Founders Brewing

Founders Bottles Breakfast Stout [PIC]

It’s that time of year again. Founders Brewing just bottled Breakfast Stout. The double chocolate coffee oatmeal stout is hard to pass up, regardless of the temperature outside. The brewery has been busy this week bottling the imperial stout, releasing Continue Reading →

More Tanks For Founders [PIC]

Founders Brewing (Grand Rapids, MI) continues expanding. Today – more fermentation space. For a brewery in such high demand, this is good news.

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Founders Wins Alabama Bastard Fight

Alabama has officially lifted their ban on the “bastard” labels.  Recently, the states beverage control board banned Founders Brewing Co’s Dirty Bastard and Backwoods Bastard because the names of the beers were considered offensive.  That lead Continue Reading →

Founders Frangelic Mountain Brown Debuts Today

Founders Brewing’s newest release in the Backstage Series arrives today in the Grand Rapids, Michigan taproom. Frangelic Mountain Brown features flavors of hazelnut coffee. Look for this beer making its way through the brewery’s distribution footprint this week.

Frangelic Mountain Brown Continue Reading →

Zymurgy’s Best Beers In America 2012

Zymurgy Magazine, the official Journal of the American Homebrewer’s Association just published their results from the reader’s rankings.  For the 4th year in a row, Russian River’s Pliny The Elder  takes 1st place. Bell’s Two Hearted and Dogfish Head 90 Minute aren’t Continue Reading →

Founders To Celebrate 15 Years With Bolt Cutter

Founders Brewing was founded 15 years ago by Mike Stevens and Dave Engbers. The duo both had non-beer, business, and undoubtedly boring jobs.  Beer was their calling.  After nearly going bankrupt making some “unremarkable” beers, they decided to make beer for Continue Reading →

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Founders Bottles Breakfast Stout [PIC]

It’s that time of year again. Founders Brewing just bottled Breakfast Stout. The double chocolate coffee oatmeal stout is hard to pass up, regardless of the temperature outside. The brewery has been busy this week bottling the imperial stout, releasing on September 4. Draft to follow shortly after, on September 21.

The coffee lover’s consummate beer. Brewed with an abundance of flaked oats, bitter and imported chocolates, and Sumatra and Kona coffee, this stout has an intense fresh-roasted java nose topped with a frothy, cinnamon-colored head that goes forever.

Style: Imperial Stout (w/ Chocolate, Coffee, Oats)
Availability: 12 oz bottles, Draft. Sept – March, seasonally.

8.3% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News, Brewery Expansions, Founders Brewing

More Tanks For Founders [PIC]

Founders Brewing (Grand Rapids, MI) continues expanding. Today – more fermentation space. For a brewery in such high demand, this is good news.

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by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Founders Brewing

Founders Bottles 15th Anniversary Beer [PIC]

Founders celebrates their 15th birthday this year. They’ll will celebrate with Bolt Cutter Barleywine. As of today, the beer is in the bottle where it will condition for a few months. Release date is set for Fall, 2012.

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by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News, Founders Brewing

Founders Wins Alabama Bastard Fight

Alabama has officially lifted their ban on the “bastard” labels.  Recently, the states beverage control board banned Founders Brewing Co’s Dirty Bastard and Backwoods Bastard because the names of the beers were considered offensive.  That lead Founders to appeal the decision in April.

Yesterday, Founders announced on their Facebook page the good news (especially for those in Alabama):

Our Dirty Bastard and Backwoods Bastard labels have been approved in the state of Alabama. We’re excited to be able to share these Bastards with beer enthusiasts in the great Yellowhammer State!

That’s not the only battle raging recently.  Flying Dog Brewing (Frederick, MD) was recently denied the ability to sue the Michigan Liquor Control Board over the ban of their Raging Bitch IPA. Even though they are allowed to sell the beer in the state, the brewery believes that its 1st Amendment rights were violated and money was lost due to the short ban.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Founders Brewing, New Releases

Founders Frangelic Mountain Brown Debuts Today

Founders Brewing’s newest release in the Backstage Series arrives today in the Grand Rapids, Michigan taproom. Frangelic Mountain Brown features flavors of hazelnut coffee. Look for this beer making its way through the brewery’s distribution footprint this week.

