Early Kalamazoo Breweries (1837-1915)
“The Brew from Kalamazoo”
Kalamazoo Brewing Company, c.1907 (Tavern Trove )
1830s—1840s | 1850s | 1860s—1880s | 1890s—1915 | 1915—1933
The First Round: Pioneer Brewers
By the 1980s, American beer had famously become a homogeneous mass-produced Pilsner-style light lager, with little variation among the leading brands. Per-capita consumption in the US had reached a historic high while the top ten brewers accounted for 93% of the total domestic beer production, leaving little room for the few that could then be classified as “craft” beer breweries. Still, a young Kalamazoo entrepreneur named Larry Bell went into the brewing business, armed with little more than a 15-gallon soup pot, a recipe, and a $200 birthday gift from his mom.
Today, Bell’s Brewery, Inc. is the oldest existing craft brewery in Michigan and the oldest craft brewery east of Colorado. It ranks among the top 10 craft breweries in the nation (by sales volume), employing more than 330 people with the capacity to produce 500,000 barrels annually.
Others have since followed, placing Kalamazoo at the forefront of the craft brewing movement with the nation’s first higher ed program in sustainable brewing , an annual Kalamazoo Craft Beverage Week celebration, and significant worldwide recognition, including a nomination for “Beer City USA” in 2013. In 2020 Bell’s celebrated Two Hearted Ale was named the best beer in America for a fourth consecutive year by the American Homebrewers Association. U.S. News & World Report recently named Kalamazoo among the eight underrated beer cities in the world.
Today’s Kalamazoo brewmasters follow a long line of local brewers and malt makers that reaches back to the early nineteenth century. In fact, the art of crafting fine beers and ales can be traced to Kalamazoo’s earliest days as a frontier village.
19th Century Home Brewing
With a few noteworthy exceptions, much of the beer that was sold and consumed in Kalamazoo before the Civil War was almost certainly of local origin. American beers—mostly British-style ales—had been brewed stateside since colonial times, but beer as a product didn’t travel well, especially in those days. A stagecoach run from Detroit to Kalamazoo during the 1830s took several days and since those early American ales were highly susceptible to heat and motion, they tended to sour rather quickly. Before the latter half of the 19th century when the arrival of the railroads and important inventions like pasteurization and refrigeration made it practical to bottle and ship the product over greater distances, “fresh” beer was essentially a local product.
“To Make Beer.— Twenty drops of the oil of spruce, twenty do, wintergreen, twenty do sassafras. Pour two quarts of boiling water upon the oils, then add eight quarts of cold water, one pint and a half of molasses, and a half pint of yeast. Let it stand two hours and then bottle.—Lady of Weathersfield, Conn.”
—Kalamazoo Gazette , 13 August 1847
Until the early 19th century, brewing ale was a common household task, often performed by women. Recipes published locally during the summer of 1838 gave instructions for “cheap and agreeable table beer” made with water, molasses, and yeast. “Spruce Beer” was made by adding spruce oil or berries to the same basic recipe. (Spruce would impart a flavor and bitterness somewhat like hops.) Some advocated brewing with the shells of green peas, which were said to closely resemble malt. Others added wintergreen and sassafras (root beer had similar origins). A simple recipe for “very excellent sugar beer” called for water, sugar (or treacle), yeast and hops. The brew was “fit for drinking in a week,” but the writer cautioned that “this beer [would] not keep any length of time.” (Safe to say, today’s local brewers aren’t apt to resurrect this recipe any time soon.)
“Beer, Wine, &c.” : Chapter XIV of The Housekeeper’s Guide (*), 1838.
The Housekeeper’s Guide , includes the title page and Chapter XIV: Beer, Wine, &c. (pages 387-423) featuring sections on home brewing, wine making, hot liquor drinks.
Published in London in 1838, the book contains recipes for cheap beer, carrot beer, ginger beer, currant or gooseberry wine, green gooseberry wine, orange or lemon wine, grape wine, raisin wine, metheglin or mead or honey wine, English sherry or malt wine, ginger wine, parsnip wine, cowslip or clary wine, elder wine, damson or black cherry wine, birch wine, essence of ginger, cherry brandy, raspberry brandy, ratafia, noyeau, curacoa, capiliaire, sherbet, etc. Learn more…
*Copyright 2017 Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, all rights reserved.
