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Bières de Luxe and Bières de Garde

 
A Biere de Luxe from Alsace and a selection of Bieres de Garde from Northern France that balance strength with flavour.

All prices shown are our retail prices, inclusive of VAT.

We supply beers by the case - see our stockists for smaller quantities.
 

Météor

24 x 33cl AP051
£POA

Brewed at a independent brewery in the heart of Alsace, the Franco-German brewing land of France.

This is a typically French easy drinking hoppy lager with an ABV of 4.6%.

Pelican

24 x 33cl AP058
£POA

ABV 4.6%

A light and refreshing typically "French" lager beer from the famous Pelforth brewery with a dry finish.

Saint Omer

50 litre AP059
£POA

A draught french beer with an ABV of 4.6%.

 

Boutique Bières  

...from the heart of Brittany

Britt Blanche

24 x 33cl AP061
£2.50

ABV 4.8%

A wheat beer with hints of citrus.  Fresh, crisp.

Dremmwel d'Orée

24 x 33cl AP065
£2.60

ABV 7.0%

As its name suggests this is a golden beer, made in the style of the northern French and Belgian beers.  It has a deep, rich flavour and a long, lingering finish.

Britt Blonde

24 x 33cl AP063
£2.55

ABV 5.0%

This is what lager beer should taste like.  Small production and bottle conditioning give a full flavoured but not overweight beer.

 

Gwiniz du

24 x 33cl AP064
£2.50

ABV of 5.4%.

This is a really unusual beer in that it uses sarazin (buckwheat) as the grain as opposed to barley.

Buckwheat is the main ingrediant for galettes (the savoury pancakes of Brittany - hence the subtitle to the beer - cuvee du creperie.

 

 

Bières de Garde  

From one of the smallest breweries in Northern France at Hordain in Flanders.

La Choulette Ambrée

12 x 75cl AP040
£5.25 bottle inc VAT

24 x 33cl AP043
£2.50 bottle inc VAT

ABV 8.0%

An amber-dark biere de garde.  A beautiful clean taste, with a lot of malt. Packed in a 75 cls bottle with a wired-down cork, the label shows a game of "crosse" in progress.

Une choulette is the ball used in this traditional game of the region. This beer has been Champion Biere de Garde and a Platinum Medal Winner.

La Choulette Blonde

24 x 33cl AP044
£2.45 bottle inc VAT

ABV 7.5%

As above but more in the style of Sans Culottes below.

La Choulette Brune

12 x 75cl AP049
£5.25 bottle inc VAT

24 x 33cl AP046
£2.45 bottle inc VAT

ABV 8.0%

As above, but this deep, rich, brown beer has been made from highly roasted malt, giving it a chocolatey, malty flavour.  This is reminiscent of the full-bodied, rich milds which were traditionally made in the North of England.

Once tasted, incredibly moreish.

Bière des Sans Culottes

12 x 75cl AP045
£4.75 bottle inc VAT

7.0% ABV

Made in the tradition of artisan brewers, Sans Culottes is a blonde beer sur lie. Probably the best bière de garde for the uninitiated to start with.

Packed in a 75 cls bottle with a wired-down cork, Sans Culottes sports a brilliantly eye-catching label showing a revolutionary soldier proudly wearing his pantalons, having wisely forsaken his culottes for the coming struggle.

Robespierre

12 x 75cl AP047
£5.00 bottle inc VAT

7.5% ABV

A stronger version of Sans Culottes having a higher original gravity, giving it a fuller flavour.  This beer was originally made to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution, but was so impressive that it has remained in the portfolio ever since.

Triboulette

12 x 75cl AP036
£4.09 bottle inc VAT

5.0% ABV

A traditionally made lager style beer, a sort of junior Sans Culottes.  This beer is bottle conditioned and has a fantastic flavour which you won't find in a tin.

La Tour d'Ostrevant

12 x 75cl AP050
£5.25 bottle inc VAT

8.3% ABV

This is another huge biere from our favourite small producer.  It is a blonde style with incredible length and finish.

Abbaye de Vaucelles

12 x 75cl AP038
£5.25 bottle inc VAT

7.5% ABV

An abbaye beer brewed by Brasserie Choulette.  This is a blonde style of Biere de Garde, flavoursome but with a soft, subtle finish.

Blanche de Cambrai

12 x 75cl AP056
£4.35 bottle inc VAT

5% ABV

Awheat beer from Brasserie La Choulette made in the traditional style - good flavour but without the awesome strength of his biere de gardes.

La Choulette Frambois

24 x 33cl AP041
£2.65 bottle inc VAT

6% ABV

A fruit version of this excellent Biere de Garde with only natural crushed raspberry juice added. You have to taste to believe the full fruity effect

La Choulette Peche

24 x 33cl AP042
£2.50 bottle inc VAT

5% ABV

A fruit version of this excellent Biere de Garde with only natural crushed peach juice added.