Valais

[Breweries (42)] [Brewpubs (3)] [Beer makers without breweries (3)] [Closed Breweries (15)]
[Beer shops/restaurants (3)]

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reviewed by yours truly: 60.0% (27)

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

Size signification

<50 hl/yr: nanobrewey (part-time or hobby)
<1'000 hl/yr: microbrewery
<5'000 hl/yr: large 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.
The rating for creativity level (1 to 5 stars) should reflect the will of the brewery to offer different beers in many styles. This work is underway.
Click here if you would like to see my ranking list for this canton.

Breweries (42)

Name	Address&contact	Registry-# Size/Production	# of beers tasted	Rating avg appreciation creativity level	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...
1815 Founded in 2015	3929 Täsch	#698	N/A	N/A	-
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	19	14.29	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.
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	7	10.8	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	N/A	N/A	Brewer: Nicolas Wildbolz.
Bartis Founded in 2011	rue centrale 58 1964 Conthey 078 647 46 46	#435 100 hl list of beers	10	13.52	Brewer: Thierry Krautli. An original concept: you can order your own beer (recipe and logo). Quite original and very decently made beers. A brewery to try, no doubt about it. This brewery believes in the myth of the Reinheitsgebot.
Berghaus Käserstatt Founded in 2015	3995 Ernen	#775	N/A	N/A	-
Berlibus Founded in 2017	1976 Aven	#1035 list of beers	1	8.8	-
Bierwerkstatt Turtmann Founded in 2016	Birkenweg 6 3946 Turtmann	#933	N/A	N/A	-
Brasserie des Cerniers Founded in 2018	des Cerniers 100 1871 Les Giettes	#1258	N/A	N/A	-
Celsius (Brasserie Artisanale d'Ayent) Founded in 2008	Rue de l'Eglise 2 1966 Ayent Link down; brewery closed? 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	rue des Cinq 4000 3961 Zinal 079 561 22 19	#508 100 hl list of beers	99	15.12	"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"""
Domaines Rouvinez Founded in 2016	1920 Martigny	#925	1	16	-
Early Founded in 2015	1965 Savièse	#710	N/A	N/A	-
Esprit Montagne Founded in 2015	chemin de la Crêta 20 1997 Haute-Nendaz 027 288 18 66	#776	N/A	N/A	-
Heidnischbier Founded in 2016	3942 St. German	#872	N/A	N/A	-
Hoppy People Founded in 2016	route des Sablons 11 3960 Sierre	#841 1200 hl list of beers	10	14.72	Brewer: Olivier Brighenti. Pretty ambitious brewery with a starting capacity of 2'500 hl, increased at 3'500 hl in 2018. Good beers!
La Grenade Founded in 2016	Plan Baar 82 1996 Baar Nendaz 079 327 65 04	#829	N/A	N/A	Brewer: Xavier Fontannaz.
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 Raspille Founded in 2016	3970 Salgesch	#890	N/A	N/A	-
l'ARODA Founded in 2016	le Borgeaud 35 1921 Martigny-Croix	#831 25 hl list of beers	1	10.8	Brewers: Alain Bovey, Roger Duay and David Chervaz.
le Traquenard Founded in 2018	route des Carolins 22 1950 Sion 079 207 04 65	#1168 list of beers	4	13.6	-
Lehner u. Rohde 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 …
Lynx Movement Founded in 2015	Route des Creusats 5 1921 Martigny-Croix 079 387 44 00	#732 list of beers	3	12.67	Brewer: Cédric Gay-Crosier. Got a very bad one and another two much better.
Malternative Founded in 2017	rue du Levant 167 1920 Martigny	#1081 list of beers	1	11.2	-
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 list of beers	1	8.4	-
Murith Founded in 2018	1937 Orsières	#1199	N/A	N/A	-
Sierrvoise Founded in 1997	Ile Falcon 3960 Sierre 027 456 59 08	#81 800 hl list of beers	6	13.07	Brewer: N. & M.-A. Zufferey, Benoît Caloz Interesting beers. You must try the stout.
Sonnenberge Founded in 2018	3956 Guttet-Feschel	#1154	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.
Valaisanne Founded in 1865	Route de Rawyl 30 1950 Sion 4 058 123 18 82	#51 50'000 hl list of beers	10	10.74	Brewer: Michael Ruppert. Modest lagers except the Zwickel which is surprisingly good and the new Ämrich and Pale Ale... Owned by Feldschlösschen since 1972. Produce also the new Feldschlösschen Amber as well as the Feldschlösschen Dunkle Perle. detailed comments (in french)
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 Founded in 2018	route du Levant 99 1920 Martigny 027 721 02 74	#1254	N/A	N/A	A wine handler which apparently brews its own beer.
WhiteFrontier Founded in 2016	route du Levant 99 1920 Martigny 079 939 11 73	#875 7'500 hl list of beers	56	15.13	Brewer: Chris Treanor. Started as a client brewer in 2014 in Verbier. The beers were brewed by Brasserie des Géants. Started its own and ambitious brewery in 2016. The capacity is increasing very fast, going from 6'000 hl to 12'500 hl (mid-2018) Offers diversity and quality. A must try! Is 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.
Winslow Brew Founded in 2016	rue du Levant 167 1920 Martigny 022 776 46 46	#818 300 hl list of beers	2	12.6	Brewer: Gareth Chandler.
Zermatt Matterhorn Founded in 2015	Spissstrasse 11 3920 Zermatt 027 967 78 78	#684 860 hl list of beers	1	6	Brwer: 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 (3)

