BeerKC Summer Beer Festival

Though the first day of summer is technically not until June 20th, these recent weeks of warm temperatures have brought an early start to the season of sitting poolside, trips to the lake and nude sleeping with multiple tower fans pointed at you (that last one may just apply to me). This hot weather calls for certain types of beer; the days of stouts and porters are fewer and farther between, and now we look to lighter, more refreshing beer styles to quench our thirst.

Enter the first annual BeerKC Summer Beer Festival. This summer-themed festival, which benefits AIDS Walk Kansas City, is set to take place on Saturday, June 9th from 5-9 pm on Pennsylvania Ave. between McCoy's and Kelly's Westport Inn. The people behind BeerKC (Beer Kitchen, McCoy's and The Foundry) started the festival with the goal of offering a large number of easy-drinking, season-appropriate beers in one setting. Styles that will be part of the festival include Saison, Wit, Hefeweizen, Biere de Garde, Berliner Weisse, Radlers, Lagers, Pale Ale, Shandy, plus Spring and Summer seasonals.

Randyl Danner, Director of Beer for BeerKC, noted that there are many factors that go into selecting the participating breweries for a beer festival. For this particular event, she first focused on including local breweries, then expanded the process to find other popular craft breweries and breweries that have beers that fit well into the festival's style guidelines, like Stiegl and their Radler beers.

So, of course, the magic question is: what beers will be available for sampling? Here you go:




75th Street Brewery
White Tie Belgian Wit
Royal Raspberry Wheat
Summit Street IPA
Saxy Golden


Amerisports
½ Court Light Lager
Draft Choice 1 Special Maibock


Brewery Ommegang
Hennepin Farmhouse Saison
Witte


Boulevard Brewing Co.
Zon
Tank 7 Farmhouse Ale
Saison-Brett


Crispin American Craft Ciders
Crispin Original
Fox Barrel Pacific Pear
Fox Barrel Blackberry Pear


Deschutes Brewery
Twilight
Hop in the Dark
Chainbreaker IPA



Empyrean Brewing Co.
Watch Man IPA
Super Nova Summer Fest


Founders Brewing Co.
Cerise
Red’s Rye PA


Free State Brewing Co.
Brinkley’s Maibock
Stormchaser IPA


Goose Island Beer Company
312 Urban Wheat Ale
Sofie


Gordon Biersch Restaurant and Brewery
Sommerbräu
Czech Pilz
Bavarian Hefeweizen
Golden Export


Grand Teton Brewing Co.
Snarling Badger Berliner Weisse
Howling Wolf Weisse Bier
Sweetgrass APA


Green Flash Brewing Co.
Trippel Ale
Palate Wrecker


McCoy’s Public House
Goode Farmhouse Ale
Ginger Shandy
Newcomb’s IPA
Watermelon Randall IPA
Hoppy Farmhouse


Nebraska Brewing Co.
EOS Hefeweizen
Infinite Wit
Cardinal Pale Ale
Hop God


New Belgium Brewing Co.
Biere de Mars
Somersault


Odell Brewing Co.
St. Lupulin
Double Pilsner


Schlafly Beer
Bière de Garde
Yakima Wheat


Southern Tier Brewing Co.
Hop Sun
Eurotrash Pilz


Stiegl
Zitron Radler
Grapefruit Radler


Stone Brewing Co.
Arrogant Bastard
Stone IPA


Summit Brewing Co.
EPA
Unchained #9 Dunkel Weizen


Tallgrass Brewing Co.
Wild Plum Farmhouse
Farmhouse Ale
Halcyon Unfiltered Wheat

Interested in attending Summer Beer Festival? Tickets are available for $25 in advance or $30 at the door, and can be purchased at McCoy's or online by clicking here.

Have a great time this weekend, and don't forget to close the blinds if you sleep naked!