kansas city missouri coordinates 39 04 54 n 94 35 49 w 39.08165 n 94.59688 w 39.08165 ; 94.59688 coordinates 39 04 54 n 94 35 49 w 39.08165 n 94.59688 w 39.08165 ; 94.59688 opened 1989 annual production volume 188 100 us beer barrels 220 700 hl in 2014 1 revenue us 32.0 m fy 2011 owner s duvel moortgat brewery employees 125 2 active beers name type kc pils pilsner pale ale pale ale unfiltered wheat beer american wheat beer 80 acre hoppy wheat beer american style hoppy wheat ale bully porter porter dry stout stout single wide i.p.a. india pale ale frequent flier session i.p.a. india pale ale seasonal beers name type irish ale irish ale boss tom s golden bock maibock z n belgian witbier bob s 47 m rzen nutcracker ale winter warmer snow & tell scotch ale other beers smokestack series name type tank 7 saison the sixth glass quadrupel the calling i.p.a. double india pale ale long strange tripel tripel dark truth stout stout saison brett saison bourbon barrel quad quadrupel imperial stout american double imperial stout harvest dance wheatwine early riser coffee porter rye on rye rye ale grainstorm black rye ipa black rye ipa reverb imperial pilsner imperial pilsner reboot white i.p.a. white india pale ale crown town ale pale ale boulevard brewing company is a regional brewery located in kansas city missouri . the brewers association currently ranks the american arm of boulevard s parent company duvel moortgat usa as the 12th largest craft brewery and the 18th largest active brewery in the united states based on 2014 sales volume . 3 after the sale of anheuser busch to inbev in 2008 boulevard was the largest independent american brewery in the state of missouri . boulevard s beers are available in select markets across the country . 4 in 2013 boulevard was acquired by duvel moortgat brewery . 5 terms of the deal were not disclosed but industry publication beer business daily estimated the sale price exceeds 100 million . 6 boulevard brewing company started with this 35 barrel hopper . contents 1 history 2 brewery expansion 3 references 4 external links history edit boulevard began 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 with used equipment from a closed brewery in bavaria germany and the first batches of beer were produced in the fall of 1989 . based on the historic example set by the local and regional breweries that were once common throughout the united states prior to prohibition the brewery has a focus on providing locally brewed beer for the kansas city region . the brewery s first half barrel of boulevard pale ale was delivered personally by mcdonald in his pickup truck to ponak s mexican kitchen located nearby . in 1990 boulevard wheat was added to the product line . wheat and pale ale remain the company s strongest sellers . 2 introduced in late 2007 the smokestack series joined boulevard s family of beers with year round seasonal and limited edition lines of artisanal selections packaged mostly in 750 ml bottles while some are also available in 12 oz . bottles and on draft . these bold complex varieties were inspired by belgian trappist beer and share several characteristics including their higher alcohol content . year round smokestack beers include the calling double ipa long strange tripel the sixth glass quadrupel dark truth stout tell tale tart a slightly sour ale and tank 7 a farmhouse ale . additional smokestack beers have been released including some limited release and some that are available year round . in mid 2009 the company introduced boulevard pilsner to its core brand family . the brew is a nod to the full bodied pilsners of kansas city s historic breweries of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries . in the spring of 2013 boulevard pilsner was rebranded to kc pils . with capacity reaching an estimated 600 000 barrels from an expansion project completed in 2006 the brewery is now one of the largest craft brewers in the midwest . 7 boulevard s beer is available throughout missouri kansas nebraska iowa oklahoma ohio arkansas south dakota north dakota indiana colorado washington oregon california alaska massachusetts district of columbia and parts of illinois alabama georgia idaho minnesota north carolina virginia utah texas florida and maryland . in 2013 many of the brewery s beers were certified kosher by the vaad hakashruth of kansas city . brewery expansion edit boulevard underwent expansions in 1999 and 2003 . in march 2006 boulevard broke ground on a 20 million expansion project that increases brewing production capacity by an estimated 60 000 barrels year . the new brewing and packaging building was constructed adjacent to the existing plant . designed by 360 architecture the new addition is 68 500 square feet 6 360 m2 and includes a two story state of the art brewhouse and a kegging bottling facility with a skylit atrium . the third floor in addition to housing boulevard brewery offices has two large hospitality rooms with a terrace overlooking downtown kansas city . a glass skywalk links both pedestrian circulation and beer piping between the old and new brewhouses . the completed expansion facilitates the brewing of boulevard s unfiltered wheat beer and pale ale beers which together comprise more than 60 percent of boulevard s sales . unfiltered wheat beer is the best selling beer of its style in the midwest . in fall 2011 boulevard began a 3 million expansion of its original brew house at 25th street and southwest boulevard in kansas city . the expansion required boulevard to remove six 105 barrel fermenters in order to replace them with eight new 300 barrel fermentation tanks from the paul mueller company of springfield missouri . the expansion allowed the brewery to produce an additional 35 000 barrels of beer a year increasing capacity by about 20 percent . in order to accommodate the new tanks the original brew house at 25th street and southwest boulevard will need to be raised about 35 feet . 8 9 boulevard brewery s bottling line is turned off in this photo . boulevard offers free 45 minute tours daily where visitors may sample their brews . 10 references edit derek ozkal 2015 02 25 . kansas city s top area breweries . kansas city business journal . retrieved 2016 01 22 . a b collison kevin 2013 10 17 . kansas city s boulevard brewing is sold to belgian firm the kansas city star . kansascity.com . retrieved 2015 09 05 . lists top 50 breweries of 2014 . brewers association . 2015 03 31 . retrieved 2015 09 05 . boulevard brewing company beer finder . retrieved 17 february 2013 . belgian brewery buys boulevard a u.s. craft beer maker lee enterprises . belgian brewer buying kc s boulevard brewing . stltoday.com . bouldevard brewery our story . area demand pushes boulevard brewing to expand add production capacity . kansas city business journal . 17 june 2011 . nason adam 2011 07 13 . boulevard brewing co. undergoes 3 million expansion to bump up capacity . beerpulse . retrieved 2015 09 05 . boulevard brewing company brewery tours . boulevard.com . retrieved 2015 09 05 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title boulevard brewing company & oldid 743784601 categories companies based in kansas city missouribeer brewing companies based in missourivisitor attractions in kansas city missouribuildings and structures in kansas city missourihidden categories coordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent 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