General Store Homebrew Recipes

September 21, 2021 - 12:00pm

Happy 36th anniversary to us; cheers to these amazing homebrewers

A Baltic Porter with salted chocolate took first place in our 11th Annual Bell’s Homebrew Competition! Winners were announced Sunday as part of our 36th-anniversary party at the Eccentric Café in downtown Kalamazoo – just steps from where Larry Bell brewed the first batches of Bell's beer in 1985. Eli Osborne took first place. Matt Mansfield came in second and Scott Main...

August 14, 2021 - 9:00am

General Store Homebrew Recipe of The Month: Lexy's Seventh Layer Stout

Our homebrew recipe of the month program is officially back in business! Each month, one of our store clerks will share one of their own homebrew recipes. August 2021's recipe is below. You can purchase the kit online here and the ingredients at our General Store (355 E Kalamazoo Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49007). If you have any homebrew questions, please reach...

June 5, 2021 - 10:00am

General Store Homebrew Recipe of The Month: Ryan's Low Sierra Helle Dope Helles

Our homebrew recipe of the month program is officially back in business! Each month, one of our store clerks will share one of their own homebrew recipes. June 2021's recipe is below. You can purchase the ingredients online and at our General Store (355 E Kalamazoo Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49007). If you have any homebrew questions, please reach out to...

May 7, 2021 - 1:00pm

General Store Homebrew Recipe of The Month: Chase's St. Joseph's Maibock

Our homebrew recipe of the month program is officially back in business! Each month, one of our store clerks will share one of their own homebrew recipes. May 2021's recipe is below. You can purchase the ingredients online and at our General Store (355 E Kalamazoo Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49007). If you have any homebrew questions, please reach out to the...

May 7, 2021 - 12:10pm

General Store Homebrew Recipe of The Month: Kaylee's Go For Gold

Our homebrew recipe of the month program is officially back in business! Each month, one of our store clerks will share one of their own homebrew recipes. April 2021's recipe is below. You can purchase the ingredients online and at our General Store (355 E Kalamazoo Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49007). If you have any homebrew questions, please reach out to...

March 12, 2021 - 10:20am

General Store Homebrew Recipe of The Month: Sandy's Oh Saisonna

Our homebrew recipe of the month program is officially back in business! Each month, one of our store clerks will share one of their own homebrew recipes. March 2021's recipe is below. You can purchase the ingredients online and at our General Store (355 E Kalamazoo Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49007). If you have any homebrew questions, please reach out to...

February 16, 2021 - 3:30pm

Advice for every level homebrewer: Use these homebrewing tips from Bell's employees & General Store Clerks

Homebrew has always been the heart of what we do. It's our roots. Larry Bell began brewing in the early 80’s on a 15-gallon soup pot, and ran a homebrew supply store before opening the brewery. Today this is still an important part of who we are. The Bell's General Store, adjacent to the Eccentric Cafe, has become a place not only for beer to-go and ...

June 11, 2020 - 9:51am

#StayatHomebrew and join Bell's for Homebrew Con Online, June 18-20

The Brewers Association reacted quickly to the cancellation of events and brought us CBC Online (a virtual version of their annual industry gathering) back in April. They have taken what they learned there to bring us Homebrew Con Online! For 42 years, Homebrew Con (and the American Homebrewers Association) have brought homebrewers from all over the globe together...

February 23, 2020 - 9:00am

General Store Homebrew Recipe of The Month: Chase's Mulled Winter's Night

Our General Store team is very excited to launch a new Homebrew Recipe program. Each month, one of our store clerks will share one of their own homebrew recipes. February 2020's recipe is below. You can purchase the ingredients online and at our General Store (355 E Kalamazoo Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49007). We also have a batch of each recipe tapped in the store to...

January 26, 2020 - 10:00am

General Store Homebrew Recipe of The Month: Patrick's Its A Hazy One

Our General Store team is very excited to launch a new Homebrew Recipe program. Each month, one of our store clerks will share one of their own homebrew recipes. January 2020's recipe is below. You can purchase the ingredients online and at our General Store (355 E Kalamazoo Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49007). We also have a batch of each recipe tapped in the store to try...