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From taproom to tailgate: A guide to Bills beers

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BY BRIAN CAMPBELLSpecial to The News •
From taproom to tailgate: A guide to Bills beers

BY BRIAN CAMPBELLSpecial to The News

It's Super Bowl or bust for the Buffalo Bills this season, plain and simple. And for every chink in the armor that might exist for Josh Allen and Co., there's a beer for that. This is Buffalo at the end of the day, a place where we love our beer as much as we love our sports.

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