Brewing Supplies
Kalamazoo Gazette , 25 July 1862
No matter which recipe was used or what quantities were being made, all the necessary supplies for would-be home brewers were readily available in 19th century Kalamazoo. By 1837, barley was being grown locally and could be purchased at Edwards’ Grocery Store and G. Browning’s on Main Street, the going rate in October 1837 was 62½¢ per bushel. Hops extract, used as an herbal medicine and in brewing, was available (wholesale & retail) at Dr. Starkey’s Medical Store on Main Street, “nearly opposite the Land Office.”
In October 1841, local distiller and merchant Francis “Frank” March was offering “the highest market price” for barley, corn, and hops at his “Old Brig” dry goods store at 97 Main Street. William T. Campbell was offering “cash or goods” (Gazette ) as payment for hops in October 1845, and fresh hops were available by the bale in 1849 at John Dudgeon’s warehouse near the Michigan Central railroad depot .
By 1849, thermometers “graduated for Brewers and Distillers” were available at Jason Platt Clapham’s Drug Store on Main Street. A year later, S.K. Selkrig was selling them, too. During the 1860s, Roberts & Hillhouse City Drug Store stocked large quantities of root extracts especially for beer making and by the end of the decade, A.C. Wortley was advertising “a large and varied assortment of barometers, intended expressly for the use of brewers” (Gazette ).
“…while the village made no effort to become famous because of the excellence of the brew turned out, those in a position to judge often declared that nowhere could there be found such beers and ales as those made here and that the ales would in fact rival in quality those of the oft praised “nut brown” brew of merry old England, while the beers were, it was declared, as good or better than those of Munich or Old Heidelberg.”
—Kalamazoo Gazette , 30 May 1920
The English Influence: Beer and Ale
Cultural heritage and national origin played a significant role in the brewing styles of early America. Kalamazoo’s earliest non-native settlers were for the most part of predominantly English ancestry, and with them came the brewing styles and traditions of “Merry Olde England.” Popular among these British immigrants at the time were the “mild” (young) English beers (brewed with malted barley, water, yeast, and hops) and ales (brewed with malted barley, water, and yeast, but often without hops). This Old-World method employed strains of top-fermenting yeast that worked at higher temperatures and tended to rise to the surface during fermentation, creating a rich flavorful brew. Both were relatively inexpensive to produce and did not require extensive aging. During the 19th century, a typical brewery might produce three or four styles of these “mild” beers and ales, with alcohol content ranging from 5% to 7% ABV.
Postcard depiction of what a town like Kalamazoo might have looked like in 1836, published c.1906 Author’s collection.
Kalamazoo’s First Brewery
In 1834, Kalamazoo (then known as Bronson) was but a tiny hamlet with little more than “an unfinished tavern, a small store, and a very few log houses” (Gazette ). Three years later, Kalamazoo had become a bustling frontier village with “nearly 100 prime buildings” and some 1,300 inhabitants. According to a Kalamazoo Gazette article published in April 1837, the village then boasted a dozen stores, a weekly newspaper, mills, offices, shops, and at least one commercial brewery.
The location of that first (c.1837) brewery and the identity of its proprietor is the source of much speculation. It could easily have been associated with Hosea B. Huston or T. Clark & Son, who ran the first distilleries in town . Or, it may have been related to a little-known gristmill that was erected about 1836 near Arcadia Creek on Anthony Cooley’s land at the corner of West Street (now Westnedge) and Water Street, but evidence in both instances suggest otherwise. Although it somehow escaped specific mention in the local newspapers and other historical records, certain clues keep leading us back to a well-known local brewer named John Hall.
John Hall (1798-1866)
John Hall was born in April 1798 in Lincolnshire, a predominantly rural section along England’s eastern coastline, 150 miles north of London. The exact date of his arrival is unknown, but by January 1837, Hall was receiving mail in Kalamazoo, and by November 1845 he was offering cash for hops at his house on Portage Street.
