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07/10/2025
We are officially halfway through the year, which means we are officially halfway to Mr. Goodbar annual Cask Fest, which takes place in December. And Goodbar is rolling out the casks to celebrate on July 18.
Here's what to expect (subject to change) 👉
🍺 - Brickyard Brewing Pub Ale 2.0
🍺- Gene McCarthy's/Old First Ward Brewing Co. Chill Kellerbier with Lemongrass
🍺 - Wayland Brewing Super Peach Deluxe
🍺 - Flying Bison Brewing Hans Select German Golden Ale
🍺 - The Ridge West Seneca Royal Gold
Casks will be available while supplies last.
07/09/2025
The Hard Cider Best of Show winner at The Erie County Fair, Carnival Drizzle from Chuck Privitera of Eden, is officially in cans. This modern semi-sweet cider was inspired by flavors of a caramel apple. It was brewed and canned by Blackbird Cider.
You can try this new cider at Hamburg Gaming during a special sampling event on July 15 (4-7 pm) featuring samples, light snacks, and live music from Brother James.
07/09/2025
This week's Buffalo Beer Buzz has stories on the Seneca Beer & Wine Festival, Tap & Craft Festival coming to Buffalo RiverWorks, annual WNY Brewers Guild golf tournament, Clarksburg Cider summer sale and new cider, Ellicottville Brewing NA Blueberry Wheat, Halfway to Cask Fest at Mr. Goodbar and a special 'taste of' weekend at Belt Line Brewery & Kitchen. Cheers and thanks for reading.
Seneca Beer & Wine Festival Coming to Seneca Square in July Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino is partnering with the Niagara Food & Wine Festival to host the Seneca Beer & Wine Festival on July 26 (12-6 pm) and 27 (12-4 pm) in Seneca Square, outside of the resort’s 4th Street entrance. The event will...
07/09/2025
We always enjoy a night down on the water at Buffalo RiverWorks, especially when the weather is cooperative. It's definitely one of our favorite spots in the city to grab a beer. We are keeping it light with Golf in Mexico Lager and Silo Lager. Scott and Jesse also had to strike a pose in front of the ferris wheel.
07/08/2025
We are impressed with the current slate of beers down at GoWanda Brewing at the Wicked Glen. Our favorite of the two flights we had was the Strawberry Kolsch - its light and crisp with bright strawberry notes. Chocolate Hazelnut Stout and Steelhead IPA were also solid, as was the Cream Ale. Gowanda Brewing is always worth a stop when we are in town.
07/08/2025
On this week's The Best Beer I Drank This Week podcast, Brian experiences his first French Pilsner in Wayland Brewing La Biere. He breaks down the beer, chats the beer style and hops used, and cracks one open on the podcast to get his real time reaction.
And after you listen to Brian chat about the best beer he had this week, we want to know the best beer you drank this week! Call the Buffalo Beer League hotline at 716-486-BEER and let us know.
Look for new episodes of The Best Beer I Drank This Week every Tuesday whenever you listen to podcasts.
Beating the heat today at Frequentem Brewing with a pair of fresh brews - American Pilsner, right, and Peak Amplitude (Strata) IPA, left. Both are excellent - American Pilsner on side pull was excellent; light, smooth, crisp and easy drinking. We need to go back for cans of this. Peak Amplitude was also good - we love this IPA series. It was juicy and hoppy. As a matter of fact, we need to get back down to the Old First Ward for both of these very soon.
07/06/2025
We are taking a day to recover from a hell of a last few days celebrating the . Our cooler was stocked with fresh Buffalo Olde Lovejoy Lager, we spent nearly all day in the pool, lit a massive bonfire with roman candles, did way too many shots and went undefeated on the beer pong table. It was a wonderful way to raise a toast to our independence.
07/04/2025
Happy to one and all! Beer is in the cooler and steaks are on the grill - if you need us, we're in the pool with some ice cold local lagers.
🍺 - 42 North Brewing Solshine
07/03/2025
Keeping it light this afternoon at Southern Tier Brewing Co. - Buffalo with their Pink Boots Society collab, Honey We Brewed It. This light bodied kolsch is crisp and crackery with a firm malt backbone, light citrus and sweet honey notes. It's on tap now. Here's to a long, fun weekend.
07/03/2025
The inaugural New York State Craft Beer Social Impact Grant program, which awards $10,000 annually to support New York breweries that propose initiatives to promote diversity, equity, inclusion and community impact, has been awarded to Eli Fish Brewing.
This $2,500 grant will fund the Cicerone® Certified Beer Server certification for all female staff at Eli Fish.
Eli Fish Brewing Company has been selected as the inaugural recipient of the New York State Brewers Association’s new Social Impact Grant, an initiative designed to foster equity, inclusion, and opportunity within the craft beer industry. This $2,500 grant will fund the Cicerone® Certified Beer S...
07/03/2025
We finally got all of the Other Half Buffalo Green City Worldwide releases in our glass. These global collabs - Padua, Berlin (FUERST WIACEK), Lewes, Manchester (Track Brewing), Beacon (Hudson Valley Brewery) and Hokuto - were all great. Padua (CRAK Brewery) was old school hops with citrus and grapefruit, Lewes (Beak Brewery) was simply fabulous haze and Hokuto (うちゅうブルーイング Uchu Brewing) is dangerous for 10%. These are all still on tap.
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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.
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