Boulevard Brewing

This is a really cool place with great beer! My husband and I were visiting from out of town and decided to try it out. We got 2 flights of different beers — all recommendations by the bar tender, and he did not disappoint! There’s not a lot of seating, but plenty of bar space if you end up having to stand.

Good Brews, Fun Times

My experience was probably closer to 5 stars, but this is what I would expect an average experience to be – average. First off, the brewpub is way too small, so if you suffer from claustrophobia you’ll be hating it. Also, this is the only brewery where I’ve liked the bottled beer I had offsite more than the fresh draft at the brewery. Didn’t like any of them, not a single hoppy one, and that’s my shit in general. I liked the Tank #7 farmhouse ale best, and that’s so unlike me. Also a bummer, they are not locally owned, sold out to Duvel.
That said, after my first beer, these nice people from Lawrence, KS, bought my next 3 and refused to let me buy them one back. Then after they leave I was immediately befriended by these 3 girls who bought my next two beers and joked they were ruffied, so good people seem to flock there which is nice.

I can’t believe that as a Kansas City native I’m just now doing the tour. It was awesome, the history is amazing! I tried 2 new beers and absolutely loved one of them. I adored it!

We rented out the Brewhouse Bar for a corporate event. Although it was quite pricey, the staff I worked with was AMAZING, and is the biggest reason I rate them this high. Nicole was incredibly helpful while planning the event, and the two bartenders (Anna and Carl) were so nice, helpful, and wonderful.
The venue was neat, although I wish we could have gotten a tour.

Here’s the key to enjoying a Boulevard tour to its fullest: understand the logistics. Tickets are first-​come on the day-​of the tour. Doors open at 10am, and you’ll want to get there that early to be safe. One person can get up to 4 tickets. We opted for an afternoon tour, so we went and did other stuff for a few hours and came back. Once on the tour, it was a good one. Got to try a few different beers along the way. Ended up in the tasting room. It’s a bit small, and on a hot June day, the patio wasn’t that exciting. But the beers were good. Go for the flights… I think it’s 4 – 5 small pours for $ 10? Can’t remember. But it’s a nice way to try a variety.

Lived here for a few years now… Finally got around to going to BLVD. Its alright. Tour was a little weird. Tap room is small, but good outside deck. Wish they had more tap room only beers. Better off just trying it on tap at your local bar.

Great tour. With any luck you get Kyle. You can tell he loves what he’s doing. One of the best brewery tour I’ve ever taken. Fantastic job Kyle! Thank you!

I am officially a fan of Boulevard beer. That’s basically all I drank during my visit to Kansas City. I mean… I did have a glass of water here and there.
I’ve seen six packs of Boulevard beer at my local grocery store, but never thought to give it a try. When I went to Bier Station, an employee told me all about Boulevard and I was impressed at the first sip. He told me to go check out Boulevard Brewing and I had no hesitation to do so.
It appears that I wasn’t the only one who enjoyed Boulevard because this brewery was packed! Everyone wanted a sippy sip of their brews. I don’t blame them! I got a flight of four beers, which was a whopping $ 3.99! How can you beat that? Simple. you can’t. They have a wide variety of beers on tap that you can choose from at great prices.
Year-​round/​seasonal 4 oz pours are $ 1 (12oz = $ 4)
Smokestack/​specialty 4 oz pours are $ 2 (10oz = $ 6).
I chose all year-​round options and mainly IPAs, which I really enjoyed. There wasn’t a beer I tried that I didn’t like. My friend thought the same thing. Truly impressive!
The place looks huge from the outside, but there isn’t too much seating available. A few tables inside and a few outside. I believe the actual brewing area takes up majority of the space. There’s also a nice little gift shop available. We didn’t partake in the tour, but I heard it’s pretty great! But get there early if you want to snag tickets.
Definitley a great spot to check out!

All the the things you could want to drink away your day:
— ample parking
–outdoor seating
–occasional live outdoor music
— clean bathrooms
— $ 1 4 oz pours (regular beers)
-$ 2 4oz pours for seasonal beers
-$ 5 pints (vaires)
–free, frequent tour
Notes:
The tour is a bit lame, you watch a series of short video clips, while the your guide plays up the local owned aspect despite the fact the company sold. You also cant drink on the tour, but get free samples after you are done standing around and looking at a screen.
The indoor seating is extermely limited, so plan to stand or sit on the more ample patio.

