (WNY Restaurant Association), for the purpose of advocating for local WNY breweries and for managing Buffalo Beer Week. Since its inception in 2013, the BNBA has launched several programs:

1. Buffalo Beer Week (celebrating its 10th year in 2019) 2. Buffalo Brewers Festival at Canalside (celebrating its 7th year in 2020) 3. Farm to Pint Week (celebrating its 7th year in 2020) 4. Buffalo Brewers Invitational (celebrating its 4th year in 2020) 5. Canadian American Beer Festival (inaugural year 2019) 6. Buffalo Beer League Enthusiast Program (celebrating its 7th year) 7. Buffalo Ale Trail (inaugural year 2019)

The mission of the Buffalo Niagara Brewers Association is 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 monitor and assure a thriving craft beer and brewing industry within the region. The Buffalo Niagara Brewers Association formed during a renaissance in the Buffalo Niagara region’s craft brewing industry that has seen the rebirth of breweries, brewpubs, beer gardens, barley farming, hopyards, and malt houses. The BNBA’s goal is to restore and preserve Buffalo Niagara’s brewing heritage and to position the region for achieving world-class status as a craft beer destination. WNY has about 38 breweries and the BNBA has 35 member breweries.

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Tim Herzog (BNBA Co-Founder & President, Flying Bison Brewing Co.) John Cimperman (BNBA Marketing Committee & Founder, 42 North Brewing Co.) Scott Donovan (BNBA Treasurer & Owner, BlackBird Cider Works) Paul Alessi (F2P Program Chair & President,

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Joe Marshall (BNBA Secretary & Co-Owner

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Jeff Ware (Brewers Festival Chair &

President, Resurgence Brewing Co.)

Peter Krieinheder (President, Ellicottville

Brewing Company)

Dan Syracuse (Retail Committee &

Founder, Pizza Plant)

Darryl Howe (Retail Committee &

President/Founder, Aurora Brew Works)

Scott McMillan (Co-Founder, Buffalo

Beer League)

Jaye Beattie (Membership Chair & Founder/

Owner, Four Mile Brewing Co.)

Kelly Krupski (Brewers Invitational Chair

& Owner, New York Beer Project)

Willard Brooks (BNBA Founder/Past President, Events Co-Chair,

Canadian-American Beer Festival Chair)

Erik Coleman (Ex-Officio BNBA Events Co-Chair & Founder, Beer by Coleman) Clint Perez (Ex-Officio BNBA Marketing Co-Chair, Director at Neustar, Inc.,

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Scott Panfil (Ex-Officio BNBA Membership Chair & Beer Week Traffic Cop) Ted Hawley (President, New York Craft Malt)

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The Buffalo Niagara Brewers Association formed in 2013 as a 501.c.6 trade association during a renaissance in our region’s craft brewing industry that has seen the rebirth of breweries, brewpubs, beer gardens, barley growing, hopyards, and malt houses. Our goal is to restore and preserve Buffalo Niagara’s brewing heritage and to position our region for achieving world class status as a craft beer destination. The Association achieves this by: • Building and maintaining a Buffalo Niagara Beer Trail • Organizing and hosting prominent craft beer events, such as: Buffalo Beer Week, Buffalo Brewers Fest, Farm to Pint Week, Buffalo Brewers Invitational, and the Canadian American Beer Festival (Can Am) • Building a base of enthusiast support via our club Buffalo Beer League • Partnering with our industry counterparts on the Niagara Peninsula to present a complete tourist view of our bi-national brewing region • Educating the public and tourists about Buffalo Niagara craft beer. • Advocating for the Buffalo Niagara craft beer industry in city and regional government. • Partnering with local retailers, food, beverage, hospitality, and agricultural industries • Growing our enthusiast membership base (i.e. beer tourists, festival attendees and tap-room customers) • Partnering with international (Ontario), state (NY), and local (WNY) organizations who are willing and able to help the BNBA achieve it’s broad goals.

