L'Agrivoise

Microbrewery in Saint-Agrève, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France 🇫🇷

Established in 2008

Contact
Quartier de la Gare, Saint-Agrève, 07320, France
Description
Former carpenter, Xavier Clerget and his partner Baptistine Fambon developed a passion for beer in the bars of the Rhône valley, but it was in their village of Saint-Agrève that they created their brewery in 2008, installing it in an old sawmill.

On this plateau, 1000 meters above sea level, the climate is harsh in winter, but, despite its isolation, the brewery quickly became known in Ardèche and elsewhere for the quality of its beers. The hoppy bitterness is privileged here - the brewery was one of the creators of the Front Hexagonal de Libiération - always with a beautiful aromatic power.

And their names, often borrowed from a cheerful humor (Commun’ale, Vue sur l'Amer, L’Asociale, Sous les Pavés among others), also refer to social and labor movements like the Paris Commune.

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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle @ home. Slightly uncleardark orange to reddish color, medium sized beige head that diminishes quickly. Aroma is malts, slightly caramel, decently hoppy. Taste malts, again lightly caramel, decently hoppy, moderately bitter. Medium body and carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Jun 2014 at 06:55


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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Sample glass at ZBF 2014 thanks to someone at the table. dark yellow, fruit and soap taste, meh

Tried on 27 Apr 2014 at 07:57


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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Thanks. 33 cl. bottle sampled @ ZBF 2014. Hazy milky orange, small white head. Nose is strange & chemical, tart, sweet white yeast, perfume and some flowers that I find off-putting. Taste is chemicals and same flowers, bitter hay, white pepper, strange spices. Fizzy bodied. Not my thing.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Apr 2014 at 02:24


6.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Imported from my RateBeer account as L'Agrivoise Chiniacum (by L'Agrivoise):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 12/20, MyTotalScore: 3.1/5

26/IV/14 - 33cl bottle @ ZBF 2014 (Leuven) - BB: 19/XI/15 (2014-417) Thanks to FX Canelle for sharing the bottle!

Cloudy pale amber beer, big aery off-white head, little stable, adhesive. Aroma: sweet orange peel, sugary, some overripe fruits, spicy, cloves. MF: ok carbon, medium to light body. Taste: bit soapy, some citrus, little bitter, coriander, more soapy. Aftertaste: little bitter, spicy, soapy again, citrus touch, bit floral. Meh.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Apr 2014 at 12:07


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Pours blonde to amber big white head Smell is sweet grainy Taste is bit bitter . Grains , ok , but simple

Tried on 26 Apr 2014 at 07:30


6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bernsteinfarbenes Bier mit schöner Schaumkrone. Geruch sehr malzig fruchtig, exotische Früchte. Geschmack sehr fruchtig malzig, lange Bitterkeit.

Tried on 07 Apr 2014 at 11:31


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Sehr dunkelbraunes Bier mit schöner Schaumkrone. Geruch sehr röstmalzig, schokoladig, dunkle Früchte. Geschmack intensiv röstmalzig, schokoladig, Kaffee, dunkle überreife Früchte.

Tried on 29 Mar 2014 at 04:44


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

At a tasting, thanks Ariel, smallish creamy head, quite clear very dark brown colour, aroma of dark bread, some coffee and barnyard, dark chocolate and just a hint of roastiness, flavour of smoke, charred wood and some coffee, mellow quite strong bitterness. Good and really enjoyable.

Tried on 13 Mar 2014 at 01:57


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle sample at a tasting at Beer Market Jaffa. Thanks Ariel. Black with a big brown head. Nice roasty aroma with lots of coffee and a bit of dark chocolate. Bittersweet flavor, roasty, with coffee, roasted grains, a bit of dark chocolate and a finish with some bitterness. Rather full-bodied. Very nice.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Mar 2014 at 12:09


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bpttled. An amber beer with a yellowish head. The aroma has notes of straw malt caramel. The flavornis sweet with notes of mAlt abd caramel, leading to a dry finish.

Tried on 14 Nov 2013 at 14:14