Hungary will host its first craft-beer festival: Főzdefeszt – Első Hazai Kézműves Sörfesztivál. The festival will be held on 24-25 September, 2010 in Budapest, on the corner of the streets Nagymező and Király, on Budapest’s Broadway. The aim is to showcase the unknown achievements of Hungarian craft-beer, that has been largely overlooked until now, due to Hungary’s primary classification as a wine-country.
Aug
24
'10Hungary’s First Craft-Beer Festival
Jul
22
'10Italian beers at GBBF 2010
Tuesday 3rd to Saturday 7th, Aug. the Earls Court fair ground in London will host the 2010 edition of the Great British Beer Festival, the most important European exhibition on craft beer. Needless to write for the umpteenth time what this awesome event is, so if you’re interested you can see the official website of the event.
Jul
7
'10Sam Calagione @ Open Baladin in Rome: my report
Sam Calagione and Kuaska
It’s not an every day opportunity to attend an event with Sam Calagione, founder of Dogfish Head and one of the most important beer personalities in the world – at least as far as brewing itself is concerned. So last week I seize the opportunity to participate the event organized at Open Baladin, which had starring the aforementioned U.S. brewer and the two landlords: Teo Musso of Baladin and Leonardo Di Vincenzo of Birra del Borgo. Leading the dance a lively as ever Lorenzo “Kuaska” Dabove, a perfect compere.
Jun
15
'10The Loverbeer brewery triumphs at Artebirra Pasturana
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
14
'10Italy leading the International Beer Challenge
The International Beer Challenge is one of the most important competitions on beer, at its fourteenth edition. It stands out for the prestige of the judges involved: in addition to Jeff Evans, chief judge, we find famous names (Pete Brown, Ron Pattison), including Italians Stefano Cossi and Matteo Milan. Today we comment upon the outcome of the contest. They smile on Italian breweries.
Jun
3
'10Brewer of the Year 2010: my report
Nicola Utzeri and Nicola Perra
In recent days Nicola Perra, Barley brewery founder and head brewer, has won the Brewer of the Year award held by online magazine Fermento Birra. The official awarding ceremony was held at the Open Baladin in Rome, during which it was possible to taste the beers of the Sardinian brewer paired with some seafood dishes. The evening was hosted by Kuaska, in the presence of Perra, Nicola Utzeri of Fermento Birra and lots of other friends.
Apr
30
'10Pils passion: Pils Pride is back
As every year in May one of the most original beer event in Italy is back: the Pils Pride. A event hosted by Birrificio Italiano of Lurago Marinone (Co), focused on a single beer style. The aim is to discover, trough the thirteen beers available on tap, the real nature of a beer style which over time has been altered and diluted by industrial brews. So, if you are a Pils lover or if you just want to experience all the different expressions of the style, Saturday, May 8 and Sunday, May 9 Birrificio Italiano is the place to be.
Apr
21
'10Two international beer events shortly: Vilvoorde and Ølfestival
Every year in this period a major beer event is planned in Belgium, the Vilvoorde BierproefFestival. In its fifteenth edition, the event will be held Saturday, April 24 at the Erasmus campus in Jette, a suburb northwest of Brussels. There will be 89 beers from around the world, with an obvious large selection from Belgium (73), and beers brewed in Denmark, Germany, France, Netherlands, Sweden, USA and Italy.
Apr
19
'10Talking about IPA during the Italian Beer Festival in Rome
At the the Italia Beer Festival recently held in Rome, I hosted with Giaguarino (born Luca Sabatella) a workshop on IPA. Nothing new under the sun you may think, since the issue has been examined on several occasions.Our approach however has been somewhat challenging because we wanted to offer an overview of the style – from classic interpretations to modern developments – opposing the current Roman “fashion of AiPiEi”, that is somewhat anomalous and aberrant.
Apr
13
'10The Birrificio Italiano won a gold medal at the World Beer Cup 2010 with its VùDù
The results of the World Beer Cup, one of the major beer competitions in the world, were released in the weekend. The 2010 edition saw the participation of no less than 3,330 beers brewed in 44 different countries, divided into categories following the guidelines of the Brewers Association which organizes the event. Well, Italy has achieved a great result with the Birrificio Italiano Vùdù, first in the German-Style Dark Wheat Ale category, better known as Dunkel Weizen, German typical dark wheat beer.
