The Brasserie des 3 fontaines in Bretenière, 20 minutes from Dijon, received on January 13 the “Savoir-faire 100% Côte d’or” label awarded by the department for its beer called “La Mandubienne”. A precious recognition for Peggy and Virgile Berthiot, who founded this brewery 20 years ago. This couple has plenty of development projects, so the Covid-19 shouldn’t cut them off.
A 100% local approach
This beer costs around 5 euros for a 75 cl bottle or 25 euros for a box of 6 bottles.
This award-winning beer is 100% Côte d’Orienne, it exists in blonde but also in amber, it is the one that Virgile Berthiot, brewer, uncovers: “Like wine, you have to smell beer. And then the palate confirms the impressions: in this one, you can smell notes of caramel and candied fruit.”
This Mandubienne is therefore 100% Côte d’Orienne because it is made exclusively from local ingredients: “We are working with a farmer 15 km from home who has brought a variety of barley back into cultivation from our region, the same for hops.”
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Finally, in the Brasserie des Trois Fontaines, everything is made by local artisans., realizes Peggy Berthiot, companion of Virgile and responsible for all the commercial and communication aspect: “The vats you see are made by the craftsman on the other side of the grill, as is the beautiful bar, which is also made by the carpenter next door.”
It’s true that the brand new bar-boutique adjoining the brasserie is waiting for only one thing: see customers tumble down to taste a half. This bar was supposed to open last April, it could not open, the treasury obviously took a hit. “Over the year 2020, we lost 40% of our turnover”, calculates Peggy.
A pegasus, happy purchase
The vats sound hopelessly hollow. It is not possible to embark on new productions because Peggy and Virgile still have a lot of casks to sell which they normally sell to bars, concert halls and refreshments during sports competitions in the region. All this is at a standstill, but Peggy and Virgil have had a hard time. They equipped themselves, for the pleasure, of a pegasus, “a machine that allows beer to be bottled in kegs, difficult to dispose of, we didn’t think that would help us so much!”
Today, Peggy and Virgile are full of projects, including tasting workshops with visit of the brewery. For the moment, they are content to deliver their beers and click-and-collect, services that are successful.
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