Beer in Italy
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Beer in Italy is mainly pale lager.
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Consumption of Italian beer, though considered a growing phenomenon, is not as widespread as in its European neighbours, mainly because of a historical preference for wine in the country.
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One of the oldest and most popular breweries in Italy is Peroni, today owned by the SABMiller group, which is also owner of the worldwide brand Nastro Azzurro. Other notable breweries and beer brands are:
- Beba [1]
- Castello [2]
- Dreher (owned by the Heineken group)
- Forst
- Ichnusa (owned by the Heineken group)
- Menabrea [3]
- Birra Messina
- Morena [4]
- Moretti (owned by the Heineken group)
- Poretti [5] (owned by Carlsberg Italia) [6]
- Splügen (owned by Carlsberg Italia) [7]
- Theresianer [8]
- Raffo Beer [9]
In recent years a considerable number of microbreweries of very high quality have spread throughout Italy.
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