Brasserie des Voirons "Bière Vivant de Terre"

This is the brasserie’s most iconic beer and the first they ever brewed. Here, a blonde is infused with seventeen different herbs picked in the surrounding mountains, the kind that would usually make their way into Chartreuse. Pairing the bitter, sweet and perfumed notes of the alpine herbs to beautiful effect, this is a beer of rare freshness and purity, that carries a remarkable sense of place.

About the producer: The Brasserie des Voirons is run by Christophe Grellier in the Haute-Savoie village of Lucinges, which sits some seven hundred metres above sea level in the shadow of Mont Blanc.

Christophe worked as a chef in haute cuisine temples such as Tour d’Argent and Marco Pierre White before settling in Lucinges in 2003, opening a small auberge serving food from the region alongside his favourite wines. He ran it for a decade before closing its doors in 2013 to take over the village’s tiny brewery.

The beers are brewed with the pristine alpine water of Voirons, which draws from the same source as Evian. The quality of the water lends the beers a luminous, nourishing character which provides the perfect foundation for the creativity that ensues. All other ingredients are of the best quality and are sourced with the utmost respect for nature, and the brasserie has been certified as organic by Nature et Progrès.

Some are aged on the lees of the wines of some of France’s most decorated vignerons, often in the same barrels in which the wine was raised, others are infused with citrus, berries, wildflowers or foraged herbs in sandstone amphorae.

Bottled unpasteurised and unfiltered, they evolve beautifully over time and are amongst the most delicious and compelling beers we have tried.