Picnique Belgique dinner, Brookside Wine & Spirits Block Party, Sour Beer Week at Flying Saucer and more

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 

Rye IPA release party, at Border Brewing Co. (406 E. 18th St.) , 4–9 p.m.

Firestone Walker Double DBA tapping, at Flying Saucer (101 E. 13th St.), 7 p.m.

Boulevard six-course IPA dinner at J. Gilbert’s Wood-Fired Steaks & Seafood (8901 Metcalf, Overland Park, 913-642-8070), 6 p.m. Call 913-642-8070 for reservations. 

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 

Sierra Nevada tasting, at Gomer’s (3838 Broadway), 4–7 p.m.

Root Sellers party, with root-beer floats and ginger-beer sampling, at Whole Foods (14615 W. 119th St., Olathe)

Tasting, at Brookside Wine & Spirits (600 E. 63rd St.), 5–7 p.m.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12

Picnique Belgique dinner, at Grain to Glass (1611 Swift, North Kansas City), with a menu featuring Belgian foods — mussels and frites, fruit pies, Belgian beers — and Skype sessions with Keith Villa of Blue Moon and American Sour Beers author Michael Tonsmeire, and keynote speaker Steven Pauwels, Boulevard head brewer; tickets $50, 6–9 p.m.

Brookside Wine & Spirits Block Party, with beer (some limited-release) and barbecue, at Brookside Wine & Spirits parking lot (600 E. 63rd St.), $20, 1–5 p.m.

Brewtopia, with more than 40 homebrewers and local breweries, at Apex Brew and BBQ Supplies (4380 S. Noland Rd., Independence), $30, 1–5 p.m.

Pleasant Hill Family Fest Brew Competition, with 40 home brewers, at the Memorial Building (203 Paul, Pleasant Hill, Missouri), $30, 1–4 p.m.

Totally Awesome T-shirt Contest 3, at Bier Station (120 E. Gregory); wear your funny, weird or unusual T-shirts to the Station and get discounted pours, 11 a.m.–midnight.

Leinenkugel’s Canoes for a Cause at English Landing Park (127 S. Main St., Parkville), 8 a.m. Help clean up the Missouri River and then enjoy Stone Canyon Pizza and Leinenkugel’s beers. 

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 

Odell beer dinner, at Flying Saucer (101 E. 13th St.), 7 p.m.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 

Sour Beer Week, with Mikkeller Spontan, at Flying Saucer (101 E. 13th St.), 7 p.m.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 

Sour Beer Week Wild Ale Night, at Flying Saucer (101 E. 13th St.), 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 

Sour Beer Week Prairie Artisan Ales glass night, at Flying Saucer (101 E. 13th St.), 7 p.m.

Uinta tap takeover, with Baba Black Lager, Hop Nosh IPA, Wyld EPA and India Red Lager, at Rock & Brews (5701 W. 135th St., Overland Park), with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the local ALS chapter, 5–8 p.m.

Out now: Boulevard’s Funky Pumpkin and Torn Label Brewing Co.’s Lumber Lung (oaked brown ale).