Introducing INNOVATION THURSDAYS! We’re constantly trying new things in both our brewery and our kitchen so we decided it’s time to share some of these creations with you! Every Thursday we’ll have a brand new small batch beer and a brand new wing flavor that will be available for one day only. Keep an eye on our social accounts for the beer style and wing flavor each week. Innovations Thursdays start 3/9/23!
We’re turning 8! Celebrate with us on Thursday, May 18th at 5:00pm! Our 8th anniversary party will incorporate all the things we love most – awesome beer, great food, live music, and of course, plenty of friends.
THE BEER:
Along with our regular draft list we’ll have 5 limited releases on tap that we made specifically for the party!
– 8th Anniversary French Toast Imperial Stout (10% ABV)
– Strawberry Vision Sour Fruit Beer – batch #2 of one of our most requested Innovation Series beers (5.4% ABV)
– Basically Juice – our newest Double IPA (9% ABV)
– Salted Watermelon Cucumber Seltzer – our housemade seltzer with fruit (4.2% ABV)
– Double Dry Hopped Little Waves Lager – w/ Nelson Sauvin hops (5% ABV)
THE FOOD:
We’ll be offering our normal dinner menu, along with the following features:
– BBQ Ribs – St Louis style ribs served with coleslaw and fries
– Sausage Melt w/Hanzlian’s stuffed pepper chicken sausage
– Garlic Shrimp Scampi Skewers
– Street Corn Dip served with tortilla chips and vegetable crudité
FEATURED COCKTAIL
– FLOW-MOSA – Vodka, lemon juice, Flow Rider Citrus Blonde Ale, sparkling wine.
PRIZES/GIVEAWAYS
– Free limited edition t-shirts for the first 75 guests. Get here early!
– Raffles – Receive one entry with every beer (or any other menu item) to win gift cards and prizes to/from local businesses including Bar Bill North, Sidelines, Strikers, Hartman’s, Grill at the Dome, Village Bake Shop, Town Ballroom, and Buffalo Bisons!
– Grand Prize – At the end of the night we’ll be raffling off a YETI Tundra 45 Cooler! Make sure you stick around until the end!
THE MUSIC
JJ Moscato will keep you dancing all night! (More info at https://www.facebook.com/jjmoscato/)
No tickets needed, we’ll be open to the public like normal. Just show up, eat, drink, dance, and smile. It’s going to be a fun one!
If you’ve purchased one of our Hayburner homebrew kits, here are instructions for submission to our contest for Best Hayburner Clone! FYI – there are still a few kits left and still time to get a batch done if you’re interested! The best clone, as determined by our brewer judges, will win the equivalent of Hayburner for a year! (One case of Hayburner per month for 12 months, in the form of a gift card to our tap room.)
1) The judging of this contest will be a public event. Contestants, or general Hayburner enthusiasts, can watch the entire contest/judging process.
2) Entries must be submitted by attaching name, email, and phone number to three bottles/cans, minimum of 12 oz. This information should be taped with packaging tape onto the bottles themselves.
3) Beers need to be submitted no later than 3/31. Stop by our tap room during any open hours. Submit your entry beers to one of our hosts. Our managers will collect the entries and store in our cooler. Managers will not show entries to judges – this competition will be conducted blindly.
4) The competition will be judged on Saturday 4/15 from 12pm to 4pm. We plan to split entries into flights of 10 beers each. Judges will be our brewers and other knowledgeable employees from Big Ditch. We’re also planning on reaching out to three “celebrity” judges. More info on this soon.
5) Hosts will bring bottles to judges in such a way as to obscure the contestants. Judges will score using the “BJCP” point system, with points awarded to beers most resembling Hayburner.
6) If necessary, there will be a final round, where winners from earlier flight rounds will be pooled together for a Best-In-Show round. We hope to wrap up the first session by 2pm, with the final round judged by 4pm. After that, we’ll announce the winner of the Best Hayburner Clone contest!
Best of luck!
INTRODUCING: THE GREAT 10AM HAYBURNER TOAST. Participate in the largest local beer toast in Buffalo’s history (probably!)
Along with our friends at BuffaloEats and The Beer Keep, we’re inviting you to join us this Sunday at 10AM for THE GREAT 10AM HAYBURNER TOAST.
The rules are simple – drink a Hayburner, take a photo with your Hayburner, then head over to Twitter and reply to BuffaloEats #10AMHAYBURNERTOAST tweet with your photo any time before 12PM.
If we hit 1,000 “toasts”, we’ll donate $1,000 to The Kaleida Health Foundation/Buffalo General Hospital who has helped Damar Hamlin on his road to recovery!
We’ll also give away prizes for the best 3 photos, as chosen by Big Ditch, BuffaloEats, and The Beer Keep! Prizes for top 3 photos are a $100 Big Ditch Gift Card, a $100 The Beer Keep Gift Card, and a 10AM Hayburner T-Shirt & Stickers.
