Wichita Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Wichita, Kansas, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Wichita Brewing Company

Established in 2011

Contact
727 E Osie St, Wichita, KS, 67211, United States
Subsidiaries
Wichita Brewing Company owns 1 brewery:
Description
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.

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5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a hazy gold with a white head that starts at the edges and dissipates completely. Aroma has a light wheat note with a touch of light fruit and clove. Flavor has light sweet wheat and some clove. A bit thin.

Tried from Draft on 23 Feb 2013 at 12:12


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a clear gold with a white head that dissipates completely. Aroma has sweet grains with underlying hints of grass and light fruit. Flavor has sweet grains throughout with a bit of light fruit and a hint of grass.

Tried from Draft on 23 Feb 2013 at 12:03


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

On draught at the brewery. Pours a deep amber with garnet highlights and light tan head. Lots of aroma and flavor hops, citrusy. Solid bittering.

Tried on 02 Jan 2013 at 20:56


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

On draught at the brewery. Poured a copper/orange with white head. Nice hoppy aroma and some malt background. Taste is smooth with the Oak adding some nice balance to the hops and subduing the bittering. A solid effort.

Tried on 02 Jan 2013 at 20:54


1.4
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 1 | Flavor - 1 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 0.5

On draught at the brewery. Aroma of dishwasher cleaner and lemon. Pours a hazy straw with a white head. Flavor is all dishwasher and soapy. Perhaps this fermented too long -- this was the only beer that i got this aroma and flavor from at the brewery, and another person that ordered it with me had the same flavor/aroma...so probably not a glass issue and maybe not a line problem. We actually sent this back. Appearance points benefited from fact that a Wit can be hazy.

Tried from Can on 02 Jan 2013 at 20:50


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

On draught at the brewery. Aroma of slight roast and chocolate. Dark brown with a nice light brown head stand. Roast taste dominates with a nice, subtle vanilla in the background.

Tried on 02 Jan 2013 at 20:43


5.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

On draught at the brewery. No head (certainly not expected for this style) and thin mouthfeel. Pours a hazy copper. Some nice dark fruit on the flavor.

Tried on 02 Jan 2013 at 20:42


4.5
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

On draught at the brewery. Not much maltiness on the aroma. Beer is very hazy - perhaps intentionally if unfiltered. Taste of fresh wort, chocolate and roast. Not a lot of mouthfeel. No perceived bitterness.

Tried on 02 Jan 2013 at 20:40


5.8
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

On draught at the brewery. Pours a clear copper with white head. Slight citrus aroma. Sort of a flat mouthfeel. Some slight citrus hops in the flavor as well.

Tried on 02 Jan 2013 at 20:36


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

At GABF on Thursday October 11, 2012Dark brown color, brown head. Sweet, hoppy scent. Hoppy, herbal, roasted taste. Medium mouthfeel, medium high dry bitterness. Burnt pop-corn aftertaste.

Tried on 13 Oct 2012 at 08:37