Short Pours - 1/8/14
Boulevard News
The 2014 Smokestack
schedule was announced by Boulevard. We knew we would be seeing Chocolate Ale
in Feburary and Two Joker's return in July, but other notable beers on the
schedule are the return of Harvest Dance Wheat Wine in November as well as the
next edition of Love Child in July. Check out the full schedule over on their website.
Remember "Test
Nelson Grape Ale" that boulevard had in the tasting room and around beer
festivals this past year? If you didn't have the chance to try it, it's a
golden ale with muscat grape juice added and hopped solely with Nelson Sauvin
hops and then fermented with champagne yeast.
They're releasing it in bottle as "Entwined Grape Ale" sometime in the future as a part of the"Backroads" series - no details of what that series will have or when
it will be available, but we'll be sure to let you know when we hear more.
Boulevard is also
hosting a beer dinner at Port Fonda in Westport on January 29th - paired
alongside the amazing food of Port Fonda will be 80-Acre, Saison-Brett, Pop-Up
IPA, Long Strange Tripel, and Imperial Stout. Tickets are $45, which is a steal
when you consider the cost of going to Port Fonda on any other day of the week.
Visit craftbeer.com to find registration info.
Beer Pulse reported last week that Oskar Blues is officially expanding into Kansas as well Idaho,
Minnesota, Nevada and Delaware. They're scheduled to start distribution during
Q1, with no pinpointed date or distributor announced yet. You can read more aboutthe expansion on BeerPulse. This adds to the short list of beers you can only
get in KS and not MO, and may be one the first that actually make Missourians
cross the state line to pick up.
Bier Station &
Louie's Wine Dive Dinner
Wine & Beer
dinners having been taking off in recent history, Waldo Pizza had one, The
Belfry will be hosting one, and now the Bier Station has plans to host one in
partnership with Louie's Wine Dive as well. It'll be a four-course dinner with
wine & beer pairings for each course, cost is $65 per person hosted at
Louie's Wine Dive. I haven't been up to the Wine Dive yet, but I've heard good
things about what comes out of their kitchen. And I know next to nothing about
wine , so I'll trust that's good as well. Call 816-569-5097 for information and reservations.
Also, did you hear that Bier Station got a spot on DRAFT Magazine's America's Top 100 Beer Bars of 2013 list, and was the only Kansas City establishment to do so? Congratulations!
Also, did you hear that Bier Station got a spot on DRAFT Magazine's America's Top 100 Beer Bars of 2013 list, and was the only Kansas City establishment to do so? Congratulations!
Mother's MILF Event
The beer will soon be back on the market and from tweets we read, it's expected the week of the 21st - but that's hearsay. What is not hearsay is that there will be an event at 6:00pm the night of the 16th at Martin City Brewery featuring MILF. No other details of whether this is a full tap take over or not, but we'll let you know if we hear anything.
New Releases
Boulevard Rye-on-Rye
O'dell Friek
O'dell Fernet
O'dell Runoff Red
Sierra Nevada
Ruthless Rye
Bell's Hopslam (Next
week)
Evil Twin Evil Twin
Imperial Donut Break
Evil Twin Bozo Beer
Sante Fe Black IPA
New Belgium Rewind
Deschutes Red Chair
NWPA
Deschutes Abyss (KS)
Off Color Scurry
(KS)
Off Color
Troublesome (KS)
Founder's Imperial
Stout