Brasserie des Cimes

Microbrewery in Aix-les-Bains, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France 🇫🇷

Established in 1998

Contact
152 Avenue de Saint-Simond, Aix-les-Bains, 73100, France
Description
The Brasserie des Cimes was created 20 years ago by an Irish-American, Michael Sweeney, who, seeing the rise of microbreweries in the United States, had the idea to implement the same scheme in France. He came to Savoie for the quality of the water. Michael Sweeney initially partnered with the Routin company, which carried the brewery for several years. In 2014, the company became fully independent.

Since its first beer brewed in June 1999, it has continued to develop its product offering. And its growth, which has been steadily increasing for several years. We hope to be able to make further progress, says Cindy Durchon, Executive Director. The Aix-based craft beer SME sold 32,000 hectoliters in 2018 and is targeting 34,000 hectoliters for 2019.

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5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Bottle shared with and courtesy of ozujsko (thanks!) Poured a murky dull ochre body pierced by lively carbonation and a nice thick, almost creamy white head that went away at a medium pace. Cheap honey nose, a bit papery. Sweat taste of honey and light cardboard, with the honey tasting like the one found in some white chocolates (and Toblerone maybe) which can be nice when in a chocolate, but in liquid form (because this basically tastes like honey diluted with water), nah. The only traces of anything beer like can be found in the loooong, slightly bittersweet aftertaste. Ah, well. Compared to the lovely "des Champs" beers, this is crap, compared to the average beer you find on the shelves, this may be a touch better.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Jan 2008 at 11:20

4.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Bottled(250ml). -4pack of different La Mousse (Violette, Chataigne, Framboise and Miel) from Geant in Briancon.
Murky red coloured, medium sized head that went away fast, raspberry nose. Dry raspberry taste with notes of yeast and sugar in the finish. Average brew.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Jan 2008 at 05:23

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottled(250ml). -4pack of different La Mousse (Violette, Chataigne, Framboise and Miel) from Geant in Briancon.
Pours a nice dark orange/pale amber colour with huge beige head and pleasant chestnut nose. Sweet malty and strong chestnut taste with notes of alcohol in the finish. Heavy sweetness. Steady sugar sediment at the bottom of the bottle.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Jan 2008 at 05:08

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottled(250ml). -4pack of different La Mousse (Violette, Chataigne, Framboise and Miel) from Geant in Briancon.
Mixture of blond beer and violet liquer.
Dark ruby coloured, pale pink airy white head, raspberry nose. Tastes like raspberry juice with strong dry floral (probably violet and maybe cactus) notes. It’s hard to describe because I haven’t tried anything like this. Very odd brew, and I’m not so sure whether I like it or not.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Jan 2008 at 04:57

3.4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
indigo bottle(330ml). -Stale wheaty taste with notes of orange and coriander. Very artificial sweet candy finish. Not even close to be a decent Belgian wit.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Jan 2008 at 04:57

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle. Dry, fruity aroma. Hazy orange tinged golden color with a white head that flattened quickly. Medium body with fizzy/creamy carbonation. Slightly sourish dry fruit flavor with some offsetting sweet malt. Possibly some floral hop. The finish is almost dry, and a bit woody. Some citrus develops. Very good ale.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Dec 2007 at 22:24

4.4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
(Bottle 33 cl) Pours a hazy golden with a small, white head. Sourish, citric nose. Fairly light body, somewhat soapy dominated as it is by coriander and oranges. Sourish also in the finish. 030307
Tried from Bottle on 03 Mar 2007 at 15:04

4.8/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 6
Bottle, picked up from the Dodgy Deli (Classic Deli) Cowley Rd, Oxford 09-02-07 for 50p a bottle. Amber in colour, this may actually have tasted quite nice and could have tasted a little better were it not for the fact that there were quite a few floaters milling around. Nice fruitiness backed up with some caramel and yeasty notes although that wasn’t surprising as there was quite a bit of this stuff kicking around, I must try this again as appeared quite an interesting beer slightly ruined by too many floatees.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Feb 2007 at 01:49

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle. Medium head with medium duration. Color is amber. Aroma is slightly hoppy. Taste is sweet caramel and some fruit.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Nov 2006 at 11:31

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
(Bottle at Sous-Bock, Paris, 16 Oct) Pale amber colour with copper notes. Small, disappearing white head. Fruity nose with notes of apricots. Slightly closed. Fruity flavour with pineapple, apricots and spicy hops in the finish. Medium to full body, full flavoured with some alcohol coming through, not overly sweet though. Tasty and warming.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Oct 2006 at 15:28