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.
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. 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. Consumer purchases of Kansas' brewery products generated more than $90 million in additional tax revenue. 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.
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. 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.
Open breweries
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 | Clay Center |
| 23rd Street Brewery | Lawrence |
| Augustino Brewing Company | Wichita |
| Barristers Brewing | Topeka |
| Belleville Brewery | Galena |
| The Black Stag Brewery | Lawrence |
| Blind Tiger Brewery | Topeka |
| Blue Skye Brewery and Eats | Salina |
| Boiler Room Brewhaus | Fort Scott |
| Brew Lab | Overland Park |
| Center Pivot Restaurant and Brewery | Quinter |
| Central Standard Brewing | Wichita |
| Defiance Brewing Co. | Hays |
| Dodge City Brewing, Co. | Dodge City |
| Down Under Brewery | Beloit |
| Drop the H Brewing Company | Pittsburg |
| Fields & Ivy Brewery | Lawrence |
| Flat Mountain Brewhouse | Garden City |
| Fly Boy Brewery & Eats | Sylvan Grove |
| Free State Brewing Company | Lawrence |
| Hank Is Wiser Brewery | Cheney |
| Happy Basset Brewing Company | Topeka |
| Hopping Gnome Brewery | Wichita |
| Iron Rail Brewing | Topeka |
| Indy Brew Works | Independence |
| Kansas Territory Brewing Company | Washington |
| Lawrence Beer Co. | Lawrence |
| Limestone Beer Company | Wichita |
| Limitless Brewing | Lenexa |
| Lb. Brewing Co. | Hays |
| Lost Evenings Brewing Company | Shawnee Mission |
| Manhattan Brewing Company | Manhattan |
| Norsemen Brewing Company | Topeka |
| Nortons Brewing Company | Wichita |
| Not Lost Brewing Company | Ottawa |
| Outfield Beer Company | Edwardsville |
| Pathlight Brewing | Shawnee Mission |
| Radius Brewing Company | Emporia |
| Red Crow Brewing Company | Olathe |
| River City Brewing Company | Wichita |
| Salt City Brewing Co. | Hutchinson |
| Sandhills Brewing | Mission |
| Servaes Brewing Company | Shawnee |
| Tallgrass Tap House | Manhattan |
| Third Place Brewing | Wichita |
| Three Rings Brewery | McPherson |
| Transport Brewery | Shawnee |
| Wakarusa Brewery | Eudora |
| Walnut River Brewing Company | El Dorado |
| Wichita Brewing Co. and Pizzeria | Wichita |
| Yankee Tank Brewing Company | Lawrence |
- BJ's Restaurant & Brewery has one location in Wichita.
- Gordon Biersch Brewing Company has one location in Leawood.
- Granite City Food and Brewery has four locations in Kansas City, Olathe, East Wichita, and West Wichita.
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.| Brewery | Location |
| Aero Plains Brewing | Wichita |
| Beaver Brewery @ Mo's Place | Beaver |
| Big Johns's Brewing Co. | Salina |
| Little Apple Brewing Company | Manhattan |
| Plum Creek Restaurant | Beloit |
| Tallgrass Brewing Company | Manhattan |