Brewed with different varieties of hops every time, this sessionable beer is a great way to explore the character of hops from around the world. Learn more about our Explorer Pale Ale.
Featuring the Australian hop, Galaxy that has joined the ranks of superstar hops like Citra and rapidly become a world renowned flavour hop with its striking and distinctive citrus and passion fruit character.
Chewy malt body with a bold, refreshing bitterness right at the front and generously hopped with Challenger, Progress, Fuggle and English Golding hops.
A dark and mysterious deep ruby old English ale full of character with a rich flavour, moderate bitterness and a dry finish. Brewed with Maris Otter pale malt, Dark Crystal, Chocolate Malt and hopped with classic English Challenger & Fuggle hops, fermented by a Yorkshire yeast strain and finished with a dry hopping of Styrian Goldings. Learn more about this English Olde Ale.
Rich roasted malts with a robust bitterness, our take on a classic dry stout. The name, Dorchadas comes from the word Darkness in Irish Gaellic.
A relation to Stout, Porter generally has a lighter roasted malt character. The distinctive smoke flavour is imparted by the use of German Rauchmalt.
Brewed with a high proportion of malted and flaked wheat with a special, spicy Belgian yeast to create a smooth, easy drinking beer with a characteristic cloudiness. Lightly hopped and finished with orange zest, coriander seeds and camomile flowers.
Brewed with a high proportion of malted and flaked wheat with a special dark roasted malt and Bavarian weizen yeast yeast to create a smooth, easy drinking beer with light roasted flavour and a characteristic cloudiness.
Brewed with a high proportion of pale malted and flaked wheat with a special Belgian wheatbeer yeast to create a smooth, easy drinking beer with low bitterness and a characteristic cloudiness.
Lagers & Pilsners differ from top fermented, "Ales" in that they are fermented with bottom fermenting strains of yeast at much lower temperatures than top fermenting ale yeast strains. The fermentation is slower and the finished beer is cold conditioned (a process called Lagering) for a considerable time, resulting in a very clean, crisp, refreshing Lager.
A deliciously light but flavourful single malt Pilsner brewed with Pale Pilsner Malt and hopped with the classic noble hops, Saaz & Hallertau Mittlefruh. Fermented low and slow by a Czech Budjovice yeast strain and finished with a dry hopping of Saaz
Premium Gins, Vodkas and other high quality spirits distilled by hand in small batches with our 100 litre reflux still. All of our finely crafted spirits contain locally grown botanicals, with many coming from our own distillery gardens.
Our flagship, IWSC Silver medal winning Gin. Delicate juniper with spicy and citrus notes with a subtle finish of creamy hazelnuts from the distillery gardens. Learn more about our Limousin Dry Gin
A solid, classic Gin base supercharged with orange zest, bergamot and bergamot mint from the distillery gardens. Learn more about our Orange & Bergamot Gin
Heady notes of Sandalwood with fresh zesty aromas of Lemonbalm grown in the distillery gardens. Learn more about our Lemonbalm & Sandalwood Gin
Before moving to France in 2005 I was a keen home brewer and had also worked for two large breweries, Bass and Tetleys. I arrived here with hopes of discovering some wonderful beers but, at the time, the beer scene was to say the least, very limited.
There was nothing to grab the attention or hold the interest of someone used to a wider selection of beer styles than the vague, non-descript blondes, ambers and browns (descriptors more suited to hair dyes than beers) that were available. I longed for a fresh, hoppy pale ale or a smooth, roasty stout.
So, with less time being devoted to renovating our house, in 2008 I started brewing my own beer again. Finally I had the beers I enjoyed and rediscovered my passion for brewing.
Over time I began taking bottles to soirées at our French neighbours and friends homes. They were well received and it was suggested I offer them for sale. I wasn't sure, I dreaded the potential admin that must be required to start a brewery but I began doing some homework. It was surprisingly straightforward and the douanes (customs) were very helpful.
In 2012 I decided to make brewing my profession and ArtiBrassage87 was founded. In 2018 a distillery was added, producing a range of gins and other spirits with Limousin Dry Gin winning silver medal at the International Wines & Spirits competition.
Personal events overcame things during late 2018 into 2020 and I lost my motivation for everything along with my passion for brewing. Then Covid-19 hit, everything ground to a halt and the brewing ceased totally. Four years on, it has taken me a while but I'm once again happy to be brewing beer. I'm currently adding or improving a few things in the brewery with a more accessible (not upstairs) area for customers and have plans for a small Gin School for people to come and distill their own bottle of gin.
The journey continues. Cheers for reading,
Steve.
Copyright © Steve ELLIS, ArtiBrassage87 2012 to 2025 All Rights Reserved. The beer images shown, created by me using AI, are for illustration purposes only and may not be an exact representation of the product. Hey, I'm a good brewer but a lousy photographer, the pics are pretty close to the real thing.
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