March 03, 2015, Tuesday at 3:00PM
No Entrance Fee
Boulevard Brewing may not be a new kid on the brewing block, but they are a new kid on the NYC beer scene. This week Boulevard launches their exceptional beer in our hood and we wanted them to know how excited we are by their arrival. So, what better way to welcome Boulevard to New York than by throwing them a party this Wednesday at 3:00pm?
The Boulevard story begins in 1988, when founder John McDonald started construction of the brewery in a turn-of-the-century brick building on Kansas City’s historic Southwest Boulevard. A vintage Bavarian brewhouse was installed, and the first batches of beer were produced in the fall of 1989. That November, the first keg of Boulevard Pale Ale was delivered—in the back of John’s pickup truck—to a restaurant just a few blocks away.
In 2006, a major expansion adjacent to the original brewery raised Boulevard’s brewing capacity to approximately 600,000 barrels per year—a sizable increase from the 6,000 barrels contemplated in John’s original business plan. The new brewing and packaging facility is a model of sustainable urban architecture and engineering: a three-story, 70,000 square foot building housing a new, state-of-the-art 150-barrel brewhouse, packaging lines, administrative offices, and hospitality rooms.
Join us this Wednesday beginning at 3:00pm as we turn the Tiger into a hospitality room. If you’ve never had a Boulevard beer, you are in for a massive treat. Just ask Luke, the Kansas native who is literally beside himself with excitement over Boulevard’s NYC debut. Founder John McDonald will be in the house, and we plan on raising many glasses of Boulevard beer in his direction.
The List:
Boulevard Tank 7
Boulevard The Calling
Boulevard 80 Acre
Boulevard Single Wide
Boulevard Unfiltered Wheat
Boulevard Harvest Dance
Boulevard Pale Ale
Boulevard Irish Ale
Boulevard Spring Belle
Boulevard Imperial Stout
Boulevard Saison Brett
Boulevard Chocolate Ale
Upcoming Events:
Wednesday, 3/11/15: Peekskill
Tuesday, 3/17/15: Firestone Walker
Saturday, 3/21/15: Allagash Saison Day
Sunday, 3/29/15: Stillwater