Author: Beer

August 29, 2016

Festival of the Lost Township

Let the Beet drop – Beet Beer that is. Since the Festival of the Lost Township is hosted by Crane Brewing, you can expect a lot of exciting beers from them as well as other breweries. The one about which we’re most excited is their Beet Weiss which will be officially debuting at the festival.

The Beet Weiss, once known as Magenta because of its color, is a much-anticipated addition to their unique lineup. Michael Crane, owner of Crane Brewing, has been making the beer for several years and has been pouring it at local events including 2014’s Parkville Microbrew Fest. It will be available first at the Festival of the Lost Township and then in bottles throughout their territories the following week.

Speaking of beets, well…beats, Festival of the Lost Township will feature a live band, Favorite Daze, that will serenade you as you try beers from local breweries, national breweries, and homebrewers. In its second year, this festival has combined with Brewtopia and offers homebrewers the opportunity to brew with Crane Brewing. As an attendee of the festival, you will get to try as many beers as you want and there will also be food trucks and a merchandise tent, so bring money. If you snag a VIP ticket, you get in an hour early not only to get a head start on the beer sampling, but you’ll also get to try several Kansas City Chefs pairings of food with unique beer.

What’s with the long, kind of odd name? Raytown is a lost township. In the early 1800s, when a large area of Jackson County was put up for sale, Township 49 (Raytown) was accidentally left out. It was eventually sold with squatters becoming landowners. So, it’s a Festival for the Lost Township now known as Raytown, celebrating a unique fact about a unique city. Full story here.

Go to www.festivalofthelosttownship.org for full details. The festival will be at Raytown Rd & E 62nd St, Raytown, MO 64133, on Saturday, September 17th, beginning at noon for VIP and 1pm for General Admission. Tickets are $100 for VIP and $35 for GA. Designated Drivers get in the general admission area for free, but will not be allowed to drink any beer or liquor samples. IDs will be checked as everyone is required to be 21 years and older.

We’ll be there taking pictures, doing live interviews (contact us if you want to be interviewed), and taking notes for those who can’t make it but want to see what it’s all about.

Here’s a list of brewers:

Crane Brewing Raytown, MO	Cinder Block Brewery North Kansas City, MO	Red Crow Brewing Spring Hill, KS
Martin City Brewing Martin City, MO	Logboat Brewing Columbia, MO	Stockyards Brewing Kansas City, MO
Free State Brewing Lawrence, KS	Torn Label Brewing Kansas City, MO	Tallgrass Brewing Manhattan, KS
Central Standard Brewing Wichita, KS	Miami Creek Brewing Drexel, MO	Green Room Burgers & Beer Kansas City, MO
Colony Espresso & Beer North Kansas City, MO	Bur Oak Brewing Columbia, MO	Rock & Run Brewery Liberty & Kearney, MO
KC Bier Co Kansas City, MO	23rd Street Brewery Lawrencce, KS	Big Rip Brewing North Kansas City, MO
Calibration Brewery North Kansas City, MO	McCoy’s Public House Kansas City, MO	Radius Brewing Emporia, KS
Urban Chestnut Brewing St. Louis, MO	Mark Twain Brewery Hannibal, MO	Third Base Brewery Cedar Rapis, IA
Zipline Brewing Lincoln, NE	Earthbound Beer St. Louis, MO	Exit 6 Brewery Cottleville, MO
Core Brewing Springdale, AR	Ozark Beer Co Rogers, AR	Roughtail Brewing Midwest City, OK
Nebraska Brewing Company Papillion, NE	Destihl Brewery Bloomington, IL	Stone Brewing Escondido, CA
Toolbox Brewing Vista, CA	Fossil Cove Brewing Fayetteville, AR	Marto Brewing Co Onawa, IA
Kolibri Ale Works Tulsa, OK	Six Mile Bridge Maryland Heights, MO	Piney River Brewing Bucyrus, MO
Mikerphone Brewing Chicago, IL	Infusion Brewing Benson, NE	Avery Brewing Boulder, CO
Lagunitas Brewing Petaluma, CA	2nd Shift Brewing New Haven, MO	Perennial Artisan Ales St. Louis, MO
Oskar Blues Brewery Longmont, CO	Riparian Ales St. Louis, MO	Brickstone Brewery Bourbonnais, IL
Odell Brewing Fort Collins, CO	Blue Blood Brewing Lincoln, NE	Schlafly St. Louis, MO
Modern Brewery St. Louis, MO	Defiance Hays, KS	Farnam House Brewing Omaha, NE
Anthem Brewing Oklahoma City, OK	Founders Brewing Grand Rapids, MI	O’Fallon Brewery Maryland Heights, MO
Narrow Gauge Brewing Florissant, MO	Summit Brewing St. Paul, MN	Rockwell Beer Company St. Louis, MO
Ballast Point San Diego, CA	Alpha Brewing Company St. Louis, MO	Evil Twin Brewing Denmark
Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales Dexter, MI	Left Hand Brewing Longmont, CO	White River Brewing Springfield, MO
Argus Brewery Chicago, IL	Shmaltz Brewing Clifton Park, NY	Crooked Stave Denver, CO
Mikkeller Denmark	Mother’s Brewing Springfield, MO	North Peak Brewing Traverse City, MI
Prairie Artisan Ales Tulsa, OK

