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our responsibility is to make great beer,
hire great people, listen to awesome music
and have a great time
I love the idea of people drinking our beer
all over the world
my name is Dave Engbers, I'm the co-founder
of Founder's
currently we brew 15 different beers that
we distribute throughout the year
I guess our brewing philosophy is to always
push the envelope, Founder's isn't known for
its subtleties
our beers tend to be fairly big, aggressive,
complex, we're not trying to appease any audience
we somewhat selfishly brew beers for us, and
when we did that we found that there was a
whole different audience out there
people that were demanding more from their
beer, kentucky breakfast stout, double trouble,
devil dancer, curmudgeon old ale, canadian
breakfast stout
beers that wow people
well our industry is really at a great point
right now, where in 1997 I thought we were
getting into the game a little late
now people look at us as one of the veterans
of the industry
our capacity has grown from 5000 barrels,
which we did in 2007, and this year we will
have capacity to 110,000 barrels
in 2009 we were the second fastest growing
brewery in the United States, most recently
we've been voted the second highest rated
brewery in the world
the beer thats being brewed in Michigan is
unique, uniquely awesome
there is no question that Michigan is in the
top 3 highest rated states as far as craft
beer
you can drink one of the highest, most sought
after beers in the world for a dollar or two
more than a domestic beer
now I think Michigan has 5 of the top 50 best
breweries in the world, its not a bad thing
if you've got breweries like here in Michigan
where people are pushing the envelope and
making really
interesting and complex beers, I think thats
where we like to call home
Pure Michigan is great beer
