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 CompanySeptember 21, 2016
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 CompanyAugust 4, 2016
Raise a Pint with Us for CASA
We do lots of beer events. We get asked to donate to lots of events. This weekend we get to give back to a great area cause. It's right here, close to home, at our very own BARn. And you can join us! This Saturday, July 16 from 2 to 7 p.m. we are hosting a fundraiser at the BARn for CASA of South Central Missouri. What is CASA? The Court Appointed Special Advocate Association (CASA), together with its state and local member programs, supports and promotes court-appointed volunteer advocacy so every abused or neglected child in the United States…
Piney River Brewing CompanyJuly 14, 2016
How We Celebrated 5 Years on the Piney River Farm
Five years. Five years?! FIVE YEARS!!! In February, during our grand opening weekend for the new brewery, I told people that five years ago, if you would have told me that there would be a new 12,000 square foot barn on our farm with a new brewhouse, new cold storage, new canning line, etc., I would have laughed and said, “You’ve obviously been drinking.” And here we are, five years later with all of those things and celebrating our 5th Aleiversary to boot. For the first time at an Aleiversary, Brian and I did not spend a crazy portion of the…
Piney River Brewing CompanyMarch 22, 2016
Things to Know Before the Big Event

First and foremost, we will be celebrating with Piney River beer all weekend long--Friday from 2 to 9 p.m., Saturday from 12 to 7 p.m. and Sunday from 12 to 5 p.m. The BIG event will be Saturday's party with lots of beer, two food trucks and two bands. Here is a little bit more information about Saturday's event so you are prepared! The Aleiversary is free admission as our thanks to you for your great support over the past 5 years! The Aleiversary is open to all ages. We will give all attendees over the age of 21 a…
Piney River Brewing CompanyMarch 14, 2016
Party Like It's Been Five (?!) Years on the Farm
Piney River Brewing Company is celebrating their fifth anniversary on Sat., Mar. 19th at the brewery in Bucyrus. The “5th Aleiversary” party will be held at the BARn—the brewery and tap room located off Junction ZZ—from 12 to 7 p.m. “Once again, 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”. Last year’s event brought in almost 1,000 people from across the region to the Piney River Farm. “The event is family-friendly, and there is no charge…
Piney River Brewing CompanyFebruary 24, 2016
A Grand Opening & You're Invited
Piney River Brewing is planning a grand opening weekend for their new brewing facility on February 5, 6, and 7, 2016. The weekend event will begin with ribbon cutting at 2 p.m. that Friday on the Piney River Farm in Bucyrus. Piney River Brewing recently completed the largest expansion in the history of the brewery. The expansion includes a 12,000 square foot barn located near the current "BARn" production facility and tap room. The new building houses 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…
Piney River Brewing CompanyJanuary 7, 2016
Thanksgiving Weekend on the Piney River Farm
We have so much to be thankful for out here on the Piney River Farm. And that includes you. You have given us incredible support over the past five years. (Five years?!) There have been a lot of changes on the farm this past year, and we know that the BARn tap room is place that a lot of you love to visit or bring family to visit over the holidays. And YES! we are open all weekend long after Thanksgiving. Bring your turkey sandwiches, your turkey casserole, your turkey soup, or a pizza and come hang out with us…
Piney River Brewing CompanyNovember 22, 2015
FRI-YAY (& Saturday and Sunday, too) on the Farm Brewery
In case you haven't already heard, the BARn tap room is now open for a lot more than Saturday! Now the BARn is open all weekend long, too...Friday, Saturday & Sunday! Back in May, we kicked off Sundays on Mother's Day weekend. All the moms got a free pint that Sunday, and we've been open every Sunday from 12 to 5 p.m. since then. Beginning on Labor Day weekend, we started opening the tap room on Friday afternoon and evening 2 to 9 p.m. As always, the BARn is family friendly. Andy's Homemade Root Beer is on draft for those…
Piney River Brewing CompanySeptember 16, 2015
3rd Annual Drink Your Part for the Houston Education Foundation Event
Houston Schools recently completed a major construction project. HEF purchased new computers for the new media center that is in the 2nd floor of this new construction. Piney River Brewing is hosting a fundraiser for the Houston Education Foundation (HEF) on Saturday, September 5th at the BARn Tap Room. Houston Education Foundation board members will be at the BARn from 2 to 7 p.m. selling bratwurst and hot dogs to raise funds for the local charity which benefits the students in the Houston School District. Piney River will donate a portion of all pint sales from the day to HEF.…
Piney River Brewing CompanySeptember 2, 2015