If you had any doubts about Italy being a beer country, AB-InBev’s acquisition of Leonardo Di Vincenzo’s brewery Del Borgo makes a strong case. Del Borgo was an early player in the Italian beer history and one of its most influential. Opened in 2005, Del Borgo became a stabilizer in the Italian beer world at a time when there was strong growth. Leonardo brewed with one of Italy’s early pioneers, the American brewer Mike Murphy at Rome Brewing Company, the first brewer/brewery

In the early years of Italy’s craft beer movement, the key ingredient to its success wasn’t just barley, hops or malt; it was its bottles. Teo Musso, owner and brewer of Baladin, began his beer crusade in 1996 by finding a way to fit his beer onto a fine dining table. He chose fine dining as his target because he knew that his beer was of high caliber, made to be paired with fine foods. To the ordinary Italian, this idea seemed farfetched. Many subsequent surveys done in Ital

Every year Italy’s largest brewer’s association Union Birrai holds its much anticipated Birraio Dell’Anno, Brewer of the Year contest. This year the event was held in Florence at Teatro ObiHall where 25 Italian breweries were finalists. Over 100 beers were sampled and on the third day 1 winner was hailed. We congratulate this year’s brewer of the year, Marco Valeriani from Hammer. Auguri! Italy Beer Tours will take you to many of Italy’s top breweries of the year including La