{"id":119,"date":"2018-06-25T14:29:31","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T20:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iceman.saffire.com\/blog\/?p=119"},"modified":"2018-06-25T14:29:31","modified_gmt":"2018-06-25T20:29:31","slug":"bells-two-hearted-recognized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/2018\/06\/25\/bells-two-hearted-recognized\/","title":{"rendered":"BELL&#8217;S TWO HEARTED RECOGNIZED"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iceman.com\/articles\/2009861-bells-two-hearted-recognized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.connectsites.net\/user_files\/iceman\/articles\/002\/009\/861\/medium.png?w=840&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"BELL\u2019S, TWO HEARTED RECOGNIZED\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bell&#8217;s Brewery was named in the&nbsp;2018 Best Beers in America&nbsp;survey conducted by&nbsp;Zymurgy&nbsp;magazine. Now running in its 16th year, the survey asks members of the&nbsp;American Homebrewers Association (AHA), which publishes Zymurgy, to choose up to five of their favorite commercial beers available for purchase in the&nbsp;U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bell&#8217;s earned the #1 spot in the Top-Ranked Beers category with Two Hearted and the No. 4 spot for Hopslam Ale. This is the second consecutive year that Two Hearted has claimed this honor. It came in second to Russian River\u2019s Pliny the Elder for seven straight years&nbsp;previously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bell&#8217;s was also #1 in this year\u2019s Top-Ranked Breweries&nbsp;list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is an incredible honor, one that means a great deal to me personally and to everyone at the brewery. We have never sacrificed quality and this is a testament to the hard work and dedication from everyone involved in getting this beer to our fans,\u201d said Larry Bell, president and&nbsp;founder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs brewers, the members of American Homebrewers Association can discern the subtle differences between a good beer and an outstanding beer,\u201d said Gary Glass, director, American Homebrewers Association. \u201cZymurgy\u2019s Best Beers in America survey showcases which commercial beers are truly the best of the best out there, and all the breweries who made the list should be&nbsp;proud.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The American Homebrewers Association has worked on behalf of the homebrewing community since 1978 and celebrates a membership of 46,000&nbsp;homebrewers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bell&#8217;s general store has been supporting homebrewers in Kalamazoo and beyond since 1983 and predates the brewery. Larry Bell founded our company originally as a homebrew supply&nbsp;store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bell&#8217;s Brewery was named in the&nbsp;2018 Best Beers in America&nbsp;survey conducted by&nbsp;Zymurgy&nbsp;magazine. Now running in its 16th year, the survey asks members of the&nbsp;American Homebrewers Association (AHA), which publishes Zymurgy, to choose up to five of their favorite commercial beers available for purchase in the&nbsp;U.S. Bell&#8217;s earned the #1 spot in the Top-Ranked Beers category &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/2018\/06\/25\/bells-two-hearted-recognized\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;BELL&#8217;S TWO HEARTED RECOGNIZED&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13],"tags":[37],"class_list":["post-119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-regular-news","tag-bells"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}