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2006 Guide to Microbreweries, Pubs, Beershops

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All this site (text, images, databases) is copyright by Massimo Faraggi, released with CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license.

Warning: this section is no longer updated
Informations are for archive purposes only

This guide will always be under construction, the list of microbreweries above all is always increasing. Pub and Beer Shop Listings are a little behind in updates

Check also the latest new entries (right column) and the notes (at the end of this section)

Listings by region

Val d'Aosta Piemonte Liguria Lombardia Veneto Trentino A. Adige Friuli Ven. Giulia Emilia Romagna Toscana Marche Umbria Lazio Abruzzi Molise Campania Puglia Basilicata Calabria Sardegna Sicilia

Notes and Definitions

Starting from 2007, most of the updates are and will be in cooperation with mondobirra.org.
Also starting form 2007, the focus of this Guide will be:

• reducing the "second hand" informations for some places and breweries (in order to avoid obsolete informations), though keeping all the essential infos;
• adding personal notes and updated infos for other pub/breweries of special interest.
• keeping the list up to date, expecially the microbreweries/brewpubs list

MICROBREWERIES

Microbrewery in this guide means a small (less than 5000 hl/year) independent brewery, wether producing and selling craft beer through distributors to pubs and shops (this is usually named "microbrewery") or producing beer for its own pub or restaurant (commonly known as "brewpub")

PUB

Pub, taverns, restaurants etc. featuring a very good choice of beers, at least 70-80, or maybe just less but with a good and balanced selection and/or difficult to find beers.

SHOPS

As above.

Reviews, Opinions, Prices

In the description of some microbreweries you can find some positive or negative opinions (by myself or other reviewers) about the quality of their beers. Don't take these reviews as absolute truth.... many brewpubs have been visited just after their birth, if you visit them after a while their beer could be different (improved, hopely!) so it is always worth trying them.
Concerning the prices (particularly of pubs and beer shops), they can seem quite high sometimes; but it is not fair to compare the cots of a specilist pub or beer shop, handling hundreds of different beers in very small volumes, to the cost of bigger stores that focuse in a few brands with quite higher volumes.

Unionbirrai is an association gathering both professional, and homebrewers and consumers.
In particular, many microbreweries are member of this association: in my lists they are in uppercase and with a small logo. I point out that it is not a "quality mark", but anyway this shows at least an attention on improving the italian beer culture; and I must say that my favourite micros are all members of the association (of course there can be good breweries that are not part of Unionbirrai, and viceversa!)
For more informations: www.unionbirrai.com

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