List of breweries in Kansas explained

Breweries in Kansas produce a wide range of beers in different styles that are marketed locally and regionally. Brewing companies vary widely in the volume and variety of beer produced, from small nanobreweries to microbreweries to massive multinational conglomerate macrobreweries.

In 2012, Kansas's 21 breweries and brewpubs employed 70 people directly, and more than 10,000 others in related jobs such as wholesaling and retailing.[1] [2] Including people directly employed in brewing, as well as those who supply Kansas' breweries with everything from ingredients to machinery, the total business and personal tax revenue generated by Kansas' breweries and related industries was more than $190 million.[2] Consumer purchases of Kansas' brewery products generated more than $90 million in additional tax revenue.[2] By 2023, according to the Brewers Association, Kansas ranked 34th in the number of craft breweries per capita with 77 and 34th in the United States for overall number of breweries statewide.[3]

For context, at the end of 2013 there were 2,822 breweries in the United States, including 2,768 craft breweries subdivided into 1,237 brewpubs, 1,412 microbreweries and 119 regional craft breweries.[4] In that same year, according to the Beer Institute, the brewing industry employed around 43,000 Americans in brewing and distribution and had a combined economic impact of more than $246 billion.[5]

Open breweries

The following is a list of breweries and microbreweries. The largest brewery in Kansas is Free State Brewing Company in Lawrence

BreweryLocation
15-24 Brew House[6] Clay Center
23rd Street Brewery[7] Lawrence
785 Beer Company Topeka
Aggieville Brewing Company[8] Manhattan
Black Stag Brewery[9] Lawrence
Blind Tiger Brewery[10] Topeka
Blue Skye Brewery & Eats[11] Salina
Brew Lab Brewery + Kitchen[12] Overland Park
Center Pivot Restaurant & Brewery Quinter
Central Standard Brewing[13] Wichita
Defiance Brewing Company[14] Hays
Dodge City Brewing Dodge City
Drop the H Brewing Company Pittsburg
Dry Lake Brewing Great Bend
ExBEERiment Brewing Gardner
The Farm & The Odd Fellows Minneapolis
Fields & Ivy Brewery Lawrence
Flat Mountain Brewhouse[15] Garden City
Fly Boy Brewery & Eats[16] Sylvan Grove
Force of Nature Brewing[17] De Soto
Lawrence
Gella's Diner & Lb. Brewing Company[18] Hays
Hank Is Wiser Brewery[19] Cheney
Happy Basset Brewing Company[20] Topeka
Hidden Trail Brewing Garden City
Hopping Gnome Brewery[21] Wichita
Indy Brew Works Independence
Iron Rail Brewing Topeka
Irrigation Ales Courtland
Jolly Fox Brewery[22] Pittsburg
Kansas Territory Brewing Company Washington
Ladybird Brewing Winfield
Lawrence Beer Company[23] Lawrence
The Leprechaun's Lab[24] Wichita
Limitless Brewing[25] Lenexa
Manhattan Brewing Company[26] Manhattan
Norsemen Brewing Company[27] Topeka
Nortons Brewing Company Wichita
Not Lost Brewing Company Ottawa
Outfield Beer Company Bonner Springs
Oz Brewing Phillipsburg
Pathlight Brewing Shawnee
Radius Brewing Company[28] Emporia
Range 23 Brewing Kansas City
Red Crow Brewing Company[29] Olathe
River City Brewing Company[30] Wichita
Riverbank Brewing Council Grove
Rockcreek Brewing Company Mission
Salt City Brewing Company Hutchinson
Sandhills Brewing Hutchinson & Mission
Servaes Brewing Company[31] Shawnee
Tall Trellis Brew Co. Olathe
Third Place Brewing[32] Wichita
Three Rings Brewery[33] McPherson
Transport Brewery[34] Shawnee
Union Works Brewing Company Humboldt
Walnut River Brewing Company[35] El Dorado
Wichita Brewing Company[36] Wichita
Willcott Brewing Company[37] Leavenworth
Yankee Tank Brewing Company Lawrence

Former breweries

The following is a list of breweries and microbreweries that have closed or have ceased brewing; this list is for tracking former locations.

BreweryLocation
Aero Plains Brewing[39] Wichita
Beaver Brewery @ Mo's Place[40] Beaver
Boiler Room Brewhaus[41] Fort Scott
Little Apple Brewing Company[42] Manhattan
Lost Evenings Brewing CompanyLenexa
Tallgrass Brewing Company[43] Manhattan

