Birra Italiana

摘要

American craft beer has boomed over the last decade, with double-digit growth posted in the past four years alone. Artisa-nal selections are increasingly avtiilable at retailers, bars and restaurants as beer drinkers, both veterans and converts, havebeen turned on to the idea of drinking better beer and supporting small, local independent breweries. Slowly but surely this concept is making its way across the ocean to seduce a nation that is accustomed to the finer things in life: Italy Long disregarded and often overlooked for the country's ubiquitous wine offerings, the Italian craft beer scene has been slowly gaining momentum over the past few years. Once dominated by the products of their own big boys (most notably Peroni and Moretti), there arenow more than 100 microbreweries and counting. Just check out the Unionbirrai (Italian Brewers Association) Web site (unkmbiirui.it) for a hst of associated breweries and brewpubs to confirm just how much has been going on while we were obsessed with our own domestic beer culture.