WNY Brews

Brian Huntley of Short Circuited Brewers joins the Das Hausbrauers to talk electric brewing systems. Have you ever considered going electric? You owe it yourself to subscribe to Short Circuited Brewers on Youtube . Brian and Kelly make videos from their home brewery and help you in wiring, selecting, and using electric brewing systems. In this episode, we talk Anvil, Grainfather, Brewzilla, Clawha...

Community Beer Works started back in 2012 a s one of the first breweries of the Buffalo Beer Renaissance. Originally a collective of homebrewers, CBW has become one of the premier Buffalo breweries. On this episode with the Buffalo Beer League, we are joined by one of the founders and owners of Community Beer Works: Ethan Cox to reminisce about our favorite CBW beers and event over the past 8 year...

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This is a LONG one. I think of it like a mullet. I tried to edit it to be a tight discussion at the front and let it flow a little more loose in the back. Thanks to What The Hops and Buffalo Beer Reviews for hanging out at Big Ditch for the shuffleboard tournament to kick off Beer Week. Buffalo Beer Week is in it's 10th year and we're right in the middle of it right now. Check out BuffaloBeerWeek....

Bryan Rabe is a homebrewer with over 1300 brews under his belt. He's been trying to emulate brewing styles in Western Europe for many of those brew; which means that he's trying to remove as much oxygen as he can from his process. In this episode we go through the why, when, and how of brewing with low dissolved oxygen levels. You can find Bryan at LowOxygenBrewing.com As always, please check out:...

The Buffalo Beer League offered an invitation to taste Resurgence Brewing imperial Sponge Candy Stouts led by Jeff Ware himself. I would be a fool to turn them down. I'm glad I joined them as we tried Imperial Sponge Candy Stouts from 2014 through 2018 INCLUDING barrel-aged version of each. It was a wonderful evening drinking some phenomenal beer. Short version is, if you can get a 2015 Imperial,...

Mead is a fermented beverage made from honey and Tricia and Joe Marshall have been working on it for over 10 years. The three that I tried while I was there were phenomenal and one of them was a non-alcoholic soda. It's a family-friendly place with live music right in the Heart of the Village of Lancaster. Find them at LillyBelleMeads.com As always, please check out: WNYBrews.com Please review the...

What do you know about CO2? We use it to force carb our beer or to serve through a kegging system, but is all CO2 the same? Can you fill it at a welding shop or does it have to be "beverage grade"? Is there even such thing as "Beverage Grade"? Pamela Irish Bronkie and her family have been providing Buffalo with CO2 for generations and on this episodes she provides answers to all those questions. L...

Check out all of the Buffalo Beer Week Events at www. BuffaloBeerWeek.com "Celebrating the Evolving History and Continuous Education of our Beloved BeverageBuffalo Beer Week® promotes Buffalo’s growing craft beer culture by sponsoring a ten-day festival in Erie and Niagara counties and Western NY that attracts beer tourism, fosters knowledge of our regional brewing heritage, and serves as a showca...

On this episode, I chat with Karl Kolbe about Pressure Drop Brewing. Karl is the head brewer/CEO and is cranking out some killer West Coast IPAs. The day I was there he was finishing off a batch of Sticky Trees. If you haven't had it yet, you should seek it out. It was a really laid-back and nice conversation, proving how awesome the local brewers are. Check them out at http://www.barrelfactory.co...

One Eyed Cat Brewing is a new proposed brewery coming to the North-East suburbs of Buffalo. On this episode, I pulled Sara and Patrick Alexanderson aside up at Santoras Pizza Pub and Grill on Transit Rd to talk about the brewery. They were there along with their partners Bill and Stephanie Beecher to showcase 6 of the beers that they plan to have on tap when they eventually open in the near future...

Beerology & The Brewers Invitational are two of my favorite events of the year. The local breweries seem to save their special beers and on-offs for these two events in the beginning of the new year. Beerology is a fundraiser for the Buffalo Museum of Science featuring local and regional craft beer after normal museum hours. My wife, kids, and I love the museum, we're there multiple times a mo...

There are many things that one must consider while setting up an electric brewing system at home. Brian Huntley runs one of the best resources for electric brewing information on YouTube. Short Circuited Brewers ( Youtube.com/shortcircuitedbrewers ) is a channel that helps you pick a system, build a system, troubleshoot a system, etc. On this episode, we get into a birds-eye view of the pros of go...

