Who owns this brewery?

From the archive

Bell's is part of New Belgium Brewing Company, Inc., within the Kirin group. Bell's former legal company, Bell's Brewery, Inc., merged into New Belgium in 2023 and no longer exists.

VERIFIEDPARTIALLYEvidence BChecked 2026-09-07

Since: 2023
Direct owner: New Belgium Brewing Company, Inc.
Ultimate parent: Kirin Holdings Company, Limited

Asking who owns Bell's Brewery, Inc. has no current answer — that company ended in 2023. Asking who owns the Bell's brewery and brand does: New Belgium Brewing Company, Inc.

How Tally knows

Lion agreed to buy Bell's on 10 November 2021 and the deal closed on 31 December 2021. In 2023 Bell's Brewery, Inc. was absorbed into and merged with New Belgium Brewing Company, Inc., ending its separate corporate existence; a 2026 USPTO record lists New Belgium as the current owner of a Bell's trademark. Tally answers PARTIALLY because the plain question has two different answers depending on which Bell's is meant: the brewery and the brand continue under New Belgium, and the company does not continue at all.

Evidence

4 sources

Bell's Brewery merges with the New Belgium brand under Kirin ownership — Denver Westword (accessed 2026-09-07) Proves: That Bell's Brewery, Inc. was absorbed into and merged with New Belgium Brewing Company, Inc. in 2023
NBB & Bell's Brewery — New Belgium Brewing (accessed 2026-09-07) Proves: New Belgium's own account of the Bell's relationship
Bell's Brewery and New Belgium Brewing join forces to form a new American craft beer leader — PR Newswire (2021-11-10) Proves: The November 2021 agreement for Lion to acquire Bell's
Kirin Holdings — group companies — Kirin Holdings Company, Limited (accessed 2026-09-07) Proves: Kirin Holdings as the top of the group

Connections

bell-s-breweryowned byNew Belgium Brewing Company, Inc.2023–present · B
Bell's Brewery, Inc.merged intoNew Belgium Brewing Company, Inc.2023–present · B
bell-s-breweryultimately owned byKirin Holdings Company, Limited2021-12-31–present · B

What we still don’t know

The Michigan LARA merger or termination filing for Bell's Brewery, Inc. has not been reviewed. Kirin's disclosure is reported as December 2023 and a Michigan industrial-facility certificate transferred in November 2023; neither is reconciled as a canonical Source, so the merger is dated at YEAR precision.