KC Nanobrew Festival

Friends, after a lot of discussion and reflection, we have decided that the 2019 KC Nanobrew Festival will be our last. This was the 10th consecutive year we hosted an event to bring together amazing local homebrew talent and craft breweries. It's hard to believe that we reached that milestone. We could have never done it without your support.

Hosting the festival has been a labor of love by five friends, who shared a love of craft brew and home brewing. Over the years, as the festival grew in size, it got to the point where we're spending more time on the organizing and logistics tasks, than our hobby of craft brewing. We all decided that we needed to take some time off and get back to the basics. Get back to brewing and making great brews. Make some trips to local breweries that have opened over the years. Host some small brewer meetups.

When we started out, our mission was to give local homebrewers a chance to serve their brews to the public. We also wanted to increase awareness of the great hobby of homebrewing, how easy it is to get started and make quality brews. We also wanted to give our local community a chance to experience craft brewing and the extreme diversity of brew styles, at the most "nano" level possible.

Over the years, we've grown from a backyard celebration of brewing hobbyists into a marquee event that brings together home brewers from the local KC metro area as well as across state lines. We've made many friends. We've heard from local craft breweries that we served as a platform to gain the confidence they needed to "make the leap" into moving from hobby to business.

Every year, the festival continued to grow, until we reached capacity at Berkley Riverfront Park with around 2000 guests! Every year had it's own "personality" and it was fun to watch the festival evolve.

2010: small backyard Brookside party
2011: probably a little too big for the backyard, serving out of the "piano tap"
2012: Original Juan. First year of public event. Who tried the hot sauce?
2013: Big Rip. Brews & BBQ. Crane dominated the brewing competition.
2014: Liberty. Hold down the tents! Wait for it to blow over! (RIP Rock & Run)
2015: West Bottoms, Stockyards. First year with Food Trucks, last year on asphalt.
2016: Berkley Riverfront Park. Can we sell 1500 tickets? I guess so!
2017: BRP. Beautiful June day. 2000 people shared brews together.
2018: BRP. Sooo hottttt. At least the bathroom lines were short!
2019: BRP. A little rain never stops a good time. Unforgettable day. Beer and mudslides!

We know this is probably a sad message to hear, as the festival is something that many people have looked forward to on an annual basis. But as with all change, there comes the opportunity for something else to emerge and for other ways of embracing our local craft brewing culture.

Cheers to all and thanks again for your support and please continue to support our local craft brewers!

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Is that the sun?

A little rain never hurt a KC beer fest! Great brews, awesome attendees! Thank you so much for supporting our local homebrew scene on a day like this!!!

We know the forecast, so we have strategically set up our tents to give you maximum coverage, while being as close as possible to the brews.

Gear up and get ready for another great year of home brews!

https://www.kcnanobrewfest.com

We are going paperless this year!

Browse the menu, track your personalized beer list and rate the brews at our website:

https://www.kcnanobrews.com

See you at the fest!

www.kcnanobrewfest.com

Hi everyone!

Like you, we are tracking the weather for this weekend's event. Those of you familiar with other local brew festivals know that rain can be a common theme when they are held in the spring. We've been lucky most years, but we've had rain before (Liberty).

In the event of severe weather, we may ask everyone to seek shelter for the duration of the weather event. Once any severe weather has passed, we will continue the festival.

We're excited to see you all this Saturday!

What makes our festival different?

The organizers are actively participating homebrewers!

We love sharing our brews with you, and strive to create the most enjoyable "backyard beer fest" vibe possible.

http://tix.kcnanobrews.com

This IS craft brewing.

Our local craft brew scene can trace, in many cases, it's origins to our festival, where local talented homebrewers had a chance to share their mad skills with a non-biased public audience.

(admit it, our friends and family always say they like our brews, even when they aren't that great).

Get your tickets today!
http://tix.kcnanobrews.com

Our alumni include:
3 Trails Brewing
Apex Aleworks
The Big Rip Brewing Company
Brew Lab
Callsign Brewing
Casual Animal Brewing Co.
Cinder Block Brewery
City Barrel
Crane Brewing Company
East Forty Brewing
Grains & Taps Brewery and Taproom
Lost Evenings Brewing Company
New Axiom Brewing Co
Not Lost Brewing
Outfield Beer Company
Pathlight Brewing
Red Crow Brewing Company
Rochester Brewing and Roasting Co.
Sandhills Brewing
Servaes Brewing Co.
Stockyards Brewing Co.
Strawberry Hill Brewing Company
Strange Days Brewing Co.
Transport Brewery
Wind Shift Brewing

Shoutout to Rock & Run and Colony KC as well.

