Tag Archives: kansas beer news

Fall is the best time of year.  College football, sweatshirt weather, homemade chili, and nice malty beers1 like Bell’s Best Brown Ale. Hailing from my home state of Michigan and available, like, everywhere, the humbly-named Bell’s Best Brown Ale is a toasty yet relatively light-bodied American Brown Ale with notes of car ...

Tons of Beer, by Paul Sableman from Flickr The beer people in Kansas City have learned over the years that summer is no time for a beer festival. And thank gawd for that. I remember the early days of the KC Beer Fest sweating out twice the volume that I was putting down on the top deck of a parking garage at the Legends. It was unholy h ...

Image totally stolen from 75th Street Brewery on Facebook without permission. The oldest surviving brewpub is closing its doors forever this Sunday, May 15 at 4:00. So technically, 75th Street Brewery is not dead yet. But I’m going to give my parting words now anyway. I grew up in south Waldo, well really south of W ...

It’s not that kind of beer cooler. Beer Anyone? by fensterbme, on Flickr Yeah, what’s new. We don’t get into politics much (if ever) on KC Beer Scouts; it’s not what you come here for. But this is about local craft beer and our ability to find and buy it. So we’re diving in on this issue. The ...

Union may be too strong a word, but we local and unpaid beer writers did get together over some beers. Jay Aber from KC Beer Blog, Sarah from KC Beer Guide, and Alex Workman from Scouting the Taps met at my office to talk blogging, beer, and the state of the Kansas City craft beer scene. And to have a few, too. Roughtail Brewing ...

After the Grammys and Oscars. After months fighting for a decent WordPress Poll plugin (suggestions are welcome). After the loss of the results from the eventual poll plugin which, thankfully, weren’t totally lost. After two-and-a-half months of toddler ear infections and colds. After your attention was lost. After all that … ...

Zipline Brewing from Lincoln, Nebraska is launching in Missouri right now. You might be able to find some of their beer around in a bottle shop here or there. But the big launch begins on Monday, March 21. I have not had any of the beer from Zipline. However I have friends in Omaha, where Zipline is well established, who rave on their lin ...

Boulevardia Entrance, photo courtesy of Josh Thomas To no one’s surprise, Boulevardia is back for 2016. The three-day festival in the West Bottoms lands on Father’s Day weekend, which is June 17–19 this year. Tickets go on sale Wednesday, February 24, at 10:00 am. Which is only a big deal if you’re ...

Crane Brewing, the new brewery in Raytown, can finally sell their beer in their own state! The red tape and paperwork is approved. The kegs are filled. And the Missouri-side of the metro doesn’t have to drive across the state line to pick up a bottle of Apricot Weiss or Farmhouse IPA starting today. The Crane team will tireles ...

Red Crow Brewing opened their doors on October 17 of this year and have been doing amazing things in Spring Hill since. Before opening Red Crow, Chris Roberts was driving a truck and his wife, Mistie, was staying at home watching their three daughters and keeping things in order. Though it paid the bills, Chris wasn’t happy and bega ...