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Carl (left) and Julie Hinchey are the husband-and-wife duo behind Black Labs Craft Meadery, which will debut two kinds of mead at Brew Lab later this month

Tap List | Black Labs Craft Meadery to Debut at Brew Lab

The black raspberries came in June to the fields behind his grandparents’ house in Kansas City, Kansas. Carl Hinchey remembers braving the thorns or sweating in long sleeves, all in pursuit of the tart, dark berries. “We’d pick them and make them into cobblers and jam,” Hinchey said. “They grew wildly and they were just…summer.” The berries…

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Front entrance of East Forty Brewing.

Tap List | East Forty Brewing Set to Open in Blue Springs

When East Forty Brewing opens this Thursday, you can add Blue Springs to the local craft beer map. “There’s not a lot of places to get a craft beer here,” founder and brewer David Mann said. “We heard from a lot of people that this is exactly what Blue Springs needs.” East Forty Brewing (1201…

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Boulevardia's Taps & Tastes

Tap List | Boulevardia: A Guide To Eating & Drinking

Boulevardia is about to take over the Stockyards District for a weekend. The fifth annual mashup of a music, food and beer festival, thrown by the Boulevard Brewing Company, is Friday, June 15, and Saturday, June 16. “We want the food to compliment the beer and music, so it’s a three-headed monster of enjoyment,” said Chris Phelan,…

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BKS Artisan Ales co-owner and brewer Brian Rooney

Tap List | Beer, Buns, Brilliant

It’s a solid four-pack of beer. Literally a solid. Farm to Market Bread Co. has teamed up with Boulevard Brewing Company to make Boulevard Unfiltered Wheat Hot Dog Buns, which are out now and will be available until Labor Day. “Boulevard was gracious enough to work with us,” Farm to Market Vice President John Friend…

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Martin City Mission Farms

Tap List | Martin City Mission Farms Opens This Week

Pizza and beer is back at Mission Farms. Martin City Mission Farms (4000 Indian Creek Parkway, Overland Park, Kansas) opens Wednesday, May 23, in the former Pizzabella space. “We made it work in the corner of the universe in Martin City, and we hope we can make it work here,” co-owner Matt Moore said. Martin…

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