According to the late-in-life recollections of an early Kalamazoo pioneer named Michael O’Brien (1815-1910), John Hall was the person responsible for establishing Kalamazoo’s first brewery. It was located on what is now known as Jackson Street, east of Portage Road. John Hall’s later (c.1846) brewery on the west side of the village was well documented, as outlined in the following section, but as O’Brien suggests, Hall may have had an earlier operation on the old “road leading to the flouring mill on section twenty-two.”
Portage Mill c.1853. Map of Kalamazoo, Michigan. Surveyed & Published by Henry Hart, New York, 1853. Local History Room O’Brien, who arrived in Kalamazoo in 1843, recalled that Hall’s brewery stood near the site of a gristmill built by James A. Walter in the 1830s on a branch of Portage Creek. Walter leased his “Portage Mill” to David S. Walbridge, who with his son, Samuel E. Walbridge, developed it as the well-known Cold Stream Mills. The mill stood on the north side of the road (now Jackson Street) just east of what was then called “the road to Austin Lake” and later the “Kalamazoo & Three Rivers Plank Road,” better known today as Portage Street. While the exact location of the brewery is unknown, it most likely stood somewhere south of the mill near one of the large mill ponds, quite likely along the south side of an old farm lane that would later become known as Olmstead Road (Lake Street).
“The ‘Celebrated’ Kalamazoo Brewery” (1845-1852)
While it appears that John Hall may have been responsible for establishing Kalamazoo’s earliest brewery, he was perhaps best known for a second somewhat larger brewing operation on the west side of the village near the intersection of the “Genesee Prairie Road” (now Oakland Drive) and the “Paw Paw Road” (Michigan Avenue). In June 1846, a formal agreement was recorded between John Hall and Lovett Eames for use of water from Arcadia Creek. Eames was operating a sawmill and pump factory at that spot and had diverted water from the creek to supply his factory. With water rights secure, Hall then purchased an acre of land near Arcadia Creek, where he built a house and a large brick brewery.
Kalamazoo Brewery, c.1853. Map of Kalamazoo, Michigan. Surveyed & Published by Henry Hart, New York, 1853. Local History Room In December 1846, the Kalamazoo Gazette referred to the many great improvements being made in the village of Kalamazoo, including the “large brewery of Mr. Hall” which had “just gone into operation.” Hall’s brewery stood directly south of the Eames factory on property he bought from Johnathan G. Abbott for $1,000, roughly where the WMU Physical Plant near Waldo Stadium is today.
Benjamin Hall (1800-1859)
Born in Nottingham, England, in June 1800, Benjamin Hall was evidently a relative of John Hall, possibly a brother. After arriving in New York, Hall filed a deposition to become a U.S. citizen in October 1848 and then moved on to Kalamazoo where he met up with a New Yorker named Jason Russell.
Jason Russell (b.1813)
Jason Russell* was known to have been involved with at least two of Kalamazoo’s earliest breweries. Russell was born about 1813 in the state of New York and in 1840, he married Caroline Clark (born about 1815) in nearby Calhoun County. Although it’s unclear what Jason’s occupation was at the time, the Russells were likely living in Kalamazoo the following year when their oldest son, Rodrick, was born.
*Some accounts refer to Jason Russell as “Rupell” or “Rupello,” likely due to the census taker’s stylistic handwriting on the 1850 form.
“Just how much brewed liquor was turned out by these Kalamazoo breweries will perhaps never be known, yet in their palmy days each one did a flourishing business, their owners operating them on the ‘live and let live’ principal, none trying to get rich, and each one finally yielding to the onslaughts of importations from the great brewing corporations in large cities.”
—Kalamazoo Gazette , 30 May 1920
Hall & Russell
In April 1849, Benjamin Hall and Jason Russell formed a partnership under the name of Hall & Russell. Caroline Russell purchased the brewery property on Arcadia Creek for $1,650, and the two families took over John Hall’s brewery operation. When the U.S. Federal Census taker came around in July 1850, Benjamin Hall, Jason Russell, Caroline Russell, and the three Russell children were living on the brewery property near Arcadia Creek. Hall and Russell were described as equal owners in the property at that time. By then, Hall & Russell were producing roughly 450 barrels (14,000 gallons) of beer annually.
