Quick note from Brooklyn Brewing – the next edition of the Brewmaster’s Reserve Series is due out by the end of January.
Mary’s Maple Porter, our next quarterly draft-only Brewmater’s Reserve beer made with maple syrup from our QC Manager’s (Mary) Continue Reading →
Bell’s Brewing’s Eccentric Ale release is 4 days away. It goes on sale at the Eccentric Cafe at 9 am. You dress “non eccentrically?” No beer for you.. From Bell’s:
Bell’s 13th annual Eccentric Day is one week from today. Here is Continue Reading →
A young Perennial Artisanal Ales is expanding their lineup with this new fall seasonal, Peace Offering. Offering is a brown ale brewed with squash and maple syrup.
Peace offering is an American Brown Ale, brewed with a few hundred pounds of Continue Reading →
You take Dogfish Head 60 Minute and mix it with 90 Minute, add a little maple syrup, and you have 75 Minute IPA -aka Johnny Cask. I can’t believe I first mentioned the appearance of this beer over 2 years Continue Reading →
Folks,
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 →
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 Continue Reading →
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. Continue Reading →
Quick note from Brooklyn Brewing – the next edition of the Brewmaster’s Reserve Series is due out by the end of January.
Mary’s Maple Porter, our next quarterly draft-only Brewmater’s Reserve beer made with maple syrup from our QC Manager’s (Mary) maple trees, released end of January.
Availability: Draft only
Bell’s Brewing’s Eccentric Ale release is 4 days away. It goes on sale at the Eccentric Cafe at 9 am. You dress “non eccentrically?” No beer for you.. From Bell’s:
Bell’s 13th annual Eccentric Day is one week from today. Here is what you need to know.
– Doors will open at 9 a.m. on Dec. 9.
– Eccentric attire is required
— come as you aren’t. If you are not dressed for the occasion, you will be turned away at the door.
– There is no cover.
– There will be eccentric food.
– DJ Bowser will provide the tunes.
– Both the front and back bar will be open.
35 beers will be on tap plus a firkin of Special Double Cream Stout. Here’s the lineup:
– Two Hearted Ale
– Kalamazoo Stout
– Porter
– Special Double Cream Stout
– Amber Ale
– Java Stout
– Pale Ale
– Cherry Stout
– Winter White Ale
– Expedition Stout
– Christmas Ale
– Rye Stout
– Best Brown Ale
– Oatmeal Stout
– Third Coast Beer
– Smoked Stout
– Third Coast Old Ale
– Harry Magill’s Spiced Stout
– Oarsman Ale
– Sweet Potato Stout
– Bell’s Lager Beer
– Trumpeters Stout
– Hell Hath No Fury … Ale
– Milk Stout
– Sparkling Ale
– Dagger Stout
– The Oracle DIPA
– Black Note Bourbon Barrel-Aged Stout
– Hopsoulution
– Eccentric Ale (bottles will also be available for sale at the Bell’s General Store)
– Golden Rye
– Exp Hop 2011-1 (an IPA brewed with experimental hops)
– Rye-ghteous Ale
– Harvest Ale
– Raspberry Ale
A young Perennial Artisanal Ales is expanding their lineup with this new fall seasonal, Peace Offering. Offering is a brown ale brewed with squash and maple syrup.
Peace offering is an American Brown Ale, brewed with a few hundred pounds of maple roasted Missouri squash. We hope you enjoy our take on autumn and that the flavors remind you of the many great offerings that come with this distinctively wonderful season.
Availability: 750ml bottles
Arrival: TBA6.3% ABV
You take Dogfish Head 60 Minute and mix it with 90 Minute, add a little maple syrup, and you have 75 Minute IPA -aka Johnny Cask. I can’t believe I first mentioned the appearance of this beer over 2 years ago. Finally, this beer will see more glasses. It’s headed for 750ml bottles. The maple syrup is the same from the Calagione Family Farm, the same syrup used in Life & Limb. Cask made it’s debut March 26th, 2009 at what DFH called a “Simul-Cask” event. Simultaneous casks tapped at the brewpub, in Philly, Manhattan, & Boston. It has made various appearances since then. The bottle artwork has little addendum. Groucho glasses on the image of Johnny Cash… (See original artwork below)
There are some situations when 90 is too much. There are other situations when 60 is too little. There are many situations when 75 is juuust right. Bottle conditioned with pure maple syrup for complexity and age-ability and dry hopped out the bejeezum boards.
Availability: 750ml bottles. Draft (pub)
Arrival: March, 2012
7.5% ABV
Folks,
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.
Cheers,
Mike Stevens | President & CEO, Founder’s Brewing
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.
photo source: auroracrisis
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
