OT: Bell's Beer Expanding SoCal Footprint in 2015
Bell's beer is heading to more locations in southern California next year
We are thrilled to announce that we will expand our distribution footprint in southern California early next year with Craft Brewer’s Guild of Los Angeles.
Bell’s beer will be available in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties beginning Feb. 23, 2015 in addition to Imperial and San Diego counties.
Launch events will be held throughout that week and all of our brands will be available according to their release schedules, except for Oberon, which is available year-round in southern California.
Our summer seasonal is also available year-round in Florida, southern Alabama, Arizona and Puerto Rico.
“We are constantly addressing capacity constraints and building on last May’s initial launch in San Diego, along with growth at our Comstock Brewery, we are able to gradually increase distribution,” said Laura Bell, Bell’s Vice President.
Our fans in southern California have been incredibly welcoming and being able to bring our beer a little further north is extremely exciting, she added.
Bell's on tap in my corner bar and Jimmy to Ann Arbor, 2015 is shaping up to be one heckuva year!
Go Blue, Go Bell's.
December 19th, 2014 at 7:01 PM ^
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With the huge beer market in TX, Bells needs to be here now. Friggen Alabama has Bells for cripes-sake. Need it in lone star country.
December 19th, 2014 at 8:07 PM ^
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Omgomgomg. No more* awkward moments with the TSA and my luggage full of beer.
*Less anyway
December 19th, 2014 at 7:08 PM ^
When I moved to Cali I had my movers take 6 cases of Oberon. I stretched those for about two years. Then I used to carry about 12-15 in my carry-on until they stopped allowing liquids.
This really is great news. Expeically the part where they will distribute Oberon all year in SoCal.
December 19th, 2014 at 7:37 PM ^
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...two year old beer? Did you keep it in your wine cellar?
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That being said in todays market they are just "ok." The craft brew business is huge right now in the US and Bells though steady hasn't really "wowed" in the last few years.
That being said if you live in Michigan (I no longer do) shop local and support your local breweries. I drink Half Acre, Lagunitas, and Goose Island just for that reason.
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December 19th, 2014 at 7:09 PM ^
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Lagunitas has a brewery now in Chicago as does Goose. I'm a GR native and still buy Founders.
Say your buddy is buying and you go into a tap house with say 50-100 beers on tap is your first choice any Bells product? If so kudos. I grew up drinking the stuff I honestly mines not. To each his own I guess.
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December 19th, 2014 at 7:15 PM ^
3 of their beers in the top 20 beers in the world recently or anything.
http://www.businessinsider.com/experts-pick-worlds-best-beers-2014-7#
December 19th, 2014 at 7:21 PM ^
No Two Hearted!? This list is flawed...
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I live in kazoo. 10 yrs ago Bells would have about maybe 15 beers on Tap at the bar. But nowadays there is close to 35 beers on tap at all times. Many of those beer will never see a bottle. A lot of people are missing out on many experimental beers. The wild one, Roundhouse,Double cream stout on NItro, Kal-haven ale. Go look at the whats on Tap cam. Many places dont come close to that variety. The Java Stout has been so damn tasty lately
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December 19th, 2014 at 9:53 PM ^
December 19th, 2014 at 7:15 PM ^
I was excited when I noticed a few Bells beers popping up in local pubs here in San Diego! Glad to see this
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Alpine's IPAs are some of my favorites. I had no idea that the owner was a jerk.
December 19th, 2014 at 9:59 PM ^
December 19th, 2014 at 11:15 PM ^
ya big chickens ? Not like we can't use more good beer out here. Afraid of Pliney the Elder or Denogginizer ? Hell they got Gordon Biersch in Buffalo for godsakes. Ya gonna let 'em take the East over or are ya gonna fight ?
December 19th, 2014 at 8:09 PM ^
our distributer has us on the list to get it as soon as it is available in LA.
come check us out. we're a small restaurant owned by an M Grad, a Spartan, and a GVSU grad each originally from GR. just voted #1 new american restaurant in LA for 2014 by LAHotlist and listed as one of CBS's best places to watch Thursday night football.
December 19th, 2014 at 8:17 PM ^
Good stuff, congrats! But man, that is on the other side of the world from Manhattan Beach.
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Will have to check it out some time. Checked out your menu and beer selection and it looks like good eats.
I'm down with any place that has Saint Archer. Eric Koston was my favorite skater growing up.
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When does Hopslam come out again? Got a hold of a sixer of it last year when I was living in Wisconsin. Sooo good! Hopefully I can pick some up before I move to Texas in early February.
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That there are lots of great out-of-state beers that get distroed to SoCal but not in the North. Especially because most of the beer made up here gets distributed just about everywhere.
Damn it, I want my Bell's!
December 19th, 2014 at 8:46 PM ^
I used to visit Bell's brewery in Kalamazoo. I even went to one of their Christmas partys, early 90's, Larry Bell was there quite a bit back then. He's probably on doing a lot more on the marketing side now. Glad to see they're getting out west.
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Doesn't the cross country shipping mess with the flavor of these smaller brewers? Or maybe that's just an urban legend.