Marie-Noëlle Pourtois and husband Pierre-Alex Carlier are schoolteachers living in Blaugies who have come up with a formula for great traditional specialty beers. She does the brewing. Their hearty, flavorful, and sometimes exotic styles are all made in their tiny garage brewery. The brewery was first fired up in 1987. The Brasserie de Blaugies uses yeast from Dupont, but its beers are generally a bit warmer and fruitier and less hoppy and hard-edged than Dupont’s. Try La Vermontois and Saison d’Epeautre!