The last weekend Artebirra, an Italian historical beer event, was held in Pasturana (AL). As usual, linked to the festival the Miss Pasturana contest was called, which aims to reward the most deserving among the many tap beers available. Yesterday the official blog of Artebirra published the results of the competition, sanctioning the triumph of a newcomer brewery: Loverbeer.
Jun
15
'10The Loverbeer brewery triumphs at Artebirra Pasturana
Jun
8
'10New beers from Toccalmatto, Bad Attitude and Birrificio Sorrento
Last Saturday afternoon I attended the presentation of Zona Cesarini, the new beer from Toccalmatto held at Domus Birrae. The event was attended by Bruno Carilli (owner of the brewery) and Alessio “Allo” Gatti (the brewer), who explained their new creation to the present. For the occasion a two line tap has been set up for the Grooving Hop and of course for the new beer. Definitely a beautiful event and what’s more for free.
May
20
'10Celebrating the American craft beer week with a Steam Beer
In the United States is the week of craft beer, conceived to put into limelight craft beer, which, as you should know, is gaining a growing popularity in the States. And since every occasion is good to toast, yesterday I went to Off License – where among other things I had the pleasure to meet the brewer of the Scottish Harviestoun – to buy a couple of American beers. To celebrate this occasion, I then picked up Anchor Steam Beer, which is one of the most significant products of the American brewing culture.
May
4
'10News from Bad Attitude, Opperbacco, Bi-DU and other
A new post dedicated – as increasingly happens – to the latest news from the Italian breweries. We start with Bad Attitude, a new brand that has linked its image to canned beer. Since the first rumors on the project, many comments focused on one question: how much will this innovative canned craft beer cost? The last week Lorenzo Bottoni replied on the Bad Attitude Blog…
Apr
29
'10Cantina Baladin and other news from Teo Musso
Everybody knows that Teo Musso, Baladin brewery founder , is an endlessly creative guy. This makes him a loved and hated bigwig: some welcome every news from Piozzo with open arms while others brand them as mere business deals. Obviously there are also those who try to analyze in a sound way each project and assessing his work considering only the quality of his beers, without external constraints.
Apr
8
'10The latest beer news from Italy
Today we take a look at the latest beer news from Italy. We start from what can be considered the most important Italian islander brewery, namely Barley of Maracalagonis, in Sardinia. Here the talented brewer Nicola Perra has recently launched a new beer, called Tùvi Tùvi. The name is based on a typical Sardinian dialectal expression that indicates a sudden and disastrous forward fall. The connection is with the extreme drinkability of Tùvi Tùvi that just slips easily down the throat.
Apr
1
'10Mikkeller launches its new Blend Series
Warning: it’s an April Fool!
The Danish brewer Mikkeller is one of those producers who never ceases to amaze. After the endless series of absolutely unusual productions, in recent times they concentrated themselves on a series of themed beers. The first consecration came with the Single Hops, each of which is brewed with just one hop. Recently, following the success obtained, the Yeast Series along with the oak-aged versions of the Black Hole were announced. A new range of beers, called Blend Series, was officially introduced in these days.
Mar
26
'10Brewing news from Belgium and the United States
As now happens with regularity, today I updated you on the brewing news from the world. As usual we’re plenty of news. This time let’s start from Belgium. On Belgian Beer Board has recently appeared a scoop on the latest Smisje release. It’s called Smiske and will be officially introduced in early May during the party organized to celebrate the first anniversary of the move of the production plant near Oudenaarde. No additional information on this issue for the moment, so we must be content with the photo of the bottle only.
Mar
9
'10Mikkeller goes into teaching…
Mikkeller is a renowned Danish brewer, and probably you’ve come across their beers. I’m thinking particularly to the Single Hop Series. This is a controversial project, with beers brewed adding only one kind of hop, in order to assess and appreciate its features at its best. Obviously it is also possible to compare two or more beers in the series to discover the differences between the varieties of hops.
Mar
4
'10Bad Attitude: the first canned “Italian” craft beer
In the craft area at the recent Pianeta Birra fair held in Rimini, there was a big yellow stand, furnished in an original way (there was even an area for live music) with a name never heard before: Bad Attitude. I did not realize it was a brave new craft beer venture and like many others, I didn’t care about them since Manuele Colonna pointed me out that at the stand there was Lorenzo Bottoni - old acquaintance of mine related to Piccolo Birrificio di Apricale – and that detail was enough to draw my attention. I never imagined that I was going to discover the most interesting news of the whole event.
