Author: Beer

February 4, 2016

Kansas City Bier Meisters 33rd Annual Homebrew Competition

Wow, 33rd Annual! That’s longer than even Boulevard has been around. Kansas City Bier Meisters will be holding their 33rd Annual Homebrew Competition this month. If you’d like to enter go to their website to register and drop your entries off at KC Bier Co. You have just until tomorrow (02/05) at 5pm to do so.
Some amazing prizes are up for grabs including 2 commercial scale ups (Cinder Block & KC Bier Co), brewing equipment, a Lifetime Membership to Brewer’s Friend, a counter-pressure bottler, and more. Winners will be announced at the Award Ceremony on Saturday, February 20. Before the Awards Ceremony, there will be a Banquet with featured speaker Chef and Certified Cicerone Celina Tio.

They have a lot of other fun things planned (over $10,000 in raffle prizes to name one), so be sure to check out their website: www.kcbiermeisters.org for all of the information.

If you’d like to volunteer to be a judge or to help out in some other way, email competition@kcbiermeisters.org.

Kansas City Bier Meisters holds monthly meetings the third Friday of each month, typically at Christ the King Church in Kansas City, MO. The group was founded in 1983, making them the oldest homebrewing club in Kansas and Missouri and the second oldest in the country. In addition to their monthly meetings, they also host several social events throughout the year. Join their Facebook group and Follow them on Twitter.

November 22, 2015

Kansas City Has an Amazing Beer Community

It’s not under the best circumstance that more than 100 people will be attending the Friends-giving Bottle Share with Dan the Beer Man on Sunday, November 22, but it shows how the beer community in Kansas City is a pretty amazing community that will go out of their way to support a fellow beer lover. I won’t go into too much detail other than to say a truly kind and thoughtful person lost someone they cared about.

Ten dozen or so people will be at Screenland Armour bringing a lots of treats including rare beers to raffle, auction, and share; gift cards, beer lights, and other beer related items to raffle and auction; and main dishes and side dishes to enjoy. There’s a recommended donation of $10 and for every $10 you get a raffle ticket, but no donation is necessary to attend. They ask that you bring at least one bottle of beer and/or an appetizer to share. See more on the event on the Facebook event page here.

Aside from the bottle share event above, internet forums like craftbeerkc.com, reddit.com/r/KansasCityBeer, and the various Facebook groups are very active and helpful for all different types. Need a Love Child No. 3? You’re likely to find someone willing to trade. Need to know if an event is good enough to attend? Ask someone and they can give you an in depth review from experience or you may even get the event coordinator help you out. If you don’t want to be a part of the community in the real world, our online presence is just as amazing.

If you do want to be a part of the community in the real world and have never attended an event, I can tell you that the beer community is easy to talk to and very welcoming. With the excitement and growth of the Kansas City beer community, more people become interested in the beer scene here. Whether you’ve just turned 21 or are just now discovering how amazing beer is, Kansas City is the best place to do it.

October 26, 2015

Samuel Adams Kosmic Mother Funk Grand Cru is Back

It’s that time of year again. Leaves are changing, the air is cooler, Royals are in the World Series, and Samuel Adams Kosmic Mother Funk Grand Cru is back in Kansas City. Unlike last year, we didn’t need a majority vote for them to make a tour stop here. Kansas City shares the tour dates with Austin, Texas, in their sixth week of the tour.

From the Samuel Adams website: “Kosmic Mother Funk Grand Cru is tart, funky, and complex with notes of dark fruits, cherry, cocoa & vanilla. The addition of a small amount of Belgian candi sugar adds a bit of smoothness and hint of sweetness to this vintage.”

I had some last year and it’s a treat, so be sure to get yourself a glass. KMF will be available at the following 17 locations around the metro starting this week. Supply is limited.

bd’s Mongolian Grill – 19750 E Valley View Pkwy, Independence, MO 64057

Bier Station – 120 E Gregory Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64114

Blvd Tavern – 320 Southwest Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64108

Charlie Hooper’s – 12 W 63rd St, Kansas City, MO 64113

Conrad’s Restaurant & Alehouse – 210 North State Route 291, Liberty, MO 64068

Flying Saucer Draught Emporium – 101 E 13th St, Kansas City, MO 64106

Helen’s JAD Bar & Grill – 2002 Armour Rd, North Kansas City, MO 64116

Konrad’s Kitchen and Tap House – 302 SW Main St, Lee’s Summit, MO 64063

Lew’s Grill & Bar – 7539 Wornall Rd, Kansas City, MO 64114

Martin City Brewing Company – 500 E 135th St, Kansas City, MO 64145

McCoy’s Public House – 4057 Pennsylvania Ave, Kansas City, MO 64111

Rock & Run Brewery and Pub – 110 E Kansas St, Liberty, MO 64068

Ruins Pub – 1715 Main St, Kansas City, MO 64108

The Tank Room – 1813 Grand Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64108

Tapcade at Crossroads – 1701 McGee St, Kansas City, MO 64108

Waldo Pizza – 7433 Broadway St, Kansas City, MO 64114

The Well – 7421 Broadway St, Kansas City, MO 64114

September 22, 2015

High Plains BrewHoff 2015 Recap

One of the many great events from this past Saturday was the High Plains BrewHoff in Brew Lab‘s Old Downtown Overland Park parking lot. I had planned on attending more events during the day, but I had a small injury in the morning and could only get to the BrewHoff. Below you’ll find a quick recap and some pictures from the event.

It was a good time overall with a lot of great, unique beers. It had the same bad/good things as last year. Bad: kids, event space too small/too many people. Good: the beers, free snacks, water stations, good bands, it was free. See my review for last year here.

They did try to expedite the entry by having a VIP line and letting people in 30 minutes early Although a line didn’t start to form until about 12:45pm, by 2pm there was still quite a line. They did also try to discourage children (and Broncos apparel) by posting on their Facebook, but there were still quite a few kids (and one Broncos hat).

I love the spirit of the homebrewers. There’s so much creativity and passion that goes into each beer and it’s
refreshing to be at the type of event where the server knows what they’re talking about. Many tents had entertaining setups, from a Craftsmen toolbox keezer to a group of Fuzzy Helmets.

There weren’t as many homebrewers that were in the process of going legit as last year. Crane, Red Crow, Torn Label, and Double Shift all had a tent last year and are either already open or within a month of opening. BVH Brewery (Twitter, Facebook, Untappd) will be spending 2016 promoting their beers at several events while working on getting a permanent location. Mount Anderson Brewery (Untappd) is in talks with Missouri Hy-Vees to start selling 22oz bottles of their beer. They’ll be brewing and bottling just outside of Peculiar, MO.

Speaking of Mount Anderson, their beers and brewery did really well as far as voting went at the event. They took first for Best Beer with their Vanilla Milkshake Porter (well deserved). Click here to see all the winners on High Plains BrewHoff’s Facebook.

High Plains BrewHoff will hold their third BrewHoff next year on Saturday, September 17.

High Plains BrewHoff

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