Brasserie Coreff
Carhaix-Plouguer, Brittany, France · Est. 1985
Also known as Brasserie des Deux Rivières
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France's first microbrewery, opened at Morlaix in 1985 as Brasserie des Deux Rivières by Jean-François Malgorn and Christian Blanchard. The pair had trained in England with Peter Austin, whose plant and pupils seeded microbreweries across the world — so the French craft revival begins with an English cask-ale education. Coreff is Breton for beer.
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Coreff opened in 1985 as Brasserie des Deux Rivières and is consistently identified as France's first microbrewery. Its founders trained under Peter Austin, the English brewer whose Ringwood plant and apprentices exported the microbrewery model internationally.
Lève ton Verre — What's Left of Coreff, France's First Real Ale
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