Gallia was founded in 1878 in Rue de la Voie Verte, Paris. The business grew even more when Jean-Jacques Wolhüter and his associates took over the brewery. From their production of 20,000 hectoliters (annually), the production between 1890 and 1939 grew to 135,000 hectoliters. The World Wars did not dampen the spirits of Gallia. However, competition and rising prices of raw materials proved to be its downfall. It started to decline in the 1960s and fully stopped production in 1968.
Forty years later, French entrepreneurs Jacques Ferté and Guillaume Roy resurrected Gallia in its original form, with the consent of the descendants of Wolhüter. The two young entrepreneurs are restoring the Gallia glory in Paris. They are also featuring new flavors, but conceptualization is still on-going. The targeted market is avid beer drinkers who want to trace the origins of their favorite drink. The two entrepreneurs foresee the revival of traditional microbreweries in the city by 2015. Not only is this good news for the descendants of Wolhüter, but also good news for Parisians, since Paris does not have its own prominent brand of beer.