Torn Label Brewing Company

I love Torn Label. It is nestled off the beaten path of the Crossroads, but it is a gem.
Here is my breakdown:
— The taproom is small, but gives it a cozy feel
— Staff is laid-​back and helpful. Not to knock on craft microbreweries, but some can get a little pretentious. Not the case here.
— The main show: their beers are great, with a handful of selections that are available year-​round, and a variety of seasonal drafts as well.
I’ve been here a few times. Once on the patio (cannot wait for spring to fully kick off so this is an option again), and a couple of times in their taproom. Bring some games and hang out (we can usually be found with our loon-​shaped cribbage board, and a flight). You won’t regret it.

Stopped by and they were incredibly friendly. They just opened and beer is great.

My review is more of a 3.5 star review, but I’m rounding it up since they have a beer with my son’s name (Oscar). In all honesty, I went just to try that beer. It was a bit of a hidden location and I felt a little nervous trying to find it in a deserted parking area without pedestrians walking around. Once I located the little walk-​up, I found a surprisingly packed taproom. It’s a small space, so a crowd there did make it a bit cramped. I could see it being really nice when it’s not too full (or when the summer weather is happening and you could hit up the outdoor deck). I really enjoyed the Monk and Honey beer. I’m not much for dark brews (stouts or brown ales), so there were a few that weren’t my style at all. I had a generally good time though and found the prices reasonable. Seems like a nice addition to the KC beer scene.

Watch out Boulevard Brewing, Torn Label is on your heels! Some of the most unique flavor of craft beers I have had this year were at Torn Label. The location may be in an odd area but their beers are on the professional level.
We went on a Sunday and it was busy for such a little space. While the bartenders were preoccupied, they were extremely knowledgeable and very helpful. They filled orders quickly and made sure to acknowledge each customer as they came to the bar.
While most micro breweries offer flights of four beer selections, Torn Label goes above and beyond with a selection of five per flight. While some of their limited beers are not offered on flights, your taste buds will be blown away by their unique and innovative flavors, no matter which beers you choose to experience.
Torn Label has become my favorite brewery in KC and they are now one of my favorite top ten craft breweries I’ve ever had the privilege to try overall. They use unique flavors like blood oranges, lemongrass, and honey. They have everything from light easy drinking beers to heavy smokey stouts.
Their craft brewing is an art form and you can absolutely tell that they love what they do. This brewery is here to stay and they mean business!

Awesome little place and our favorite brewery during a night of brew hopping. I really wish they had a larger selection of beer, but I found one I liked so that was okay for only beer there for one drink or flight anyhow. Very small place with only 4 or 5 tables plus some barstools, and you do have to go upstairs to get inside, but a great atmosphere. The only other downside was that they don’t do the 4oz beers used for flights as individuals, like most places, so if you want 5 instead of just 4, you’d have to order a full one or another flight.

Have not had 1 beer from Torn Label I didn’t love, and I’ve tried almost all of them.
The taproom is hidden away, nice and cozy, on the East side of Crossroads. Seating is limited, which adds to the overall experience, in my opinion. This is where locals in the know go to enjoy some of the best beer in the city.
My favorite beers are the House Brew (stout brewed with coffee from Thou Mayest), and their new Old Believer Russian Imperial Stout. I also had all the variants of Old Believer (coffee, toasted coconut, charred oak, and the Siberian 22%). Every beer is incredible.
Out of all the up and coming microbreweries in KC, I’d say Torn Label is the frontrunner.

These guys are great. Really good beer and I give them a lot of Kudos as a start up for the quality of beer they produce. We’ll be back to the tap room.

Great little brewery! I walked down here from P&L, which required me going through some sketchy areas, but it was well worth it. The beers were interesting and all very well made for being such a new brewery. They have food trucks outside which seems to be the norm now and makes it easier for breweries that don’t want to go through the hassle of having a food license. There is a little outdoor deck and a smaller area inside for seating. I’ll definitely be going back next time I’m in town.

First off this really more of a 3.5 stars but I went with the three because my first experience was a four and this last one was more of a three.
Stopped in on a Saturday and they only have four beers on tap. FOUR. Three are their year round beers and the other was their seasonal sour Tonguelash. Pretty sad when they do not even have an IPA on tap which is the most popular craft beer style in America. They had a fifth beer, Lumber Lung, but you had to buy the bottle for $ 10. I find this a little silly, when I come to the source I should be able to sample before I have to commit to buying a bottle.
As for the quality of those lonely foursome, very good! The Alpha is a solid pale ale with great hop flavor and a simple malt base. The House Brew has great complexity with the roasted malts and is complimented by the infused coffee. Monk & Honey was good but not great. Nice Belgian yeast flavors but they mask the honey flavor. Tonguelash to me is a very nicely done sour, not too tart but just right.
For quality of beers and flavors Torn Label is near the top in KC but they need to have more variety on tap. I have been to homebreweries that have more than four beers on tap ;)

Their house brew and tongue-​lash sour IPA are great!

Torn Label is a great up and coming brewery. I had waited in anticipation for their tap room to open while I searched for their beers across the city. My two favorites are the Monk & honey and the house brew. Their beers are interesting and unique but still cater to the masses so they are easy to drink. The tap room is a bit small and hard to find but worth it. I am still waiting to try the quadjillo beer.

