Brasserie Castelain

The Brasserie Castelain is a French family brewery . It is located in Bénifontaine , near Lens, in the Pas-de-Calais department .

In 1966, Roland Castelain and his wife took over the Bénifontaine brewery, which was founded in 1926. In 1978 her children Yves and Annick Castelain took over the brewery. A year later, Yves Castelain developed the bright Bière de garde Ch'ti blonde. In 1986 the brewery launched France's first organic beer, Jade. Under the Ch'ti brand, the Brasserie Castelain brews typical northern French Bières de garde, in several variations, the light Ch'ti blonde, the amber-colored Ch'ti ambrée, the Ch'ti triple. Other types of beer are also brought onto the market, such as the Maltesse or the organic beer Jade, as well as seasonal beers.

The Brasserie Castelain supplied the 2008 film Welcome to the Sch'tis (Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis) with Ch'ti beer, as well as old beer crates and beer advertisements. Thanks to his appearance in this comedy by Dany Boon, the demand for Ch'ti beer increased and the family brewery from the Pas-de-Calais became known throughout France.

The Brasserie Castelain today has a beer output of 48,000 hectoliters.

literature

• Adrian Tierney-Jones (Ed.): Les 1001 bières qu'il faut avoir goûtées dans sa vie. Flammarion, Paris 2012.
• Tim Hampson (Ed.): Bières du Monde. Prisma Média, 2015.

Web links

• Olivier Ducuing: Dany Boon fait mousser la bière Ch'ti. Les echos, March 7, 2008, accessed May 13, 2016 (French). 

Coordinates: 50 ° 29 ′ 7.1 ″  N , 2 ° 49 ′ 52 ″  E