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A full house of craft brewers, brewery and beer industry workers, and beer lovers gathered for Brewers Read Mean Reviews at River Bluff Brewing in Kansas City’s River Market.
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I headed to St. Louis to visit 4 Hands Brewing and Side Project Cellar and Brewing in mid-March. The two-day trip revolved around book research and interviews with brewery owners Kevin Lemp and Cory King respectively. After a long dreary winter, I needed to hit the road, connect with people, savor some good beer and food, and recharge my batteries for the remaining work on Barons, Brewers, and Bootleggers: A Social History of Beer in Missouri.
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Vine Street Brewing hosted its Second Annual “Women in Beer” event in late March 2025 with an all-star roster of guests. Several women shaping the beer industry in Kansas City, Missouri, and nationally participated in a panel discussion. They shared their entry point into the beer industry, experiences, insights, and advice for other women in the beer industry.
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Inside the Goetz Museum and historic Pony Bar, a beer charger displays the image of a Black man with a wide smile missing some teeth. The charger, a promotional tin litho wall hanging, bears the caption “Jerry’s Smile.” Not mentioned by his full name, Jeremiah Grider had a fascinating life story far more complex than the newspaper accounts published about him.
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Meet Hold Fast Brewing, one of a few Springfield breweries featured in my book Barons, Brewers, and Bootleggers: A Social History of Brewing in Missouri (Fall 2025).
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