Tag: BKS Artisan Ales

Missouri’s best breweries are in Kansas City (and they have the medals to prove it)

By Tommy Felts / November 14, 2025

Two Kansas City brewers barreled through the competition earlier this week, earning the first-ever, statewide “Brewery of the Year” honors for local favorites Boulevard and BKS Artisan Ales. It’s a feat fermented through years of dedication by the teams behind the labels, both brewers said. “From the day we opened, we have kept balance with…

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BKS Artisan Ales plans Crossroads nanobrewery, tapping additional location closer to KC’s hub of activity

By Tommy Felts / February 7, 2025

BKS Artisan Ales — dubbed a “little beer heaven” by industry insiders — is bringing its award-winning operation to the Crossroads, adding a second, smaller brewery location near what founders Brian and Mary Rooney see as a downtown tourism market that also is easily accessible to some of their business’ biggest local fans. The space…

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Brian and Mary Rooney, BKS Artisan Ales

BKS Artisan Ales takes measured approach with nano-brewery concept

By Tommy Felts / January 6, 2018

It takes only about an hour for BKS Artisan Ales to sell out of its packaged bottles and cans each Saturday afternoon, Brian Rooney said. “We thought it would be great if maybe 40 people came in and maybe each of those 40 took a beer home,” said Rooney, a craft brewer who owns and…

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