Brasserie de la Pigeonnelle

Microbrewery in Céré-la-Ronde, Centre-Val de Loire, France 🇫🇷

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10, rue de la Ronde 37460 Céré la ronde, Céré-la-Ronde, 37460, France
Description
Going back twenty years, he brothers Stephane and Ludovic Hardouin, both lovers of Belgian beers, live in the Paris region. For 6 years, they traded beers, and developed an address book with restaurateurs, wine merchants and winegrowers. In 2002 they decided to strengthen their activity. No more reselling and making their own beer at home. They got started by setting up their brewery in Céré la Ronde in 2003, near their family.

Today it is a growing business of 4 people. Each year production is increasing (+ 10% / year on average) and the maximum production capacity has not yet been reached.

The beers created by the brewery are 100% pure malt (barley and malted wheat). They are unfiltered, unpasteurized and refermented in the bottle. Among the brewery's projects, growing their own hops. Since 2019, it has been home to the first hop plants. The idea is to supplement the hop purchases and why not, to make a beer from this house culture.

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5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
330ml bottle from a French supermarket. Pours misty blonde, medium white head. Floral, lightly yeasty aroma. Taste is lightly floral, spicy, some moderate to low hop presence, mild sweetness. Ok, but not destined to crash the top 50 any time soon.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Sep 2017 at 02:31

6/10
Tried on 16 Sep 2016 at 19:59

3.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 2 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 2.5
330 ml bottle, from Vinmonopolet, Nettbutikken. ABV is 8.5%. Cloudy brown colour, moderate to low off-white head. Unpleasant aroma of stomach acid / vomit and spices. Fizzy mouthfeel, overcarbonated. The flavour is medium malty and slightly spicy, but the aroma ruins it all. Drainpour. Won’t buy again.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Jul 2016 at 23:16

4.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Dark brown colour with a beige head. Aroma is sourness, malt, floral. Flavour is sourness, bread, malt, floral, fruit, grain. Medium body. Ordinary beer.
Tried on 28 Apr 2016 at 01:55

5.2/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
330ml bottle from Vinmonopolet City Nord in Bodø. Muddy dark orange coloured body. Slowly diminishing beige head. Dried fruity aromas, hints of almond. Spiced dried fruity flavours joined by caramel sweetness. Dried fruity ending. Way to sweet, a few sips were enough (shared at a session with djoeye and Finn, Tromsø 03.04.2016).
Tried from Bottle on 04 Apr 2016 at 05:55

5.1/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Flaske 330ml spandert av Rune. Delt med ham og djoeye på Nerstranda 3 Apr 16. Småhissig. Mørk amber. Uklar. Lavt tett skum. Aroma av mandler. Smaken krydder & karamell. Uspennende.
Tried on 04 Apr 2016 at 05:40

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottled@AIH53 (from Vinmonopolet, Kirkenes). Hazy ambery orange colour with a mediumsized off-white head. Aroma is fruity, mildly spiced, some alcohol and osme toffee notes. Flavour is resin, some quite bitter wooden notes along with mild yeast and some sweet malts.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Nov 2015 at 10:56

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Bottle 330ml (AIH53, from Vm Kirkenes)
Chestnut brown murky color, steady beige head. Yeast, berries, spices and caramel in the nose. Medium-bodied, active co2. Light grassy earthy notes in the front. Berries, Belgian yeast, raisins, some alcohol. Way too fizzy.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Nov 2015 at 10:50

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Hazy golden with a white head - Mlat and yeasts in the aroma - Malt body with some hints of hops and a spicy yesty flavour - The malt and spicy yeasts goes into the finish - This was ok
Tried on 25 Oct 2015 at 16:25