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Birra del Borgo

🌍 Italy · Regional · Known for a full range of styles
Known for a full range of styles

Founded in 2005 by Leonardo Di Vincenzo — a biochemistry PhD student who quit his doctorate to follow his passion for beer — in Borgorose in the Duchessa Mountains on the Lazio-Abruzzo border. Italy's most internationally celebrated craft brewery, famous for the landmark ReAle IPA and innovations using indigenous yeasts, ancient grains (Enkir: Einkorn wheat), Tuscan tobacco leaves (Keto Reporter), and local Lazio ingredients. Collaborations include My Antonia lager with Dogfish Head's Sam Calagione (2008) and the Eataly NYC La Birreria concept. Acquired by AB InBev in 2016 while continuing to operate L'Osteria di Birra del Borgo near the Vatican with 24 beers on cask. Multiple European Beer Star, Brussels Beer Challenge, and Birra dell'Anno awards.

7Beers
5Styles
7%Avg ABV
2005Founded
Consistency· share of beers above catalogue avg
0%
catalogue avg 46%

Beers by Birra del Borgo

7 beers
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Birra del Borgo Enkir
Ancient Grain Ale · 7.5%
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Birra del Borgo ReAle
Imperial Amber Ale · 8.2%
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Duchessa
Saison · 6.8%
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Enkir
Saison · 5%
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Keto Aurum
American IPA · 7.5%
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My Antonia
Imperial Pilsner · 7.5%
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ReAle
American Pale Ale · 6.4%
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Brewery DNA

The recurring character behind the beers

Drawn from all 7 beers in the catalogue.

Brewery signature · based on 7 beers
Signature
What keeps showing up across their beers.
hoppy
5 of 7 beers
malty
5 of 7 beers
dry
4 of 7 beers
citrusy
4 of 7 beers

Four notes carry across the range. That's a tight house style — most breweries in the catalogue share just one.

Portfolio range
How broad they brew.
Broad7 beers · 5 style families
Pale Ale 2Farmhouse 2Amber 1IPA 1Lager 1

Their signature has to hold across very different styles — which makes the notes that do recur more telling, not less.

What sets them apart
Each beer measured against others of its own style, then averaged across the range. Compared with 646 other breweries making Saison, American IPA and American Pale Ale.
typical for Saison, American IPA and American Pale AleBirra del Borgo
in no beersin every beer
light
in none of their beers · typical Saison, American IPA and American Pale Ale brewery: 3 in 5
Absent — the field expects it.
herbal
in 5 of 7 · typical Saison, American IPA and American Pale Ale brewery: 1 in 5
Notably more herbal than typical.
boozy
in 3 of 7 · typical Saison, American IPA and American Pale Ale brewery: fewer than 1 in 5
Notably more boozy than typical.
wheat
in 3 of 7 · typical Saison, American IPA and American Pale Ale brewery: fewer than 1 in 5
Notably more wheat than typical.
Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 61%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
1 / 7
beers above the median
#2826
best ranked beer
Enkir

Their beers place in the Top 61% of the catalogue on average, across 7 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of the rest.

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About Birra del Borgo

Founded in 2005 by Leonardo Di Vincenzo — a biochemistry PhD student who quit his doctorate to follow his passion for beer — in Borgorose in the Duchessa Mountains on the Lazio-Abruzzo border. Italy's most internationally celebrated craft brewery, famous for the landmark ReAle IPA and innovations using indigenous yeasts, ancient grains (Enkir: Einkorn wheat), Tuscan tobacco leaves (Keto Reporter), and local Lazio ingredients. Collaborations include My Antonia lager with Dogfish Head's Sam Calagione (2008) and the Eataly NYC La Birreria concept. Acquired by AB InBev in 2016 while continuing to operate L'Osteria di Birra del Borgo near the Vatican with 24 beers on cask. Multiple European Beer Star, Brussels Beer Challenge, and Birra dell'Anno awards.

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