Big Ditch Brewing’s Tap Room (at 945AM) and The Beer Keep (at 10AM) will be opening early and will be ready to pour you a Hayburner at 10AM! Cheers!
Have you seen our limited edition “No Punts Intended” tap handles around town? You can find these special tap handles pouring our new Pilsner – “No Punts Intended” at the following bars around WNY. Go Bills!
About the beer: The best defense is a good offense. This easy drinking pilsner is brewed with American barley and Cascade hops and meant for crushing during long touchdown drives. 4.7% ABV
JD’s BrewPub
Blackthorn
O’Neill’s
Prohibition 2020
Angelina’s
Hat Trix
Pilot Light Pub
East Eden Tavern
French Pub
The Ridge
Kettles
Ebenezer Ale House
Holland Hotel
Duff’s (Eastern Hills)
Essex’s
Neat
VICE
Hamburg Raceway/Casino
The Last Run
White Birch Golf course
And of course – Big Ditch Brewing Company
Official Hayburner Home Brew Kits are available now!
Now you can make our flagship American IPA at home! Hayburner Home Brew Kits are available now for a limited time. BONUS – submit your brew for a chance to win Hayburner For A Year!*
WIN HAYBURNER FOR A YEAR – we’re having a contest to see which home brewers can make the best version of our favorite beer. After you finish your brew, submit your Hayburner Home Brew clone for a chance to win the grand prize – Hayburner For a Year!* Prizes will be awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.
ABOUT THE KITS: These kits are available for a very limited time and include all the ingredients you need to brew a 5 gallon batch of Hayburner at home. Choose between an ALL GRAIN or EXTRACT/PARTIAL MASH kit. You can either pick up from the tap room or we can ship them directly to you.
Available now at: https://big-ditch-brewing-company.square.site/
Contact us at info@bigditchbrewing.com with any questions!
*Actual prize is a gift card to our tap room equal in value to “Hayburner for a year”. Minimum of 3 bottles must be submitted by Friday, March 31. Full details included in each kit.
Big Ditch is all in on Orange! We’ve teamed up with bars throughout the Syracuse area to host HAYBURNER HOOPS CHALLENGE events for every men’s basketball game! Each event will have:
FREE SAMPLES: We’ll be sampling Hayburner American IPA as well as several other beers.
HOOPS CHALLENGE: Shoot baskets to win prizes like t-shirts and sunglasses.
GIVEAWAYS: Stickers and other swag!
ENTER TO WIN THE GRAND PRIZE: A Custom Yeti Tundra 45 Cooler. *
12/3 12-2pm Pressroom Pub – 220 Herald Pl, Syracuse
12/6 6-8pm Asil’s Pub – 220 Chapel Dr, Syracuse
12/10 1-3pm Home Team Pub – 7990 Oswego Rd, Liverpool
12/12 6-8pm Maplewood Bar & Grill – 400 7th N St, Liverpool
12/17 2-4pm Dailey’s Pour House – 9686 Brewerton Rd, Brewerton
12/20 8-10pm Home Team Pub – 7990 Oswego Rd, Liverpool
1/3 6-8pm TGIFridays
1/7 5-7pm Hafners – 5224 West Taft Rd, North Syracuse
1/11 6-8pm Pressroom Pub – 220 Herald Pl, Syracuse
1/21 12-2pm Wildcat Pub – 3680 Milton Ave, Camillus
1/24 8-10pm World of Beer – Destiny USA
1/28 6-8pm TBD
1/30 6-8pm Hafners – 5224 West Taft Rd, North Syracuse
2/4 4-6pm TBD
2/8 6-8pm Wildcat Pub – 3680 Milton Ave, Camillus
2/18 5-7pm Jammers – 3535 Walters Rd, Syracuse
2/22 6-8pm TBD
2/25 5-7pm Bear Creek – 5480 Bartell Rd, Brewerton
2/28 6-8pm Pizza Man Pub – 50 Oswego St, Baldwinsville
4/4 5-7pm Sammy Malone’s – 2 Oswego St, Baldwinsville
*No purchase necessary. Drawing will be held after the final event. Winner will be notified by phone or email.
Ring in 2023 at Big Ditch Brewing Company with craft beer, great food, DJ, a view of the Electric Tower ball drop & fireworks at midnight!
Tickets are $85 (+tax & gratuity) per person. (Early Bird Pricing: $75 through Dec 6th!)
Your ticket includes:
New Year’s Eve Party from 8pm-1am
Open Bar: 8:00pm-12:30am (beer, wine or mixed drinks*)
Special NYE Food & Beer Menu:
Appetizers:
Charcuterie Board – Assorted Meats, Cheese, Pickled Vegetables, Fruits, Nuts, and Bread.
