Valais

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reviewed by yours truly: 68.1% (32)

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 (43)

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...
4V Founded in 2016	1907 Saxon	#923	N/A	N/A	-
7Peaks Founded in 2014	route de la Patinoire 15a 1875 Morgins 078 797 18 75	#623 480 hl list of beers	23	14.4	Brewer: Robby Collins. Good beers from this interesting craft brewery. Offers 4 core beers and 5 seasonals.
Ademus Founded in 2015	route de la Vallée 48 1937 Orsières 079 741 40 73	#772 60 hl list of beers	3	10.8	Brewers: Adrien Thétaz and Damien Richard. One decent beer but the other 2 I had were dubious.
Aletsch Bier Founded in 2020	Furkastrasse 33 3984 Fiesch 027 971 15 06	#1488 list of beers	N/A	N/A	Brewer: Fabien Albrecht.
Alexandrus Founded in 2018	1963 Vétroz	#1262	N/A	N/A	-
Amicale des Brasseurs de Vollèges Founded in 2010	chemin de la Laiterie 1941 Vollèges	#407 75 hl list of beers	8	11.4	A brewer club. I have sampled a very interesting Dunkelweizen but unfortunately other pretty dubious beers too. Be careful.
Annivia Founded in 2015	rue du Vieux-Village 3961 St-Luc 079 755 41 61	#798 12 hl list of beers	N/A	N/A	Brewer: Nicolas Wildbolz.
Aroda Founded in 2016	le Borgeaud 35 1921 Martigny-Croix 079 502 31 46	#831 25 hl list of beers	3	11.73	"Brewers: Alain Bovey, Roger Duay and David Chervaz. "
Bartis Founded in 2011	Chemin des iles 1 1907 Saxon 078 647 46 46	#435 100 hl list of beers	15	13.31	Brewer: Thierry Krautli. Formerly located in Conthey. Growing and should quadruple its production soon. This brewery believes in the myth of the Reinheitsgebot.
Berghaus Chäserstatt Founded in 2015	Berghotel Chäserstatt 3995 Ernen	#775 list of beers	N/A	N/A	-
Berlibus Founded in 2017	1976 Aven	#1035 list of beers	3	11.2	-
Bierwerkstatt Turtmann Founded in 2016	Birkenweg 6 3946 Turtmann	#933 list of beers	N/A	N/A	-
Brasserie des Cerniers Founded in 2018	des Cerniers 100 1871 Les Giettes	#1258	N/A	N/A	-
Bürchner Bier Founded in 2006	Zehnhäuserngasse 9 3935 Bürchen Link down; brewery closed? 078 778 24 19	#229 list of beers	1	12.4	Brewers: Thomas Lehner and Peter Rohde. I have sampled just one well-made though terribly unexciting beer. The homepage is down since a long time …
Celsius (Brasserie Artisanale d'Ayent) Founded in 2008	Rue de l'Eglise 2 1966 Ayent 078 866 42 43	#302 90 hl list of beers	7	10.11	"Brewers: Joël Azoo, Alexandre Andrey. It's getting slooooowly better .."
Cinq 4000 Founded in 2013	route des Peupliers 5 3960 Niouc 079 561 22 19	#508 100 hl list of beers	115	15.06	"Brewer: Julien Brändli. Brews interesting styles and very good beers. Don't look any further for the most creative brewery in the country. It's here. Formerly named ""5 Quatre Mille"" and located in Zinal, then in Chalais."
Domaines Rouvinez Founded in 2016	rue du Levant 99 1920 Martigny	#925 300 hl list of beers	1	16	-
Early Founded in 2015	route du Pradubuis 29 1965 Savièse	#710	N/A	N/A	-
Gassen Bier Founded in 2019	Treichgässi 2 3952 Susten 079 941 91 43	#1370 list of beers	N/A	N/A	Brewer: Stefan Rothenbühler.
Heidnischbier Founded in 2016	St. German 3942 Raron 079 828 66 20	#872 list of beers	1	15.2	Brewers: Fabian Reist and Cjhristian Kalbermatter.
Hoppy People Founded in 2016	route des Sablons 11 3960 Sierre	#841 1200 hl list of beers	24	15.53	"Brewer: Olivier Brighenti. Pretty ambitious brewery with a starting capacity of 2'500 hl, increased at 3'500 hl in 2018. Good beers!"
Ironic's Craft Beer Founded in 2019	rue du Bourg au Favre 10 1870 Monthey	#1397	N/A	N/A	-
la Grenade Founded in 2016	Plan Baar 82 1996 Baar Nendaz 079 327 65 04	#829 list of beers	3	8.4	Brewer: Xavier Fontannaz.
la Lionne Founded in 2019	rue du Simplon 86 1920 Martigny	#1305	N/A	N/A	-
la Mule Founded in 2013	route des Moulins 4 1914 Isérables Link down; brewery closed?	#515 list of beers	3	11.87	"Brewer: Adrien and Manuel Monnet. I got 3 beers of totally different qualities, so it's hard to take position for now."
La Music'Ale Founded in 2020	route des Doudes 10 3960 Niouc	#1457 list of beers	N/A	N/A	-
le Traquenard Founded in 2018	route des Carolins 22 1950 Sion 079 207 04 65	#1168 500 hl list of beers	20	14.8	Brewer: Domenico Cavallaro and Dimitri Schaller.
Malternative Founded in 2017	rue du Levant 167 1920 Martigny	#1081 list of beers	4	12	Brews certified organic beers and produces crackers with their draff