Grandma & Gramps go beer tasting! That’s sorta what it felt like on a Friday evening with the place packed with millennials, but damned if I care, it was fun and the beer is tasty!
$ 10 got us a flight of five beers that we shared. My second favorite was Monk and Honey; the House Brew coffee stout was so good we each got pint. The website lists several other beers that aren’t part of the flight and weren’t listed on the menus floating around the taproom; I’m hoping the fact that there are about a dozen tap handles behind the bar means they’re available, because several sound really good.
I hope they have room to expand the taproom, because Friday night it was almost standing room only. They have a deck with picnic tables, but it faces west and on that particular evening it was too hot to want to be out there. The room itself an attractive combination of warm wood and industrial chic, and looks out on the brewery itself, which is cool. One thing to remember: don’t come hungry because they don’t do food, at all. You’re welcome to bring food in, but the location on the far edge of the East Crossroads means you can’t just duck out and grab something real quick. Grinders is the closest place I can think of… I wonder, what beer pairs best with a Philly and Big Ass Tots?

Cool place, pretty deserted area late night. Tap room and patio area (smoking allowed).
Bar was busy but we got a table for 6 fairly easily. Waited a bit for service but eventually got beers. The beers themselves were good, highlights were the coffee stout and alpha pale.
Bathrooms were immaculate, and the communal sink thing was impressive for a place like this. Crowd was certainly young and hipstery but it was welcoming for all. Would return here to check out another flight of beers.

It’s in kind of an off beat location but once you find it, it’s great! The beer was above average and the ambiance was cozy and warm — overall a really nice tasting room.

Torn Label Brewing is a great new addition to the emerging Crossroads craft beer scene. With a few other breweries opening here recently, we were looking forward to other craft breweries coming to the area. Torn Label is located on the far east side of the Crossroads area, hidden towards the back of a warehouse, but it was worth the bit of searching it took to find.
When we arrived on a Saturday evening, there are 5 brews on tap. Thankfully Haley was behind the bar and hooked us up with a few small samples to help us determine what to get full pours of. We settled on the Monk & Honey, a traditional belgian brew. It was not quite as effervescent as some of the belgian brews I’ve had/​made but the yeast notes came through and it was a good, straightforward representation of the genre. Also got the House Brew coffee stout ($ 5 per pint), which was smooth and the coffee was not overpowering. It could have been a bit creamier, but overall very good. On tap there was also a pale ale and an IPA (can’t recall the 5^th brew). I had seen in a picture posted to Unilocal that there had been 10 beers on tap at opening week. I’ll have to come back when they get more on tap, but I understand they had a busy week before so were running low on some of the more unique, smaller batch brews.
We decided to sit out on the patio on one of the picnic tables, under a cottonwood tree and enjoy the evening breeze.

Brand new and off to a flying start.
Alpha Pale ale was good but I’m not an ale fan so I chose the Monk and Honey
It’s really good, the honey is just a hint but not overpowering.
The House Brew is for you if you drink coffee. It’s dark and delicious.
New is not always good but is a Brewery you should visit.

Torn Label has a fantastic operation up and running here! When you walk inside you completely forget you are in the old dusty industrial area that the Crossroads really is. However, this location is really fantastic. You have downtown, the plaza, westport, brookside, all within a few minutes driving. You can walk to two other breweries, Grinders, and some other shops.
So this place is awesome inside. They did an outstanding job decorating and making it feel cozy and welcoming inside. I love the wood accents, wooden tap handles, and the blue lighting. Perfect combination. The beers are great too. For a new brewery they have some really great brews. I’ve also met some really cool people and fellow beer lovers here. Totally worth coming out here.

Torn Label Brewing Company has been cranking out some great beers lately. Up until their cozy taproom opened, I’ve only had the pleasure of consuming their beers as guest taps. My favorite, for a while now, has been the Belgian-​inspired ale Monk & Honey. Anyway, I made it to their taproom one week after their grand opening (which I heard was a huge success).
The Torn Label taproom is at 17^th & Campbell. The area pretty much seems like the dead end of the East Crossroads Art District — rather lowkey actually. The taproom is tucked in the back and up some short stairs behind The Studios Inc. The taproom is cabinlike, woody (in fact you smell of wood when you leave). Yes, it’s small and, yes, it was busy — but well worth being squeezed in. The beers are terrific. The Omega Saison & KC P’rye’d were both tasty; and although the Quadjillo is a bit of an acquired taste, I’m glad I tried it. I recommend getting a 5-​beer taster. The service was excellent (these folks seemed genuinely happy to be swamped). Torn Label (and its taproom) is a fabulous addition to the already brewery-​booming East Crossroads (see: Border Brewing Company, Double Shift Brewing Company, and, yeah, there’s a few more to come).
Update: I think the House Brew is now my favorite beer from Torn Label. It’s an exceptional stout that is a collaboration with Thou Mayest Coffee Roasters. This is a year-​rounder, thankfully. I can’t get enough. I also tried the strong Lumber Lung. It’s a brown ale with a lot of depth to it. Torn Label keeps impressing.

Wow… great beer! Usually when you grab a flight you’re lucky if half the beers appeal to you, but tonight I went five for five. Torn Label’s beers have great character, flavor and uniqueness to set them apart from what is becoming a rather robust KC beer scene. My two favorites were the House Brew and the Quadjillo… with the House Brew coming out on top as my favorite!
The taproom isn’t the easiest place to find, but it’s well worth the search. Can’t wait to go back!

Best friggin beer KC has ever seen. At the Far East end of the hip Crossroads Arts District in an edgy studio Arts building, your trip ends in beer Nirvana. Make sure to ask Brewmaster Travis for a large «Art’s Stout» The tap room is an art piece in itself. This is KC cool all the way and the owners support KC local charities. Go there. Go Often you will thank me !!