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Founders Brewing Co.

  • Grand Rapids, MI
  • Founded 1997
  • Owned by a Large Brewer: Mahou San Miguel

WebsiteOpen in the Breweries Dashboard

Medals in View
1
Gold, Silver, Bronze
First Medal in View
2026
Categories Medaled
1
1 in special categories
Estimated Barrels per Year
1.5K

No production figure is published, so this uses the typical volume for an assumed generic type, because no brewery type was found: 1,500 barrels. Estimated total: 1,500 barrels. Inputs: Barrels: 1,500 (estimated from Brewery Type (E)); Brewery Type: Not Found, So an Assumed Generic Type Is Used; Locations: 1; Kitchen: Not Found, So No Food Revenue Is Added; Distribution: Not Found; Employees: Not Found.

How These Estimates Are Made

Estimate (E)
Estimated ARR
$1.4M

1,500 barrels times $900 per barrel, the benchmark price for an assumed generic type, because no brewery type was found, gives $1,350,000 a year. The range shown is 0.7 to 1.35 times that. Inputs: Barrels: 1,500 (estimated from Brewery Type (E)); Brewery Type: Not Found, So an Assumed Generic Type Is Used; Locations: 1; Kitchen: Not Found, So No Food Revenue Is Added; Distribution: Not Found; Employees: Not Found.

How These Estimates Are Made

EBITDA $108K at 8% (E)
Medals by YearFounders Brewing Co., 2018 to 2026
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Medals by Year
Name201820192020202120222023202420252026
Gold000000001
Silver000000000
Bronze000000000

Ten Year Trend

Each year says whether the brewery medaled. When it did not, the status says why there is nothing to count, including years before the brewery opened.

Medals and status of Founders Brewing Co. in the last ten years.
YearStatusMedalsGold / Silver / Bronze
2026Medaled1
2025No Medal0
2024No Medal0
2023No Medal0
2022No Medal0
2021No Medal0
2020Results Not LoadedNot FoundNot Found
2019Partial Year0
2018Partial Year0
Medals by Style Family
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Medals by Style Family
Style FamilyMedals
Gluten-Free and Nonalcoholic1
Medals by Category
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Medals by Category
CategoryMedals
Hop Water1
Medals by Location CreditedAs Printed in the Winners List
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Medals by Location Credited
Location CreditedMedals
Grand Rapids1

Hops in These Medal Beers

Each variety links to its page, with the farms that grow it.

Hops in the medal beers of Founders Brewing Co..
Amarillo1
Mosaic1
Simcoe1

Hop Farms Reached Through These Hops

A farm the brewery named is a direct statement in a beer profile. A farm that grows one of these hops is published as growing it, and it does not mean the beer used hops from that farm.

Brewery Named This Farm

No beer profile of this brewery names a farm.

Grown by

Hop farms published as growing a hop that Founders Brewing Co. uses.
Hops
Coleman AgricultureMosaic, Simcoe
Perrault FarmsSimcoe

Medal History

Field is the number of entries in the category that year. Entries per medal divides the field by the medals awarded.

Every Great American Beer Festival medal of Founders Brewing Co. in view.. Select a column header to sort.
Beer Profile
2026GoldHoppy Mood0%Not FoundHop Water3712.3Grand RapidsFull Profile

2026 Medal Beers

Gold in Hop Water

Hoppy Mood

Founders Brewing Co., Grand Rapids, MI

Category
Hop Water
Entries
37
ABV
0%
IBU
Not Found
Style
Non-Alcoholic
Malts
Not Found
Yeast
Not Found
Adjuncts
Citric acid, Terpenes

Hops

Tasting Notes

Bright hop notes of grapefruit, pineapple, pine, and a bit of dank. Crisp, tangy, refreshing.

