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 2019, according to the Brewers Association, Kansas ranked 32nd in the number of craft breweries per capita with 59 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]
The following is a list of breweries and microbreweries. The largest brewery in Kansas is Free State Brewing Company in Lawrence
| Brewery | Location | |
|---|---|---|
| 15-24 Brew House[6] | Clay Center | |
| 23rd Street Brewery[7] | Lawrence | |
| 785 Beer Company | Topeka | |
| Black Stag Brewery[8] | Lawrence | |
| Blind Tiger Brewery[9] | Topeka | |
| Blue Skye Brewery & Eats[10] | Salina | |
| Brew Lab Brewery + Kitchen[11] | Overland Park | |
| Center Pivot Restaurant & Brewery | Quinter | |
| Central Standard Brewing[12] | Wichita | |
| Defiance Brewing Company[13] | Hays | |
| Dodge City Brewing | Dodge City | |
| Drop the H Brewing Company | Pittsburg | |
| Dry Lake Brewing | Great Bend | |
| ExBEERiment Brewing | Gardner | |
| The Farm | Minneapolis | |
| Fields & Ivy Brewery | Lawrence | |
| Flat Mountain Brewhouse[14] | Garden City | |
| Fly Boy Brewery & Eats[15] | Sylvan Grove | |
| Lawrence | ||
| Gella's Diner & Lb. Brewing Company[16] | Hays | |
| Hank Is Wiser Brewery[17] | Cheney | |
| Happy Basset Brewing Company[18] | Topeka | |
| Hidden Trail Brewing | Garden City | |
| Hopping Gnome Brewery[19] | Wichita | |
| Indy Brew Works | Independence | |
| Iron Rail Brewing | Topeka | |
| Irrigation Ales | Courtland | |
| Jolly Fox Brewery[20] | Pittsburg | |
| Kansas Territory Brewing Company | Washington | |
| Ladybird Brewing | Winfield | |
| Lawrence Beer Company[21] | Lawrence | |
| Limitless Brewing[22] | Lenexa | |
| Manhattan Brewing Company[23] | Manhattan | |
| Norsemen Brewing Company[24] | Topeka | |
| Nortons Brewing Company | Wichita | |
| Not Lost Brewing Company | Ottawa | |
| Outfield Beer Company | Bonner Springs | |
| Oz Brewing | Phillipsburg | |
| Pathlight Brewing | Shawnee | |
| Radius Brewing Company[25] | Emporia | |
| Range 23 Brewing | Kansas City | |
| Red Crow Brewing Company[26] | Olathe | |
| River City Brewing Company[27] | Wichita | |
| Riverbank Brewing | Council Grove | |
| Rockcreek Brewing Company | Mission | |
| Salt City Brewing Company | Hutchinson | |
| Sandhills Brewing | Hutchinson & Mission | |
| Servaes Brewing Company[28] | Shawnee | |
| Tall Trellis Brew Co. | Olathe | |
| Third Place Brewing[29] | Wichita | |
| Three Rings Brewery[30] | McPherson | |
| Transport Brewery[31] | Shawnee | |
| Union Works Brewing Company | Humboldt | |
| Walnut River Brewing Company[32] | El Dorado | |
| Wichita Brewing Company[33] | Wichita | |
| Willcott Brewing Company[34] | Holton & Leavenworth | |
| Yankee Tank Brewing Company | Lawrence |
The following is a list of breweries and microbreweries that have closed or have ceased brewing; this list is for tracking former locations.
| Brewery | Location | |
|---|---|---|
| Aero Plains Brewing[36] | Wichita | |
| Beaver Brewery @ Mo's Place[37] | Beaver | |
| Boiler Room Brewhaus[38] | Fort Scott | |
| Little Apple Brewing Company[39] | Manhattan | |
| Lost Evenings Brewing Company | Lenexa | |
| Tallgrass Brewing Company[40] | Manhattan |