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Kansas ranks 28th nationally in craft breweries per capita.[1]

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.[2][3] 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.[3] Consumer purchases of Kansas' brewery products generated more than $90 million in additional tax revenue.[3] 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.[4]

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.[5] 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.[6]

Open breweries

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
Brewery Location
15-24 Brew House[7][8] Clay Center
23rd Street Brewery[7][9] Lawrence
785 Beer Company[7] Topeka
Aggieville Brewing Company[10] Manhattan
Black Stag Brewery[7][11] Lawrence
Blind Tiger Brewery[7][9][12] Topeka
Blue Skye Brewery & Eats[7][9][13] Salina
Brew Lab Brewery + Kitchen[7][14] Overland Park
Center Pivot Restaurant & Brewery[7] Quinter
Central Standard Brewing[7][9][15] Wichita
Defiance Brewing Company[7][9][16] Hays
Dodge City Brewing[7] Dodge City
Drop the H Brewing Company[7] Pittsburg
Dry Lake Brewing[7] Great Bend
ExBEERiment Brewing[7] Gardner
The Farm & The Odd Fellows[7] Minneapolis
Fields & Ivy Brewery[7] Lawrence
Flat Mountain Brewhouse[7][17] Garden City
Fly Boy Brewery & Eats[7][18] Sylvan Grove
Force of Nature Brewing[19] De Soto
Free State Brewing Company Lawrence
Gella's Diner & Lb. Brewing Company[7][9][20] Hays
Hank Is Wiser Brewery[7][9][21] Cheney
Happy Basset Brewing Company[7][22] Topeka
Hidden Trail Brewing[7] Garden City
Hopping Gnome Brewery[7][9][23] Wichita
Indy Brew Works[7] Independence
Iron Rail Brewing[7] Topeka
Irrigation Ales[7] Courtland
Jolly Fox Brewery[7][24] Pittsburg
Kansas Territory Brewing Company[7][18] Washington
Ladybird Brewing[7] Winfield
Lawrence Beer Company[7][25] Lawrence
The Leprechaun's Lab[26] Wichita
Limitless Brewing[7][27] Lenexa
Manhattan Brewing Company[7][28] Manhattan
Norsemen Brewing Company[7][29] Topeka
Nortons Brewing Company[7] Wichita
Not Lost Brewing Company[7] Ottawa
Outfield Beer Company[7] Bonner Springs
Oz Brewing[7] Phillipsburg
Pathlight Brewing[7] Shawnee
Radius Brewing Company[7][9][30] Emporia
Range 23 Brewing[7] Kansas City
Red Crow Brewing Company[7][18][31] Olathe
River City Brewing Company[7][9][32] Wichita
Riverbank Brewing[7] Council Grove
Rockcreek Brewing Company[7] Mission
Salt City Brewing Company[7] Hutchinson
Sandhills Brewing[7] Hutchinson & Mission
Servaes Brewing Company[7][33] Shawnee
Tall Trellis Brew Co.[7] Olathe
Third Place Brewing[7][9][34] Wichita
Three Rings Brewery[7][35] McPherson
Transport Brewery[7][36] Shawnee
Union Works Brewing Company[7] Humboldt
Walnut River Brewing Company[9][7][37] El Dorado
Wichita Brewing Company[7][9][38] Wichita
Willcott Brewing Company[7][39] Leavenworth
Yankee Tank Brewing Company[7][18] Lawrence

Former breweries

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
Brewery Location
Aero Plains Brewing[41] Wichita
Beaver Brewery @ Mo's Place[42] Beaver
Boiler Room Brewhaus[43] Fort Scott
Little Apple Brewing Company[44] Manhattan
Lost Evenings Brewing Company[7] Lenexa
Tallgrass Brewing Company[45] Manhattan

