Like Beer?  You will like what the Kansas Humanities Council is bringing to Hays.  Tonight at 7 p.m. at Gella’s Diner and LB Brewing Company, 117 East 11th, Cindy Higgins will present “Kansas Brewers and Breweries”  Admission is free but you must be 21.

According to a Humanities Council release:  As settlers streamed into Kansas, brewers set up their mash tuns and wort kettles when making beer was still an art and state prohibition was a bemusing notion. A reassuring fixture in German communities, Kansas’ over 90 breweries fueled social events and made brewers one of the most influential citizens in town. In “Kansas Brewers and Breweries,” Cindy Higgins discusses the brewers of early Kansas, their role in their communities, and their influence on today’s Kansas brewers.

“Predominantly German, the first Kansas brewers were more than beer makers,” Higgins said. “They were culture custodians and entertainment sponsors who fostered a sense of community within the state’s many German enclaves.” The event is co-sponsored by the Hays Public Library.