While the Vacation Gals have been at Travel Media Showcase, we were able to visit beloved Boulevard Brewery. On our group tour, we learned how founder John McDonald sold his house to raise money to start his microbrew company. He moved his pregnant wife to company headquarters, where they lived in the brewhouse building while the business got off the ground. Hello! Could you imagine sniffing that yeasty hops smell while pregnant? Yak city.
But I admire his wife’s dedication to his husband’s dream. Almost 10 years after Boulevard’s founding, the brew is distributed in several Midwestern states, as well as Tennessee and Texas — increasing production every year.
After touring the brewhouses, and getting a sneak peek at the new bottling operation, we sampled some beers. I was partial to the Zon (pronounced “Zone”) and the popular unfiltered wheat. Here’s a pic of our friends Stephanie from San Mateo County, Michael from Hawaii, Beth and Jen. Nope, we’re not having fun in Kansas City at all…
