KALAMAZOO, MI -- Beer drinkers who have eagerly awaited the release of Double Two Hearted Ale can start lining up Monday morning at Bell’s General Store and Eccentric Cafe in Kalamazoo.

At 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 26, both the store and cafe will be open for patrons to purchase the double American India pale ale, or IPA. The 11% alcohol by volume beer will be on tap at the Eccentric Cafe, opening an hour earlier than usual for the release.

The local brewery, based in Comstock Township, teased a July release this summer but pulled back and delayed until August to roll out the version of America’s best beer with twice the punch.

Two Hearted Ale is an American-style India Pale Ale that has been the brewery’s top seller, Larry Bell said recently. Two Hearted was ranked No. 1 in the country by Zymurgy magazine for the third consecutive year, according to a June 2019 press release from the brewery.

MLive also named Two Hearted Ale Michigan’s Best Beer of the Year in 2018.

Each Double Two Hearted Ale features 2.5 times the amount of Centennial hops, even more intense pine and citrus notes and a truly resinous hop aroma and rich malt, according to Bell’s.

Monday will kick off the limited release with a limit at Bell’s General Store of one case per person.

Cases and six-packs of Double Two Hearted Ale will also start shipping Monday for wider distribution of the beer, Bell’s spokesperson Josh Smith said.

Bell’s also recently announced it would release a different, lighter version of Two Hearted Ale early in 2020. Light Hearted Ale will have 3.7% ABV and 110 calories per 12-ounce can, compared to 7% ABV and 212 calories for Two Hearted.

The announcement came a little more than a year after Bell’s unveiled Official, an American wheat IPA with 6.4 ABV.