Anaïs Lecoq

Anaïs Lecoq is a French freelance writer and author focusing on the French beer industry, its culture, and history, for French and English-speaking publications. Her first essay published in 2022, "Maltriarcat — quand les femmes ont soif de bière est d'égalité," explores beer, gender and sexism. In 2023, she won first place in the Best Brewery Profile category at the North American Guild of Beer Writers Awards.

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France Is Not a Beer Country, but It Could Be

By: Anaïs Lecoq | March 8, 2024

France is famous for its attachment to good food and good alcohol—the French art de vivre. Beer still doesn’t seem to qualify as such. But that might be changing.