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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6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle shared in London on the 42nd floor - big thanks to Daniel. Pours deep brown with a frothy tan head. Fairly subdued aroma, mild cocoa, light roast, dried dark fruits. Medium sweet flavor, some oily chocolate, earth, roast, leathery fruit, burnt wood. Medium to full bodied with fine carbonation. Finishes with toasty malts, more cocoa, earth. Not bad overall.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Nov 2015 at 15:10

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Sample at SBWF 2015. Almost black with a tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, coffee, some chocolate and light hops. Similar taste. The finish was on the dry side and long. Quite tasty.
Tried on 05 Oct 2015 at 13:46

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Sample at SBWF 2015. A bit hazy golden with a white head. Aroma and taste of fruit, some hops, grass and warming alcohol. The body was almost full and the finish on the bitter side.
Tried on 05 Oct 2015 at 13:43

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Sample at SBWF 2015. Hazy light orange with a large white head. Aroma and taste of banana, yeast, light wheat and some grass. Relaxed and easy to drink. An ok one.
Tried on 05 Oct 2015 at 13:40

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Sample at SBWF 2015. (labeled as IPA) A bit hazy amber with a medium head. Hoppy with grapefruit, apricot, hay and light caramel. Medium bitter. A descent one.
Tried on 05 Oct 2015 at 13:35

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Sample at SBWF 2015. (labeled as Lager) Golden with a large white head. Aroma and taste of grain, light butter and some light hops. Medium bitter. Drinkable but nothing special.
Tried on 05 Oct 2015 at 13:32

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottle brought back to UK from Paris by my Mrs who found this in a small supermarket there. Poured a light yellowy gold colour, hazy, with a fairly big white head. Aroma is zesty, wheat, with some sweet spices and some sourness. Medium body, texture light, fairly high in carbonation. OK beer.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Sep 2015 at 17:22

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 5.5
For 2.50 euros this is about 1 euro less than any other French IPA I saw. Also sold at Carrefour so for cheap bang for your buck it's pretty good. Brewed by Simon Hicher a la Brasserie Raboudain. It pours a deep reddish orange with a fizzy head. It's got a nice aroma of woodsy prickly fruity hops. The bee is is super-dry bodied with a dull bitter piney hop flavor with some maltiness. A pretty average IPA but OK. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried on 08 Aug 2015 at 02:29

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle. Pours cloudy amber with a big lively off white head. Aroma of weedy and dank hops, earthy hops, rotten wood and a little fruit. Flavour is light to light moderate sweet and light heavy bitter. Light medium bodied with high carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Aug 2015 at 10:47

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle. Pours cloudy golden orange with a lively and massive white head. Aroma is yeasty with wheat, light caramel and light herbal notes. Flavour is light to light moderate sweet and bitter. Light bodied with high carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Aug 2015 at 10:07