ESCANABA, Mich. (AP) — Kalamazoo-based Bell’s Brewery isexpanding to Escanaba where it expects
to open a brewery at the DeltaCounty Airport property next year.The Daily Press of Escanabareports (
http://bit.ly/1etbKVT ) that construction of the $1.6 millionUpper Hand Brewery began in November on a
five-acre parcel, withcompletion expected in June.Bell’s Brewery President Larry Bellsays construction
of the beer-brewing and bottling operation is onschedule. Also underway is the licensing process, with
job interviewsfor five positions expected to start in January.Bell’s employsmore than 200 people at its
brewery and pub in Kalamazoo, distributioncenter in Galesburg, and brewery and corporate office in
Comstock.The Escanaba brewery will manufacture and distribute beer, and have a sampling room, but will
not sell beer to the public.___Information from: Daily Press, http://www.dailypress.netCopyright 2013 The
Associated Press. All rightsreserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten
orredistributed.ESCANABA, Mich. (AP) — Kalamazoo-based Bell’s Brewery isexpanding to Escanaba where it
expects to open a brewery at the DeltaCounty Airport property next year.The Daily Press of
Escanabareports ( http://bit.ly/1etbKVT ) that construction of the $1.6 millionUpper Hand Brewery began
in November on a five-acre parcel, withcompletion expected in June.Bell’s Brewery President Larry
Bellsays construction of the beer-brewing and bottling operation is onschedule. Also underway is the
licensing process, with job interviewsfor five positions expected to start in January.Bell’s employsmore
than 200 people at its brewery and pub in Kalamazoo, distributioncenter in Galesburg, and brewery and
corporate office in Comstock.The Escanaba brewery will manufacture and distribute beer, and have a
sampling room, but will not sell beer to the public.___Information from: Daily Press, http://www.dailypress.netCopyright 2013 The
Associated Press. All rightsreserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten
orredistributed.
