PODERE 676 · TESTA DI LEPRE · SINCE 2021
The Head Brewer
Valerio Granese
Valerio Granese turns organic hops and farm barley into beers of character. Among the first graduates in Brewing Technologies in Italy — highest honours and distinction.
HEAD BREWER · CLASS OF 1996
Valerio Granese
Awards & Recognition
🥇 14 Bock — Bottom-fermented beers category
🥇 Braggot — Christmas & limited edition beers category
🥈 Braggot — Christmas & limited edition beers category
HIS PHILOSOPHY
World-class training
Among the first graduates in Brewing Technologies in Italy — a programme established in 2015 at Perugia. Master's degree with highest honours and distinction. Theory in service of practice, always.
Territory first
Every recipe starts with the ingredients that grow here, in Testa di Lepre. The Cascade hops from our field, the organic barley from the estate: the beer tells this specific place, not a generic formula.
Zero compromise on quality
Our isobaric bottling line ensures low-oxygen filling that preserves the organoleptic structure of every batch intact. Technology serves flavour, never the other way around.
FROM FIELD TO GLASS
Five steps.
No shortcuts.
The Field
From monitoring the Cascade hop plants to selecting the cones at exactly the right moment. Harvesting is done by hand, a few weeks per year.
Milling
Organic barley milled on site. The grist is prepared to style: body, colour, fermentability — all decided here.
Mashing
The Enobeer Compact 300 brewhouse: four stages of controlled temperature to develop the ideal sugar profile for each recipe.
Fermentation
8 hl fermenters. Yeasts selected by style. Constant temperature, monitored pressure. No rushing — the beer decides the timing.
Bottling
The isobaric bottling line: low-oxygen filling that preserves aromas and carbonation. Every bottle is capped and labelled by hand.
COME TO THE PODERE
Meet Valerio.
Taste his beer.
The Podere 676 tour takes you inside the process — from the hop fields to the glass — guided by the person who created that beer.