Simon Pure Beer & Ale, Buffalo, New York’s Heritage Brewery. Rare Simon Pure Beer Tap Handle & Faucet – Buffalo NY – Banner Chicago Faucet Hardware. You receive what you see in the photos. Good used working order. Some marks and or scratches. Not many of these left in the area. A little history on Simon Pure Beer. William Simon IV’s great-grandfather came to work at what was the Schusler Brewery in the 1880′s. In 1900, he bought the place and changed its name to William Simon. After a break in brewing during prohibition, Simon reopened and kept putting out Simon Pure and Old Abbey Ale until the brewery closed in 1972.