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Red Crow Brewing Company is a family-owned, independent craft brewery and taproom at 1062 W Santa Fe St in downtown Olathe, Kansas. Grown from a 2008 home-brewing hobby into a brewery that opened in Spring Hill in 2015 and relocated to Olathe in 2022, it is operated by the Roberts and Fisher families and pours as many as 15 house-brewed beers — each named after a woman — alongside seltzers, cocktails, and local wines and ciders.

Description

Red Crow Brewing Company is an independent, family-owned craft brewery and taproom located in a former auto body shop in downtown Olathe, Kansas, featuring large window-clad garage doors against a concrete backdrop.1 The brewery typically pours as many as 15 different house-brewed beers on tap at any given time, collaborates regularly with other local breweries, and always keeps gluten-free and alcohol-free options in its rotation.2 Its beers are all named after women — early offerings included Louise (an IPA), Isabelle (a Belgian blonde), and Donna (a wheat beer).3 The taproom also serves crafted seltzers, hand-crafted cocktails, mocktails, and a selection of local wines and ciders, with food from the on-site Casual Foodie food truck.12

Ownership and history

Red Crow traces its origins to 2008, when Chris and Mistie Roberts began brewing beer at home as a hobby.2 Mistie’s parents, Joe and Loretta Fisher, became fans of Chris’s beer, and the two couples partnered to open Red Crow Brewing Company as a family-owned and operated brewery in Spring Hill, Kansas, in 2015 — launching with three beers: Louise, Isabelle, and Donna.13 After outgrowing the Spring Hill location, the family spent roughly a year building out a new space in a former auto body shop in Olathe, and Red Crow reopened there at 1062 W Santa Fe St; Flatland KC reported the Olathe location open in 2022, a little over a year after relocating.3 The ownership group has since grown to include Corey and Maddy Schelp, with the brewery describing itself as a multigenerational, family-run business.1

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Disputes

  • Two valid “founding” framings exist: brewing hobby began 2008 (per homepage) vs. brewery commercially opened 2015 in Spring Hill (per Flatland KC). Both are reflected in the Founded row; not a conflict.
  • Exact year of the Spring Hill → Olathe relocation: Flatland KC’s “now open… a little over a year after relocating” article reads as ~2022. for a precise relocation/opening date if a firm year is required.

Footnotes

  1. Red Crow Brewing Company — About. https://redcrowbrew.com/olathe-red-crow-brewing-company-about — asserts: owners Chris & Mistie Roberts, Joe & Loretta Fisher, Corey & Maddy Schelp; family-run; former auto body shop in Olathe; house-brewed beers, seltzers, cocktails, local wines & ciders; current hours/events. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  2. Red Crow Brewing Company (homepage). https://redcrowbrew.com/ — asserts: brewing began 2008 as a garage hobby; up to 15 house brews on tap; collaborations; always gluten-free and alcohol-free options; beers named after women. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  3. Flatland KC, “Tap List: Red Crow Brewing Co. Is Open in Olathe.” https://flatlandkc.org/eats-drinks/tap-list-red-crow-brewing-open-olathe/ — asserts: opened 2015; Chris & Mistie Roberts with Joe & Loretta Fisher (Mistie’s parents); relocated from Spring Hill, KS to 1062 W. Santa Fe Dr, Olathe; launched with Louise (IPA), Isabelle (Belgian blonde), Donna (wheat); ~year build-out after outgrowing Spring Hill. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

See also

  • Registry
  • Owner-And-History-Research-Toolchain
Categories
  • Locally owned
  • Olathe Ks