Founders Brewing Company

Brewery, Bar, Eatery, Beer-to-go

235 Grandville Ave SW
Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503
United States

(616) 776-1195 | map
foundersbrewing.com

Notes: Mahou San Miguel has a 30% ownership stake since 2014.

Monday - Saturday: 11am - 2am
Sunday: 12pm - 12am
Non-smoking Indoors, huge front porch for smoking. (heated winter room coming!)
Much larger room, with huge 25-seat custom mahogany bar.
Expanded Deli Menu and Hours:
Monday - Saturday: 11am-11pm
Sunday: 12pm-11pm
Store: 12pm-8pm
Live Music Thursdays and Saturdays featuring Stage, House PA and Sound
Pool Table, and Real Dart Board.

BEER STATS

Average:: 4.25
Beers:: 152
Reviews:: 35,420
Ratings:: 147,770

PLACE STATS

Average:: 4.54
Reviews:: 330
Ratings:: 1,136
pDev:: 9.91%

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Beers: Current (152) | Archived (360) | All

Name	Style	ABV	Ratings	Avg	Yours
10K IPA	American Imperial IPA	9.1	90	4.17	-
3rd And Lager	American Lager	5.9	9	4	-
4 Giants	American Imperial IPA	9.7	22	4.06	-
Ales For ALS IPA	American IPA	6.7	19	3.89	-
All Day IPA	American IPA	4.7	7,745	3.89	-
All In IPA	American IPA	6.5	5	4.16	-
Angelic Revenge	Belgian Strong Dark Ale	8.4	16	3.96	-
Apricot Wheat	Fruit and Field Beer	5.8	14	3.79	-
Astro Chimp IPA	American IPA	6.7	1	3.73	-
Azacca IPA	American IPA	7	1,646	3.91	-
Azacca IPA - Toasted Coconut	American IPA	7	1	3.93	-
Backwoods Bastard	Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy	11.2	8,687	4.38	-
Backwoods Bastard "Deep Cut"	Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy	10.8	2	4.58	-
Baltic Porter- Port Wine Barrel-Aged	Baltic Porter	9.9	2	3.96	-
Barrel Runner	American Imperial IPA	11.1	490	3.64	-
Barrel-Aged Black Barley Wine	American Barleywine	11.7	5	4.35	-
Barrel-Aged Cactus Waffle Tripel	Belgian Tripel	11.6	1	4.31	-
Barrel-Aged Chestnut Mountain Brown	American Brown Ale	10.4	6	4.08	-
Barrel-Aged Lemon Ale	American Pale Ale (APA)	9.9	2	4.21	-
Beer City IPA	American IPA	6	9	3.87	-
Big “S” Pale	American Pale Ale (APA)	5.2	1	4.07	-
Black Barleywine	American Barleywine	10.1	5	3.93	-
Blushing Monk	Fruit and Field Beer	9.2	2,505	4.21	-
Braggot	Braggot	9.1	3	4.1	-
Brandankulous	American Imperial IPA	11.7	22	4.12	-
Breakfast Stout	American Imperial Stout	8.3	17,494	4.55	-
Bronto Brown Porter	American Porter	6.6	3	3.69	-
CBS (Canadian Breakfast Stout)	American Imperial Stout	11.3	6,238	4.7	-
Centennial IPA	American IPA	7.2	8,704	4.15	-
Cerise	Fruit and Field Beer	6.5	1,512	3.64	-
Citra Gold	American Pale Ale (APA)	4	5	3.39	-
Civilized Brut IPA	American Brut IPA	5.6	3	3.89	-
Comet IPA	American IPA	6.7	14	3.9	-
Copper Harvest Lager	American Lager	6.1	1	5	-
Crazpberry Sawce	Fruit and Field Beer	7.2	6	3.27	-
CTRL ALT Delete	German Altbier	3.3	7	3.68	-
Curmudgeon	English Old Ale	9.8	4,843	4.05	-
Curmudgeon - Bourbon Barrel-Aged	English Old Ale	11.1	42	4.29	-
Curmudgeon's Better Half	English Old Ale	12.7	1,750	4.33	-
Curmudgeon's Better Half "Deep Cut"	English Old Ale	13.8	5	4.52	-
Dankwood	American Imperial Red Ale	12.2	606	4.08	-
