Birrificio Torino

This brewery came into being 25 years ago as a gamble on the part of its five founder members (now three): namely on their belief in the rebirth of craft beer in Turin and, at the same time, of a neighbourhood – on the boundary between Aurora and Regio Parco – then much less lively than it is today. Their gamble certainly came up trumps as they now produce 90,000 litres a year, almost all of them consumed by the customers of the pub who regularly occupy its 300 covers, distributed between interior, terrace and outside tables. To go with the beers there’s a rich menu of cheese and charcuterie boards, grills, pizzas and burgers. The beer range spans from 2.2 (named for its low alcohol content), light with citrusy aromas, to the more complex Calaide (an IP) with an alcohol content of 7.5° (made with 18% Cortese wine must). To go with meat dishes in the winter is Rauchbier, a German-style smoked beer. The great classics are Clara (4.6°), a low-fermentation drinkable lager, and Masca (5°), an American Stout for lovers of bitter coffee-plain chocolate flavours.

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