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Thursday, 26 June 2008

Back From France with Beer

Just a quick post to say I'm back from France with loads of beer and lots of Breweries to tell you about.

Brasserie de Bercloux (17770 Bercloux)

Stout (5%)
Spéciale (8%)
Cognac (7%)
Ambrée (7%)
Blanche (5.5%)
Blonde (5.5%)

Brasserie de La Rainette (16380 Chazelles)

Bitter Ale (5.5%)
Blanche (5.5%)
Ambrée (7%)
Noire (5.5%)
Noël (7%)

Brasserie des Gabariers (16100 Cognac)

XO (5.9%)
Blonde (4.5%)
Au Pineau (4.5%)
Fée d'Hiver (7%)

SARL Bières de Ré (17740 Ste Marie de Ré)

Blanche de Ré (5%)
L'Ecume de Ré (5%)
La Déferlante (8%)
La Blanche Amb'Ré (5.8%)

SARL Bières des Naufrageurs (17190 St Georges d'Oleron)

Blonde Spéciale (7%)
Brune (6%)
Gingembre (6%)
Napoléron (7.5%)
Blonde (5%)
Noire (7%)
Blanche (5%)
Ambrée (6%)
Cardamome (6%)
Blanche à la Fleur de Sel (5%)
Rousse (6%)

la Brasserie Artisanale Ocèane (16170 Vaux-Rouillac)

La Goule "Bio" (6%)
La Goule Bière OR (6%)
La Goule Bière Ambrée (6%)
La Goule au Bois-Bandé (6%)
La Goule Black Prince (6%)

I also picked up the following bottles during my stay

Ch'Ti Ambrée (5.9%)
Ch'Ti Blonde (6.4%)
3 Monts (8.5%)
La Choulette Ambrée (8%)
L'Eurélienne Blonde (6.5%)
L'Eurélienne Rousse (7%)
Vivat Triple (8.3%)
Lancelot (6%)
Piste Noire Ambrée (5.9%)
Jenlain Ambrée (7.5%)

That's quite a few beers mostly strong so bear with me this may take a while as I'd like to try the beers before posting the reports on the brewery visits!

5 comments:

YCC - Dubbel said...

Wow, quite a haul!

Someone's got a good July ahead of them! :)

Tandleman said...

Could have done with some of them down in the deep south of France!

Mark Andersen said...

Now here is a man that knows how to shop for souveniers!

Andy Holmes said...

And I haven't even mentioned the wine, pineau and cognac! The advantages of taking your own car on holiday. The fuel economy was a bit poor on the way back though.

Boak said...

Hope they live up to potential. We've posted before on disappointing microbreweries in France (in the South though)

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