{"id":4320,"date":"2020-03-27T15:39:39","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T15:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.3acompositesusa.com\/blog\/?p=4320"},"modified":"2020-03-27T15:42:44","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T15:42:44","slug":"nationally-recognized-craft-brewery-tour-enhanced-with-story-telling-dibond-decor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/3acompositesusa.com\/blog\/nationally-recognized-craft-brewery-tour-enhanced-with-story-telling-dibond-decor\/","title":{"rendered":"Nationally Recognized Craft Brewery Tour Enhanced with Story-Telling DIBOND\u00ae Decor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Bell\u2019s Brewery, Inc.<\/a>, a regional brewer headquartered in Kalamazoo, Mich., has been making a name for itself since 1985 by brewing quality craft beers in both its Kalamazoo and Comstock, Mich., locations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While started as a quest by Larry Bell, president\nof Bell\u2019s Brewery, to create a better beer in a 15-gallon stovetop soup kettle,\nthis independent, family-owned business is now the seventh largest craft\nbrewery in the United States, brewing more than 20 craft beers for distribution\nby Bell\u2019s Brewery employees throughout 41 states as well as in Puerto Rico and\nWashington, D.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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The Bell\u2019s Brewery brand has gained recognition not only through its expanded offerings but with free tours that are offered at both brewery locations, including free samples for guests ages 21 and up. The Bell\u2019s Brewery tour has been so well-received that it was named one of the top two in the country in the 2019 USA Today <\/em>10Best Readers\u2019 Choice travel awards<\/a>.  Bell\u2019s Brewery welcomes tens of thousands of guests each year to its pub \u2013The Eccentric Caf\u00e9 \u2013 and original brewery both located in downtown Kalamazoo as well as through tours at its main brewery in Comstock. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While Bell\u2019s Brewery received the USA Today<\/em> honor in April 2019, management had begun plans much earlier in the year to enhance its brewery tour at the Comstock location through printed visual elements \u2013 including a comprehensive historical timeline created with DIBOND\u00ae aluminum composite material by 3A Composites USA<\/a> . The timeline was designed to aid in telling the story of one of the oldest craft brewers east of the Mississippi River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(DIBOND is an aluminum composite material\nconsisting of two pre-painted sheets of 0.012-inch aluminum bonded to a solid\npolyethylene core \u2013 a unique composition that makes it approximately one-half\nthe weight of aluminum. As the flattest panel on the market, DIBOND offers a\nsuperior surface for direct digital-printing. It also can be routed and\nreturned to add dimension or roll-formed to deliver sweeping curves. DIBOND offers\noutstanding durability in outdoor applications and won\u2019t bow or oil can.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bell\u2019s Brewery turned to Agio Imaging<\/a>, a grand-format imaging provider based in Kalamazoo, to create a turnkey solution from consultation through installation. Agio Imaging prints all sizes of rigid and flexible materials as well as fabricates, installs and often designs projects for display applications ranging from interior branding and d\u00e9cor to corporate and event signage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Agio Imaging partnered with the brewery\u2019s in-house\ngraphic design team to bring brewery tour visual elements to life by offering consulting\nand design ideas, making material recommendations, discussing hardware options,\nevaluating the design for manufacturability, conducting site verification, and\ncoordinating the installation with their team, according to Davina Logan, Agio\nImaging\u2019s director of creative services and client relations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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