Founder’s Brewing is finally bottling one of the top ranked beers in the world – Canadian Breakfast Stout. You take Breakfast Stout and age in in kentucky bourbon barrels, you have KBS. Add maple syrup, viola! Canadian Breakfast Stout.
Founder’s Brewing took a poll back in April asking people to vote for their new All Day IPA label. Meet the winner. The ABV is higher than 4%, so those hardcore session people are going to have a tough time with Continue Reading →
Founders Brewing just received approval to add 4,000 feet to the brewery in Grand Rapids, MI. The extra space will give Founders more brewing room, but will not be expanding the tap room. <MLive>
Also, the first of the brewery’s Continue Reading →
Here is your exclusive look at Atlanta’s Cypress Street tap lineup for American Craft Beer Week 2011. Each of these beers are a little hard to come by. Each beer flows at opening each day.
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Founder’s Brewing announced they are going to start selling 750 ml bottles. As excitement grew, the question was – what’s first? Today we have the answer – Blushing Monk.
The bomber series will be called the “Backstage Series.” The first beer in the Backstage series will be Blushing Monk, a Belgian Style Fruit beer fermented with pure raspberries. Founder’s made this beer close to 5 years ago (2007) and has gone under the pseudonym Imperial Belgian Razz.
The Backstage Series will feature 3 releases this year.
Style: Fruit Beer
12.3% ABV
Beer & Pancakes. Sounds like a match made in heaven. On Saturday, May 21st Brick Store Pub hosts a pancake breakfast & yard sale. From BSP:
Please join us on Saturday May 21st from Continue Reading →
MLive is reporting that starting in summer of 2011, Founder’s Brewing will be releasing some of their beers in 750ml “bomber” format. Beers are to include tap room “one offs” plus others.
The recent 7 million dollar production plant expansion has Continue Reading →
Founder’s Brewing is finally bottling one of the top ranked beers in the world – Canadian Breakfast Stout. You take Breakfast Stout and age in in kentucky bourbon barrels, you have KBS. Add maple syrup, viola! Canadian Breakfast Stout.
CBS joins Blushing Monk in the 750 ml – Backstage Series.
Ale Brewed with Chocolate and Coffee Aged in Maple Syrup – bourbon barrel
Availability: 750ml bottles! Draft
Arrival: TBA
10.6% ABV
Founder’s Brewing took a poll back in April asking people to vote for their new All Day IPA label. Meet the winner. The ABV is higher than 4%, so those hardcore session people are going to have a tough time with this one. Another way to look at it: in the world of IPAs there aren’t many that are below 5% or even in the neighborhood of 4%. A 4.7% IPA would be easier to drink over time.
About All Day IPA:
The beer you’ve been waiting for. Keeping your taste satisfied while keeping your senses sharp. An all-day IPA naturally brewed with a complex array of malts, grains, and hops. Perfectly balanced for aggressive aromatics, moderate bitterness and a remarkably clean finish. It’s the perfect companion for tall tales around the bonfire, working around the yard, or introducing great craft beer to your Uncle Ernie and Aunt Claudia.
Style: IPA
Hops: Simcoe, Amarillo, + others
Malts: 3 varieties – including Oats & Wheat
Taste Expectations: Fresh and hoppy, tropical fruits, wheat.
Availability: 12oz bottles, draft.
Arrival: TBA
All Day IPA won a silver medal at the 2010 GABF.
Founders Brewing just received approval to add 4,000 feet to the brewery in Grand Rapids, MI. The extra space will give Founders more brewing room, but will not be expanding the tap room. <MLive>
Also, the first of the brewery’s 750ml bottles are rolling off the line. Blushing Monk is the first of the new “Backstage Series.” Monk is a Belgian style fruit beer fermented with pure raspberries. (Previously brewed half a decade ago under the name Imperial Belgian Razz.)
Availability: 750ml bottles
Arrival: Released in Summer, 2011
Here is your exclusive look at Atlanta’s Cypress Street tap lineup for American Craft Beer Week 2011. Each of these beers are a little hard to come by. Each beer flows at opening each day.
