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Local craft beer pics, reels, news & reviews. Telling the story of Buffalo beer, one pint at a time. https://linktr.ee/buffalobeerleague

On a mission to taste every beer in the world, one pint at a time! Contact:

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We are a group of average beer drinkers coming from all walks of life. Keep in mind our reviews are not the opinions of one person but an amalgam of the members present for each tasting and merely a guide and not the definitive be a

ll end all. Feel free to post your beer related input, opinions, reviews, pictures and information on our page. If you run into us out and about this great city, pull up a chair, have a few pints and let’s talk all things beer. As always, remember to drink what you love and love what you drink!

11/18/2024

Biggest of the season? We're here for it. Here's to beating the Chiefs and putting an end to their perfect season. We'll take 9-2 heading into the bye week any day of the week. Here's to a well-deserved break.

🍺 - Ellicottville Brewing Buffalo Fan Zone IPA

11/17/2024

POV: Your suite at Highmark Stadium for Bills vs. Chiefs comes equipped with a fridge full of Big Ditch Hayburner. It's so loud in here that we can't hear ourselves.

Thank you to Big Ditch for our fancy new Hayburner stovepipe koozie. We drink enough of these things, it's about time these big boy can have a matching sweater.

Go Bills. Bills by a billion.

11/17/2024

What better gift is there for those special craft beer fans in your life than a craft beer each day during the first 24 days of December?

Beer advent calendar boxes work the same way as an advent calendar: Open a dated “door” and receive a small gift. In this case, it’s beer. Opening the daily “door” becomes a shared ritual, a festive, flavorful way to make the season a little brighter, one beer at a time.

Here are a handful of local options to try from Magic Bear Beer Cellar, Consumers Beverages, New York State Craft Beer and Bottle Rocket Beer Reserve (Fattey Beer is also selling a beer advent calendars).

These seasonal countdowns allow beer lovers to discover a new brew every day leading up to Christmas, making the holiday season even merrier.

11/17/2024

Stopped into BriarBrothers Brewing Company and only had time for one, so we grabbed their new Buena Noche Mexican Dark Lager. It was crisp and light bodied with rich notes of sweet malt and caramel. We prefer it over the Buena Vida Mexican Lager.

11/16/2024

More fun from the The Genesee Brewery Vault.

11/16/2024

We were honored to help open The Genesee Brewery Vault at Vault 237. As big fans of brewing history and breweriana, it was such a unique experience to see all of the historic Genny artwork, marketing, and advertising. We loved the older tap handles, as well as a few crisp, ice cold pints of 12 Horse Ale. Thank you so much to our friends at Genesee for having us.

11/16/2024

Happy from Other Half Brewing Buffalo! We're celebrating all things New Zealand hops with a navy of new brews - OH's entire draft board is revamped for the special occasion. We grabbed a flight - Big Kiwi Vibes Hazy IPA (Southern Cross, Motueka, Rakau, and Nelson Sauvin hops from Freestyle hops) and Extra Tall Extra Kiwi Imperial IPA (Citra, Citra Cryo, Nectaron, and Riwaka hops) were great. Not a bad beer to be found during this session. Here's to the hops!

11/15/2024

This year's Bottles & Bites was bigger and better than ever. It was in a different room of Statler Buffalo, which made it a lot easier to get around. The food was the best yet, from pizza, cheesecake, and carnitas tacos to deep fried pickles and Nashville Hot Chicken and Big Mac subs. We drank a hazy IPA (Wayland Brewing Super Deluxe) while eating a cherry dipped ice cream sundae - a pairing we never knew we needed. We loved the brewery lineup too - Big Ditch Brewing PB Cookie Stout and 2 day old Hayburner, Ellicottville Brewing Ski Bum and Hamburg Brewing Frosty the IPA were our favorites. The turnout was great, too, which we always love to see. Can't wait for next year.

11/14/2024

We're only a few hours away from Bottles & Bites tonight at the Statler Buffalo, which means there's time to join us! VIP (limited amount of tickets left) gets underway at 5:30pm.

Food will be available from The Hawk Bar & Restaurant, Trattoria Aroma, Arriba Tortilla, Fresh Catch Poke and more, beer will be available from Big Ditch Brewing, The Genesee Brewery, Mystic Hills Brewing, Shalooby Loofer and Belt Line Brewery & Kitchen, mead from Bee Spit and The Mead People, live music from Busted Stuff – Dave/Cyn and more.

VIP tickets are $60 and include early entry, sampling, $25 Santoras gift card, exclusive beer selections and complimentary tasting glass, while general admission is $35 and includes tasting glass and samples.

Sample amazing food and drinks with live music at the historic Statler Buffalo. Buy in advance and save

11/14/2024

Brian and Scott are back for this week's Buffalo Beer Buzz podcast, drinking Big Ditch Brewing NA Burner and chatting upcoming events like Mr. Goodbar Cask Fest, Bottles & Bites and 42 North Brewing Barrel Jam, as well as this week's news from Big Ditch Brewing, Hamburg Brewing, New York Beer Project, Woodcock Brothers, The Moor Pat, and Steel Leaf Brewing. Cheers, and thanks for listening.

