Italy?

[Theakston]

In preparation for a trip I'm trying to get info on Italian craft beer. In other words NOT peroni.
Please add any recomendations. Help keep me off the Grappa. Thanks.

So far I have received these recommendations:

Baladin (Piozzo)
http://www.birreria.com/

Starbess (Rome)
http://www.starbess.it/

Panil
http://www.panilbeer.com/

Panil Barriquée must be tried!

www.cittavecchia.com

Ghisa, the fisrt Italian smoked beer brewed by Birrificio Lambrate in Milano, was just sent to US where it will be imported by B.United

[beer'n'metal]

theres some brewerys in italy that sell rotisary chicken and beer called befeds. they have really good red beer. so while in italy look for befeds. good times and good beer.

[chazwicke]

Theakston, a few weeks back there were some discussions on DC-beer about beer / breweries in Italy. you might revive the subject there. It has been a long time since I was last in Italy but Nastro Azzuro and Forst beers were really all we found. Good Luck!

[Theakston]

Wow that first post was a while back. I enjoyed a visit to Baladin in Piozzo and was able to get some Panil - you can now get both of these at our local Wholfeoods!
Well as it happens we are going back to Italy this year - to Rome and to the Cilento region south of Naples. I just found out that by pure coincidence the hotel I booked in Rome is a block from these 2 places:
Ma Che Siete Venuti A Fa', also known as "The Football Pub",and Bir & Fud
read stonch's review here (http://stonch.blogspot.com/2007/10/birra-in-roma-quanno-moro-vo-jo-esse.html)
Any other suggestions for Rome or Cilento?

[thebeergeek]

There are a couple of breweries in the Bolzano area...

Hopfen in Bolzano
http://www.boznerbier.it/

Forst in Merano
http://www.forst.it/en.html

There are two others in the area but these are the two we went to...

If you go to Bolzano, you can also see Ötzi, the thousands year-old ice body that was found in the Austrian Alps. It was pretty cool.

At a side note, they speak German in the region.