Bars in Lawrence

Free State Brewing is Kansas's most historically significant craft brewery — the first legal brewery in Kansas in 100 years when it opened in 1989, and a Massachusetts Street institution that has anchored the Lawrence bar scene for over three decades. Its role in establishing craft brewing in a state with historically strict liquor laws makes it one of the most pioneering craft beer establishments in the American Midwest.

Free State Brewing Company is Kansas's most important craft brewery — a Lawrence institution that was the first legal brewery in Kansas since Prohibition, producing outstanding ales and lagers since 1989 in a state that was historically the most anti-alcohol in America (it was the first state to constitutionally ban alcohol in 1880). Free State's extraordinary historical significance and its consistent production of outstanding craft beer create a brewery taproom of genuine Kansas temperance-to-craft-beer historical significance.

Replay Lounge is Lawrence's most beloved dive bar and music venue — a no-frills Mass Street institution with an outdoor deck, cheap beer, and nightly live music from local bands that captures the unpretentious spirit of Lawrence's music community. A beloved gathering place for students and locals who want live music without a cover charge or pretension, the Replay epitomizes why Lawrence consistently ranks among America's best college bar towns.