Bell's Brewery

Microbrewery in Galesburg, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Owned by Lion Breweries - NZ
Associated Venue: Bell's Eccentric Cafe

Established in 1985

Contact
8938 Krum Ave, Galesburg, MI, 49053, United States
Subsidiaries
Bell's Brewery owns 1 brewery/brand:
Description
Our journey began with a 15-gallon soup kettle, a quest for better beer and countless batches of homebrew. The passion and personality that began Bell’s continues today through our breweries and Eccentric Café. We continue to grow and evolve, dedicated to our mission; to be fiercely independent, 100% family owned, deeply rooted to our community, committed to the environment and brewers of inspired beer.

Sold to Lion Co. - Kirin Holdings in 2021

     Show


7.6/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 9 Overall 7
Review based on the BJCP2021 guidelines (style 21A). Can 35 cl - Batch 45088L 072595 (BB: 08JUN25). AROMA: medium hop aroma (ripe fruit, melon, slight lichees) and pine. medium-low neutral and slightly sweet malt background. initial alcoholic notes. APPEARANCE: deep gold color and clear. medium-large ivory head, creamy, with good retention. TASTE: medium hop flavor (lichees, slight melon, pine). medium-low neutral-sweet malt background. medium-high bitterness with an almost dry and bitter finish that persists. TEXTURE: medium body with medium carbonation. OVERALL: a nice american ipa.
Tried from Can on 29 Apr 2025 at 15:20

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Tried from Can from Horrocks Farm Market on 27 Apr 2025 at 22:49

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Almost clear, copper colour, medium head. Raisin and pine aroma. Also taste of raisin and pine. Agreeable bitterness.
Tried on 27 Apr 2025 at 03:42

6.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 6 Texture 7 Overall 7
12 oz. can from a sample pack. Pours a kinda unclear, yellow color, with a big, foamy, off-white head. The nose is lavender, papaya, pine sap, and light cheese. Sweet and phenoic, with a mellow, sticky bitterness. Light to medium body, syrupy, and sticky. Fair.
Tried from Can on 16 Apr 2025 at 15:18

7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Tried from Can on 12 Apr 2025 at 23:09

7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Slightly cloudy orange-amber color with a medium off-white head that dissipates steadily to a film. Short strings of lace. Wheat, citrus and spice in the nose. Light-bodied with flavors of floral wheat, citrus, coriander and malt. The finish is fruity with a spice and wheat aftertaste. Decent overall.
Tried from Bottle from Barley Hopsters on 11 Apr 2025 at 20:44

6.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
12 oz. can. Pours an unclear, straw color, with a fair, foamy, white head. The nose is grapefruit, coriander, hay, rose water, sage, and honey. Sweet and juicy, with a mellow, acerbic bitterness. Medium body, sharp, and sticky. Simple and solid.
Tried from Can on 07 Apr 2025 at 03:01

8.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Poured from 12oz bottle(rom temp) a hazy medium gold with a large head of foam that hangs around for the entire session.

The smell is hoppy and spicy with big notes of citrus fruit..grapefruit.

The initial taste is just like the smell(:^) ...a very nice grapefruit bitter bite but there's enough of a fairly sweet malt character there as well to balance things out. Yum. And, at only 6%abv, I just want to drink another and another....

Bottom line: Super good American IPA that I find to be one of the most drinkable in its style. Highly recommended!
Tried from Can on 27 Mar 2025 at 22:39

6/10
Tap@MBCC May 2017, Copenhagen - pours gold with a white head. Sour citrus fruity aroma and taste, light lemony notes, grapes, touch of vinegar, funky, bretty and light floral, tart fruity conclusion.
Tried from Draft on 26 Mar 2025 at 06:36

8.2/10
Not bad actually. Maybe a bit more citrus bitterness
Tried from Draft on 24 Mar 2025 at 16:44