Crab Dip Wonton Cup
Duck Confit Flatbread w/ Balsamic Cranberry Drizzle
Meatballs (Swedish or Sweet & Spicy)
Broccoli Ricotta Toast w/ Hot Honey Drizzle
Street Corn Dip w/ Tortilla Chips & Vegetable Crudite
Entrées:
Ricotta Gnocchi in Toasted Garlic and Walnut Butter Sauce
Shrimp Scampi Skewer
Sliced Prime Rib in Au Jus Warm Baguettes
Pork Loin w/ Roasted Root Veggies & Sweet Potatoes
+ Assorted Desserts!
NYE 2022 Special Beers: TBD
Special Cocktails: TBD
DJ spinning all night
Party favors, Selfie Station & noisemakers
Limited beer releases!!
Looking for something extra special…. VIP Room for up to 20 guests!!! Includes:- Private food station for group- Open Bar from 8:00pm-12:30am- 70” TV to watch televised ball drop- Fireworks view from the VIP room $110.00 per person + tax & gratuity (for information and booking contact us at events@bigditchbrewing.com)
Designated Driver tickets available for $60 (+tax & gratuity) and includes everything above except open bar. Your special DD wristband will get you unlimited soda and coffee all night.
Notes: This event is ages 21+ only!
We will serve lunch in the tap room from 11am-4pm and then re-open at 8pm for the party. Only those who purchase tickets to the New Year’s Eve Party will be admitted after 8pm. There will not be a coat check, but we will have coat racks available. Please plan accordingly.
*certain beer, wine or liquor may be excluded at the discretion of management
Join us on Wednesday, November 23 for Stoutsgiving, our annual celebration and beer release of our favorite dark, malty, and strong beer: The Stout.
This year we’ll have NINE (9) new beers for you. All beers will be available in draft, and most will be available in bottles or cans to go.
This year’s lineup:
Bourbon Barrel Aged Aqueduct Imperial Stout 2022. Erie Canal Aqueducts were designed to carry canal towpaths over adjacent rivers and roads. This updated version of our imperial stout features more sweetness, body, and complexity than our original Towpath imperial stout. Aqueduct was aged in Heaven Hill bourbon barrels just long enough to marry roast and chocolate flavors from the base beer with vanilla and toasted flavors from the bourbon barrels. 10.9% ABV. Draft and 500 mL bottles.
Aqueduct Rare 2022. This Rare version of Aqueduct was aged in a single Knob Creek barrel for a year before bottling by hand. The result provides an even smoother bourbon and oak finish to this stout. 10.9% ABV. Draft and 500 mL bottles.
Aqueduct Double Barrel 2022. This Double Barreled version of Aqueduct was aged first in a Hartman’s Distilling rye bourbon barrel from Buffalo, NY before being transferred to a barrel previously holding cherry brandy. The result adds a luxurious chocolate-covered cherry finish to this stout. 10.9% ABV. Draft and 500 mL bottles.
Aqueduct Café 2022. This flavored version of Aqueduct was first aged in Willett bourbon barrels before conditioning on hazelnuts and coffee from Public Espresso in Buffalo, NY. The result adds additional nutty and roasty flavors as well as a light, sweet finish to this stout.10.9% ABV. Draft and 500 mL bottles.
Aqueduct Port 2022. This version of Aqueduct was aged in a Port wine barrel, lending complex flavors of currant, plum, and toasted oak to the dark chocolate character of the base beer. 10.9% ABV. Available in draft and 500 mL bottles.
Mudlarked Imperial Stout with Tiramisu. Brewed with 9 different malts, milk sugar, cocoa nibs, and flavored with tiramisu, this beer is as thick as mud.10.0% ABV. Draft and 4-packs of 16oz cans.
Mudlarked Imperial Stout with Chocolate Toffee. The same rich Mudlarked stout base with chocolate and toffee added. 10.0% ABV. Draft and 4-packs of 16oz cans.
Maple Bacon Make Me Wanna Stout. Our coffee and cream stout made extra breakfast-y by aging on fresh crispy bacon and maple syrup. Very limited. 5.2% ABV. Draft only.
Rum Barrel Aged Cinnamon Apple. Our fall seasonal amber ale brewed with caramel malt, brown sugar, and oatmeal, with extra apple cider, cinnamon sticks and golden raisins added before aging in a Cruzan rum barrel for 12 months. 7.5% ABV. Draft only.
Packaged selections will be available for preorder on the morning of Wednesday 11/23 at: https://big-ditch-brewing-company.square.site
Stock your fridge properly or be the hero at your next get together. Our Mixed 12 Packs include cans of Hayburner, Dayburner, Low Bridge, and our Limited Release for the holiday season, Kringle Juice. Available NOW at supermarkets and retailers across New York State. For a limited time, you can also order Mixed 12 Packs from our online store and have them shipped directly to you! (Shipping is New York State only)
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