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Oberon season is in full swing! What better way to celebrate those long summer days and nights than with a new tradition? Now in its second year, Bright Night is a celebration of our favorite summer beers and we couldn't do it without you.  Bell's Bright Night events will feature Oberon (of course) in addition to other year-round favorites and seasonals like Two Hearted, Lager of the Lakes, Oarsman and Pooltime. [[{"fid":"9093","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Bright Night Untappd Badge","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":false},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"2":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Bright Night Untappd Badge","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":false}},"link_text":null,"attributes":{"alt":"Bright Night Untappd Badge","height":600,"width":600,"style":"float: right;","class":"media-element file-default","data-delta":"2"}}]]We are also teaming up with with our friends at Untappd for a special, limited edition Bright Night 2019 badge. It will be available for one week: June 15-22, 2019. To unlock it, check into a Bell's Oberon or any other variation, Lager of the Lakes, Two Hearted, Pooltime, or Official. Easy.  For more information about events in your area, check out our Events Calendar. Can't make an event or want to celebrate at home? That works too. Our Beer Finder can help with that.  Cheers to the summer solstice and an incredible summer!

As the air becomes crisp and the nights become longer we've launched a 2018 edition of our Fireside Favorites Untappd Badge to celebrate the changing of the seasons.  This badge again commemorates winter and the beers we enjoy this time of year.  You can unlock it by checking into a Bell’s Winter White Ale, Christmas Ale, Amber Ale or Two Hearted Ale, all of which are available now in cans, bottles and on draft.  For help finding any of these beers check out our Beer Finder and make sure to share any of your photos with us by using the hashtags #bellsbeer and #fireside.  This badge will be available to unlock until Jan. 3, 2019.  Cheers!

We are planning Bright Night events across all of our states and you are invited!  What is a Bright Night? It's the opposite of our Dark Night, Darker Beers events in December: a celebration of the longest day of the year, which in 2018 falls on June 21.  Bell's Bright Night events will feature Oberon (of course) in addition to other year-round favorites and seasonals like Two Hearted, Lager of the Lakes, Oarsman, Pooltime, Quinannan Falls (our dry-hopped lager born in a dream) and the classic Bell's Amber (lineups will vary from event to event).  [[{"fid":"7033","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Bell's Bright Night Untappd Badge 2018","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"Bell's Bright Night Untappd Badge 2018"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"3":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Bell's Bright Night Untappd Badge 2018","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"Bell's Bright Night Untappd Badge 2018"}},"link_text":null,"attributes":{"alt":"Bell's Bright Night Untappd Badge 2018","title":"Bell's Bright Night Untappd Badge 2018","height":638,"width":638,"style":"float: right; margin: 10px;","class":"media-element file-default","data-delta":"3"}}]]Specialties may include (though not available everywhere) Double Two Hearted, Larry's Latest IPA and a few other surprises.  We are also teaming up with with our friends at Untappd for a special, limited edition Bright Night 2018 badge. it will be available for one week: June 18-24, 2018. To unlock it, check into either an Oberon, Pooltime, Lager of the Lakes or Oarsman. Easy.  For more information about events in your area, check out our Events Calendar. Can't make an event or want to celebrate at home? That works too. Our Beer Finder can help with that.  Cheers to the longest day of the year!

Warmer weather is finally here, and so is a new Bell's Untappd Challenge! All you have to do to earn this Double Tap Challenge badge is enjoy two of your favorite summertime beers: Oberon and Two Hearted. Check in to one Oberon Ale AND one Two Hearted Ale and the limited badge is yours!  The challenge only lasts through May 2018, so pick up your beer now and head out for some early summer adventures!

Celebrate the longest night of the year with a Bell’s stout and earn our latest Untappd badge! Our Dark Night, Darker Beer badge will be available for one week  beginning Dec. 16 until Dec. 23. One check-in is all you need to earn it. Eligible beers (a mix of bottled and draught options) include: Traverse City 355 East Stout Traverse City 355 E. Stout with vanilla beans Arabicadabra Bear Hug Imperial Stout Bell's 30th Anniversary Stout Black Note Blackbeard's Rum Barrel Aged Bear Hug Stout Bourbon Barrel Aged Cherry Stout Brandy Barrel Chocolate Orange Stout Captain Long Haul Cherry Stout Coffee's On Dagger Stout Expedition Stout Harry Magill’s Spiced Stout Java Stout Kalamazoo Stout Mole Stout Neptune Oatmeal Stout Overland Stout Rum Barrel Mole Stout Rye Stout Smoked Stout Special Double Cream Stout Sweet Potato Stout Traverse City Whiskey Chocolate Orange Stout Trumpeter's Stout Whiskey Barrel Aged Cherry Stout Bourbon Barrel Aged Expedition We’re also celebrating at events around our distribution area on the actual winter solstice, Dec. 21 at 5:03 p.m. (actual event start times can and will vary of course). These events will feature a range of stouts with some that have rarely left our pub, the Eccentric Cafe. Many of these beers are readily available at your favorite local bar, restaurant and/or retailer.  You can also earn it at the Eccentric Cafe or even at home. Need help finding our beer near you? Go here. Keep an eye on our Event Calendar and no matter where you celebrate, raise a stout with us to celebrate the darkest night of the year!

