The next edition in Founders Backstage Series – Frangelic Mountain Brown is officially in bottles. The follow up to Curmudgeon’s Better Half, this brown ale is brewed with hazelnut coffee. Releasing July 2, 2012.
Atlanta’s Hop City Craft Beer & Wine’s owner/founder Kraig Torres was recently on CNN talking about manly beers for Father’s Day. Kraig chose some big beers to celebrate Dads. Dude, it’s not wine. No spit buckets.
Two fruity offerings have returned. Dogfish Head Festina Peche, and Founder’s Cerise.
Festine Peche is berliner weisse, brewed with peaches. 4.5% ABV
Festina Peche, since the natural peach sugars are eaten by the yeast, the fruit complexity is woven into both the Continue Reading →
Arriving in July, Founders Frangelic Mountain Brown will join the Backstage Series. Frangelic following Curmudgeon’s Better Half. Per Founders:
Part of what makes Founders Backstage Series so much fun is the period of speculation before the next release is announced. Continue Reading →
Founders Brewing will probably inch out of #42 in sales volume in 2012 with these tank additions. The Grand Rapids, Michigan based brewery is adding tank space today. That’s more beer headed our way soon.
UPDATE: Linchpin will be distributed through Green Flash’s wholesale network. (Meaning, none for Michigan.)
Press Release: (San Diego, CA) – Green Flash Brewing Co. announces that they have partnered with like-minded Michigan brewer, Founders Brewing Co. to produce a first-time, limited release called Linchpin White IPA.
Founders Brewing announced today that they will be distributing in the state of Iowa on March 19th, 2012.
That brings the total distribution area to the following states:
Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, D.C., Kentucky, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Continue Reading →
The next edition in Founders Backstage Series – Frangelic Mountain Brown is officially in bottles. The follow up to Curmudgeon’s Better Half, this brown ale is brewed with hazelnut coffee. Releasing July 2, 2012.
Atlanta’s Hop City Craft Beer & Wine’s owner/founder Kraig Torres was recently on CNN talking about manly beers for Father’s Day. Kraig chose some big beers to celebrate Dads. Dude, it’s not wine. No spit buckets.
Two fruity offerings have returned. Dogfish Head Festina Peche, and Founder’s Cerise.
Festine Peche is berliner weisse, brewed with peaches. 4.5% ABV
Festina Peche, since the natural peach sugars are eaten by the yeast, the fruit complexity is woven into both the aroma and the taste of the beer so there is no need to doctor it with woodruff or raspberry syrup. Just open and enjoy!
Founder’s Cerise fruit/vegetable beer chock full of cherries. 53 lbs in fact. Harvested from Benton Harbor, Coloma, Grand Rapids and Traverse City. The cherries are added at 5 different stages of fermentation in order to achieve a perfect balance of sour cherry and malt palette. Cerise has a big malt bill to compliment the cherries, caramel being notable. Cerise has a sweet, crisp mouthfeel. 6.5% ABV
Both are available in 12oz bottles, and draft. Early summer seasonals…
Arriving in July, Founders Frangelic Mountain Brown will join the Backstage Series. Frangelic following Curmudgeon’s Better Half. Per Founders:
Part of what makes Founders Backstage Series so much fun is the period of speculation before the next release is announced. But the purpose of the series is to bring some of our most sought-after beers, which have been available primarily in the taproom and at a few select events, to a much larger audience. Frangelic Mountain Brown will be the fourth release in the series, joining Blushing Monk and Canadian Breakfast Stout from 2011 and Curmudgeon’s Better Half, which was released in February of this year.
Frangelic Mountain Brown is the quintessential taproom “one-off” beer: Founders’ brewers created the Mountain Brown series for their taproom in Grand Rapids in 2007. 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.
“The goal of the Backstage Series is to allow those beer enthusiasts who don’t have the ability to make it to our taproom an opportunity to experience some of the beers that, historically, have been limited to our taproom and a handful of high exposure events,” Engbers said. “Although these beers are not brewed in large volume, it is our intention to distribute them to all of our markets.”
While there will not be an official release party for Frangelic Mountain Brown at the brewery’s taproom in Grand Rapids, the beer will be available on draft in the taproom beginning Monday, July 2. The focus of bottle sales will be in Founders’ distribution footprint.
The next beer to be released in the series later this year will be a celebration of the brewery’s fifteenth anniversary, though the beer’s style is yet-to-be revealed. The release party for this beer in November will be Founders’ first to require advance tickets. The KBS release party in spring of 2013 is expected to be an even larger festival-type event—be on the lookout for more detail to come.
