Kalamazoo Gazette: The historic significance of craft beer

Michigan has emerged as a top-five state in the country for craft brew beer with well over 100 breweries, the Kalamazoo Gazette reports. And the state has become a destination for “beer-cations,” where people plan vacations around beer communities. At the epicenter of the conversation is Bell’s Brewery Inc., the state’s largest beer maker, and Kalamazoo, home of Bell’s Eccentric Cafe.

Excerpt: Laura Bell, marketing director for Bell’s and the daughter of company president Larry Bell, said more breweries in Kalamazoo or the state is good as long as the quality remains high. “Brewing is an art form and the people who are doing it need to be passionate about it and make a quality product,” she said. “We will survive as a state if that’s the main push … more doesn’t always mean better.”

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Source: Kalamazoo Gazette