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Stateside Podcast: Bell's Brewery sold in 2021

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Larry Bell did the thing he said he had no interest in doing. He sold.

The craft beer giant sold his Kalamazoo-based Bell's Brewing this fall to Lion, which also manufactures New Belgium beers.

On this episode of the podcast we revisit a 2019 conversation Stateside had with Larry Bell, and we talk to Crain's Detroit Business reporter Dustin Walsh about what the sale means for microbrew in Michigan.

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Larry Bell, founder, Bell's Brewery

Dustin Walsh, reporter, Crain's Detroit Business

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Laura is Executive Producer of Stateside. She came to Michigan Public from WDET in Detroit, where she was senior producer on the current events program, Detroit Today.