Brought to you by:
BrewTools Homebrewing iPhone App

Latest Reviews

Double Dry Hopped pseudoSue
Toppling Goliath
Modus Vivendi
Wild Beer Co.
Spaceman
Brewfist

Recent Articles

Shameless
Craft brewer sellouts become as tone-deaf and underhanded as their new overlords. Great Taste Eve
Check out the burgeoning Madison beer scene the night before the best fest in country. Good Beer Makes Good Conversation
The effects of drinking beer worth talking about. The Beers of Walmart
The largest retailer in the world now has its own line of beers. Our Take on the Lagunitas-Heineken Deal
Fuck Lagunitas. archives »

Beer Reviews

Furniture City Stock Ale

Founders Brewing Co.
Grand Rapids, MI
USA
http://www.foundersbrewing.com

Style: Brown Ale
ABV: 6.7%

Rings’s Rating:
   (Outstanding within its style.)


Comments:
Furniture City Stock Ale is a limited release by the spectacularly expanding Founders Brewing in Grand Rapids. It’s part of a celebration of Grand Rapids brewing history that coincides with the “Beer City, USA” title and the “Thank You, Beer!” exhibit that recently wrapped up at the Grand Rapids Public Museum.

Pouring ruby brown, it has a beautiful rich head that stays firm on top of the brew throughout. The nose is malty and sweet with notes of molasses and brown sugar, yet pleasingly balanced with a full, hoppy bite and long lingering hop finish. Tremendously balanced, I’ve admittedly stocked up a bit on this one—even cellaring a bottle to see how it holds up—as I have hopes for this to be an annual release and is quickly found itself ranked among some of my favorite pours from Founders.


Reviewed by Rings on April 3, 2013.

Drinkin’ And Thinkin’

Beer Dorks News

Want to know how healthy the craft beer industry is? As always, look to Portland. Craft pioneer Bridgeport announces sudden closure, adding to a growing list of PDX casualties. Did Anheuser-Busch Chicago offer their shit beer to Cody Parkey before his missed field goal? Because that may explain why he "accidentally" biffed it. Chicago now has the most breweries of any city in the country. Other things Chicago has the most of: murders, mobsters, and Ditkas. Trying to spin it positive, BA releases end of year graphic. Only 5% growth in the craft sector when nearly 1000 new breweries opened? That's a collapse waiting to happen. R.I.P. Tallgrass... another casualty as the regional/national craft beer market continues to get squeezed. Wait... Constellation Brands cut all of the Ballast Point and Funky Buddha sales staff? They merged it with their Corona/Modelo staff?? We're SHOCKED!!! Pizza Beer founder crying about failure of company, blames everyone else. Reminder, the beer tasted like vomit. Try having better ideas or making better products so you're not a failure. It's Bud Light so doesn't really matter, but we expect this beer to be sitting around for awhile. Indiana brewery to open with controversial beer names to "get the conversation going". Translation: taking advantage of serious issues for free publicity. Hundreds of amazing beers in Wisconsin and the Cubs took back the one everyone drinks just because it exists and people have heard of it. How fitting...