Montheysanne Founded in 2013	avenue de France 25 1870 Monthey 024 471 64 71	#531 12 hl list of beers	5	14.16	Brewers: Pierre Kurmann and Jacky Tornay. Well-made and interesting beers.Started with a new installation in November 2016 and should raise their production.
Mont-Noble Founded in 2016	le Largey 2 1973 Nax 079 135 64 13	#850 300 hl list of beers	6	10.73	Brewers: Jozef Vano and Benjamin Lodomez. Their beers clearly failed to convince me so far.
Murith Founded in 2018	1937 Orsières	#1199 list of beers	1	12.4	-
Sierrvoise Founded in 1997	Ile Falcon 3960 Sierre 027 456 59 08	#81 700 hl list of beers	6	13.07	"Brewer: Eiko Sterner and Marco Zufferey A pioneer of the new beer era in Switzerland (founded 1997). Where some see a sustainable success, I for myself wonder about a depressive immobility. Produces nowadays between 600 and 800 hl (light sinking). A hugely discrete brewery which uses very few marketing and never participates to beer festivals. Brews probably one of the more static range of products with 5 core beers + one for Christmas; and the same ones since about 20 years. Beer styles is an unknown concept to them and their beers - pretty decent by the way - are defined by their colors."
Sonnenberge Founded in 2018	Grächmatten 24 3956 Guttet-Feschel	#1154 list of beers	N/A	N/A	-
Stahlgasse Founded in 2014	3904 Naters	#570	N/A	N/A	-
Sunnegg Brauhaus Founded in 2013	Matten 84 3925 Grächen	#501 40 hl list of beers	12	11.93	"Brewer: Marco Balatti. Offers interesting styles. Some tuning seems still to be needed, unfortunately."
Suonen-Bräu Founded in 2003	Raaftstrasse 3938 Ausserberg 079 408 19 68	#133 list of beers	3	12.53	Brewer: Margrit Heynen-Sieber. Gentle but interesting beers showing herbal and hoppy notes.
Tardiv Founded in 2010	route de Bonnefille 10 1972 Anzère 079 474 83 75	#397 list of beers	3	10	Brewers: Richard Rian and Frédéric Cotter. Presents two deeply dubious beers and another which gives some hope.
Tzaly Founded in 2018	Route du Tombec 45 3966 Réchy 079 576 13 92	#1270	N/A	N/A	Brewer: Olivier Bonvin.
Valaisanne Founded in 1865	Route de Rawyl 30 1950 Sion 4 058 123 18 82	#51 "50,000" hl list of beers	11	11.04	"It was 1865 when the Dutch pharmacist Maurice de Quay started to brew beers. The name he gave to the brewery was then St. Georges, a name kept until 1926. At that time the Valaisanne was producing 13'000 hectoliters per year. After a modernization of its equipments in 1951, the brewery started an expansion. It was 1972 when Feldschlösschen took over the Valaisanne which had then an ouput of 70'000 hl. Since reaching a top of 90'000 hectoliters in 1993, the brewery has been constantly losing market shares (60'000 in 2005 and probably less nowadays though no official numbers are disclosed). Luckily for Feldschlösschen, they forgot to close the Valaisanne after the take-over which allows them to produce ""small"" batches and to practice some very nice examples of craft-washing. Offers mainly modest lagers but, to be honest, the Zwickel, the Ämrich Weizen and the Pale Ale are pretty decent. Brewer: Michael Ruppert."
Vieux Chemin Founded in 2011	route de Granfin 36 1965 Ormône-Savièse 079 426 32 68	#401 list of beers	9	12.09	Brewers: Patrick Duc and Frédéric Claivaz. Beers of uneven quality. Still got some work to do yet seems to be on the right way recently.
Weinwelt Schweiz (Alpine Peak) Founded in 2018	route du Levant 99 1920 Martigny 027 721 02 74	#1254	2	14	A wine handler registered to brew beers. Yet their 2 beers are for now produced by WhiteFrontier.
WhiteFrontier Founded in 2016	route du Levant 99 1920 Martigny 079 939 11 73	#875 "7,500" hl list of beers	96	15.23	"Brewer: Chris Treanor. Started 2014 by Nicolas Roberti as a client brewer in Verbier (brewed by Brasserie des Géants, Belgium). The own and ambitious brewery opened in 2016 and is surely the most ""crafty"" brewery in the country. The capacity is increasing very fast, going from 6'000 hl to 12'500 hl (mid-2018). It has about 10 employees and offers a huge diversity and a great quality: 5 core beers, many one-shots and many collabs. Hosting CôteWest Brewing and l'Échappée as gypsy brewers. Exports to France, Denmark and Italy (about 40% of the production). Member of the Swiss breweries association since November 2018."
Zermatt Matterhorn Founded in 2015	Spissstrasse 11 3920 Zermatt 027 967 78 78	#684 860 hl list of beers	1	6	"Brewer: Andreas Falk An ambitious new brewery. For now, I had just one awful macro-brewed like beer. Hope they are able to present something else."

