Pete Dulin
Reporter
Pete Dulin is a food, beverage, business, and culture writer and the author of "Last Bite: 100 Simple Recipes from Kansas City's Best Chefs and Cooks," "KC Ale Trail," and "Kansas City Beer: A History of Breweries in America's Heartland." He has written for Recommended Daily, Feast, Thinking Bigger, Visit KC, The Kansas City Star Magazine, The Boston Globe, and many other publications.
Stories by Pete Dulin
Tap List | Torn Label Barrels Ahead
Torn Label Brewing Company has been having a lot of fun with barrels lately. Case in point: Torn Label brewmaster and co-founder Travis Moore has crafted a 15-barrel batch of Barrel-Aged Long Time Comin’ for its 2017 release. However, rather than stick with a single type of barrel, the brewery created unique barrel-aged variants within the…
Smoke Brewing Co. Brings Beer and BBQ to Lee’s Summit
Downtown Lee’s Summit is smoking hot. Last week’s opening of Smoke Brewing Company (209 SE Main Street, Lee’s Summit, Missouri) adds to the city’s growing number of independent restaurants. The brewery and gastropub joins Fringe Beerworks (a brewery and taproom that debuted a month ago), Long-Bell Pizza, and The W cocktail lounge, which have all opened…
City Bitty Farm Has Big Plans for Microgreens
Greg Garbos of City Bitty Farm walks among tiny crops that will be harvested soon in the midst of winter in southeast Kansas City, Missouri. Standing approximately one to two inches tall, arugula, sugar pea, mizuna, red cabbage, red stem radish, mustard, celery, and cilantro are just a few of the microgreens grown and harvested…
Tap List | Spring Fling and Smoke Brewing Are Here
Get ready to swing into spring at the Spring Fling Homebrew Festival. Rodney Beagle, brewer at the forthcoming brewery Colony Handcrafted Ales, founded the first annual Spring Fling festival in partnership with Colony and the NKC Rotary Club. The Spring Fling features 30 homebrewers and 70 homebrews. It takes place from 5 to 8 p.m….
Tap List | Martin City Brewing Company Takes The Sideway
Martin City Brewing Company (500 E. 135th St.) will roll out its Sideway Everyday American Ale in mid-April. This ale joins a diverse lineup of year-round canned offerings like Hard Way IPA, Belgian Style Abbey Ale, and Highwayman Imperial Porter. “Sideway fills the low-alcohol void for the all-day drinker,” said Matthew Moore, brewery co-founder and…
Tap List | 99 Hops House Bets Big on Craft Beer
Argosy Casino Hotel & Spa (777 Argosy Casino Parkway) is betting on the house brew. 99 Hops House, the craft beer bar tucked inside the casino, is set to release 99 Hops Red Ale, a new collaborative brew with the Cinder Block Brewery, this Thursday. The collaboration beer will be exclusive to 99 Hops House, which…
Tap List | Snake Saturday Suds
Sipping Suds on Snake Saturday The annual Snake Saturday Parade in North Kansas City, scheduled to start at 11 am, brings up to 100,000 participants, spectators, and revelers to the city. The parade begins at 16th and Swift Street. As a reminder, the city has a zero-tolerance policy about carrying open containers of alcohol. It’s…
Tap List | Pancakes, Oysters, and Letting the Crow Fly
Flight Path Red Crow Brewing Company began shipping its first kegs for distribution to area bars last week. The brewery is shipping kegs of its Isabelle Belgian Blonde, Louise IPA, and limited quantities of Margaret Old Ale, a winter seasonal, to select bars in Kansas. The beers should be on tap in coming weeks at…
Tap List | Standout Stouts
Several stouts on tap around town show the versatility of a beer style worth exploring. Before the Golden Age of micro-brewing, Guinness, an imported dry Irish stout, was one of the few stouts commonly available on tap. Now, this dark beer style is available year-round from many craft breweries. Double Shift Brewing’s Huck Stout is…
Tap List | Rock & Run’s Hoppy Doughnuts
It’s time to make the donuts…with beer. Chef Tod Barlow of Rock and Run Brewery and Pub (114 E Kansas Street, Liberty, Missouri) has created the IPA donut by adding beer as an ingredient. “I use Rock and Run’s 5K IPA in the doughnut batter,” said Barlow. “The hops in the ale comes through in…