Fribourg

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reviewed by yours truly: 52.8% (19)

Thank you for letting me know about any corrections or missing informations! (bov (at) bov.ch)

Size signification

<50 hl/yr: picobrewey (part-time or hobby)
<1'000 hl/yr: nanobrewery
<5'000 hl/yr: microbrewery
<50'000 hl/yr: regional brewery
>50'000 hl/yr: large brewery

Rating signification

^to The nec plus ultra ! Don't miss those breweries.
^{Very good breweries !}
^{Above average and satisfying.}
^to ^Average.
^{Not terrible.}
^{This is getting pretty bad.}
^to ^{Be cautious: you may REALLY not like it !}

Please note that the star ratings for the appreciation are based on the weighted average and not on the mean average like the rating. You can have a look to the ranking list to see the weighted averages and the way they are calculated as well.
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Breweries (35)

Name	Address&contact	Registry-# Size/Production	# of beers tasted	Rating avg appreciation	Comments Please be aware that all ratings and comments reflect my opinion only ! So don't blame me if I dislike your favourite brewery. Fortunately we are free to like whatever we like...
Boss'Beer Founded in 2016	route de l'Industrie 36 1615 Bossonnens 021 947 44 11	#828 1000 hl list of beers	6	13.33	Brewer: Stephen Hart. Founded 2016 by Marcel and Trix Wenger, this brewery is growing pretty fast (150 hl in 2016, 600 in 2017 and about 1000 in 2018). Has 5 employees and offers about 6 core beers of decent diversity. I have not been really convinced by the quality, yet if the new brewer is the person I think, then I clearly have to retry them all.
Brädele Bräu Founded in 2015	1734 Tentlingen Link down; brewery closed? 076 579 69 72	#663 list of beers	2	15	Promising. Waiting for some more.
Brasserie Artisanale des Molettes Founded in 2016	Les Molettes 65 1627 Vaulruz	#856 list of beers	7	13.77	Brewer: Vincent Rouiller. Offers a good variety of beers, most of them being of an above average quality.
Brasserie de la Falaise Founded in 2018	1725 Posieux	#1289	N/A	N/A	-
Brasserie de la Grue Founded in 2018	route des Crêts 9 1669 Haut-Intyamon 079 385 49 78	#1238 list of beers	2	12.2	I have had 2 beers of very different quality, so I'll have to taste more from this brewery before being able to make my opinion.
Brasserie des Celtes Founded in 2017	Grossguschelmuth 12 1792 Gurmels	#993 list of beers	14	13.06	Brewer: Raphael and Ramona Pauchard. A small brewery offering a good diversity of beer styles. I have not been convinced by all their beers. Check especially the excellent Addax and Kuda.
Brasserie du Chat Founded in 2019	Route du Château-d'Affry 1762 Givisiez	#1438 list of beers	N/A	N/A	-
Brasserie du Chêne Founded in 2013	la Tzintre 2 1637 Charmey	#527	N/A	N/A	Brewer: Alain Bourgeais. Formerly named Dou Velâdzo and located in 1624 La Verrerie
Brasserie du Dzô Founded in 2016	Tintébin 12 1687 Vuisternens-dvt-Romont 079 506 88 00	#889 500 hl list of beers	10	14.6	Brewer: Laurent Michel. Offers 7 core beers and some seasonals. Accurate and pretty nice beers. Go for it!
Brasserie du Pâquier Founded in 2019	rue des Mésanges 21 1661 le Pâquier 026 913 86 80	#1314 list of beers	N/A	N/A	Offers 3 core beers defined by their colors.
Brasserie du Poyet Founded in 2007	chemin des Prés 14 1475 Autavaux 079 606 12 33	#323 30 hl list of beers	8	13.1	"Brewer: Lionel and Damien von Niederhausern, Marc Flückiger and Christophe Nell. ""Difficult"" beers at the beginning but has quite improved since then."
Brâthèrie di Yêrdza (Écureuils) Founded in 2015	route d'Ursy 41 1678 Siviriez 079 937 71 27	#769 15 hl list of beers	6	11.87	Brewer: David Oberson. Offers 5 core beers + 2 seasonals, all defined by their colors. I'm not one of their fans for the moment…
Cow Water Founded in 2011	Duensstrasse 8 3186 Düdingen Link down; brewery closed? 079 293 10 55	#425 80 hl list of beers	4	13.8	Brewer: Beat Brügger and Patrick Augsburger. I got a pretty interesting bottle. Hope for more soon.
Durhône Founded in 2018	chemin des Artisans 15 1616 Attalens	#1146 list of beers	N/A	N/A	Brewer: Thomas Christophe Durhône
