Podcasts by WNY Brews

Buffalo Beer Buzz - March 31st, 2023 from 2023-03-31T04:00:42

In this weeks Buffalo Beer Buzz and The WNY Brews podcast, we talk about:

6 WNY BREWERIES WIN 9 MEDALS AT 2023 NYS CRAFT BEER COMPETITION

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Winners Announced At 7th Annual NYS Craft Beer Competition from 2023-03-29T23:34:30

The NYS Craft Beer Competition, produced by the New York State Brewers Association and Raise a Glass Foundation, is the largest state-level competition in the US and a celebration of the New Yor...

Buffalo Beer Buzz - March 24th, 2023 from 2023-03-24T14:00:23

In this week's Buffalo Beer Buzz and The WNY Brews podcast, we talk about:

CollaBEERation 3.0

CollaBEERation 3.0 will take place March 25 (1pm) at the Powerhouse. General adm...

Buffalo Beer Buzz, St. Patrick's Day Edition from 2023-03-17T14:17:48

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Buffalo Beer Buzz, March 10th, 2023 from 2023-03-10T15:17:09

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Hayburner - A Deep Dive into Big Ditch's Signature IPA with Corey Catalano and Matt Kahn from 2023-02-09T01:20:59

Brian, Jesse, and Scott are joined by Corey Catalano and Matt Kahn from Big Ditch Brewing Company to talk about what makes Hayburner IPA so special. This 7.2% IPA has become Buffalo's favorite c...

Buffalo Beer Buzz, February 3rd, 2023 from 2023-02-04T01:11:17

We talk about events the week of February 3rd and on featuring stories about Belgian Beer And Chocolate Fest, Whiskey Riot, Barrel Jam, Brewer’s Invitational, New Big Ditch Lager, Froth 4th Anni...

Buffalo Beer Buzz, January 27th 2023 from 2023-01-27T14:49:59

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Buffalo Beer Buzz, January 20th from 2023-01-20T15:08:58

This week we go through stories from Brickyard, Thin Man, Resurgence, Hofbrauhaus, and more! See all the stories here:

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Buffalo Beer Buzz, Early January 2023 from 2023-01-11T02:23:02

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Buffalo Brewing Company's New Old Building! from 2023-01-05T02:39:51

We join John Domres at 662 Fillmore Ave on the site of the former Schreiber Brewing Company. Closed in 1950, the building has certainly seen better days (See some history here Listen

Buffalo Beer Buzz - November 24th, 2022 from 2022-11-24T16:15:37

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Buffalo Beer Buzz - October 27th, 2022 from 2022-10-27T12:10:55

We talk about the bees and happening on this Halloween Weekend in the Buffalo Brewing Scene. For all stories, check out Listen

Buffalo Beer Buzz - October 19th, 2022 from 2022-10-20T12:06:55

Our weekly dive into what's happening in The Buffalo Beer Scene includes stories about Steel Leaf, 42 North, The Terrace at Deleware Park, Other Half, Pod City Beer Labs, and the 2023 Trail Pass...

Buffalo Beer Buzz - October 12th, 2022 from 2022-10-14T01:23:50

BUFFALO BEER BUZZ: SENTIENT & MARQUEE BREWING IN PLANNING, NEW RELEASES AT THIN MAN, LAFAYETTE, PRESSURE DROP, BRICKYARD, ELI FISH WET HOP FEST, RESURGENCE KEGS & EGGS: KC BBQ EDITION Listen

Buffalo Beer Buzz - October 5th, 2022 from 2022-10-06T12:13:21

On this week's episode we rundown this week's Buffalo Beer Buzz found here:

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September 22nd, 2022 - Britesmith Food Truck, Shalooby Loofer Brewing in Clarence, New Releases at Hamburg, Thin Man & Cbw, One-eyed Cat ‘pop-up’ from 2022-09-23T02:13:32

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Buffalo Beer Buzz - September 16th, 2022 from 2022-09-16T17:46:57

We go through this week's Buffa Beer News. As always, you can find the weekly Buffalo Beer Buzz at BuffaloBeerLeague.com

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What's happening in Buffalo Beer Early September 2022 from 2022-09-09T02:05:24

We're going through Brian Campbell's Buffalo Beer Buzz found on StepOutBuffalo.com and BuffaloBeerLeague.com. We discuss:

• 12 Gates Brewing to Open New Taproom in Ellicottville
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Briar Brothers Brewing Company from 2022-07-05T00:22:39

We went down to 50 Elk Street in Buffalo, to an historic grain building to talk to Joel and Dylan Betti about the newly-opened Briar Brothers Brewing Company. We were treated to 7 different offe...

