List of breweries in Kansas

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.

Kansas ranks 27th nationally in craft breweries per capita.[1]

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] In 2012, according to the Brewers Association, Kansas ranked 30th in the number of craft breweries per capita with 19.[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

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 expanding it with reliably sourced entries.
Brewery Location
15-24 Brew House[7]Clay Center
23rd Street Brewery[8]Lawrence
Aero Plains Brewing[9] Wichita
Augustino Brewing Company[10]Wichita
Barristers Brewing[11]Topeka
Belleville Brewery[12]Galena
The Black Stag Brewery[13]Lawrence
Blind Tiger Brewery[8][14]Topeka
Blue Skye Brewery and Eats[8][15]Salina
Boiler Room Brew HausFort Scott
Brew Lab[16]Overland Park
Center Pivot Restaurant and BreweryQuinter
Central Standard Brewing[8][17]Wichita
Defiance Brewing Co.[8][18]Hays
Dodge City Brewing, Co.Dodge City
Down Under BreweryBeloit
Fields & Ivy BreweryLawrence
Flat Mountain Brewhouse[19]Garden City
Fly Boy Brewery & Eats[20]Sylvan Grove
Free State Brewing CompanyLawrence
Hank Is Wiser Brewery[8][21]Cheney
Happy Basset Brewing Company[22]Topeka
Hopping Gnome Brewery[8][23]Wichita
Iron Rail BrewingTopeka
Kansas Territory Brewing Company[20]Washington
Lawrence Beer Co.[24]Lawrence
Limestone Beer Company[8]Wichita
Limitless Brewing[25] Lenexa
Lb. Brewing Co.[8][26]Hays
Norsemen Brewing Company[27]Topeka
Nortons Brewing CompanyWichita
Not Lost Brewing CompanyOttawa
Outfield Beer CompanyEdwardsville
Radius Brewing Company[8][28]Emporia
Red Crow Brewing Company[20][29]Olathe
River City Brewing Company[8][30]Wichita
Salt City Brewing Co.Hutchinson
Sandhills BrewingMission
Servaes Brewing Company[31] Shawnee
Tallgrass Tap HouseManhattan
Third Place Brewing[8][32]Wichita
Three Rings Brewery[33] McPherson
Transport Brewery[34] Shawnee
Wakarusa BreweryEudora
Walnut River Brewing Company[8][35]El Dorado
Wichita Brewing Co. and Pizzeria[8][36]Wichita
Yankee Tank Brewing Company[20]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.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.
Brewery Location
BarnYard BreweryLawrence
Beaver Brewery @ Mo's Place[38]Beaver
Big John's Brewing CompanySalina
Broadway Street Brewing CompanyConcordia
Emerson Biggins Sports Bar and GrillLawrence
Dave's BrewpubOverland Park
FMI Brewing CompanyMerriam
Grinders High NoonLeavenworth
High Noon SaloonLeavenworthClosed in 2015 and reopened under new ownership as Grinders High Noon.
Kaw River BreweryLawrence
Little Apple Brewing Company[8][39]ManhattanCeased brewing in July 2019. Operates now only as a restaurant.[40]
Miracle Brewing CompanyWichita
Overland Park Brewing CompanyOverland Park
Plum Creek Restaurant[20]Beloit
Pony Express Brewing CompanyOlathe
Safari Grill and Brewing CompanyChanute
Tallgrass Brewing Company[8][41]Manhattan
Big Johns's Brewing Co.[20]Salina

See also

References
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