Extra-Muros Founded in 2017	route de Billens 9 1680 Romont	#1093 list of beers	3	13.6	Offers 5 core beers. Light above average.
Fleisch & Brau Founded in 2004	Hauptstrasse 70 1715 Alterswil 026 494 06 22	#185 1000 hl list of beers	10	12.76	Brewer: Iwan Egger. A microbrewery initially installed in a butchery in Düdingen. Moved then to Alterswil. Offers 8 decent core beers. Brewed the basis beer for the Stillman's since the end of 2012.
Freiburger Biermanufaktur Founded in 2009	Impasse de la Sous-Station 3 1700 Fribourg 079 233 31 32	#340 1000 hl list of beers	15	13.15	"Brewer: Uwe Siegrist, Stephan Marchand and Yannick Brodard. This microbrewery offers pretty well-made beers. Worth a try. Its beer ""la Patriote"" was produced by Felsenau until 2013." This brewery believes in the myth of the Reinheitsgebot.
Fri-Mousse (Brasserie Artisanale de Fribourg) Founded in 1993	3186 Düdingen 026 322 80 88	#97 1080 hl list of beers	14	14.06	"Brewer: Alain Morand. Officially registered in 1999 yet brewing (and selling) beers since 1993, the former Brasserie Artisanale de Fribourg founded by Alain Morand and Miklos Dornacher is one of the very first pioneer of craft beers in the country. It took them almost 20 years to find a ""real"" name (Fri-Mousse) for their brewery. If I had to choose one word to define this brewery, it would be ""constancy"". Constancy in quality but also - unfortunately - constancy in their offering. They are producing nowadays about 1000 hl yearly and their first plant in the old city of Fribourg is too small for that since many years. If this site still remains ""officially"" their production facility, it is in fact only used for small- or test-batches and for visits as well. The exact location of their plant in Düdingen (15 hl installation) is a well-kept secret. Don't ask me why..."
FÜBI Founded in 2019	1714 Heitenried	#1375	N/A	N/A	-
Gartacus Founded in 2020	1643 Gumefens	#1476	N/A	N/A	-
Inferno-Bräu Founded in 2014	Silberbrünnen 1 3210 Kerzers 079 817 05 01	#576 list of beers	N/A	N/A	-
La Bière à Tigoum Founded in 2020	1727 Corpataux	#1552	N/A	N/A	-
la Faougueuse Founded in 2013	route de Faoug 4 1583 Courtepin 079 706 42 49	#516 list of beers	10	11.4	Brewer: Stephane Scheurer. Offers as many as 10 core beers and brewing on a 150 l installation. Unstylish and not always flawless.
la Mécanique des Fluides Founded in 2018	route de l'Ancienne Papeterie 130 1723 Marly 077 490 16 00	#1124 list of beers	7	14.69	Brewer: Stephan Marchand. Typical craft offering with sour and hoppy beers. A good brewery. Did not survive the Covid-19 restrictions and announced its closure by the end of February 21.
la Voie de Garage Founded in 2018	1663 Epagny	#1240	N/A	N/A	-
le Fou du Roi Founded in 2016	rue du Tsantê 18 1663 Pringy 076 372 69 34	#842 list of beers	7	13.2	Brewer: Vincent Trunz. Offers 7 core beers and about 2 seasonals. Mostly of belgian inspiration. Pretty uneven qualities: some very good beers and some pretty bad. Has a good potential.
les Cigales Founded in 2019	1700 Fribourg	#1420	N/A	N/A	-
les Potes Brasseurs Founded in 2019	1726 Farvagny	#1324	N/A	N/A	Moved from Ecuvillens to Farvagny.
Lion Couchant Founded in 2017	chemin de Combernesse 4 1728 Rossens 079 797 25 81	#1018 list of beers	N/A	N/A	Brewer: Alois Zahno,
Meduzin Founded in 2015	Doktorweg 3 3210 Kerzers	#794	N/A	N/A	-
Prévert Founded in 2006	route de Payerne 7 1470 Estavayer-le-Lac 026 663 14 13	#309 13 hl list of beers	8	15.45	Brewer: Claude Rosset. The revelation of the Biergarten 2010 in Granges-près-Marnand. Offers 7 core beers of very good qualities.
RDY Brew Founded in 2018	3185 Schmitten	#1268	N/A	N/A	-
Rieder-Bier Founded in 2007	Agriswilstrasse 31 3216 Ried b. Kerzers 079 626 15 28	#267 40 hl list of beers	2	14.2	Brewer: Andreas Berger Offers 3 core beers of very decent qualities.
Sangal Founded in 2015	route Saint Eloi 15 1470 Estavayer-le-Lac 079 919 57 47	#699 25 hl list of beers	N/A	N/A	Brewer: Sann Galeuchet.
Simply Bier Founded in 2017	Schützenmatt 3 3280 Murten	#1031 list of beers	N/A	N/A	Brewer: Rolf Allemann.