Tickets Remain for Bottles & Bites at Statler Buffalo Combine the best of local food, craft, wine, cider and more at Bottles & Bites: Flavors of Fall, Nov. 14 (5pm) at the Statler Buffalo. Food will be available from The Hawk Bar & Restaurant, Trattoria Aroma, Arriba Tortilla, Fresh Catch Poke and m...

11/14/2024

One of our absolute favorite events on the beer calendar, Barrel Jam, returns to 42 North Brewing on Jan. 25, 2025. The festival takes place both inside and outside the brewery, as well as in the 42 Below Barrel Room, celebrating all things barrel-aged beers and winter sports. It's a truly unique beer experience that we have not missed yet.

Breweries announced for this year include 42 North, 1927 Brew House, Brewery Ardennes Taproom & Kitchen, Eli Fish Brewing, Meier's Creek Brewing, Jack's Abby Craft Lagers, Drowned Lands Brewery, Ommegang, Strangebird, Prison City Pub & Brewery, Ellicottville Brewing and 1911 Established.

Tickets are on sale now.

Here's what you need to know about Barrel Jam V.

42 North Brewing Company will host its fifth Barrel Jam Barrel-Aged Beer Festival on Saturday, January 25 in East Aurora. The event celebrates winter and the art of barrel-aging beers with live music and winter sports around the brewery campus at 42 North. Nationally acclaimed breweries from across....

11/13/2024

This week's Buffalo Beer Buzz has stories on Bottles & Bites at Statler Buffalo, annual Stoutsgiving at Big Ditch Brewing, 12th anniversary at Woodcock Brothers Brewery, 10th anniversary at The Moor Pat, Lighting of the Fireplace and beer and cider release at Hamburg Brewing, tree lightings and beer releases at New York Beer Project and NYBP Beer Lodge and grand opening of Steel Leaf Brewing's Hertel Ave. taproom. Cheers and thanks for reading.

11/13/2024

Brian is heading to Lovejoy for this week's The Best Beer I Drank This Week podcast as he casts the spotlight on Buffalo Olde Brewery Lovejoy Lager. He chats all about the beer, from tasting notes to descriptors and everything in-between.

We want to know the best beer YOU drank this week! Call the Buffalo Beer League hotline at 716-486-BEER, leave us a voicemail letting us know, and get featured you on the podcast. You can also email [email protected].

You can hear new episodes of The Best Beer I Drank This Week podcast Tuesdays on the WNY Brews podcast channel.

Listen to 27 Lovejoy Lager - Buffalo Olde Brewing from The Best Beer I Drank This Week. Welcome to another episode of "The Best Beer I Drank This Week," hosted by Brian Campbell from the Buffalo Beer League! This week, we're featuring a local favorite – Lovejoy Lager from Buffalo Olde Brewing. Thi...

11/13/2024

Enjoying some craft beer for a good cause at Southern Tier Brewing Co. - Buffalo with their Ice Bucket IPA - $1 from every pint goes to benefit ALS research via Ales for ALS. This beer is light bodied and crusbable with notes of tropical fruit and citrus. Grab a pint of Ice Bucket IPA soon and help contribute to a good cause.

11/10/2024

Happy 10th anniversary to Larkin’s Hydraulic Hearth!

If you didn’t know, Hydraulic Hearth is known for their brick oven pizzas and creative cocktails, along with beer from Community Beer Works like Dreizehn German Pilsner and Ein Bier Bitte Hefeweizen, two of the better kept beery secrets in Western New York.

Read more on 10 years of HH:

https://buffalobeerleague.com/celebrating-a-decade-of-hydraulic-hearth-in-larkin/

11/09/2024

We yeeted, screamed every word of Cody Rhodes' entrance theme, laughed at Sami Zayn, and acknowledged the one true tribal chief, Roman Reigns, all while enjoying quite a few The Genesee Brewery Screamer pounders. It was a hell of a Friday night at KeyBank Center for WWE .

11/09/2024

It's all about freshies at Gene McCarthy's/Old First Ward Brewing Co. - fresh keg of Created Remains Rauchbier, tapped today, one of the absolute best smoked beers available locally, and Nectar New England IPA. Both of these beers were excellent and are on tap in the Old First Ward right now.

11/08/2024

Buffalo finally has a non-alcoholic beer, thanks to Big Ditch Brewing and NA Burner, the first NA brew canned in Buffalo in nearly a century. It's Hayburner, just without the Hay, so to speak.

A 12oz. can contains less than 0.5% alcohol by volume and contains only 50 calories.

NA Burner is available at the brewery and wherever great craft beer is sold.

Read more:

https://buffalobeerleague.com/big-ditch-brewing-drops-historic-non-alcoholic-beer-na-burner/

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Tasty lagers, late summer sun, and a refreshing pool - making the most of this beautiful weather with some Smoldered Society Strike Anywhere Czech Pilsner. The lager is crispy, the water is warm and the sun is hot. What else do we need? Oh wait, another beer.

