New beer sold in TN gives to Military, Families

(WBIR) Founding Fathers Beer is now available in Tennessee, and it's got a mission to help the military.

The Minnesota-based company that brews this new lager will donate half of its profits to troops and their families.

In Tennessee, two non-profit organizations will help distribute the funds.   Those groups are Operation Homefront Tennessee and The Armed Forces Relief Trust.

Founding Fathers focuses both on producing an American-brewed beer  and helping troops across the country.

"To be able to give back to theses troops is an exciting adventure. We want to be known as the new American Lager and when people see the Founding Fathers logo we want them to realize this is a company that really helped support America and the families of our troops, the greatest military on earth," said Phil Knutsen, Founding Fathers President/CEO and Founder.

Cherokee Distributing will be Founding Fathers' distributor here in Knoxville.

The new beer is the first product for Founding Fathers and the company says it hopes to expand its business in the future.