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Ca' del Brado

🌍 Italy · Regional · Known for American Wild Ale · Sour Ale
Known for American Wild Ale · Sour Ale

Founded in 2013 in Pianoro on the hills outside Bologna — the name means 'house of slow' (Ca'=house, Brado=slow/wild), capturing the brewery's patient, time-driven philosophy. Ca' del Brado is Italy's most revered producer of wild and spontaneous ales, sourcing local Bologna wheat and barley from nearby farms and fermenting with wild Brettanomyces in oak barrels. Known for international collaborations with La Malpolon (France) and Australian breweries, alongside a core range of barrel-aged sours, wild goses and lambic-style farmhouse ales.

7Beers
2Styles
6.6%Avg ABV
2013Founded
Consistency· share of beers above catalogue avg
0%
catalogue avg 45%

Beers by Ca' del Brado

7 beers

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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.
sourevery beer
7 of 7 beers
funkyevery beer
7 of 7 beers
earthy
5 of 7 beers
tart
5 of 7 beers

Four notes carry across the range. That's a tight house style — most breweries in the catalogue share just one. 2 of them come through every single beer.

Portfolio range
How broad they brew.
Focused7 beers · 2 style families
Sour 6Belgian 1

Everything sits in one family — which makes the comparison below the interesting part. It isn't what they brew that sets them apart, but how.

What sets them apart
Each beer measured against others of its own style, then averaged across the range. Compared with 92 other breweries making Sour Ale.
typical for Sour AleCa' del Brado
in no beersin every beer
funky
in all 7 of their beers · typical Sour Ale brewery: 1 in 5
Far more funky than typical.
earthy
in 5 of 7 · typical Sour Ale brewery: fewer than 1 in 5
Far more earthy than typical.
crisp
in 1 of 7 · typical Sour Ale brewery: 3 in 5
Notably less crisp than typical.
refreshing
in 2 of 7 · typical Sour Ale brewery: 3 in 5
Notably less refreshing than typical.
Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 79%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
0 / 7
beers above the median
#2712
best ranked beer
Ca' del Brado Zena

Their beers place in the Top 79% of the catalogue on average, across 7 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of the rest.

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About Ca' del Brado

Founded in 2013 in Pianoro on the hills outside Bologna — the name means 'house of slow' (Ca'=house, Brado=slow/wild), capturing the brewery's patient, time-driven philosophy. Ca' del Brado is Italy's most revered producer of wild and spontaneous ales, sourcing local Bologna wheat and barley from nearby farms and fermenting with wild Brettanomyces in oak barrels. Known for international collaborations with La Malpolon (France) and Australian breweries, alongside a core range of barrel-aged sours, wild goses and lambic-style farmhouse ales.

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