Mike Tessier

March 22, 2010 | Styles Features

Bières de Garde: France’s Road Less Traveled

Everyone remembers that one bottle of beer that awakened their thirst for beer knowledge. Mine was Sans Culottes from La Choulette. At the time I had no idea what a bière de garde was, but with my high school French ...

March 1, 2010 | Styles Features

Sampling Bière de Garde

La Bavaisienne Ambrée A straight forward bière de garde from France’s oldest farmhouse brewery, Theillier. This bière has a rustic simplicity that speaks volumes. La Bavaisienne Ambrée embraces earth, caramel, dust and holds a slight iron taste with some barnyard ...

March 1, 2010 | Styles Features

Travel

For those planning on visiting the region, this is not a touristy part of France; being able to speak some basic French would be very helpful. The French don’t even visit this area, as they prefer the sexier south of ...