A brand new creation will be the latest addition to Founders Brewing Co.’s Mothership Series.
That beer is Mothership Series #18: Blueberry Braggot, a 9 percent ABV braggot-style ale brewed with honey, malt, and “a hefty dose of 100 percent Michigan blueberries.” Traditional braggers are a form of mead brewed sans hops but that does include both honey and barley malt.
Mothership Series #18: Blueberry Braggot will be the eighteenth addition to Founders’ Mothership Series, which consists of releases that have been “brought out of retirement” or “experimental new styles” and will be available for carryout exclusively at the brewery’s taprooms in six-packs of 12-ounce bottles:
- Mothership Series #1: Red Rye IPA (6.6 percent ABV) — February 2018 — IPA brewed with imported Belgian caramel malts and dry-hopped with Amarillo hops
- Mothership Series #2: Sleeper Cell (10.8 percent ABV) — April 2018 — Double IPA brewed with “an intense dose” of five different hop varieties
- Mothership Series #3: MF Donkey Stout (6.4 percent ABV) — September 2018 — Stout brewed with Mackinac Fudge coffee sourced from Ferris Coffee & Nut
- Mothership Series #4: Panther Cub — December 2018 — Porter aged in a combination of BLIS maple syrup bourbon barrels and regular bourbon barrels for “over two years” with whole vanilla beans
- Mothership Series #5: Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout — January 2019 — Imperial stout aged in bourbon barrels
- Mothership Series #6: Cerise — April 2019 — sour ale brewed with Michigan cherries
- Mothership Series #7: Mucho Lupu — June 2019 — IPA brewed with Amarillo, Azacca, Mosaic, and Simcoe hops
- Mothership Series #8: Pale Joe — August 2019 — Pale ale with Ethiopian coffee
- Mothership Series #9: Oktoberfest — September 2019 — Oktoberfest-style ale brewed with imported German malts and hops as well as lager yeast
- Mothership Series #10: French Toast Bastard — December 2019 — scotch ale aged in bourbon barrels with and conditioned on maple syrup, cinnamon, and vanilla
- Mothership Series #11: Devil Dancer — February 2020 — IPA
- Mothership Series #12: Detroit Double IPA — July 2020 — Double IPA brewed with Crystal, Magnum, Mosaic, and Simcoe hops
- Mothership Series #13: Blushing Padre — July 2020 — Belgian-style raspberry ale aged in tequila barrels
- Mothership Series #14: Passion Fruit Gose — August 2020 — Gose-style ale brewed with passion fruit and sea salt
- Mothership Series #15: Frootwood — December 2020 — Cherry ale aged in oak barrels that previously held both bourbon and maple syrup
- Mothership Series #16: Maple Barrel-Aged Frangelic Mountain Brown — January 2021 — Brown ale brewed with hazelnut coffee and aged in barrels that previously held both bourbon and maple syrup
- Mothership Series #17: Hazy IPA — March 2021 — Hazy IPA is brewed with “a bold array of hops” as well as 2-row malt, oats, and wheat
- Mothership Series #18: Blueberry Braggot — June 2021 — Braggot-style ale brewed with honey, malt, and “a hefty dose of 100 percent Michigan blueberries.”
According to a post on Founders’ website, Mothership Series #18: Blueberry Braggot will be packaged in six-packs of 12-ounce bottles and is scheduled to be released exclusively at both of the brewery’s taprooms in Detroit and Grand Rapids, Mich. in June.
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