KCBeerfest is a semi-annual event that raises money for the Kansas City Free Health Clinic and the AIDS Service Foundation of Greater Kansas City. As a volunteer health care provider at KC Free, I can say we really, REALLY appreciate every dollar that comes into the clinic, and a lot of people in this area don’t know that this is one of the largest free health clinics in the country. So, who doesn’t like to drink beer, and feel good that the money is going to a good cause at the same time?!
This 4th KCBeerfest is going to be held in Westport on May 22. This will be the first one I am unable to attend to volunteer for. 
Westport should be a great location for this awesome event. It has taken a little longer this year for the volunteers who do KCBeerfest to get the list of beers updated, and I don’t know if this is comprehensive or not, but here is what I have as of today (just for fun, I’m placing an * next to any beers on the list I’ve not had before… there are a lot this year). As usual, there are some great beers on the list:
Brewery Name Beer Name
Abita Abita Purple Haze
Abita Abita Turbo Dog*
Al-Mar Orchards JK Scrumpy*
Arcadia Hopmouth*
Augusta Brewing Company Farmhouse Saison*
Augusta Brewing Company Farmhouse Wit*
Avery Brewing Company Avery IPA
Avery Brewing Company Avery Ellies Brown Ale*
Avery Brewing Company Avery Karma*
Avery Brewing Company Avery New World Porter*
Avery Brewing Company Avery White Rascal
Bavik Brewery Wittekerke White Ale*
Bavik Brewery Wittekerke Framboise*
Bear Republic Brewery Hop Rod Rye
Bear Republic Brewery Red Rocket Ale
Bell’s Brewery Oberon
Bell’s Brewery Two Hearted
Bell’s Brewery Amber
Boulevard Brewing Co. Single-Wide I.P.A.
Boulevard Brewing Co. Boulevard Pilsner
Boulevard Brewing Co. Tank 7 Farmhouse Ale
Boulevard Brewing Co. Amber Ale
Boulevard Brewing Co. Bully! Porter
Boulevard Brewing Co. Seeyoulator Doppelbock* (bottle is in the cellar, though)
Brasserie Dupont Saison Dupont
Brewery Ommegang Ommegang Witte
Brewery Ommegang Rare VOS*
California Cider Company Ace Perry*
Cathedral Square Brewery White Ale*
Cathedral Square Brewery Abbey Ale*
Cathedral Square Brewery Iglesia*
Chimay Chimay Premiere*
Chimay Chimay Grand Reserve*
Chimay Chimay Cinq Cents*
Crown Valley Brewing Co. Crown Valley Antique Amber*
Crown Valley Brewing Co. Crown Valley Barnwood Blond*
Crown Valley Brewing Co. Crown Valley Big Bison Ale*
Crown Valley Brewing Co. Crown Valley Horseshoe Pale Ale*
Crown Valley Brewing Co. Crown Valley Plowboy Porter*
Duvel Moortgat Duvel
Founders Brewing Company Centennial
Founders Brewing Company Red’s Rye
Founders Brewing Company Dirty Bastard
Fullers Porter*
Fullers Pale Ale*
Grand Teton Brewery Bitch Creek*
Grand Teton Brewery Lost Continent*
Great Divide Brewing Co. Great Divide Titan IPA
Great Divide Brewing Co. Great Divide Wild Raspberry*
Great Divide Brewing Co. Great Divide Denver Pale Ale*
Great Divide Brewing Co. Great Divide Dunkel Weiss*
Heineken USA Newcastle
Heineken USA Dos Equis Lager
Heineken USA Carta Blanca*
Heineken USA Bohemia
Heineken USA Heineken
Kaiser Brewery Xingu Brazilian
Lakefront Brewery Fuel Café
Left Hand Brewery 400# Monkey*
Left Hand Brewery Milk Stout
Lion Brewery Lion Stout*
McCoy’s Newcomb’s IPA
McCoy’s Maibock
McCoy’s Hefe Weizen
McCoy’s HogPound Brown
New Belgium Brewing Co. New Belgium Fat Tire
New Belgium Brewing Co. New Belgium Ranger IPA
New Belgium Brewing Co. New Belgium La Folie
New Belgium Brewing Co. New Belgium Mighty Arrow
New Belgium Brewing Co. New Belgium Skinny Dip
New Holland Brewery Mad Hatter
New Holland Brewery Full Circle
North Coast Brewing Co. Red Seal*
Odell Odell Mountain Standard*
Odell 90 Shilling
Odell IPA
O’Fallon Brewery Hemp Hop Rye*
O’Fallon Brewery 5-Day IPA
O’Fallon Brewery Wheach*
O’Hara’s Carlow Ireland O’Hara’s Irish Stout*
O’Hara’s Carlow Ireland O’Hara’s Irish Red*
Paulaner Paulaner Hefe
Paulaner Paulaner Salvator
Redstone Meadery Black Raspberry Nectar*
Reissdorf Brewery Reissdorf Kolsch*
Shmaltz Brewing Company Coney Island Sword Swallower*
Shmaltz Brewing Company Lenny’s Bittersweet RIPA*
Southern Tier Brewery Phin & Matt’s American Ale*
St. Louis Brewing Company Schlafly American IPA
St. Louis Brewing Company Schlafly Pale Ale
St. Louis Brewing Company Schlafly Summer Helles*
St. Louis Brewing Company Schlafly Raspberry Hefe
St. Louis Brewing Company Schlafly #15
St. Louis Brewing Company Schlafly Kolsch
Stevens Point Brewery 2012*
Strangford Lough Strangford Lough St. Pat’s Best*
Strangford Lough Strangford Lought Legbiter Ale*
Tallgrass Brewery Kold*
Tallgrass Brewery Tallgrass Ale*
Tallgrass Brewery IPA*
Tallgrass Brewery Buffalo Sweat*
Tallgrass Brewery Oasis*
Taunton Orchards Blackthorn Cider*
Tommyknocker Brewery Maple Nut Brown Ale*
Total Beverage Solution Affligem*
Total Beverage Solution Moretti La Fosa
Total Beverage Solution BB Burgerbrau Dark*
Total Beverage Solution Tanner’s Jack*
Total Beverage Solution Hen’s Tooth*
Unibroue Brewery La Fin Du Monde*
Unibroue Brewery Trois Pistoles*
Weihenstephaner Brewery Hefe Dunkel*
This isn’t an in-depth review of New Belgium’s Ranger IPA as I was drinking it in a big group of people in a social setting, so my attention was more toward my guests than the beer. But, since this is the first new beer I’ve drank in months, it seemed like a good idea to at least give a first impression. I had it on tap at Old Chicago in Overland Park about three weeks ago.
