Updates

2022 HOLIDAY SEASON HOURS

BKS Artisan Ales will have extended hours for the holiday season! Stop by to drink a pint on site or grab 4packs to-go! And we have gift cards that can be purchased electronically or in our tasting room. Our expanded tasting room is the perfect spot for a work happy hour or small holiday gathering. Tasting room hours through the end of 2022: Tue (12/13): 4 to 8pWed (12/14): 4 to 8pThur (12/15): 4 to 8pFri (12/16): 1 to 8pSat...

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Thanksgiving 2022 – Special Beers and Extended Hours

SPECIAL HOLIDAY HOURS TUES (11/22): 4 TO 8PMWED (11/23): 2 TO 9PMTHUR (11/24): CLOSEDFRI (11/25): 12 TO 8PMSAT (11/26): 1 TO 8PMSUN (11/27): 1 TO 6PM CAN RELEASE DETAILS PINE TREE HAZY IPAThis is the sixth year we have offered our annual holiday hazy IPA, Pine Tree. Featuring Chinook hops along with a complimentary blend of hops that produce big citrus and pine notes. This beer is full of holiday cheer! ALOHA BREAKFAST IMPERIAL STOUTA new Imperial Stout that was conditioned on coconut, maple and Oddly...

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BKS ARTISAN ALES 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY

Can you believe it’s been 5 years! Join us this weekend for the BKS Anniversary Celebration. Fri 10/21: open 1 to 8p. Taco Cacao food truck on-site 5 to 8p.Sat 10/22: open 1 to 8p. Heirloom Bakery is on-site with burgers, hot dogs and more starting at 3p. And DJ Jabberock will be here spinning tunes!Sun 10/23: CLOSED so we can celebrate! If you need to-go pickup that day, message us to coordinate a pickup time. ANNIVERSARY BEER RELEASES5 beers for 5 years! Here...

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BKS Artisan Ales Earns Gold Medal at 2022 Great American Beer Festival

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...

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Space Nelson Party | May 20

This Friday (5/20), the astronaut dog, Space Nelson, will make a quick return for an in-person beer release. To celebrate, Space Nelson IPA will be in cans to-go and on tap, along with a small amount of Space Nelson t-shirts and special wlle drink sweaters (aka wool koozies) from Sandlot Goods. And Friday happens to be "National Dog Rescue Day". So a portion of our Space Nelson proceeds will go to the Humane Society of Greater KC, where we adopted...

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Spring/Summer Tasting Room Hours

Our tasting room & patio will be open Sundays this Spring & Summer starting Sun, April 24, in addition to our normal hours. BKS Artisan Ales Spring/Summer Hours:- Wed & Thur 4 to 8p- Fri & Sat 1 to 8p- Sun 1 to 6p Check out our tap list and what is available to-go. TAP LIST ORDER TO-GO BEER Plus, look for us at these upcoming beer festivals! Parkville Brewfest - April 30Lupulin Carnival - May 14The Barn Town Get...

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Week of Green at BKS!

Here is the run-down on what we have planned for St. Patrick's week at BKS Artisan Ales. Please note we will have slightly different tasting room & to-go pickup hours this week. Wed (3/16) 4 to 8pThu (3/17) 12 to 8pFri (3/18) 1 to 8pSat (3/19) 11a to 6p Beer Release The week of Galaxy hops is here! We have three beers available to-go. 4packs available online and at walk-up. All will be on tap when we open on Wed....

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Pivo Project

Shortly after we opened in 2017, we produced our first lager at BKS Artisan Ales. Our curiosity and interest in producing new styles of lager has continued to grow, and we’ve been thinking quite a bit about how “lager” fits into the picture at BKS Artisan “Ales”. We, somewhat quietly, added a seperate space in our brewery for lager fermentation that was previously used for storage. If you’ve been in our tasting room recently, you probably noticed the room behind...

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Valentine’s Beer & Dessert Package

We are partnering up with Heirloom Bakery & Hearth again this year for a Valentine’s Beer & Dessert Package. It will be available at BKS Artisan Ales on Thur (2/10) 4 to 8pm, Fri (2/11) 1 to 8pm, or Sat (2/12) 1 to 8pm. There are no scheduled arrival times, but we ask that you come during our hours of operation on the day you select at checkout. You can select to have it onsite or to-go: Option 1: Onsite...

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