Frangelic Mountain Brown is the 16th iteration in the series of popular brown ales–and it likely won’t be the last. The singular characteristic of this beer comes from the use of hazelnut coffees in the brewing process. The beer has distinct aromatics with sweet and nutty flavors beautifully balanced. Founders is known for its beers made with coffee (i.e., the Breakfast Stout series), but this is both the brewery’s first brown ale and its first beer brewed with hazelnut coffees to be bottled. It clocks in at 9% ABV.

Style: Brown Ale (w/ Coffee)

Availability: 22oz bombers, limited Draft.

9% ABV 

 

by Reid Ramsay
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Zymurgy’s Best Beers In America 2012

Zymurgy Magazine, the official Journal of the American Homebrewer’s Association just published their results from the reader’s rankings.  For the 4th year in a row, Russian River’s Pliny The Elder  takes 1st place. Bell’s Two Hearted and Dogfish Head 90 Minute aren’t far behind for best IPA in the country.  Interestingly, the harder to find Pliny The Younger ranked at the other end of the list, at #48.

More than 16,000 votes were received in this years vote.  Check out the full story for brewery rankings. (T= Tied) [AHA]

 

1. Russian River Pliny the Elder
 2. Bell’s Two Hearted Ale
 3. Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA
 4. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
 5. Stone Arrogant Bastard Ale
 6. Bell’s Hopslam
7. Sierra Nevada Celebration
8. Stone Ruination IPA
 9. Sierra Nevada Torpedo
 10. North Coast Old Rasputin
 11. Firestone Walker Union Jack
 12. Sierra Nevada Ruthless Rye
 13. Bear Republic Racer 5
 14. Oskar Blues Dale’s Pale Ale
 15. Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA
 16. Firestone Walker Double Jack
 T17. Ballast Point Sculpin IPA
 T17. Sierra Nevada Bigfoot
 19. Stone IPA
 20. New Belgium Fat Tire
 21. Deschutes Black Butte Porter
 22. Avery Maharaja
 23. Founders Breakfast Stout
 24. Left Hand Milk Stout
 T25. Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA
 T25. New Belgium Ranger
 T25. Stone Sublimely Self-Righteous Ale
 28. Deschutes The Abyss
 29. Goose Island Bourbon County Stout
 30. Surly Furious
 T31. Lagunitas Little Sumpin Sumpin
 T31. Rogue Dead Guy
 T31. Samuel Adams Boston Lager
34. Troegs Nugget Nectar
 T35. Lagunitas IPA
 T35. New Belgium La Folie
 T37. Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron
 T37. Founders KBS
 T37. Russian River Blind Pig IPA
 41. Deschutes Mirror Pond Pale Ale
 42. Victory Prima Pils
43. Great Divide Yeti
 T44. Alaskan Smoked Porter
 T44. Anchor Steam
 T44. Lagunitas Hop Stoopid
 T44. Samuel Adams Noble Pils
 T48. Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter
 T48. Oskar Blues Ten Fidy
 T48. Russian River Pliny the Younge
by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Founders Brewing

Founders To Celebrate 15 Years With Bolt Cutter

Founders Bolt Cutter Barleywine

Founders Brewing was founded 15 years ago by Mike Stevens and Dave Engbers. The duo both had non-beer, business, and undoubtedly boring jobs.  Beer was their calling.  After nearly going bankrupt making some “unremarkable” beers, they decided to make beer for themselves. Basically, what they want to drink – not everyone else.

They’ve come a long way in 15 years! In 2012, a few of their beers are ranked among the best on planet earth.  RateBeer.com ranks Founders #2 in the world. Not bad right?  In true beer fashion, the brewery is planning a special anniversary release.  That’s Bolt Cutter pictured above. I don’t know about you, but I’m going to go ahead and assume the name is an allusion to “cutting the chain” on ordinary beer.  It’s a big one too – 15%.  That’s puts some limitations on what states Founders can ship it to.  (I’m looking at you Georgia.)

Style: Barleywine
Availability: 750ml bottles
Arrival: TBA

15% ABV

by Reid Ramsay