Brewery News

#HopSlamMe Brewery Tour contest: Win a spot on our 2019 Hopslam Brewery Tour Experience 12/4/2018 In order to tour, you must enter to win. Below are this year's #HopSlamMe contest submissions. One winner will be chosen by you, our fans. One winner will be chosen by us. The remaining 10 spots will be chosen at random. Tour and contest details can be found here. This contest will close at... /news/hopslamme-brewery-tour-contest-win-spot-our-2019-hopslam-brewery-tour-experience

Recipe: Dark Night Stout Brownies /sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/DarkNight_BrownieRecipe-1.jpg?itok=bKwQA6kF 12/3/2018 This recipe works with any of our stouts and creates a delightful and rich dessert or snack. Ingredients: 1 cup of any Bell’s stout 16 oz. bittersweet chocolate 1 cup and 2 TBS unsalted butter 1 1/2 cups sugar 3 large eggs 1 tsp vanilla extract 3/4 cup all-purpose flour 1 1/2 tsp kosher... /news/recipe-dark-night-stout-brownies

Our Hopslam brewery tour is back for a third year; here's how you can join us (contest) /sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/news/hopslam%20and%20snifters-4.jpg?itok=ZokhJcLB 12/3/2018 There’s something very magical about this time of year. A very much anticipated special kind of beer. A hint for you: imagine if your cat just ate your weed. And then it took a giant piss upon your Christmas tree. The most anticipated beer of all is Hopslam don’t you know. The impact on your... /news/our-hopslam-brewery-tour-back-third-year-heres-how-you-can-join-us-contest

Bell's brews Resilience IPA, supporting Sierra Nevada’s Camp Fire Relief Fund /sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/news/image_SNBC_Resilience_IPA.png?itok=wF7GZZEA 11/28/2018 We're honored to join more than 1,000 breweries across the country to brew Resilience IPA, supporting Sierra Nevada’s Camp Fire Relief Fund. The fund was created by the brewery founded in Chico to help those effected by the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California’s history. All of... /news/bells-brew-resilience-ipa-supporting-sierra-nevada-s-camp-fire-relief-fund

The Shifty,Episode 4: Bottling the Midnight Oberon - catching up with our Third Shifters /sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/news/ShiftyPodcastCover2_0.jpg?itok=BkCJBftN 11/28/2018 In our fourth episode, we got up at the crack of dawn to speak with a few of our third shift packagers. Because we distribute so much beer around the country, we need to be brewing 24 hours a day. Our packagers come in at 10 p.m. and typically work until 7 a.m. We talked with Josh Seman, Brenden... /news/shiftyepisode-4-bottling-midnight-oberon-catching-our-third-shifters

Dark Night, Darker Beers celebrates Winter Solstice in December with rare stouts /sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/news/DarkNight_SquareSocial.png?itok=tHQcvhUm 11/28/2018 We're bringing back our Dark Night, Darker Beers celebrations... and they are better than ever! Celebrating the longest night of the year (AKA the Winter Solstice), multiple Bell’s stouts will be on tap at a variety of events including two specialties that rarely travel beyond our Eccentric Café... /news/dark-night-darker-beers-celebrates-winter-solstice-december-rare-stouts

The Shifty, Episode 3: Brewing at B1, our original brewery, with Pat Tkacz and Chris Walsh /sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/news/ShiftyPodcastCover2_0.jpg?itok=BkCJBftN 11/21/2018 In the previous episode of The Shifty, we discussed brewing with Andy Farrell and Karli Small from our Comstock facility. We also spoke to Lucia Baker about her experiences as a Project Engineer at the B1 location. Lucia gave us a great look at the mechanics of B1, which got us curious about the... /news/brewing-b1-our-original-brewery-pat-tkacz-and-chris-walsh

Recipe: Bright White Goat Cheese Fritters /sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/news/BW_Fritters-03.jpg?itok=Otwminw3 11/17/2018 These cheesy fritters can't do anything about the weather, but they'll definitely make being snowed in tastier. Ingredients  16 oz. goat cheese 1/2 cup Bell’s Bright White 1 TBS chopped tarragon 1 TBS chopped rosemary 1 shallot, minced 1 TBS salt 1/2 tsp ground clove 2 cups flour 4 eggs,... /news/bright-white-goat-cheese-croquettes

Recipe: Bell's Amber Ale Pulled Pork Sliders /sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/news/Amber%20Ale%20Pulled%20Pork%20Sliders%20146A3548%20--%20web%20size.jpg?itok=IBsKkNjQ 11/15/2018 Amber Ale is not the best beer to cook with; it’s the perfect beer to cook with. The malty sweetness is strong enough to cut through and enhance the sweetness and acidity you’d find in most desserts. The roasted flavor from the malt combined with the slight bitterness from the hops pairs... /news/recipe-amber-ale-pulled-pork-sliders-0

THE SHIFTY, EPISODE 2: Engineering and Brewing with Andy Farrell, Karli Small and Lucia Baker /sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/news/ShiftyPodcastCover2_0.jpg?itok=BkCJBftN 11/14/2018 In the second episode of “The Shifty,” we discuss the brewing process with some of the folks who oversee it. First, we speak to Andy Farrell, brewing innovation manager at Bell’s, and Karli Small, brewing manager. They give us a break down of their day to day, and how their work relates to the rest... /news/shifty-episode-2-engineering-and-brewing-andy-farrell-karli-small-and-lucia-baker