September 13, 2019 • 5 - 9 pm

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840 Seneca St. » Larkinville

For more information about the BNBA, including membership, please visit http://buffaloniagarabrewersassociation.org

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Never Fear… More Breweries – Eric Wollschlager Are On The Way! In 2015, the Buffalo Niagara Brewer’s 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 Matt’s predictions appear to have been 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 2019, there seems to be no stopping the growth of the craft beer market in the area. No fewer than 35 breweries and cideries exist, with seven more coming soon, and another two known breweries still in the planning stages.

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In Williamsville, a new brewery will be joining the ranks of some of the region’s best-known pubs. In their own words, BriteSmith Bewing takes its name from the subset of Blacksmiths known as “Brite Smiths”. Just as the “Brite Smiths” specialized in tin and pewter to perfect the shine and finish of metals, BriteSmith Brewing specializes in delivering perfectly polished pints. And while there are nods to the past throughout the brewery from the towering stainless-steel “Brite” tanks above the bar to the wood-fired Neopolitan pizza, BriteSmith is crafting the perfect brewpub experience. One-Eyed Cat Brewing has spent 2019 getting their beer out to the masses. They have participated in several events in the Buffalo area, which has garnered them a bit of a following. Their oatmeal stout and BIPA have received solid reviews from the brewing community, and a few of their other offerings have begun to generate a buzz. Steel-Leaf Brewing is working hard to get ready to open. In July and August, the brewery debuted images of some very sharp packaging and a gorgeous amber. They also commented that their plan for an Allentown location has fallen through, so they are looking for a facility at the time this is written. It’s also been a year for expansion for some existing Buffalo breweries. Ellicottville’s Steelbound Brewing is opening a second location in Springville, five minutes from the end exit of the 219. The expansive – continued on page 74

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new location was most recently home to Papa Jake’s, and has been lying in wait for a brewery to take over, as it’s the perfect space for one, in an area that is still awaiting its first.

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General Admission 7-10 pm • $10 Members $5 Early entry at 6pm Includes: Food, one pint of beer & door prizes!

3 Sons Brewery in Dania Beach Florida along with Willard Brooks are opening a new beer hub called the Iron Belt Collective. Iron Belt will house multiple brewers from around the country (and the world) - including a 3 Sons Brewery - and it’s own house brand Iron Belt Brewing. Their plan is to introduce new brands to the area but also to enable collective brewers to access the American northeast market. Iron Belt will be in the former Keystone Manufacturing industrial building at 41 Chandler Street and expects to open in the summer of 2020. Grace & Abe’s Brewpub recently opened in Westfield, NY, brewing under the moniker of Abes Ales with help from 7 Sins Brewery in nearby Ripley, NY. This new brewery is Wesfield’s second, in addition to Five & Twenty Brewing. In the Mix Brewing & Creamery, recently opened in the old Barker Brewing space in the town of the same name. They are an incredibly unique business that uses their house-made craft beers (available on their own) to make adult, alcholic frozen custard - the first such “creamery” in NY State to do so! South and east of the city, our friends at 42 North have been developing their property to expand to a space that will add additional storage and production, as well as 4 Air B’n’B rooms to their fullservice facility. It will be the first of its kind in the area, and will certainly help to drive beer geek tourism, adding to the local economy. Orchard Park could be seeing it’s first brewery soon, with the addition of First Line Brewing - a brewery centering on the promotion and support of first responders. They are currently in the Kickstarter stage, but a location has been chosen. Also branching out is Thin Man Brewery, who is celebrating successful summers at their initial Elmwood Avenue and second Chandler Avenue locations. Their third installment will be housed in Brennan’s Pub, adjacent to the Eastern Hills Mall. According to owner Mike Shatzel, the new taproom will be located within Brennan’s current banquet room, with plans calling for 20 tap lines featuring an array of Thin Man beers, along with a few guest beer and cider taps.

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“The Buffalo beer scene has definitely become more accessible. We are a huge beer drinking community, and although there has been a shift in the last 10 years from mass-produced national brands to craft beer, there is still huge potential for growth. I love talking to people who are just learning about craft beer and what Buffalo has to offer. Our community’s breweries easily rival those found in the biggest craft beer cities in the country. Buffalo has world-class beer to offer, and the choices keep growing as new breweries open and established breweries continue to push boundaries. I can’t wait to see what the next 10 years will bring!”