As the air becomes crisp and the nights become longer we are launching a brand new Untappd Badge to celebrate the change in seasons.  Our Fireside Favorites badge commemorates the special occasions of winter and the beer that we enjoy during these times together.  You can unlock it by checking into any two (2) of the eligible beers including: Bell’s Winter White Ale, Christmas Ale, Amber Ale and Two Hearted Ale, all of which are available now.  Christmas Ale and Amber Ale are both available in 6-packs, 12-packs and on draught. You can find Winter White Ale in 6-packs, 12-packs, 4-packs of 16 oz. cans and on draught as well as Two Hearted Ale in 6-packs, 12-packs f 12 oz. cans, 4-packs of 16 oz. cans and draught.  For help finding any of these beers check out our Beer Finder and make sure to share any of your photos with us by using the hashtags #bellsbeer and #fireside.  This badge will be available for one month, Nov.15 - Dec. 15.  Cheers!

A special Untappd badge is now available to help celebrate this year's Hopslam release! Available starting today, you have until Feb. 6 to claim it. All you have to do is check-in to one (1) Hopslam.  For more information on shipping dates to your area, go here. Other helpful links Our Beer Finder (please remember to call ahead and that results are based on deliveries) Our calendar: Hopslam release parties and other events Hopslam gear from our General Store.  

From the 10 Stouts of November project to beers like Black Note and Bourbon Barrel Aged Expedition, stouts have a long history here at Bell's. Kalamazoo Stout is offered year-round and every fall, we release other favorites like Cherry Stout, Java Stout and Special Double Cream Stout. In November, we turn over the taps at our pub, the Eccentric Café, to celebrate All Stouts Day. This year, our annual celebration of all beers stout is Nov. 6. We'd love for you to join us, but if you can't, help us celebrate with these two badges (because one just wasn't enough for all of them)! Unlock the first by checking into two of our stouts. Unlock the other by checking into two more. Both badges will be available for one month, Oct. 15 - Nov. 15. Cheers! [[{"fid":"2468","view_mode":"default","type":"media","link_text":null,"attributes":{"height":1288,"width":1304,"style":"width: 300px; height: 296px; float: right;","class":"media-element file-default"}}]]Eligible beers Includes year round and specialty stouts, along with some that may be found in your own cellar or at our events like All Stouts Day: Bear Hug Imperial Stout Batch 4,000 Batch 7,000 Bourbon Barrel Aged 30th Anniversary Ale  Bourbon Barrel Aged Cherry Stout Bourbon Barrel Aged Kalamazoo Stout Bourbon Barrel Aged Double Cream Stout 30th Anniversary Ale  Batch 4,000  Black Note Blackbeard’s Rum Barrel Aged Bear Hug Stout Brett Stout Cherry Stout Cinnamon Sunrise Stout Dagger Stout Expedition Stout Harry Magill’s Spiced Stout  Java Stout  Kalamazoo Stout  Milchkaffee  Milk Stout  Mole Stout  Neptune (The Mystic) Oatmeal Stout  Overland Stout  Rye Stout  Smoked Stout  Special Double Cream Stout  Spiced Stout Sweet Potato Stout  Traverse City 355 E Stout with Vanilla Beans Traverse City Neptune Traverse City Whiskey Barrel 355 East Stout  Traverse City Whiskey Barrel Dagger Stout  Trumpeter’s Stout  Traverse City Whiskey Expedition Stout  Crazy Brewer Beer   

Today we are launching a brand new Untappd badge! Our "Cheers to fall!" badge is a celebration of two of our favorite fall offerings - Best Brown and Octoberfest.  You can unlock it by checking into one (1) of each anytime between now and Sept. 26. Both have started shipping. You can find Best Brown in 6-packs, 12-packs, 4-pack of 16 oz. cans as well as on draught.  Octoberfest is also available in 6-packs, 12-packs (for the first time) and on draught. This is the first time we have bottled Octoberfest in five years. For helping finding either, check out our Beer Finder (don't forget to call ahead)! And share your photos with use by using the hashtags #bellsbeer and #BestPartofFall. Cheers!        

Fall is here and so is Best Brown. To celebrate, we’ve put together our Fall Bucket List (see below) highlighting some of the things we love about this time of year. We are also working with Untappd to offer a special Best Brown Badge – to unlock it you just need to check-in to one Best Brown between now and Oct. 21. You can also use the list below to enter our Best Brown Photo Challenge. Check-in to Best Brown on Untappd, upload a photo and be entered to win a Best Brown prize. Go above and beyond (hint: add in a can/glass/bottle of Best Brown) and we might up our prize game as well (see examples to the right). For more details, go here. Enjoy the season and cheers! Best Brown Bucket List Enjoy a Best Brown (and be sure to check-in via Untappd). Head to your local orchard, pick some apples. Gather some friends around a bonfire. Tailgate Go on a color tour. Pair your beer with some doughnuts. Make some S’mores … the more eccentric, the better. Watch a scary movie paired with or accompanied by Best Brown. Carve a pumpkin (bonus points for incorporating Bell’s into your design). Jump into a pile of leaves (repeat as necessary). Flaunt those flannels. Feast on Halloween candy like you’re a kid again. Take in the Harvest Moon. Bob for apples. Enjoy the last warmth of summer. Hop on a hayride. Conquer a haunted house. Take a hike (literally). Make some leaf art. Turn those apples you picked into caramel apples. Navigate a corn maze. Bake some pie using Best Brown. Attend a Bell’s beer dinner, special tapping or tasting. Roast pumpkin seeds Catch a football game, heck go out and throw around a football during half time too Get cozy (blanket optional). Make some beer infused chili. Make a scarecrow. Go on a fall camping trip. Throw a puffy vest party, and rock ‘em with pride! Buy a crazy gourd and try to cook with it. Make your own hot apple cider recipe. Rake leaves. If you rent, help someone else. Make the most of the extra hour you get when Daylight Savings Time ends.