Farmhouse ale

The Farmhouse ale is an ancient European tradition whereby farmers would produce beer for their own consumption using their own grain.

Farmhouse ales do not constitute a single beer style; they vary significantly in terms of the ingredients and brewing process used, both of which follow ancient local traditions.

Breweries in Belgium and Northern France, for example, claim to sell beers derived from those traditionally brewed on local farms.

These businesses brew on farms according to the ancient traditions, and some of them still use the original farmhouse yeast.

Farmers have been brewing beer from their own grain since long before the beginning of recorded history.