Tallgrass Brewing Co. opening a brewpub in Manhattan, Kansas, later this year

Kansas City craft-beer drinkers will want to plan day trips to Manhattan, Kansas, soon. Tallgrass Brewing Co. has announced plans to open a brewpub in its hometown later this year. 

The Tallgrass Taphouse is slated to open in the 300 block of Poyntz Avenue before the end of 2014.   

The Tallgrass Taphouse will seat about 200 in a 5,900-square-foot space that was formerly a Jo-Ann Fabric Store. Expect a full-service restaurant, taps of Tallgrass beers (such as Buffalo Sweat, 8-Bit Pale and Halcyon Unfiltered Wheat) and beers brewed on-site in a “test kitchen”/”small-scale brewing facility.”

Those beers being brewed at the Taphouse could find their way into the Tallgrass distribution stream, too.

Tallgrass is also promising taps of “rare and one-of-a-kind offerings created by Tallgrass’s friends at other breweries around the country.” 

Jeff and Tricia Gill started Tallgrass in Manhattan in 2007. More here.