Switzerland Beer Guide

Rating signification

^to The nec plus ultra ! Don't miss those breweries.
^{Very good breweries !}
^{Above average and satisfying.}
^to ^Average.
^{Not terrible.}
^{This is getting pretty bad.}
^to ^{Be cautious: you may REALLY not like it !}

Breweries (34)

Name

Address&contact

Registry-#
Size/Production

# of beers
tasted

Rating avg
appreciation

Comments
Please be aware that all ratings and comments reflect my opinion only ! So don't blame me if I dislike your favourite brewery. Fortunately we are free to like whatever we like...

Bironsa

Founded in 2017

6611 Mosogno

#1056

N/A

Birra 55

Founded in 2018

6950 Tesserete

#1215

N/A

Birra Bozz

Founded in 2012

via Centrale 23
6516 Cugnasco

079 905 66 02

#480

list of beers

Brewers: Alan and Luca Bozzini.
A dubious Porter, a pretty good Pils and other far less convincing beers.

Birra dei Nani

Founded in 2014

6929 Gravesano

#597

N/A

Closed between 2016 and 2018.

Birra Schmid

Founded in 2014

via Lugano 24
6710 Biasca

#618

list of beers

Delicate, subtle and good beers. Formerly located in Claro.

Birrificio del Pirata

Founded in 2015

6918 Figino

#649

list of beers

14.6

Brewer: Michel Bacco.
Well-crafted beers and interesting styles. Don't hesitate if you can find his beers.

Birrificio di Preonzo

Founded in 2016

via ala Géise
6523 Preonzo

#852

list of beers

N/A

Birrificio Sottobisio

Founded in 2014

via Sottobisio 3A
6828 Balerna

#569

500 hl

list of beers

15.39

Brewer: Jacopo Buraschi.
Bold, interesting and well-crafted beers. Keep an eye on them !

Birrificio Ticinese San Martino

Founded in 2016

via Vite 5
6855 Stabio

091 647 00 79

#400

list of beers

12.87

"Brewer: Giovanni Marsa.
The former brewery went bankrupt at the beginning of 2016 and has been bought by Schützengarten some months later. The brewery has been ""reloaded"" under a new registry number (was formerly 147; looks there for additional information)."

Bottega die Ghi di Loris Ghirlanda

Founded in 2017

6967 Dino

#1084

N/A

Broken City

Founded in 2016

via Al Fiume 7
6962 Viganello

#881

list of beers

15.35

Brewer: Fabio Colombo.
Shortly named Red Deer.

Crypto Madness

Founded in 2018

6814 Cadempino

#1194

N/A

Della's Beer di Dellavia Alan

Founded in 2019

6806 Sigirino

#1291

N/A

Fabbrica di birra St. Salvatore

Founded in 2018

via Lucomagno 97
6715 Dongio

#1158

N/A

Falling Pine

Founded in 2015

via Industria 1
6814 Cadempino

#665

N/A

Opened shortly in 2015 and closed the same year under the name Gopf Biir (in Muzzano). Opened again since mid-2018.

Fin

Founded in 2018

6648 Minusio

#1260

N/A

Garage Craft

Founded in 2019

via Antonio Adamini 4
6900 Lugano

076 507 03 05

#1295

N/A

Brewer: Marco Citran.

Garamé

Founded in 2018

6950 Tesserete

#1265

N/A

H2Orzo

Founded in 2016

6516 Cugnasco

#820

N/A

Jeje's Bier

Founded in 2015

6600 Locarno

#715

N/A

Maitri

Founded in 2016

via Cave di Marmo 1
6864 Arzo

091 630 12 12

#960

list of beers

N/A

Brewer: Roberto Bianchi.
Former client brewer. Their beers were brewed at the installation of Birrificio Ticinese. Registered since December 2016 and moved from Airolo to Arzo.

MóMò

Founded in 2013

via Enrico Dunant 11
6828 Balerna

#494

list of beers

9.82

Brewer: Stefano Luisoni.
I'm not convinced for now. Clearly needs lot of tuning and quality control.

Monte Lema

Founded in 2017

6986 Curio

077 412 85 88

#970

N/A

Brewers: Daniele Delmenico and Andrea Lorenzetti.

Muscendro

Founded in 2017

6594 Contone

#1088

N/A

No Land

Founded in 2015

Via Pedreta 1
6818 Melano

#693

list of beers

14.24

Brewer: Christian Scolari.
Clearly worth a try. Offers beers going from ok to very good in quite different styles.

Officina della Birra

Founded in 1999

direzione Zona Industriale 1
6934 Bioggio

#93

1'500 hl

list of beers

14.03

Brewer: Lucio and Eric Notari.
Creative and sympathic brewers. Clearly worth a try ! Came back strong recently after having flown some years under the radar.
Should increase the production to 1700 hl in 2016.

Olgiati

Founded in 2018

6993 Iseo

#1196

N/A

Rigamonti

Founded in 2017

6528 Camorino

#1111

N/A

Ristorante Centrale

Founded in 2018

via Locarno 2
6616 Losone

091 792 12 01

#1230

N/A

Rud Bir

Founded in 2014

via San Gottardo 80
6596 Gordola

#571

list of beers

14.68

Brewer: Luka Ferrara.
Creative and good beers.

San Rocco

Founded in 2014

6661 Berzona

079 822 56 34

#646

list of beers

12.93

Brewer: Thomas Lucas.
Offers belgian-style beers, some accurate and pretty good, others having room for improvements. Worth a try in any case.

