10 Best Breweries in Missouri with 30 Beers Worth Trying
Missouri brewery routes connect Kansas City and St. Louis with Columbia, Springfield and the Ozarks. These ten editorial selections offer thirty named beers spanning wheat beer, German lager, pale ale, IPA, saison, porter and stout. The order is a planning aid rather than a statewide tasting score.
Three beers per producer make useful comparisons. Current producer pages supply the listed strengths and take priority over older profiles; brewery-authored descriptions add brewing detail. Portfolio and seasonal listings do not establish daily inventory. Check the actual menu, package and serving batch before traveling for one beer.
Missouri brewery picks at a glance
| Brewery | Base | Three beers to explore |
|---|---|---|
| Boulevard Brewing Co. | Kansas City | Unfiltered Wheat · Tank 7 · Space Camper |
| Schlafly | St. Louis | Pale Ale · Kölsch · Oatmeal Stout |
| Urban Chestnut Brewing Company | St. Louis | Zwickel · Schnickelfritz · Dorfbier |
| 4 Hands Brewing Company | St. Louis | City Wide APA · Incarnation · Chocolate Milk Stout |
| Perennial Artisan Ales | St. Louis | Saison de Lis · Hommelbier · Abraxas |
| KC Bier Co. | Kansas City | Dunkel · Helles Lager · Hefeweizen |
| Logboat Brewing Co. | Columbia | Snapper · Lookout · Mamoot |
| Mother’s Brewing Company | Springfield | Lil’ Helper · Three Blind Mice · Winter Grind |
| Piney River Brewing Company | Bucyrus | Black Walnut · Float Trip Lager · Old Tom Porter |
| Civil Life Brewing Co. | St. Louis | American Brown Ale · German Wheat · Rye Pale Ale |
1. Boulevard Brewing Co.
Boulevard’s Kansas City portfolio gives this guide a broad starting flight: American wheat beer, a strong American saison and the original Space Camper IPA. Its current individual product pages supply the strengths used on the cards.
These selections focus on the beers themselves, with clearly separated variants and brewing descriptions. Check present taproom and retail stock before making a trip around one particular release.
Unfiltered Wheat
Brewed by Boulevard Brewing Co.
Lively, naturally citrusy and cloudy American wheat beer.
BAR NOTES
Boulevard’s original Unfiltered Wheat is a cloudy American wheat beer at 4.4%. The brewery describes its citrus character as natural flavor, which gives this lighter selection a different role from the stronger saison and hop-forward IPA beside it.
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