La Franche in France - Reviews, Beers, Location & Contact

La Franche

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

Established in 2005

Contact

28 Rue Principale, La Ferté, 39600, France

+33 3 84 37 65 33

biere@lafranche.net

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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Kermis (23416) reviewed La Planche Volutes from La Franche 10 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle shared at Moeder Lambic. Pours clear amber brown with a tiny ring head. Aroma of tart fruits, dusty cobweb cellar, nutty notes coming out strongly from the wine, wood, caramel and toffee. Flavour is moderate sweet, above light bitter and light to light moderate sour. Medium bodied with near flat carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Oct 2015 at 12:24

6.5

Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed iE XXYZ Bitter from La Franche 10 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Bottle split at CBC Clerko, thanks to Fergus, 10/09/15. Lightly hazed golden with a decent off white covering. Nose is earthy hop, straw, orange, toasted malt. Taste comprises soft bread dough, melon, tangerine, straw, hint of lemon. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok but pretty pedestrian for style ... needs hopping up !

Tried from Bottle on 13 Sep 2015 at 07:42

6.1

madmitch76 (40452) reviewed iE XXYZ Bitter from La Franche 10 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

10th September 2015
Craft Clerkenwell Bottle Share. Thanks to Meester Frog. Lightly hazy gold beer, decent white head. Palate is airy, semi dry and crisp. Caramel malts that taste slightly oxidised. Floral bitterness turning tangy. Floral bitter finish. Okay.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Sep 2015 at 05:21

6.4

Scopey (25115) reviewed iE XXYZ Bitter from La Franche 10 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle thanks to Fergus. It pours murky gold with a medium white head. The nose is toasted grain, doughy malt, soft orange citrus and apricot jam. The taste is crisp, bitter, mild sweetness, toasted grass, white bread, light paper and lemon peel with a dry, grassy finish. Light - medium body and average carbonation. Pretty alright.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Sep 2015 at 04:28

6.4

Leighton (34941) reviewed iE XXYZ Bitter from La Franche 10 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle shared at a CBC Clerkenwell tasting - London. Big thanks to Fergus for this one. Pours clearish yellow with a creamy white head. The nose holds dry wheat, hay, pale grains. Light sweet flavor with some bitter grain husk, grass, pine needles. Light bodied with average carbonation. Dry and bitter on the finish, with more grass and grain. So so.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Sep 2015 at 20:23

WingmanWillis (38284) ticked iE XXYZ Bitter from La Franche 10 years ago

Tried on 10 Sep 2015 at 14:10

7.8

Sloefmans (15389) reviewed La Planche Volutes from La Franche 10 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Small, light-beige head over well-carbonated, fully hazy red-brown beer. Sourish, lactic acid, vinous, red fruit, wood aromas. Woody, lactic acid, milkchocolate (if with hardly any sweetness), fruity esters, red/blue fruit mostly. Acidthinning, quite slick and yet some body left. Dry palate, long lasting flavours. Excellent Oud Bruin... made in France! Thanks to whomever bestowed this on me! (Jean?)

Tried on 29 Aug 2015 at 13:40