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October 16, 2018

Halloween Events for 2018

Let the pumpkin beer flow, it’s Halloween season!

Here’s a list of pumpkin carving/decorating, costume parties, Halloween parties, and more for beer-related Halloween events.

Tuesday, October 16

11am – Yearly Pumpkin Party at Barley’s Kitchen + Tap, 11924 West 119th St, Overland Park, KS 66213 – Tapping all of their pumpkin beers at once. Beers from Schlafly, Avery Brewing Company, Dogfish Head, and Epic Brewing Company.

Thursday, October 18

6pm – Shocktober Hop Quiz Trivia with Screenland Armour at Boulevard Tours & Rec Center, 2534 Madison Ave, Kansas City, MO 64108 – Rounds of Halloween and horror trivia and two beers of your choice for $10.

Friday, October 19

8pm – Spooky Ride! at Velo Garage and Tap House, 1403 Swift, North Kansas City, MO 64116 – Costume party and beer specials at Velo Garage and Tap House and then bike on up to Screenland Armour for a showing of Halloween. Best costume wins a free beer and a free movie pass. Tickets for the movie are $10.

Saturday, October 20

11am – Oktoberfest Barrel Roll Parade at Dubious Claims Brewery, 451 S Thompson Ave, Excelsior Springs, MO 64024 – If you’re not quite ready for Halloween and still in Oktoberfest mode, partake in the tradition of a Barrel Roll Parade. Starting at Dubious Claims Brewery and ending at Atlas Saloon & Brewery, the event is open to anyone 21 and over.
2pm – Boo ‘n Brew at Town Center Plaza, 5000 W 119th St, Leawood, KS 66209 – Eat, drink, and be scary! Houlihan’s will have a VIP Beer Garden and there will be yard games, a DJ, an adult costume contest, and a carved pumpkin contest. The whole area will be open to all ages.
7pm – Brew at the Zoo and Wine Too at Kansas City Zoo, 6800 Zoo Drive, Kansas City, MO 64132 – Animals are a popular Halloween costume, so get some inspiration by drinking with the animals at the zoo. This beer and wine festival has been around a few years and always sell out. $40 for FOTZ members, $50 for non-FOTZ members.

Sunday, October 21

3pm – Howl-o-Ween at KC Bier Co, 310 W 79th, Kansas City, MO 64114 – Dog costume contest with prizes, photographer, fun activities, and fundraising for Wayside Waifs. $5 donation at the door gets you a raffle ticket and a doggie bag with goodies.

Tuesday, October 23

5:45pm – Here for the BOOs, Painting, and Trivia at Flying Saucer Draught Emporium, 101 E 13th St, Kansas City, MO 64105 – A $30 ticket includes a flight of four-5 oz beers, painting instruction, and horror movie trivia.
6pm – Pumpkins and Pints with Kansas City Girls Pint Out at Flying Horse Taproom, 600 E 63rd St, Kansas City, MO 64110 – Wear a costume and receive a free gift. Magic brews will be on tap.

Wednesday, October 24

6pm – Annual Pumpkin Carving Party at Green Room Burgers & Beer, 4010 Pennsylvania Ave, Suite D, Kansas City, MO 64111 – Sponsored by Schlafly, they’ll have fun prizes, giveaways, pumpkin beer, and pumpkin carving. The event is free but let them know you’ll be there so they can get the right amount of pumpkins.

Thursday, October 25

4pm – 3rd Annual Halloween Party at Crane Brewing, 6515 Railroad St, Raytown, MO 64133 – A creepy, crawly Crane Halloween party with more details to come.
5pm – Dog-gone Halloween Partay! at Cinder Block Brewery, 110 E 18th Ave, North Kansas City, MO 64116 – Dog costume contest, all-you-can-eat chilli and cinnamon rolls ($10), Halloween movies, and Beer Paws will be onsite.
5pm – Literacy KC Spelling Bee & Kids Costume Preview with COOP Ale Works at Bier Station, 120 E Gregory, Kansas City, MO 64114 – Test your spelling skills and drink some COOP Ale Works beer to benefit Literacy KC. Kids will get a spelling bee round, too. Kids will also be able to test out their costumes and trick-or-treat skills for some candy.
6:30pm – Halloween Beer Dinner at Smokin’ Guns BBQ & Catering, 1218 Swift, North Kansas City, MO 64116 – Halloween beers paired with frightening dishes, wear your best costume for a chance to win prizes. $30 single ticket, $50 for couples.

