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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.
Give Me Li-beer-ty or Give Me Death Beer Events

Give Me Li-beer-ty or Give Me Death

It's American Craft Beer Week! And we are in the middle of the biggest construction/expansion project of our lives. We decided we were not going to plan anything for the week. That was perfect because American Craft Beer Week came along and found us this year!Here's the rundown. Maybe you can catch up with us along the way:Tuesday, May 12th Tap Collaboration with Piney River and Public House. Alongside the award-winning beers at The Public House (downtown Rolla location), you can drink Black Walnut Wheat, 2015 Mule Team IPA, and our summer seasonal Hobby Farm Ale. Taps begin pouring at 4…
Piney River Brewing Company
May 11, 2015
Brewcyrus Does Portland, A CBC 2015 Recap Beer Events

Brewcyrus Does Portland, A CBC 2015 Recap

“This is insane,” the cab driver said to Brian and I. He was talking about the 11,000+ people in attendance at the Craft Brewer’s Conference in Portland last week. “We aren’t able to handle groups like this,” the cab driver said. “We had a big coffee convention here, but those people didn’t go out to big events every night and need rides everywhere.”  (Which leads me to believe that the coffee folks just don’t have nearly as much fun as the beer folks.) This was our 5th time to attend a Craft Brewer’s Conference, our first time to visit Portland,…
Piney River Brewing Company
April 20, 2015
Craft Beer…It's Something We Can All Agree On The Beer

Craft Beer…It's Something We Can All Agree On

We don't claim to be particularly political at Piney River.  But we do believe in speaking up about things that are important to us to our elected officials. As we've learned over the past four years, craft beer crosses all political lines, and we can all come together to share a beer. And that's how this came to be. Brian shows off the new construction project to US Representative Jason Smith (MO-8). We were very honored to host our Congressman for Missouri's 8th District at Piney River today.  Representative Jason Smith and his aides Eric Harmon and Tammy Corrigan picked…
Piney River Brewing Company
March 30, 2015
4th Aleiversary—The Best One Yet Beer Events

4th Aleiversary—The Best One Yet

Yes, we had some anxiety about the 4th Aleiversary. Just like the 3rd Aleiversary, we planned to be overwhelmed. Portapotties? Check. Two food trucks? Check. Security? Check. Beer trailer with six taps outside? Check. ID bracelets and beer tickets? Had those to. We even had a brand spanking new deck addition--built just in time. Everyone knows that the sun always shines on the Aleiversary, so even though we began watching the weather religiously a month in advance, sunshine seemed pretty likely (insert fingers and toes crossed). On February 13th the construction on our building ground to a halt with snow,…
Piney River Brewing Company
March 17, 2015
Some Notes About the 4th Aleiversary…All the Stuff You Might Want to Know Before Our Big Day Beer Events

Some Notes About the 4th Aleiversary…All the Stuff You Might Want to Know Before Our Big Day

The Aleiversary is free admission as our thanks to you for your great support over the past 4 years! The Aleiversary is open to all ages. We will give all attendees over the age of 21 a wristband so you don’t have to show your ID every time you want a beer. If you don’t have a wristband, you will be asked to show ID and our servers can provide you with a wristband. We will serve beers at a trailer outside and inside our tap room. You will need a “beer ticket” to purchase a beer. All beers are…
Piney River Brewing Company
March 12, 2015
Brewery Celebrates Four Years of Business with Aleiversary Event Beer Events

Brewery Celebrates Four Years of Business with Aleiversary Event

Piney River Brewing Company is celebrating their fourth anniversary on Sat., Mar. 14th at the brewery in Bucyrus. The “4th Aleiversary” party will be held at the BARn—the brewery and tap room located off Junction ZZ—from 12 to 7 p.m. “After a few weeks of wintery weather, we are looking forward to enjoying a beautiful spring day in the Ozarks at our upcoming Aleiversary,” Joleen Durham, co-founder and owner, said. Durham described the Aleiversary as “the biggest event in Bucyrus”, and over 600 people from across the region enjoyed the day with the Durham’s at the Piney River Farm. “The…
Piney River Brewing Company
March 1, 2015
Piney River Brewing Plans $1.2 Million Expansion at Bucyrus Farm The Beer

Piney River Brewing Plans $1.2 Million Expansion at Bucyrus Farm

Piney River Brewing will soon be available to more craft beer fans across the Ozarks with a $1.2 million expansion beginning this week at the Bucyrus, MO farm-based brewery. The expansion includes a 12,000 square foot barn located near the current "BARn" production facility and tap room. The new building will house a custom built 15-barrel three-vessel brew house from Criveller Company of Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada; four 60-barrel fermentation vessels and two 60-barrel bright beer tanks from Paul Mueller Company in Springfield, MO and a Series Three eight-head automatic canner from Wild Goose Canning in Boulder, CO. This expansion…
Piney River Brewing Company
December 11, 2014
Getting Ready for GABF 2014 Beer Events

Getting Ready for GABF 2014

Our first Piney River toast with our Gold medal winning Old Tom Porter.You may have heard that at the Great American Beer Festival in 2013, Piney River took home a gold medal. Yep, we're still kind of in shock about that win. But after our Gold Award experience at the World Beer Cup in April, it's safe to say that we are really excited about entering in the 2014 GABF Competition. The chances are much greater that we will come away empty handed than with any awards, but our level of excitement for the competition is much higher in 2014…
Piney River Brewing Company
August 27, 2014
A Craft Beer Book Review: The Craft Beer Revolution The Beer

A Craft Beer Book Review: The Craft Beer Revolution

I love to read. But I don't have much time to read these days. This past week I had some time alone, away from the brewery to stick my nose in a book. The Craft Beer Revolution: How a Band of Microbrewers is Transforming the World's Favorite Drink by Steve Hindy, a co-founder of The Brooklyn Brewery was so interesting that I had to carve out a little time tonight to tell you about it. So...I've got Full Circle by New Holland Brewing on the patio table, Ani DiFranco and a cacophony of frogs and insects playing in the background…
Piney River Brewing Company
June 22, 2014
American Craft Beer Week–Piney River Style Beer Events

American Craft Beer Week–Piney River Style

Since 2012 we have celebrated American Craft Beer Week with events throughout our distribution area.  American Craft Beer Week is the official week that craft beer is celebrated across our nation, and we love taking part in this nationwide celebration. This year is no different for us.  Tuesday night we will be at Flying Saucer in Little Rock with one of the extremely limited kegs of Mule Team, our 3rd Aleiversary Imperial IPA, to share at their #ACBW event.  On Thursday night, we will be at Mama Jean's Market in Springfield (the Sunshine location) at a special craft beer tasting…
Piney River Brewing Company
May 11, 2014
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