Food: I didn’t see a menu or anyone eating but I recommend to inquire before arriving.
Brew: This brewery is on a large scale with a huge facility but still carry a microbrew atmosphere. They offer free brewery tours that serves first come first serve for all the time slots when they open in the morning. I suggest to be there as they open to secure a time and tickets then return to enjoy yourself. Beautiful tasting room with lots of amazing options. This brewery loves to collaborate with other breweries around the country. They have worked with Ommagang in the past and they have a new beer coming soon with Cigar City from Colorado. This place is worth trying if you love beer and a great place to hang out with large groups.

What a fantastic tour. Or tour guide was awesome. Super friendly and extremely knowledgeable! It really seemed like she loves everything Boulevard.
They have different tour levels. While the free is probably nice, I would suggest stepping up to one of the advance tours with plenty of tastes and greater access.
It is nice sitting around after and chatting while enjoying some drinks. The gift shop has a great selection of items. The knitted bottle koozies are pretty cool.
Go on a tour now. Chocolate ale is being and smells soooo good!

We arrived about 10:05am on a Saturday. The line was out the door. We got halfway to the door, and tickets were sold out! We later found out from a bartender there that waiting at 9:00am will be more of a guarantee for tickets.
We went inside and checked out the merchandise and shared some samplers. I was with 3 other people, so we got 2 samplers to share. I always love Boulevard beers and the sampler did not disappoint! I definitely want to try again for a tour… maybe not on a Saturday!

I’ve been on at least 3 tours here in the year that I have lived here and will continue to come on tours again. And again. And again. That’s how legit Boulevard is.
To me, this brewery embodies why KC is such a great place to be. They have excellent beer but the people behind the cash register, in the taproom, and providing the tours are so friendly, genuine, and down to earth.
The free tour is a great deal because… well, its free and you get free samples of beer. If you go this route, get in line early on whatever day you plan on going cause tickets go fast, especially on the weekend. My advice would be to try one of the smaller tours… such as the Smokestack tour. While you do have to pay for these ($ 20), I thought it was well worth it, as you get a little bit more of a personal, in depth experience. The other benefit to the smokestack tour… you start the tour with a full glass of Tank 7 (if that doesn’t mean anything to you, you need to try Tank 7/​get on this tour ASAP) and end the tour with a flight of other Smokestack beers paired with snacks.
Overall, I love Boulevard and their beers, and will take pretty much any visitor I have on a Boulevard tour… just so that I can go again too.

One of the coolest brewery tours that I’ve ever been on, not only from the free samples at the end but, our tour guide was a pretty chill dude that seemed to generally love his job. He definitely was the center of attention entertaining everyone in the group for the tour with jokes, beer knowledge and facts! I’d definitely recommend this factory to anyone wanting to get a little beer and knowledge of a local brewery that’s making a splash on the U.S. Beer scene, plus the seasonal tastings are awesome for the summer and fall tours!

A group of us went on a Saturday and boy was it packed! When we went to the counter to sign up for the tour, it was already full for the next couple hours. Since we were on a schedule, we declined but the person at the counter was nice enough to give us tokens for tasters! This place is laid back and energetic at the same time. The people here are super friendly and the bartenders make some food suggestions. I’d be excited to come back down the road to take the tour. Their gift shop is filled with the standard t-​shirts, ping glasses and stickers. The big difference you ask? We had a really nice lady help us at the register. Even with the line slowly building, she was able to take time and strike up a conversation with each person. Felt like home. *sigh* The beer is awesome and so is everybody else!

Boulevard Brewing’s love for it’s hometown of Kansas City is deep and KC loves them right back! This maybe more noticeable for this recent transplant to KC then for someone who has lived here their whole life but it is obvious. Saying something bad about BLVD is like slapping George Brett in this town!
But their fans are justified, Boulevard’s year round brews are very consistent and all very drinkable. A solid core platform for them to launch their Smokestack Series beers from which are a little more unusual and please most beer snob’s palette.
Their free tour is rather boring, if you have the chance do yourself a favor and upgrade to the paid tour. You get a more in depth tour that is much more interesting and they make it worth it with better beer samples as well.
If you are unable to get into a tour I still recommend heading to the taproom which is open to the public and prices are reasonable ($ 5 for a flight). The dry goods store is really cool with unique items and shirts. They also sell their beer but you can find it cheaper at a liquor store around the corner.
One last thing to note… If you are a card carrying American Homebrew Association member you get a free pint of beer. Cheers!

