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id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Holding_company" title="Holding company">Parent</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mahou-San_Miguel_Group" title="Mahou-San Miguel Group">Mahou-San Miguel Group</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.foundersbrewing.com">www<wbr />.foundersbrewing<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ecc850; font-style: italic">Active beers</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><table style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <td>Type</td> </tr><tr> <td width="50%">All Day IPA</td> <td width="50%"><a href="/wiki/India_Pale_Ale" class="mw-redirect" title="India Pale Ale">India Pale Ale</a></td> </tr><tr> <td width="50%">Backwoods Bastard</td> <td width="50%">Scotch ale</td> </tr><tr> <td width="50%">Centennial IPA</td> <td width="50%">India pale ale</td> </tr><tr> <td width="50%">Dirty Bastard</td> <td width="50%"><a href="/wiki/Scotch_ale" class="mw-redirect" title="Scotch ale">Scotch ale</a></td> </tr><tr> <td width="50%">KBS</td> <td width="50%">Imperial stout</td> </tr><tr> <td width="50%">Nitro Oatmeal Stout</td> <td width="50%"><a href="/wiki/Oatmeal_stout" class="mw-redirect" title="Oatmeal stout">Oatmeal stout</a></td> </tr><tr> <td width="50%">Nitro Pale Ale</td> <td width="50%">American pale ale</td> </tr><tr> <td width="50%">Pale Ale</td> <td width="50%"><a href="/wiki/American_pale_ale" title="American pale ale">American pale ale</a></td> </tr><tr> <td width="50%">Porter</td> <td width="50%"><a href="/wiki/Porter_(beer)" title="Porter (beer)">Porter</a></td> </tr><tr> <td width="50%">Rubaeus</td> <td width="50%"><a href="/wiki/Fruit_beer" title="Fruit beer">Fruit beer</a></td> </tr><tr> <td width="50%">Red's Rye IPA</td> <td width="50%"><a href="/wiki/Rye_beer" title="Rye beer">Rye beer</a></td> </tr><tr> <td width="50%">Solid Gold</td> <td width="50%"><a href="/wiki/Lager" title="Lager">Lager</a></td> </tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ecc850; font-style: italic"><a href="/wiki/Seasonal_beer" title="Seasonal beer">Seasonal beers</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><table style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <td>Type</td> </tr><tr> <td width="50%">Black Rye</td> <td width="50%">Rye beer</td> </tr><tr> <td width="50%">Breakfast Stout</td> <td width="50%"><a href="/wiki/Imperial_stout" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial stout">Imperial stout</a></td> </tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ecc850; font-style: italic">Other beers</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><table style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <td>Type</td> </tr><tr> <td width="50%">Curmudgeon Old Ale</td> <td width="50%"><a href="/wiki/Old_ale" title="Old ale">Old ale</a></td> </tr><tr> <td width="50%">Dark Penance</td> <td width="50%"><a href="/wiki/Brewing_in_Vermont#Black_IPA" title="Brewing in Vermont">Black IPA</a></td> </tr><tr> <td width="50%">Devil Dancer</td> <td width="50%">Imperial IPA</td> </tr><tr> <td width="50%">Double Trouble</td> <td width="50%"><a href="/wiki/Imperial_IPA" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial IPA">Imperial IPA</a></td> </tr><tr> <td width="50%">Harvest Ale</td> <td width="50%">American pale ale</td> </tr><tr> <td width="50%">Imperial Stout</td> <td width="50%"><a href="/wiki/Russian_imperial_stout" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian imperial stout">Russian imperial stout</a></td> </tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ecc850; font-style: italic">Inactive beers</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><table style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <td>Type</td> </tr><tr> <td width="50%">CBS (Canadian Breakfast Stout)</td> <td width="50%">Imperial stout</td> </tr> </tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Canal Street Brewing Co., LLC</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Doing_business_as" class="mw-redirect" title="Doing business as">doing business as</a> <b>Founders Brewing Company</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a brewery in <a href="/wiki/Grand_Rapids" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Rapids">Grand Rapids</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a>, known for producing several highly rated and award-winning craft-style ales, including KBS (Kentucky Breakfast Stout), Centennial IPA, Dirty Bastard, and Founders Porter.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since its founding as a craft brewery in the mid-1990s, it has grown to become the 15th largest brewery in the United States,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a prominent member of the West Michigan brewing industry. It is now majority-owned by <a href="/wiki/Mahou-San_Miguel_Group" title="Mahou-San Miguel Group">Mahou San Miguel</a> of Spain. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Founders_Brewing_Company&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Founders_Brewing_Company_2022.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Founders_Brewing_Company_2022.jpg/290px-Founders_Brewing_Company_2022.jpg" decoding="async" width="290" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Founders_Brewing_Company_2022.jpg/435px-Founders_Brewing_Company_2022.