Tallgrass Brewing Company is a brand of beers brewed and distributed by the Wichita Brewing Company and a former craft brewery that was located in Manhattan, Kansas, that operated from 2006 to 2018.[1] At the time of its closing, Tallgrass was the largest brewery in Kansas,[2] and was distributed in 18 states.[1] In August 2018, Tallgrass announced that it would be shutting down operations indefinitely. In 2020 Wichita Brewing company signed a licensing agreement and began brewing and distributing four beers formerly brewed by the company under the Tallgrass Brewing Company brand.

History

The brewery was founded by Jeff Gill in 2006.[3] Gill was a former geologist, who had learned brewing as a homebrewer.[4] Though initially the beers were bottled, the brewery switched to cans in 2010 for environmental and quality reasons.[3][5][6] In 2014, the Brewery moved from its original warehouse space, to a warehouse space near Manhattan Regional Airport.[7] The expansion increased the brewery's capacity from a Tallgrass record 365,000 gallons produced in 2013, to the ability to brew 3 million gallons per year.[4]

At the same time, Tallgrass opened a brewpub, called Tallgrass Taphouse on Poyntz Avenue in downtown Manhattan.

In August 2018, Tallgrass announced that it would be shutting down operations indefinitely,[1] although the Taphouse brewpub remains open.

In 2020, Wichita Brewing Company signed a licensing agreement to revive the brand and start brewing once popular beers from Tallgrass.[8] The beers are brewed using original equipment from the Tallgrass brewery that was purchased in 2015.[9]

Beers offered

  • Buffalo Sweat – oatmeal cream stout (now brewed by Wichita Brewing Company)
  • Vanilla Buffalo Sweat – oatmeal cream stout with vanilla beans
  • 8-Bit pale ale – hoprocketed American Pale Ale (now brewed by Wichita Brewing Company)
  • Ethos IPA – American IPA
  • Key Lime Pie – sour Berliner Weiss with lime peel (now brewed by Wichita Brewing Company)
  • King Buffalo – an Imperial Oatmeal Cream Stout
  • Pub Ale (previously Tallgrass Ale) – an English mild
  • Raspberry Jam – a sour Berliner Weiss with raspberries (now brewed by Wichita Brewing Company)
  • Velvet Rooster – Belgian-style tripel
  • Zombie Monkey – Robust porter first released in 2014 [10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Furnari, Chris (August 24, 2018). "Tallgrass Founder Performing 'Triage' as Kansas Craft Brewery Ceases Production and Lays Off Workforce". Brewbound. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
  2. ↑ Hoedel, Cindy (April 12, 2014). "With throwback strategy, Manhattan's Tallgrass Brewing cans a winner". Kansas City Star. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Tallgrass History". Tallgrass Brewing Company. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Tallgrass Brewing to open 60,000-square-foot facility this spring". CJOnline.com. Retrieved 2015-05-07.
  5. ↑ "Canifesto". Tallgrass Brewing Company. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Tallgrass Brewing Company makes the move to cans". Pitch. Retrieved 2015-05-07.
  7. ↑ Hoedel, Cindy. "Kansas' Tallgrass Brewing Company plans expansion in Manhattan". Kansas City Star. Retrieved 2015-05-07.
  8. ↑ Neil, Denise (March 6, 2020). "A Wichita brewery is about to bring Tallgrass beer back to life". The Wichita Eagle.
  9. ↑ "WBC Craft Beers | Tallgrass Beer". Wichita Brewing Company. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  10. ↑ "Zombie Monkie Porter by Tallgrass Brewing Company is LV's October 2014 Brew of the Month". Little Village. 2 October 2014. Retrieved 2015-05-07.

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