Gallia Paris
Microbrewery
in
Pantin,
Île-de-France,
France 🇫🇷
Owned by
Heineken France
Associated Venue: Bar Gallia
Established in 2009
Contact
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.
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.
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
An orange beer, a head is huge and blond. Aroma has citrus, some tropical notes, pine and herbs. Taste has citrus, herbs, some bitterness. Medium bodied, high carbonation. Decent.
Tried
on 15 Oct 2017
at 10:28
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle in garden, 24th September 17. Pours clear, big head. Aroma is peach, tropical fruit. Taste is sweet, ripe fruit, slight bitter, floral. Good stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Sep 2017
at 14:52
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Bottle at home, 23rd September 17. Pours black, slight head. Aroma is cocoa, roasted malts, perfume hops and citrus. Taste is hoppy bitter, citrus, cocoa good amount of hops and a lovely strong flavour for the extreme low ABV.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Sep 2017
at 01:57
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
330ml bottle from Cave a Bulles, Paris. Pours a hazy gold, thin receding white head. Good fruity aroma, zesty orange and tropical fruit. Taste bears a confident fruity character, not exactly a NE IPA, more a standard, hoppy, orangey IPA with a bright bitterness. Still, decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Sep 2017
at 13:26
7/10
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Aug 2017
at 22:35
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Almost clear golden. Medium nonlasting white head. Fruity nose, sweet, peachy with tropical fruits, lychee and quite strong. Gently sweet with slight cotrusy touch. Very held back bitterness, almost unnoticed. Sweeter aftertaste. Fruity and sweet, lacks some character.
Tried
on 02 Aug 2017
at 10:32