Combining two of the things Buffalo does best: beer and snow
By Scott Scanlon
News Staff Reporter
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Buffalo Brewing Co. Brewer and President John Domres Jr. checks the wort grant while working on the new Golden Snowbeer Thursday on the new production system on Fillmore Avenue in East Buffalo.
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Stephen Vermette, professor of geography at SUNY Buffalo State, peers into the boil tank where Golden Snowbeer is in the works at the new Fillmore Avenue Buffalo Brewing Co. production brewhouse. Vermette provided one of the key ingredients – snow gathered outside his office from the '22 Christmas weekend blizzard.
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John Domres Jr., brewer and president of Buffalo Brewing, eyes a jar of wort, in process to become a new beer, Golden Snowbeer, at his production facility in East Buffalo, May 11, 2023.
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John Domres Jr., left, organizes a hose as Stephen Vermette, professor of geography at SUNY Buffalo State, peers into the mash tun where a new beer, Golden Snowbeer, is in the works at a Fillmore Avenue production facility for Buffalo Brewing Co.
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The Golden Snowball, which is awarded annually to the city in New York that receives the most snowfall in a season, photographed at Buffalo Brewing Co. in Buffalo, May 11, 2023. Buffalo won the snowball during the last two winter seasons.
When Buffalo won the annual Golden Snowball contest for 2018-19, awarded to the city in New York with the largest snowfall for the season, Mayor Byron Brown took a pass when asked if his office staff would like to pick up the accompanying trophy to display at City Hall.
Buffalo Brewing Co. Brewer and President John Domres Jr. checks the wort grant while working on the new Golden Snowbeer Thursday on the new production system on Fillmore Avenue in East Buffalo.
Stephen Vermette, professor of geography at SUNY Buffalo State, peers into the boil tank where Golden Snowbeer is in the works at the new Fillmore Avenue Buffalo Brewing Co. production brewhouse. Vermette provided one of the key ingredients – snow gathered outside his office from the '22 Christmas weekend blizzard.
John Domres Jr., brewer and president of Buffalo Brewing, eyes a jar of wort, in process to become a new beer, Golden Snowbeer, at his production facility in East Buffalo, May 11, 2023.
John Domres Jr., left, organizes a hose as Stephen Vermette, professor of geography at SUNY Buffalo State, peers into the mash tun where a new beer, Golden Snowbeer, is in the works at a Fillmore Avenue production facility for Buffalo Brewing Co.
The Golden Snowball, which is awarded annually to the city in New York that receives the most snowfall in a season, photographed at Buffalo Brewing Co. in Buffalo, May 11, 2023. Buffalo won the snowball during the last two winter seasons.
