La Franche

Microbrewery in La Ferté, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France 🇫🇷

Established in 2005

Contact
28 Rue Principale, La Ferté, 39600, France
Description
Two brewers, Jean-Yves Nauroy (42 years old, from Lorraine, saxophonist, bearded fisherman, dad and now brewer) and Régis Barth (38 years old, from Lorraine, scribe, grumbler, all fired up, dad and now brewer) welcome you in their brewery installed at the back of the barn in May 2005, self-financed, tinkered with, adapted and assembled by them.

Most of it consists of adapted, salvaged or second-hand equipment. Since July 1, 2007, they have been renovating an old barn and stable in the village of Revermont Jura, La Ferté. They started brewing there in June 2008 with the aim of increasing production to a livable level, ie 300 hl per year or 3,500 bottles to be marketed per month.

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6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle at the Jim / John is back tasting, Den Haag, April 2016. Poured a clear dark brown with a thin off white head. The aroma is light roasty malt, some yeast, some light fruit. The flavour is moderate liqourice bitter with a light bubbly mineral light smoky malt palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Apr 2016 at 17:18

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Bottle shared at the John/Jim tasting. Dark brown with a small off white head. Aroma of malt, overripe dark fruits, light raisin, caramel. Flavour is above moderate sweet and light moderate bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Apr 2016 at 17:09

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
At Jim/John is back tasting. Clear dark brown, white head. Toasted cramel/chocolate malts. Tea bitterness/dryness. Medium bitter, light sweet. Medium body, slightly moldy. --- Beer merged from original tick of Ipane on 21 Nov 2017 at 20:46 - Score: 6. Original review text: 2.9
Tried on 16 Apr 2016 at 17:09

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Bottle at THT. Almost black with beige head. Sweet grains and lots of old coffee, milk chocolate, soft herbs, toffee. Strangely sweet with herbal bitter finish. Under medium bodied with a bit slick watery feel. Not the best beer by the brewery...
Tried from Bottle on 16 Apr 2016 at 17:06

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
75cl bottle shared at the Jim/John is back tasting. Thin ring off white head. Clear black pour. A nice beer but not a stout really more a Belgian dubbel
Tried from Bottle on 16 Apr 2016 at 17:06

7/10
Tried on 11 Mar 2016 at 20:13

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Bottle shared at home. Hazy golden with big fluffy white head. Lots of citrus with lime peel, orange, light lemon. Quite herbal and grassy, spicy yeast, light sweet malts. Light sweet and over medium bitter. Medium bodied with quite some carbonation. Very nice.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Mar 2016 at 13:18

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Den Haag Tasting at Maakun’s. Bottle courtesy of Maakun. Clear gold white head. Sweet yeasty flowery hoppy fruity, pineapple, mango. Medium sweet, light bitter. Dry finish, high carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Mar 2016 at 13:16

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Small, fast gone cream-beige head over deep brown beer. Caramel, toffee, blue/dark berries, roasted, roasted malts and grains. Bitterish-roasted, with a faint sourish streak, upheld by the spritzy carbonation. Roast keeps in the palate, but the bitterness is all but gone by that moment. Faint fruity notes. Gets rather dull-sweetish warming up. Bit thin body, near overcarbonated despite the small head. Average.
Tried on 22 Jan 2016 at 13:14

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Towering, yellowish head, leaving textbook lace over finely, well-carbonated orangey golden beer. Very nice citrussy & fruity (New World) hops, dry straw & grains. Slight ureum . Taste is bitter, fruity, just a tad metallic. Citrus/citruspeel; hopoil galore. Faint grain/malt underneath, but fully dominated by the hops. Slgith astrigency, metallic tang; sharpish carbonation, light body. Top quality IPA.
Tried on 22 Jan 2016 at 08:43