Brewpubs (1)

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Comments
Don't kill me, it's only my opinion...

la Croix Blanche

Founded in 1999

route de Fribourg 71
1725 Posieux

026 411 99 00

#102

600 hl

list of beers

9.03

Brewer: François Galley.
The place is very nice (wood, warm,...). Unfortunately the beers (except the Blonde if you are very lucky) are really not … But please consider that I have not tasted them for many years, so it may have changed.

Beer makers without breweries (2)

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Don't kill me, it's only my opinion...

Gruerius

Founded in 2015

1630 Bulle

list of beers

14.27

Client brewer. The beers are brewed in Belgium by Millevertus.

ProMurten

Founded in 2011

Freiburgstrasse 112
3280 Murten

14.8

Client brewer: the beer (http://www.bodemuenzi.ch) is produced by Trois Dames

Beer bars

Name	Address / Untappd venue	Homepage / Email	Rating	Comments
Banshees' Lodge	rue d'Or 5 1700 Fribourg	026 322 53 94		10 beers on tap and about 20 bottles. Irish bar like. Mostly Irish and Scottisch beers with other classical from Belgium. No Swiss beers (or rarely)
les Trentenaires	rue de Lausanne 87 1701 Fribourg	026 322 44 11		15 taps and about 150 bottles. Lot of beers from Baladin, Swiss micros (Fri-Mousse, Freiburger Biermanufaktur, BFM, Trois Dames and Dr. Gab's) and some international classics. A beautiful and modern place.

Closed Breweries (34)

