With the Canadian American Beer Festival postponed to 2019 (April 13) over an issue regarding bringing product over the border, the Can Am Beer Fest – WNY Beta will now take place on April 8 at Pizza Plant Transit (12pm). The free event will feature WNY-made Can Am collaboration beers, a la carte food, and the chance to interact with the brewers. Afterwards, select WNY – Can Am brews will be available the following week at both Pizza Plant locations and brewery taprooms. Can Am Beer Fest – Ontario Beta will then take place May 5 at Augusta’s Winking Judge in Hamilton, Ontario. Beer list updated regularly here 

AMERICAN->CANADIAN COLLABORATIONS
See breweries page for beer details (link)

• 4 Mile is hosting Grand River
• Five & 20 is hosting Oast House
• 12 Gates is hosting Nickel Brook
• 42 North is hosting Shawn & Ed Brewing Co.
• Big Ditch is hosting Beau’s
• Buffalo Brewing Co is hosting Railway City
• Community Beer Works is hosting Redline Brewhouse
• Resurgence is hosting Collective Arts
• Ellicottville is hosting Flying Monkeys
• Flying Bison is hosting Great Lakes
• Hamburg is hosting Brimstone
• New York Beer Project is hosting Royal City
• Southern Tier is hosting Wellington
• Thin Man is hosting Block 3
• Westshore is hosting Niagara Teaching Brewery
• Woodcock Brothers is hosting Cowbell
• Rusty Nickel is hosting Lock Street

In Ontario, the event will take place Saturday, May 5 (2-6pm) at Augusta’s Winking Judge craft beer bar at 25 Augusta St in Hamilton Ontario (1-905-524-5626). Tickets can be purchased directly at the Winking Judge. Tickets are $50 Canadian and include exclusive samplings of all Ontario-made CanAm collabs, food, a commemorative beer stein and the chance to interact with the brewers who made the beers. As well, the week after the event select CanAm collabs will be on tap at both the Winking Judge as well as at the tap rooms of each producing brewery.  Beer list updated regularly here 

CANADIAN->AMERICAN COLLABORATIONS
See breweries page for beer details (link)

• Brimstone is hosting Rusty Nickel
• Beau’s is hosting Flying Bison
• Block 3 is hosting Resurgence
• Cowbell is hosting New York Beer Project
• Grand River is hosting 12 Gates
• Collective Arts is hosting Hamburg
• Flying Monkeys is hosting Woodcock Brothers
• Niagara Teaching Brewery is hosting Buffalo Brewing Company
• Oast House is hosting Southern Tier
• Nickel Brook is hosting Ellicottville Brewing Company
• Shawn & Ed Brewing Co. are hosting Community Beer Works
• Railway City is hosting Westshore Brewing Company
• Redline Brewhouse is hosting Thin Man Brewing
• Royal City is hosting 42 North
• Wellington is hosting 4 Mile
• Lock Street is hosting Five & 20

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE      

2018 CAN AM FESTIVAL POSTPONED DUE TO IMPORT ISSUES AT BORDER

Separate CanAm tasting events to take place in U.S. and Canada featuring the all CanAm 2018 collaboration beers

CanAm Beer Festival to take place in Niagara Falls USA April 13 2019

BUFFALO, NY – The Buffalo Niagara Brewers Association (BNBA) regretfully announces that the 2018 Canadian American Beer Festival scheduled for April 7, 2018 at the Conference and Event Center in Niagara Falls, NY has been postponed to April 13, 2019 at the Conference & Event Center in Niagara Falls USA.

The event has been postponed as a result of an issue regarding bringing product over the border that despite everyone’s best efforts could not be resolved in a timely manner. All tickets that have been sold will be refunded.

“We are extremely disappointed to have to postpone the Can-Am festival, but given that we discovered an insurmountable issue with our 2018 import method only a few weeks away from the event, we thought it was best to postpone for this year,” said BNBA president Willard Brooks. “The good news is that we have sourced a very experienced Import Agent that has agreed to enter into discussions with us to facilitate and resolve the border issues for 2019 – this gives us complete confidence that we will have a solid partner to advise us as we move forward to 2019 and beyond.”

So as not to miss the opportunity to taste the cross border collaborative efforts of Canadian and American brewers, there will be separate tasting events on each side of the border being billed as the “Can Am Beer Fest – WNY BETA” in Buffalo on April 8th featuring WNY-made CanAm Collabs and the “Can Am Beer Fest – Ontario BETA” in Hamilton, ON on May 5th featuring Ontario-made CanAm Collabs.