See also

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References

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Citations

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  1. ^ "Kansas's Craft Beer Sales & Production Statistics, 2023". Brewer's Association. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Brewer's Almanac--Active Brewer Permits, 2004 - 2012". The Beer Institute. Archived from the original on 16 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  3. ^ a b c "Beer Industry Economic Impact in Kansas" (PDF). The Beer Institute. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Kansas's Craft Beer Sales & Production Statistics, 2023". Brewers Association. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Brewers Association Announces 2013 Craft Brewer Growth". Brewers Association. 13 March 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  6. ^ "Beer Serves America". The Beer Institute. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be Travis (2022).
  8. ^ Wilson, Ryan (16 May 2018). "Brew House plans to open soon". Clay Center Dispatch. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Neil, Denise (May 17, 2014). "Kansas beer breweries thriving, expanding". The Wichita Eagle. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  10. ^ Self, Matthew (14 June 2024). "New restaurants, brewery moving into Aggieville area this fall". WIBW-TV. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  11. ^ Smith, Joyce (16 May 2018). "Lawrence's new brewery on same block as Free State adds to city's craft brew draw". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  12. ^ Foster, Samantha (13 January 2014). "Blind Tiger begins first brew using new tanks". The Topeka Capital-Journal. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  13. ^ Hunter, Chris (4 June 2013). "Second microbrewery opening in Salina". Salina Journal. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  14. ^ Senter, Jay (25 January 2017). "Downtown Overland Park's Brew Lab closing temporarily as owners prepare new, larger space that will feature a taproom". Shawnee Mission Post. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  15. ^ Neil, Denise (January 15, 2015). "Restaurants opening in 2015: breweries, ethnic eateries and more = The Wichita Eagle". Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  16. ^ Kenwright, Matthew (1 April 2014). "Brewery has business in can". The Hays Daily News. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  17. ^ Meschberger, Alesa (1 April 2019). "Progress 2019: Dowtown Garden City sees variety of new business openings". Kiowa County Signal. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  18. ^ a b c d Tanner, Beccy (December 26, 2015). "Despite Kansas' historical roots, a growing number of breweries in Kansas". The Wichita Eagle. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  19. ^ https://www.kansascity.com/news/business/openings-closings/article291023150.html
  20. ^ Budd, Nick (4 September 2014). "Gella's tabbed as one of America's weirdest brewery locations". Hays Post. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  21. ^ Neil, Denise (1 November 2011). "Hank is so wise, he's adding barbecue". The Wichita Eagle. Archived from the original on 1 October 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  22. ^ Foster, Samantha (22 July 2016). "New microbrewery opens in Topeka with four craft brews on tap". Topeka Capital-Journal. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  23. ^ Rengers, Carrie (May 19, 2014). "Hopping Gnome Brewery to open on East Douglas near the Donut Whole". The Wichita Eagle. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  24. ^ Riley, Jonathan (16 October 2019). "Jolly Fox brewpub opens in Pittsburg". The Morning Sun. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  25. ^ Fleming, April (23 June 2017). "Lawrence Beer Co., a Talent-Stacked New Brewery and Restaurant, Slated to Open in August". Feast Magazine. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  26. ^ Neil, Denise (7 September 2023). "Award-winning brewer has relocated to Wichita, launched a leprechaun-themed brewery". The Wichita Eagle. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  27. ^ Kaberline, Brian (11 May 2018). "New craft brewery nears approval in Lenexa". Shawnee Mission Post. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  28. ^ Hampel, Kyle. "New Brews". mhk business news. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  29. ^ Moore, Katie (2 December 2015). "Norsemen Brewing Company hoping to open in Topeka's NOTO art district by summer 2016". Topeka Capital-Journal. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  30. ^ Walker, Chris (3 February 2014). "Growling Success at Radius Brewery". The Emporia Gazette. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  31. ^ Gish, Sarah (17 January 2018). "Five things to know about Olathe's new craft brewery". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  32. ^ Lefler, Dion (1 July 2014). "City OKs contract with national airport food vendor for new airport terminal". The Wichita Eagle. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  33. ^ Wankum, Leah (2018-08-22). "Servaes Brewing Company to open brewery in downtown Shawnee". Shawnee Mission Post. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  34. ^ Rengers, Carrie (April 21, 2015). "Third Place Brewing is the latest production brewery in the works in Wichita". The Wichita Eagle. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  35. ^ "New Mac site's a generational effort". The Hutchinson News. 2016-06-11. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
  36. ^ Dulin, Pete (2018-06-07). "Transport Brewery, Shawnee's First Brewery, Set to Open This Summer". Feast. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  37. ^ Behlmann, Emily (21 April 2014). "Walnut River Brewing expanding capacity, adding canning line". Wichita Business Journal. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  38. ^ Rengers, Carrie (1 October 2014). "Wichita Brewing Co. & Pizzeria to open in east Wichita". The Wichita Eagle. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  39. ^ Donahue, Kimberly (June 30, 2021). "Willcott Brewing Company Expanding Its Presence with "July Jubilee" Beer". WIBW-TV. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
  40. ^ "New Gordon Biersch Restaurant in Leawood". Leawood Chamber. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  41. ^ "Aero Plains Brewing closes doors after three years". Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  42. ^ Tanner, Beccy (August 24, 2017). "Mo's Place: A little piece of 'Cheers' on the Kansas plains". The Wichita Eagle. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  43. ^ "Boiler Room Brewhaus Closing Sale This Evening and Tomorrow". Fort Scott Biz. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  44. ^ Dixon, Haley (26 July 2019). "Local restaurant pausing brewing operations". The Mercury. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  45. ^ Hoedel, Cindy (March 28, 2014). "Kansas' Tallgrass Brewing Company plans expansion in Manhattan". The Wichita Eagle. Retrieved 1 October 2014.

Works cited

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  • Travis, Michael J. (2022). Celebrating Kansas Breweries: People, Places & Stories. American Palate. ISBN 978-1467151924.


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