(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 07 - Craft breweries in Italy tripled in the last ten years, exceeding the record quota of 1085 realities in 2022 that make exports soar with a jump of + 12%.
This is what emerges from the analysis of Coldiretti and the Consortium for the protection and promotion of Italian craft beer based on Istat data in the first seven months of the year, on the occasion of the national day of 100% Made in Italy beer "The Italian production chain must be protected- has said the Minister of Agricultural Policies and Food and Forestry Sovereignty Francesco Lollobrigida - trying to support small companies that make large products and tying them more and more to the territories ".
"A growth - underline Coldiretti and the president of the Consortium of Italian craft beer Teo Musso - which has raised the demand for 100% Made in Italy raw materials with hops that from scratch today reached one million square meters grown along the peninsula to which they add the 300 million destined for barley for the production of malt to be boosted because - Coldiretti and Consorzio point out - for now it covers almost 40% of national needs with about 83 thousand tons ".
In the Made in Italy craft beer hall in Palazzo Rospigliosi, underline Coldiretti and ConsorzioBirra, 81 samples of hops were exhibited for 20 national varieties coming from Veneto to Emilia Romagna, from Lombardy to Marche, from Piedmont to Lazio, from Friuli to Trentino from Liguria to Basilicata,
"This year the national consumption of beer is destined to exceed the historical record of over 35 liters per capita for a total - explain Coldiretti and Consorzio - of 2 billion liters, generating a volume of turnover which, considering all productions, is worth 9.5 billion euro. Almost 2 out of 3 mugs are filled with national productions, "according to the Consorziodella italiana Birra which was created with the support of Coldiretti to represent the best of the peninsula's artisanal productions.
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