Founder’s Brewing’s newest Backstage Series installment goes on sale today. (About an hour from now.) Curmudgeon’s Better Half is a beer formerly known as Kaiser’s Curmudgeon. We’re talking old ale brewed with molasses, aged 254 days in bourbon barrels that Continue Reading →
The Founders Brewing story by the people who made it.
Founders Brewing: The Story from Founders Brewing Co. on Vimeo.
Director: Terry Rayment
Producer: Aaron Carriere
Director of Photography: Hunter Hampton Richards
Editor: Terry Rayment/Aaron Carriere
Sound Recordist: Sloan Inns
Produced by: Eskimo: letsgoeskimo.com/
Founder’s Brewing mentioned today that they are bottling Imperial Stout. Available in January seasonally.
Brewed with ten varieties of malted barley, this stout is smooth as silk, yet complex and rich in body. Serve this guy at cellar temperature. Put another Continue Reading →
What are we going to fight over instead? A Beer Advocate thread yielded a tweet about Founders 3rd Backstage Series release date. UPDATE: The beer is Better Half, to be released in February, 2012
Amidst the CBS drama, Founders Brewing is working on expanding. The picture here shows of their new brewhouse. With this addition, the brewing capacity goes from 30 bbl to 115 bbl per turn. (An increase of 2,635 gallons or Continue Reading →
We feel that it’s necessary to address a few of the concerns surrounding the release of our Canadian Breakfast Stout (CBS). We understand the frustrations stemming from the lack of availability of this beer and are looking forward Continue Reading →
Founder’s Brewing’s newest Backstage Series installment goes on sale today. (About an hour from now.) Curmudgeon’s Better Half is a beer formerly known as Kaiser’s Curmudgeon. We’re talking old ale brewed with molasses, aged 254 days in bourbon barrels that were recently used for aging maple syrup.
The Founder’s tap room will feature 750ml bottles of Better Half for $17 dollars a piece. After today, a limited amount of Better Half will ship to Founder’s markets for beer geeks to fight over.
Director: Terry Rayment
Producer: Aaron Carriere
Director of Photography: Hunter Hampton Richards
Editor: Terry Rayment/Aaron Carriere
Sound Recordist: Sloan Inns
Produced by: Eskimo: letsgoeskimo.com/
You, the lover of hoppy beers should be excited to see the return of Founder’sDouble Trouble. You want your hop fix? You’ve got it.
An imperial IPA that was brewed to turn your world upside down. Hops will get you coming and going. Pungent aromatics up front pair with a malt-balanced backbone and a smooth bitter finish
Founder’s Brewing mentioned today that they are bottling Imperial Stout. Available in January seasonally.
Brewed with ten varieties of malted barley, this stout is smooth as silk, yet complex and rich in body. Serve this guy at cellar temperature. Put another log on the fire, sit back, and enjoy the friendship of this ultimate winter warmer
Don’t Expect 3rd Founder’s Backstage Release This Year
What are we going to fight over instead? A Beer Advocate thread yielded a tweet about Founders 3rd Backstage Series release date. UPDATE: The beer is Better Half, to be released in February, 2012
Amidst the CBS drama, Founders Brewing is working on expanding. The picture here shows of their new brewhouse. With this addition, the brewing capacity goes from 30 bbl to 115 bbl per turn. (An increase of 2,635 gallons or 21,08o pints)
The old brewhouse will make tap room only beers. [FoundersBrewing]
We feel that it’s necessary to address a few of the concerns surrounding the release of our Canadian Breakfast Stout (CBS). We understand the frustrations stemming from the lack of availability of this beer and are looking forward to the day when we can produce much more of our specialty brands. As some of you are aware, we have been undergoing constant expansion for the past few years and have been working toward a master plan that will increase our annual brewing capacity by four times our current level. We are happy as hell to share that our new brewhouse is now on line and that we just recently started brewing into the new system. We plan to use this new system in 2012 to increase production of our specialty items to better service the demand for them. It is important to keep in mind, however, that the next couple of 750ml (Backstage Series) releases as well as the 2012 KBS release will still be scarce, because these beers were brewed on the old (smaller) system. But after that we should be off and running toward much greater availability.
On another note, there seems to be some concern or confusion on how are beers are allocated per state. We are proud to be a Michigan-based brewery and all specialty releases take this into consideration. We at Founders will never forget our home state market. In terms of CBS, the state of Michigan received an allocation of 21% of the entire batch of CBS. No other state saw more than 12% of the total availability. That being said, no state is treated more fairly than another (including MI). Distributor allocations are simply based on a representation of total number of accounts they represent for Founders. Should rumors of this exist to the contrary, know that they are just that: rumors.
Lastly, we’ve noticed that retail price gouging is also being discussed. I can only give you the brewery’s position on this, but please know that, legally, once we sell our products to our wholesaler, they in turn sell it to retailers throughout our states of distribution. We have no control over what this retailer will charge for the beer. We do establish our suggested retail pricing, but we cannot enforce this whatsoever. When we hear of retail price gouging, it annoys us as much as it annoys you. Our recommendation to our wholesalers in dealing with retailers that are gouging is to communicate that, if the retailer does not stop overcharging, they will jeopardize their ability to receive Founders specialty items in the future.
In short, we just want to set the record straight on these few items floating around on the blogs and make everyone aware that we are working day and night to fix the capacity concerns with our specialty products. We make this beer because we are extremely passionate about creating the best liquid we know how to produce. We started this business as home brewers and still look at ourselves as such. We know that some of you might never get your chance at a CBS bottle, but we feel it would be a greater disappointment to have never shared this product at all.
Founder’s Brewing’s newest Backstage Series installment goes on sale today. (About an hour from now.) Curmudgeon’s Better Half is a beer formerly known as Kaiser’s Curmudgeon. We’re talking old ale brewed with molasses, aged 254 days in bourbon barrels that were recently used for aging maple syrup.
