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Historic Beer Birthday: Herman Zibold

April 4, 2022 By Jay Brooks

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Today is the birthday of Herman Zibold (April 4, 1836-July 20, 1891). He was born in Riegel, Baden, in what today is Germany. When he was 23, in 1859, he emigrated to the U.S., and fought in the Civil War for four years. Afterward, he worked for breweries in St. Louis and St. Joseph, both in Missouri. He Eventually settled in Atchison, Kansas and with a business partner who was also originally from Baden, Joseph Hagelin, bought what was originally a brewery started by Hugo Knecht and Albert Weinman in 1860. Zibold bought it from the third owners in 1871, and renamed it the Zibold & Hagelin Brewery. Zibold operated the brewery for the next twenty years, and after he died, Haegelin continued the business but also died two years later, in 1893. Their two widows kept it going, but I’ve been unable to find out when it finally closed.

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Filed Under: Birthdays, Breweries, Just For Fun Tagged With: Germany, Kansas

Beer In Grocery Stores: Oh, The Horror!

March 6, 2014 By Jay Brooks

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Here in sunny California, we can stroll down to the local grocery store, or convenience store, and buy a six-pack of beer. It’s not a big deal. It’s been that way since I moved here in 1985, and probably was that way long before I arrived. I pretty much take it for granted, but there are still states where adults still can’t buy a beer without going to a special store, sometimes run by the state itself, to protect its tax revenue, but more importantly to tightly control the distribution of demon alcohol. My home state of Pennsylvania was (and is) one such state. All of the states’ alcohol laws were written in the wake of prohibition’s end, and were designed with that failed legacy in mind. Most of these laws today are antiquated and out-of-date in the face of modern life.

But changing alcohol laws are harder than many other laws, because there’s a special layer of angst that lawmakers must face. Alcohol is still treated as a toxic substance, one that poses a danger, despite it having been around since the dawn of civilization and having been legal for adults for literally the entirety of human history, with the notable exception of thirteen years in the mid-20th century. But prohibitionist strategy since essentially the moment the 21st Amendment was ratified has remained unchanged: to make it as difficult as possible for adults to obtain legal alcohol. And so for the past 80+ years they’ve been tireless in their efforts to make us work for our beer. So now the state of Kansas is seeking to modernize the state and allow beer, wine and spirits to be sold in grocery and convenience stores. The modest bill takes into account liquor stores’ current monopolies and gives “them 10 years to adapt to increased competition in the marketplace. Beer sales would not be legal until 2017, wine in 2020, and spirits in 2024.” But that would mean there would be more places where adults could legally buy something that they’re legally entitled to purchase, and we certainly don’t want to encourage that. Or rather the prohibitionists don’t want people to be able to. Alcohol Justice tweeted out their displeasure with Kansas, chastising lawmakers there with a simple admonishment: “Bad move.”

I’m sure they have an excellent reason why it’s a “bad move” for adults to have more freedom and convenience in purchasing their alcohol, something they’re already allowed to do, but so far A.J. is mum on the whys are wherefores. Although you can be sure it has something to do with protecting children or how much more the state will be harmed if people can increasingly be able to engage in the legally permissible act of enjoying a beer. They’ve never been too strong on logic or rational thought, so maybe it’s best they stick to the sublimely absurd. Because as far as I can tell, Alcohol Justice telling the legislature of the state of Kansas “bad move” is the schoolyard bully equivalent of “because we said so” or “because we don’t like it.”

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Filed Under: Editorial, Politics & Law Tagged With: Business, Kansas, Law, Prohibitionists

Kansas Beer

January 29, 2011 By Jay Brooks

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Today in 1861, Kansas became the 34th state.

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Kansas Breweries

  • 23rd Street Brewery
  • Blind Tiger Brewery
  • Crazy Eye Brewing
  • Flying Monkey Beer
  • Free State Brewing
  • Gella’s Diner & Lb. Brewing
  • Granite City Food & Brewing
  • Hank is Wiser Brewery
  • High Noon Saloon & Brewing
  • Little Apple Brewing
  • Mo’s Place Grill & BrewPub
  • River City Brewing
  • Safari Grill & Brewery
  • Tallgrass Brewing

Kansas Brewery Guides

  • Beer Advocate
  • Beer Me
  • Rate Beer

Guild: Kansas Craft Brewers Guild [no website]

State Agency: Kansas Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control

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  • Capital: Topeka
  • Largest Cities: Wichita, Overland Park, Kansas City, Topeka, Olathe
  • Population: 2,688,418; 32nd
  • Area: 82,282 sq.mi., 15th
  • Nickname: Sunflower State
  • Statehood: 34th, January 29, 1861

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  • Alcohol Legalized: Unknown
  • Number of Breweries: 15
  • Rank: 34th
  • Beer Production: 1,967,234
  • Production Rank: 33rd
  • Beer Per Capita: 21.8 Gallons

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Package Mix:

  • Bottles: 32.3%
  • Cans: 57.9%
  • Kegs: 9.6%

Beer Taxes:

  • Per Gallon: $0.18
  • Per Case: $0.41
  • Tax Per Barrel (24/12 Case): $5.58
  • Draught Tax Per Barrel (in Kegs): $5.58

Economic Impact (2010):

  • From Brewing: $67,218,011
  • Direct Impact: $556,080,045
  • Supplier Impact: $390,326,463
  • Induced Economic Impact: $317,903,610
  • Total Impact: $1,264,310,118

Legal Restrictions:

  • Control State: No
  • Sale Hours: On Premises: 9 a.m. – 2 a.m. (in counties which allow on-premises sales)
    Off Premises: 9 a.m. – 11 p.m. (Mon–Sat) (in counties which allow off-premises sales)
    noon – 7 p.m. or 8 p.m. (Sun) (in communities which allow Sunday off-premises sales)
  • Grocery Store Sales: 3.2 only
  • Notes: Kansas’s alcohol laws are among the strictest in the United States. Kansas prohibited all alcohol from 1881 to 1948, and continued to prohibit on-premises sales of alcohol from 1949 to 1987. Sunday sales only have been allowed since 2005. Today, 29 counties still do not permit the on-premises sale of alcohol. 59 counties require a business to receive at least 30% of revenue from food sales to allow on-premises sale of alcohol. Only 17 counties allow general on-premises sales. Not all communities which allow off-premises sales allow sales on Sunday. Sales are prohibited on Christmas and Easter. The only alcoholic beverage which grocery stores and gas stations may only sell is beer with no more than 3.2% alcohol by weight. Other liquor sales only are allowed at state-licensed retail liquor stores. Kansas has comprehensive open container laws for public places and vehicles, public intoxication laws, and requirements for prospective on-premises or off-premises licensees.

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Data complied, in part, from the Beer Institute’s Brewer’s Almanac 2010, Beer Serves America, the Brewers Association, Wikipedia and my World Factbook. If you see I’m missing a brewery link, please be so kind as to drop me a note or simply comment on this post. Thanks.

For the remaining states, see Brewing Links: United States.

Filed Under: Beers, Breweries Tagged With: Kansas

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