Free State Brewing Company
Kansas's most historic craft brewery and the first legal brewpub in Kansas after Prohibition ended in the state in 1987. Founded in 1989 in Lawrence — the college town that has always been Kansas's most progressive city. Free State has been brewing American craft beer for over 35 years, making it one of the oldest brewpubs in the Great Plains. Their Ad Astra Ale is named after the Kansas state motto.
Beers by Free State Brewing Company
3 beers
The recurring character behind the beers
Free State Brewing Company brew across 3 style families.
Across these 3 beers, 4 notes keep showing up:
With 3 beers, only recurring notes are shown — one unusual beer moves this a lot.
Compared with 245 other breweries brewing American Amber Ale, American Pale Ale and American Wheat Ale:
They stay close to the peer baseline on their recurring notes.
How we measure this
Two thresholds are at work here:
- The signature list shows notes that recur in at least 6% of this brewery's beers. A low bar — enough to flag a pattern, not high enough to call it an exclusive trait.
- The peer comparison below shows only notes where this brewery's coverage differs from similar breweries by at least 20 percentage points. A higher bar — enough to call a real difference, not a nudge.
A note can appear on the signature list without appearing in the peer comparison: it recurs here, but similar breweries do the same thing.
Free State Wheat State Golden Ale
Their beers place in the Top 72% of the catalogue on average, across 3 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of the rest.
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About Free State Brewing Company
Kansas's most historic craft brewery and the first legal brewpub in Kansas after Prohibition ended in the state in 1987. Founded in 1989 in Lawrence — the college town that has always been Kansas's most progressive city. Free State has been brewing American craft beer for over 35 years, making it one of the oldest brewpubs in the Great Plains. Their Ad Astra Ale is named after the Kansas state motto.
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