The New York State Craft Brewers Festival is a day we circle on the beer calendar every year. The beer, the people, the atmosphere, it all combines perfectly to make this the best beer event of summer and perhaps the entire year. And this year was no exception. The weather was great, the beer was cold, and vibes were priceless. We can not thank our friends at New York State Craft Beer and WNY Brewers Guild for having us down to Canalside to create some lasting memories. Their continued support means the freaking world. Let's do it again next summer!

Here's a sneak peak at the progress thus far at Farmcraft Brewery courtesy of Thompson Builds. They hope to open this new 11,000 sq. ft. taproom in Strykersville this summer.

What's the best way to celebrate 12 years? With a few beers, of course. Congratulations on an even dozen years killing the game Community Beer Works. From Lafayette to Seventh to (soon) Bidwell, thanks for all the years of great craft beer and even better memories. Let's raise a toast to what the future holds.

The annual Habitat for Humanity Buffalo Hammer & Ales fundraiser returns to the Barrel Factory on March 21, and we’re teamed up with Habitat to give away a pair of tickets. Visit the pinned post on our Instagram page to enter! The giveaway closes on Monday, March 11.

Here's something we could all use right about now. If you're emotionally and physically exhausted after this weekend like us, this 'Burner is for you. We're all in this together. Big Ditch Brewing Company #billsmafia #drinklocal #drinkbetter

With the calendar now flipped over to 2024, it’s time to raise a glass to all of the exceptional beers that made 2023 such a memorable year for all of us here at the Buffalo Beer League. Join us as we relive some of our favorite beers of the past year. Read more: https://buffalobeerleague.com/the-buffalo-beer-leagues-favorite-beers-of-2023/

Playing catchup! Day 16 of our Consumers Beverages Advent Beer Calender was Ommegang Nitro Three Philosophers. #Advent #AdventCalendar #adventcalendar2023

Playing catchup! Day 15 of our Consumers Beverages Advent Beer Calender was Thin Man Brewery Minkey Tango. #Advent #AdventCalendar #AdventCalendar2023

Playing catchup! Day 14 of our Consumers Beverages Advent Beer Calender was Founders Brewing Co. French Toast Bastard. #Advent #AdventCalendar #AdventCalendar2023

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Our Story

The Buffalo Beer League was founded in August 2010 by passionate craft beer fans Brian Campbell and Scott McMillan, who were looking to expand their knowledge and understanding of all things craft beer, beginning with a blank notebook (aka The Grade Book), a six pack of Sam Adams Cherry Wheat and a liter of Captain Morgan Spiced Rum (don’t ask, they don’t really remember).

From there, things grew to include close friends Jesse Walters, Ryan Jablonski, George Ruffles, William Rogers, Dan Lohr and more, who would each bring a different beer to a weekly group tasting session to be sampled, reviewed and graded. Armed with a background in street team marketing and guerilla advertising in the music industry, as well as a love for all things local, the BBL grew into a powerful promotional tool as the Western New York beer scene began to blossom and take shape. Their scope now includes everything from event and festival coordination and management, volunteer staffing and social media promotion to beer blogging, podcasting and content creation.

“When we started the Buffalo Beer League, all we wanted to do was try something new,” Brian says. “That’s why we launching this thing - drinking good beer with good people, all while promoting local businesses and breweries and doing whatever we can do to help further the Buffalo craft beer scene. It’s all about having fun, drinking local and drinking better beer with our friends.”

The BBL attended more and more Buffalo beer events as they increased annually, outgrowing the Grade Book as they moved primarily to social media after the advent of Untappd (for beer grading and reviewing purposes). It was through these events that Scott, Brian and Jesse linked up with Mark Jowett (at Community Beer Works’ monthly Book Club meetings to be exact), who they’d see at pretty much every event they drank at. Mark quickly became a core member of the BBL and the four continue to fuel this Buffalo beer promotional engine to this day.

“We started the Buffalo Beer League almost 10 years ago with the idea of getting together, trying new beers and having a good time while we were doing it,” Scott adds. “It quickly evolved into promoting and enjoying the ever-growing local Buffalo beer scene. Although our focus has shifted a bit, one thing remains constant: beer should be fun, uncomplicated and is best enjoyed in the company of good friends.”

The most effective weapon that local breweries possess is local followers who drink their beer and support them right at the source where the beer is made. This is why the Buffalo Beer League exists – to help spread the good word of Buffalo beer, one pint at a time. And they aren’t going to stop until they finish every last drop.

When you #drinklocal, you #drinkbetter, plain and simple. Remember to drink what you love, and love what you drink.

Read and listen to us as we tell the story of Buffalo beer via our blog and podcast at www.buffalobeerleague.com. You can also read our weekly Buffalo Beer Buzz column every Wednesday at www.stepoutbuffalo.com and more of our local beer musings online and in print in the Buffalo News Gusto. Contact us: Twitter: @buffbeerleague Email: [email protected] Instagram / Untappd: @Buffalobeerleague

Feel free to post your beer related input, opinions, reviews, pictures and information on our page. If you run into us out and about this great city, pull up a chair, have a few pints and let’s talk all things beer.