Archive record · Brewery
Free State Brewing Company
Lawrence, Kansas, USA
- Founded
- 1989
- Archive ID
- TB-X59FTYR3
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
Who owns this brewery?
Named in dated ownership records. No parent company is held, and each owner's sources are shown below.
From the record
Summary
Type: Brewpub + production brewery. Ownership as recorded: VERIFIED_CURRENT_PROPRIETOR. Official sources verify opening, current site and Chuck Magerl as proprietor. 'First legal brewery in Kansas in over 100 years' remains a held superlative pending independent legal-history proof. [Kansas Pass 01]
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Ownership & corporate history
- Owned by Chuck Magerl1989
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Official site identifies Chuck as proprietor/founder.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it brewed
- 636 Massachusetts Street, Lawrence, KS 66044Lawrence, Kansas
Brewpub
Operated by Free State Brewing Company
Site detail
Mass Street HQ/brewpub.
- 1923 Moodie Rd, Lawrence, KS 66046Lawrence, Kansas
Production & bottling facility
Operated by Free State Brewing Company
Site detail
Current GABF drop-off page explicitly identifies production/bottling facility.
These are different physical places. A brewery moving premises is not the same brewery continuing, and the archive keeps them apart.
The People
Behind the beer
The Beer Library
Beers
Slipstream Pils
Pilsner
Current site promotes Slipstream Pils. [Kansas Pass 01]
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Oktoberfest / Märzen-type
Current site promotes Octoberfest. [Kansas Pass 01]
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