Morbihan: the local beer with European flavors from Ian and Vicky, Brits living in MalguénacTaipan wrote: ↑Mon Feb 22, 2021 12:49 pmIt's in foreign speak. What's he done then?Yorick wrote: ↑Sun Feb 21, 2021 2:25 pm Just read this story about my best pal and it really made me smile.
We shared a flat as kids then mates all our lives. He moved to France 20 years ago and we've been to see them there every year. Never known a grafter like him.
He's converted a huge barn into a beautiful house and has a tree felling business and builds clamping pods.
We need to get over this summer for some free beer..
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Breton organic barley for English Belgian and French beers from Ian Brewster and Vicky Longden in Malguénac (Morbihan). A father-daughter association that ferments well. Meet
Vicky Longden and Ian Brewster, the daughter and father associated with the Torlann micro-brewery in Malguénac, near Pontivy (Morbihan).
Vicky Longden and Ian Brewster, the daughter and father associated with the Torlann micro-brewery in Malguénac, near Pontivy (Morbihan). (© Pontivy Journal)
By Angélique Goyet
Posted on 19 Feb 21 at 12:02
Brexit Beer, a Belgian lager with saffron from Brittany. A wink beer concocted by Ian Brewster and Vicky Longden, British living in Malguénac, in the hamlet of Torlann on the road to Pontivy (Morbihan).
Pan-European flavors with gluten-free black wheat beer
Father and daughter: he relies on traditional French, Belgian and English beers; it modernizes its tastes. And it works !
Brexit Beer is a beer for women, not very strong, very good for summer and to drink very cold, it is with saffron, it is very good with fish, it is like paella, the recipe came from time of Brexit.
Ian brewster
From the Brasserie de Torlann to Malguénac
And also a simple malt and simple hop amber (the Smash); a strongly hopped amber with four flavors (TPA); a blonde with saaz hops (blonde); an English with chocolate and coffee notes (the Porter); an IPA with ginger roots (ginger); the lime blonde (the Lager & Lime).
Pan-European and also local flavors with Buckwheat, a buckwheat and millet beer, with hops and gluten-free: “It is very popular in the markets. "
18 months to find THE right recipe
Ian Brewster came to France 20 years ago, first to spend his holidays there, before moving there permanently after taking early retirement. He has been living in Malguénac for 10 years, after having lived in Guern.
His daughter Vicky arrived three years ago. “I was already making beer for myself. When Vicky arrived three years ago, she was looking for work. Then we thought why not sell my beer, "says Ian Brewster, who says it took them 18 months to find the right recipe.
200 L every 10 days, Breton organic barley
The micro-brewery is set up in a freestone outbuilding, opposite Ian's house and not far from Vicky's, in the hamlet of Torlann, which gives the beer its name.
It starts off with a 50 liter fermenter, today it has four; no more, there are not enough places. But whatever, Ian and Vicky make their beer at their own pace: "200 liters every 10 days". With Breton organic barley processed in Vannes, they have a few hops from France.
Brewer dad
Ian Brewster fell into it when he was little: his father was a brewer in Great Britain.
I made beer all my life with my dad, he had a great brewery in Britain. I ran a brewery for seven years too, and always made beer for myself. Brewster, my last name, means female brewer in English (Editor's note: brewer).
Ian brewster
From the Brasserie de Torlann to Malguénac
Direct sale in a rounded hut and local markets
The father and daughter brewing associates have set up a small store in a rounded wooden hut in Torlann for direct sales: a cellar with 1,000 and one bottles, which stand at attention. “You don't have to put our traditional beers in the fridge or they'll lose their taste,” Brewster advises.
Parked next to the micro-boutique, their stand to roam the markets.
We will develop the markets this year, today we are doing some in Naizin, Noyal-Pontivy, Bon-Repos ...
Ian brewster
From the Brasserie de Torlann to Malguénac
At Christmas markets, their fully wrapped gift packs - in a handmade wooden crate, your choice of four or six bottles with bottle opener - sold like hot cakes.
They also have points of sale: at the Halles Dis grocery store in Malguénac and at the Proxi Super in Guémené-sur-Scorff.
Ian Brewster in his rounded direct-sale micro-boutique at home, in Malguénac (Morbihan).
Ian Brewster in his rounded direct-sale micro-boutique at home, in Malguénac (Morbihan). (© Pontivy Journal)
Returnable bottles
The bottles are returnable (10 cents deducted on return per bottle.
“This is to avoid waste and additional expense,” says Ian Brewster. But I only have 10% returns, yet I tell customers to bring them back, I often tell the regulars, but no, they forget to bring them back ... "
