Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor Built atop Siloam Spring, Excelsior Springs’ Hall of Waters was the site of bottling operations for several decades. Completed in 1937, the Art Deco building replaced several…
Michael BushnellMichael Bushnell Publisher The new $750,000 M.K. Goetz Brewery wasn’t built in Kansas City until 1936, but it’s long, storied history had already been a major part of the St.…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor Who you gonna call, when you want to decorate your wall? Ghostbusters! Movie posters have long been an easy way to cover empty walls or as a…
Dorri PartainBy Dorri Partain The pure spring waters of San Antonio, Texas, were used for decades to produce a variety of locally-available beer brands. Founded in 1883 as the J. B.…
Michael BushnellBy Michael Bushnell If a product bore the Katz label, consumers could be sure they were paying the lowest price in town. The same holds true with Katz beer. Like…
Michael BushnellMichael Bushnell Publisher Chances are, if your parents shopped at Milgram’s Food Stores here in Kansas City, you probably had Heidel Brau in your fridge. Heidel Brau was a flagship…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor Hi, neighbor! Hi, neighbor! What do you know, and what do you say? A catchy tune from the 1941 film “San Antonio Rose” became the long-time theme…
Michael BushnellMichael Bushnell Publisher Mention the word prohibition to a room full of brewers and distillers and you’ll likely be met with an angry mob complete with pitchforks and torches. But…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor The 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution caused breweries to devise new products to stay in business. Known alternatively as the Volstead Act or the National…
Michael BushnellMichael Bushnell Publisher The Joseph Schlitz brewing company entered the Kansas City market in earnest when they built a depot near 9th Street and State Line in the West Bottoms…
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