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Most beer sold in France is mass-produced, with major breweries having control of over 90% of the market and pilsner lagers predominating. There are also distinctive traditional beer styles, such as the top-fermented Bière de Garde. In recent years, France has also seen a proliferation of microbreweries. ==History== Before industrialisation, most beer was brewed in small rural breweries, which catered to the needs of the local residents. In the early 20th century there were over a thousand breweries in France. As rural population declined, these breweries almost disappeared and along with them the tradition and diversity of the regional beers, which started to be replaced by larger urban ones. Among the things that caused most impact are:- * Industrialization, which drove people to cities * Decline of the coal-mining industry, which employed a large number of people in northern France and thus provided a significant market for local beer * The two World Wars, which hit the French countryside very hard (not only the population but sometimes the breweries directly, which had their equipment turned into ammunition). In the last decades the interest in beer was renewed 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.beerexpert.co.uk/France.html )〕 and many new breweries, particularly microbreweries, have appeared. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Beer in France」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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