Updates

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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Thanksgiving Week Can Release & Special Hours

Online preorder starts Monday (11/22) To-Go Pickup & Tasting Room Hours:TUES (11/23): 4 TO 8PMWED (11/24): 1 TO 8PMTHUR (11/25): CLOSEDFRI (11/26) 1 TO 8PMSAT (11/27): 1 TO 8PMSUN (11/28): TBD ORDER ONLNE THANKSGIVING CAN RELEASE PINE TREE IPAThis is the fifth year we have offered our special holiday IPA, Pine Tree, which features a blend of 4 hops that produce big citrus and pine notes. This beer is full of holiday cheer! CAMPFIRE BREAKFAST DOUBLE MILK STOUTA new Double Milk Stout that was brewed with...

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4th Anniversary Celebration

Our fourth anniversary is coming up October 20 - 24, and we have some fun activities planned with a big beer release (of course), multiple local food vendors onsite and a SIX course brunch. In addition to what is outlined below, we will be tapping a new anniversary beer every day. Plus, we will have some new merchandise coming just in time for the anniversary celebration! *Please note hours of operation may differ from our normal hours* WED Oct 20, 5...

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The Story of Clouds, 2021 GABF Double IPA Winner

Clouds, our New England Style double IPA, represents the culmination of years of hard work and determination to decode one of the newest and most popular styles of beer in America. That’s why it was incredibly rewarding to hear our name called during the 2021 Great American Beer Festival® (GABF) awards when we received the silver medal in the category for “Juicy or Hazy Imperial IPA” (aka New England Style Double IPA) —  one of the categories that was recently...

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