15 grape beers to discover!
Do you know grape beers?? On Buvance, you can find more than 70 beers in this category.
For several years, the use of grapes in craft beers has been democratized. The creativity of brewers and brewers has found a new field of expression in the world of wine. It must be said that the French wine heritage is rich and the breweries have a lot to explore.
These beers sometimes bear the name of beer-vin hybrids, Grape Ale, beers on Marcs, beers on lees, or even wine beer or vine beer.
In many cases, the grapes are used at the very moment of fermentation: the native yeasts present on the grapes will allow the pline to beer to be beer. The grapes can also be used in maceration, the objective in this case is to enrich an already fermented beer with new flavors.
Also, the breweries are fortunate to be able to reuse the containers used for the aging of wines: barrels, wrath but also amphorae. By refining themselves, beers will gain in complexity and develop viney notes there.
These beverages make the existing boundaries disappear a little more between the styles of drinks and often reveal fruity and tart flavors that generally appeal to people who think they do not like beer.
Finally, these beautiful bottles are also an opportunity to make food and beer and often stunning agreements.
At Buvance, we love them and we have chosen to share with you a list of some of our favorites!
Franc, Tommie Sjef, 33€
Wild beer with Cabernet Franc and Kékfrankos grapes refined a year and a half in barrels with Sicilian wine Amarone. A vineyard, complex beer with flavors of blackberries, cherries and plums.
Deviation 2022-1, Popihn, 17,50€
Assembly of a spontaneous fermentation beer raised for 2 years in barrels, and grapes from Romain Henin, from 3 different grape varieties: Chardonnay (Marc), Pinot Noir (must) and Pinot Meunier (must). A subtle beer in which you can find flavors of white fishing, grapes, and even Poiré.
Deviation 2022-2, Hoppy road, 13,50€
Naturally fermented beer on Pinot Noir Marcs from Stéphane Cyran Acratus Cuvée. The native yeasts of the berries made it possible to fully ferment in lightning a must made up of barley malts, wheat and rye. After 8 months of infusion, beer has developed a vinous character, a pretty dress, and beautiful flavors of fruits of wood and red grapes.
The loop, Leaven, 12€
Blonde beer of native fermentation, refined in oak barrels for 3 months on white wine from the Jura.
HUBRIS GAMAY, Temperance, 13€
Beer from an native fermentation assembled and refined on gamay lees in the estate No control. Behind its pretty color and its scent of small reds, this tangy and fruity beer reveals flavors of strawberries, plums, currants and raspberries.
Graphic 2021, The Varette, 19,80 €
Beer on Marc and whole clusters of Pinot Noir de Côte d'Or. It was refined 12 months in Pinot Noir de Burgundy barrel in the same area. There are flavors of fruits from wood and red fruits, with delicate final notes of vanilla and coconut. A very pretty beer in lightness and balance.
White bunch 2022, Malpolon, 14,70 €
Assembly of high acid beers in barrels on white grape marcs: Marsanne and Blanc Grenache of the Saumarez estate. Flavors of yellow fruits, grapes, a small acidity, wooded notes, is sublime.
Thank you Michel!, Dust Blending, 22,00 €
Team Dust went to Alsace in October 2021 to harvest grapes, cultivated in biodynamics. After having vinified them, they associated them with an assembly made up of an apricot barred season and a Mirabelle lambic. Gourmand !
Mondeuse and this, Brasserie du Mont Saundère, 14,70€
Light light beer fermented on Marcs de Mondeuse and various white grape varieties from Nicolas Ferrand, winemaker in Savoie.
Skin Contact, Cyclic beer farm, 12€
Beer on Marc (second use of grapes after being in a hurry, from the ULL grape varieties from Llebre, Sumoll and Cabernet Sauvignon). A vineyard, tannic and tangy frame!
Living beer from Gringet 2023, Brasserie des Voirons, 13,50€
Fermented beer and raised on Gringet lees from the Domaine de Feu Dominique Belluard. She was refined for 6 months in Burgundian half-muidon.
Vintage Red, Loudly, 23€
Mixed fermentation beer matured in oak barrels closed with cabernet franc romand grapes (Switzerland).
Merlot beer, Jester King, 34,80€
Assembly of wild beers refined in a closed barrel with Texan grapes from the Merlot grape variety. A superb beer where all the talent of the brewery is expressed.
Gewurztraminer 2023 drum, 3 Fonteinen, 27,50 €
This beer comes from a maceration of 4 months of Gewurztraminer grapes from Alsace harvested in 2022 on lambos of one, two and three years.
Queen of Spades, The Montagnarde, 14€
Tangy beer fermented and macerated on grape marc from the Savoyard Highness grape. This beer reveals a nice explosion of flavors: apples, pears, citrus, apricot. It is punctuated by a thin acidity.
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