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Article: Boulevard wants to give Kansas City a brewery of its own. (Boulevard Brewing Co.)
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- Modern Brewery Age
- Article date:
- May 7, 1990
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Boulevard wants to give Kansas City a brewery of its own
It's the second-largest brewery in Missouri--only 80 million barrels a year behind Anheuser-Busch.
But the owner of the tiny new Boulevard Brewing Co. says the cross-state colossus isn't his competition. John McDonald just wants to give Kansas City a beer of its own.
"I really think people should have the opportunity to drink different kinds of beer," McDonald said last week. "Not everybody should be doing the same things. Some people still want a beer that tastes like a beer."
Five years ago, only 29 so-called microbreweries operated nationwide. Now there are 225, according to the ...