30 editor picks across France.
30 breweries worth the trip across France, editor-ranked by TableJourney. All France guides.
Brasserie de la Lune in Bordeaux's Bacalan is the right-bank organic brewery on Quai des Queyries, brewing carbon-neutral lagers and ales from Lot-et-Garonne.
TipThe Friday tap night is the most generous flight; the brewery is part of the Darwin Ecosysteme complex.
Little Atlantique Brewery brews in a converted nineteenth-century oil mill in Bas-Chantenay, Nantes, with a taproom and restaurant attached.
TipThe restaurant keeps shorter hours than the bar; the terrace looks out over the Loire towards the shipyards.
90 BPM Brewing Co. brews IPAs, stouts and pilsners in Ahuy on the northern edge of Dijon, with a beer bar, a terrace and a kitchen beside the tanks.
TipThe bar opens 17:00 to 22:00 on weekdays and from 16:00 on Saturday; cans of the current releases sell to take away.
Brasserie Fives Cail brews inside the old metalworking halls on Place des Ouvriers in Lille, with a taproom looking straight onto the fermenters.
TipThe core range is named for what the factory once built: Pont Levant, Locomotive, Ascenseur, L'Internationale.
Brasserie de la Plaine in Marseille's 6e brews since 2013 from a pharmacist and a sailor, living beers (unfiltered, unpasteurized, bottle-conditioned).
TipShop open Wed-Sat afternoons; brewing courses (Work'Chope) by booking.
Brasserie Elixkir was founded in 2015 by two Dijon brewers and has brewed in Quetigny, just outside Dijon, since May 2018, with a shop and taproom on site.
TipIts blonde, Le Péché du Chanoine, nods to Canon Kir; the taproom is open Wednesday to Saturday, latest on Friday.
Hop[i] brews on Rue de l'Hôpital Militaire in Lille and pours the results across fourteen taps, running as a restaurant at lunch and a bar at night.
TipSome of the fourteen lines are guest beers, so ask the bar which ones were brewed on these premises.
Le Singe Savant brews in Lille Moulins and pours twelve of its own beers in a taproom a hundred metres from the brewhouse itself on Rue d'Arras.
TipFood is simple and mostly vegetarian: houmous, frites, breaded tofu with satay sauce.
Brasserie Zoumai in Marseille's 6e is the city's first brewpub, opened in 2018 by Jerome, Remi and Geof in a former carrosserie on Cours Gouffe.
TipClosed Sundays; Tuesday organic market with Terre de Mars and local producers, pizzas and charcuterie boards alongside the taps.
La Malpolon brews mixed-fermentation and barrel-aged farmhouse beers at Lavérune on Montpellier's western edge, using almost entirely local raw materials.
TipThe taproom is the Guinguette at the Lavérune site; the operator publishes no fixed hours, so email before making the trip.
AERoFAB brews at Sautron and pours in Nantes at its Hangar à Bananes taproom, 23 lines of house and guest beer since the room opened in April 2025.
TipConcerts, DJ sets and blind tests run through the week under a large-scale light installation by Guillaume Marmin.
Senses Brewing brews at Le Shed, a former industrial building on Rue Gosset in Reims, with about fifteen beers and a taproom open Wednesday to Saturday.
TipThe taproom and restaurant close from 10 to 20 August; concerts run in the hall next door.
Brasserie La Comédienne has brewed organic beer in Avignon since 2017, with its own taproom bar, L'Explo, on Rue des Teinturiers in the old town.
TipIts bar pours the house beers next to guest beers from regional breweries; hoppy hour runs Tuesday to Thursday from 17:00 to 19:00.
Un Singe en Hiver brews four year-round beers on-site in a former flour mill on Rue François Robert in Dijon, with a bar and cultural events room.
TipSeasonal brews join the four year-round beers; the upstairs room programmes concerts, talks, exhibitions and screenings.
Brasserie Célestin brews on Rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau in Vieux-Lille and runs guided visits with tastings, with a beer shop on Rue Esquermoise.
TipThe 14:00 Saturday visit runs in English. Book it rather than turning up.
Bierbuik on Rue Royale in Lille brews on the ground floor under Florent Ladeyn's estaminet, rotating short-run beers made with Mont des Cats hops.
TipThe beers change constantly because they are brewed in small batches. Ask what is on before you sit.
La Brasserie Communale in Marseille's 6e on Cours Julien runs a craft beer bar with guest taps from local brewers, plus food and a stage for cultural events.
TipLocal taps include La Rade Torpille and Sulauze; concerts most weekends.
Mashup is the Île de Nantes brewpub of Tête Haute, with glass walls onto the tanks and a kitchen built around local, seasonal produce and world flavours.
TipA Sunday brunch runs roughly once a month rather than weekly, so check the date before planning around it.
Allez Hops on Rue Défly in Nice is a beer cellar with 500 craft beers paired with the on-site Brasserie BLEUE microbrewery, the Riviera craft beer school.
Brasserie d'Aqui (BDA Bar) on Rue Cassini in the Port district has run a Nice craft brewery and tap bar since 2020, beers inspired by the Mediterranean.
Brasserie de la Goutte d'Or in Paris is the 18e taproom that pioneered the city's modern craft scene, with brews named after Marais and Goutte d'Or street.
TipThe Wednesday-Thursday flight at €9 covers four house pours; food trucks rotate Friday-Saturday.
Kilomètre Zéro in Paris's 3e République is the in-house brewpub where six signature beers travel less than ten metres from tank to glass. Booking recommended.
TipTuesday quiz nights and Thursday tap-takeovers fill the room; Sunday closes at 22:00, so come earlier for the rotating guest beers.
Skumenn brews Rennes' best-known craft beers and pours them in its Cesson-Sévigné brewpub, a glass wall away from the tanks, with a factory shop attached.
TipThe brewpub looks straight onto the production tanks; Friday runs non-stop from lunch and the shop fills growlers.
Brasserie Perle revived a historic Strasbourg label and brews at Place de l'Abattoir, where the Chez Perle bierstub pours Pils, IPA and Nuit Noire stout.
Brasserie Bendorf has brewed organic beer in Neudorf since 2013, an urban craft factory with seven year-round beers plus a new seasonal every fortnight.
Beer Mosaic is the independent craft beer cave on Rue Pierre Paul Riquet, founded by Huneau and Groh with rotating European craft selections.
TipClosed Monday; the house collaboration bottles are the canonical first picks. Tasting evenings are organised regularly.
Brasserie du Mascaret in Rions, 40 km up the Garonne from Bordeaux, is the organic-only Aquitaine brewery named after the tidal bore on the river.
TipThe brewery itself is a 40-minute drive; the beers are easier to find at Bordeaux's organic supermarkets and Halles de Bacalan.
La Mousse Touch' on Boulevard Jean-Baptiste Lebas in Lille brews on a small scale and sells the region's other brewers alongside its own beer.
TipThe cave stocks more than 250 references from the region's brewers alongside the house beers, so you can taste the region in one sitting.
Brasserie La Minotte in Marseille's 10e Capelette is a 100% Marseille micro-brewery brewing 13 permanent beers including blond, IPA, brune, amber.
TipBoutique counter for bottles and 12-pack boxes; the brewery moved from the Bonne Mere foothills to Capelette.
Fauve Craft Bière brews IPAs and sours at its Vendargues plant inside the Montpellier métropole, with a weekday taproom poured at the source.
TipThe brewery moved to this purpose-built Vendargues site in January 2025; check the fridge for taproom-only releases.
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