Spotted Octopus Brewing - Allentown's Only Brewery from 2022-03-14T02:06:41

Dom, Ken, Barb, and many of their friends and family have come together to bring a brewery to Allentown. Located at 41 Edward Street, Spotted Octopus is a comfortable space featuring 12 taps and...

One Eyed Cat Brewing Update from 2021-11-14T17:14:02

It's been a long time since One Eyed Cat showed up on the scene, and yet, with multiple setbacks, they haven't had a space to show for it. So after years of pop-ups, festivals, events, and any o...

1976 Grodziskie with John Domres of Buffalo Brewing Co from 2021-03-25T21:18:45

In this episode, we discuss 1976 Godziskie with John Domres from Buffalo Brewing Co.

It's a traditional Polish style made with up to 100% oak-smoked wheat malt. It's a surprisingly refresh...

Bourbon: With Kevin Ford and drew Hardin from 2021-01-29T00:31:03

We get into Bourbon on this episode, featuring Kevin Ford of Buffalo Distilling Company and Drew Hardin of Thin Man. The two of them teach brewing and distilling at Trocaire College Listen

Adam Burnett & Karl Kolbe from 2021-01-15T01:11:50

We talk about a BUNCH of topic this week with Adam Burnett, Karl Kolbe, The Buffalo Beer League, and surprise guests. We talk Bills, wrestling, collabs, Batavia, and of course, beer. Find out th...

Rochester Beer Winter 2020 Update from 2021-01-02T01:11:31

The last Time Will Cleveland joined us, we talked about the Rochester Beer Scene heading into the Summer. This time we talk Winter. Flanked by Jesse and Mark of The Buffalo Beer League, we go de...

Best Beers of 2020 from 2020-12-03T22:28:59

Brian, Scott, Mark, and Jesse talk about the best beers they've had in 2020. It's obviously been a really weird year, but the beer put out by local breweries during the pandemic has been a brigh...

Karl Kolbe of Pressure Drop talks White Bronco and COVID from 2020-07-13T17:18:23

Karl Kolbe is the head brewer at Pressure Drop brewing. We site down and talk (virtually) about Pressure Drop's handling of the COVID-19 situation, as well as Brickyard Brewing Company's use of ...

Rochester Beer with Will Cleveland from 2020-06-19T20:18:28

Will Cleveland is a beer writer for Rochester's biggest newspaper, the Democrat and Chronicle. Apart from local news interests, he documents the city's beer rise as Rochester makes a name for it...

John Paul Meteer of Brickyard Brewing Company from 2020-06-07T20:29:29

John Paul Meter joins us days after Brickyard Brewing was lost to a fire. We talk about the situation, drink some Brickyard beer, and talk about the future.

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The Goodbar Episode with The BBL and Bobby Rabb from 2020-05-08T17:12:11

Bobby Rabb has owned Mister Goodbar since 2010 and The Buffalo Beer League has been know to be seen once or twice at this venerable Buffalo Institution.

Even though we can't go to Goodbar ...

Brian Huntley of Short Circuited Brewers on eBIAB systems from 2020-04-30T10:00:49

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 Listen

Community Beer Works' 8th Anniversary Show from 2020-04-23T10:00:29

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 Buff...

The Buffalo Beer League and WNY Brews are stuck in a COVID-19 Lockdown! from 2020-04-16T22:00:48

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Buffalo Beer Week Chat with WTH and Buffalo Beer Reviews from 2019-09-19T23:28:17

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 Buffa...

Low Oxygen Brewing with Bryan Rabe from 2019-07-30T10:00:36

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 muc...