For reasons yet unknown (although most likely financial), Hall and Russell closed the brewery in April 1851, and the Russells sold the property to Ansel K. Post for $2,000. In April 1852, Ansel Post put the “celebrated Kalamazoo Brewery” up for sale, describing it as “one of the best and most convenient establishments of the kind in the state” (Gazette ). The property was sold to John Ell in August 1852 for $2,200, although the brewery remained closed for some time after. At some point, the property reverted to the previous owner John Abbott, most likely the result of a mortgage default. After Hall’s brewery closed, Jason Russell and his family apparently left town and moved on, while Benjamin Hall went across town and formed a new partnership in the brewing business.
By the time the assistant marshal came around to collect census information in July 1860, John Hall was still identified as a brewer by trade, but there is no indication that he was actively pursuing the occupation at that time. John Hall passed away in March 1866 at the age of 67 and is buried in Mountain Home Cemetery .
Written by Keith Howard, Kalamazoo Public Library Staff, 2011. Updates and corrections, March 2025.
Sources
Books
Johnston’s Detroit city directory and advertising gazetteer of Michigan
Compendium of history and biography of Kalamazoo County, Michigan
Labadie’s souvenir of picturesque Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo, the place behind the products : an illustrated history
Kalamazoo, the place behind the products : an illustrated history
Last call : the rise and fall of Prohibition
Yes, there were Germans in Kalamazoo : a short study of the German element and its influence in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, 1830-1978
Articles
“Improvements in Kalamazoo” Kalamazoo Gazette , 15 April 1837, page 2
“Summer beer” Kalamazoo Gazette , 5 May 1838, page 1
“…improvements now going forward…” Kalamazoo Gazette , 4 December 1846, page 2
“To make beer” Kalamazoo Gazette , 13 August 1847, page 2
“Brewery for sale” Kalamazoo Gazette , 2 April 1852, page 2
“Kalamazoo, its business” Kalamazoo Gazette , 17 October 1856, page 2
“Peter Herboldsheimer…” Kalamazoo Telegraph , 9 March 1859, page 3, column 2
“Syke & Foegele” Kalamazoo Gazette , 29 March 1861, page 3, column 5
“Fire.” Kalamazoo Telegraph , 16 October 1867, page 4
“Ale, lager beer, and porter” Kalamazoo Telegraph , 21 May 1869, page 4
“List of liquor dealers who have taken out the liquor tax license” Kalamazoo Gazette , 11 June 1875, page 3
“Centennialities: the brewers…” Kalamazoo Daily Telegraph , 2 March 1876, page 2, column 2
“Report of tax collected on the business of selling and manufacturing liquors in Kalamazoo County for the year ending December 25, 1877” Kalamazoo Gazette , 1 January 1878, page 4
“Kalamazoo. A general review of the business and commercial interests of the ‘Big Village.’” Kalamazoo Gazette , 4 July 1878, page 3
“Mortgage sale” Kalamazoo Gazette , 30 September 1879, page 4
“A scarcity of water. Old brewery building totally destroyed by fire” Kalamazoo Gazette , 13 June 1886, page 2
“Local gleanings” Kalamazoo Gazette , 17 July 1890, page 5
“He was a true patriot” Kalamazoo Telegraph , 24 September 1891, page 6, column 2
“On draught Saturday” Kalamazoo Gazette , 18 January 1895, page 1
“Where beer is made” Kalamazoo Gazette , 26 April 1899, page 6
“$30,000 in improvements” Kalamazoo Gazette , 28 October 1900, page 8
“City Union Brewery” Kalamazoo Gazette , 14 February 1904, page 10
“Irish pioneer is ninety today” Kalamazoo Gazette , 3 June 1905, page 8, column 2
“Brewing company directors” Kalamazoo Gazette , 16 January 1907, page 9
“Call for the brew from Kalamazoo” Kalamazoo Gazette , 2 August 1907, page 5, column 5
“High approval given Kalamazoo Brewing Co.” Kalamazoo Gazette. 20 August 1911, page 6
“Home made beer, its advantages” Kalamazoo Gazette , 19 June 1912, page 24
“Kalamazoo County goes dry with majority of 890” Kalamazoo Gazette , 6 April 1915, page 1
“Your last chance” Kalamazoo Gazette , 25 April 1915, page 11, column 4
“Booze specials into this city tabooed” Kalamazoo Gazette , 1 May 1915, page 1, column 8
“County bars close their doors, Friday” Kalamazoo Gazette , 1 May 1915, page 9
