Holidaily brewing is coming to Kansas City, and bringing all of its gluten-free love with it. If you are gluten intolerant or happen to know anyone who is, then you know that the craft beer options are usually very limited. Starting on March 15th, Holidaily brewing company is coming to the rescue. Holidaily is a 100% gluten-free brewery in Golden, Colorado. By keeping the entire brewery gluten-free they avoid any cross contamination, and their malt bill consists of millet and buckwheat. Holidaily was founded by Karen Hertz in 2016, after she adopted a gluten-free diet, and realized there are ..read more

 This article is written to be satirical so please don’t take these rules literally, and if you do decide to play a drinking game during the debate, please drink responsibly. After watching the first presidential debate and all of the jackassery that came with it, I decided it was time to prepare a KCBeerBlog drinking game to make this spectacle easier to watch. First, I would suggest picking your candidate ahead of time by wearing a red shirt if you are for Trump, a blue shirt for Biden, undecideds can wear white.  As for the beer to drink, go with one from your candidate's home ..read more

  If you have spent the summer like the Myces crew, you have been doing most of your drinking at home, while patiently waiting for a return to some normalcy.  Unfortunately, nobody really knows what the new “normal” will look like, so we just keep plugging away looking for moral victories.  On my last stop to the liquor store I was trying to make a quick in and out to avoid covid contact while also adhering to my beer budget.  As I was running head down, mask on, hat pulled over my glasses, they started to fog like the Missouri River bottoms.  I took a brief moment t ..read more

Another good write-up by Brother Myces, and as He mentions below, we are ALWAYS looking for anyone wanting to write a guest blog, about different breweries or day trips. Cheers, Brett A. Myces K Myces here again. The criteria are great beer, taking COVID precautions seriously, and good for a day trip! First, free activity website. KCBeerBlog superfan Derek S. recommended this website for great free outdoor and paid indoor activities on your road trip. Thanks Derek. https://www.roadsideamerica.com/map/ks I would love a read a KCBeerBlog guest blog on all the new Lawrence craft beer addition ..read more

As Brother K.E. Myces mentioned, I’ve been on a bit of a beer drinking sabbatical due to Covid-19 and my preparation for the M.R.340. The M.R. is a 340 miles paddle race from Kaw Point in Kansas City, Kansas to St. Charles, that paddlers have 85 hours to complete. Most participants have a “ground crew” that follows their paddlers in a vehicle to provide extra supplies. Since most paddlers travel about 8 mph, the ground crews tend to have plenty of spare time on their hands. Here is a list of breweries located along the route of the Missouri River, for anyone wanting to follow in the foots ..read more

Another guest blog, from K.E. Myces.  As he mentions, I've been slacking a bit on the blog over the summer since there haven't been many breweries to visit and I'm training for a 340 mile Canoe Race, but am hoping to get back on the wagon in a few weeks! Beer and menu from Manhattan Brewing K. E. Myces here. Brett Myecs has been training for the MR340 (River canoe race from KC to STL), so he is on hiatus from breweries and craft beer until August.  Manhattan Brewing Company located in downtown Manhattan, KS opened their doors last week. The three owners have a lot of years ..read more

This is a guest blog from Luke V.  He's a social media manager by day, beer drinker and gamer by night.  Hopefully we can talk him into becoming a regular blogger for us.  This is a great read for any gamers out there, My one complaint is a lack of beer to pair with the Resident Evil games or their new remakes. Cheers, Brett A. Myces Notorious brewery Dogfish Head opened the floodgates of hobby beer pairing when they suggested brewskis could be paired to the sounds of Guns n Roses on a 45 rpm vinyl, ie, the birth of Beer To Drink Music To. Ever since, breweries such as 4Hands ..read more

If you told me one side effect of the Covid-19 pandemic would be a potential shortage of beer, I would have said, “Of course, people are drinking more than ever. There are 22 million unemployed people sitting at home, and everyone else is stuck at home with their family, and their only solace is beer.” The real reason for the potential beer shortage is a lack of CO2. I can already hear the peanut gallery asking, “How in the hell do we end up with a shortage of carbon dioxide, haven’t you heard of a thing called global warming? Atmospheric CO2 is at an all time high.” This is certain ..read more

Rally Ale on the left, Recreation Ale on the rightIt was almost exactly one year ago, when Boulevard released Easy Sport Recreation Ale to much fanfare. Easy Sport was marketed to the active adult wanting a low calorie, low carbohydrate beer. Their original press release stated “a beer brewed for runners, cyclists, hikers, pickleball players, karate masters, yogis, disc golfers, ball golfers, yard mowers, jazzercisers and people who are just plain thirsty.” Presumably they were wanting a beer with flavor to fill a niche that a certain ultra-national-conglomerate, ultra-watered-down, ultra-ch ..read more

What a difference a month makes. A mere 30 days ago, we were playing debate drinking games, counting down until Parkville Beerfest, getting in practice time for the beer mile, trying new shuffleboard strategies in preparation for the Boulevard championship tournament, and figuring out where to drink the greenest beer. Now all the fun has been put on indefinite hold. The Green Beer We had to drink from homeIt’s going to be fine, most of our readers had too much of a beer/liquor hoard anyway. Who this really affects are the immunocompromised, any customer and essential service employees/hea ..read more