The WBC story starts back in 2009 when two home brewers had a vision. Greg Gifford and Jeremy Horn wanted to bring good beer and good pizza to the people of Wichita. After a lot of hard work and many, many, many pints later Wichita Brewing Company opened their doors in the summer of 2011. The start was slow, with only five beers on tap. Eventually this would grow to seventeen beers on tap.
Success seemed to come naturally to the two home brewers. Wichitans rejoiced, and their thirst for craft beer kept growing. Eventually it was decided that Wichita needed to be able to get good beer on both sides of town. In 2015 the east side WBC was open for business, but this was not enough.
Eventually Wichita Brewing Company acquired an 18,000 square foot warehouse. The hopes were to continue brewing the same great beer, but they wanted to brew a lot more of it and they wanted to make sure a lot more people got the chance to enjoy it. This allowed WBC to can, keg, and distribute all throughout the state and on into Missouri, Oklahoma, and Wyoming.
From tinkering with self-built brewing systems in the garage and a brick-fire oven in the back yard to owning and operating an 18,000 square-foot brewing facility in south Wichita, Greg and Jeremy have come a long way. From hopeful and passionate hobbyists to full-fledged entrepreneurs, they have built a highly successful business from the ground up and continue to serve up pizza, beer and passion, in equal measure, every single day.
Draft - Leafy hops and a slight sweetness. Cloudy gold with a rich white head. Very earthy hops with a mellow bitterness. Although the hops in this are of a subtle kind, it is well balanced and well done. Like a british style.
Sampled from the tap at the brewpub. Pours a hazy deep gold with a light brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has notes of bread and grain with a bit of light fruit. Flavor starts with grain but has a tropical fruit/dishwater note that is off putting.
Sampled from the tap at the brewpub. Pours a cloudy near black with a dark brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a sweet chocolate note that reminds me of hot chocolate and underlying dark grains. Flavor has similar sweet chocolate note with backing roasted malts and dark grains.
Sampled from the tap at the brewpub. Pours black with a brown head that dissipates quickly to the edges. Aroma has a good amount of roasted malts with a hint of chocolate and a strong vanilla backbone. Flavor has a nice combination of roasted malt, dark grain, mocha and vanilla.
Sampled from the tap at the brewpub. Pours a near clear amber orange with atan head that dissipates quickly and completely. Aroma has sweet grains backed by raisins, dates, light fruits and candied sugar. Flavor has a lot of date with sweet grains and candied sugar.
Sampled from the tap at the brewpub. Pours a clear orange with a near white head that dissipates quickly and completely. Aroma has a note of light citrus with a light grain backing. Flavor starts with citrus and grain with a bit of pine in the finish.
Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a clear orange amber with a white head that dissipates slowly to the edges. Aroma has a combination of toast, resin and citrus with a bit of pine. Flavor starts with toast and that becomes muddled with a combination of citrus, resin and pine.
Sampled from the tap at the brewpub. Pours a clear amber orange with a gray head that dissipates slowly but completely. Aroma has earthy grains and toast notes with just a hint of grassy notes. Flavor has toast notes up front with growing earthy grains and a touch of grass in the finish.