Bell's Brewery
Brewing company in Comstock, Michigan, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bell's Brewery, Inc.[3] is an American craft brewing company,[4] with operations in Comstock and Kalamazoo, Michigan. Bell's brews acclaimed beers such as Hopslam Ale, Oberon Ale, and Two Hearted Ale. It operates a brewpub and a store selling merchandise and homebrewing supplies at its Kalamazoo location. Begun as a homebrewing store in 1983, and producing beer since 1985, it is the oldest existing craft brewery in Michigan and the oldest craft brewery east of Colorado.[4][5] As of 2021, it was the 6th largest craft brewery in the United States,[6] and was the largest independently owned brewery in Michigan when founder Larry Bell sold the company to the subsidiary of the Japanese Kirin beverage group, Lion - an Australian producer of alcoholic beverages, at the end of 2021.[7] The company also owns Upper Hand Brewery, a separately operated division in Escanaba, Michigan.
Location | 8938 Krum Ave, Comstock[1], Michigan, United States | ||||||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 42.284°N 85.454°W / 42.284; -85.454 | ||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||
Annual production volume | 310,000 US beer barrels (360,000 hL) in 2014[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Lion (Kirin) | ||||||||||||||||||
Employees | 600 | ||||||||||||||||||
Distribution | 42 States and Puerto Rico | ||||||||||||||||||
Website | bellsbeer | ||||||||||||||||||
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