The brewery had been an iconic meeting place for both beer lovers and community members. It had a special spot in the early history of craft brewing and was said to be the progenitor of the nation’s first commercially produced pumpkin beer. One of its“It’s a tragedy, and we’re losing a symbol of Hayward. It’s hard to imagine how it will be replaced,” the then-president of the Hayward Chamber of Commerce said at the time.
Alejandro Gamarra is the new owner of Buffalo Bill’s in Hayward, a historic brewpub that shuttered last year. , Buffalo Bill’s took a mighty hit from COVID. “We gave it our best shot, but in the end if I did not close and sell the real estate, I would have had to declare bankruptcy and lose my home,” then-owner“He put it up for sale, and we were all stunned when he did so,” says Gamarra.
The brewery will continue to make the beers that made it famous, like Tasmanian Devil ale and Ricochet Red. But it will also experiment with new styles, otherwise “we’re stuck in the past,” says Gamarra.