Dark Penance	American Black Ale	8.9	2,552	4.06	-
Detroit Wheat Ale	American Pale Wheat Ale	6.7	2	3.75	-
Devil Dancer	American Imperial IPA	12	5,084	3.94	-
Dirty Bastard	Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy	8.5	7,952	4.07	-
Doom	American Imperial IPA	12.4	2,244	4.12	-
Double Trouble	American Imperial IPA	9.4	6,646	4.21	-
Dr. Rudigood Double IPA	American Imperial IPA	8.5	1	4.11	-
Dusty Wayne	American Imperial IPA	8.3	1	4.06	-
Easy Squeezy	New England IPA	6.8	1	4.5	-
Empire Strikes Bitter	English Extra Special / Strong Bitter (ESB)	6.2	52	3.97	-
Festivus Wheat	American Pale Wheat Ale	6.6	10	3.85	-
Frangelic Mountain Brown	American Brown Ale	9	1,193	4.04	-
Freestyle Stout	American Stout	6.5	4	3.86	-
French Quarter Stout	American Stout	7.7	3	3.99	-
Gail's Pale Ale	American Pale Ale (APA)	8	1	3.96	-
German Confusion	American Blonde Ale	6.6	3	3.83	-
Ginger Patch	American Pale Ale (APA)	6.1	2	3.79	-
Golden Naked Stout	American Stout	6.8	5	3.76	-
Gose	Leipzig Gose	4.6	3	3.9	-
Green Zebra Gose	Leipzig Gose	4.6	569	3.92	-
Harvest Ale	American IPA	7.6	4,643	4.26	-
Honey Wheat	American Pale Wheat Ale	0	45	3.67	-
Imperial Lime Gose - Barrel-Aged	Leipzig Gose	10.1	5	4.13	-
Imperial Stout	Russian Imperial Stout	10.5	7,956	4.38	-
K.I.T.	American Pale Ale (APA)	5.9	1	3.69	-
KBS (Kentucky Breakfast Stout)	American Imperial Stout	12.3	13,722	4.65	-
KBS (Kentucky Breakfast Stout) - Espresso	American Imperial Stout	12	6	4.5	-
Kölsch	German Kölsch	4.3	17	3.63	-
Kookaburra Crazy Pils	American Imperial Pilsner	5.2	1	5	-
Kubaba's Reign IPA	American IPA	7.9	1	4.25	-
Late Charge Double IPA	American Imperial IPA	10.2	3	4.13	-
Lavish	English Pale Ale	7.5	1	3.25	-
Lemon Peel Pale	American Amber / Red Ale	5.9	1	3.52	-
Lemon Wheat	American Pale Wheat Ale	5.5	1	4.25	-
Lemondrop IPA	American IPA	6.6	21	3.75	-
Lizard Of Koz	American Imperial Stout	10.5	914	3.91	-
Lizard Of Koz - Deep Cut	American Imperial Stout	9.6	3	4.44	-
Ljubljana Dragon	American Pale Ale (APA)	6.2	3	3.87	-
Looking Glass	American Imperial IPA	11.1	42	4.18	-
Low Gas Pale Ale	American Pale Ale (APA)	0	4	3.5	-
Mahou E Wow E	American Pale Wheat Ale	6.1	1	3.82	-
Mango Magnifico	Fruit and Field Beer	10	1,560	3.66	-
Maple syrup barrel aged MF Donkey Stout	American Stout	9	2	4.18	-
Marzen Attacks!	German Märzen / Oktoberfest	5.6	2	3.69	-
Más Agave	Leipzig Gose	10	336	4.14	-
MI Copper Red	American Amber / Red Ale	6.2	1	3.75	-
Mosaic Promise	American Pale Ale (APA)	5.5	2,364	4.07	-
Mothership Series #10: French Toast Bastard	Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy	11	5	4.21	-
Mothership Series #2: Sleeper Cell	American Imperial IPA	10.8	152	4.22	-
Mothership Series #3: Mackinac Fudge Donkey Stout	American Stout	7.5	102	4.26	-
Mothership Series #4: Panther Cub Barrel-Aged Porter	American Imperial Porter	8.7	140	4.47	-
Mothership Series #5: Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout	Russian Imperial Stout	12.8	120	4.49	-
Mothership Series #6: Cerise	Fruit and Field Beer	0	2	3.81	-
Mothership Series #7: Mucho Lupu	American IPA	7.1	9	4	-
