Tastings - To-beer-or-not-to-beer - P36

To Beer or not To Beer

by Alessandro Brizi 30/06/17

The fragrant Su ‘na Rota from Contromano

Contromano is a micro-brewery on the outskirts of Rome that was set up by four young men: Michele, Matteo, Luca...
To Beer or not To Beer

by Alessandro Brizi 09/06/17

Lisa, a new Golden Ale from Birra del Borgo

Birra del Borgo brewery and its last creation: the Lisa Golden Ale...in can, tasted at Birra del Borgo Day 2017....
To Beer or not To Beer

by Alessandro Brizi 26/05/17

The perfect balance of Reset from Birrificio Rurale

The American Amber Ale Reset from Birrificio Rurale in Desio, in the Brianza area in northwest Italy, is...
To Beer or not To Beer

by Alessandro Brizi 12/05/17

Leaves of Grass in a glass

The Friuli brewery Foglie d’Erba (Leaves of Grass) produces 12 beers with a common denominator of all having an...
To Beer or not To Beer

by Alessandro Brizi 28/04/17

Piazza delle Erbe, Ofelia’s aromatic beer

In December 2012, Lisa Freschi and Andea Signorini started their Ofelia brewery, a deserving and positive...
To Beer or not To Beer

by Alessandro Brizi 14/04/17

A “Ciuski” of happiness from Extraomnes

Luigi “Schigi” D’Amelio’s brewery Birrificio Extraomnes produces precise, pleasing and complex beers like...
To Beer or not To Beer

by Alessandro Brizi 17/03/17

The sound of irreverence

Fads, multinationals and cool restaurants are seeking to distort the spirit of Italia craft beer, in the name of...
To Beer or not To Beer

by Alessandro Brizi 03/03/17

Masterfully scampish

A “birbante” is a scamp, a rogue, but the word is also used in an affectionate sense to describe someone who...
To Beer or not To Beer

by Alessandro Brizi 17/02/17

Alta Quota, a social beer

Beer makes news when it is top quality, innovative, trendy or brings people together but it also is newsworthy...
To Beer or not To Beer

by Alessandro Brizi 03/02/17

Starting anew by threes

After leaving a career with a multinational pharmaceutical company, Paola Sorrentino, a Neapolitan native who has...
To Beer or not To Beer

by Alessandro Brizi 20/01/17

Ama, a Felliniesque blonde

The only name possible for a brewery in Rimini is Amarcord, in memory of the 1975 Oscar-winning film by the great...
To Beer or not To Beer

by Alessandro Brizi 06/01/17

The czarina’s beer

Situated in upper Sanremo, on via Dante Alighieri, Birrificio Nadir is one of Italy’s newest breweries. Founded...
To Beer or not To Beer

by Alessandro Brizi 23/12/16

The beer of Santa’s elves

In Iceland, the Jólasveinar are the “Yuletide lads”, the mythical characters of Nordic folklore believed to...
To Beer or not To Beer

by Alessandro Brizi 09/12/16

The authentic Christmas beer

Despite what Coca Cola has claimed since 1920s, Santa Claus – since he was ‘created’ in 1823 –...
To Beer or not To Beer

by Alessandro Brizi 25/11/16

Umbrian fire

Legend (or history for believers) says that St. Francis of Assisi ‘tamed’ the ferocious wolf of Gubbio. This...
To Beer or not To Beer

by Alessandro Brizi 11/11/16

The President’s beer

Founded in 1829 in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, by German immigrant David Gottlieb Jüngling, Anglicized Yuengling,...
To Beer or not To Beer

by Alessandro Brizi 28/10/16

The symbolic meaning of XI.I Samhain

Samhain, the Celtic New Year known today as Halloween, was a very special day when temporal power was suspended...
To Beer or not To Beer

by Alessandro Brizi 30/09/16

Les Bières des Salasses

The triskell is a key Celtic image in which three spirals start from a single point each towards another three...