Capt Keith's Beer Blog

Its hard to believe it has been four years since we drilled through the penny wall and opened the doors at our location in the Power and Light District of Kansas City, MO.  Matt Gardner and his gang of Brew Barons and Beer Goddesses have put together a strong day of rare beer tappings every hour on the hour from noon till 9pm on Sunday May 6th.  While I cannot speak to the times these kegs will be tapped, I do know a few of the gems.

Boulevard Saison Noir (Unrated, have you tried it yet?  Didn’t think so.)

Boulevard Chocolate Ale (Ratebeer.com 96/98)

Stone Smoked Porter with Vanilla Beans (Ratebeer.com 98/99)

Bell's Batch 9000: Brewed once, released January 2010 (Ratebeer.com 98 overall)

Founders Backwoods Bastard: Bourbon Barrel Scotch Ale (Ratebeer.com 99/100)

Evil Twin Imperial Biscotti Break: Imperial Porter with Vanilla, Coffee and Almonds (Ratebeer.com 98 overall)

Evil Twin Ron & The Beast Ryan: Brettanomyces finished Saison (Ratebeer.com 97 overall)

Green Flash 30th Street Pale Ale: An IPA by most standards (Ratebeer.com 95/98)

In addition to cracking into all these hard to find and world class kegs each guest will receive a free raffle ticket upon entry for an all day raffle featuring beer themed prizes from the Saucer and many of your favorite breweries.  Its going to be a great day, go check it out of you are in the neighborhood.  You won’t regret it.

So, I am at the Lake Saucer yesterday during lunch. I see a couple at the bar and I ask how they are and what brings them to the Saucer. They’d never been to a FS, but saw our website and while scanning the beer list – came across the Green Flash IPA on tap. They drove to the Saucer for that one beer they found on the menu.

I love that stuff.

It made me laugh a little though… We were only able to snag 2 kegs due to the high demand of the product. It has been on tap for 16 days and we still have 1.25 kegs left. In most markets, this beer would have lasted only a day or so.

While we have some very savvy beer enthusiasts in the new market, we are working hard to convert the others. From what I can tell so far, Garland and Rockwall enjoy good beer and good times. Give us some time and they’ll all be drinking the good juice.