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Inaugural Canalside beer festival a celebration of suds

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A favorite beverage of many Western New Yorkers will be celebrated this weekend at Canalside.  The first-ever Buffalo Brewers Festival will feature three dozen New York craft breweries. Willard Brooks, president of the Buffalo Niagara Brewers Association, says many of them are locally-operated. 

"We have 37 breweries and about one-third of them are local, which is all of our local breweries," Brooks said.

The 21-and-over festival takes place from 3 to 10 p.m. Saturday. It will feature special tastings and food pairings, educational panels with masters of the craft, and live music from a half-dozen bands on two stages. 

Brooks says Canalside is a perfect fit for the event.

"When you look around Buffalo for a place to do a festival, where better to do it than Canalside? It's a great outdoor venue. It has the backdrop of the grain elevators which used to contain barley, which is used to make beer. It seems like a natural choice," Brooks said.

Tickets and more information is available at buffaloniagarabrewersassociation.org.
 

Monday - Friday, 10 a.m.. - 2 p.m.
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