Ellicottville Brewing Company x Pressure Drop
For the past 7 years Karl and the amazing team at Pressure Drop have brought the Buffalo Beer scene a wide variety of award-winning brews inspired by his time as both a homebrewer and professional production brewer in California. (He has collaborated on) So many one-offs with his friends in the Buffalo brewing community that were always a pleasant change from their normal lineup.
Great beer has become a staple in the Pressure Drop line up. Beers such as Sticky Trees, Sticky Icky, Aunt Gladys, along with deep, rich barrel aged stouts, pillowy and aromatic Hazy Ipas, and wonderful Belgian inspired blondes that harken back to the first beers he brewed as a homebrewer.
Pressure Drops production facility in the Old First Ward’s barrel factory and the pub in Black Rock were boons and assets to both communities and it is indeed a sad day to see them both closing but unfortunately that decision was made before a partnership with EBC came to fruition.
The Pressure Drop Brewers wanted to ensure that the good folks of Buffalo could continue to enjoy the staple beers they crafted and the Pressure Drop name could live on. I was super humbled that they would consider EBC as a candidate to help continue that legacy.
Since we first started this partnership, we have been working on recipe formulation and procuring the ingredients he was using in the Old First Ward. We sourced different grains, brought in new yeast strains, and altered our typical operating procedures to be faithful to Pressure Drop’s process.
We look forward to engaging the public in this new venture, continuing to make quite a few of his staples, and over time introducing some new collaborations to the mix.
Dan Minner
Head of Brewery Operations
Ellicottville Brewing Co.
West Coast Inspired Beer
Like many great ideas before it, the idea to open a brewery of our own was conceived after a long night of beers. Karl, who would years later become our head brewer, began homebrewing while living in California a decade ago.
After homebrewing for a couple of years, he decided (over one too many beers) that his ambitions were bigger than his current setup. Karl’s time crafting brews on the West Coast, both at home and in California’s craft brewery scene, shape the beer we brew for Buffalo.
Why Pressure Drop?
We chose to name our brewery Pressure Drop Brewing for two reasons. Our name references the barometric pressure changes that must occur for lake effect snow to form. When low-pressure system sweeps across Lake Erie, it makes room for the frigid air necessary for Buffalo’s infamous winter weather. Secondly, when we transfer beer from one tank to another, there is a drop in pressure. And we transfer a lot of beer here!
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