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That’s right, a limited shipment of our beer will leave the brewery soon and arrive just in time to help celebrate the Fourth of July with some of their favorite Bell’s beers. You can expect to start seeing bottles and cans of our year round, seasonal and a few specialties on store shelves throughout the state, as well as a limited number of draught options, early next week. If you can’t get your hands on any beer this time around, don’t worry. We’ll be back later this summer with more to help celebrate this year’s Great American Beer Festival. See you soon, Colorado!

Our distributor changed in the North Central Florida.   Cavalier Distributing Florida assumed service for the distribution footprint of Brown Distributing Company, Inc. earlier this month. In addition to the counties of Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe and Palm Beach, Cavalier now also covers the counties of Brevard, Lake, Polk, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Alachua, Bradford, Citrus, Columbia, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Hernando, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Levy, Liberty (except the city of Bristol), Madison, Marion, Sumter, Suwanee, Taylor, Union and Wakulla. The availability of Bell’s beer in the counties above was not affected. For help locating Bell’s beer, check out our Beer Finder. ABOUT CAVALIER DISTRIBUTING: Established in 1992 by Founder/President George Fisher, Cavalier Distributing is one of the only distributors in the country with a portfolio that is exclusively American craft beverages and imports. Cavalier is dedicated to bringing great craft beer, ciders, meads, wine, and spirits to increasingly discerning, appreciative, and educated consumers in Florida, Indiana, and Ohio. Cavalier employs more than 360 employees throughout the three states and is headquartered in Lakeland, Florida, Indianapolis, Indiana, and Cincinnati, Ohio.  

UPDATE 6/29: All July tours are full, but we have created a wait list. Add your name here. Every Wednesday in July, we will be hosting FREE behind-the-scenes brewery tours at our Comstock Brewery. They will start at 6 p.m. and offer an exclusive look at parts of the brewery our regular tours do not cover, including an up close look at our brand new Bottling Hall. Visitors will also receive 2 beer samples and a special swag bag with a little something extra to help you enjoy your summer on the deck, backyard or at the beach. Each tour will last about an hour and a half and is limited to the first 12 who sign-up. Closed toe shoes are required, along with a sense of adventure. Come see where your favorite Bell’s beers are born! Register here.

This weekend we celebrated Kalamazoo Pride at the Arcadia Creek Festival Site to support the Kalamazoo Gay Lesbian Resource Center.  This wonderful event includes the special release of Sparkleberry — our Sparkling Ale brewed with raspberries. Below are some highlights from the festival. Thank you for everyone who came out this weekend to celebrate diversity!                  

Thanks to Greensky Bluegrass, along with all of our friends and fans who came out to our Beer Garden Opener. We're looking forward to an exciting summer of shows in both the Beer Garden and Back Room. Check out all of our upcoming shows here.              

We’re exciting to be the presenting sponsor for Kalamazoo Pride this Friday and Saturday at  Arcadia Creek Festival Site. This is the fourth year we’ve supported Pride. Proceeds will support the Kalamazoo Gay Lesbian Resource Center.  Stop by and say hi to us at our tent. We’ll be passing out special Pride Bell’s swag throughout the weekend and will have special Pride postcards to send. Also, we'll be pouring Oberon, Two Hearted, Lager of the Lakes and Sparkleberry, which makes it’s debut/return at the festival.   Sparkleberry is our Sparkling Ale brewed with raspberries. We use about one pound of raspberries per gallon of beer. For more information on tickets, the music lineup or anything else, please visit pride.kglrc.org.

Another season of baseball is coming back to Kalamazoo. We’re excited to again partner with the Kalamazoo Growlers. During select Saturday games, the first 250 fans over the age of 21 will get a Bell’s/Growlers inspired can coozie. And at every game, there will be Oberon, Two Hearted and Oatsmobile. Coozies will be given away at the following games: June 11 (info) June 18 (info) July 2 (info) July 16 (info) August 6 (info) August 13 (info) The season runs through August 14. Hope to see you at Homer Stryker Field!

Beginning June 1, brewery tour hours for both of our locations are changing. We are adding a tour option in Kalamazoo on Saturdays, and in Comstock, we are adding an evening option on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, as well as, guided Sunday tours. All of our tours are still free. Comstock tours also include two 3 oz. samples. You can also now reserve a spot on any of our tours by visiting our Tours page. For large group reservations, please contact our Tour Manager directly. Questions? Let us know. Kalamazoo tour times Saturdays: Noon, 1 p.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. Sundays: Noon, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Comstock tour times Mondays and Tuesdays: Closed Wednesdays - Fridays: 2 p.m., 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. Saturdays: Noon, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Sundays: 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.

We’re excited to be heading west for the annual Portland Beer Week festivities. First, we’re having a beach party at Belmont Station, 4500 SE Stark St, on June 13. We’ll be pouring a wide variety of beers from 5 to 9 p.m. Our founder and president Larry Bell will be at the event. Here’s the full list of beers on tap: L’Appel Du Vide Ale L’Appel Du Vide Dry-hopped Ale Two Hearted Ale Double Two Hearted Spruce Two Hearted Oberon Ale Batch 1000 Batch 1500 Batch 2000 Batch 3000 Batch 4000 Batch 5000 Hopsolution Ale Two Hearted and Oberon cans will also be available for sale in the bottle shop. [[{"fid":"974","view_mode":"default","type":"media","link_text":null,"attributes":{"alt":"Upper Hand in Portland","title":"Upper Hand in Portland","height":1200,"width":1800,"class":"media-element file-default"}}]] Another treat is that our sister brewery Upper Hand will be available at a special event. Saraveza Bottle Shop & Pasty Tavern will be hosting “Michigan on Michigan II, The Yoopering!” on June 14th at 6 p.m. Beer will be on draught and available in bottles. Larry will also be at Saraveza. Here’s what will be served: Barrel-Aged Baltic Porter (draught) Double Ringer DIPA (draughtand bottles) Old Fighter Barleywine (draught and bottles) Yooper Ale (draught) Escanaba Black Beer (bottles) UPA - Upper Peninsula Ale (bottles) Upper Hand Lager (bottles) Learn more via the Facebook event. We’re excited to be in Portland for the 11-day festival. Check out more events here.

Here’s a first look at the new Oarsman can, part of our packaging refresh (gallery below). Expect to see them this fall. Oarsman, our tart, refreshing session wheat ale, was first released in 2010 and came to cans back in February. In March, we announced packaging and logo refreshes to better reflect the Bell’s name and the branding that we are so proud of. Learn more and see other peeks.