Did you know that beer was first produced in Italy in 1846? Beer production in Italy first began with Jean Joseph Menabrea who built the first brewery in Biella in the Italian Alps. Menabrea is still brewed today featuring Bionda and Amber.

Throughout the 20th century Italy has produced many beers such as Peroni, Birra Moretti and Forst. Beer in Italy reached its peak with its production of 156,00 hectoliters (4 million gallons) in 1925. However, in 1927 the government raised the tax for beer and consumption plummeted.