Craft beer bars and bottleshops in Italy

What to do before or after you visit the Vatican? All that holiness can make a person hungry and/or thirsty, that's for sure! In comes L'Osteria di Birra del Borgo! It's near-ish to the Holy City and they have craft beer and food so seems quite perfect. Time to tell you more about it!

There are actually two Birrifugios in Rome. One is located in Ostia, the other in Trastevere and it was the latter I visited during my stay in Rome. It's a cosy place just off the main streets in Trastevere, far away from most tourists. Not far enough to be safe from me though!

Queen Makeda was the famous Queen of Sheba (as mentioned in the bible and other historical texts) and in Rome there's a bar they named after this regal woman. I'm not sure why but they have craft beer which was reason enough for me to visit this bar, Queen Makeda Grand Pub.

Ever wanted to visit a train station themed bar? Well, not far from Trastevere station there is actually such a place to enjoy some craft beer and it's called Luppolo Station. For those unfamiliar with Italian (and I am, I was told this fact) Luppolo actually means hop so yeah, this is a hop station.

Brewdog isn't Italian but this Scottish brewery does have bars in several big cities around the world, Rome among them. The location is pretty much perfect, right next to the Colosseum so you can go here before or after a visit to this must-see monument. In my case I had lunch here before going on a tour, eating a big hotdog while trying some of their beers.

It's time to complete 'the trilogy' of bars by Manuele Colonna in Rome. I'm talking about Be.Re which fits in a niche between his other two places (Bir & Fud and Ma Che Siete Venuti A Fà). There's Roman sandwiches called trappizzino available here and with 21 taps there's plenty of beer to choose from.