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Founders_Brewing_Company_2022.jpg/580px-Founders_Brewing_Company_2022.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2250" /></a><figcaption>Founders Brewing Company building in 2022</figcaption></figure> <p>Mike Stevens and Dave Engbers were <a href="/wiki/Homebrewing" title="Homebrewing">homebrewing</a> enthusiasts who had recently graduated from college.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company was originally organized in 1996 as John Pannell Brewing Company;<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stevens and Engbers changed the company's name to Canal Street Brewing Co. in 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-fj_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fj-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They took that name from the historical name of the Grand Rapids street (now Monroe Avenue) where they had set up operations, in an area where several 19th-century breweries once stood. The label for their Founders Pale Ale featured a historical image of brewers from that era with the word "Founders" above it; customers took that to be the name of the company, so Engbers and Stevens adopted it for general use.<sup id="cite_ref-fj_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fj-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 2000s, following its move to a larger facility on Grandville Avenue (now César E. Chávez Avenue), Founders became one of the most prominent breweries in Michigan, expanding its market to 37 states and its production capacity to 340,000 barrels per year.<sup id="cite_ref-expansion_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-expansion-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By sales volume, Founders was the 30th largest U.S. craft brewery, and 41st largest U.S. brewery overall in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 2014, Founders had climbed to the 17th largest craft brewery and the 23rd largest overall.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2014, Founders announced a $35 million expansion to double its production capacity and allow production of 900,000 barrels per year.<sup id="cite_ref-expansion_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-expansion-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2014, Founders announced that Spanish brewing company Mahou San Miguel had purchased a 30% minority stake in the business.<sup id="cite_ref-Mahou_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mahou-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A major-brewery stake of this size led the <a href="/wiki/Brewers_Association" title="Brewers Association">Brewers Association</a> to no longer designate it as a "craft" brewery.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 2019, the company announced that it was selling another 60% to Mahou; Stevens and Engbers, would each retain 5%, with other minority stakeholders bought out.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Beers">Beers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Founders_Brewing_Company&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Beers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Founders produces several year-round packaged beers and a variety of seasonal and limited-production beers.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Throughout the course of the year, Founders produces other beers sold on tap at their taprooms and beer festivals.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Founder's Beers </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <th>Style</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Alcohol_by_volume" title="Alcohol by volume">ABV %</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/International_Bitterness_Units_scale" class="mw-redirect" title="International Bitterness Units scale">IBU</a></th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>All Day IPA </td> <td><a href="/wiki/India_Pale_Ale" class="mw-redirect" title="India Pale Ale">India Pale Ale</a> </td> <td>4.7 </td> <td>42 </td> <td>Year-round </td></tr> <tr> <td>Backwoods Bastard </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scotch_Ale" class="mw-redirect" title="Scotch Ale">Scotch Ale</a> </td> <td>11.2 </td> <td>50 </td> <td>Year-round </td></tr> <tr> <td>Centennial IPA </td> <td><a href="/wiki/India_Pale_Ale" class="mw-redirect" title="India Pale Ale">India Pale Ale</a> </td> <td>7.2 </td> <td>65 </td> <td>Year-round </td></tr> <tr> <td>Dirty Bastard </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scotch_Ale" class="mw-redirect" title="Scotch Ale">Scotch Ale</a> </td> <td>8.5 </td> <td>50 </td> <td>Year-round </td></tr> <tr> <td>KBS </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stout" title="Stout">American Imperial Stout</a> </td> <td>12 </td> <td>70 </td> <td>Year-round </td></tr> <tr> <td>Pale Ale </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Pale_Ale" class="mw-redirect" title="American Pale Ale">American Pale Ale</a> </td> <td>5.4 </td> <td>35 </td> <td>Year-round </td></tr> <tr> <td>Porter </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Porter_(beer)" title="Porter (beer)">American Porter</a> </td> <td>6.5 </td> <td>45 </td> <td>Year-round </td></tr> <tr> <td>Rubaeus </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fruit_Beer" class="mw-redirect" title="Fruit Beer">Fruit Beer</a> </td> <td>5.7 </td> <td>15 </td> <td>Year-round </td></tr> <tr> <td>Solid Gold </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lager" title="Lager">Lager</a> </td> <td>4.5 </td> <td>20 </td> <td>Year-round </td></tr> <tr> <td>Nitro Oatmeal Stout </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stout" title="Stout">Oatmeal Stout</a> </td> <td>4.5 </td> <td>38 </td> <td>Year-round draft only </td></tr> <tr> <td>Nitro Pale Ale </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Pale_Ale" class="mw-redirect" title="American Pale Ale">American Pale Ale</a> </td> <td>5.4 </td> <td>35 </td> <td>Year-round draft only </td></tr> <tr> <td>Red's Rye IPA </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rye_beer" title="Rye beer">Rye</a> </td> <td>6.6 </td> <td>70 </td> <td>Year-round draft only </td></tr> <tr> <td>American Hopped Pilsner </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pilsner" title="Pilsner">Pilsner</a> </td> <td>5.5 </td> <td>45 </td> <td>Seasonal </td></tr> <tr> <td>Black Rye </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rye_beer" title="Rye beer">Rye</a> </td> <td>7.5 </td> <td>78 </td> <td>Seasonal </td></tr> <tr> <td>Breakfast Stout </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stout" title="Stout">American Imperial Stout</a> </td> <td>8.3 </td> <td>60 </td> <td>Year round </td></tr> <tr> <td>Curmudgeon Old Ale </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Old_Ale" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Ale">Old Ale</a> </td> <td>9.8 </td> <td>50 </td> <td>Specialty </td></tr> <tr> <td>Dark Penance </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pale_ale" title="Pale ale">American Black Ale</a> </td> <td>8.9 </td> <td>100 </td> <td>Specialty </td></tr> <tr> <td>Double Trouble </td> <td><a href="/wiki/India_Pale_Ale" class="mw-redirect" title="India Pale Ale">American Imperial IPA</a> </td> <td>9.4 </td> <td>86 </td> <td>Specialty </td></tr> <tr> <td>Imperial Stout </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stout" title="Stout">Russian Imperial Stout</a> </td> <td>10.5 </td> <td>75 </td> <td>Specialty </td></tr> <tr> <td>Devil Dancer </td> <td><a href="/wiki/India_Pale_Ale" class="mw-redirect" title="India Pale Ale">American Imperial IPA</a> </td> <td>12.0 </td> <td>112 </td> <td>Limited </td></tr> <tr> <td>Harvest Ale </td> <td><a href="/wiki/India_Pale_Ale" class="mw-redirect" title="India Pale Ale">American IPA</a> </td> <td>7.6 </td> <td>70 </td> <td>Limited </td></tr> <tr> <td>CBS (Canadian Breakfast Stout) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stout" title="Stout">American Imperial Stout</a> </td> <td>11.7 </td> <td>45 </td> <td>Discontinued </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>For several years, KBS (Kentucky Breakfast Stout) was highly sought-after during its annual release in April,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but went to year-around production in 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is an American Imperial Stout with a high <a href="/wiki/Alcohol_by_volume" title="Alcohol by volume">ABV</a> (11.2%), brewed with coffee and chocolate, and aged in bourbon barrels in nearby former <a href="/wiki/Gypsum" title="Gypsum">gypsum</a> mines. The "regular" Breakfast Stout is a formerly seasonal, now year-round, American Oatmeal Stout. CBS (Canadian Breakfast Stout) was released irregularly with gaps of years in between,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and as of 2019<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Founders_Brewing_Company&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> Founders has no plans to brew it again.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2023, they brewed it again.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Awards">Awards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Founders_Brewing_Company&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of 2013, two of its beers, KBS (Kentucky Breakfast Stout) and CBS (Canadian Breakfast Stout), were ranked among <a href="/wiki/BeerAdvocate" class="mw-redirect" title="BeerAdvocate">BeerAdvocate</a>'s top 10 beers, with CBS ranked as the 4th best beer in the world by user review.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a 2013 poll, <a href="/wiki/Ratebeer.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Ratebeer.com">Ratebeer.com</a> listed Founders as the 3rd best brewery in the world overall;<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Founders was 2nd place in 2011 and 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2010, Founders won four medals at the <a href="/wiki/World_Beer_Cup" title="World Beer Cup">World Beer Cup</a> in Chicago, Illinois,<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the brewery went on to win two more medals at Denver's Great American Beer Festival in September of that year.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The brewery also won an award at the 2012 World Beer Cup in <a href="/wiki/San_Diego" title="San Diego">San Diego</a>, California.