BeerWhale
Active Member
I've been living in Vicenza, Italy for about a year now, and finally stumbled across a great LHBS in the Veneto. The store is called 'Pinta', and is located in Marostica, about 40 minutes from Vicenza. Address: Via Marsan 28/A - 36063 Marostica (VI) (www.pinta.it) You can visit the store, and they also deliver all over Italy.
They can speak English. The business is family owned, and offers extremely competent and courteous service. The store has everything a homebrewer could need (minus kegging equipment, but hopefully coming soon); extract, all kinds of grain, equipment, bottles, everything. Excellent prices, maybe even better than the US, thanks to the EuroZone and the fact that so many of their malts and hops come from Germany, Belgium, and UK (but also US, AU, NZ).
This is not meant to be an advertisement... I'm simply expressing my joy at finally finding a quality, LOCAL LHBS in Veneto. Homebrewers in northern Italy can sympathize with me, paying 6 Euro for expired dry yeast from the hardware store, the complete lack of whole grains or fresh or un-hopped extract, etc..., or doubling the cost of ingredients to ship from the US.
I'd also like to reach out to any other homebrewers in the Veneto. I'm sure there must be more of us out there, so let's organize! If you're in Italy, if you're in Veneto, if you've read this far, please reach out. We have another thread here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=495194
Anyway, hope this thread helps any other wayward brewers searching for resources in Italy. Cheers!
They can speak English. The business is family owned, and offers extremely competent and courteous service. The store has everything a homebrewer could need (minus kegging equipment, but hopefully coming soon); extract, all kinds of grain, equipment, bottles, everything. Excellent prices, maybe even better than the US, thanks to the EuroZone and the fact that so many of their malts and hops come from Germany, Belgium, and UK (but also US, AU, NZ).
This is not meant to be an advertisement... I'm simply expressing my joy at finally finding a quality, LOCAL LHBS in Veneto. Homebrewers in northern Italy can sympathize with me, paying 6 Euro for expired dry yeast from the hardware store, the complete lack of whole grains or fresh or un-hopped extract, etc..., or doubling the cost of ingredients to ship from the US.
I'd also like to reach out to any other homebrewers in the Veneto. I'm sure there must be more of us out there, so let's organize! If you're in Italy, if you're in Veneto, if you've read this far, please reach out. We have another thread here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=495194
Anyway, hope this thread helps any other wayward brewers searching for resources in Italy. Cheers!