Oktoberfest Dinner & Brew Cruise on MI Princess

On Saturday, June 17th Founders will once again close down the taproom and move the party into the street for a day of beer, food, and music in the sun. This year’s 10th annual Founders Fest features their most exciting music lineup yet with a solid team of jam bands including national headlining act Umphrey’s McGee along with the 90’s chart- topping Blues Traveler and bluegrass rockers Leftover Salmon. Additionally, Grand Rapid’s own Mustard Plug and Traverse City’s The Accidentals will be supporting this already stellar lineup.

Founders sets aside one day a year in April to celebrate their darkest beers. This year’s celebration will be held on Saturday, April 22nd and is an all day event at the pub featuring food, music, and every kind of dark beer imaginable ranging from barrel aged stouts to smoky porters and black IPAs. Past year’s events have included everything from mainstays to exclusive tappings including one-off firkins and nitro beers.

For the 9th year in a row, the Founders taproom will close for a day and take the party to the streets outside the brewery. This Saturday, June 18th is the date for the annual celebration of beer and music beginning at 3 p.m. and running all day long until 11 p.m. with a non-stop lineup of bands and a multitude of brews. This event is 21+ so no minors will be allowed. Advance tickets are currently available online from Ticketfly for $30 which includes a $5 credit towards beverage/beer tickets. (https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1154885/tfly)

The brewery will be tapping dark beers including their flagships, specialties, and experimental releases. Fans can expect to see barrel age releases, nitro taps, and firkins of their favorite Founders porters, stouts, and black IPAs. This year Founders held a special ”Bring Me to Black Party” contest selecting ten winners to attend the event for the weekend including private tastings, brewery tours, and a meetup with the Founders team.

Finley’s on West Saginaw is excited to announce they will be one of the few locations that you can enjoy a snifter of KBS on Monday, March 14th.

Founders held their third annual Firkin Freezeout this year on February 6, 2016. For the event, Founders tapped over 40 different firkins outside in their beer garden. Similar to last year’s event, tickets were available inside the brewery for $2 and were good for a 5 oz. sample pour with full pints available for 2 tickets. Deli features for the event included beef stroganoff and sloppy joes, as well as s’mores brownies for dessert. Also back by popular demand this year was the live ice sculpture.

The battle is over but the war goes on. Stormcloud Brewing Company, winner of the inaugural Michigan Civil Beer War, has claimed a quarter-final victory over Founders Brewing Co. of Grand Rapids in the second year of the annual competition.

Founders announced today that it will be expanding production to an additional facility in their hometown of Grand Rapids, MI.

Founders Brewing Co. recently completed work on their latest expansion which began in late 2014. The new expansion gives Founders the footprint to brew up to 900,000 barrels of beer annually with over 55,000 square feet of addition including a new 300 bbl brew house. This 40 million dollar expansion was fueled largely just due to the increasing demand of Founders All Day IPA, their popular hoppy but sessionable beer first introduced by the brewery as a seasonal release back in 2012 but has quickly became their largest selling beer available on draft, 6-pack bottles, or 15-pack can releases.

Founders Fest is the one day of the year in the summer that Founders Brewing Co. closes the doors to their taproom and invites everybody of drinking age to join them for a street party and music fest right outside the brewery. There is also food and entertainment and of course Founders is also known for some of the best beer in the world. The party starts early in the afternoon and goes late into the night. Getting there early is always best before the crowds get thick and lines get long but sticking around always pays off to stay for the later bands and who knows what they will tap next at the Specialty tent?