Postcard from Kansas City #2

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Part of yesterday’s tour included a visit to Kansas City’s beloved Boulevard Brewery. I liked hearing how founder John McDonald sold his house to raise money to start his microbrew company. He moved his pregnant wife to company headquarters, where they lived in the brewhouse building while the business got off the ground. Hello! Could you imagine sniffing that yeasty hops smell while pregnant? Yak city.

But I admire his wife’s dedication to his husband’s dream. Almost 10 years after Boulevard’s founding, the brew is distributed in several Midwestern states, as well as Tennessee and Texas — increasing production every year.

After touring the brewhouses, and getting a sneak peek at the new bottling operation, we sampled some beers. I was partial to the Zon (pronounced “Zone”) and the popular unfiltered wheat. Here’s a pic of our friends Stephanie from San Mateo County, Michael from Hawaii, Desert and Mudslide. Nope, we’re not having fun in Kansas City at all…

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September 4, 2008 | Filed Under The Cookie Jar 

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One Response to “Postcard from Kansas City #2”

  1. The Artful RV Adventurers says:
    September 4, 2008 at

    I can tell from the color, I would prefer the two in the center… not the people, the beer! I love micro brews, why do people still buy and drink Coors and such?
    mark.

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