THE BEER
The atra beer from the 32 Via Dei Birrai brewery is considered the queen of winter.
The name of this beer comes from Latin and means “dark”. The term also refers to the monastic dress the colour of Atra is called “friar’s tunic”. If drunk at room temperature, it is a perfect meditation beer.
It is a robust double malt dark beer but also sweet. Warm, it recalls notes of coffee and chocolate.
Dark, the beige foam is compact, thin and persistent. The aroma is fragrant, with hints of coffee that alternate with notes of chocolate, carob and walnut to close with scents of liquorice, ripe medlar and caramel. Slightly bitter on the palate, with good correspondence between aromas and flavours. Reminiscent of Belgian beer.
This beer referments in the bottle; there may be deposits on the bottom.
THE BREWERY
The 32 Via dei Birrai brewery was founded by three friends in 2006 in Pederobba, a small town in the province of Treviso in the Veneto region. It is a craft micro-brewery; the three partners’ strengths and priorities are quality and research; their raw materials are carefully selected. The malt comes from Belgium, England and Germany.
The hops are currently grown by some friends from Belgium. Still, recently, the brewery has decided to produce it at home with a project involving the farmers of Monfumo, a hilly area near the brewery.
It is also essential to highlight that the brewery works in an eco-sustainable way; this choice has made it possible to reduce water consumption by over 40% and CO2 emissions by 25%.
32 beers do not go through any filtration or heat treatments, such as pasteurization, but referment in bottle, thus determining a possible deposit on the bottom.
We are talking about unique beers with great personality.