I am at Boulevardia! Where are you?

I am at Boulevardia in the West Bottoms in Kansas City! 

If you haven't heard of this festival and you live in this area, you might live under a rock!

For my birthday C got us tickets to Taps and Taste. A beer fest within the Boulevardia festival. They brought in brewers from all around the country that you can't get around here. And if you can get them, they brought beers you probably haven't had. Special beers made just for this fest. I am excited!! Below is a list of beers that I am going to try to get to... We will see how well I do and how much I remember. This list is not even close to all of the beers that will be there, just the ones I am targeting. Oh and thankfully there will be food at Taps and Taste both because it will be awesome food but I will be able to eat and drink, which is great for everyone involved. If you are out there come and find me!

• Boulevard Celebration Sour
• Anchor OBA
• Mother's Port Barrel Aged MILF
• Mother's Love Factory
• Santa Fe Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Java Stout
• Stone's Tiger Cub Aged in White Wine Barrels
• 4 Hands City of Dreams - Imperial IPA
• Allagash Midnight Brett - Sour/Wild
• Allagash Curieux - Belgian Strong Ale
• Boulevard Love Child No. 4 - Sour
• Cambridge Brewing SGT. Pepper - Saison
• Cambridge Brewing Brett Grisette - Saison
• Cinder Block Sour Summer - Berliner Weisse
• Crooked Stave St Bretta - Sour/Wild
• Crooked Stave Vieilla - Sour/Wild
• Crooked Stave Surette - Sour/Wild
• Deschutes The Abyss 2012 - Imperial Stout
• Firestone Walker Lil Opal - Saison
• Funkwerks Saison
• Jolly Pumpkin La Roja - Sour/Wild
• Jolly Pumpkin Saison Y - Sour/Wild
• Jolly Pumpkin Bam Biere - Sour/Wild
• Off-Color Brewing Troublesome - Sour/Wild
• Off-Color Brewing Screw You, Jeremy Danner - Fruit/Cider
• Oskar Blues Dale's Pale Ale
• Perennial Funky Wit - Sour/Wild
• Pretty Things Jack D'or - Saison
• Pretty Things Fluffy White Rabbits - Belgian Strong Ale
• Rahr & Sons Bourbon Barrel Aged Winter Warmer
• Russian River Pliny the Elder - Imperial IPA
• Russian River Row 2/Hill 56 - Imperial IPA
• Russian River Suplication - Sour/Wild
• Side Project Saison De Rouge - Sour/Wild
• Side Project Le Saisonnier - Sour/Wild
• Side Project Pulling Nails - Sour/Wild
• Upstream Brewing Ransom Gin Barrel Aged Saison

I always enjoy paying my debts craft beer style!

I, like the Lannisters of Casterly Rock in Game of Thrones, always pay my debts. When I say that I will do something for you, I will come through.

About 3 months ago I posted a contest to increase awareness for Scouting the Taps, but more importantly I wanted to buy some beer for some friends. So after making more friends like I love to do, I picked two winners to buy beer for.

My start to a Mother's Pyramid at Rock & Run

David Schumacher is a great and funny guy. He won the Twitter portion of the contest. David lives in the north land and works for Cerner. I had the pleasure of hanging out with him during a Mothers tap take over at Rock and Run Brewery put on by Central States Beverage. David and I talked and got to know each other. We laughed and joked. We drank really good beer. We talked about home brewing, beer blogs, #PriusToMothers14 . While we were talking, David counted how many batches of beer he has currently in one state or another of the brewing/drinking process. He has 16 BATCHES!! Some in fermenters. Some in untapped kegs. Some tapped and ready to be drank. David has some great friends that are also really into beer. Some of them even work at Cinder Block Brewery! I look forward to sharing more beers with David in the near future, especially at KC Nanobrew Fest.

Seth Bishop is an amazing friend who has been supportive of me from the start. He won the Facebook portion of the contest. Seth and I met while I worked at H&R Block in Downtown KC. Seth lives in the Eastern Jackson County area, so we went to Saint's and Twin Peaks. His call, not mine. I am not complaining because they have at least a couple great beer options. Anywhere that has Boulevard's Tank 7 on tap is a good place. We caught up on old times, listened to some terrible live music. Terrible because it was too loud and because they didn't do a good job covering the songs they were singing. I look forward to getting Seth out and about soon!

What I have learned from this whole thing is twofold. I have learned that giving is so much fun and opens people up for a good time. I am going to do another contest soon and we will see how much fun we can have! Maybe you have an idea for a good contest! Message me or tweet me to let me know!

The other thing I learned from this contest is that I am very blessed with an amazing support structure of family and friends. C, my sister, my parents, and all of my friends have been supportive and encouraging of my passion to show others the joys of the craft beer world. If it weren't for them, I wouldn't have the courage to get past the nay-sayers. Thank you so much!

To bring this all back to Game of Thrones, I am of the House Tagaryen. But how did it know I am blond and good looking?