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Tap List | Fields & Ivy Searches For a Brewer
Fields & Ivy Brewery, a new brewhouse in the works at 706 E 23rd Street in Lawrence, Kansas, hopes to one day not only brew beer, but make it from barley they grow in Kansas. “My business partner and I also run a small grain company that specializes in grain for craft distillers and brewers,” said…
Tap List | Colony Handcrafted Ales Set to Open
Stockyards Brewing and Kelly’s Westport Inn Collaborate on Irish Ale Last April, Kelly’s Westport Inn general manager Nick VanSant approached Stockyards Brewing owner Greg Bland and head brewer Micah Weichert about brewing a one-time release beer. County Clare Irish Red Ale, brewed in honor of Kelly’s 70th anniversary, will be released from 7 to 9…
Tap List | Strange Days Preview Party
Strange Days Brewing Company hosts a preview party tonight from 4 to 11 p.m., at Bier Station (120 E. Gregory Blvd.) to share information about its forthcoming brewery in the River Market. Co-owners Nathan Howard, Chris Beier, and Alec Vemmer anticipate an official opening by early winter. They shared some details this month about their…
Tap List | Festival of the Lost Township & Hip Hops Hooray
The third annual invitational Festival of the Lost Township is slotted for Saturday, Sept. 16. in Raytown (62nd Street and Raytown Road). The event, hosted by Crane Brewing Company, features numerous craft brewers from across the U.S. and local homebrewers, plus area distilleries, cideries, meaderies, wineries, kombucha makers and other food and beverage artisans. Andrew Carrales,…
Tap List | Calibration Brewery’s Back to Black IPA
Behind the Beer: Calibration Brewery Goes Back to Black IPA Calibration Brewery (119 Armour Road, North Kansas City, Missouri) put Back to Black IPA on tap in mid-July as a special release that’s still available. Previously, brewer Jack Owen once made 10 gallons of a black IPA using a homebrewing recipe. When brewery owner Glen…
Tap List | 31 Heroes & The I-70 Beeries
Torn Label Brewing Company (1708 Campbell St.) will once again release 31 Heroes Wheat IPA, a beer originally created in honor of troops that died in a military tragedy. “In August 2011, a helicopter carrying a group of military service members – many of them Navy SEALs – was downed in Afghanistan,” said Rafi Chaudry,…
Tap List | Lawrence Beer Co. Gets Brewing
Lawrence Beer Company (826 Pennsylvania St., Lawrence, Kansas) is coming to the Warehouse Arts District with beer and a band for its debut. This new 15-barrel, two-vessel brewery and restaurant kicks off its grand opening with a performance by ska punk band The Mighty Mighty Bosstones on August 25th. Tickets are $10. In preparation for…
Tap List | Sam Calagione, Dunkel, & The Brewkery
Sam Calagione, the charismatic founder of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery in Milton, Delaware, visited Bier Station (120 E. Gregory Blvd.) last week. He was in town to celebrate the distribution of his brewery’s beers in Kansas City and to raise funds for the son of Skylar Wallace at a special event hosted by Bier Station….
Tap List | Missouri Gets Surly
A new entrant to Kansas City’s beer market might have local beer drinkers feeling Surly. Surly Brewing Company announced that it will launch distribution to Missouri in the first week of August. [Note: Surly reached out this morning with an update that the launch has been pushed back to September.] Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the…
Tap List | Casual Animal Brewing Coming to the Crossroads
Husband and wife Kyle and Lara Gray aim to open Casual Animal Brewing (1725 McGee), a brewery and taproom, in the Crossroads by the end of 2017. “We chose the Crossroads because it’s a makers community, known for its art, food, walkability, and microbrewery scene,” said Kyle, Casual Animal’s brewer. The brewery’s name suggests an atmosphere…