BFM (Brasserie des Franches-Montagnes)

Microbrewery in Saignelégier, Jura, Switzerland 🇨🇭

Established in 1997

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Chemin des Buissons 8, Saignelégier, 2350, Switzerland
Description
Nous concocter la meilleure bière! Founded in 1997 by Jérôme Rebetez, who had formerly been trained as an oenologist, this tiny brewery has rapidly become known for making beers that stretch traditional beer style guidelines and use unorthodox ingredients. BFM's products are made in small batches and hand-packaged at the brewery.

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8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

375mL bottled 2020, shared by a kind gentleman at Amory's Tomb, 12/20/25.
Caramelly and rich with more sherry than chianti. Round red fruit, controlled oxidation and lots of vanilla. No booze, low acid.
Good acidity with fruity, jammy raspberry and strawberry. Creme brulee-like caramel, vanilla and oxidation. Soft, chewy, sherry like with red fruit and round acetic. Nice and soft and chewy with long malt. Really interesting and has aged wonderfully.

Tried from Bottle at Amory’s Tomb Brewing Company on 21 Dec 2025 at 12:44


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

375mL bottled 2020, shared by a kind gentleman at Amory's Tomb, 12/20/25.
Caramelly and rich with more sherry than chianti. Round red fruit, controlled oxidation and lots of vanilla. No booze, low acid.
Good acidity with fruity, jammy raspberry and strawberry. Creme brulee-like caramel, vanilla and oxidation. Soft, chewy, sherry like with red fruit and round acetic. Nice and soft and chewy with long malt. Really interesting and has aged wonderfully.

Tried from Bottle at Amory’s Tomb Brewing Company on 20 Dec 2025 at 21:25


6.3
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle. Murky brown color with no head. Aroma is red fruits, vinegar, quite intense. Taste is the same. Murky mouthfeel, low carbonation. A bit disappointing.

Tried on 12 Dec 2025 at 16:44


8.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

On tap at Ammutsøn, pours an opaque muddy dark brown, basically no head. Nose is complex, with lots of tart cherry skins, red wine, tannins, oak, and some leathery notes. Flavour is pretty exquisite, with tons of red wine barrels, oak, leather, tons of tannins, plenty of balsamic but without being acetonic, finishing with dry, tannic, oaky red wine. This is one of my favourite of this series in a while. Lovely.

Tried from Draft at AmmutsØn on 21 Nov 2025 at 18:39


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

On tap at Ammutsøn, pours a clear pale yellow with a tiny white head. Aroma is pretty standard, with green apple juice, apple skins, and light sugars. Flavour is essentially bone dry, with some tannins, hay, and musty apple skins. Dry, musty and crisp. Good.

Tried from Draft at AmmutsØn on 21 Nov 2025 at 18:29


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7
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

33cl bottle from Das Alpenhaus. Dark brown pour, ring of fine beige foam. Aroma is sour, malty, mildly sweet. Taste is chocolate, Tootsie Roll, sour, sweet, a little bit mouth coating. No detectable warmth.

Tried from Bottle at Das Alpenhaus Delikatessen on 20 Oct 2025 at 05:02


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Tap at Ammutsøn. Hazy strawberry cherry. Funky, barn, tart, red fruits. Intense, heavy, long, warm and strong. Aah yes and tart, fruity, of course. This is interesting (in a good way), a slow sipper.

Tried from Draft at AmmutsØn on 19 Oct 2025 at 20:03


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Tap at Ammutsøn. Hazy red amber, offwhite creamy head. Funky tart balsamic nose, grapefruit play. Medium body, sparkly, puckering, fruity fizz, light sherry, funk and barn, salt,. intense, but cleans the palate and encourages another sip.

Tried from Draft at AmmutsØn on 19 Oct 2025 at 19:54


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Tap at Ammutsøn, gifted by the kind chef who convinced us to play Jenga! Funky wooden, barnyard notes on dry apples and pears, a hint bubblegum, quite dry body, tart, fine sparkling. dry apples, leather, apple and pear cores. Funky fun which hopefully wont make you topple over.

Tried from Draft at AmmutsØn on 19 Oct 2025 at 19:15


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6.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Tap at Ammutsøn, gifted by a kind chef of a nearby Swedish restaurant, for playing Jenga. Light golden. Funky, apple, pear, grapes. Sparkly spritzy, front heavy, then long; dry fruity sweetness. Nice.

Tried from Draft at AmmutsØn on 19 Oct 2025 at 19:13