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Two brewers (husband and wife), one big old barn, one river located just down the hill below the barn and an idea for something that may be a little work that leads to a lot more fun.
Beer + Cheese Please! A Piney River Pairing Guide The Beer

Beer + Cheese Please! A Piney River Pairing Guide

The Piney River Brewing tent at Ozarks Beerfest with none other than Joleen and Brian slinging the beer samples! Over the weekend we poured beer at Ozarks Beerfest in Springfield. We've been attending/pouring beer at this fest for a long time, and while beerfests are a love/hate relationship with breweries, we usually participate in this fest because the main sponsor is Price Cutter, which is one of the places in SW Missouri where you can easily find Piney River beer. Price Cutter supports us; we support this event which in turn benefits Big Brothers/Big Sisters of the Ozarks. The weather…
Piney River Brewing Company
April 7, 2025
A Celebration of 14 Years of Craft Beer in the Ozarks Beer EventsThe BARn

A Celebration of 14 Years of Craft Beer in the Ozarks

From the bottom of our pint glasses--Thank you for celebrating with us! We couldn't have asked for better weather for the 14th Aleiversary if we tried. January and February had stupid cold days and wet, nasty weekends (except for one). The wind would not stop blowing in March. I'm not talking about breeze. I'm talking about 35-40 MPH wind where your hair always looks like you are riding motorcycle without a helmet. Major tornadoes went North and South of the Piney River Farm the weekend before the Aleiversary. When March 22nd dawned, the wind laid, the sun came out, the…
Piney River Brewing Company
March 25, 2025
It Takes A Mule Team Beer EventsThe BARnThe Beer

It Takes A Mule Team

In 2014 we celebrated the 3rd Aleiversary at Piney River Brewing Co. with a special release imperial IPA that we called "Mule Team" paying homage to our Missouri Mule IPA and the team of people that it takes to make a packaging microbrewery on a Farm in the Ozarks work. Craft beer changes led us to stop making Mule Team after the 8th Aleiversary in 2019. The beer is very expensive to make due to the large amount of malt and hops, and by 2019 a lot of breweries had IPAs, imperial IPAs, hazy IPAs, you name it. There wasn't…
Piney River Brewing Company
March 20, 2025
The Mule Jumped Over the Moon Beer EventsThe BARn

The Mule Jumped Over the Moon

Our BARn Mule by Lanie Frick Get comfortable because I have a not too short story about how the Mule Jumped Over the Moon. The Missouri Mule became part of the Piney River story in 2011. First, I spied a handsome mule with it's head sticking out of a barn in a painting for auction at a local charity event. Local artist, Lanie Frick, created the mule, and for me, it was love a first sight. I had to have that mule. The bidding got a little heated (it was a live auction), but that mule, my first mule, went…
Piney River Brewing Company
February 20, 2025
The True Tale About Old Tom Porter’s 2nd GABF Win Beer EventsThe Beer

The True Tale About Old Tom Porter’s 2nd GABF Win

There we were...livestreaming the Great American Beer Festival feed from Denver. It was Saturday, October 12th, a date that we had set for our annual Fall on the Farm long before the Brewer's Association offered a free booth space to GABF brewery attendees. In previous years we have attended GABF as a way to support the BA, the national trade association for America's craft brewers. Then came Covid which shut GABF down. Then it was Andy's senior year of high school with activities we didn't want to miss every weekend. In 2023 we were moving Andy to Stanford, and we…
Piney River Brewing Company
October 31, 2024
Piney River Brewing Wins a Bronze Medal at 2024 Great American Beer Festival® The Beer

Piney River Brewing Wins a Bronze Medal at 2024 Great American Beer Festival®

Old Tom Porter by Piney River Brewing Company has been recognized as one of the best brews in the nation at the country’s largest professional beer competition. Piney River won a bronze medal for Old Tom Porter at the Great American Beer Festival® (GABF) hosted by the Brewers Association in Denver, CO on October 12th. Old Tom Porter poured into a glass and the can which features an Eastern wild turkey in strut. Old Tom Porter was recognized in the “brown porter” beer-style category. This dark beer is a traditional English-style ale that features roasted malts that have chocolate and…
Piney River Brewing Company
October 22, 2024
Fall on the Farm 2024 Recap Beer EventsThe BARn

Fall on the Farm 2024 Recap

We couldn't have asked for better weather for Fall on the Farm...well, maybe we could have. It was almost 90 degrees! Luckily, there was a nice breeze and low humidity, so it was a pretty great day to enjoy beers at the Farm. To top off an already great day, we won a bronze medal for Old Tom Porter at the Great American Beer Festival awards that morning! But more about that later.... Thank you to everyone that joined us on October 12th! We appreciate your support. We always enjoy taking the time to raise a pint, eat delicious food,…
Piney River Brewing Company
October 21, 2024
Fall on the Farm Planned at Piney River Brewing Beer EventsThe BARn

Fall on the Farm Planned at Piney River Brewing

Fall on the Farm, the annual celebration of fall at Piney River Brewing, is planned for Saturday, October 12. Fall on the Farm will be held at the BARn—the brewery and tap room located off Junction ZZ in Bucyrus—from 2 to 7 p.m. with featured beers, live music, and German food. Featured beers at Fall on the Farm are German Road Oktoberfest; Sweet Potato Ale, and Panfish IPA. German Road is Piney River’s traditional fall seasonal beer. Sweet Potato Ale, also a seasonal release, is brewed with sweet potatoes and spices for the “flavor” of fall in a glass. Panfish…
Piney River Brewing Company
September 27, 2024
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