Brewpubs (4)

Name	Address	Registry-# Size/Production	# of beers tasted	Rating avg appreciation	Comments Don't kill me, it's only my opinion...
3330 Alt. Founded in 2015	Route des Ecluses 28 1997 Haute-Nendaz 027 288 18 66	#776 list of beers	3	9.47	"Registered as ""Esprit Montagne"". A small brewpub in a burger restaurant. Beware: butyric acid ahead!"
La:Marmotte Founded in 2008	Lac Grenon 3963 Crans-Montana 027 481 34 14	#308 1100 hl list of beers	13	11.45	Brewer: Jörg Fischer and Johan Gass. Not terrible at all... Opened a second brewery in Kirchgässli 8 2502 Biel in 2017 with the former equipment from Crans-Montana (http://brasserie-la-marmotte-bienne.ch). Probably brewing only small batches at the Biel location which does not refrain them to fully play on the drink local syndrom. Opened a bigger plant in Biel (Seevorstadt 79) in September 2019.
les Brasseurs Sion Founded in 2015	rue de Lausanne 27 1950 Sion	#808 750 hl list of beers	1	11.2	Brewer: Benjamin Levaux. 5th location of this dubious brewpub.
V Bier (Vie Montagne) Founded in 2017	rue de Médran 15 1936 Verbier 027 565 91 60	#1082 list of beers	1	14.8	-

Beer makers without breweries (2)

Name

Address

Registry-#
Size

# of beers
tasted

Rating avg
appreciation

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

1936

Founded in 2008

Chemin des Luis 20
1936 Verbier

N/A

N/A

Client brewer. The beer is brewed by Locher.