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“Ten is a big number describing the Buffalo beer scene. In the last five years, I have an seen astounding growth not only in breweries but also an equally impressive change in consumer tastes. It’s all about flavor, innovation and the beer experience. In order to have great breweries you have to have a 64 beer culture and Buffalo now has that. It’s exciting!”

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Recall that hilarious Monty Python sketch where John Cleese walks into a cheese shop and orders a long list of cheeses? Among the English cheeses he requests are: Red Leicester, Caerphilly, Red Windsor, Stilton, Lancashire, Double Gloucester, Cheshire, Dorset Blue Vinney, Caithness, Sage Darby, Wensleydale, Ilchester, and Cheddar. That seems to be a dizzying array of cheeses, no? Perhaps not when considering that the British Cheese Board lists over 700 cheeses. Cheese is such a big part of British food culture that a British cheese shop with no cheese would indeed be a joke! The love the Brits have for cheese seems bested only by beer in the form of over 2,000 different brands. This cornucopia of English beer and cheese flavors suggests that wine might play second fiddle to beer on an English cheese board. To decide which cheeses pair best with which beers, a few key points are in order. Consider pairing delicate with delicate and strong with strong (blue cheese with barleywine or Belgian quad). Another angle is to play on complementary flavors (creamy St. Andre with silky cask pours). Contrasting flavors also work (tangy clean California Teleme with complex sweet Chimay Blue). The characteristics of cheeses are firmness, complexity from age, and intensity. Beers have hop bitterness, carbonation, adjunct flavors, malt sweetness, yeast characteristics (fruity esters) and acidity in sour beers. Beer contains as many as 8000 potential components that may impact flavor. The possibilities are literally endless! Experimentation is encouraged, surprises are welcomed. Give it a try. Fortunately in Buffalo we have no shortage of great beer or great cheese. And for those of you familiar with Premier Gourmet (3904 Maple Road, Buffalo), you know that both can be purchased there. Premier Gourmet is also one of the biggest local purveyors of the Shelton Brothers beer portfolio, whose highly anticipated event “The Festival” is coming to town October 4 and 5. “The Festival” in Buffalo and the abundant stock of cheeses and Shelton beers at Premier Gourmet inspires this article. Many thanks to Alena Douglas and the shop she manages, Provisions in Northampton, MA, whose kind assistance forms the basis of this review. 66 – continued on page 68

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Mahr’s U. (Classic German Lager) with Cabot Clothbound Cheddar or Wrangeback. Cabot is meaty, bright and flakey. Wrangeback is nutty bright and fudgey. Both pairings will work nicely with this clean and bright lager. Cuvée de Ranke: A classic, slightly sour blended Belgian ale brewed with whole cone hops… acidic, but with hop balance. Pair with Le Charmoix, which is brine washed, yogurty and yeasty with a bit of a floral component that pairs well with hops.

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de la Senne Taras Boulba: A low-ABV Belgian hoppy ale from Brasserie de la Senne that is light and crispy, with light Belgian yeast character. This pairs well with the Robiola Tre Latti, which is a mixed-milk cheese with a grassy and mousse-like texture. This will be a textural dream with the body of Taras Boulba. Cuvée des Jonquilles: A classic Biere de Garde, which has a saison profile that’s dry and hoppy yet also fruity. Try with Brebirrousse D’Argental, a decadently creamy cheese that pairs perfectly with dry and crisp Belgian ales like this one. Buttery with a bit of lanolin notes. Also try 1655 Gruyere, which is nutty with caramelized onions, tropical fruit, and rich in texture. Põhjala Must Kuld: This is a rich porter with smooth honey notes that pairs well with either L’Amuse Signature Gouda (two-year Dutch gouda - rich, acidic and tastes like burnt caramel). Also try Shropshire Blue, a salty but balanced Stiltonstyle from the UK. Dyed with annatto, but very similar in recipe to stilton. Blues are easy pairings for malty beverages but Shropshire has a cool toasty and nutty component that is quite special. Panil Barriquée: A Flanders Red style ale brewed by Panil Birrificio Torrechiara - pair with Delice de Bourgogne. This luscious triple-creme is a perfect pairing. Also try Gouda-styles like OG Kristal, Signature Gouda or Brabander. These sweet, rich cheeses and the funky tartness of this beer creates a perfect umami-bomb.

