Grisette is a light, dry body, low ABV beer with moderate bitterness and high effervescence. With subtle malt and yeast complexity this style of beer easily bridges across a variety of food types. Its flexibility makes it a fantastic table beer.

Grisette developed in the late 18th century in the Hainaut region of Belgium, which was the centre of the area’s mining industry where the lower alcohol and refreshing spritziness was particularly refreshing to farm, factory and mine workers.

The name itself is a French word that literally means “little grey.” The word was used to refer to working class French women of previous centuries, based upon the cheap grey dresses they often wore. Some have surmised the beer took its name from these grey-frocked young women who served the beer to returning mine workers.