“Kazoo Brewing property sold” Kalamazoo Gazette , 3 May 1917, page 1
“Brewing company is now dissolved” Kalamazoo Gazette , 5 September 1917, page 7, column 4
“Creamery buys brewery plant” Kalamazoo Gazette , 25 February 1919, page 5
“Kazoo in olden days had five breweries…” Kalamazoo Gazette , 30 May 1920, page 7
“Kalamazoo had four breweries in operation half century ago” Kalamazoo Gazette , 19 April 1933, page 23
“One-time brewery tumbles” Kalamazoo Gazette , 4 November 1968, page 21, column 3
“The impact of organized crime in the city of Chicago” Taylor Hales and Nikolas Kazmers, English 217 Student Projects
“Michigan’s beer boom: for craft brewers, the glass isn’t just half-full, it’s overflowing” Kalamazoo Gazette , 20 February 2011, page 1
“Former Kalamazoo Creamery building on Portage Street to be demolished as officials look to redevelopment possibilities” Kalamazoo Gazette , 4 May 2011 [MLive online]
“Former Kalamazoo Creamery Co. building being razed with plans for property redevelopment in the future” Kalamazoo Gazette , 15 November 2011 [MLive online]
Databases
Ancestry Library (In Library Only)
New York, Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957
Census Records
Nicholas Bauman household, 1860 United States Federal Population Census [database on-line]
Nicholas Bauman household, 1880 United States Federal Population Census [database on-line]
Joseph Burchnal household, 1860 United States Federal Population Census [database on-line]
Joseph Burchnal household, 1870 United States Federal Population Census [database on-line]
George Foegle household, 1860 United States Federal Population Census [database on-line]
George Foegle household, 1870 United States Federal Population Census [database on-line]
Benjamin Hall household, 1850 United States Federal Population Census [database on-line]
John Hall household, 1860 United States Federal Population Census [database on-line]
Jacob Harlan household, 1840 United States Federal Population Census [database on-line]
Jacob Harlan household, 1850 United States Federal Population Census [database on-line]
Jacob Harlan household, 1860 United States Federal Population Census [database on-line]
Peter Harboldsheemer household, 1860 United States Federal Population Census [database on-line]
George Judge household, 1860 United States Federal Population Census [database on-line]
George Judge household, 1870 United States Federal Population Census [database on-line]
George Judge household, 1880 United States Federal Population Census [database on-line]
C.W. Minard household, 1860 United States Federal Population Census [database on-line]
George Neumaier household (w/ Alfred Neumaier), 1880 United States Federal Population Census [database on-line]
Alfred Neumaier household, 1910 United States Federal Population Census [database on-line]
Alfred Neumaier household, 1920 United States Federal Population Census [database on-line]
Alfred Neumaier household, 1930 United States Federal Population Census [database on-line]
Jason Russell household, 1850 United States Federal Population Census [database on-line]
J Sessaman household, 1860 United States Federal Population Census [database on-line]
Joseph Slater household, 1870 United States Federal Population Census [database on-line]
Joseph Slater household, 1880 United States Federal Population Census [database on-line]
John Stern household, 1860 United States Federal Population Census [database on-line]
Sebastian Syke household, 1860 United States Federal Population Census [database on-line]
Sebastian Sykes household, 1880 United States Federal Population Census [database on-line]
Leo Wagenman household, 1900 United States Federal Population Census [database on-line]
Peter Harpoldshimer, 1860 U.S., Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules , [database on-line]
Syke & Fogle, 1860 U.S., Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules , [database on-line]
Gustavus Sipaman (Sesemann), 1860 U.S., Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules , [database on-line]
James S. Holmes, 1860 U.S., Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules , [database on-line]
Nonpopulation Census for Michigan – Industry (1850, 1860)
Deeds and Land Records
Walnut Street Brewery (& related)
