Founder's Brewing Company |
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Grand Rapids, MI
Founder's All Day IPA
IPA - 4.7% ABV Pete This is a great beer. It's light in alcohol on purpose. Also, despite the great hop flavor, it isn't too bitter, so you can drink a lot of them in a row. Just an all around solid beer. Bonus points for also coming in cans, since many places where you can drink during the day don't allow glass. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Founder's Backwoods Bastard
Scotch Ale - 11.2% ABV Pete Very good beer. It's malty and a touch boozy, also has a bit of a richness to it that I wasn't expecting, kind of like a light porter. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Founder's Big Luscious
Stout - 7.8% ABV Pete This belongs poured over a cheesecake as a sauce. It's sweet, but also has plenty of tart raspberry, and hints of bitterness from dark chocolate. Really great dessert beer. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Founder's Breakfast Stout
Stout - 8.3% ABV Pete This is one of the best beers I've ever had. The description on the bottle could not sound more appealing: "Double Chocolate Coffee Oatmeal Stout", and it certainly does not disappoint. Chocolatey, nice coffee flavor, and creaminess from the oatmeal. Josh Good but I hold founders to some lofty standards. Very heavy. Very good but you can get similar quality stouts for a lower price. Ratings: Pete - 7 Shyoh's Josh - 5 Shyoh's |
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Founder's Centennial IPA
IPA - 7.2% ABV Pete This is a very good IPA. There is a pronounced citrus flavor that competes with the hop bitterness. It is very well done. Josh Excellent. Really nice subtle IPA that's really easy to drink. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's, Josh - 6 Shyoh's |
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Founder's Cerise
Fruit Beer - 6.5% ABV Pete This beer is great. It is highly carbonated, full of cherry flavor, and strong. Hard to beat that. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Founder's Curmudgeon
Old Ale - 9.8% ABV Pete They say it's brewed by molasses, and I believe them. It is very sweet, and I can't tell that it is strong. At 9.8%, that is pretty impressive. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Founder's Devil Dancer
Triple IPA - 12% ABV Pete Disclaimer: I had this after I had been to a 3 hour beer festival, so drinking was becoming hard. This is incredibly strong. No amount of hops can hide that. It's just very very boozy, and very hard to drink, not to mention expensive. Ratings: Pete - 2 Shyoh's |
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Founder's Dirty Bastard
Scotch Ale - 8.5% ABV Josh I reserve a special place is my heart for Dirty Bastard. Pete This is a delicious, sweet, smooth beer, which is impressive because it is very strong. Ratings: Josh - 6 Shyoh's, Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Founder's Green Zebra
Gose - 4.6% ABV Pete A little hoppy and a little sour. Very refreshing. Good outdoor beer. Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's |
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Founder's Kentucky Breakfast Stout 2016 (KBS)
Imperial Stout - 12.4% ABV Pete Tastes like chocolate, coffee, and a hint of bourbon. If you don't like that, you don't have a soul. A touch on the expensive side. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Founder's Kentucky Breakfast Stout 2019
Imperial Stout - 12.2% ABV Pete Tastes just as I remember the 2016 version. Amazing. Coffee, chocolate, and just enough bourbon to remind you that this bad boy is over 12% alcohol while giving a bit of flavor depth to the beer. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout 2020
Imperial Stout - 12% ABV Pete Even better than the 2 previous versions I've had. Vanilla, chocolate, coffee, and caramel all come through. The aroma is purely bourbon, but the flavor is much more complex and balanced. Unreal. Ratings: Pete - 7 Shyoh's |
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Founder's Pale Ale
Pale Ale - 5.4% ABV Pete This is a very good pale ale. It goes down smooth, then the bitterness of the hops hits you with a fairly mild aftertaste. Well done. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Founder's Rübæus
Fruit Beer - 5.7% ABV Pete I was extremely impressed with this beer. I saw a Founder's tap that didn't have a label, and that's what I ordered. The fact that it has the perfect head on it, just like a stout, immediately made me know that this was more of a beer than an alcoholic soda like most fruit beers. This one is top notch. It also doesn't hurt that I love raspberries. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Founder's Sumatra Mountain Brown
Imperial Brown Ale - 9% ABV Pete Pictured on the bottom, had it on nitro draft. Smells a ton like coffee, and you get some of the roasty peppery coffee notes drinking it, but definitely significantly less flavor than aroma. Still, pretty good, and definitely hides the booze well. Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's |
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