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Tuesday, October 29th, 2019

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ALL WEEK/MULTI-DAY EVENTS Blackbird Cider Works All 10 days Daily specials in their tasting rooms all Buffalo Beer Week 5 & 20 Spirits and Brewing All 10 days Beer of the Month to benefit Habitat for Humanity

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Riverworks Brewing Company All 10 days Bring in this booklet to receive $4 beers during Buffalo Beer Week Pearl Street Grill & Brewery All 10 days Bring in this booklet to receive $3.50 seasonal beers during Buffalo Beer Week Lafayette Brewing Company All 10 days $3.50 Pints of any Lafayette Brewing Co. Beer Pizza Plant (Both Locations) All 10 days 1 Free Beer with purchase of a draft card. $2 Off Any local draft Beer During Beer Week with Coupon

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Fri., September 13 » 5–9pm Flying Bison Brewing Co. 840 Seneca Street, Buffalo

$20 at the door » Includes a complimentary Buffalo Beer Week Tasting Glass & Sample Tickets – Featuring Beer From All Your Favorite WNY Breweries – Live Music – Food Trucks (see website for details)

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Buffalo Beer Week History: Cantillon Fou’ Foune being poured at the “Micros @ Marcy Fest” 2012

Sunday, September 15 (3:00 - 7:00pm) “Yappy Hour” Dog-Friendly Patio Happy Hour featuring 16 oz Beers for $3 Wednesday, September 18 (5:00 - 8:00pm) Festbier Tapping Party Featuring Live Music, Food and Games – all to benefit Hospice Buffalo. Saturday, September 21 Come see us downtown at the Ballpark Brewbash!

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Steelbound Brewery & Distillery 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Steelbound Bike Night Big Ditch Brewing Company 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Brewers Shuffleboard Tournament Watch the yearly epic battle at Buffalo Beer Week’s unoffical “Preview Night”

FRIDAY : SEPTEMBER 13 Consumers Beverages 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM Pressure Drop Tasting at Consumers Orchard Park Premier Gourmet 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Southern Tier Tasting

Southern Tier Brewing Company 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM Live music with Mike Brown of The Probables - The Stage at Southern Tier Flying Bison Brewing Company 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM Buffalo Beer Week Opening Gala World of Beer 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Firestone Walker Brewing Co. Tap Spotlight

Four Mile Brewing 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Live music with Chris Bethmann

12 Gates Brewing Company 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Live Music with Johnny Cash Experience 42 North 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Live Music with Good Morning Bedlam

Fattey’s Beer Company All Day $3.00 16oz Industrial Arts Drafts Hamm and Fattey’s Beer Company All Day $3.00 16oz Industrial Arts Drafts Buffalo Beer Week History: The Ballpark Brew Bash is as old as Buffalo Beer Week and also celebrates it’s Tenth Year in 2019.

FALL FLAVORS ARE HERE SATURDAY : SEPTEMBER 14 Premier Gourmet 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Community Beer Works Tasting

Flying Bison Brewing Company 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM Urban Trail Run Series at Flying Bison 42 North Noon - 11:55 PM

Sour Saturday at 42 North

Resurgence Brewing Company Noon - 11:30 PM Resurgence Oktoberfest Five & 20 Spirits and Brewing 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Whiskey Barrel Tasting IMPORTED BAVARIAN HOPS. LOCALLY HARVESTED PUMPKIN. FRESHLY GROUND VANILLA & COFFEE BEAN.

