Where Nantes drinks local: brewpubs, taprooms and the new wave.
Taprooms, brewpubs and the local beer scene in Nantes worth taking a tram to.
Little Atlantique Brewery brews in a converted nineteenth-century oil mill in Bas-Chantenay, Nantes, with a taproom and restaurant attached.
Tip: The restaurant keeps shorter hours than the bar; the terrace looks out over the Loire towards the shipyards.
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.
Tip: A Sunday brunch runs roughly once a month rather than weekly, so check the date before planning around it.
Les Brassés has combined a microbrewery, bar and grill behind the south station in Nantes since 2016, its beer brewed a kilometre off on Rue Bellier.
Tip: The brewer runs a tour on the first weekend of each month; meat comes off a Josper grill rather than a plancha.
Bubar has brewed on the Île de Nantes since 2015, a brewpub where the fermenting tanks stand in view of the bar and the cave sells to take away.
Tip: House names to look for are Barbasutra and Cuir Moustache; ask what has just been racked rather than reading the board.
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.
Tip: Concerts, DJ sets and blind tests run through the week under a large-scale light installation by Guillaume Marmin.