Gifts for Buffalo Bills fans in a season with two stories
Sep
Gifts for Buffalo Bills fans in a season with two stories
This is the strangest year to be shopping for a Bills fan, and the best one.
The 2025 season was the last ever played at the original Highmark Stadium. The Bills went 12-5, finished second in the AFC East, and won their first road playoff game since 1992, beating Jacksonville 27-24. Then Denver ended it 33-30 in overtime. The final regular season game in that building was a 35-8 win over the Jets, in front of a house that averaged 70,877 across nine home games. Sean McDermott was gone shortly after. Joe Brady has the job now.
The building is coming down. In its place, the new Highmark Stadium opens this fall, a $2.1 billion project, and Sunday’s opener against Houston starts the first season in it. The Bills put out an inaugural season crest with the charging buffalo and a rendering of the new stadium, and it goes on the jersey as a patch for the first home game.
So there are two things worth marking, and they sit in opposite directions. One is a goodbye to a stadium people spent forty-plus years in. The other is the first day of something nobody has seen yet. The cans below cover both, and once these print runs are gone they are not coming back.
The farewell season can
Bud Light 2026 Bills Mafia Blizzard Brew
Bud Light 2026 Buffalo Bills Mafia Blizzard Brew Football Beer Can Soy Wax Candle is $26.99, down from $29.99.
If you buy one candle from this list, buy this one.
Blizzard Brew was a limited-edition beer brewed with snow shoveled out of Highmark Stadium by Bills Mafia, released for the final season in that building. The can says FAREWELL SEASON on the front. It is a beer that could only have existed in Buffalo, in one specific winter, made from the actual precipitation that fell on the stadium being torn down.
It costs more than the others for real reasons. It is a 16 oz can rather than a 12, so it holds 13 to 15 oz of wax and burns 55+ hours instead of 45+. It is also the can that will be hardest to replace. Blizzard Brew was a one-time run tied to a stadium that no longer exists.
For a fan who went to games in that building, this is the piece of it they can keep on a shelf.
The inaugural season cans
Three cans carry the 2026 inaugural season design, marking the first year in the new Highmark Stadium. All three are $19.99, 45+ hour burn, scent of your choosing.
Bud Light 2026 Bills inaugural season
Bud Light 2026 NFL Buffalo Bills Inaugural Season Football Beer Can Soy Wax Candle
Navy can, LIMITED EDITION across the top, the inaugural season crest below it. The most direct statement of the three. If the gift is meant to say “we were here for year one,” this is the can that says it without you having to explain.
Labatt Blue 2026 Bills inaugural season
Labatt Blue 2026 Buffalo Bills Inaugural Season Beer Can Soy Wax Candle
Labatt Blue navy with the standing buffalo. Labatt has been the beer in this town longer than most of the people buying these have been alive, so pairing it with a first-season design lands differently than a national brand does. This is the pick for the fan whose father also drank Labatt.
Labatt Blue Light 2026 Bills inaugural season
Labatt Blue Light 2026 Buffalo Bills Inaugural Season Beer Can Soy Wax Candle
White and silver, same inaugural design. Buy this alongside the Labatt Blue if you want a pair that reads as a set on a mantel. Two candles at $19.99 is $39.98, which is over the free shipping line.
The Zubaz cans
Labatt Blue Zubaz 2024 Bills Mafia
Labatt Blue Zubaz 2024 NFL Buffalo Bills Mafia Football Beer Can Soy Wax Candle
Zubaz started in Buffalo. The pattern is on the can, red and blue and completely unsubtle, and there is no version of this that a Bills fan over thirty-five doesn’t immediately understand. $19.99.
Labatt Blue Light Zubaz 2024 Bills Mafia
Labatt Blue Light Zubaz 2024 NFL Buffalo Bills Mafia Football Beer Can Soy Wax Candle
The Blue Light version of the same Zubaz print, lighter base. Also $19.99. The two Zubaz cans side by side is the loudest pair on this page, which for the right person is the point.
Picking a scent
Every can has a scent dropdown, and one option deserves calling out first.
Josh Allen is on the list. It is a cologne scent, and it is available on the Blizzard Brew. Whether that is the right gift depends entirely on the person, and you probably already know which way it goes.
Beer works better than it sounds. Not sharp, more like the smell of a can than a bar floor.
Timmy Ho’s is coffee, and it is the one people from here react to out loud.
Buffalo Christmas is the December pick if the candle is going under a tree.
Unscented is a real answer. Some people want the can as an object on a shelf and would rather their living room not smell like anything at all. If you have no idea what they’d want, this is the option that can’t be wrong.
What you’re getting
Every candle is a real upcycled can, poured by hand outside Buffalo with 100% American-grown soy wax and a cotton wick. Nothing here is a printed replica.
The five 12 oz cans hold 9 to 11 oz of wax and burn 45+ hours. The Blizzard Brew holds 13 to 15 oz and burns 55+ hours.
Orders ship within 5 to 7 business days, because each candle gets poured after the order comes in.
Shipping is free over $39. Any two candles clears it. The Blizzard Brew plus any $19.99 can comes to $46.98.
Who these work for
The fan who had season tickets in the old building is the clearest case, and the Blizzard Brew is the answer. That stadium was where a lot of people spent every home Sunday for decades, and it will not be standing much longer.
For someone who moved away, the inaugural season cans do the job. They can watch every game from Charlotte or Phoenix, but they can’t buy a Labatt Blue Bills can at a store down there.
Opening weekend is Sunday. If you’re going to someone’s house to watch it, showing up with one of these beats showing up with a bag of chips.
For a Christmas gift, the inaugural cans will have been out for a full season by then and the fan will have watched every game of year one. That makes the can mean more in December than it does today.
Common questions
Are these official NFL, Bills, Bud Light, or Labatt products?
No. 716 Candle Co. is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the NFL, the Buffalo Bills, Anheuser-Busch, or Labatt. These are genuine cans that have been upcycled into candles independently.
Why does the Blizzard Brew cost more?
It is a 16 oz can instead of a 12 oz, so it holds more wax and burns 55+ hours rather than 45+. It was also a single limited run tied to the final season at the original Highmark Stadium, which makes the cans themselves harder to source.
Will you restock these?
The cans are upcycled, so supply depends on what can be sourced. The farewell season and inaugural season runs were both limited editions. Once a particular can is gone, it’s gone.
Can I pick the scent?
Yes, on all six. There are around fifteen options on the $19.99 cans and seventeen on the Blizzard Brew.
How long do they burn?
45+ hours on the 12 oz cans, 55+ hours on the Blizzard Brew.
How fast do they ship?
Within 5 to 7 business days. Each one is poured after you order.
One more thing
The old stadium is being demolished. The Blizzard Brew can was filled with snow from its field. Sunday, the Bills play the first game in the building that replaced it.
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