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September 4, 2017

KC Beer Fest

With an appropriate date (09/09), the 9th Annual KC Beer Fest will kickoff on Saturday beginning at 2pm for VIP and 3pm for General Admission. The festival will host more than 50 breweries pouring more than 200 craft beers including rare tappings from Bell’s Brewery, Boulevard Brewing Company, Crane Brewing, Dogfish Head Craft Brewed Ales, Firestone Walker Bre wing Company, Martin City Brewing Company, Perennial Artisan Ales, and more.

Attendees will enjoy unlimited samples of beers from local and national breweries, lawn games, food trucks, and local artists as Flying Saucer and Power & Light District host the event that will shut down Grand Boulevard between 13th and 14th Streets. Many of the local breweries haven’t even been around since the inception of the festival including Cinder Block Brewing, Crane Brewing, and Torn Label Brewing Company, but old favorites like Boulevard Brewing Company will be pouring as well.

A portion of all ticket sales will be donated to Drink Local Think Global, a nonprofit with a mission to provide clean and safe drinking water to people in developing countries. There will also be raffles and giveaways from the group to raise additional funds.

VIP tickets are $65 now through Friday, September 8, $70 day of the festival. General Admission tickets are $40 now through Friday, September 8, $45 day of the festival. To purchase tickets and for more information, visit KC Beer Fest’s website at: www.kcbeerfest.com

See you there!

October 23, 2014

Beer Me!

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

Thursday, October 23

Martin City Brewing Company is having a Fundraising Event for Parker Adams tonight from 6pm until 8pm. Parker Adams was recently diagnosed with a rare form of cancer (stage four Neuroblastoma) so help support the Parker family and raise awareness for childhood cancer. Join them at the brewery for pizza and beer. They will be collecting donations at the door for dinner and drink tickets.

Friday, October 24

Royals play at 7:07pm. Several bars, breweries, and restaurants will have specials to celebrate the Royals.

Saturday, October 25

Grain to Glass is holding a Homebrewing for Beginners class. Beginning at 3pm attendees will learn the critical part of boiling, adding hops, chilling, sanitizing, and pitching yeast. You will also learn how to bottle a 5 gallon batch of beer. Each participant takes home beers for bottle conditioning at home. $50 for 3 hour class, supplies, and a $10 discount on equipment purchase at the end of class.
Rock & Run has their inaugural Rot and Ruin Dark Ale and Spirits Festival from 3pm until 10pm. Some great breweries, meaderies, and distilleries will be serving their products until 8pm. Screenland Armour will be bringing out their inflatable screen to show the Royals World Series Game 4. $55 for VIP tickets, $40 for regular tickets, and $5 food vouchers.
Big Rip Brewing Company hosts their second annual Ripper Halloween Party. Tickets have been sold out for a few weeks and for good reason – it’s the best Halloween Party in Kansas City! What better place to celebrate Halloween than in a place that celebrates it all year? There will be an open bar including liquor, wine, and their brews. They will be releasing their first ever Amber Ale that night. Cafe Italia will be catering with a Macaroni and Cheese bar with bacon, pulled chicken, sauteed onions, and other goodies. It’s a laid back atmosphere with games like Flip Cup, Beer Pong, and a Foosball table. They will also have the Royals Game 4 playing on the TVs in their taproom.

Saturday seems to be the party day. Luckily, each party will be showing Game 4 of the Royals.

Beer Me! is a weekly event post where we let you know what’s going on beerwise in the Kansas City area. If there’s something we missed, please comment below or email us and we’ll add it to the list. Get home safe and get a taxi or have a designated driver!

October 6, 2014

Take the Crown!

“Let’s Go Royals!” seems to be the chant you hear whenever you’re in a large crowd anywhere in Kansas City and rightfully so. The Royals have swept the Angels to move on to the American League Championship Series against Baltimore. Here some ideas on what local beers go great with all aspects of the game.

Tailgating – Stick with something light with a low ABV like a session beer. Boulevard’s Pop-Up Session I.P.A has an ABV of 4.3% and has low bitterness with a big, fruity hop aroma. Another session beer, Cinder Block‘s Northtown Native was brewed and fermented as if it were a lager, but it’s actually an ale. It has a light and crisp upfront taste with a hops finish.

During the Game – Here’s where you can really get into it. Start the celebration a little early and open up a Saison-Brett from Boulevard’s Smokestack Series. The Brett part is named for the Brettanomyces which is a a wild yeast strain that gives a distinctive earthy quality to the beer, but we can say it’s named after George Brett to fit the theme. If you can’t get your hands on this beer, pick up a growler of Martin City Brewing‘s Bière de Garde. It’s a little sweet with just the right amount of spice to keep you going throughout the innings.

Extra Innings – Most of the postseason games have gone into extra innings so you need to be prepared with something that can hold you over until the Royals win. Try The Big Rip Brewing Company’s flagship beer, Hathor’s Sweet Brown. The smoothness of the beer will keep you calm until it’s time for some bubbly in celebration. Can’t get up to Northtown to get your growler filled? Try KC Bier Co‘s Dunkel. Yes, it’s a German beer, but it’s made right here in Kansas City. It’s a medium-bodied beer with a slightly sweet, malt flavor and smooth finish that has just enough noble hop bitterness to balance the malt. It goes great with all the BBQ and sausages you’ve been eating.

The Celebration – The obvious choice is Boulevard’s Championship Ale. While this was made in honor of Sporting KC’s 2013 MLS Cup victory, why not break it out when our baseball team is winning? Until Boulevard comes out with a World Series Championship beer, this will have to suffice. If you didn’t get a bottle of the Championship Ale, try one of Cinder Block’s Ciders; the refreshing, not to sweet taste is perfect complement to that victory feeling.