Swiss & French ingredients?

[DonLiguori]

Hey Fellow Brewers! My buddy and I are looking to brew a commemorative batch of beer for the re-launching of the LHC. I was thinking of using exclusively/primarily Swiss and French ingredients, but have never searched for those specifically before. Any recommendations on a particular beer style or ingredients to include? We haven't even started to narrow down the field of possibilities so all suggestions are welcome!!

Thanks guys!

 

[giraffe]

French malt is available from MFB. Two varieties of french hops are available that I know of, aramis and stresselspalt. I dont know of any particularly swiss ingredients, except white labs sells a Zurich lager strain, but thats only available in the fall.

Biere de Garde (and its variants) or a version of a belgian wit are the two common french styles.

Here is a page on swiss beer:
http://www.europeanbeerguide.net/swisbrew.htm