# Friction Beer Company — Shawnee, Kansas

> Friction Beer Company in Shawnee, Kansas, United States scores 3.93 out of 5 — Fine, #7 in Kansas. 134 beers tracked, mostly IPA.

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Friction Beer Company is a brewery in Shawnee, Kansas, United States. We grade it Fine, with a score of 3.93 out of 5 on the beer it brews — #7 in Kansas. Of the 134 beers we track, 45% are IPA and 18% Stout / Porter.

## Rating

- Score: 3.93 out of 5
- Grade: Fine 🙂 — Make genuinely good beer, if not the pint you will still be talking about next year.
- Ranked: #7 in Kansas · #2,094 in United States · #2,881 worldwide
- Popularity: Lightly rated
- Beers tracked: 134

## About

Friction Beer Company produce's good quality beer and is ranked #10 in Kansas. They are most well known for "Normal Town", which is a New England IPA and "Policy of Truth Coffee Milk Stout", which is a Milk / Sweet Stout. Their primary focus is brewing IPAs and Dark Beers.

## What they brew

- IPA — 45% of the beers we track
- Stout / Porter — 18% of the beers we track
- Pale Ale — 15% of the beers we track
- Pale Lager — 12% of the beers we track
- Brown Ale — 4% of the beers we track
- Other — 4% of the beers we track
- Dark Lager — 2% of the beers we track

## Find them

- Address: 11018 Johnson Drive, Shawnee, Kansas, United States
- Coordinates: 39.023114, -94.7142743
- Website: http://www.frictionbeer.com/

## Breweries nearby

- [Transport Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/transport-brewery-16377.md) — 3.55, Poor — Shawnee, Kansas — 0.1 mi away
- [Servaes Brewing Co.](https://finding.beer/brewery/servaes-brewing-co-16382.md) — 4.13, Great — Shawnee, Kansas — 0.1 mi away
- [Rockcreek Brewing Co](https://finding.beer/brewery/rockcreek-brewing-co-21859.md) — 3.89, Fine — Mission, Kansas — 3.1 mi away
- [Limitless Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/limitless-brewing-1177.md) — 3.90, Fine — Lenexa, Kansas — 5.2 mi away
- [Discourse Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/discourse-brewing-31134.md) — 4.43, Great — Overland Park, Kansas — 5.4 mi away
- [39th Street Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/39th-street-brewery-33032.md) — 3.90, Fine — Kansas City, Missouri — 6.4 mi away
- [Green Room Burgers & Beer](https://finding.beer/brewery/green-room-burgers-beer-3355.md) — 3.03, Limited — Kansas City, Missouri — 6.8 mi away
- [KC Bier Co.](https://finding.beer/brewery/kc-bier-co-1053.md) — 4.18, Great — Kansas City, Missouri — 7 mi away

## Rankings this brewery appears in

- [Best breweries in Kansas City, Missouri](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states/missouri/kansas-city.md)
- [Best breweries in Kansas](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states/kansas.md)
- [Best breweries in United States](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states.md)

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