Carnegie Arts Center 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Uncork Your Creativity

Windy Brew 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Windy Brew on The Attica Arcade Train Beer/Wine Fundraiser

Big Inlet Brewing 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Live music with Adam McKillip

Pizza Plant (Canalside Location) 12:00 PM - 10:00 PM Buffalo IPA Palooza 2019 Gene McCarthy’s & Old First Ward Brewing 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Live music with Jonah Krull acoustic 12 Gates Brewing Company 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM Live music with Last Call Blackbird Cider Works All Day Cayuga Island Perry with Peach & Strawberry Cider Release Fattey’s Beer Company All Day $3.00 16oz SingleCut drafts Hamm and Fattey’s Beer Company All Day $3.00 16oz SingleCut drafts Five & 20 Spirits and Brewing All Day Beer of the Month to benefit Habitat for Humanity

SUNDAY : SEPTEMBER 15 Premier Gourmet 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Food and Beer Pairings

Gene McCarthy’s & Old First Ward Brewing 11:00 AM - 10:00 PM Live music with Mexfest Osteria 166 11:30 AM - 5:00 PM

Meatball Street Brawl IV

Flying Bison Brewing Company 12:30 PM - 4:30 PM Bills Away Game Watch Party at Flying Bison #2

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Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM “Yappy Hour” Dog-Friendly Event New York Beer Project 3:00 PM - 11:00 PM NYBP Oktoberfest 42 North 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Winfield’s Pub Kitchen Takeover: Beer Infused-Menu

Buffalo Brew Pub 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Blind Draw Darts Every Sunday

Four Mile Brewing 9:30 AM - 10:00 PM

Four Mile “Football” Pub Run

Rusty Nickel Brewing All Day Sunday Fun-Day @ RNBC Fattey’s Beer Company All Day $3.00 16oz Sloop Drafts Hamm and Fattey’s Beer Company All Day $3.00 16oz Sloop Drafts

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Buffalo Beer Week History: The ceremonial “Tapping of the Keg” during the 2015 Beer Week Press Conference at Big Ditch

MONDAY : SEPTEMBER 16

Buffalo Beer Geeks Bottle Share Beneﬁt Monday Sept.16 5:00-9:00pm Bring at least two of your geekiest bottles or cans (and a $25 donation) to share with your fellow geeks. Buffalo Beer Geeks will be on site selling it’s newest logo glassware designs! Kitchen open for orders. 100% of the door proceeds donated to the Kevin Guest House. Ticket/Reservation/Donation on Eventbrite

Buffalo Beer Geek Bottle Share Benefit @ Beltline Brewing 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM Buffalo Beer Geeks Bottle Share. Bring at least two of your geekiest bottles or cans to share with other geeks. Buffalo Beer Geeks will be on site selling it’s newest glassware. Kitchen open. $25 and 2 bottle entrance. 100% of the door proceeds go to Kevin Guest House. 12 Gates Brewing Company 4:00 PM - 10:00 PM Murder in a Box Mondays: $4 Pints Resting Peach Face 16oz Can Release Premier Gourmet 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

42 North Tasting

Rusty Nickel Brewing 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

DJ Trivia @ RNBC

Flying Bison Brewing Company 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Yoga On Tap For Charity Hotel Henry 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Farm 2 Pint and Table Dinner

Five & 20 Spirits and Brewing All Day Complimentary Beer Samples

Farm to Pint & Plate Join 100 Acres and local

Fattey’s Beer Company All Day $3.00 16oz Nine Pin Drafts Hamm and Fattey’s Beer Company All Day $3.00 16oz Nine Pin Drafts

breweries on September 16th from 6 - 9 pm as we celebrate Buffalo Beer Week by featuring four food stations each with a curated beer pairing. Breweries include Thin Man Brewery, Froth Brewing Co., and 42 North Brewing, along with Blackbird Cider Works. Tickets are $55 per person all-inclusive, available at hotelhenry.com/buffalo-beer-week.

Buffalo Beer Week, a 10-day celebration of the Buffalo-Niagara craft beer scene, returns for its tenth year, September 13-22. This shirt honors the 10th Anniversary and “ten years of craft beer. Produced in partnership with Buffalo Beer Week to commemorate its tenth year, 8% from every sale will be donated to Habitat for Humanity and Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper, respectively. Purchase at 26shirts.com

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TUESDAY : SEPTEMBER 17 Belt Line Brewery & Kitchen 4:00 PM - 9:00 PM Pizza Takeover at Belt Line Hotel @ Lafayette / Lafayette Brewing Co. 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Oktoberfest Release Beerfest movie screening World of Beer 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Hamburg Brewing Co. Tap Spotlight

Hatchets & Hops 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Pressure Drop Tap Takeover

Lilly Belle Meads 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Meads and Masterpieces 5