Founders Brewing will probably inch out of #42 in sales volume in 2012 with these tank additions. The Grand Rapids, Michigan based brewery is adding tank space today. That’s more beer headed our way soon.
UPDATE: Linchpin will be distributed through Green Flash’s wholesale network. (Meaning, none for Michigan.)
Press Release: (San Diego, CA) – Green Flash Brewing Co. announces that they have partnered with like-minded Michigan brewer, Founders Brewing Co. to produce a first-time, limited release called Linchpin White IPA.
The Brewmasters from each celebrated craft brewery–Chuck Silva (Green Flash) and Jeremy Kosmicki (Founders) assembled privately last month in San Diego to develop the beer, and it will debut during the Craft Brewers Conference in San Diego and move on to limited release beginning May 2012. These well matched breweries have been individually brewing up several of the world’s top flavor-forward ales and have now come together to collaborate on an uncommon and emerging beer style.
“Founders makes world-class beer,” says Green Flash Brewing Co.’s Co-founder and President, Mike Hinkley. “It’s not available in San Diego, so I always look to taste some when I am on the road. Our Sales Chief, Jim Kenny presented the idea and I was immediately all for it. Then Chuck and Jeremy settled on White IPA. I can’t wait to tap these kegs and share this innovative new release with the national community of craft beer fans.” Each brewery is known to push boundaries in creating risky, new, flavor-forward styles that appeal to the true beer aficionado.
Because Founders is not currently available in San Diego, the collaboration will allow the local beer lover a chance to experience the flavors and influence of this Midwestern gem through the Green Flash partnership. Green Flash will release Linchpin White IPA on draft during May’s Craft Brewers Conference with events to take place as follows:
Tuesday, May 1
Tapping of First Keg — Green Flash Tasting Room & Beer Garden 3pm — 9pm
Friday, May 4
Hamilton’s & Regal Beagle Release Parties Begin at 5pm
Beer Details: Linchpin White IPA
“There’s a lot going on in this beer with two yeast strains, copious amounts of wheat malt, and a big focus on ‘C’ hops to deliver a citrus explosion,” explains Green Flash Brewmaster, Chuck Silva. “In fact we lined up more than a dozen hop varieties in the brewery to select three hops with the biggest citrus character to dry hop the beer.
“This golden beer pours with beautiful, frothy white beer foam that lasts due to bottle conditioning. Gently rousing the yeast that settles in the bottle will result in a fuller texture and a more cloudy white appearance. The citrus aromas that jump from the glass are largely tangerine up front with other types of citrus notes that mingle with the Belgian yeast esters. Hop flavors of bitter orange zest dominate the brew and linger to the finish with a nice play of American and Belgian yeast combo.”
A beer with so many components can be held together with a “Linchpin”. The official “Linchpin” of this beer is the skillful collaboration between the two breweries to create a unique hop-forward brew. Linchpins are symbolic: two simple shapes that combine to strengthen a bond amongst many different pieces.
Linchpin White IPA will be released during the May 2012 Craft Brewers Conference in San Diego and will then be available in limited supply via bottle-conditioned 22oz bottles and by the keg for special release events nationally in May and June 2012.
About Founders Brewing Company
Co-Founders Mike Stevens and Dave Engbers opened Founders Brewing Co. in 1997 and are adamant about their mission: “We don’t brew beer for the masses. Instead, our beers are crafted for a chosen few, a small cadre of renegades and rebels who enjoy a beer that pushes the limits of what is commonly accepted as taste. In short, we make beer for people like us.” This philosophy has helped them gain recognition as the second best brewery in the world by RateBeer.com, for two years in a row.
About Green Flash Brewing Co.
Green Flash Brewing Co. is located in San Diego, California, and was founded in 2002 by Mike and Lisa Hinkley. Brewmaster, Chuck Silva, leads brewing operations. Green Flash is an award-winning brewer of fine, hand-crafted ales, and specializes in brewing assertive and distinctive beers, such as the nationally acclaimed West Coast I.P.A.: an award-winning beer whose wide acceptance has helped define a category. Green Flash brews ten styles of beer regularly, on draught and in bottles as well as a growing lineup of seasonal and special offerings, including several barrel-aged beers, throughout the year. Please visit the Green Flash website www.greenflashbrew.com for more information
Founders Brewing announced today that they will be distributing in the state of Iowa on March 19th, 2012.
That brings the total distribution area to the following states:
Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, D.C., Kentucky, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Minnesota, WI, VT, and now Iowa.
UPDATE! Rhode Island got all beer sneaky at is now getting Founders brews too. Thanks to Leo for the heads up…
UPDATE 2: Added Vermont & Wisconsin to the list. There. It think that is everyone…
