The “World of Beer” in France
In recent years craft breweries have been able to make a name for themselves in the shadow of the sizeable and well-established corporations. Their origins can primarily be found in the current epicenter of the craft beer scene, North America, and also from Scandinavia, Belgium and increasingly from Italy. But even in French-speaking countries good beer is brewed and imbibed alongside wine – a fact practically unknown elsewhere, but becoming evident in the Alsatian city of Mulhouse from the 11th to the 14th of September 2014. There, the Mondial de la Bière-Europe was held for the fifth time.