Category: Events

November 24, 2014

Thanksgiving Week Specials & Hours

Growler, gift cards, and gobblers! Whether you’re looking for a perfect gift, or just want to drink a beer – here’s your guide to the beer scene’s Thanksgiving happenings.

Wednesday, Thanksgiving Eve

Bier Station will be hosting a Home for the Holidays Keg Challenge at their place in Waldo. Beers from Free State (Lawrence), Tallgrass (Manhattan), and Rock Ridge (Columbia) will compete to have the honor of having their school banner hanging in Bier Station for the rest of the year. First keg emptied will win.
Big Rip will be open normal hours, 4pm until 9pm. 64oz growler fills are $2 off and 32oz squealers are $1 every Wednesday.
Boulevard will be open their regular hours both at their brewery and Dry Goods Store at the Plaza, 10am – 7pm.
Boulevard will be showcasing some of their beers at Rimann Liquors in Lenexa from 4:30pm until 6:30pm.
Cinder Block will be open from 2pm until 9pm. They’ll be filling growlers of their beer for $10 all day.
It’s Brewery Night at Flying Saucer. Urban Chestnut will be the featured brewery starting at 7pm. Buy the beer and get a ceramic mug from Urban Chestnut to keep. A great gift for the beer lover in your family!
High Noon Saloon & Brewery up in Leavenworth will be open at 11am. They’ll be hosting Leavenworth’s Annual Party 4 a Cause (Beast B4 the Feast) from 8pm until midnight featuring DJ Smiley. There will be a collection box for non-perishable food and new or gently used warmth items. The collection box will be at High Noon through December 21. Also, starting on Thanksgiving Eve, for every $50 Gift Card you buy from them, you get a free $10 Gift Certificate.

Thursday, Thanksgiving Day

Big Rip will be pouring growlers from 9am until noon. Last year, they’re was a waiting line, so they’ll be serving beer while you wait for your growler. The perfect last minute treat to bring to your Thanksgiving Dinner!
The Foundry and Beer Kitchen will be open at 6pm to serve 1/2 price fall seasonal beers and happy hour food specials all night.

Friday, Black Friday

Apex Brew Wares will be open from 10am until 7pm and have the following deals.
- 1) Brand New Italian Made 5 gallon ball lock kegs on sale again this year for $99. That’s $30 off regular price.
- 2) 10 Gallon Igloo Mash Tuns with S/S false bottom and fittings for $139.99. That’s also $30 off regular price. We are limiting the to the 3 we have on hand so don’t dilly dally. No rain checks.
- 3) We will add 20% to $25,$50, $75 and $100 Gift Certificates. So if you buy any of the above denomination , we add a second certificate for 20% more. ***Cannot be used day of purchase.
Bier Station will open at 11am on this day for their “Black Friday Taps” including Bourbon County Stout, Bourbon County Barleywine, Boulevard Imperial Stout, Prairie Christmas BOMB!, and more.
Cinder Block will have a Black Friday treat at 3pm.
Crawford Sales is having a Release Party for Goose Island’s Bourbon County Brand Coffee Stout at various locations. At noon, they’ll be at Barley’s Brewhaus on Midland, 2pm at Rock & Brews, 4pm at Grinders Stonewall in Lenexa, and at 6pm at The Peanut in Overland Park.
Grains & Taps will be participating in Black Friday at their location in Lee’s Summit. No need to get up early for this event featuring excellent and exciting Black Friday Deals. You must purchase a $35 ticket (that will be turned into a $35 gift card you can use on Black Friday or any day after) to attend the event. Tickets are limited. Starts promptly at 7pm and runs until 9pm. About every 10 minutes a new deal will be announced for particular home brew or wine making products.

Email us or leave a comment if there’s something we missed out on and needs to be added. Some companies haven’t gotten back to us, yet, but we will update as we are notified.

Have a safe and fun Thanksgiving Week!

November 17, 2014

Westport Strong Ale Fest Pictures & Review

Maybe I just like the cold weather, but the 4th Annual Westport Strong Ale Fest was one of the best festivals I’ve been to in a while. The street in front of McCoy’s Public House in Westport was closed off to celebrate Strong Ales this past Saturday.

The beers were great. The very last keg of Love Child No. 4 from Boulevard , limited amount of Owd Mac’s Double Russian Imperial Stout Aged on Templeton Rye Whisky Barrels from Free State, Sierra Nevada‘s Narwhal Imperial Stout, and the quickly-out 4 Hands Madagascar were the highlights of the beer selection. I tried everything I wanted to try except for Oskar Blues‘ Ten Fidy. They were listed to be there, but I didn’t see them. A few other breweries who weren’t on the list showed up, so it’s not like there was a lack of beer.

The lines at each brewery were nonexistent and the crowd was pleasant. Even though the beers were all 8%+ ABV, nobody was wasted by the end of the event. This is the type of event you enjoy the beer rather than try to drink to get drunk. The DJ played great music that appealed to the crowd with a mix of late nineties to current day songs.

There were enough heaters to keep everyone warm and with the amount of people there, it was easy to stay warm. A few more tables for attendees would have been great, but with McCoy’s open to the attendees it wasn’t that big of a deal.

Overall, if my biggest complaint was the lack of enough tables, it must have been a great event, right? 9.5 out of 10.

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November 11, 2014

Need Money for Bier?

Get more money for bier by saving money at home. Efficiency First Kansas City wants to talk with homeowners/renters/landlords about how to lower their utility bills. Energy professionals from the nonprofit group will be at Kansas City Bier Company tomorrow, Wednesday, November 12, to talk with people about energy efficiency. Enjoy a German-style bier while finding out how to make your home safer, more comfortable, and lower in energy costs. This is the second event of this nature for Efficiency First Kansas City whose main goal is to spread awareness of energy efficiency. The first one was in September at Big Rip Brewing Company.

This free event (you have to buy your own bier) will be from 6pm until 8pm. Click here for more details on their website or here for the Facebook event page.

November 11, 2014

Boulevard Celebrates 25 Years

Next Monday marks the 25th anniversary of when Boulevard Brewing Co. sold its first keg to Ponak’s Mexican Kitchen. John McDonald did what many of us dream to do now by creating one of the best brewing companies in the world. From the amazing beers Boulevard produces to community involvement and sustainability initiatives, Boulevard is a great example of what to do when running a business.

After 25 banks rejected the idea back in the late eighties, McDonald went to his father for help. A wise investment as Boulevard has made a huge difference in the American beer resurgence in the last 25 years.

To celebrate their success, Boulevard is having several events over the next week. Check our calendar on the homepage for all of the events. You can’t celebrate an anniversary without a partner, so Boulevard has invited Odell Brewing Company to join. Odell Brewing Company started their company in a converted 1915 grain elevator on the outskirts of downtown Fort Collins, on November 18, 1989, one day after Boulevard sold their first keg. It’s a perfect match! Boulevard and Odell collaborated in the Silver Anniversary Ale (out now), an English Ale with an ABV of 7.3% and 40 IBUs. Odell has also come out with a double version of their flagship 90 Shilling – 180 Shilling, 9.6% ABV.

Congratulations to both Boulevard and Odell for making it to 25 years. Fittingly, my husband and I celebrated our third anniversary at Boulevard around their 18th anniversary in 2007. Please enjoy the album below of photographs from the past 7 years.

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