List of distilleries, wineries, and artisan friends:

Kansas City, MO

J. Rieger & Co Kansas City, MO	Tom’s Town Kansas City, MO	Amigoni Urban Winery Kansas City, MO
Leaky Roof Meadery Buffalo, MO	Union Horse Distilling Lenexa, KS	Restless Spirits Distilling North Kansas City, MO
The Brewkery Kansas City, MO	Hugo Tea North Kansas City, MO	Benetti’s Coffee Raytown, MO
KANbucha Lawrence, KS	Alchemy Coffee & Bake Lawrence, KS	Second Best Coffee Kansas City, MO
Blip Roasters Kansas City, MO

List of food trucks:

Taste of Home KC	Wilma’s Good Food	Greg-Co BBQ
Lutfi’s Mobile	Poppy’s Ice Cream

August 18, 2016

Liberty Dog Days of Summer Craft Beer Crawl

School’s back in session and pumpkin beers are coming out and that means fall is near. It’s still summer in Liberty, though, at least for this Saturday when they host their 5th Annual Dog Days of Summer Craft Beer Crawl.

21 shops in Downtown Liberty will be serving beer in 2-oz pours to attendees of the beer crawl. There will be a big variety of beers pouring both from bottles and from taps. It’s a great way to explore Downtown Liberty and discover new shops you may not have known about all while drinking some great beers.

We’ll be there taking pictures and filming live Periscope interviews. We’ll post on our Twitter (@KanCityBeer) when we go live, so be sure to follow us.

Tickets are limited to 500, so get yours today. It runs from 3pm until 7pm on Saturday, August 20, and tickets are $20 each. Get your tickets here: www.historicdowntownliberty.org/craftbeercrawl

August 11, 2016

Ready for a Big Beer? Boulevard/Firestone Walker Collaboration No. 6 Due in December

A beer so big it fits four beers into just one! Boulevard Brewing‘s Collaborations have traditionally been on the lighter side. The highest ABV of the previous collaborations being 8.5%, but this year’s comes in at a solid 12.5%, perfect for the cold days in December when its due to be released.

This Smokestack Series Collaboration has been overseen by Boulevard Brewmaster Steven Pauwels and Firestone Walker‘s Brewmaster Matt Brynildson and includes two Boulevard beers and two Firestone Walker beers. The big, bold flavor combination resulting in a Barrel Aged Ale includes the following beers.

45% of Boulevard Bourbon Barrel Quad, an abbey-style quadrupel separated into a number of oak bourbon barrels where it ages for varying lengths of time. Cherries are added and selected barrels are then blended for optimum flavor.

35% of Firestone Walker Stickee Monkee, a Central Coast Quad that is brewed with Belgian candy sugar and aged in fine bourbon barrels. The sugar imparts a molasses sweetness to the beer. Maturation in bourbon casks brings ample barrel expression with notes of toasted oak, coconut, leather, and cigar tobacco.

10% of Boulevard Imperial Stout X – Tart Cherry (Whiskey Barrel-Aged), an imperial stout with additions of tart cherries to fermentation as well as lactic souring on the brewhouse.

10% of Firestone Walker Velvet Merkin, an oatmeal stout aged for a full year in retired spirits barrels from Heaven Hill, Woodford Reserve, and others. It offers rich milk chocolate, bourbon, and espresso flavors, preceded by aromas of vanilla, coconut, toasted oak, and mocha.

No exact date has been released, just some time in December. Its original targeted release was October, but it was determined the beer needed some extra time in the barrels to get the quality to the standards of the Brewmasters.

Boulevard Brewing’s and Firestone Walker’s Collaboration No. 6 will be available in 750ml bottles and on tap.

July 27, 2016

Kansas City Homebrewers

You can’t get any more local than homebrewers and we would like to celebrate local Kansas City homebrewers.

There are quite a few long-standing events for homebrewers to show off their creations, but in the last few years the scene has expanded as the interest in beer and homebrewing grows. This year, homebrewers are serious about crowd pleasing. From inflatable pubs with air conditioning to a van that pours beer, each beer event gets more and more fun. Organizers are taking note, too, offering attendees more than just a ticket to drink beer. Glasses are bigger, food vouchers, live entertainment, and games are all now commonplace for beer festivals.

What’s so great about homebrewing? Unique beers, passionate people, and a fun hobby to meet people who share a similar interest. If you’re not so adventurous, most homebrewers start with simple beers rather than jumping right into something like a saison with brettanomyces, pineapple, and gin oak.

Here’s a list of some local homebrewers. Support them by following them on social media, it encourages them and we need more breweries in Kansas City!

The Brewkery