Resurgence Imperial Sponge Candy Stout Vertical Tasting from 2018-12-10T01:07:59

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...

Talking Mead with Lilly Belle Meads from 2018-11-07T01:10:38

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...

All about CO2 with Irish Companies from 2018-10-23T23:12:46

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 grad...

Buffalo Beer Week 2018 from 2018-09-16T18:04:31

Check out all of the Buffalo Beer Week Events at www.BuffaloBeerWeek.com

"Celebrating the Evolving History and Continuous Educatio...

Karl Kolbe of Pressure Drop Brewing from 2018-05-19T14:50:07

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...

One Eyed Cat Brewing from 2018-05-08T12:01:56

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 Gri...

Beerology and The BNBA Brewers Invitational at NY Beer Project from 2018-04-24T04:00

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...

Building an Electric Home Brewery with Short Circuited Brewers from 2018-04-11T02:38:40

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 ...

Buffalo On Tap featuring BVA from 2018-02-07T04:18:39

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 Buffalo...

My City Brew Final Selection Event from 2018-01-31T02:45:23

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 incl...

Buffalo Brewing Company from 2018-01-19T03:59:36

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 re...

2018 is Going to be Great from 2018-01-03T23:40:48

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 ...

Cleaning Draft Lines with The Clean Beer Initiative from 2017-10-31T04:01

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.

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A Quick Story About Why I Avoid AB InBev from 2017-10-11T19:13:09

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 ext...

Buffalo Beer Week 2017 from 2017-09-22T00:21:18

I sit down with Brian and Scott from The Buffalo Beer League @BuffBeerLeague to discuss all of the featured events during this year's Buf...

BuffaloEats pits Buffalo Breweries Against Each Other from 2017-09-08T01:31:34

@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 WNYBre...

Hamm and Fattey's Beer Co from 2017-07-14T12:22:42

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 f...

43: Brewing a New England IPA with Drew Hardin from 2017-06-01T11:11:07

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 every...

42: Life, The Universe, and Everything from 2017-05-09T12:09:20

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 eas...

BJCP Competition Tips with Bill Serowski from 2017-04-16T15:23:15

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.

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The Brewnology Podcast Ups Our Evaluation Game from 2017-03-19T15:47:39

I'm joined by Jason Johnson and Dean Wiensch from The Brewnology Podcast (www.Brewnology.com) to talk about switching over from drinking beer to evaluati...

Stewarding AWOG with Eric Stellrecht, Mar Urban, and Andy Urban from 2017-03-11T01:32:36

In this episode, I speak to Eric Stellrecht, and Mar and Andy Urban about stewarding at the annual Amber Waves of Grain Competition. This year it's held on March 24th and 25th.

Being a st...

Ep 38: My City Brew with Jonah Epstein from 2017-02-18T15:09:16

We're back and kicking off 2017 with an episode featuring Jonah Epstein from MyCityBrew.com
He's spent a year polling Buffalo to come up with a representative Buffalo Beer! After over 8000...

Ep 37: Just Getting Started 2017 Resolutions from 2017-01-21T03:37:44

Are you just getting started in homebrewing? I go on an 18 minute rant about what you should do while also rambling on about this upcoming year. What do you want from me? I'm drinking a Southern Ti...

Ep 36: A Basic Kettle Sour with Drew Hardin from 2017-01-07T16:20:33

Drew Hardin fills up his apartment, bookshelf, fridges, and free-time with beer. He's a brewer at Community Beer Works, helping with My City Brew, consulting with Sato Brewpub, and will throw an...

Ep 35: Brewed and Bottled in Lewiston from 2016-12-11T20:01:40

Christopher and Jessica Budde opened Brewed and Bottled at 402 Center Street in Lewiston, NY back in August and have had a warm welcome from the community. With a great attitude and a great sele...

Ep 34: Cascadian Beer Podcast vs Buffalo Beer from 2016-12-03T17:00

So Aaron and I didn't discuss how we would each name this episode, and I chose to go with a "showdown" type of title. In reality, it was a great evening of sampling beers from each others' regio...

