Old breweries and famous breweries, breweries that serve excellent beer here in Bolzano. We have selected 5 for you, to spend your holiday evenings in joy and always with an eye on your wallet.
If after having ate in Bolzano and having tasted and tasted all the typical specialties of the area, if you were a little thirsty, here we are spoiled for choice, but really! We have selected 5 for breweries for you that will leave you speechless, all obviously tested, let's start the beer tour in Bolzano ;)
1. Ca'de Bezzi
Ca de Bezzi, in German Batzen Hausel is an ancient, indeed very old, brewery in Bolzano. Six hundred years ago it was the meeting place of the artists, at the time a mug of beer cost a batzen (4 quattrini). Closed during the war, it was then renovated and enlarged. Today, in addition to producing its own craft beer, pale abrata and dark, it offers a cultural and musical program with live concerts and poetry readings. The building is partly ancient, the room is very spacious and in summer you can sit at the tables in the courtyard. The food and service is a bit rustic, beer goulash, sausages, sandwiches and speck platters, the real highlight is the craft beer and the atmosphere.
2. Hopfen and Co.
This brewery overlooks Piazza delle Erbe, the fruit and flower market square in the historic center of Bolzano, always full of passers-by. Hopfen and Co. is a three-story room, with a narrow spiral staircase. The walls are decorated with enameled coats of arms of international breweries. The beer flows directly from the cellar where it is produced, on tap from the counter where it is served. Craft beer is also used to prepare the dishes on the menu: soups, penne and dumplings, everything, strictly, cooked in beer. Positive note of the restaurant: between lunch and dinner, the kitchen of Hopfen and Co. does not close, the brewery continues to offer a limited and reasonably priced menu with main strong dishes and some snacks.
3. Paulaner Stuben
Turn the corner after Hopfen and Co. and take it Via Argentieri, where there are restaurants and cafes with tables outside, you arrive in front of the Paulaner Stube, it is a typical German brewery, very genial and professional waiters, the choice of the menu is vast, the weissen is delicious.
4. Forsterbrau Bozen
Less economical than other breweries, but affordable in any case, the Forst of Bolzano it is a place that is always crowded both in the external courtyard under the umbrellas and in the internal rooms. It is part of a chain of about ten breweries in Northern Italy, whose parent company is located in Merano, the center of production of the beers that are drunk in this place. There is plenty of choice: you can choose between seven different beers, including the “Sixtus” a double dark malt on tap with a caramel flavor.
5. Lungotalvera minigolf
Finally, outside the city center, along the promenades of the Talvera river there is the Minigolf biergarten, an outdoor venue with an adjoining mini golf course. It is accessed by descending a ladder from the Talvera promenades. You will find large wooden tables and a relaxed atmosphere: it is the ideal place to spend summer evenings with friends or with children after spending an afternoon in the parks of Bolzano. In addition to draft beer, cyclists (mix of beer and lemonade), sandwiches with wuerstel and Altotesine specialties, you can also enjoy pizzas cooked in a wood oven. Great location, weather permitting, for table with friends, but also for an aperitif or an informal appointment.
