Brasserie Levain

Microbrewery in Besançon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France 🇫🇷

Established in 2023

Contact
138 Grande Rue, Besançon, 25000, France
Description
Après une formation d'œnologue et un apprentissage notamment au sein de la brasserie Cantillon, Aymeric Tissot a installé sa brasserie dans le centre de Besançon avec l'objectif de réaliser des bières de fermentations naturelles.

L'affiliation au domaine familial, Mireille et André Tissot, lui permet de se procurer de magnifiques barriques pour ses élevages, ainsi que du raisin, des marcs et des lies de vins qui lui permettent de sublimer ses cuvées.
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After training as an oenologist and an apprenticeship notably within the Cantillon brewery, Aymeric Tissot set up his brewery in the center of Besançon with the aim of producing beers from natural fermentations.

Affiliation to the family estate, Mireille and André Tissot, allows him to obtain magnificent barrels for his maturing, as well as grapes, marc and wine lees which allow him to sublimate his cuvées.

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

Draft at La Binouze, 8th December 2025. Pours a pretty pinkish red and hazy. Aroma is cherry, tart, taste is punchy, well balanced cherries, good

Tried from Draft on 10 Dec 2025 at 22:07


8.5

Nice dark wild ale with lots of cherry & chocolate.
At Taplokaal Gist - Black Friday Weekend.

Tried from Draft at Taplokaal Gist on 28 Nov 2025 at 17:31


8

Weinig schuim, pikzwart
Kersen
Bretty, zuur, kersenbonbons, Werther's Echte

Tried from Draft at Taplokaal Gist on 28 Nov 2025 at 16:03


7.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Draught @ Biere a Lille 2025. Delicate subtle wild nuances.. could be the cold that's suffocating my senses somewhat 🥶 but some pleasant Chardonnay barrel merged on the finish. Mild sour shades.

Tried from Draft on 23 Nov 2025 at 10:53


7.1
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

A slightly hazy golden yellow beer with a white head. Aroma of tart grapes, apples, funk. Taste of sour dry apples, white grapes and funk.

Tried from Draft on 05 Oct 2025 at 18:44


7.1
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

A slightly hazy golden yellow beer with a white head. Aroma of brett, tea, pale malt. Taste of herbal tea, brett, lime, white grapes.

Tried from Draft on 05 Oct 2025 at 18:43


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6

Op tap bij Borefts '25. Troebel donkerbruine tot zwarte kleur, geen kraag. Gebrand, balsamico, zuur, Brett, hout, bessen, druif, droog, leer, een licht zuurtje vind ik wel lekker maar dit is iets te fors aanwezig voor mij. Lichte body.

Tried from Draft on 25 Sep 2025 at 13:59


5.9
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6

Op tap bij Borefts '25. Goudgele kleur, geen kraag. Vrij zuur, hout, acetisch, druiven, licht zwavelig, funky. Niet heel spannend.

Tried from Draft on 25 Sep 2025 at 13:55


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

A clear golden yellow beer with a white lacing. Aroma of tart white grapes, brett, apples. Taste of sour apples, grapes, funk. Easy to drink.

Tried from Draft on 22 Sep 2025 at 17:10


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

A black beer, white lacing. Aroma of tart red berries, dark malts. Taste of sour red berries, grapes, brett, dark malt.

Tried from Draft on 22 Sep 2025 at 17:10