Source: foundersbrewing.com

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Profile

Type
Not Found
Headquarters
Grand Rapids, MI
Founded
1997
Employees
Not Found
Kitchen
Not Found
Website
foundersbrewing.comSource: website resolved; Instagram linked from the brewery website; Untappd brewery page name and city match
Links
InstagramUntappdChecked 2026-10-14Source: website resolved; Instagram linked from the brewery website; Untappd brewery page name and city match
Locations
1 location in the results. Address: Not Found.
Known for
Gluten-Free and Nonalcoholic

Current Beers

Not Found

Ownership and Investors

Ownership
Owned by a Large Brewer
Parent
Mahou San Miguel (large brewer)
Stake
100%, 2023
Independent (Brewers Association Definition)
No
Status
active
Source
Mahou 30% in 2014 then 90% in 2019 then 100% in 2023Curated from public announcements; not checked against a primary source.

Distribution

Not Found

Estimated Scale

No brewery type was found, so these estimates use an assumed generic type.

Barrels per Year
1,500

No production figure is published, so this uses the typical volume for an assumed generic type, because no brewery type was found: 1,500 barrels. Estimated total: 1,500 barrels. Inputs: Barrels: 1,500 (estimated from Brewery Type (E)); Brewery Type: Not Found, So an Assumed Generic Type Is Used; Locations: 1; Kitchen: Not Found, So No Food Revenue Is Added; Distribution: Not Found; Employees: Not Found.

How These Estimates Are Made

(Estimated from Brewery Type (E), Low Confidence)
Equivalent
46,500 gallons, or 20,667 cases of 24 twelve ounce cans. About 148,800 sixteen ounce cans packaged (assuming 40% packaged) and 223,200 pints on draft.
Revenue (ARR)
$1.4M

1,500 barrels times $900 per barrel, the benchmark price for an assumed generic type, because no brewery type was found, gives $1,350,000 a year. The range shown is 0.7 to 1.35 times that. Inputs: Barrels: 1,500 (estimated from Brewery Type (E)); Brewery Type: Not Found, So an Assumed Generic Type Is Used; Locations: 1; Kitchen: Not Found, So No Food Revenue Is Added; Distribution: Not Found; Employees: Not Found.

How These Estimates Are Made

(range $945K to $1.8M, E)
Gross Margin
50%

Annual revenue ($1,350,000) times a 50% gross margin, typical for an assumed generic type, because no brewery type was found, gives $675,000 of gross profit. Inputs: Barrels: 1,500 (estimated from Brewery Type (E)); Brewery Type: Not Found, So an Assumed Generic Type Is Used; Locations: 1; Kitchen: Not Found, So No Food Revenue Is Added; Distribution: Not Found; Employees: Not Found.

How These Estimates Are Made

(gross profit $675K, E)
EBITDA
$108K at 8%

Annual revenue ($1,350,000) times a 8% EBITDA margin, typical for an assumed generic type, because no brewery type was found, gives $108,000. The range uses 5% to 11%, typical for self distributed breweries. Inputs: Barrels: 1,500 (estimated from Brewery Type (E)); Brewery Type: Not Found, So an Assumed Generic Type Is Used; Locations: 1; Kitchen: Not Found, So No Food Revenue Is Added; Distribution: Not Found; Employees: Not Found.

How These Estimates Are Made

(range 5% to 11%, $68K to $149K, E)
Revenue per Barrel
$900

Annual revenue ($1,350,000) divided by 1,500 barrels. Inputs: Barrels: 1,500 (estimated from Brewery Type (E)); Brewery Type: Not Found, So an Assumed Generic Type Is Used; Locations: 1; Kitchen: Not Found, So No Food Revenue Is Added; Distribution: Not Found; Employees: Not Found.

How These Estimates Are Made

(cost of goods assumed at $500 per barrel, E)
Revenue per Location
$1.4M

Annual revenue ($1,350,000) divided by the number of locations (1). Inputs: Barrels: 1,500 (estimated from Brewery Type (E)); Brewery Type: Not Found, So an Assumed Generic Type Is Used; Locations: 1; Kitchen: Not Found, So No Food Revenue Is Added; Distribution: Not Found; Employees: Not Found.

How These Estimates Are Made

for its one location, E

How These Estimates Are Made

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