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adminMichael 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.…
adminBy 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…
adminMichael 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…
adminMichael 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…
adminMichael 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…
adminMichael Bushnell Publisher While William J. Lemp Brewing Company did not have a brewing presence in Kansas City, the Romanesque and Gothic-styled, one-story Lemp Depot at 215 E. 20th Street…
adminMichael Bushnell Publisher Royal Brewing Company of Weston, Mo., was founded in 1842 by John Georgian. Upon his death in 1857, the operation was purchased by August Kunz of Leavenworth,…
adminMichael Bushnell Publisher This week we continue our summer postcard series featuring early local brewery operations and their families. No local brewing history would be complete without a focus on…
adminMichael Bushnell Publisher This summer The Northeast News will be spotlighting local beer history through our weekly historic postcard column. Kansas City has a rich brewing history through families like…
adminBy Michael Bushnell This early hand-colored postcard shows the Sugar Creek Refinery, Standard Oil Co., near Kansas City, Mo. The Missouri River and the operations of the refinery can easily…
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