Amiata Aldobrandesca

Aldobrandeschi family of Lombard origin, settled in a wide area in the center of which stood the Amiata and from 800 ruled these territories with mixed success for about 500 years. And ’mentioned by Dante in his Divine Comedy. The reformer Pope Gregory VII was related to this family.
They, therefore, leading figures in the history Amiata, is dedicated this beer, especially as the question of an ancient medieval recipe, which is employed in the brewing all grain available at home. The Aldobrandesca is then produced using 5 different varieties of malt with the addition of wheat, and smaller percentages of barley and rye. A key ingredient is revealed also the water, the aqueduct of the Fiora, very pure and light, because through long layers of porous rock of volcanic origin.
And ’a beer of high fermentation, which employs the yeast specific for wheat beers, fermented twice, the first in a fermenter and the second bottle of wine yeasts (Traminen). This causes that can be stored for 12 months after bottling at room temperature (maximum 28 ° C) protected from light. Like all quality craft beers, is made from the best raw materials and simple methods and old. The final product, non-pasteurized, presents very special flavors and tastes. The second fermentation in the bottle leads to a natural carbonation, which dilates the stomach.