title: Brasserie Lancelot
text: # Brasserie Lancelot
  
  The brasserie Lancelot is a French brewery founded in 1990 by Bernard Lancelot, located on the site of a gold mine in Roc-Saint-André in Morbihan. It produces seven top-fermented, unfiltered, naturally-produced and unpasteurised beers, named after figures from the history and literature of Brittany. It is one of the main brewery in the west part of France with a production of 30 000 hectoliters per year. It is the number one local beer in Brittany on-trade and number two off trade.
  
  ## Beers
  
  ### La Duchesse Anne
  
  This beer is named after Anne of Brittany.
  
  ### Les Bonnets Rouges
  
  This beer is named after the revolt of the bonnets rouges.
  
  ### Telenn Du
  
  This beer is brewed from barley and buckwheat. Pioneer of buckwheat beers, its name means "black harp" in Breton. It sported a picture of a black harp at its beginnings, but after protests from Guinness, it was replaced by a white triskelion.
  
  ### XI.I
  
  This beer is named after Samhain (eleventh month of the year, first day). It's a dark barley wine, very alcoholic for a beer (11.1 ABV) and with a very strong flavour.
  
  ## Other products
  
  Lancelot also sells the Breizh Cola, the chouchen Lancelot, and in 2006 began production of the organic Morgane beer, marketed as "100% Breton and 100% organic".
  
  