Selvatici.ch

Founded in 2017

6702 Claro

076 693 98 63

#962

N/A

Terra Matta

Founded in 2013

Nucleo
6839 Sagno

091 980 37 10

#526

list of beers

11.2

Brewer: Martino Mombelli.

Tilola Raffaele

Founded in 2017

6593 Cadenazzo

#1029

N/A

Beer makers without breweries (2)

Name

Address

Registry-#
Size

# of beers
tasted

Rating avg
appreciation

Comments
Don't kill me, it's only my opinion...

Cormano

Founded in 2014

via Maestri Comacini 51
6834 Morbio Inferiore

091 682 89 40

list of beers

N/A

Client brewer: the beer is produced by Birrificio Ticinese.

Gottardo

Founded in 2009

Via Birreria 5
6760 Faido

091 866 12 18

1'700 hl

list of beers

Client brewer. An ambitious brewery which plans to control 10% of the beer market from Ticino and to reach 2500 to 3000 hl after 2 years. Until the local plant is built, the beer is actually brewed by Rosengarten. But after 3 years there is still no brewery to see and the company has to face financial problems. Will their dream comes true ? For myself, I'm ready to bet on a negative denouement.

Beer Shops / Restaurants

Name

Address

Homepage / Email

Rating

Comments

Il Fiore di Luppolo

via Valeggia 5
6912 Pazzallo-Lugano

076 463 65 32

A beer shop offering for now a selection of about 120 international craft beers. A selection of craft beers from Tessin is planned.

Paradiso Beer Shop

via Guisan 13
6900 Paradiso

091 980 46 74

A beer shop with beers from Belgium, England, Spain and Italy.

Closed Breweries (36)

Name

Address

founded-closed

Contact

# of beers
tasted

Rating

Comments
Don't kill me, it's only my opinion...

Beerrificio (B4Beer)

via Piotti 1
6833 Vacallo

2012 - 2016

473

N/A

Brewer: Roberto Pellegrini.

Beretta

6672 Gordevio

1830 - 1854

N/A

Beretta

6900 Lugano

1848 - 1902

N/A

Beretta

6815 Melide

1853 - 1900

N/A

Originally named Fratelli Conti.

Birra Bellinzona

6500 Bellinzona

1878 - 1980

N/A

Absorbed by Eichhof.

Birra Emilio Chiodi

6612 Ascona

1880 - 1885

N/A

Birra Rosian

6760 Faido

1852 - 1972

N/A

Birreria Ascobirra

2004 - 2004

174

N/A

Birreria Ticinese

Via S. Bernardino 24
6532 Castione

2000 - 2005

152

N/A

"Formerly known as ""La Tana del Luppolo"". Well, the brewer is from Germany so it's Reinheitsgebot-time here ..."

Birrificio Ticinese

via Vite 5
6855 Stabio

2002 - 2016

147

13.88

Brewer: Nicola Beltraminelli.
Formerly called La Birraria, then San Martino. Once brewed very modest and uncontrolled beers but now their products are very interesting. Look especially for the beers they are brewing in their joint venture with Piccolo Birrificio d'Apricale under the name of Bad Attitude (www.badattitude.ch). The production in Mendrisio stopped and the beers are now produced in Stabio.

Production: 2'300 hl

Borsa

6500 Bellinzona

1875 - 1892

N/A

Breggia Balerna

6834 Morbio Inferiore

1900 - 1907

N/A

Fabbrica di Birra Borso

6513 Monte Carasso

1885 - 1900

N/A

Fabbrica di birra Salvatore

6717 Dangio-Torre

1895 - 1900

N/A

Fabbricca di Birra

6776 Piotta

1878 - 1916

N/A

Ferrari

6710 Biasca

1885 - 1900

N/A

Fratelli Brunetti & Co.

6711 Aquila

? - 1890

N/A

Galli Giacomo

6830 Chiasso

1880 - 1892

N/A

Galli Luigi

6825 Capolago

1851 - 1880

N/A

Gambrinus

6500 Bellinzona

1880 - 1885

N/A

Haas

6500 Bellinzona

1875 - 1890

N/A

Innocente Regazzoni

6834 Morbio Inferiore

1905 - 1905

N/A

Lugano

6900 Lugano

1895 - 1971

N/A

Moree

6850 Mendrisio

1845 - 1850

N/A

Nazionale

6600 Locarno

1854 - 1981

N/A

Osteria-Birreria della Posta

6713 Malvaglia

1999 - 2002

105

N/A

Paolaccio

6850 Mendrisio

1845 - ?

N/A

Pasquini-Bernasconi

6900 Lugano

1885 - 1905

N/A

Rimoldi

6850 Mendrisio

1880 - 1885

N/A

Salvatore

6711 Aquila

1882 - 1909

N/A

San Domenico

Sentiero di Gandria 6
6976 Castagnola

2005 - 2009

210

N/A

Brewer: Piergiorgio Capietti
Closed since approximately 2008.

San Peder

via Giovannini 15
6710 Biasca

2003 - 2010

175

12.4

A brewpub producing a correct lager and an interesting weizen.
They don't brew anymore and are selling the beers from Birraria.

San Peder

Via A. Giovannini 15
6710 Biasca

2010 - 2012

369

N/A

This brewpub closed in 2007 but appears again with a new register number ?! I will try to learn more about this.

Tognola

6537 Grono

1882 - 1973

N/A

Tonella

6850 Mendrisio

1875 - 1902

N/A

Valmaggese

6596 Gordola

2007 - 2011

257

N/A

Brewer: Marco Hoerler.

Ticino

Breweries (34)

no brewpubs reported

Beer makers without breweries (2)

Beer Shops / Restaurants

Closed Breweries (36)