Today Beernews reported that Ratebeer, the leading European website on beer ratings, has published its rankings of 2010. Among the many charts, we can be happy for a wonderful result obtained by the Italian pub Ma che siete venuti a fà, elected best beer bar of the world! If you want to know all the rankings, you should visit the related page of Ratebeer, because in this post I’m going just to leave some comments on the most important rankings.
Jan
28
'10“Ma che siete” best beer bar according to Ratebeer
Nov
14
'09Brand new labels for Birra Amiata
Birra Amiata is a Tuscan brewer that is slowly beginning to be known on the whole national territory. The next April 2010 will celebrate the first 4 years of activity: a relatively brief period, during which the production has settled in around 700 hl per year, boasting a numerous and varied range of beers. The objective of the Tuscan brewery is to invest on the quality for its fourth anniversary: among the news a new 10 hl plant from next February and the increase of the analyses and of the quality controls. A series of interventions, less tied up to the production in narrow sense, is scheduled: a new automatic labeler and a renewed packaging of the bottles above all.
Nov
6
'09An Italian All-party parliamentary beer group is born
An Italian All-party parliamentary beer group is born, on the initiative of Giacomo Stucchi, a Lega Nord parliamentarian. The aim is to safeguard the interests of brewers inside the legislative State body. The group counts 32 Senators and parliamentarians.
This is an abstract of the announcement of this initiative:
Oct
28
'09On beasts, monsters and monstruosity…
The Vermonster label
It’s impossibile, for those accustomed to reading International beer blogs, to have missed the Rock Art Brewery Vs. Hansen’s Beverage affair. A quite weird question indeed. The multinational company have sued the little Vermont brewery for a supposed coincidence of names: a barley wine named The Vermonster, brewed by Rock Art and the Monster energy-drink produced by Hansen’s Beverage, a subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch.
Oct
28
'09Breaking news: breathalyzer in pubs and restaurants
Sometimes happen to read news regarding road safety and alcohol consumption. We discussed on earlier proposals, not that attractive and acceptable, such as lowering blood alcohol level allowed when driving or the obligation for premises to hold the notorious alcohol-consumption schedule. The latter implicitly considered useless by the last proposal to oblige premises to provide alcohol-test devices to their customers. This bipartisan proposal will be assessed by Public Works Senate’s Committee. Decisions on that matter will be communicated on the first November week.
Oct
22
'09Own your part of Brewdog
Another brilliant idea from those crazy guys at Brewdog brewery. Not another weird beer but a no precedent venture for a European micro-brewery. As you may read on their official blog, and on the Lorenzo Fortini’s Ales&Co. Society web-site as well, the brewery decided to sell 10.000 participating shares (the 9% of the whole) to anyone interested in purchasing them. Target of this venture the finance of an energy-saving self-sufficient brand new brewery.
Sep
29
'09Beer and the environment: recycling, alternative sources and waste reduction
Soon New Belgium will have an own solar plant
In times when all the fields of international industry are geared to reduce costs and harmful emissions to the environment, production brewing is following the trend too (or fashion, maybe?). Between innovative research and political courage of some challenging pioneers, gradually even the beer industry is embracing the next revolution of the world: sustainable growth, limited environmental impact, efficiency and waste reduction. In America, the achievements of some microbreweries are already quite substantial.
Sep
22
'09Low-alcohol beers: Camra takes the field
Pride'n'Joy from Welton's, one of the "light" beers that Camra is promoting
Recently we noticed that some microbreweries are launching low-alcohol beers. The causes are many: the desire to reach a new market, the need to survive the growing avalanche of neo-prohibitionists decisions and also the challenge to brew lighter but tasty beers.
In the past we wrote about the rediscovery of a “light” style such as the Mild, the launch of How to Disappear Completely from the Scottish brewery Brewdog or the Italian experiences of Pause Cafe (with its Dui e mes) and Birrificio Italiano (the technique used to brew the Muse also helps to reduce the alcohol content).
Sep
2
'09Craft beer trends in US, UK and Germany
Despite of the differencies between countries, we can say that worldwide craft beer is enjoying a decent time, albeit with exceptions. Apart from beer cultures on the rise (including the Italian one), the country that seems more attracted to the craft revolution is United States, where penetration of quality products has reached unexpected levels. As reported recently by Beernews, the Brewers Association has revealed that the market is always growing, constantly noting new records.
