THE KANSAS CRAFT BEER CRUSADE
Topeka is home to one of the nation’s top breweries. Yes, the nation. Blind Tiger is that good, and they have the hardware to show it. Blind Tiger won Brewery and Brewer of the Year in the 2022 Great American Beer Festival in the 1,001-2000 barrels classification. They have countless awards from the Great American…
For a Labor Day excursion, we loaded into the car and headed over to Minneapolis, Kansas. In addition to being the home of Rock City (AKA: a bunch of cool rock formations in the middle of nowhere, leftover from the prehistoric days when Kansas was under water), Minneapolis sports a super unique facility that just…
On our way back to south central Kansas, we stopped just outside of Kansas City at Red Crow Brewing Company in Olathe. It’s located in a strip mall not too far off the highway, which allows for a quick getaway with plenty of parking if you are looking for a reason to stop before the…
I was in Hutchinson recently for work, without Clem this time, and decided I couldn’t leave the community without visiting one of my favorite breweries in the state. Sandhills is exactly what every small town would want. The atmosphere is inviting, it’s easy to communicate with folks you are with, the staff is super friendly,…
When we Kansans see anything “Wizard of Oz” themed around here, we roll our eyes. Oh, the cliche. I would guess the same is true of nordic themes as you go to the northern parts of the United States. But in the case of our trip to Drekker Brewing Company in Fargo, North Dakota, the…
Winfield, Kansas, already has a reputation for being a cool little hippie town, due to its annual bluegrass festival that attracts thousands of visitors every year. Recently, downtown Winfield added a neat little brewery that looks to be a converted gas station and is owned by a couple of local gals who wanted a craft…
For some inexplicable reason, we drove north in May. By north, I don’t mean a quick dip into Nebraska. No, we went north. North Dakota north. In leaving the rapidly warming spring in the Sunflower state to a place that literally still had snow in the ditches and ice on the water, we found ourselves…
On our way back from Nebraska, we were in need of a bit of a detour on the road trip. Just west of Belleville, Kansas, is a tiny little town with a very neat brewery in it. As we pulled up to Irrigation Ales in Courtland, Kansas, we were blown away by the activity on…
If “Brewed By A Girl” means getting more breweries like Servaes, then Kansas would be lucky for more females to take up the craft. Servaes, sitting in downtown Shawnee, Kansas, is a funky and fun vibe plunked amongst several other breweries within rock-throwing distance. This would make a great day trip for a craft beer…