# 201: A Look Inside Boulevard Brewing's Innovative Approach to Beer, Live from Kansas City with Adam Hall

- Show: [Manufacturing Happy Hour](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour)
- Published: 2024-09-03
- Length: 41m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2024-09-03-201-a-look-inside-boulevard-brewings-innovative-approach-to-beer-live-from-kansa
- Listen: http://manufacturinghappyhour.com

## Summary

Adam Hall of Boulevard Brewing Company discusses the brewery's evolution from a 1989 gift shop to a mid-sized manufacturer, highlighting the shift from Belgian-inspired ales to a diverse lineup including Unfiltered Wheat and Tank 7. He details how innovation is driven by hiring specialized brewers like Greg Garrity and collaborating with peers like Toppling Goliath to adopt new extraction techniques for efficiency. Hall also explains the critical role of their in-house microbiology lab and sensory panels in maintaining quality control during scaling, alongside their deep community integration and sustainability efforts in Kansas City.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2024-09-03-201-a-look-inside-boulevard-brewings-innovative-approach-to-beer-live-from-kansa#t=0) Introduction and History of Boulevard Brewing
- [6:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2024-09-03-201-a-look-inside-boulevard-brewings-innovative-approach-to-beer-live-from-kansa#t=361) Kansas City Beer Heritage and Founder John McDonald
- [9:12](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2024-09-03-201-a-look-inside-boulevard-brewings-innovative-approach-to-beer-live-from-kansa#t=552) Product Evolution: From Belgian Styles to Innovation
- [11:13](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2024-09-03-201-a-look-inside-boulevard-brewings-innovative-approach-to-beer-live-from-kansa#t=673) Collaborative Innovation and Process Improvement
- [17:23](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2024-09-03-201-a-look-inside-boulevard-brewings-innovative-approach-to-beer-live-from-kansa#t=1043) Scaling Production and Fermentation Bottlenecks
- [22:30](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2024-09-03-201-a-look-inside-boulevard-brewings-innovative-approach-to-beer-live-from-kansa#t=1350) Quality Control, Lab Testing, and Sensory Panels
- [24:48](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2024-09-03-201-a-look-inside-boulevard-brewings-innovative-approach-to-beer-live-from-kansa#t=1488) Community Involvement and Sustainability
- [32:55](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2024-09-03-201-a-look-inside-boulevard-brewings-innovative-approach-to-beer-live-from-kansa#t=1975) Kansas City Culinary Scene and Beer Pairings

## Topics

- [Scaling production](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/scaling-production)
- [Quality & yield](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/quality-and-yield)
- [Manufacturing partners & offshoring](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/manufacturing-partners)
- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)
- [Sustainability & circular products](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sustainability-and-circularity)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- Boulevard Brewing Company (company)
- Unfiltered Wheat (product)
- Tank 7 (product)
- Toppling Goliath (company)
- Joe's Kansas City Bar-B-Que (company)
- Slaps (company)
- Jack Stack (company)

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