List of breweries in Kansas
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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' 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]
High Noon Saloon & Brewery was the second, after Tallgrass, of these Kansas microbreweries in the 21st century to distribute through canning. To do this, they applied for and received an award $30,000 in no-interest loans from the Leavenworth Main Street Program and Network Kansas.[7]
Open breweries
The following is a list of breweries and microbreweries. The largest brewery in Kansas is Tallgrass Brewing Company in Manhattan.[8]
Brewery | Location |
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23rd Street Brewery[9] | Lawrence |
Aero Plains Brewing[10] | Wichita |
Augustino Brewing Company[11] | Wichita |
Belleville Brewery[12] | Galena |
Big Johns's Brewing Co.[12] | Salina |
Blind Tiger Brewery[9][13] | Topeka |
Blue Skye Brewery and Eats[9][14] | Salina |
Central Standard Brewing[9][15] | Wichita |
Defiance Brewing Co.[9][16] | Hays |
Fly Boy Brewery & Eats[12] | Sylvan Grove |
Free State Brewing Company | Lawrence |
Hank Is Wiser Brewery[9][17] | Cheney |
Happy Basset Brewing Company[18] | Topeka |
Henry T's[12] | Lawrence & Topeka |
Hopping Gnome Brewery[9][19] | Wichita |
High Noon Saloon & Brewery[9][20] | Leavenworth |
Kansas Territory[12] | Washington |
Lawrence Beer Co.[21] | Lawrence |
Limestone Beer Company[9] | Wichita |
Liquid Bread Brewing Company[9][22] | Hays |
Little Apple Brewing Company[9][23] | Manhattan |
Norsemen Brewing Company[24] | Topeka |
Norton's Brewing Company[25] | Wichita |
Plum Creek Restaurant[12] | Beloit |
Radius Brewing Company[9][26] | Emporia |
Red Crow[12] | Spring Hill |
River City Brewing Company[9][27] | Wichita |
Tallgrass Brewing Company[9][28] | Manhattan |
Third Place Brewing[9][29] | Wichita |
Three Rings Brewery[30] | McPherson |
Walnut River Brewing Company[9][31] | El Dorado |
Wichita Brewing Co. and Pizzeria[9][32] | Wichita |
St. Cloud, Minnesota-based Granite City Food and Brewery has four locations in Kansas City, Olathe, East Wichita, and West Wichita.[9]
Huntington Beach, California-based BJ's Restaurant & Brewery has one location in Wichita.[9]
Palo Alto, California-based Gordon Biersch Brewing Company has one location in Leawood.[33]
See also
- Beer in the United States
- List of breweries in the United States
- List of microbreweries
- List of wineries in Kansas
References
- ^ "State Craft Beer Production & Sales Data, 2013". Brewer's Association. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ^ "Brewer's Almanac--Active Brewer Permits, 2004 - 2012". The Beer Institute. Archived from the original on 16 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
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- ^ "Capita per Brewery 2012" (PDF). Brewers Association. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ^ "Brewers Association Announces 2013 Craft Brewer Growth". Brewers Association. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
- ^ "Beer Serves America". The Beer Institute. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
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- ^ Hoedel, Cindy (April 12, 2014). "With throwback strategy, Manhattan's Tallgrass Brewing cans a winner". Kansas City Star. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
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- ^ Foster, Samantha (13 January 2014). "Blind Tiger begins first brew using new tanks". The Topeka Capital-Journal. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ^ Hunter, Chris (4 June 2013). "Second microbrewery opening in Salina". Salina Journal. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
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- ^ Foster, Samantha (22 July 2016). "New microbrewery opens in Topeka with four craft brews on tap". Topeka Capital-Journal. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
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- ^ 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.
- ^ Budd, Nick (4 September 2014). "Gella's tabbed as one of America's weirdest brewery locations". Hays Post. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ^ Wery, Maura (9 October 2012). "With its rich, malty flavors, Oktoberfest is king of the fall beers". The Mercury. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Nortons Brewing Company | Wichita Brewery and Restaurant". Nortons Brewing Company. Retrieved 2018-10-09.
- ^ Walker, Chris (3 February 2014). "Growling Success at Radius Brewery". The Emporia Gazette. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ^ Lefler, Dion (1 July 2014). "City OKs contract with national airport food vendor for new airport terminal". The Wichita Eagle. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ^ Hoedel, Cindy (March 28, 2014). "Kansas' Tallgrass Brewing Company plans expansion in Manhattan". The Wichita Eagle. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "New Mac site's a generational effort". The Hutchinson News. 2016-06-11. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
- ^ Behlmann, Emily (21 April 2014). "Walnut River Brewing expanding capacity, adding canning line". Wichita Business Journal. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ^ Rengers, Carrie (1 October 2014). "Wichita Brewing Co. & Pizzeria to open in east Wichita". The Wichita Eagle. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ^ "New Gordon Biersch Restaurant in Leawood". Leawood Chamber. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
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