See also

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Brewer's Almanac--Active Brewer Permits, 2004 - 2012. The Beer Institute. 21 May 2014. dead. https://archive.today/20140516153451/http://www.beerinstitute.org/br/economic-impact/beer-statistics. 16 May 2014.
  2. Web site: Beer Industry Economic Impact in Kansas . The Beer Institute. 1 October 2014.
  3. Web site: Kansas's Craft Beer Sales & Production Statistics, 2023. Brewers Association. 27 September 2024.
  4. Web site: Brewers Association Announces 2013 Craft Brewer Growth. 13 March 2014 . Brewers Association. 14 May 2014.
  5. Web site: Beer Serves America. The Beer Institute. 14 May 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140203091325/http://www.beerinstitute.org/br/economic-impact/economic-impact. 3 February 2014.
  6. News: Wilson . Ryan . Brew House plans to open soon . Clay Center Dispatch . 16 May 2018 . 1 April 2019.
  7. News: Neil . Denise . Kansas beer breweries thriving, expanding . The Wichita Eagle . May 17, 2014 . 1 October 2014.
  8. News: Self . Matthew . New restaurants, brewery moving into Aggieville area this fall . WIBW-TV . 14 June 2024 . 27 September 2024.
  9. News: Smith . Joyce . Lawrence's new brewery on same block as Free State adds to city's craft brew draw . The Kansas City Star . 16 May 2018 . 1 April 2019.
  10. News: Foster . Samantha . Blind Tiger begins first brew using new tanks . The Topeka Capital-Journal . 13 January 2014 . 1 October 2014.
  11. News: Hunter . Chris . Second microbrewery opening in Salina . Salina Journal . 4 June 2013 . 1 October 2014.
  12. News: Senter . Jay . Downtown Overland Park's Brew Lab closing temporarily as owners prepare new, larger space that will feature a taproom . Shawnee Mission Post . 25 January 2017 . 1 April 2019.
  13. News: Neil . Denise . Restaurants opening in 2015: breweries, ethnic eateries and more = The Wichita Eagle . January 15, 2015 . 21 April 2015.
  14. News: Kenwright . Matthew . Brewery has business in can . The Hays Daily News . 1 April 2014 . 1 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006083408/http://hdnews.net/news/Defiance040114 . 6 October 2014 . dead .
  15. News: Meschberger . Alesa . Progress 2019: Dowtown Garden City sees variety of new business openings . Kiowa County Signal . 1 April 2019 . 1 April 2019.
  16. News: Tanner . Beccy . Despite Kansas' historical roots, a growing number of breweries in Kansas . The Wichita Eagle . December 26, 2015 . 17 September 2016.
  17. https://www.kansascity.com/news/business/openings-closings/article291023150.html
  18. News: Budd . Nick . Gella's tabbed as one of America's weirdest brewery locations . Hays Post . 4 September 2014 . 1 October 2014.
  19. News: Neil . Denise . Hank is so wise, he's adding barbecue . The Wichita Eagle . 1 November 2011 . 1 October 2014 . https://archive.today/20141001191621/http://blogs.kansas.com/dining/tag/hank-is-wiser-brewery/ . 1 October 2014 . dead .
  20. News: Foster . Samantha . New microbrewery opens in Topeka with four craft brews on tap . Topeka Capital-Journal . 22 July 2016 . 20 December 2017.
  21. News: Rengers . Carrie . Hopping Gnome Brewery to open on East Douglas near the Donut Whole . The Wichita Eagle . May 19, 2014 . 21 April 2015.
  22. News: Riley . Jonathan . Jolly Fox brewpub opens in Pittsburg . The Morning Sun . 16 October 2019 . 23 October 2020.
  23. News: Fleming . April . Lawrence Beer Co., a Talent-Stacked New Brewery and Restaurant, Slated to Open in August . Feast Magazine . 23 June 2017 . 20 December 2017.
  24. News: Neil . Denise . Award-winning brewer has relocated to Wichita, launched a leprechaun-themed brewery . The Wichita Eagle . 7 September 2023 . 27 September 2024.
  25. News: New craft brewery nears approval in Lenexa . Kaberline . Brian . 11 May 2018 . Shawnee Mission Post . 13 February 2019.
  26. News: Hampel . Kyle . New Brews . mhk business news . 24 July 2020.
  27. News: Moore . Katie . Norsemen Brewing Company hoping to open in Topeka's NOTO art district by summer 2016 . Topeka Capital-Journal . 2 December 2015 . 20 December 2017.
  28. News: Walker . Chris . Growling Success at Radius Brewery . The Emporia Gazette . 3 February 2014 . 1 October 2014.
  29. News: Gish . Sarah . Five things to know about Olathe's new craft brewery . The Kansas City Star . 17 January 2018 . 1 April 2019.
  30. News: Lefler . Dion . City OKs contract with national airport food vendor for new airport terminal . The Wichita Eagle . 1 July 2014 . 1 October 2014.
  31. News: Servaes Brewing Company to open brewery in downtown Shawnee. Wankum. Leah. 2018-08-22. Shawnee Mission Post. 2019-02-13.
  32. News: Rengers . Carrie . Third Place Brewing is the latest production brewery in the works in Wichita . The Wichita Eagle . April 21, 2015 . 21 April 2015.
  33. News: New Mac site's a generational effort. 2016-06-11. The Hutchinson News. 2016-10-16.
  34. News: Transport Brewery, Shawnee's First Brewery, Set to Open This Summer. Dulin. Pete. 2018-06-07. Feast. 2019-02-13.
  35. News: Behlmann . Emily . Walnut River Brewing expanding capacity, adding canning line . Wichita Business Journal . 21 April 2014 . 1 October 2014.
  36. News: Rengers . Carrie . Wichita Brewing Co. & Pizzeria to open in east Wichita . The Wichita Eagle . 1 October 2014 . 1 October 2014.
  37. Web site: Kimberly . Donahue . June 30, 2021 . Willcott Brewing Company Expanding Its Presence with "July Jubilee" Beer . WIBW-TV . October 27, 2021.
  38. Web site: New Gordon Biersch Restaurant in Leawood . Leawood Chamber . 1 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006081945/http://www.leawoodchamber.org/view_news.cfm?news_id=2406 . 6 October 2014 . dead .
  39. News: Aero Plains Brewing closes doors after three years . 24 July 2020.
  40. News: Tanner . Beccy . Mo's Place: A little piece of 'Cheers' on the Kansas plains . The Wichita Eagle . August 24, 2017 . 1 April 2019.
  41. News: Boiler Room Brewhaus Closing Sale This Evening and Tomorrow . Fort Scott Biz. 10 December 2021 . 25 October 2022.
  42. News: Dixon . Haley . Local restaurant pausing brewing operations . The Mercury . 26 July 2019 . 13 January 2020.
  43. News: Hoedel . Cindy . Kansas' Tallgrass Brewing Company plans expansion in Manhattan . The Wichita Eagle . March 28, 2014 . 1 October 2014.

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