Colter Bay 6:00 PM - 11:00 PM

42 North Tap Takeover

Buffalo Cider Hall 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Buffalo Brewers Symposium - the History of Buffalo Beer

12 Gates Brewing Company 6:30 PM - 10:00 PM Open Mic New York Beer Project 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM German Beer Pairing Dinner Gene McCarthy’s & Old First Ward Brewing 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Trivial Tuesday Fattey’s Beer Company All Day $3.00 16oz Collective Arts Drafts Hamm and Fattey’s Beer Company All Day $3.00 16oz Collective Arts Drafts

Buffalo Beer Week History: The Crew at “Micros @ Marcy Fest” 2012

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WEDNESDAY : SEPTEMBER 18 Pizza Plant (Transit Location) 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM Drinking in the Dark Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM Gordon Biersch Festbier Tapping Premier Gourmet 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Big Ditch Tasting

Rusty Nickel Brewing 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Steak, Cigars, Beer, & Whiskey

42 North 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Aurora Fest to benefit Aurora Adult Day Services

Riverworks 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Riverworks Behind The Scenes Brewery Tour

Gene McCarthy’s & Old First Ward Brewing 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Beer School at OFW Brewing Santora’s Pizza Pub & Grill 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM 42 North & Community Beer Works Tap Takeover Fattey’s Beer Company All Day $3.00 16oz Decadent Drafts Hamm and Fattey’s Beer Company All Day $3.00 16oz Decadent Drafts

Buffalo Beer Week History: Beer Week 2011 included a great “Dead Brewers” tour of the entire city!

THURSDAY : SEPTEMBER 19 Pearl Street Grill & Brewery 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM 6th Annual Tapping of the Pumpkin

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Premier Gourmet 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Resurgence Tasting

Five & 20 Spirits and Brewing 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM Haulin’ Oats Official Release Party/ Buffalo Beer Week Pint Night 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM “Westfield Ride” and “Farm to Glass Cruise” Rusty Nickel Brewing 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

“Beyond The Pairing” Dinner

Moor Pat 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Beltine and Thin Man Tap Takeover

Mr. Goodbar 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Buffalo Beer Goddesses 7th Anniversary Party

World of Beer 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

42 North Tap Takeover

12 Gates Brewing Company All Day Randall Thursday at 12 Gates New York Beer Project All Day West Coast Destination IPA and Vanilla Muffin Oatmeal Stout Release! Fattey’s Beer Company All Day $3.00 16oz Lord Hobo Drafts Hamm and Fattey’s Beer Company All Day $3.00 16oz Lord Hobo Drafts

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LEWISTON FRIDAY : SEPTEMBER 20 Mr Goodbar 5:00 PM - 11:00 PM

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Gene McCarthy’s & Old First Ward Brewing 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM Hopped-up Cask Come celebrate the 10th Anniverisary of Buffalo Beer Week in the beautiful village of Lewiston on our Pub Crawl! We will start at the amazing Brewed and Bottled at 5:00pm where you can taste some amazing beers and learn about the history of craft beer in the area and the effects of Prohibition. From there we will tour some of the village establishments - sampling beers as we go!

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20th • 5:ooPM

Premier Gourmet 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Thin Man Tasting

New York Beer Project 5:00 PM - 11:00 PM Funk Fest: A Celebration of Sour Beer Pizza Plant (Transit Location) 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM Mortalis Brewing Tap Takeover Brewed & Bottled Craft Brew 5:00 PM - 11:00 PM Lewiston Pub Crawl Woodcock Brothers Brewery 6:00 PM - 11:00 PM WNY Fall Beer Fest Big Inlet Brewing 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Live music with Osborn Nash

Four Mile Brewing 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Live music with Tommy Link

World of Beer 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Area 51 Invasion! UFO Harpoon Tap Takeover

12 Gates Brewing Company 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM Live music with Qwister Fattey’s Beer Company All Day $3.00 16oz Grimm Drafts Hamm and Fattey’s Beer Company All Day $3.00 16oz Grimm Drafts

