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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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Tried on 23 Nov 2013 at 18:56

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Tried on 23 Nov 2013 at 18:54

6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Huge, fluffy off-white head over clear coppery-golden beer. Extremely caramelly, even nearly fresh (weak) coffee nose, café noir cookies, going over in fresh, parsley aromatised malts; rainwater. Again caramel; weak tea flavoured with honey or caramelsyrup. Finish is definitely drier, hinting at noble hops, resulting in even some discreet bitternesss. Light body, creamy head, medium carbonation. Interesting as a concept, much less as a beer.
Tried on 15 Mar 2013 at 11:59

6.5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottled at Byn, Stockholm. Deep golden, rich firm head. Distint oily’ tea-like saaz aroma. Mid sweet withlight-medium body and rounded mouthfeel. Gentle butter and bitter orange flavour. Mid bitter finish.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Mar 2013 at 08:14

5.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottle. Hazy orange with a thin head. Aroma is grain and citrus. Fruity flavour, thin grainy malt with a long citrus bitterness
Tried from Bottle on 19 Feb 2013 at 12:19

6.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
33cl bottle from Terre de Boissons, Calais. Gold orange with lasting white head. Characterful yeasty aroma. Almost tart lemon in mouth, some sherbert. Tasty blond beer. Wow a lot more interesting than I was expecting. Maybe a bit too yeasty.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Feb 2013 at 11:15

6.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bouteille from Terres de Bières. Clear deep golden colour, large white head. Malty base, bitter-sweet character, good hoppy finish. Quite Czech in its overall character.
Tried on 27 Mar 2012 at 11:32

5.5/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
Bottle. Gold with a fast-fading white head. Grainy aroma with some earth and spice. Quite dry despite balance leaning towards grainy malt. Mildly spicy bitter finish lingers. Decent hops, rather bland malt.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Feb 2012 at 03:11

7.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Solid pilsener head, bright yellow body. Aroma heavy on cereals, some hops. Taste is a nice smooth hops flavour and a tart and dry finish. Very good in the way of pilseners.
Tried on 16 Oct 2010 at 12:26