Friday, October 26

6pm – Haunted Halloween Beer & Boos Bash at Martin City Event Space, 13440 Holmes Rd, Kansas City, MO 64145 – All you can eat pizza and wings, new beer releases, costume prizes, giveaways, and more. Beer releases include Martin City Brewing Company Shunned House IPA, Alchemy Coffee Stout, Righteous Candor IPA, and Fallback Brown.
7pm – Halloween Bash at Callsign Brewing, 1447 Gentry St, North Kansas City, MO 64116 – Special pint and growler pricing, special snacks, costume contest, and live music. They’ll also be collecting new or gently used blanket and cold weather items for donation.

Saturday, October 27

10am – Halloweenie at East Forty Brewing, 1201 W Main St, Blue Springs, MO 64015 – The inaugural event begins with Main Street Trick or Treating at 10am and East Forty will open at 11am serving burgers, dogs, house-made chili, and all their standard offerings. There will be games for the whole family, costume contest, a downtown scavenger hunt, and weiner dog races.
11am – Night of the Thirsty Dead at Rock & Run Brewery and Pub, 110 E Kansas St, Liberty, MO 64068 – Time to get spooky. Enjoy new brews, costumes, and a pumpkin contest.
11am – Brews ‘n Boos at Flying Horse Taproom, 600 E 63rd St, Kansas City, MO 64110 – They will be releasing their collaboration beers with Free State Brewing, Barrel Aged Baltic Porter aged in Templeton barrels and Ironman Imperial Stout aged in Templeton barrels. They will also have a pumpkin carving/decoration contest so come in costume to help set the mood!
11am – Pumpkin Decorating for Kids at Chicken N Pickle, 1761 Burlington, North Kansas City, MO 64116 – Good Natured Family Farms will be at Chicken N Pickle with a bunch of pumpkins to decorate.
11am – Prairie Moon Pumpkin Run at Prairie Moon Waldorf School, 1853 E 1600 Rd, Lawrence, KS 66044 – A 5K run for $15 that includes a t-shirt and pumpkin and ends at Lawrence Beer Company. Celebrate with food, drinks, and activities.
11am – Halloween Bike Rodeo at Bier Station, 120 E Gregory Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64114 – Dress yourself and your bike up in your best costume and enjoy activities like Red Solo Cup Handoff, Track Stand Contest, and other feats of bike skill. Great prizes including a chance to win a bike. Proceeds benefit BikeWalkKC.
5pm – Crossroads Pub Crawl in the Crossroads District – Locations include Border Brewing, Double Shift Brewing, Lifted Spirits, International Tap House, Mission Taco Joint, and Grinders. Spooky drink specials, candy, and an after party at Grinders with a costume contest.
7pm – 6th Annual Ripper Halloween Party at Big Rip Brewing, 216 E 9th Ave, North Kansas City, MO 64116 – All drinks included for only $35. Enjoy a DJ, drinking games, prizes, and a costume contest at this horror-themed brewery.
7:30pm – Halloween Party at Chicken N Pickle, 1761 Burlington, North Kansas City, MO 64116 – Hang out on their rooftop where they’ll have a DJ, Halloween special cocktail, and a costume party.
8pm – Naughty and Nice Costume Party at Smoke Brewing Company, 209 SE Main, Lee’s Summit, MO 64063 – Food and drink specials with live music and $100 cash prize for best costume.

Sunday, October 28

12pm – Fall Family Festival at KC Bier Co, 310 W 79th, Kansas City, MO 64114 – Activities including pumpkin painting, yard games, candy prizes, and a costume contest. Proceeds benefit Noah’s Bandage Project and the BMA Foundation.

Wednesday, October 31

4pm – People are Strange at Strange Days Brewing, 316 Oak St, Kansas City, MO 64106 – Wear your best costume for beer specials and a costume contest.
7pm – Halloween Scary Movie-thon at KC Bier Co, 310 W 79th, Kansas City, MO 64114 – Two classic scary films, $3 Rot Lagers, and Bierhalle food specials.
8pm – All Hallows Eve with Freight Train Rabbit Killer at Stockyards Brewing, 1600 Genessee St, Suite 100, Kansas City, MO 64102 – Live music with Freight Train Rabbit Killer.

Thursday, November 01

4pm – Day of the Dead at Grain to Glass, 1611 Swift Ave, North Kansas City, MO 64116 – Wear your best Grateful Dead apparel and enjoy some tribute music. They’ll have beer specials and prize for best shirt.