Mothership Series #9: Oktoberfest	German Märzen / Oktoberfest	6	7	3.96	-
Mr. Wednesday	American Strong Ale	8.3	0	0	-
Munich Man	German Märzen / Oktoberfest	6.5	8	3.37	-
Munson Imperial IPA	American Imperial IPA	8.8	1	3.78	-
Nitro Merry Chrizzle Imperial Mint Stizzle	American Imperial Stout	9	1	4.06	-
Nitro Rübæus	Fruit and Field Beer	5.7	9	3.95	-
Nitro Scotch Cherry Woop Woop (Rock N Rye)	Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy	7.8	1	4.25	-
Oatie Mountain Brown	American Brown Ale	6.6	2	3.88	-
Oatmeal Stout	English Oatmeal Stout	4.5	1,137	3.87	-
Orange Cream Dream	American Cream Ale	4.3	2	3.69	-
Paisley Park Pomegranate	Fruit and Field Beer	7	12	3.87	-
Pale Joe	American Pale Ale (APA)	5.4	353	3.94	-
Palm Reader	American Pale Ale (APA)	5.4	120	3.8	-
Paper Flowers Rye IPA	Rye Beer	6.6	1	4.03	-
Parisian Breakfast Stout	American Imperial Stout	11.1	2	4.52	-
Party Stout	American Stout	7.6	2	3.94	-
Passionfruit Wheat	American Pale Wheat Ale	5.8	1	3.5	-
Pilsner	American Lager	5.5	767	3.84	-
Pineapple Express	American Pale Wheat Ale	5.6	1	4.59	-
Porter	Robust Porter	6.5	7,773	4.27	-
Porter - Bourbon Barrel-Aged With Maple	American Imperial Porter	12.9	8	4.51	-
Porter - Bourbon-Soaked Oak Staves And Maple Extract	American Porter	7	1	4	-
PR Stunt Cream Ale	American Cream Ale	3.8	2	2.97	-
Project PAM	American Black Ale	10.8	1,060	4.21	-
Razzle Hopenberry - Port Wine BA	Fruit and Field Beer	6.6	1	3.75	-
RBG	Fruit and Field Beer	4.5	1	3.81	-
Red's Rye IPA	Rye Beer	6.6	5,298	4.2	-
ReDANKulous	American Imperial IPA	9.5	1,633	4.14	-
ReDANKulous - Boubon Barrel-Aged	American Imperial IPA	9.5	27	4.12	-
Resilience IPA	American IPA	6.8	1	3.82	-
Rocktoberfest	German Märzen / Oktoberfest	5.4	5	3.74	-
Rübæus	Fruit and Field Beer	5.7	3,761	3.91	-
Seis Estrellas	American Lager	7.7	4	3.96	-
Shickadance Porter	American Porter	6.6	2	4	-
Simcoe Superstar DIPA	American Imperial IPA	7.8	1	4.02	-
Smaug IPA	American IPA	7.8	3	3.93	-
Solid Gold	American Adjunct Lager	4.4	775	3.65	-
Spectra Trifecta	German Kölsch	5.9	283	3.67	-
Spite - Barrel-Aged With Hungarian Wax	Herb and Spice Beer	7.9	8	3.81	-
Sumatra Mountain Brown	American Brown Ale	9	1,754	4.3	-
Sweet Jane’s Goodnight IPA	American IPA	6.9	1	4.1	-
Sweet Repute	American Wheatwine Ale	12.6	1,123	4.19	-
Take’Er Easy, Dude	Russian Imperial Stout	10.3	5	4.21	-
Tellicherry Pale Ale	American Pale Ale (APA)	5.6	2	4.02	-
Trigo	American Lager	6.3	219	3.89	-
Underground Mountain Brown	American Brown Ale	11.9	478	4.38	-
Unraveled IPA	American IPA	6.8	2	3.88	-
Viper’s Venom Double IPA	American Imperial IPA	8.2	2	4.23	-
Werewolf Lazer Circus	American Brown Ale	6.8	5	3.83	-
Whiney Stephanie	German Hefeweizen	5.4	1	3.64	-
White Stout	American Stout	7.5	2	3.92	-
Winter Spice Black	Winter Warmer	4.9	2	3.86	-
Witchcraft	Baltic Porter	6.4	8	3.97	-
Yirgabrew Brown	American Brown Ale	7.2	1	4.06	-
Ziffy Whomper	Winter Warmer	6.4	13	3.55	-
Zuper Hophead	American IPA	5.6	17	3.82	-
Zythos IPA	American IPA	7.2	7	3.99	-

Founders Brewing Company in Grand Rapids, MI

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