Name	Address	Registry-# Size/Production	# of beers tasted	Rating avg appreciation creativity level	Comments Don't kill me, it's only my opinion...
La:Marmotte Founded in 2008	Lac Grenon 3963 Crans-Montana 027 481 34 14	#308 400 hl list of beers	11	11.38	Brewer: Jörg Fischer. 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.
les Brasseurs Sion Founded in 2015	rue de Lausanne 27 1950 Sion	#808 750 hl	N/A	N/A	Brewer: Benjamin Levaux.
Vie Montagne Founded in 2017	rue de Médran 15 1936 Verbier 027 565 91 60	#1082	N/A	N/A	-

Beer makers without breweries (3)

Name	Address	Registry-# Size	# of beers tasted	Rating avg appreciation creativity level	Comments Don't kill me, it's only my opinion...
1936 Founded in 2008	Chemin des Luis 20 1936 Verbier	N/A list of beers	N/A	N/A	Client brewer. The beer is brewed by Locher.
Brasserie du Griffon Founded in 2013	avenue de l'Industrie 47b 1870 Monthey 024 471 42 14	100 hl list of beers	2	12.8	Client brewer: the beers are brewed at La:Marmotte.
SUD51 Founded in 2016	Kurparkstrasse 16 3954 Leukerbad	list of beers	1	7.2	Client brewer. Real producer is undisclosed.

Beer Shops / Restaurants

Name	Address	Homepage / Email	Rating	Comments
Apothibières	rue du Léman 33 1920 Martigny	027 722 24 10		More than 650 different beers and among them more than 100 Swiss beers. Especially focused on beers from their canton with 22 breweries from Valais.
Halle aux Boissons	route des Rottes 60 1964 Conthey	027 346 49 60		A drink store with a decent number of beers including some interesting swiss micros.
le Central Pub	rue des Bourguignons 2 1870 Monthey	024 471 13 25		A pub offering about 120 beers from all around the world.

Closed Breweries (15)

Name	Address	founded-closed	Contact	# of beers tasted	Rating	Comments Don't kill me, it's only my opinion...
Andrist	1890 St. Maurice	1875 - 1880		N/A	N/A	N/A
Bovo & Cie	1920 Martigny	1875 - 1880		N/A	N/A	N/A
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
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