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Tap List | Lawrence Beer Co. Parties in the Street Come for the Beer, Stay for the Party on Saturday

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Above image credit: The exterior of Lawrence Beer Co. with the sunset in the background. (Courtesy | Lawrence Beer Co.)
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While the local beer world will be relatively quiet over the Labor Day weekend, Lawrence Beer Co. will be making some noise. The brewery will be throwing a huge street party on Saturday to celebrate its fifth anniversary.

The all-day event will kick off at 10 a.m. with a free yoga session hosted by VIBE. VIBE is a female-owned yoga and fitness center that offers classes of various intensity levels. The hour-long outdoor yoga session will take place on Pennsylvania Street and is open to all skill levels.

Once yoga ends, the true party starts. Lawrence Beer Co. will open its doors at 11 a.m. They’ll be offering their regular food and drink menu, but plan to do several different beer releases in honor of their birthday. The menu will switch at 4 p.m. to a shortened party menu with some regular items and popular blasts from the past like kimchi fries and walking tacos.

The party will feature live music from Lawrence artists Lucas Parker Band (with Jessica Paige) and Hembree. Hembree will be making their return home for the celebration as most of the band now lives in Los Angeles. They’ve garnered lots of attention and have had their music featured in an Apple commercial during the Super Bowl and in commercials for Bose and Monday Night Football. They’ve toured nationally and internationally with acts like Phoenix, Cold War Kids, Elvis Costello, and many more.


Hembree at Lawrence Beer Co.


Sunflower Outdoor and Bike also will be hosting a disc golf challenge from 2-5 p.m. with a basket set up on Pennsylvania Street. Those who can get a hole-in-one will win prizes courtesy of Sunflower Outdoor and Lawrence Brewing Co. Some of the proceeds from this challenge will go to local charities. 

In addition to all of that, Lawrence Beer Co. will have several beer tents and merch booths outside. The merch booths will have items made specifically for their birthday. They’ll also be hosting several local vendors such as Kona Ice, G’s Jamaican Cuisine and Happy Hatters Custom Hats.

Cheers to Lawrence Beer Co. for five years!

Beer Releases

Sandhills Brewing — 5612 Johnson Drive, Mission, Kansas — just put out the annual release of their Honey IPA. This 7% ABV IPA uses Lotus honey from Messner Bee Farm. The beer is double dry hopped with Citra and El Dorado giving this hazy IPA both tropical and fruity notes.

Crane Brewing Co. — 6515 Railroad St., Raytown, Missouri — released its latest beer, Conceptual Evenings. This is their take on the classic Czech pilsner style. They hopped this beer with Saaz, the go-to hop for most European pilsners. This leads to a crisp, clean and highly drinkable lager, especially at 5% ABV.

Wind Shift Brewing — 3421B N.W. Jefferson St., Blue Springs, Missouri — released its newest version of Chaeson, part of a recurring series of fruited farmhouse sours. This latest release is orange passion fruit giving this sour beer a slightly sweet and tropical taste at 6% ABV.

Hazy Hazy Bo Bazy, the latest hazy IPA from Grains & Taps
Hazy Hazy Bo Bazy, the latest hazy IPA from Grains & Taps, is loaded with hops and has a bright golden glow. (Courtesy | Grains & Taps)

Grains & Taps — 10 S.W. 3rd St., Lee’s Summit, Missouri — just tapped their latest hazy IPA called Hazy Hazy Bo Bazy and clocks in at 7.2% ABV. The beer was brewed with honey malt to give it a nice golden appearance. It uses a ton of hops including Idaho 7, Motueka, two different experimental hops, and more. This combination leads to flavors and aromas of melon, papaya and berries.

Big Rip Brewing Co. — 216 E. 9th Ave., North Kansas City, Missouri — put out the latest beer in the Drake Equation series. The series helps showcase Golden Promise malts, oats and just one hop so you can understand the characteristics and flavors each of these things brings to your glass. The 4.5% ABV pale ale was made with Rakau hops from New Zealand. This leads to big fruit flavors and aromas of apricot, peach, mango and more.

Torn Label Brewing Co. — 1708 Campbell St., Kansas City, Missouri — is set to release their Festbier ahead of the Oktoberfest season. Their version is everything you’d want and expect out of an Oktoberfest beer. It’s nutty with notes of freshly baked bread, caramel and toffee. It’ll be an easy one to put down at 6.3% ABV.

Alma Mader Brewery — 2635 Southwest Blvd., Kansas City, Missouri — released a brand new German-style beer. Haus is a 5.1% ABV Bavarian hefeweizen. The beer uses a grain bill composed of 100% German malt and wheat for a truly authentic experience. It’s packed with everything you’d expect out of a classic hefeweizen. Flavors of vanilla, banana bread and clove illuminate the palette in this easy drinking beer.

Red Sash Brewing Co. — 406 E. 18th St., Kansas City, Missouri — teamed up with local restaurant Longboards for a collaboration brew. The pair brewed up Shaka Stout, a 5.2% ABV stout with a tropical twist. You’ll get notes of orange, coconut and other tropical fruit flavors. While it may look like a beer that will have you dreaming of winter, one sip and you’ll be transported to a Hawaiian beach.

Beer Events

Friday, Sept. 2

Casual Animal — 1725 McGee St., Kansas City, Missouri — is throwing a First Friday party. The event will kick off the new nonprofit selection for Casual Animal’s Local Motive series – a series where they pair a beer with a local nonprofit and donate sales from said beer to the organization over a two month period. The latest organization will be KCUR paired with Casual Animal’s cold IPA. Every cold IPA pour will generate $2 to be donated to KCUR from Sept. 2 through Nov. 1.

Concert in the Park — 5701 Broadmoor St., Mission, Kansas — will be taking place in Broadmoor Park in Mission. The free event will feature The Steve Miller Experience and The John Cougar Project, tribute bands from those respective artists. While not a beer event per se, there will be an entire beer garden section. Beer will be available for purchase and provided by Mission’s own Rockcreek Brewing Co.

3 Trails Brewing Co. — 111 N. Main St., Independence, Missouri — is getting into the spooky season spirit. Throughout Labor Day weekend, they’ll be hosting their Haunted Trails pop-up haunted house. The pop-up runs through Sunday night and will cost $15 per person to enter.

Free State Brewing Co. — 636 Massachusetts St., Lawrence, Kansas — is helping to throw the last Float Local Friday of the season. The event will have tons of things to do for everyone. There will be live music, local food trucks, a livestream of the home opener for the Jayhawks football team, a bouncy house for the kids, and of course plenty of beer to drink via the Free State draft trailer. There will be a free happy hour from 5:30-6:30 p.m. The event will take place at Clinton Marina in Lawrence. 

Alex Andujar is a former beer sales rep turned personal trainer. When he’s not training clients you can find him trying new beers at many of Kansas City’s great local breweries.

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