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I had a few lovely beers in Birricio Lambrate a few years ago. I was impressed with the quality and had a chat with the brewer in his poor English & my poorer Italian.

The only downside was the long walk to find it - my wife was not impressed! Revenge was had though by a longer walk home which seemed to bring us past an inordinate number of Milan shoe shops....

Hmm, indeed, Birrificio Lambrate's location in a small alley close to the Lambrate train Station is not that conspicuous, but should be manageable using public transportation. At least it's in town... places such as Birrificio Italiano, Le Baladin, or Bi-Du are only really reachable by car,and a re quite a bit out of the way. The myth about Bi-Du is you've got to get lost first, and then you'll find... According to most GPS gizmos, there's nothing there, not even a road, let alone a brewpub... just the Swiss border 30 metres away. <!-- s:wink: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_wink.gif" alt="" title="Wink" /><!-- s:wink: -->

The great bit about those beer places in remote villages is that they're often a wonderful lifeline for those places. Piozzo, the southern Piemonte village home of the Baladin was pretty much a godforsaken rural backwater, off the edge of a great food & drink region until the brewery and pub started drawing tourists to the village, really putting it back on the map.

The other great thing about the Italian craft beer revival is that good beer usually comes in those places along with great home-cooked food, mostly based on local produce. Now that's what I call civilisation. <!-- s:wink: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_wink.gif" alt="" title="Wink" /><!-- s:wink: -->

Cheers !

Laurent