In the U.S. the event will take place as a tap takeover on April 8th (12pm) at Pizza Plant at 7770 Transit Rd. Admission is free with special flight pricing to be published closer to the event. The event includes exclusive samplings of the WNY-made CanAm collabs, a la carte food, and the chance to interact with the brewers who made the beers. Pizza Plant Canalside & Transit will also make select WNY-CanAm brews available on tap the week after the event as well as at the taprooms of each producing brewery.

AMERICAN->CANADIAN COLLABORATIONS

• 4 Mile is hosting Grand River
• Five & 20 is hosting Oast House
• 12 Gates is hosting Nickel Brook
• 42 North is hosting Shawn & Ed Brewing Co.
• Big Ditch is hosting Beau’s
• Buffalo Brewing Co is hosting Railway City
• Community Beer Works is hosting Redline Brewhouse
• Resurgence is hosting Collective Arts
• Ellicottville is hosting Flying Monkeys
• Flying Bison is hosting Great Lakes
• Hamburg is hosting Brimstone
• New York Beer Project is hosting Royal City
• Southern Tier is hosting Wellington
• Thin Man is hosting Block 3
• Westshore is hosting Niagara Teaching Brewery
• Woodcock Brothers is hosting Cowbell
• Rusty Nickel is hosting Lock Street

In Ontario, the event will take place Saturday, May 5 (2-6pm) at Augusta’s Winking Judge craft beer bar at 25 Augusta St in Hamilton Ontario (1-905-524-5626). Tickets can be purchased directly at the Winking Judge. Tickets are $50 Canadian and include exclusive samplings of all Ontario-made CanAm collabs, food, a commemorative beer stein and the chance to interact with the brewers who made the beers. As well, the week after the event select CanAm collabs will be on tap at both the Winking Judge as well as at the tap rooms of each producing brewery.

CANADIAN->AMERICAN COLLABORATIONS

• Brimstone is hosting Rusty Nickel
• Beau’s is hosting Flying Bison
• Block 3 is hosting Resurgence
• Cowbell is hosting New York Beer Project
• Grand River is hosting 12 Gates
• Collective Arts is hosting Hamburg
• Flying Monkeys is hosting Woodcock Brothers
• Niagara Teaching Brewery is hosting Buffalo Brewing Company
• Oast House is hosting Southern Tier
• Nickel Brook is hosting Ellicottville Brewing Company
• Shawn & Ed Brewing Co. are hosting Community Beer Works
• Railway City is hosting Westshore Brewing Company
• Redline Brewhouse is hosting Thin Man Brewing
• Royal City is hosting 42 North
• Wellington is hosting 4 Mile
• Lock Street is hosting Five & 20

For more information, please see the CanAm website as the beer list will be updated continuously as the final details of the collaboration beers become available

About The Buffalo Niagara Brewers Association

The Buffalo Niagara Brewers Association exists to unify the Buffalo Niagara craft beer community in order to increase regional sales of craft beer through promotions, marketing, public awareness, consumer education, and to monitor and assure a thriving craft beer and brewing industry within the Buffalo Niagara Region. For more information about the Buffalo Niagara Brewers Association, including membership, please visit http://buffaloniagarabrewersassociation.org.

Saturday, April 7, 2018

The Buffalo Niagara Brewers Association  will launch the first ever Canadian American Beer Festival on April 7th 2018 at the Conference & Event Center Niagara Falls from 3-7 PM.   This will be a regional beer event featuring:

• 20 Ontario brews made in collaboration with 20 visiting WNY breweries
  
• 20 WNY brews made in collaboration with 20 visiting Ontario breweries

These and other beers will be served at the event.   The focus of the inaugural year will be on these cross-border brewing collabs involving the making of as many as 40 unique collab brews.  This highlights the great breweries, the exciting craft beer potential, and the many international friendships that exist in our bi-national region.  

Can Am 2018 is the first iteration of what we hope will grow into a very large annual beer festival and beer competition taking place on both sides of the border in both Niagara Falls USA and Niagara Falls Ontario.  We believe Can Am can become one of the biggest and best North American beer festivals with hundreds craft breweries,  several days of festivities, and a prominent highly-anticipated beer competition.   As the saying goes, every long journey begins with a single step — and CanAm 2018 is just that.  Check back here and at the Buffalo Niagara Brewers Association website often for updates.

CanAm is organized by the Buffalo Niagara Brewers Association with the help of the Ontario Craft Brewers, Niagara College Teaching Brewery, Niagara Falls Culinary Institute, Consumers Beverages, Buffalo Beer League, E3 Communications, Boost PR, Step Out Buffalo, the Albino Rhino, and other organizations to be announced.