Founders Brewing Co. has earned fifth place in a ranking of the 25 best American breweries of the past decade by a leading monthly music and entertainment magazine, Paste. In its November issue, the Decatur, Ga.-based publication praises the company's founders, Mike Stevens and Dave Engbers, for following their dreams when they established the Grand Rapids micro-brewery in 1997. Its favorite Founders beers: Breakfast Stout and KBS.
According to excerpts from the story:
Despite making nothing but the worst mass-produced horse swill for the half-century that followed Prohibition, the U.S. is now the greatest nation on earth when it comes to beer. The craft brewing movement that picked up steam throughout the ’90s came to beautiful fruition this past decade, and no where else on earth will you find the variety of beers to match the quality.
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