Table of Contents
Acknowledgements 9
Introduction 11
I Kansas Struggle with Alcohol and Open Saloons
1 Overview of Graft Beer in Kansas 17
2 The First Breweries in Kansas 21
3 Statehood and the Expansion of the 1860s 25
4 Immigration and the Growing Temperance Movement 30
5 Prohibition! 37
6 Damn It, Carrie! 42
7 The Growth of Blind Tigers and Speakeasies 48
8 Kansas Finally Comes Mound 52
II The Breweries of Kansas
9 Western Kansas: The Old West 61
Gella's Diner & Lb. Brewing Co., Hays 61
Defiance Brewing Company, Plays 65
Beaver Brewery at Mo's Place, Beaver 67
Dodge City Brewing Co., Dodge City 69
10 Northeast Kansas: Where It All Began 74
Free State Brewing Company, Lawrence 74
The Blind Tiger Brewery and Restaurant, Topeka 78
Brew Lab, Overland Park 83
23rd Street Brewery, Lawrence 86
Wakarusa Brewing Company Eudora 88
Radius Brewing, Emporia 90
Grinders High Noon, Leavenworth 93
Yankee Tank Brewing, Lawrence 95
Happy Basset Brewing Co., Topeka 97
Norsemen Brewing Company, Topeka 99
Lawrence Beer Company, Lawrence 102
11 North Central Kansas: Konza Prairie Region 106
Tallgrass Brewing Company, Manhattan 106
Little Apple Brewing Company, Manhattan 110
Down Under Brewery, Beloit 113
Blue Skye Brewery and Eats, Salina 115
Props & Hops Brewing at Fly Boy Restaurant, Sylvan Grove 119
Kansas Territory Brewing Company Washington 123
12 Central Kansas: The Beer Capital of Kansas 128
Hank is Wiser Brewery; Cheney 128
Walnut River Brewing Company El Dorado 132
Three Rings Brewery, McPherson 137
River City Brewing Co., Wichita 139
Central Standard Brewing, Wichita 143
Aero Plains Brewing, Wichita 146
Hopping Gnome Brewing Company, Wichita 149
Nortons Brewing Company Wichita 152
Wichita Brewing Company, Wichita 155
Third Place Brewing, Wichita 159
Limestone Beer Co., Wichita 162
Augustino Brewing, Wichita 163
Sandhills Brewing, Hutchinson 165
13 Eastern Kansas: Where John Brown Got His Start 168
Boiler Room Brewhaus, Fort Scott 168
Finally, Where Would We Be Without Hops? Kansas Hop Company Ottawa 173
Notes 177
Index 183
About the Author 189