Empyrean is Nebraska’s original craft brewery — the one that started it all, pouring in Lincoln for decades before “craft beer” was a marketing term. Through the Lazlo’s brewpubs, flagships like Luna Sea ESB and Third Stone Brown introduced a generation of Nebraskans to beer beyond the macro lagers.
The Haymarket brewery at 729 Q St is the mothership, but most Lincolnites know Empyrean through Lazlo’s — the brewpubs in the Haymarket and south Lincoln where the beers pair with a full menu. It’s an institution in the truest sense: the recipes are classics, the rooms are comfortable, and the history is real.
Every Nebraska brewery list starts here, because the state’s beer scene literally does.