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CBS & iPhone 5 In One Day? Let The Geek Fights Begin
Looks like the much anticipated Founders Canadian Breakfast Stout is starting to flow through the beer community today. Post in the comments of where you’ve found it and we’ll keep an eye out for the best places to pick up your bottle.
CBS & iPhone 5 in one day? I’ll drink to that.. Hindsight. Just an iPhone 4S. Maybe Siri can find us a bottle.
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PICS: Founder’s CBS Bottling
Founder’s Brewing posted some pics for one of the most anticipated beer releases this year – Canadian Breakfast Stout.
The beer is scheduled for release on October 1st at the Grand Rapids taproom, and October 3rd into limited distribution. The beer ranks among the Top 10 in the world on Ratebeer & Beer Advocate.
Canadian Breakfast Stout is an Imperial Stout brewed with a blend of coffees and imported chocolates, then aged in spent bourbon barrels that have most recently been aging pure Michigan maple syrup.
Full CBS Info Here
Everything You Wanted To Know About Founder’s CBS Release
Here’s a press release containing all you needed to know about Founder’s Canadian Breakfast Stout release.
Founders Brewing Vice President/Director of Marketing Dave Engbers announced last month that the highly anticipated Canadian Breakfast Stout (CBS) will be the second release in the company’s 750mL “Backstage Series”. It will be released to the market on October 3, 2011, with a taproom release party on October 1.
The taproom release at 235 Grandville Ave SE in downtown Grand Rapids will begin at 11 a.m. on October 1. There will be about 1700 bottles available for purchase at $18 each. A strict limit of two (2) bottles per person will apply, and all bottles will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Because a line is expected to form before 11 a.m., numbers will be handed out so that the line can remain intact once the taproom doors open. CBS will be featured on draft, and CBS merchandise will be available in the Founders company store, which is on the north end of the taproom. As with all Founders specialty products, growler fills will not be available for CBS.
There has been a great deal of anticipation and speculation regarding the upcoming release after the success of Blushing Monk, the series’ debut, earlier this year. Canadian Breakfast Stout is the epitome of why Founders launched the Backstage Series: it brings some of the brewery’s most sought-after beers, which have been available primarily at the taproom or at a few select events, to a much larger audience.
Canadian Breakfast Stout is an Imperial Stout brewed with a blend of coffees and imported chocolates, then aged in spent bourbon barrels that have most recently been aging pure Michigan maple syrup. The final product has had stellar reviews and is currently the fifth highest rated beer in the world on www.BeerAdvocate.com.
“Releasing small specialty batches is a great way for us to connect to our core beer enthusiast,” Engbers explains. “Fundamentally, we are a small brewery, and we love to do things our own way. This isn’t about flooding the shelves with a beer that we hope people will try; it’s about producing the best damn beer we can brew and offering it to those enthusiasts who have supported our passion for great beer.”
The company is not revealing any additional releases in the series, but Engbers says they will consist of many of the “popular one-offs” that have been offered in the taproom over the years and have become favorites among patrons and brewery staff. “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 one more product in the 2011 Backstage Series later 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 as winners of national and international awards in their respective categories. In 2009, they were ranked as the second fastest growing brewery in the United States, and they are currently rated the second highest brewery in the world by RateBeer.com.
Founders Canadian Breakfast Stout In Bottles!
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
Founders Adds 4,000 Feet, Blushing Bottled
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
Monk’s Blush At Founder’s Big Beers
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.