Bell's Brewery

One of the leading craft breweries in the U.S. announced a sale that will further consolidate the industry and could start a wave of M&A activity in the space. What Happened: Larry Bell, who founded Bell’s Brewery in 1985, announced his company is being sold to Australian-based...

A few decades ago, Larry Bell would show up at parties with bottles of beer he brewed in his basement. Some people were leery of this self-described stoner’s early editions of bootleg booze. Bell doesn’t blame them. “There was a lot of bad beer in the beginning,” Bell tells...