Birrificio Lambrate
Founded in 1996 in the heart of Milan’s Lambrate district, Birrificio Lambrate was Milan’s first brewpub and one of Italy’s first microbreweries. Though the nightly aperitivo buffet and local craft…
- story: joanna_h
BQ Lossana
Brewery BQ (short for birra artigianale di qualità, or "quality beer") is a mini craft beer chain with several venues offering beers to drink in or take away. At the…
- story: joanna_h
La Belle Alliance
When it opened in 2002, La Belle Alliance poured mainly northern European beers, but thanks to a growing domestic industry, Italian craft beers now appear on rotation, as well. There…
- story: Sophie Wirt
LambicZoon
As the name implies, LambicZoon, which opened in late 2013, celebrates wild fermented beers. Though all the usual Belgian suspects make an appearance on the tap list, there is also…
- story: joanna_h
Bere Buona Birra
Bere Buona Birra ("drink good beer") is a sparsely furnished shop in Milan’s Porta Romana district. Shelves made of fruit crates display bottles of beer, and there are a few…
- story: Sophie Wirt
Hop
When Hop was founded a decade ago, they poured exclusively Birrificio Lambrate beers from their ten taps. Although the beer offerings have expanded slightly, Hop only serves beers from Northern…
- story: Sophie Wirt
Meet the New Generation of American Lagers
For much of the craft beer movement, lager has struggled to shed its association with the cruddy yellow fizz that defined American beer for decades. But the growing presence of…
- story: Will Gordon
- photo: August Schell
Daily News: Whisky Returns from Space, 50 Cent and Puff Daddy Continue to Beef
Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-o-sphere: - After a four-year journey through space, a vial of whisky has returned to earth with a "noticeably different" taste. -…
- story: Joanna Harkins
This Week’s Best Drink Reads
Welcome to The PUNCHbowl, a weekly installment where we share our favorite longreads on all things drinks and nightlife. This week, we visited all the drinking establishments in Michigan's upper peninsula, debated the…
- story: Punch Staff
Daily News: Craft Beer Success, Illegal Mini-Bottles and Wine O’Clock Gets Official
Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-osphere: - Apparently the majority of new breweries boast failure rates near zero, which explains why these businesses attract so…
- story: Joanna Harkins