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SATURDAY : SEPTEMBER 21 Southern Tier Brewing Company Noon - 6:00 PM Pumkingfest 2019 Woodcock Brothers Brewery Noon - 9:00 PM Cocktoberfest Belt Line Brewery & Kitchen Noon - 10:00 PM Belt Line Inaugural Can Release

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Ellicottville Brewing Tasting

12 Gates Brewing Company 12:00 PM - 11:00 PM Rhythm ‘n’ Brews - 3rd Annual Blues Music Festival Ellicottville Brewery Co. Tap Spotlight

Consumer’s & Buffalo Bisons @ Sahlen’s Field 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM Ballpark Brew Bash Eli Fish Brewing Company 4:00 PM - 11:00 PM Oktoberfest in Jackson Square 12 Gates Brewing Company 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM Live music with Mick Hayes 42 North’s Borderland @ Knox Farm State Park All Day Borderland Festival - Day 1 Rusty Nickel Brewing All Day

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Fattey’s Beer Company All Day $3.00 16oz Four Mile Drafts Hamm and Fattey’s Beer Company All Day $3.00 16oz Four Mile Drafts

Buffalo Beer Week History: Buffalo Beer Geeks Festival 2013 with Stillwater’s Brian Strumke

SUNDAY : SEPTEMBER 22

Spend your last day of beer week with the happiest ending you could ever imagine . . . Brunch at your local taproom! Check our website for a complete list of establishments taking part this year. BuffaloBeerWeek.com/HappyEnding – All brunches start at 11:00 AM – Contact each location directly for details.

World of Beer 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Going Mutts! at World of Beer

Premier Gourmet 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Food and Beer Pairings

Buffalo Brew Pub 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Blind Draw Darts Every Sunday

42 North’s Borderland @ Knox Farm State Park All Day Borderland Festival Day 2 Fattey’s Beer Company All Day $3.00 16oz Boulevard Drafts Hamm and Fattey’s Beer Company All Day $3.00 16oz Boulevard Drafts Various Locations 11:00 AM Happy Ending Brunch See BuffaloBeerWeek.com/happyending for details and locations

Introducing WNY's first artisan adult frozen custards!

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Buffalo Beer Week History: Buffalo Beer Week 2012 had a true to life Beer Geek Brunch at Pizza Plant

Join The Buffalo Beer League! Local craft beer lovers rejoice – the Buffalo Beer League is now accepting new members and it is easier than ever to join. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to drink fresh, locally sourced craft beer!

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PROUD PARTNERS OF THE BUFFALO NIAGARA BREWERS ASSOCIATION

Thank you for enriching craft beer & brewing in our community

The Buffalo Beer League is the official enthusiast club of the Buffalo Niagara Brewers Association. This membership is for Western New York craft beer lovers who want to support the growth of Buffalo-Niagara craft beer. For an annual fee of $40, BBL members will enjoy a plethora of perks and benefits, including: • An official Buffalo Niagara Brewers Association Membership Card • A Klean Kanteen Buffalo Beer League stainless steel pint cup that entitles you to special discounts at participating venues • V.I.P. status at all major BNBA festivals (with ticket purchase) • Special invitations to V.I.P. tours and tastings a participating shops, bars and breweries • Invitation to special members-only events • A BNBA discount map at TapTrails.com • Subscription to the Buffalo Beer Buzz - the official Buffalo Beer League email “brews-letter” You can learn more on the Buffalo Niagara Brewers Association on their website and Facebook page as well: http://buffaloniagarabrewersassociation.org

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“Tap” Into Beer Week

2020 September

11-19

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 BBW19 staff and volunteers… Scott Panfil, Buffalo Beer Week Chair (Buffalo Beer Week Accounts & Project Manager) Willard Brooks, Founding Past-President & BNBA Events Chair (editorial, accounts, feature events, printing and distribution) Brian Campbell, Editor (writing, editing, social media) Paul Marko, Creative Director (graphic design, editorial, printing and distribution) Clint Perez, Marketing Committee Chair Eric Coleman, Account Manager Dan Giacomini, Account Manager Tom Kane, Account Manager 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 Buffalo Beer Week extra special each year. Take a bow, Buffalo Beer Week staff and volunteers!

“It Goes to 11”

In solidarity, Scott Panfil Buffalo Beer Week 2019