Mike Stevens and Dave Engbers both had steady jobs when they decided to chase their dreams and open a brewery–which meant writing a business plan, quitting their jobs, and taking out giant loans. They figured if you’re going to live life, you ought to live it hard, without regrets.
After some initial challenges, due to making well balanced but unremarkable beers, we were on the verge of bankruptcy. It was at this point that the original Founders team decided to brew the kind of beer that got them excited about brewing in the first place: complex, in-your-face ales, with huge aromatics, bigger body, and tons of flavor.
The Founders Family, a group of passionate beer enthusiasts, has grown around this simple philosophy: “We don’t brew beer for the masses. Instead, 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.”
We at Founders Brewing Co. have been lucky to evolve into one of the highest recognized breweries in the United States. We have been ranked in the top breweries in the world by Ratebeer.com for the last five years, and we have several beers listed in the top one hundred beers of the world on Beeradvocate.com. We’ve won six World Beer Cup medals, four European Beer Star medals and three Great American Beer Festival medals—thirteen medals total across eight different beers.
We are proud to be doing what we’re doing. We give credit to our staff for continuously working to reinvent what beer can be and thanks to our many customers for whom we work to provide world-class beers.
Available in
Adams, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Franklin, Lackawanna,
Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Luzerne, Monroe, Montgomery, Northampton, Perry, Philadelphia, Pike, Schuylkill,
Susquehanna, Wayne, Wyoming, York counties
Beer Name | Beer Style | ABV% | Available Sizes | Release Dates |
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All Day IPA | Sessional IPA | 4.7 | 12oz NR, 12oz. Cans, 19.2oz. Cans, 1/4BBL, 1/2BBL | |
Solid Gold | Premium Lager | 4.4 | 12oz. Cans, 1/4BBL, 1/2BBL | |
Centennial IPA | American IPA | 7.2 | 12oz NR, 12oz. Cans, 1/4BBL, 1/2BBL | |
Unraveled IPA | Juicy IPA | 6.6 | 12oz Cans, 1/4BBL, 1/2BBL | |
Porter | American Porter | 6.5 | 12oz NR, 1/4BBL, 1/2BBL | |
Breakfast Stout | American Double/Imperial Stout | 8.3 | 12oz NR, 1/4BBL, 1/2BBL | |
Dirty Bastard | Scotch Style Ale | 8.5 | 12oz NR, 1/4BBL, 1/2BBL | |
Backwoods Bastard | BA Scotch Ale/Wee Heavy | 11.2 | 12oz NR, 1/4BBL, 1/2BBL | |
Red's Rye | IPA | 6.6 | 1/4BBL, 1/2BBL | |
Rübæus | Fruit Ale | 5.7 | 12oz. Cans, 1/4BBL, 1/2BBL | |
KBS | BA Double/Imperial Stout | 11.8 | 12oz NR, 750ml NR, 1/4BBL | |
LOW GAS/NITRO | ||||
Oatmeal Stout | Oatmeal Stout | 4.5 | 1/2BBL | |
Rubaeus | Fruit Ale | 5.7 | 1/4BBL, 1/2BBL | |
SEASONALS | ||||
Civilized Brut IPA | Brut IPA | 6 | 12oz Cans, 1/4BBL, 1/2BBL | December |
Pilsner | American Hopped Pilsner | 5.5 | 12oz. Cans, 1/4BBL, 1/2BBL | April |
Mosaic Promise | American Pale Ale | 5.5 | 12oz NR, 15pk 12oz. Cans, 1/4BBL, 1/2BBL | August |
LIMITED SERIES | CALL FOR AVAILABILITY-VERY LIMITED! | VERY LIMITED | ||
Frangelic Mountain Brown | Coffee Brown Ale | 9 | 12oz NR, 1/4BBL | |
4 Giants IPA | Imperial IPA | 9.2 | 12oz NR, 1/4BBL | April |
Big Luscious | Stout brewed with Chocolate & Raspberries | 7.8 | 12oz NR, 1/4BBL | October |
Harvest Ale | Fresh-Hopped IPA | 7.6 | 12oz NR, 1/4BBL | October |
BARREL-AGED SERIES | EXTREMELY LIMITED | |||
Mas Agave | BA Imperial Lime Gose | 10 | 12oz NR, 1/4BBL | |
Mas Agave Grapefruit | BA Imperial Grapefruit Gose | 9.7 | 12oz NR, 1/4BBL | May |
Underground Mountain Brown | Imperial Brown Ale brewed with coffee and aged in Bourbon Barrels | 11.9 | 12oz NR, 1/4BBL | September |
TBA | -- | -- | 12oz NR, 1/4BBL | Nobember |
MAS AGAVE PREMIUM HARD SELTZERS | ||||
Strawberry | Strawberry Hard Seltzer | 4.5 | 12oz Can | |
Lime | Lime Hard Seltzer | 4.5 | 12oz Can | |
15 Pack Variety | Strawberry, Lime, & Grapefruit Hard Seltzers | 4.5 | 12oz Can |