SUD51

Founded in 2016

Kurparkstrasse 16
3954 Leukerbad

list of beers

7.2

Client brewer. Real producer is undisclosed.

Beer bars

Name	Address / Untappd venue	Homepage / Email	Rating	Comments
le Bartis	rue des Casernes 75 1950 Sion	079 523 26 38		8 taps. Beers from Bartis and other regional breweries.
le Central Pub	rue des Bourguignons 2 1870 Monthey	024 471 13 25		A pub offering about 120 beers from all around the world.
Domino Bar	rue de la Dixence 24 1950 Sion	027 322 06 95		many international beers
Traqbar	rue de Lausanne 49d 1950 Sion	027 565 21 40		6 taps and about 100 bottles.
WhiteFrontier TapRoom	rue du Levant 99 1920 Martigny	027 565 79 18		20 beers on tap (about 16 from WhiteFrontier).

Closed Breweries (19)

Name	Address	founded-closed	Contact	# of beers tasted	Rating	Comments Don't kill me, it's only my opinion...
1815	3929 Täsch	2015 - 2018 698		N/A	N/A	-
Andrist	1890 St. Maurice	1875 - 1880		N/A	N/A	N/A
Bovo & Cie	1920 Martigny	1875 - 1880		N/A	N/A	N/A
Brasserie du Griffon	avenue de l'Industrie 47b 1870 Monthey	2013 - 2018	024 471 42 14	2	12.8	Client brewer: the beers are brewed at La:Marmotte. Production: 100 hl
Café du Centre	Grand Rue 1874 Champéry	2000 - 2010 134		N/A	N/A	Unfortunately they had nothing available when I was there. And I'm not sure at all that they are still brewing … May 2009: definitely closed since at least 1 year.
Detorrenté & martin	1870 Monthey	1870 - 1892		N/A	N/A	Originally named Chappaz.
Gletscher-Bräu	Neben der Kirche 3906 Saas-Fee	2008 - 2016 320		N/A	N/A	Brewer: Lukas Imseng.
Guillot	1870 Monthey	1833 - ?		N/A	N/A	N/A
Guntern	3900 Brig	1870 - 1897		N/A	N/A	N/A
Koebel	1950 Sion	1865 - 1873		N/A	N/A	N/A
La Croix Blanche	1950 Sion	1844 - 1855		N/A	N/A	N/A
la Raspille	3970 Salgesch	2016 - 2020 890		N/A	N/A	-
les Divins Brasseurs	rue de Lausanne 27 1950 Sion	2010 - 2015 375		13	11.54	"Brewer: Thomas Hub. Offers very dangerous experiments which, somehow, manage to be drinkable. Apart of an horrible Weizen, I got some other beers which were pretty decent. Since July 2nd 2011, this brewpub is also present in Brig (but the production is only made in Sion)" Production: "1,000" hl
Mengis	3930 Visp	1885 - 1910		N/A	N/A	N/A
Müller	3902 Glis-Brig	1880 - 1897		N/A	N/A	N/A
St Laurent	1967 Bramois	1868 - 1926		N/A	N/A	Originally named Felsenkeller.
Uhler	3958 St. Leonhard	1878 - 1890		N/A	N/A	N/A
Wagner	3900 Brig	1890 - 1930		N/A	N/A	N/A
Winslow Brew	rue du Levant 167 1920 Martigny	2016 - 2019 818	022 776 46 46	2	12.6	Brewer: Gareth Chandler. Production: 300 hl