New Belgium’s 2015 Clips Beer and Film Tour
Like most kids, movies had a major influence on my childhood. Whether I was in the backyard trying to destroy
the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, chasing my sister around the house while
sporting a fake green nose and orange bandana armed with nun chucks or battling
Big Boy Caprice and his mob with a fake tommy gun, movies helped shape my
imagination and probably had my parents asking themselves if something was
wrong with me on a few occasions.
While I may not have pursued a career in film making, thousands of
other people find inspiration when they see these adventures unfold on the
silver screen and use film as an outlet to tell their own stories. In an effort to continue to promote and
encourage people to pursue film, New
Belgium Brewing will be taking their Clips Beer and Film Tour on the road
for the sixth consecutive year.
This Thursday May 21st from
7:00pm-10:30pm, New Belgium will be making a stop at Theis Park in Kansas City for
their annual Clips Beer and Film Tour.
Admission is free for this event and all ages are welcome.
New Belgium describes the annual event as, “a beer-toting, film-traveling, nonprofit-benefiting show going
coast-to-coast hitting 21 cities in its sixth year with 100 percent of the proceeds from beer sales benefiting
local nonprofits. Since its inception in
2010, Clips has raised more than $520,000 for
nonprofits nationwide. In addition to
the beers and films, each tour stop features local food vendors and a waste
team who is tasked with diverting as much waste from our landfills as possible.”
Each year New Belgium hand selects approximately
15 films from over 100 submissions to feature on the tour. New Belgium explains this year’s films will, “touch on diverse topics – outdoor adventure, environmental activism,
comedy, art, craft beer and more. All
films last under five minutes. Our
selected filmmakers come from all walks of life, from basement hobbyists to
professional feature-length directors.” Each
film will be projected on a giant 30 foot inflatable movie screen, so there
will not be a bad seat in the house.
Now you know
if New Belgium is in town, they certainly are not coming empty-handed. In addition to bringing some of their core and
seasonal lineup of beers, New Belgium will also be offering some of their more
limited beers from the Lips of Faith series along with Film Noir Stout, which
will only be available at this event.
New Belgium describes Film Noir Stout as, “a caramel, chocolate, vanilla,
milk, imperial milk stout. Only one keg
of this big, malty, roasty brew will be available. Film Noir is basically a milk dud in beer form....no.....an
EPIC milk dud in beer form.”
The tentative beer list for the evening
looks like this:
Film Noir Stout
Cocoa Mole
La Folie
Oatmeal IPA
Pear Ginger Beer
Rampant Imperial IPA
Skinny Dip
Somersault
Transatlantique Kriek
Trippel
1554
Blue Paddle
Fat Tire
Ranger IPA
Shift
Slow Ride Session IPA
Snapshot Wheat
Beers will be
sold in 3 ounce samples for $1.50 or 12 ounce pours for $6.00. One hundred percent of the proceeds from beer
sales will benefit BikeWalkKC which is a
member-supported nonprofit organization that works to make Greater Kansas City
a safer and more accessible place to walk, bicycle, live, work and play.
Clips Beer and Film Tour event pages can be found
and shared on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/newbelgium/events. The Clips Beer and Film Tour is also active
on Instagram @clipsbeerandfilmtour #clipstour.