Tastings - To-beer-or-not-to-beer - P54

To Beer or not To Beer

by Alessandro Brizi 16/09/16

Prunus Persica

Sesma is a sleepy town in Navarra, on the border with Rioja, some 65km south of Pamplona. It is a border area...
To Beer or not To Beer

by Alessandro Brizi 02/09/16

Dogma, a pleasant surprise

In Scotland, in the district of Aberdeenshire and town of Ellon, a small village of Celtic origin with a...
To Beer or not To Beer

by Alessandro Brizi 29/07/16

Trappist and Roman

In the world of brewing, Trappist is synonymous with beers produced above all in Belgium and the Netherlands...
To Beer or not To Beer

by Alessandro Brizi 15/07/16

Abiura, a Saison from Brùton dedicated to Galileo

To mark the 450th anniversary of the birth of Tuscan astronomer and physicist Galileo Galilei, in 2014 Agostino...
To Beer or not To Beer

by Alessandro Brizi 01/07/16

Bucefalo, a thoroughbred of a beer

The built, strength and pride of Bucefalo, Alexander the Great’s the legendary thoroughbred believed to have...
To Beer or not To Beer

by Alessandro Brizi 17/06/16

The beer of Flanders

Flanders is a land of two origins: Flemish and French. These roots are exemplified in the official beverage of the...
To Beer or not To Beer

by Alessandro Brizi 20/05/16

Siwa, an oasis of beer and hope

Pausa Cafè could be the name of a bar on the outskirts of town and it probably is. However, if you are in...
To Beer or not To Beer

by Alessandro Brizi 06/05/16

Rochefort n.6, Trappist by vocation

Armand Jean Le Bouthillier de Rancé was certainly not a saint. With his wild, in certain ways anarchist, radical...
To Beer or not To Beer

by Alessandro Brizi 22/04/16

The ‘genuine’ beer of Ireland

“The inhabitants of Carlow are nicknamed scallion eaters. The name probably derives from the fact that during...
To Beer or not To Beer

by Alessandro Brizi 08/04/16

Yellow Belly

Yellow Belly is an expression that in English means coward and thus an unusual name for a beer. But then this is...
To Beer or not To Beer

by Alessandro Brizi 25/03/16

The Lake District beer

Coniston is a small village in the region of Furness, in the country of Cumbria in northwest England. It is also...
To Beer or not To Beer

by Giuseppe Carrus 26/02/16

Fabbrica della Birra Perugia is the 2016 Brewery of the Year

We have more than once written about Birra Perugia, its recent history and how this old brand, dating back to...
To Beer or not To Beer

by Giuseppe Carrus 12/02/16

Birrificio Rurale by name and nature

In 2013, Birrificio Rurale opened its new headquarters on Via del Commercio in Desio which was more modern,...