
About BriarBrothersBrewing Company
Small Batch Beer, Big Time Flavor
BriarBrothers Brewing Company is a joint venture between brothers Dylan and Joel Betti. What started as a small-time home brew hobby has blossomed into Buffalo's newest brewery, here to bring you some of the area's best craft microbrews.
The two co-founders, Joel and Dylan Betti are brothers who grew up in Western New York. If you know Joel or Dylan, it'll come as no surprise that beer is their passion! Ranging anywhere from Genesee Light on Buffalo Bills Sundays to bringing a growler of whatever's fresh from the local beer shop for Thanksgiving dinner, both brothers were always the ones you could count on to make sure your hand was never empty. Procrastinating holiday shopping in 2017, Joel was running out of ideas as to what to buy Dylan. In a last ditch effort, Joel picked up a "Make Your Own Beer" kit and topped it with a bow. The box was put into the coat closet and there it sat for months until a blizzard like day. Having nothing else to do, Joel and Dylan fired up the stove and made the very first batch of BriarBrothers beer! After a handful of brew days and hours of researching, the batches continued to improve and the dream to open a brewery was born!
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Visit our historic taproom located at 50 Elk Street in Buffalo, NY. A short drive from Downtown Buffalo and conveniently located near Larkinville, Key Bank Center, and the First Ward.
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4pm - 10pmFriday
4pm - 11pmSaturday
12pm - 11pmSunday
12pm - 6pmThe Silos At Elk Street
BriarBrothers Brewing Company is located in the Silos at Elk Street, located at 50 Elk Street in Buffalo's Valley Neighborhood. The location is just south of the heart of Downtown Buffalo and conveniently located near popular attractions such as Keybank Center, Canalside, Buffalo's Outer Harbor, and multiple access points to the Buffalo River.
The region, and these silos in particular, once served as a major producer of brewers malt that supplied barley to breweries before and after prohibition all the way from Syracuse, New York to Erie Pennsylvania.
BriarBrothers is proud to have made its home in a facility rich in brewing history and look to continue to build upon this tradition. Together with our partner tennants in the facility, we remember and honor the legacy set forth about the original founders. Being apart of, and continuing to build upon, the rich history of Buffalo brewing is a responsibility that we embrace fully.
In The News

The History of Our Facility
1878
Kreiner Malt is formed on Spring Street in Buffalo.1890
F.A. Dole Malting opens and builds drying building.1910
Kreiner & Lehr purchase Silos.1920
Prohibition begins.1926
William E. Kreiner & Sons incorporates and constructs malt house and first grain elevator for $200,000.1933
Prohibition ends, at last.1947
President and founder William E. Kreiner dies.1959
St. Lawrence Seaway opens and reduces use of the Erie Canal.1960
Railroad on Elk Street abandoned. William E. Kreiner & Sons dissolves and becomes Kreiner Malt Company.1971
Kreiner Malt Company closes.1975
Buffalo Malting incorporates.1986
Buffalo Malting closes its doors and the silos sit vacant.2016
50 Elk Street is reborn as the Silos at Elk Street.2022
BriarBrothers Brewing Company opens its doors.