Significant Breweries in Kansas City History

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The label for Puritan brand "near-beer."

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An advertisement for Imperial Mayflower beer.

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Many tried to switch to soda, root beers, and many more tried to ride it out with non alcoholic "near beer".  Most did close, but remember with Pendergast, some smaller ones probably kept quietly brewing.                   
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FangKC wrote: Over time, smaller breweries were acquired by larger breweries, went bankrupt, or lost out to competition.

During Prohibition, many breweries shifted to producing "near-beer" and other types of beverages like ginger ale, colas, flavored drinks (orange, grape, lime), root beer, etc.
Or in the case of Coors...malted milk. 
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The one the taverns selling local beers was on Walnut next to the Grand Opera House. In this case, the house beers appeared to be Pabst brands.

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Ha, I didn't see fang already answered that question.  It's tough using your cell to reply!         
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A Falstaff and Budweiser truck make deliveries to taverns along W. 12th Street between Central and Wyandotte where the Marriott Hotel now stands.  The photo looks like it's from the 70s.

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The Schlitz Distribution Center in the old freighthouse district at Union Station.

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The first Schlitz Brewery in the West Bottoms at State Line Road and St. Louis Avenue.

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An advertisement for Schlitz's Kansas City branch.

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The F.H. Kumps Star Ale Brewery, 14th and Main, Downtown (later Heim and Bavarian brewery sites), now site of Mainstreet Theatre. The complex was known as the 14th Street Brewery.

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Photo taken of 1903 flood showing Val Blatz's Brewery (on the right) at 116-118 East Front Street (near Walnut).

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A roadside tavern serving Val Blatz beer.

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The Green Tree Brewery was located at 2nd and Grand in the River Market.

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An advertisement for Miller's Kansas City branch.

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Anheuser-Busch's Brewery at 20th and Walnut in 1894.  There is a catering business and banquet hall there today.

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FangKC wrote: Anheuser-Busch's Brewery at 20th and Walnut in 1894.  There is a catering business and banquet hall there today.
that is now paddy o'quigley's and they server bud on tap. i guess that's fitting, although i'm sure it was not intentional.
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FangKC wrote: Yes, Boulevard is our only significant brewery.  There a several brew pubs around the area that sell to their bar patrons and in some liquor stores.
My father and his cooperative own a brewery in JoCo called Pony Express.  They used to export a couple of brands regionally.  Now they contract brew some for flying monkey in addition to making several of their own beers.
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Thanks Gretz.  I knew there was another couple of smaller brewers in the Kansas City area, but I couldn't remember the names.


The Pony Express Brewing Company in Olathe, KS.

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Pony Express currently produces the following Flagship Brands:

Pony Express Pony Gold
Pony Express Original Wheat
Pony Express Rattlesnake Pale Ale
Pony Express Tornado Red Ale

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I'm still a little curious as to why its named "Pony Express Brewery" when its some 80 miles away from St. Joseph, Missouri, the original starting point of the Pony Express, much less its proxemity to any part of the route itself.

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I have always wondered how near beer tastes. Does it have the same flavor as regular beer? 
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