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 (41)

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...

Beer Bomb

Founded in 2020

Via Al Caseificio 1
6837 Bruzella

#1546

list of beers

11.33

Bironsa

Founded in 2017

Casa Stefano, Strada Cantonale
6664 Vergeletto

078 642 41 87

#1056

list of beers

N/A

Brewer: Urs Planta.

Birra Barüch

Founded in 2021

6818 Melano

#1622

N/A

Birra Bozz

Founded in 2012

via Centrale 23
6516 Cugnasco

079 905 66 02

#480

list of beers

10.93

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

Birra Capriasca

Founded in 2019

6954 Sala Capriasca

#1319

N/A

Birra dei Nani

Founded in 2014

6929 Gravesano

Link down; brewery closed?

#597

N/A

Closed between 2016 and 2018. And probably inactive now (2021).

Birra Schmid

Founded in 2014

via Lugano 24
6710 Biasca

#618

list of beers

Delicate, subtle and good beers. Formerly located in Claro.
This brewery is inactive and probably closed (2021).

Birrificio di Preonzo

Founded in 2016

via ala Géise
6523 Preonzo

#852

list of beers

N/A

Confidential activity (or even inactive).

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 dei Ghi di Loris Ghirlanda

Founded in 2017

6967 Dino

#1084

N/A

Brewer: Loris Ghirlanda.
Probably inactive.

Broken City

Founded in 2016

Strada Ponte Di Valle 4
6964 Davesco

#881

list of beers

14.94

Brewer: Fabio Colombo.
Shortly named Red Deer. Produces 5 core beers as well as some small batch and barrel-aged series. Moved from Viganello to Davesco in 2018.
Very good quality: don't miss this brewery.

Chivisin

Founded in 2019

viale Portone 41
6500 Bellinzona

#1436

list of beers

N/A

Della's Beer di Dellavia Alan

Founded in 2019

6806 Sigirino

#1291

list of beers

N/A

Falling Pine

Founded in 2015

via Industria 1
6814 Cadempino

#665

list of beers

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

Via Arch. G. Fizzi 29
6648 Minusio

#1260

list of beers

11.2

Brewing 4 core beers and one seasonal.

Gambarogno

Founded in 2020

Taverna Nucleo 19
6575 San Nazzaro

079 438 78 76

#1443

list of beers

N/A

Brewer: Sébastien Gerber.

Garamé

Founded in 2018

6950 Tesserete

#1265

N/A

Seems to be inactive.

geni-ale

Founded in 2021

6929 Gravesano

#1580

N/A

H2Orzo

Founded in 2016

6516 Cugnasco

#820

list of beers

N/A

La Morobbiotta

Founded in 2020

6583 Sant'Antonio

#1517

N/A

La Torascia

Founded in 2020

via A Torascia 44
6702 Claro

079 313 08 27

#1536

list of beers

N/A

Brewer: Michele Bronner.

LuLa'S Beer

Founded in 2020

Via Boscioredo 128
6516 Cugnasco

#1461

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.
Brews 4 core beers and some seasonals.
I'm not convinced for now. Clearly needs lot of tuning and quality control.

Monte Brè

Founded in 2019

via Bassone 34
6974 Aldesago

078 935 04 98

#1426

list of beers

Brewer: Stefano Gambazzi.
Good beers mostly in Anglo-American styles.

Monte Lema

Founded in 2017

Quartiere Vianova
6986 Curio

077 412 85 88

#970

list of beers

N/A

Brewers: Daniele Delmenico and Andrea Lorenzetti.

Muscendro

Founded in 2017

Via Centrale 2
6594 Contone

#1088

N/A

A brewer club. Seems to brew only for its members.

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

via Cademario 2
6934 Bioggio

#93

1'500 hl

list of beers

14.15

Brewer: Lucio and Eric Notari.
Started 1999 as a restaurant and a brewery. Pretty creative and diversified since their beginning already, Officina della Birra is clearly a pioneer of craft beer in Switzerland. They are aging some beers in wood barrels in the former cellars of Birra Bellinzona. Enjoys a slow yet constant growth with a production probably around 2'000 hl nowadays. Offers 8 core beers, 2 seasonals and many limited editions, mostly in Anglo-American styles. Has 4 employees.

Olgiati

Founded in 2018

6993 Iseo

#1196

list of beers

10.8

Seems to be inactive.

Polar Beer

Founded in 2020

6612 Ascona

#1500

list of beers

N/A

Rigamonti

Founded in 2017

In di Campagn 31
6528 Camorino

076 693 92 35

#1111

list of beers

13.82

Brewer: Sonja Rigamonti.
Brewing on a 1 hl installation. Offers many different beers of pretty nice quality.

Ristorante Centrale

Founded in 2018

via Locarno 2
6616 Losone

091 792 12 01

#1230

list of beers

N/A

A restaurant brewing its own beer.

Rud Bir

Founded in 2014

via San Gottardo 80
6596 Gordola

#571

list of beers

13.8

Brewer: Luka Ferrara.
Brewing on a 4 hl installation.
Mostly creative and good beers.

Selvatici.ch

Founded in 2017

Zona piazza d’armi
6713 Malvaglia

076 693 98 63

#962

list of beers

N/A

Brewing on a 5 hl installation.

Sottobisio

Founded in 2014

via Sottobisio 3A
6828 Balerna

#569

500 hl

list of beers

15.4

Brewer: Jacopo Buraschi.
Brewing on a 6 hl installation.
Bold, interesting and well-crafted beers. Keep an eye on them !

St. Salvatore

Founded in 2018

via Lucomagno 97
6715 Dongio

#1158

list of beers

14.24

Brewing 6 core beers and 4 seasonal. Good variety and quality.

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

Seems to be inactive.

Valle Maggia

Founded in 2019

via Vallemaggia 10
6670 Avegno

079 643 83 85

#1332

list of beers

13.12

Brewer: Ruben Berta.
Planing to produce 1000 hl

Weltu

Founded in 2020

Nucleo
6685 Bosco Gurin

#1494

list of beers

N/A

Beer makers without breweries (1)

Name

Address

Registry-#
Size

# of beers
tasted

Rating avg
appreciation

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

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.

Closed Breweries (43)

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 55

6950 Tesserete

2018 - 2019

1215

N/A

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 del Pirata

6918 Figino

2015 - 2018

649

14.6

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

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

Cormano

via Maestri Comacini 51
6834 Morbio Inferiore

2014 - 2016

091 682 89 40

N/A

Client brewer: the beer is produced by Birrificio Ticinese.

Crypto Madness

6814 Cadempino

2018 - 2020

1194

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

Garage Craft

via Antonio Adamini 4
6900 Lugano

2019 - 2020

1295

076 507 03 05

N/A

Brewer: Marco Citran.

Haas

6500 Bellinzona

1875 - 1890

N/A

Innocente Regazzoni

6834 Morbio Inferiore

1905 - 1905

N/A

Jeje's Bier

6600 Locarno

2015 - 2018

715

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.

San Rocco

6661 Berzona

2014 - 2019

646

079 822 56 34

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.

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.

Name	Address / Untappd venue	Homepage / Email	Rating	Comments
Növ Matag	via Gismonda 13 6850 Mendrisio	091 646 86 96		6 taps and about 70 bottles
PUB 66	via Lavizzari 16 6850 Mendrisio	091 630 10 45

Ticino

Breweries (41)

no brewpubs reported

Beer makers without breweries (1)

Beer bars

Closed Breweries (43)