Westbound immigrants; pioneers and entrepreneurs alike arrived in Kansas City with a thirst for progress and beer. Breweries both small and mighty seized opportunity in a climate of ceaseless social change and fierce regional competition. Muehlebach Brewing Company commanded the market; operating in Kansas City for more than eighty years. Built in 1902; the iconic brick warehouse of Imperial Brewing still stands today. Prohibition made times tough for brewers and citizens in the Paris of the Plains; but political �Boss� Tom Pendergast kept the taps running. In 1989; Boulevard Brewing kicked off the local craft beer renaissance; and a bevy of breweries soon formed a flourishing community. Food and beer writer Pete Dulin explores Kansas City�s hop-infused history and more than sixty breweries from the frontier era to the twenty-first century.
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