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Castelain Ch’ti Ambrée ABV: 5.9% Origin: Bénifontaine, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France Website: brasseriecastelain.com Date: 6 November 2000 Another review from the archive written for the pioneering Oxford Bottled Beer Database (OBBD). I’ve left it uncorrected — so please read it in that historical spirit. Oh for those halcyon days when Safeway UK (since taken over […] Jenlain, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France ABV: 6% Origin: Jenlain, Nord, Hauts-de-France, France Website: www.jenlain.fr Date: 14 August 2000 Another review from the archive written for the pioneering Oxford Bottled Beer Database (OBBD). I’ve left it uncorrected — so please read it in that historical spirit. Another beer and brewery that are still very much around, […] ABV: 8.5% Origin: Saint-Sylvestre-Cappel, Nord, Hauts-de-France, France Website: http://www.brasserie-st-sylvestre.com/ Date: 14 August 2000 Another review from the archive written for the Oxford Bottled Beer Database (OBBD), a pioneering crowd-sourced beer review website founded in 1992, and predating the likes of Ratebeer and Beer Advocate. I’ve left it uncorrected — so please read it in that […] Beer sellers: Abbaye des Saveurs ABV: 6.5% Origin: Esquelbecq, Nord, France Website: www.brasseriethiriez.com Thiriez Blonde d'Esquelbecq Daniel Thiriez began reinventing Northern French beer as far back as 1996. He ploughed a lonely furrow for some years – only from the mid-2000s have other startup breweries in the region dared to brew beyond established […] Top Tastings 2011 (Ambrée), Beer sellers: Abbaye des Saveurs ABV: 6.5% Origin: Bavay, Nord, France Theillier La Bavaisienne (Ambrée) Northern French bières de garde are generally assumed to have deep historic roots in the local tradition of farmhouse brewing, though today’s best known and best selling brands are of more recent origin […] From the archive: First published in the Oxford Bottled Beer Database May 2002. Beer sellers: Cave à bulles ABV: 7% Origin: Gussignies, Nord, France Bailleux Cuvée des Jonquilles ‘Daffodil harvest’, a bottle-conditioned blond ale with a suitably floral label full of the cheer of spring, comes from an artisanal brewery at the Baron […] First published in BEER July 2007 as part of a piece on French beer. For more French beers see previous post. NOTE: This brewery may since have closed. ABV: 6.5 per cent Origin: Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, Nord, France Sources St-Amand Germinal Ambrée The village of Saint-Amand, in a regional park southeast of Lille, was […] First published in BEER July 2007 as part of a piece on French beer. ABV: 8.5 per cent Origin: St-Sylvestre-Cappel, Nord, France Website www.brasserie-st-sylvestre.com Saint-Sylvestre 3 Monts Think of French booze and you first think of wine. But pride in fine regional food and drink is deeply embedded in French culture, and extends […] ABV: 7.5% Origin: Courpalay, Seine-et-Marne, France Website: www.biere-de-brie.com Rabourdin Bière de Brie Ambrée 1001 Beers You Must Try Before You Die Beer sellers: Cave à bulles. An alternative version of this piece appears in the book 1001 Beers You Must Try Before You Die. Rarely can beer claim a goût de […] Originally published in What’s Brewing June 2004 Origin: Saint Sylvestre Cappel, Nord, France ABV: 8 per cent Buy from Specialist shops, beer festivals Saint-Sylvestre Bière Nouvelle The low-lying countryside of northern France is dotted with farmhouse breweries. Much of this area was formerly Flanders: Dutch personal and place names are everywhere and the […] |
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