Pelforth Brewery

Pelforth is a French brewery founded in 1914 in Mons-en-Baroeul. Heineken International acquired the brewery in 1988. The brewery produces the Pelforth brand of beers. The sale totals 3 million hectoliters per year.

History

The brewery was founded in 1914 by Louis Boucquey, Armand Deflandre and Raoul Bonduel, three lillois brewers, who formed the partnership to better overcome the problem of scarcity of goods. The brewery was called Pelican, the name coming from a dance popular at the time.

Production was stopped during World War II, restarting in 1950.

In 1972, the brewery name was changed to Pelforth. It was bought by Français de Brasserie in 1986, which was acquired by Heineken in 1988.

Brands

The Pelforth breweries produce 22 different brands, from "George Killian's"', a beer with a whisky malt, to Bière de Mars and Bière de Noël (seasonal French beers). "Pelican", a 4.5% pale lager introduced in 1921.

"Pelforth", "Pel" for pelican, "forte" for strong, because it contains a lot of malt (43 kg/hL), and the h added to give it an English feel. In 1935, Jean Deflandre, the son of Armand, succeeded to put together two malt's of barley to create an Ale, with an English yeast, to create a revolutionary beer. In addition to the Blonde and Brune, the Pelforth Amber was introduced in 2003.

* Pelforth Brune. 6.5% alcohol

* Pelforth Blonde. 5.8% alcohol

* Pelforth Amber has an alcohol content of 6%.

See also

*List of French beers

External links

* [http://www.pelforth.fr/ Official site for Pelforth] fr icon
* [http://www.heineken.com/ Official site for Heineken]