Fair local beers can be found everywhere. The term 'brasserie' used for
cafés means brewery.

The best beers can be found in Alsace (german style beer) and in the
North Pas de Calais region (more belgian style beer). Other regions have
also their local beers. In Corsica, they brew a chestnut beer, in
Brittany a black wheat beer.

There used to be a pub which brew its own beer in Paris (near Richelieu
Drouot). You can order a beer in every cafe. But beer only pubs are
scattered all over Paris. Draft beer is called "biere pression", just
ask for "un demi pression" for a half pint, cheaper when ordered at the bar.

For exemple l'academie de la biere primarily serves belgian beers, but
you can order a large choice of beers from all over the world. It is a
good place to have a snack of mussels and fried potatoes.

http://www.academie-biere.com/biere-francaise.php

Just next to the TGV station in Lille, you will find a brewery with an
extraordinary choice of local and foreign beers.

written by  JuanElorza on November 15, 2006

Once ordered a large beer in Paris on an incredibly hot day. The
waiter called to the barman "Un formidable" which I thought was a
great name for a half-litre.

Keith, Bristol, UK

written by  Keith Anderson on November 15, 2006

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Mmm... French Biere...

Super weak, super cheap, in tiny little bottles. It's impossible to
damage yourself on it! If ever you want to claim to have downed 20
beers in a sitting, France is the place to go.

written by  Jason Kester on November 15, 2006

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