Let me know if I missed any beer-related events at beer@kansascitybeer.com Have a wonderful Halloween!

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.

September 11, 2015

Don’t Have Plans for the Next Month? You Will!

September and October weekends will be stacked with great beer events, takeovers, parties, and brewery openings. With the cooler weather, you’ll be able to enjoy your beers without sweating your butt off and it’s easier for event planners to get bit more crazy with their events.

This Saturday the 12th, there are 11 different events. 11! This is the busiest weekend for beer. Starting as early as 8am and going into all hours of the day and night, locations from Parkville to Blue Springs to Independence to North Kansas City to Lee’s Summit to Kansas City – you get the idea, you will find something for you! Activities include helping clean a river, finding out winners of a competition, going on a pub crawl, or attending one of the festivals.

September 13-18 is Sour Beer Week at The Flying Saucer. Sour beers have become popular over the past few year due to the uniqueness of the style. It’s a risky form of beer brewing, so only a few local breweries have tried their hand at it. Big Rip expects to release their Tart Cherry Sweet Brown aged in a Pinot Noir barrel in the next month or so and Boulevard has had a few. Crane Brewing, opening next month, has a variety of sours they’ll be sharing.

Several Oktoberfests starting the weekend of September 18th. I can’t speak of the quality of most because I’ve only been to KC Bier Co‘s last year, but it’s all typically a good time. Big glasses of beer, German attire, and bratwursts are all common for Oktoberfests. KC Bier Co promises an even better time than last year with more carnival games, a wooden keg tapping with celebrity tapper Karli Ritter, and a few competitions.

Saturday, September 19, has fewer events than the previous Saturday, but they’re just as good. North Kansas City is holding a citywide Pint Path. If you want to ride your bike a bit more south, check out Pub N Pedal. A scavenger hunt around Kansas City beer locations where you can win prizes. The Kansas City Beer Fest is also on this day at the Power and Light District. It’s been around before the recent surge of craft beer lovers, so it should be pretty packed. The best event of the day is the High Plains Brewhoff. Mostly one-off beers made by homebrewers and celebrity brewers, this event is perfect for the person who has tried everything. Best part, the tickets are free.

A lot more Oktoberfests during the weekend of September 25th, with a few, smaller events mixed between.

Things slow down a bit in October as the weather gets cooler. A few highlights – Crane Brewing and Red Crow Brewing are rumored to be opening, CRAFT Shop, Sip, Feast at Crown Center on the 4th, there will be a beer garden at the Great Midwest Balloon Fest this year on the 23rd & 24th, Sam Adams KMF Grand Cru comes back to Kansas City the week of the 25th, and Big Rip’s Halloween Party will be on Friday the 30th.

Check our calendar for all beer events in Kansas City and be sure to follow us on social media to see pictures from events!

May 7, 2015

Beer Me!

Beerfests, special tappings, networking, swap meets. Here’s where you can say, “Beer me!” this week.

Thursday, May 07

Gordon Biersch Leawood typically does something every Thursday, but they haven’t updated their calendar, yet.
KC Bier Company will be at Fidel’s Cigars at 5pm for a Cigar & Beer Tasting.
Torn Label makes its way to the Northland. Join brewer Rafi Chaudry tonight at Grain to Glass as he serves a few beers including a brand new beer, Tongue Lash which is a sour with hops. There will also be Leap of Faith and House Brew on tap. Starts at 6:30pm.
Flying Saucer continues their weekly Rare Beer Night with Uinta Brewing Company at 7pm.

Friday, May 08

Celebrate Spring the German way! Maifest at Bier Station starts at 4pm. Urban Chestnut will be served and the first few pours get to keep the dimpled mug!
Torn Label will be a the Nelson-Atkins Museum for Young Friends of Art Happy Hour beginning at 7pm.

Saturday, May 09

Are you on Beer Tasting KC? I get that question a lot, and yes, I am. They’re having a Spring Cookout at Smithville Lake. Bring a dish and a bottle to share. Dogs and kids are welcome, but no kegs or BBQ smokers. It starts at 10am.
Torn Label gets around. They’ll have a Tap Takeover at The Lone Elm Taproom inside the new Whole Foods starting at 11am.
KC Bier Company’s Biergarten Hog Roast begins at 11am. The Local Pig will smoke an entire hog and there will be live music from 2pm until 9pm. Also, they’ll tap their Bavarian Barrel at 1pm.
Another Maifest event – KC Bier Meisters will celebrate with a party at 2pm. They’ll be serving their latest Friendship Brews (session style beers) and will have the club’s jockeybox available. Make sure you let them know through their Facebook if you plan on attending.

