Beer in France?

Jul 09, 2004 5 Replies

Hi Group! I'm going to travel around France this August, and I'd like to know if anyone can recommend any good beer places in the following cities:



Lille, Amiens, Paris, Rennes, Nantes, Clermont-Ferrand, Orleans and Chartres.



I am mostly interested in French beers, but others will do too of course :-)



Thanks Martin


Try this:

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I've not been terribly knocked out by the French beers I've had, but biere de garde can be nice--Jenlain, la Bavaisienne, etc.

--NPD

Thanks for the link. It doesn't look good though - 4 places in Paris and none of the other towns listed :-) I did try some brews from a micro in Nantes once though - they were pretty good. I think it was called La Soif.

- Martin

In my collection lots of french beers the best are in north france (jenlain) and the Savoi have a look at http://home.wxs.n/~pinkgron and go to beercollection/ colection/Europe/france greetings Harry

In Paris, the Belgian-owned L'Académie de la Bière is very much worth a visit. It's at 88-bis Boul. de Port-Royal, near the Port-Royal Metro station.

They have a wide international tap and bottle selection, with a specialization in Belgian artisanal beers. We San Franciscans are inevitably reminded of our beloved Toronado.

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And, of course, the home page of the same site,

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will lead you to listings for a couple of hundred Parisian drinking establishments, though most are of no special beer interest.

Alan Follett

Thanks for the info.

Regards Martin

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