Buffalo, New York
Breweries: 48
Brewery Stars Ranking
What's the best local brewery? We take a data-driven approach to ranking breweries. When you’re visiting a brewery, you want both good beer and a good atmosphere. We take publicly available beer ratings and venue ratings and consolidate them into a Brewery Stars Meta-Rating. If guests consistently like a brewery’s beer and enjoy the experience of visiting the taproom, the brewery will do well in our rankings.
Ranking | Brewery Venue | Brewery Stars Meta-Rating | Address |
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1 | Mortalis Brewing Company | 4.3436 | 1250 Niagara St, Buffalo, NY 14213 |
2 | Other Half Brewing - Buffalo Taproom | 4.2790 | 1 Seneca St, Buffalo, NY 14203 |
3 | Frequentem Brewing Co. Buffalo | 4.2111 | 225 Louisiana St Suite 107, Buffalo, NY 14204 |
4 | Froth Brewing Co. | 4.1712 | 700 Military Rd, Buffalo, NY 14216 |
5 | BriarBrothers Brewing Company | 4.0754 | 50 Elk St, Buffalo, NY 14210 |
6 | Big Ditch Brewing Company | 4.0342 | 55 E Huron St, Buffalo, NY 14203 |
7 | Big Ditch Brewing Company | 4.0329 | 1 East Ave, Lockport, NY 14094 |
8 | 42 North Brewing Company | 4.0262 | 25 Pine St, East Aurora, NY 14052 |
9 | 42 North Brewing Company | 4.0246 | 674 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14202 |
10 | Autark Brewhouse | 4.0223 | 420 Auburn Ave, Buffalo, NY 14213 |
11 | Spotted Octopus Brewing Co. - Buffalo | 4.0110 | 41 Edward St, Buffalo, NY 14202 |
12 | Belt Line Brewery & Kitchen | 4.0051 | 545 Swan St, Buffalo, NY 14204 |
13 | Buffalo Olde Brewery | 4.0036 | 1221 E Lovejoy St, Buffalo, NY 14206 |
14 | Shalooby Loofer Brewing | 3.9938 | 10737 Main St, Clarence, NY 14031 |
15 | Beer Kind Brewing | 3.9877 | 2765 Kenmore Ave, Tonawanda, NY 14150 |
16 | Gene McCarthy's Old First Ward Brewing Company | 3.9854 | 73 Hamburg St, Buffalo, NY 14204 |
17 | Resurgence Brewing Company | 3.9840 | 55 Chicago St, Buffalo, NY 14204 |
18 | Wayland Brewing Company | 3.9825 | 3740 N Buffalo St, Orchard Park, NY 14127 |
19 | East Aurora Brewery | 3.9823 | Red Door, Rear Building, 667 Oakwood Ave, East Aurora, NY 14052 |
20 | Southern Tier Brewery Buffalo | 3.9807 | 7 Scott St, Buffalo, NY 14203 |
21 | Prosper Brewing | 3.9798 | 72 Webster St, North Tonawanda, NY 14120 |
22 | One-Eyed Cat Brewing | 3.9778 | 5893 Main St, Williamsville, NY 14221 |
23 | Buffalo Brewing Company & Buffalo Deep Dish | 3.9756 | 314 Myrtle Ave, Buffalo, NY 14204 |
24 | Sad Boys Brewing | 3.9709 | 567 Exchange St #1, Buffalo, NY 14210 |
25 | Hydraulic Hearth (Community Beer Works) | 3.9673 | 716 Swan St, Buffalo, NY 14210 |
26 | Britesmith Brewing | 3.9646 | 5611 Main St, Williamsville, NY 14221 |
27 | Brazen Brewing | 3.9596 | 5839 Genesee St, Lancaster, NY 14086 |
28 | 12 Gates Brewing Company | 3.9557 | 80 Earhart Dr, Williamsville, NY 14221 |
29 | Brickyard Brewing Company | 3.9534 | 436 Center St, Lewiston, NY 14092 |
30 | First Line Brewing | 3.9503 | 4906 S Buffalo St, Orchard Park, NY 14127 |
31 | Butera's Craft Beer & Craft Pizza | 3.9406 | 32 Main St, Hamburg, NY 14075 |
32 | The Ridge West Seneca | 3.9323 | 555 Orchard Park Rd, West Seneca, NY 14224 |
33 | Rusty Nickel Brewing Co. | 3.9253 | 4350 Seneca St, West Seneca, NY 14224 |
34 | Johnson’s Landing | 3.9202 | 4040 Lake Shore Rd, Hamburg, NY 14075 |
35 | Flying Bison Brewing Co | 3.9145 | 840 Seneca St, Buffalo, NY 14210 |
36 | New York Beer Project | 3.8966 | 6933 S Transit Rd, Lockport, NY 14094 |
37 | Hamburg Brewing Company | 3.8874 | 6553 Boston State Rd, Hamburg, NY 14075 |
38 | New York Beer Project Lodge | 3.8814 | 245 Windward Rd, Orchard Park, NY 14127 |
39 | Woodcock Brothers Brewery | 3.8641 | 908 Niagara Fls Blvd, North Tonawanda, NY 14120 |
40 | Buffalo RiverWorks | 3.8524 | 359 Ganson St, Buffalo, NY 14203 |
41 | Santora's Pizza Pub & Grill (1927 Brew House) | 3.8271 | 1 Galleria Dr P102, Cheektowaga, NY 14225 |
42 | Hofbräuhaus Buffalo | 3.8208 | 190 Scott St, Buffalo, NY 14204 |
43 | Pizza Plant Italian Pub - Canalside (Pod City Beer Labs) | 3.8197 | 125 Main St #110, Buffalo, NY 14203 |
44 | Buffalo Brewpub | 3.7933 | 6861 Main St, Williamsville, NY 14221 |
45 | Santora's Pizza Pub & Grill (1927 Brew House) | 3.7780 | 7800 Transit Rd, Williamsville, NY 14221 |
46 | Pearl Street Grill & Brewery | 3.7141 | 76 Pearl St, Buffalo, NY 14202 |
47 | Steel Leaf Brewing Co. | -9.0000 | 1488 Hertel Ave, Buffalo, NY 14216 |
47 | TIL Brewing | -9.0000 | 11 W Main St Ste 102, Lancaster, NY 14086 |
Ranking | Brewery Venue | Brewery Stars Meta-Rating | Address |
The publicly available beer ratings and venue ratings that fed into the Brewery Stars Meta-Rating were last updated on April 24, 2025. Any venues marked "Temporarily Closed" may have re-opened since we last checked on them. Refer to the brewery for latest updates. Venues with a Brewery Stars Meta-Rating of -9.0000 have not yet received enough public ratings for us to accurately assess them and are listed alphabetically at the bottom of the rankings.
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