Gallia Paris

Microbrewery in Pantin, Île-de-France, France 🇫🇷
Owned by Heineken France
Associated Venue: Bar Gallia

Established in 2009

Contact
35 rue Méhul, Pantin, 93500, France
Description
Guillaume Roy and Jacques Ferté relaunched Gallia at the end of 2009, in agreement with one of the brand's descendants. Simon Hicher, the first brewer of the Gallia renaissance joined the company to reinvent the Parisian brewing heritage with the 2 founders. In 2019, the company has more than fifteen employees, young, dynamic and motivated to defend the good taste of French craft beer!

In 2019 Heineken acquired a minority share in Gallia. In 2021 Gallia became 100% owned by Heineken.

In March 2021, we opened a second 6000 m² brewery in Sucy-en-Brie (Val de Marne), a few kilometers from the Pantin brewery. Initiated in 2019, the construction of this new brewery met the objective of increasing our production capacities. The Sucy brewery allows us to multiply our capacity by 5 to meet the growing demand for our beers. The brewery was, however, closed in 2023, the production of the regular range moved to other Heineken France plants, with specials still being brewed in Pantin.

Some history: In 1890, J.J. Wohlhüter, originally from Alsace, created the brewery La Nouvelle Gallia and developed its activity to the point where, in 1896, it became the largest brewery in Paris. Thirty years later, in 1932, the brewery produced 150,000 hl per year. During the 1940s and 1950s production continued but declined. At the beginning of the 1960s, threatened by competition, the production of Gallia beer was gradually abandoned and the brewery was destroyed in 1968.

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5.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Opalescent pale yellow colour, minimal creamy white head; aroma of some fruity, grape peel, orange, orange peel and wheaty notes; taste is quite similar to the aroma with some spicines; drinlable, though has nothing really amazing --- Beer merged from original tick of Blonde Non Filtré Champ Libre on 15 Jun 2025 at 14:03 - Score: Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7. Original review text: almost crystal clear golden colour, huge, dense and stable snow-white head; aroma of fruity (apple, maybe some pear and dried apricot, as well), grainy, floral and slight herbal notes; taste of moderate hoppy bitterness, bread crusty, fruity, slight honey and spicy-peppery notes; good one
Tried on 21 Jul 2022 at 18:51

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Flasche 0,33l: Helles Bernstein, dezente Trübung, kräftiger stabiler mittelporiger Schaum; frische + fruchtige Nase, leichte fruchtige Süße, kräftige Zitrusnoten, Limetten, Zitronen, florale/ grasige Hopfennoten, Malz, Getreide, leichte Hefearomen, fruchtig-trockene Bitterkeit; frischer + fruchtiger Körper, leichte fruchtige Süße, kräftige Zitrusnoten, Limetten, Zitronen, florale/ grasige Hopfennoten, Malz, Getreide, spritzig, moderate Kohlensäure, leichte Hefearomen; trocken-fruchtiger Nachgang
Tried on 11 Jul 2022 at 14:57

6/10
Tried from Draft on 08 Jul 2022 at 14:26

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bière bue au festival main Square, où il n'y avait que des stands Heineken, la Gallia est là pour sauver les amateurs de bière heureusement ! Robe dorée, fine mousse blanche. Nez houblonné et fruité, agréable. Bouche légèrement maltée et houblonnée, pointe d'amertume avec un coté fruité agrumes, l'ensemble reste léger et aqueux. Pas la bière de l'année mais clairement un des meilleurs choix de festival.
Tried on 02 Jul 2022 at 08:52

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Lys brun klar med hvitt skum. Lukter fløtekaramell, blomster, grapefrukt og lyst brød. Lett. Noe barnålbitterhet. Karamell og blomster. Middels lang,
Tried on 29 Jun 2022 at 15:59

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
33cl bottle. A clear yellow golden beer with a white head. Aroma of citrusy hops, pine and resinous hops. Taste of apricot, pine, resionous hops. Moderate to long bitter finish.
Tried from Bottle on 27 May 2022 at 19:45

7/10
Tried from Bottle on 09 May 2022 at 17:42

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
--Bottled at Bishop's Arms, Sundsvall. -- Clear bright golden, small head. Bready citrus aroma. Mid sweet with light to medium body and clean, rounded mouthfeel. Bready malt, mild tangerine. Mid bitter finish.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Apr 2022 at 20:03

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle at Cote, Solihull. Poured a clear golden colour with a short-lived frothy white head. The aroma is grainy malt. The flavour is moderate bitter, light sweet, with a grainy, light corn, toffee caramel, light woody hop bitter palate. Medium to light bodied with average carbonation. Can’t believe what I paid in here for this very average lager!
Tried from Bottle on 09 Apr 2022 at 12:28

6/10
Tried from Draft on 04 Feb 2022 at 19:40