Congrats to KC Bier Company!! You are Officially a Regional Brewery!

The KC Bier Company logo

We finally have another regional brewery in the metro area to replace the ghost of Tallgrass. That brewery is KC Bier Company. I’d like to raise a stein to Steve, Jurgen, and Karlton for their hard work and accomplishments. So what is a regional brewery you might ask? A brewery must first be a craft brewery as defined by the Brewers Association, then they must brew between 15,000 and 6,000,000 barrels of beer annually. KC Bier Co. just snuck in with 16,526 barrels in 2019. It’s crazy that it was only in 2014, we were celebrating their first kegs of beer being distributed, look at how evolved and sophisticated they have grown up to be, just like your good friends at KCBeerBlog. It won’t be long before they are brewing 6 million barrels and considered a large brewery! I hear all the cynics out there saying “Whoop-de-darn-doo, 16,000 barrels, who cares.” Well it is actually a very big deal, there are over 7,000 breweries in the United States, and only 250 or so of them are regional breweries. So again congrats to KCBier Company on being a 3.5%er! (250/7,000)

They officially join, 4 Hands, Schlafly, Urban Chestnut, and Boulevard as the only regional breweries in Missouri and Kansas. This doesn’t surprise me, you can find their Dunkel at almost every restaurant and bar in the city, their beer is awesome, they have the best biergarten and it’s family friendly, plus it has a cult following. They even throw an awesome Oktoberfest party with over 11,000 attendees, it’s not as big as Boulevardia, but just as awesome. What is more surprising is that they are only one of 5 regional breweries in Missouri and Kansas. I would like to know how close Log Boat, Mothers, Free State, Martin City or the dark horse Piney River are to being regional breweries. Does anyone have any bets on who will be next?

A little bit about KC Bier Co.  They currently offer 4 year round beers: Dunkel, Hefeweizen, Helles Lager, and Pils along with 4 seasonals: Maibock, De Baur, Fest Bier, Winter Bock.  They also have occasional special releases at their brewery and brew an exclusive beer on draught at the J. Reiger distillery.  You can find their beer in the entire state of Kansas and the Western side of Missouri (See map below)

Some more random statistics can be found on KC Bier Company’s facebook, and don’t forget to pour at a sip of beer for the infamous van that was stolen from them. Let’s all raise a stein to KCBier Company and drink some more great beer.


Prost,
Brett A. Myces

KC Bier's 2019 in review, courtesy of their facebook page.