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Taprooms">Taprooms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Founders_Brewing_Company&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Taprooms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Founders operates a taproom in Grand Rapids. The original taproom is adjacent to the brewing operations, and in addition to its retail brews, offers beers that are only available on tap. A 14,000-square-foot Detroit taproom opened in 2017. It primarily served beers made in Grand Rapids, but also had a four-barrel brewing facility that could produce about eight kegs a week, allowing it to serve other beers as well.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Detroit taproom closed May 1, 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Local_Engagement">Local Engagement</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Founders_Brewing_Company&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Local Engagement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Founders Fest: Each June, the company organizes a festival known as Founders Fest. The street in front of the brewery is closed down and blocked off for the event. National, regional, and local acts take the stage, and local food vendors and artists have booths. Each year more than 5,000 people attend the festival. Past acts have included <a href="/wiki/Mustard_Plug" title="Mustard Plug">Mustard Plug</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blues_Traveler" title="Blues Traveler">Blues Traveler</a>, <a href="/wiki/Umphrey%27s_McGee" title="Umphrey's McGee">Umphrey's McGee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nahko_and_Medicine_for_the_People" title="Nahko and Medicine for the People">Nahko and Medicine for the People</a>, <a href="/wiki/Soulive" title="Soulive">Soulive</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Toubab_Krewe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Toubab Krewe (page does not exist)">Toubab Krewe</a>, <a href="/wiki/That_1_Guy" title="That 1 Guy">That 1 Guy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Galactic" title="Galactic">Galactic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chicago_AfroBeat_Project" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago AfroBeat Project">Chicago AfroBeat Project</a>, and <a href="/wiki/The_Crane_Wives" title="The Crane Wives">The Crane Wives</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Founders Mountain Bike Racing Team: In 2005, Founders became the primary sponsor of what used to be the Alger Cyclery Bicycle team, becoming Founders Racing with approximately 20 team members. The partnership between Founders and the bike team lasted approximately 19 years, but as of 2024, the team aligned with Blackrock's Brewing (out of Marquette, Michigan) as Founders Brewing local engagment decreased. </p><p>Founders Brewing was also the headline sponsor for major bike racing events in west Michigan, notably the Barry-Roubaix Killer Gravel Road Race and the Lumberjack-100 Mountain Bike Race [44][45] </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversies">Controversies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Founders_Brewing_Company&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Controversies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Founders has had problems in some states with its labeling of beers. Until 2012, Dirty Bastard and Backwoods Bastard could not be sold in Alabama because of the name.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2015, the label for Breakfast Stout, featuring a small child eating oatmeal, led to regulatory problems in Michigan and New Hampshire over the depiction of a child on an alcoholic beverage, requiring a temporary change in Michigan replacing the child with a note.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2018, former employee Tracy Evans, who is African-American, sued Founders for racial discrimination, alleging that the company had allowed a hostile work environment, passed him over for a promotion in favor of less qualified white co-workers, and fired him for complaining about it.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Founders issued a statement denying the allegations.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a sworn deposition leaked to the media in October 2019, his former manager Dominic Ryan stated that he could not definitively conclude whether Evans is black or not,<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a position Engbers disavowed.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the controversy, Founders pulled out of the 2019 <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Brewers_Guild" title="Michigan Brewers Guild">Michigan Brewers Guild</a> Detroit Fall Beer Festival.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ryan was terminated shortly after the leak,<sup id="cite_ref-:2_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> followed by Evans and Founders settling the dispute out of court.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Founders_Brewing_Company&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barrel-aged_beer" title="Barrel-aged beer">Barrel-aged beer</a></li></ul> <div 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