Food Pairings
Savory: Pizza, burgers, grilled meats, sharp cheddar, smoked Gouda cheese, pecans
Sweet: Carmel, toasted nuts, apple pie, cinnamon, brown sugar
The Eccentric Way: BBQ Pork Belly
American Amber Ale
The beer that helped build our brewery; Bell’s Amber Ale features both toasted and sweet caramel notes from carefully selected malts, balanced with herbal and citrus hop aromas. Capped by a clean bitterness, it’s incredibly versatile with food, but very tasty on its own.
Savory: Pizza, burgers, grilled meats, sharp cheddar, smoked Gouda cheese, pecans
Sweet: Carmel, toasted nuts, apple pie, cinnamon, brown sugar
The Eccentric Way: BBQ Pork Belly
First brewed as Great Lakes Amber in 1985, our flagship beer featured a series of shorebirds: a seagull, wood duck and a heron. As the brewery grew, the wood duck and seagull labels were phased out and the heron become the sole label for Amber Ale in 1990.
Eleven years later, a series of paintings were chosen for Amber's packaging featuring Michigan "inspired" landscapes from local Michigan artist, Kathleen Kalinowski. As part of our packaging refresh in 2016, Amber's label and packaging went back to the heron.
Note: Beer availability is subject to change.
Our IPA is available on draught in cans (16 oz. four-packs, 12 oz. twelve-packs and six-packs) and bottles (12 oz. six-packs).
Toasted and sweet caramel malts balanced with herbal and citrus hop aromas. Incredibly versatile with food and tasty on its own. When was the last time you enjoyed a Bell's Amber Ale?