Kansas City, Missouri – October 10, 2022 — BKS Artisan Ales was awarded a gold medal at the 2022 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) competition, presented by the Brewers Association®. The best beers in 98 beer categories covering 178 different beer styles (including all subcategories) were awarded gold, silver, and bronze medals at the awards ceremony at the Bellco Theatre in Denver on Saturday, October 8 during the 40th anniversary Great American Beer Festival.
BKS Artisan Ales was recognized in the English Mild or Bitter beer-style category for its Rockhill & Locust Ale, an English Dark Mild that is mahogany in color with notes of caramelized pecan, toasted bread, figs and subtle chocolate. Rockhill & Locust was the very first beer brewed when BKS Artisan Ales opened in 2017 in the Brookside East neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri.
Rockhill & Locust English Mild Ale was also recently reviewed by Craft Beer and Brewing magazine and was given a 95/100 score by a panel of expert judges. In addition, BKS Artisan Ales was featured in the magazine as a Breakout Brewer.
This is the second year in a row the brewery has been awarded a GABF medal. In 2021, BKS Artisan Ales earned silver in the Juicy or Hazy Imperial IPA beer-style category for its Clouds Double IPA, a New England Style Double IPA .
Three other Kansas City area breweries earned medals at the 2022 GABF competition. For more information on the GABF competition, including a complete 2022 winners list and photos, visit GreatAmericanBeerFestival.com.
About BKS Artisan Ales
BKS Artisan Ales opened in late 2017 as the first craft brewery in Kansas City’s Brookside neighborhood. Containing the well-known abbreviation for the neighborhood, BKS, the brewery is located at 633 E. 63rd Street, on the corner of 63rd Street and Holmes Street. The location houses a production facility and tasting room that aims to provide quality and unique beers. BKS Artisan Ales draws on traditional and experimental styles to produce hop-forward, classic and modern ales, as well as lagers.
BKS Artisan Ales will be celebrating its fifth anniversary on October 20 – 23, 2022. Over the last five years, the brewery has more than quadrupled brewing production and fermentation capacity, added a canning operation, continued to grow the core team, and expanded tasting room hours. The tasting room is open five days a week and offers packaged beer to-go, in addition to draft pours. Learn more at bksartisanales.com or follow on Instagram, Twitter & Facebook.
Media contact:
Mary Rooney
BKS Artisan Ales
mary@bksartisanales.com
