Tap List | 12 Beers of Christmas & an Invitation To a Puppy Party

Border Brewing Co.'s Ribbon Cutter and Strawberry Blonde Ale in cans

Forget partridges. Forget pear trees. Tapcade (1701 McGee St., Suite 200) is celebrating 12 Boulevard Beers of Christmas through Monday, Dec. 24. Each day features a new, limited-release Boulevard beer (Saison Brett is today, Rye on Rye 2017 is Friday) for $4.50, alongside specials on more than a dozen other Boulevard beers. Limitless Brewing Co.…

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Tap List | Limitless Brewing & Black Squirrel Friday

Cinder Block Brewery's Black Squirrel

This is why you’ve been drinking all these years, Lenexa. Limitless Brewing (9765 Widmer, Lenexa, Kansas) is planning its grand opening Wednesday at 4 p.m. as long as the brewery receives its final permitting today. Limitless will open with a trio of brews on tap: Biere de Garde (strong pale ale), English session ale and…

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Experimental Spirits & Other Weekend Possibilities

Lifted Spirits Distillery,

Lifted Spirits Distillery (1734 Cherry St.) begins a new chapter with its Experimental Spirits Series this Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m. They’re holding an open house and will sample jalapeño and herb vodka and jasmine rooibos with lemon (made with Hugo tea). The distillery will talk about ingredients and its process for creating spirits. The…

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West Bottoms Whiskeys Found a Home on 13th Street

Alex Lindsey

A wolf howl splits the afternoon quiet as a truck slowly backs up to a loading bay in the West Bottoms. The garage door at 1321 13th St. rolls up and Alex Lindsey steps out to see what’s happening in the shadows of Kansas City’s haunted houses. There’s chalk drawings on the concrete floor behind…

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