Beer History Storyline
Italian Beer
Follow Italian brewing from national lager producers to the independent breweries, glasses, festivals, and styles of the modern craft movement.
Chronological milestones
Sources and further references are available on each individual event page.
1846
Francesco Peroni Founds Birra Peroni In Vigevano
1859
Luigi Moretti Founds Birra Moretti In Udine
1864
Peroni Opens Its Rome Brewery
1906
L’Antica Birreria Peroni Opens In Rome
1996
Birrificio Lambrate Is Founded In Milan
1996
Tipopils Is First Brewed By Birrificio Italiano
April 3, 1996
Birrificio Italiano Opens In Lurago Marinone
July 1996
Baladin Becomes A Brewpub In Piozzo
October 2006
Teo Musso And Kuaska Develop The TeKu Glass
September 23, 2009
Open Baladin Roma Opens Near Campo De’ Fiori
October 18, 2013
EurHop Roma Beer Festival Begins
2015
CRAK Brewery Opens In Campodarsego
2015
Italian Grape Ale Enters The BJCP Guidelines
2015
Ritual Lab Is Founded In Formello
May 2015
Tre Fontane Becomes An Authentic Trappist Product
April 22, 2016
AB InBev Acquires Birra del Borgo
August 25, 2016
Italy Legally Defines Birra Artigianale