Soralama’

This brewery, situated at the foot of the Sacra di San Michele, a mountaintop abbey in the Val di Susa, opened in 2004. Since then, Lorenzo Turco, a native of the Langhe hills, has made a name for himself in the brewing world, creating different types of beer which, thanks to the lightness of the local water, stand out for their drinkability. The brewhouse, specially designed by founder Davide Zingarelli, is visible from the road through large windows: at full capacity, it can produce up to 5,000 hl a year. Other partners in the enterprise are Gianluca Poggio and Enrique Jiménez Gonzáles. The standard range includes the award-winning Slurp, an easy-drinking pilsner with a slightly bitter aftertaste, Wow, a fuller-bodied, fruity red ale, and the new German-inspired, gluten-free Welcome. Then come the Bitrex range of the three hoppiest beers, the more alcoholic, structured Belgian inspired Crus, and the two Bellà Italian Grape Ales, bottle-fermented using the Martinotti method supplemented with nebbiolo must vinified with and without skin contact. On the first floor of the brewery, the brasserie is open every day and serves dishes made with local ingredients, at outside tables in the summer.