About
Our beers are crafted for a chosen few, a small cadre of renegades and rebels who enjoy a beer that pushes the limits of what is commonly accepted as taste. In short, we make beer for people like us.
Our taproom experience was born in 1997 in downtown Grand Rapids, MI, when our Co-Founders decided to start a brewery and realized immediately that the only way they could earn some cash (the brewery was losing money during those first years) was through bartending. With its super-casual vibe, gritty feel and amazing beer, the taproom quickly became a haven for many misfits, artists, musicians and more in Grand Rapids, outgrowing its tiny space quickly. The good news was, so did the brewery. Our entire operation moved to its current downtown Grand Rapids location 10 years ago to accommodate this growth and has since maintained the relaxed atmosphere and “all are welcome” approach to those who walk through the door. What’s next for our taproom? A second one, of course! We’re headed to Motown and hope to bring our Founders feel to the heart of the Cass Corridor in downtown Detroit.
Our taproom experience was born in 1997 in downtown Grand Rapids, MI, when our Co-Founders decided to start a brewery and realized immediately that the only way they could earn some cash (the brewery was losing money during those first years) was through bartending. With its super-casual vibe, gritty feel and amazing beer, the taproom quickly became a haven for many misfits, artists, musicians and more in Grand Rapids, outgrowing its tiny space quickly. The good news was, so did the brewery. Our entire operation moved to its current downtown Grand Rapids location 10 years ago to accommodate this growth and has since maintained the relaxed atmosphere and “all are welcome” approach to those who walk through the door. What’s next for our taproom? A second one, of course! We’re headed to Motown and hope to bring our Founders feel to the heart of the Cass Corridor in downtown Detroit.
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Tried
from Bottle
from
Horrocks Farm Market
on 25 Aug 2025
at 22:25
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tried
on 25 Aug 2025
at 15:41
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Interesting beer, warm alcool and sweet flavour of rhum and vanilla, toffee of bonne maman, not disgusting, good touch of hop, 21.06.19, at Epalinges, buying it at bootlegger or Sterk.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Aug 2025
at 10:15
7.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Dark brown color with medium beige head. Aroma of dark chocolate, coffee, vanilla. Taste is coffee, coffee bitterness, milk chocolate, vanilla, nuts, bourbon. Bit boozy. Nice sipper.
Tried
from Bottle
from Beer Republic
on 18 Aug 2025
at 19:02
9.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 7
Overall 9
Attention, voici une brown ale qui envoie. Mais vu que celle-ci est brassée avec du café (de sumatra), je pense que nombreux sont ceux qui la confondrait ave un imperial stout. Mon exemplaire est de 2020. Le visuel est sur un brun très foncé sans effervescence et sans mousse. Le nez est sur une grosse dominante sur le café et le bourbon (notre bière étant vieillie en fut de bourbon) avec des arômes de chêne et un soupçon de caramel et choco. En bouche les arômes sont profonds, bien qu'un peu plat, et surtout ils jouissent d'une excellente intensité. Le caramel prend plus de place avec des épices qui relèvent l'ensemble et une pointe de noisette en plus. L'ensemble est chaleureux et puissant mais sans être agressif. L'alcool à 11,9 % est impeccable et le sucre pas trop poussé. Petit bémol pour ma part, la texture très fine. J'ai une petite préférence pour les textures plus denses. Mais c'est un détail pour une très belle bière.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Aug 2025
at 21:24
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Slightly hazy golden yellow with giant white head. Pineapple, guava, orange, biscuit malt, and grapefruit peel aroma. Moderately sweet pineapple, orange, biscuit malt, and moderately bitter grapefruit peel flavor. Good body.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Aug 2025
at 19:24
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 9
Overall 7.5
Pours clear deep gold with a small off white head. Smells of coffee, vanilla, and bourbon. It tastes sweet with coffee, bourbon, oak, chocolate, and vanilla. Interesting. It’s very good but for me it’s not on the level of the classic KBS.
Tried
from Draft
at
Dicky's 21 Taps
on 13 Aug 2025
at 04:55
6.5/10
I don't drink Founders, but this was free at a wedding and I certainly wasn't about to drink a Bud Light 😆
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Aug 2025
at 22:43
8/10
Keg at first draft. Pours golden amber, nose is roasted coffee, caramel, vanilla, coconut, taste is similar, creamy. 7/8/8/8/8
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Aug 2025
at 17:28
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
12 oz can, 8/9/25. Lemon-lime over some light pale malts. Not a ton here. Slightly thin. Light and crushable. Fine, but unexciting.
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Tried
from Can
on 09 Aug 2025
at 16:50