Northmæn (Brasserie la Chapelle)

Microbrewery in La Chapelle-Saint-Ouen, Normandie, France 🇫🇷

Established in 1997

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154 Le Bourg, La Chapelle-Saint-Ouen, 76780, France
Description
It was in the spring of 1997 that Dominique Camus, a chemical technician better known by the nickname Léo, moved with his family to La Chapelle Saint-Ouen. A few months later, Northmæn craft beer was born!

During the first years, the production is done in two, in an old barn of 200 m², with milk tanks, where 700 liters of beer came out every day. In the meantime, the young brewer buys up to 30 hectares of land to grow his own barley, and effectively becomes a farmer. Likewise, the brewery becomes a farm-brewery. The first Norman whiskey, named Thor Boyo, was released Christmas 2002.

Subsequently, to meet the exponential demand for beer (and soon for whiskey), a new 1500 m² building was built in summer 2004. This brewery is constantly evolving, with a current area of ​​nearly 2,000 m², from which 4,000 liters of beer (4,500 hectoliters per year) come out daily.

A new cellar is being built to increase the production of whiskey, and a distillery is in the pipeline to free the brewery and thus allow the production of beer to be doubled, as well as to offer a 100% organic range in the short term.

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6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of humlelala. Pours a clear amber with a very lively, frothy off-white head. The nose is dominated by some fresh, flowery hops. Medium body, has a dry fruitiness yet with a sweet caramellish edge. No real bitterness. Fresh and pleasant. 301012
Tried from Bottle on 30 Oct 2012 at 08:30

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle. Deep golden colour with an off-white head. Aroma is fruit, malt, hop, citrus, peaches. Flavour is fruit, malt, hop, citrus, peaches, caramel. Medium body. OK beer.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Sep 2012 at 21:31

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
Courtesy of Yespr, Lot 1, bb 10/2018
Cloudy blond color, small head. Mild aroma, a bit lemony and grassy. It has some honey flavor, with no bitterness, and a light honey character.
Similar to a lemon and honey tea, not too bad.
Tried on 17 Sep 2012 at 02:09

5.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottled. A hazy yellow beer with no head. The aroma has notes spices, yeast, and malt. The flavor is sweet with lemons, yeast, malt, and spices, leading to a dry yeasty finish. Thanks yespr for sharing.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Sep 2012 at 06:07

4.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Bottle 75 cl. Courtesy of yespr. Pours a cloudy yellow with a white head. Odd, herbal, lactic aroma. Medium body, again a tart fruitiness, slightly spicy with a dry finish. 160912
Tried from Bottle on 16 Sep 2012 at 05:30

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
75 cL bottle. Pours hazy yellow with a small white head. Aroma is herbal, light fruity and slight citric. Sweet and light fruity. Mild citric and light sweet lingering into the finish.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Sep 2012 at 05:30

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle from a shop in Port en Bessin, Normandy. Pours sort of orange amber with a creamy beige head. Aroma is sort of citrus with a hint of sour. Med body. Flavor is somewhat earthy, there’s a citrus sort of burn, and hop is perhaps earthy. I’d say it fits in bier de garde category without too much of a stretch. It’s certainly not what I’d expect from "Ambree". Like some other of the Northmaen beers the label doesn’t necessarily coincide with the style. Pleasantly surprised this time.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Sep 2012 at 14:39

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle from a shop in Port en Bessin, Normandy. Pours light cola with a 3 finger creamy beige head. Aroma is coffee/anise/raisin. Near med body. Flavor is quite earthy. Suggests chocolate barnyard in a way. The coffee/anise seems to be somewhat accompanied by cacao. It’s dryish and dusty. In addition to earthy. Heat not really detectable except in the throat. Not spectacular, but certainly interesting.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Sep 2012 at 13:48

4.9/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 8 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
Muddy brown body with a creamy off-white head. Surprising hoppy aroma with some liquor, malts. - warming and quite ok. Heavily bitter, soapy flavour. Totall out of balance.
Tried on 01 Aug 2012 at 12:08

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle 330ml.Unclear medium yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, white to off-white head. Aroma is light malty, wheat, moderate yeasty, spicy, coriander, citrus. Flavour is moderate sweet and light light acidic with a average to long duration, sweet yeast - fruit, spicy sweet. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120623]
Tried from Bottle on 14 Jul 2012 at 01:08