Episode 33: The Buffalo Brewpub Celebrates 30 Years from 2016-11-26T05:00

The Buffalo Brewpub is the oldest brewpub in New York State and you don't get to claim that unless you have something special going on. In this episode I sat down with Chris Townsell, who's fami...

Episode 32: Why Does Big Beer want Northern Brewer? from 2016-11-21T01:49:48

Homebrewers are fickle. You would think that AB-In Bev's recent acquisition of Northern Brewer and Midwest Supplies would mean massive drops in sales and an exodus of loyal customers, but time w...

Ep:31 Buffalo Beer Week Preview with The Buffalo Beer League from 2016-09-23T02:41:55

Brian and Scott from the Buffalo Beer League join me to talk Buffalo Beer Week events.

You can find the full show notes at WNYBrews.com/episode31

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Ep.30: New York Beer Project Brewery Spotlight from 2016-09-15T02:17:30

I want to start profiling all of the Western New York breweries in more of a formal fashion and just happened to be out at NYBP! I was there for their first annual homebrew competition and asked...

Episode 29: Opening a Brewery Case Study- West Shore Brewing. from 2016-09-07T20:02:17

Josh Dziomba is spending 60 plus hours a week on top of a full time job trying to start Clarence's first  nano-brewery. West Shore Brewing get's it's name from the rail line his grandfather work...

Episode 28: Malt with Ted Hawley and Bob Johnson from 2016-08-31T04:00

Ted Hawley of New York Craft Malt and Bob Johnson of Niagara Malt join me to talk about one of the four major components of beer: Malt.

We discuss the history of malting in Buffalo...

Episode 27: Rudy "Rudybob" Watkins from 2016-08-18T17:55:02

Rudy "Rudybob" Watkins, formerlly of CBW, is now the head brewer at one of Buffalo's newest breweries: Thin Man.

We talk about his expectations for Thin Man as well as his previous brewin...

Episode 26: Four Mile Brewing from 2016-08-05T13:51:51

Four Mile Brewing: On the Bank of the Allegheny, is a beautiful building with great food and beer. Craig and Greg join me to discuss their history, process, reception, and future plans for the b...

Episode 25: Draft Systems and Kegerators with Christopher Universal from 2016-07-27T14:16:08

Christopher universal is a manager over at Kegworks and joins me to talk about cleaning draft lines, setting up a kegerator for the first time, and common problems people run in to.
For al...

Episode 24: Your Brain on Hops from 2016-07-20T03:29:49

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Episode 23: The History of Brewing in Buffalo with Ethan Cox from 2016-06-15T03:26:15

Ethan Cox is the owner and co-founder of Community Beer Works and author of the book Buffalo Beer: The History of Brewing in the Nickel City.

You ca...

Episode 22: John Palmer and Buffalo Water from 2016-05-26T22:00

What kind of beer should we be making base on our local water chemistry? Do we have similarities with waters from Burton on Trent? Pilsen? Dublin?

John Palmer, the author of some...

Episode 21: Farm to Pint 2016 from 2016-05-21T11:18:19

The Farm to Pint event is hosted by Hamburg Brewing Company and the Buffalo Niagara Brewers...

Episode 20: Short National Homebrew Day Episode from 2016-05-07T11:12:42

Saturday, May 7th is THe Ameican Homebrew Association's National Homebrew Day. Are you brewing? Are you participating in a Big Brew event? Are you toasting at 12 CDT? 

Are you a member of...

Episode 19: Talking Efficiency with Bert Dyster from 2016-04-27T18:24:42

The "Golden Dragon" that people often chase is a higher brewhouse efficiency. I understand that I may have made up a nonsensephrase just now, but the point is the same: higher efficiency isthe g...

Episode 18: The Brewers Invitational from 2016-04-09T04:00

This was fun!

The Buffalo Niagara Brewers Association presented the first annual  Brewers Invitational at Pettibones Grill in ...

Episode 17: Dyngus Day and a Grodziske with Bill Serowski from 2016-04-02T12:12:10

Happy Dyngus Day!

Since this is a regional podcast, I asume you're all aware of Dyngus Day. It's the day after Easter, and Dyngus Day is a Polish tradition culminating in a post-len...

