New Beer Releases
Are you ready to try something new or just in need of your yearly fix of your favorite beer? A lot of new beers are coming up for release. From old favorites like Boulevard Chocolate Ale to new brews like Big Rip’s Blackberry Kölsch, here’s a list of upcoming beer releases.
Tuesday, January 27
- Boulevard Imperial Stout X – Coffee is released in Kansas today. Missouri will have to wait a few weeks due to a higher than normal backlog of new beer registrations.
Wednesday, January 28
- Cinder Block Brewery is having a Pilot Night to test out their new Hop Maven beer, a White IPA. According to their Facebook, it has “a grain bill consisting of traditional Belgian malts and a heaping dose of late American hop additions to give it a burst of BIG citrusy aromatics.” Try it out for $3 a pour.
Tuesday, February 03
- Boulevard Chocolate Ale is scheduled to be released in time for Valentine’s Day. Every year, they produce more of the desirable ale, so it may be a bit easier to grab some.
The Traveler Beer Co launches in Kansas with Release Parties in Shawnee and Olathe. The founder of the Vermont brewery, Alan Newman, will be at both locations to share samples of three of their beers: Curious Traveler (lemon ale), Illusive Traveler (grapefruit ale), and Forbidden Traveler (apple ale). There will also be fun events and even a see-saw.
Satruday, February 07
- Bier Station will be celebrating the release of New Belgium‘s La Folie and Transatlantique Kriek with a Lost in the Woods Party. The party is in conjunction with the Fort Collins, CO brewery celebration of the brewery’s love of sour beers and will include a toast via video from the Colorado celebration. The event is currently sold out.
Monday, February 09
On tap in Kansas (finally), Prairie Artisan Ales is having a Launch Party at Barley’s on Midland Drive. Wesley Morrison from the brewery will be at the event to meet and greet fans of the beers. Birra Farmhouse Ale, Standard Hoppy Farmhouse Ale, Bomb! Imperial Stout, and Funky Gold Amarillo Dry-Hopped Sour Ale will all be available.
Tuesday, February 10
- Time for Missouri to get something late – Boulevard projects to release their Imperial Stout X – Coffee on this day.
Saturday, February 14
- Happy Valentine’s Day! Get to The Big Rip Brewing Company to try their new beers: their popular Delta 88 with Apricots, Brown Sugar, and Peppercorns and a Blackberry Kölsch.
It’s new beer season, so get out and try something new and exciting!
Torn Label is primarily a production brewery, but has plans to open a tap room in the future. They tapped their first beers – Alpha Pale, House Brew, and Hang ‘Em High – at Waldo Pizza in December to a welcoming crowd. They are the first Kansas City, Missouri brewery with statewide distribution since Boulevard. Their beers include Alpha Pale (A hopped-up, sessionable pale ale), House Brew (a coffee wheat stout with Sumatran toddy from Thou Mayest Coffee Roasters), Monk & Honey (Belgo-American single brewed with honey from Peculiar, Missouri), Hang ‘Em High (a West Coast-style IPA), and Quadjillo (Belgian Quadrupel brewed with Guajillo chiles)
