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.
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sample at Solothurner Biertage, may 2019. I was told this is not really cider but a Saison made to taste like cider. Actually it both smells and taste a lot like cider so obliviously they made a hell of a god imitation or they just fooled me. Actually it tastes like a mix of apple cider and Saison witch can be a god combination – and is in this case. Nothing weird or strange, just a light and refreshing beer/cider thing that tastes great as a refresher but nothing more complex than that.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Mar 2025
at 05:35
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sample at Solothurner Biertage, may 2019. Quite nice, rather standard classic Berliner Weise. Refreshing with balanced sourness and mild salt/minerals impression. Frankly I did not notice any of the sour patch stuff so I believe the taste was pretty integrated into the rest of the beer. Nice and refreshing.
Tried
on 13 Mar 2025
at 05:35
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Shared bottle @ Eldorado, Zurich. Murky amber body with a small beige head. Aroma is funky, ripe fruity, wood, leather, sour berries, vinegar and hint of acetone. Almost a bit unpleasant in aroma, but it opens up with some air and feels a lot better when starting to drink. Flavor is complex, sweet brown malt in combination with acidic vinegar, wood, dry fruit, ripe fruit, cellar notes and spices. Fine body and long lasting, tart aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2025
at 05:31
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle as BATS. Clear amber body with a nice, dense tan head. Quite mild aroma, malt, oak and very light smoke. Flavor is rather sweet, smooth and pleasant with malt, some caramel, light smoke and hint of cellar notes. Well balanced body and smooth in aftertaste as well. Very nice beer, a little disappointed as the smoke part is close to nothing, perhaps this has faded during storing? Anyway a smooth, tasty and slightly original beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Mar 2025
at 07:42
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Sample at Solothurner Biertage, may 2019. Clear amber with a small white head. Aroma has light malt, general fruitiness and slightly acidic. Flavor is light and easy, medium sweet malt, fruit, moderate bitterness and slightly sour. Quite plain and smooth, still a bit difficult to place in ant particular style.
Tried
on 12 Mar 2025
at 07:42
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap @ Red John Irish Pub, Solothurn, Switzerland. Slightly unclear pale golden body with a small, lacing white head. Aroma has light pale malt, mild fruitiness, floral, ginger, hint of lemon and spicy yeast. Flavor is light and smooth pale malt, mild citric fruit, ginger, wheat, some lemon and herbs. Light body, that is perfect for this beer and the same light and refreshing aftertaste. Nothing complex, but a superb thirst quencher, I actually had a few pints of this instead of ticking some less interesting beers at this pub.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Mar 2025
at 07:41
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle @ Eldorado, Zurich. Slightly unclear body with a small white head. Aroma is fruity and slightly acidic, very refreshing. Flavor has some of the same expression as aroma, light, smooth pale malt, mild fruitiness, refreshing sourness and some spicy yeast. Medium body and light and refreshing aftertaste. Not a beer I will consider to be a wit by the traditional style, but sure a nice and refreshing beer anyway.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Mar 2025
at 07:41
4.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Bottle. The best way I can describe this beer is it looked like muddy water. The aroma had hints of funk, wine barrel and old fruit. Taste was kind of sour and just had plain weirdness. Didn't taste like any barley wine I've ever had before.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Mar 2025
at 05:53
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
I drank this beer in lausanne. It is an average beer, it sounds morw a lager with hop than a Altbier, but is just my point of view, not bad., Buying this original bottle in one coop, Lausanne.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Mar 2025
at 12:19
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2025
at 13:59