Our Philosophy
Brewing is a job that requires a lot of personal commitment.
We do not count the time spent but rather the number of smiles that we will bring during the tasting of our products. Les retours clients sont essentiels afin de produire la meilleure bière possible.
Beer is an infinite world of aromas, flavors, interesting textures. Our desire is to promote beer as a noble and complex beverage. Noble because it is handcrafted, complex because the production of beer involves biological, chemical and physical phenomena.
This is what makes this job exciting.
The quality of a beer also depends on the choice of raw materials. The 100% pure malt beers are brewed from barley and wheat from the best malting houses, more or less roasted depending on the recipe.
The residues from the brewing of cereals are used for animal feed on local farms. It is an excellent source of protein.
A good beer is first and foremost a good malt
That's why we mainly get our supplies from La Malterie de Bretagne located in Scaër (29): 100% local malt, 100% organic, 100% fair trade! The malt is produced from barley from organic farming grown in South Finistère – Brittany. We also get our supplies from Malterie du Château (Belgium) and Malteries Soufflet (France).
And wirthout forgetting the famous hops
Le houblon, c’est l’amertume et les arômes de la bière. Avec plus de 100 variétés connues et référencées, le brasseur a l’embarras du choix.
Et pourtant, cet ingrédient et son utilisation sont cruciaux pour une bonne bière. Il existe d’ailleurs une certaine tension sur le marché du houblon, et encore plus sur le houblon BIO.
At La Fréheloise, we go as close as possible with Fréhel hops: it has been 3 years since Mathieu Juhel, a poly-activity farmer, has been harvesting organic hops and supplying our brewery.
We also collaborate occasionally with the Malterie du Château.
And the yeast
Schaccaromyces cervisae ….
Rarement mise à l’honneur, la levure est pourtant importante !
At La Freheloise, we use high fermentation strains, and we select them for each recipe.
Concerned about the quality of our products, we regularly submit our brews to the Biocéane laboratory (Couëron – 44).