Name	Address	founded-closed	Contact	# of beers tasted	Rating	Comments Don't kill me, it's only my opinion...
Alex Pilloud	1618 Châtel-St-Denis	1900 - ?		N/A	N/A	N/A
BDG - Brasserie du Gibloux	route de Romanoche 19 1696 Vuisternens-en-Ogoz	2016 - 2018 922		N/A	N/A	Brewer: Ruben Cretegny. Production: 30 hl
Beauregard	1700 Fribourg	1882 - 1970 21		N/A	N/A	N/A
Berger	1700 Fribourg	1875 - 1890		N/A	N/A	N/A
Bierwerkstatt	Mühleweg 53 3280 Murten	2000 - 2012 108		N/A	N/A	Brewer: Martin Gilgen & Daniel Geissbühler. The brewery Henzi Bräu in Bellach (SO) was registered under the same number (108) from 1999 to 2001. Production: 8 hl
B'rs Bierwerk	Buillardhöhe 23 3212 Gurmels	2016 - 2020 874		N/A	N/A	-
Brasserie Artisanale du Bourg	Le Bourg 137 1618 Châtel-St-Denis	2011 - 2013 436		N/A	N/A	Brewers: Etienne and Vincent Michel. Already temporary(?) inactive. Production: 17 hl
Brasserie du Chauve	route de l'Ancienne Papeterie 190 1723 Marly	2010 - 2018 389		12	13.3	Brewer: Jann Poffet. Interesting and decently well-made. Try it. Formerly located in Fribourg where a showroom (la petite brasserie du Chauve, chemin des Roches 1) now is active. Closed in January 2019. Production: 750 hl
Brasserie de Fribourg	1700 Fribourg	1876 - 1890		N/A	N/A	N/A
Brasserie du Midi	1630 Bulle	1885 - 1910		N/A	N/A	N/A
Brasserie des Gros	route d'Arlens 1 1675 Blessens	2014 - 2019 613	079 449 05 61	6	12.07	Brewers: Patrick and Jean-Marc Gros. Not bad … but not very good either.
Cardinal	Passage du Cardinal 1701 Fribourg	1788 - 2011 20		23	7.62	Founded in 1788 by François Piller this brewery changed its name many times in its first 100 years. It chose its last name after the pope made the bishop of Fribourg a ... Cardinal in 1890. In 1970 5 breweries joined forces to form the Sibra Holding (Cardinal, Beauregard, Comète, Salmenbräu and Wädenswil). It was 1996 when the Feldschloesschen-Huerlimann-Holding Group - which in the meantime purchased the majority of the capital from the Sibra Holding - announced the the closure of Cardinal. But Feldschloesschen had to face with serious resistance from the beer-lovers of the french-speaking part of the country. The sales dropped down and they had to come back on their decision. Finally, the decision fell on August 2010: the plant will be closed on June 2011. The reason is the outsourcing by Carlsberg (owner of Feldschlösschen since 2000) of 20% of the production from the Feldschlösschen Group. The plant in Fribourg being used at 40%, it seems logical that Feldschlösschen chose to regroup the production in Rheinfelden. The brand Cardinal is still brewed nowadays (in Rheinfelden or in Sion, no idea): the Blonde, Spéciale, Blanche, Draft and Lime Cut. Production: 450'000 hl
Cieux	Champ des Pierres 9 1782 Cormagens	2007 - 2016 270		19	14.55	Brewer: Dominique Javet Dominique is looking for perfection and the least I can say is that he can brew wonderful beers. His production is unfortunately very tiny.
Collaud	1630 Bulle	1880 - 1905		N/A	N/A	N/A
Devevey	1470 Estavayer-le-Lac	1875 - 1900		N/A	N/A	Originally called Busch.
Gerstenbrand	1470 Estavayer-le-Lac	1875 - 1890		N/A	N/A	Originally called Treyer.
Grangier et Bondalez	1470 Estavayer-le-Lac	1875 - 1880		N/A	N/A	N/A
Haldemann	route de la Gare 4 1786 Sugiez	1998 - 2018 112	026 673 00 37	27	14.06	Brewer: Freddy Haldemann Very creative and interesting beers from this very small brewery. Freddy came back on track with great creative beers full of character after having followed shortly the devilish way of compromise between 2006 and 2009. Brewed a special beer for The Stillman's which is then aged in whisky barrels and bottled by them. Production: 800 hl
la Houblonnière	Route des Colombettes 1628 Vuadens	1992 - 2001		6	13.8	Brewer: Jean-Pierre Bertinotti The first microbrewery in the french speaking part of the country. Was owned by Jean-Pierre Bertinotti. Very distinctive, it had at that time the most interesting beers of the country. Unfortunately closed now.
la Luneire	1691 Villarimboud	2014 - 2016 584		N/A	N/A	Brewer: Pascal Panchaud and David Fontaine. Production: 8 hl
l'Epée	1700 Fribourg	1875 - 1905		N/A	N/A	N/A
Lessoc	1669 Lessoc	1999 - 2001 87		N/A	N/A	N/A
Marcassine	route de la Léchère 41 1614 Granges	2004 - 2018 190	021 947 30 03	N/A	N/A	Brewer: Yves Birbaum. Production: 3 hl
Memphis Bar Bulle	rue Victor-Tissot 2 1630 Bulle	2008 - 2011 313		3	7.2	"Another brewpub offering beers of very bad homebrew quality; not the first and unfortunately not the last in the french speaking part of the country. Deeply damaging the reputation of craft beers. Added to that, the brewpub is a tragically bad place to be: drunk people pushing and provoking; dirty floors and tables ... A place to avoid!"
Nobs Bräu	ch. de la prairie 10 1720 Corminboeuf	1997 - 2016 118		N/A	N/A	Brewer: Paul-Albert Nobs. Actually inactive (November 2008)
Petitpierre	3280 Murten	1826 - ?		N/A	N/A	N/A
Pignon	chemin Moille au Cristou 16 1619 les Paccots	2015 - 2016 707		6	13.6	Brewer: Pierre Noirat. Above average beers which are worth to try. Production: 2 hl
Poletti	1700 Fribourg	1875 - 1880		N/A	N/A	N/A
Romont	1680 Romont	1875 - 1905		N/A	N/A	First named Zimmermann.
Schaller	1630 Bulle	1873 - 1895		N/A	N/A	N/A
Schopfer Frères	1700 Fribourg	1880 - 1890		N/A	N/A	N/A
Scottish Pub	route du Jura 47 1701 Fribourg	1999 - 2006 104		3	12.13	Nice modern pub (if you like karaoke, it's the right place !). 3 beers (blonde, blanche and rousse). The brewer is very kind and ready to show the installations. Worth a try.
Spinnler	3280 Murten	1875 - 1897		N/A	N/A	N/A
The Stillman's	Bodenzelgstrasse 89b 3212 Gurmels	2011 - 2018		39	13.97	Client brewer. Whisky importer and independent whisky bottler which offer beers aged in whisky barrels. The basis beer was first brewed by Haldemann then by Fleisch und Brau (for me with a sensible lost of quality), ageing and bottling are done by the Stillman's. Production: 40 hl