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Raise a Ruckus with Us Beer EventsThe BARnThe Beer

Raise a Ruckus with Us

Anybody up for a little Raise A Ruckus? Anybody out there interested in raising a ruckus with us? Let's do it next week!  Because Raise A Ruckus, our imperial stout will be out next week, and it's delicious. We also think it's ruckus worthy. Here's the story. Last year we brewed up our first imperial stout with KC homebrewer Michael Wells. The beer was delicious and a big hit in our tap room and in the retail accounts where we were able to place some kegs of the beer.  As we were planning for our 2017 production schedule, Brian and I knew that…
Piney River Brewing Company
January 25, 2017
Piney River Flows Through Kansas City Beer EventsThe Beer

Piney River Flows Through Kansas City

The Big Piney River in Texas County is a wild and a wonderful place.  We are lucky enough that we live here.  When we're not working, we love to sneak away to this river for a day or a couple of hours.  We truly believe that everyone should be able to experience a glorious day on an Ozarks stream.  So please put a day on the Big Piney on your bucket list. The Big Piney River--October 2016 Until the day comes that you find yourself on our river, we're doing our best to bring a little bit of the river to…
Piney River Brewing Company
November 29, 2016
Going to Kansas City, Kansas City Here Piney River Comes The Beer

Going to Kansas City, Kansas City Here Piney River Comes

Amazing things can happen in Kansas City. On May 17, 1997 Brian and I traveled to KC for our first Kansas City Royals baseball game.  We were celebrating our first anniversary with a few days in KC. The Royals were playing the Tigers.  The Royals weren't as well regarded in baseball at the time.  Since we avidly followed the St. Louis Cardinals and the National League, we really didn't know much about the Royals or the Tigers, but we were at a baseball game together. And we loved baseball.  Kaufman Stadium was really beautiful, too, with the fountains in the outfield. We had…
Piney River Brewing Company
October 20, 2016
Honey, I Shrunk the Piney River Cans The Beer

Honey, I Shrunk the Piney River Cans

Today was a cloudy, rainy day on the Piney River Farm; not too different from the cloudy, rainy night in 2011 when Piney River first canned craft beer in the Ozarks. Today’s first--12 ounce Piney River cans. Those of us that have been canning beer on the Farm are still trying to adjust to these smaller cans in our hands, but we’re doing what many of our consumers and our distributors have asked us to do by putting our beer in a smaller can. Waaay back in 2011 when Piney River was the first microbrewery in the state to can beer…
Piney River Brewing Company
October 12, 2016
Chchchchanges Coming in 2017 The BARnThe Beer

Chchchchanges Coming in 2017

We are so excited to bring you the Piney River Brewing Company 2017 release calendar! Twelve ounce cans are headed your way! There will be more information about that later, and actual 12 oz cans sooner rather than later, too. Stay tuned for that! We are releasing--in limited quantities--new canned beers throughout the year. They are Raise a Ruckus Imperial Stout, River Access Ozarks Lager and Aux Arcs Saison. And that foeder, those barrels, the original BARn is officially where we've got the funk going on.  The first of our Farm Raised Funk was Lizzie Twister, the first funkified beer…
Piney River Brewing Company
September 21, 2016
Piney River Brewing Wins Two Medals at the US Beer Open Championship The Beer

Piney River Brewing Wins Two Medals at the US Beer Open Championship

Piney River Brewing recently won two bronze medals at the US Open Beer Championship for their Black Walnut Wheat and Bronzeback Pale Ale beers. The US Open Beer Championship is held annually in Oxford, OH. Over 5,000 beers from around the world were entered in 90 different beer style categories. The contest is open to professional brewers and home brewers. US Open judges hail from England, Canada and the US. Black Walnut Wheat won in the “American Wheat Dark” category. This American-style wheat beer is dark in color and is brewed with hand harvested black walnuts.   The beer features an…
Piney River Brewing Company
August 8, 2016
First of the Piney River Farm Raised Beers…Lizzie Twister The BARnThe Beer

First of the Piney River Farm Raised Beers…Lizzie Twister

We've made a new beer that's selling like hot cakes this summer in the tap room. Lizzie Twister is a Berliner-style weisse beer which means that it's a style of wheat beer traditionally made in Germany. In fact, a Berliner weisse is a tart wheat beer. This style of beer is also traditionally low ABV, so Lizzie is a mere 4% which is nice and easy on a hot day in the Ozarks. To make this beer, we brewed the beer then pithed lactobacillus into the beer while it was in the fermentation vessel. The lactobacillus when used properly gives…
Piney River Brewing Company
August 4, 2016
Missouri's Craft Brewers Oppose Big Beer Bill in Missouri Legislature The Beer

Missouri's Craft Brewers Oppose Big Beer Bill in Missouri Legislature

Members of the Missouri Small Brewers Guild have fought against “big beer” successfully throughout the spring legislative session only to see Anheuser Busch-In Bev (ABI) successfully amend their legislation to a wine-related bill on Thursday afternoon. Originally proposed as SB 919, ABI sought legislation allowing them to lease coolers to convenience stores and grocery stores across the state. Missouri Brewers Guild members testified and spoke out against SB 919, and the bill passed the Senate after much debate and with only one vote. With just two weeks remaining on the legislative calendar and SB 919 not scheduled to be heard…
Piney River Brewing Company
May 1, 2016
How the Piney River Seventh Trumpet Came to Be The Beer

How the Piney River Seventh Trumpet Came to Be

At the 5th Aleiversary we were able to share our first Imperial Stout with you--Seventh Trumpet. This isn't just any stout; this stout has a story that you really need to know. In late 2014, The Home Brewery in Ozark, MO contacted us regarding the annual Zymurgists of the Ozarks homebrew  competition. They asked is we would be willing to judge the winning beers of the competition and choose a favorite to brew with the winning homebrewer.   Brian and I started out as home brewers, and we have great respect for some of the homebrewers that we know that brew great…
Piney River Brewing Company
April 1, 2016
Farm Brewer Wanted! The Beer

Farm Brewer Wanted!

Do you love beer?  We may have a job for you! We're looking for a new team member on the Piney River Farm--a brewer!  Our brewers are paid well, and we take a lot of pride in work our team members do every day.  Brewing is hard work, but brewing excellent craft beer is also very rewarding.  And if you work for us, you get to live here!  In the Ozarks where the streams and trails abound. Check out this job description.  If this sounds like something you are interested in, let us know why you're passionate about beer and…
Piney River Brewing Company
October 21, 2015
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