BFM (Brasserie des Franches-Montagnes)
Microbrewery in Saignelégier, Jura, Switzerland 🇨🇭
Established in 1997
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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.
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottled. Beautiful mahogany colour. No matter if it is served cold or at 60ºC the aroma is overwhelming with cinnamon and sugar. It is extremely sweet with clean mouthfeel. Cold it is strangely reminding of a typical Swedish breakfast dish (risgrynsgröt med kanel och socker). Warm it is a nice, odd warimg drink, reminding of Austrian jägertee, luckily the outside temperature was -9ºC, so this was a suiting drink at the time I sampled it. I really love the way BFM is experimenting, even if I don't always love their beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Feb 2003
at 14:21
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
2013-06-28, bb Apr 2015, 7-4-7-3-15=36
Dark brown color, with medium sized head, not persistent. Nice aroma, dark caramel and some cinnamon; light dark fruits, and very light star anise. Good body structure; caramel flavor, with a touch of dark chocolate and spice mix; the bitterness is reasonably low.
Pleasant winter beer, without the BFM signature.
2008-03-24, 7-3-7-3-15=35
It pours a cloudy brown color; with a medium head. Aroma of cookies, caramel, spices. It has a quite good body, with caramel flavor, some spices, strong bitterness, some sourness and high ending astringency. In little time it becomes less aggressive. Complex as usual.
2003-04-23, 7-4-7-4-14=36
Dark amber color. Fruity (apples, green apples), yeast. Astringent, with some malt roundness. Sour-bitter palate. Very original.
2002-01-05, 8-5-8-5-16=42
Cloudy brown color, beautiful creamy head.
Very nice and original aroma: sourness, malt, fruits (red currant…).
Good body structure and strength, very good mix of sweetness and sourness (both delicate), oak cask, little astringency.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Jan 2003
at 15:16
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Yellow-white. Hazy. Clean, sourish. Very unusual beer. ....................
Tried
on 28 Feb 2002
at 03:58
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Blonde, hazy. Clean flavour with late bitterness and big oregano aroma. ...
Tried
on 28 Feb 2002
at 03:45
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Dark brown. Hazy. Clean flavour with big late bitterness. Interesting and unusual wheat beer.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2002
at 03:34
3.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3
Amber ale, misty, no head. Strong herbal aroma (smells the heather, the rosemary, ...). Sour, with the same evident herbal flavours too. A flop for this awarded brewery.
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Tried
on 20 Jan 2002
at 16:04
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Very black. Peppery nose. Coffee aroma plus just a hint of the typical BFM-acidity. Complex, but not malty. I actually really like this one.
Tried
on 07 Jan 2002
at 01:42
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Very white, cloudy; Acidic, orangey palate with ample soft malt. Very complex. And definitely not 'dark ruby'.
Tried
on 05 Jan 2002
at 16:11
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
2013-07-14, bottle, bb Apr 2015, 5.5% ABV, 7-3-6-2-13=31
Muddy blond color with medium head. The aroma is delicate and nice; some breadish malt, light spices, light horse/animal. Smooth mouthfeel; the flavor is too mild, there is no malt, the spices are delicate, the bitterness very low.
It doesn’t express well from bottles, completely different from the one had on draught a few days ago.
2013-07-11, draught at Brasserie de Montelly 1st anniversary celebration, 8-3-8-4-16=39
Cloudy blond color with large creamy head. The aroma of malt and spices is really harmonious and intriguing, it almost has a biscuity side, and very light herbal. Smooth mouthfeel, some wheat, light residual sweetness, spices with perfect balance, as well as balanced bitterness, with a touch of bitter oranges.
Excellent, delicate, complex.
2012-09-28, draught at Pibar, Lausanne, 6-4-7-3-14=34
Cloudy blond color, medium sized compact head. Nice aroma, delicate, spicy. Smooth mouthfeel, delicate malt flavor, delicate spicy trait, coriander, with correct bitterness, and a late touch of BFM.
Good, balanced and better than the bottle nowadays.
2012-06-30, bottle at Pibar, Lausanne, 5.5% ABV, bb April 2014, 6-3-6-3-13=31
Cloudy blond color; compact head. The aroma is spicy, nice. Spicy wheat flavor, smooth and dry mouthfeel, strong bitterness, with a shade of bitter oranges in the final.
Correct brew, but without any BFM character.
2008-03-24, 7-3-6-3-13=32
Cloudy blond color, the head disappears quickly. Refreshing aroma, with some malt, hop, pepper. The mouthfeel is quite thin; it has a quite good mix of flavors (light hop, malt, spices…), but light compared to the usual BFM quality.
2003-04-22, 8-3-6-3-13=33
Light blond color. Interesting, original aroma, spices. Sour, dry, spicy. The palate is not enough long.
2002-01-05, 8-4-8-4-16=40
Dark ruby ale. Spicy aroma. Strong character, a light sourness similar to the belgian Oud Bruin beers. Nice malty palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jan 2002
at 14:11
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
2003-04-23, 8-3-7-3-13=34
Blond, exaggerated carbonation. Spicy aroma: cardamom, coriander. Dry, quite astringent, with some sourness.
2002-01-05, 10-3-7-5-14=39
Good blond ale, misty, with living yeast in the bottle like all the other beers by BFM. A wonderful hop character (aroma and flavour) that overwelmes the malt taste. Long finish, bitter and aromatic.
Blond, exaggerated carbonation. Spicy aroma: cardamom, coriander. Dry, quite astringent, with some sourness.
2002-01-05, 10-3-7-5-14=39
Good blond ale, misty, with living yeast in the bottle like all the other beers by BFM. A wonderful hop character (aroma and flavour) that overwelmes the malt taste. Long finish, bitter and aromatic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jan 2002
at 14:10