List of breweries in Kansas

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]

  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.