Sunday, May 10

Bicycle Sundays at Big Rip continue. Get $1 off your first drink by riding your bicycle to the brewery. They’re open from noon until 5pm.
KC Bier Company Trivia at 1pm.

Monday, May 11 – Beginning of American Craft Beer Week

75th Street Brewery Home Brew Competition Wort sign ups starting at 10am. Last time, they ran out within 5 minutes so make sure you’re online right at 10am to get signed up. They’ll also be releasing their Red Eye Rye.
Sierra Nevada Spiegelau IPA Glass Night at Beer Kitchen featuring Hop Hunter IPA at 4pm.
Barley’s Brewhaus Leawood will be tapping New Belgium La Folie at 4:30pm.
Closer to Barley’s Brewhaus Midland? They’ll have Schlafly Dry Hopped Farmhouse tapped at 4:30pm.
And the third Barley’s Brewhaus on 119th? They’ll have a Breckenridge Beer School for $15 starting at 6pm. Sample some of the best beers Breckenridge has to offer and also learn about the history of Breckenridge Brewery.

Tuesday, May 12

2Rare2sdays at Martin City. We’ll update with the beers when that info becomes available.
Bombers and Bottles at Barley’s Brewhaus 119th. Specialty bomber and bottle releases featuring Arcadia Barrel Shipwreck Porter and Hebrew St. Lenny’s.
McCoy’s releases their Maibock and for $8, you get a 16oz pour in a commemorative glass (while supplies last).
At 4:30pm, Barley’s Midland will welcome Deschutes and their Deschutes and Ladders game. They’ll also have 2014 The Abyss Imperial Stout on tap.
Rimann Liquors Prairie Village Beer Tasting from 4:30pm until 6:30pm. We will update when the information becomes available.
Tapping of COOP Ale Works DNR, F5, and Native Amber will take place at 5pm at Barley’s Leawood.
It’s a reunion at 75th Street Brewery at 5pm. Join several past brewers for a meet and greet along with tastings of the current Breweries’ beers.
Grain to Glass will hold a tasting of Wheat, Wit, and Weiss beers from 5pm until 7pm. Four samples of the best examples of American Wheat, Belgian Wit, and German Weissbiers will be served in a Spiegelau glass you get to keep.
Jester King Tasting Session at Bier Station at 6pm for $40. A very limited selection including La Petit Prince Farmhouse Table Beer, Noble King Hoppy Farmhouse Ale, Commercial Suicide Oaked Farmhouse Mild, Mad Meg Farmhouse Provision Ale, Ambree Farmhouse Amber Ale, and Snörkel Farmhouse Ale Brewed with Oyster Mushrooms and Sea Salt. Each pour will be 4oz.

Wednesday, May 13

IPA Day at Barley’s 119th. Starting at 4pm, get some Odell Tree Shaker, Martin City Black Rye IPA, Lagunitas Hop Stoopid, and COOP F5.
Cellar Release #1 at 75th Street Brewery. They’ll release The Bearded Traveler: A Belgian Tripel in Chardonnay Barrels.
Mother’s Night at Barley’s Leawood starting at 4:30pm. They’ll tap Mother’s Raspberry Imperial Three Blind Mice.
Special tappings of New Belgium La Folie 2014 and 2015 plus a special keg of Oscar Worthy Stout – a soured Oscar dry beaned with fresh roasted coffee at Barley’s Midland.
Pete Dulin will be at Rimann Liquors of Lenexa to sign his popular KC Ale Trail book. From 4:30pm to 6:30pm, meet the author and get your book signed.
Cider season is upon us and Screenland Crossroads will be hosting a Gumption Launch Party. Prepared to be amazed starting at 6pm, as Screenland introduces Woodchuck Gumption to the Kansas City area.
Flying Saucer Keep the Glass Night with Nebraska Brewing Company. As always, it starts at 7pm.
Want to learn to homebrew? Grain to Glass will offer a Homebrewing for Beginners class at 7pm.
KC Bier Meisters will host a social at KC Bier Company beginning at 7pm. Meet up with fellow bier lovers and talk about beer, the Royals, or anything else!