Boulevard Brewing Company

Founded: 
1989
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Founded in 1989, Boulevard Brewing Company has grown to become the largest specialty brewer in the Midwest. Our mission is simple: to produce fresh, flavorful beers using the finest traditional ingredients and the best of both old and new brewing techniques.

Boulevard beers, known for their full flavor, distinctive character, and unsurpassed quality, are currently sold throughout the Midwest and in select markets from coast-to-coast. The GABF® Gold Medal-winning Unfiltered Wheat Beer remains our most popular offering. An easy-drinking American-style wheat beer, Boulevard Unfiltered Wheat is the best-selling craft beer in the Midwest.

In 2006, a major expansion adjacent to the original brewery raised Boulevard’s brewing capacity to approximately 600,000 barrels per year—a sizable increase from the 6,000 barrels contemplated in John’s original business plan. The new brewing and packaging facility is a model of sustainable urban architecture and engineering; a three-story, 70,000 square foot building housing a new, state-of-the-art 150-barrel brewhouse, packaging lines, administrative offices, and hospitality rooms. (Description provided by brewer)

Location: 
Kansas City, MO
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Open 11am - 4pm, seven days a week.

Brewery Website: 
Boulevard Brewing Co.

What They Brew...

  • Boulevard Blonde Ale
    American Blonde Ale
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    A refreshing ale that balances bready sweet malt and citrusy crisp malt. Contains zero percent blonde jokes. (Description provided by company)

  • Boulevard Ginger Lemon Radler
    Fruit / Vegetable Beer
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    Boulevard Ginger-Lemon Radler is a zesty, refreshing take on the tradition of mixing beer with soda or lemonade to create a light, thirst-quenching beverage ideal for warm weather. Radler (...

  • Boulevard Nutcracker Ale
    Winter Warmer
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    Nutcracker Ale is Boulevard’s holiday gift for real beer lovers. This hearty, warming brew is a classic winter ale, deep amber in color, with hints of molasses balanced by the “spiciness” of...

  • Boulevard Red IPA
    American IPA
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    Punchy, dank, and luscious. Might make you see red, but only when you pour it in a glass. (Description provided by company)

  • Boulevard Rye on Rye
    Rye Beer
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    Why Rye? This assertively flavorful grain is more often associated with whiskey than with ales. Even in that arena, it has largely been eclipsed by corn and barley, the sources of bourbon and...

  • Boulevard Single-Wide IPA
    American IPA
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    Boulevard Single-Wide I.P.A. is our take on a style that originated in 18th century Great Britain. This American version—inspired by our Smokestack Series Double-Wide I.P.A.—boasts a heady...

  • Boulevard Unfiltered Wheat Beer
    American Pale Wheat Ale
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    Boulevard Unfiltered Wheat Beer is a lively, refreshing ale with a natural citrusy flavor and distinctive cloudy appearance. This easy drinking American-style wheat beer has become our most...

  • Collaboration No. 4 - Saison
    Saison / Farmhouse Ale
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    To pay tribute to our new familial ties, brewmasters Steven Pauwels and Phil Leinhart chose to create a Saison, the traditional Belgian farmhouse ale. They began by brewing two separate batches of...

  • Dark Truth Stout
    American Double / Imperial Stout
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    Throughout the ages, man has been fascinated by the quest for hidden knowledge, the search for the secret to transforming the elemental into the extraordinary, the simple into the sublime. Ladies...

  • Imperial Stout X - Coffee
    American Double / Imperial Stout
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    This first edition of our Imperial Stout “X” series, incorporates freshly roasted Ethiopian Sidamo beans from our friends and neighbors at The Roasterie. After fermentation is complete and the...

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