Episode 16: AWOG and Becoming a BJCP Judge with Alex Placito from 2016-03-17T01:09:36

Do you want to become a certified BJCP judge? What about a steward? Do you want to enter a beer into one of the nations largest regional homebrew competitions? Well we have Alex Placito of The N...

Episode 15: Clay Keel of 42 North from 2016-03-06T15:24:01

Have you been to 42 North yet?

Episode 14: The Burg, plus BrewDog Wants You To Brew Their Beer from 2016-03-05T05:58:23

Have you heard of DIY Dog yet?

Episode 13: Willard Brooks of The BNBA from 2016-02-20T11:00:01

Willard Brooks is the president of The Buffalo Niagara Brewers Association. They're a group of brewers and bar owners dedicated to raising the bar (bad pun) in the Buffalo beer scene. Join them at ...

Episode 12: Jared Gilbert of Cigar City Cider and Mead from 2016-02-13T11:00:01

Jared Gilbert is the head cider-maker and Mazer (mead-maker) at Cigar City Cider and Mead in Ybor City, Florida. I've been interested in cider recently, and Jared was a fountain of cider and mead k...

Episode 11: Extract Yourself from the Cold! from 2015-12-07T06:25:16

Why does extract get such a bad rep? It gets cold in Buffalo, and extract is exactly what we need! Also, I have a great idea to share in the fun!Listen

Episode 10: Brad Smith of BeerSmith Software from 2015-11-29T02:18:13

We talk to one of the most learned men of homebrewing! Rochester native, Brad Smith, creator of BeerSmith brewing software from Beersmith.com.He gives his first step for getting the most out of his...

Episode 9: Homebrew Club Rountable! from 2015-11-21T09:23:39

I sat down at The Hydraulic Hearth with members of Das Hausbrauers Von Buffalo, The Buffalo Beer Goddesses, and The Sultans of Swig to discuss the benefits of joining a club instead of going it alo...

Episode 8: Making a WNY Hard Cider! from 2015-10-03T22:54:10

I tell you about my experience making a hard cider from a Western New York staple...Mayer Brothers Apple Cider. I also review Not Your Fathers Root Beer and tell you about my wet-hopped IIPA. Listen

Episode 7: Kegging Homebrew and Buffalo History Books from 2015-07-21T06:24:30

This week, I discuss a beer trip I recently took. We put together a tour of Buffalo brewing history and put a bus together to take a small group out for charity...then they never showed! So we did ...

Episode 6: Happy Fathers Day and Sierra Nevada Pale Ale from 2015-06-21T06:00:04

Happy Fathers' Day everyone! We talk to John Russo Jr. whom, along with his dad, own Hamburg Brewing Company.I'm also drinking a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale because they're great! It's can-conditioned.....

Episode 5: Online Brewing Toolbox and Southern Tier Tangier from 2015-06-04T06:41:10

This week I run through my top 10 online hangouts for homebrewing information and tools. I'm also drinking Southern Tier Tangier and absolutely love it. Check out WNYBrews.com/episode5 for the list...

Episode 4: Grains! EBC Stainless Steel Obsession from 2015-05-28T23:07

This week I'm talking about grains! It's one of the most important ingredients in brewing and I need to throw some vocab out. I basically spewed words into a mic for 15 minutes. Also, I talk about ...

Episode 3: Drink Your Mistakes from 2015-05-19T06:09:27

It's been a few weeks and I'm sorry. I'm currently drinking a brown ale that we boiled for too long. I'm drinking it because, like all of our brewing mistakes (save one), it's still beer and we do...

Episode 2: The Starter Episode with Bert Dyster from 2015-04-21T05:35:50

We talk about getting started in homebrewing. If you wanted to put together a brand new system, what would you do? Check out WNYBrews.com for links.Listen

Episode 1: Pierogi, Resurgence, and Adam Richman from 2015-04-07T07:43:38

I talk to the guys at Resurgence, I sample some Pierogi from Ru's Pierogi, and get a call from Adam Richman about his new show Man Finds FoodListen

Episode 0: The Untitled Episode from 2015-03-28T07:13:17

The pre-first episode. A preview of what's to come in future episodes. The music today is from The Rearview Ramblers. Listen