Let's go inside Buffalo on Tap to talk to local brewers about their latest beers. Held at The Buffalo Niagara Convention Center, Buffalo On Tap is a huge event and is not to be missed by Buffalonian craft-beer drinkers. In this episode, I talk to Hamburg, CBW, Southern Tier, 4 Mile, Big Ditch, Woodcock, New York Beer Project, Pressure Drop, Flying Bison and more. As an added bonus, I let Brendon V...

The Final Selection Event for Jonah Epstein's My City Brew was this past week at World of Beer. On this episode, I speak to Jonah, Dave Schiralli, the recipe designer, and a bunch of others including (in order) Scott McMillan from The Buffalo Beer League, Paul Marko from the Buffalo Beer Geeks Ethan Cox from Community Beer Works Dan Syracuse from Pizza Plant Dave Rivers from Keg Works Jonah Epstei...

John Domres is running the greatest one-man show in Buffalo at Buffalo Brewing Company. Open since 2016 and kickstarted with a handful of backers, Buffalo Brewing Company has just completed a renovation to bring their 2-barrel operation to a 5-barrel brewhouse. Nestled in a former horse foundry about the size of a garage on Myrtle Ave, the small brewery has big plans for 2018. Check them out at Bu...

What have I been doing? Besides the holidays and the general business that 2 kids cause, I've been working on Voice Over work, side-gigs, recorded an audiobook, AND have put time into the podcast, just not in a forward-facing way: -I've been updating the site to be more secure -Working on a searchable water database (send any local water reports you have to Scott@WNYBrews.com ) -Recording audio of...

Clean Beer is Important and you can't have clean beer without clean lines. Don't spend your money on good beer if it's being pulled through terrible lines. In this episode, I talk to Andy Dvornski of The Clean Beer Initiative about his business and his process. The Clean Beer Initiative handles dozens of establishments' draft systems around Western New York making sure the lines are cleaned on a r...

No Guests! A dreaded Just-Me episode. I had some housecleaning things to talk about and didn't want to stack the front part of the next episode with them. Since I had some extra time I decided to get into a story that illustrates my current political feelings regarding independent breweries. I may delve into this deeper if I can ever find a mutual moment with the planned guest. The @BuffaloEats Bu...

I sit down with Brian and Scott from The Buffalo Beer League @BuffBeerLeague to discuss all of the featured events during this year's Buffalo Beer Week. You can find all the info at BuffaloBeerWeek.com As always, please check out: WNYBrews.com Please review the podcast on iTunes and Stitcher: Rate Please Please connect with us: Scott@WNYBrews.com Facebook.com/WNYBrews Twitter.com/WNYBrews Untappd...

@BuffaloEats is running a Twitter tournament to determine the best brewery in Buffalo and I want to make it a contest! Fill out a bracket at WNYBrews.com/bracket and email it to me at Scott@WNYBrews.com or send it to me via Twitter @WNYBrews . The person who fills in the most accurate bracket will win a $15 gift card to Consumers Beverages from me. As always, please check out: WNYBrews.com Please...

A new bottle shop has opened in The Village of Hamburg including bottles and taps from across the country. The owners, Nik Fattey and Ben Hamm have been working diligently getting the place ready from concept to execution for the past three years and it's been crowded every time I stop by. Go visit them at 284 Buffalo Street, Hamburg NY http://www.hammfatteybeerco.com/ Hamm and Fattey's on Faceboo...

Drew Hardin comes back to talk about making a New England IPA. It seems like everyone is jumping on board the bandwagon. They're often described as "juicy', "hazy", or "creamy" and they're everywhere at the moment. Drew has brewed a few for himself and for CBW and walks us through each ingredient based on his experiences. I've already started following his advice, and can't wait to see how it will...

Welcome to a retrospective episode of Western New York Brews! I’ve hesitated releasing anything for 42 because of how significant the number is. Episode 42 is easily the most important number I’ve recorded so far, and probably the most significant until episode 100. It is after all, the ultimate answer to life, the universe, and everything. It’s been 41 episodes so far (in more time than it should...

Bill Serowski, a certified BJCP judge and a member of Das Hausbrauers Von Buffalo talks through some tips and tricks to get your first medal at a BJCP competition. As always, please check out: WNYBrews.com Please review the podcast on iTunes and Stitcher: Rate Please Please connect with us: Scott@WNYBrews.com Facebook.com/WNYBrews Twitter.com/WNYBrews Untappd @WNYBrews WNYBrews on Youtube (716) 39...