Illustration by Fig & Ginger, drawn from the review. The venue's own photo is on its way.
Brewpub (original pub of the brewery) in Lambrate, Milan
Birrificio Lambrate
Thirty Years on Via Adelchi
In 1996 three partners poured the first Lambrate beer from a 150 litre kit, in a pub that opened every other day. Thirty years later there are five partners, a 20 hectolitre brewhouse on Via Sbodio and two pubs. Start at Via Adelchi, where the brewery itself used to stand. It still feels like the place where a neighbourhood decided beer was worth taking seriously.
The first beer was Montestella, a pilsner named after Monte Stella, the hill in San Siro that the architect Piero Bottoni raised from the rubble of the Second World War and dedicated to his wife, Stella. A city that builds a park out of its ruins and then names a beer after it has its priorities in order. Montestella won its category at Unionbirrai's Birra dell'Anno in 2008. Gaina, the house IPA, heavy on American hops, won its category in 2014. Everything is unfiltered and unpasteurised, made from water, malt, hops and yeast.
Beyond those two the board runs through names any Milanese will recognise: Ghisa, Martinitt, Robb de Matt, Sant'Ambroeus, Casorett. Adelchi opens Tuesday to Sunday from six in the evening. The Golgi pub on Via Camillo Golgi is the English style pub-restaurant, open from noon Monday to Saturday, if you want food with your pint. The brewery runs guided tours too. Order the Montestella first. It has been opening the show for thirty years.
- Order this
- Montestella, Gaina, Ghisa, Sant'Ambroeus
- The damage
- $
- Go
- Tuesday to Sunday from 6 pm at Adelchi; Golgi from noon if you want lunch
- Find it
- Via Adelchi 5, Milano
- Website
- birrificiolambrate.com