Free State Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Lawrence, Kansas, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Free State Brewing Company

Established in 1989

Contact
636 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS, 66044, United States
Description
The Original Kansas Craft Brewery, since 1989. Serving fresh beer and daily specials in Lawrence. Currently distributing bottles/cans and kegs in Kansas and Missouri.

“Because without beer, things do not seem to go as well.”

In 1989, Free State Brewing Company became the first legal brewery in Kansas in over 100 years. Since opening the doors at our Mass Street HQ, we’ve been working day in and day out to be a haven for beer lovers, where good beer and good food can inspire lively conversations and memorable experiences.
Our 14-barrel brewhouse is made up of some of the best equipment available to the small brewer, but we still think the most important ingredients are the care and respect that our enthusiastic, knowledgeable staff has for each and every beer that we make. And now that we’re producing bottled beers in our expanded bottling facility, our attention to detail and dedication to great taste and quality can be experienced by people all over Kansas and Missouri.

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6/10
Tried on 22 Jan 2018 at 21:03

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Shaker pint draft at The Peanut in Mission, Kansas. The pour is a clear golden burnt orange with a minimal light tan head. The aroma is floral, herbal, soft citrus, and a bit of cracker malt. The taste has the floral citrus hops, a bit duller than the nose, and the cracker malt towards the back which also shows some iced tea notes of crystal malt. The palate is medium bodied with active carbonation and a dry finish that has a hint of bitterness and the crystal malt.
Tried from Draft on 19 Dec 2017 at 07:50

6.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle, Thanks to Unclemike. Pours clear golden with large foamy white head, faint bread aroma wild mild hops influence, high carbonation, mildly bitter malty taste, thin body, medium finish. Not bad.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Dec 2017 at 20:40

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle. A- Caramel, malty, citrus. A- Copper color, clear liquid, off white head. T- Caramel, citrus, pine, bitter, malty. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, balanced finish. O- Had this 6 months past the best by date. That said, I liked it. The bitterness was mostly gone and it was a caramel malt bomb. I like that old school ipa sensation. I expect this would be better fresh but not bad. I do like Citra hops though.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Dec 2017 at 21:29

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle, thanks to Unclemike. Pours dark brown with foamy beige head, faint oatmeal/mocha aroma, medium carbonation, lightly tangy mildly bitter mocha taste, smooth body, long medium bitter mocha finish. Nice one, a bit tangy.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Dec 2017 at 09:44

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Nonic pint draft at the Lone Elm Taproom in Olathe, Kansas. The pour is a hazed orange, light yellow with a minimal off white head. Nice lace. The aroma is leaf, grassy, along with a hint of mint. The taste is herbal medicinal leaf, the mint and a nice earth mineral towards the back. The palate is light to medium bodied with soft natural carbonation and a grass dry finish.
Tried from Draft on 11 Oct 2017 at 09:34

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
12oz bottle. Filtered amber-brown-red body. Foamy, glass rimming head. A pretty classic, doughy Amber. Most brewers don't even attempt this style anymore, and this has more of a feel of a good amber of 15 years back than most on the market in 2017. Big caramel malt tones, could benefit from a little more aggressive hopping. OK.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Oct 2017 at 22:11

7/10
Tried on 03 Oct 2017 at 10:58

7/10
Tried on 24 Sep 2017 at 21:50

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
12oz bottle. A pretty classic NW IPA, well done, with some modern hop sensibility. Little bit of a diesel oniony touch with the Citra and Simcoe. Amarillo ties them together well. My bottle actually says Columbus, Centennial, Citra....so maybe that is that. Either way, solid offering.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Sep 2017 at 01:24