Awards & Recognition

BKS Artisan Ales Awards and Recognition

BKS Artisan Ales recent awards & media recognition.

Great American Beer Fest Competition

2021 Silver Medal: Clouds Hazy Double IPA (more)

2022 Gold Medal: Rockhill & Locust English Mild Ale (more)

Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine

The Best 20 Beers in 2023: Pivo Project Bohemian-Style Pilsner

Breakout Brewer: BKS Artisan Ales Is a “Little Beer Heaven” in Kansas City, Missouri

Podcast interview with Jamie Bogner: BKS Softens the Edges of Hazy IPA by Pushing Beyond Common Practice (one of the top 10 CB&B podcasts dowloaded in 2023)

Lager Recs from the Pros: Pivo Project New Zealand–Style Pilsner

CB&B Beer Reviews: beers reviewed by the Craft Beer & Brewing blind panel of judges

All About Beer

Drink Beer, Think Beer podcast interview with John Holl: Constantly creating and experimenting with ales and lager

Hopculture Magazine

BKS Artisan Ales: At the Corner of Crispy and Hoppy

The Best Breweries of 2023

Best Breweries in Kansas City: “Going to Kansas City and not stopping at BKS Artisan Ales would be like visiting and forgetting to eat barbecue. One might say the brewery has become the beating heart of craft beer in the ‘Heart of America.’”

The Best Beers We Drank in 2023: Rockhill & Locust English Mild Ale

The Top Beers We Drank in April: Rockhill & Locust English Mild Ale

Best Beers to Drink in Spring 2023: Pivo Project Bohemian Style Pilsner

 

Thrillist

The 38 Best IPAs in America Right Now: Counterculture IPA

Kansas City Magazine

Beer of the Year 2019: Tiny Clouds Hoppy Blonde Ale

8 Best New Breweries in Kansas City: Pivo Project

West Coast IPA Feature: Current Past

Pitch KC

2018 Best of KC Brewery (Staff Pick)