Beer Paws News and Posts — COMO

Happy hour, game day, date night — great beer anytime. I have a friend who lives in Columbia. A Mizzou employee, one thing I know for sure is that every Thursday after work will find him in one place - Flat Branch Pub & Brewing. Why? Two reasons: great food and great beer.  What more could you ask for? The perfect spot for a work happy hour, to catch a game or just head out to eat with the family, Flat Branch has everything you’re looking for. Especially beer. I'm a sucker for fruit beer, so I always start with...

  Putting the craft in craft beer. People in the Midwest pride themselves on their work ethic. They take satisfaction in a job well done, and appreciate the skill of a master craftsman. So it’s only natural that a brewery located in the middle of Missouri would apply this philosophy to brewing beer. Of course I’m talking about Bur Oak Brewing Company in Columbia. From the first sip of Boone County Brown Ale, one of their flagship brews, you’ll understand that this beer isn’t some mass-produced swill from a multi-national conglomerate. This is beer brewed by people who do one...

Colleges and university are a place of cultivation, where young people (and not so young people) go to learn. As a result, college towns tend to take on a special kind of culture that mimics this optimism and growth. And because of this culture, special businesses crop up representing it in physical form. In Columbia, Missouri, home of the University of Missouri, Broadway Brewery & Restaurant is just that type of place. A favorite with the college crowd, out of town visitors and townies alike, Broadway Brewing, located right in the heart of town, has a rotating lineup of brews...