After enjoying Founder’s Brewing Company’s beer for more
than a decade, I finally got the chance to visit their taproom. The brewery facility was quite
impressive. The taproom was the biggest
I had ever been in (well, it’s actually several rooms) and the place was packed
with patrons. There were hundreds of
people enjoying the excellent craft beers that are made here.
They do sell food, but I never got a chance to look at a menu, as our party has stand for a short while and then got a table where we could see into the brewing kettles and other equipment. There was
a short wait to get beer at the bar, so we did that and brought them back to our table. The beer
listing was mostly the standard Founder’s beers that one can find in stores,
but they also had Infiltrator, Sweet Repute, Backwoods Bastard, and Frangelic
Mountain Brown. All were interesting
craft beers.
In addition to the indoor tap room, there was an impressive
overflow crowd out on the front patio, where people could stay warm by hanging
out by the numerous heaters and fire pits.
It was only about 20 deg outside, but it was quite pleasant hanging
around an open fire drinking an Infiltrator to keep warm. The outside area was packed as you can see.
Folks from Grand Rapids sure like their craft beer!
Cheers,
Zymus
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