I don’t even know where to start with this review, because I loved everything about my visit to Boulevard for their Unfiltered Tour.
My parents were visiting from MN this past weekend, so my boyfriend and I took them on the tour. Make note, you definitely need to book your Unfiltered Tour spots in advance, but you can do so online and it is easy.
I was incredibly impressed by the beer tastings, how informative the two guides were, the quality and cleanliness of the facilities, and the overall value of the tour. There is a free tour as well, but I would highly recommend the Unfiltered Tour because you get to sample several drafts, and you get a souvenir glass.
Shout out to Keith and Adam! You guys were hilarious and made it a really wonderful experience!

Don’t think I’m crazy… but I had 12 beers while at Boulevard. I had every single brew they had on tap. All for under $ 20. I meannnnn… when will I ever come back to Kansas City?! I felt I had to get them all in! I did tasting portions of course… because had I had 12 pints I would have ended my night sleeping on their floor. But still, I left the brewery thoroughly buzzed!
When I first arrived to Boulevard I was a bit intimidated as it’s a huge facility on a big piece of land. Plus all I saw go into the place was couples and big groups of people. Would I be the lone black sheep of the place?! Well it all ended up okay as I talked to one of the barkeeps a bit — he got on my good side right away by coming up to me & saying, «I don’t know who you are, but you’re absolutely gorgeous.» Why, thank you sir. Us women lead a good life. And I also ended up talking to an older couple quite a bit too. I’m down with beer enthusiastic seniors — how cool!
So Boulevard is all beer, no food, but you can bring your own food if you like. They offer all their beers on tap in pints but also you can get them in sample sizes. Make your own flight or pick one of their preset flights. They make it nice and easy with a paper on which you can mark off exactly what you want — $ 5 for 4 4 ozs pours.
Most of Boulevard’s beers are low ABV and most didn’t blow me away I’m sad to say. My top drink of the night was the Tank 7 Farmhouse Ale, a grapefruit saison, and their IPAs (Tasting Room Red IPA, Single Wide IPA, Pop Up Session IPA) were decent. The Calling was their highest % beer coming at 8.5 and was a good double IPA. Really it seems like IPAs are their niche. Everything else (KC Pils, Unfiltered Wheat Beer, 80 Acre Hoppy Wheat, Tasting Room Blonde Ale, Irish Ale, Spring Belle, Pale Ale) was just meh.
I have to say I absolutely loved the vibe at Boulevard on the patio. Inside the tap room it was crowded and no seating with people standing everywhere. But outside was chill as heck with music playing, a nice breeze, some food from a cart on sale, tables of all sizes and just generally everything you want in a relaxed brewery experience. Though none of the beers rocked my socks off, I really enjoyed my time & the staff (winky face) at Boulevard Brewery. It’s definitely the best known craft brewery out of KC and it’s a must do when in town.

Stumbled upon this on the freeway after being picked up from the airport. I told my friends that we should see if they offer tours. Next morning we called to inquire and the guy mentioned that you have to RSVP in person, but you’re more than welcome to call the day of to see if there are any left. Luckily, we arrived around 10:45am on a Friday and there were still tickets left for the 11:30am tour. I believe that tours are offered every 90 minutes.
Luckily for us, there were only 10 of us in our tour group, which allowed for more intimate conversations/​interactions. The tour guide was hilarious and had genuine charisma. We were led downstairs to where the magic happens and watched an educational video regarding Boulevard’s history.
Next, we walked outside to another building, climbed 5 flights of stairs to the events space. The layout is definitely nice for a company party or even a wedding. Then, we got to see the assembly line of the beer being packaged.
Finally, we went to the tasting room and each person can sample 2 beers on tap. I tried the wheat (the basic staple of Boulevard) and Tank 7 (also what they’re known for.) My friends and I all got different varieties to maximize our tasting. I’d recommend this tour to people, just remember to go early to get your free tickets.