Celebrate American Craft Beer week by sampling some of the most hand-crafted beverages you can find! We will have over 400 locally produced brews for you to sample.

Get your tickets before we sell out!

http://tix.kcnanobrews.com

2019 Kansas City Nanobrew Festival The KC Nanobrew Festival is the original festival in KC dedicated to local home brewing and giving the public a chance to see all the amazing brewing talent we have in our community. Our mission is to provide the best festival experience for the best price. Our admission includes unlimited tastings....

Thanks to our sponsors for supporting the festival and helping us grow the last 10 years! We wouldn't be able to do it without you! Please stop by their booth to check out their merchandise, sample their beers, and say thanks!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2019-kansas-city-nanobrew-festival-tickets-55370582904

We have a new website! https://www.kcnanobrews.com

Our brew list is approaching 400, which will make this our biggest year ever.

To help you plan your attack, we've built a website where you can browse the full menu, add to a personalized tasting list, and track which brews you liked.

The brewers are still entering and updating their brew info, so keep checking back as the festival approaches.

If you still need tickets, get them soon, before we sell out! (ticket link also the website)

See you at the fest!

Our good friends over at Normal Human do an awesome job printing our shirts every year.

This year, we will have 2 colors for sale, inspired by two of our local teams.

Show your KC pride by sporting a local festival shirt that goes with your favorite local sporting event.

(Sorry, maybe next year, SportingKC) ;)

We've always provided a full-size souvenir glass with the price of admission. This year is no different. For our 10 year anniversary you'll get this beautiful 13oz. Rastal Perl Goblet. Get your tickets now before we sell out! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2019-kansas-city-nanobrew-festival-tickets-55370582904

We can't believe it's already been a year for our friends at Strange Days! From homebrewers to professionals, they've supported us and helped make our festival great.

Big 1 year anniversary celebration planned for tomorrow. Drop in, have some brews, and support your local breweries!

KC Nanobrew Festival. May 18th, 2019, 2-6pm.

Did you know this is our 10th year?

In our first year, we fit all of the kegs in a single freezer chest! In 2018, we had over 350 brews dispensed from over 100 local homebrewers and craft breweries.

While we've grown a lot, our commitment to throwing the best experience for both the brewers as well as festival guests has never changed.

We are 5 local KC guys who decided local craft brews needed to be shared with the public. We are 100+ homebrewers from KC, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa. We are a dozen+ local breweries. We are the amazing attendees we have every year.

We can't wait for this year's festival!

http://tix.kcnanobrewfest.com

KC Nanobrew Festival updated their address.

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Check out the brew menu for this year and do some preparatory reconnaissance so you know where to head first!

http://www.kcnanobrewfest.com

We are sold out for 2018! We limit the number of tickets available every year so that we can provide the best possible experience for you and our brewers. Can’t wait for tomorrow!

See you at the fest!

Here’s the parking info if you missed it earlier in the week!

Parking Information for this year. Only authorized vehicles may pass closed roads. Please obey all posted signs.

The two parking lots are at:
west of 1000 Front Street, Kansas City, MO
and
north of 215 North Lydia Avenue, Kansas City, MO

The best place for Uber/Lyft/Taxi dropoff is 1000 Front Street, and the festival is just a minute walk away, to the northeast.

Can’t wait to see everyone tomorrow! We are close to selling out but there are still tickets left.

Please check this page for parking information in a prior post.

Close to selling out for this year. Don’t say we didn’t warn you! Get your tickets ASAP, as we have a very limited quantity remaining!

See you at the fest!

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Be sure to check out Strawberry Hill Brewing Company at the fest this year!

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Brewers Profile: Strawberry Hill Brewing - KC Nanobrews Your name(s): Ben Murray, Larry Murray, Derek Kempf, Phil Kuzila, Joe Collins Your brewery’s name: Strawberry Hill Brewing Location: Strawberry Hill District, Kansas City, KS Number of years participating in the Festival? First year! Click Here for Tickets!!!   When did you start brewing? What go...

Did you know you can use the streetcar to get to our festival? It's approximately a 1 mile walk from the end of the line in River Market. Park anywhere along the streetcar route!