Brasserie de la Pigeonnelle
Microbrewery in Céré-la-Ronde, Centre-Val de Loire, France 🇫🇷
Contact
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.
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.
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Pours a hazy golden pale orange color with a small white head. Has a fruity wheat malty spicy aroma. Fruity wheat malty spicy weak acidic citrus flavor. Has a fruity spicy wheat malty finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Mar 2014
at 03:32
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Flaske 0,33l fra Vinmonopolet, bestillingsutvalget. Drukket hjemme 13 Jun 13. Lys gylden. Litt uklar. Høyt luftig skum med litt lacing. Aromaen er litt gjær & litt krydder. Smaken vassen med antydning til krydder.
Tried
on 17 Feb 2014
at 10:36
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
A hazed blonde wit with a thin white head. In aroma, smooth fruity malt with light acidulated character, not bad. In mouth, a refreshing light wit with faint fruity banana esters, light coriander, OK. Bottle at Le Quincampe. BB 19-11-2015.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Feb 2014
at 11:12
5.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle at home. Has a misty straw colour and with an off-white colored creamy foam head of medium size. Much carbonation can also be observed, and the beer looks quite attractive. The aroma is fruity and slightly acidic with notes of apple, Belgian yeast, h�y, meringue (!), and some citrus. The taste is more characterized by citrus, and also something strange and chlorine like. This make the beer feel unbalanced. Mouth feel is slick, and has a light bitterness. The aroma is interesting, but the taste is funny and has a weird bitterness in the aftertaste. Feels fresh though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jan 2014
at 11:07
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle, 75cl. An unclear one, yellow to golden in color, topped by a two-finger white head. Chicken farm, dusty cellar and fruityness in the aroma. Strange, but it’s quite nice. The flavor is fruity with something almost reminiscent of wet cardboard, but without being that. Grains and chalk notes too, and a faint bitterness towards the end. Medium body. A strange one, but write nice anyway. 130607
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2013
at 11:31
4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Tåkete gulbrun med hvitt skum. Honning og maltlukt. Sylig smak. Livlig kullsyre, lite ettersmak
Tried
on 25 Dec 2013
at 05:14
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 8
Overall 4.5
At the First Kinki Beer Tasting. A gold pour with a spicy fruity aroma & a light to medium body. The flavor came off sour, vegetal & slightly sour. Most of the people at the tasting thought it was off and/or infected. I think it suffered in transit.
Tried
on 05 Nov 2013
at 05:59
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
33cl bottle via a friend. Clear golden pour. White head. A nice enough beer. Nothing special.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2013
at 13:15
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
330ml bottle from Vinmonopolet Bestillingsutvalget. Pale yellow body colour with a solid cloud lag. Loose white head, short lived. Grass and floral aroma. Peach and lemon flavours, notes of meat and dough. Dry fruity ending. Soft carbonated. Average stuff, drinkable (shared at a beer session in Tromsø 29.08.2013).
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Oct 2013
at 01:59
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle 750ml.Unclear matt medium orange yellow colour with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, fruity, moderate yeasty, fruity yeast, yeast, citrus notes. Flavour is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration, fruity, sweet fruit. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20130629]
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Sep 2013
at 11:43