COMSTOCK, MI (WHTC) – A west Michigan brewery is increasing production.
Bell’s Brewery is expanding its Comstock facility to have one-million barrels of beer a year. The expansion will add around 200,000 square feet to the facility, including a new 27,000 square foot bottling hall and 100,000 square foot logistics center and warehouse.
The expansion will mean a new bottling facility that will be able to produce 750 bottles a minute. They have more tanks on order, plan a new keg storage facilty.
No word on how many jobs it might mean, but there may be a job close by waiting for all those graduates of WMU’s and KVCC’s brewery program.
Currently the company is capable of making 300,000 barrels a year. It would make Bells one of the largest craft brewers in the country, the largest in Michigan and among the largest brewers in the country.
Bells was already the 8th largest craft brewer and 12th largest beer manufacturer at their current capacity. They will still be small compared to Miller, Annheiser Busch and the other major mass marketers.