4/16/1851: Lorenz Brentano from Caleb Sweetland. Liber Q, page 439. Sec 28 (T3S, R11W) (see deed) $4,950
Winsted Street Brewery (& related)
6/10/1852: Nicholas Baumann from Abraham Letti. Liber 19, page 271
North Burdick Street Brewery (& related)
3/6/1841: H.H. Comstock to James F Cooper. Liber F, page 225. Sec 15 (T2S, R11W) Village lots (block 16)
Michigan Avenue Brewery (& related)
10/22/1844: Jason Russell from Anthony Cooley & wife. Liber J, page 74. Sec 15 (T2S, R11W) 1st W of Lot 1 (first lot west of Village Lot #1, south side of Water Street)
Olmstead Road (Lake Street) Brewery
6/11/1853: Walter R. Watson to Levi S Hodge. Liber 7, page 594. Sec 22, 23 (T2S, R11W) (see deed)
Additionitional property of interest north of Lake Street
3/18/1844: Jacob Harlan from J. Burdick. Liber J, page 577. Sec 22 (T2S, R11W) 28 4/10 acres
Other Records
Nicholas Baumann, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]
Lorenz Brentano, New York, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1957 [database on-line]Splendid
Joseph Burchnell [sic ], U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]
Dorothy Nichols Burchnell [sic ], U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]
Benjamin Hall, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]
John Hall, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line].
George Judd [sic ], New York, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1957 [database on-line]Ocean Queen
George Judge, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]
Leo Kinast, New York, State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1794-1943 [database on-line]
Leo Kinast, New York, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1957 [database on-line]Floride
Alfred Neumaier, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]
George Neumaier, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]
George Neumaier, New York, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1957 [database on-line]Floride
Gustav Sesemann, New York, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1957 [database on-line]Hermann Chevdorg
Gustav Sesemann, New York, Emigrant Savings Bank Records, 1850-1883 [database on-line]
Joseph Slater, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]
Maps
Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Mich., 1853
Map of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Mich., 1858
Map of Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, 1861
Kalamazoo, Michigan, bird’s-eye-view lithograph, 1867-1868
Atlas of Kalamazoo County, Michigan, 1873. From recent and actual surveys and records
Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1874
Bird’s eye view of Kalamazoo, Mich., 1883
Sanborn fire insurance map from Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, 1887
Illustrated atlas, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, 1890
Sanborn fire insurance map from Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, 1891 Library of Congress
Sanborn fire insurance map from Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, 1896
Sanborn fire insurance map from Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, 1902
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, 1908
Illustrated atlas, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, 1910
Videos
The Michigan beer film
Websites
Kalamazoo Craft Beverage Week
West Michigan Beer Tours
Commercial Breweries currently operating in Kalamazoo:
Bell’s Brewery A regional craft brewery that employs over 100 people over an 18 state area.Brite Eyes Brewing Co. Established in 2013 at 1156 South Burdick.Brewery Outré Opened April 2022 at 567 E Ransom St.Latitude 42 Brewing Company Established in 2013 at 7842 Portage Road.One Well Brewing Established in 2014 at 4213 Portage St.Presidential Brewing Co. Established in 2018 at 8302 Portage Road.Saugatuck Brewing Co. Kalamazoo location opened in 2023 at 200 E. Michigan.Texas Corners Brewing Co. Opened in 2015 at 6970 Texas Drive.Wax Wings Brewing Co. Established in 2018 at 3480 Gull Road.
Local History Room Files
Michigan File: Michigan – Breweries
Subject File: Breweries
Subject File: Bell’s Brewery Inc.
Subject File: Buildings – Kalamazoo – Lake, 706
Subject File: Kraftbrau Brewery