(Grand Rapids, MI) – Founders Brewing Co-Founder, Dave Engbers, revealed on The Beer Report podcast last week that the Michigan brewery will release its Imperial Stout and Porter in bottles for the first time in two and three years, respectively. According to Mike Stevens, Co-Founder, the Porter will be be available in a could be available “potentially mid to late summer” and will be the same recipe as before. The Imperial Stout will likely be later, late summer to early fall, but that could change.

The brewery, known more for its other two imperial stouts, Breakfast Stout and Kentucky Breakfast Stout, has undergone a lot of change in the last year. Founders moved to a new location this past winter, building a multi-million dollar addition on an existing space (you can read a lot more about the brewery’s move at Rapidgrowthmedia.com). The move, which shut down production for three weeks, has allowed the brewery to expand its capacity to 11,000 barrels, up from 4,000. Engbers acknowledges that much of the benefit of the expansion will go toward supplying its flagship brands more consistently and allowing the brewery to push those beers into new markets. However, the bottling of these two beers after a long hiatus shows that some of the specialty labels will reap the benefits as well.

The Imperial Stout is one of three beers in the top 100 at Beer Advocate. The Porter is ranked in the top 15 within the style at RateBeer.