BFM (Brasserie des Franches-Montagnes)
Microbrewery in Saignelégier, Jura, Switzerland 🇨🇭
Established in 1997
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.