Feb 17, 2022 | city guides, cocktails, Kansas City, lists
As a 20-year resident of Kansas City, I feel like I know the city well. Since starting this cocktail blog, I frequent its bars often enough that my friends text me when they’re looking for a place to go. While I definitely have some favorite places (on both... 
Feb 9, 2022 | city guides, cocktails, Kansas City, lists, spirits
If you’ve visited Kansas City before, you know that it’s a food and beverage town. It has great breweries, some high quality distilleries, many incredible restaurants and BBQ. While I have written about many other cities, I would be remiss not to share my... 
Jul 6, 2021 | Austin, cocktails, cocktails at home, Kansas City, lists, Portland, San Francisco, shop local
I’ve always loved shopping local stores, full of treasures you never knew existed. When I started getting really into home bartending about five years ago, there was so much I needed. Cocktail shops quickly became something I looked for when traveling, second... 
May 19, 2021 | amaro, cocktails at home, gin, Kansas City, recipe, rum, tequila, whiskey
While I don’t usually write about it, my hometown of Kansas City is home to more than great distilleries and cocktail bars. It also has many awesome breweries. The homebrew scene is alive and well and many small homebrewers have turned their passion into a... ![The Ultimate Guide to All the Kansas City Distilleries [Updated 2021]](https://www.cocktailsaway.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/2019-10-19-10.34.55-1080x675.jpg)
Feb 23, 2021 | city guides, cocktails, Day Trips from Kansas City, gin, ingredient travel, Kansas City, lists, rum, tequila, vodka, whiskey
Although I’ve lived in Kansas City for nearly 18 years, I didn’t know that much about its history. While Kansas has always had stricter liquor laws than Missouri, they were polar opposites during prohibition. Kansas enacted prohibition voluntarily in 1881,... 
Feb 16, 2021 | city guides, cocktails, Kansas City
I had my first cocktail-paired dining experience in Bali. It was incredible and delicious. Six months after I returned home to Kansas City, I saw that one of my favorite bars–The Hey! Hey! Club–was offering a supper club with a cocktail pairing. I had to...
