Bell's Brewery, Inc.[3] is an American craft brewing company[4] operating out of Comstock and Kalamazoo, Michigan.

[7] The company also owns Upper Hand Brewery, a separately operated division in Escanaba, Michigan.

[18][19] Hopslam, a double IPA, is very popular among craft beer drinkers and sparks a backlog of demand at its yearly seasonal release; it has also placed within the Top 10.

As of 2021, the states without Bell's beer distribution are Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, and Washington,[23] as well as California north of Los Angeles County.

[24] In 1998, Bell's changed the name of its flagship summer beer from Solsun to Oberon as a result of legal action by Mexican brewing company Cerveceria Cuauhtemoc Moctezuma, makers of a beer with a similar name: El Sol ("The Sun").

[citation needed] Bell's was temporarily pulled from the Illinois market in October 2006 when Union Beverage (its distributor to Chicago) attempted to sell its distribution rights to a competitor in which Larry Bell did not trust to adequately represent the brewery's full product line.

[25][26][27] In August 2008, Bell's was able to return its primary brands to the area, after Union Beverage's parent company quit the Illinois market.