Alcohol-Free Menabrea Zero Zero
By Menabrea · Italy
Dry Drinker describes it as having crisp malt character, floral hop balance and a refreshing finish.
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A guide based on the style and Menabrea’s description (a “Delicate” bitterness, “Full bodied given its zero level alcohol”) and Dry Drinker’s (crisp malt character, floral hop balance), to help you compare at a glance — not a definitive tasting.
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The story behind Zero Zero
Menabrea calls itself “the longest established continuously active brewery in Italy”, brewing in Biella, “at the foot of the Alps”, since 1846. Its history page says Mr Welf of Gressoney and the brothers Antonio and Gian Battista Caraccio founded it, and that Giuseppe Menabrea rented it in 1854 and bought it in 1864 (its home page credits Giuseppe Menabrea with the founding). In 1896 control passed to Emilio Thedy and Augusto Antoniotti, who had married the Menabrea sisters; Franco Thedy, whom the brewery calls the fifth generation of the family, runs it today, though Menabrea has been part of the Birra Forst Group since 1991. It still brews in its original location.
Zero Zero brings that heritage to 0.0%: a golden, bottom-fermented alcohol-free lager with a delicate bitterness and an “Exceptional” balance, Menabrea says, and a “floral hop balance”, in Dry Drinker’s words. See how it compares to Peroni and Moretti in our Italian alcohol-free guide, or visit the Menabrea hub.
Menabrea puts its beers down to “Long maturation, carefully selected ingredients and the pure water from the mountains surrounding the brewery”, and suggests Zero Zero with shellfish, rice, fresh mild cheeses and dessert.
