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June 17, 2016

Passport to Kansas City Fun

A fun, new way to experience Kansas City’s drinking scene is upon us in the form of a passport! The Passport Program, which started three years ago in Denver and has branched out to 11 additional cities this year, is a program that tells you to say hello to adventure and goodbye to routine.

For $20, you get a booklet that includes 31-Two for One Drink Coupons at Kansas City area breweries, wineries, distilleries, and bars (full list below). I’ve only been to 1/3 of the places in the booklet, so it will definitely be an adventure to try some new places and hang out at some old favorites. There are still some booklets available, but Denver sold out, so get one before Kansas City sells out, too. Coupons are good now through Labor Day.

Passports can be bought online by clicking here or picked up locally at Urban Provisions and Torn Label.

We are also giving one away. Go to our Facebook to see full details on how you can win one!

Full list of Passport locations:

Amigoni Urban Winery

Barrel 31

The Big Rip Brewing Co.

Ça Va

Cinder Block Brewery

Crane Brewing

District Pour House + Kitchen

Double Shift Brewery

Doughnut Lounge

The Drop Bar & Bistro

Krokstrom Klubb & Market

MO Brew

Reserve at the Ambassador

Tom’s Town Distilling

February 7, 2016

Beer Festivals 2016

We will officially kick off the 2016 Beer Festival Season with The Big Chill strong beer and chili tasting at 75th Street Brewery on Saturday, February 13! Over 30 festivals dedicated to the love of beer will take place between now and November. Several different locations, atmospheres, styles, locally organized, nationally organized, homebrew only, some with food, some with live music – whatever your fancy, you’re bound to find at least one to attend.

Click here to see the full list.

We already have plans to attend a few: Big Rip Snake Saturday Party, Crafts & Drafts Presented by The Pitch, Kegs ‘N’ Eggs at the Renaissance Festival, KC Nanobrew Fest, Boulevardia, and the High Plains Brewhoff.

If you don’t want to end up arrested or just plain don’t want to be an asshole this year, here’s our blog post from last year on Beer Festival etiquette.

If you’d like us to come to your event to take pictures and write a review, email beer@kansascitybeer.com.

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.