Brasserie de Monaco
Monaco, Monaco, Monaco · Est. 1905
Also known as Monaco Brewery
Tally's Take
Why this matters
An entire country's brewing stopped for thirty-six years, and then came back under its own old name. Commercial brewing reached the Principality in 1905, when the original Brasserie de Monaco went up in Fontvieille and supplied lagers and ales across the region for decades. It closed in 1972 — squeezed out by economics and by the redevelopment that was busy rearranging Monaco's very limited land — and after that the country produced no beer at all until 2008, when Gildo Pallanca-Pastor revived the hundred-year-old brand. He had the brewhouse built by Kaspar Schulz, the oldest brewing equipment maker in the world, and the first locally brewed Monaco beer in generations was tapped on 1 August 2008. Monaco is small enough that this is not one brewery's story but the whole national industry's, which is exactly why the archive can state it this precisely.
The Museum
Timeline
- 1905Brewing arrives in Monaco
The original Brasserie de Monaco is built in the Fontvieille district.
- 1972Closed
Economic pressure and Monaco's real-estate redevelopment. The Principality is left with no beer production.
- 2008Revived after 36 years
Gildo Pallanca-Pastor restores the brand with a Kaspar Schulz brewhouse; the first locally brewed Monaco beer in generations is tapped on 1 August 2008.
The People
Behind the beer
Revived the hundred-year-old Brasserie de Monaco name in 2008, commissioning a brewhouse from Kaspar Schulz and ending thirty-six years without beer production in the Principality.
The Beer Library
Beers
Blonde Ale
Year-RoundBlonde Ale
Organic; the brewery's core beer.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Blonde de Monaco
Year-RoundCountry seed listing. [Region Pass 04]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Blanche de Monaco
Year-RoundCountry seed listing. [Region Pass 04]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Ambrée de Monaco
Year-RoundCountry seed listing. [Region Pass 04]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →1 organisations
Connected suppliers & bodies
- kaspar schulzEquipment suppliedBrewhouse built for Gildo Pallanca-Pastor's revival of the brand — the first beer brewed in Monaco in generations.
Show your working
Sources
- recordConfirmed
Commercial brewing began in Monaco in 1905 with the original Brasserie de Monaco at Fontvieille; it closed in 1972, leaving the Principality without local production for thirty-six years, until Gildo Pallanca-Pastor revived the brand with a Kaspar Schulz brewhouse and tapped the first beer on 1 August 2008.
Brasserie de Monaco — the 1905 brewery, its closure, and the 2008 revival · Brasserie de Monaco and Monaco Life · 2026
BreweryMedium reliabilityAccessed 2026-08-20Reviewed 2026-08-20
Only the claims above are sourced. Everything else on this page is the archive's own research and has not yet been tied to a document — which is worth knowing rather than hiding.
Straight answers
Common questions about Brasserie de Monaco
- Who owns Brasserie de Monaco?
- Brasserie de Monaco is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Monaco, Monaco, Monaco.
- Is Brasserie de Monaco independent?
- Yes. Brasserie de Monaco is recorded as independent, with no parent company. Independence is recorded as the brewery states it; where a stake is a minority holding or joint venture, this archive leaves it unmapped rather than calling it ownership.
- When was Brasserie de Monaco founded?
- Brasserie de Monaco was founded in 1905 in Monaco, Monaco, Monaco.
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