Monday, May 16th – Dogfish Head Brewing’s Hellhound On My Ale, Namaste
Tuesday, May 17th – Bell’s Brewing’s Consecrator Dopplebock, Smoked Vienna Lager (Rare Taproom only offering)
Wednesday, May 18th – Allagash’s edition of “Vreinden” collaboration with New Belgium
Thursday, May 19th – Great Divide Brewing’s 17th Anniversary Wood Aged IPA
Friday, May 20th – Terrapin Brewing’s Indiana Krunkles Wheat IPA
Saturday, May 21st – (CASK) Heavy Seas Peg Leg Stout aged in Buffalo Trace Bourbon Barrels
Sunday, May 22nd – Founder’s KBS (I won’t even link to it. You know what’s up)
Founder’s Brewing announced they are going to start selling 750 ml bottles. As excitement grew, the question was – what’s first? Today we have the answer – Blushing Monk.
The bomber series will be called the “Backstage Series.” The first beer in the Backstage series will be Blushing Monk, a Belgian Style Fruit beer fermented with pure raspberries. Founder’s made this beer close to 5 years ago (2007) and has gone under the pseudonym Imperial Belgian Razz.
The Backstage Series will feature 3 releases this year.
Style: Fruit Beer
12.3% ABV
Full Press Release
(Grand Rapids, MI) — Founders Brewing Co. Vice President/Director of Marketing Dave Engbers announced today that his GrandRapids brewery will begin selling 750 milliliter bottles of specialty beers–dubbed the “Backstage Series”–this summer.
Engbers said part of the almost $7 million expansion to the brewery, which increased capacity from 28,000 barrels to nearly 50,000 barrels, includes a state of the art bottling line that allows them the flexibility to bottle and package 12oz as well as large format 750ml bottles.
The first “Backstage Series” release is sure to put a smile on the face of Founders fans. “We haven’t produced this product in over four years and people have been begging for it–so this is the perfect time to bring Blushing Monk back to market.” Blushing Monk is a decadent Belgian Raspberry Ale that was last produced in 2007, and is still highly sought after.
The company is not revealing the entire lineup, but Engbers said it would consist of many of the “popular one-offs” that have been offered in the taproom over the years and have become favorites. “I think part of what people love about Founders, besides our beer, is that we listen to what they are saying,” says President Mike Stevens. “With our new line, now we can offer them more of what they’ve been asking for.”
The company expects to release two or three in the series this year.
Founders Brewing Company opened their doors in 1997 with the vision of creating some of the most unique craft beer in the world. Today, Founders has a loyal following with several beers lauded nationally and internationally as award winners in their respective categories. In 2009, they were ranked the second fastest growingbrewery in the United States, and they are currently rated the second highest brewery in the world by ratebeer.com.
Founders Brewing Company, 235 Grandville Avenue SW in downtown Grand Rapids, is a proud member of the Michigan Brewers Guild. www.michiganbrewersguild.org.
Beer & Pancakes. Sounds like a match made in heaven. On Saturday, May 21st Brick Store Pub hosts a pancake breakfast & yard sale. From BSP:
Please join us on Saturday May 21st from 8am til noon for the first annual Brick Store Yard Sale and Pancake Breakfast. We will be selling tons of old glassware and other goodies from the beer vault. Chefs Rian Tittle and Dano Gordy from Brick Store and Chef Wesley Kayyali from Leons Full Service will be preparing some delicious breakfast treats in the dining area. We will be celebrating American Craft Beer Week as well so i decided to throw on a couple of decent breakfast beers.
Terrapin Wake & Bake 2009
Terrapin Wake & Bake 2010
Terrapin Wake & Bake 2011
Founders KBS 2010
Founders KBS 2011
Founders CBS 2010
Founders Breakfast 2010
Founders Breakfast 2011
Great Divide Espresso Yeti 2009
Great Divide Espresso Yeti 2010
Great Divide Espresso Yeti 2011
Sweetwater Mean Joe Bean 2011
Sweetwater BSP Quad Randallized with Coffee Beans 2010
De Struise Black Damnation IV Coffee Club 2010
Southern Tier Mokah 2010
Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast 2010
Mikkeller Beer Geek Brunch 2010
MLive is reporting that starting in summer of 2011, Founder’s Brewing will be releasing some of their beers in 750ml “bomber” format. Beers are to include tap room “one offs” plus others.
The recent 7 million dollar production plant expansion has allowed to brewery some more options with packaging. <Mlive.com>
